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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
wa Ting Fang's sober Thought.

When the eminent Wn Ting Fang
was Chinese minister al Washington
he was the guest ul honor at one
of the leading clubs. som" or the
younger members thought 1t would
be great fun To get the Oriental dip
lomat intoxicated Thcy piled him
with champagne. highballs and beer
until > O'Clock in the morning, by
which time most of the club men were
maudlin cool as cucumber, Mr..
Wa served the crowd. and said,
grayely ia his perfect English: III
/ didn't know that this club was com
posed entirely uf gentlemen
should say that YOU fellows were
trying to get me drunk The session
adjourned yerv shortly thereafter
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
THE PLIGHT OF DOWuE.

When the lion OF the fable was
sick even the iackass came along
and had a shy at the fallen monarch
with his heels. So all the Hionites,
including those of low degree. are
now found to revile and kick John
Alexander Dowie, their chief. AT a
meeting the other evening Elijah"
was read out OF the church which he
had made the man whom he had
brought from abroad as trusted
lieutenant was elected overseer. and
everything possible was done to hu-
initiate the disabled and absent foun-
der of the society A vast crowd
once abiect sycophants, yelled with
fierce delight when the old leader
was declared leader no more.
If republics are ungrateful, SO far
more are religious orders of the sort
Dowie founded To him is due all
of the material entity OF Zion lie
was its fame, its inspirer. its idol.
He would again be- its master should
he suddenly appear upon the scene
like the revivifed Richelieu, we'll and
in the fun possession OF his imper
iOus viii The new oyerseer, Noliya,
and an the rest would cIinge before
him. and they may yet, for all the
industries and all the homes of Zion
are ON land in the name OF John Al
eXaudcr DOWie Boston Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Two complaints are being heard
regarding the circulation OF small
bills. / To So. First, IL Ii becoming
more than commonly filthy and mu-
tilated; second. IL Is of insufficient
volume. Such is the demand for
small bills. says the current monthly
circular OF the New York City bank.
that il is not possible for the treas
ury department Ia meet IL by half.
Measures are now pending in Con
gress To enable the treasury to in
crease the small-bill circulation. but
they are not likely To act ON IL yet
awhile. and IL something is not done
the situation will be worse la the
fall. This comparative scarcity of
small notes Is having the effect of
putting an extra amount OF activity
and employment upon the part of
the monetary circulation, and this
explains doubtless its present eXcep-
tionally shabby condition.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
Red sunday and Love Of Music.

Truly Russia is land OF contra
diction II is land of great wealth
aud biting poverty: of ignorance and
knowledge of heat and cold: Of
great pomp ahd utter simpicitg ~
contains The most varied people IN
the world a peasantry little better
than animals, and also some Of the
brightest minds the world has ever
known
~ was only the other day, when
on Red Sunday a new chapter in his
tory was written in blood and the
world stood aghast at The brutality
and uter hearuessness.
And still later. when the memory
of The savagcry Is st1I fresh aud
when there Is danger Of more out
breaks and more murders. q mighty
assembling was seen ia S. Peters
burg Drawing intense cold 10 witness
the unyeilng Of the statue Of Mi
chael lvanoutch Glinka a warrior
MOI
The man composed some wonder
ful music Ills work appealed 10 the
finer senses and some &3 years
were spent by him in devotion ia
The delights Of harmony and has leff
an nndying uame. along with such
men aa Wagner Beethoven. andTsch
aikOwsky who was also Russian.
Russia land OF contradiction. that
gave the world Tolaioi Gorky. Gin
gro aud Red Sunday with ifs rivers
of blood
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
Tifty Years of Telegraph.

within hfty years in the time OF
hundreds of thousands of men yet
living the telegraph has passed
from Toy into one OF the greatest
OF the worlds Institutions The hfti-
eth anniversary OF the Western Union
has just fallen
So necessary has the telegraph be
come as an instrument and "A force
ia modern civilization that 4 is al
most impossible TO realize thai up TO
half century ago the world got
along without IT,
Fifty years make a short thread
In the histroy Of the world. yet the
last Gfty years have brought more
marvellous progress ;hdu any ten
PREVIOUS centuries. ana fh- very
heart OF this progress has been the
telegraph.
Modern man may laugh at the
one, of Job "can1 rbou send tn
lightnings to give me answcr?"- ror
today the answer Yes" Is flashed
around the earth AS quick as thought.
II was on April 4. 1856. that the
Western Union charter was granted
by the New York Legislature Al the
beginning II was local concern,
with $50 miles of wire II acquires
entrance into New York city and
Philadelphia in 1863 In 1866 It
had become national controlling
company, with over Is 500 miles Of
wire. Today IT is giant corpora
ton. with mileage in wire OF 1.
! lS4.I57, aud with "a history when
| is yeritabHe romance OF expansion
and consolidation.
The history of the Western uuicn
! is by no means the history OF teleg
raphy complete. ln 1851 there were
| hfty telegraph companies In the
| United States In 1906 there are
two the Western Union and the
! Post.t
There is no denying that consoli-
} dation contributed immeasurably to
]
/ vice The average toll per message
in SGG was 81 o.; IL was 31G cents
in 1893
But this is not all that is To be
! said on the subject of telegraph con
! solidatiun While the Western I'm
! ION was training for its giant pace
in 1870, Great Britain turned its
! telegraph into a Government and pos
tai institution Consolidation was
the word on both sides of the Allan
tic. but the methods were vastly diff
ferent The average toll for a mes
sage in Great Britain today is only
| 8 cents
The United States has built up a
! gigantic corporation privately own
ed. England has built up a gigantic
public institution.
The. people 80 this country pay
GIG cents per message. which has
not diminished in twenty years. in
order TO pile mp a profit of $718S,-
/ O64 a year for corporation Eng
| land pays / 3 cents a message. and
the profit goes into the nations
| treasury
If there is anything to be learned
from experience, the development of
! telegraphy il the United States and
ia Great Britain ought to present
some practical lessons
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

son was away the sire hire& the
conveyance and at the end. OF the
journey gave the driver form. or
IL cents less. Cabby looked at the
coin wistfully. What's wrong?"
asked the old man. Nothing, SIR"
was the reply. but MIR. Leopold al
ways gives me half crown. II
don't wonder at II. Mr. Leopold is
a spendthrift. but he can AFFORD IL:
he has rich father I am an or
phan and can't"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Senators spooncr aud Knox are
coming 10 be- regarded as lhe Dam.
ou and py'hiaa of The Senate. The
rate question has brought them close
together one day last week Alger
came suddenly out OF the cloakrom
and ran against Doluycr Where's
poouer2' asked Alqor 90 You
want Jo h0d him." said DoWver.
Sure replied Aleer Wei. find
Knox and then youu have Spoon
or"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Coal mining has been followed In
Oregon for the last half century. II
was one of the first sections of the
great mineral West 10 open up a
productive coal mine. These mines.
located near Marshfield. on Coos
bay. are still producing As early as
1855 the miners shipped their coal
by schooner To San Francisco. These
mines are still Sbeyond reach OF the
railroads and are still shipping ~
water; however, the output. which
was then 10000 tons yearly. has
increased To more than five times
that amount
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

one day not long ago the young
King of Spain handed the Duke De
5dnto Mauro one of his ministers.
q petition which his majesty said re
fe:rcd to the eight hour working
day The dukes dislike of petitions
IS well known ut is my desire
that YOU attend to- IL Immediately, d"
said the king. seeing the minister
was inclined to raise difficulty about
attending to an informal petition
Finding that the king was very much
III earnest. the petition was unwil.
lingly mnrolled. Much to the amuse-
ment OF all present the document
was found TO be in the young kings
hand writing. II begged in piteous
terms for "a little more leisure from
national duties and suggested that he
should not he asked To work more
than eight hours day and that he
might have his Sundays off
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
The national bank-note

The national bank note again
makes new high record having in
creased during March by $3.S6a.C. :
to total of $554 .666.96 Gu April
/ This is more than double The
bank circulation as II stood when the
liberalizing act of March. 1900. was
passed by Congress. Nevertheless.
IL remains what Treasurer Charles
A Conant of the Morton trust com
pany, recently said OF II in a public
address, dead sodden mass. un-
responsive alike to the metallic re
serves or the requirements of bust
ness
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
EnIrhnnks mining aIalrIcL.

Fairbanks mining district
II is no new policy that Congress
Is called upon To adopt Early trans
continental lines were aided by the
Government aud every dollar thus
expended was paid back Ina add
ton to having It's bonds repaid. prin.
cipal and interest the Government
gained a mighty industrial empire.
1t is now ia the power OF Congress
tasted wealth, but also TO link Ameri
ca aud Asia IN trade bonds OF steel.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
a PRAYER.

Dear Lord, kind Lord
Gracious Lord. pray.
Thou wilt look on all love
Tenderly todayl
Weed their hearts of WEAKNESS.
Scatter every care
DrHn q wake of angel wings
WinnOwing the air
Bring unto sorrowing
All release from pain.
Let the lips Of laughter
Overflow again
Aud with all the needy
oh, divide. pray.
CHS vast treasure Of content
That Is mine today
James Whitcomb Rile
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08
Beef Packer Dead.

Edward c. Swift. the millionaire
beef packer, of Chicago. is dead. He
expired Thursday. He lowered be
tween life and death for numbe,
OF DAYS. suffering from pneumonia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

That Kansas county whose Re
publican convention has adopted for
It's platform the single resolve, THAT
We leave well enough alone" must
be a place where no life insurance is
carried and no STANDARD oil is sold
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Our exchange list is very limita
and will be until The Leader reaches
cur contemporaries. II takes mt
tie time to do anything well and just
short time is all the Daily Leader
give them a better and more newsy
newspaper
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Let as have the news from eycfy-
where We want all the news a,e
you can send 10 by wire or any otbef
way ~ our expense in' The city
phone o. tell az anything you know
We must nave All the new that NJ
worth printing
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

our patrons VIII bear win ns un
900 we get our news service regulated.
OF course This VIII take little time.
but Don We baH be able 10 give
you adj The news from every quarter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

The work of building up the city
of Bluefield goes bravely on On ev-
cry hand you see Improvement in
progress Watch us grow
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

We shall not forget the hand that
nurtnrcs the Daily Leader in the be
ginning Of our effort Help us now,
friends. and when we have grown
strong by your support, we shall
not forget your encouragement Now
is the time. IL ever. to- proner your
substantial aid
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-04-08

Everybody should read This jour
nal ir they want to keep posted as
TO the events Of the day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

'IE UP IS THREATENED

chicago, Sept. 22.-The Chronicle to-
day says:
Warfare between the Standard Oil
company and the labor unions of the
country was begun last night when the
W hitting. Ind. employees of the company
quit work to enforce their demands for
an increase in wages. The strike which
already threatens to tie up the business
of the big corporation in the middle
west. is likely to assume gigantic pro-
portions before it is ended.
It was predicted last night it might
involve all of the employees of the com
pany in the country and become a gen.
eral one.
Three hundred fremen employed by the
Standard Oil company left their places
yesterday More than 5000 employees
who are working with the f1remen are
scheduled to leave their places Monday
morning. These include engineers, skill
ed mechanics, laborers and others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
HEAVY PENALTIES.
Men Convicted in Peonage Case SEN
fenced TO Federal Penitentiary.

Cape Girardeau, Mo, Sept. az
Judge Pollock imposed the following
sentences on the man who were con
victed of peonage, after overruIing the
motion for a new trial and arrest Of
judgment:
Charles NJ. Smith. three years and
six months IN the penitentiary at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, and a fine Of So,
900 and cost.
Charles NJ. Smith. IT.. two years in
the penitentiary and q fine of $1,000
and costs.
Ben Stone and Ben Fields, each one
year and six months and 500 fine.
w. Lee Rogers and William Woods.
each two years and six months4and
500 fine.
Floyd Woods. two years and six
months and 500 6ne=s
Under instructions from the court,
James Smith and Rex Smith were ac-
quilted.
The convicted men were charged
with bringing a carload Of negroes
from Memphis to the Snliti1 farm and
compelling them ta work there almost
IN a state Of slavery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
100000 AT COMFY.
Biggest Crowd the Island Resort Ever
Saw.


New York Sept. 2aZ1t was esti-
mated last night that 100000 persons
were at Coney Island, it being the next
to the last night of Marf1i Gras. That
is the biggest crewd the island
ever saw. not excepting Labor days
and Fourths of July. The streets were
solid masses of humanity.
With the streaming thousands were
gangs of young roughs who took adj
vantage of the immunity of the arrest
offered by 50 unw5ieldly a gathering to
perpetrate a number Of petty outrages.
Some of the roughs went through the
crowd cutting the dresses of the wo-
men. Others had feather-ended
s.ticklers'' with nails in them. These
they iahbed into the faces and hands
of the people as they passed. It was
fun to hear the victims yell and
scream. Some 20 men and women
went to the emergency hospital to have
slight wounds of this kind dressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

Salina, Sterling. wellington. Wichita
and Winfield.
All less than car load business Is
classified IN either of the LIST, End 3rd
or 4th classes IN the Western classic
cation.
Hereafter all this business moving
from any OF the points enumerated
above wiz take the jobbers rates.
which have heretofore been restricted.
TO only 5obbers and manufacturers.
Where the Jobbers rates in effect at
any of the above points are less than
the rate on shipments within the clas-
sifieation from intermediate points. the
Jobbing rates will apply. The order
will undoubtedly cut the revenues OF
the railroad very materially every
year.
This order of the railway company
is more far reaching than it first ap-
pears because it reduces the freight
rates on all less than carload ship
ments from the above enumerated
points, regardless of the identity OF
the shipper and makes the rates to all
shippers, big or little, the same
All less than carload shipments, no
matter of what character the article to
be shipped, is listed in either Of the
first, second, third or fourth classes.
Jobbers rates have OF course not
affected articles other than those
usually shipped in the regular course
of wholesale business. But the fact
that all articles usually shipped in less
than carload lots. are classified in either
of the four classes as we'll as the arti-
eIes shipped by the wholesalers or
manufacturers, and that in granting
jobbers' rates TO a locality it is done by
granting the rates on given classes
rather than on given commodities, has
the effect of reducing the rates on all
commodities and articles.
The reductions will apply from
every city in fact, as well as from the
jobbing centers, for the reason that #
the rate from the jobbing center is less
to a certain destination than the rate
from an intermediate point to that
same destination, the lower rate will
apply.
In this manner the reductions will
be directly felt by small shippers. Fol-
instance. a family having a less than
carload lot of household goods fol
shipment, the rate is reduced from ]
to Is cents per hundred pounds, ac-
cording to what the distance is The
following table will give an idea of the
reductions on shipments of this char
acter:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
FELL FOUR STORIES.
A Carpenter struck on His Feet and
Resumed Work.

New York. Sept ga dispatch to
the World from Waterbury, Conn,
says that John Brennison. a carpenter,
while at work on the top of a four
story building, slipped and fell to the
ground. He landed squarely on his
feet, picked up his cap and started
back for the roof. fIorrifed fellow
workmen, who believed the man must
be injured internally, restrained him,
and sent for a doctor.
You can't do anything for me. but
offer congratulations, said Brennfson
v hen the physician appeared. When
the doctor insisted upon making an 'ex-
animation Brennison pushed him
aside.
Il don't mind q little tumble. but ]
am afraid of a sawbones." he explain
ed. Then Brennison resumed work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
SWIFT TO BUY ARMOUR.
Merger of Two Big Packing Firms Is
Reported.

New York, Sept. ga report has
gained currency in the provision trade,
according to the Journal OF Commerce,
that Swift & Co are negotiating for the
business of Armour & Co.. ]. Ogden
Armour. now head of the latter com
pany being DESTROYS. it is said, to quit
the turmoil of business and take a more
active part in society life.
1t is understood that the recent out
cry against the packing industry was
very distasteful to Mr.. Armour. He has
an ample fortune is already prominent
in society, and has no need to continue
to trouble with the now turbulent af-
fairs of the packing trade. The corpor-
alton of Armour & Co. was formed in
1900 tostake over the entire business of
the firm of Armour & Co., which was
established by Philip D. Armour in 1860.
The company's issued capital is 500, 000,-
a0n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
TEN LIVES FOR ONE.
Russian Soldiers Are Urged to Take
a Terrible Vengeance.

St. Petersburg. Sept. 22.-The news
paper Obdiednieni which Is circulated
free among the soldiers and the police,
appeals to the soldiers of the guard to
break the bonds of discipline and take
ten lives for every comrade killed
should the terrorists inaugurate a cam
paign Of armed attacks on police and
army officers in St. Petersburg, such as
was recently waged in Warsaw. The
liberals profess the greatest alarm over
this possibility and claim it is direct
Indictment to a repetition here of the
Siedlee disorders on a greater scale
According to the Reich one result Of
the rumor of terrorist designs is that
five captains and six lieutenants of p0-
lice and 80 patrolmen have resigned
within a fortnlght.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
LEWeS ON The SHIP.
Gable Company Asks $4,000 for
Saving the BIanclluria.

Honolulu, Sept. 22-The steamship
Manchuria which was foated last sun
day is now in charge of United States
Marshal Hendry under an attachment
placed by the Pacific Commercial Cable
company for $500, 900 for the services of
the cable coTnpany,s steamer Restorer
in saving the Manehuria. It is alleged
that the Restorer constantly lowed the
Manchuria q great risk to the Restorer
from August 20, the day the Manchuria
went aground until September IS, the
day she was f1oated. Pay is also de-
manded for the service of the Restorer
in towing the Manchuria to Honolulu
after she was f4oated. The libel alleges
that the Manchuria is worth two million
dollars and that she had a cargo valued
at half a million.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
IDE IS DELAYED.
A Typhoon Visits Philippines DAM
aging Shipping.

Manila, Sept. PA typhoon has oe-
CURED in the Philippines south of Ma
Mia The wires are down and there is
no report of the damage done in the
provinces. Manila was practically I'M
touched At sCaxite, the arsenal and
shipping were damaged The gunboat
Arayat is ashore and several lighters
We're sunk. There was no loss of life.
The damage Is not believed to be ser
ious.
The storm viii delay. the departure of
retiring Governor General Ide from the
islands,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
AN IDEAL AUTUMN DAY.
Mercury Fails to Touch The Eighty
Mark.

The same weather which has been
visiting Topeka all week is in evidence
again today. The thermometer. how
ever. is not quite so high being four de-
grees below the maximum of yesterday.
There are a few clouds in the sky but
they do not look threatening and Mr..
Jennings says that they are not indiea-
tive of any rain not for sometime at
least.
The weather tomorrow will be of the
same quality we have been enjoying all
week and will be clear and bright. 1t
win be a fine day for the closing bat
tie of the Western Association when
the caskets of the seven other teams n
the league.
The wind today traverses this locality
at the rate of eight miles an hour. The
mercury so far today has reached the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

This ruling gives the direct benefit of
the reductions to the large class of
small shippers, whereas, as was proven
in the recent salt rate reduction case, it
was demonstrated that the reductions
in the freight on salt was not felt by the
consumer, the retail price remaining the
same but was absorbed by the produe-
ers. in this case Hutchinson salt COM
panies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

Washington, Sept. 22-The results of
the investigation of surface water sup
ply resources carried on In Kansas, Ne
braska, Montana, North Dakota and
South Dakota during 1905, by the Uni
ted States geological survey have beer
scrtbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
WeeEIr BnnI. sfaten,ent-

New York, Sept. 22.-The statement of
the clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold S11,3i5.925 more
thar the legal reserve requirements. This
is increase Of SITS. SIS, as compared
witt last week. The statement follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22
ne Afoncolia Is FYaafed-

Honolulu, Sept 22@According Is
advices received here from Midway
Island the stranded Pacific mail liner
Mongolia has been ffoated without as
sistanee of any other vessel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-22

IF you want carnations or roses for
Sunday you viii ind them at Mrs. Lords
flower rooms.
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