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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-05-25

mission to regulate wireless
they were satisfied. Since then
Mr.. Woods has been expert
menting with the object of de-
veloping q system which will
enable amateur operators tol
keep up their work without
interfering with Commercial
and Official messages. He has
prepared a design which will
accomplish this and will at the
same time give the boys a ra-
dius of operation of ten miles or
more. The plan Ia SO simple
and the cost of changes IN ex-
listing systems so cheap that
every boy who desires to carry
on wireless communication
with his school friends and
neighbors will have no difficulty
in so arranging his apparatus
as to avoid interference with
i'm porta mt dispatches. Mr..
Woods will shortly be ready to
distribute his plans and instruc
tiOns and any amateur wireless
operator will then be able to
secure free OF charge all neces
sary formatio n for his
guidance.
Visitors 10 Washington in
variably note with surprise the
line of demarkation on the
, Washington monument which
shows where the original struc-
, ture stopped on nearly half a
century and where the new
4 structure begin under General
, Casey some thirty odd years
7 ago. The Washington monu-
, ment fund originally a volun
tary contribution proposition, 4.
. said TO have formed the start OF
several comfortable fortunes il
Georgetown section Of tn,
I National Capitol An way
. there was a big scandal con
nected with the handling o
that fund and this scandal wa
not country wide but worl'
wide. The Washington monu
ment as existed up until lS7
was the stock Joke Of the car
81 toOnist of London. Paris, Berlil
T.. and Vienna. but at last TIA
ne Federal Government took hol
ST of the shaft and completed il &
\, the satisfaction of every on
and Co the elimination of al
'l scandal
J" Now comes a story TO the e
=. feet that years ago there wa
is collected in this city man
thousands Of dollars for "A Lii
coin memorial. The money wa
al paid 90 a commission Of whic
Sc the late Francis +. Spinner wa
Is Treasurer. Somehow or 9th,
"a the great waive Of patriOtisl
=. which started this fund recedt
- and nothing has ever bee
MS heard of the Lincoln memoirs
of until within the past few day
cr when IL was discovered thi
ga there is something like Sl5l
due 10 the fund from interes
IL on bonds of the District Of CO
eu umbia i'm which the late Urea
on urer of the United States /
Ily vested a part of the funds OF q
r. association. All of a sudden {
effort is 20 be made in COngre
''' TO discover what became of q
Is contributions made by the pc
oil. pie some thirty odd years ag
rts and the only thing that
re- known, apparently, is that &
late Clark Mills was paid co
-" siderable sum for designing
nj. statute which was never erect
lat and the plans for viii IN seem
\
The new era., 1910-10-20
Columbus Day Celebrated.

Denver.-"Columbus Day. was cele
brated in Denver with mammoth par
ade under the auspices OF the Knights
of Columbus.
Hitherto 1t has been the custom to
leave the celebration of the day on
which Columbus discovered America
largely to his compatriots of the Ital-
ian colony, but the Knights Of Colum-
bus believe that this should be one of
the principal American holidays. and
henceforth will endeavor to see that it
is the more generally observed.
Governor John F. Shafroth issued \
proclamation making 1t legal holi-
day. Children to the number of at
least 1000 from the parochial schools.
900 members of the Loyal Order of
the Moose, ten Italian societies, most
of them in gorgeous uniforms. the
high scool cadets, a troop of cavalry
and a battery Of artillery from the ma
tional guard of Colorado and other
features made up the parade.
The new era., 1910-10-20
Afterdamp Prevents Rescue.

Trinidad.-Fighting their way inch
by inch through the poisonous gases
and afterdamp in the Starkville mine,
the rescue party succeeded in pene-
trating the inner workings of the new
slope as far back as the J entry, ap-
proximately three miles underground.
It was in this section OF the mine
that fifty-five men are known to have
been killed.
Buoyed by the hope, faint though it
was. that some might possibly be liv-
ing inside the mine. the rescuers
worked savagely throughout the day
battling with the deadly fumes and
rockfall unmindful OF the lurking dan
ger all about them. They succeeded
in pushing their way as far back as
the fan, 10000 feet in, which was
found a tangled mass of wreckage
and penetrated to within 900 feet of
the imprisoned men. according to the
reports brought out by the rescuers
when they were driven back by the
concentrated fumes of damp and gas.
The new era., 1910-10-20
FOREIGN.

Nothing is apparent In Lisbon to
show that the Braganza dynasty has
ended and republic has been set up
except small bands of provisional
troops stationed about he city. and the
cheering everywhere of the red and
green flag Of the republic. Business is
proceeding as usual. At Cabinet
council presided over by President
3raga, the new governments program
for betterment OF conditions OF the
country was formulated. A circular
note, sent simultaneously to all the
powers, by Provisional President
Rraga. announcing that he has been
successful and that he has appointed
cabinet, has been received by the
state department The United States
has not replied to the note. The
state department will not commit IT.
self by any form of communication
until proof OF the stability of the new
government Is forthcoming.
The overflow of Manuel. the de-
posed King Of Portugal. is certain to
spoil the marriage between tine young
ruler and . niece Of King George Of
England.
The new era., 1910-10-20
POLITICAL.

The Massachusetts, Democratic con-
vention have nominated Frederick w.
Mansfield for governor
Charles E. Hughes has filed
with the secretary of state his reslg-
nation as governor of New York. He
will soon take up his duties as associ-
ate Justice of the supreme court of the
United States.
Peace reigned on the floor of the
Michigan Republican state convention
Thursday. A platform. calculated not
to arouse the ire Of regulars or insur,
gents, was adopted. President Taft's
administration was commended. the
Payne bill was tacitly indorsed as the
best measure obtainable without the
aid of much-needed tariff commits
sion, and congress was congratulated
for the many beneficial measures en-
acted.
The independence League. which
nominated John Hooper of New York
for governor and William X Hearst
for lieutenant governor, met in con-
vention again, and completed a
straight independence League ticket.
Theodore Roosevelt took issue with
President Taft on the subject of rec
lamation of the swamp lands in
speech delivered at Hot Springs. Ark,
at the Arkansas State fair Col. Roose-
welt declared that the national govern
ment should do all 1t legitimately
could do to assist in draining these
lands.
United States Senator Robert L.
Taylor, three times governor of Ten
nessee. whose term in the United
States senate does not expire until
1912. has been nominated for governor
by the regular Democratic convention
Hoke Smith was Wednesday elected
to serve q second term as governo.
of Georgia Gov. Joseph NJ Brown,
who defeated Smith two years ago and
whose name was placed before the
voters as an independent Democratic
candidate, did not receive a majority
in q single county.
The new era., 1910-10-20
COLORADO STATE NEWS

| The Pueblo Canning Company has
made one shipment of 12 carloads of
Pueblo county picked cucumbers to
Tacoma. Wash, the largest cucumber
shipment on record from this county.
The enormous crop of fall and win
ter apples which the Manzanola dis
trict has raised this year. which ex-
ceeds by 100 per cent any crop ever
before produced in this district, Is
moving.
Local postoffice receipts for the
quarter ending Sept 80. at Colorado
Springs. shows an increase of $1,100
over the corresponding quarter Of 1909.
being $37,585 this year and $36,474
last year.
The Mutual Light and Power Com
pany will ask for franchise in Pali-
sade, and announces that the wires
will be extended to include Clifton.
In this event. many ranchers no doubt
will be able to secure the same serv-
ice.
While driving his automobile across
the railroad tracks into Fort Collins,
Dow Law, a wealthy farmer of this
district, was struck by a freight train
and his little daughter badly hurt. Mr.
Law escape with minor injurier. The
child will recover.
With the grade of the Dent-Fort
Collins railroad entirely completed
Fort Collins all men and teams have
been pulled off Of the new line and
the railroad company is making its
final settlements on the twenty-five
miles of grade costing $175.OO0.
The Salvation Army Fall Congress
will meet in Denver Friday. October
1918. This congress is in the inter-
ests Of the work in Colorado, Utah.
Idaho, Wyoming. Montana, Arizona
and New Mexico. Commissioner Thorn
as Estiol OF Chicago will preside. He
is territorial commander for the West
ern department
Fred Crane Of Windsor holds the
record, so far as known. for the high
est test of sugar per cent in his beet
crop ever known here, 1t averaging
1876 per cent. He has twenty acyes
in beets, which will harvest twenty
tons to the acre. and as Mr.. Crane
will receive $6.25 ton for his crop
1t will bring him $2,500.
A five-point buck. weighing 221
pounds, was killed by M. A. Mazufoo.
superintendent of the Strong mine. at
Jump Rabbit lodge, north of Cripple
Creek. Deer are more plentiful than
in years in Teller county this season.
large number having been shot here
since October 1. During the last ten
day three bucks were killed within
two miles OF the city limits
The new era., 1910-10-20

And the farmers ,intimated plainly
that they were arranging to petition
the Legislature to have the term of
horse thieves increased to forty years.
Thefts of this nature have become all
to common. according to the farmers,
and determined effort will be made
to stop the robberies, even IL vigi-
lance committee has to be pressed in
to service. . ilSi.3ss
1t was reported at the. City hall
that posse of six men was now on
the trial of horse thieves In Jeffer-
son county. Ia oe
The new era., 1910-10-20
4 LITTLE TOO PRIMITIVE
Shower Bath Arrangement Something
Of q Shock to the
Participant.

August Belmont, at a dinner in Sara
toga, praised the seaside towns Of
New England.
But some Of them," he added. "are
. little too primitive. I remember 4
story about the primitive town Of
Rockford. Rockford had a rough bath
ing establishment, with shower bath.
You stood in your bathhouse and
pulled rope and deluge Of cool wa
yer descended from the ceiling.
well. lady visitor stood ono day
in her bathhouse, ready for the show
er. She pulled the rope and braced
herself, but no shower followed. She
gave the rope another tug, when tho
gruff voice Of the sailor proprietor of
the establishment sounded from aloft
STAND a pint more to nor-east.
num- 1t said. II ye want to get tho
full force
"And the horrified lady. looking up.
saw the old sailor frowning impa-
tiently through hole in the ceiling
and fitting barrel of sea water for
the shower" $751;
The new era., 1910-10-20
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

With forest fires still raging and
famed by gale of their own creation
several towns in northern Minnesota
are in grave danger and late reports
add to the horror OF the situation. Es-
Inmates of the number who have per-
ishe Orange from $50 to 1000, the lat
ter figure being given by calm, con-
servative men who have been close to
the line of fire. Besides those known
to be dead, hundreds are missing and,
it is feared, lost in the smoke and
flame-filled woods.
Another big insurance promotion
bubble has been pricked by the New
York Insurance Department the
United Insurance Company OF Chicago
and New York, one of the Van Laning-
ham enterprises. They find that OF
the $176.000 contributed in cash by
the investors in it's stock sold at $5
for each 81 share, only $4,000 re-
mains; the rest has all been consumed
by the high-pressure methods Of the
company's promoters and stock sales
men. The cost of actually selling the
stock was 140 per cent of the par
value, and the cost, including salaries
and other expenses. was 242 per cent.
Mr.. Josiah w. Thompson of Union
town, Pa, has just closed a deal by
which he transfers to the Standard
Oil Company $4,000 acres of coal
land, located in Washington and
Greene counties, Pennsylvania, and in
six West Virginia counties. The deal
involved about $10U,000,00O. and is
without parallel for magnitude. The
Greene coal land involved in the trans
action amounts to about 10000 acres.
while the Washington county block
contains 100000 acres. The remaining
277.000 acres are located in Ohio.
Marshall, Wetzell. Lewis, Harrison
and Monogahela counties in West
Virginia.
That microbes can be caught in
traps and kept for observation has
been established by Professor F. p.
Gorham of Brown university. There
Is not the slightest doubt" says Pro-
fessor Gorham. that certain types OF
microbes are attracted by oxygen
Now, if current of electricity is
passed through water. oxygen is lib
Grated around one OF the wires through
which the current Is brought into the
tank, bacteria will be Immediately at
tracted to the wire where this gas is
generated.
The new era., 1910-10-20
Minor Mention.

Sterling Is to have X. of P. lodge.
Montrose will have a poultry show
in February. +.
An electric light plant for Montezu-
ma is being planned.
Colorado Springs will entertain the
1911 Dry Farming Congress.
Canon City expects to ship 1000 or
1900 carloads of apples this season.
Canon City Elks are about to build a
$4,000 clubhouse. They have 500
members.
At Georgetown forest fire is raging
in East Argentine in the vicinity OF
the Sidney tunnel.
An Eaton man sold 1000 sacks of po-
tatoes for $1,O00-yet to be dug.
sacked and stored.
Magpies are killing off Chinese
pheasants around Greeley. The
Chinese must go.
Ten cars of potatoes were sent out
of Greeley by one firm Wednesday at
so cents hundred.
A Greeley woman has a portion OF
in the Mayflower in 1920.
There is no longer doubt of Colora-
dos ample representation at the big
Pittsburg land show, Oct. 1929.
La Sale has substituted chain
gang in place of the proverbial latch
string for impecunious visitors of the
hobo variety.
Ninety degrees above at Greeley
Sunday and Monday. Just five years
ago the thermometer stood at 10 de-
grees below.
The Colorado Manufacturers Asso-
citation has endorsed the project to in
stall permanent exhibit of state
products in Denver.
Denver automobiles must not ap-
proach closer than four feet to street
cars. and stern and forward lights
must be provided.
The President has signed a procla-
nation eliminating 1861 acres from
the Arapahoe national forest in the
state Of Colorado.
The Community kitchen" and din
ing room to accommodate about fifty
families planned by the women of
Greeley is progressing.
A Denver man has leased the ex-
elusive privilege of hunting frogs on
several large reservoirs in Weld coun-
ty. believing there is a fortune in it
from the jump.
Larkspur, aconite. loco weed and
other poisonous growths. common to
some sections of Colorado are being
experimental with by government ex-
perts with the primal object OF saving
stock.
The new era., 1910-10-20
sso, ,ooo Hotel al ste.mbo.t.

Steamboat Springs.-The Allison
Miller resort near Steamboat Springs
is being financed by Eastern parties
through their representative and he
wa ssa well pleased with the project
that he has laid plans for the build
ing of . $4,000 hotel and the expen-
diture OF thousands of dollars in
buildings and improvements. Twenty
acres will be set to strawberries next
spring and the ground improved in a
substantial manner. Among other
things. fish hatchery will be estab-
lished and an ice house. residence,
barns and a boat house built
The new era., 1910-10-20
To Accommodate Visitors.

Steamboat Springs.-Ernest Camp
bell has made arrangements for a 90
horsepower White steamer to be de-
livered Immediately. In the spring an
other machine will be secured and they
will be used in Steamboat next year
for the convenience OF those who de-
sire to visit any portion OF the sur
rounding country. The first machine
will be brought across the range next
week and will at once be put into
commission. -
The new era., 1910-10-20
WESTERN.

The Board of United States Army
Engineers have reached the investiga-
tion of New Mexico and Arizona prof.
ects.
A man is under arrest at Battle
Mountain. New. who answers the de-
scription of the leader Of the trio who
purchased the dynamite for the Los
Angeles explosion.
The fifty-two delegates to the consti-
tutional convention Of Phoenix. Ariz,
have begun building the covenant un-
der which the last Of the territories
shall ask Congress for entry into the
Union.
Seventeen of the twenty or more
who lost their lives In the explosion
which wrecked the Times newspaper
plant at Los Angeles eight days ago.
were laid to rest Sunday in graves
side by side In Hollywood cemetery.
James B. Lawson, concessionaire
at local amusement park in Oakland,
Cal. sent bullet through the brain
CT Harry Coogan, an attendant at a
neighboring concession Sunday. Coo
gan died. Lawson didn't know it was
loaded"
Four hundred children escaped in
their night clothes from the fire which
destroyed the Mount. st. Joseph Or
phan Asylum. San Francisco. The
eighteen Sisters quickly aroused the
children and despite the excitement
and confusion marched them through
smoke-filled halls ont of the building
without injury to anyone.
The new era., 1910-10-20
Joss House Burned.

Deadwood. S. D.-Rivalry between
two factions among the Chinese here
is believed to have been the cause Of
the destruction by fire Of the Chinese
Masonic lodge rooms or Joss house
and Sam Wah's laundry. Both fires
are declared to have been of incendiary
origin, starting in haymows adjoining
the buildings.
The joss house was erected thirty
years ago and Chinatown is stirred by
the fire. The factions are headed by
Wing Tsue and Hi Kee. both wealthy
pioneers of Deadwood.
The new era., 1910-10-20
GEN ERAL.

Six convicts have made a sensation
al escape from Sing Sing prison. over
coming their keepers.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, on the
way from Atlanta to Hot Springs
Ark, made fifty speeches.
VIM. McAbee, believed to be the old
es veteran of the Civil War. died at
the age OF LOT years at the United
States naval home.
A case Of cholera developed in the
steerage OF the Hamburg-American
liner Moltke, which has been detained
at quarantine as a possible cholera
carrier.
Following stirring sermon in Cos
pei Tabernacle. Eighth avenue AMI
Forty-fourth street. New York, by the
Rev. A. B. Simpson. the pastor, SILL
763.00 was collected for the Christian
and Missionary Alliance.
Lucky" John O'Neill, the well
known oil operator, brought in two
wells, flowing 1000 and 1900 barrels.
respectively, on his latest find, four
miles from the Humble field on the
San Jacinto river in Harris county,
Texas.
Harvard scientists who have been
experimenting with rubber plants at
the Arnold arborteum believe it will
be possible to grow rubber on the
abandoned farms OF New England.
They have had trees brought from
China growing since last spring and
SO far they are thoroughly satisfied
with the results.
The Standard Oil company through
its official publicity representative, J.
l. c. Clarke. has announced that the
company has inaugurated a cam
paign to increase the worlds con-
sumption of refined OIL" and is lower
ing prices of kerosene in Europe and
the far east This action follows that
Of August last. when the Standard OIL
company reduced refined oil in bar
rels l cent gallon from OK to 8%
cents at the refinery, and refined oil
in tanks from 6ls to 51s cents q gal-
Ion. In part the statement reads:
"The Standard Oil company has inan-
gurated a campaign to increase the
worlds consumption Of refined oil.
The level of prices for refined oil to-
day In the United States is lower than
at any time during recent years, and
as direct result of these prices the
consumption Of refined oil in this
country is increasing The same pol
icy is now being actively pursued
abroad"
The new era., 1910-10-20
Teddx Conquer. the Air, Too.

St Louis. - Theodore Roosevelt
has made an aeroplane flight here
and said 1t was the finest expert
ence he ever had. He travelled two
times around the aviation field at
Kinloch. eighteen miles west Of St.
Louis. in three minutes and twenty
seconds.
He waved his hand at the crowd
of thousands on the field below, most
OF whom were too dumbfounded and
frightened to move. When the ma
chine alighted easily a few feet from
the starting place, mighty shout Of
applause and relief went up.
The new era., 1910-10-20
New Fodder for Northern Colorado.

NeW TouueT TOT NottueTH SotoTaoos
Johnstown.--Teosinte. forage. or
fodder plant. especially adapted for
growth in the South. but found to do
exceedingly well in this climate. may
revolutionize the stock industry for
the small farmer here. F6
]. D. Giesler of this town, who has
been experimenting with the plant,
says it thrives and may be grown very
cheaply.
In appearance 1t resembles corn.
but the leaves are much longer, broad
er and sweeter, making 1t an excellent
feed for cows, From a single seed MT.
Giesler raised go stalks in one hill. An
acre will yield about 40 tons. The
plant will be given q trial at Johns
town next spring.
The new era., 1910-10-20
po.tmasters Appointed.

washington.-The following Colora-
do postmasters were appointed: Eek
ley. Yuma county. Mark NJ. Catchpole,
vice, C. A. Mccarthy. resigned; Vega
Mesa county, F. L. Rathbone, vice, C.
p. Rathbone, resigned.
The new era., 1910-10-20
Simple ExpedIent,

An American student at q German
university tells Of professor who
was reading aloud in classroom pa
pers on celebrated living German
novelist, who had been written by
the members of the class. After read
ing one he commented upon its e1-
cellence. you show an exact COM
prehension of the matter" he said.
addressing the student who had writ
ten the paper: tell US what method
you used"
"Oh," replied the student. II Just
wrote to K, stating what 1 wanted
to know. and that was what he sent
back"
The new era., 1910-10-20
COMING EVENTS

Oct. 17-streets of all nations. Audi
torium. Denver. .t
Oct. 17-20-State convention Disciples
of Christ at Rocky Ford.
Oct. 27-29- Rocky Mountain Hotel
Mems convention in Denver.
Nov. S-State election
The new era., 1910-10-20
pr.ter. InIuns to connee.leut Men.

prefers InJuna to Conneeticut Men.
Albuquerque. N, Mn connection
with the Navajo fair at the Ship Rock
asercy comes a strange tale Of Miss
8. Sanford Of Connecticut who seeks
to marry Navajo buck and has be-
sieged the agents with appeals to Is.
sist her in getting redskin husband
The new era., 1910-10-20
SPORT.

At Cincinnati. Sheldon Lejeune. Of
the Evansville club of the Central
league. threw a base ball 426 feet 6H
inches. or Is feet. 1oA inches over the
old record. which has stood for 36
years.
The new era., 1910-10-20

After a season. in which the De-
troits. three times winners of the
American league championship, were
ousted fro mfirst place, the American
league season ended Sunday. with
Philadelphia in first place.
The new era., 1910-10-20
WASHINGTON.

The 1s1Q-1s11 session of the su-
preme Court of the United States
opened Monday with the administra-
tion OF the oath OF office of associate
justice to Charles E. Hughes Of New
York. -H-