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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Tne Shfssy-uintn ssssfen ~ The aen-
S~ss Assembly - aay evsrfuscs
Rv~sentea and Hersyred-

Atlanta, Ga. May 21-At the fifth
days session Of the 39th annual ses-
sion or the Southern General Assembly
or the Presbyterian Church to-day, the
question as to individuals overturing
the Assembly was again raised. Two
overtureS were offered. One from NJ. C..
Taylor, OF Hico. Texas. regarding di-
ivorce, and another from Robert Os-
porne, or Petersburg. Va, asking a
change In the book OF Church
The discussion as to whether these
,overtures should be received became
general. there being a great diversity
OF opinion among the commissioners,
whether individuals should file petit
lions TO the higher court before the
lower court has been appealed 20. The
law or the Church on Overturing was
read. but this was differently con-
etrued by the commissioners, who made
arguments for and against the recep-
tion OF the overtures 1t was stated that
other overtures had been received from
individuals during the present session,
and motion from Elder j. I. Dean,
that the overtures be received was
adopted.
Invitations were received from the
Mayor Of Fort Worth. Texas, and from
the congregation of the First Presby-
terian Church. OF Little Rock, to hold
next years session at those places.
The semi-annual report OF the Louis,
Vile Theological Seminary was read,
showing that institution to be in a
prosperous condition.
An overture which may later In the
session precipitate a discussion on the
Conference OF Faith OF the Church, was
presented from the Brazos, Texas,
Presbytery. 1t asked that the Assembly
hand down to the Presbyterians for
their vote an amendment to the Con-
tession OF Faith as follows: "Aii dying
IN infancy. are elect infants and are
reRenerated." etc.
Rev. ~. VanHouten and Rev. a.
blackburn were elected to represent
Rev. j. 8. Shaw, a Texas minister. who
nled complaint against the Synod of
Memphis
The committee to which many OF the
overtures were referred, reported on
some OF them. Among them were the
following:
Overture No. from Joseph X. Ran
Kin, asking that all Presbyterian dis
tinctions in our book of Church order
between the teaching and ruling orders
De abolished. Answered In the mega
tive. Docketed for debate
overture No. Z from Charleston Pres
bytery. asking a deliverance as to the
scriptural doctrine OF teaching and rul-
ing elders. Answers: The Book OF
church Order is sufficiently clear on
this point
overture No. IL from the Presbytery
or Albemarle, asking a change In the
beginning OF the fiscal year from April
LIST 10 January LIST. Answered In the
negative and adopted.
overture No. Al from the Presbytery
or Enoree. asking the repeal or the ac-
ton OF the Assembly Of 1883. stating
thst the moderator alone has power TO
convene a meeting OF the Rresbytery In
ease OF extrasrdinary emergency. An
swered In the negative and adopted
Overture No. AZ from Presbytery Of
suwanee, asking Assembly to order a
meeting OF the Synod OF Florida 20 be
held In the Presbyterian Church at
Falatka on Tuesday before the second
sabbath In November. 1900. Answered
ln>the negative and adopted
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
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A CALL FOR IMPORTATION.

Washington. May Ex-senator Kennsy
to-day presented resolution In the Sem
ate calling upon the Secretary OF War
for information upon the condition Of mil
itary AFFAIRS in the Philippines TIE call Is
based upon the official statement that
the instruction in the Philippines has
been successfully suppressed and that
preparations are being made to return the
troops now serving in the islands to the
United States"
There are ten inquiries. including the
following: THE number OF American SOL
Aiers who have become Insane since the
occupation OF the Island and what dispo-
sitlon has rrr made g.. their treat mont
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
COLORED MEN CRITICISE THE
PRESIDENT.

Hartford. Conn, May 19.-The Colo
NAL Baptist Association OF Southern
NeW England (colored), comprising
thirty churches In Connecticut and
massachusetts,. which Is. In convention
here to-day. adopted resolutions which
cr1dcise President Mckinley and the
administration because Of the treat
ment or colored men in the South, de-
nounce Imperialism. iaud Grover Cleve-
land as a man who did his duty, and
depiore the conditions which have in
creased race prejudice and emboldened
the lawless factions OF the country, who
are now seeking to mould public SEN
ument with which to nullify the If
teenth amendment 20 the Constitution
which would disfranchise the entire ne
gro population.
Abiding 10 the Baker family out
RACES. these resolutions state that the
blood OF this father and child Is upon
the skirts OF the present administra-
ton"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
4 Quiet Sabbath.

Last Sunday was a remarkable
day in Tazewell. Not a church
bell was rung, nor any services
held of any kind, i'm either of the
white churches. This extraordinary
state of things was due to request
of the authorities, that there should
be no public gatherings of any
kind, for fear of spreading the fe
YER among the children.
We had an illustration in this
quiet, churchless day Of what we
would have If the churches weae
all shut up permanently.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

William i. Wilson, Cleveland's
Post Master General, to whose
name tariff bill was once attach.
ed, predicts the defeat of Mckinley
and the election of Bryan. The
Old Guard is slowly, but surely
falling into line. Any Democrat
who deludes himself with the be-
lief, this year, that he Is rendering
Patriotism service by voting for
Mckinley, is nutty. "PatriotIsm''
as prayed by this Administration
isa roaring farce.-The Verdict.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
rHE ". T.. q NERAL CONFERENCE.
IN Exciting Contest Expected Over
the Proposed 'eusurc of Presidents
Mckinley The Conference bead.
locked.

An Exciting Contest Expected Over
the Proposed 'ensurc of Presidents
Mckinley The Conference Dead.
locked.
Chicago May 19.-There will be an ex-
citing prolonged contest on the floor of
the Methodist Episcopal Conference be.
fore the majority report OF the Temper
ance Committee censuring President No
Kinley for his attitude on the enforce
ment OF the anti-canteen law will be &C.
cepted. II II is accepted. Tonight the sup
porters OF the minority report from
which all reference TO the President hos
been eliminated. claim that the Confer
ence Will refuse to become a party to any
Executive OF the United States or as a
member OF the Methodist Church.
Letters. kilograms and appeals on the
subject have beon pouring In upon the
members Of the committee from all parts
or the country since the committee decid-
ed upon its report.
The contest has been given something Of
political interest. a representative of the
Republican National COMMITTEES. Il Is
stated. having arrived in Chicago for =
conference with members OF the commit
tee and leaders OF the Conference The
committee will probably be given an op-
portunity TO report early next week
Chairman Samuei Dickie attempted to
bring the matter up to-day. but was de-
tsated in his attempt.
The Methodist General Conference Is IN
deadlock over the election OF two mem
bers or the Episcopacy, three more LAuots
having been taken to-day withou. result.
The last ballot showed q dark horse. DR..
Il. v. Nicely. OF PHILADELPHIA.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
National Convention Delegates,

We Inadvertently omitted to
give the names of the Delegates
from the 9th. District to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, at
the time of their appointment.
For the benefit of these of our
readers vino may not have seen
the names, we give them below, as
follows:
Delegate at large-GovernOr j.
Hoge Tyler, Hon. a. A. Campbell,
of Myth, alternate.
District Delegates-HOn. Il. f.
Buchanan, of Wythe, and Jas. III.
McGayock, of Wythe, W. Z. Gray,
Of Russell, and f. b. Hutton, of
Washington, alternates.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
TIE Scarlet Fever Scare.

30 far as We can see and learn
the scarlet fever scare, which took
possession OF the town last week,
has about srbsided. At this writing
cTuesday) there are no new, moi
snY bad cases at all. In fact there
Is only one case now, and that is
nearly well. The precautions rec
emmended by the Council and
the town physicians, to prevent
any possible spread of the fever
have been carefully observed, and
1t Is not thought that any new
cases airs likely to develop.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Inc Eclipse, next Monday morn
ihg' VIII be an event of great in
terest to the scientific world 1t
VIII not be total here. Tazswell is
something like so or Is miles out
OF the line of totality. Have Won
piece of smoked glass ready.
however, and see this eclipse,
most of you will never see another
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
The seating of Judge Rhea was

The seating of Judge Rhea was
surprise to many Democrats,
as we'll as to Republicans. 1t was
well knows that he was fairly
elected, but honestly elected De-
mocrats have been so often unseat.
ed in favor of Republicans, that it
was foregOne conclusion, with
very many people that a Republi-
can committee would seat Repub.
lican contestant, nevertheless.
Judge Rhea's contention, that he
was fairly elected, has been over
whelmingly Sustained by a long
and tedious investigation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

The Supreme Court of the Uni
TED States, which has just decided
tho Case Of Taylor against Beck
ham, il composed of six ropubli-
cans and three democrats, and the
election committee No. 1, which
has just decided the contest OF
walker against Rhes, wa, com.
posed of six republicans and three
democrats. Nine is magical
number in democratic politics in
the year 1900.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Our ships Are Nos 60 P.ss sne nsrosn
Am Order 60 Exscs Redress frea
Rurkey.

London. May 1s.-"However much
Turkey may wrong the United States,
Amerfcan ships are not to pass the
Straits in order to exact redress from
Constantinople. under penalty Of being
blown out Of the water by Russian.
German and Austrian ships
This is the deduction drawn by the
Spectator. which. I'm the course OF q
lengthy article. based on the anti
American utterances OF the Listok. OF
Odessa. details with the alleged hatred
Of America by the continental powers,
especially Russia.
The Spectator concludes that the
Llstok article which passed the censor,
was written by some diplomat, and
draws American attention to II, main
tanning that the Listok voices particu-
iarly and truthfully the dislike and
suspicion against America. which is
aow nearly universal among continental
governments"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

That Kindergarten Government
thot we attempted % establish in
Cuba has, no doubt, set the Cubans
a-thlnklng and the Spaniard i.
laughing in his sleeve. The Gu
bans have some little idea now,
OF what the South endured after
the war, on account of carpet. bag
gers and plunderers-with this
difference, however. that there
was no United States Government
on hand to run the rascals down
and bring them to the book
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
The Principle of Right.

The recent walker. Rhea contest
for Congress from the 9th. Virgil
mia, and the recent Taylor Beck,
ham contest for the Gubern atiOnaI
chair of Kentucky, has exem
pliiied the fact that "the
principle of right will go on for
ever and those who get in its way
will be crushed"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
FRID AY, MAY 25, 1900
Chickens Come Home to RooSt

GHfCkeHS Tome nome 10 HOOSt.
In the Fifty Fourth Congress of
the United States, General Walker
was a member of one of the Elec-
ton Committees which hears evil
dence and decides cOntests-seats
and unseats members according to
circumstances. In this Congress,
Thorpe, democrat from the 4th.
district contested the seat of
McKinney,republican. Mr.. Walker
voted to seat the republican. In
the same Congress he advocated
the unseating of Swanson, demo-
Graf from the 9Th. district, in favor
of Cornett, republican, In the face
OF overwhelming evidence against
Cornett. The majority of the
committee decided against Walker
this time, and the democrat was
seated. In the same Congress the
contest of Yost against Tucker
from the 10th. District, came before
the committee of Headsmen. Mr..
Walker signed the report of the
minority in favor of beheading the
democrat. In the same Congress
Hoge, republican, contested the
seat of Otey, democrat, from the
9th. District. This case was never
tried, but the inference is that Mr..
Walker would have voted against
the democrat, as he had done
many times before.
In the 55th. Congress this nervy
wielder of the political axe was
promoted to The position of Chair
man of Election Committee No. 3
His former devotion aid loyalty to
the tradition of his party was a
guarantee of future conduct. Be-
fore this last named Congress came
three Virginia contests, VIZ: Wise
against Young from the End. dis
trict. Thorpe against Epps, from
the 4th. and Brown against Swan.
son, from the 9th. district. The
axe fell mercilessly, directed by
the skllfull hand of an experienced
executioner, upon the necks Of two
OF the three democrats, and a mi
nority report was sigued by Wal
ker in the case of the third.
Briefly, this is the history of Mr..
Walkers Congressional career as
manipulation of ELECTION contests
for Virginia.
In the Goth. Congress, the gen-
tleman appears In Congress, him
self . contestant for the seat
claimed by Democrat. Armed
with ponderous typewriter evi.
dence In the shape of dispositions,
and represented by able counsel
he, himself figures in a contest,
this time pleading instead of
judging. "The chickens came
homo to rOost." The same meas.
re that he had meted out 10 others
is now melted out to him, and the
axe, in the hands of ihIs brethren,
falls mercilestly on ais own neck.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE A REST

washington. May 19.-The President
hae decided 20 60 to Canton late in
June for a rest OF two or three weeks
and incidentally to attend the monster
noA-parttsan celebration which Is being
arranged for July 4th, The President
~ Do accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley,
eae IL nothing OF special Importance
occurs which would necessitate his ear
uer return. he will remain In Canton
untn ABOUT the middle OF July, and pos
stbiy longer.
The President has informed senater
Prttcherd that he will not be able to
attend the Mecklenburg celebration az
charlotte. N. c. on May ED, He will 60
70 fredericksburg, Va. however, on
Nay 26th. to attend the reunion OF the
Society OF the Army OF the Potomac.
and on May Both he will go to Antietam
70 attend the unwilling OF a monument
% the dead OF both armies
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
Congressional Convention.

The Democratic Committee for
the 9th. District, has called the
Congressional Convention TO meet
at Pulaski, Oh Wednesday, July
18th. 1900. Tazewell will be
entitled to 1G delegates in this con-
vention, which will be elected at the
June term of County Court.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
Wool.

The farmers have been busy fol
several weeks delivering and ship.
ping wool. Jno. ". Crockett aud
Geo. Gillespie have bought and
shipped . large quantity. The
average price paid was about %
cents per pound. The clip was a
good one this season. The farmer.
express themselves as we'll salts.
fed. though the price paid is not
20 good as a few months ago.
but better than last year.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

1t is not easy to see the practical
difference between paper trust and
any other trust, and the only posi-.
pie reason of the Republican oppo.
sitlon to the paper trust is that their
newspapers are directly concerned.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

The election Of the Hon. r.
Tate Irwin, OF Big Stone Gap, as
Elector at large for the 9th. Dis
trict, was a wise act as we'll as a
fitting compliment TO a splendid
gentleman aud "A true Democrat
The Convention could not have
done better.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25
gHp n, E. GENERAL CONFERENCES

Chicago. May n.-rhe Methodist Con-
terence to-day debated the paseorete
ZINE limit question. The sixteenth baifes
Tor Bishop to-day resulted In no choice
Judge Lane. OF Baltimore, created q
sensation by charging that candidate.
for the Episcopacy were ueing unsayory
political methods. Or. J. +. Berry. Of
Chicago. withdrew frem the contest TO-
Gay, pFs. r. W. Far. -r and y. W. Wayne
we're to-day siesic missionaries to IN.
ala
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Fruit and early vegetables nave
"lived hard" as the boys say, this
Spring, and 1t il by no means GER
tain that all danger is over. The
wise are predicting evil weather
about the time of the eclipse.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

The "little bird" hat whispered
it around, In the ears of few OF
the favored, that General Walker
would be seatel without a doubt
must have been one of then.
blam'd Tyre birds that we read
about.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

The Democratic Count, Com
mittee met last Tuesday and
elected G. w. DOak County Chair
man.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Messrs. Rathbone, Neiley, Hanna,
Mckinley & Go. are all mixed up in
the Cuban Post Office Scandal. and
these gentlemen must take the con-
sequences.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

FEE RoER DELEGATES QUERIEp
NJ AN AEnY OF nEpoRrERs.

rommfssioner Fischer, she Spokes-
man. Asks That the Csse OF the
Boers@e Fairly Stated to the Pub
ife-Looks 90 the United states 90
Use It's Good 1niees so Stop the
Bioodshed THAT Il Goinn ON I'm
Their uen,e Counsry-win Not In
farvene
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.-we cannot pub
bish free, long obituary notices. resolutions OF
respect, SC. We charge a small amount to
lover cost OF setting up. Short notices Will
90 publ shed free.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1900-05-25

Advertising rates furnished on appli-
cation.
Entered at the Tazewell (Va.) post
Office as second class matter.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-15

concessions to work the coal OF the Use Chou
region well of the Shansi fields.
The Tse-ChOu coal area examined bv Mr.
Drake lies about three hundred miles south
west of Tien-Tsin and about five hundred miles
northwest by west from Shanghai and shows
'mingling Of ridges, hills, narrow elevated val
leys and rough rolling lands The rock beds
lie comparatively level, with some conspicuous
folding and faulting giving narrow belts of
eastward dipping strata and long west north
west dipping areas in which the dips are rarely
greater than seven or eight degrees. and the
average dip of the whole earthcrust block is
probably not more than one two degrees;
- feet to 23 feet is given the probable aver
age thickness of the main workable Use Chou
coal bed though Mr.. Drake had no opportunity
to measure its full thickness nor to examine it
except where it is being mined At one mine
near Hsi-ta-Yang, only the lower 10 feet to -
feet is being taken out through a shaft :f.9 feet
deep. Mr.. Drake told by Chinese miners
that the full thickness of the bed is 30 feet
Chinese, equal to 36 feet English. Parting
StreakS of shaly coal are common, but waste
coal is taken out, and the average ash is proba-
bly, not higher than 10 per cent. In two mines
couple of miles northeast of TSe-ChOu Mr..
Drake coal beds from II feet to % feet
thick, the latter being made up quite uniformly
of lower STRAIT I'm of feet of earthly, frable
coal IA feet of hard, firm evenly good coal,
l inch of carbonaceOus Shale and feet more OF
good coal. In a mine and half miles west
of Ta-Chi, where the Chinese miners said the
bed has thickness Of 2312 feet, Mr. Drake
the upper II feet only
The coal lis wonderfully bright and glossy
throughout. 1t breaks with a conchOidal tract
New-York tribune., 1900-07-15

ure, and is free from dust that it can often
be handled without soiling the hands"
The area mapped by Mr.. Drake. about $50
square miles contains about 5000 900 900 metric
tons supposing - feet be the average thick
ness Of the bed and > the average specific
gravity And lit must be remembered that this
area is only a little OF the ragged edge of the
great coal fields of Shansi . Richtofen estI-
amounts to G}O UuU. 900 900 tons and that the
coal area Of Shansi is greater than that of Penn
sylVania.
The Tsi-Chou coal is all anthracite hard
enough to support any weight in the blast fur
mace, uniformly low in sulphur and compare
lively low in ash.
The limitations to Chinese engineering
ability strikingly apparent in the meth
and transported without explosives or power
applications Mining is done with pick and
CAD; the coal is raised by man-power
Windlass, which in the larger mines may
each end, with Il long arm, allows four five
men to work at turning il. About 300 pounds
Of coal hoisted at "A time, in baskets From
the foot OF the shaft. tunnels run through
of coal are taken out, leaving rooms about 40
feet to 80 feet in diameter. Very little coal is
taken out through inClin"S, ana none through
tunnels, though in some cases a horizontal tun-
mel as long the vertical shaft would cut the
coal.
The output is about 10000 tons per annum
from the TSe-ChOu area, and il is carried to
its market. locally the plains twenty miles
away, in little carts drawn by oxen. or, far more
largely. by pack animalS-mueS. dOnkeyS and
men. The trails from l. feet to ii feet
wide, and paved with stone. by ages of use,
these stones have been worn until their tops
smooth and spherical in shape. over these
rough and steep trails there is during fair
weather. almost continuous line OF pack
animals passing to and fro. and most of these
are employed in carrying coal"
New-York tribune., 1900-07-15

to many victories in the short distance races
and In the field contests. Possibly the boys will
dc well in the long distance contests, although
American athletes il the amateur class are
mex given much to this specially in sports. 1t
is the same upon the running tracks iE this
country, the owners Of thorOuGhbreds prefer
rfrC 70 encourage sprint races. The act that
the average American likes quick result may
have something TO do with the conditions rs they
are OF the American teams sent abroad the
Indications point to victories in plenty for the
University Of Pennsylvania and the New-York
Athletic Club Georgetown University viii be
represented in the sprints by Arthur T. Duffy,
and in condition he is likely to show his heels
tC the best in the world Even if Duffy meets
with an accident, both Jarvis. of Princeton, and
TeWksbury Of Pennsy ylvania, are capable OF
holding their own.
Reports from abroad indicate that Captain
John F. Cregan of the Princeton team is in
b.tter condition than when he competed in
London II he can keep in good physical shape
he ought to be heard from in both the hat and
mile races Orton, Grant and Newton VIII carry
the hopes Of the American colony in the long
distance contests. All are good men, and con-
dition will play an important part IN these con-
tests While McCrachen and Hare, OF Pennsyl-
vauia, are entered in the shot, critics here are
OF the opinion that Richard Sheldon, OF the
New-York Athletic Club, holds this contest at
hts mercy In throwing the hammer John FIan-
agan's record would indicate that all Europe
win have TO unearth phenomenon II 1t wishes
to prsyent this contest from going 70 the New
York Athletic Club.
Maxwell W Long Of Columbia, and Dixon
Boardman. Of Yale. are probably the nee'es'