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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
A ROAST FOR
DAWSON
RANK AND FILE NOT PLEASED
THAT HE SHOULD TRY TO Or
CAME LEGISLATURE.

Wheeling, w va, Dec. 3-The pol
iticians Of West Virginia and some
others are keyed mp to high pitch as
TO whether there is 10 be renewal
Of the Republican factlonal troubles
when the overwhelming party major
ity meets In a few weeks to oraanizc
the Legislature There IS so much
talk. and so much to indicate foun-
dation for the talk, that the state ad-
ministration wants to control the or
ganization that the old anu-Dawson
feeling IN being revived and the pres
ent governor is being ccusurod to the
extent that the rank and file are sick
Of the warnings and the clashings
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
HELD FOR TRIAL
WITHOUT BAIL.
WHITE MAN ACCUSED OF AS.
SAULT RETURNED

Bristol, Tenn, Dec. 3.-Amos Ron.
err, white man, arrested here early
Sunday morning ON the charge of
crininally assoluting twelve yearold
Carrie Smith, daughter of Mrs.
Martha Smith, was given II prolimi-
nary eximation before Mayor w. L..
'ieo this morning and bound to
court without bail The prisoner was
returned TO jail at Abingdon today.
The accused intoxicated the child
by the use of whlskey early Saturday
night.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

Miss Anna Day. who appears this
season as MARY Tudor" I'm Earnest
shipman's grand production of
when Knighthood Was I'm Flower"
has been universally extended the
praise OF critics and the plaudits OF
the press wherever she sha been pre-
sented BY many her portrayal of
the character OF the wllfui "Madcap
Mary rs said to be even truer and
better than that of Americans fa-
vorite actress Julia NARROW, by whom
the play was brought out Elks
Opera House. Dee. r.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
BRYAN's TRIBUTE
TO DEPARTED ELI[S AT LINCOLN
MEMORIAL EXERCISEs.

Lincoln. Neb, Dec: William
J.Bryan yesterday addressed the local
lodge of Elks at the sacred session
held i'm memory of departed members.
Bryan So a member Of the lodge and
In ADDRESSING his fellow members
spoke of the great work done in the
social life of today by fraternities.
Bryan said all nature proclaims i'm
mortality. MAN Is bostful and yet
just as he imagines himself almost
omnipotent; just as he reaches out
to seize the crown, death touches the
one he loves and then he feels how
helpless he IS. Death turns our
thoughts toward Immortality; Heaven
never seems so real as when Il be-
comes the abode Of some one whom
we have known and loved. Then,
when these treasures from our hearts
arc there, we can easily believe no
heart warmed into a glow by the fire
Of brothrly love will ever suffer an
eternal chill, that no spiritual flame,
that grows brighter with years. viii
ever be extinguished never to shine
again"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
SAN FRANCISCO
CHIEF ARRESTED.

Chief of Police Jeremiah Diniah
was arrested at San Francisco yester-
day on the charge of perjury found
against him by the grand jury Fri
day night He was Immediately re-
leased on $4,000 cash bail furnished
by an indemnity company.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

When foreign men OF war visit
American ports they are subjected to
annoyance and inconvenience on ac-
count Of the lack Of adequate land
ings. and Congress will be asked by
the navy department to remedy this
condition. 4 recommendation will
be made that proper government
landings be built at Boston. Staten
Island, Fort Monroe, the principal
rendezvous Of the Atlantic feet. and
at San Francisco.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
A NEGRO MURDERER
ARRESTED IN N. Y

New York, Dec. 3.-In tho arrest OF
Graham Farrer, negro the police
of White Plains believe they have the
murderer who fed from Winston, N.
G. Farrar is said TO have made con
fession TO the police, admitting hav-
ing Killed man at a Winston dance
hall. The Winston police vii como
FOR the negro.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
STATEMENT OF
THE N. b. w

Earnings Passenger, mail and OK
press, -sf11B8z29: 1905
s868.877G2; Increase. s42.3O917
II per Ct Freight 1906. S2.141.-
tG5,17 -$2.O2A1594O; in-
crease. s117OO5.77-G per ct. To
tai earnings 1906, s2,5528524G;
1905 $2.393,O37O2: Increase
$t59.315.44-7 per ct.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

Ihere Is a good deal of talk in
Oklahoma of electing an Indian as
first United States senator from that
state. Three men are especially
mentioned in connection with the
place Charles ID. Carter, a Young
man OF Ardmore who owns 10000
acres Of fine land and a lot OF town
property; Chief McCurtain and Chief
Pleasant Porter. McCurtain is a gi-
ant full blood Choctaw Porter is a
big Creek. Chief Porter frequently
visits the city and is regarded as an
orator Of ability.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
CAN MR.. ELKINS
BE DEFEATED?

The election of Stephen b. Elkins
of the United States Senate is, by no
means assured.
There Will be 119 votes on joint
ballot, and therefore 1t will require
60 votes to secure his election.
There will be 34 Democratic mem
bers of the next Legislature, and per
haps two more.
At the very best there can be only
So Republican votes on Joint ballot
and so it will require 43 votes to
nominate Mr.. Elkins in the Republi-
can caucus.
ln addition to this, with the 81
Democratic votes. should only 22 Re.
publican stay out of the Republican
caucus, they. with the "a Democratic
votes for any other Republican, the
defeat of Mr.. Elkins would be ef.
fected.
It is claimed by those who are bus
lily engaged in accomplishing the de.
feat of the willy senator that the fol
lowing may possibly join the insur.
gents for the accomplishing of his
defeat.
In the Senate: Marshall, Whyte
White, Billiard, Baker, Johnson, Mil
Ter, Montgomery and Dlue-9.
In the House Midelgurg, Dent
Ellis, Nugent, Shepherd, Holroyd. Dill
lard, Evans. Strother, Taylor, San.
strock and Justice-12, total 20.
Already the Charleston News and
Mail are talking about sixty days be.
ing a long time" and 1t is claimed
that within n few days these papers
and others I'm the State will come out
Boldly and aggressiyely. advocating
the defeat OF Mr.. Elkins. From a reIi
able defeat it is claimed that Mr.
Sutphin, Of Raleigh, and perhaps Mr.
Seamon, of Jackson, may safely b,
counted with the anu-Elkins forces
and If that be true and the other nam
ed gentlemen conclude to remain on
OF the caucus, Mr. Elkins may yet
find dark and difficult path tc
travel"
While this is not our fight, yet i
would be to the credit of the Repub
lican party of West Virginia to know
that it has more than one man eligi
BILE to the highest honor that can b,
conferred by the people Of all thi
! Charleston Gazette.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
CONFESSION OF
A MONOPOLIST.
A CLEVER PICTURE OF THE
EVILS OF MONOPOLY AND
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CORRUPTION.

nv N'hS vi hhohopoil nave Deen
treated from many standpoints and
many ways. There have been sehol-
arly considerations. sensational ex.
aggerations. and novels and even
melodramas centering upon monopo-
ly as their main theme. One of the
most interesting and certainly not
the least just OF these wrestlinss
with the eternal problem is the brief
volume entitled ''The Confessions of
a Monopolist." written by Frederic
c. Howe and published by the Pub
Tic publishing company of Chicago
II consists in part OF articles which
have previously appeared in the
Worlds Work under the title of
The Confessions of Commercial
SENATOR" and Il relates in the mar
rative form OF an autobiography the
rise OF a trust senator from the days
OF an impecunious boyhood. The
hing is admirably done throughout
and the descriptions OF political cor
ruption could only have been drawn
after careful and intimate study OF
lctual methods.
The whole career of the monopo-
list is developed with keen appre-
niation of humnn nature. Thus the
future monopolist first appears as n
bat somewhat lazy boy not able to
do good work himself, but with a
genius for getting others to do it for
him. He is the despair of the family
until he finally gets an exclusive con
tract TO supply the town with the
newspapers of the city. Then some
what after the manner of Tom Saw
yer and the famous fence that need
ed painting, he gets the other boys
to do the actual peddling for him.
when he goes fishing. The boy is the
father OF the man. He goes to college
and floats through easily, more than
supporting himself upon the pro-
| ceeds OF college bookstore i'm which
the work is again done by Others.
but exclusive contracts for which the
young monopolist has secured from
the textbook publishing houses SO
1t goes; he drifts into real estate
business through the law: then into
the street railway business through
into politics because he finds political
actively necessary for the public
franchise required from the street
railways. The final stage is the polit-
ical boss and corruptionist elected to
that holy OF holes, the United States
Senate. Then as kindly hint the
successful monopoist gives alvice on
Some of the rules Of the game. "
In brief this advice Is: Get a mo-
noDoly; let society work for you;
and remember that the best of al
business IS politics. for legislative
grant. franchise, subsidy or tax ex-
emption is worth more than n Kim
berly or Comstock lode, since It does
not require any labor, either mental
or physical for It's exploitation" The
irony is apparent
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
Congress Convened
I'm Session YESTERDAY.
HOW FOREIGNERS
LIVE IN JAPAN

Most people who have returned
from long residence in Japan are
troubled by the memory OF such a
home as can only be enjoyed I'm that
land of perfectly ordered dor-houses
A Japanes house as a japanese lives
in II would be an impossible resi-,
dence for a foreigner. but a Japa-
nese house as n foreigner lives i'm IL
is the most delightful combination
OF estheticism and luxuriousness that
could possibly be imagined. On ton
OF the soft, sweet-scented rice-straw
mats that cover all Japanese floors
the foreigner spreads thick rugs from
Persia or Smyrna, or, better stin
from Tien-tsin. He throws the dainty
shoji open and makes wide spaces
In which he disposes inviting couches
easy-chairs, fragile little tea-tables
piano, and carved cabinets full NJ
the ornamental East. He fills his
dining-room with the exquisite nor.
celain for which Japan Is world-re-
nowned. He imports fine linens from
the Occident and supplements them
with the wonderful drawn-work and
embroidery. In fact he luxuriates In
an extravagant simplicity that utterly
spoils him for anything more com.
plicated or less elegant
And then his servants! What lew
els above valuation they sometimes
are. They steal. oh. OF course. They
lie. ESQ they do. They get drunk
Ihats true. They gamble all the
time. To be sure. But they 90
their work. The house runs along
like a yell oiled machine. without
visible effort and without sound. Your
Japanese cook is able TO be the finest
cook in the world He Is a despot
lie is prince. He has TO have nm
.derlings to do everything for him
from preparing vegetables to turning
the roast I'm the oven. But he and
his stan do not cost any more than
an ordinary "single-handed" cook al
nome and TO see him standing by I'm
his grandeur directing every move
that is made, is something worth
while And then there is never any
fear that he will send into the dining.
room anything that is not finished to
his own irreproachable taste. He pads
the tradesmen's accounts and eccepts
commissions at the expense of his
employer Yes: but he Is a caterer
do wen as cook. He needs only
to know how many he is to cater for
and he has knack of learning tho
pet tastes of every guest who sit,
down at his masters table. Isn't thai
worth little leniency? Isn't thai
worth the little twinge of conscience
with which householder looks over
his monthly accounes? / think so.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
Assemblyman-elect

Assemblyman-elect II. J. w.
Ruhlandt Of Pittsburg says one Of
the first bills he will introduce will
be one to increase the penalty for
burglary, for attempts at house
breaking and highway robbery. He
wants to make the maximum sem
tence thirty years and the minimum
fifteen years This is little enough. 20
says Mr. Ruhlandt, FOR the man who
enters your home at the dead Of
night and presents a revolver to your
face or the face Of your wife.
think II such law were I'm vogu,
In this state the number OF burglaries
In this city would be much smaller. %
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
MOVING PICTURES
LAST NIGHT AT THE ELIIs OPERA
HOUSE.

The moving pictures depicting the
famous fight between Joe Cans and
Battling Nelson at Goalneld, New,
at the Elks Opera House last night,
were clear and life-like and pleased
a good-sized audience. Every phase
of the famous contest was faithfully
portrayed and one felt almost as If
he was at the ringside.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
CARL SCHURZ'S
ESTATE

The personal estate left by Carl
Schurz, according to the report filed
by the appraiser i'm the surrogate's
Office at New York. for the purpose
of adjusting the inheritance tax,
shows a net value of $255,15O. The
property consists largely of railroad
bonds Mr. Schurz left no real es-
tate.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
MORE NEGRO TROUBLE

Jackson, Fla, Dec. Seven ne
groes were shot, three OF whom will
die, as the result Of a general row
and shooting affair growing out OF
an old feud at Marietta, seven miles
from this city.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
HUGHES TASK
is DIFFICULT.

New York, Dec. 3.--Republicans
all over the State are as busy as bea.
vers trying to guess the answers to
these two questions:
Can Governor-oloct Hughes control
the legislature?
If not, what can he accomplish dur
ing the first year of his term?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

Good comedia IKE good wine inn
prove with age This IS the case
with Are You A Mason" which seems
TO grow more laughable each year.
IL is one Of those ludricous laughing
hits that one wants TO see again and
again. II Is popular with everybody
except the doctors, for If people could
sec play as funny as this once a
week throughout q season, there
would bc no more doctors As an
evenings entertainment Are Your a
Mason" has mover becn surpassed
Manager Jollinc IS pleased to an
nouncc that he has succeeded in book
ing this excellent attraction for The
Elks Opera House Tonight, Dec. I.
It ought to do phenomlnal busl-
ness
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

"a Philadelphia newspaper re-
marks that the country needs anoth
er Webster" Yet President Roose-
welt and some others insist that the
country has had too much Webster &"
Richmond News Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

Allan Dale, the well known New
York writer, in crlticlsinE the per.
formance of "The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast" when done I'm New
York City last season at the Broad
way Theatre. said "Get your eyes
well manicured before you go to see
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast
You posHess but two and they Will
have to work pretty hard II seems
q pity that extra eyes cannot be lug
ged or borrowed or stolen, for two
seems rldiculously short allowance
to take in all the beauties of this
extravaganza and ballet spectacle. A
lovely sensation OF indolent enjoy
ment steals upon you before you
have been i'm the theatre long.
net I O-h-h-h!
Act 3 O-o-o-o!
Act 2 Ah-ah-ah-ahl
Act 2. Scene ~ li!!
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

J. d. Daley. Of Tazcwell, va, was
In town last night
j. Kyle Montague. Jr. was up from
Chriatiansburg Va, last night
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

The Children's Aid Society OF the
Presbyterian chorch will give a social
AT the home OF Mrs. a. Fl Mann on
Thursday night. Come and encourage
the children in their work for the
church
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

WANTED "A reliable young
man at once. Call at Klush's
Cane, Princeton avenue.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04
A costly WAIT.

A 50x120 foot lot at Midway
until the 18th will cost only 1925.
After 4 p. m. on that day it will
cost $3.50. No matter IL snow lis
five feet deep on the ground. the
buyer will have plenty Of pure spring
water at his door by the time he can
finish his house.--at low rates. TOO.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-04

a. Baxter, Of Oakyale, is I'm the
city.
Y. o. Mitchell was visitor from
TaHcwcll yesterday.
The Jackson herald., 1906-07-26
One Good Reason.

A Missouri paper tells of
farmer who came along the other
day to where his neighbor was
engaged in putting a new roof on
his barn. "What did the lumber
for that roof cost?" asked the
farmer, who happened to be a
Democrat. about $780," re-
piled the ncighbor. That's rob-
berry, said the Democrat. "Why,
sir, under the Cleveland admin.
istration, with the Tariff in effect,
that lumber would not have cost
more than S100." That may be
true" replied the other, "but |
want to call your attention to the
fact that under the Cleveland
administration which you refer
to could not afford any barn at
all, and even had to live in an
old shed covered with straw -
In this conversation is found one
good reason why Missouri has
swung into the Republican col-
umn, and why the country is
well satisfied with Republican,
good times.-Augusta (Me.)
journal"
The Jackson herald., 1906-07-26
PART DOG AND PART BEAR
Singular Animal Resembles Each of
Parents in Some Par
ticulars.

Denver-Half bear, half dog, n re-
markable prodigy of nature, was
brought to the city from Nebraska by
|. Pinter 1t is the only known eX-
ample of the crossing OF the dog and
bear families.
Teddy is the name of the hybrid.
His mother WAS a common stray dog
Of North Platte, Neb. a little bigger
than Scotch terrier and of the same
general build and color. Father Bear
has never been seen. The dam gave
birth to a litter of five of the strange
puppies, but four were born dead.
The creature is now eleven months
old and weighs about 35 pounds, but
looks much heavier. At first sight the
animal gives the impression of a pc
cuiiar kind of dog, although on closer
examination the bear peculiarities are
more evident. The ears are long and
dropping, like those of spaniel, the
tail is also that Of spaniel. The eyes
are large and have the mild dog-like
expression. A bear has short upstand-
Ing ears. stub tail never more than a
couple of inches long and the eyes are
small and quite different In expression
and the manner they are set in the
head.
But the bear hump Is very plain
above the hindQuarters. The legs are
bear paws, thick as mans arm and
short, with pads that will in time
make an impression similar to the hu-
man foot, and the claws are long. Ted
dy has never been heard to bark, but
will occasionally give modest bears
growl. In habits he is more side bruin
instead Of upright as is the fashion in
the canine world. He always lies down
to eat.
The animal shows little intelligence
and energy. He has not strength
enough to walk upstiirs and will re-
fuse to go more than IA mile at a time
unless slow progress is made.
The Jackson herald., 1906-07-26
LUCK IN TEXAS OIL FIELDS
Land Owners Said TO Bave Made
More Money Than the
Operators.

Humble, Textile oil operators are
trying to locate new oil Fields In Tex
as. Since the original discovery OF oil
at Spindle Top they have been for
tunate In discovering new fields, one
after the other, to take the place OF
the exhausted oil districts.
When the output of Spindle Top was
at low ebb the Sour lake field was
discovered. The heavy production oi
the Sour lake lie.d had fallen OF when
oil was discovered at Batson. The
Batson field was q heavy producer for
nearly year.
Salt water made its appearance 10
the wells, the oil supply was shut OF
and oil was discovered at Humble. All
Of Batson moved here, causing n
town of several thousand people 10
spring up almost in one night on the
spot where before there had been only
a blacksmith shop and one store.
The oil production Of the Humble
field has been falling off rapidly of
late. All the larger operators, there
fore, are wildcatting for new oil fields.
II is considered practically certain
that new field will be discovered
soon.
The bringing of an oil well in wild
cat territory Is a signal for land values
to go soaring. During the height of
the boom OF Spindle Top land in :he
proved oil territory sold In lots of one
eighth of an acre for 100000, or al
the rate Of $1.60O.0O0 an acre. Tha,
price has never been reached in any OF
the other fields, but 1t Is not unusual
for small tracts to sell for as much al
5000 an acre
Some big fortunes have been made
by the original owners OF lands In
these oil fields. Men who had beer
eking out bare existence at farming
and would have been glad to sell out
for five dollars an acre found theil
land suddenly worth hundreds OF dol
lars an acre.
II is said that these original lant
owners have made more out of the ui
discoveries in Texas during the last
Ave years than the oil operators them.
selves. There are many instances OF
these sudden fortunes.
The Jackson herald., 1906-07-26
Twenty-Iear Battle.

81 was loser in twenty-year
battle with chronic piles and ma,
lignant sores, until | tried Buck
lens Arnica Salve; which turn
ed the tide, by curing both, till
not trace remains" writes A.
NJ. Bruce of Farmville, Va. Best
for old ulcers, cuts, burns and
wounds. 22c at DIR. S. f..
WOODS, druggist.
The Jackson herald., 1906-07-26
CREW FROZEN TO DEATH.
Long Missing Steamship Found in
Amur River Incased
in Ice

London.-With all hands dead on
board, the German steamship Soera-
baya. Russian blockade runner.
which had been missing for six
months, has been found near Nico-
laievsk, 25 miles up the Amur river.
The vessel was incased in ice and the
crew had been frozen to death.
Early in the war the Soerabays was
engaged in carrying coal to Japan.
Then she enetred the Russian service,
took on a cargo of arms and ammuni.
ton and undertook to elude the Jap
anese scouts and get into Vladiyostok
with her supplies. She could not
pierce the blockade. To escape cap.
ture she took refuge in the Amur
river.
This was in October, and the Soera-
bava was not heard OF until the other
day, when natives of the desolate
Amur country came across her, locked
fast in the frozen river. The bodies
of the crew were frozen stiii.