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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02

there might not be any question OF
the legality OF the council's action
In case of suits. etc.
The question OF the collection OF
delinquent taxes was laid over until
Che next meeting I'm order to con
suit with the new treasurer. The
city attorney was also requested to
report at thN NEXT meeting what ac-
ton is necessary In regard TO de
liuQucnt list
The mayor announced that he
would make known his committee
assignments during the present
week
The council adjourned at q:55
until Thursday night
After the councu had adjourned
the board OF supervisors mot and
organized 10y electing W. :. Foutz
president
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
DEATH OF JOHN {. RITZ
POPULAR YOUNG ATTORNEY
81, ,CUMBS TO MENINGITua

John n ritz is dead. While this
sad end OF popular and useful
young man was hourly expected
for several days the shock ~ mono
the less TO those who knew and
loved him. The end came today at
O'Clock. MIR. RITZ had been a res
ident of this city for the past three
or four years and by his gentle
manly conduct and genial manner
had won a host OF friends. He wRH
educated at the West Virginia Uni
versity, where he graduated An law.
and since locating here had built
up a nice practice Mr.. Ritz waa
about 2S -or.9g years OF age. Hia
mother, and two brothers, Judge
Harold A. RITZ and Russell Ritz,
student OF the state university,
were with him when the end came.
and two other brothers are expect
ed TO reach here tonight.
The remains Will BE- taken TO
Huntington the home OF his pa
rents, for intermcnt The local bar
association are now I'm session to
take action ON the matter OF tho
funeral ana TO pass such resolu-
uons ON his death as his excellent
standing as a member OF the bar
merits
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
NIGHTS Of
COLUMBUS
LARGE DELEGA ALTON RETURNS
FROM MEETING AT ROANOKE
-SENERAL BLUEFIELDERS
AMONG THE NUMBER.

A largo delegation of Tho Order
of Knights of Columbus. returning
from the meeting at Roanoke were
in TN city last night Tho dele
cation included the following from
a distance. besides the many from
this city: There wore J. j. STAFF
ford Thos Powdcrly. T.. G. Red
aing and JAS L. Smith. OF Toledo
o. O II Haskins. Jamos r. oliver.
O. J.. Preston and Edward Hawlcy.
of Cincinnati; Thos. HauIy. p. G..
II,uncssy ca friend of Mr. DooIcy)
j. L. Iandon. f.. NJ Dulancy ana
Smith Doolcy. of Chicago. h. Duny
Stoncga. Va, Thos. Duny. Dorchcs.
ter, Va; r. Mligau. Norton. va.
Jas. =. Dunn, Appalachia, Va
Thos Greeley. Jas. Parrish. Ei-
ward O'Bricn and Hugh WoIch. of
Dayton o. r.. H. Suliucy. i. A.
Mccarthy. J T. Finncrty and J3.
smith Massillon. o.: j. a McD,a
ough Henry 10 Morgan John Con
roy Barry Sullivan and Thos. IT
Barry Indianapolis: Chas. G.
Broski VIM Mccarthy. D. n. Ia
Hue. j T. McNanu Frank Nc
Mann. A T. Rhodes Leo Lou-
a..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
HOSTILITIES
IN THE LITTLE ISLAND OF
SAMOS

Athens, june . Turkish war
ships shcllcd the island of Samos
ana today the sultan's nag is nyins
over ih" governors palace. Pro
test was made by an Austrian sub
jcct and caused the Austrian guard
ship Tauras to be dispatched TO the
island. Refugees arriving here
from the island gay that before oc-
cupying the town of Vathy. Turkish
worships bombarded the heights
and drove out the inhabitants who
had masscd there.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
FATAL FIRE
NEW YORK TENEMENT RIrRNED
MD \ WOMAN LEAPS TO
HER DEATH.

New York. juno One woman
was Killed and six others terribly
burned early today in nrc I'm "A
furnished room house at No. 3l3
West Ihirticth street. which threat
'n'd the lives OF a score OF persons.
one woman leapcd from the roof
TO death on the pavement below
Lieutenant Mandray OF engine com
pany No. /, with four nrcmcn.
went hown in the collapse OF "a
burning stairway but all escaped
with slight burns and bruises
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
INSANE MAN KILLS
IuMSELF AND FAMILY.

Iabcllc. Mo. June In NJ OF
insanity Bert McMDlin. foreman on
the ranch OF Whltmore Thomas.
near here. shot and killed his wlfo
and two small children. then set
ting FIRE to clothing sent bullet
through his brain There were no
witnesses 90 the tragedy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02

Alexander st. Clair, Of Taze-
well. is the man for the Democrats
OF the Ninth district 20 nominal"
for congress" said b i Wysor. of
Tazewell county, formerly q clerk
in the office OF the state corpora
tion commission. and who is now
one Of the big coal mine owners Of
that section OF the state
Mr. St Clair was In the Virgin
Ia senate and made 4 capable and
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
A BUSY
SESSION
THE NEW CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
llS FIRST MEErING-CITN,
ATTORNEY, ASSESSOR. ETC,
ELECTED - COUNCIL WILL,
HOLD AN ADJOURNED MEET
ING THURSDAY.


evening, All the members beinp
present eXclpt Mr. Kahle. who has
been confined 20 his homo FOR sew
eral days and was unable to attend.
Mayor Peters presided.
\ large crowd attended tn,
meeting, many out of curiosity to
see who would be elected to nu tho
various offices to be- filled by vote
of the council
The payroll for the month Of May
was presented and after some dis
cussion, was allowed aud ordered
paid
The following ordinances were
favorably reported:
An ordinance to regulate the stor-
age OF gasoline.
An ordinance to regulate laun-
dries and the licensing of such
plants
An ordinance regulating pool
rooms was reported without recon
mendation on motion All the oril-
nanccs were referred bacl, To the
law and ordinance committee.
Three petitions from property
owners I'm South BlucHold were pre-
scntcd in regard TO the location of
the street car line ono was signed
by lIarman, Surface ana other resi-.
Isufg ,f North ,t,..t ,...t..,f..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02

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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-02
THE WEATHER.

rarity cloudy and warmer to-
night; Wednesday showers.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
THE REMEDY WAS EASY.

The doctor had told her she had No
organic trouble and the cure rested
with herself. She had d0ctored and
drugged for years, so. learning this
good news, she determined to try a
new plan.
Here is what she did:
She cut out all medicine.
She stopped dieting; that is, she
tested things till she found those that
agreed with her, and ate of them
freely.
She ate slowly, laughing and talk
ing much in the process.
She gave up violent exercise, but
took a brisk walk each day.
She took a cold sponge bath each
morning. going back to bed for five
minutes afterward before beginning to
dress.
She gave herself messages of the
abdominal, chest and throat muscles
for five minutes, morning and even
ing.
She stopped overstraining her mind.
When her head or eyes began to feel
tired she rested them.
She neglected to worry and Guilt
waited her amusing friends.
In a month she was well.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
The SiIkWorm.

The silkworm, which spins or pro-
duces silk threads, was a native OF
China. For thousands of years the
Chinese would not allow the eggs OF
the silkworm to go out of the country.
About $50, two monks are said to have
brought to Europe a few eggs hidden
in their canes. Now it is quite domes-
ticated and has been so long fed by
man that the female is as nearly mo-
tionless as if she had no wings, and
the male merely flutters without leav-
ing the ground
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
SAYINGS OF SAGES.

The essence of generosity is ever
in self-sacrifice.-TaylOr
In all things it is better to hope
than to despair.-Goethe.
Humility is to make a right esti-
mate of one'5s self.-Spurgeon.
No thoroughly occupied man was
ever yet very miserable.-Landon.
There is no genius in life like the
genius of energy and industry
Mitchell.
Adversely borrows its sharpest
sting from our own impatience.-
Bishop Horne.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Peru Adopts Standard Time.

By a decree of the government Of
Peru. issued by President Pardo, the
time Of the seventy-fifth meridian west
of Greenwich was on July % adopted
as the national standard time for the
whole of Peru. The meridian is only
a few minutes from that of Lima, and
runs almost exactly through the m d.
die of the country. All timepieces
throughout Peru will now coincide
with those in the United States whore
eastern time Is kept. Peru Is the first
South American republic to adopt the
world standard.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory If the right
Starch were used: In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind q paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
Or strength than other makes.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Horsethief Shot bv sher;m.

Rapid City, 8. D.-Two horse
thieves. named Harvey and Johnson,
escaped from the Jail at Oacoma in
Lyman county Wednesday night and
later while being re-arrested by the
sheriff one of the malefactors was shot
dead. 1t seems that Harvey and
johnson had stolen a team of horses,
wagon and harness at Dallas and were
overtaken by the ofacers and placed in
the Jail at Oacoma. With the aid of a
stove litter and some Jumps Of coal
they pried and pounded q hole In the
roof Of the Jail and escaped.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
AustraIia's First Theater.

The first recorded production Of a
play in Australia took place in June
of the year 1889. 1t was called THE
Recruiting Oficer." The proceeds OF
the first pay night (some 500 went
to the family of a man who had been
drowned. In January, 1896, a rough
and ready playhouse was opened and
the public had to pay one shilling a
head for admission. The payments
were made in kind, wheat. -four or
rum taking the place of the usual
currency.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
THE LAST PHASE.

A rarer patriot. perhaps. is he Who
is willing to be shot to pieces for his
He is no doubt q patriot who taxes
OF his hat whenever the band plays
the lugubrious national anthem.
But rarest Of all Is the patriot who
wishes SO ardently for the safety of
his country that he will not be dis.
gruntled when 1t is saved by the othes
fellows formulary.
A careful survey Of the political
field discovers the usual conspicuous
absence Of this variety of potriot.-
Puck.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Has Done Good Work in Japan.

Miss Elizabeth Russell, who found
ed the Kwassui girls school at Maya
saki, Japan, in 1879, celebrated her
seventy-first birthday a short time
ago. She is still connected with the
school, where she does the work of
three people. Beginning with a hand.
full of girls, the school has grown un-
til at present the enrolment is con-
siderably more than 100. 1t numbers
among it's grauates some Of the best
known women in the Japanese empire.
several of whom Travelled many miles
to show their respect and gratitude
to their old teacher at her birthday.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Receptions for Americans.

Kobe. Japan.-The reception accord
ed the visiting business men from the
Pacific coast of the United States on
their arrival here was Of a most en-
thusiastic nature and attended by
scenes Of popular demonstration such
as have not been observed here since
the exciting days of the Japanese-Rus-
sian war. Sunday the Americans, ac-
companied by the governor of this
province and many high mupnicfpal
and provincial officials. were enter
tanned on q trip about the beautiful IN
land sea Of Japan.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
GENERAL NEWS.

While Wilbur Wright, the American
aeroplanist, was making flight at LIE
Mans, France, the motor of the ma.
chine exploded.
The first squadron of the Atlantic
battleship feet arrived at Olongapo,
p. I.
Many accidents, one of which re.
suited in the death of a 12-year-old
schoolboy in the Bronx, were reported
in New York as a result of the 40.
mile an hour northwest gale.
Pumped full of air by three friends
''as joke" John Schink, q years old,
died in Bridgeport, Conn.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Company let contract for a 1900, 900
bushel elevator at Fort William, On
tario.
"A prominent politician" of New
York is accused by q New York Judge
with having engaged In white slave"
trafnc.
Orders have been given that the
British squadron, under the command
OF Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott, pro-
coed to South America on the COM
pletion of its South African program.
Thirty-nfne New York cooks, laun-
dresses, nursery and chamber maids
were the recipients this year of the
prizes given annually by the German
Housewives society for faithfulness
and length Of service.
Winston Green, a negro youth. was
electrOcuted in the state penitentiary
at Richmond, Va, for attempted Grim
inal assault
As the battleships of the Atlantic
fleet proceed to the navy yard they
will be painted a slate color.
J. w. Hutchinson of Harrison coun-
ty. Kentucky, widower with two
children, was married to Mrs. Mamie
C. Swinford of Cynthiana and killed
himself
Forty Yaquis were killed in a bat.
tie with Papaso Indians in Sonora,
Mexico.
The arrest of three youths has
cleared up the mystery of the robbery
of bank in Chihuahua, Mexico, of
$lS5. 900 last March. Most OF the
money was recovered.
A Chicago jury awarded Hugh
Crabbe $4l6.66 back salary from Joe
Letters Zeigler Coal Company.
NJ. w. Bayliss of Washington was
elected sovereign grand commander
of the supreme council of the Scottish
Rite Mas0ns.
II. Sergueieff. Russian minister to
Servia. was detained at the frontier
by Austro-Hungarian police. and
roughly handled.
Nicholas Tschaikovsky, the Rus
sian patriot who has been imprisoned
In St. Petersburg for nearly a year.
was released on bail
Private Mike Beneham of the First
cavalry, who ran amuck at Manila
and killed four of his comrades, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

Starch. like everything else. is be-
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the market Is years
ago are very different and inferior to
those Of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-DefianceS tarch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by US. gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
|NEWSN0IES|
FOR THE S
BUSY MAN |
Most Important Happen
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
PERSONAL.


Orville Wright, the aeroplanist, left
the hospital at the Fort Myer wv. Val
army post to which he had been con
fined for six weeks.
After being out two hours, the Jer.
sey City IN. j. jury in the case OF
Theodore Whitmore, on trial for the
murder of his wife, returned a verdict
of not guilty.
William H. Flictner, a New York
lawyer with Offices in Wall street, was
sentenced to one years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary for grand larceny.
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds Cow
den was placed on the retired list OF
the navy on his sixty-second birthday.
Gov Curtis Guild. Jr.. of Massachu-
sets was seized with severe attack
of gastritis, the third within year.
William Montgomery, ex-cashier OF
the Allegheny National bank, was for
the second time found guilty in Pitts
burg of embezzlemen and abstraction
of funds.
Prince Henry of Prussia spent sew
eral hours in the air as the guest OF
Count Zeppelin, who made an ascen-
sion in his remodeled airship. Not
only did the prince thoroughly enjoy
his experience, but he sat at the steer
ing wheel for many miles Of the flight.
DR.. C. S. Mack, coroner of Laporte
county. Indiana, resigned to become
pastor of a Swedenborgian church in
Toledo, o.
Countess Szchenyi, formerly Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, gave birth to
daughter.
Will H. Pettis, former county treas
urer, pleaded guilty at Sac City. Ia.
to embezzling 1900 of the funds of
the county and was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. Lillian NJ N. Stevens of Port
land, Maine, was unanimously re-
elected president of the National
Women's Christian Temperance union.
Edward English. a wealthy lumber
man Of Mount Vernon, Wash. was kid
mapped and forced to write home for
$1,000 ransom, but later escaped.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the liberal
government won by a substantial
though perhaps somewhat reduced
plurality in the Canadian general and
parliamentary. elections.
President Roosevelt celebrated the
50th anniversary of his birth by work
ing as usual.
William Montgomery, former cash
fer of the defunct Allegheny National
bank, who was placed on trial on two
indictments charging the embezzle-
ment and abstraction of $4,000, was
found guilty by jury in the United
States district court at Pittsburg.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
OBITUARY..

Mrs. william Astor, who for 80
years had been regarded as the social
leader of New York, died of heart
disease at her home on Fifth avenue
in New York.
DR.. ]. Edward Hall, q noted dentist,
died of hydrophobia in Shanghai.
China
Rev. E. Jay Cooke, rector Of st.
Stephens Episcopal church at Schuy.
lerville, N. Y. and nephew Of Jay
Cooke. the famous fnancier. dropped
dead 1t Schenectady. n. 7.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Bad Climate for . urn;ture.

China is bad place for furniture.
In the summer months it is SO damp
that furniture put together with glue
falls apart and drawers stick, while N
the dry months furniture goes to the
other extreme and often exhibits
cracks half an inch wide.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04

In the Blue mountains. three hours
from Sydney. are many beautiful
country houses, mostly bungalows
with wide verandas all round. where
Sydney people fly in February and
March to get away from the heat CT
the city by the harbor.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Advancement in Turkey.

The new Turkish minister of educa-
ton says: I'VE have compulsory edu-
cation at present. but we lack pri-
mary schools. We shall establish
them. We shall develop the existing
higher education. The study Of HIS
tory will now be allowed. We want
a regime of liberty. and particularly
Of liberty Of the press, even with all
the evils it means. for 1t is q neces-
sary evil"
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
CALIFORNIA; Trees Very Old.

The great trees of California. it has
ben said began life before the earli-
est dawn Of Chinese history. and at
the time of the deluse were older than
the art Of printing from type is today.
Prof Charles e. Bessey. however, con-
tends that even 1000 years IS a great
over-estimate. actual ring count of q
tree % feet in diameter having indi-
Gated only 1,147 years.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
OFFICER SHOT down
PROMINENT CITIZEN OF WEEPING
WATER INSTANTLY KILLED.
POSSE PURSUE MURDERERs
Heroic Measures Likely to os Taken
on the Malefactor il Over.
handed by Hounds.

Weeping @Shspecting that
NiEhtwatchman G. A. Ralst0n was
going to arrest them one Of the two
men thought to be the robbers of the
Marley bank. five miles from here.
shot and instantly killed the officer
about S O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
Immediately the community was
aroused and every man who could Sc
cure q weapon and q horse started In
pursuit of the murderers; the sheriff
made fast drive from Plattsmouth in
an automobile, bringing bloodhounds
with him; officers In Lincoln were no
titled to bring hounds and come here
as we'll as go to stations northwest
Of here in which direction the muir
derers went after shooting Ralston.
The Platte river bridges are also being
guarded and the man hunt has been
taken up with such vigor and deter
mination that 1t seems almost impOs-
sible that the murderers can escape.
Cass county is a network of tele-
phones. The lines have all been busy
and the towns of Wabash, Elmwood,
Eagle, Murdoch, Alvo, South Bend
Ashland, Louisville and others have
been notified.
Feeling is so intense that only the
cool heads of the prominent business
men in the searching party will pre-
vent a lynching should the men be ap-
pretended.
The murdered nightwatchman is a
member of prominent families and has
lived in Weeping Water almost since
boyhood. He was a terror to evil
doors and very brave man. The men
who committed the deed stopped all
night at the Riverside hotel. They
registered as Charles Sellers and Ar
thur Munster and took breakfast
there, eating dinner just before the
murder. They came here looking like
buns, but left wearing good clothes of
a dark color and soft black hats.
They are about five feet ten or eleven
inches in height and one was slightly
stopped, one weighing about 100
pounds, while the other was thinner
and weighed about 140 pounds.
From the hotel they went up the
track to the coal chutes and behind
the cars Ralston met them and they
fired one shot, killing him instantly.
He fell on his face In the cinders.
The section foreman heard the shots
and saw the men running away. He
went to investigate and found the
night Waterman dying. Previous to
going up the tracks Ralston was talk
ing with a detective sent here to look
up the Manley bank robbery and the
detective told him to keep an eye on
these men. In less than fifteen min
utes Ralston was killed. Blood
hounds are also on the road here from
Lincoln.
Charley RaIston is one of the best
known men in central Cass county
and connected with prominent fam
lilies of Weeping Water. He had been
night Waterman at two different
times, covering a period altogether of
about ten years. He is brother of
ALFRED Ralston, former butcher and
cattle buyer.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Catholic Census.

New misunderstanding to the CEN
sus of New Orleans, which Archbish-
op Glennon of St. Louis has been
compiling for several months, and
which was made public here, New Or
leans has 1S1,54 Catholic commune
cants out of q total population Of
about $4,000.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
Contracts for Army Supplies.

T: Washington REGENTS contracts
awarded by the quartermaster gen.
erals Office include 5000 tons of oats
to be furnished by Seattle and st.
Paul firms. Bids received this week
for 10000 tons of hay for the Philip
pines have been rejected because of
high prices and irregularity.
The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES

CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES.
Many Candidates for Congress Pledge
Support for the Movement.
Chicago-Pledges of active support
of the conservation of natural re-
sources movement have been receiv-
ed by the officers of the Conservation
League Of America from more than
one-third Of the republican and dem
ocratic candidates for congress and
President Walter F. Fisher declares
that the league has every reason to
be gratified with the results of its
first national campaign. In addition
to the signed declaration of support,
which number PSI. the league has re-
ceived letters and kilograms from
considerable number of congression-
al candidates expressing approval of
its policies and assurances of sup
port.