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The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
HYPERION.
sHis Honor the Mayor" Pleases Many
 - Happy Affair.


 One of the good things about the up- to-date musical comedy is that is not worth while trying to get anything out of 1t except an evenings entertain ment. His Honor the Mayor" recent y from New York. where it made a long ard successful run, is this sort of show. No one in the large audi ence that listened to and applauded it last evening at the Hyperion had any idea that he was straining his mind in doing so; il was frankly spectacular, kaleideseopic. burlesque from start to finish. and was all the more pleasing because it was also musical and artis- tlc. Pretty girls, tuneful songs, merry incidents, tasteful scenery and gorge ous costumes danced through the three hours with no particular point that any one could discover, and no excuse ex- cept that it was all very diverting and pleasing. Some of the costumes came high, but it was all in tho running. No one wants to know the plot, and we couldn't tell it if we tried to- But there was lot of excellent farce and enough songs and business to rush the audience in a bewildering whirl that never let up till the last curtain call Madelyn Marshall and Harry Kelly were the star team of the cast-Made- lyn as/the country girl and Kelly as the deacon in Paris. They are of the stfaight-faced comedy type and kept the house in a roar with their comic dances and songs. Mae Botti did some pleasant songs-one, with the worn out game of coquetting with young men ill the front row, that nearly emptied the orchestra of eligible and bashfu youths. Bobby Barry was acrobatic but occasionally foolish as the Mayor and there were number of lesser lights, though John H. Pratt did some bona f1de bass solos. The six English High Steppers" were trained dancers and added a good deal to an aggrega- tion that wait fire the gray matter of the cities on their provincial route but that will pass some pleasant hours for good many people
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
Ills Honor the Mayor to Return.

By special request there will be a re- turn engagement of one night at the Hyperion Friday, January 3, of His Honor the Mayor" which has gone gaily along, breaking records in almost every city in which it has been pre- sented, and judging from the newspa- per criticisms, it must certainly be the liveliest and funniest attraction now upon the road Never has new star & his first season received the fatter- kg notices which have been accorded
 Harry Kelly. and it is also evident tat the English ponies must. this sea- fon, surpass their previous excellence |and they have always been the most wonderful dancers in the business.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
BTJOU.
''TriIby' One of the Greatest Successes
 of the Season.

pt ltiI GNtiNbiis
 'Trilby," the offering superlative, the unqualifiedly best production Of the season at the Bijou theater will be played this afternoon at a special New Years day matinee The pro- duction of "Trilby" this week at the Biiou has all New Haven a-talking It is another dramatic triumph for the Biiou Theater Stock company.
 The capacity houses which arc this week witnessing "Trilby' are all the indication necessary of the excellence of the offering. Not caly is the stag ing of the piece a matter of perfecting in stagecraft, but the production it. self is letter perfect
 Jane Wheatley, the leading lady. is delightful in the role of Trilby It is one of the cleverest role interpreta tions that she has done since coming to the Biiou. Lee Baker as "Svengali' is creating the sensation of the pro- duction. The work of the supporting company is well balanced Seats now selling for the remainder of this week, Seats for tonight held only until g., and for the matinee to-day until noon.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
NO DETECTIVES FOR HIM.
\ Kansas Farmer Who Had a Poor
 Idea of Sleuths,


 An elderly farmer from the neigh, borhood of Marysville, Ks. was seated on the shady side of the Hotel Balti- more, conversing idly with a Kansas City acquaintance. He had been en- gagged in trying to find some trace of a friend who recently disappeared from his home, but without encotirag ing results.
 Why don't you engage a good de- tective?" queried the acquaintance.
 'Deteetivel' snorted the old man. The very word makes me sick. have .t son who is a detective. He was very good boy and promised to become an industrious and prosperous farmer, until he became infatuated with Sherlock Holmes and those other fellows who can examine a cigar stub and unravel any sort of a duplex, back action mystery. He read an advertisement of some detective agency which wanted sleuth-hounds the worst way Then he left home and a couple of weeks later sent me a photograph of himself with a big star on his bosom. He wrote that he was on the trail of gang of counterfeit- CTS and when he had them rounded up he'd get a reward of 5000. Mean while he was busted and unless l sent him S20 right away he'd have to go to a home for the friendless. He had to pay s week to the agency for the privilege of wearing that star and his board and lodging cost some- thing besides.
 You have no idea how many young men are lured away from home by the glittering agencies, No experience necessary say the advertisements and young fellows who have saturated themselves with Nick Carter and Old Sleuth literature think they see the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
 could name half dozen young fel- lows of my own neighborhood who have been fleeced by these advertise ment sharks.
 ''I suppose that there are good de- tectives in tho world-men of probity and acumen and devotion to their pro- fession, l haven't seen many, but they were all lame ducks. The county I live in (Marshall was swarming for months with detectives, trying to get to the bottom of a mystery that was no mystery at all. Something more than year ago David Tennyson, a wealthy farmer and stockman, was murdered In his home near Frankfort. l He was seated in his rocking chair, reading a newspaper by lamplight. when somebody shot through the window and blew the top of his head off.
 For several months you couldn't throw a club in that vicinity without hitting two or three detectives. and i these detectives were the real thing experts from Chicago and Kansas City and St. Louis and elsewhere They dug up a good many clues and looked extremely wise and then they all went away. leaving things just as they found them, And the mystery which they vainly attacked was so trans parent from the beginning that any constable in the county could have turned it inside out and hung it on the line to dry in half day If you wart tl retain my affection and es- teem you won't talk to me of detec- tives. Kansas City Star.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
NEW HAVEN.
"The Four Corners of the Earth" the
 New Years Attraction.

There was a good sized audience at the New Haven theater last night to see the stirring melodrama "The Four Corners of the Earth"
 The play. and as it's name implies, the action and plot covers many parts of the globe, and the story is exciting, thrilling and occasionally decidedly sensational, though at all times con sistent. It is, described as a stirring melodrama of romance and adventure "a pretty love story replete with sUong dramatic action and incidents besides unctuous comedy and all en- vironed by the most massive and beau tifully designed scenery The present. ing company is a good one. There will be holiday matinee to-day and the performance will be repeated at night
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
X DEFIANCE OF IT
How a Hotel Clerk Treated the Number Thirteen Super
 stition.
AND HOW IT TREATED HIM
A Stubborn Proprietor Called It All Nothing But a Coinci-
 dence.

"An allusion. while back. in the Star to the subject of rooms number ed 1S in hotels had no pertinence so far as this house is concerned" ob- served the manager of a Washington hotel. There isn't anything numbered 13 in the shop. not even bell-boy. What do I, myself, think of the IS superstition? Well, while it's not ma erial what I think I'll say this: You ave addressed that question to a non perstitious individual who. neverthe- s, is victim of prejudice, through eerience, against the number 13. The experiences were various. For Fly ten years I was head clerk of Fding hotel in another city. One ee finest rooms Tn the house. Aps the finest--was room 13. And, ently. room 13 in that house was Ito stay.
 the proprietor was violent Aho was dead against any and IS of superstition. His par etestation in the line of super Fas the one attaching to the 3. It was to indicate his hos ard the 13 superstition that it, personally, that the room
 1S was one of the most de-
 he big house.
 went to work at the hotel
 rk whom 1 displaced told
 IS.
 ant you ever to mention
 man-it would only get
 arily excited my prede-
 zsbut don't give that
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01

held the diamond and placed this upon one of the fingers of his savior. The Englishman kept it for many wears, frequently refusing large of fers for it, but finally he met reverses and was forced to part with the jewel, So it eventually came into the Npos- session of the present owner.
 The diamond weighs about 8 1-A karats, and offers of amounts as hig, as $50,000 have been refused for it. Efforts have been made also by Mrs. Montgomery to find duplicate of it.. and, though she nas ha. a standing offer of $1O,000 for mate of the gem she holds none has ever been brought forward.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
BUT ONE COFFEE DIAMOND.

Probably the greatest novelty among gems is the brown or coffee diamond There is only one of these of a genuine and f1awless type in the world. so far as is known and this is the property of Mrs. E. A. Montgomery of San Francisco.
 The diamond was once the property of an Indian prince, but to reward an Englishman who saved his life he took from his hand the ring which
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
NEWS OF THE LOCAL THEATERS.

a loeket which he had worn since his love journeyed to England.
 The cousin escaped and became a fugitive of justice. 4 true western and home like flavor is given to the scene. and the dramatic intensity of the incidents make a strong and real istic finish to Miss Mortimers thrilling comedy drama.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-01
sThe Secret Orchard |"

"The Secret Orchard" Channing Pol locks new play, to be seen here to- plsht~@l-- story of absorbing inter- est that can not fail to arouse the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY
ENTIRE FAMILY MaaDERED IN
COLD BLOD.

Matteawan. y. j.. May ia
tragedy was discovered on the farm
Of w. p. Sheppard. near the village
OF Wickatunk. today. when Shep-
hard. his wife. and servant, named
Jennie Bondy. and ten-months-old
child OF Shephard's were found dead
In n farm house. All were literally
riddled with bullets The position
OF the bodies and general circum-
stance point TO brutal murder. A
arm hand employed on the place Is
missing and the entire countryside
IS being hunted by hundreds OF
farmers. The entire family was shot
Gown in cold blood. The motive
for the crime is not yet apparent as
g is not known whether robbers hal
ieen invited to the place by reports
Of large sums OF money hidden on
the promises. The baby was not
wounded as badly as the other and
lived for some time after the TRACE
", but died as soon as help ar
rived.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
DECLARES
TESTIMONY
IS WRONG
KEEPERS OF TOMBs SAY THAW
WAS PERFECTLY RATIONAL
JEROME wORsTED BY BRAIN.
STORM EXPERT.

Poughkeepsie. ~ Y. May 16.-
The morning session of the Thaw
hearing opened at o'clock. Michael
Cummings and Lawrence Creary.
Keepers at the Tombs prison, testi.
fed that while Thaw was I'm their
charge he was always perfectly ra-
tional. DR.. Britton ID. Evans, Je-
rome's old foe, testified that he had
examined Thaw nine times before
the first trial and hah carefullf
watched him during court proceed
ings. He declared that the testi-
mont of Drs. Flint and Mcdonald in
regard to Thaw's mental condition
during trial was entirely wrong.
"Thaw was sometimes nervous, but
never irrational" he said. Di.
Evans concluded direct examination
by declaring he believed Thaw 20
be sane today. Jerome was worsted
In the first verbal bout with the
"brainstorm' expert. Later he in
sisted that he had succeeded in for
getting all the evidence at the for
mer trials. "Will you swear to
that?" asked Jerome. 81 will" said
Evans
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

bone presented characteristics which
he hai observed while working on
her teeth. Only two natural teeth.
a cuspid on each side OF the lower
jaw. had remained In the woman 8
mouth and tho piece OF bone found
yesterday shows that all teeth ex-
cept the cuspids had been extracted
from the jaw OF the skull TO which
IL belonged.
The first OF the Guinness victims
to be buried with Christian rights
was buried by lantern light last
night in a cemetery In the outskirts
OF Laporte. The corpse was that of
Andrew X. Helgclein. OF Mansfield.
S. d.. the last man TO meet his death
in the trap 20 which Mrs. Guinness
lurei her victims.
The search of the Guinness prem
is"s iodas NV, led Ii "a .a, 49,
ance. The s;'aenln- t "a. c~,:cs
produced several bits OF bone. bat
none OF them is ofsufficient slzs or
well enough njessrved to furnish
proof of .heir origin.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

Kind To happen again so a. took n
course that its pretty certain 10
bring IT about rathGr bad judg-
ment Mr.. Sutton's nomination wae
also made by acclamation. on mo-
tion Of j. =. d. Gardner. the col
ored attorney Of Bramwell.
Hon B. +. Keller call ID attention
10 the importance Of the office of
assessor and named for the positlon
Squire Geo. =. Hylton. Of Brar,-
We'll Jim Worley seconded the
nomination and II wont through
with a whoop. w. c. uedriok
placed !. J. Ellison I'm nomination
Tor sheriff. Mr.. Ellison was n,mi.
mated by acclamation.
Judge J. Frank Maynard I'm q
speech OF half an hour in which he
pointed with pride" 70 evcryfhlue
me Republicans had ever done. and
denounced everything the Demo-
Gratis had done and many fhinqs
they had never even thought Of do
'HE' toid or the el)rios NJ the parfv
that had given MS Grant. and Hanna.
Roosevelt, Booker Washington and
Judge Maynard. had put down the
rebellion (the ex-COnfc1 crates for
got to cheer), and created the great
est financial system in the world
(Which congress ls nov drying TO
amend). named y T.. Bowman for
county clerk There were loud calls
OF Sentz and some one nominated
him. His nomination was seconded
lby several people. Some ono tried
10 place l.. A. Iowder before the
convention. but the noise was too
great for him TO be- heard. Edward
Cooper moved that the nomination
.of Bowman be made by acclama ion. .
and tho chair declared the motion
carried while az least sixty per cent.
.of the convention was shouting for
Sentz. Sentz went up to- The chair
man and shaking his nst in his face
denounced his action ana the chair
agreed to call the matter up aud let
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
SHERR IS
Assault
uNFORrUNATE AFFAIR TOOK
PLACE LAST NIGHT AT LOCAL
HoTEi~-FRANK sHUTTLE.
WORTH STRUCK sCHERR.

Clarksburg. May i6.--A very re-
srettable afrair took place in the
lobby or local hotel last night.
While Arnold c. Scherr. candidate
For the Republican nomination for
governor. was engaged In a conyer.
satlon with some friends he was ac-
costed by Frank Shuttleworth I'm an
abrupt manner. Some words fol-
folcwd tho interruption or the con-
versation but the situation was not
considered at all serious.
Suddenly Shuttleworth struck Mr..
Scherr and knocked him down and
before the bystanders had time to
interfere he had struck the pros
trate man thres times and finally
Kicked him In the face.
While Mr.. Scherr bears a number
OF painful bruises the INJURIES are
not at all serious.
Shuttleworth is a Swlsher sum
porter but would not have acted as
he did had II not been that he had
been celebrating the visit OF many
friends here yesterday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

The party that does things"
held a convention today and did a
few more things--some OF which
were not on the program. The
country people attended the conyen-
.tion today in considerable numbers
and they had n voice in the CON
vention, a loud voice. but the chair
was a little deef" and did not hear
them. The slate went through as
forecasted In yesterdays Leader
but mot without some pretty big
cracks in It that assures its smash
ing in November. The writer has
attended some pretty rank conven-
tions; he has seen chairman over
ride the will OF the convention. but
never in all his experience has he
seen one to equal today's perform
ance for audacity and plain violation
OF all parliamentary procedure.
The convention was called TO or
der by Hon. Isaac T. Mann. county
chairman. who called 10 the chair
Hon. J. G. Pack. OF Bramwell. w.
.C. Hedrick and J. r. Morgan were
made secretaries and the temporary
organization was made permanent.
The voters were divided by districts
and elected their district chairmen
and secretaries.
On re-assembling the chair an
nounced that the convention was
ready for nominations. The first
nominations went through with
rush. w. p. HawIey was named for
the legislature by Judge Sanders
and his nomination was made by acS
clamation. A. VI. Sutton presented
the name Of ". G. Lilly and he was
also nominated for the legislature
by acclamation. J. VI. GolIshon
nominated A. NJ. sutton for prose-
cutting attorney in very neat
speech in which n showed that he
had not yet recovered from a little
drubbing Administered his party In
Blueheld a few days ago Mr.. Col
lehon didn't want a thing Of that
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

Sentz's name be presented to the
convention, but at the close Of the
convention, when Mr.. Sentz and Mr..
Bowman were called up. the matter
was submitted TO the county com
mittee for rs action, and on the re-
fusal Of Mr.. Bowman to withdraw
his nomination and allow a vote. the
matter was declared closed. Mr..
Sentz thcrcupon announced himself
an independent candidate.
Edward Cooper then nominated
W. u. HOnakcr FOR circuit clerk and
his nomination went through with
out opposition
And now came the real battle or
the convention. Judge Sanders
nominated the ring candidate for
county commissioner. Davis Thorn.
and his nomination was seconded
amid loud cries for Thorn. Rev
T. Boyd COOK then took the stand
and placed in nomination r.. Webb
Hale. j. = -. Gardner. James WI
ley seconded the nomination for
Thorn. Edward Cooper moved that
Thorn b nominated by acclamation.
but his chairman weakened on him
and allowed the convention TO take
ia vote. The convention divided by
districts and IN Rock district there
was about the most turbulent con
vrntiOn you ever saw TO have only
one or two little hghts'in lt. u vas
plain TO SEQ that Hale had the great
est majority Of the district. but the
ring was determined to nominate
Thorn. The vote was announced by
districts ag follows.
Thorn Beaver Pond. 3fSG-
1t5ths' Rock. "a. East River. II 10
Plymouth 9-tOths Of one vote:
Jumping Branch. lis OF vote.
Hale Rock. 81: Beaver Pond
- 29-tt5ths; East River. 52-3:
Plymouth, St-1O; Jumping Branch,
( 1915.
Before the vote could b. declared
II was seen that Hale had a majority
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
METHODIST
CONFERENCE
CoNvENES IN BALTIMORE
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND
VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS
ADDRESS DELEGATES.

Baltimore. Md. Nay 16.-The
general conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church opened at S:S0 a.
m. with Bishop VIM. Burt presid-
ing. Delegates left for washington
Mt IL a. m, where they will remain
during the afternoon as guests of
the American University. President
Roosevelt and Vice President Fair
banks will make addresses. Bishop
Earl Cranston will also speak.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

The Duke OF Westminster Intends
10 come to America to recapture
ne NorihcIff trophy for motor boats
which was carried OF by, the Dixie.
an American boat. In 1907. IN the
picture are shown the Duke AMI The
Duchess OF Westminster. his wife,
! ana the Wolsey-Ledderly boat.
which the Duke VIII steer himself
IN the coming International race.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
MRS. GUINNESS IS
DEAD
LAPORTE WOMAN WHO LURED
DOZEN PERSONS TIC THEIR
DEATHS CRE,iATED - JAW
BONE IDENTIFIED BY HER
OLD DENTIST.

Laporte. Ind. May 1G.-"Identi-
fcation OF the piece OF jawbono
f1ken from the ruins OF the Gun
Tsss farm house as a portion OF
rf. Bell GGnn.ss' skdll. bears out
J,ost conclusively the contentious OF
ne state regarding the identity OF
the bodies found in the cellar on
pril 2S. It is the clinching bit of
evidence which should set at rest
lie rumors that Mrs. Guinness had
escaped"
This stat ement was made by
Ralph n. Smith, prosecuting attor-
= ~, last night, following a report
from Or. G. p. Norton, a dentist,
v no found that the piece of charred
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

shrewedest counters. Mac Perdue
and Elmus Bailey were nominated
for justices and G.. y. Thompson and
Sam Tabor for constables. +. X.
Jennings was nominated for the
Board OF Education.
compromise was effected by
agreeing to appoint negro trustees
wherever n vacancy occurred in
school district In which the negroes
are In "A majority.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
LUMBER MILLS CLOSE
ON ACCOUNT OF STRIKE.

Pensacola, Fla. May ia strike
at tho big mills of the German
Vile, east of Pensacola. is on, and
the plant has closed down. The
strike is claimed to be due to a sec
ond cut OF wages by mill owners.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
WYOMING FOR BRYAN.
Platform Favors Election Of Scna-
tors by Popular Vote.

Cheyenne. Wyo., May 16.-Ths
Democratic state convention has Sc
iected delegates to the national CON
vention and instructed for William
j. Bryan.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

The Republicans OF Beaver Pond
district nominated for Justices J. l..
kersey aud IL. ~. Godbey; for con
stables. w, II. Pennington and II.
O. Haley; for member OF the Board
OF Education. Geo. A. Shirey.
Rock district Republicans had to
do some pretty rapid counting to
prevent the nomination OF a negro
district ticket. The negroes were
clearly In a majority. but the white
Republicans af the district were tho
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16
"A TURBJJi ENT
CONVENTION
Mercer County Republicans Meet and by the Use
OF the Gag Force Through the Ticket as
ForeCasted in Yesterdays Leader


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