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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
A FEW THINGS CON
GRESS REALLY DID.

Washington. March 6.-AmonR
the things accomplished by tho con-
gress which has adjourned are the
following:
1t ratified the santo Domingo
treaty.
Passed n billion dollars worth OF
appropriation bills.
Ordered an investigation OF tho
lumber trust; OF tho International
Harvester Trust and OF cotton e1-
changes
Passed an immigration act. coup
led with exclusion OF Japanese COO
lies
Knocked out the canteens at SOL
diers' homes
Gavo the railroad employees a
7lXtcen-hour law
Established an agricultural bank
lin the Philippines
Passed rather tame currency re-
form measure
Provided for a new battleship.
Passed modified act prohibiting
corporations from making campaign
assessments
Ratified the Algeciras treaty.
Adopted "A resolution providing
for AN Investigation OF the Browns
Vile, Tex, riot
Decided that Senator smoot. OF
Utah, was entitled TO his seat.
Passed "A general service pension
act
Passed river and harbor bill.
IT raised salaries OF vice president.
pcaker, cabinet members, members
OF congress and postal employees
and provided an appropriation fos
pneumatic postal tubes In several
large cities.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06

If the parties refuse to pay the fine
imposed, they are reported and are
indicted i'm the United States court.
Formerly these fines were collected
by the postonicc inspector. but the
offenses have become so numerous
that the fines have to be collected by
the postmasters
Several of them have been report
ed TO the local Office and the fines
Will have 90 be collected
Usually the evasions are made by
people who are ignorant OF the postal
laws. In very few instances Is the
evasion made willfully The fine Is
the same whether the act be vol
untary one or an involuntary one
Those who send coupons should be
careful or they will be obliged tc
pay several times the value OF the
premiums which they seek tc
possess.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
WOULD HELP j. s.
IN CASE OF WAR.
POWDER TRUST
IS PATRIOTIC
DUPONT SAYS THE FACTORIES
WOULD BE AT GOVERN
MENT'S DISPOSAL.

New York. March Ct. c. Du
pont, who manufacturers explosives
and is sometimes called the pow.
der king" in consequence of his ac-
.tivities in forming the Powder Trust.
said at the Hotel Knickerbocker to-
day:
Should the United states be sud
denly forced into war with Japan o.
with any other nation. all the smoke
less powder mills now operated I'm
New Jersey four Of them and one
in California, with their immense
combination output. as well as all
commercial plants, would instantly
be placed at the disposal OF the
Government
at may be stated positively, I'm
reply to certain contrary statements.
that every facility will always be
offered the Government i'm time of
emergency"
This statement was Mr Duponrs'
reply to charges that the company
would have the Government at its
mercy i'm time OF war Branding
such charges as ridiculous. he de-
clared that no powder
concern, or group Of them. in the
country would dream Of autagoniz-
ing or i'm any way imposirr on the
Government
az have no desire TO engage i'm any
controversy" he continued, "but an
investigation would show that we
have not only refrained from ever
arbitrarily raising the price Of Gov
ornment powder I'm time OF war, but
that It IS the only commodity that
has not advanced during war times
Our policy has always been and all
ways will be one Of cooperation" "
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
THE THAW TRIAL.

Ino ITIaI 0f IHaW N boc0WIng
rather tedious and there is nothing
now 900 the case The Judge and Jc.
rome had tiIt yesterday which
tended to wake up The sleeping au-
dioncc with Mrs Thaw the moth
cr of the prisoner. as witness for
her son 60 win mako The trial moro
interesting and her evidence is OK
pccted TO give much truth al fo tho
condition Of Thaw through llfe and
his pcculiariues
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
WILL ASSEMBLE
At JAMESTOWN,
ENTIRE VIRGINIA MALTA WILL
CAMP AT EXPOSITION
JULY O-I7.

Richmond. Va, March Clover.
nor Swanson has decided to have IN,
entire military force OF the state as
semble at tho Jamestown exposition
and has chosen Home-Comi Week
as the probable time for the assem-
blage.
IL is particularly desired that the
military should be present on Vir.
'sinia day July l2, and Il has been
decided that the eucampmen. shall
be held from July to July -.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
NAMES IN THE
THAW TRIAL

Threatened by Mr. Dclmas with
revealing the names Of certain
young men of high social standing"
n connection with the Thaw case.
Mr. Jerome plucks up spirit TO e1-
claim you cant scare me-" and NJ.
Dclmos subsidies without mentioning
the names why should 30 be deemed
n awful thing 90 utter the names
of certain rildcd bIackguards and
why should Mr. Dclmas. having once
threatened 10 do go. change his mind
about 30 as n under fear OF punish
mont? what sort of pull have these
choice example, of New York society
got with the counsel for both sides
and with tho court itself in this Thaw
friaI2 Chicago Chronicle
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
SHAFT OF THE FABLED SAN
SABA IL PILED DEEP WITH
SKELETONS.
HIDDEN TREASURE
NOT YET LOCATED.
SMELLING FURNACE AND AN
GENT TOOLS AND ARMS
FOUND IN PLENTY.

Kerrville. Texas, March 6.-It is
reported that I'm the Frio moun-
tains, about twenty-five miles south
OF here, an ancient Spanish mine has
oeen discovered by w. w Chambers
which is supposed to be the long lost
San Saba gold and silver mine. de-
scribed by tradition as OF fabulous
richness
Many expeditions have gone in
search Of this mine. Tradition saws
that more than one hundred men
were employed in It and that they
were all massacred by Indians. who
discovered the shaft and effaced an
evidence Of its existence.
The story of Chambers discovery
is that he explored the mine i'm com
pany with several other, men. They
discovered that the shaft opened into
large chamber at depth Of only
twenty feet from the surface. In this
chamber was pile OF skeletons num-
bering eighty human beings. These
are supposed to be the remains OF
the miners killed by the Indians. In
the same compartment were found
many ancient tools. More than fifty
guns of ancient make were also
found
According to tradition there were
several hundred thousand dollars of
gold and silver stored at the mine
At The tiu'a ,'e atta7l; -.s made
by Indians. Chambers and his com
panions did not find this bullion.
I'm the canon near She shaft the
ruins Of the ancient smelling fur
mace operated in connection with
the mine were found The ruins of
the old ore crusher were also stand
ing
The discovery of this mine has pro-
duced excitement throughout this
part OF the state. Mr.. Chambers
has staked several claims adjacent to
the property and other mining pros
pectors have gone to the locality and
all OF the land for several miles
surrounding the mine is being pros
pected for minerals
According TO the old records the
Spaniards took more than $4,000
600 of ore out OF the mine during
the years that they worked It,
C''rlcs l.. Dionowity Of Boston.
Mass, made several efforts TO locate
the San Saba mine many years ago
It is said that he spent more than
10000 in this fortune hunting ex-
petition. but i'm vain
In the early sos Jose Flores. a
Mexican Of Monclova. obtained a
copy Of the musty record concern
ing the mine and coming to San
Antonio. outfted an expedition TO
search for f. At that time the Com
manche Indians were raiding the
country west OF San Antonio and
Senor Flores was warned that he
would be risking the lives of himself
and his men if he entered the re-
pions where the mine was said to
be located
He I.1ghed at these warnings AMI
accom- MED by six men and two
teams and wagons. left for the Frio
river ountry The party had reached
point near the present town Of
Utopia when they were fired upon by
Indians and an were killed The
Indians tool, the horses and burned
the wagons
San Saba Sam Henning has been
searching for the lost San Saba mine
for twenty years He works ON n
ranch a few months each year and
makes enough money To- support him
while he wandors over the hills and
mountains the other nine months So
far as known he has not heard Of
Chambcrs's discovery
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
so SAYS JUDGE II. q. BULLARD
TO A MISSISSIPPI GRAND
JURY.
HOT SHOT STRAIGHT
FROM THE COURT.
NO SUCH THING AS THE UN-
WRITTEN LAW AND NEVER
WILL BE.

Jackson. Miss, March EN- the
grand jury charge In the Hines
county circuit court today Judge II.
l." Bullard declared that mot moro
than three men out OF every hundred
who dye their hands in human blood
are brought to punishment" and
that human life i'm this state is be-
coming cheaper than blind tiger
whiskey."
Judge Bullard denounced the un-
written law To which an increasing
number Of criminals resort, declar-
ing there IL no such law and never
Will be
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
USED SWITCH KEY
TO HIS SORROW.
OFFENDER PLEADED GUILTY
AND IL NOW IN JAIL AWAIT.
ING TRIAL.

Pampiin City, Va. March &C. V
Burton. who lives at switch n few
miles west of this place, was tried
on the charge of unlocking the lock
with n key of his own make. and
opening the switch.
Bunton confessed the charge. but
said that he had been in the habit ot
unlocking the switch TO let the local
freight In to take up GERS. which he
had loaded with wood aud lumber
He was sent to Jail to appear before
the next grand jury for trial.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
FREIGHT ON SOFT
COAL TO co UP.
PENNSYLVANIA ANNOUNCES AID
VANCE OF b CENTS A
TON ON MAY 1.

Philadelphia, March 6.-Announ-
cement was made today by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company that
ON May / the freight rates on btu
minous coal to tidewater will be I'D
vanced cents a ton.
In addition to the advance OF soft
coal rates, IL is said, there will be
an advance in rates upon certain
other freight.
The advance Will apply only to
heavy goods, and general freight will
not be affected.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
DOES NOT co
DEEPLY ENOUGH

The cWsiaucc o' such large accu.
mutations OF property as Mr.. Rocko
foucrs has Ted President Roosevelt.
fo declare that t'a country must
rrappIe with che problem Of "swol-
Ten fortunes" U. has suggested as
% remedy graduated inheritance
tax But the evil Of these fortunes
Iics too dcop to to romcdied in this
manner Tho forces which work
Injustice I'm the distribution OF cX.
uonsos and the acquisition Of prohts
must he corrected Chicago Daily
News
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
FEDERAL JOBS
ARE IN PERIL
COMMISSION 10 PROBE POLITIC
Al CONDUCT or EMPLOYEES
~ NORTH CAROLINA.

Henry f. Greene. civil service
Commissioner win begin next week
an extended investigation OF the
charges filed some time ago by Sen
ator Simmons, OF North Carolina.
respecting the political activity OF
Federal employees in his state
Mr. Greene win begin the lnvos-
0gaUon at Raleigh
If The Commissioner would come
TO West virginia ho would have O
rich field for investigation
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06

IN 1862 Lieutenant Wordcn com
mandcd the Monitor. In 1907 the
best housckccpcrs in the land are
in full Command and Winning three
battles every day.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
THE GREAT AUCTION IS ovERl

Many people from BucGad and adjacent towns pur-
chased bargains at ont several sales and all are satisfied
We have several odd lots and pare stock of Some
lines which intend dropping.
Come and buy THESE BARGAINS AT LOWEST
PRICES ever placed on goods in BLUEFIELD
Onc customer bought nearly 800 worth of goods at
two sales We are Offering just such BARGAINS and
money att@0ors for two days at PRIVATE SALE
Must Move all goods not sold at that are now in
19 Princeton avenue. Come tomorrow FRIDAY and So+
mday. '"'
THE SURPRISE STORE
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06

Tho pounypackcr press muzzle law
iu Pennsylvania is no more The law
followed the cx-goyruor into private
.i'c almost as soon as the present
.-EI-laLurn got lis slrlde.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06

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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
THE GRAND JURY
Judge Murff Gives His Charge Interest
ingly-All Laws, Good or Bad.
Must Be Enforced.

The g.and jury OF Caddo parish was
empanelled Monday at noon and sworn
to discharge their duties as directed by
law In his charge to the grand Jury
Judge ALurff directed attention to the
general and the common infractiOn of
law, to the sale of whiskey without Ii
cense. to carrying concealed weapons, TO
the fish and game laws, and insisted that
all laws, good or bad, must be fairly,
impartially and rigldly enforced. \ bad
law may soon be repealed if it be en-
forced, while a good law became dere-
liction if it be treated with contempt
The grand jurors are: Z. R, Lawhon
foreman; W. NJ Kerley, E A Conway
William Ford, S. A Harmon. J. R.
Chandler, H. v Wemple c. H. Minge
Jr., c. c. Carroll. Albert CLARK, J C
Foster, 2 D. Sebastian.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES
Attorney General to Decide if There Is
Conspiracy Against Trade.

A special from Washington, D. c., to
the New York World states that both
the Western Union and the Postal Iele
graph companies may be called on by the
government to defend themselves on a
charge of conspiracy i'll restraint of
trade in violation of the Sherman anti
trust law by combining to increase tele-
graph tolls
Whether telegraph companies are sub
iect to antitrust law is question that
Attorney General Bonaparte must de-
eide before any move is made by the
Department of Justice. The law makes
IS crime for any person OF corporation
to enter into a conspiracy in restraint
Of trade" Is the transmission Of mes
sages by telegraph trade and is the
raising of telegraph tolls "in restraint
of trade?
If the government can not prosecute
the telegraph companies un.'er the pro-
visions of the antitrust law. there is no
way to get at them.Ihe interstate Com
merce Commission has no jurisdiction
over telegraph companies. The laws un-
der which this body operates applies to
common carriers only
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
TRANSFER ISSUE
The Question Settled by the City Attor-
nev, Colonel R. G.. Pleasant.

In lengthy but very interesting opin-
ion Colonel R. G. Pleasant city attorney,
| has confirmed the issue Of transfers, as
applied to the Traction Company. In
substance, Colonel Pleasant makes plain
the fact that no authority is vested in
the mayor Or the city to compel the issue
of transfers by the Traction Company,
and this transfer is left entirely to this
company, who can exercise this privi-
Iege whenever it may so determine.
Whatever opportunities for exacting
this concession have been permitted to
slip from the peoples grasp by their rep
resentatives not being sufficiently ag
gressive and persistent, and in time to
come, perhaps, such concession may be
acquired as equivalent to some rights
which may be desired by the Traction
Company However, the hope is enter
tanned that before many years the Trac
ton Company WILL of its own volition,
grant this right to the people who ride
on their cars.
1t is to be regretted that the mayors
anticipations have been dissipated as the
dew before rising sun. 1t may be re-
called that during his canvass for mayor
the forcing of the Traction Company to
give transfers was one of the hot propo-
sitions or planks of his platform, from
which the props have been knocked clear
off from his under standing. Very few,
if any. of the people at all familiar with
the law. gave serious attention to this
hot air proposition, and perhaps his
honor was not SO serious as he appeared
10 be, but if he was, he may draw some
substantial experie, ce from the opinion
of the city attorney
However, in his discontinue there is
left for the mayor the opportunity for
winning lasting fame and renown in the
construction of the city hall As he is
noted for his ability as financier, he
should have little difficulty in obtaining
such money as may be necessary for its
construction without an issue of bonds
1t is time the rubbish on the vacant
space of the old city hall was being re-
placed by the construction of a substan-
tial structure which shall ever be pride
to the city and credit to the Bernstein
administration.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
NEGROES OVER WHITES
Fhree Alabama Blacks Appointed Head
Clerks-Protests Made, but Nothing
Can Be Done as 1t Is Claimed to Be
The Fault of the Present System.

The TimesDemOcrat says: With the
inauguration of the new mail service on
he Louisville & Nashville railroad
March 26, another imposition was placed
)n three white clerks in the railway mail
service by placing over them as head
clerks three Alabama negroes. his Is
the condition on train No. 3, running
between here and Montgomery. The ne
groes were appointed by the department,
md it is said the chief clerks Of dlvls-
ons have nothing to do with the placing
If the men and are able to do nothing
when they receive complaints. When
there is a vacancy III the mail service
The next man on the, eligible list is called
70 fill the position, whether it is under a
white or negro head clerk
At present there is another case III
the mail service on the Texas and Pa
cihc railroad where white man IS
serving as city distributor under a ne
gro clerk 1t was explained that white
nen pldCcu III ltSSS pOSlllOHS dlN iI'l
likely to remain i'll them, as the city dis
.ributors are changed continually from
| iirder one clerk to another. The clerks
ere prohibited from airing their grev-
ances in public by an executive order
md when they apply for redress to the
chief clerks of any of the divisions they
ind that nothing can be done for them
md that it is the fault of the system.
The source of the trouble, according
to the clerks themselves, is the method
1 If examination for entrance to the sery
ice When the papers are sent to Wash
! ington after the examination there i
nothing on them to indicate whether th'
nan examined is white or black. AnC
the examinations held for the purpose
OF advancing the men already in th
!. service, which are held about twice
year, are nothing more than mere me
chanical exhibitions OF memory. 1h
men are compelled to assort what ar
called cards Ill manner after the as
sortment of mail in the car 1t is salt
/ there is no other test given This one
continually being studied by the negroes
and they usually pass with good aver
lages. The test is purely mechanical AM
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
SWEET DIXIE GIRL 70 MARRY
April Fifteenth at Four O'clock Is Date
OF This Interesting Event

ST. Francisville True Democrat: 1t
will be pleasant to the friends OF the
charming Dixie Girl" Miss Mollie C.
Blanchard of New Orleans, TO learn that
She will make "A true love match in her
marriage to Mr. Henry Roderick Mac
Leod of Baton Rouge, which will take
place Monday afternoon, April i, at !
o'clock, at Rayne Memorial church, ST.
Charles avenue. New Orleans
Both Miss Blanchard and Mr.. Mac
Leod are known here, and their mutual
attraction was observed when she sang
here last April.
Certainly there IS no sWeeter Southern
girl, none more truly typical of Southern
charm and graciousness than sweet Mol
lie Blanchard and this is saying much
in a section known the world over for
its lovely women. Mir. Macleod is d
fine type of that Scotch manhood, whose
pluck, industry and intelligence makes
its mark in any part OF the world where
fortune places HIM Mr. Macleod is not
pnly. a good business man but socially
is handsome ana pleasing, He deserves
his bride, and yet is to be congratulated
for his luck i'll winning her. May every
blessing attend them.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
ISSUE IN OHIO.

A clear-cut issue between Foraker and
Taft is promised the Republican vot =
in Ohio. Foraker's challenge to Taft to
test their popularity in the open field has
been accepted by Taft. In the con,t i
by a primary election one or the other
must be eliminated from future consid
Grafton as candidate for the pres;der-
cy 1t is to be oped Foraker will be ief
stranded high and dry. A man Whose
reliance for success is based on appeals
to racial prejudice is unworthy the sta
lion filled by the President of the J1too
States. If it were possible he should bt
defeated for the senatorship. Fire Alarl.
Foraker is a demagogue, dangerous t.
the well-being of this CO. ..:ltrv
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
CONGRESSMAN SHEPPARD.

Congressman Morris Sheppard OF
Texarkana, Texas, has invited the may
or to conference with the view of con-
sidering the waterways improvement be-
tweeR Shreveport and the tributary ter
ritory of East Texas. 1t is not many
years since when Jefferson was promi-
nent as a factor in commerce by steam
boat Whatever can be done should be
done to improve these waterways ane
Shreveport will do its share towards Sc
curing more water and better water i
it can be obtained for steamboats,, ane
the people who take naturally to gooe
water
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02

is said to be the ektsnt of the average
..cgro's ability in the railway mail sery-
c. No proof Of ingenuity or intelli-
gefce is required Of them, and while a
few are said to be competent, the great
majority are absolutely unable to do
anything else but assort the mail in a
)arrot-lihe style 1t is the opinion among
&c clerks themselves that the only relief
is to be found in complete change III
The method of examination.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
WALTER DAMROSCH
VIII Be in Shreveport on Wedne> lay
April 10

Dispatches from New York Sta'e thai
the New York Symphony Orchest5a
whose coming on April 10th, is locke
forward to by music lovers with H.,
keenest expectancy has been put upon
an even more substantial footing .han
ever as a result of the support Wil'ciI
Mr. Walter Damrosch has received from
prominent music patrons Of the netrOp-
oils. 1t is extremely doubtful, says a
critic if any orchestra i'll the country
has approached a higher degree Il al
tiStic perfection than the New York
Symphony. and the fact that lis zig
winter series at Carnegie Hall. which al
ways is filled to its capacity, is to be sup
plemented by an additional concert prior
to the siN weeks tour of the country
indicates the pride that New York takes
in its splendid orchestra In the course
of the past year Mr. Walter Damrosch
has received several Hattering offers
from music colleges and symphony or
chestras in otter cities, but tempting
though the inducements ha> been, he
has consistently chung to hi, great am
hition-to make the New York Sym
phony an institution tat will continue to
make an impression in musical history
of the country
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
RIVER AND WEATHER.

his morning opened fair and chilly
River: Arthur City 10; Fulton 90, a
fall of o.2; Shreveport 81, fall OF o.4.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Fair and warmer tonight; part
ty cloudy weather and warmer Wedncs-
lay.
Red river forecast: 4 slight change or
4 slow fall will occur at Fulton and
Shreveport during the next 4S hours.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-04-02
OLD FASHIONED TWO DOLLAR
BILL.

New Orleans States 1t is said that
some Northern negroes are touring the
South in the interest of Senator Foraker
for President and are using the Browns
vile incident in the hope of controlling
the Southern delegates. If they had any
sense they would drop the Brownsville
Incident and rely ON the old fashioned
lWo-dollar bill