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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-09
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA

At a County Court continued and
hsld for the County OF Mercer at the
Court House thereof on Saturday,
the 2Sth day OF July. 1906.
In the matter OF establishing a
new voting precinct In East River
District:
IL is ordered that there be and ia
hereby established a voting place at
the public school house at Ingleslde.
whose precinct lines are as follows.
to-wit: beginning at the line between
Virginia and West Virginia and on
the line between oakvale precinct
and Princeton precinct and with said
precinct line I'm a northerly direction
TO VIII Whites, so as TO leave said
win Whites to Oakvale precinct,
thence with the road leading to the
Hartman branch road and from the
Hartman branch road with said road
20 the corner trees at the mouth OF
Stinson's lane, and thence with the
road leading from said corner trees
westerly 20 the district line between
East River and Beaver Pond near
H. NJ. Oney's. SO as 10 leave said II.
VI. Oney TO Princeton precinct, thence
with said district line southerly TO the
lngleside turnpike. and OIL with same
10 the district line near John @
Spangler's and with said district line
20 the said state line and with iaid
state line othe beginning.
IL is further ordered that the mum
Der OF said precinct shall be No. 4.
It is further ordered that all electors
at ensuing elections within the said
boundary shall vote at said place
herein designated. IL is further or
dered that the clerk do cuase four
copies OF this arder to be made and
delivered 10 the Sheriff and said
Sheriff Is hereby directed TO post a
copy OF said order at four public
places In said precinct. The Clerk
shall also post copy hereof at the
front door OF the court house. He
shall also furnish copy hereof TO
the Princeton StaT-Journal, rel
publican paper published In this
county, and also to the Daily Leader
democratic paper published in this
county. who are directed To publish
1.-THE same in their columns for one
month and present their bills there
OF 20 this court.
a Copy. Teste:
ESTILL BAILEY, Clerk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
PARKER IS STILL
 MAKING DENIALS
SAYS HE MADE NO ALLUsloN TO ROOSEVELT'S CANDIDACY AT BIRMINGHAM OR ANY OTHER POINT IN THE SOUTH.

New York, March 2S-Alton B. Parker made the following statement today:
 An alleged conversation between a man from Maine and the President on the subject of a third term. reports the latter, according to a printed statement, as having said that a second nomina- ton was an impossihillty.' This was brought to my attention with the sug- gestion that it is intended as an answer to alleged interview or speech by me while in the South expressing a different view.
 'I do not believe. however that it was so intended because Il is so much more temperate than hls last reply to state ment of mine. But be that as It may the fact Is that neither in speech nor in- terview did 1 at Birmingham or else where make any statement on the sub ject.
 Nor did at Jackson or elsewhere suggest Mayor Mcclellan for the Prcsi- dency. My Friendship for him would not permit me to make such a suggestion at this time in view of his well known and often expressed determination not to he a candidate for another public office The people may later on compel him to forget that determination. but 1 am sure he does not think so. and l would not wrong him in a suggestion that his friends are planning otherwise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
HUGHES AND JEROME
 GUESTS OF HONOR
HUGHES IS HAILED AS NEXT GOV ERNOR-JER ROME LAMENTS THE FlCKLENESS OF THE PUBLIC AND CITES INSTANCES.

New York; March 23.-Delta Upslon fraternity of New York gave testimon- ial banquet tonight to District Attorney Jerome Amherst 's3 and Charles E. Hughes, Brown 'sl. The five hundred fra ternity men present represented thirty seven different colleges and universities.
 MT Hughes. who spoke briefly, was hail ed "The Next Governor of New York" In response he said
 "I attribute. your good wishes to the spirit of the fraternity and good fellow ship. l must however. leave political as- plratons where they belong
 Public opinion." said Mr Jerome in his address, Ifs good deal like that Il ship Is driven here and there by the winds. Public opinion goes hither and yon, but in the end it is sweet, sane and sound, and like the ship 1t will snake it's port. It Is for us a positive duty to see that the tacks are no longer necessary But what do we find today in the city; in the state, and in the nation? We find a public opinion of absolute hysteria."
 Mir. Jerome referred to the return of Andrew Hamilton, saying:
 Tt was only q few days ago when the newspapers were clamortng for Hamilton to be brought back and imprisoned or punished in some way. He did come back. llt ulu u DidNtly anu IlBnllY' ana 5lTuCk true according 10 his own mind. But now the man for whose blood they were crying out is made a hero. and his un- corroborated word Is taken to brand men, honored men of the community whom you and I trust in.
 Alton B. Parkera-I believe he ran for President once-went down south and said that the way to convict was to con vict He said that there was not a grand jury that would not bring in indict- ment. It is because there is not one pub lie official who will not permit an indict- ment without evidence. So much for cheap cap-trap. even If it comes from the Sage of Esopus.'
 ''I am going to see that those who vlo- late the criminal law shall be punished. but the way to convict is by evidence. was informed the other day by director of the Mutual Life that S100 000.0O0 of poll ces have laspsed. These were policies of the poor who lad been influenced by the wild outcries of the newspapers. These institutions are IS solvent as the United States. but these poor people. clerks and laboring people. were scared by the in- cessant yelplng of the hounds of the yell low press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
ESTIMATE IS MADE
 ON MOBILE HARBOR
MAJOR cHAlGHlLL SAYS IT WILL COST S1,25o,ooo TO SECURE A 25-FooT CHANNEL, AND MAKES CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS.

Washington, March Especially .)-The chief engineers today transmitted to Con gross a report on the survey of Mobile harbor. Major Craighill the officer who made the survey, estimates that the cost of securing channel of twenty-seyen feet depth will be $1,250,O00.
 And that the cost of maintaining of such channel will be about Sl00,0OO per annum. The officer recommends the fur ther improvement of the harhor as Is proposed. In reviewing the report the board of engineers hold that 1t is not ad visable at the present time to adopt project to twenty-seyen-foot depth. The board recommends however. that the esti- mated balance of $5G0,OO0 required to com plete the existing project be appropriated in one sum, and that the further sum of sl0000O annually for a period of five years be made available for maintenance and such increase in depth as 1t may be possible to obtain with the funds pro- Vi1nd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
HADLEY IS GIVEN
 WARM RECEPTION
SAYS THE MODERN EVILS AND ABUSES CAN IN THE END BE TRACED TO SOME INDUSTRIAL BOSS.

New York, March 29.-With Attorney General Herbert s. Hadley of Missouri as It's principal guest the Missouri Society of New York held Its annual banquet to- night at the Waldorf-Astolia.
 MT. Hadley when introduced was ac- corded most fattering reception. He said:
 When you investigate any one of the evils or abuses which today command the attention of the best thought and best abllity which our country can produce, voa will in the great majority of cases find. as the original source or cause of sueh evil business enterprise Illegal in lts ulan of organization or unlawful in Its b1lsiness methods. Behind the political hess sustaining him in his power direct inc his efforts of omnipotence in the leg isiatlye. executive and judicial depart meuts of our states, county or city gov ernnents is the industrial boss the cap tain of industry. who seeks to proht ,harahv If you will search for an ex- nlanation as to how and why IL was that the city councils or state legislature has haen bribed. you will in the great ma torifv of cases find that some business interest has been seeking some special nrivflege or dishonest advantage which It ao,ld not secure by the honest judgment of the representatives of the people.
 4srba exclamation Of the unfair railroad rate the midnight tariff, the dra wbaek or rebate. Is that some commercial in- terest represents power and an infiu- once in our industrial life strong enough to demand and secure such unlawful priv ileges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
CHATTANOOGA WANTS
 TO HANDLE MATTER
Lynching of Ed Johnson Has Been Brought to the Attention of
 the President.

Washington, March 23.-The department of justice was in telegraphic communi- cation with United States District At torney Penland at Chattanooga, Tenn. regarding the lynching of the negro Ed Johnson after the supreme court of the United States had granted stay of exc cution.
 There have been conferences between the attorney general and members of the supreme court regarding messages which have come to the President. members of the supreme court and the attorney gen. erals office from Chattanooga bearing on the subject. These are said to have eX- pressed the hope that government will allow the local authorities to deal with the matter and assurance that the re- sponslble parties in the lynchings will be H4,euuately punished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
Examinations in Pharmacy.

Jackson. Miss. March 23 (SpeciaD- The State Board of Pharmaceutical Ex- aminers are due to meet in this city for the purpose of holding their spring ex- aminations of applicants to practice that profession in Mississippi on the 3d and 4th of April. These meetings are always held in the Senate or House. those cham bers being the only ones large enough 10 accommodate the classes that present themselves. but this time the Legislature will be in session. and the secretary fof state has been appealed to 10 secure quarters, He will probably be able to accommodate the board in the state H. brary rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
MANIAC AT FUNERAL
 SHOOTS HIS RELATIVES

Baltimore, March 23.-Brooklyn, Anne Arundel county, just across the Patapsco river from this city, is mortified tonight over the deeds and death of Walter Potee, an insane man. 2s years of age. who en- tering his brothers house just as friends and relatives were gathering to attend the funeral of the brothers little child open ed fire with a revolver. set fire to the house and himself died from gnnshot wounds, but whether self-infiicted or oth- erwise, is not known
 Potee entered the room and began fir ing so entirely unexpectedly. that several persons were wounded before they could escape. The mother and sister-in-law of the maniac were caught in the kitchen and held prisoners there for some time. Potee then locked himself in the house and fired upon every one who approached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24

Nine people were injured more or less seriously by his shots from revolvers, and repeating shotgun Of these, Il brother, John H. Potee, and William H. Miller, a brother-in-law. are likely to die. The crazy man found time between shots to sprinkle oil about the house and set it on fire. While it was burning hercely Chief of Police Irwin, Henry Roberts and August D. Remmers broke in the front door and managed to save from incinera- ton the body of the child whose funeral had been about to take place. Bremen summoned from this city finally eXtin- guished the flames, but not before the building had been almost gutted.
 On the second sar was found the body of the maniae.I ' f burned above the waist, and wi g gaping shot wound over the hearf . Q islanders had fired at him repeated1 Y whether one of their shots reaehel :. O during the two hours fusilade, or ; sied by his own hands. could onlyf = 2 ijeetured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
S1 48O,OOO GIVEN TO
 JAMESTOWN SHOW
Direct Appropriation of $25o,ooo 10 Made By the Government-$2oo,oo0
 To Be Spent on Exhibits.

Washington. March 23.-The House com- mittee on Industrial arts and expositions decided today to recommend total ap propriatlon of s1 .4s0.O0 for the James, town exposition. Of this sum S25O0oo is a direct appropriation. The exposition sought direct appropriation of sl.OOo.ooo. Among the items are:
 Government buildings. S250OO0; govern ment exhibits, s210.000: rendezvous for army and navy officers. Ss0OO0; rendezvous for enlisted men. siO0000, transportation for soldiers and arms, sl00,vD; for an exhibit of negro development, Sl00,0Oo.
 The exhibits for which the government is to expend s2O00o0 will include:
 Life saving. public health and Marine hospital service. army. navy and light house. wireless telegraph, fisheries. Smith, sonan institution, national museum and library dM Congress-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
LITIGATION ENDED.
Heirs to Brown Estate in Atlanta Have
 Reached Agreement.

Atlanta. March 23 Special The row among the heirs of the late Senator Joseph NJ Brown over the estate has been amicably adjusted by the six l3- ing children agreeing to form close corporation in the management of the property.
 About a year ago Elijah A. Brown, George A, Brown, Miss Sallie Brown and Mrs A V. Connally brought sensational charges against their brothers, Joseph NJ Brown railroad commissioner, and Julius Brown. the executors. Charges of gross negligence and msmanagement of the estate were brought. For a year the matter has been in the courts To- day 1t was to come up for trial, when the attorneys announced the settlement of the trouble The estate is valued at s450,0OO, and consists largely of valuable real estate in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24

Washington, March tspeeiall-lt is reported that Chairman Babcoek. who will not again serve as such. when asked the other day where the Republican cam naign headquarters ought to be, whether in New York or Chicago replied that Chicago would be about as bad as the Sahara desert. The place for them was New York, and you can guess why with out my telling you" the chairman is quoted as saying.
 The guess was that New York is more convenient to the big eastern protection interests that will have to furnish the money for the campaign.
 The American Protective Tariff league is just out with vigorous denunciation of reciprocity sentiment throughout the west and in the east as well, making plain that 1t fears for the stand pat ideals of it's wing of the party. It points out that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
GooDING MAKES DENIAL.
Did Not Issue Address to Labor Unions
 of United States.

Boise, Idaho, March 23.-The authen- ticity of what purported to be a proc lamation addressed by Gov. Frank B. Gooding to "The Labor Unions of the United States" in relation to the pros ecution of Mover. Haywood and Petit bone, was denied today by Governor Gooding In an interview today Gov ernor Gooding said:
 'In an interview with a newspaper writer yesterday I suggested that if the labor organizations, in place of passing inflammatory resolutions, in which the prosecution is denounced, and a vote of confidence in the men Is adopted, would endeavor to inyesti- gate the charges against these men and suspend action until that time, a better understanding would prevail and a better feeling exist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
FINED FOR CONTEMPT.
Witness at Savannah Tells District At
 torney Ills Is Impudent.

Savannah. Ga, March 2S-A feature of the Greene and Gaynor trial today was the imposing by Judge Speer of a fine of ylO for contempt of court upon P. Sanford Ross of Newark, N. J.
 Mir Ross had been asked certain ques- tions as to bids that were presented to Captain Carter. Your question Is impu- den" he said to District Attorney Erwin.
 The court interrupted and instructed the clerk to prepare an order fning MT. Ross for contempt. Later, when his tes- timony had been concluded. MT. Ross was given an opportunity 10 apologize. He did so and the fine was remitted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
MU7 i BEGINS
 SUIT FOR MONEY $3,125,000 is Demanded from
 the McCurdyS
EIGHT ACTIONS ARE BEGUN
These Include Demand for Restitution of Campaign Contributions and Enormous Commissions on
 Some Foreign Business.

New York, March 2S.-rhe first com plaint In q series of eight actions al- ready begun by the Mutual Life lnsur- ance Company against former President Richard A. McCurdy his son Robert H.. and the firm of Chas. H. Raymond X Company, the eompany's former Metro politan agents, was made public today. The particular complaint Is against for mer President McCurdy and contains nine separate causes of action. In each Mir McCurdy is charged with the waste of large sums of money belonging to the company through alleged unfaithfulness and neglect in the discharge of his du- ties. Damages amounting to $3 125.OOO are demanded.
 Restore Political Contributions.
 The first five causes seek recovery in the aggregate of $2s2.5oo as alleged con- tributions to political parties since Jan uary l. 1885. These contributions are stated to have been s15OOO in 1896; sS5, cOo in 1900 and s4O,O00 in 1904 to the national republican campaign committee; $2,5O0 in 1904 to the republican congressional com mittee, and s2O0000 embracing the vari- ous contributions testified to by Senator Platt as having been made to the New York republican state committee since January l. 1885. The complaint says these payments were unlawful and improvi- dent" and were authorized and permit ted by MT. Mecurdy through want of ordinary care and diligence"
 The sixth cause seeks to recover the sum of s225,0oo embracing the $5oOoO all legged increase of annual salary drawn by the former president since June 1, 1901, without authority, as is claimed, and under circumstances detailed in the testimony before the Armstrong commit tee
 The seventh cause seeks to recover $500, 900 as the aggregate of the respect i've sums of s25 900 drawn quarterly from the company for the last six years of Mir McCurdy's presidency on the voucher of the committee on expenditures and under circumstances detailed in the tes- timony before the Armstrong commis- sion. The eighth cause deals with the relation of Louis A Thebaud, son-in-law of ex-President MeCurdy with Raymond & Co.,, and the unusual gratuities and rates of commission received by the firm.
 Received From Commissions.
 The final cause of action deals with the sum of $1.2S2,SH received by Robert H. McCurdy as commissions from 1886 to November, 1905 as superintendent of the foreign department and charges that by reason of unfaithfulness and neglect by the former president these commits sions had been allowed at rates which the enormous increase in the foreign business had rendered exorbitant and unnecessary.
 Finally the company demands judg- ment against ex-President McCurdy for the sum ss,s77.84166 with interest as dam ages for alleged unfaithfulness and neg lect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
Received From Commissions.
PENNYPACkER IN VlCkSBURG. Prominent Pennsylvanians Are There
 to Dedicate Monument.


 vicksburg, Miss, March S.-Headed by Governor Samuel ". Pennypacker, ex- Governors Beaver and Hartranf and score of officers of high rank in the un- ion army during the war between the states, several hundred Pennsylvania vet erans arrived in Vicksburg today to dedi- cate the monument and markers erected in the National park here in memory of the Pennsylvania troops that participated in the siege of yicksburg. The dedication ceremonies proper will take place tomor- row. and will be participated in by Gov ernor Vardaman of Mississippi Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans, and a regiment of state troops.
 Tonight Governors Pennypacker and vardaman were the guests of honor at a reception and banquet rendered by the people of Vicksburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
Mexico Will Accept Half.

Fl Paso. Tex, March Ex-Governor Criel of Chihuahua today stated that the Mexican government would accept half of the water to be impounded in the proposed dam across the Rio Grande north of Fl Paso and would withdraw her claims of priority right to the waters of the river. thus set ting long-standing international con trOVerSy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
STAND FATHERS FACING
 FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES

the west is raising a great fund with which to fight for reciprocity; that about Sl20.00O has already been raised in this fund, and that more Is coming is at the rate of about S50.00e a month. This. in tke view of the league, presents situa- ton that demands the immediate atten- ton of all opponents of tarn tinkering
 Politicians regard the situation as unique, and as presenting serious elements of danger to the republicans They recog- nize that the western and eastern wings of the party are getting farther and far ther apart on this phase of the tariff ques- ton, and that. with troubles in states like Massachusetts. where reciprocity sem tment is getting more determined all the time, the advocates of the present sched- ules have a hard fight ahead. They must meet and overcome not only growing sentiment in their own party. but also the aggressive campaign that the democrats will make.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
schreck Defeats Barry.

rerre Hante. Ind. March E.-Mike schreck of Cincinnati defeated Dave Bar ry of Ireland in the eighth round of a fast contest at Lakeview park tonight. Shreck weighed nearly twenty pounds more than Barry. and forced the fighting throughout Barry could not stop Shreck s swings He was hanging on the ropes ,.hen his seconds threw up the sponge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-24
PRESIDENT MEETS KEEP COMMISSION Wants Members to Suggest Remedy for Red Tape VERY LITTLE CORRUPTION Roosevelt Says He Wants to Know Particularly the Abuses That
 Are Within His Power
 to Stop.
VERY LITTLE CORRUPTION

Washington, March g. = President Roosevelt had an informal meeting last Tuesday evening at the residence of Cliff ford Pinchot chief of the division of for estry, with the members of the Keep commission. The commission was ap- pointed a year ago to study the business methods of the several departments of the government with a view to systematizing the work of the departments, and reduc- ing the amount of red tape" to a mini- mum.
 After discussing the work of the com mission and its achievements up to this time. the President delivered an address to the members, in the course of which he paid tribute to them for their dis interested efforts to improve the govern ment service. His remarks were made public today at the White House The President said in part:
 Speaks to Commission.
 "A year ago I appointed the Keep com mission because I had become convinced that the business methods of our gov ernment were by no means abreast of the times While I think there is com paratively little corruption in the na- tional government service, and while that little I intend to cut out, or have cut out through other agencies than your selves, it yet remains that there Is good deal of duplication of work, a good deal of clumsness of work, and above all tho inevitable tendency toward mere bureau cratic methods against which every gov- ernment official should be prepetually on his guard"
 Referring to the work of the commits sion the President said:
 Wants Remedy Suggested.
 q do not want a diagnosis of the case. I want a recommendation how to reach the case I do not want merely to know that things are bad; I want to know what is bad and what is to be done to make 1t better, so that if legislation Is necessary I can recommend 1t: so that if as I hope will be true in the enormous majority of cases, the matter can be reached by executive regulation, l can see that that regulation Is issued l wart to say, gentlemen, that I shall value the reports that I receive largely. not exclu- sively at all but largely in proportion as they do not call for legislation. I want you as far as is possible to recommend something that I can do; something that the head of the departments can do. so that we can ourselves put stop to much at least of the evil that exists, remedy much at least of the shortcomings that exist"