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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
FOR CONGRESS


Hinton. w Va. May 27.--IIon.
Andrew Price. Of Pocahontas, vas
yesterday afternoon nominated for
congress by acclamation by the
democrats of the Third district Of
West Virginia, assembled lin CON
vention here The convention en-
dorsed Bryan and instructed It's
delegates to vote for him in the
Denver convention
Gen. James 4. Holley. OF Charles
ton, and John -. Anderson. Of
Nicholas county. were named as
delegates by acclamatlon. and A. =.
Pence, Of Summers. and X. L. Shell
ton. Of Clay. were selected as alter
mates Hon George Byrne, Of
Charleston. I'm characteristically
beautiful speech, nominated Capt.
John G.. Lobban. Of Anderson. for
presidential elector. The nomina-
ton was made by acclamation amid
great applause.
The convention was one Of the
most enthusiastic ever held I'm this
district and good feeling prevailed
throughout.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
KILLED BY
LIGHTNING
FATALITY AT PINNACLE, NEAR
BItAMWELL, TUESDAY.

Tuesday afternoon, at Pinnacle.
about one mile east Of Bramwell,
lightning struck a Colorcd man by
the name Of Lon Carson, lkqHng
him instantly, and also stunned T..
B. Smith, n white boy, who was un-
conscious for sometime When he
re2aincd consciousness the negro
was lying dead across his body. and
winchester rife which the negro
carried at the time he was struck
was a total wreck They were en-
ployed atth engine which runs tho
incline OF the Tabor-fIarman Lum-
Der company, and had sought shell
ter under Pinnacle Rock when the
storm came mp The rife probably
attracted the lightning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

time of voting and the CONSEQUENT
hnal adjournment OF congress de-
pends largely on one man, and that
Is Senator Lafollcttc. SO far as
they have spoken, the Democrats
are inclined to permit nual action
AFTER comparatively brief considera-
tion.
The bill TO compensate govern
ment employees for injuries mls-
tanned while in service was not
passed after discussion.
During tho day the senate reso-
Iution calling for audited accounts
or former postmastcrs who served
between 1864 and 1874. whose ac-
counts have not been certified for
payment under the act of March q
1883.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
ELOPE TO BRISTOL.

Bristol Tom, May 28.-Prof
James a. G. Hurt. principal OF the
high school at Wytbevillo Va. and
Miss Dora Sutherland socially
prominent in Carroll county. elopcd
TO Bristol from Damascus ycster-
day. where Miss Sutherland was
visiting and were married. Rev v
r. Kahle. Of abingdon, ofnciating
The bride IS n sister Of Rev. r. K.
Sutherland OF Radford Va. Her
plan 20 be married was kept secret
from here relatives Common
wcalths' Attorney shaTcr and 9TH
or prominent Wytho county people
accompanied the couple to Bristol.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
ON AN ALIBI
FATE OF WHITMORE HANGS
WAS IIE N JERSEY?

New York, May 28.- Theodore s..
Whitmore's alibi ON which he Will
attempt to show that he was not In
New Jersey on the night his wife,
Lena, was murdered, will be pre-
sentcd during the trial I'm Jersey
city today. on the alibi Whitmorc's
fate hangs Lawyer Alexander
Simpson declared he is ln q position
TO prove WhitmOrc's whereabouts
every minute from II o'clock
Christmas night until O'Clock next
morning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
ENlARGING OKLAHOMA
RED RIVER CUTS NEW CHAN
Mel AND FIFTY THOUSAND
ACRES Is SUBNERGED.

DenlSon. Tex, May 2S.-The Red
river has made new channel
transferring many Texas farms to
oklahoma. making new bridges
necessary here and elsewhere and
snbmcrging $4,000 acres OF farm
ing lands The town of Key. east
OF here. was washed away and Del
aware Bend Is reported gone. Many
houses passed here I'm the flood and
u Is believed many persons hav.
perishcd This is the greatest food
In many years ana the damage viii
run far into tho millions.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

Washington. May 2S.-An emer-
gency currency law In assured. The
currency question held it's place
yesterday as practically the only
subject OF consideration at both
ends OF tho capitol. and when both
houses adjourned the compromise
bill which was drafted by the Re
publican conferees had received
the sanction OF the house and been
presented to the senate. when 1t
was announced that It would be
taken up for consideration today.
and where IL will also be passed
when the vote Is reached.
The house had no sooner record
ed It's verdict In favor OF the bill
than II was hurried over to the sen
ate before s O'Clock. with the an
nouncement OF the approval of the
house or representatives. The con
ference report was read and after
the reading had been concluded.
Mr.. Aldrich announced that today
"iN'i iouliHt Uublufhh nt WOlllu
move to take up the report and
continue it's consideration until II
was disposed OF.
In reply to a question by Mr.
CulbersOn. Mr. Aldrich stated that
the Democratic conferees OF the
senate and house had not concur
red In the conference report.
The opinion was expressed by
Mr.. Aldrich that the whole bill *
more than half faith cure" ana
that. ne added, is just what the
country needs.
IL was decided to summon all alb
sent Democratic senator's to return.
AS the situation now appears the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

Washington. May 2S--Interest I'm
the proceedings In the house yester-
day centered in the report OF the
conferees on the currency bill. Aft
er an hours debate the report was
adopted. 166 to 14O. all the Dem
ocrats voting against It. Fourteen
"insursent" Republicans voted with
the opposition. The debate. by
unanimous consent. was fixed at
one hour. After khe report had
been agreed to the members van.
ished and Il was with great Difficult
y that a quorum could be obtain
cd on subsequent roll calls.
After passing bill revising the
tariff laws OF the Philippine islands
placing agricultural machinery. i'm
plements and other articles on the
free list. the house at 9:55 o'clock
recessed until today at II a. IN.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
TYPHOOM At
HAN KOW
ONE THOUSAND UNKS Ann
STEAMERS STRANDED AND
1000 LIVES LOST.

Victoria, II. c., May 2S.-The
steamer Shinona of the Japanese
Ilho brings news OF another dlsas-
Ter through typhoon at Hankow.
Following the frcshet. which inyolv-
ed loss of more than 1000 lives
with the wrecking of 1000 junks
and stranding of many steamers. in
Guiding several foreign craft. The
typhoon came suddenly and In a
Few hours reduced hundreds OF
boats In Kaw river to spllnters.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
NEW YORK MAY0RALITi
RECOUNT OF THE VOTE IA
VORS HEARST.

Sew York May 28.-In the first
200 votes counted today az QUO
Warranto proceedings to oust May
or Mcclellan w. ". Hearst gained
thirteen votes, making 40 votes
gained before three OF the 1.94S
boxes have been completed. A.
such rate Hearsts pIuarity. under
a fair count will run far into tho
thOusandt
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
REPUBLICANS
ARE SCARED
CHAIRMAN TAGGARr SAYS
WE'LL HAVE A REAL CAM
PAIGN THIS YEAR.

Chicago, ILL.,, May 2S.-Thomas
Tagsart, chairman OF the Democrat
ic national committee, I'm an inter
view here said: I'VE are going to
have real campaign this time. In
Indiana we are In better condition
than we have been since 1892.
There Is a feeling o funrest abroad
and the Republicans are scared"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

HEAVY PROJECTILEs HURLED
AT TuRRET PLATE OF FIORI-
DA-OFFICERS ARE JUBLaNT
MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH
RESULT OF TEST on TURRET
PLATE OF THE MONITOR
FLORIDA-''WOULD BE FIGHT
ING YET" SAYS ADMIRAL.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
IN RECEIVERS HANDS.

Piusburg Pa, May 2S-Tho
stock brokerage firm OF George w
McMullcn and company. one Of the
oldest houses in the city has been
placed .n the hands of n receiver.
The Guarantee Title and Trust com
pany of this city is named as re-
Ccivcrs.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

Old Point Comfort, Va. May 2S.-
The biggest naval gun, the heaviest
projectile and the highest explosive
known. combined with close range
and deadly aim, yesterday were al
lowed TO work full havoc on the tur-
ret plate OF the monitor Florida.
The result is declared to be vic
tory for the turret construction, anS
this Notwithstanding the 11-inch
hardened steel plate was blacken-
ed, broken, the seams OF the turret
sprung and the rlvets and screws
loosened and twisted.
Worked with Perfect Ease.
1t was not five minutes after the
terrible impact that the finely bal
anced mechanism OF the turret was
being worked with perfect ease and
the 12-inch gun on the left side was
trained at will. Inside the turret
where stand the gunners and crew
the havoc was much less apparent
than from the outside EXamina-
tions showed that of the many deli
cately adjusted instruments for fire
control, sighting and operating the
turret, few If any were out OF work
ing order.
IF this had happened in battle,
the Florida would be fighting yet.
said one of the rear admirals with
enthusiasm.
Then followed a futile attempt to
destroy the newly designed fighting
mast erected on the stern OF the
Florida. After five shots from the
Arkansas guns had gone ripping
through 1t the mast still stood firm.
Fort shots would not bring it
down. and no enemy would waste
ammunition and time shooting at
It," was the expert commet. 1t was
predicted that all new battleships
will be equipped with battle masts
Of this design.
The story of the shooting up" OF
the Florida by the Arkansas, how
ever. Is not contained in this techni-
cal statement Of results. 1t was an
event in which the keen edge Of eX-
pcctation was not dulled by the
realization. Rear admirals and brig
adler generals together with their
juniors, scuTried under protected
decks and then popped up again as
quick\' to look for the damage done
by the boom and roar they had felt
and heard Every naval bureau was
represented likewise the ordinance
and artillery Of the army.
In Hampton Roads.
The scene OF the real war demon
stration was at Hampton Roads, al
ready made famous by naval events,
the latest being the spectacular de-
parture of the Atlantic battleship
feet on its long journey around the
world, which was reviewed by Pres
idcnt Roosevelt.
The Florida, which has been in
The hands of experts for some time,
presented the appearance OF a re-
signed martyr She lay. with her
nose pointing out through the Vir-
ginia Capes. near Thimble Shoal
Light and about four miles from
old Point Comfort. She had steam
up and a large American flag noated
astern. Back of the bridges on the
upper structure there hung the
weekly wash Of several jackies.
Just 3f2 yards on the inside of
the Florida lay her sister ship, the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
HOT WEATHER
NEW YORK EXPERIENCES HOT
TEST MAY IN % YEARS.

Sew York May % Today open
ed ass The hottest May 28th in the
history OF the weather bureau. fol
lowing the hottest May 27th in %
years. The difference at / a. m. to
day and last year was twenty-four
degrees.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
Inspect the Damage.

Officers entered the turret at
once and its mechanism was oper-
ated, the turrct being swung com
pletely around each way, the LETT
hand gun trained. The right hand
gun. being the crippled" gun, of
course could not he trained, besides
the broken plate had wedged against
it. This, the officers said, would not
have prevented the gun being fired
although 1t would have interfered
with the sighting
But the turret bore the evidences
of a fight. The paint along the seams
had disappeared, many OF the seams
were sprung. bolts were loosened
and slivers of the plate lay around.
A board dummy on the inside was
intact, and the opinion of the Off
GERS was that even with the terrific
impact, the gunners in the turret
would not have been injured The
mechanism in the turret bore no
outward evidence Of damage and
the belief was expressed that a test
would find it in working order
When the test was concluded.
Rear Admiral Mason shouted the or
der to cease firing The Arkansas
was ordered back TO the Norfolk
navy yard and the Florida was
taken there to be fitted with a spe-
cially built bulkhead in to which a
whitehead torpedo is TO be fired
within ten days to demonstrate
whether or not bulkhoads Of the new
type may not prohtably be used to
protect the hull Of the ship.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
PRESIDENT OF PERU
AUGUSTE r.. LEGNh TO Sue
CEED JOSE PARDO.

Lima, peru, May 28-Augustc
B Legnla has been elected presI-
don't Of Peru TO succeed Senior Jose
Pardo. whose term expires Septcm-
Der q.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
VICTORY FOR
THE MONITOR

Arkansas. The distance looked
cruelty close.
This is such a test as would new
er occur in actual warfare" re-
marked 4 rear admiral as the big
party or officers boarded the Arkan-
sas. "The aim will be perfect: the
distance is so close that the impact
will be at its full velocity. and the
part OF the florida to be hit is the
weakest"
Everybody went aboard the Ar
kansas. ana attention was directed
to a strip or canvas held between
two STATS on the turret OF the Flori-
da. I'VE are going to shoot twelve
inch projectile through that target
to get the range" was the announce
ment.
The Shot Goes True.
There was just the suggestion os
ground swell coming In through the
Capes. and II was an hour and 4
quarter beto-n Lieutenant Wafer
NJ. Falconcr. i'm charge of the big
guns, got his aim. There was n
crash, n roar the monitor Kicked
back into the water and spraEg up
again, and when the canvass target
came into view !, had hole through
its lower half. Then the turret of
the Florida was slowly swung
around so that he guns and taose
of the Arkansas looked squareiy ct
each other. At 10:42 the "big
noise" came. two crashes so close
together that II sounded like one.
The 12-inch projectile mad hit its
target 1t was a crash, a flash, and
n cloud OF yellow smoke quietly
drifting away over the top of the
Florida What was left was a big,
black wound. Just TO the right of
the right hand gun there was what
looked like a hole.
The officers went to the Florida
at once, but before they got there
her crew OF twenty or thirty Jack
les" detailed from the receiving
ship Franklin, and Differed by
Commander John G.. Quimby. com
manding Lieutenant Joseph X.
Taussig. and a gunner, had come up
from the hold and were looking
over the damage. The plate had
been broken.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
AN EMERGENCY
CURRENCY LAW

REPORT OF CONGRESS- IL
AGREED TO-AlL. THE DEM
oRATS VOTED AGAINST
MEASURE AND FOURTEEN IN
sURGENT REPUBLICANS VOTE
WITH OPPOSITION - MORE
THAN HALE FAITH CURE, DE
CLARES UEaDER ALDRICH.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28

Rev. r. s. Johnson left this morn
ing for a few days visit TO friends
I'm the eastern part Of the county.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-28
SHAKING EN- UP
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE IN
ITALY.

Rome, May IS a violent earth
quake visited Pcggio Calabrla early
today and II is thought that great
damage has been done, although
detailed news from the scene is
lacking.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
BETTER PREPARED THAN EYER

Having put in @ steam boiler and other machinery we are better pre- pared thun ever to do frst-class work on short notice.
 5.23.tf Skagway Laundry
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
INSTANT RELIEF OF ITCHING HUM0R
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw Feet Too Swollen to Get Shoes
 Sleep Completely Broken
 by yIntense Itching and Burning We'll in Two Days and Says That
CUTICURA IS AMONG
 HIS HOUSEHOLD GODS

"God bless the man who first com pounded Cuticura. Some two months ago I had Q humor break out on my limbs below my knees. They came to look like raw beefsteak. all red, and no one knows how they itched and burned. They were so swollen that had to split my drawers open to get them on and could not get my shoes on for a week or more. l used five or six diff ferent remedies and got no help, only when applying them the burning was worse and the itching less. One morning l remembered that l had a bit of Cuti- clra and tried it. From the moment 1t touched me the itching was gone and I have not felt bit of it since. The swelling went down and in two days had
 my shoes on and was about as usual. I only wish l had used the Cuticura Remedies in the first of my troubles. They would have saved me two or three weeks of intense suffering. Dur ing that time did not sleep an hour at a time. but was up applying such remedies as I had. HencefOrth the Cuticura Remedies will be among my household gods. rest assured. George B. Farley. 50 South State St., Concord, N. B., May l4, l9O7."
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16

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The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
SPRING SUITS AND OVERGORTS

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The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
CIGARS OR VINE FOR 4 LIMERICK

A prize consisting of a box of cigars or bottle of wine for the best liner erick containing the worts "Board of Trade" and mentioning the alley en- trance IS offered by FIaharly & Wood burn.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
ELKS'
 HALL

Moving pictures for Monday night by the Hewett Co. will be "Yellowstone Park" Lost Medal, ,, Dispatch Bear. er," Lost in the Alps "Tsilers' Dream" :" Her first Bike ride" Illus- trated songs: "The Good Old U, S. Al aud Someone Thinks of Someone" A new illusion, "Flight of the Silver Ar row" The Imaginable farce "Fighting Dog DAn."
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16

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In an Alley just of of Broadway, Is the Board of Trade Bar and Cafe,
 The place B a hummer,
 And the beer in the summer, G5 nice, fresh and cool-so they cay. In Limerick Alley s bar, The best in the Northlsnd by far,
 It's the old Board of Trade,
 Many friends it has made, And the back door is always sjsr.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
BIG BASEBALL
 DANCE TONIGHT

The committees ln charge Of the ben eft dance tonight at the White Pass Athletic Club are meeting with much encouragement It is expected that tue proceeds from the dance will be sufficient 10 take care of all expenses for the season. The grounds are being put in excellent condition.
 Following Is the list of tickets sold up 10 date:
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
FOR BABY RASHES EczemaS and lrritatiOnS, Cuticura Is Worth Its Weight ln Gold.

The suffering which Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have alleviated among the young, and the comfort they have afforded worn-Out and worried parents, have led to their adoption in countless homes as priceless for the skin and scalp. Infantile and birth humors, scalled-head, eCZemas, rashes, itchings, chafngs. and every form of itching, scaly. pimply skin and scalp humors, with loss of hair, are speedily, perma- nently and economically cured.
 Every Humor Of Infants. Chutrgu and Adults, con- sists Ot Cutlcura Soap C2Jrl Co Cleanse the skin, Cutcura Ointment tJOcl Co Heal thc skin and Cuti- clfra Resolycnt tJOcD. Cor in the form Ot Chocolate Coated Ps 25c per vial O'Gnl Co Purity the Blood. Sold throughout thc world. Potter Drug chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston, NlS7.
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The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
TOWN TALK

Tim Creedon, of Rainy Hollow, came up on the Hegg,
 Carl BjonStadt and wife, arrived on the HeGg from Haines.
 Col. Sol. Riplnski came up from Huines today on the Peterson.
 The Southenders made 24 runs and the Nor,henders 10 in an exciting game of ball this afternoon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Ryus and Mrs. Baker aud Miss Case came up on the Peter son from Halnes today.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16

AGENTs-Our newly patented Mag ic Flat Iron Cleaner and Waxer, iO the most wonderful seller out. Saves labor, time and linen. Big money to the first one in every community to introduce 1t, Thomas Co.,, Desk Il, Dayton, Ohio,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-05-16
SIGNS FREE

Furnished Rooms" Room Fo Rent" For Rent" For Sale" signs given with "For Rent" or "For Sale" ads. inserted in the Daily Alas kan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-06
Importance of Magnetic Survey.

The practical Importance of the mag
netic survey of the Pacific ocean. carried
on by the department of terrestrial mag
nefism. is manifesting itself. The Cali
lee. the vessel employed in the survey.
has traversed over $4,000 miles along
courses where few magnetic observations
have been previously made. Complete
measurements of magnetic declination.
dip and intensity were secured. and from
data furnished to the Z nited States Navy
Department II magnetic chart has been
issued correcting important errors in
previous charts, amounting in some cases
to as much as five degrees in magnetic
declination along some main routes of
transportation. Such corrections. when
properly applied. will enable mariners to
steer straighter courses than has here
tofore been possible. and will be the
means of gaining much time in trans
Pacific voyages. with saving of per-
haps $1,000 to $4,000 a voyage for the
great liners.
The construction Of a solar observa-
tory on Mt. Wilson. California. is prob
ably the most formidable project the in
stitution has as yet undertaken. Four
hundred thousand dollars has already