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The bee., 1910-04-07
FLOODS IN LONE STAR STATE
Snow Adds to the Effects Of Unprece-
dented Rains.

San Antonio, Tex.--Almost ineessant
rains for three days have put streams
in this section of Texas on such a ram
page as has not been recorded in TWEEN
ty years.
In Uvalde county, west Of here, beside
the 200 goats caught and drowned by the
overflow of the Neuces river, 1000 goats,
which had been sheared earlier in the
month, perished from the cold and rain.
Bee men in Bexar county also lost
thousands of dollars, the flood having
reached their apiaries. At Fort Davis
and Maria, still further west, two
inches of snow has fallen and fruit and
young vegetables are killed.
The loss viii total high into the thou
sands, but is small compared with the
benefits which will accrue to the farm
ers and stock men from the rains.
The bee., 1910-04-07
JAP CASE GROWSGRAVE
JAPANESE STATE DEPARTMENT
BEHIND MOVE FOR MEN.
U. S. State Department Non-Committal
on Order Sent to Attorney-General
of Philippine Islands.

Washington.--The question of the
japanese spies held at Manila by this
government has SeSome an important if
not serious affair.
Instructions were cabled Thursday to
the attorney general and the secretary
of justice of the Philippines by the war
department, detailing the proper pro
ceedings.
These instructions, it is stated, are
concurred in by the state department, al
though the state department declares it
has nothing to do with the case.
The silence OF the state department in
the matter is justifable, because it is
excellent authority that the Japanese
foreign office is behind the application
of the two spies for release on habeas
corpus.
II is admitted that if this case should,
by any unforeseen circumstances, become
one of negotiations between the state de-
partment and the Japanese foreign office,
the issue would be very doubtful.
If the state department should yield
to the Japanese contention, it would be
because the state department chose to
ignore a specific Philippine law which
covers and can heavily punish the offense
of the spies.
The aggravation of the offense of the
two Japanese prisoners lies in the fact
that they were endeavoring to get in
formation which is concealed from the
press at Washington.
The case of the prisoners is regarded
as one of extreme delicacy. II includes
elements, any one of which, should it go
wrong, would involve the United States
in direct question of national honor
with Japan.
The bee., 1910-04-07
Bones of Confederate Dead.

Gettysburg, Pa.-A few human bones
are the contents of shallow grave just
found at the foot of East Cemetery hill.
The bones are supposed to be those Of
one of the Louisiana Tigers, which com
mand, on the morning of July 2, 1853,
charged the steep declivity and spiked
the guns of Weidrich's Federal battery.
The Confederates were driven back to
their position at the foot of the hill.
Evidently this body was missed when
the Confederate dead on this battlefield
were exhumed and taken to Hollywood
cemetery at Richmond.
The bee., 1910-04-07
FIGURES COST OF LIVING
Wages Do Not Keep Pace with Price
of Foodstuffs.

Washington.-Senator Lodge, chair
man of the select committee which is
investigating the cost OF living, Monday
presented to the senate mass of data
supplied by consular officers in Europe.
Although it is difficult to make COM
parisons in the forms in which the data
is given, the committee is convinced that
the papers will show that wages in no
European country have kept pace with
wages in America, and foodstuffs have
advanced out of proportion to income,
especially as applied to the laboring
classes.
The committee expects later to an
alyze the figures and make special
report covering this character of infor-
nation.
The bee., 1910-04-07
NEW OIL GO. BUYS WELLS
Holland Concern Spends $5,oooooo in
Oklahoma.

Bartletsville, Okla.-George c. Priest
ley, of Bartletsville, who executed the
transaction by which Eastern capitalists
recently secured options on the holding
of about twenty Oklahoma oil compa-
nies for a Holland syndicate, received a
message from New York stating that
the contracts had been signed and the
deal fully consummated. The transac-
I tion involves over S5,O00,Q00 and some
of the best oil lands in the state. The
purchasing syndicate announces that a
pipe line to the gulf viii be constructed
soon. This, if true, gives denial to the
current report here that the STANDARD
Oil Company was making the purchase.
1t is believed that the transfer win in
crease the price of oil, and independent
operators expect new and far-advanced
era in oil and gas development in Okla
homa.
The bee., 1910-04-07
URGE NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Anti-Saloon League Urges Southerners
to Support Bill.

Atlanta, Ga.--Resolutions advocating
national prohibition, calling upon all
churches to aid in the fight for prohibi-
tion and condemning interstate commerce
laws as they now stand allowing the
shipment of liquors from wet to a
dry state, were adopted at the closing
session of the Southern Anti-Saloon
League convention here Monday.
A resolution was adopted urging all
Southern representatives and senators to
support the Miller-Curtis bill now pend
ing in congress, which provides for the
segregation of liquor in its treatment
under interstate commerce laws and per-
mits any state to seize liquors shipped
within its territory contrary to its laws.
The bee., 1910-04-07
TRIAL OF JAP SPIES
ARMY MEN SAY THERE ARE MANY
CHANCES OF CONVICTION.
Nothing viii Be Done by Japan Until
Matter Has Been Decided by the
Courts.

Washington.-The secretary of the
navy, Friday, ordered that the two ctr
zens of Japan who were held by Maj
Gen. Duval, commanding in the Philip
pines, on charges of obtaining informa'
|.tion about the defenses of Manila should
BE turned over to the civil authorities,
there being no federal statute covering
he case.
I 1t is not admitted at the war depart
ment or at the state department that
Japan has in any way let its interest in
the case be known to this government.
Baron Uchida, the Japanese minister,
however, said in answer % specific ques.
tions:
Il shouldn't think that my govern
ment ssAuld interest itself in this mat
ter WINE it is the hands of the United
States authorities. l do not know that
any action is contemplated, but certain
ly nothing will be done until after the
cases are disposed of by the authorities,
that is if any action were necessary"
No information regarding the purpose
of the ambassadors call at the state de-
partment was vouchsafed by him. 1t
was expected that he would avoid dis
cussion of the case on its merits, even
had he conferred on the subject.
Officials in another department, how
ever, state that there was not the
slightest chance that Japan would inter
fere in government conduct of the case.
This statement was made after the call
of the ambassador. The reason for the
prediction was the official belief that the
Japanese foreign office could not afford
to assume the attitude of publicity and
officially defending its citizens on peeu-
liar charges which were made against
them.
The bee., 1910-04-07
NEW COTTON BILL PROBABLE
Proposed Legislation Will Not Effect
Grain Exchanges.

Washington.--It is probable there will
be new cotton anti-option bill, like
wise to be known as the Scott bill, to
cover amendments TO the original meas
ure introduced by Chairman Scott, Of the
house committee on agriculture, prohib-
iting transactions in futures in CONNER
cial markets.
1t is practically settled, SO far rs the
subcommittee on agriculture is. con-
cerned, that the grain exchanges viii
not be affected by the proposed legisla-
tion, the subcommittee taking the posi-
.tion that there is no sentiment in the
West for such elimination of grain fu.
lures as in the case of the cotton OK
change.
The bee., 1910-04-07
Railway Costs $4,000, 600 a Mile.

New York.-The Pennsylvania railroad
opened to public inspection for the first
time today 1876 miles of the most ex-
pensive construction work, foot for foot,
ever attempted-namely, its tunnel and
terminal improvements from Harrison,
N. j., to Sunnyside, Long Island. The
average cost of mile of steam railroad
is about $4,000; the cost per mile of
the tunnel and terminal Improvement
has been more than $0,600,O00. The
company has thus far expended s1o2,-
100000 and viii spend $16o,000,o0o be-
fore the Improvement is completed
The bee., 1910-04-07
Probe Barreli Soaking.

Washington So called recovery
houses, which obtain spirits by soaking
empty barrels, have been called on by the
internal revenue bureau to show cause
why they should not be prohibited from
continuing this practice. There are
about thirty such houses in the country,
and the estimate is made that they OBJ
tain at least two gallons of spirits from
each barrel by the soaking process, IN
consequence of which the governments
loses more or less revenue.
Response must be made to the depart.
ment's order by May IS.
The bee., 1910-04-07
Don't Need $50, 1000.

y, Washington.--The proposition to issue
$30,O0O,0oO in government certificates OF
indebtedness for the purpose of comRlet-
ing old and new irrigation projects, one
of the administrators conservation
measures, which has been under consid'
GRAFTON by the house ways and means
committee internationally for month
was discussed by Director Fred H. New
ell of the reclamation service. Mr.. New.
ell told the committee that about $7,0O0,-
900 annually was coming in to the recla-
nation service, which was sufficient I'd
complete existing projects.
The bee., 1910-04-07
Can Governor Change Mind.

Frankfort, Ky.-Whether the governor
of Kentucky may legally exercise the
common privilege of changing his mind
is a question which very probably will
be submitted to the courts. Gov. Will
son vetoed the bin amending the pure
food law 50 as to allow oleomargarine to
be sold when colored, if it was so brand
ed. Later he recalled the measure and
signed it. It Is contended on the one
side that after the bill passed into the
hands Of the secretary OF state it was
beyond the control Of the executive.
The bee., 1910-04-07
rexas Wins Oil Case.

Washington.-The supreme court Of
the United States decided the case of the
Southwestern Oil Company versus the
State of Texas in favor of the state, thus
upholding the constitutionality of the
Texas state law known as the Kennedy
tax law, which fixes a tax of two pei
cent. on the gross receipts from the sale
of oil, naptha, etc.
The court held that classification Of
wholesale dealers as distinct from retail
dealers for. purposes of taxation was .
proper exercise of state power.
The bee., 1910-04-07

ConAWend us to that Toledo man
who hSdA ten tons of tprniDs TO sell.
but was not satisfied with the price
offered him by the Wholesalers, and
deliberately gave the. entirsilot to the
populace. who carried those turnips
away in baskets. says Chicago Trib.
une. He could AFFORD to do II. and he
dit 1t. and through his indignant gen.
erosity. so to speak. more people in
Toledo probably feasted on boiled 'tur-
nips during the next "a hours than
ever before In the history OF the city,
while all the circumambient atmos.
phere was redolent OF their more or
less grateful perfume But suppose It
had been carload OF onionsl
The bee., 1910-04-07

The fair goods of a western univers.
1ty have issued proclamation against
the wearing Of rnstaches by either
students or professors, threatening a
boycott of all who disobey this order
Any professor who ,;Stears his face
as It suits him, iR defiance. Of. their
wishes, will find the goods absent
from his lectures. ;. Which gives room
for thought on Stke. effect of discipline
Ind the higher .education on character
BpiMlng. 'f.. .s..a .at.t.E.~:.
The bee., 1910-04-07

An ungalIant French Judge has de
cided that spinsters of S9 have no
legal redress if.they are Tilted. because
by that time: they are old enough to
know whether a man is in earnest or
not and 1t is theit own fault II they
are swindled out of their mature af-
fections. This decision WIN be a blow
to the spinsters whose hopes are
blighted. but whose thrift remains.
The bee., 1910-04-07
, 100000 Matches DestroVed.

st. Louis.-More than two million
packages of matches went up in smoke
during spectacular fire that destroyed
two adjoining factories of the Diamond
Match Company, with total loss esti-
mated at S175,0O0. ~
The bee., 1910-04-07
Booth,s AmY Wins.

New York.-The Salvation Army, or
ganized by VIM. Booth, won victory
in the supreme court, which prohibits
its rival, "Tbe American Salvation
Army from using this title or repre-
senting itself to be in any way connected
with the original organization.
The bee., 1910-04-07
New Rope Halter.

Every stockman knows how incon-
venient a stir new rope halter can be.
New rope may he made as .pliable as
old. it is claimed, by simply boiling it
for two hours In water Then hang
it In warm room and let it dry out
thoroughly. 81
The bee., 1910-04-07

Now an Illinois farmer comes for
ward with what is practically cob
less variety of corn. In this case the
grains grow directly from the stem.
and the resulting waste Is said to
much less than in the cob kind. Will
the evolution proceed until the husks
also are eliminated?
The bee., 1910-04-07
Haf Pins in .Congress.

Washington:-AAny woman wearing a
hatpin whose point projects more than
an inch beyond the, hat will be subject
to arrest in the District, of Columbia,
if bill introduced by Representative
Coudrey of Missouri should enacted
into law .i~i. =.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Calculations OF the enormous theo-
retical losses in slump in the New
York stock exchange afford very little
consolation to the lamb who was in
for few thousands of real money.
The bee., 1910-04-07

On the appearance OF any lump
about the legs of horse. it should be
bathed diligently with wafer as hot
as can be borne. What might de-
velop into a SPAWN may sometimes IA
this way be checked at tho start !.
The bee., 1910-04-07

The ice cream ptolnaine has started
in to work. poisoning 60 patrons of a
church fair in New Jersey town
But it takes more than this to fright
en- the brave who treat the fair.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Even though the average wages Of
workmen in Germany have increased
20 per cent during the past 20 years,
they still look small in comparison
with the wages Of workmen here in
the United States.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Mastodon steaks, preserved in ice
for 250.000 years. are said by cold
storage advocates to be. perfectly de-
licious. But that has nothing to do
with the scarcity of strictly fresh
eggs.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Did It ever occur to you how much
easier the word "aeroplane" would be
10 pronounce II we could call 1t 'areo-
plane?"
The bee., 1910-04-07

One trouble is that statesman in
endeavoring to get to the level of the
plain people is in danger of underesti-
mating the plain peoples intelligence
and refinement
The bee., 1910-04-07
Stops Lameness

Much of the chronic lameness
In horses is due TO neglect.
See that your horse is not al
lowed to go lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating - goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
The bee., 1910-04-07

In 1912 the Chicago papers we're
voicing mild protests against the large
spring bonnets. Millinery. like his
tory. is a repeater.
The bee., 1910-04-07

If the comet has so much gas in It's
tail win not the gas companies of this
mundane sphere warn it by Injunction
from trespassing on their domain?
The bee., 1910-04-07

One trouble OF the city farmer will
be how to pitch his crops for the
coming year when he looks over the
price OF everything ,he has been buy
ing as a consumer.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Another plot has been discovered In
Portugal. That kingdom is closely
running Russia's old established rec
ord for plots.
The bee., 1910-04-07

The hen is a bird. says the treasury
department. Any one buying strictly
fresh eggs these days viii agree that
she is a luxury.
The bee., 1910-04-07

A Paris editor gets four years for
praising the murderer Of. a policeman.
and the murderer of Cuban editor
serves one day. What is the moral?
The bee., 1910-04-07

Mr.. 6. T. Roberts Of Resaca, Ga,
RID. No. I, Boz 43, writes -" ! have
used your Linimcnt on horse for swee-
ney and effected a thorough cure. al
30 removed spawn on mule. Tbia
SPAWN was a. large as a guinea egg. In
my estimation the best remedy for lama.
ness and soreness is
The bee., 1910-04-07

Uncle Sam owns 1900 hens at Pan
anna and he expects every one of them
to do its part 'nobly.
The bee., 1910-04-07

A baby was born In New York re-
Gently with a full set Of teeth, but 1t
had no meal ticket
The bee., 1910-04-07

The Harvard professor who says a
man can live on 20 cents day speaks
acadcmically for, academic purposes.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Comets and the end Of the world are
no longer being worked simultaneous
". They have dissolved partnership.
The bee., 1910-04-07

A pessimist is a man who believes
that spring as an institution has been
done away with.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Weather that makes the plumber
kick and the iceman grow. is the kind
most folks like.
The bee., 1910-04-07

Biizzards that linger on the way be-
come haFmless as a summers rain
The bee., 1910-04-07

Baseball will soon make politics
look like 30 cents. The sap is rising.
The bee., 1910-04-07

kissing dangerousf Get breach
Of promise suit and md out
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-04-06

Old Ocean. that champion Bluebeard
of the centuries, has gained "a new and
charming bride
At Newport News on Wednesday of
last week Miss Louise Nugent, daughter
Of prominent merchant of St Louis,
acted as sponsor and performed the cere-
mony In which the "City Of St. Louis, 4"
newest Of the Savannah Lines new feet,
was gathered in his mighty arms. She
IS a sister ship to the City of Mont
gomery, recently launched by the
same line, and the seven seas have
seldom seen a BONNER bride than she.
The suites Of which there are ten
Will each contain large bed room and a
private bath the latter dainty as white
tile and enamel can make them, and
furnished with hot and cold water, both
salt and fresh. The bed rooms will pos
sess high ceilings delicate tapestries
brass beds, writing tables settees and
the deintiest Of linen and bedding
Few OF its passengers will realize the
magnitude Of the problems the builders
Of these ships have had TO solve At no
time in the year do the ships leave and
enter their two harbors in the same tenn
perature. Delicate devices are neces
sary TO heat, TO cool, TO ventilate the
vessels. The winter frigidity of New
York must be guarded against the bal.
my southern breeze allowed full en-.
trance. Electricity has solved the prob.
lem it will cool and ventilate the boats
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in summer, and in winter the ventila-
ton will be no less perfect.
Fully lOade d the draft OF the City Of st
Louis like that of her sister, will be 1S
feet, g inches. The holds below the
draft line are divided into water tight
compartments, making the vessels un-
sinkable. They will carry wireless tele.
graph apparatus.
The diDing-saloon will have "a capacity
of l24 and is located at the forward end
of the hurricane deck. IL is so arranged
that there Is an unobstructed view Of
the waves. q sight so dear TO the
heart of the landlubber when he
has chance to quit his native and less
interesting element.
There are twelve rooms Of three berths
each 10 accommodate the intermediate
passengers. These are located aft on
the spar deck and are models Of com
fort, convenience and neatness
The steerage Is forward on the spar
deck, with sanitary, comfortable and
convenient arrangements for 81 passen.
gers.
The twin ships are noteworthy in
possessing the largest cargo carrying ca.
pacity in the coastwise trade; they have.
also, every known device for facilitat-
ing the prompt loading and unloading
Of freight. The placing in commission
Of these two large vessels speaks vol.
umes for the expanding needs of the
Savannah Lines trade.
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CONGRESSIONAL
CONVENTION
To Be Held at Weich, June e
23 by Republicans of
This District.

The Republican Congressional
committee of the Fifth district met
at the Frederick hotel, Huntington,
last Thursday afternoon at l
O'Clock and was in continuous ses
sion for six hours. 1t was finally
agreed to holl delegate conven-
tion for the purpose of nominating
candidate for congress, at Welch,
the metropolis of Mcdowell coun-
ty, June %.
There was quite a contest for
supremacy between the Hughes and
Lilly forces. Mr.. Lilly wanted a
late primary while Mr.. Hughes
stated that he wanted the commit.
tee TO decide as to whether pri-
mary or delegate convention be
held; that he was willing TO abide
by Its decision.
The committeeman in attendance
were +. G. Leftwich, Boone coun.
ty; Dave Gideon, Cabell county;
"A. j. Hearne, Mercer county; John
A. Sheppard, Miugo county; II. Nj.
Cline, Wyoming county; represent
ed by proxy, by Or. III. d. Hat
field; Earl Henry, Mason county !:
j. IL. McCOmas, Lincoln county /:
IL. b. Workman, Wayne county;
and Chairman John X. Thompson.
of Putnam county; and Secretary
b. o. Holland. of Logan county.
1t was stated that Naanan Jack
son cf Logan county. and c.. If.
Enochs of Jackson county, two
members Of the committee favor.
able to Lilly, were in the hotel AT
the time OF the committee meeting.
but as they desired not To have a
nesting of the committee at this
time and tho ught by absent ng them
selves and unseating two other
members workman and McComa>) }
whom they claimed should not be
allowed to act as committeeman
because they had removed from the
county a quorum would not be
present. Mr.. Workman was
elected as member of the COM
mittee from this county and after
wards joined the West Virginia NJ.
T.. conference and moved first to
hanawha county and afterwards to
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tical. lie paid fitting tribute to
the record of Congressman Hughes
and cited many OF the accomplish
ments of the Huntington man dur.
ing the ten years that he has repre-
sented the Fifth district In congress.
MIR. Lilly next addressed the
committee and his appeal was such
that won for him the hearty ad.
miration of every one within the
sound of his voice. He did not re-
sort to personalities. but instead
was complimentary of his opponent
and only asked for square, fair
deal. lie told of his aspiration TO
represent the people of the district
In congress and only asked that he
be given an opportunity to find out
the sentiment OF every republican
voter in the district. He waxed
eloquently, telling hs dream for
political greatness and wanted, if
he should go down in defeat, to
feel that he went the route az the
voters dictated.
Congressman Hughes brought
the argument ID a close with n CON
vlncing address in which he declar-
ed that he was willing to- abide by
whatever method the committee
fixed for the naming of the candi-
date. They had been chosen as
the representative of the voters and
their actions reflected the true sen
tlment of the great mass OF repub-
licans as to how and when and
where the candidate should be
nominated. He fiercely denounced
the insinuatiOns made that he was
attempting TO enforce gang-rule
tactics that he was afraid TO enter
primary to let the people name
their man. My record OF increas
ing majorities IN my district each
election, shows what the people Of
the Fifth district think of me and
my record, said Mr.. Hughes, 'and
| am willing for them to decide in
the manner in which this commit
tee shall direct
Following the adoption of the
resolution providing for the hold
ing of the convention in Welch, on
June 80, Il. r. .McGInnis of
Raleigh county, was elected to fill
vacancy in the committee from
that county.
LILLY WILL CONTEST.
The record Of the entire proceed.
ings was taken by stenographer
and 1t was stated that the Lilly
forces intend to contest the action
of the committee before the Ma
tional Republican committee, as
soon az the record can be made.