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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
COLLEGE BADLY
DAMAGED BY FIRE

Richmond, Va, Dec. u (SpecialJ
The main building OF Richmond
College was nearly destroyed by fire
Christmas morning at a. IN The
origin Of the fire is unknown. Ryland
Hall was completely guttcd as well as
the literary society. fraternity halls
and several class rooms
It appeared at one time that the
library and museum was certainly
gone. but heroic work saved them,
with the exception OF dclugc OF wa
ter and smoke
The museum is one II the finest
and most interesting in The south and
many Of the rare specimens. such a.
Egyptian mummics, etc, were re-
moved.
\ number OF students roomcd In
Byland Hall and nearly lost their
books and clothing, some Of the few
who remained for the holiday barely
with their lives
Ryland Hall Is one OF The oldest
educational buildings I'm the state
Many emminent men spent their col
lege days largely in this building and
its destruction viii be felt by them
with keen regret
Richmond College has been con.
moving 10 West Richmond
Tor several years, and some two years
ago purchased large tract OF land
where more commodius buildings and
grounds could be had and the dcstruc.
ton OF Ryland Hall will probably
mean the Fastening Of the construc-
ton Of ncw buildings on the grounds
recently purchased.
The loss is estimated at 500 900
protected by ample insurance
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
LUrHeRANs CELEBRATE XMAS.

II has been their custom through.
out the history Of the church for
Lutherans to celebrate the Christmas
season in special way When they
gave their gifts to their pastor Rev.
G. r. w. Kegley they came from
Bluefeld and Graham and had two
horse wagon load of provisions When
II came to church services they had
trained the children carefully for
weeks and all were almost perfectly
prepared for Christmas services az
was seen by all those who had the
Joy Of being present The service
was. tree. painting and rendering of
the program very churchly and very
beautiful.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
BLACK HAND
GETSA BLOW
Kidnappers Receive Long
Sentences from Court for
Stealing Two Children
ir Brooklyy.

New York, Dec - = crashing
blow was struck at the Black Hand
kidnapping gang today when Moria
Ropha aud Stapislao Pattenza, heads
of the abduction band which stole
Guiseppi Tango and Neichacl Rizzo
two Brooklyn chiidrcn were scntcnc-
ed to not less than twenty-five years
and not more, than forty-nine years
and ten montbs. the woman in Sing
Sing and the mar IN Auburn.
The woman broke down and
screamed bysterically when she heard
evidence The man was Indifferent.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
RED CROSS RAISES
NEARLY 100000

Washington, Dec. n. .--President
Taft who has been deeply interested
In the work OF the National Req
Cross society for several years, IL
exceedingly anxious to know the final
results of the Red Cross Christmas
seal sale. IL was stated here today
that there is every reason to believe
that the scheme to raise money for
the purpose Of fighting tuberculosis
has met with greater success this sea.
son than last. A conservative esti.
mate places the amount to be rcallz.
cd close to $1,999,999
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
8 KILLED
IN B. & 0.
COLLISION
Two Fast Freights Crash
Together and Men of
Crew Lose their
Lives
A. FAILURE TO
OBSERVE ORDERS
Big Damage to the Road Be.
Sides the Loss of
Life

Gallipolis. Ohio, Dec. 27.--Five men
were Killed In wreck between two
fast freight trains on the Baltimore
d Ohio road near here today, All the
dead were members of train crews.
one crew failed To observe orders.
The trains going AT full speed
crashed into each other. and the i'm
pace was something terrific. There
was no time to jump and the men
met death almost instantly The dam
age to the road i'm the delay of traffic
and the injury to the stock viii
amount to many thousands OF dol
lars.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
EXHIBITION OF
PRIZE BIRDS

New York, Dec. 27.-The twenty
second annual exhibition OF the New
York Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock
Association opened here today in Mad.
ison Square Garden. Among the OK.
hibits are prize black Orpington
with $l2,999 and her daughter which
is held at s19,999. The birds arc
owned by a Pennsylvania farmer and
whom they deign TO descend 10 the
commonplace and lay an egg the fruit
is eagerly bought at twenty-five cents
each.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
758 ARE
INDICTED
BY JURY.
Investigation Reveals this
Number Were Implicated
in Buying Votes in
Adams County
LEGISLATURE TO
MEET IN MATTER
Believed Now that List Will
Be Incresed at Lesat
to 1900
LEGISLATURE TO
MEET IN MATTER

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 27.--tio, crmo.
Harmon will ask the Legislature as
soon as 1t convenes for an invcstiga-
tion of buying of votes in Adams
county. The Wholesale buying of
votes as developed by the special
grand jury of West Union has stirred
up the Governor He has assured
local authorities that he would CO.
operate with them in every way TO
unearth illegal voting.
Seven hundred and fifty-eight are
under indictment and this number is
expected to be increased to at least
1900.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
UNEXpECTEU DEATH
Of MRS. KITS

Mrs. Minnie A. kits. aged forty
nine, the wife of Henry u. Kits.
manager OF the Foland Printing com.
pany, died last night ut her home on
liigginbotham avenue after an illness
of several weeks. The Immediate
cause OF her death was heart failure.
but she had been suffering from an
attack OF pneumonia and one of her
lungs was badly congested. Mrs.
Kits was thought TO be improving.
and she appeared much brighter yes.
terday. Her nephew and niece. Mr..
Benham and Miss Mary IIigginbotham
arrived yesterday from North Dakota
and she received them at the home
In n manner which led the family TO
believe that she was very greatly inn
proved. In view of this the members
of the family with the exception of
Mr.. Kits went TO the theatre last
night. and he and the family physi-
cian DR.. Scott and Miss War. train.
cd nurse from st. Luke's Hospital
were the only ones present when
death came.
Mrs. Kits had been more or less
an invalid for the past seven wears
but prior to her last attack her con
dition was thought TO be improving.
She leaves husband and six child.
ren. Mr.. Kits is one of the most
prominent newspaper men i'm this part
OF the country. He was editor of the
Journal and Exponent at Princeton.
the first newspaper ever printed I'm
Mercer county. He was editor of the
Free Press and also of the Advertiser
or Bluefeld and for eighteen months
had editorial charge Of the Evening
Leader. Mrs. Kits was a member of
the Bland Street Methodist church.
and had been consistent Christian
and church worker since her girl.
hood She was also prominent mem
Der of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy and helped to organize the order
In this part of the country.
Mrs. Kits was daughter OF Sam.
uel and Katherine Kahlc, deceased.
of New Hope, and was prominently
connected in this part of the country.
The children who survive her are:
II. X. Kits. Misses Eva. Katherine
and Margaret Kits. Frank Kits and
Mary, the baby, who is eight years
old. Besides these she leaves four
brothers, G. S. Kahlc Of BlueheId,
j. B. ana w. r. KahIc OF New Hone
and Rev. Il. +. Kahlc of Abingdon
Va. and three sisters, Mrs. MARY
Wall OF Bluefeld. Mrs. !. G. Wall OF
Duhring and Mrs Lizzie White Of
Pluefield.
She was a very estimablo woman
ard leaves a large circ'o OF friends
and relatives wto will -tUy mjss
her
The funeral will take place tomor.
row afternoon at the Bland street
Methodist church at O'Clock. and the
interment will be in the Walnut Grove
Cemetery following the funeral scr.
vice.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
DISPATCHES /
Man WITH
CLEAVER
Finds Rival to Wife's Affec-
tions in Home and Pro.
ceeds to Whack
Head Off
CAPTURED AND
NOW IN JAIL
Killing Happened Christmas
Eve and Murderer Was
Caught Next Day

According to accounts just rcceiv-
ed there happened Saturday night at
Lex. little station on Dry Fork
branch of the Norfolk a. Western a
murder committed by young white
man by the name of Cook. Cook came
To his home Christmas Eve fully
saturated. II is stated, and found
man by the name of Bennett, who
seosned to be I'm n similar condition.
with his wife. Becoming enraged,
he took up cleayer which was on
the table and made for Bennett. First
throwing him down he made for his
throat, cutting his head almost off
Dennetts death was practically In
stantancous
Cook took hight TO the mountains.
where he was persued by fifteen or
twenty men OF the village armed
with Winchesters. He was soon cap.
tured after having been shot once
or twice in the hands. He was taken
To the Welch Jail the next morning
where he will await his trial.
There seemed to have been some
previous trouble between Cook and
Bennett on account OF Benefits en-
tertaining and unholy love for Cooks
wife, II is alleged. The reports give
but meager information. but is posi-
tive that Bennett was killed and that
there was some family trouble which
operated as basis for the cleaver
performance.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27

they were voting more than one time.
One witness testified that he saw a
single negro vote as many as four
times within twenty minutes.
Similar open and fragrant frauds, IL
isclaimed, will be shown to have been
committed at the other precincts in
the black belt OF Mingo; and there
is hardly any doubt as TO what the ac.
tion Of the Legislature will be when
this evidence is presented to it upon
this contest.
Judge Joseph NJ Sanders Of Blue.
field, John II. Green and Il. j. Wilcox
OF Williamson represent MIR wiIss.
Mr.. Goodykoontz is represented by
John s. Marcum of Huntington, and
James Dameron of Williamson. The
taking of evidence in this contest will
probably continue for the noxt tou
days
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
HUNDREDS ARE
DYING DAILY
Famine and the Bubonic
Plague Stalk Hand in
Hand ir Chinese
Provinces

Shanghai, China, Dec. 27.--Faminc
is stalking hand i'm hand with the
bubonic plague through the Chinese
province of Kiang Su. Ii is being
depopulated by the plague. Starva.
tion and dreadful wave of the plague
of death Is sweeping into the province
OF Pechili in which pekin is located.
According to reports received here
today a number OF foreign mission.
aries are affected. Hundreds of ma.
tives are dying daily.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
REbUKEO, SHE
TRIES SUICIDE
Twenty Year Old Daughter
Takes Mysterious Poison
Which Battles Physicians
in Suicide Attempt

New York, Dec. p. Because she
had been rebuked by her father for
keeping late hours, Dora Barlow
twenty years old. attempted suicide
today by taking a mysterious poison.
The physicians after lengthy exam
ination declared they were unable to
determine the nature of the poison.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
RIOTING IN THE
GARMENT STRIKE

Chicago. Dec 27 Riotng was re.
sumed in the garment workers strike
today. a dozen pickets attacked the
strike breakers at Hart Schaner &
Marks plant aud after brief battle
with special detectives were die.
persed by police.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27
FeoUsoN TO BOX LANeFoRo

Boston, Dec o. Sandy Ferguson
an Sam Langford will try conclusions
here tonight before the Armory a. G.
Club The bout is scheduled for ten
rounds.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-27

!. r. Kegley, student i'm Roanoke
College at Salem. Va. and Miss An
ma Bell Kegley of Wytheville, Va.
are visiting their brother Rev G.
n. w. Kegley
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
SOME AMAZING MARRIAGES
among Insects tho Bride First De.
YOURS Certain Number Of
Her Suitora.

Inc marriage customs Of insects
are dreadful. and, contrary to what
happens In every other world, here 1t
is the female Of the couple who stands
for strength and intelligence, and also
Tor cruelty and tyranny, which appear
TO be their inevitable consequence.
Almost every wedding ends In the VIC.
lent and immediate death of the hus-
oand. Often the bride first eats a GER
tain number or Suitors. The type Of
these fantastic unions could be sup
piled by the Languedocian scorpions,
who, as We know, carry lobster claws
and long tail supplied with a sting,
the prick of which is extremely dan.
gerous. They have a prelude to the
FESTIVAL In the shape Of a sentimental
stroll. claw in claw; then, motionless,
with fingers still gripped, they contem.
plate each other blissfully, intermin-
ably; and day and night pass over
their ecstasy, while they remain face
10 face, petrif1ed with admiration.
Next, the foreheads come together and
uouch; the mouths-if We can give the
name OF mouth to the monstrous orif-
Ice that opens between the claws-are
Joined In a sort of kiss; after which
the union is accomplished, the male is
transhxed with a mortal sting and the
terrible spouse crunches and gobbles
MIN down with relish.
But the Mantis, the ecstatic insect
with the arms always raised in an atti-
tude OF supreme invocation. the hor-
nlDle Mantis regliosa, or praying in
ect, does better still. she eats her
husbands (for the Unsuitable creature
sometimes consumes seven or eight
running) while they press her passion.
Ately to their heart. Her inconceiv-
able kisses devour, not metaphorically,
put In an appallingly real fashion. the
Inflated choice OF her soul or her
stomach. She begins with the head,
goes down to the thorax, and does not
stop till she comes to the hind legs,
which she deems too tough. She then
pushes away the unfortunate remains,
while new lover. who was quietly
awaiting the end OF the monstrous
banquet, heroically comes forward to
undergo the same fate.-Maurice Mae.
tsrlinck in the Forum.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Called fer Glory Divine.

Among the customers in the drug
store conducted by George Eppler.
Twentieth and Berks streets, one day
last week, was a little girl, who 10
known to her playmates in that vi.
cinity as Peggy" AS she stood
waiting for her turn. It could be no
ticed that she was repeating some
thing under her breath, in her effort
TO remember what her mother had
sent her to buy.
Mother wants five cents worth OF
glory divine"
"Of what?" said the young clerk
who was standing there as II stunned
by hard blow Of baseball bat.
GLORY divine. glory divine" came
the reply in = louder voice than when
she had made the original request.
You had better 90 homo and have
your mother write It down on paper.
little girl" said the clerk. feeling that
tho girl was too sure to argue with
him
Soon she returned. and handing the
note to the clerk. he read: Five
certs' worth Of chloride Of lime."-
Philadelphia Times
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
MADE FAMOUS BY DICKENS
Places Arc Hardly Dfscoverab!e as,
Ono by One They Hava Under
gone Changes. -

one by one the places made famous
oy Charles Dickens have undergone
such changes that they are hardly dis
coverable, The rookeries in Tabard
street. Southwark borough, among the
last OF these places are now being
closed up and very soon this charac-
terlstic place o. -.ckens-land In Lon.
uon VIII have passed away. the
housing committee" having deter
mined for sanitary reasons that It
must be obliterated. The Church Of
81. george the Martyr. which stands
at one end OF the street, is the mouse
Oh worship immortalized as Little Dor
TITS church, and on this account Is
visited every year by thousands of
american admirers of the great novel
ISL Near the other end Of the street
was the Marshalsea prison for debt
ORE where Little Dorrit's father, a
man with "A mild voice, curling hair
ana irresolute hands," as the years
passed by became Eray-haired and ven-
cradle and was known as 1.-The father
OF the harshalsea," title II which he
grew to be ridiculously vain. And this
character (much Of tho color of which
1ckens Is said to have taken from
mat OF his own father) is one of. the
most pathetic in any of his novels.
But the medical oflcer for the district
says 1t has long had a wicked repu-
tation, and London cannot allow such
degraded and unhealthy spot 10 re-
main, no matter what its romantic
and historic interest. Long before the
days OF Dickens this corner of South.
WICK was known as the hiding place
on highwaymen and debtors of the
worst description.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
TYPE Is PAs {
"oLe LADY" WILL SHORTLY 5,
BUT A MEMORY.
In This Day and Generation Ea;,n.
Time Is 0efied to an Ext.n,
Ondreamed Of by tho
Past Generation.

Ne VI this generation remember
her well-tne gentle old LADY wi,u
hair OF silver. crowned with honor.uie
years and treasured memories. 49,.
>ilpplhS quletiy INTO the shadows u.
$500 -. 49, .->...-e seemeu Iu..I a.,
"thout ner presence, and Ine YER,
dignity Of her gentle grace added aD
lndescribable cnarm to family IKE.
one wore her years as q badge Vi uIs.
unctlon and did not begrudge exac,ius
lime his toll. Her journey up ice
I'LL OF lite in the blazing sunlign, Vi
youth was replete with incidents Will
whose memory she loved to enrIcn
her twilight hours. She left to Others
the activities of the present, the recol
iectiohs OF her day were yet OF SUI
nclent Importance to absorb her IL
terest, and she went about doing
sood In her own unobtrusive way
aer sphere OF existence was limited,
IL Is true. but to her retiring nature
anu Old fashioned ideas the familiar
intercourse around the fireside ap-
pealed as no outside interests could
ever DO. She is rapidly becoming
out memory. The typical "old lady"
81 generation or two ago has passed
away forever. Here and there, in a
lew families who have not outlived
lne delightful customs that pre- vailed
SO extensively only a comparatively
lew years ago may be found some last
exponent of her tyre. who is loved
ana honored by all who know her and
who exerts in her own way q more
lasting influence for rood than do her
independent sisters ia their more ag-
gressive lives.
we nave been taught from early
youth to reverence old age, and one
OF our proudest boasts as a civilized
nation Is that we have remained true
to our teachings in this regard at least
In these more engaging TIRES, how.
ever, there seems really to be no old
age In the former acceptation of the
term. 1t Is true that the years add I'D
just the same, but nature seems tn
nave extended her lease of life and
re1uVenated the human system. The
DAINTY lace caps that once set so low
lngly upon the white hairs have given
way before the onslaughts of the hair
dresser. and the somber black bonnet
that lied with strings he's long since
been succeeded by the latest creation
OF the miiliner's art. II Is Just as we'll
perhaps. that the period of a persons
mental as we'll as plw~ical activity
can be heightened to an almost in
dehnlte extent. speaking comparative
~, OF ecurse. for just so much more of
mes Joy VIII fall to hi share, even
inc FISK G! corresponding in
'rease o: its soTrow.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
LETTERS OFTEN INDIscREET.
Lord PaImerston's Fall an Instance
OF the Way They May Wreck
Career.

Letter writing has long been consid
cred an art, but there are often times
when the writer's Of certain epistles
wish that they had been a little more
discreet before posting the same. A
great many lives have been ruined and
careers wrecked all because of one in.
discreet letter, which 1t would have
been better not to write.
A notable case OF this kind is the
letter which Lord Palmerston, in 1851.
when he was minister Of foreign al
fairs for Great Britain. wrote to the
prince-president Of France, Louis Ma
poleon. 1t was when Louis executed
his famous coup d'etat. Regiments of
infantry, probably at his direction.
swept the boulevards with rife balls.
The streets Of Paris ran with blood
and out OF the crimson mist rose Louis
Napoleon, no longer prince-president,
but rather president for life, and soon
afterward emperor of France.
All Europe was Mortified at this
bloody leap to power, and no one more
70 than the queen of England. Lord
Palmerston, however, admired the new
emperor Without consulting his Off.
cial chief and much less the queen.
Palmerston wrote letter to the Brit.
ish ambassador In Paris expressing
his approval OF the coup d'etat. When
tho queen heard OF this unauthorized
action she was deeply indignant. She
sent for the prime minister, and he
soon afterward oflcially notified Lord
Palmerston OF his dismissal in the fol.
lowing words:
Mo other course is open to me than
70 ask her majesty to appoint a sue.
cessor to you in the foreign ONCE"
All this on account Of letter. Lord
Palmerston was one of the foremost
men In the kingdom. But this one act
OF indiscretion was the end of his
famous career.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
Wednesday, December 2s, 1910
NO REHEARSAL

That jest about the name of
Oyster Bay being changed to Blue
Point is getting old now. says the
Cincinnati Times Star. But they're
telling another story which pivo is
on the catclysm which furnished
the base for the first. Col. Abe
Gruber, who has the same fond
affection for Col. Roosevelt that a
cat has for a bulldog, was discus
sing the recent election. "Col.
Roosevelt's defeat was firal," said
Col. Gruber. Hell never ccme
back"
One of those present doubted the
quality of Col. CURRIERS' information.
Col. Gurber, by the way, has just
had his nose rubbed by the republi-
can county committee, which
laughed itself to sleep at meeting
in which Col. Gruber undertook to
roast Col. Roosevelt. But the
small and noisy politician persisted.
at makes me think, said he, "of
the day they buried lite Harrison
down at Amityville. The funeral
procession was moving lalong the
street, when Uncle Abe Burse
stepped out of store. He hadn't
heard the news.
"Sho" said Uncle Abe Burse,
who they buryin' today?'
:" Fore old lite Harrison said
the store keeper. :
Sho, said Uncle Abe Burse,
'Tite Harrison hey? Is lite dead?'
You don't think we're re-
hearsin' with him do your snapped
the storekeeper."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-12-28
THE AIRsH|P LIMITED

Regular passenge service be-
tween Boston and Washington is
promised for early next summer,
at speed much greater than that
now given by trains. The Aerial
Navi gation company of Boston will
be the promoters of the enterprise
and have asked for plans for a big
dirigible, to. accommodate at least
twenty passeng ers, which will
make the trip from Boston to
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimre
and Washington. The route
contemplated covers 458 miles, the
greatest single stretch being be-
tween Boston and New York, 233
miles, which is to be made with
out stops. From New York to the
national capital two stops will be
made, Philadelphia and Baltimore q
distance of 225 miles. The aerial
liner will be about the size of the
famous diriglble, the Zepplin,
which is AZ feet long, has a
capacity for $4,000 cubic feet
OF, gas and is equipped with motors
having total of 400 horsepower.
On August q last the Zepplin flew
from Fredrichshafen 10 Berlin, a
distance Of 400 miles, the return
trip being finished in one day,
September /. Last month dirigible,
the Clemente-Bayard IL flew from
Paris to London with six pass engres
in six hours, distance Of SO miles
which were covered at the rate of
forty-one miles an hour. 1t takes
ten and half hours to go from
Boston to Warrington by rail and
it is expected that the air line will
cover the distance in much less
time. Exchange.