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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

recite that nearly two years ago a
committee was appointed TO investl.
gate the explosion in Mr.. Dixon's
mines. and that committee has not
as yet made report.
Ninth-The next member we a.
sire to call attention TO is name
less Noel" man of color. known
throughout the state as Sam DIX
ems colored man. and TO indica's
the kind of a committeeman he
makes. 1t is only necessary to relate
that during the hearing OF the state
convention, and while the testimony
in he case was being heard, the col
ord gentleman asked permission OF
Mr.. Dixon TO absent himself from
the committee for short time TO
attend social gathering of his
friends in the city. saying that he
would be back by the time the evil
dence was all IN ani in time TO vote.
However. We desire TO add that he
is entitled TO more respect than n
majority of the other members be-
cause he didn't pretend to vote &C.
cord.ng to the evidence, while the
others added to their offences the
one of hypocricy in pretending that
they would hear the evidence ami
decide accordingly.
Tenth-Wm. Il. Glasscock. col
lector OF the internal revenue OF
the state.
Eleventh-W. w. Whyte. a lie.
faulting eX-sheriff OF Mcdowell
county
Twelfth-Earl Martin.
Thirteenth-A. II. Stallings.
Fourteenth-C. H. Watkins.
Fifteenth-H. c. woodward.
member of congress, chairman.
S.xteenth-Amos Bright, member
of the board of directors of the Wes-
ton Insane Asylum.
The last four named are believed
to have been absolutely honest and
fair. and as far as known, neither
one of them took any part either for
or against Mr.. Swisher or Mr.
Scherr, during the preliminary cam
paign, and all four OF them have
been roundly denounced as traitors.
boilers and kickers, not worthy Jf
bearing the name of Republicans:
all because they endeavored to de-
eide the contests brought befora
them on their merits. The conduct
of ten OF the committee was so ranl-
and viscious that MIR. WoJiyard,
chairman OF the committsa refused
to call the Swisher convention TO or
der and they were forcs1 L. have
the same done by Mr.. Whyte, the
defaulter The first twelve members
named were active partisans of
Charles w. SwIsher, and took an
active part in securing delegates ia
vorable to Kim in the preliminary
contest. Think of a committee com
posed of men like that, sitting on
the tribunal of last resort, and be-
fore which we were forced to take
our grievances and our contests
over delegates. A packed court to
begin with, and one that had already
the cases before they had
heard one word OF evidence.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16
ICE KING REC0VER5
MORSE ~ ON HIS FEET AGAIN.

New York. Sept. 1G.-Charl IS w.
Morse is on his feet again. Depos-
itors In his two banks will be paid
In full and there will be money let
for the stockholders. The receiy-
crs. who have apparently bitterly
antagonized the former zee and
steamboat king, gave him all credit
and he modedtly passes 1t to few
loyal friends
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16
MURDER Or SUICIDE?
BEAUTIFUL UNKNOWN FOUND
FLOATING IN WATER.

New York, Sept 1G The body
OF a beautiful young girl about -
years Of age. handsomely gowned in
goods of excellent texture was foun
today floating In Bowery bay. near
Deutch's bathing pavilion, North
Beach.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

prove Dy their own teStim cny that
nine-tenths OF taem are Democrats
and don't know II. Now. | don't
know whether the proportion is as
large down here or not, but | can
prove to you that many. very many.
who call themselves Republicans
are nearer 20 us in their ideas than
they are to Republican leaders"
The Democratic candidate then
launched into a discussion of the
tariff. the trusts. the guarantee ,f
bank deposits and the labor ques-
tion and poured a voiley of criti-
cism into Mr.. Taft whom he charg-
ed with running on President Roose.
velt's record. At the conclus. on OF
h $ address. Mr.. Bryan left for
Trenton.
A DEMoNSTRATIvE RECEPTION.
Trenton. ~ j., Sept. 16.-Pour-
ing hot shot into Mr.. Taft and the
Republican party at every pont
where he stopped, William ]. Bryan
last night. in this city, concluded A
strenuous day of campaigning in
New Jersey. following few hours
in Philadelphia. where, in froat OF
a newspaper office. and before a
great throng, he arraigned the Re-
publican organization of that city
and expressed his sorrrow for peo-
pie who. he said, were compelled TO
Two under Its rule.
Switching into national pol.tIcs.
he asserted that the Republican
standari-bearer promised that there
would be no panics, and that Mr..
Roosevelt as Mr.. Tafts godfather
promised the samS thing. He want
ed 90 know how Mr.. Taft could
prevent panlcs when Mr.. Roosevelt
already had one on his hands.
Mr.. Bryan's reception in New
Jersey was n demonstratlve one.
En- route here from Wash h'ngton
Park Mr.. Bryan spoke at Camden
and Burlington TO great crowds and
shook hands with many hunlr L.
platform OF his car In Camden, the
Democratic candidate assured his
hearers that the voters were study
ing the issues OF the campaign. He
declared that in every State the
changes were In the direction OF
the Democratic party, and that
there was no place in the United
states where the changes were
from that party. Incl 1tntaly he
again attacked r. Coleman Du
Pont, OF the Republican Executive
Committee, reiterating his former
charge that Mr.. Dupont, as a trust
was unfit to occupy the
position OF attempting TO institute
reforms. Along the line from Cam
den here, stops were made at
dozen places, at all of which large
crowds turned out and gave him an
enthusiastic welcome.
HIS SPEECH AT TRENTON.
Mr.. Bryan's speech I'm this city
covered much of the same ground
gone over during the day
Taylor Opera House, where he
spoke, was crowded from pit to
dome. Seated on the stage were
a number OF the members OF the
State Democratic committee, in
State Chairman James II.
Nugent. The meeting was enthusi-
tic and contained many Democrats
who had been opposed to Mr.. Bryan
in former campaigns. Among those
occupying seats I'm the boxes was
former Supreme Court Justice Van
Syckle. Mr.. Bryan left on a late
train for Rochester, n. Y.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16
WILLIAMS SUCCESSOR
PATRICK HENRY LOSES OUT IN
MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY.

Jackson, Miss. Sept 1G.--Incom-
plete returns are sufficient to indi-
cate that J. w. Collier. Of Warren,
has defeated former representative
Patrick Henry. Of Rankin, for the
nomination as successor TO John
Sharpe Williams by 500.
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AS TO BENNETT

delegates.
AS TO BENNETT
lie related an incident of Ben.
hett's speakership, an incldsn,
which he declared TO be absomte,,
without parallel in the history o,
the state. During the session ol
the house a school book bill was
pending and a representative of tn,
American Book Company approach
cd one OF the delegates. The del
egate informed the speaker OF the
affair and Bennett summoned tho
offender before the bar of tho bouse
where he administered a singing
rebuke.
And, declared the speaker.
when Louis Bennett became n can.
didate for governor the American
Book Company opposed his nomina-
ton"
Continuing he declared Bennett
10 be man OF AFFAIRS against whom
no word OF reproach had been or
could be spoken
And now, he said. '1f either ,r
you had three million dollars n year
to be spent through an agent would
You choose man whose incompe-
tency is admitted ana against whom
MS fellow part.sans have said ali
manner of things or this other man
whose business ability IN undispu
tod and his character beyond re
proachY Why gentlemen, you
would choose Bennett and there "a
not business man In the state who
would not choose him IL Il were n
matter OF private business inst al
or the welfare of the state"
He then launched into n phillipic
against the extravaganza OF the Re
publican administrations. He cited
the fact that White in his message
to the legislature regarding tax
measures declared that the stat,
must have more revenue.
THE last Democratic legislature"
declared Mr.. WetzeI, F" was In 1S93.
For that session the contingent on
penses OF the senate amounted To
1,7OO. In 1907 the contingent OK
penses OF the senate reached the
sum Of 100000. In 1893 the ex-
pcnses of the senate for pages and
clerks amounted to $500; tn.
same item for the regular sessio
OF 1907 was $20.S0O. Our Republl
can friends may tell you that there
were fewer senator's iii 1893 than
there are now. True enought there
were but twenty-six senators in
1898 and there were thirty in 1907.
but should four additional senator
Increase so largely the expenses of
the body.
And now that there may b. no
loopholsd ! will reduce the figures
OF the two sessions to the Individual
member In 1898 the average day
contingent expense OF each memhc,
OF the senate was $1.45; I'm 1907
the same average was $14.81. IN
1898 the average daily expense p''
member of the senate for clerk bir1
was 1920; in 1907 the same aver
age was $15.42. Summing up the
contingent expense account Of She
senate Of 1907 exceeded the contin-
gent expense of 1898 by SIS. 900
and the clerk hire OF the last req
uiar session of the senate exec ,Ied
that Of the session OF 1898 by $:2,"
115.
II have not the figures for the
house." continued the speaker, "but
] know that the increase Of ex-
penditure there has been equally
great. And with all this do you
wonder that they had to devise
plans for raising more revenue"
Concerning the house expense Mr.
Wetzel declared that was kept down
In 1907 by the vigilance OF Speaker
5eamon whose fidelity 10 trust pre-
vented him from making even a
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16
TO SAIL THE OCEAN BLUE
IN An AIR SHIP

Baltimore. Md. Sept 1G.-Aug-
ust r Pstenscy. who has been cx-
perimenting here with aeroplancs
for some time. announces that he
has practically completed a machine
with which he expects. in about ten
days, TO do some new things In the
matter Of navigation. lie expects TO
to sail across the ocean i'm his ship.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

Use Monitor PuIverized. The
Flour Of quality. cat all stores.)
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16
GROWTH OF
BRYAN IDEAS

THAT, SAYS THE CoMMONER,
Is THE SECRET OF HIS GREAT
sTRENGTH--SaYs THE PEG.
PIE ARE NO LONGER AFRAID
OF A PANIC IL HE Is ELECT
ED-SAYS TAFT Is RUNNING
ON PRESIDENT ROOsEvELTs
RECORD.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

prosecuting attorney OF Lewis conn
" and as speaker of the house OF
delegates.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-09-16

MONITOR PULVERIZED FLOUR
THE FLOUR OF QUALITY. cat all
stOres)
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Continued on page four)
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THE PRESENT
II want to call your attention TO
some Of the evidences that the Dem.
ocratic party meets the demands OF
the present and has the sympathy
and support of large majority Of
the people. My friends, when am
talking out west, tell the Repub-
licans that II ] can bring them up
one at time and put them on the
platform and question them could
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
NEEDLEWORK FOR
THE HANDY WOMAN.

To stitch a piece Of goods on the
double and have the seam and stitch
ing on the wrong side: Fold the goods
on the double, stitch it on edge, then
turn inward, using a pencil to push the
goods along.
Get a good grade Of pliable raffia ant
knit a large laundry bag. One can b.
knitted on the large wooden needles on
which iec-wool shawls are knitted. Thu
bags are very durable, and one would
last for many years,
Rust can be removed from steel
heads by allowing them to stand for a
short time In a bowl filed with coal oil.
Then rub with a soft cloth, wash thor
oughly several times in warm soapy
water and dry by Rubbing with a
cloth.
Artistic curtains may be made OF
common burlap at six cents o yard.
Draw threads across for spaces of a
foot. leaving four inches between UNI
drawn until curtains are of required
length. Finish the bottom with tied
fringe on hem of the burlap.
A beautiful buckle of any desired
shape may be made by plating three
strands of the narrowest gold braid to-
gether and wiring on the back. Moth
ing could be nicer as a finish for an
empire belt, for the ready-made buckles
of metal not only tear the lace in the
gown. but scratch all the furniture in
the house.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
DO SAVE THE STRINGS.

The sublime height of economy, to
some minds, is never to cut or throw
away a piece of string. The tightest
knots must be united to save an in
nnitesimal fraction of a cent, with no
thought of waste of time and nerve
force in fooling with a refractory knot.
However, if one must save string,
and there is no denying thai it fire.
quently comes in handy at least
save it so something can be done
with it.
The way of the woman mot all, but
many. is. after laboriously untying
string from a package, to throw it
loosely into a bag or box, where. it is
soon in a hopelessly tangled mass.
Take a minutes more time to roll
your money-saver around two fingers
several times and then twist the end
around the coil so it win not pull loose.
Keep all your odds and ends of Irvine
In a shallow Irvine box with a lid. This
should be rather long and narrow-an
old glove box swer nicely-so the
different pieces of Irvine can be put
side by side rather than be piled on
top of one another.
Thus one glance in the box will show
pieces of string the right length and
color. This is II much better way to
Keep them than to wind different
strings into n ball.
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reconstruct this midnight rama
Clearly, only one could fit into the
| hole. and that one was Brunton. The
girl must have waited above. Brunto
then unlocked the box, handed up the
! contents presumably-since they were
not to be found-and then-and then
what happened?
sfNhat smouldering fire OF vengeance
had suddenly sprung into flame in this.
passionate Celtic wonlan's soul when
she saw the man who had wronged her
-wronged her, perhaps, far more than
| we suspected-in her power? Was it a
chance that the wood had slipped, and
| that the stone had shut Brunton into
what had become his sepulchre? Had
she only been guilty of silence as to his
fate? Or had some sudden blow from
her hand dashed the support away n
sent the slab crashing down into its
place? BE that as 1t might, / seemed
to see that woman's figure still clutch
ing at her treasure rove and flying
wildly up the winding stair, with her
ears ringing perhaps with the mutiied
| screams from behind her and with the
drumming of frenzied hands against
the slab of stono which was choking
her faithless lovers life out.
Here was the secret of her blanched
face. her shaken nerves, her beals Of
historical laughter on the next morn
ing. But what had been in the box?
What had she done with that? OF
course, II must have been the old metal
and pebbles which my client had
dragged from the mere. She had
thrown them in there at the first OPP
%portunity to remove the last trace of
her crime.
For twenty minutes ] had sat mo-
tionless, thinking the matter out. Mus
grave still stood with a very pale face,
swinging his lantern and peering down
into the hole.
"oThese are coins of Charles the
First said he, holding out The few
which had been in the box; you see
we were right in fixing our date for
the Ritual
"'We may n something else of
| Charles the First 1 cried, as the prob
able meaning of the first two questions
Of the Ritual broke suddenly upon me-.
Let me see the contents of the bag
which you fished from the mere
1--WE assembled to his study. and he
laid the debris before me. / could un-
derstand his regarding it as of small
Importance With 1 ioOhSu az ~ Aoi
the metal was almost black and the
stones lustreless and dull. / rubbed
one OF them on my sleeve, however,
and it glowed afterwards like a spark
in the dark hollow of my hand. The
metal work was in the form of a double
ring, but It had been bent and twisted
out of it's original shape.
"'You must bear in mind, said l.,
that the royal party made head in
England ever after the death of the
king. and that when they at last fled
they. probably left many of their most
precious possessions buried behind
them. with the intention of returning
for them in more peaceful times
my ancestor, Sir Ralph Musgrave.
was a prominent Cavalier and the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
WHAT THE STOUT
WOMAN SHOULD WEAR.

A woman whose waist measures over
thirty inches may successfully dress 1T
by making a belt-taking a piece of
dress goods for it-in this wise:
Cut a strip of featherbone W inches
in length for the back support, two
strips one,and one-half inches long for
sewing at the points under the arms
and two strips each II nch in length
for the ends. The material, IL very
thin, may be five inches wide and cut
on the straight.
If heavier cloth is used the strip will
be narrower. Gather this in little tuck
shirrings down TO the featherbone i'm
the back and gather plainly under the
arms at the ends, sewing neatly at
the featherbone.
Hem the edges of the strip before
stirring. Finish with a buckle or with
"A simple shirred heading, closing with
hoo1Ss and eyes. The latter is a good
finish for a belt of wash goods.
Such a girdle should be made as
tight as is comfortable without break
ing the material.
Another delusion of the stout woman
is to imagine that u downward point
in the back is becoming. This is a
mistake. A point at the top Of the
belt in the back Is an improvement,
but the lower edge should be as
straight and taut as 1t can be drawn.
There may be a dip in the front, If
desired, but never in the back.
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ond in his wanderlngs,' said my friend.
All. indeedp ] answered. Well,
now. I think that really should give us
the last link that we wanted. / must
congratulate you on coming into the
possession. though in rather a tragic
manner of a relic which is Of great
intrinsic value, but of even greater
Importance as an historical curiosity
what is 1t, them he gasped in as
constituent.
E" 1T is nothing less than the ancient
crown of the kings Of England
""The crown!'
Precisely. Consider what the Ritual
says. How does 1t run? Whose was
it?'' His who Is gone" That was
after the execution of Charles. Then,
"Who shall have it," HE who will
come That was Charles the Second,
whose advent was already foreseen.
There can, 1 think, be no doubt that
this battered and shapeless diadem ono
eneircled the brows of the royal Stu
arts
land how came it in the pond?'
"tAh, that is a question that will
take some time to answer And with
that 1 sketched out to him the whole
long chain of surmise and of proof
which I had constructed. The twilight
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had closed in and the moon vas shining
brightly in the sky before my. narrative
was finished.
"'And how was II then that Charles
did not get his crown when he re-
turned"? asked MusgraVe. pushing
back the relic into its linen bag.
"'.Al, there you lay your finger upon
the one point which we shall probably
never be able 10 clear up. 1t is likely
that the Musgrave who held the secret
died in the interval, and by some over
sight left this guide to his descendant
without explaining the meaning of 1t.
From that day to this it has been
handed down from father to sol until
at last it came within reach of a nan
who tore its secret out of 1t and lost his
life in the venture
"And that's the story of the Mus
grave Ritual, Watson. They have the
crown down at Hurlstone-though they
had some legal bother and a consider
able sum TO pay before they were
allowed to retain it. / am sure that if
you mentioned my name they would
be happy to show it to you. OF the
woman nothing was ever heard, and
the probability is that she got away
out Of England and carried herself and
the memory of her crime to some land
beyond the seas"
1.-THE End.l
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SYNOPSIS.

Sherlock Holmes ~recites in this story
one of his early cases dealing with q
college friend, Reginald Musgrave, an
aristocratic scion of one of the Oldest
families in England, whose estate vas
at Hurlstone, in Sussex. 1t opens with
Holmes telling DIR. Watson how Mus
grave called him in after his fathers
death.
Musgrave's story, as told to Holmes
and repeated by him to DIR. Watson,
deals with a trusted butler, named
Brunton, who had been in the family
Tor years. He was q handsome man
n had a strange gift for languages.
Upon being discovered looking over the
Musgrave private papers. among
which was the Musgrave Ritual
ceremony used when any member Of
the house came of age-he was dis
charged. Coincident with his leaving.
Rachel Howells. a maid in the house,
disappears, and is traced as far as a
pond or the estate.
Dragging the lake reveals no trace of
the maids body, and Holmes Their
tells how he tries to solve the riddle
through finding unsupported directions
in the Musgraye Ritual toward a sup
posed buried treasure near the house.
This leads him to an old cellar where
R~runton's muller is found.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-25
CORRECT AND BAD
FORM IN SHOES.

Fren-h heels on the walking shoe are
bad form.
Pumps and slippers in zero weather
are out"
The smartest walking boots are ora
mon sense affairs.
Toes + not pin points and heels
stills.
Comfort is the one rule of good taste
in shoes.
Brown calfskin, laced and very hisd.
are most in favor for morning.
They arc worn with any color of suit,
not deep mourning, but look particular
~ we'll with brown. blue and green.
Buttons are most in favor for the
black shoe.
Heels on the walking shoe are Just
high enough to support the spine.
Even on slippers the French heel IS
not quite so tip-tilted.
For afternoon wear, high black pat
ent feathers are best.
Don't wear ties or pumps with recep-
ton frocks unless you go in a car
riage.
1t is we'll to avoid fads and novelties
in footgear II your shoe supply Is lin
tied. particularly for street wear.
Velvet or suede pumps are among tue
novelties. also calfskin or patent leather
boots with uppers of velvet or cloth to
match the gown.
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NEWS FOR SHOPPERS

Handsome walking gloves, heavy and
durable, are found at Marshall & Balls.
Individual axe tins of all shapes and
sizes are among the culinary necessi-
ties for the housekeeper who serves
afternoon tea. They may be found at
Bamberger's.
A fruit bowl of the new crystal cut
glass is covered with a design of this
ties. cut so fine that it looks like EN-
craving. 1t is an exquisite pattern. The
bowl is on exhibition at Frank Hollis.
Curtains of Arabian lace in ecru and
white are marked at clearance prices.
They are pretty enough for any window
and are durable. They are found at
Hahne's.
A nlet net with a beautiful pattern of
embroidery is noticed at L. S. Plaut's-
Ii would make a beautiful blouse for
small cost, cut by the clever needle
woman.
A beautiful umbrella has an oriental
ivory handle richly carved with quaint
figures. 1t is displayed at H~artdegen's.
A louisine silk of brown and dull
red plaid is a thing Of beauty fol
dresses or waists. 1t is found at the
David Straus store.