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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
COUNCIL
MEETING
LICENSE GRANTED II. II. n,Kpu
son OF }. BAKER-NIr>,Ep
PETITIONS PRESENTEn--o
DINANCE PROPOSED To
CLOSE SALOONS AT % O'CLork

The city council held an import
ant session last evening The mayor
and all the councilmen wcrc pros-
ent except Clark and Crumplcr. The
minutes of the previous meetings
were read and approved.
The monthly street payroll.
amounting to $5i3 was allowed
The services of Assistant Engineer
II. o. Wiles were ordered dispensol I
with after July.
The street payroll has been made
up monthly heretofore and or lers
have been given. ON motion OF Mr.
iawley the auditor wa5 directed to
make up the roll weekly hereafter
aud provide for weekly payments.
No orders Will be issued in the fu-
turo.
Permission was given the Blue
neld Hardware company to erect a
magazine on Stony Rridgc. opposite
the East End bridge.
Property owners on Wyoming
street petltioned 70 ran extension Of
that street. The matter was refer
red to the street committee with I'm.
structions to report at the next
meeting.
a motion to cut off the additional
salary OF $25 n month allowed Eu-
gineer Hill for collecting street paw
ing assessments was lost.
A petition OF street Commission
er Clifford to have his salary in
creased or put back to what IL was
before the council reduced It, was
rejected.
a paper from the fire committee
of the chamber of commerce sug
costing the installation OF thirty-onc
new fire plugs and the placing of I'm
Itcrchangcable couplings. and suG-
gesting the appointment OF fire
commission. was referred to the
committee on water and lights
a petition for light Mt the cor
ncr of Berger and Davidson street
was referred to the light committee
A petition from property owners
abutting on the alley between and
running parallel to Monroe and
Boone streets to have that alley
macadamlzed was referred TO the
street committee.
The street committee was ordered
to have South Bland street paving
exrnded distance Of $50 feet and
n bridge put in over the small stream
crossing the thoroughfare
B S. Baker was granted a liquor
license at No. II Biucfeld avenue.
Besides this, several restaurant ii.
censes were granted to applicants.
A proposition relative to the set
Element Of claims on South Bland
street was referred to the street
committed
An ordinance providing for pur-
chasing commttc eand outlining its
duties was passed
An ordinance fixing tho time Of
meeting Of the council and the or
der Of business was adopted
An ordinance fixing the closing
hour for the saloons OF the city was
Continued on page fourD
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
His Conception
OF Presidency

tions. The president is committed
byb his platform to certain policies
and the platform is binding: he is
also committed to certain principles
OF government and these he I'm duty
bound ito apply in all matters that
come before him. But there is n
wide zone in which he must act upon
his own judgment and here he
ought to have the aid OF intelligent.
conscientious and faithful advisers.
President and His Advisors.
The law provides these. to a GER
tain extent, in giving him cabinet,
and the vice president ought TO be
made a member or the cabinet ex-
officio in order. first. that the pres.-
dent may have the benefit OF his
wisdom and knowledge OF affairs and
be better prepared 10 take up the
work of the president in case of =
vacancy in the presidential office.
There ought TO be cordial rela-
and those who occupy positions OF
influence in the coordinate branches
OF the government, for our govera-
ment is not a one-man government.
but a government in which the
chosen representatives OF the people
labor together to given expressions
to the will OF the voters.
But the presidency is the high
est position in the world and its oc-
cupant is an important factor in
all national matters. If he is n de-
vout beliefer in our theory of gov
ernment. recognizes the constitu-
tional distribution OF powers. trusts
thoroughly in the people and fully
sympathi2es with them in their as
pirations and hopes, he has an OPP
portunity to do a splendid work; he
occupies ground from which he can
exert wholesome influence in IA
vor of each forward movement.
Must be Free From Ambitions
The responsibilities of the office
are heavy, and while the iaDors OF
the office are exacting and exhaust
ing. the field of service is large, and
measuring it's greatness by service,
president, by consecrating himself
to the public veal. can make him
self secure in the affections of his
fellow citizens while he lives and
creates for himself permanent
place in the nations history.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
CARRIE AND HER HATCHET

Chicago, July Ia with trusty
little hatchet and score or more Of
scatching wo1ds, Mrs. Carle Ma
tlon dropped unexpectedly into the
Pompeian room at the Auditorium
last evening and made a valiant at
tempt to clean the place out per
emptorily and permanently
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
TO CHANGE MARRIAGE LAWS

ST. Louis. July H. Radical
changes in The marriage laws Of
Missouri were recommended by
Charles j.. Joy. recorder OF deeds Of
st. Louis. in an address before the
Missouri Recorders and Clerks AS
ISOLATION in session here today The
convention will 30 asked 20 indorso
n marriage reform bill TO be- pre-
scutcI 90 the next legislature
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
PARKER IS
FOR BRYAN
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CAND|-
DATE WILL TAKE STUMP

Lincoln, Ncb., July n Word was
received here today that Judge Al
ton B. Parker would take the stump
for Bryan. According TO the dis
patch Judge Parker made state
mont to the effect that he Intended
to offer his services TO the Demo
cratic national committee as a cam
paign speaker and would devote all
the time he could TO making
speeches He said he would speak
outside Of New York. but at this
time could not state what places he
would speak in.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
MYSTERIOUS
ROBBERY
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND FRANCS
WORTH OF JEWELRY

Genoa, Italy, July IA mys-
terlous robbery was committed at
the Splendid Hotel" OF this city.
Mr.. Louis Peyrousse, travelling
agent of the large jewelry establish
ment of Hermann Ultamann, of
Paris. was robbed of 100000 francs
worth Of Jewels. diamonds. pearls,
rubies and other precious stones.
which he was carrying in small
valise. The bell boy was arrested
as an accomplice of the unknown
thief.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
FUNERAL OF
--- A. {. BAILEY
REMAINS TAKEN TO GREEN VAI.-
LEY, ACCOMPANIED BY MEM
BERS OF CARMEN, ODD FOL
LOWS AND MASONS.

Allen G. Bailey, whose tragic death
was noted In these columns ycstcr-
day, was buried at Green valley to-
day, near whore he was born The
remains were accompanied by dele
cations OF Carmen, Odd Follows and
MagOns Mr. Bailey was unmarried.
His father. Ballard =. Bailey. Is
respected farmer Of Green Valley.
Mrg. Ida Hypcs ana H. &. Bailey. a
sister and brother. live in this city.
Mr.. Bailey carried a policy Of in
surancc In the New York Life, we
understand. and also an accident pol
lev
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
POWER OF THE PRESIDENT is
OFTEN OVER ESTIMATED,
SAYS MIR. BRYAN-OUR GOV
ERNMENT OF CHECKS AND
BALANCES-A DIVISION OF
POWER.

New York, July 14.-William
Jennings Bryan, the Democratic
nominee for president. has written
an article entitled My Conception
of the Presidency, for the July 18th
issue of Golfers Weekly. Mr.. Bry-
an says:
The presidents power for good
or for harm is often over estimated.
Our government is government
checks and balances; power is dis
tributed among different depart
ments and each official works in CO.
operation with others.
Powerlcss To- Legislatc.
In the making of laws, for in
stance, the president may recon-
mend; but he is powerless to legis-
late. except as a majority of the SEN
ate and the house concur with him.
The senate and the housue are also
independent of each other. each hav-
ing a veto OF the other; and the
president has veto over both: ex-
cept that the seINte and house can,
by two-thirds vote, override the
presidents veto. The influence OF
the president over legislation, is
therefore, limited; he shares re-
sponsibility with a large number of
the peoples representatives.
Even in the enforcement of law
he is hedged about by restrictions.
He acts through an attorney gen
eral (whose appointment must be
approved by the senate), and Of
tenders against the law must be
prosecuted in the courts, so that
here again the responsibility is di-
vided. In the making Of important
appointments, he must consult the
senate, and is of necessity compelled
TO exercise care and discrimination.
The most important requisite in a
president, as in other officials, is
that his sympathy shall be with the
whole people, rather than with any
fraction OF the population.
Must Sympathizc With People.
He is constantly called upon 10
act in the capacity of Judge decid-
ing between the opportunities Of
those who seek favors and the
rights and interests of the public
Unless his sympathies are right, the
few aressure 10 have an advantage
over the many. for the masses have
no one to present their claims. 1hcy
act.only at elections. ana must trust
to their representatives to protect
them from all their foes.
Second, the president must have
a knowledge OF public questions ana
the ability to discern between the
true and the false; he must be abe
to analyze the conditions and to
detect the sophistries that are al
ways employed by those who seek
unfair advantages.
He must possess the moral corr-
age to stand against the influences
that are brought to bear in favor Of
special interests. In fact, the quail
ty OF moral courage is as essential
in public official as other righ,
sympathies or a trained mind.
"a president must have COUNSEL
ors. and to make wise use OF coun-
Gellors ne must be open to convic-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
LAST NOTICE

The delinquent list for the year
OF 1907 is now being prepared and
will soon be forwarded to the state
auditor.
All dellnqucnts are requested TO
come forward at once and pay both
real and personal tickets.
There will be additional costs
after they leave my hands.
a. r. LAND,
City Treasurer.
Cor. Princeton and Higginbotham
Avenues. with Citizens Under
writer's Agency.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
DIR. PRICE Will LECTURE NJ
GRACE CHURCH TONIGHT

Dr r.. s. Price. ono Of the bet
known and most distinguished di-
vines iu tho south. VIII deliver his
famous lecture at Grace church to-
night at $ %. mi. Choosing a Hus-
band Already the committee
have sold quite a number Of tickets.
and the lecture bids fair to be a
great success.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
WOUNDED PHYSICIAN
MAY RECOVER.

New york. July - Dr James
w Simpson, shot down yesterday
by his wife's mother Mrs BARLEY
r. Horncr, at the door OF her homo
at Vernon Valley. near Northport
r. T.. is in a critical condition to-
day in the Roosevelt hospital but
doctors attending him have not
given mp hope for his recovery.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
SUICIDE PACT
RESULTS FATALLY FOR ONE or
THE PARTNERS.

New York. July william
wild, Of this city is dying today in
Bellevue hospital. following his at
tempt TO put an end TO his sweet
hearts life and his own in an all
legged suicide pact. revealed in re-
markable letter found on him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
MT. ETNA IN
ERUPTION
10 RISTS FASTENING TO VIEW
1T.

Messina, Sicily, July Mount
Etna is in eruption again. Lava is
running in streams along the sides.
From the crater issues high columns
OF smoke. The spectacle at night is
wonderful and many tourists are
Fastening hero to view It,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
MURDERER KNOWN.

Troy, y. Y, July 1.-THE muir
derer Of Hazel J. Drew, a beautiful
nineteen year old girl whose body
was found in the shallow waters OF
Teal Pond, ten miles from here, is
known one. and probably two ar
rests may be made. today according
10 the announcement OF District
Attorney Jarvis =. O'Brien.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
BRUTE 5
INTELLIGENCE
SAVES LAD

Colorado Springs, Col, July IL
Apparently sccntng danger FOR
George Bradbury. should he secure
nrmer grip on live electric wire,
a bull dog made n leap at the wire
and tore II from the hands of the
sense css boy. The dog was in
stOnt'y killod, but his master cs-
capped with severe shock.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-14
CZAR WILL VISIT KING.

Rome, July Al is officially
declared that the czar Of Russia will
soon visit the king OF italy. Even
members OF the extremist party no
longer oppose the visit
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Continued ON page fourD
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
-~er-er-now looky we're. Mr.. Eastman.

-er-er-now looky we're. Mr.. Eastman.
I don't want TO have no trouble witl
you-it haiu't never been my motto T.
jump on IT, a Hide man till after I've
tried to se@te him away but | recko
you'd better Mo>e along an leave ne
before | lor@it m! traditions. Co-lS
around ye"e calm the refined an in
telligent people Of this conmuni
iconoclasts. Gosh dang it. I've a no
ton to
But really YOU are laboring under Il
grave Misrepresentation, II. dear 1el-
low! l beg Your pardon. but YOU evil
IDENTIFY do not know what an iconoclast
ISL
Don't, har" demanded the alkaline
citizen p~ugnaciously. "How in sizzlin'
tawment do you know l don't? Why,
dad blame you. I've shot all kinds Of
varmints that ever wore hair betwixt
the Kaw river an the Rio Grande-
iconoclasts an all! You go on now or
thar'll be IL Of the liveliest little two
men fights you ever heard about. An
when your friends pick you up an
bring you to your senses you'll tell 'em
you met a bear, an they'll believe
you!"
But my dear
"Git!
And the gentleman from New Eng
land got.-Harper's.
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time cut into lengths and split into
match sticks. There is hardly a limit
to the varieties of methods employed.
Round matches are made by forcing
them through dies. The Japanese make
paper matches. which are wood after
all.
In common with other industries of
the United States depending upon ex-
listing forests the match makers are
within sight of a shortage in the wood
supply. When present timber holdings
have been depleted they cannot be cu
plicated. II forced to economize, the
people Of the United States might get
along with fewer than twenty-five or
thirty matches a day each, as at pres
emit, but they will probably insist Oh
having them and will demand, Is in
Germany and France, that foresters
plant and grow timber especially for
matches. This could readily be done
II forests were placed under manage
ment and were no longer left to run
wild and produce cord wood and brush
when they ought to grow merchant
able timber.
Conservative management Of tim
Der lands is assured for only one-flfth
Of this country's forested areas, the
part contained in the national forests
and under the administration Of the
United States forest service. BY cut
ting only the mature trees and pro-
tecting the new growth by keeping
out fires the national forests will be
made to yield indefinitely. It canno,
be expected that this small part Of the
nations forest will supply the demand
for future generations, and the one
hope in sight is that users Of wood, in
GLIDING the match manufacturers, will
insure the permanence Of their bust
ness by applying the principles of for
estry In the management Of timber
lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Generous Restitution.

4 few Years ago there went to one
of the northwestern states Il Boston
newspaper man whose mission it was
to write uE" lynching in that quarter
although there had not been an illegal
execution in the state for a long time
The natives took the questions of the
eastern scribe in good part and even
.jolIied' him into believing that fol
downright lawlessness the community
wherein he was sojourning was about
the most conspicuous portion of the
United States.
Don't you ever make a mistake IN
these lynchingsy" guilelessly asked the
B%ostonian. THAT is, don't you ever
lynch the wrong MANI"
THAT happened once,' put in some
one, but we tried to do the square
thing by the widow"
"lndeed.,"
Yes; we appointed Il committee t.
Inform her that the joke was on us
aud We gave her the choice Of the
crowd for her second husband.'-Lip
pincott's.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Saying "Somethine Nice"

The young ladies of the Thompson.
Dry Goods company invited us in III"
other afternoon to drink Lemonade
with them, %pretacing the invitation
with the remark that We must say
something nice about them in the ~
otherwise, for they are all, without 4
single exception, just rs nice and sweet
as they can be, and our only wonder is
that they have been allowed to remain
single SO long-anu some of them. oh,
so long.-Marion Record.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
WAR ON WOLVES.
How Oregon Stock Growers Plan to
Kill the Pests.

'N's ~
Kill the Pests.
The offering Of bounties for the
scalps Of predatory animals has so
often failed to accomplish the good
hoped for that the bounty plan has
lost favor in many localities. The
Wool Growers association of Oregon
has just gone on record at its recent
abandonment of the bounty system
and substituting the system of killing
the animals by private effort and EN-
ployment of professional hunters. The
association will take up the work and
ask assistance from the national as
ISOLATION.
J. n. Burgess, president Of the asso-
citation, estimates that Oregon sheep
lost the past year $25O,O0 by
predatory animals and that the loss
Of other farm stock, including poultry,
would increase the loss to half a mil&
lion dollars.
The United States forest service has
demonstrated that efficient work can
be done by trained hunters, who are
Seut 10 TIE IuLbeS " Iudhc Il Succlal
business of killing wolves and such
other denizens Of the forests as prey
on fiocks of sheep. A number of such
hunters are o at work, and they are
Kidding some Of the ranges very rapid
~ of the animals which do SO much
damage each year. Wolves are track
ed to their dens, the pick and shovel
as well as the rifle are brought into
play, and the young are found and de-
stroyed. A campaign of that kind
strikes at the root of the evil.
SO vast, however, is the western
country that the work of a few hunt
ers can give only local relief. Blu If
state stock growers associations go at
it in earnest, as Oregon organizations
propose, the war will soon grow &c
cidedly interesting for the four footed
skulkers that have grown fat OF NUT
ton. pork, veal and poultry.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29

"Eh-yah." remarked Alkili Ike a trife
reluctantly in response to the tourists
polite and half yelled criticism of GER
tain amenities of life as she is lived in
the care free and wind swept occident.
II didn't s'pose it would suit you, Mr..
Eastman. You New England people
think hal hain't nuthin' west Of the
Allegheny mountains but %sagebrush
an blanket lnjuns"
"Oh, not at all, my dear sir" depre-
Gated the gentleman from the effete
east. II assure you that l hold the
people of the west In the highest re-
spect. and for many Of your customs
and institutions I entertain the most
profound admiration. You are an en-
terprising, pushing, progressive people.
II any criticism could be justly offered
1t might be that, in the midst OF your
busting enterprise. you have not YET
had time to acquire some of the finer
shades that life in the older common
wealths has. For instance, n NIGH
say without offering the slightest dis
paragement that you as a people are
lacking in repose. OF course
Huh" CALCULATED the ingenuou:
Isaac, IF we're lackin' in repose it
burcuz we have suthin' better to d.
than to sleep away our time. We ar,
alwers up IN a-comin', if anybody
asks YOU. And that's what knocl:s,.'
Every true, my dear sir. But your
ah-pr"gressiveness has its drawbacks
1t has made you a-parlon me-race o
icon0c'asts. and
Nope" interpoSel Ike. Thar ar
more NIctholists around we're than any
thing else"
Beg pardon, but YOU DO not under
stand me. An icouoc,ast. if you vii
permit me. is not
BY iing. That's 70. was thinkir
abort sut-..n' else Icoooclast: VIII
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
Voice From the Pacific Fleet.

Well, it's goodby, Angeviny, we are off
upon the briny,
And it's very glad to go l am,
For It's rare and fancy gravy to be work
in for the navy
On this Cooks excursion tour of Uncle
Sam.
Oh, there isn't any KNOWN where the
divvil we are goin'.
CAS- the admiral remarks to me-,
"Well, We won't be solemncolic-it's a
fight or it's a frolic.
And we amt a-carin' which" says he.)
VIII we touch at Madagascar or %continy
to Alasker-
Will we stop in Frisco bay? asks you.
That's the question-what's the answer?
Guess the riddle II you can. sir.
And I'll pass the information TO the
crew.
Modern warfare amt no stranger to the
element Of danger.
CAS- the admiral remarks to me,
Maybe Well be shootin' lilacs with our
guns all draped with smilax:
Then again. perhaps we won't" says
he.)
They're a-gittin' awful solemn in each
editorial column.
And they're floatin' forty fleets in ink.
VIII Japan raise up a holler and git red
around the collar
when Sue sees uS SplaSIlH water III HtI
sink?
Won't the entire British nation die of
nervous strangulation?
Gas the admiral remarks to me,
Jones' says he. 1.-The honest fact is,
truth depends IN target practice
Talk Is cheap. but powders dear" says
he.)
But suppose while we're a-foatin' round
the ocean pleasure boatin'
We should bump Into a war somehow
With a nav sent by Russia, Ireland.
Switzerland or Prussia.
Which was absolute ~insistin' on a row
should We cautiously avoid EN- and be
sorry we annoyed EN-?
GAS the admiral remarks to me,
Guess I'd send a line by airless jest 10
tell EN- to be careless
And remind EN- we was there" says
he.)
Well, We're off In foam and laughter.
though we don't know what were
after.
And We don't know who's a-pullin' Of
the strings.
We are doves of peace all right, sir. with
a coat of peaceful white, sir,
And some twelve inch trouble seekers
meath our wings.
Foolish folks has foolish notions big as
continents and oceans.
CAS- the admiral remarks To me-,
Let the burned old mermaids roIlick-it':
a fight or it's a frolic,
And We amt n~-carin' which" SAYS he.
| Wallace Irwin in Golfers Weekly,
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Acknowledging a Htoh Honor.

Acknowledging a High Honor.
Archbishop Patrick ]. Ryan Of Phil
adelphia once was invited to speak be-
fore the Philopatrian society, the men,
bers Of which include many Of the
prominent Irish-Americans Of the city.
In acknowledgment of the round Of APP
plause which greeted him the arch
bishop said:
II appreciate your greeting, and !
thank you. my friends, from the heart.
Permit me. too, upon this occasion to
express my gratitude to you for youl
interest in me In naming your society
after me-, the Philo-pat-rian society. 1t
is not every archbishop who is thus
highly Observation-Disclosures.