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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24
n AZ EXPOSITION CITY.
Brilliant aud Busy is Norfolk Preparing
For the jamestown Exposition.

Norfolk. Va, oct. When
Thomas Campbell penned the
line. Coming events cast their
shadows before" he framed "a
truth, in becoming diction.
which is receiving verihcation
for. perhaps. an inhnity of time.
during these days in Norfolk OF
the Old Dominion. Never iu the
history of the old city at the
head of Hampton Roads were
SO many visitors seen. crOwding
through the streets. filling hotel
lobbies and contributing their
mite 10 the prosperity. comfort
and ease of the descendants of
the Cavaliers
The cause of all this rush
hustle and turmoil is known 10
every resident of Norfolk, and
there is not the shadow of pos
sibility that the correct cause
had eluded the perception of
observers. The jamestown TX
position which will open its
gates 10 visitors from every
part of the world ON April 26th
| 1907, is responsible for the in
flow People who are taking a
vacation, having read about
the forthcoming event, include
Norfolk in their itinerary SO as
to have a preliminary peep az
the surroundings.
Among those who are flOcking
TO the city on their way TO the
Exposition grounds a short dis.
tance away on the historic
shore of Hampton Roads, there
is TO be found representatives OF
every class of diversified citi
zenship. Laboring men who
are aggregated together in so
cial or civic associations, meF
chants, railroadmen, Inanufac
turers, professional men from
the several learned walks oi
life, and their ladies IN fui
number are treading the street.
in the crisp atmosphere of these
days and embarking on trolley
cars bound for the Exposition
grounds, whence, after cur
sorry survey of the preparation,
work being done, they returI
to Norfolk and pass on TO thei
respective homes.
This influx is a genuine dis
cipline for the people of tn
city in accosting and treating
the stranger within the gat
; and il must be said that thi
duty is being complied with il
the true spirit of knightly cour
; tesy. 1t is a splendid thing fo
, the people of Norfolk to hav
this preliminary training. thi
gradual leading up TO the heav
press of tourists that come {
! their city during seven month
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24

lfyou havelost your boyh00d
spirits, courage and confidence
of youth, we oifery YOU new life.
fresh courage and a freedom
from ill health in HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24

r. tie Voters cf the Ninth Congressional
District Of Virginia:
Robert Bruce, of Wise county.
Mho is candidate for Congress
b represent your District, is
perhaps, unknown personally
,o most of you, and you may
bot have the opportunity Of
meeting him face to face before
the election. l know it is Mr..
Rruce's wish to see each one Of
SOU IN person; but as the time
Is short, and the District large
snd populOus, this will be inn
possible; therefore the writer.
who has known him intimately
for many years, and who lives
Bmong the people who have
known him from childhood,
wishes 10 give you some facts
IL regard 10 his early life and
latter manhood that will show
sou what kind Of man Mr
Bruce is
he was born some forty years
ego. about one mile east Of Ia
toma. Wise county. i'm a log
house that is still standing on
ihe old farm where he grubbed
snd plowed and built worm
Fences i'm his boyhood days. He
knows thoroughly the cares
and labors Of the country farm
life in this rugged mountain
section Here he grew up stur-
ly. Industrious and honest. re
ipected as "a youth by all who
knew him. At about the age
pf twenty he decided 10 study
Jaw, and after a little reading
pt home. he spent about five
nonths studying under Colonel
Patrick Hagan, OF Scott county .
snd after astonishing Judge
Kelly. who examined him by
lhe thoroughness of his knowl-
edge OF the law acquired in SO
Short a time. he was licensed i'm
March to practice law, and in
May Of the same year he was
tlecied Commonwealth Attor-
ney for Wise county. Within
ihe same year he built him a
home, married and settled down
for life.
He proved himself so efficient
as Commonwealth's Attorney
ihai he was twice re- elected
Serving twelve years in all.
After his retirement from the
pfce, his popularity was SO
great, that he was forced reluc-
'antly to accept a nomination
FOR the Senate of Virginia, aud
pne II the best men IN the
Southwest having declined a
domination against him, no
pther nomination was made,
and he was elected by the com
pined votes of all parties in his
District.
Here in the Senate he proved
nlmself the champion of every
fhing tending 10 the moral up
biting of the people, and strenu
! pusly fought everything of {
Contrary nature. The forces o.
fyll fought shy of Bruce; and
IN the language of a prominen
hnd popular speaker, while al
uding to the lobbying done b,
fome interests inimical to tn,
moral welfare of the people
there was no button-holing o
Senator Bruce"
Ihey knew it absolutely use
'ess to try TO influence him il
any way against what he be
ieved to be the moral interest
pf his constituents.
As an advocate of their ma
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24
Hon. x Tate Irvine Visits Eusiand
Scotland snd France.

Hon. r. Tate Irvine. of Big
stone Gap. Va. was a guest at
G n St. Lawrence Thursday
having arrived here on his wav
home from trip abroad.
Nr. Irvine paid a brief visit
60 England. : C. Otland and
France. in four weeks time
having rested his ewes upon
many interesting scenes beyond
the sea and having drunk i'm.
as 10 were, much of historic
nature in the trio of wonder
fully fascinating countries
countries whose history. whose
achievements. W n ose land
scapes. W II Ose @ peoples. and
whose achievements i'm art. sci
ence and literature are an sufi
cient 90 make them romantic TO
the American mind when it
finds time to quit for brief
spell the rushing. furious. mad
existence of n e. impetuous
Western World
Mr. Irvine was seen by Cou-
rier reporter. who asked OF him
"a brief Interview. Although
$ om a. W. hat travelw0rn. the
scenes he had visited were vet
fresh i'm his mind. Tho wide
eNpanse OF ocean. the great ves-
sells that piow it's shining waves.
carrying theircargocs of human
freight from land 20 land and
from CLINE to CLINE. men and
women eager Co eushrine i'm
their memory the ends OF the
earth and an the vast oNpanse
of scenic gronducr and historic
achievements that DE between
these uttermost parts. served TO
. heighten the vividness of recOl
lection. So that MIR. Irvine. like
Che l49.999 other Americans
who have been abroad this year.
. Will not soon forget.
Tn the few moments the Cou
rier representative talked with
Mr. Irvine he said.
"l spent four weeks sight
seeing principally In England
and Scotland but included "a
short STAY in the mountains of
Wales and a few DAYS in Paris.
. / cannot describe the pleasure
.it gives us American Co sec the
homes. the lands and the tombs
of BURNS and Scott. OF Shake
speare and Gladstone. and the
deeds of others who have made
the Anglo Saxon name so great.
10 is astonishing how much one
can see in four weeks. the coun
tries are SO compact and the
. distances SO short compared
with ours Up to the time /
visited Srratford- Avon over
$1,000 visitors. principally
Americans. had registered their
names in the visitors book at
. Shakespeare's birthplace. How
many thousand n "a a visited
Stratford and not registered no
one can tell The figures of the
steamship lines show that near
Ily $4,000 Americans have gone
abroad this year one meets
with his countrymen every.
where, and % is striking how
quickly a Southerner Is spotted
10y his speech an along ths
usual tourists lines and in Lon
don People from the NorfI
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24

Nhai tti. Mt. bfnCe laDOrou for
weeks to get the committee to
consider the bills and report.
but without success.
Mr.. George L. Carter's great
South and Western road. on
which there is now being spent
S25, 200, 900 to the enrichment Of
Dickenson, Wise. Russell. Scott
and Buchanan counties. was
one of the roads then seeking
"a charter, and the indomitable
Carter himself, for once in his
life, was on the point of giving
up, remarking TO Mr.. Bruce that
be saw no hope. and that he
feared his great scheme must
fail
In fact the chief response
bility seemed largely TO devolve
upon one man, who. like all
truly great men, rise to the
occasion and do the seemingly
impossible through sheer force
of their unyielding. dauntless
wills, Mr. Bruce relying ON the
justice Of his cause, by motion
20 discharge, forced the COM
mittee 10 report Their report
was adverse TO every charter,
When on the floor of the Sen
ate. with eloquence and power,
he contended for the rights of
Southwest Virginia, for tho
opening up of this, the richest
section of the State, tul the
members OF the House crowded
over 20 hear his speech; and re-.
porters of the papers caught his
stirring periods and give them
To their papers with the remark
that the speech was zone Of the
greatest heard in the Senate for
many years" and when he
closed the victory was nobly.
grandiy won; the shackles were
stricken from our section, and
the Southwest rose up las a
giant strengthened with new
wine. to fight for and win a
/ place i'm the very forefront of
national progress.
This is Bruce's work; and yet
he is too modest TO tell YOU of
it, even in a speech; still, we
owe him a debt of gratitude
above that due to almost any
other man in the State.
The boomings of the blastings
on the Black Mountain railroad
and on the South and Western,
that greet our ears daily in
these Southwest counties, are
salutes fired by the captains of
industry, who are now making
+ our section blossom as the rose
in honor Of Bruce's victory.
SO much for the public record
of Robert Bruce. But what OF
him as n neighbor, as a private
I member of { h e community:
\ Republican speaker raised in
Bruce's home town, in a speech
D. recently. said: Il never went tC
Bruce for a favor in my life
/ that did not get IT," When {
crowd met at Norton recently
to near Bruce speak, and tn,
t large hall was filling with peo
: pie, of whom many were Re
? publicans and many ladies, tn,
: writer said to an old citizen
''What does this mean:" III,
( answered, Bruce was raised
here; we know him "
= When old Uncle Dan Rame,
4 stepped into Bruce's office on
= wintry day, cold and not yer.
S we'll clad, and said to Bruc
and h a { noble Republican
= Ebert Kilgore, Gilbert, | wan
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-10-24
BRUCE and HIS WORK.
Ia Appreciation by Fellow County Man
Who Knows Him Well.

,b, Voters Of the Ninth Congressional
District Of Virginia.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
ONLY SEVEN VOTE No
HOUSE rs NEARLY UNANIMOUS
IN FAVOR OF SAFE REGU-
LATlON MEASURE.

Washington, Feb. S.-The house
during the day passed the Hepburn
railroad rate bill by a vote OF SAG to T..
Those voting against the bill were
all Republicans. They were Little
field (Me.), Mccall and Weeks
(Mass.), Perkins, S%outhwick and Vree
land IN. W and Sibley (Pa.).
Mr.. Sullivan (Mass.) voted pres
ent" and was not paired. There were
twenty-eight members paired, but
these pairs were generally political
ones None of them was made on the
bill and consequently did not indicate
opposition.
The Hepburn bill, as passed, gives
the interstate m commission
authority, when a rate has been COM
planned of as unreasonable" by a
shipper, to investigate that rate, state
whether or not it Is unreasonable and,
II found to be unreasonable, to name
a rate which is to be just and reason.
able and fairly remunerative, which
is to be the maximum rate to be
charged.
This rate so fixed is to go into effect
thirty days after it is announced by
the commission, subject during that
time to be set aside or suspended by
the commission or by the courts. After
1t has gone into effect it is to remain
the rate for three years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
SENATE AUTHORIZES AN INVES-
TIGATlON OF AN ALLEGED
RAILROAD COMBINE,

Washington, Feb. 13.-The senate
during the day adopted a joint resolu-
tion reported by Mr.. Tillman from the
senate committee on interstate com.
merce, which directs the interstate
commerce commission to investigate
the charge Of discrimination and com
bination in restraint of trade made
against the railroads.
The adoption of the resolution was
preceded by a speech by Mr.. Tillman
in which he practically charged that
the administration was not proceeding
in good faith to secure railway legisla-
ton because he was not satisfied with
the presidents advisers. Among these
he mentioned Secretary Root and Sen
ator Knox, the former of whom he
said was an adviser of the "magnates
responsible for the deyilment," and
the latter Of whom had been attorney
for the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany.
Mr.. Knox contradicted the charge
relative to himself, saying he had
never been attorney for the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad company.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
JACK THE sTARsER CAUGHT.
Assailant of Many st. Louis Women
Under Arrest.

st Louis. Feb. 10.-John Brady,
TWENTY-FIVE years old, a waiter out Of
EMPLOYMENT, has been arrested on
suspicion of being the young man
known as Jack the Stabber," who
stabbed a n4mher of women on the
streets during the past three weeks.
After being questioned the police state
that Brady confessed that ne had done
the stabDing and was the person for
whom the police have been searching.
Brady was arrested early in the day
in a resort where he had, on a pre-
vious visit, boosted that he was Jack
the S~tabber."
When he called again the police
were secretly notified and he was
taken into custody. At first he denied
all knowledge OF Jack the Stabber, "
but upon being confronted and identt
fed by several men who had neld
Jack the Stabber" on the street one
night Brady, it is stated confessed.
What his motive was in ~stabbing
yomen Unfortunately has not been
told by him.
Brady was identified during the day
by a number of the ome who had
been stabbed as their assailant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
TWENTY SIX KILLED
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF GAS
OCCURS IN A cOLLlERY AT
HOPE HILL, w. VA.

Charleston. w. Va, Feb. Given
ty-six men met death in a mine eXplo-
sion in the Parallel mine of the Stew
art Coal company at Hope Hill. Thir-
ty-six men were employed in the mine
and only ten have escaped alive. Six
bodies have been recovered near the
mouth of the mine and 1t is certain
that all the others in the mine are
dead.
The explosion is said to have been
caused by the ignition of gas in the
western portion of the mine. which is
badly wrecked.
Most of the miners caught in the
mine are Hungarians or negroes who
had little experience In mining. They
We're not expecting the pocket of gas,
which is nearly always discovered in
mine faults in the Kanawha region.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
From Bristol Tribune.

r. ID. Knapp and Nick Moxness were
Webster visitors Monday.
DIR. Kjerland was over from Webster
on professional business Monday.
Bismark Serum and Elmer Hogen
were up from Webster last Saturday
evening.
Loe Falkner returned from Webster
Monday, where he has been acting as
court bailiff.
Miss May Rankin went to Webster
Monday TO visit at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas Rieger.
Miss Minnie Larson, who is teaching
a term of school south of Webster,
spent Saturday and Sunday at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Rieger came up
from Webster last Saturday and spent
Sunday at the Serum home.
N. j. Serum went to Webster Tues
day with a bunch of colts which he
traded for some registered cattle.
w. l.. Brckaw has been appointed to
the position of mail weigher on the
Milwaukee lines in this part of the
country. He will begin work in a few
days, his first work being on the Madi-
SON line. The job will last about loo
days and is a very good position while
il lasts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
From Pierpont Signal.

A fine flow was reached at a depth of
1918 feet tor Floyd Potter Monday.
j. G. Ewald aud j a Hawkins left
Wednesday evening for Webster 10
attend court.
a. S. Martyr and Fl. G. Raffelson
~journeyed to Webster last evening
being called as witnesses at the circuit
court.
Fred Baltic and BRIDE, from Willow
City, n. D. arrived Tuesday morning
to spend several days of their honey
nIoon at the old homestead.
III. b Baltic came up from Mime
apolis Tuesday to visit his parents and
friends and be present at the reception
this friday evening at the Baillse
home
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
CHARGES ri A
ACCUSATIONS AGAINST
SENATORS ELKiNS (W. VAo
AND GoRMAN (MD.).

Rituminous Coal Trade League Of
Pennsylvania in a Petition TO Con,
gress says the TWO Men Named
and ex-senator Davis Of West Vir-
gina Are Guilty Of Gross Violations
Of the Interstate Commerce and
Antitrust Laws.
Washington, Feb. 1+.-Senator
Stephen r. Elkins of West Virginia,
now the chairman of the senate COM
mittee on interstate commerce, having
IN charge the railway rate regulation
dill. and Senator Arthur P. German OF
Maryland. the Democratic leader OF
the senate. are directly charged with
having caused violations of the inter
state laws and antitrust
laws in a petition sent Representative
Gillespie of Texas by the Bituminous
Coal Trade League of Pennsylvania.
The petition caused a sensation in
the house, and Representative Payne
of New York fought for an hour to pre-
vent it's being printed in the Congress
sional Record.
He objected three times TO giving
unanimous consent to its being read,
and even on a roll call 1t was sup
pressed temporarily by a vote of LOG
to "a
Former Senator Henry G. Davis OF
West Virginia, the father-in-law of
Senator Elkins and a cousin of Sena-
tor German and vice presidential nomi,
nee of the Democratic party in 1904,
Is accused of being a party to these
violations.
The petition not only charges the
senators and Mr.. Davis with having
caused violations of the anti trust
laws, hut makes a strong case against
the Pennsylvania railroad.
The petitioners say that Senator
German and Senator Elkins, together
with Henry Gassaway Davis. are joint
owners of an enormous acreage of
West Virginia soft coal lands and
operate all the mines along the lines Of
the West Virginia Central railroad.
which they control. The independent
operators, the petition declares, are
compelled to sell their output to one
or the other Of the opel stiHg com
panies owned by these men and known
as the Davis Coal and Co6e company
and the Davis Galleries company,
otherwise they z get no cars or sid
ing connections with which to get
their production to market.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
From Waubay Clipper.

Peter Schmitt transacted business at
Webster Monday evening.
DIR. Rouse went to Webster Monday
evening, returning Wednesday morn
ing.
Mrs. ID. A. Chapman went to Web
ster Tuesday noon, returning on the
night tram.
Chas. Brink took out his final natur-
allzation papers at Webster Saturday +,
and is now II of u S.
William Beaman, of Illinois caught
a pickerel in Bluedog Lake Saturday
that weighed 2lla pounds He sold it
to Dave Marshall. who will send it to
his father in-law, ID. Toogood, at
Stewartville, MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15

When IN reads the reception
given Congressman Martin in st.
Paul, the enthusiasm with which
his speech vas received and the
speech itself he cannot help feeling
proud and saying, He is the mem
Der from South Dakota whom our
people have decided to advance ia
the United States senate at the
election which occurs at the next
meeting Of the state legislature"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
From Andover Gazette.

DIR. L. L. Miller, of Chicago, is max
ing arrangements to open up an Office
Andover.
John Ewald, of Pierpont. took his
first step in Missionary last Wednesday
evening.
J. Vandea Meide, a genuine South
Dakota ''hustler" Is now located here.
with an Office in the Citizens State
Bank building.
Senator E @. Toy, A. J. Hilton and
J. W. Kruger, left on the cannonball
this afternoon for Groton, to finish
taking the Chapter degrees in Masonry.
Mrs. Ed DeYoung and baby daughter
took the train east last evening for the
old homo in Orange City, Iowa. while
gone Mr.. DeYoung expects to be
present q the fortieth anniversary Of
the wedding Of her parents, the tenth
wedding anniversary Of . sister, and
the wedding Of : sistsr-in-law
The Fourth Annual District Conven-
tion, Degree Of Honor. was held here
Tuesday, February, q. The afternoon
session opened with Sister Hyds, of
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
From Rmtlcr HeraId.

Ed. Paul went TO Webster last night
MIR. Meuers is in charge of the bank
while Mr.. Bjerke is IN Webster.
Ivan and Miss Candace Ash returned
from Webster Monday morning
ID. +. Potter lett off counting Sunday
in Webster and spent the day at home.
n L Bjerke was called TO Webster
last Saturday as a witness. After he
got there court was postponed until
Moncay. Rather early to begin the
April fool business.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15
FOUR PERISH BY FIRE.
Eleven Others Seriously Injured at
Portland, Ore.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 13.-Four per
sons are dead and eleven seriously in
jured, possibly fatally, and prop
erty worth $4,000 was destroyed
as the result of an early morning fire,
which wiped out the little business
district close to the east end of the
Morrison street steel bridge. The
dead are:
Edwin Daley, aged sever years;
Nathan p. Young; unidentified wo-
man, thought to be Mrs. Cochran, aged
sixty-ive years, and an unidentified
q
That the loss of life was not much
greater was due to the work of the
iremen, who rescued persons from
%precariousl positions.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15

The criminal record in the DAY
county circuit court just closed is a
good thing to hold up before the
younger generation. There was
not a single offender brought before
the bar of justice but who received
adequate punishment for his crime.
The record certainly proves that
honesty is the best policy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-15

The majority Of the carriers on
the rural mail routes have just
received an increase in their salaries.
This is about the time of the year
when the carrier would be excused
for thinking his work was deserving
of a little nor pay, therefore the
raise was timely.