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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-25
New Management.

New Management.
Russell Harding, now vice presl-
dent and general manager of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, and George J.
Gould's chief operative official in the
southwest, probably will be chosen
within a few days as active head OF
the consolidated Pere Marquette and
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton sys-
tenn, says the Herald.
It is probable that Eugene thinner,
man OF Cincinnati will continue as
president of the company, and that
G.. M. Cummings, vice president OF
the United States Guarantee & Trust
company, who Is now vice president,
will be made chairman of The boars,
allowing Mr.. Harding to take the title
Of vice president and general a
ager. The title Of the new office Mr..
Harding will hold has not been def
nitely decided, and it Is possible Mr..
Zimmerman may give up the presi:
dency of the company in his favor.
Threaten Death to Railroad Man.
Leroy Trice, one of the best known
railroad officials of Texas. general
manager of the International & Great
Northern road, with headquarters at
Palestine, has been threatened with
death in a letter bearing the sigma
lures civilian Williams" John
Copner," "William Boyd" Demand
Is made that F. Huff Smith be dis.
charged as master mechanic or MI.
Trice must suffer death as the pen.
atty for refusal. Ten days is given
for compliance. The letter has Gre
ated a sensation, not only in Pales-
tine, but all over the state. The In
ternational company offered $4,000
reward for conviction of the authors.
Narrow Escape for Brakeman.
A subscriber, writing to the CIT
lien, from Las Cruces. dated July 20,
says: brakeman G. Elerlck, work.
Ing on the Santa Fe rock train be.
tween Selden and Mesquite, In at.
tempting to uncouple the air hose
while the train was in motion, slipp.
ed and fell between a box car and
the caboose. Luckily he struck the
brake beam, which threw him out
from beneath the car. He landed on
his back and rolled down the bank.
He recovered consciousness about an
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-25

hour alter being taken to the ca
loose"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
RAILWAYS IN PHILIPPINES.
Some Government Provision for Their
Successful Operation Seems
Necessary.

The desirability Of system of rail-
ways in the Philippines is beyond all
question. The profitable operation 'or
such a system, from a strictly CONNER
cial point Of view, is, for the immediate
future, exceedingly doubtful, says the
New York Sun. Railway construction
may be said to operate In two directions
it may provide transportation in re-
spouse to an existing need for improved
facilities. or it may create traffic by
opening fruitful but undeveloped areas.
The Philippine lines would undoubted-
ly belong to the latter class.
Up to certain point there is paral-
lei between railway enterprise In the
Philippines and in Japan. The topo-
graphical conditions are generally SIM
liar. There is the same mountainous
interior with its areas Of potential fruit
fitness, bordered by coast strip OF gen.
orally greater productive capacity.
Japan's 1000 miles of railway lines are
In prosperous condition, with traffic and
passenger rates which are not prohibit
tory to even the poorer classes. 1t is
true that Japan's population is about
six times that of the Philippines, that her
people are more energetic by nature and
that they have reached higher stage
of civilization. Yet, SO far as even the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
PUBLIC SALE
Real Estate in Town Of Richards.

By virtue aud in pursuance of certain
deeds of trust hereinafter mentioned, and
by tie written direction and request oil
Mary Z. Spratt, Assignee of benehciarles
in said deeds of trust of the unpaid pur-
chase money, bonds or notes IN said deeds
of trust mentioned and secured, and the
said Frank NJ. Dick, Trustee, deeming 1t
fit, the undersigned S. d. May, attorney,
agent and attorney in fact for Frank M.
Dick, Trustee IN sald deed Of trust, will on
the 18th day IF June, 1904, at the front
door OF the Court House of Tazewell coun-
~, Virginia, in the town of TaZewell, sell
10 the highest bidder for cash the ten lots
Of land hereinafter mentioned and desg-
mated, situate in the town Of Richlands In
Sections Numbers TenQ0) and fourteen
Q4) Addition number One ~ on plat
with certificate of the RichIands Land
Company, known as "Plan A, dated Sep
TENDER 25lh, 1890. filed in the office Of the
clerk of the county court of said county,
and recorded in said office IN Deed Book
No. 81, pages ], etc.
Said deeds of trust OF record in Tazewell
county, Virginia, and the number of lots
and sections, names of Grantors, dates OF
deeds, Deet Books and pages of the rec
ord of raid conveyance are as follows:
(l) Lot One (l), Section Ten Q0) con-
veyed by Beverly j. Visor, October 18th,
1890, Deed Book 30, page 26l.
(2) Lot Three (3), Section Ten (l0), cor-
veyed bv Ciayson Graham, September
2nd, 1890, Deed Book 81, page 1913.
(3) Lot Fourteen (l4), Section Ten (lO),
conveyed by Frank p. Morton, October
18th, 1890, Deed Book 81, page 495.
(4) Lot Nineteen (l9), Section Ten (l0),
conveyed by Edward Brinley, September
2nd 1890, Deed Book 80, page 263.
(5) Lot TTenty COY, Section len (lO),
conveyed by Jacob LichtensteiD, October
9th, 1890, Deed Book 81, page 4S3.
t6) Lot Twenty.three (23), Section Four
teen (l4), conveyed 10y Henry A Rouih ct
ais, September 25lh, 1890, Deed Book %,
page 4l2.
~ Lot Thirty. eight (3S), Section Four
teen (l4), conveyed by Frederick G. Dun
lap and wife, March 26ih, 1891, Deed
Book %, page 4SS.
(S) Lot Thirty.n 1897, Section Four
teen l4), conveyed by Frederick G. Dur
lap and wife, March Doth, 1891, Deed
Book 29, page AGO.
90 Lot Forty (40l, Section Fourteen
Q4), conveyed bv Frederick G. Dunlap
and wife, March Goth, 1891, Deed Book
29, page 1872.
(lO) Lot Forty.one (4l) Section Four
teen IA, conveyed by Frederick G. Dun
lap and wife, March Goth, 1891, Deed
Book 80, page 494.
FRANK NJ. DICK, Trustee.
S. D. MAY, Attorney, Agent
and Attorney in fact for
Frank NJ. Dick, Trustee.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
FILIPINO HABITS OF MIND.
Disturbances in Luzon Caused by Out
law Bands Show Unsettled
Condition,

Concurrently with the departure Of
Gov. Taft from Manila began series
of disturbances which might seem to
indicate recrudescence Of disaffection
among the Filipinos. On the evening
of the day originally set for sailing
two constabulary men were hanged
by Montalon, the notorious Cavite
leader, almost within sight of Manila.
says the Boston Transcript. This was
followed, in the city and the provinces
by productions of seditiOus dramas
raids on towns, attacks on troops es
corting the mails and in way cul
minated in the recent desertion OF q
body Of constabulary, with their arms
and ammunition, from Vigan.
1t is equally mistaken to interpret
these events as any serious lapse into
former conditions, or to dismiss them
as something entirely without signih
canoe. Such local outbreaks are prob
ably inevitable for years TO come, and
it would be we'll to gain at the outset
as clear an idea as possible Of their
nature and meaning.
First, last and always, there is the
ladrone, pure and simple. He Is the
sort of man that the Texas rangers,
the mounted police, the rurales and
guardia civil have swept from their
respective countries with such uncom
promising sternness. A similar body
of police and similar methods are
needed in the Philippines, for the Ia
drone Is an outlaw, q MAD without
mercy, his hand Is turned alike
against native and foreigner. With
equal readiness he will murder an
American teacher to get 20 pesos, OF
raid a town and carry away the stock
of the Chinese stores and the carabaos
Of the farmer. He Is generally clever
in taking advantage Of every bit OF
political cover, and posing as an ar.
dent patriot, but his actions have NO
political significance whatever. 1t was
interesting, as the insurrection dwin
died, to see the sheep step apart from
the goats. Cables, Deigado, even Lux
ban, surrendered when they saw that
organized resistance was hopeless.
Felizardo, Montalon. Ricarte, who
were such ardent patriots, merely re
turned to their trade as bandits. The
only method of dealing with these men
is pitiless determination. Capture
avails little, for the witnesses are gen.
orally dead men. Such work is no
more pleasant to do than to think Of,
but we owe it to the natives quite as
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19

OF the guild, but the ministry for agrt-
culture and commerce may make an ex-
emption II he considers the circumstan-
ces warrant IT, In the case above men,
toned Bethel Brothers had not joined
the rug weavers, guild and the mem
bers of the guild resented that fact. To
this was due the petty snnoyances re-
ferred to.
Those guilds have been formed for
many of the most important industries
in Japan, their object being to regulate
the quality Of goods put on the market
and secure cooperation for the extern
sion of trade. They are probably the
outgrowth of the peculiar conditions
which exist here, where there are few or
no large manufactures, but a great
number of independent, small concerns.
Any consignment Of goods for shipment
is almost certain to include products
from a dozen different makers, so that
the identity of the producer is lost, and
1t becomes almost impossible for one
manufacturer to build up a reputation
which shall become valuable asset In
his business. The incentive TO turn out
only the best quality is thus much less
than in countries where the goods Of
each manufacturing firm stand solely on
their individual merit, and the temp
tation to send out inferior work is cor
respondingly increased to the detriment
Of the commercial interests Of the whole
country. This defect the guild is intend
ed to remedy, but 1t has failed to do this.
while introducing number Of annoying
exactions.
Il ~ Drrr QUO
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19

back country people of Japan are con-
cerned, the railways have been Of great
value in their social and industrial de-
velopment.
A similar result would assuredly fol-
low in the Philippines. The special
question is the time which will be re-
qulred for corresponding emancipa-
ton in the Philippines, making the rail-
ways of Luzon profitable as commercial
enterprises. 1t would be unreasonable
to expect them to pay from the start.
Some government provision for an In
definite period seems necessary. In
view of the varied interests of the United
States in the whole Philippine prob
.em, and the complications and possible
dangers involved, there remains little
room for doubt that the construction of
the proposed lines would be a measure
Of economy, even though the proper
maintenance should require for time
an annual appropriation from the United
States treasury.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
FAILURE OF FRENCH FRUIT
Last Years Crop Was So Poor Amer
lea Was Called On for
Supplies.

In a special report dated April "a,
1903, advised the department Of the
almost complete destruction Of the
fruit crop in western France. The re-
suit of this fruit failure was, as pre-
dicted, an immediate and largely In
creased demand for American dried
fruits and prunes. The action OF the
bureau of foreign commerce Of the
department Of state in promptly pub
fishing the above and other similar
reports enabled various American
fruit exporters to communicate
promptly with this consulate and to
establish immediate relations with
brokers and importers. More Amer
lean dried fruit was marketed at
Nantes last summer than in any pre-
vious year. 1t is likely that 10000
barrels Of American sliced apples alone
were sold here before the season Is
finished. The bulk Of this product lie
used for making cider, which is a
favorite beverage throughout Brit
tany, and for which there is partic'
ularly large demand this year because
Of the failure of the wine crop.
The failure of the fruit crop has also
resulted in the almost complete sur
render of the market for prunes and
apricots to California. Last year sew
eral hundred tons Of California
prunes and apricots were marketed
here. This year the quantity will be
trebled. Local brokers and importers
complain of the excessive freight rates
from New York to Nantes and are
very anxious to see direct line OF
cargo steamers from Nantes to New
York. It cost about one dollar a bar
rel for the hauling and handling
charges on dried fruit from New York
to Nantes via Havre or Bordeaux, and
this is regarded as excessive, pardcu-
larly in view of the fact that the
charges to Havre are only 60 cents a
barrel.
BENZ. H. RIDGELY.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
Circuit Court.
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S n d a y
School every Sunday at 9:S0a. m. Preach.
ing first and third Sundays Up. M, second
and fourth Sundays ii a. IN. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p. IN. K. Z.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at $50 NJ
'Iittle Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 8 p. m. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays p. m, fifth Sun-
days IL a. 10. and p. m.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a. m.
Preaching first and third Sundays Z p. NJ,
second end fourth Sundays ii a. M
Prayer meeting every Friday p. M. l.
j. Eskridge, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 u. M. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
IL a. M. and 7. p. 10. Preaching NTH
Sundays at IL a. M. Prsyermeeting every
Wednesday evening p. N.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKES GAR
DEN. Preaching on first Sunday at IL a.
m. and p. m. S. o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
RUBBER IN THE PHILIPPINES
Experimer Is in the Islands Show
Great Possibilities of New and
Profitable Industry.

Of all the prospects offered to en-
ergetic, intelligent men in the Philippine
islands none have greater possibilities
than the cultivation of certain tropical
products, and among these the front
rank must undoubtedly be assigned to
rubber and gutta-percha, says Manila
correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. These are peculiarly adapted
both to the soil and climate, as may be
proved by the success that Is already
attending the efforts now being MADE IN
this direction, notably by Alfred Arnold.
who, entirely unaided, has on slender
resources started small rubber planta-
ton in Pampanga province, which, not
wjthstanding its youth-the seed having
been planted as recently as July and Au-
gust last-is already showing fne-look-
ing trees, ranging in height from four
to eight feet.
The cultivation of rubber and gutta-
percha, Of which there are nearly 70
varieties, can be carried on both from
cuttings and seeds, and 1t is pursuit
that requires comparatively small capt.
tai, while the results are certain and
highly remunerative
There is at present something like
rubber and gutta-percha famine in all
parts of the civilized world, and with
the constantly increasing uses to which
they are being put 1t is obvious the de-
mand for these products will for years
to come far exceed the supply.
In some of the southern ISLANDS GER
tain varieties of rubber and gutta-
percha are found in a wild state, but
hitherto little or no care has been ex-
ercised in economizirg this ready sup
ply. the Chinese and native method be-
ing to ruthlessly cut down the trees IN
order to obtain as much as possible OF
the product with the minimum OF LABOR.
Unless, therefore, the trees still in ex-
istence are dealt with in a more scien-
tific and intelligent manner, while at the
same time fresh plantations are laid out
in other parts of the country, the rub
Der industry, which ought to be lead
ing one here, will be practically extin-
guished so far as the Philippines are con-
cerned
Rubber and gutta-percha yield their
crops on an average from two and a half
to six years after planting, and continue
to yield abundantly every year and In
some cases twice yearly, and produce
profits at the rate of about 200 per cent
on the outlay.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
,HoRsEsHoEING IN SIBERIA
The Work Has Heretofore Been Crude
ly Done by Self-Taught
Blacksmiths.

Before the occupation by Russia oil
the Ussuri country and the coasts oil
the Pacific, the horse was unknown
here. The natives were content with
the service that dogs and reindeer
could render them. The first made It's
appearance with the first Russian set
tiers. The breed Of horses was very
unsatisfactory; they came either from
Transbaikalia or from Manchuria
During the last few years western 81
IBERIA has supplied the Amur provinces
with horses. In 1902 about $500 OF
them arrived in this country.
DIR. Doolsky, a veterinary surgeon
has received permission from the
military governor to open a normal
and medical horseshoeing establish
ment.
Hitherto, all horseshoeing has been
performed, outside of the cavalry, by
self-taught blacksmiths. Naturally the
work was crudely, improperly, and
often very cruelty done, demanding the
Intervention of members Of the local
society for the prevention Of cruelty
to animals.
The horses suffered greatly. Hooi
diseases were frequent, and the anil
mails soon became worthless. There
are about 1000 horses in this vicinity
not counting artillery and cavalry
mounts, driven mostly by Chinese
They are generally Korean ponies
short, stocky and handy. They stand
the climate we'll. pull most astounding
loads, are willing creatures, but are
numerically beaten. There are few
level streets in this city, so most Of
the work Is hill climbing.
Shoes suitable for biz .rafic are
needed. It Is estimateu that each Of
the 1000 horses needs shoeing at least
ten times a year. at a cost Of $1O.S7
Fifteen hundred horses would make
good business for the new veterinary
not to mention the humanitarian
view of his work. DR.. Doolsky was
shown a specimen Of the Akron rub
Der shoe, happily sent to this agency
but what Is most needed are speci
mems of the latest pattern Of iron OF
steel shoes, especially those fitted with
out nails, easily put on, and readily
adjusted. They should be sent via
Moscow and marked samples"
RT GREENER.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Little doses every day
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands Of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE. Chemists.
4Oo-4l5 arl Street. New York.
SOC and sI.oO' all druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
BENZ. H. RIDGELY
VILLAGE Industries in Russia.

The ministry of agriculture and do
mains is now occupied with the project
Of reserving as many as possible Of the
contracts for government supplies for
village industries. The ministry has
undertaken to be the agency for all
the other government departments.
Thus the artillery department contract
ed for $4,000 cartridge boxes with the
villagers of the Moscow, Mimi Nov
gorod and Perm provinces. The COM
missary department let out large or
ders for harness and leather articles
for soldiers outfits to the villages Of
Saratoff and Ufa provinces. 1t is re-
markable that up to the opening Of the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
r. t. GREENER
A Prize.

The only son has just announced to
the family his engagement.
Mommer-What, that girl! Why, she
squints.
Sister-She has absolutely no style.
Auntie-Red-heade amt she?
Grandma-I'm afeerd she's Eighty.
Uncle-She hasn't any money.
First Cousin Jim-She don't look
strong.
Second Cousin Jane-She's stuck up.
Third Cousin Jezebel-She's an ex-
travagant thing.
The Son (thoughtfully)-Well, she's
got one redeeming feature, anyhow.
Chorus-What's that?
The Son-She hasn't a relation on
earth.
Popper-Grab her, my boy, grab her!
-Plttsburg Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19

exhibition of village industries in St.
Petersburg in 1901, the authorities Of
the province Of Saratoff had no idea
to what a scale of development the
village industries had reached there +;
the province does not produce sufi-
cient grain for It's population, and
outside work is inconsiderable. The
navy department has also given large
contracts for cloth in several prov
inces.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-19
APPALACHIAN OIL FIELD.
has Yielded seventy-Two Per Cent.
Of All the Petroleum Produced
In the United States.

Probably the most notable oil field In
the world, as 1t Is also the Oldest In
America, is that Of the Appalachian re-
zion. OF the entire quantity OF petro-
leum produced in the United States not
less than 70 per cent. has been derived
from the Appalachian field. Its original
operators set the example which has
been followed in all the producing re-
gions of the world; its products are the
standard Of excellence In all countries;
and its methods, both Of obtaining the
products from their rocky reservoirs
and of transporting them, have been
introduced into all other petroleum
producing countries. Important details
concerning the characteristics and pro-
duction Of the superior Illuminating and
lubricating oil which comes from this
field are given in Mr. F. H. ELEPHANTS
report on the production Of petroleum
In 1902, which is soon to be published
by the United States geological survey
as part of the annual volume on miner
al resources.
Over $4,000 wells, involving an ex-
penditure OF at least $3.50 900 900, have
been completed within the area Of the
great Appalachian field This field fol-
lows the northwest flank OF the Appala-
chan uplift, extending in a general
southwest direction from New York to
Alabama, a distance Of about $50 miles.
and reaching over into Ohio near itH
northwestern extension. 1t includes
within it's area at least $4,000 square
miles, embracing all of the producing
region in New York, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and the southeastern portion of Ohio.
The most important piece Of news re-
garding this field Is the fact that its pro-
duction has for several years been fall
ing off, This Is not so surprising, how
ever, as the fact that the decline has
been so slight and so gradual after all
these years of steady production. There
was decline of 4.76 per cent. In the pro-
duction of 1902 as compared with that
of 1901. The greatest decrease was In
New York and southeastern Ohio.
No new pools were developed In 1902.
Operators in the older portion Of this
field have generally applied themselves
to the more economical management Of
the older wells, the use of the natural
gas engine and the successful transmits
sion Of electric power over some Of the
rugged hills of West Virginia having
cheapened the cost Of operation.
Through the agency of the natural-gas
engine, many small wells that would
otherwise have been abandoned have
been pumped In clusters Greater efforts
have also been made 10 keep the walls
Of the producing wells free from paraf-
fin by the use of hot water and steam,
and thereby to increase their output.
Occasionally they have been torpedoed
with light shot and thoroughly cleaned
before pumping began again.
Although the decline in production
has been noticeable in the Appalachian
field, 1t must not be supposed that the
field is yet in its last stages Of its life.
The average daily production during the
year 1902 was no less than 87,723 barrels
of AZ gallons each.
lf1nIkIEC