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The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
MAY TIE UP
P|TTSDURG CARS
GENERAL STRIKE ON LINES
THREATENS UNLESS co. WITH
DRAWS PROPOSITION.

PITTSBURG. April 30.--Unless the
Pitsburg Railway Co. arranges a com
promise or withdraws the proposition
made 10 its employees, there will be a
strike on all the city and suburban
car lines tomorrow.
This was agreed last evening when
over LOO men met at Old City hall
before midnight and voted almost
unanimously against the company's
proposition. At late hour this morn
ing the vote OF the men who work on
the late cars was taken. There are
LOO OF these men. and the officials
OF the union said there was little
doubt as TO how the men voted.
Early in March Ii was voted to re-
iect the company's proposition, but 1t
was arranged TO take another vote
Addresses were made last night by
w. ID. Mahon, W. 3. Fitzgerald and
J. J.. Thorpe. While these men were
greatly in favor OF rejecting the propo-
sition. the speakers gave fair view
Of the matter. telling the men TO vote
as they felt III the proposition OF the
company Is put into effect the wages
will be cut l cent an hour.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
PRETTY SIAMESE GIRL
COMES HERE TO STUDY

NEW YORK. April 30--The most
interesting passenger on the North
German Lloyd liner Koenig Albert.
which arrived today from Mediterra-
mean ports. was Miss Hilda Anoon
Naa. a pretty dark-haired Siamese
girl, the daughter OF one OF the wealth
lest exporters OF Bangkok Miss Naa
Intends TO spend three years In the
United States.
The girl was in the company of Rev.
DR.. and Mrs. Eugene p. Dunlap. the
former a Presbyterian minister who
has been preaching in Bangkok for
the past 80 years. The minister and
his wife are returning 10 their homo
near Pittsburg.
After a stay with her friends in
Pennsylvania. Miss Naa intends to go
to a school at Hartford. Conn, to
learn kindergarten methods and mu-
sic. She Is going to open school or
her own for little Siamese children
when she returns to her own coun-
try
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
RECKLESS CHAUFFEUR
GETS RECORD PENALTY

BERLIN. April 30.--The record pun
ishment for careless auto driving was
melted out 10 Chauffeur Rudolph vogt,
who, by his recklessness, caused the
death OF his employer, Storm, the ar
list. while injuring two other people
for life. Vogt got eighteen months
In the penitentiary.
The evidence showed that the chauf.
feur raced through kochstrass. Berlin,
and ran into the rear OF cab. The
coachman was thrown TO the pave
ment, receiving injuries to his head
from which he will suffer for life.
Storm was thrown under the wheels
of the auto and died OF his injuries
next day. A woman relative riding
with him was painfully injured.
The chauffeur alone escaped with.
out a scratch. The court refused 10
allow the chauffeur's plea of drunken.
ness and sentenced him to the high.
est punishment permissible under the
law "as a warning to other reckless
drivers"
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
MARRIED WHILE THEY
STOOD IN A BUGGY

ROCHESTER,. Pa. April 30.--John
Creslip, OF this city, and Miss Ivy Da-
Wis, Of Beaver. Pa. were married here
while standing in buggy on the
street.
The young couple met with Rev.
Harvey L. Grimes. who was out walk.
Ing. and produced the marriage H.
cense, which the preacher read by
aid OF an arc light.
There were no witnesses. and after
waiting a short time Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Hayes. who we're out stroll
ing. came along. They agreed to be
witnesses, and while Creslip and Miss
Davis stood In the buggy under the
arc light Rev. Mr.. Grimes performed
the ceremony. Creslip and his bride
then drove away.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
Or. MANNING TO
SUCCEED LATE
DR.. DIX ,
ASSISTANT RECTOR o. ra'r'vr
CHURCH TO ASSUME BIGGEST
GIFT OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN
THIS COUNTRY.

NEW YORK. April 30.-Following
the funeral OF Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix.
the venerated and venerable rector OF
Trinity church. the rectorship OF the
corporation, the biggest within the
gift OF the Episcopal church In this
country. will. II is said today, be as.
sumed by Rev. DR.. William T. Man
ming, az present assistant rector OF
Trinity and Vicar OF St Agnes chapel.
AT the time Dr. Manning was made
assistant rector, four years ago. he
declined the offer OF the see OF the
bishop OF Harrisburg at the solicita-
ton OF the vestry OF Trinity. with the
understanding that the succession TO
the rectorship should pass TO him.
There had previously been no assistant
rector OF Trinity since the elevation
OF DR.. Dix.
Died Wednesday Night.
Arrangements for the burial OF DR..
Dix will be announced today. He will.
II Is said, probably be laid al rest IN
Trinity church yard. Persons who
were among the congregation that
heard DR.. DIX preach what proved
10 be his last sermon on Easter Sun
day could hardly believe the aged pre-
late. who at that time had unusual
vigor. had passed away after brief
illness. DR., Dix's life ebbed away at
8 o'clock last night while his wife and
family knelt around his deathbed in
the rectory nj 81 West Twenty-Fifth-st.
A short time before he became un-
conscious he realized the end was
near and babe them all farewell. In
spite of HIS 81 years. and his far from
rugged constitution. DIR. Dix maintain
ed his mental vigor till the very end.
His death was attributed TO heart
trouble aggravated by 20 years OF suf
ferlng from asthma
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
SUICIDE LEAVES HIS
BODY TO THE POOR

NEW YORK, April 30.--After writ
ing remarkable letter in which he
bequeathed his body to the Bellevue
hospital medical college and his
worldly possessions. consisting of
s1S2. for the benefit of some poor.
worthy people" Francis ]. Black,
whose address Is unknown. commit
ted suicide in Central park today
The body was found near the west
drive and One Hundredth-st, by Dan.
lei Krauss. OF West One Hundredth-
st, who notified Policeman Cassidy.
At the suicides side lay a bottle
which contained poison.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
'TUOMEY BROS. voo3 3%i1'S, i7eauz
FAMINE
HITS CLEVELAND
THREE-cENT FARE PROPOSITION
CAUSES AN INTERESTING
SITUATION.

CLEVELAND, April 30.--with the
advent Of three-cent fares q penny
famine has hit Cleveland. In many
instances conductors cannot make
change. Children's savings banks are
being called upon for assistance. II
is figured that upwards OF 100000
pennies are required each day to care
for the monetary situation upon the
local car lines.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
MANICURE TELLS WILD
TALE OF BLACKMAILERS

NEW YORK, April 30-Miss Mil
dred Martin. manicure. OF West Six
ty-fifth-st, ran into the West Sixty
eighth-st. police station and begged
the lieutenant TO protect her from
men. who. she said, were seeking her
life.
Miss Martin said she had been made
the tool OF blackmailers and that a
prominent business man OF 10 Broad
way. was to have married her but la
ter confessed he had proposed Just
for fun" She came to New York. she
said, from Harrisburg. Pa. last Christ.
mas. Magistrate Moss sent her to
Bellevue for observation.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
THOUSAND WOMEN
| sVl'1OPIhG DOWN
on WASHINGTON
THEY'RE ANTI-suFFRAcETTEs
AND WILL DEMAND THAT Gov
EMINENT GRANT NO MORE
LIBERTIES TO sETTER HALVES.

NEW YORK, April 30.--One hum
drsd and fifty women-set mind and
soul against suffrage for their sex
reached New York today on their way
to washington, where they win pro-
test In the most vigorous manner
against the government granting any
more liberties to the better halves OF
the land.
The number will be reinforced In
the capitol city tomorrow by eight
hundred and nifty more whose ideas
hre similar In every respect and who
will tell the nations executive that q
woman's place is in close juxtapcsition
20 the baby carriage and the kitchen
Etove and far, far from the voting
booth.
Aim at Social Welfare.
The delegates represent the Ma
tionai League OF Women Workers
from Massachusetts,. The organization
10. one for the social welfare OF Its
members. but since the suffragette
movement has started the young wo-
men have started to battle against
1ho aims of its followers.
Today's delegation came In on the
Fall River line steamship Priscilla.
and after viewing q few Of the sky
scrapers downtown, the young women
want to Jersey City. where they board
"a Pennsylvania train.
The convention In Washington will
lat until Sunday. Monday those who
take part will come back to New
York and enjoy sightseeing tour
ere they return to their native homes
An Massachusetts.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
ANNA GOULD AND SAGAN
PLAN WEDDING IN HIDING

NAPLES. April 30.-Prince Telie de
Sagan and Nine. Anna Gould. the for
mer Countess de Castellane. who ar
rived here yesterday from New York,
are supposed to be planning their
wedding Mt the hotel where they have
been ever since leaving the steamer.
They are holding themselves In Sc
clusion and have refrained from CIV
ing any information even to their
friends.
The impression has gained ground
that they will announce their engage
ment before leaving Italy.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
JAPANESE EMPEROR'S
DAUGHTER WEBS

TOXIC, April 30.-The marriage OF
Prince Tsuneshia Tsakeda and Prin-
cess Tsunenomya Masako, eldest
daughter OF the emperor. was solemn
ized today before the imperial sane
tuary. Both wore the ancient court
costume.
Prince Tsakeda is captain In the
army and son Of the late Prince
Kitashirakawa. whose house was Gre
ated from a branch OF the imperial
family In 1870. He is 20 years old
ind thep rincess 10.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
RICH MUsKEGON|TE
O1NAM|TES SELF
cHAs. MOORE HAckLEY Acct-
IDENTIFY BLOWN UP AT
LUMBER CAMP.

MUSHROOM. Mich, April 80
(Special) Word was received here at
o'clock this morning. that Chas
Moore Hackley. Muskegon's young
multimillionaire, who has passion
for doing farm work. was blown up by
dynamite at his lumber camp In Ra-
VIENNA township, 20 miles east OF here
He was dynamiting stumps and lies
In serious condition. His eye sight
may be lost.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30

between q dialogue and a monoiogue?
Tommy's Pop-When two women
talk, my son, it's a dialogue; when
woman carries on a conversation with
her husband it's a monologue.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30
Around the State
in a Hurry

Bay cIty--Fire destroyed the John
j. Flood sawmill here, entailiDg loss
Of $4,000. with no insurance.
st. Jossph-Max Minney, convicted
OF cutting out horses tongues, was
sentenced by Circuit Judge Coolidge
to jackson penitentiary for a period
OF from two and a half to i've years
with the recommendation that he serve
the full sentence.
kaIamaxoo-Mrs. Nellie Brewers
was sentenced by Judge Adams, Of
the circuit court, to from six months
to 10 years In the Detroit house of
correction. the woman pleading guilty
10 a charge OF perjury. Mrs. Brewers
tried TO establish an alibi for her
brother. Claude washburne, who was
recently sentenced on a charge OF
criminal assault
Bay city--Mrs John Harrison. in
her testimony In the divorce suit In
stituted by her husband, accused him
OF wholesale arson. the trail leading
from Bay City TO Detroit. thence to
Brooklyn, N. Y, and back to Chicago
and st. Louis. covering a period Of sew
eral years. IL includes q dozen or
more fires alleged to have been start
ed for the purpose of mulcting the In.
surance companies.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30

The paddock has a superstition at.
tsched TO H. On each sidc OF the
shoulders. near the gills. IL has dark
spot, fAbled to be the Impression made
by the finger and thumb OF St. Peter
when he took IL up and found the
penny in its mouth to psy tribute to
Caesar with
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30

II doesn't pay to spend money just
30 show you have it.
The Detroit times., 1908-04-30

yPSILANTI. Mich. April 3o.--Mrs.
lisa Fay. wife OF the dead motorman.
arrived In Ypsilanu Wednesday aft
ernoon with her nine children and a
party OF friends. on a special car
TIE funeral will be held Friday morn
Ing at Ypsilanti. Fay's former home
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11
GOOD ROADS.

lt Is not worth while 20 forget
that IL costs money. and a good
deal Of il to build good roads.
The question is, who is to fur
nish it, Who ought to pay for
good roads. The whole public.
They are called public roads.
and they are for the whole peo-
pie, therefore the money to
build and maintain them should
come from the public treasury
OR. what amounts TO the same
thing. as far as it goes. build
them. as much as can be done.
by convict labor.
1t is not worth while Co saw
that good roads are am abso-
Lutte necessity; they are and
they are not, we have been liv.
ing and doing well" for the
last three hundred years. with
NO roads to speak of. But that
rs no reason why we should
not improve our roads. Some
people question the feasibility
of any Improvement. They say
we DO not need Che telegraph or
the telephone. and am that.
that we were happy and pros
porous and content before am
these things came. and If we
never knew the use of improve
ments, we never miss them of
course there is something rn
this argument, but who would
go back to thc days of wooden
plows and half sleds. Just be-
cause people were then hapDv
DO only goes TO show that peo-
pie win De happy I'M spite of
hardships.
A man cam travel ON rough.
muddy. sideling. rocky. steep
road, out he cannot travel near
$50 comfortably If we think of
lt there are only few things
that are absolutely indispensi-
bic. Whenever thing be-
comes not am absolute necessity.
DO is converted into luxury.
Take the'cigar, DO is not a neces
sity, yetpeople want it at times.
gust about as bad as they want
bread. .-Radford Advance.
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SCARLET FEVER.

Scarlet fever is a dangerous,
contagious disease to which
children are particularly liable.
The first symptoms of the dis
ease generally appear within
one week after exposure. 1t
starts in most cases with high
fever and vomiting, the throat
becomes very sore and usually
on the second day a scarlet
rash comes out on the body.
Ia mild cases the child may not
seem very sick and the rash
may not be noticed. Scarla-
una Is a name often given to
mild cases of the disease, but
ocarlatina is the same as scar
let fever.
A well person contracts scar
let fever by exposure directly
liiuifectiy 10 a previous
case Of the disease. The germ
or poisonous material which
gives the disease is believed to
De m the discharges of the nose.
throat, eyes and ears and also in
the scales which come from the
SKIN of a scarlet fever patient
curing cOnvalescence. For
this reason a scarlet fever pa
uent should be kept in quaran-
tine until all discharges from
.he nose, throat, eyes and ears
nave ceased, and scaling is
completed.
1t scarlet fever starts in a
community and is not properly
controlled it will spread rapidly
and give rise to serious results.
The following precautions
nave been found absolutely
necessary 70 control the spread
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11
SENATOR NOEL MARRIED

Knoxville, Tenn. Nov
Cupid caught a State Senator
from Virginia WEDNESDAY auI
Hon. j. Q. Noel, of Pennington
Gap, Va, and Miss Kittie Alien.
formerly Of that p ace. but now
of this city, We're married af the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. j W
Keen in the Augustine Flats
this evening at 8 O'Clock. Rev.
Frederick a Ross. pastor If
the Trinity church, officiating
Immediately after The cere-
mOny Senator Noel and his
bride left Oh "a bridal tour east
and north, and viii return 10
Richmond during the present
session OF the legislature, and
then go 10 Pennington Gap.
Mr. Noel Is about forty years
Of age and his bride twenty.
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acres. yields fruit worth $4,000
annually, and there are many
cases Of where orchards net
their owners from $1,000 TO
$4,000 a year, the fruit being
sold on the trees.
a Farmers Institute at Chat
ham or I'M this city, at which
addresses are made showing the
possibilities Of fruit culture i'm
Pittsylvania. would be of great
value 90 the county -Danvilie
Register.
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INTERSTATE
RAILROAD.
Almost Completed and Will Soon run
Into Norton.

Stonega, Va, Nov. 9.-The
Interstate Railroad has just
completed its line into Norton.
Track laying was finished last
week, when connection was
made at the Norton end with
the Norfolk & Western tracks
in the West Norton yards. Bal
lasting up the road bed is just
now being finished.
The passenger service Of the
Interstate between StOnega and
Appalachia will be extended
into Norton some time in the
future, although it cannot be
ascertained just how soon this
service may be expected. It has
been currently reported that
the passenger service Of the
Virginia & Southwestern Rail
way, now operating between
Appalachia and Bristol, viii be
extended into Norton over the
line Of the Interstate. This.
however, is absolutely with
out foundation. The Virginia
& Southwestern has run
ming right over the Inter
state rails for the hauling of
coal and coke only.
twill not be a great while
until the network of railway
lines now In course of construc-
zion, already built or proposed .
viii have opened TO the world
Of industry the finest coal and
coke and iron and timber region
Of the world, furnishing an out
'et from the Gulf TO the lakes.
and from the Atlantic Seaboard
90 the great West. This terri
tory embraces large sections Of
Virginia, Tennessee. Kentucky
and West Virginia.
one important feature of the
of the Interstate into
Norton IS that it viii furnish
direct connection at Norton
with the Norfolk and Western
line for the eastbound move
ment of the products Of the
Stonega Coke and Coal
Company's plant. Heretofore
they have been forced TO
carry the shipments over their
own lines to Appalachia, and
thence over the Louisville &
Nashville TO Norton.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11
NlRGlNlNS ORCHARD INTERESTS.

The fruit Industry as money
crop is annually growing JIM Im-
portance and in "a few counties
many large orchards are being
planted and individuals and
stock companies are engaging
IN the work of apple culture.
And yet, even now. though Vir-
ginia is one Of the leading APP
pie producing States. the indus.
try is i'm it's infancy and it's pos
sibilities have hardly been real
lied. The State Department of
Agriculture is doing "a valuable
work i'm arousing the farmers
TO the value of the orchard in
terests and in showing the un-
realized possibilities along this
line.
The tier of Piedmont andValley
counties, embracing Albemarle.
Nelson, Amherst. Frederick.
Rockingham, Shenan loah. Au-
gusta, Rockbridge, Botetourt,
Roanoke and few others are
the locality wherein the keen
est interest in orchard culture
is being shown, but ia Patrick
aud some portions of Henry
county and in the Pied
mont and Southwest counties
generally, the industry is as
suming growing Importance.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Koiner. IN a recent publication
says: "A well cared for apple
orchard in Virginia will bear
fruit for one hundred years due
to the unsurpassed soil and eli
mate of this State The yield
and quantity of fruit grown in
Virginia has never been equaied
by any other State"
The apple crop in the county
of Frederick this year, though
cut short by late frosts in the
spring, wRd yield about $685.
600. One orchard in Botetourt
county, consisting OF forty
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foa s Yonr plgsstian.

4e Lar Downing os &c. 29S s.t Ave-.
~l1 -ril.4sec, .ccc ~ .-ec1s o releIv tcr
s,ollaS1 tro-b.e. See SAYS. ~Glafu4o for
che woHderiui effect of Elccr.c Rl,tcrs In
ease ot atnta Indigestion. prompts this testi-
monial 3 am uliy convinced that for
stomach aud hver troubles Efclic Filters
81 tNe scsf remedy 0u she market to-Gay@
This great tome and aiteraiire mela .ne
iuF gofale. tae system purites fhr b GOA
and IS especially helpful m al locms or
female " elkncss. so. az j. W NelIys
dE1g rt6re
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11
GOOD TRUE

Chicago. Nov 1.-IheW estern
Steel Foundry Company takes
on five hundred men today and
Wlll emp 'ny one Thousand addi-
uonal before the month is out.
ihe Pullman Palace Car Com
pany takes back twenty five
hundred men. and walt increase
lts force twenty five hundred
more
The Inland Steel Mill. at lndi-
ana Harhor. runs today for the
FIRST tme iu months with "a full
force of eighteen hundred men.
and plans to use one thousand
more in it's new plant. which
was built some time ago.
The Illinois Steel Companv
Increased its forces fifteen hun
dred men. and will eventually
increase DO twelve thousand
The steel trust plant at Gary
viii increase it3 force three
hundred and plans Co employ as
many as twelve thousand more
'F H anNfl
Packers Feel Boom.
The packers feel Che boom.
which means employment for
thousands of men who are now
idle.
State street prepares Co supply
heavy demands. which already
drc indicated by the shopping
public and by out-of-town or
ders.
The Chicago business men
have resumed the march 10
prosperity
$4,000 Idle Nen Pui TO Work.
Careful estimates by mem
oers of the Chicago Association
of Commerce Indicate that more
than $4,000 idle men have been
put Go work in this State i'm two
days since the election. These
same men predict that within
SIX weeks 10000 wage earners
who have been unemployed will
be at work
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11

Birmingham. Ala. Nov. 1.-
Alabama IRON manufacturer
sold $4,000 tons of pig iron in
the first twenty-four hours after
the election and inquiry for a
large tonnage is in hand. The
iron sold is to De delivered dur.
ing the first quarter OF the com
mg wear.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11
SIR KELLY Is CHIEF COUNSEL

a notice has been received
10y the local office of the N. &
$. wv. Railroad from headquar-
ters at Washington, ID. c.. Co
the effect that Mr Joseph H..
Kelly has been appointed gener-
AL counsel of that road. with
offices at Bristol 90 succeed NIr.
ID. ID. Hull. who resigned Co ac
cept other service.
Mr.. Kelly, of the law firm Of
Bul.itt q Kelly, is one of the
best known lawyers in Bristol
with an extensive practice.
with which his new duties. Incl
dent upon handling the legal
business of tie ". a. w. Rail
road, willnot interfere in the
least Mr. HUI, whom Mr..
Kelly succeeds, goes Co Roam
oke with the v. l. G. a. G.. Co..
of which he is general solicitor.
Bristol News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-11-11

lf yoa don't nobody will. It is yoar
business % keep oDt of an the trouble you
can and ron can and will keep ou1 0f liver
and bowel trouble If you take Dr. Kings
New Idle Pills. They keep biiiousness.
malaria aud iaundiCe out 0f gOur systCus-
&c. at J. W. Aeuy's drug store.