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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

About this time last year Bascom
Siemp was calling the attention OF
the few democrats who held forth
class postoffices. to the section of the
Postal Laws and Regulations pro-
hibiting any one holding Federal
position from participating in poll
tics. or course this was a yelled
threat. Wonder IL he has called the
attention of the horde of pie eaters
who are bone and sinew of the Slemp
dynasty in the Ninth to this section?
Lew Summers Chief Mogul of the
Slemp ring is Collector of the Inter-
nal Revenue, Bill Pendleton Is Post
master at Tazewell, Lou Gleaves is
a Collecor of some sort. John Catron,
Slemp's campaign manager in Scott
county, is Deputy Collector, and so
on down the line to the fourth class
postmasters who are proclaiming
Slemp the peer of Washington, jeff
erson, Webster. Clay, etc.-Clint-
wood times.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

The CAM a.cn In Colorado is NOV
Ing along rsrrily. IS will be seen
from rn cre1 letter to Senator
Thomas VI. fhstrescn. who is also
pro--'e.1r or re Rocky Mountain
New r. G. Bonfils. one OF the
Iowrc n the Denver Post. The
controversy arose over a charge
that aonnls end others attempted
TO get 100000 from Simon Guggen-
helm 20 gut certain men on the Lind
sas ticket" Now stand up. T. M. Pat
terson.' Mr.. Bonfils says in conclu-
sion' before the people OF Colorado
and let me tell you in their presence
that. In making these charges. you
are an Infamous. malicious and pre-
meditated liar. scoundrel and per-
jurer."
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
LOWER FARES PAY.

When the New Haven railroad
company reduced it's passenger rate
to two cents a mile the officials esti-
mated that there would be loss of
about 100000 year in gross re-
ceipts. The reduced rate, which
affects nine-tenths OF the system, has
been in operation several months.
and instead of the predicted reduc-
ton there Is an increase in gross
earnings Lower fares have been
given the company enough new bust
ness to more than make good the
lessened profit on each fare. When
the Michigan Central charter was
repealed and a two-cent rate was
fixed by the Legislature the company
brought suit against the state of
Michigan for 100000. BY the
time the case got before the courts
the receipts already showed a large
increase in passenger earnings. In
stead of losing by the repeal OF n
charter which gave it the right to
charge three cents a mile The Mich
igan Central had actually benefited.
The recent ruductions in fare on
the Pennsylvania were made in a
confident business belief that there
would be more profit for the compa-
ny in carrying people for less money
Other companies are planning similar
reductions. The next FIVE years will
witness unprecedented reductions in
passenger fares. Railroad managers
are coming to understand the simple
scientific principle that there is more
money in doing a large business with
small margin of profit on each
transaction than in doing a small
business with a large margin of
profit on each transaction
York World.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

Speaker Cannon told the New York
reporters last week that he ha,. been
unable to find any campaign except
In that state. Nobody will come to
the meetings. he said. evidently re-
ferring to the western states: at is
hard work to drum up crowd any
where. People say they are too
busy. that they know what our
speeches are going to be anyway
They know about what Mr.. Cannon's
speech will be. He is standpatter
and there is sameness and deadly
dizziness about standpat speeches
everybody is familiar with.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

suit has been brought In Gin
connati by a disguised contributor
against the republican committee to
compel an accounting of the funds
given for the last campaign. in
1905. The person bringing the suit
alleges that $4,000 was contributed
by private corporations and $4,000
by the steam railroads, to the fund.
He says further that all the office
holders, federal and state, were as
sessed, and that the total sum raised
in Cincinnti for the campaign was
S172,102. The disguised complain
ant was an involuntary contributor,
being an office-holder himself. and
the result of the election having
been SO unsatisfactory. he wants TO
know where the money went, and
why it went there. He will prob
ably have his labor for his pains.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
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Schedule in Effect
May 81, 1906.

Leave Bluefield $3.50 a. m. for Ro
anoke, Lynchburg, Norfolk and all
points on the Shenandoah division.
Pullman sleeper to Roanoke anil Ro-
anoke to New York. via Hagerstown
Parlor car Roanoke to Norfolk
8:15 a. m. daily for Roanoke and
intermediate points.
$3.50 p. m. for Roanoke and Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley, Philadelphia
and New York. Sleeper to Philadel-
phia-Roanoke to Richmond
8:33 p. m. for Roanoke. Lynch
burg, Richmond. NorfolA, Pullman
sleeper East Radford to Norfolk and
Lynchburg to Richmond. Cafe Car.
Trains arrive at Bluefleld from the
east at 1858, a. m, 1:55, p. M, s:0e
p. M, and 9:05 p. m.
From the west at 800 a. N. 8: 20
a. m. 2:05 p. m, and 8:18 p. IN.
Leave Bluefield at 8:15 y. m. for
Kenova, Columbus and ell points
west and northwest. Pullman sleep
ers for Columbus and Cincinnati. o.
Cafe car.
9:O8 a. m. for Kenova. Cincinnati.
Portsmouth, Columbus. st. Louis.
Through Pullman sleepers TO Column
bus. Cafe car. -
Leave 9:15 a. m and 2 - y. n
daily for Tazewell, Norton, and all
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and all points
on the Clinch Valley division at 2.3l
and 7:55 p. m.
Leave $50 a. N. for kenova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 500 and 1880 p. N toi
WEIGH and intermediate stations.
For Pocahontas $3.50 n. IN. 800
a. IN. 2:30 p. m. and $40 p. m Ar
rive from Pocahontas at 500 q. IN
2:O6 %. m. and 8:18 y. m.
For Bramwell, leave Bluefield b:bC
a. m. 9:08 a. m. 1880 j.. m. and s;1h
p. m.
Call on agent Norfolk sn6 Western
Railway. for tickets, rs. end acdi
tiopal information.
" 3. BEvIIL. @ p. A.
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
THE OVARIAN
NONSENSE.

Man is today what man was yester-
day
Will be tomorrow; let him curse
or pray,
Drink or be dull, he learns not, nor
shall learn
The lesson that will laugh the
world away.
The world as gray or just as golden
shines;
The wine as sweet or just as bitter
flows
For you as me; and you, like me,
may find
Perfume or canker in the reddest
rose.
The tale of life is hard to under
stand;
But while the cup waits ready to
your hand,
Drink, and declare the summer
roses blow
AS red in London IS in Samarcand
Lips are as sweet to kiss and eyes as
bright
AS ever fattered Omar with de-
light:
English or Persian. while the mouth
IS fair.
What can It matter how it says
good night?
Justin Huntly Mccarthy
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
GOOD COLD CASH.

Many men here in BlueheId have
Invested few hundred dollars in
real estate,for which they can now
get as many thousands.
You say. Eyes. but everybody
can't do that"Let us tell you that
nobody could 81 nobody invested.
Mr. Nobody" never invests; he lets
Mr. Somebody take all the good in.
vestmeuts The Graham and Blue
field Improvement Co. Csee las
page) are going to advance prices
on lots Nov. IT, Mr. Nobody" vii
continue his sleep until after tina
date
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

Anthony Michalek, the Bohennia n
born congressman from the 6tn III
inois district. which Is In Chic -. IA
reported as likely to be re-osocted
siter a close fight with the demo-
cratic candidate. who is . Jew Mich5 (
alexis success would be something q
triumph, as the district went dem
ocratic In 1902 by lteoo. He is one
republican congressman who h.
been Endorsed by union labor. III
nine other congressman whose d
tricts lie partly or wholly In Chica{
and who are all Republicans. have beel
blacklisted by the unions. The re(
publican leaders are reported 70.
much CONCERNED. and fear that q
OF the veterans in the delegation
be defeated.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

Miss Elsie Malcolm and Susie Bird
are rival candidates for county SUI
perlntendent in Belle Fourche. S.
OAK. Each has held similar posi-
ton before and both are experienced
politicians. Butte county, where
their campaign is being carried on, Is
about the size Of Massachusetts,.
there being stretches Of country that
know no other settler than the prai-
RE dog. over this country, often
alone in blackboard or on the bacI,
Of a trusty COW pony, for distances OF
NOT less than 200 miles, these intrepid
girls must go TO meet the voters.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
Augustus Thomas has rec,.t,v

voted large part OF his time arn
some of his royalties to lernine
French In France. The money that
Mr.. Thomas takes In at the box Of
hce. the houses for rent with which
he covers his land at New Rochelle.
his extensive cultivation OF French
roots-all these has not made him
any less lover of the masses than
he was when he swung a lantern in
the railroad yard at st. Louis or barn
stormed through Missouri or made
caricatures for a daily paper.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

Camp Columbia. while 1900 are still
scattered throughout the island.
Reports TO be issued by the gov
crnment tomorrow will show that
the damages sustained by the crops
from the recent cyclone are not as
;Telt as has been supposed.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

In Algeria three or more wives
live in the same hut. The older
wives do the work while Ine Young
er ones walt on the master Of the
house.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

The president is devoting all his
spare time to his message to Con-
gress. as he intends to have II done
before he leaves for Panama next
month.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

1t Is stated that n locomotive en-
CINE going n mile a minute gives
twenty puffs a second.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

One account has it that 80 Pc
cent of the trees in Havana were
blown down by the hurricane. Imag-
Inc this city with but one tree In
10 standing.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24
HERBERT B. HAYES,
Attorney and Counselor.
No. o Telephone Building.
WEST VIRCiNii

Prompt personal attention given claims
in Mercer and Mcdowell couuiCs w. Va
and Tazewell county, Va. t'ns'-rcial an
corporation law speciality
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-10-24

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Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
ICE HEARING IN KANSAS CITY
BesIeE- sSeeeeS n DiscredftfSE Te..
timOny of PeddIer o. b.
shaw.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, July A-The de-
fense in the ice hearing today succeeded in
discrediting the testimony Of Peddler o. B.
Shaw, who testified yesterday that he knew
that an ice combine existed here and that
the alleged ice trust made and controlled
the wholesale and retail prices of ice. He
was subjected to severe cross examin-
alton, which developed the fact that he
knew nothing whatever on which to base
his declaration of yesterday.
other ice peddlers testified that all the
ice companies advanced the price of ice
simultaneously here and the witnesses
admitted that an advance in prices was
advantageous to the peddlers as they then
made larger profits. Only one peddler testi-
Ned that he bought ice Unfortunately
from all Of the ice companies. The other
peddlers admitted that they bought ice
from the plants to which they were di-
rected by the manager Of the Peoples Ice,
Storage & Fuel Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
THAW HOLDS A CONFERENCE &
wife, Mother and sister Present and
wife Denies Divorce
Suit story.

NEW YORK, July 2.-Mrs. William
Thaw, Harry X Thaw's mother; his sister,
Mrs George l.. Carnegie and His wife,
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, paid another visit to
the TOmbs prison today.
While waiting to sec her husband Mrs
Harry X. Thaw was asked If It is true
that she is seeking a divorce from him
Mrs. Thaw replied: THAT story is per.
fectly absurd. It is a cruel canard. There
is absolutely nothing to IT,"
Much speculation was caused at the dis
trict attorneys office late this afternoon by
the appearance there Of new witness I'm
the Thaw case, whose identity none of the
officials concerned would make known. She
was a woman past 30 years of age. She
came to the criminal courts building in
company with p. L. Bergoff, the detective
whom Stanford White employed when he
is said to have feared injury from Thaw
The detective and the woman went to the
Office of Assistant District Attorney Turn
bull, where they were closeted for an hour
a stenographer being in attendance. A
great deal of attention seemed to be paid
to the woman, and her appearance so late
in the day was taken to mean that she
had something of importance to contribute
to the district attorneys case.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
sHosHoNI PEOPLE UP IN ARMS
Sensational Newspaper Reports Cause
Press Correspondents TO Pub
IIcIy show Their Copy.

sHosHoNI, wyo, July 24,-tSpecial
Telegram) "A big bundle of Sunday Den
yer Posts, containing a yellow" story
defaming Shoshoni, was publicly burned
in the streets this morning. the mayor ap-
plying the match before big crowd. A
sensational article in the Post, stating
that lawlessness and mob rule was pre-
yailing. with Mayor Quintal locked in a
block house and guarded by ten deputies,
was denounced at mass meeting called
by the mayor today. Eewsboys refuse to
sell Posts
Resolutions adopted declare the article
did gross injustice and incalculable injury
to the town AT registration time. They
declare at no time were troops necessary,
that authorities constantly maintained
control. IL is believed that the dispatches
emanated from jealous neighboring towns
in hope OF attracting registration from
Shoshoni and cause the land officials TO
reconsider their action and hold drawing
and hlings at Lander.
Barrow and O'Donoghue. two special
correspondents. invited officials 10 inspect
the once copy OF their stun and exon
crate them
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
.FILIPlNoS GOING TO HAWAII
Planters May Take Men from Islands q
to work on Sugar
Plantations.

MANILA, July 24.-The Philippine COM
mission las adopted a resolution favoring
the scheme of the Hawaiian Planters as
ISOLATION to transport Filipino laborers and
their families to Hawaii to work in the
sugar plantations. Albert F. Judd, repre-
senting the planters, arrived in the Philip
pines two months ago. and after making an
investigation of the labor conditions pre-
sented to the commission a statement of
the conditions and needs Of Hawaii.
The commission has authorized an agree
ment with the Planters association per-
mitting vessels to pick up laborers at vari-
Gus ports on condition that they be given
good treatment, be permitted to reurn to
the Philippines at the expiration of the
terms of contracts and that transportation
be provided
Laborers desirous of going to Hawaii
are advised to accept the offer of the as.
sociatlon.
Mr., Judd wants to secure 200 laborers
with their families.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
FUNERAL OF RUSSELL SAGE
Services Are Held In the First Presby-
terian Church In Far
Rockaway.

NEW YORK, July A--'he funeral serv-
ices over the body Of the late Russell
Sage were held in the FIRST Presbyterian
church at Far Rockaway this afternoon.
A number Of promiuent persons were
among those who came 10 pay a last
tribute to the memory of tle aged inancier.
The service was coudueted by the Rev.
Andrew Hageman, DID,, assisted by the
Rev. Robert Leetch, pastor sof the First
Presbyterian church Nrs. Sage attended
the service. A party Of Mr.. sage's friends
of this city were at the funeral
After the services in Far Rockaway the
body was placed in special car and
brought TO this city where IT was taken
to the Sage home i'm Fifth avenue. The
casket was placed in tho front parlor and
was so arranged that friends Of the family
who called might have a last look at the
face Of the dead fnancier. Mrs. Sage &C
companied the body to the city.
The arrangements for the funeral tomor-
row provide for the removal OF the casket
from the Fifth avenue house about a. m
to the Grand Central station Two special
cars win be attached to the Saratoga spe-
cial, which leaves this city at s;45 o'clock
Brief services will be held at the grave in
Troy in the afternoon. The casket contain
ing Mr.. sages body, when finally inferred
will rest in heavy steel case. and which
in turn will be encased IN concrete. Inu
such time as these arrangements can bs
carried out i'm detail it is said the temporary
grave will be carefully guarded.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
EIGHT-HoUR LAW NOT LIKED
War Department Having DimcuIty In
Enforcing Recent order of
the President.

WASHINGTON, July A.-The application
Of the presidents order relative 10 the en-
forcement Of the eight-hour law I'm the case
of government contract work has proven
more dificult in the case OF the War de-
partment owing TO its more complex ma
chinery. than with the Navy department
so II has been found necessary to prepare
circulars Of instruction TO the agents Of
the department engaged in different lines
Of work, all differing in some essential
The opinion among the executive officers
who have TO do with public works Is that
the rigid application Of the presidents
eight-hour order will sound the death knell
Of the whole system OF government con-
tract work and that hereafter the govern
ment will be obliged to hire its own labor
and carry on the public works under its
own superintendence and inspectors. The
contractors are now working in keen COM
petition with the government in many
places and II is said are barely holding
their own. The application Of the eight
hour Law, according TO executive officers
here viii oblFe them TO do one Of two
things: Increase the price OF their bids for
government work TO a point beyond the
government estimates, in which the case
the department would do the work itself
or reduce the wages Of the laborers and
mechanics 20 make their productive ca
pacity correspond dollar for dollar to their
employees engaged on private work at ten
| hours per day.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
WHOLESALE PEONAGE CHARGED
Officers of jackson Lumber Company
Accused of HoIdine German Inn
migrants in slavery.

PENSACOLA. Fla, July 24.-Peonage in
a vicious form is charged against the
officers of the Jackson Lumber company
at Lockhart, Ala, and United States dep
uty marshals armed with warrants for their
arrest left here today for that place.
If the allegations are true about 100 i'm
migrants, mostly Germans, are held in the
lumber camps of that company, virtually as
slaves. "a party Of Germans reached here
today from the camps stating that they
had escaped. They went TO the German
vice consul for protection and told him a
tale of i'll treatment and cruelty that has
hardly a parallel in the south. They said
they were brought south in February under
representations that they would receive s.
and So per day, but only u was received
from the company for the labor. They
allege that they were compelled to eat
after the Americans and II nothing was
left they got nothing. Nene Of them was
allowed to leave camp and when they at
tempted to leave they were caught and
severely beaten. When IN the woods the
bosses go armed and II the men do not
work to suit them they are stripped and
while two of them held afinan across a log
a third plies a strap for amy instrument
OF torture handy.
The jackson Lumber co1lfany is one OF
the largest in the south,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
ARRESTS IN HARTJE CASE
District Attorney Says there Will Be Some
Sensational Developments Soon.
PROSECUTION TAKES NEW DIRECTION
witness says NeRress who Testified
for Mrs. Hartie Told Him she
was Paid Big sum for
Lying.

PITTsBURG. Pa, July 5.-From the
statement made by District Attorney John
g. Robb today there are more sensations
indicated in connection with the HarUe
divorce case than have heretofore been dis
closed. Mr. Robb while attending the
hearing, said today that as soon as the
Hartie case was submitted to the court
there would be arrests which would de-
velop pronounced sensations.
1t is expected that a great legal battle
will take place when Hartjes attorneys
endeavor to show how the Nadine love
letters were secured.
After several hours devoted by counsel
for Augustus Hartje to the endeavor to
prove the Susie Wagner letter was written
by Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, which she has
denied writing. the evidence in rebuttal or
Mrs Hartjes defense took a new turn TO-
day.
B. b. Smith, an insurance agent swore
that he found the Dear Edith letter IN
the street, and after consulting an attorney
gave it to Edward G. Hartje, brother OF
the plaintiff
Silas Canady, a negro from Washington
d. G.. testified that Blanche Ashby, the
negress AMI former servant of the HartJes'
who in her deposition says she never OBJ
served any llllub llllBi 'B'A "NNNN
Hartje's conduct, had told him that she
| lied.
Canady's sensational testimony came
just before the adjournment, but he was
put through a rigid cross-examination by
| Attorney Freeman for Mrs Hartje, DUR
( ing which he became confused several
times Mr.. Freeman will finish the cross
examination tomorrow.
| Canady said that when he learned
/ Blanche Ashby was going to get lot OF
money for lying he wrote to Mr. Hartje
I to find out If he could not set some money
for telling the truth.
! Handwriting Expert Persifor Fraser
concluded his testimony today after 9
| short cross-examination by Attorney
Freeman.
| Counsel for Mrs. Hartje fought the tes
! timony at every point, subjecting the eN
pert to vigorous cross-examination.
One of the alleged Helen Scott letters
was made public today, although it haC
not been read I'm court. 1t is letter t'
! tom" Nadine, the coachman correspond
| ent in the case, and purporting TO show
that she coached" him as to the testi
mony he was to give in court concerning
the allegation that Nadine had driven Mr.
Hartje to Schenley park while Mrs. Hartj
was at Memphis and where he met
| strange woman, an incident that ha
figured in the case heretofore.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-25
SURETY COMPANY UNDER FIRE
Attorney General says Bonding Com
Pany's Black List Is Violation
of Antitrust Law.

TOPEKA. Kan, July A.-The American
Surety company, a company that bonds
many railroad and express company EN-
ployes. has been cited to appear before the
state superintendent of insurance and show
cause why its certificate shall not be re-
voked. The state attorney general has rem
dered an opinion that the American Surety
company Is a trust in that Il restricts en-
ployes OF the Pacific Express company and
the Missouri Pacific Railway company from
being bonded in any other company; that
should a man be discharged for an alleged
nisdemeanor he Is blacklsted and IL there
fore unable TO obtain further employment
IN any concern. the surety bonds OF which
are controlled by the American.