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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
Coard Assault Lawyer French By Mayor Carte

freely spoken OF by him in an inter-
view for the Public Ledger.
II have been at work for tho last
year and half on tho divination
texts OF Babylonia and Assyria," said
DR.. Jastrow. and the material which
shavc had at my dlsposal has been,
with a few exceptions. from the
Great Royal Library OF ancient
Nfneveh. whore It was placed by tho
Assyrian King. Ashurbanapal, who
ruled from 626 to SOC d. G.
Tho dosire to foretell tho future
was a natural one. as Il was an i'm
pefling factor In all ancient religions,
giving rise to special classes OF
prophets and seers. supposed to be
endowed with special powers. The
same desire for divination continues
to play part I'm life. The chief OF
our signal service at Washington Ia
but tho logical and more practical
successor OF the weather prophet OF
ancient times. while astrologers,
clairvoyants and phrenologists stiil
carry on their respective trades, us
ing methods not unlike those which
formed a part OF the equipment OF
the ancient Babylonian priest.
"Thc publishers OF dream books
condnuo to reap profit upon many
OF the interpretations set forth In
the days before Christ, and many
persons living In the present day
doubtless accept such Interpretations
quito seriously.
Under the class designated as
omens tho most important feature
Is that which IS represented with
tho toxts which deal with the inspeo-
tion of the sacriflcial animal. BE-
fore engaging In battle with a hostile
nation or tribe. In instances of seri-
Gus illness and before entering upon
any undertaking OF Importance the
priests OF the temple were consult
cd. and an animal. usually a sheep
or lamb, was selected TO be Of
fered as "a sacrifice 10 the gods. The
| liver OF this animal was subsequent
| ly removed. and. through careful
inspection OF this organ. the future
was read.
'"rho selection OF the liver OF the
sacrificiai animal for this inspection
was because OF the belief that had
prevailed throughout antiquity that
the liver was the seat OF the soul.
According to the accepted belief OF
the period the liver represented the
divine part OF the animal.
Every part OF the liver. includ-
ing tho gan-bladder. tho various
Iobes and ducts. and moro particu-
larly the numerous markings on the
liver, possessed special Significance.
and was interpreted In accordance
with an claborately developed sys-
| tenn.
"a long gall-bladder, for exam
PIE, was interpreted as pointing TO
length Of days. II any OF the mark
ings on the liver rescmbled a weapon
of any character the consequence
was thought TO be war. II the mark
ing on the right side favorable out
come was prosnosticated. while IL 1t
occurred on tho left side the result
was supposed to prove disastrous. -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
GENHnAL BOOTH TO SPEAK.

Ecg York, Nov. 2.--Goncral Will
liam Booth. founder OF tho Saliva
tion Army. Is scheduled TO appear
in Now York tomorrow and Monday.
Hla public meeting In this city viii
Include three services tomorrow. In
ths New AmAerlam theater. and a
lecture on Monday in Carnegie Mu-
sic ball. a grc9. farewell demon
ttratlon will take place Friday, in
CITY Hall park Tho general will
sail Saturday. anl will nhortly enter
upon a tour OF Germany on behalf
CT the Salvation army work.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
FAanXE ExrEcTEp IN INpIA

Simla. India, Nov. "a moro
frigh,ful famine than that OF 1899
when more than a million perished
Of starvation Is CERTAIN In India this
aeason. Crop failures throughout
tho country are practically complete
and n is estimated that at least as
millions of people will be wholly do
pendent on The government for food.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
NEW PASTOR FOR
BluEFIElD- D-GRAniM

Tho Lutheran churches of Blue
6e,d-uraham will make tho acquaint-
ance OF their new pastor. the Rev.
c. X. w. Kesley, tomorrow. Pastor
Kesley arrived In town On Thursday
last and VIII visit members of his
congregation till suited with q ger
nancnt residence. Mrs. Kexley &C.
companion her husband AMI both
seem much pleased with tn .ar new
charge.
The following was called from the
columns OF the Lutheran Church
Visitor" and will help to Introduce
them TO this community:
st. Matthews English Latheran
, church. Wilmington. n. c.. has ac-
copied the resignation OF their psss-
tor. Rev. Q. r. W. Kegley. tendered
six weeks ago. that he may take
charge OF the work nj the Bluefeld-
Graham charge. w. Va. which has
been vacant some time. an1 where
he will at once enter upon the work.
The Wilmington papers devote much
srace in referring TO the resignation
OF Pastor Kegley. ani the great re-
luctance with which Sc. Matthews
congregation havo scceae1 20 his de-
.sire TO leave them. This feeling was
mutually reciprocated, Il is very ev-
ident, in the fnai act of parting.
when the congregation left the de-
cision entirely In the yolk1on of their
pastor. The work has greatly pros
perei in ST. Matthews congregation
under the charge of Pastor Kegley.
lie first served st. Matthew'S as sup
ply in the summer of 1900. and re-
turned as the regular pastor in 1901
by an urgent call. A prolonged va
cancy had discouraged the member
chip, and attendance at the services
were few and the Sunday school had
only O half dozen scholars. A debt
OF $1,400 was another discouraging
asset. In 1907. after six years work
by Pastor Kegley. remodeled church
and Sunday school buildings. fully
equipped, at cost of $4,000. a new
parsonage, valued at $4,000. and a
menrbership OF 100 In The city, and
vicinity, are some OF the evidences
OF efficient pastoral work and coop
Grafton OF the people. The entire
property IS valued at $4,000. The
members at Newberne, with Mr.. W.
+. Aberly as the moving spirit in
the work. have aided materially In
placing the congregation on its pros
porous basis"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
LONDON ADVOCATES
THIRD TERM

London. Nov. 2.--IThat Roosevelt
IS tho one man qualified TO steer thu
American ship OF state between tbo
sylla OF capitalistio greed and the
charybdis OF financial ruin. ani ac-
cordlng % tho London Spectator,
should be kept at the helm. The
Spectator adds, though dt becomes
necessary to establish a precedent in
the official life OF presidencies.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02

St Petersburg, NOV 2.--The an
niversary of the czar's accession to
the throne will be celebrated In al
the churches of Russia tomorrow
The imperial family will attend a
To Deum. Parades OF troops will
be held. and the school children vii
march through the streets Of St. Pc
tersburg.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
LIVES WITH SPINAL
CORD SEVERED

Cleveland. Nov. With her spi-
nal cord severed By a bullet, Mrs.
Sofia Slgemont Is today dying at
the hospital. whi,c her husband IS
under guard, lying with bullet
through his hal To shot his wife
AM then attempted suicide becauso
;hc refused reconciliation with him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
DAUGHTERS OF THE
CONETDERAY MEET MONDAY

Tho Daughters OF tho Confederacy
will meet on Monday ev{1ing, No
vember Am, at o'clock at the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Relth Bowen, on Ros-
ers street. A largo attendance ts
looked for.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
JAPANESE EMPEROR
IS FIFTY FIVE

Trkio. Nov. 2.---plans have been
made for tho celebration on mas :,
nlffcent scale OF the birthday OF Mut-
suhito, tho emperor or Japan, who
viii be 55 years old tomorrow. An
official birthday luncheon will be-
given TO tho foreign diplomatic corps
and Japanese ministers OF state. at
which the mlkado will probably de-
liver brief address.
The observance OF tho emperor's
birthday viii be general through
out the empire. All OF the cities
have been gaily decorated for tho
cvcnt and the imperial guards dki,
wisdom. PRIOR TO tho military reviow
on Aoyama feid. tho emperor will
drive through the city In handsome
stale coach. receiving the tributes
OF his subjects. He will review the
soldiers mounted on black charger
A numerous stan and many secret
service mon will accompany the ycm-
peror. aa. with the acquirernont OF
accidental civilization. many anar-
chists, socialists and republicans
have been created among tho Japan
csc workingmen and students.
San Francisco, Nov. 2.--Pursuanf
TO the annual custom among tho
sons OF Nippon, wherever they may
be found. tho iiag of the rising sun
will float gaily In the streets OF San
Francisco and other Pacific coast
cltiea tomorrow in honor OF the ma
tai day OF Japan's emperor. In every
town where there IL colony OF tho
subjects OF tho mikado. the little
brown men will signalize another
milestone In their sovereign's lifs.
There will bc patriotic speeches. dec,
oraions. hluminations and music.
For the moment tho Japanese will
forget the economic atruggle In
which thoy AFRO engaged, and the
fierce light that Is. being waged
against them by American working
men from Los Angeles to Vancouver.
New York, Nov. 2.---Japanese res
idents OF New York have made ar
rangemefpis TO celebrate tho birth
day OF the mikado tomorrow In an
claborate manner. A reception will
be held by tho Japanese consul-ger.
eral, to which hundreds OF distIng-
uished Japanese and Americans have
been invited
Pekin, Nov. "A big celebration
viii bo held here tomorrow In honor
of the anniversary of the birth OF
the mikado. The soldiers OF the
Japanese legation guard will take
part In the ceremony and have erect
ed an elaborate trlumphal arch bear
ing tho word "Bangai." A special
theatrical performance will be given
and tho Japanese minister will hold
n reception.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
rorB's CONDITION IS CRITICAL

Paris. Nov. 2.--.The Pope has had
y severe attack og heart trouble ac-
cordi1g 90 tbe Ecllirs Rome cor
respondent. has b cn compelled TO
take his bed an cancel all appoint
mcntg.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02

WorthbuFa Lutheran Church, Ora.
ham.
The ncE "a cr the Rev G. II. W.
Kcgloy, will csleiate for the frst
time at the services OF the Graham
Lutheran church. In the morning
At If O'Clock: evening service 1870.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02

Mr.. Ferdinand Hobbs. Of Kansas
who has been absent for twenty-five
Years. IS visiting hisb rother. VIM.
s.. Hobbs, In tho county.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02
THOUGHT HITCHCOCK
is IN HIDING

New York. Nov. 2.--It is current
talk on broadway today that Ray
mond Hitchcock, the missing CONNIE
dian who suddenly disappeared on
che eve OF his threatened Indictment
for alleged wpongi committed on
young girls, has not left the coun-
try or even zone many miles away.
IL Is hinted IN many quarters that
certain evidence which he desired is
not forthcoming at this time and he
was advised to drop out of sight
until II could be procured.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-02

New York, Nov. 2.-Della McKen-
sic, tho young girl with whom
Hitchcock is alleged 10 have sailed on
tho steamer Majestic. was found In
Now YORK. today. Friends OF the
miFDlng actor are In constant com
munication with her and say she
will be produced at the proper time
TO refute the charges against the
actor.
The girl s2id that every charge OF
wrong doing alleged against Hitch
cock and herself were untrue. Tho
fact Is she met tho actor and sought
a position a. chorus girl In his com
pany but further than that thoro
was nothing between them. Hith-
cocks attorneys. wife and friends,
today stated that thoy were abgo-
lutely at SEA as 20 his whereabouts.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
SWAP WIVES BY
DIVORCE DEAL

OMAHA, Aug. 16.-Abraham N.
Endler and Edward D. Winspear,
two former Sweetwater county
stockmen, have contrived in law
full way to trade wives. They re-
Gently applied for and obtained de-
crees of divorce. and few days ago
at a doubel wedding. celebrated in
Arizona, each took to wife the wo-
man the other had divorced.
The two men and their wives had
been friends and intimates for years
but in the case of each couple there
had been a misalliance. Endler and
Mrs. Winspear were in love with
each other, and SO were Winspear
and the Endler woman.
With no ill-feeling on the part of
any of them, they agreed that it
would be best for the two men to
trade wives, and accordingly the
husbands went to South Dakota and
procured divorces, in order that the
trade might be effected
The wives permitted the divorces
to be obtained without contest. The
couples have gone to Western Can
ada together to make their homes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
ASSESS ROADS
80 PER CENT

The present assessed valuation OF
railroad property in the state of
Washington. including both the
rolling stock and the rights-of-way,
is $21 900 a mile, while the value
of the same property according to
the report of the state railroad COM
mission is $4,000 a mile.
State Tax Commissioner Frost
says:
THE state railroad commission,
which has Investigated the whole
subject thoroughly, found that the
railroads are assessed at only about
80 per cent of the value Of their
property.
"The interstate commerce COM
mission, in a report made some
years ago, when railroad property
was of considerable less value,
found that the railroads In the state
of Washington were worth an av-
erage of $4,000. In 1908 the as
sessment of all railroad property,
whether that of steam roads or
street railways, will be made by the
state tax commission"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
WRETCHEDNEGS
IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Aug. 16.-Dr. M. A.
Matthews, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, went stunning
and declares he discovered in the
business heart of the city a condi-
tion of squalor and wretchedness
that can not be found in any other
city.
The house, dryg Gods box affair,
according to DR.. Matthews, is locat-
ed on Fifth avenue just on Union
street. In 1t is a woman, prema'
turely old, in the last stages Of con-
sumption, who told him an extraor.
binary story.
The woman's name is Minnie
Hamilton, 40 years old. She has
been married FIVE times and is the
mother of fifteen children. Eight
of these are twins. Mrs. Hamil-
tons first husband, a Seattle man,
killed one Of their children years
ago and was sent to the peniten-
tiary. where he committed suicide.
Previous to the murder of his child
he struck another daughter, 5 years
old, with an iron bar, breaking her
chest bone.
This daughter is now living with
her mother in the hovel and one OF
her children, years old. is with
her. The child is an imbecile, and
DR.. Matthews says is utterly unable
to take care of herself. Inc moth
er's name is Mrs. Amelia Rutten.
She has been married and divorced
three times, has seven children end
told DR.. Matthews she was waiting
the statutory limitation to marry
again. DR.. Matthews told her It was
a crime for her to marry.
"The house is unfit for animals
to live in" said DR.. Matthews. ut
is disease-breeding and unsanftary
in the extreme. Something must be
done for these poor and utterly IT.
responsible people"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
MINERS WILL
ASK INCREASE

SEATTLE, Aug. 16.-The scale
which the coal miners of this state
and Vancouver island propose to
work under during the coming year
has been submitted to the operators
by the delegates to the annual con-
vention here.
The new scale provides for 20
per cent increase on all forms of
work at the mines. An eight-hour
day is demanded, with no work on
Sundays or legal holidays, except
when repairs are necessary, then
six hours shall constitute a day.
The lowest item in the scale is
$3.50 per day for common labor and
the highest is s4.25 for fire boss.
The wages for the major part of the
miners will be 81 per day.
The miners also asked to be paid
twice each month instead of at the
end of the month as formerly, and
also to be paid in United States
currency instead of checks, as for
merly. This is partly to prevent a
part of the miners wages from 60
ing to the saloons where many of
them are compelled to have their
checks cashed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
GARBAGE MEN
To ASK LEASE

II is stated that garbage men will
submit a proposition to lease the
crematory, run it for 10 years, and
then turn 1t and all Improvements
back to the city. The plan is to in
stall a double or triple capacity
plant, render dead animals, sell the
skins and make fertilizer out of the
bones.
Along with the proposition the
garbage men will ask to be allowed
to make their usual charges for
carting garbage away from resi-
dences, hotels and restaurants.
This proposition appears to be a
good thing with l exception. Peo-
pie are now burdened by an eX-
cessive garbage charge. Leading
restaurants and hotels have repeat
eddy complained that the charge is
too high. This was ! reason why
the proposition was made by the
board of health to take over the
garbage business, make a reasona-
bic charge and run it in connection
with the crematory. 1t is argued
that this method will not only
tighten the burdens of citizens, but
the work will be done better and
mean money to the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
WORLDS GREATESTR. Railway
CROSSES 100 MILES OF OCEAN,
COSTING $4,000, 900, AND
WILL BE FINISHED IN TWO
YEARS - STANDARD OIL
MEMS Project.

Special Correspondence to The Press
TAMPA, Fla, Aug. 16.-The rail-
way which Henry M. Flagler and
his millionaire associates in the
Standard Oil Co. are building over
the Atlantic ocean from Homestead,
Fla. to Key West has made such
progress that it was announced to-
day that the line would be complet-
ed by the summer of 1909.
This railway is the worlds most
extraordinary engineering project
today, and engineers at least say
that when completed it will be
wonder of the world.
The railroad will be 100 miles
long. All the way from Homestead
to Key West are small islands, or
keys, as they are called in this lati-
tude, some an acre or less in ex.
tent. The builders of the road are
connecting these keys with i'm
mense viaducts, supported by huge
abutments of solid concrete.
At one point, two keys are three
miles apart, but the engineers did
not hesitate. The found the ocean
only 40 feet deep here, and they
proceeded at once to construct a
great connecting bridge. Golfer
dams were sunk and the bed of the
ocean was dredged out in places to
solid rock. Then the solid concrete
foundations were laid.
The engineers are confident that
the worst ocean storms will not dis
turb these bridges.
The railroad will be the most ex-
pensive in the world. 1t is costing
100000 a mile to build, which
means a total expenditure, exclu-
sive of terminals, of 1872 100000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
MEMEER TELLS HOW
TITLES ARE BOUGHT IN ENGLAND

when times are bad, for considera-
bly, less. A Lancashire manufacture
err few years ago paid half a mil
lion for his peerage.
A short time ago, when talking
with the eldest son of a newly Gre
ated baronet, | was told by the son
that he would have much preferred
to have the money which his father
has paid for his title; but there
seems to be some kind of fascina-
ton in titles for self-made men, and
the democracy in turn aids and
abets this spirit of snobocracy by
cringing and fawning to man who
is called lord.
Unfortunately, parliamentary ex-
penses are not paid either by i'm
perial or local taxation, but the ex-
penses fall on the candidates, and
seeing there are many poor men In
the house of commons, they are
obliged to 60 to the party whips to
receive assistance.
Let no one imagine that this prac-
tice of selling honors is not ram
pant.
If it were not true, the prime
minister or the leader of the OPP
position could at any moment rise
in his place in the house of com,
mons and say that none of the men
whom he had recommended for
honors had paid any money either
to the party funds or to anybody
bue he cannot do so, because it is
fact that money has been paid for
these honors.
I 1t is notorious that the late gv'
eminent deliberately sold titles to
tariff reformers, who provided large
sums of money in return, and 1t is
also notorious that ministers in the
late government, who could have at
forded to pay their own parliament
airy expenses, were subsidized out
of the party funds contributed from
the sale of honors.
ARTHUR b. MARKHAM, M. P.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
SWINGS 100000 ACRE COAL DEAL
CARTER, OF VIRGINIA, ONCE
OBSCURE MOUNTAIN BOY,
BECOMES GREAT RAILROAD
PRESIDENT AND FINANClER.
specia, Correspondent ce to The Press

specia, Correspondence to The Press
RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 16-Thos.
Fortune Ryan and his multi-mil-
lionaire associates have on foot a
plan to make the Seaboard Air Line
railway the greatest coal carrying
road in the world.
1t is proposed to open up an enor-
nous coal field in Virginia, con-
meet it with the seaboard by means
of a 200-mie railway line, now be-
ing built and known as the South &
Western.
From a reliable source comes the
information that 100000 acres OF
coal lands have been purchased by
the Clinchfield Coal Co.. the holding
company for the syndicate, in
which are Thos. r. Ryan; Blair, OF
Blair G. Co.; Norman B. Reams and
Geo. l.. Carter of Virginia, who,
nominally head of the syndicate and
president of the South & Western
railway, planned the scheme and
engineered the gigantic deal.
The coal is said to be near Car
diff quality, and the United States
navy is now experimenting with It.
The millionaire field, containing
at least half a billion tons of coal,
was purchased by the Ryan syndi-
cate through Carter, from the Inter
State Coal Co.; John II. 1nman, OF
New York; the Ciydes, of Philadel-
phia, and from the native land own
ers of Russell and Dickinson com-
ties. The plan has been kept Sc
cret for two years. Carter entered
the railroad service in 1899 as pres
ident of the Virginia & Southwest
ern railway, having had no railway
training before that time. He has
pushed himself rapidly through his
own efforts from the position of an
obscure mountain boy TO place of
prominence among. the men who,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-16
WOULD Be AN ANTI.cRAFT GOVERNOR
FOR mere SALARY OF SIC, 900 A YEAR

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 16.-Jim
Dahlman, Omaha's cowboy mayor,
has a new political bronco. It's
name is Bubernatorial Candidacy
Its bride is anti-graft and it wears
a $4,000 saddle. He has jumped it
into the middle of the political cor.
raj and it is kicking up big scare.
Translated, this means that Jim
wants to be governor and has said
so. Moreover he has said that there
won't be anything crooked about
the way he does things either in
getting there or afterward.
Just to show that he means it he
has made the principal plank of his
platform demand for a salary of
$4,000 a year for the governor to
entertain his friends. The salary of
$4,000 is not enough for Jim. He
says that man cannot live on it
and be an honest governor and a
dignified dispenser of delights to his
Astounding acquaintance.
The chief executive of the state
of Nebraska should entertain prop
erly. Jim thinks. To do it without
calling on railroads and moneyed
corporations for the wherewithal.
the state must pay the bill. The ex
pense is $4,000
Nebraska needs a fearless, hon
est executive" said Dahlman. "On
the present salary of $500 the Of
fee is merely honorary. If a man
tries to spread himself any and
show his friends how things should
be done, he has to go to grating
and make the Office dishonorary.
what | want the voters to give
me is enough expense money to en-
terrain all of them when they come
+ TO Lincoln. want to do it in style,
but that don't mean that | will wear