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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
~..rr .NI,hno.lD.
District Attorney Inuiks City Han
hmPlOyes All Guiity, Seeing
messenger nn Owed.

fIttsourg. May 49, declaring
mat nc Deueyes almost every Doay
ABOUT tne city nail, Dig and ntue.
As mixed up IN the graft charges, AS
sistant district Attorney KoDD 10
day began an investigator into the
case of stanley Mills, the negro mes
senger employed IN the once OF
Mayor UutnrIe VINO IS charged with
accepting money Irom the Keeper OF
a olsoruely mouse for protection.
According to the woman 5 STORY,
aiiis agreed that il she would pay
nim a certain amount oI money ne
would guarantee her immunity from
arrest IA conoGoung her resort one
save nlm SzOO, DGt uOuDted MS aDil-
~ 10 Keep his promise 80 ne gave
her MS noe, ana sue VAS ~ get tne
money back IL sne Wds arrested. On
two occasions aIterward sue gave
min money, one oil the umes driving
IN her carriage 10 the ciJy nail. where
sne paid MIN $40 in inc outer once
OF the mayor.
soon after that her place was
raioed. sne demanded ner money
BACK of Mills aud nacnea the note ne
nad given nor. Sun ne refused to
give up, ana she placed the note in
the hands OF the district attorney.
me district attorney proposes TO
prosecute Mills ON the strength OF it.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
,"a,.s ,Anra.uA u.rI.
rcsIucnt OF EII,a A Insurance -.
Says lie un,c $4,000 oI
lOInpAnl = MONEY.

nuIhiey oI Connecticut. VINO as pres
iuent vi tue Etna rare insurance ~,
SO,VVV Oi .ne iulus "a ,nat ,OnYan,
~ ,ne hepuUIiIon ,ampaIsn Iuuu y.
4oJV.
niIsnt just as easily nave su-
=" S-V,VVV. ne saIu. Dut MA. go,
Company uiu sne 40 nUt Il mvd UIto
.i comparison ~ mnaL pclso.iaiIy
NohtrlUuted. senator BuInIuy Mas
DeioIe inc committee GA ,no Juul-
cIdrJ al connection MItn the ulI 10
regulate Insurance IA tne Listr.uL Oh
~UIumDIa.
Pubic expeuieEcy, the senate,
saIu. Jusuneu tne campalan 80,
Just as much as 1t Jusuueu MS con
ulDution OF So,OVV' rom luc con-
G"HS Auhuo W inc San TuuCISCO
sufferers recently.
Il contend that every custodian OF
funds of this character" replied the
Connecticut senator. is justified and
within his rights when he takes that
money and applies il to the protec-
tion OF the rights OF his people. /
contend that the election OF Mr..
Bryan would have been calamity. ="
Mr.. DeArmond expressed a curios-
ity to inquire into the standard of
morals which would justify such "A
course, which brought from Senator
Bulkley a reiteration OF his justi-
fication.
Did you contribute to the Demo
cratic party when it was success
ful?" asked Mr.. DeArmond. 81 did
not" was the reply.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
TO OUTWIT WOMAN.

All Is not plain hnaac.erins with
the trustees oil the Carnegie pension
ia Il lOr WORKOUT college professors.
some Intensely human prD1iems
must DO dealt with.
According To a dispatch from New
Orleans, the trustees recently had Il
lively discussion as to the precautions
that should be taken lest ancient pro
lessons DO lured into marriage h.:
young women with keen eye TO
their early demise and keener one
Tor the subsequent receipt during lie
or half the professors allotment
from the fund.
The question was raised by presl-
dent Hadley, of Yale, after 1t had
been decided To make this provision
Tor professor widows.
And it proved 70 DE a question be-
fore which these learned men, mas
ters OF the sciences, literatur IS ard
arts, were utterly helpless.
For who can outwit a designing
young woman with u keen eye Ioc
an old college professor and his pen
sion-who, unless it be the Ole pro-
lessor himself?
III it Do admitted that he is willy
cut means OF defense OF his own. then
mis- Is indeed a hopeless case.
Among the preyenLiyes proposed
was that TO secure the pension the
widow must nave been married To
the professor ten years prior to his
death.
Another was that the widow must
DO a. least forty years old.
Half day was taken up in the
discussion, but nothing came OF il.
All this Is based on the assump-
lion that young women could ana
would marry old professors for the
sake OF coming into a microscopic
income after an indefinite period oil
what under the circumstances would
DO 10 them most wearisome associ-
alton.
That they could must be admit
Ted, for professors are but men, and
as rule, perhaps any woman can
Z marry any man for whose ensnare
ment she is willing 10 take a lot oI
trouble.
But that they would, is doubtful
For the adventurous world is full Of
better game than WORKOUT profess
Ors and their pensions.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
ARMY DID NOT KILL
Greedy Denies Dispatches ReiIecting
on Troops in Frisco.

Washington, May 19.-Gen. Greedy
IN a dispatch received by Secretary
Tart today denounces as false the
stories to the effect that large num-
Der of persons were killed in San
Francisco by the army during the
earthquake.
Gen. Greedy says that the fright
full disaster which destroyed the
homes of a quarter of a million of
people was marked by a condition of
order, obedience and propriety al
most incredible. Hysteria, excitement.
crime and violence were noticeable
only by their practicable absence.
Gen. Greedy reports that the mum
Der of persons who are being given
free rations have been reduced from
$4,000 on May 2, to 10000 today.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
John sharp Williams a, Home.


Mr. Williams. was not at ali in a
hurry 70 begin pubic life. He kept
strictly TO me busin sss OF putting
nis estate into good eonGIuon .n,n
Ae had sausne0 himself in t....1 re-
spect, anu ne Was tnirty -eigh, ,ears
VI age ~nen nc Was eiecteu ~ COZ
sress. Since tnen ne nas praoticail,
gwen up the law, but he has aImays
retained nrnI mold ia the direction
Oh Tue plantations. azoo is IN the
neart oil the black Delt-a land oil
sunshine anu plenty. AT nome Air.
Williams is always called .Jonh
sharp. That is because ms mother 5
family. the Sharps, were the great
people OF the Yazoo county. Ac-
cording TO his own confession. John
sharp Williams notion OIL earthly
happiness is 10 sit ON his yerandan
at Yazoo in the company OF plenty
OF good books and watch the cotton
grow. There was only one vote east
against him at the last election
that of one OF his seven children as
a joke.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

IL Is not 70 be wondered at that
the Chinese In San Francisco are in
q panic over the destruction in the
Ere OF more than $4,000 certificates
Of legal residence. This Is not only
bad for those who have lost such
certificates, but st will be productive
Of endless problems for the lmmigra
ton oficlals % solve u Is expected
that every Chlnaman will claim on
arrest that bis certificate was de-
stroyed. and the difficulties which
such a chaotic condition must lead 10
upon both sides are obvious
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

Theodore q. Stoner. proprietor OF
a swell barroom in Washington, 10
so nearly an exact duplicate oil the
president in physical appearance that
near relatives have been mistaken.
On one occasion he brought home
photograph Of Mr.. Roosevelt aud his
sister pronounced IL good likeness
Of her brother, while admitting that
there was some difference" she
could not tell just what AS a result
Of numerous embarrassing expsrl-
encsa because Of the resemblance.
stOner has begun TO cultivate FUN
bard.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

Little Janet's devoted uncle, want
Ing to know his niece's mind upon a
highly interesting subject. and pre-
ferring to get at it indirectly. asked
her: IF I were going to buy doll
for little girl, what kind OF one do
you think she would like?" The ans
wer was prompt and decided: "Oh.
Uncle George" she said, There is
nothing like twins!'-H arper's
Weekly.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

A Kansas man was blowing about
Sabetha the other day, saying that
he was about the only entirely indie
pendent man he knew of. He claim
ed that he owned his own place,
raised his own chewing tobacco, and
could spit where he pleased All of
which is typical, If not refined, ac-
cording to the accepted standards of
the East
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
ADVERTISING IN BLuEFIELD.

The local newspapers are not sup
ported in Blueheld in the way OF ad-
Yertising as they should be. We
mention this fact for the good oil
the city as well as our business men.
Every man doing business here
should encourage his home news
paper. The question OF immediate
benefit to the advertiser should not
be taken into consideration. Moth
Ing does more Tor u town than It's
local newspaper. The Leader wants
TO help build up Blueheld and its the
duty OF every good citizen 10 aid the
local paper in doing this There is
certain element OF the best class oil
our citizens who have expressed the
desire that they have more than one
newspaper in this city. A monopoly
in anything does not suit the masses
or the people Now that you have
the opportunity OF building up an
opposition newspaper that will rep
resent your sentiments and defend
your rights and expose corruption,
you should not DO slow in extending
that patronage which will make it
thoroughly Independent and self
sustaining. 1t will take advertising
patronage 10 do this. This journal
can do much toward the building up
OF Blueneld, and it will do so. but in
return for its laDors, it Will expect
those who are able To lend their en-
coaTagement TO its support. The
farkersDurg State journal wisely
remarks:
This is not all OF the question
" ehS AASoAS. uICIS SCI
Dish reasons should prompt those en-
gagged ia business oil any kind 10 a
reasonable extent 10 support The
newspapers with their patronage. ii
II sale declaration that business
which may not succeed with adyer-
Using Is due not 10 succeed without
II. This means simply that the under
taking which Will not bear the small
additional burden OF giving itself
publicity through the columns OIL the
newspapers 10 practically certain not
20 be able TO sustain itself long with
out this. The worst thing mat any
merchant or any one else IN DusI-
ness can DO is TO undertake 70 ecouo-
mize by not advertising.
Advertising is the Lie oil a news.
poper, and you can judge the pros.
perity OF a city by the advertising in
It's local home paper. IL pays IN
more ways than one 10 advertise. 1t
shows public spirit and demonstrate.
that you are willing To aid in the
progress OF your town. From any
point OF view you may take the mat
ter OF advertising, it pays.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

The presence OF sultry weather has
led ~ renewed maledicuons against
the lack Of ventilation ln New York s.
subway Conditions in the Belmont
tunnel were bitterly complained OF
last year, and now. with the accumu-
lations Of the winter. the subway H.
worse than ever.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

n. X. Usher. who will be the first
man to command the armored crui-
ser ST. Louis, was on the historical
expedition OF the Bear to find Greedy
in the far North.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19
Awaiting the Outcome.

AS congress declines to fix the
type OF the canal, it seems to. be up to
MIR. Shonts to go ahead and dig and
Just see what he has got when it is
done.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

Mr. Chambers last words we're his
most eloquent ones He considers
himself fortunate that the powers OF
speech is left to him. but It's power
that he viii never use again "as a
missionary from President Roosevelt
to the democratic party"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

a company has been formed at
Berlin to sell water from the river
Jordan. Il is hoped to establish
market for II for baptlsmal purposes.
and any minister who sells "a bottle
gets rake-on OF 81.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

Where the Rate bill is Defective
There 10 no amendment yet in the
railroad bill touching the swinish
passenger who takes two seats.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-19

y Chicago scientist has il figured
out that the world will last at least
lOO,OOO.OOO more years, instead OF
the 5O,OOO,OOO heretofore claimed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
First publication Sept. 20. 1906.
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the payment OF
the sum OF seVenty-one and 25-l09(S7l.25) dol
lars. which is claimed to be due and is due at
the date OF this notice upon certain mortgage.
duly executed and delivered by William Schef-
Ter and Anna Scheller. his wife. mOrtgagors to
Z. r. Rutherford, mortgagee bearing date the
25rd day OF October. 1908. and with a power OF
sale therein contained. duly recorded in the
ONCE OF the register of deeds in and for the
county OF Mile Laos and State CT Minnesota
on the 25rd day OF December, 1908, at o'clock
p. H., IN book of mortgages. on page 2SS:
ana no action or proceeding having been insti-,
tuted, at law or otherwise to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage or any part thereon
NOW, therefore. notice is hereby given, th2&s
oy virtue OF the power Of sale contained in said
mortgage. and pursuant to the statute In such
case made and provided, the said mortgage
Will be foreclosed by a sale Of the premises de-
scrlbed in and conveyed by said mortgage viz:
(NR OF SEQ OF section twenty-six (26). town
ship thlrty-seven (37), range twenty-seven (27),
IN Mile Laos county and State OF Minnesota
with the heredltamentS and appurtenanceS;
which sale will be made by the sheriff of said
Mile Laos county at the front door of the court
house in the village of Princeton. in said county
and state, on the 3rd day of November 1905. at 10
o'clock A. NJ. of that day, at public vendue. to
the highest bidder for cash. to pay said debt of
seventy -One and 25-100 dollars. and interest and
the taxes. II any. on said premises, and twenty
i've and 100 dollars. attorneys fees as stipu-
lated IN and by said mortgage in case OF fore
closure, and the disbursements allowed by law:
subject to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale. as provided by law
Dated September 17th A. D. 1906.
L. r. RUTHERFORD
f. L. MCMILLAN Mortgagee
Attorney for Mortgage,
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
ARIZONA'S FROZEN FOREST
Theory Which May Account for the
Wonderful Petrefac-
tons.

In the long forgotten ages, perhaps
before primeval man set foot upon the
sands Of earth, forests were growing in
Arizona, just as in some parts they are
growing to-day, says O. J. Muhlbacker,
in the Arizona Magazine. But, by pre-
sumably volcanic action upon the
earth's crust, they were laid PROSTATE,
and over them swept the seething, rush
ing waters of an immense inland sea.
Again, this region sunk below the sea
level, was upheaved SO high the mighty
waters found no footing. Again par
tial depression made it a vast reposi-
tory of rivers that drained the high
levels, and these great trees were buried
deep beneath the sand and silt, which
time Hardened to rock. But the I'D
heavel of ages after reversed this
process, and the outgoing waters in
their maddened rush constantly bore
away this earthen covering, returning
to the world the long buried forests of
the ancient ages. But 10! the sybaritic
chemistry Of nature, the alchemy of the
ages, had transformed them into
crystals of hardest stone, sparkling in
variegated color tints. Thus, to-day, the
"Petrifed Forest" is one of the wonders
Of Arizona.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
ANTHRACITE PRODUCTION.
The Tonnage Last Year Was Larg-
est in the History Of the :.-
Industry.

According to preliminary report
on the production of anthracite in
1905, made public by the United
States geological survey to-day, the
tonnage curing that year was the
largest in the history Of the industry.
The official explanation of this is that
it partly is due to the experience of
the trade in the preceding severe
winters and partly by the fear of i'm
pending trouble in the anthracite re-
gion, which caused both dealers and
consumers to lay in heavier stocks.
In 1905 the production of anthracite
amounted to 69,339,152 long tons,
value $4,000. The average price
OF anthracite per ton was S2.25, the
average number of men employed in
the mines was 165, 4O6 and the aver
age days worked 215.
An increase in the shipment of the
smaller sizes of coal is noted.
The disastrous effect of strikes on
the trade is shown in the record for
1902, when the production of anthra.
cite was only 39-94O,71O long tons,
worth $76,173,586. The average price
of coal per ton in that year was $2.35,
the average number of men employed
was 14S,14l, and the average mum.
Der OF days worked was only ZIG.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
HE HAD ALREADY "ET"
Consequently the Walters Gave Him
the Hurried and Naughty
CODY.

Il know a western Kansas town
where the rules of etiquette are purely
upon logical basis" said a man from
the short grass country the other dav.
according to the Kansas City Times.
"The daughter of the hotelkeeper at
whose hosiery I was living, was to
be married. I received an invitation
At about II o'clock in the evening the
wedding supper was spread. An old
lady came down the table side, pass-
ing the viands to the guests When
she reached my plate she skipped me
and began again with the next man.
The old lady had seen me eating nv
supper as usual at six o'clock.
"You've et,' she said, as she gave
me the go by. Things began to look
dubious for me. Then an old man
came along WITH more food. He also
had seen me eating at the usual even
ing hour. He SHE'D around me with
a look of surprise that 1 should he at
the feed rack again, and said: WIN
you've et.'
Everybody had been saving I'M
for the occasion so that they might
eat like heroes at that wedding feast
The fact that 1 had not been missing
any meals nearly ostracized me in that
happy gathering"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20

2OO miles over the Placerville and Red
Dog trail-over the mountains from
California to Nevada But he says he
never had so happy a time
Hes an old dear! I'll kiss him
how is 1t you say-'good and plenty"
BY the way, 1 forgot to ask, and it's
almost too late now, but do you like
cats?''
81 adore them-aren't kittens tho
dearest?"
well, you're healthy-and vour
nose doesn't really fail below the speci-
fcations, though it doesn't promise
that you're any too sensible but if vo,,
can make up for it by your infatuation
for cats, perhaps it will be all right
Of course couldn't keep you, Won
know, if you weren't very fond Of cats
because Uncle Peterd raise row"
She was quite still, and he noted
from the change in her soft breathing
mat she slept. With his free hand hs
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
The wearing of Hats.

More or less of q modern habit is the
constant wearing of hats. Even as late
as 1853 Horace Walpole mentions as a
matter of course that he never wears a
hat Remember" he says, writing to
a friend VIGOROUSLY careless about his
dress, who was expected home from
Holland, ''everybod that comes from
abroad is supposed to come from
France, and whatever they wear at
their first temperance Immediately
grows the fashion. Now if, as is very
likely, you should through inadver-
tence change hats with the master of a
Dutch smack in a weeks time we shall
all be equipped like Dutch shippers.
You see, I speak very disinterestedly,
for, as never wear a hat myself, it is
Indifferent to me what sort Of a hat I
don't wear"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
PINK MONKEYS IN DANGER.
Worlds Supply of Absinthe May Be
Shut Off by Switzer-
land.

Pea green elephants, pink monkeys
and white blackbirds, together with
the flock of famingoes which absinthe
drinkers insist have roamed at will
about Central park, may soon become
extinct by reason of the action of the
Swiss government.
Nearly the entire quantity of alb
sinthe imported into the United
States is distilled in the canton OF
Neuchatel in Switzerland. Virtually
all of it that is imported goes to the
three cities of New York, New Or.
leans and San Francisco.
Because of the great evil resulting
from the habitual use of poison, there
Is a movement on foot in Switzer-
land to prohibit the production of
absinthe and even to forbid it's sale
within the republic.
The manufacture or distillation of
absinthe is government monopoly
IN Switzerland. The estimated reve-
nue. to the government is about ST.
100000 year. This revenue is dis
tributed by the government among
the various cantons or provinces
with the proviso that 10 per cent OF
it must be expended in promoting the
cause Of temperance.
Now prohibition is in the ascend
ancy in Switzerland and is seeking
a constitutional amendment to forbid
the distillation and sale Of absinthe
and to enforce absolute prohibition
through the entire republic.
The movement, according to Consul
Clifford at Basil, has given a great
impetus because of the fact of an
absinthe-crazed father in the canton
OF Vaud, in killing his wife and chill
dren.
With any diminution in supply in
Switzerland the importation to the
United States must come from a new
source.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
DANGEROUS.

A contributor to the transactions of
the Devonshire association" says that
when he came to a certain place as
vicar he asked whether there were
any sick to be visited.
'Oh, no, sirw was the answer.
Nobody is ever i'll in Berrynarbor
There is an old man, to be sure, over
ninety, who has taken lately to his bed,
but there hain't much the matter with
him that I know Of"
Il thought to myself added the
vicar, 'of the story Of the Scotchman
who said to his doctor:
aye pu' vara long face, doctor.
Dye think I'm dangerously ill?'
"'Na, na,' was the reply. I don't
think ye're dangerously i'll, but I think
ye're dangerously old"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-09-20
All the Aids to Comfort

Speaking of accommodating hotel
clerks remarked Portland traveller.
"the best ever saw was in town near
Bangor. I reached the hotel late in the
evening and was assigned to pretty
tidy looking room. Just before I re-
tired heard scampering under the
bed and looked under, expecting to see
a burglar. Instead, saw a couple of
large rats just escaping into their hole.
I dressed and went down to the Office
and put in a big kick. The clerk was as
serene as a summer breeze.
"'I'll fix that all right, SIR he said.
Front! Take cat to % at once -
Minneapolis Tribune.