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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
SWEAT BOX
EXAMINATIONS ARE BEING
HELD RELATIVE TO SUB
TREASURY ROBBERY.

Chicago, Ills. Aug. 2S.-Every
employe OF the United States sub.
treasury here is being subjected to
the Sweat Box" examination
which began yesterday and impor-
tant evidence has been secured that
will solve the mystery of the s173,-
600 robbery for which George w.
Fitzgerald. former teller was ar
rested Saturday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
PAPERS GO AT A PREMIUM

Augusta, Ga. Aug 28.-The Au-
gusta Chronicle got out a four-page
hand type, miniature flood edition
yesterday and late last night. and
was the first paper on the scene.
Yesterday evenings Georgian, is
selling at a premium OF 25 TO so
cents a copy this morning.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

New York, Aug. 2S.-Captain
Peter G. Hams, Jr.. and his brother.
T. Jenkins Hams. were arra!gncd
this morning charged with the muir
der of VIM. r.. Annis. and were held
without bail to await the action of
the special grand jury in Septem-
ber
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
"TAD" JONES A BENEDICT

Hamilton, o.. Aug. 28.-Dwight.
Tad" Jones, a Yale quarter back
Is 10 be married II was stated to-
day that the engagement OF Jones
and Miss Betty Spears, Of New
York would be announced next
week at the Spears summer home in
Colorado.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
o PER CENT GOLD
BONDS FOR SALE

First mortgage 6 per cent gold
bonds secured by valuable up-to-
date coal operation with electric
plant and equipment in Virginia
coal field Why would you only al
low your money to earn only or 4
per cent on as safe security? Its
at least worth investigating, It won't
cost but two cents to do so, address
Gold Bonds" care Daily Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28

In every cline It's fame Is heard,
It's name has spread from sea TO
sea,
BE not surprised II in the other
world
You're made 10 take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. (Begln now.)
For sale by the White Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
SAGE ESTATE IS
OFFICIALLY APPRAISED

New York, Aug. 2S.-The estate
of Russell Sage. who died on July
22, 1905. has been appraised ofn-
ciaily at s66,753.S01 gross. and
s64.153,S 500 net.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
SERIOUSLY HURT.

r. II. Yost, who clerks for H. Il.
Hunter. received telegram this
morning from his home in Tazewell
stating that his father was serious
ly hurt last night by being kicked
In the breast by n horse.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28

FOR RENT-Four four room
flats with bath on Red Lot. over
Busy Bee restaurant. Reasonable
prices. c. OLeary & Son.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
SPEAKER CANNON TO
OPEN CAMPAIGN

lndianapoliI Aug. 2S.-Spcaker
Cannon will open the campaign in
Marion county, Ind. on September
oath. Mr. Cannon will speak at
Tomlison hall.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-28
LATER

Mr.. Kits at 4 o'lock this
evening was conscious. No
arrest was made. DR.. Hat
field went before the mag
istrate who imposed a small
fine on him.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17

Bottled-in-bond whiskev 10c per
drink at the OLD TERRELL BAR.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
ADDRESSED PUPILS
Rev. Ohrun SAYS Self Control More
important Than Facts Learned
From Books.

Rev Ohrum. of Cairo Baptist
church delivered an address yester.
day afternoon at the Cairo High
School. which was treat to those
who heard it, HE spoke by invita-.
ton of Superintendent Clendenen. on
lines similar TO those followed in his
sermon OF Sunday self Control
was the chief thought I'm his address
He said he considered selfcontrol Of
more value than the facts that were
taut ht in schCol-self control as ex.
emplifed in cultivated observation.
AMI will power The successful man
was he who could so master himself
that he would act at the right time. in
the right way. or not at all. Rev. Oh
rum had the close attention of his
auditors and he gave them something
TO think about
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
THE DAY AFTER.

Camp Harrison. Ind. Sept1i.-
Sham battle today In the hills las
ing from 1875 a. M. until p. m. "a
be continued tomorrow one vii
take place Friday in which the regH
lars will take part with US. All Is
well in camp. Corporal Chick
Wood being Out Of the hospital agsiH
and the fight goes on
Lots Of pranks are being played On
raw recruits. Jesse Gross vas sent on
a wild goose chase all over a camp.
in which be covered about four miles.
being sent from one place 10 another.
finally returning 20 camp 70 Be greet
ed by q hearty laugh from the boFs.
Louis Quelmalz has proved himself
a good soldier while on guard duty
He has been detailed for gnsrd al
week which Is very agreeable 20 the
company. All the boys are sending
the bareback home as postal cards
DAN WOOD.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
the FIRING LIN"
CAIRO BOYS IN CAMP HARRISON
IN SHAM BATTLE WITH REG.
ULARS FRIDAY.
Number Have Distinguished Them
seives-Corn Field Made into City
of Tents-AlI Are
Well.

Camp Harrison, Ind, Sept. 13.-Ar
rived in Port BENJAMIN Harrison
Friday, 1880 p. m, finding nothing
but corn field, but in course of an
hour il was transformed into a beau
tifnI city of tents. We have in camp
fifteen thousand soldiers.
Little Jesse Gross. known in camp
as king Do Do" has kept all of the
busy since he arrived
in camp as he has 50 many lady ad-
mirers it certainly will take all he
can get to go around,
Priyates Mulvihill and Quelmalz
have been appointed knights of the
Golden Dipped" aud subject to con.
tinuous guard duty. They claim the
eating in the guard house is fine.
Sergeant Kaha and Private Win
ter, | am afraid we will be compelled
to leave behind, as the girls are Ger.
tainly making a fuss over them. They
say they are too young to join the
cavalry, but think they have the
girls on the brain.
Capt. w =. Greaney is suffering
from slight sprained ankle, but Is
still in the ring Lieutenant Peabody
treated the company to dandy auto
ride in an observation car through
the city of indianapolis.
Lieutenant Schulze showed hisI
bravery while on an 1S-mile hike byl
killing a huge snake with his saber
after very fierce battle.
Mooney Jack and ODE Gausman
can't be beat cooking beans and ba
con and Tom Ward is the best dish
washer in camp.
Kelley was tried out for the posi-.
ton of corporal but had so many laiy
admirers, had to be reduced to ranks
We have several cripples in theI
company, but never mind! They areI
the best ever and can handle theirI
guns like the regulars.
Dan Wood was promoted TO be
Col Lang's orderly. or otherwise
aunky.
Monday We start on a hike. VIII be
out for three days doing field maneu
yers, such as sham battles. river val
Ing trench digging etc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17

{: NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

| home Monday after spending few
Id2ys with friends and relatives in Cal
70 and Mounds
Mesrs. Sam and Jake Blum Cf
Mounds We're in town Tuesday on bus.
mess,
Mrs, Smith Of America was shop
ping her on Tuesday.
! Miss Ora Poland of Omey H., ar
lrived Sunday and accepted the posi-.
tioa of trimmer at c. S. Brittons nil
/ linery
Mrs Conley and daughter, Kate.
wara among the Cairo shoppers Tues
day.
Mrs Henrietta Clanton. Mrs. NJ. f.
Dunsworth and Rev. aud Mrs. Perry.
OF Mounds, Mrs Ruth NJ Brown, of
Pulaski, Mrs B. a Royal and Rev
Snyder OF villa Ridge, passed through
this city Tuesday evening enroute to
Metropolis to attend the Congrega-
tional association. Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Gallon OF Mounds left also for Ne
trcpeIis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hosler of "
la Ridge We're the guests OF Mr. and
Mrs, Josh Childers Tuesday
Miss Anna Sandburg of St Louis ar
rived Wednesday to spend the winter
trimming at Miss Ida Jonnson's mil
linery
Misses Edna and Patience Glenn left
Wednesday to enter Forest Park III /.
yersity in St Louis where they wi
study during the ensuing winter. The
viii be accompanies TO their destina
ton by Roy n. Adams
\ concrete walk is being built on
the south side of Poplar street be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets in
front Of the property owned by Miss
Jennie Armstrong. Mr. Jas. Arm
strong aud the Gaunt cottages.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
At Philadelphia
A DANGEROUS MISTAKE.
Cairo Mothers Should Not Neglect
Kidney Weakness in Children.

Most children have weak kidneys.
The earliest warning is bedwetting
Later comes backache, headache
Ilanguor
Ills a mistake to neglect these
To blame the child for its own dis
tress.
Seek to cure the Kidneys
Save the child from deadly kidney
ills
Deans Kidney Pills cure sick kid.
.neys.
Calio parents recommend them.
Mis-, A. b. Marshallrof PA Twenty
seventh street. Cairo. H., saws: my
little daughter, now ten years old, has
had a weak back and kidneys since
she was a baby. During the past two
years her back panied her severely
ana she often cried herself TO sleep at
night Inability to control the kidney
secretons was regular thing. and
caused us great annoyance If she
played lard the trouble was always
aggravated. We dociored for her
great deal but all medicine rallied uG-
til we procured Doan's Kidney Pills
at Schuh & Sons drug store. They
soon gave her relief and further use
resulted II complete cure.
For sale by alldcalers. Price 80
cents. Fostcr-Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the Unite
States
Remember the name-Doans-
take no other
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
EXCURSION TO SOUTH POLE.

Sidney. y. :. W. Sept. 1G-Ar
ranEements have been completed here
TO ruE a novel summer excursion 70
tho ice-pack around the South Pole.
About 100 passengers will start TO
wards the end Of December on a
will BE- spent in the lcepack
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
They Take The Kinks Out.

Il have used Dr. Kings New Life
Pills for many years, with Increasing
satisfaction They take the kinks or.
Of stomach, liver and bowels, without
fuss or friction" says n. H. Brown
Of Pittsfeld Vt Guaranteed salts.
factory at all drug stores. % cents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
NATIONAL CASH REGISTERS
Protection Against

-Carelessness
Mistakes in Making Change
Temptation to Employees
Unjust Suspicion
Clerks Coming Late to Work
Disputes with Customers
Lost Trade Through Misundsr-
standings
z sarge Items
Failure to Record Money Paid Out
Failure to Credit Money Rec sivedt
Mistakes In COD. Collections
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17

Most Cairo people have the Cairo
Bulletin on their breakfast table ~
err morning in the year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
At Chicago.

Score r II f
Chicago ................. 3 3
Cleveland ................7 9 !
Batteries-Feine and Sullivan; Der.
ger and Bemis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
y - . . . . - - ~ y =
MOUND City y
5 IN 40 o . . . . o . = D "a o o. =
September 10.

Mrs. John Culp was a Cairo shop
pe~ Tuesday.
MIs. Sarah Schoenfeldt returned
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-09-17
ERiCAN LEAGUE.
Standing.
At ST. Louis.

Score III r.
st. Louis .............. Z q
Detroit 412 3
Batteries-Waddelt ana Smith
Summers and Schmidt.
Evening star., 1908-01-12

ed SO as to be vertical and side by side.
but either may be raised or lowered at
will. To conduct the test enough mercury
is poured in to completely fill the grad
uated tube and partially fill the plain one.
Next there is introduced into the funnel
above mentioned carefully measured
quantity of thoroughly dried and finely
divided gun cotton, and 1t is covered with
pure concentrated sulphuric acid. Reac-
ton begins as soon as the mixture reaches
the mercury and continues for perhaps
half an hour. Then the tubes are adjust
ed SO that the mercury in each is the same
height, and the exact amount of acid in
the graduated tube is noted. Following
this there is determined, by well-known
laws, the volume of gas, and this being
known, the weight of the nitrogen present
and the percentage in the gun cotton are
readily calculated.
DR.. Munroe is the more interested in his
present work from the fact that it may
probably result in the passage of ma
tional law regulating the use of high ex-
plosives-a measure he has long advocated.
Prof Munroe, who is now in his fifty
eighth year, is in every sense in his prime
and there Is reason to expect that his
present researches in behalf of solution
of the miners menace will, in its outcome,
take rank with his other notable achieve
ments. such the discovery of the most
successful smokeless powder ever invented
the so-called navy smokeless powder"
WALDON FAWCETT.
Evening star., 1908-01-12
Special Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, January i, 1908.
ONDON keeps on growing and SO does
it's directory, the 1908 edition of
- which has just made its appearance
The London post office directory, 1t is
claimed. is the biggest book published.
This 1O9th edition of it weighs thirteen
and a quarter pounds, is eight inches thick
and contains 4,69S pages. One wonders
how much longer it will be possible for
the publishers to keep pace with the in
crease Of the population of the metropo-
lis and confine the record of 1t to single
volume.
Like the dictionary the "P. 0. d. Is a
book of solid merits. 1t is full OF fas-
cinating facts. For one thing, 1T makes
clear why not even the Oldest inhabitant
ever knows his way over the whole OF
London Nearly every street Is repeated
once at least. Many Of their names ap-
pear over and over again. There are for
instance, no less than thirty-nine High
streets, one borough alone containing five
of them within it's boundaries. Yet If a
letter Is addressed to any one in High
street London, without anything to indi-
cate what particular district it is in,
the infinitely painstaking post office de.
partment will, If need be, make thirty
nine attempts to find the correct High
street before giving up the job There
are twenty-five John streets to perplex
the inquirer who knows only that the per-
son he seeks lives In one of them. There
are fourteen King streets, but they are
really evidence of progress in street no.
menclature. There used to be forty-nine
OF them, but thirty-five have had to accept
Evening star., 1908-01-12

which explosives can be used with the
greatest comparative safety in coal mines.
How wide q difference there is, even in
explosives of the same general class, may
be surmised from the fact that some
grades Of dynamite contain 10 per cent of
nitroglycerin, while others contain as lit
tie as pr cent of the nitroglycerin
Generally speaking, the tests for the va
rious dynamites consist of the determina-
tioa of the quality of the nitroglycerin
which forms the active principle of the
explosive. and in order to test the nitro
glycerin it is first nece ssary ito separate
it from the. base which may be gun
powder, electro-silicon, wood pulp, or
some other substance. All bases are
porous solid absorbents which have the
property of sucking up and holding the
liquid nitrogiycerine.
For separating the nitroglycerin for test
ing purposes Prof. Munroe makes use of
an apparatus known as an extractor"
and this is but one of a number of in
genious appliances which the famous ex-
pert has recourse to in his present work
Especially interesting is the equipment
for conducting the heat or stability test
for dynamite. nitroglycerin and gun cot
ton. This consists, first Of all, of water
bath in the form of a glass globe about
eight inches in diameter. This globe is
open at the top and the mouth is closed
by a copper-plate which is perforated
with small hole in the center to receive
the thermometer and several holes of
Evening star., 1908-01-12

iplosives used in mining operations. the
character of the gases formed, etc.
x *
The significance of this phase of the
present federal investigation will be bet
ter understood when it is explained that
all officials who have looked into the
matter have come to the conclusion that
the increase both in the number and in
the seriousness of mine explosions in
the United States during the past few
years is to be attributed largely to the
lack of reliable information concerning
the explosives used in mining and the
conditions under which they can be used
safely in the presence of the gas and dust
encountered in the mines. Indeed, 80
per cent of all the fatal mine accidents
in the United States and 80 pe- cent of
all the non-fatal accidents are the result
of falls of roof and slate which are di-
rectiy traceable to the great disturbing
and jarring effect eXerted by the dis
charge of large amounts of explosives in
the mines. That much can be accom-
plishad in a preventive way is proven
by the experience of the leading Euro
pean nations, all of which are more pro-
gressiye than Uncle Sam in this direction,
in that they have already established
governmental testing stations for the
study of the use of explosives. Following
the demonstrations made at the testing
stations in foreign countries many of
Evening star., 1908-01-12

fence on either side, for it has four
posts and a roof, though there is no
protection for the head beyond it. On
this side are three cOnical beehiveS,
which he indicated with dots, .one of
which is overturned and that one he
drew with a longer dash. Here the
path leads up to an old hip-ro ofed red
house with an apple orchard, which re-
minds me Of New England, where
was raised. [ feel that / have seen
the place before and, God help me-
know that / shall see it once more, not
the vision of it, but the place itself,
just as it is drawn there
Now" continued the doctor, "the
natural result of this racing round
curves under full head of steam, and
then throwing people off their feet
by the sudden application of brakes,
followed rapidly. The resident di-
rectors became angry and complained
of No. - must either be drinking or
going mad, and they naturally de-
manded some explanation.
'"The superintendent summoned the en-
gineer and accused him fat-footed of
drinking, whereupon the poor fellow told
him the WHOLE story. A consultation of
the superintendent and the board of di-
rectors resulted in a decision that they
would give the engineer a certain sum of
money-in lieu of further notice. and that
as he had served them we'll and faithfully
that they would also furnish him with n
good recommendation for honesty and So
Evening star., 1908-01-12
The HKT TIT QDYNArdFE

ton of the invisible highly heated gases
whose volume, when unconfned, is many
times greater than that of the substances
from which they are formed-gases which
when confined will exert tremendous pres
sure. and are capable of working awful
havoc In the restricted confines of a coal
mine.
Whereas the ignition OF. coal-dust-laden
air is the most frequent cause of disas-
trous explosions of this kind it is also
true that what SO frequently occurs in
the case of the coal may occur with any
combustble solid which is finely pulver-
iZed and suspended in the air. This af-
fords an explanation of those explosions
of flour which some years ago destroyed
several flour mills in Minneapolis, and
the explosions of sawdust which have
now and then occurred in furniture fac
tories, and one of the most notable of
which took place in the shops of a car
company. From every standpoint, how
ever, the most deadly possibilities lie In
the mixtures of gas from coal and air in
mines When these bodies are mixed in
effective proportions, the speed with
which the chemical change is accom-
plished is so rapid that the combustion of
the whole mass occupies an almost in
credibly brief space Of time.
The primary purpose of Prof Munroes
present undertaking is to determine Just
Evening star., 1908-01-12
EXTRacTlNG MTRo.qYcEN1lE

HIRE is now in progress at a
local laboratory a series of
tests which are expected to
.have most important bear
ing upon the present effort of
the United States government to improve
mining conditions throughout the coun-
try and to prevent a considerable proper
tion of the accidents now of such fire.
quent occurrence in underground work
ihgs. The officials here have been wo-k-
ing upon this problem for some time past
but the recent frightful disasters in West
Virginia, Pennsylvania and other sections
of the coal-producing area have spurred
them to renewed efforts.
One o. the most important moves in this
campaign for the prevention, in so far
as possible, of mine explosions has been
the enlistment by Uncle Sam of the serv-
ices of Prof. Charles f.. Munroe. Prof.
Munroe. who is a well-known member of
The faculty of George Washington Uni
versity. is Americas foremost authority
on high explosives and this is by no
means the first time that he has served
the government as expert in this highly
specialized field. Prof Munroe's present
work consists of an investigation of the
properties of the various kinds of ex-
Evening star., 1908-01-12

the governments have prohibited by law
the use of excessive charges of explosives
and even set definite limits as to the
amount of explosives that may be used.
Some such outcome will probably be the
sequel of Prof. Munroe's present 1nves-
tigation.
Not only are the disastrous falls of rock
or coal in American mines largely trace
able to poor judgment in the use of ex-
plosives, but nearly all explosions of fire
damp or coal dust are caused by ignition
from the shots used in breaking out the
coal. Prof. Munroe remarked the other
day that high explosives are now so ex-
tensively used in mining operations in
this country that 1t is an almost daily
occurrence for blasts containing 10000,
80 600 and even $4,000 pounds of ex-
plosives to be used in single charge.
To provide the necessaryingredients for
a disastrous mine explosion 1t is only nee
essary to have a combustible substance
such as the carbon in coal and mix it with
oxygen as it exists in the air. When the
bodies are heated up to the temperature
at which chemical union begins, combus-
tion results, and, once started, the action
will continue as long as the materials are
supplied in the proper proportions and the
temperature of ignition is maintained.
result Of this combination is the produc-
Evening star., 1908-01-12

Cooks and one of Carpenters, and pessi-
mists will note there is at least one Man.
Animal names are also to be found
viz, sixty-ive Bulls, two Bunnys, two
Rabbits and seventeen Capons. There is
only one Fatt and there are seven Leans.
Seven Pears, one Plum, three Grapes,
three Oranges. twelve Peaces and sixteen
Lemons also occur, and for trees there
are thirty-five Ash, forty-s.X Birch, eight
Box and one Oak Two Olives sixteen
Vines and one Primrose support los Birds,
sixteen Sparrows, ten Eagles, two Pig
cons, twenty-seven Nightingales and five
GoldfincheS.
There are several Drinkwaters and only
one Coffee, 30S Bakers and only one Roll,
seventy-three BARRIERS, with only six
Poles, four Shaves and twenty-nine
Boards. eight Baths and four Hairs. There
are only thirty-three Bachelors and only
three own up to being Old; 256, however,
claim to be Young. There are only two
Plates, and for sportsmen there are only
eight Bats and eighty Balls. Ecclesiasti-
cal names include forty-two Churches,
twenty-three Chappels and two Sane
tuarys There are forty-two Popes,
ninety-seven Bishops, sixty Deans, thir-
teen Priests and twenty-six Deacons.
There are many Kings, but no Queen;
few Earls, but more Princes and Dukes.
Not only are there Fish. but also Crabs,
Cod, Bass, Pike and Whiteing, as well
as twenty-eight Bacons and only one
QUARREL.
No novelist nowadays need take such
trouble as Dickens did to find names for
his characters. The London post Office
directory offers him an embarrassment OF
riches from which to pick and choose.