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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01

okainst ~" &c tecover title to Cr. ex
lsl'an land. overwheim A y,m m
that statement. Yes, believe |
am defendant as to certain soy
ernment town site lots I'm one OF
nearly 1900 suits that you have
had brought against as many de-
fendant honorable and high-mind
Ell citizens OF this state during this
presidential campaign. and you will
not undertake 20 deny that petty
politics for the purpose of Rspubll-
canising about 10000 indian voters
was your sole motive for having
these suits brought; and / charge
you with knowing that there has
Ssen no delay In these cases except
that occasionsd by the courts de-
liberations, taken by himself as the
lime he deemed necessary to con
slider whether or not there is any
merit in the petition fled by your
attorney.
"You say tina. on that land ques-
tion you will sc that get hear
ing In court. Yes, sir. will come
to your hearing. Call to your as
sistance all the power that your
high office commands, present cases
In any form you like. am ready
to meet II and before it's conclus-
sion the people OF America will be
disgusted that they ever elected you
president of the United States" :.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
DIG STILL
DESTROYED
DEPUTY COLLECTOR DAILY
AND MARSHALS MAKE RAID
IN GRAfSON.

Capt. John d. Daily, of Tazewell.
deputy COLLECTOR for the western dis
trict OF Virginia, was in the city
this morning sn route home from
fGrayson county, Va. Mr.. Daley
informed -he Leader that he had
just destroyed one Of the largest
Illicit distilleries that he had seen
during his service. It was located
in the Iron Mountain, near Far
wood, and a sill. a large quantity
of beer and a mill belonging to the
outlaws was destroyed. The own
ers evaded capture.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01

BANKERS

Denver, Col. Oct. 1.--Dslegates
to the annual convention OF the
American Bankers Association
started the last day OF actual bus
mess today with an instructive and
entertaining program before them.
The most important business or the
day consisted OF the report OF the
currency committee.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01

ATTACKS
OBJECT OF BIG RAILWAY EQUIP
MENT ORGANIZATION.

New York. Oct. 1.--Manufactur-
ers OF railroad equipment and OF
material, representing, it Is said,
$500. 100000 capital and 1000 sep
arate concerns. 5haveorganized a
railway business assoc.asRon which
VIII combat the attacks made upon
railroads. George A. Post, prssi-
dent OF the Standard coupler coms
pany. was chosen president.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
GRIM-LEEDY
- -

Miss Pearl Leedy and Mr.. Nelson
Grim, of South Blueheld. left this
morning for Princeton, where they
WIZ be married at the Methodist
parsonage by Rev. ID. p. Hurley.
Returning this afternoon they Will
be rendered a reception by the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Grim. OF Preston stree. The Lead
or offers It's congratulations.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
IN QUANDARY
LOCAL REPUBLICANS ARE UP
AGAINST 1T on LILY WHITE
PLANKS--TRY TO GET NE
GROES TO AGREE TO Jim
CROW" PLANK. BUT CoLoRED
BROTHER REBELS.

The local Republicans are in a d.
aemma. They are up against knot
ty proposition on the white planks
In the Democratic county and state
platforms. This vexing problem was
not anticipated when the Rspubli-
cans held their county convention
here last spring. nor did 1T become
serious until the Democratic state
platform placed itself on record as
favoring separate coaches for the
races as well as law disfranchlsing &
the ihiterate negroes.
The Democratic platform was Just
exactly what the white Republicans
wanted. When the Republican
candidates for the legislature began
to approach the white voters, they
were pelted with embarrassing
Questions OF "how do you stand on
the Jim Grow and suffrage planSs
In the Democratic PLATFORM" This
was a rather embarrassing ques-
tion. In fact it was cruel FOR the
white Republicans to ask II. But
1t was asked just the same.
At first the Republican candi-
dates were mum on the matter.
awaiting sentiment. But when the
white Republicans began to line up
for the Democratic state ticket as
well as the Democratic candidates
for he legislature the situation re-
ramc alarming. 1t placed them be.
tween the devil and the deep, deep
blue sea.
Ii they failed to tell the white
Republican that they would vote
nor at least law requiring the rail
roads to provide separate coaches
for the races 1t would ALLEVIATE the
majority of the white Republicans,
because all white people want this
law. We haven't Heard of a sim
gle white man yet who was opposed
to II on principle.
But the situation became so alarm
ing that something had to be done.
And the first move on their part
was to secretly pass the word
around to all the white Republi-
cans that they would vote for a
separate coach 'aw. But secrets
don't keep, and this is especially
true in politics. Mr.. "Nigg r" got
Wind OF this in some way, and he is
something of factor in these parts
when 1t comes TO voting A crisis
was reaches. The matter had to be
settled IL possible. A few negroes
were called into consultation and
the candidates and leaders of the
party pleaded with them to permit
the Republican candidates for leg
islature to announce themselves in
favor of separate cars for the races.
They used this plea to the colored
brother: Why" they pleaded.
the Democrats will not only Jim
Crow you, but will dlsfranchise all
the negroes who can't read and
write. and we will only give You
separate cars, which viii be better
FOR both. Now we VIII only go half
as far as the Democrats, and now
Just let us be half way white" they
begged.
A few of the negroes assented.
and these were asked to get all
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
HEAVY MAIL
NEW RATE or POSTAGE TO
GREAT BRITAIN INCREASES
CORRESPONDENTS.

New York, oct. 1.-When the
White star s. s. Baltic sailed today
she carried HE greatest number
of letters for Grsa. Britain that has
ever been taken over on single
trip This was due TO the fact that
~ midnight the new agreemen. for
two cent postage between the q. s.
and the British Isles. went into ef-
feet Under the new law persons
living in San Francisco can send
letter Ss cneapiy as person liv-
ing in New York can mail a letter
to the city hall.
MONITOR PULvERIzED Cat all
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
BLOODYF|CHT
RESULT OF ELECTION ON TIM
SALOON QUESTION.

Gallipolis. Ohio. Oct. i.--Atsr
Galiipoiis and Galna county had
voted dry" yesterday BY l.7O0 nae
Jority. DR.. CHARLES Parker. ptsAi-
dent OF the county auti-sa5ooa
league, fought a bloody fisat With
John North, q local saloon keeper
over the electin. Parekr stsbnsa
North several times and North may
die. Parker is under arrest.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
HASKELL WRITES
TO ROOSEVELT
FORMER DEMOCRATIC TREAS.
uRER DEFENDS HIMSELF
AGAINST CERTAIN CHARGES.
THE PRARiE OIL AND GAS
COMPANY CASE.

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. Gov Chas
n. HASKELL. formerly treasurer os
the Democratic national committee.
last night gave out long letter
To- President Roosevelt repeating
his published defense 20 the charges
made arainst him. The letter N
part is as follows:
The serious charges against me
should have suggested to you that
You, as chief executive, should pro-
ceed with deliberation and certainty
before making such heresay state
ments your own declarations.
''Y our attack upon n, finally rest
ed on my conduct toward the Prai-
rie Ctl and Gas company in this
state. have said hat you were
responsible for granting a franchise
before statehood, thereby creating
vested rights You seek to evade
the issue and create wrong impr2s-
sions You said the interior depart
ment mad no power. except where
crossing an indian reservation
You wouid nave your readers be-
lieye that Indial Territory was -hen
conducting its own government and
that only parts OF the same were
indian reservations
3 "Mr. Roosevelt. you know It is
not true; you know that all the
land was Indian land without coun-
ty, township or territorial gov'rn-
ment. WHAT halo OF integrity sur
rounded you last week, IKE the
.mlst, mas faded away and the inter
rior department holds the record
which convicts you.
You grated the franchise at
the solicitation OF Senator Depew
and a few days thereafter received
100000 in cash for your cam
paign fund.
You charged me w,h having
attempted TO brlbe the attorney
general OF Ohio. That Was presum-
ably nine years ago. You have
abandoned that position Chas. p.
Taft says through his paper that no
evidence was ever produced that
would convict me Of the charge.
"In touching On the state univer-
sity question you pretended to
quote from the Outlook magazine,
but how dishonesty You enlarged
on the magazlnn asticl' That arti-
Gle charged me with Substituting
Democratic for Republican profes-
sors for political purposes. have
Snown that statement 90 be false,
but J charge you with trying TO en-
large on thai magazine article and
give the world the impression that
We were improperly using the mon
ey appropriated 20 conduct that in
stitution.
You charge that I vetoed a child
labor law. you have not apOlogized
for, Notwithstanding you know that
/ dld 81 with the approval Jf union
labor and that our state constltu-
zion which you said was so bad
your opinion Cf it would not look
we'll in print contains more d5tall
In child labor legislation than you
have recommended TO the New
York legislature as governor or to
had approved fourteen acts Of our
legislature passed at the solicitation
OF union labor.
You said in your first state
mont thai 7 had suits br1ugli
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MONITOR PULVERIzED Cat All
stores.) The flour of quality.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01

Try a Loader Want Ad.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-01
PITY THE CzAR|NA
BREAKING DOWN FROM WOR-
RY AND ANXIETY FOR HUs-
BAND AND CHILDREN.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 1.-The
greatest anxiety now exists because
OF the new turn for the worse in the
health of Czarina The sea trip
She took around the coast OF Fin
lard in the Imperial yacht has not
relieved her intense nervous condi-
tion. originally caused by he anx-
iety over her husband and children.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
DIR OSLER'S IDEA
 IS CRITICIZED
By John l.. Sullivan.

The statement is attributed to Dr Osler, that men are useless after 40, and that at 60 they ought to be chloroformed.
 1 don't agree with Dr Osler, and his theory that all men should be chloroformed at 60.
 Dr Osler's theory is an especially sore point with me. E
 Here are some of the instances that have been found 70 dispute 0s- Ter:
 Demosthenes delivered his orator. ical masterpiece, the oration On tn Crown" at 54.
 Aristotle did his greatest work af- ter 50, and Plato after 55.
 Chaucer wro;e the Canterbury Tales" and other famous works af- ter 40.
 Spinoza wrote his speech-making book after he was 42.
 Laurence wrote "Tr.sten Shandy' when he was 47.
 Cervantes was 90 when he began to write Don Quixote."
 Defoe was 54 when he gave the world Robinson C.usoe.
 Oliver Cromwell did not begin his wonderful life work until he was 45.
 Titan was over 40 when he be- gan work on the renowned master piece, The Assumption of tho Ma donna"
 Leonard De Vinci, who. we are told. comes nearest to being his tories Universal Genius was 45 years old when he painted The Last Supper
 Sir Christopher designed St Paul's cathedral at 46. and the tower of Westminster Abbey a. so.
 John Hunter, the celebrated phy- sieian. wrote his greatest treatise when 66 years of age.
 Pasteur was 5 before he fairly got to work on his hydrophobia cure.
 Past 40. too. was MOhammed be- fore he began to write the. Koran.
 Momsen was on the shady side of 70 when he wrote his monumental history of Rome, and many others.
 Some time ago wrote Dr Osler that would agree to put my fist through the panel of a door one and one-half inches thick, and if there was not force enough left in the blow to knock down Dr Osler if he stood behind the door, from my fist, l would never don the gloves again.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

CASEY AT THE BAT
(John L. sullivan's Favorite Poemo

(John L. sulivans Favote PoemD There was stepped into his place There smile Caseys ace And when responding lightly dofed his hat No stranger could doubt twas Casey at the bat Ten thousand he hands with dirt he wiped them on h hI Then wrthng pitcher the ball into his hip Defiance glanced n Casey's Caseys lip hurting through the air. And Casey a-wachin' it in mighty grandeur there Close by the sturdy ball unheeded sped That amt Casey Strike one the umpire sad benches black with there went up muHed oa' Like the and distant shore killed had Casey raised his hand Caseyis visage shone; He stied the rising he sgnaed the spheroid flew; But Casey ignored said Strike two maddened and the echo answered But audience awed; his muscles they knew Casey wouldn't the ball go by again. his teeth cnched in hate pounds with vengeance his bat upon the pae pitcher holds the ball. and he lets it shattered by the force of Caseys blow. the shining bright, The playing ght laughing somewhere children shout in Boston, mighty Casey has struck out
 ERNEST L. THAYER.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
Hartford's War ou BlIIboar,,..

It has been decided in Hartf0rd to remove certain hilIboards in the cen tral part of the city. so there win l.e no such unsightly things in view from the Capitol. the High school nor from Bushnell park. This Is one Of the straws which point to the end of I.iIi- boards. If they are unSightly and cl,- jectionable as viewed from the .stafe Capitol. they are likewise oblertior- able when viewed from one's private residenre. IT they are undesirable as part uf the high school srenery. they are equally undesirable when forsxri upon ons.'s view from a rar window. m an automobile. or any xo-cart whatsuerer. If they mar the beauty of one of Hartfor.lis magnificent parks they will mar the Eood looks of ans town. city or residential or business seriion- And when HartfouI rhls one sectiOn ef these ohjecfionalsies nlsI Ends how mus1i letter that partieuls- vicinity looks on arvount of m. the man who pruphesics that the uaol,- structed area will he speedily leuxfh- ened and wiilened. won't l-e far frsns right- Win the example being ses at the capital city of the state. Irszer cities may soon te expectesI to fan Id line and do likewise e---Ansouia S<n- tineL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
HOUSE OF LITTLE NELL.
Where Dickens Conceived His Fla.
 nous Story-Place to Let.

nous Story-Place to Let. 1 The announcement that the house 1 in Bath where in 1s40 Charles Dick ems first conceived the idea of his im- ! mortal Little Nell in The old Curi- I osity Shop" is to be let or sold' is a fact of considerable interest to all Dickens lovers.
 At the time that the novelist was first attracted to his theme by the sight of a poor little girl at Bath, he and his wife, his tand Landor's) biog- rapher. John Foster, and the painter Maclise were on visit to Walter Saw agt Landor in that fair city. and the incident is thus referred to in For ster's Life of Landor."
 Tt was at celebration of his birth day in the first of his Bath lodgings. B St James's square, that the fancy which took the form of Little Nell ill i The Old Curiosity Shop first dawned on the genius of it's creator. No char acter in prose fiction was greater favorite with Landor. He thought that upon her Juliet might for a moment have turned her eyes from Romeo. and that Desdemona might have taken her hairbreadth escapes to heart, so interesting and pathetic did seem to him; and when some years later the circumstances I have named was recalled to him, he broke into one of those whimsical bursts of comical extravaganza out of which arose the fancy of Boythorn. With tremendous emphasis he confirmed the fact, and added that he had never in his life regretted anything so much as having failed to carry out an intention he had formed concerning It.: for he meant to have purchased that house, 35 s; James's square, and then and there to have burned 1t to the ground, to the end that. no meaner association should ever desecrate the birthday of Nell. Then he would pause Il little. become conscious of our sense of his absurdity, and break into a thunder
 ing peal of laughter"
 Thus. in his somewhat ponderous | fashion, does John Forster tell the story. It Is certainly great pity that the novelist did not carry out his expressed wish to purchase the house in Bath: but at that time he did not think he could afford It. It seems Dickens had gone to America. mean- while, and was sojourning there when | Forster's life of Landor'' reached him. In allusion to the fact that he i Dlckensl had himself intended to tell the story in "cold print" he wrote to John Forster from America: T see you have told. with what our friends would have called wonderful accur- acy. the little St James's square story
 which certain falthless wretch e.
 D) was to have related. Mall Gazette.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
A FoREwoMaN's RIGHTe

The decision of President Gompers sustaining the forewoman of an In- diana hat factory who trimmed a hat as part Of her days work establishes an important precedent for organized labor. The forewoman was fined for her violation of factory etiquette and expelled from the local uason, and a strike followed the refusal of the proprietor to discharge Ter. Presi- dent Gompers in ordering her rein stated rules that "a forelady has an unauestioned right to assist in the performance of any work and that "foremen and forefadies are required not only to superintend work but to do work themselves" This is good sense and sound economies. It is against the interest alike tz employ CT and Iaborer that the efficiency of factories should be impaired through arbitrary regulations restricting their output. since the chief purchasers of all wage labor products are waee laborerx themselves. - New York World.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
HIGH LICENSE AND
 NOT PROHIBITION
By John L. Sullivan.

Some people think I'm a prohibit tionist. Pm advising everybody to pass up the frothy suds, but not pro- hibition. saw a fellow In Kansas City two months ago preaching pro- hibition from an automobile and l said to him, "Bub, you're surround ing some easy graft"
 But I'm not on that lay. The most of these ministers who are preaching about it don't know any thing about the. craving, and I can tell them that if all the fire water in the world was destroyed there are lots of people who would be busy right of mixing red pepper and kero- sene to get something that would taste like the old stuff. You might as we'll give them the straight booze as let them go making up substitutes that'd put them down and out in a jump.
 I quit it all but the chasers three years ago when I found out l could do it, but there are lot of poor devils who couldn't stop without going plumb of their nuts. High priced license is the thing. Give 'em high license, the higher the better, and make every saloon keeper run his place like dry goods store, or pinch him.
 Get the regular. wet goods trade down to that basis, then put the drug stores that sell more rum than the gin mills out of business, and you have the whole thing clinched for proper temperance. Of course out west where there are red Indians and half pint of whiskey will burn up a town, prohibition Is all right. but they fix it out there by hanging any man who sells rum 10 the h. dians. And down south they have to do something to stop the colored brother from going amuck. but white men can worry along without prohi- bition. I've emptied enough goblets of the poison to be able to take say on these things.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
THE REAL AND ONLY
 KNOCKOUT PUNCH
By John L. Sullivan.

We hear lot nowadays about the man with the punch-the fellow that puts 1t over everybody else-the business man that has the wallop on his neighbors-the fighter that car ries sleep producers in both hands,. You know all about that, but you don't know, may be, that the real knockout punch isn't carried in any fist, and never drops you 50 that you can rise up after the referee counts ten and collect your senses and your share of the gate receipts.
 The real knockout punches in this life are the ones you never see, but only feel. For some fellows the punch is slipped to them in glass of strong drink, and it has the right to the solar plexus beat mile for effect.
 old Easy Life gets in under an-] other lads guard and puts nim downy and out before he knows it's coming. No right swing ever took away senses so suddenly as a little touch of Easy Life, and you can get lot to testify to that.
 l fought the booze, but I wasn't the man with the punch. No man carries swing or hook or a cross or an uppercut that can make an im- pression on Old Red Eye.
 They used to say that I won most of my fights by soaring my men into Ia fit before getting into the ring with them. But Old Red Eye never gave me a serious thought when I threw down the gauntlet to him. I was just as easy as any of the rest of them. You have heard before, I guess, that no man can beat the booze game. It's a fact, established as early as the hills.
 Perhaps in my time, and do not mean to say this boastfully, I have turned more young men into straighter path than any other man outside of those occupying temper ance lecture platforms. iou ask me how I do 1t. Simply by being force full used the argument that if a champion of the world and the man who really discovered the original knockout punch couldn't negotiate a victory over King Corn-juice, what chance had anybody else. Pretty strong talk, that, but absolutely right.
 see in my travels. and am mighty glad to note it. too. that the age of successful drinkers has gone by. Employers don't want even the man who can handle t." if there is such a thing. Lots of men aatter themselves by saying they can han dle the stun. Rot. It wasn't made 10 be handled.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

yelled that it was the militia. I dc not know how 1 did it, but it's mat ter of fact that went out of an ordi nary coach window head first. made for swamp and stayed there until the alarm passed. l got out of the state all right, but was brought back and it cost me just $1S,000 to keep from going tt the penitentiary for year, but l came out away ahead on the mill al that.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

READ IKE DEMOCRAT FOR ALI
 TzE SPORTING xKTs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

Save money and get the Evening Democrat and three monthly maga. zines by paying subscription In ad. vance. The price of paper and three magazines. namely. the Evening Democrat. Spare Moments. Dress. making at Home. and The Mothers Magazine. all for 42 cents month. This Is not choice of the three mag. azines, remember. but the whole combination for I2 cents . month.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01
Jack McAuliffe was bending over

me.
 Say, am I licked?" I asked Jack. Did that young fellow do it?"
 When I saw that that was the case told the audience that I was glad to see the championship had been won by an American.
 am glad the championship was won by an American but am sorry it was won by a f1uke.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-01

The Den8ocrat fs now making e biz magazine oGer tn order fo imduce subscribers to par in advance and ls secure new subscriberss For 4a cents . rsoath. wkfch is Ices thsn 2 cents . day. you can secure she Eren- ina Democrat and fhr~e munfh1r susrxrinez. nsmeET. sp&rp MomenfG Dresszn.kfnz sf Hnsne anf fhe No<h- rr's nnEzxfne. An thsf is r~re-- r.rT is e p~y En s1sxncs