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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-16
HOLSTON MID-YEAR CONFERENCE

Presiding Elders r.. II. Cassidy. OF
this city, and c. w. Kelly, Of Tase-
we'll and Pastor p. l.. Cobb, OF Bran
vel, left yesterday for Morristown.
Tenn, to attend the Mid-Year Meet
ing Of the Holston Conference.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-16
H0N0RED BY
HIS ALMA METER
WASHINGTON AND LEE uNIvER-
sITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO CYRUS
HALL MCCORMICK.

Lexington, Va, February 16.--
The centennial anniversary OF the
birth of Cyrus Hall Mccormick, in
.ysrr.oI- of the celeb ated, McOor-
mack grain reaper, which wrought
a revolution in the agricu tural
world, was observed today with ap-
proprsate exercises at Washington
and Lee University, an institute en-
dowed by Mr.. Mccormick. The
speakers were Preu dent George IL.
Denny; Or. w. LeConte stevens, OF
the department of physics; and DR..
John III. Latane, OF the department
of history.
DR.. Denny spoke of the moral
and spiritual qualities of Mr.. Nc
Cormick; DR.. Stevens spoke of him
as an inventor and Dr. Latane dis
cussed his public life and philan-
throp work.
Cyrus Hall Mccormick was the
eldest OF eight CHI dren Of Robert
and Annie Mccormick, and was born
February 10. 1909, near Midway
R~ckbr,dge county. His father for
twenty years worked on the idea of
of grain reaper, but could not per-
feet it. and the son succeeded.
DIR. Denny's Speech.
DR.. Denny said:
If l forget thee, o Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget her cum
ming Thus spoke Cyrus Hall Nc
Cormick. full of honors and of years
concerning his native state IN his in
ausural address as president OF the
Virginia Society OF Chicago. 'Vir-
gipia," he exclaimed, is the scene
OF our most sacred and cherished
memories Whatever meaning the
name Virginia conveyed to the other
members OF the society which he
was addressing to the speaker IL
meant, first and foremost, this boz n
tiful va ley section where he was
born and where he spent his young
life There, he. said, stood the old
home. There flowed the mounta. n
stream. There dubbed the soring
at which We quenched our youthful
thirst. There were tho friends of
our childhood, low widely scattered
or dead The true greatness of
Mr.. Mccormick nowhere appeared
to finer effect than N the fact that
he never grew too busy or too IA
nous to remember gratitude, the
days and the scenes out of which he
was ushered into the work of ac-
ton.
To-day We celebrate the ceaten-
NAL of his birth in thescoanty which
gave him to the world, and on the
campus of the institution which is
the nob!est expression of the genids
and the civilization of the stock from
which he sprung. The natiol al
large Will share with Us our admi-
ration Of the genius, the versatility
and the achievements OF this re
markable man"
A Maa of Purpose.
DR.. Denny then spoke OF the great
oyerpowering purpose of Mr.. Nc
Cormfck as bsing man of marvel
GUS power OF concentration. He
had the viii To- devote himself to
essentials and to master details. He
had one persistent ambition and was
dominated by one great purpose
He was Indifferent to defeat. Bac6
of him was the hardest breed that
was ever mixed into the American
blend" His Scotch-Irish blood told
This strength and unity of purpo-e
was the quality which, perhaps
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-02-16

Rev. d. II. Carr. the Methodist
m mister at Pageton, is at his home
In this city visiting HIS family.
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CONTINUED on page four)
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
GEN ERAL NEWS.

Cornell University has granted a
petition of The Cornell Aero Club for
the establishment of chair in aero.
nautics next year. The course will be
in charge Of Prof. G. II. McDermott,
and craft of the heavier-than-air va
riety will be specialties.
A report on suicide figures for 1908
has just been issued, showing ratio
of 2LS per 100000 Of population. sur
passing the previous high record OF
20.7 in 1904.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon. Com.
mander Peary's college fraternity. will
give a great banquet in his honor De.
cember 18th at the Hotel Astor, in
New York.
State Comptroller Williams OF New
York recently received $342.000 from
the estate of the late II. II. Rogers in
part payment of the collateral inner.
itance tax against the estate,
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

According to the records kept by
the technologic department, the
Cherry disaster will rank as the sec
ond greatest in this country, the 9th.
er being that at Monongah, W. Va,
in which 1856 miners lost their lives.
Designs have been approved for the
new postal cards to be issued January
LIST. On the ordinary card the head
OF the late President Mckinley will
appear, as now, but a much better
likeness of the martyred President has
been selected. On the small card. in
tended for index purposes and for So
cial correspondence. likeness OF
President Lincoln will appear. The
two-cent international card will bear
a portrait of General Grant. A novel
and pleasing innovation has been
made for the reply postal card. On
the first half will appear a portrait
OF George Washington. while the
stamp on the second or reply half
will be likeness of Martha Washing
ton.
Following a conference with the
President at the White House on the
Nicaraguan situation. Secretary OF
State Knox authorized the following
statement: "If certain representations
of fact which have been made to the
State Department concerning the
Grace and Cannon case are verified
by inquiries that have been made, this
government will at once prepare de-
mand on the Nicaraguan government
for reparation for the death Of these
two men,"
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
FIRE AGAIN THREATENS TO STOP
PROGRESS OF RELIEF
PARTY.
ONLY TWENTY SAVED
FATE OF ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-NiNE PERSONS YET
UNKNOWN.

Cherry, ILL.,, Nov. 23.-Fire broke
out with renewed violence in the Sec
ond gallery of the ST. Paul mine early
this morning, and now threatens to
spread to the main shaft. All work
of rescue has ceased, while the entire
working force is fighting the fire.
Should the main shaft be injured ma
terially by the fire. all hope of aiding
those in the mine for many days will
be ended.
Rescuers who carried up forty-two
bodies from the St. Paul mine Mon.
day said there was evidence that the
men had walled themselves in for
several days, but had emerged to seek
food or water and had met death in
the black damp.
At point beyond where the search
ers had gone, several declared they
could see the shattered blocking of
pocket where the men had taken
refuge. The bodies were scattered
along the gallery for many yards, and
the men who found them believed the
victims collapsed from weakness or
asphyxiation before going fifty yards
towards the entrance.
Dozens of volunteers worked
against the most exasperating odds to
extend the limit of their explorations.
Earth and coal were removed only to
be followed by other cave-ins.
They're still alive down there"
was the watchword of every worker.
although evidence Of this was pathet-
ically meager.
The first ray of hope came when
men working at the east workings
broke through fall of earth where it
had been expected by experts that a
large number of bodies would be
found. Not one was discovered. In
stead in tool closet. hewed out Of
the earth, a great many mining imple-
ments were found, as laid down. ap-
parently when the men came there to
eat. A fact regarded as significant
was that not dinner pail remained.
From this it was argued that the men,
unable to escape when the fire was
discovered, retreated to some eXtrem-
ity of the mine, carrying their food
with them.
ue HeAl ray vi nope Cdiuc Win tho
discovery that the bottommost gallery
west, was not sufficiently flooded to
impede progress.
The recovery of forty-two bodies
during the day was attended by some
of the saddest scenes of the disaster.
Across the fields as the first signal OF
bodies coming up was given, stum-
bled almost 100 women and children.
who had been driven from the shaft
side by the fierce wind and cold.
The Identification of the bodies was
a comparatively easy task. There
were no spoke stains or burns on the
bodies of those taken out and physi-
clans declared that all but a few had
died OF asphyxiation. Some had torn
every vestige of clothes from their
bodies in their death agony.
Following is the situation to date:
Number trapped in mine, 80.
Rescued alive, 20.
Bodies recovered today, AZ.
Bodies recovered previously, SO.
Unaccounted for, 1S9.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
British Ministry Stands Firm.

London.-"It is my opinion that 1t
Ia impossible that any liberal gov
ernment can ever again bear the
heavy burden of office unless it is Sc
cured against repetition Of treat
ment such as other measures have
had to undergo for the last four
years"
This sensational declaration by
Lord Loreburn, lord high chancellor
in the debate on the budget. in the
House Of Lords Monday. had an elec-
trical effect upon the Liberal men,
bers of the House Of Commons who
crowded the galleries.
1t was held that Lord Loreburn's
statement would only mean that no
Liberal leader henceforth will accept
office unless he receives pledge
from the crown that enough peers
will be appointed on the premier's
nomination to secure the House Of
Commons against interference from
the House of Lords in financial mat
ters.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

to find quick relief. Mrs. Turner used
Doan's Kidney Pills for rundown con-
dition. backache, pains in the sides and
kidneys, bloated limbs, etc. "The way
they have built me up is simply mar
velous," says Mrs. Turner, who is a
nurse. my health improved rapidly.
Five boxes did so much for me l am
telling everybody about it."
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

A distinguished scientist and ply
sician, DR.. Felix Regnault, says there
are few men and women of full age
say 25 years-who have not yet
contracted the malady that will final
ly kill them. The trouble gets into
the system some way and secretes
itself in some organ and there lies
dormant until the conditions are ripe
for its fatal activity. According to this
idea no one dies of old age.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

The remark that probably a care
lessly thrown cigar was the cause of
the terrible sewer explosion in New
York City which sent so manhole
covers into the air and destroyed win
dows by the hundreds. is recalled by
a dispatch from New York City tell
ing of the partial destruction of an
automobile which was ignited by a
cigar thrown upon "a streak of gaso-
line" There is much streaking of
gasoline, nowadays. and the careful
disposition of cigars and matches is
more important than ever.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
Good Place for cameIs.

Gov. Glasscock of West Virginia,
while travelling through Arizona, no
ticed the dry, dusty appearance of the
country.
Doesn't it ever rain around here?"
he asked one of the natives.
"Rain?" the native spat. Rain?
Why, say, pardner, there's bullfrogs
in this yere town over five years old
that haih't learned to swim yet
Everybodys Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
wrlshts Organize Alrshlp Company

Albany, N. Y.-Capitalized at ST.
100000, the Wright Company OF New
York was Incorporated Monday ito
manufacture, sell, operate and other.
wise use at any place on the North
American continent and the islands
adjacent thereto machines, ships or
other mechanical contrivances for
aerial navigation" The directors are
Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright. Of
Dayton, Ohio; George A. Stevens,
Henry r. Hooker and A. F. Barnes Of
New York. A number Of very heavy
capitalists are interested in the COM
pany.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

The storm which wrecked Key
West and which may have wrought
wide havoc along the east coast of
Florida seems to have been one of the
fiercest known for many years. The
wonderful circumstance, considering
the terrific destruction of property
noted in the early reports, is the alb
sence of casualties and fatalities.
Property losses can be repaired in
time. but human beings killed or in
jured represent loss which can not
be made good to the community In
which 1t occurs.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

An odd point has arisen following
the matter of air travel. member
of the Aero club in New York has
suggested that as some persons might
consider fight over their private prop
erty as trespass. air routes should be
legally condemned for the use of the
air-traveling public. At the same time,
property-owners would like to be sure
when taking strolls in their private
grounds that they would not be bonn
barded with casual air tourists tum-
bling down out of the sky from defec-
tive airships.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
Meteor Hits Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala.-Half an enor-
nous split meteor visible in Mont.
gomery about 1880 o'clock Monday
night struck the earth in east Ala
ba,na, startling the inhabitants for
miles around.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Someone has introduced in the
British parliament bill providing for
levying taxes on land at the north
pole, on the assumption that the coun-
try up there is part of the empire.
But this gentleman. whether joking or
serious, is not likely to scare up much
excitement over the matter There
are questions of taxation much near
er home in which the British people
are far more deeply interested.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

A minister in Chicago, speaking of
the ideal woman, asserts that too fire.
quently one finds ten-dollar hat on
a ten-cent head. But that is condi.
ton which, like death and taxes, is
not confined to any sex. age or pre-.
vious condition Of servitude
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

en- who suffer back
ache, constant Ian
guor, and other COM
mon symptoms Of
k ! d n e y complaint,
should be grateful to
Mrs. Minnie Turner,
Of e. B. ST.. Ana
darko, Okla, for
nOiutinp Out tho UNIV
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

The railroads seem to be doing the
only fall plowing reported at the
present time from the new wheat
country IN northwestern Canada. But
snow is not an evil visitation even
when It comes early, as 1t adds to the
fertility of the soil.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

A summer girl has just sued for
damages for breach of promise, claim
ing that a seashore engagement she
took seriously. This creates a prec-
edent which may have portentous re-
suits on that favorite pastime. the sea-
side Irritation.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
Fighting the Slave Trade.

Although slave-trading is generally
supposed to be thing of the past, the
United States contributes annually
500 as it's share of the expense Of
keeping up at Brussels an institution
known as the international bureau for
the repression of the African slave
trade.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Cultivate the outdoor habit all you
can. even though cold weather's COM
ing on
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

What the scientists claim to know
about the limitations of aeroplanes is
just about equal to what they claimed
to know about steamships 100 years
ago
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

England's greatest trouble is trying
to make its receipts equal it's ex-
penses. There are many other lands
that have the same trouble, and not
a few individuals who find themselves
up against the problem all the year
round
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Germany is getting our hogs now"
says Berlin dispatch. Haven't no
ticed any especial shortage of end
seaters.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

An observing person can read
woman's character from the hat she
wears says writer. Then what
horrible characters most of our saint
ly women have.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

This time there is no one to dispute
Secretary Wilson's word in regard to
the big crops
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

"a New York typewriter girl has es-
tablished a record of 73 words a min
ute" says Topeka paper. Exactly;
writing or talking?
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

1t is now assured that the United
States army will soon be well supplied
with effective airships. This being the
case, the navies of Europe are moth
ing to us but the hugest kind of
Jokes.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Overdressing, flirting ana gossiping
are the three cardinal sins of women
in this country and in England a de-
sire to vote has to be added
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

No matter how funny a typograph-
ical error is, it seldom amuses the
proofreader who passed it.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Noblemen coming to this country
should take course in polite CORE
spondence before embarking. 1t may
prove embarrassing to have some
third person write their love letters
for them.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
A NURSES EXPERIENCE.
Raekaohe, Pains In the Kidneys, BIoat.
Ing, ETC., Overcome.

A nurse is expected to know what
to do for common ailments, and wom-
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

Preach the gospel of cheerfulness
wherever you CO.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
QUEEN OF ACTRESSES
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.

W am glad to write my endorse.
nenf of the great remedy. Peruna. I
do SO most heartily. "--Juiia Mari0we.
Any remedy that benefits digestion
strengthens the nerves.
The nerve centers require nutrition.
II the digestion is impaired, the nerve
centers become anemic, and nervous
debility is the result.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
For
Pain
in
Chest

For sore throat, sharp pain
in lungs, tightness across the
chest, hoarseness or cough,
lave the parts with Sloan's
Liniment. You don't need to
rub, just lay it on lightly. 1t
penetrates insta ntly to the seat
of the trouble, relieves conges-
ton and stops the pain.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. A.W. Price, Fredonia, Kans.,
says: 1--WE have used Sloan's Lini-
ment for year, and find 1t an excel
lent thing for sore throat, chest pains,
colds, and hay fever attacks. A few
drops taken on sugar stops cough.
Ing and sneezing instantly"
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25

q
1t is an excellent an
tiseptic remedy for
asthma, bronchitis,
and all infammatory
diseases of the
throat and chest /;
will break up the
deadly membrane in
an attack of Group,
and will kill any kind
of neuralgia or rheu.
matte pains.
All druggists keep
S10an's Eminent.
Pdcss ESQ.,. 5oo., &S1.oo.
d Eso!asl. Essl sIss' Sloan,
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
Here's the Proof.
Sloan's
Liniinnent

is easier to use than porous
plasters, acts quicker and does
not clog upthe pores of the skin.
Gilpin observer., 1909-11-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS

The new Minnequa Club house at
Pueblo has been completed and fur
nished. The house was built to re-
place the one burned and cost about
$4,000
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
NOVELTY IN HOME AQUARIUM
One That Is Made with a Picture
Frame Front and Intended to
Hang on the Wall.

novelty in balanced or self-sus.
tanning home aquairiums is made to
hang up on the wall like picture
The tank is oblong. narrow at the bot
tom, but wider at the top. The side to
go against the wall is vertical, while
the front slopes up outward as pic
ture hangs, and this outer side is in
fact surrounded with a picture frame
The back and ends of this aquarium
are inclosed in metallic holder, with
hooks at the top by which it may be
hung, and at the back between this
metallic holder and the back wall of
the glass tank is inserted picture, a
landscape having at the bottom in the
foreground a brook.
The bottom of the tank is covered
with gravel, and set in the water is
suitable vegetation sufficient to please
the eye and to keep the water aerated,
and then of course there are the fishes,
and when you have 1t thus stocked
you hang this aquarium up on the wall
to have the effect of picture with
fishes swimming around in it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
CAT MATCH FOR AN EAGLE.
Big Angora Feline Carried Off by
Giant Bird, Returns, Though
Worse for Wear.

Valdez, Cal-Another instance
showing how the cat comes back has
been demonstrated here. A few days
ago Nine. Grimalkin. big Angora,
mascot and pet of the Standard Coop
er Company at handbook, lay quietly
summing herself on rocky pinnacle
1920 feet above the sea level and
near the mine works, when a bald
eagle swooped down and carried her
away.
The mine foreman was witness to
the abduction and insently watched
the eagle and its prey as they scared
over the mountain tops. The sad fate
of the cat was discussed in the bunk
house for three nights, when the sud-
den jangling of the telephone bell an
nounced from distance a little more
than two miles that the cat had come
back.
Nine. Grimalkin was sorry-look-
ing sight. Her long hair was dishev-
eled and in spots her mutilated skin
was bare. How far she was carried
and how she escaped her captor she
can not tell. 1t may be she killed the
bird When the eagle swooped down
and carried the cat away the mine
foreman asserts both cat and eagle
must have gone 20 miles. for both
we're lost to view only on account Of
the failure of vision to follow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

is grayish linen with outline stitch In
dark old blue, darning in lighter blue,
and the lace matching the darker
shade.
One motif for the border and one
half of the corner are given, to be
traced on the linen by means of car
bon paper and hard lead pencil. A
plain, two-inch hem is put in. with a
row of outline stitch five inches above
1t, and another row five inches from
this. which forms the top of the bor.
der. Then the motifs are placed be.
tween the two rows, outlined, and the
background filled in.
The cloth when completed should be
one yard square. with a two-inch edge
of lace for finish. 1t is advisable to
use good grade of. floss, SO that 1t
will not fade, and in washing it is well
to put good handful of table salt in
the water to set the color. The cloth
is quickly and easily made, and the
result sure to be pleasing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
cravat with Double Ends.

If you have a strip of brown silk,
taffeta or messaline. and little silk in
pretty contrasting color, such as ecru,
delicate green or blue, make one of the
new cravats with double ends. These
are cut like a mans string tie, but
with difference. A perfectly plain
round the neck. but where it meets
in front each end branches of into
two parts, giving four ends in all.
These ends are all lined with silk OF a
contrasting color. The effect when
tied is very pretty. The cravat must
not be less than yard in length.