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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
COUNCIL
MEETING
MUCH NEW BUSINESS BEFORE
THE DY-INTERESTING DIS
CUSSIONS OF IMPORTANT
MATTERS-NEW ORDINANCES
PROPOSEE.

The council of the city OF Blue
field met last night at the city hall
in regular session. Those present
were Mayor Peters. Councilmen
McArtor, Wingheld. st. Clair.
Crumpler, Thompson, Clark and
Mason.
The minutes of the last meet
ing were read and adopted.
The finance committee reported
the statement OF financial condi-
tions and the same was adopted and
ordered to be printed in the Daily
Leader and the Daily Telegraph.
An ordinance was proposed and
passed requiring all property to be
connected with sanitary sewers and
providing a penalty for failure to do
SS.
An ordinance was passed author
izing the health officer to notify all
persons as to the prompt removal
OF all garbage and rubbish from
their premises. and in the event of
failure to DO so a penalty to be i'm
posed
Considerable discussion and
many timely remarks were made
upon the question, time and man
ner of payment OF water rents
While some Of the members favored
quarterly payments. others advocat-
ed monthly settlements Councilman
Mason's amendment requiring
monthly payments was passed. Nc
Artor's amendment providing a
penalty OF 500 for violation of any
OF the provisions. was also passed.
The light committee recommend
ed that an electric arc light be
placed at the corner OF Third and
Thomas streets, and on motion of
Councilman McArtor 1t was order
ed so placed
A petition was presented for the
councils action looking to the
grading of Hardy street, from Pu-
laski over the knoll. Same was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Remarks were made pro and con
upon the further grading of the
streets intersecting near the site of
the new school building, the foun-
dation for which is now being grad
ed. Many property owners on the
streets appeared before the council
and contended that further grading
OF the street would seriously dam
age individual property. On Nc
Artors motion to refer the matter
to the street committee an amend
ment by Thompson was adopted to
give to the officers OF the school
board authority toI confer with the
property owners and adjust the
matter satisfactorily and then take
the question up again with the
council
The city's delinquent tax list
amounting to s2O4.22 was reported
and referred to the finance commit
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
z KILLED
I HURT
IN WRECK ON CANADIAN pa.
oiFiC RAILWAY NEAR NORTH
hay, ONTARIo.

North Bay, cns, July 2s.--An
express train on the, Canadian pm
enc railroad crashedfinto another
train at Hemlo station today. ].
mccormick, a tourist from Belfast.
ireland. aud Miss Millie Davis. of
south Manitoba. were killed ana
seven Others were. seriously hurt.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
DEATHS by DROWNING.

Jacksonville. Fla, July 2s.-Two
deaths by drowning occurred IN.
Florida yesterday. one ut Amelia
Beach, near Fernandina. and the
other ut Daytona Beach.
Willie Beckham. or Windsor.
Fla" while in bathing with num-
ber of friends at Amelia Beach, was
caught In the undertow and at Day
tona j. u. Bunch lost his life In a
similar manner. Both bodies are
still missing.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
TRANSFUS Of
BLOOD SAVES LIFE

Utica, n. y, July 2S.-Mrs. JOS.
Derrick, Of Rome Y. Is alive to-
day because her son, william, %
years old. gave nearly n quart Of
his blood for TRANSMISSION to her
veins when she was In state OF
collapse following a bcmorrhagc
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
'SCOTTY"
WHO WAS MADE FAMOUS by
HIS wHIRLwINp TRIP ACROSS
THE CONTINENT A FEW
YEARS AGO IL DOWN AND OUT

san Franisco, Cal, July as
"Scotty," until recently from the
Death Valley and who In past has
squandered thousands OF dollars In
san Francisco In lavish entertain
ments at hotel Paris. Is evidently
dead broke. He left the st. Francis
hotel last Thursday morning owing
two days board and hasn't been
seen since.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
STOLE a WATCH.

Laura Smlthers, colored, was ar
ralgned before Squire Chambers
this morning. charged with stealing
watch from negro man nam id
J. ". Jamison and was founI guilty
and fined IS.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
WILL HOLD COTTON
Off THE MARKET

Jackson. Miss. July 2S.-That
the farmers union OF Mississippi has
determined to hold cotton out OF
the market is evidenced by many
surface indications. although the
meetings are secret and members
refuse to give out anything for pub
lication that has not been strictly
censored.
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L aft Has Accepted
WHEN TOLD OF HIS NOMINA-
TION HE ENPItESSED no
GREAT SURPRISE AND SAID
YVES" IN \ SPEECH OF 10000
WOiiDS-HiS LONG TALK"
HAD @. X. OF TEDDY---TIsXT
or THE SPEECH.

Cincinnati, July 2S.-The expect
ed has happened and VIM. Howard
TAFT, the nominee OF the Republi-
can national convention for presl-
dent OF the United States, was to-
day notified by Senator Warner, Of
Missouri, and a notification COM
mitice representing the So states Of
the Union, OF his nomination. MIR.
TAFT did not seem greatly surprised
possibly Teddy had given him an
intimation OF what was coming, for
IL is well known that hc was I'm the
secrct-and accepted tine honor I'm a
little speech of only twclve thou
sand words. His Tong talk" is not
to be compared to that Of Senator
LaFollette, who spoke for 10 hours
II marks Mr. Taft. hoWcv as a
gentleman who can say his say in
the mostest words.
Tho text of is aGdrc follows:
Senator Warner and Gentlemen cf
the Committee: ! am deeply sensible
of the honor which the Republican Nn
tiOnal Convention has conferred on mo
IN the nomination which YOU formally
tender. ! accept IL with fun apprecln.
ton Of the responsibility 10 imposes.
Gcnticmcn. tho strength Of the 10
publican cause I'm the CAMPAIGN at
Land is IN the fact That We represent
the policies essential 10 Use reform Of
known aDuscs, 20 the rputnunncc Of
liberty and true prosperity, and that
we arc determined. as o.. platform an.
'quiyocally declares, 10 aintain them
end carry them on. For more than ton
years this country pJac through an
epoch Of material dcyc.uYmcnt far H..
yOnd any that over occurred IN tho
world before. In its Course, certain
evils crcpt h. Some prominent and in.
iucntial members Of rr community
spurrcd by financial SUCCESS and In
their hurry for greater wealth, became
unmlndful OF the common rules Of
business honesty and 'Irllty and OF
the limitations imposed by law upon
their action This bcoa known. The
revelations or the bro hes OF trust.
the disclosures as 10 ltcs an1 dis
ordinations by raiiWg. the accumu
loting evidence OF the .Ylation Of tho
antitrust law by nu I.r Of corpora
tiOns, the ovorlssuc of stocks ana bonds
on interstate railways ,hc unlawful
enriching of directors ari for the pur.
pose Of concentrating .lnirOl Of rail
ways I'm OLe manager .lt, all quick.
cncd the conscience OF ths people. and
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
SOCIETY MAN A
COUNTERFE|TER

Fayetteville, Ark, July 28.-Dr.
l.. w Blanchard, a prominent lead
or i'm social political and religious
AFFAIRS In this community for fifteen
years, and j. G. Wilcoxson, have
been bound over TO the federal
grand jury on charge OF counter
fcitng.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28
DRANK POISON
FOR WH|SKEY
YOUNG BRIDE OF SEVEN
MONTHS MAKES FATAL MIS-
TAKE-DRANK CYANIDE OF
POTASSIUM.

New York, July 28.-Mrs. Kath-
arine Kelley, a bride Of seven
months, mistaking cup containing
cyanide OF potassium for brandy.
which she was ordered to drink by
her physician. drained contents OF
the cup at her home in Brooklyn
today and instantly killed. The
young woman not yet 21 years Of
age and was the wife Of t"nes Kel-
ley a well to do jeweler.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28

LOST Elks pin while horseback
riding Finder return To- Leader
Office
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-28

w VI Lovelace, OF Norton, was
here today
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Try n Leader want al.
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Continued on page six)
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If You SEE 1T AT PEDIGOs IT'S WORTH THE PRICE
TABLE LINENS

Mercerizcd Table Cloth -oc
Linen 'amask Table Cloth CSC to ST. 50
Linen Damask Napkins st.tg to $500
Sets Of Linen pamask lTcmsttched Table Cloths
and Napkins $40 to $rs.5o
Hemstched Linen Centre Pieces with drawn work esc
Linen Centre Pieces with Mexican soc
Round Linen Centre Pieces with over cased
scallops and clung Insertion 7sc 10 g 90
Embroidered Centre Pieces in English eyelct and
French embroidery s, 20 to s, 90
Damask and Plain Linen Lunch Cloths 75c ito $50
Damask and Linen Monte Tray Carving Cloths soc TO &c
Round and Square fringed Doylics ,,Tc
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Confined on paec hveJ
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Another suffragette Demo nstratIon.

London, May 2l.-Downiug street
was the scene of another outbreak By
the suffrsgettss today. FIR sn hour or
mora several hundred of them rioted
around the Office of Premier Asquith and
up and down Downing and adjacent
strettL The police charged the crowd
and made frIs use Of their clubs. The
women and many sympathizsrs jeered
the police and fought them. but not un-
til six arrests had been made aud many
of the rioters dubbed into submission
wire the police able to disperse the
crowd. Even then the women marched
of defiant. Today's trouble arose over
Premier Asquiih's refusal to make reply
10 petition that was sent in to him. The
suflrageites waited reasonable time for
an answer, but when it was seen that
the premier would ignore them they be-
gan the disturbance. The suffFsgettes
think Asquitb is merely putting them
of with the statement that the govern
ment will not oppose an amendment
giving women the right to vote II such
Is included In the electoral reform bill
to be introduced by the federal govern
mant
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Virginia News.

The new bishops OF the African Met
hodist Episcopal Church vera ordained
st Norfolk yesterday.
The proceedings against the Southern
Railway for promulgsting q hight
Classics ton on canned goods ther
other railroads In Virginia we're dis
missed By the Corporation Commission
in Richmond yesterday.
With scarcely dissenting voice, the
democratic State convention at Column
bic, S. O., yesterday adopted a resolu'
ton instructing the eighteen delegates
from South Carolina to vote first, last,
and all the time for William j. Bryan
as the nominee OF the democatic party
at the Denver convention.
Fire In Norfolk last night burned out
the upper floors Of the building rs Com
mercia! Place and destroyed the stock
of Samuel w. Steel, Wholesale dealer In
notions. The Commercial Bank occu.
pies the ground floor OF the building.
That suffered little. SteePs loss is $25,
600, with but little insurance. The
damage to the building is SIC, 900.
The republicans Of the House of Rep
resentatives, in a conference held last
night (, that purpose, spent three hour
in discussion as TO the ACCESSIBILITY oi
passing an anti-ipjunctlon measure al
this session. While no conclusion was
reached, the conference, adjouraing to
meet again tonight, all indications point
to the adoption Of bill which may pass
the House, but which will stand less
chance Of going through the Senate.
Mr.. George G.. Or died in Washing.
ton after long illness, yesterday morn-
ing. Mr.. OF was born In Woodstock,
10 1912. He was q glove manufacturer,
and at the beginning Of the civil Wal
ent ,red the Confederate army aud served
under Gen. 7. J. (SionewalD Jackson.
After the wsr be continued bis trade 4 !
some time at Woodstock. removing
Washington in 1887. For the last
eight years he had been q Waterman fol
the Was singtou Loan and Trust Com
psny. He leaves a widow aud foul
children.
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and Pennsylvania Paper Company,
operating q number OF mills manufac-
turing book paper, admitted at toe paper
trust hearing day, that the book paper
manufacturers hsd held repested con-
ferences to agree to an iDcrease OF price'.
A bill similar t. one which passed the
Senate yesterday, providing penalties
for the transports ton Of passengers In
reign vessels between ports OF tae
Uoited States was t,day rePor ed favor
ably from the House commit ee on mer-
chant ms ri ae end fisheries.
An unqualified statement was made
By House lead today that Congress
would not adjourn until next week.
Cvl. Ttomas w. Symons, Corps o.
Engineers, has been selected by the pre- y
ident 10 be chief of engineers of The
army to succe, d Brig. Gen. Alexsndt
Mackenzie, upon the lat RS retirement
for age May %.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Peace Conference.

Lake MOhonk, N. Y, May d.
That SUBJ initial pro-, rsss is being made
toward an era of universal peace was the
opinion expr ssed in letter from Brit
ish Ambassador James Bryce read al
the peace conference here today. The
ambassador voiced the hope that the
American press will cease agitation of
The quett'ors settled by the new trsaties
between the United States, japan,
Mexico and othtr powers. Speechts sre
on the programme ftr the day from the
Rev. Walter Wsl'h, of Dundee, Scot
land; formtr Gov. McLane, of New
Hampshire; Chester Holccmbe, OF the
Chinese Embassy, the Rev. Charles F.
Dole, OF Boston ard Pr sideut Rcsh
Rhees, oil Rochester University.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
The Situation In Cleveland.

Cleveland, o.. May 2l.-ArSilralion
OF Cleveland's street CTR strike is hoped
fer during the day.
A car was dynamited on the Wade
Park line to day and three per,ons were
injured. One other car was dynamited
last night and numbtr Of mincr cases
Of violence are report d. Two men
alleged to have been caught in the act
OF placing dynamite bomb on the track
are under srest.
A NESS netting of the committee last
night decided to trltr all union men Of
the cara until the strike is settled.
Financial support was sls) pledged to
the strikers,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate yesterday the omnibus
public buildings bill was passed, with
District items as reported from the com.
mittee intact, provision for sIark on
Georgetown Heights being added. The
public building bill as passed, carries 8
total OF $35, 600, 900.
The copferees on tie emergency bills
decided that an agreement at this time
is impossible.
The report of the conterees on the
navy yard track bill WIS sgreed to.
The conference report on the fortii-
cations bill was submitted and accepted.
A bill was passed providing for read
from the AnscosIis river through the
Government Insane Asylum grounds
The sundry civil bill conferees SUBJ
mit'ed a partial report, and we're aulhc-
rized to persist 10 their iusisteuce upon
certain amendments 10 disagreement.
A bill to prevent the dissertation OF
the American hsg was passed.
Four treaties, two relating to copy
rights, being with Japan, we're ratif. c
in executive session.
By vet, of 1877 to 80, with 35 pres
ent or not voting, The House adopted
the replrt of the special committee
which investigated the chfrses Of Rep
resenlaiive George l.. Lilley, of Con-
neciicut, 10 reference to the alleged use
OF corrupt legislative methods by the
Electro Boat Company, builders ofsub-
marines torpedo boats. That Reprssen-
tItive Lilley wss nor wsrfsptsd In
Bringing charges against certain Of his
colleagues is the conclusion of the special
commit,e 10 the Electric Tcrpedo-boat
Company investigation. There is talk
of expelling Mr.. Lilley from the House.
The partial report on the suu6ry civil
appropriation bill was sgreed to and the
cODferees instructed not to yield on the
amendments still in disagreement.
The conference report on the Union
s.stiop track bill was submitted and viii
be taken up today.
The House will meet t1day at II
O'Clock,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Bridge Dynamited

New York, May 2l.-At an efrly
hour today dyDamittrs wrecked the
southern end of the eightY-foot steel
span of the City Islaud Road at Bay
Chester. The explosion, the bridge
company declares, is the result Of the EN-
ployment of nou-union labor. Many
windows In Bay Che,t we're broken by
the explosion and persons we're thrown
from their beds. The work WAS evil
IDENTIFY done by persons aequaiDt ted with
bridge construction for the dynamite
was placed where it would do The most t
possible harm. The police believe there
is q connection between the explosion
today and The attempt yesterday to blow
up The new SChsrzen Bascule fridge
over the Bronx river. Both bridges are
part of the improvement work of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 81. 1908

THE receI appearance Of Booker i.
Washington in Virginia in connection
with the conference of the colOred Baptist
and the African Methodist Episcopal
Cuurch, two Of the most powerful colored
organizations in the country, Is taken
by colored political leaders to indicate
thst he is endesvoriDg to check the
great snti-Taft movement prevalent
among his race in the South. Wash
ington will net enter into a discussion
of politics but says thtt the negroes OF
Virginia who have been making 50 much
ado about Senst1r Foraker and the
Brownsville affair recently must feel q
little chagrined st present, since their
champion had taken to cover which
meant that their jobs were gone. Wash
inston left Virginia for Philadelphia on
Tuesday to attend the Zion conference
This conference is presided over by
Bishop Walters, who is advising the ne
proes to supper! Bryan, or the democratic
nominee If Taft is the republican candi-
date. Washington will, 1t is undentood
st'emptat this conference to uplift TafFs
ttlndsrd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Student Shot.

New York, Nay 2l.-Edgsr n. Cook,
the Columbia University freshman, who
was shot last night while fleeing from q
policeman after q student prank, will be
operated on today. Doctors locst I'd the
bullet aud say that If young Cook is
strong enough he will have slight
chance of recovery. Howard T. Cole,
of Brewster, N. Y, Cooks clsssmsta
and companion 10 the Pr'nk, stopped
when the officer commanded and thus
escaped Cooks fate. The police depart
mept say Pstr ,lmsn Hur on, who shot
Cook, att ID wholly wiIhin his duties.
He fred into the sir twice before finally
aiming ct the fleeing student, The Of
Tense of the student was In tearing
sign from a lunch ttind.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Miss Wood In the Tombs.

New York, May 2l.--Justlce O'Gor-
man is expect to render his decision
t,day in the case of Senator Thomas O..
Pitt, who is being sued for divorce BY
Mae @. Wood, who slleges she was
mi rr,ed to Pitt 10 the old Fifth Avenue
Hot in November, 1901. The only
evidence set - be hetrl is the rebuttal
Of the pltiutff ard neitltr this NOR the
summing up of tho evidence by Ju' tice
O'Gormsn is expected to take long.
James B. SIar chheld, Sho is conduct ng
the case for Plstt is confident that q
decision TO the fleet that titrs was no
marriage will be given and that Miss
Woods attempt 1T slimony will be thus
fru tTtod.
New York, May d. Judge O'dtr-
can this afternoon found ft the defense
and committed Miss Wood to the Tombs
in default Of S., 900 bail on charge Of
perjury In her suit fer divorce from Gen.
ltcr Plat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21

w. D. HAYWOOD, lately on tisl fer
his life, charged with being one of the
conspirators who blew former Governor
steunenburg, of Idaho, to pieces with q
dynamite contrivsnce, expressed his
ooinion of the judiciary of the United
8 stes Sunday night at Orchestra Hall
In Chicago. The occasion was the ratifi-
cation by the socislist-democrAtic patty
of the nomination Of Debs and Hsniord
as presidential nominees and during his
speech he said: ITO h with the
counts. To h with the ipjunctlonS,
and to h-ll with the judges who grant
them |" Haywood has reason to be
angry with the judges, for though the
jury acquitted him of one of the most
heinous crimes ever committed, yet the
trial Judge said he WAS guilty and most
of the people of the country agree with
him. Men who make such speeches as
did HAYWOOD should be locked up fer
safe keeping.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Says Mrs. Guinness Is Alive.

LspOrte, Ind, May 2l.-In spite OF
the evidence to show that che died in
the Gre which destroyed her home, Mr.,
Belle Guinness wss alive on May 4, q
week after the FIRE, according to letter
resolved by Mayor barrow toiay from
man who knew the woman we'll. The
letter was sent from Omaha, Neb., and
YVES signed Samuel Harvey" The
writer says he visit d MIRA. Guinness
three times, in May. June ana August,
1907. On May 4, Harvey says, he saw
and tilkel with Mrs.. Guinness in the
depot q Ogden, Utah. At Cir t, he says,
she tried TO conceal her ident IT,, but
finally sdmilts1 1t and said che ives going
ID California,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
safe keepiDI

THE popularity in which Congressman
@. @. Csrlin Is held among the railroad
men living in this city and vicinity ws'
attestsd today when a committee called
at this Office and requested the Gazette
to express publicly for them theif
appreciation of the many Kindness ne
has shown them. They sisted thst Mr.
Oarlin is always ready, willing and
anxious to give his time and lend his aid
in oil matters that come up in Congress
which affect or interest them or 10
fact any other Of his constituents; that
he is polite and courteous with all
who call upon him on public matters
and seems t. tIke PERSONAL interest In
them all. They said they would more
substantially show their gratitude u him
Oh election day by voting solidly fer his
return t. Congress aud by urging their
friends ID do the same.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
Frenzled By Overstudy.

New York, May 2l.-Frsnzied by
overstudy, l9-yesr-old Jacob Kolchin-
sky attacked his p rents, brother and
three young sisters with hat pin to-
day, and after icing overpowersd BY the
combined efforts Of his father, several
neigbbors and policeman, he tried to
heat out his brains against the iron door
of cell In the Bedford avenue police
station. Jacob had been trying to
earn a Cornell scholarship and studying
almost constantly. Loss OF food and
sleep affected him so seriously that his
reason lei. him suddenly aud, seiziug the
hat pin, began an attack on the family
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-05-21
RED MEN.

Tue sixty-second annual convention
of the Great Council Of Virginia of Red
Men convened 10 Lynchburg yesterday
with about 200 members from sill parts Of
Virginia.
The opening session was preceded
by an open session in which addresses
of welcome and responses and music by
local talent prsdomiusted. The council
EFT ,nded to a lsrge amount OF routine
work st the two day sessions, and last
night the local lodges ell teri aimed the
visitors. O. s. Wells, of Manchester,
grand keeper of records, has declined
reelection, and there is bot fight on
foot for the position. The election will
take place today. The council will
adjourn today.