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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
CHIEF EXECUTIVE ARRIVED IN
VIRGINIA THIS MORNING TO
PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISES
INCIDENT TO THE UNWILLING
OF A MONUMENT AND STATUE
To GENERAL HARTRANFT.
Entertainment PLANS
UNUSUALLY ELABORATE

Petersburg, Va, May 19.-Presi-
dent William Howard Taft and his
party arrived in this city shortly af-
ter O'Clock this morning to partic-
fpate in the unwilling of Fort Ma
hone, OF monument and handsome
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
BAGS BIC
RH|N0SCEROUS
Elk President Has Now Be
gun in Earn est His Hunt
ing Expedition From Geo.
McMillan's ia Ju Ranch.

Nairobi, British East Africa, May
19.-Theodore Roosevelt has be
gun his hunting expedition from the
ia Ju ranch Of George Mcmillan.
whose guest he is.
He went out last Sunday and
bagged a rhilocerous. The head and
skin of this animal weighed more
than five hundred pounds
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
Famous Financier Passes Away Quietly at His Home
With Only His Wife at His Bedside His Death Be-
ing So Sudden That His Son and Daughter DID Not
Reach Him Until Half-Hour After End Had Come.
WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS Of STANDARD OIL CO.,
AND ALONE He CONSTRUCTED THE V|RGN|AA RAILWAY

May of the
nj his
a of
-, ~
Mr. Rogers died only him
his q ~ ~
CHILDREN
hale ms son. r. H. and his three married daughters reached the
AT WORK
The of thu
Killed
4
Mr. n
WOULD
lie always refused tell
school
It.
TOOK
ne d1fted the oil refining
Ter with whom he has associated
STANDARD OIL ORGANIZER
Mr. Rogers Of
Rockefeller principal of
remarkable activity this built
the Virginia Railway cost of between
DEATH NOT EXPECTING STOCKS
Inc death OF Mr. Rogers had immediate
CONDITION
his
learned that orders
Paul Union Pacific Steel and other stocks which Interested
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
CONDITION WE'LL KNOWN

It's had
sdhEe(
n market m
st Paul. Union Pacific Steel and other stocks which
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
LUTHERAN SPECIAL SERVICES

Being the evening before. Ascen-
sion Day, special services will be
held in the chapel today at D. m.
Subject OF sermon, "The Ascension. -
Public invited by the pastor, G. r.
w. Kegley.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-05-19
nARTON GETS PId.M

Charleston, w. Va, May 19.-Gov
Ciasscock, today announced the APP
pointment OF /. v Barton, OF Wheel
ing as commissioner OF labor.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-07

upon them in the darkness from the
far end of their nest limb, or leaping
down out of the upper branches.
The nerves of all three were at their
highest tension when dark form
swept past through the air within a
yard of their faces. Miss Leslie ut
tered stifed scream and Blake
brandished his club. But Winthrope,
who had caught glimpse of the crea-
ture's shape, broke Into a nervous
laugh.
It's only fruit bat" he explained.
"They feed on the banyan figs, you
know"
In the reaction from this false alarm,
both men relaxed and began to yield
to the effects of the tramp across the
mud-iats. Arranging the reeds as
best they could they stretched out on
either side of Miss Leslie and fell
asleep in the middle of an argument
on how the prospective leopard was
mostly likely to attack.
Miss Leslie remained awake for
two or three hours longer. Naturally
she was more nervous than her COM
panions, and she had been refreshed
by her afternoons nap. Her nervous
ness was not entirely due to the wild
beasts. Though Blake had taken pains
to secure himself and his companions
in loops of the creeper, fastened to
the branch above, Winthrope moved
about so restlessly in his sleep that
the girl feared he would roll from the
hollow.
At last her limbs became so
cramped that she was compelled to
change her position. She leaned
back upon her elbow, determined to
rise again and maintain her watch
the moment she was rested. But
sleep was close upon her. There was
Il lull in the louder noises of the jun
gle Her eyes closed, and her head
sank lower. In little time it was ly-
ing upon Winthropes shoulder and she
was fast asleep.
AS Blake had asserted, the mos
quitoes had either been blown away
by the cyclone or did not fly to such
a height. None came to trouble the
exhausted sleepers.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-07
Sounds Which Carry at Sea.

Examinations by naval experts In
wireless telephony as to the sound
which will carry the greatest distance
at sea develops that siren xnder 72
pounds of steam pressure will emit
a blast which may be heard 40 miles.
Next comes the steam whistle, the
sound of which is carried 20 miles
Among the softest sounds which carry
considerable distance is the whis
Ting buoy installed by the lighthouse
board, which has frequently been
heard a distance of 15 miles.
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with one hand reached down with the
other to swing the girl up beside him
on the branch.
"All right, Miss Jenny" he reas-
sured her as he felt her tremble. "Sor-
ry to scare you, but l couldn't have
made it without. Now, if you'll just
hold down my legs we soon hoist
his ludship."
He had seated her in the broadest
part of the shallow hollow, where the
branch joined the main trunk of the
fig. Heaped with the reeds which he
had gathered during the afternoon it
made such cozy shelter that she
at once forgot her dizziness and fright.
Nesting among the reeds, she leaned
with all her strength.
The loose end of the creeper had
fallen to the ground when Blake lifted
her upon the branch and Winthrope
was already slipping into the loop.
Blake ordered him to take it off and
send up the club. AS the creeper was
again flung down a black shadow
swept over the jungle.
Hello! Sunset" called Blake
Look sharp, there!"
"All ready" responded Winthrope.
Blake drew in full breath, and be.
gan to hoist The position was an
| awkward one, and Winthrope weighed
80 or 40 pounds more than Miss Les
lie. But as the Englishman came
within reach of the descending loop
he grasped it and did what he could
to ease Blakes efforts. A few mo
ments found him as high above the
ground as Blake could raise him
| Without waiting for orders, he swung
himself upon the upper part of the
creeper and climbed the last few feet
unaided. Blake grunted with satisfac
ton as he pulled him in upon the
/ branch.
''You may do after ALL" he said
"At any rate, we're all aboard for the
night; and none too soon. Hear that?'
WHAT"
'Lion, l guess Not that yelping
Listen!"
The brief twilight was already fading
| into the darkness of moonless night
and as the three crouched together in
their shallow nest they were soon
made audibly aware of the savage ma
ture of their surroundings. With the
gathering night the jungle Weakened
into full life. From all sides came the
harsh squawking Of birds, the weird
cries of monkeys and other small crea
lures, the crash of heavy animals
moving through the jungle, and above
all the yelp and howl and roar oi
beasts of prey.
After some contention with Win
thrope Blake conceded that the roars
Of his lion might be nothing worse
than the snorting of the hippopotamt
as they came out to browse for the
night. In this, however, there was
small comfort, since Winthrope pres
emily reasserted his belief in the
! climbing ability of leopards, and ex
pressed his opinion that, whether oi
not there were lions in the neighbor
hood, certain of the barking roars they
could hear came from the throats oi
the spotted climbers. Even Blake's
hair bristled as his imagination pic
tured one of the great cats creeping
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-07
SYNOPSIS.
XLLyZR4772NJ BT14Y NAZ/ZAJ
So1|R/eS/. <So6 ~ Ac /SsezDgsS q CO,

The story opens with the shipwreck of
the steamer on which Miss Genevieve
Leslie, an American heiress, Lord Win
F6P9 6PYsdue am A9nrican ere @ne S GERS
The three were tossed upon an uninhab-
tied island and We're the only ones not
drowned. Blake recovered from a drunk
en- stupor. Blake, summed on the boat,
because of his roughness. became a hero
as preserver of the helpless pair. The
Engishman was suing for the hand of
Miss Leslie. Blake started to swim back
% the ship to recover what was left.
Blake returned safely. Winthrope wasted
his last match on a cigarette, for which
he was scored by. Blake. Their first meal
was "a dead fish. The trio started a ten
mile hike for higher land. Thirst at
tackled them. Blake was compelled to
ness. He taunted Winthrope. They en-
tered the Jungle
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ceded the dawn, were sleeping their
soundest, when a sudden fierce roar
followed instantly by piercing squeal
caused even Blake to start up in panic.
Miss Leslie, too terrified to scream,
clung to Winthrope, who crouched on
his launches, little less overcome.
Blake was the first to recover and
puzzle out the meaning of the crashing
in the jungle and the ferocious growls
directly beneath them.
Lie STILL" he whispered. Were
all right. It's only a beast that killed
something down below us"
All sat listening, and as the noise of
the animals in the thfcket died away
they could hear the beast beneath
them tear at the body of its victim.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-07
odd Heads on YOUNG Shoulders.

Our children are growing more in,
dependent. 1t is not the fault of the
parents nor of the children; we are
not careless. and they are not un.
grateful. The conditions of life ara
responsible for the modern youth. "--
Familien Zeitupg, Vienna.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-10-07
CHAPTER vi.
Man and Gentleman.

IGHT had almost passed, and
all three, soothed by the re-
freshing GOODNESS which pre-
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-13

LINCOLN IN 1862. the latest tenant
was unable to make enough from the
place to meet the taxes, just. as the
earliest one Of record, a certain farmer
carpenter Of the name of Thomas Lin
coin, failed to get enough out Of the
barren acres to pay for them.
Yet this stony, unproductive spot of
earth is now one Of the worlds
shrines: On Feb. IL presidents, gov
ernors. judges, cardinals and cabinet
ministers foregather there to crate and
dedicate these rocks and sterile soil
patches to the people for all the days
to come. On one Of the hills a white
memorial hall patterned after a Greek
temple will likewise be consecrated
and left as a Mecca for future genera
lions. The temple incloses an old one
room log cabin. with a stick chimney,
one door, one window and no floor at
all. In this cabin was born a man
child whom the world has taken to its
heart-Abraham Lincoln, war president
and liberator, man of meekness and
mercy, strange compound Of sorrow
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copyTi6ht. 5e0o. - Amesriealn Press .AsSociatiSn

and indirectly contributed to the split
ting of the Democratic party and the
deciding of the election. Oddly also.
the two, men were personal friends.
and in the test Of war Judge Douglas
came valiantly. to President Lincoln's
support. ~ !.
As for Booth, his motive in, Staying
Lincoln has always been something
Of a mystery. That there was a con-
spiracy and that he entered into it
there seems little doubt, but his rea-
son for the step has never been made
clear. Whether he had a private griev-
ance, acted through sentimental SYM
pathy with the south or simply was
crazed by the great events Of the pc
Rod is yet a matter :&ofss controversy
and doubtless will always remain so.
Considering his talents and brilliant
family connections, the last suppose
ton is the probable and Certainly the.
charitable one. n, Il > 7
Lincoln said that his early life
might be described in a:sslinf from,
Gray, 1.-THE short and SIMPLE annals
Of the poor" He came Of English.
Quakers. His parents. while Of good
family, belonged to the frontier, had
little or no education and no money.
The son was never burdened with
these things himself. His schooling
altogether did not amount to q Y year.
Yet he taught himself, reading omniv:
orously such books as he could pro-
cure. Fortunately !, these were. the
best-the Bible, Shakespeare, Aesop,
"Pilgrim's Progress" Thomas Paine,
Robert Burns and the lives of Wash
ington and Clay.
In 1916 the Lincolns left Kentucky
for Indiana, and two years later the
mother died. It was a time of intense
misery and saddened the boys life.
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and Of laughter. He, the babe that
came here Of parents poor and almost
i%lliterate, is the reason for the temple,
for the crowds and for the oratory.
is likewise the reason for the ma
ton existing at all in its present form.
So these humble acres are not all un-
productive, even though they cannot
grow crops, for they brought forth a
great soul to lead a people from bond
age and to place before mems eyes a
type Of charity aud forbearance that
will make US all tenderer and better
for having EEL
The Lincoln farm, after passing out
Of the ownership offThomas Lincoln,
belonged for many years to a family
Of the namevof. :Creal, after which it
was bought by a New York capitalist,
a MI. bennett, who made some i'm
provements on it with the idea Of
changing it into a national park. This
was abandoned, however, because Of
business reverses. The farm became
tied up in the litigation Of the Den
nett estate and for years was neglect
ed. At last it was sold at public auc-
ton by the authorities Of Larue coun-
ty, KY, when it was purchased by
Richard Lloyd Jones. rs a representa-
tive of Robert j. Collier. A Lincoln
farm association was formed, with
Governor Folk Of Missouri at its head
and various distinguished men on its
directorate. To this body Mr.. Collier
turned over the farm, popular sub
scriptions were raised, a memorial
building was erected, and other i'm
provements were made. AS a result
the Lincoln birthplace farm on Feb.
IL will be opened to the public as a
national park. From a scenic aspect
lit is a beautiful spot. Near to the
plaza fronting the memorial building
Is the famous rock spring, and not far
distant IL a picturesque creek, on the
banks Of which the boy Lincoln play
ed.
In addition to the dedication of the
farm, a statue Of Lincoln will be un-
yelled In Hodgenville. More important
still, It is now practically certain that
some form Of memorial WILDE erected
at Washington, q step that should
have been taken long ago.
Everything connected with Abra-
ham Lincoln is held precious by the
American people. His birthplace and
hhtt tomb, his acts and his words, the
people with whom he associated, oil
ara objects of a ponular interest such
% has been aroused BY few men in
the history Of nations. Compared
with Lincoln's simple greatness most
ofNthe characters grouped around him
suffer by contrast. This 10 true even
of his5 family. For one I feel that jus.
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No Other American Farm Save Mount
Vernon Has Produced Such . Wonder
ful Crop Of Patriotism . = y d
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'"Au that l am, all that I hope. to be,
I owe to my angel mother" he after
ward exclaimed. In a year Thomas
Lincoln married a second time, and
the stepmother came as near supply
ing the vacant place in young Abra-
hams heart and life as any other be-
ing could have done. For the boy the
stay in Indiana consisted chiefly Of
hard farm work, with n fatboat
trip down the Mississippi nea its end.
Following his pioneer instincts, Tom
Lincoln In 1880 moved to Illinois.
That winter Abraham, now "his own
man." split rails and started out in
the world for himself. The next year
he took a second flatboat trip to New
Orleans and returned to. clerk in a
grocery at New Salem. In 1882 he
served as q captain in the Black
Hawk war and ran for the Legislature,
but was defeated. In 1893 he started
in the grocery business for himself,
but his partner ran of, poor Lincoln
failed, and it took him years to pay
the debt. y
Lincoln tried for the legislature a
second time in 1884 and was elected,
remaining in the house eight years, a
part Of which time he was minority
leader. His chief acts as a legislator
we're his advocacy Of internal i'm.
p~rovements. his protest against slav.
cry and his leadership Of the fight to
remove the state capital from Van.
dalia to Springfield.
Other events occurring contempora.
neously with this legislative expert.
nee were briefly as follows: In 1884
and 1885 he acted as deputy surveyor
and studied law. In August, 1885,
Ann Rutledge died, throwing Lincoln
into 1ndescribable gloom. In 1886 he
was admitted to the bar, forming a
partnership with John T. Stuart. In
1910 he was an elector On the Harri.
son ticket. In 1s41 he formed a part.
nership. with Judge Stephen T. Logan,
and on Nov. A. 1912, he was married
to Miss Mary Todd of Kentucky.
At the end Of his Legislative career
Mr.. Lincoln in 1843 formed his final
law partnership, that with William 81.
Herndon, which lasted to the end Of
his life. In 1874 he was an elector on
the Clay ticket and in 1916 was elect
ed ito congress ,lswhtchssswaA,tssprop
speaking the beginning Hi ma
Sytiona15S career. although hid feal advent
as national OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES untfl
sadecads after5h is one bsifln11nu iihhsscoagress
6yEinhnnld gSFtRG 4kHhsaIt5 IA 49f.s&Ssys
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assassination. After his Inauguration
his history became that of the country
in her most t3santic. struggle. The su-
preme events Of his administration. as
they affect his fame were the issuance
OF the emancipation proclamation on
Sept. 20, 1852, and its official promul-
CATION on the LIST Of January following;
ivicksburg and Gettysburg on July
IA, 1883; the Gettysburg address on
Nov. 10, 1868; the second election, to
the presidency and second inaugural,
and the assassination on April II,
1851, nve days after Appomattox.
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). WILKES BOOTH.

+ J. WILKES BOOTH. the scores. Chief
among the poets were STennyson, Poe.
Holmes, Fitzgerald and Lord Hough-
ton. OF musicians there were Chopin
and Mendelssohn; of'4scfeptists, Oar
win and many lesser lights; IL fight
ers. Admiral Dahlgren, Kit Carson,
Marshal Canrobert; Of statesmen,
Gladstone. Hannibal Hamlin and Abra-
ham Lincoln. So ID " b M
Lincoln and Darwin. perhaps the
most celebrated Of the list. were born
on the same day. Zone. abolished chat
tel slavery, preserved the worlds
greatest republic and set democratic
government a long step forward: the
other revolutionized science and wrote
the word evolution" into the Ian
guage and thoughts Of men,.
Lincoln's fame has grown with ev-
cry. hong since his death and is vet
growing. His hold. on the hearts Of
men comes not alone" from Ills acts.
These but brought him into the public
eye. 1t was the sweetness:ofS.h1s char
acter, his mercy and simplicity, his
loyalty to truth, his homely common
sense, his literary quality and his per-
feet democracy that have given him
second, If not first. place among the
great men Of his own land and won
him the affection of all lands.
. The centenary Of his birth, on Feb.
IL, will be celebrated as has been that
of no other American. On the BIRTH
place farm in Kentucky a memorial
building will be dedicated, speeches
being delivered by President Roose-
welt, Secretary Of War Luke e.
Wright, Supreme Court Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Cardinal Gibbons
and Governors Folk Of Missouri and
Wilson Of Kentucky. The address of
President Roosevelt, while short, will
be, 1t is believed, one of his most am
bilious efforts. 1t will constitute prac-
tically his last important %utterance as
president, and, he designs to place It
as nearly in the class with Lincoln's
Gettysburg address as he is able. The
memorial building itself is small and
of simple but classic design. Sur
rounded by Greek pillars and ap-
proached by broad flights Of steps. 1t
makes a striking appearance IN the
humble Kentucky farm. It complete
~ surrounds and incloses the little
log cabin in which Lincoln was born.
which after it's ~wanderings has been
regretted on its original site. At the
foot Of the steps are a broad sward and
!, driveway, with a Flagstaff in the Gen.
ter. Near by is the rock spring which
was famous even in Lincoln's day.
All of this, with the remainder Of the
farm, which will be left much as it
was before, il to be thrown open to
the public as national park on Feb.
II. aa ..aM &
The Lincoln centenary win, also be
deliberately celebrated at the tomb of
the martyr president and his former
home in Springfield, at most Of the
large cities and In the churches and
elsewhere all over the United States
and in. some form throughout the
world. ~
Two men whose lines Of fate cross
ed those of Abraham Lincoln in a
strange and one Of them in a sinister
way were Stephen A. Douglas and
John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln and
Douglas were lifelong political foes.
rivals for the hand Of the same girl,
rivals for the .senatorship, rivals in
debate and rivals for the presidency.
Lincoln won In every case, except in
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miles from
Hodgenville, KY,
Is a one hundred
and ten acre
farm that raises
little except pa
triotis m. The
crops OH it arc
for t b e m Q st
part stunted and
have a discour.
aged appearance.
Perhaps this do.
lection m e 8
from To- ne
about to miss
the rocks or from
trying to find
fertility in the
soil, a hopeless
task. Whatever
the ca u 8 e, the
fact remains that
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ms1s5sy when ST. nams nj .sIS being
mentioned 40 prospective candidate
4or,lpsesidents Abraham Lincoln wrote
stoSansditor who had suggested tho
sadvisabiiity sof announcing his name.
q must n1salf candpr ny that I ~
not thinksanyselfsaa the prsslsiden.
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-13

II ,list of the
worlds great
men born in
1909 and whose
centenaries will
therefore be eel.
ebrated during
the present year
is surprisingly
large. The num-
Der reaches into
The Dickinson press., 1909-02-13

Many Rare FGeniuses Were Born In In
1909. and Ab4ahsm, LincolnsWa4Greats..
ct Of Them fl1 4 q 4 4 4 y
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