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ALBANY COUNTY SENATORS
EACH GIVEN GUARDIANSHIP
OF IMPORTANT WORK.
ING BODIES.
Proposed Junketins Trip to Visit Diff
ferent state Institutions Opposed
BY Senators Crumrine and Cook
House Committees Announced
at the Afternoon Session-Bodies
Getting Ready for Business Rush.
Special to The Republican.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.-In the
enate this morning, President Brown
presided, the important business If the
forenoon being the announcement OF
the committees of the senate. Each
of the senators from Albany county
was given an important Craftsmanship
and all were made members of other
committees. Mr.. Atherly wa made
chairman of the committee On rules
and also on education and public Ii
braries, the latter a most important
committee from the Albany county
viewpoint. Mr.. Johnson was placed
at the head of the elections committee.
Mr.. Crumrine will be chairman of the
committee on mechanical, m%anufactur-
ing and laboring pursuits. The COM
mittee assignments were as follows:
senate Committees.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Clark, Sullivan,
Atherly, Baird and Hyde.
Finance, Expenditures, Ways and
NlCuLo Soohy VI luuit, NUT du, oul-
livan n Crumrine.
Revenue-Baird, Guernsey, Bugas,
Johnson and Brock.
Education and Public Libraries
Atherly, Black, Forsythe and Baird.
Public Buildings and Institutions
Bugas, Morgan, D%inwiddie, Crumrine
and Vaughan.
Public Lands, Irrigation and Agri-
culture-Schwoob, Guernsey, Baird,
Williams and Clark.
Stock Raising and Stock Laws
Williams, Sullivan, Schwoob, Brice
and Keister.
County officers and County Boun-
daries-Schwoob, Hyde, Cook, Hickey
and Baird.
Corporation and Municipal Laws
Guernsey. Mahoney and Hickey.
Railroads and Transportation
Vaughan. Atherly and Clark.
Elections-Johnson Black and Blu
gas.
Coal Mines-Morgan, Vaughan and
Forsythe.
Internal improvements and Public
/ Highways-Sullivan, Johnson and VIII
liams.
Immigration = Johnson, Williams
and Keister.
Federal Relations, Indian n Mill
tary Affairs-Brice, Dinwiddie and
Keister.
Game and Fisheries-Schwoob,
Brice and Hyde.
Sanitary and Medical Affairs
Brice, Dinwiddie and Keister.
Mechanics, Manufacturing and Lo-
boring Pursuits-Crumrine, Mahoney
and Hicks.
Mines and Mineral Pursuits-Hick-
ey, Vaughan and Clark.
Public Printing-Hyde, Crumrine
and Brice.
Public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Morgan
INT Brock.
Engrossment-Mahoney Cook and
Forsythe.
Bnrollments-Brice, Bugas and
I Hickey.
Rules-Atherly, Morgan and Din
widdie.
Opposed to Junketing Trip.
In a discussion this morning OF a
motion to take the usual trip over the
state, Senator Crumrine of Albany ana
Senator Cook of Laramie placed them
selves on record as opposed to the
plan, contending that If any senators
wanted to visit the different state III
situations they should lie permitted to
do SO, but not as guests of any rail-
road company.
Senators Black, Keister and WI
liams were absent at the roll a this
! morning, and on motion of Senator
Cook, Senator Keister was excused OF
account of Illness, the others HAVING
been already excused by the senate.
The senate adjourned at noon toda.
/ to meet again in Monday, January 14tl
1 at 2 p. m.
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Sadly DAMAGED BY Fire.

Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 10.-The former
residence of John C. Milburn, on Della
ware avenue. to which the late Presi-
dent Mckinley was taken after he was
shot at the Pan-American exposition,
and where he died, was badly damaged
by fire this morning.
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Ground Broken for Auditorium.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 1O.-Governor
Buchtel and Mayor Speer this morning
dug the first two shovels of earth
which started the 100000 auditorium
this city is to have. The work will be
rushed and the structure ready for use
next season.
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Charles City, Ia, Jan. 10.-James
Cullen, who yesterday morning muir
dered his wife and ~15-year-old stepson,
was taken from the county Jail last
night by a mob and hanged to the
Cedar river bridge in the heart of the
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Baltimore. Md, Jan. Several
shocks Of earthquake werlt here
early this morning, and ras from
points in Maryland and Wmsport,
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BISHOP GRAVES WILL
VISIT THE

Bishop Graves will visit the Cathe-
dral parish for Confirmation on Sun
day morning, April 7th, being the first
Sunday after Easter.
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LyNCHED
IOWA MAN WHO KILLED WIFE
AND sTEPsoN HANGED TO
RAILROAD BRIDGE IN
CITY LIMITS.

Prominent Citizens and Ministers Par
Elephants in Mob-Breathitt Coun-
ty, Kentucky, Again Causing Trou-
Governor to Investigate Situation
Beofre Action Is Taken.
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Citizens Fleeing to Hills.


After a fight of many hours the fire
this afternoon is under control. Ten
buildings were destroyed and thirty
v houses in the valley injured. Five
thousand kegs of powder went up in
the explosion.
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PANIC PREVAILS
IN CARS EMPIRE
FEAR OF VIOLENT DEATH AGAIN
ABROAD AMONG RULING
CLASSES IN RUSSIA
f~reachery Is Widespread and Official
dom Seems Doomed-A Reign of
Terror Is Looked For-vice Ad-
miral Ooubassoff Notified He Is
on List for Assassination.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 10.-The empire
Is in a state of panic again and fear
OF violent death is abroad among those
high IN authority. This morning Col.
onel A~ndrieff, chief of gendarmes of
the Lodz district, was assassinated on
the principal street of the town. A
reign of terror prevails. All the cars
advisors have been notified they are
doomed.
Admiral Doubassoff on List.
Vice Admiral Doubassoff. ex-gover.
nor general of Moscow and at present
a member of the council of the empire.
has received notification that another
attempt on his life will be made.
T~reachery in Military Court.
Widespread treachery in the military
court is indicated, and the greatest
alarm is felt in official circles. where
1t is believed a reign of terror in st,
Petersburg has occurred.
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Pa, say the inhabitants were startled
by distinct shocks, which, however,
did little damage.
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and Mrs. Miller have departed for
Laramie, Wyo., where they will pend
the winter, says the Livermore CORE
of the Fort Collins Express.
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Powder Works DESTROYED.

H~ollidaysburg, Pa. Jan. 1O.-The
plant and buildings of the Standard
Powder company at Horrell were de-
stroyed by an explosion today. No
lives were lost. The fire is now in
progress and flames are eating their
way towards a storehouse where 5000
kegs of powder and two carloads of
dynamite are stored.
Citizens Fleeing to Hills.
Train traffic has been suspended on
the Williamsburg branch of the Penn
sylvania railroad and the inhabitants
of Frankstown Valley are fleeing to
hills to escape the anticipated ex.
plosion. Two houses one mile distant
were wrecked by the explosion, which
was heard a distance of twenty-five
miles.
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WILL e WINTER

AT LARAMIE HOME.
MT and Mrs. Joe Henderson have
moved on the Miller ranch, and Mr..
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CREMATED
STEEL FURNACE ExPLoDEs WITH
FRIGHTFUL RESULTS, VIC
TINS BEING LITERALLY
COOKED ALIVE.

Seven Known to Be Dead-Others
Missins-Powder Works at HolIi.
daysburg, Pa, Blown Up by Elk
plosion, Followed by Big Fire
People of District Aree Fleeina to
Hills-Fire Now Under Control.
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Why not get all the news when IL
Is news by reading The Republican,,
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Funeral Largely Attended.

The funeral, which was under the
immediate charge of Damon lodge,
Knights of Pythias, was very largely
attended. The Modern Woodmen of
America also were present in a body.
The ~pallbearers were chosen from
among his old schoolmates and friends
and were Messrs. Frank Holiday, John
r. Cordiner, George Spaldlng, William
Goodale, Harry L~angheldt and George
Marsh. The floral pieces were very
numerous and extremely beautiful.
~Pythagoras lodge, Knights of Pythias,
of Newcastle, of which lodge the de-
ceased was a member and Newcastle
camp oI the DIuue..i Woodmsn of
America, each sent exquisite floral de-
signs, and there we're many other
tokens from out of own friends, as
well as scores of frhnds in the city
and the two local bdges, mute but
touching witnesses o the love and
esteem in which Loui had been held.
The services were cnducted by Rev.
A. C. Hogbin, pastor # the Presbyte-
rian church, assisted by Rev. Pierce
of the Methodist churo, the lodge ser
vices occurring at the grave.
Sensationalism7 efuted.
In connection with tie story starting
here and sent out frol this city that
Mr.. DeLario had probaly been robbed
and murdered, the flowing special
telegram from Omahato the Denver
Post, and printed insie a border in
that paper yesterday fternoon, will
show how easily such Sries are start
ed and how hard they re to stop:
"Chief Detective Cnada of the
Union Pacific railroad day emphatic
ally denied the report ron Laramie,
Wyo. that Louis DeLao of hat city,
private secretary to Congressman
Mondell of Wyoming, Id been muir
dered and robbed in his ullman berth,
to conceal the crime. iLario is said
to have had a large sumf money and
a valuable gold watch VII him in the
berth, neither of whichas yet been
found. When the sleep caught fire,
Detective Canada says, t porter cried
out a warning, which Lario either
did not hear or ignored ltil too late,
and that in the exciteint that fol-
lowed he was forgotten
Generous C~onerenan.
The following Wester Press dis
patch was received by ThRepublican
from Washington this af'noon:
Congressman Mondell Wyoming
has practically arranged have the
widow of Louis DeLario Laramie,
who was killed in a wre while re-
turning to his duties as Cgressional
clerk in this city, paid months
salary. There will also paid out
of the treasury $3.50 forlneral ex-
penses." s
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introduced Railroad Bill.

Mr.. Winkleman introduced a bill rel
alive to railroads. 1t provides for the
establishment of a commission OF three
men the same to be appointed by the
governor, each to serve two years and
each to draw a salary of $ $1,000 per IN
mum. an additional salary of 5000 to
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PIG IRON ADVANCES.

Birmingham, Ala, March s.
Southern pig iron today made
a further advance in prices,
spot iron in small lots com
manding IA per ton for No.
> foundry. This is one dollar
higher than the quotation
which has prevailed for some
time. Iron for delivery during
the last half of the.year is quot
ed at $40 for No. , fonndry~Sith
sRIesveg'y atstive. In fact the
greater part of the probable
make for this state for the last
alf Of t9f. year. has seeq sold
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plaint the brunt Of our civil
war, and il is the same old Nir-
ginia-proud old Nirginia-who
by the jamestown Tcr-Cente-
nary viii show the world that
rich though her history is i'm
great achievements in war. and
IN craftsmanship, in the arts Of
peace, IN material things. in
natural resources. she stands in
the forefront. and has her face
20 the rising. not She setting
sun.
IL. 81. A1EK,.
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THE HOT AIR MAN.

True goodness never goes on
dress parade. It doesn't pose.
lt doesn't stand up in front and
say, Look at me. Ii doesn't
pay much attention TO the gall
leries No band accompanies
It. IL is no grandstander 1t
doesn't advertise itself on the
street corner or elsewhere. No,
that isn't the way it is built.
And when you sec a fellow do
ing any of that sort of thing,
it's a mighty good guess that
he's fun of hot air and Won't
do 20 trust. Fix. F '''' q.
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No. H..
SOMETHING DOING M RAILROAD
CIRCLES.


The railroad question in the
county Is assuming larger pro-
portions than any one contem-
plated, when the question OF a
line from Tazewell TO Burke's
Garden was first proposed.
There have been new develop
ments recently.
10 Will be recalled that a
lumber firm Of Shamokin. Pa,
bought last year. the timber.
chiefly Spruce. in what is
known as Beartown Amount
ing Co. perhaps 25 million feet.
This timber must be gotten 20
the railroad The Quigly Fur
niture Company have large
holding IN the same locality.
They. too. must come out or
go out somewhere Burke's
Garden. not far from the two
large operations. wants out also.
The representatives Of these
several localities were I'm CON
ference Tuesday Messrs. Bar
rN and kersiy representing
the Shamokin people lefs on
"Wednesday for Ashbury, Co
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NEW RAILROAD ROUTE
By SOUTH AND WESTERN
A Line Located From Clinchpor, To
Connect With T.. & s. 40
RoSchll

The South an3 Western
Railroad Company seems Co
Doe seeking connection with the
Louisville and Nashville. and
already has two corps of cngi-
peers at work on fbc proposed
connecting link The iuk is to
extend from Chnchport on the
South and Western to Ros,hin.
Lee county. on the Louisville
and Nashville
Last week O. corps of engi
ncers was set Co work on each
en D of thc lime. Che corps work
ing from RosehiN being In
charge of A. D Pearcy Ta.
route viii probably pass hy
BIackwa,cr
That the South aud Western
would want to conncct with
tine D.. * N was expected and
there is mo- doubt chat thc pros
posed route from CNnchpor, OBJ
kosehill offers tho greatest fac.
ilities of amy that could be -.-
lected 10 seems that DO would
be very difficult to secure "a
route at a.l in Wise county
This branch line or connect
ing link. viii pass through q
fine agricultural section. ana
we understand viii probably b,
the means of opening up som.
valuable mineral operations,
Not only viii this connection
be of great value 90 the South
and Western. but to the Louis
willie and Nashville a- Weu
That road is said to be rcr,
much hampered in its opera
tions. being largely at the mer
F cy of other lines to reach impor
f tant points DOB the coal fields.
The South and Western ha,
purchased vast amount ofum
ber. coal and other minerals
along Powclls mountain
seems chat the arm of roa.
above mentioned. owing to thI
difficulty oi getting ou th.
grade at Clinchport. will wee
Off there, and going zap Stocl
creek. will extend along th
base of Powells mountain SD 81
+ 90 reach this timber and miner
al. and connect with the mail
line at Dunganon or it ma
go up 20 Clinch river Oh the ol
G. G.. Q. grade 90 Starnes Bend
where 10 can get on the mai
. line. Mr. Carte. 10 is said. ha
purchased all the mineralright
i along Powells mountain for
1 great distance, excepting th
3 zinc operations of Messrs Hae
an, BOatwright md others. p
B. Gate City Herald.
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The Jamestown Celebration.

r. incidence that the Honora-
bic Harry st. George Tucker
khould be the President of the
Jamestown Ter.Centennary Elk
position.
Ii is interesting from the fact
shat one of his forbears was a
half brother 10 the brilliant, if
erratic, John Randolph, of
.Toanoke, one of whose proud
boasts was, that he was de-
scended from Pocahoutas, 1.-The
.Guardian Angel of James
.town IL is altogether fit and
.proper that three hundred years
.hence. a descendant of that lit
.tle Indian maiden should pre-
.siie over. and be the moving
spirit In. a celebration 10 com
memorate the birth Of English
civilization in the new world ;
fort0 PocahOntas are we more
Indebted than TO any one else
ror the preservation Of the in
fant colony. In preserving
Smiths life from the dire ven
geance Of Powhattan. she pre-
served the colony, for IL was 20
Smiths masterful personality
shat the colony withstood the
vicissitudes Of adverse fortune,
and became a permanent settle
ment Had that little colony
per.shed, as had those previous
ly sent out from England
North America would today
present the wretched appear
ance Of a mongrel population
the admixture Of Spanish,
Negro and Indian, or In other
words, North America would
have been Mexicanized.
The Spanish claimed this con.
tnent by grant from the Pope.
and discovery 10y Columbus, a
Spanish subject sailing under
the auspices Of Ferdinand and
Isabella. Previous 10 this. how
ever. several expeditions had
been sent out from England
not primarily for colonization
bat trade-the guiding star OF
the enterprising Englishman
Hawkins and Drake. Cumber
land and Raleigh, We're eacl
and AN seeking TO build up Eng
hsh trade by their various ex
petitions, and colonization was
"a secondary matter. Wherevel
colonization was q design e d
trade was the chief desideratum
The charters of Gilbert an,
Raleigh provided for ''the righ
Co discover barbarous lands
no reference being made {,
America. John Cabot by pat
emit in 1889 was granted tn,
right to erect settlements il
BaccalaOs, but as he took u,
steps TO found it, he can not b.
looked upon as the father o
English colonization in TIA
western hemisphere, Henri,
Cabot Lodge to the cOntrar,
Notwithstanding. That homo
is due to Sir Humphrey Gilbert
lie received letters patent il
1915 bestOwing upon him abso
lutte title TO the countries h
should occupy. He set out ol
has voyage of discovery in l5s
and landed in New Foundland
Ina an attempt 10 get furthe
South his ship foundered an
all on board were lost.
In 1854 Sir Walter Raleig
obtained a charter and afte
many vicissitudes of forum
landed at Hatteras. Had h
dropped anchor in the Chess
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the mouth of England 5 ancient
enemy The Spaniards. it is
true, did massacre the Hugue-
nots ia Florida, but they feared
to interrupt tn e jamestown
colony, because well they knew
that the weak monarch then on
the throne could not have pre-
v en- t e q Protestant England
from retaliating
In 1850 the English govern
ment announced to Spain that
prescription without possession
availed nothing. and after the
destruction of the Invincible
Armada, they of course. would
not recede from their position.
Assuming then that TO John
Smith was due I'M a large meas
ure the permanency of James
planting the seed of a
great nation-we must not for
,..,.r
She was "a noble type Of woman
hood am untutored q o s. X y
queen Of the forest -the first
a Observation-Disclosures.
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enemy of the English. Was IL
not lhrlr. nappl @ u % % =
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hsh had planted themselves
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mon between them. w ere the,
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that the North Carolina "Malun-
GIN is the product of the inter
marriage Of these whites with
the Indian. BY some these peo-
pie are called "Cretons. " How
ever that may be. anyone at all
familiar with the 'Malungin"-
the true breed can readily see
striking characteristics Of an
admixture Of white and Indian
blood. even though the fountain
source be generations back.
Not so with ,he Indian and
negro cross. s O IN q of the
Pamunkey Indians in Virginia
have intermarried with the
negro, and the product is "a
very low specimen, both physi-
caily, mentally and morally.
The first prmuof English
settlement on the American
continent was made at James
town in 1907, three hundred
years ago. and the real founder
was Captain John Smith.
Smith was not unknown before
coming Co jamestown. He
was quite a noted soldier in
the old world and as the dis
ltinguished Euglishman Edwin
/ Arber has said. 'Posteritv viii
see IN Smith "a noble example
of what a Christian gentleman
and officer may be-. may 90 and
may endure. He was born at
. Willoughby. England. in 1859.
Az The age OF thirteen he ram
away and attempted 60 go Go
sea but was prevented. At If.
teen we see him studying mill
tary tactics in France Sub.
sequently he went 90 Austria.
enlisted in the Imperial army
and was made commander of
the Fiery Dragons. ON one
. occasion a Turkish officer offer
ed 90 engage i'm "a duel with ans
/ Christian soldier ''for the pur.
pose of amusing the ladies'
Smith promptly accepted th,
.challege. and the duel was
fought in sight of both armies
Smith cut of the head of hi
antagonist, and then whippe,
two other champions Afte
several years absence he re-
turned 20 England and accom-
panied the,xpediton 10 James
town. and with that colony an,
! Pocahontas his name viii b
forever associated.
Another object sought by th
colonization of jamestown, wa
to secure the gold and pre-
ciOus stones with which th
plantation was sup p os e.,
TO abound. In Eastward Ho,
occurs the following passage
"Golde is more plentiful ii
Virginia than copper is with Us
I All their dripping pans am
chamber potts are pure gould
and all their chains with whic
tney chaine up their streets ar
massive gould; all the prisoner
they take are fettered in golde
p and for rubies and diamonds
} they goe forth in holidays an
gather them by the sea shore
10 hang on their children
coates, and stick in their Chi
. drens caps, as commonly as on
children we ar saffron. gil
I brooches and groateS wit
hOules in them In the letter
patent it was provided how tn
4 gold should be distributed.
+ Drayton's = o M are thes
G lines:
Q "Chcerfully at sea
: Success Won still enfica