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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
BAD FIRE AT
DALLAS. TEXAS

Dallas, Tex, April 5.-5ixty-four
residences and a private sani.arium
in Oak Cliff, a suburb OF Dallas, were
destroyed by fire late Saturday, caus.
ing a loss estimated at quarter OF
a million of dollars. The fire, famed
by a strong southwest wind, swept
through fourteen residence blocks
In the burned area, which cover.
more ;han a quarter Of mi'e square
OF territory, only five buildings re-
main intact. All the patients OF the
fanitarium were removed I'm safety.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS WENT
U{|Y sNI}kE
Five Hundred Buildings and
Six Lives Lost in Great
Fire at Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday Evening.

After burning over an area OF sew
enty-five blocks, and causing the
death OF six persons, the fire which
broke out in Fort Worth Saturday
afternoon, was finally brought un-
der control that night. The total
loss Is estimated at $4,000 900.
Famed by stiff wind. fire which
originated in barn at Jennings ave
nue. and Peter Smith street in he
southern part of the city, swept over
an area of ten blocks In length and
seven in width, destroyed property
roughly estimated in value to be in
excess of $1,000. 900 and caused the
death of six persons.
The fire which broke out In a
fashionable residence district was be-
You'd all control within fifteen min
utes after IL started and was was not
checked until dynamite was resorted
to, four hours later. -
The local fire department being
unable to cope with the situation
assistance was rushed from Dallas
and Weatherford on special trains,
but even with these reinforcementa
the spread OF the flames was not
checked until they had eaten their
way to the Texas and Pacific railroad
reservation in the east. In the south
the fire was checked at the Texas and
Pacific passenger station, this steel
and stone structure forming a bull
wark that saved the wholesale dis
tIict of the city which at one time
was in imminent danger Of de-truc-
ton.
Tn Texas and Pacific round house
and twenty engines, the repair shops,
four churches, two public school
buildings and Walkers sanitarium
were the public buildings destroyed.
The others were residences most
of them new and pretentious in the
mott exclusive residence section OF
the city. So rapidly did the flames
spread that people living within a ra
dius OF three blocks of the place OF
origin had no time to save anything
except the clothing they wore. A
patient whose identity has not been
learned, persisted in Walkers santa
rum and three men were electrocut..
ed and their bodies burned to Gin.
ders in the Sawyer electric plant.
Herbert Stacy was fatally burnel in
an endeayor to save his dwelling and
fireman fell from house top anc
was killed
Rev. II. o. Cowan, assistant pastor
Of the Broadway Presbyterian chu,th
is missing.
The burned district is being Ia
trolled by troops to prevent footing
and 1t is estimated that 500 families
are homeless. Many of these have
gone to Dallas, where shelter has
been offered.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
u. D. g. MEETING

The Daughters Of The Confeder-
acy will meet tonight at 8 O'Clock
at the residence OF Mrs. r. v. Camp
bell, on Scott street, where they Will
be entertained by Mrs. Campbell and
Mrs. J.. l.. Mcintyre. The occasion
is made the more Interesting because
this will be the last meeting at which
Mrs. Mcintyre will he present, as 81 G
will leave next week for Johnson City
Tenn.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
NEW COAL COMPANY

Secretary of State Reed has issued
charter to the Coal Branch Colltery
OF Logan. The capital stock Is $780,
600 with $50 paid. The incorp0ra-
tors are A. III. Land, OF Bluefe'd:
G. w. Jones, w. p. Evans, r ,B. Tru-
ak and Il L. Roche, all OF Cora.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
GOING TO RALEIGH

Mrs. w. A. Thomas aud children
will leave Thursday for Portsmouth,
Va, where they will visit Mrs. Tho.n-
az gister. Mrs. c. b. Joliet, and Will
be Joined there by Mr.. Thomas, who
VIII take them to their new homo
at Raleigh. N. c., where Mr.. Thorn
as Is employed as foreman for the
Seaboard Air Line railway shops.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
PASSOVER
Will be Celebrated by the
Jewish People, Commenc-
ing This Evening.

The Jewish people of Bluefeld, a.
well as those all over the world, VIII
begin today to celebrate Festival
Passover, or Pesacb, which holiday
lasts eight days During that period
no leavened bread nor any sort Of
food that contains -four iseaten. H.
stead, they will eat unleavened bread
The festival commentaries the cxo-
dus of the Jews fro mEgypt.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
FIRE ALARM
Small Blaze at Home of Mr..
Strong on Preston
Street

A fre alarm was turned In this
forenoon from the Fifth Ward. The
IRE was found a. the home OF Mr.
strong on Preston street, but 1t had
been extinguished before the fire wa
gon could get there. 1t did very
little damage.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05

Services during holy week Will be
held at the Presbyterian church ca IN
afternoon until further notice, owing
to work being done on the interior.
OF Christ church.
X. w. TRAPNELL, Rectr.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
WILL HOLD RECEPTION

Polk Miller will hold a reception
at the Elks club rooms Tuesday night
All brother Elks are invited to NEE.
him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
STORY OF THE FIRE

A stiff wind was blowing which
only added fury to the flames and
caused them to leap wildly from
building to building, and street to
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
SPECIAL SALE.

For Tuesday, April 6, only, Duvau
Music Company will sell sheet music
at 20 cents per copy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05
SPECIAL SALE.

For Tuesday, April 6, only, DIVA I
Music Company will sell sheet music
at 20 cents per copy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-04-05

Chief Crazy Snake has been lead
Ing the Oklahoma authorities crazy
chase.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
NOAH HENLINE IS
 IN THE MAGIC CtTY
Birmineham Aee-Herald

Birmingham Age-Herald
 Noah Henline, the leagues fastest sprinter. and one of the most popular Southern League ball players, reached Birmingham yesterday.
 Noah was met at the train by a his approach. and there followed a general merry-making.
 Henline. since leaving Birmingham last fall, has been in California, play ing winter ball, coaching high school teams. and taking photographs. He Is in superb condition. and today will find him sprinting about the field at speed that makes Harry Bays look like a square holed Chinese quarter.
 aeniine joined the Barons last season after having played few games for Montgomery. He instantly stepped into the warm corners of the fans hearts. and remained there. He did exceptionally fine work in the outfield and his hitting record was 1902.
 Sometime ago. as is known, 1t was feared that Henline and the associa- tion could not agree concerning sal ary. Now. however. the understanding and that they will reach an agreement mutually satisfactory.
 T am going to play ball." stated Henline, as I have never done be- fore. I feel that I have just reached my prime. and that a successful sea- son will put me in faster company. ] believe that I will be able to duplicate my 1908 record with the stick, and know that my running ability is still intact"
 During the winter, as is known. Henline wrote some exceedingly inter- esting letters which were published in The Age-Herald
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Montgomery Men Show
 Up We'll. JUD DAILY IS STAR
 OF FIRST CONTEST KreBs Wild Heave in Ninth Broke
 up Game. Greminger Tried Ost Four PitcheRs and the Athletics Secured But Seven Hits on the
 Entire Lot.

If one were to search the length and ours. 1t Is possible that 2 prouder or happier man than Uncle Sam Irwin could be discovered. Chesty-well, say. His Yannigans got the big end of a 3-2 score. in the first scrap with Big Eds Climbers. and last night the wires of the Western Union were almost swamped with messages that he sent to his many@ friends in Philadelphia, together with the specials that lazy Hoffman fired to the newspapers of the Quaker City.
 But Uncle Sam was not the only happy man on the grounds, for even of the score. Greminger was tlckled to death with the showing made by his men and by this same token so was President Chambers and the bunch of
 And at that the case Is pretty rare that an exhibition game has the pep per injected into its makeup that this scrap had yesterday. and when the ing together and playing some pretty stin games for the past few weeks, while some of the Climbers were work ing their first game yesterday. the showing that they made was wonder fully good.
 from local standpoint. making sev- eral of those sensational running catches. out in the left lot. that last year helped knock the hopes~ of the local fans into little pieces and at the same time kept the Climbers from finishing one, two. three. Whiteman and Kerwin made e hit with the fans. The infield played fast game. while the pitchers showed remarkable form for this early in the year. The Phil adelphia crowd played snappy ball at times. but if yesterday is the best that they can do, they can hardly stay with Ban Johnson's circuit. It is .a remark ably young crowd, but there are hints of fast ball players and 1t will be well to watch their future career.
 Scores in the First.
 When the flag fell. Stowers. the re- cfuit from Macon, was on the hill with the Climbers taking the first half of the inning. Only two hits were made off Stowers, but both of them came in the first round. Strunk failed to stop Whiteman's hit and he took two bags the first run of the game came over for the Climbers when Krebs singled.
 Daly hit a fierce one, but Barr the South Carolina recruit swung on to it in the opening round. Whueman hit long one to right and went to sec ond on the spring, and how he did sprint when 1t got away from Strunk. General Jackson got under Kerwin's long one to center and Greminger
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Bsx Fees of "Nrethodizers.. :.

The Bookkeeper.
 The meth odizers" Is comparatively a newcomer into the ranks of modern expert callings. Though the list of recognized system experts" Is small some clients are inclined to think that the fees of this profession run in in- verse ratio to the number of it's fol- lowers. It Is not a sensational circum- stance for q methodizer of large repu- tation and a genuine gift for his pe- culiar work to receive a fee of S1.000 for a days work and the yearly earn ings of several system experts prob ably exceed $b0.00
 What does he do to earn such enevi- able fees? He acts as a physician to commercial patients. makes search ing examination of a business, de- mands of its proprletors their fullest confidence in giving him clear view of its conditions and then prescribes a series of charges in the system by which the business Is conducted
 This generally Implies the installa- . ton of a new system of office or fac tory accounting. but 1t may equally apply to the arrangement of floor space in a shipping room or of desk space in an oflce-in fact. to the minutest me- chanical and operative detail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Farewell Melodrama.

St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 It has been ascertained that the pub lie. even the least eXacting of the pub lie, has grown tired of melodrana. We learn this through the statements of the me!odrama purveyors, who were the last people In the world to find it out They have announced that they will now form syndicate and turn their houses over to vaudeville and moving pictures. This is to include the time honored. in fact the most time St. Louis. We view this utter disap- peEance of the melodrama with un- feigned regret; for of all the histrionic Advertisement we enjoy the most. the burlesque of the melodrama heads the list: but if there Is no melodrama, what becomes of the funny newspaper writer who describes the melodrama |? His occupation is also gone. Alack. thai in giving up the shadows. the tears. the torn-to- -tatters passions, the gun plays. and give me, muh child" of the the stage with 1t, The rose and the thorn must go together. No villain to hiss, no heroine in distress to weep with no docks and snowstorms to res pers." no have a care sir" no saw mills and real water" Actors in pen 1tentiary stripes will cease to be the guileless angels that they always are. signal to the audience that the inky- hearted Scoundrel has arrived, the de. signing Rdventuress will never again wear a red dress and kid gloves up to her shoulders. nor feminine news boys rescue a whole tenement house &ull of New Workers as the flames nercely disembowel it's interior and leave the walls standing. with the blazes and stage hands visible right through the bricks. We are sorry: the melodra ma always punished vice in- stead of q ssecting IL. and moralizing over it. But we have all goNe Hedda Gablering now.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
MOOSE BAXTER SOURED
 ON A CUT OF 50 PLUNKS

Moose Baxter says that he will not stand for the $50 cut made in the salary limit of the Tri-State. He says that down in the Canal Zone. where he has been all winter. he has the posi- ton of Inspector of Customs. which with his ball playing. pays him s2oo e month In letter received from him, he incloses some clippings of scores of some of the games down there. Curtis Gardner has been playing on Baxter's team and Frank Manush. was on one of the other teams. Baxter says that in Manush Montgomery has one of the most valuable men in the country. Moose has made quite a hit in Panama. One night he referred a scrap between couple of light weights and the local papers there, handed him a lot of boosts. He says that he will probably get his release about the first of May. when they find out that he Is not going to accept the terms offered him in the Tri-state. He Is very anxious to get back in Mont gomery and says that if there Is any chance during the coming season. he would be glad if Greminger would give him a chance.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23

ablest of the socialists, said: Social ism must conquer the stupidity of the masses In so far as this stupidity re- veals itself in religious forms and dog mas" Bebel, the accepted leader of socialism, says: "We wish in politics the republic, in economy socialism, and religion atheism"
 These are real leaders of real social ism. not clerical! seekers of a fad or a cult. A socialist writer asserts that 90 per cent of the leading socialists of the world wholly repudiate the Chris tian religion. Eugene Debs, the social- ist candidate for President last year, and Hanford, his running mate, are az nostios.
 The socialist party is on record as opposing Chinese and other Asiatic im- migration. while the persons who call themselves Christian Socialists have much to say about the brotherhood Of man, and claim the black. red and yell low man as their brother. Some or these colored brothers would probably repudiate the alleged relationship.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Harry Evans, the Hoodoo Cop, Says That His Luck Has Turned

extent that last summer when he got his vacation he really left town. the first time a local policeman has done such thing in many years Harry went to the swamp country of the Coosa river. where Os McDade was born, and camped out in mud and reeds for two weeks.
 strange to say, from the minute Har- ry left town Montgomery started to win again. victory after victory crown ed the bats of the Climbers" on the road and at home it was the same, Ryan was fired and this added more luck to the home team. Harry heard this and took heart. his soul hunger ed for the flesh pots of his home land and after having lost twenty pounds rom his round personality he eased Into the Union Station one night and sneaked to the nearest bulletin board. The message read that it was the end of the eighth inning and Montgomery was seven runs to the good. Harry, In plain clothes. sat down to see the finish. Presently the wires on the telegraph desk clicked spasmodically, Harry peered at the message, 1t read:
 Nashville makes a splendid rally in the ninth. scoring ten men in success sion."
 Quietly wip!ng hs eyes, the silent little man took a cab and went home.
 But this year Harry says things won't be that way, he says he has all the good luck Montgomery wants stored away In his locker at police headquarters and he is going to the game anyway.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Philadelphia Wins
 First From Climbers

worked stowers for . walk. Krebs driving Whiteman homo with . clean drive to center. Kocher took Rocky . foul. but the home guard were one to
 Lively started in with . whirl in the last half. making . fast play of Hoffman's bunt. getting sU1nk's hit to him and striking out Barr.
 near cumming the cards when he hit shannon and Daly with the ball, but he was lucky enough to escape without any damage being done.
 Innis hit a sultry one at Krebs that he made . grand effort and stopped 1t, just back of the Sag. saving two- bagger. Pope handled the hit of Lynch,
 It was one. two, three in both halves of the third and in the fourth Krause. the pitcher that was mainly instru- mental in helping Williamsoprt win the summer, went in.
 Whitey Guese went in in the last half of the fourth and while there was not q hit made off him. still the game was ing Barr and then Krsbs juggled Col. lins' hit. Jackson bunted to first and Rocky ran in and got the throw from Greminger. out the runners were ad- came in on a passed ball. shannon get ting the ball back m time to get Col- 1ins at the plate, but the score was tied. One more hit was made off Guese in the fifth and in the sixth Elmer Bliss went in and the one hit that in- ming did no damage.
 Flater. one of the old pitchers of the Athletics, went in in the seventh with no hits to start on against him.
 In the last half of the seventh Jack son rapped out a two,bagger and Krebs waited too long for McInniS bunt to roll foul. It rolled to the bag fair. Lynch scored Jackson with a sacrifice fly to right, and 1t was to l.
 With two down in the first of the ninth Hub Hart drove in the run that tied the score. Rocky getting over. but in the last half Krebs made . hcave to Greminger that put over the winning run for the Athletics and broke up the game by a score of to 3. The score
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
Uncle Sam Ewin, Manager
 to the Athletic Yannigans, Talks

Uncle Sam Irwin. is in charge of the Yannigans who are representing the PhiladelphIa Athletics. Uncle Sam Is one of the greatest judges of ball player in the business and Connie Mach owes much of his success In the deVel, oping of youngsters, to the Watch1ut eye of Colonel Irwin takes his squad to the South, the fan- nigans are put under the wing or the old vet and from the beglnnihs or tne training season to the end, the young
 sters are forced to go the limit and II is not uncommon, to see the regulars fall before the onslaughts of the youngsters, who are coached by the "old boy he says promises to be one of the big lAarue stars This fellow at present Is under the weather but when ne gets north again and gets right the Ath- letics claim he will be in class pS himself. ,, ba has inc making of a great player ana he expects to see him be sehsa.Ioti U in the Southern League this year anu l next spring Irwin says he anticipates saatno hinn on a big league team. One more year of hard work, IS all that Wannsh needs, says the veteran, ana under big Greminger. who LesatSu Sns as a man able to get the very pest rum t,L a youngster. he should sho" n
 ablp improvement. .
 New orleans has a wonderful minor league team, according 10 ifwin nit I,t he should know. as the PGiieans ,iie, ha,pue ppe one over on his Yannigans, just he1ote Mack took his boys away. If Mont pomerv can show us anything better than Frank has. then am willing to give Greminger credit for having the 5ast agxre9ation in the South Frank Ses great outneld in Heuselman. Walmer and Manning with Reagan to faiI back on and these fellows will be c1outin9 the ball all the year round. Weimer has a wonderful arm. as was shown In both the games played against us and should go up next
 While Colonel Irwin was lauding the aVgregatfon of Franks. Silver Bill Sficknev chimed In that he reckoned Colonel Irwia had changed his mind. since seeing the Climbers. and Colonel Irwin said that he would admit that there was some class to the local bunch and as far as a comparison of outfields with New Orleans was concerned, he had to admit that the quartette gather ed by Greminger was far superior to that of the Pelfcans. He was particu- IazlTsSwest~on Wbitsman's general car
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23
TURFMEN WIN SUIT
KENTUCKY RACING COMMISSION IS
 UNCONST4TUTIONA
The Effect of the Decision Is to Place Latonia Racing Back to Its
 Former Basis.

Cavington. Ky, Mar. 22.--Judge Har- beson, in Kenton County Circuit Court this morning rendered his decision in the noted case of the Latonia Jockey Club against the Kentucky Racing Commission, holding the law establish ing the commission as unconstitution- al. The effect of the decision Is to place Latonia racing back to its for mer basia
 Judge Harbenson held that the law creating the Kentucky Racing Commis- sion gave that body power to regulate running races: that trotting races and running races came under the same le- gal category, and therefore the law was class Legislation and was uncon- stitutionaL The court, in other words, held that the law to be valid must give the racing commission specific au- thority over both trotting and running races.
 The decision is a complete victory for the Latonia Jockey Club. The Racing Commission had insisted that Latonia use pari mutuel machines. La- tonia put in these machines but claim ed that they were run at a finalcial I0ss and then allowed book makers to operate. The Latonia Jockey Club se- cured a court injunction preventing the racing commission from interfer- ing with the races while book-makers were operating last season and ran the full time at its meeting last fall.
 The commission will take the case to the court of appeals. {.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-23

Harry Evans. the popular little special call officer of the day force. says he is not expecting his last years troubles to start again this summer with the base ball season. Last year some freak got the Idea that Harry was the hoo -doo of the team and start ed the report that when Harry went to the game Montgomery was sure to loose.
 From then on Harry's life was bur den to him. At about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, when Montgomery was at home for a game, the telephone would start ringing, and the boys would al ways fix 1t so Harry would answer the phone. The voices would ask:
 Hello 75. Is MT. Evans thersT
 "Yes, this Is Evans"
 Well Mir. Evans, pardon my asking you. but are you going to the ball game this afternoon?"
 "Yes I'm going-why-"
 Well you see Mir. Evans. of course I don't believe in luck, but (tee-hee) they say you are the hoodoo of the team and as was going to bet ten on the home boys. I won't if you are go- ing"
 The boys in the office say Harry would slam down the receiver and say things that would make Jennie, the office cat. get up on the wardrobe, where Miles Smith keeps his special occasion uniforms, and Spit at every body who came in the office for the
 It got on Harry's nerves to such an