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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
Six Men Killed.

Birmingham. Ala, Feb. 27.-Six
men were killed and twelve so badly
injured that most of them are expected
to die before morning, by an explosion
in Little Cahaba mine No. 2, at Piper,
Ala, at o, clock this afternoon.
The dead are Peter Costello, Steve
Smith, Matt Elite, John Stone, Louis
Vanko and Sich Smith, the latter ne
gro.
The mine is owned by the Little Caha-
ba Coal Company, of which ]. R. Smith
of this city, is president. Piper is in
Bibb county, in the Blocton field, about
sixty miles south of Birmingham.
The little Cahaba settlement lis on a
spur track of the Birmingham Mineral
railway and is difficult of access by
wire communication.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
A TAX CASE
OF IMPORTANCE
Is Decided by judge Henson in the
Circuit Court.

The State Corporation Commission
was of opinion that the last assess
ments made by the Commissioners of
Revenue on coal lands situated in this
county were too low. The Commission,
acting under a certain statute of the
Commonwealth, directed 7. c. Bowen,
Commonwealth Attorney of Tazewell
county, to give notice to number of
owners and holders of coal lands in the
county to appear before the circuit
court and show cause Iwhy the assess
ments on their lands should not be
raised.
On yesterdaylthe following appeared
in the circuit court in response to the
notice:
Berwind-White Co., about 10000
acres of land involved, represented by
Chapman & Gillespie, as counsel.
Tazewell Coal Land Corporation and
Richlands Coal Co., 1880 acres involv-
ed, and represented by R. A. Ayers and
]. N. Harman, as counsel.
Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Company
and Coal Mountain Mining Co., about
20, 900 acres, !and represented byiS. D.
May.
Faraday Coal and Coke Co., 10000
acres, represented by E. L. Greever.
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company,
about 10000 acres involved, and repre-
sented by S. D. May.
The Pocahontas Galleries Company,
which leases from the Pocahontas Coal
and Coke Co., was..represented by Maj.
R. R. Henry.
All the lands in question, except those
of the Pocahontas Coal & Coke Co. are
practically assessed at the same figures,
that is So per acre for mineral rights
and 4 per acre for the fee simple. The
lands of the Pocahontas Coal G. Coke
Co. are assessed at from $40 to 500 per
acre.
The first case taken up by the court
was that of the Berwind-White Co.
It's consideration occupied most of the
day. After hearing the evidence, Judge
Henson promptly decided the question
by increasing the assessment of the
1000 acres of the Berwind- White Com
pany on Indian Creek in this county
one hundred per cent. is from So
to Sc on the mineral rights and from $4
to So on the fee simple.
Hearing of the other cases will be re-
sumed today, and if the evidence is
similar in all the cases the increased as
sessments will be made upon all lands
involved.
These cases are the first Of their
character that we have heard of in Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. T. C. Bowen is appearing in all
the cases for the Commonwealth.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
Buried In Potter's Field.

Chicago, February "a. The body of
Johann Hoch lay today in the county
morgue at Dunning ILL.,, while the under
taker who had agreed to inter the corpse
at his own expense, and the two clergy
men who were on the scaffold yester-
day when Hoch was hanged, vainly
tried to find burial place.
After repeated efforts to secure fin
al resting place for the body of Hoch in
one of the city cemeteries, the clergy
men finally despaired and the body was
inferred in the potter's field adjoining
the county poor farm at Dunning.
The authorities of Waldheim ceme-
terry refused to allow Hoch to be bur-
led there, as did the officials of Forest
Hill Cemetery and those of st. Lucas
Cemetery.
Today cemetery after cemetery was
asked by telephone to permit the bur-
ial of Hoch, but all of them refused,
saying that the owners of cemetery lots
objected toIthe interment of those who
had been hanged. 1t was not expected
that objection would be offered at Wal
dheim, as in that cemetery Spier,i Par
son, England, Fischer, the executed
anarchists, are buried, but the officers
of the Waldheim cemetery declared
that the burial of the anarchists had
brought such an unpleasant notoriety
to their cemetery that under no circum-
stances would they ever again give bu-
rial to one who had been hanged.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
Preparing at Manila For trouble In China

Manila, Feb 24.-Active prepara-
tions continue here for possible emer-
gency in China.
Major Genesal Leonard Wood has
postponed his trip to Mindanao.
A list has been circulated among the
packers and teamsters of this city re-
sesting the names of those who are
willing to enlist for services in China.
The necessary outfits will be issued
to them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
Premier BaIfOur Again 10 Parliament.

London, Feb. 28.-Former Premier
Balfour, after being beaten in his home
district, was today returned to parlia-
ment by victory over Gibson Bowles,
in the city of London. Mr.. Balfour
was substituted for the Conservative
candidate, who retired in favor of the
former premier. Mr.. Balfour received
plurality of more than eleven thou
sand votes.
Enthusiastic professions were held
tonight by the Conservatives in honor
of their leader being returned.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
SUES NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
Hay Mason, Of Franklin County, Seeks
to Recover $4,000 Damages.

Roanoke, Va, Feb. %. Alleging
that he was crippled for life in a rail-
way wreck last July, Hay Mason. who
resides in Franklin county,. Va, has
brought suit to recover $4,000 dam
ages from the the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company.
Mason claims that he was fireman
on the Norfolk & Western on the 10th
of last July when freight wreck, in
which he was burned and crippled, oc-
Cured near Midvale on the Shenandoah
Valley division of the Norfolk and
Western. He claims that his injuries
have incapacitated him for work and
hence the suit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
MR.. ROOSEVELT
TAKES A HAND
DeplOr0S Failure Of Recent Convention
Of URited Mine Workers.
WRITES LETTER TO JOHN MITCHELL
Urges Further Conference to Try 10 Decide
on Peace Terms and Mitchell Orders
Meeting for March l5.

New York, Feb. 26. President
Roosevelt has intervened again as a
peacemaker between the coal miners
and operators and as a result Of let
ter addressed by him to John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, natioal convention of the
United Miners will be held March Is to
try to reach an agreement with the
soft coal operators in the hope of avert
ing the threatened strike of April l in
the bituminous fields. The president 8
letter and the announcement that the
national convention would be called
were madepublic tonight by Mr.. Mitch
ell after long conference with Fran
els L. Robbins, president of the Pitts
burg Coal Company and Chairman of
the bituminous operators who came to
New York this morning. Also present
at this conference were W. c. Peery,
of the Southwestern Coal Association,
and B. F. Bush, representing the soft
coal interests allied with the Gould
railroads.
The presidents letter to Mr.. Mitchell
is as follows:
''White House, Washington, Feb. "a.
"Sir:-I note with very great concern
the failure of your late convention on
the joint interstate agreement to come
to basis of settlement of the bitumi-
nous mining scale of wages. You in
this business have enjoyed a great in
dustrial peace for many years, thanks
to the joint trade agreement that has
resulted in the action of your success
i've conventions.
ga strike such as is threatened on
April is a menace to the peace and
general welfare of the country, l urge
you to make further effort to avoid
such calamity.
You and Mr.. Robbins are joint chair
men of the trade agreement committee
of the National Civic Federation, and il
seems to me that this imposes addition
al duty upon you both and gives an adj
ditional reason why each of you should
Join in making a further effort.
Every Respectfully,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Mr.. Mitchell has not announced any
details of todays conference nor did he
say just when the call for the conven-
tion which will fix the place of meeting
will be sent out. March Is, he believes,
is the earliest date the convention can
be summoned and he believes that il
there is to be peace, the two weeks be-
tween the date fixed for the miners
assembly and April /, when the pres
ent agreement with the operators ex-
pires, is sufficient to bring about the
desired result. Mr.. Mitchell would
not indicate what new propositions will
be placed before the miners, but signii-
canoe is attached to his statement that
the operators at today's conference
agreed that the convention should be
called. Concessions, maybe on both
sides, will be offered, and President
Roosevelt's interest in the situation
will be held as an additional reason foi
bringing about a new agreement.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
FORMER SPEAKER or
NATIONAL HOUSE DEAD
David B. Henderson Suocumbs After
Long lIlness-Mr. Henderson Was
Twice Elected Speaker.

Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 26.-David B.
Henderson, formerly speaker of the
national house of representatives, died
yesterday afternoon at Mercy Hospital
of paresis, which attacked him nine
months ago. Colonel Henderson began
to sink Friday afternoon, rallied Satur-
day morning, but. in the afternoon laps
ed into Inconsistencies and failed rap
idly until the end came. All of his
family, except.a'son in California, were
at the bedside, but Colonel Henderson
was unable to recognize any .one but
his wife since a week ago, except on
Friday, when he partly regained his
mental faculties. Colonel Henderson
was stricken with paresis last May,
and his condition grew so grave that
he was removed to a hospital in Sep
tember. His condition remained un-
changed except for the usual period of
such disease until week ago last
Friday,when he suffered another stroke
which resulted in total blindness. The
former speaker failed rapidly. physical
ly and mentally, until Friday, when
his mental powers returned for few
hours, followed by relapse which end
ed in death.
The funeral will be held next Thurs
day, with services in the Episcopal
church under the auspices of the Grand
Army. Former Congressman George
D. Perkins, of Sioux City, will deliver
an eulogy. The body is to lie in state
on Thursday at the church.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

If you are troubled with piles and can't
find cure, try Witch Hazel Salve, but
be sure you get that made by E. G. De-
Witt & Co., Chicago 1t is the original.
If you have used Witch Hazel Salve with
out being relieved it Is probable that you
got hold Of one of the many worth' IS
counterfeits that are sold on the reputA-
ton of the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. John +. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

Indigestion is much of habit. Don't
get the habit. Take little Kodol Dye.
pepsia Cure after eating and you will quit
belching, putting, palpitatipg and frown-
ing. Kodol digests what you eat snd
makes the stomach sweet. Sold by John
K. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
C. T. PATTON
Blacksmith and
General Repairer
TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA

l am prepared to execute, at
short notice and on reasonable
terms, all classes of iron work
horse shoeing, all kinds of repair
ing, etc.
There is also connected with my
establishment a Wood Working
Department, under the control of
]. B. Crawford where he is pre-
pared to do everything pertaining
to that branch.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

The beet safeguard against headache,
constipation and liver troubles is DeWitts
Little Early Risers. Keep vial of these
famous little pills in the house and take a
dose at bed time when you feel that the
stomach and bowels need cleansing. They
don't gripe. Sold by John f. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

Washington, February 26.-Former
Speaker David B. Henderson, who died
at Dubuque yesterday, was for many
years prominent figure in the coun-
sells of his party and had host
of friends among both Republicans
and Democrats in Congress. Succeed
ing Speaker Reed in the chair, Mr..
Henderson carried out vigorously the
rules adopted by his predecessor for
the expedition of the business of the
house. He was twice elected speaker,
his last term in that Office closing a
twenty-year service in the lower branch
of congress.
The ending of his political career by
his withdrawal from the campaign for
reelection to the ffty-eigth congress,
after he had been nominated to succeed
himself, caused a sensation in this city
and widespread speculation as to the
reasons that actuated his retirement
which he at the time declined to dis
cuss.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

Bring or phone us your next order
for job work, if you want good work
and material. We don't use trashy
stationery.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
VEHICLES FOR SALE.

have five second hand single buggies
and one second hand hack which will
sell ca cap. j. w. MOSS.
feb22 VIZ
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE

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Three per cent interest paid on all
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01

For ga" No. l Fire Insurance apply
70 the J. N. Harman Insurance Agency
Tazewell, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1906-03-01
CHANGE

Don't miss this opportunity Of
supplying your present and
future needs. This is a dash
ing chance.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-18
SIX HURT IN COLLISION.
Trolley Car Crashes Into and OUer-
turns Patrol Wagon.

Six persons were injured last night at Fulton
and Cleveland streets. East New York. in a COL
lsion between trolley car and police patrol
wagon. which was on it's way TO the, Liberty
avenue station with prisoner, Michael Gott-
schalk. of No. 3249 Atlantic avenue. arrested on
a charge Of intoxication. According to wit
nesses the car which was in charge Of Fred
Schirmer Of No. 431 Glennon avenue, going
at rate far in excess of the usual speed All
but the rear wheels OF the wagon was across the
tracks when the car crashed into it, hurting IL
far to one side and overturnins it,
Patrolman Lewis Eggeston, who had made
the arrest. was thrown from his seat TO the side
walk, where he knocked down a passerby. Mrs.
Elizabeth Greenwood, of No. 81 Liberty avenue.
The woman was injured about the back and
hands. but was able 20 go home. after receiv-
ing treatment from DR.. Parker, Of 81. Mary $
Hospital. Eggleston was not so fortunate. His
collar bone was fractured, his back wrenched
and he received serious internal injuries.
Patrolman John W. Shine, who was riding
on the rear Of the patrol wagon. receiving two
serious scalp wounds and had several bones OF
his right hand broken. The driver, John Hines,
escaped with a sprained ankle and several con-
tusions The motorman and prisoner were cut
about the face and body All the men were re-
moved to the Bradford Street Hospital by DR..
Howard.
Schirmer was arrested later charged with
criminal negligence. Immediately after the ac-
cident the crowd threatened the motornan, and
it was necessary to call out the reserves.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-18

candidate so nominated the board Of directors of
such corporation. &c the candidate was on the adj
ministration ticket may nominate q candidate in
his place by filing a certificate OF said nomina-
ton with the Superintendent of Insurance prior
20 the day set for election.
A lawyer said last night that in his Judgment
the word 'qncapacity" meant physical or mental
incapacity. II is possible that the names. having
been once fled. will have TO stay the ticket
OF course, man who had been elected could
fuse to serve in which case the board would
have the naming OF his successor. There was a
suggestion made last night by a policyholder
that the naming of Judge Gray and the other
members of the policyhOlders committee had
been done with the knowledge that they would
not serve as trustees. The fact that their names
were the ticket, however. would be Of great
value and IL they resigned. should the ticket
win, the board would have the naming of their
successors and would put up men whom they
did not dare TO submit for the ratification Of the
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New-York tribune., 1906-07-18
DIES FROM BROKEN NOSE
Hemorrhage FoIlouS assault At
tributed to Euidence ip Court.

AS the result OF a fight due 20 feud between
members of the 'sheep gang" of the United Butch
ers' Dressed Beef Company. James Eliwood. Of No.
442 Tenth avenue died yesterday at Bellevue from
internal hemorrhage brought by a fractured
nose. William A Lang. of No. SSs West 9th
street. superintendent of jhe Merchants Union Ice
Company. was arrested later. charged with being
a suspicious person. in connection with EllwoOd $
death.
What the police believe to be a link connecting
the death of Ellwood with Lang is that the former
was the principal witness in the prosecution OF
Edward Mooney. said to be Langs friend. for the
murder of Joseph HillaTd. member of the sheep
gang, who shot and killed. Mooney is now
sewing a life term in Sing Sing. The police first
learned OF Elwood's death last night when a re-
quest was made that Lang be arrested The in
formant gave his name William Sullivan. OF No
4S2 West 4th street. but both name and address
have since been found to be fictitious.
Ellwood walked into Bellevue last Friday. He
was bleeding at the nose which was fractured
His case was diagnosed as alcoholism eptstOxis." "
After he had been there day Il was found that
he was bleeding internally. and he was immedl-
ately transferred To the surgical ward. Without
regaining consciousness he died yesterday after
noon He made no statement at the hospital as
to how he received his injury
At this juncture Sullivan appeared at the nos
pital and gave the information on which Lang was
arrested He said that Ellwood and Lang had
come to an argument in a saloon az Sgth street
and Tenth avenue over paying for a drink.
Sullivan asserted that Lang hit EllWood D!oW
on the nose This occurred about six days before
Ellwood went the hospital. Sullivan said and in
all that time Ellwood's nose had bled profusely.
the dead man, but that he did Il in self-detence.
Detectives working on the case
New-York tribune., 1906-07-18
NEW YORK LIFE's LISTS OPEN.
Insurance Company Has Fitted Up Rooms
for Use of Policyholders.

Elaborate preparations have been made by the
New York Life Insurance Company to comply with
that part of the law which requires mutual life
insurance companies to have two complete lists of
their policyholders accessible TO policyholders at
the home Office from to-day until the election on
December 1s
Two rooms on the fifth hoor-Nos. 5S6 ana OSI-
have been set aside for this purpose In one the
lists. which made into books and bound IN imp
linen for convenience OF handling. are placed IN
nine sets of shelves. The books are all indexed
and numbered and entered in catalogue. so tnat
any particular one may be found at once. There
are about two hundred books in each list The sec
ond room, large one. contains tables and chairs
ink. pens and bIotters
Here policyholder may work as long as ne HAes
during the office hours from a. m. to p m'' eA-
cept Saturday. when the Office closes at noon
There is room enough for fifty men TO Work COLH-
forably. The admirable arrangements ana inuex tS
ing due TO NJ J. Martin, who has been Win the
New York Life for thirty-siX years -,
1t will not be necessary for policyholder 10 prlns
his policy and receipt for last premium as is & the
Albany. man stating he has pollcy
will be Identified by the records on fe dGwnstairs
contain about six hundred thousand names, ar
ranged In some 135 volumes. were sent to Albany
late yesterday afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-18
OCCUPATIONS AND DISEASES.
Bureau of Labor to Begin an Exhaustive
Study of Their Connection.
[From The Trlbune Bureau. ]

Washington, July 17.-An important investi-
cation into the question of labor insurance, with
a view to ascertainng the extent of mortality
and disease incident to the various trades. with
the hope OF eventually remedying the conditions.
will be undertaken by the Bureau of Labor this
summer.
The facts are to be gathered principally by
study of the insurance records of labor unions
showing the number Of Deaths cases of sickness
and injuries In accidents. It will be necessary
10 make painstaking search into these records
Dut agents OF the bureau will be sent to all parts
OF tne country, and will have several months
within which TO complete the investigation. This
INQUIRY VIII be the principal work Of the Bureau
OF LABOR this summer. The insurance statistics
gathered WILL IT IS thought be of incalculab BILE
r' DeIent' anu will show in more complete form
ma man mas ever been attempted before the health
conditions OF labor IN this country
Should the statistics show that certain trades
invariably give rise to peculiar diseases the re-
suit VIII undoubtedly be an effort to oca te this
particular cause Of disease and TO remove N
The facts published after the inVesti0etioD Je
cohciuded WIZ throw fresh light the sanitary
condition OF labor throughout the country ana
Will probably result in legislation for the nnate
rial benefit of the worker.
The Bureau OF Labor Is now bringing N
strikes and lockouts In this country for the last
quarter OF a century, which has been under ,vev
for some time. Commissioner Neill is having
prepared the last chapters in the record ~
strikes in the period from 1900 10 1906 There
have been two previous issues OF the statistics
on strikes covering the period from 1880 to 1900
The Investigations Of the bureau have about
finished with the last five years. in which there
were some notable labor upheavals The sta
tfstics are expected to prove OF great value
The complete issue will be published early next
year.