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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-01-28
TAzEWELL DIRECTORY.
CITY OFFICERS.

CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor. A. Greever.
Sergeant-G l.. McClintock.
Assessor. II. Lewis.
COUNCILMEN.
j w. Chapman, Smith Lockhart, L. c..
Wingo. b. w. Stras and c. II. Surface.
POSTOFPICE.
Open during week from 1880 a. m. TO 700
p. m. daily, except Sunday.
Money Order window open from n. m. to
p. m. daily except sunday.
West bound mail closes l:15 p. m.
East bound mail closes $40 p. m.
CHURCH SERVICES.
CHRIsTIAN.--Rev. A. A. Ferguson, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday morning. Sun
day School $3.50 a. m. Prayer meeting
every Saturday evening.
STRAs MEMORIAL episcopal. Rev. w.
ID. Buckner, Rector. Divine Service
on first and third Sundays of each
month. at II n. IN. and eight p. m.
Holy Communion on first Sunday, at
IL a IN. Sunday School every Sun
day, at 0 a m.
PRESBYTERIAN.-Rev. w. w. Ruff. Pas
tor, preaching second Sundays at IL
a. M, and at Kelly at z p. IN Third
Sundays at IL a. m. and z p. m.
Fourth Sundays at IL a. m, and at
Mays Chapel at 3 p. m. Prayer
meeting Thursday at p. m.
METHODIST p. Malti Pastor. Preach
ing on first and third Sundays at IL
a. m; on second and fourth at 7:45
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7'45
p. m. Epworth League meeting each
Monday night. Sunday School at $50
a. m. Woman's Missionary Society first
Sunday at 3 p. IN. Ladies. Aid third
Friday at 3 p. m.
BAPTIST. Rev. w. G. Foster. Pastor
Preaching on 1st and 4th Sundays at
la m. 1st and Bird Sundays at 2: 90
%. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday
at 700 p. m. Sunday school every
Sunday at 9:30 a. IN. b. Y. P.U. every
Monday at ZOO pm. Sunbeam Society
on end and 4th Sundays at 800 p. m.
Woman's Missionary Society on end
and 4th Sundays at 400 p. m.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

III G.. ALDERSON,
ATTONREY-AT-LAW,
Tazewell c.. H., Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-01-28

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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1898-01-28
SILvER'S VICTORY
IN THE SENATE.
TeIIer's Resolution TAX
en- Up by The Decis-
i've Vote of 4I to 25.

w dSuiu = lOu ,J all. AU.--Dy NOle
of Al to % the Senate today took
up the Teller resolution declaring
the bonds of the United States
payablein silver at the option of
the Government.
The resolution which was in
charge of Senator Vest, thus be-
comes the unfinished business of
the Senate and displaces the Cen
Sus bill.
The resolution provides that "all
bonds of the United States, issued
or OrthOrized to be issued under
the said acts of Congress herein
before recited, are payable, prin-
ciple and interest, at the option of
the Government of the United
States, in silver dollars ofthe coin
age Of the United States, contain
4l24 grains each of standard sill
yer; and that to restore to its coin
age such silver coins as a legal
tender in payment of said bonds,
principal and interest, is not in
violation of the public faith, nor
in deroSation of the rights of the
public creditor"
In speaking for the resolution
Mr.. Vest said the issue had been
forced upon the Senate, and thar
if the silver men remained quiet
1T would be equivalent to their ac-
quiescence in the plan Of Secretary
Gage, which meant nothing if it
did not mean the establishment
of the single gold standard.
He called attention to the fact
that the Stanley Matthews resolu-
ton, of which the present resOlu-
tion is an exact copy, was carried
through the Senate twenty years
ago bya vote of two TO one, and
by an overwhelming majority in
the House. lie asserted that Presi-
dent Mckinley was then a mem
Der of the House and voted for
the resolution.
Mr.. Vest will call the resolution
up again tomorrow. He expects
an early vote.
The Republicans say they do not
intend to filibustcr against the
resolution, but will content them
selves with making a few speech
es to put their party straight.
Some of the. Senators express
the belief that great injury has
been done to tho finances by the
Talking up of the Teller resolution.
The hearing on the crrency bills
by the House Banking Committee
was brought to close today. The
committee will meet next Wednes-
day to decide which of the four
bills before it is to form the basis
of the currency measure to be fin
ally reported. These are the Mon
etary Commission, Gage, Walker
and Fowler bills.
Silver leaders are disgruntled
because of the refusal of the COM
mittee to give a hearing to Presi-
dent Warner, of the Bimetallic
Union and Chairman TOwne, of
the Silver Republican National
Committee, unless they presented
bill OF their own. They claim
that their attitude is simply one
of opposition to the proposed gold
standard legislation and the re-
quirenent that they should produce
a bill was unfair.
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MCKINLEY HEARS
FROM LOUISIANA.
DemaS- -WimberIy- Cohen
Scandal Wipes Out
Republicanlsm In
That State.

aShlnSUOn, Jan. lJ.-The re-
suit of the election in Louisiana
last week is giving President Nc
kinley serious concern.
The total Republican vote cast
was less than $500. At the State
; election last fall the Republicans
polled more than $4,000.
Letters have been pouring into
the White House in the past few
days in which it is asserted that
the collapse of the party is due to
( the appointment Of the notorious
Demas to be Naval Officer at New
Orleans, aud the threatened ap-
polntment ofhis equally discredi.-
ed associates, Wlmberley and Co.
hen to be collector and Surveyor
of the Port respectively.
Z. q. Duson, q wealthy sugar
planter of Louisiana,a Republican,
but not an active poiician. had
conference with Secretary Sher
man yesterday.
"The Republican party is vIr.
tually wiped out in our State, ,nsaid
Mr.. Duson. "According to law
1t is necessary for a political or
ganization to secure at least 10
per cent of the votes cast at an
election in order to be given o. n
place on the ticket at the next
election, except under very disad.
yantageous conditions. At the
election last week the Republican
ticket received only about half
the required NUMBER
Secretary Sherman asked why
the revolt had occurred. Mr.. Du-
son said that the course of the ad.
ministration in appointing such a
man as Demas had caused the
Republicans of influence to sur
render from sheer disgust.
"Why don't You lay this matter
before the President Mr.. Sher-
man asked.
Mr.. Duson replied that he was
not an active politician, and that
he thought the President knew
all about it.
The venerable Secretary of the
State shook his head and said that
he could not understand why such
a condition of affairs should be
permitted to exist.
Demas and COhsn have come
to Washington to push themselves
along. Demas is a negro of the
darkest hue, jaunty in manner and
with fine raiment. His hat sits
rakishly on his head at an angle
of 40 degrees.
Cohen is a white man with an
Oriental cast of features. He has
recently transferred his dive to
a member of his family, and ex-
poets to pose before the Senate
as a representative of the spartan
virtues.
The pair called yesterday on
Senator Frye, Chairman of the
Committee on Comm cree. Demas's
nomination is before that commit.
tee.
Senator Frye is bluff and
straightforward. He was unac-
guainted with Mark Hanna's rep
resentative and stared at him with
freezing surprise when he swagg-
ed into the committee room.
Demas explained that he had
called to ascertain when the CON-
mittee would consider his appoint
| ment.
"What appointment" inquired
Senator Frye.
"Why, am Mr.. Demas,who has
been nominated for Naval Officer
at New Orleans
Senator Frye replied that he
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You Know
Your Business.

that's conceded It's not affair how you should or
shouldn't do it, Our business is to tell you about our
business and what keeps it up to its proper momentum
We do not sell handle thing or two things but
everything necessary to properly balanced Dry Goods
Clothing and Shoe sorein short the best general lines
That's what holds customers and us together
That's why our customers do best by trading with u.s.
There's other way to build II substantial business
Buying here there and everywhere is not good buying
Concentrate your scattered forces THE BEST GENERAL
LINES, which embrace Il sufficient and satisfactory assor
ment to meet your needs lust we are saving our
customers money Ladies and Misses Carlisle shoes.
Have you been to this shoe sale? Is there any reason
why you and we shouldn't do business?
HARRISON and Gillespie Bros,
TAZEWELl, VA
The herald., 1898-05-08

People generally are we'll acquainted
with Captain Robley D. Evans, in COM
mand of the Iowa." the biggest battle
ship in the navy. He is one of the best
liked as we'll as the best known of our
officers. In the naval assault on Fort
Fisher he greatly distinguished him
self and was shot through both legs.
Placed on the retired list for wounds
from which he yet suffers he brought
to bear every influence he possessed to
obtain restoration to active rank, and
succeeded. When the Baltimore's men
were assaulted in Valparaiso, Captain
Evans was in command of the little
gunboat yorktown" and was sent to
Chill without instructions. His intelli-
gent cooperation with the American
minister; his firmness under all pres
sure, and his success in carrying from
Valparaiso every person who sought
the protection of the American flag,
earned him anew the title which he al
ready bore, of Fighting Bob" There
were some interesting incidents during
his visit to Chilli which indicate Captain
Evans qualities. A Chilian torpedo
boat in the harbor persisted in getting
in the "Yorktowns' way. Her captain
received word from Captain Evans that
if she as much as scratched two inches
of paint from the "Yorktown's" sides
he would blow her out of the water.
Later it was reported to Captain Evans
that the natives had thrown stones at
the crew of one of the 'Yorktown's 8
launches. He jumped into the launch,
filled her with armed men, and with a
gatling gun in the bow made for the
shore. At the head of his men he
marched through the town to the
mayors house and informed him with
some force of language that if any
more stones were thrown at the york
towns" men he would make things de-
cidedly uncomfortable for the people
on shore. There was no bravado in his
action for Captain Evans understood
perfectly the best course to adopt with
the people.
1t used to be the custom on the Medi-
terranean station for deserting blue
Jackets who had been captured and
returned to their ship by a French gen.
darme, to promptly knock their captor
down as soon as the handouts were re-
moved Captain Evans determined to
stop this practice. When the next
batch of prisoners came on board, he
was present as the men were released.
The first one to be freed struck down
the French officer. Captain Evans
seized the Frenchman's sword and
struck down the sailor. After seven
sailors had been felled the eighth let
his gendarme depart uninjured. The
custom is no logger practtsed. -'s
The herald., 1898-05-08
,mmodore FRED McNAIR, [

Philip, the breaking up Of the defenses
at New Orleans and the bombardment
of Fort Sumter are some of the engage
ments that prepared him for command.
He became a lieutenant in the second
year of the war. Captain Higginson is
widely known among naval men; he is
thoroughly respected as an officer and
will do his duty always.
The armored cruiser brooklyn was
recently sent to Europe carrying Ad-
miral Miller to represent this govern
ment at the Queens Jubilee. She was
then and Is still commanded by Cap
tain Francis A. Cook, whose kindly
good nature and uniform courtesy add
ed so much to the good impression
that the ship made abroad.
Captain Cook had been at the naval
Academy one year when Sumter was
fired on. He left as soon as possible
to join the Gulf Squadron with which
he served with credit. Since the close
of the war his career has been a uni
form success. He is one of the finest
officers in a remarkably well differed
service.
The Columbia" is commanded by
Captain James Fl. Sands, who was also
of the class of 1860 at the Academy of
which more than half Of the command
ing officers of our best warships were
members. He made reputation as a
fighter before he had been a year in
the service. During the attacks on Fort
Fisher his gallantry won for him two
recommendations for promotion from
the Board of Admirals. He has been
mentioned at other times since in con-
nection with skirmishes in which he
has taken part. Since the war he has
| been kept busy and he is highly re-
spected and esteemed by all seamen Of
the navy.
| Captain Theodore F. Jewell, who has
recently been put in charge of the
Minneapolis" saw but little actual
war service, but he has had important
commands, including charge of the
navai tcsnsdo station, and he Is known
| to be a man OF t.>S stamp that leads
in warfare. He certainly is an able
officer. This completes our sketches Of
the commanding officers Of the battle
| ships, armored cruisers and monitors
of the Atlantic Squadrons. There are
many other distinguished officers COM
| manding the smaller cruisers and
the. gunboats. Some Of these are of
the same rank and age as those
mentioned. Prominent among them
is Captain Colby M. Chester Of the
Cincinnati" Captain Chester saw
hard fighting under Farragut and was
in the engagement that took place in
Mobile Bay. Recently he represented
the Navy Department at the Grant
monument celebration and naval par
ade in the Hudson. Since then he has
been the senior officer in command of
one of our suuadrons. All the COM
manders Of the smaller ships are men
who are ready and fully equipped to
take charge Of the great battleships.
Running down the list through the
lieutenant commanders and lieutenants
we find many officers who have done
promising things. Being comparative
ly young their chances for glory have
been fewer than those Of the officers
above commanders rank. They are
anxious for Spain to furnish them op-
portunities for glory.
! Copyright, 1893
The herald., 1898-05-08
Commodore FAQUHAR

the fortunes OF the United States
have been placed in the hands of the
officers who command our ships sta
toned at Key West so that it is not
strange that the people are intensely
interested in knowing all about the
men who hold this tremendous trust.
Our navy is divided into three sta
tions, the Atlantic, the Pacific and the
Asiatic. There are two squadrons in
the North Atlantic station and these
make the first and probably the
most decisive movements in the war.
1t has already been demonstrated in
the Chilian war and in the war between
China and Japan that the heavy IRON
clads are the most important factors
in a modern sea battle. Therefore, if
the war is a short one, the heroes upon
whom the glory of victory or the bur-
den of defeat will fall are the COM
manders of our large ships in the two
Atlantic fleets.
There is no navy in the world that
can compare with ours in the proper
ton of it's officers that have been under
fire. OF the sixty-one, rear admirals,
commodores and captains on the active
list there are not more than three who
have not helped to fight ships in actual
kinds of ships under all sorts of con-
ditions. They helped Farragut open the
Mississippi, and win the battle of Mo-
bile Bay They took part in his bonn
bardments and sailed with him over
torpedoes and between shore batteries
considered impossible. They were with
Porter at Vickburg and up the Red
River and officered his fleet that cap
tured Fort Fisher.
| The main squadron at Key West and
Dry Tortugas consists of the battle
ships Iowa and Indiana, the armored
cruiser New York and the monitors
Puritan, Terror and Amphitrite Besides
these there are cruisers, torpedo boats
and smaller craft to the number OF
about twenty-five which is being in
creased almost daily. This squadron is
under command of Captain William T.
] Sampson, soon to be given flag rank
Captain Sampson entered the naval
service in 1857. He graduated at the
head of his class just in time to be
ready for duty when the war opened
| His war record is an honorable one
and when the war closed he was a
lieutenant commander. When his ship
the Patapsco, was destroyed in Char
lesion harbor in 1865, he was blown out
| of the water. Captain Sampson has
always been pre-eminent for executive
and administrative ability. He was ap-
pointed superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy when holding
lower rank than any of his prede-
cessors in that position. AS chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance, he was instru-
mental in perfecting the manufacture
of guns in the Washington factory
and he is an expert as regards ord
nance. In the detection of frauds in
the manufacture of armor plate for the
ships Of the navy Captain Sampson has
shown great cleverness.
1t has been said of Commander
Sampson that in no case has he ever
disappointed his friends and that in his
long and active career as an officer OF
the navy he has never failed in any
task that has confronted him u
The herald., 1898-05-08

Captain Evans is ono of the leading
civil engineers in America. When he is
on leave of absence he often builds
bridges and other large steel stHlc-
lures.
Captain Henry c. Taylor, command
ing the Indiana" is classmate and
brother-in-law of Captain Evans. He
graduated from the Naval Academy
with honor, in May, 1868, having COM
pleted the entire course in two years
and eight months. He served with
honor through the rest of the war and
has ever since been considered one of
the most intelligent and best all around
officers in the navy. Recently he was
President of the Naval War College,
and no one is better versed in naval
strategy than Captain Taylor. He is
one Of the most progressive men in the
navy and by keeping abreast of naval
affairs and improvements he fitted
himself to be of the greatest value to
the government in hastily preparing
for war.
The commander Of the Puritan"
Captain Purnell F. Harrington, entered
the Naval Academy in 1861, graduating
three years later, thus being able to
see service in the war. He is man of
remarkable brilliancy of intellect and
an altogether splendid officer. He has
made study Of torpedoes and is of
great value to the service as an expert
on high explosives.
Captain Nicoll Ludlow, who has the
Terror" is a classmate of Captains
Evans and Taylor, and a brother of
Col. Ludlow, of the Engineers, now in
charge of the defenses at Sandy Hook.
Among civilians all over the country
Captain Ludlow has many friends. His
record in war and peace as well as his
keen judgment and strong will ensure
for his ship a reputation justifying her
name If she meets Spanish ship in
battle.
The "Terror's' sister-ship, the "Am-
phitrite," is commanded by Captain c.
J. Barclay, who entered the service in
1860 and passed through the war with
credit. He was master of the famous
Kearsarge and became lieutenant as
the war ended. He has commanded a
number of his ships and had the Alert
for three years; his reputation is
without a blemish and his ship will be
well handled.
Captain French E. Chadwick, COM
mands the New York." the armored
cruiser. Recently he was CHIEF Of the
The herald., 1898-05-08

Bureau of Equipment, and still more
recently member of the Maine Court
of Inquiry. Captain Chadwick entered
the Naval Academy just too late for
him to get any active war-service. He
has a fine reputation as an officer and
as commander Of the "Marblehead" in
the Squadron of Evolution in 1890.
This officer is constantly studying over
plans for increasing the efficiency Of
the navy. His influence is always at
work to see that our navy takes ad-
vantage of all modern improvements.
The Flying Squadron, under Commo-
dore Winfield Scott Schley, is made up
of the Brooklyn" armored cruiser, the
Massachusetts" and "Texas," battle
ships, and the swift and powerful
cruisers Minneapolis and "Colum-
bia."
| Commodore Schley entered the serv-
| ice in 1856 and served with distinction
through the war, particularly in all the
Port Hudson engagements. He was a
southerner, but he stuck to the Union.
He was with the "Benicia" during the
Corean trouble of 1871, and he COM
manded the Baltimore when
she was in hot water at Chilli. Commo-
dore Schley's chief claim to fame is for
his services on the Greeley RELIEF. expe-
| dition, which he commanded. His
management of this expedition showed
him to be a man of resource and power
who can be depended upon in the time
of danger. His last command was the
New York"
Captain John w. Philip, of the bat
tleship Texas" is but four numbers
below Commodore Schley and will him.
self soon be a commodore. At the
Naval Academy he was declared to be
the most popular man of his class and
this reputation he has maintained ever
since. Probably no man in the navy
has more friends and fewer enemies
than Jack" Philip. He was at sea
during the war and has seen as much
active war service as any commander
in the Atlantic today. He was COM
missioned lieutenant in 1862 and was
wounded in the leg during that year at
the siege of Charleston. Captain Philip
Is safe and brave officer and cour-
teous gentleman. 1t is safe to say that
the Texas" will no longer be "hoo-
dooed."
! The Massachusetts" will be COM
manded by Captain Francis J. Higgin-
son. Captain Higginson had been at
the Naval Academy two years when
the necessity for educated young off,
GERS for war services called him into
active sea duty. He had to fight from
the moment he left the school. The
capture of the privateer Judith" the
lbombardment Of Forts Jackson and st.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-27
KEYNES THE CARNIV AL IDEA San Rafa el Will Have a Floral Festival After
 All. Decision Reached at a Mass Meeting of the Towns
 Citizens. Heated Arguments and Sensational
Heated Arguments and Sensational Charges Result From Difference
 of Opinion.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN RAFAEL, April 26.-At a mass meeting held tonight at Coch rane-McNear Hall a strenuous effort was made to reanimate the corpse of the proposed rose festival. Attorney Cochrane was elected chairman and free discussion followed. Judge Duff fey spoke warmly in favor of. the pro- posed festival and H. Phillips came to his support with a resolution to the ef- feet that the executive committee go on with the carnival. Others also spoke in favor of holding the festival.
 After the proponents had their in ming the "cold water" brigade. took the meeting in hand. w. M. Anderson, the chairman of the executive committee, said the carnival could not be carried on.
 Professor Collins said that if the ladies committee refused to act enough school children could not be got into line to make the American flag in the procession.
 Director General Newhall gave a statement of the finances in the hands of the executive committee. He said he was in favor of waiting until the fall, and then holding a chrysanthemum festival.
 Bitter feeling was engendered by T. H. Rush stating he could not see where some of the money paid in had gone. Director General Newhall took the remarks as personal, and, advanc- ing to the platform, where Rush was acting as secretary, threateningly asked if any insinuation were intended regarding himself in the statements made by the secretary. Newhau stated most emphatically that Rush was member of the executive committee and knew where all the money had gone and that it had been judiciously ex- pended.
 Rush replied that he had meant nothing reflecting on the integrity or ability of MT. Newhall. but he adhered to the original assertion.
 Rushs explanation brought more heated talk, but it gradually cooled down and a motion was carried by fair majority that the festival as planned be carried out.
 When the result was announced I. C. Gieske, one of the executive commit tee men, handed in his resignation.
 While the majority of the citizens be-