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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27

mother and Beethoven. or mutual love-
The testimony Of two grandchildren Of the
Countess Giulietta was asked. Beethoven
wanted to- marry grandmamma," said the
Countess Bertha Kucnburg. nee Countess
Stolherg-Stolberg in Salzburg. but she
loved CallenoerC" Baroness Hess-Diller
nee Countess Gallenberg, in Baden said:
Among our family papers there is abso-
lutely nothing bearing on the matter, no
letters. ma diary. The preiudices Of the
period. the incredible point Of view by per
sons of cur station toward artists, even
toward artists Of Beethoven's greatness,
may have been responsible for the fact that
no interest was felt in the matter. All that
verbal tradition has brought down to me
~ summed up in the one circumstance that
Beethoven figured only as a music teacher
in the house of my great-grandparents.
on the suggestion Of the grandchildren
Of the Countess Giulietta, La Mara called
on Fraulein karoline LanGuder, a life
long friend Of the Gallenbergs. who had
lived with the Countess Marie Brunswick.
This witness testified. Il do not believe
that the scbirarmcrci for Countess Julia
Gallenberg- Guicciardi-thOugh II may have
been warm and wonderful. for she was g.
very beautiful elegant woman Of the world
ever took such possession of the heart
of Beethoven as did the later love for
Countess Thercse Rrunsvik. which led 20
an engagement. That was decidedly his
urofoundest love. and that II did not result
i'm marriage. il is said. was due 10 the
what shall I call itc-real artistic tempera-
ment NGtwJ of Beethoven. who. i'm spite
Of his great love, could not make mp his
mind 10 get married. It Is said that
Countess Therese took IL greatly 20 heart.
Having lived with ms parents in Press
burg during my childhood, I often heard
with childish ears OF coUrse-persons speak
about the matter. and am able 10 remem-
Ter that Countess Therese was greatly be
loved and that my mother was always
clad when she came 10 Presshurg, which
was every YEAR La Mara having sent
Fraulein Langulder some Of her writings
and "A copy Of Lamps portrait OF the
Countess Therese she wrote On January
a. 1901. After all that has been said pro
and confra. ! remain Of the unalterahle
ouinion that the Countess Therese was the
Immortal Beloved and fancee Of the great
master concerning which fact / heard in
Vulnerable conversations during my child
hood and that the portrait Is hers. Count
ess Marie does not sec a resemblance. nut
do not trust her memory Countess
Marie Brunswick had said TO la Mara that
she did not consider the painting, which is
rr,v preserved in the Beethovenhaus IN
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sician's treatment. In neither OF these iet-
tiers is there the Tcmotest hint that the doc
tor sent him 90 a distant BddCDrt. IN lSu-
Beet hOyen's summer lodging was IN hell
igenstadt where young Eies came often 70
receive his masters instructions. Ihere
is not the slightest intmauon from MN:
nor anywhere else. of any absence ~
Beethoven during that summer. Dii Bee
thOVen write the Li'bC,brirf ln july ana -"-
called Testament-that document or de-
spair-in October? Observe these dates.
In the Liebcs6riCf from the B0dcJU july
6: Itch KAN erst Morgens Z Uhr gestern
her an Seven days later, july H.. ne
was I'm Vienna writing 90 BreltHopl
Hdrtcl.
Jahr Wass ich auf dem Lande ZuDrachte'
but in no known letter or writing or bee
thovens OF that summer IS there any rel
eTenCe to the distant Bddc0rt
All that is known of Beethoven in the
summer Of 1901 and 1902 is against the
journey TO the BGdeOrt what is known OF
the summer Of 1896 is for H. The burden
Of proof lies upon Mr.. kaNscher. When me
can prove such "A journey in 1901 or lNu2
and docs so-it will be one point IN his Ia
yOr.
with great respect for the authoress La
Mara 1 am madame. very sincerely YOURS,
ALEXANDER w. THAYER.
It occurs 10 me that YOU may possibly
desire 20 print the essential parts or ms
letter I have no objection. provided YOU
state that il is a translation or "a private
letter written in answer To- one from yoI.
TIE method pursued by La Mara in her
investigation which extended over several
wears. was much Ike that Of Thayer In
every case in which IL seemed that test-
nony might be had from the mouths Of live
ing persons she sought 10 obtain H.. FIRST
she visited the Countess Marie Brunswick.
daughter OF Count Franz. There was an
interview followed by a correspondence.
The Countess said that her family knew
nothing whatever Of the alleged romantic
attachment between her aunt and Beetho-
ven. She recalled that Beethoven had
CROSSE ScHwarmcrcr' for her fathers
cousin. the Countess Guicciardi, afterwnrd
GaIlenberg. nut tine feeling was not recip-
rocafed. so far as mad been learned. Tho
family was still in possession or three or
four letters from Beethoven 90 her father.
In November. 1899, she sent four letters 10
La Mara. which were then owned by her
brother. Count Geza Brunswick. Three OF
these letters had already been printed in
The first edition Of Thlyers biography.
The only one bearing on the subject Of this
studv was that I'm which Beethoven begs
the Count 10 kiss his sister Therese. ,This
letter La Mara presents in facsimile in her
hoo<l Count GallenheTg. son Of the
Countess Giulet:I and the last Of the
family had died in Vienna in 1892, two
wears after he had denied that there had
been any talk Of marriage between his
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Continued from first page.

Court has declared the principle that an
affirmative duty rests upon the railroad 10
conduct it's business safely. and that ia
the enforcement of this duty state,
through its police power. either directly or
through a commission or municipality. may
order road TO eliminate a grade crossing
as q menace 10 public safety. lie cites the
Bristol case. Isl l.. s, 800 IN which the
Supreme Court sustained an order made
bv the Railroad Commission under the
Connecticut grade crossing act directing
the railroad 10 eliminate a crossing at
Bristol. The railroad contended unsuccess-
fully that the order was I'm derogation Of
its rights under the state and federal con-
stituticns. Two cases, similar IN import
were sustained by the same court in Mime
sofa.
AS far as New Jersey is concerned. It is
pointed out that prior 20 1873 railroads
were chartered in New Jersey by special
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
TIE FEMININE GENDER.

General F. .. Grant. at dinner In New
York said Of a recent book on tactics:
1T suggests. in its ahsurdities and errors.
the misogynistic schoolboy who was asked:
What is the difference between fort
and a fortress?
We'll said the schoolboy, i should
think the only difference would be that
the Iatfe. is the harder 70 silence ;"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
COMPANIONS IN CIRCULATION.

who are the two men who shake hands
and look sympathetic every time that
prima donna's name Is mentioned"
zone is her manager ana the other Is her
husband. Washington star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-27
ENTIRELY ORIGINAL.

do you consider Wobbletons humoi
original. Binks?" asked Dubbleigh.
Sure il is" said Bnks. Absolutely. I
don't believe there Is any numor in exist
ence that antedates Wobbleton's Jokes
Iutge
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
BURKES GARDEN NEWS
Items Of Interest From the Garden
Spot Of Virginia.
Burkes Garden. Va, Sept. 5.

Burkes Garden, Va, Sept. 5.
f. M. Moss is loading cattle at Hon
aker this week.
Miss Lucretia E. Mahood is teaching
at the Rhudy Schoolhouse.
Geo. W. st. Clair, of Tazewen, was
at 7. E. Howel's Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. C. X. Brown visited
relatives in the Garden last week.
Miss Margaret Howell returned to
her work at Danville, Va, this week.
Lindsay Mcclure, of North Tazeweu.
spent the week end at T. E. HowelPs.
MIR. and Mrs. Simon Kelly gave a
party to the young people last Saturday
night.
Rev. Jas. Mahood and daughter, Miss
Sallie, of Ceres, visited relatives here
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Peck, of San
Antonio. Texas, visited Mr.. James
Peery's last week.
Misses Reilly and Houston, of. Char
lotte, N. c., two of Miss Bessie Peery's
school mates, are visiting her.
Rev. DR.. j. P. Mcconnell, of Emory,
was in the Garden last week in the in
terest of Emory and Henry College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Peery and Misses
Sarah and Ruth Davis attended the
Baptist Cooperation at Shawvers Mill
Sunday.
Mrs. Robert Moss entertained some
of the young people at dinner party
last week in honor of Master Graham
Preston.
MIR. Stephen Fox and brother, Rev.
David Fox, of Crocketts Depot, attend
ed the burial of their sister, Mrs. Gabe
Fox last week.
Eli Bane and family moved to Tiptop
this week. Mr.. Bane is a worthy citi-
zen and will be greatly missed in the
Baptist church.
Miss Bette Groseclose began her
school this week at Groseclose School
house. Miss Bette has taught for
more than thirty years in Smyth, Wythe
and Tazewell counties.
Mrs. Gabe Fox died at her home at
Shswvers Mill August 20. Mrs. Fox
was consistent member of the Meth
odist church, devoted mother and wife.
Mrs. Fox was daughter of the late
Thomas Crabtree. She was noted for
her kindness and hospitality and was
highly esteemed by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband and the
following sons and daughtert: Messrs.
Tom, Steve, David, Charles and Raleigh;
Mrs. Joe Bourne, Mrs. Hiram Chris
tam, Mrs. Geo. Thompson and Mrs.
Andy Fox.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Married al TazeWeII.

Walter Morris, of Graham, and Miss
Maud Hancock, of Peterstown. were
married last Saturday morning in the
parlor of the Jeffersonville Hotel. The
ceremony was solemnized by Rev. s.
W. Moore, of Bluefield, the impressive
rites of the Presbyterian church being
used. 1t was the intention of the con-
tracting parties to make the wedding a
quiet one, but the best laid plans some
times go wrong, and in this instance a
number of delegates to the Republican
convention got next" and upset the
arrangements these happy young people
had figured out to make their marriage
secret affair and were interested spec
tators at the ceremony. The bride is
the youngest daughter of William Han.
cock, of Peterstown, and is a most
beautiful young lady. She spent some
time as clerk in the postoffice at Kew
stone and in this capacity met her hus-
band, who Is travelling salesman for
Swift and Co., and has a number of
friends in the coalfeld, who will receive
the news of his marriage with much in
terest. They will reside in Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Conditions Have Changed.

In recent years the question of first
class hotel accommodations was a prob
lem with which we of the Southwest had
to reckon when visiting many of the
cities of the State to the east of US, for to
say the least, they were very inadequate,
the guests subjected to inconvenience
and often neglected. But, happily,
such IS not the case now, especially, if
your destination is Roanoke. Situate
but two minutes walk from the Norfolk
and Western Railway station and near
the city's busiest business section, is the
magnificent Shenandoah, with one hun
dred and one rooms, all furnished in an
elegant manner and with the most mod
ern conveniences, it is capable of caring
for small army of people in a most
convenient and comfortable way.
In connection with the hotel is one of
the most up-to-date European restau-
rants to be found anywhere along the
entire system of the Norfolk and West
ern Railway. Here, and at a reason
able figure, too, may be had the very
best edibles which the markets afford.
all prepared and served in such a man.
ner as to make a king envious. That
this fact is recognized and appreciated
by those of the travelling public who Wis.,
it the Magic City, is evidenced by the
continually increasing patronage of this
splendidly appointed cafe.
The Shenandoah is under the manage
ment of Mr.. w. T. Barbour, who was
for number of years proprietor of the
Pocahontas Inn, and it is a source of
qualification to his many friends through
out this section to know that he is
meeting with such deserving success in
this new venture. If you intend visit
ing Roanoke in the future you will find
the Shenandoah the most comfortable
and conveniently located hotel in the
city.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Road Bids 0DeDed.

The Board of Supervisors opened the
bids for the construction of the new
roads in each of the three magisterial
districts on last Thursday at noon.
There were seven bidders: Vaughan
Construction Company, of Roanoke /;
Walton & Co., of Falls Mills; Smith &
Crump, of Morristown, Tenn; R. G..
Lasiter, Virgilina; Renshaw Brothers,
Huntington, w. Va; Juniata Construc-
ton Company, Philadelphia, Pa; M. E.
Long, Bluefield, w. Va.
The bids of Long and Lasiter were so
much in excess of the remainder of the
bidders they were at once eliminated.
The others ran so nearly together they
were turned over to the engineers in
charge of the construction of the new
roads to figure out with the estimated
quantities of material to move and mac
adam to apply with instructions to give
the board the result of their calculations
at meeting of the board to be held to-
morrow when the contracts for the
roads recently advertised in this paper
will be let.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
W. R. Dawson Assaulted,

James O'Keeffe, assistant trainmas-
ter of the Norfolk and Western was in
the city Tuesday. He had been in Leb-
anon on Monday to testify in the case
of the State VS.. ]. L. Pennington for a
brutal assault on Assistant Superinten-
dent W. r. Dawson, yesterday a week
ago at Cleveland. Pennington had,
however, plead guilty before the arrival
of Mr.. Dawson and party so a new war
rant was sworn out charging Penning-
ton with assault on O'Keeffe, he having
attacked him for demonstrating with
Pennington for asssulting Mr.. Dawson,
but Mr.. O'Keeffe had left Lebanon be-
fore verdict was rendered, so he could
not advise US what was done with Pen
nington in the second case.
Pennington was an extra gang fore
man and attacked Mr.. Dawson for call
ing his attention to a violation of the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Interesting Lectures.

Miss A. b. Furness, of Richmond, is
visiting DR.. and Mrs. P. d. Johnston.
Miss Furness is district nurse of the
city of Richmond and her principal work
IS along educational lines in the eradica-
ton of preventable diseases. On her
visit here she is doing some missionary
work along these lines by means of
lectures. On Tuesday afternoon she
addressed the town council. On Tues
day evening the colored people at the
colored Methodist church. On Wednes-
day morning the school children at the
High School and on Wednesday after
noon her final address was given before
the Woman's Club, and on the latter. in
the long run, will fall the burden of
carrying forward the work of this most
important branch of the Civic Better
ment of our towns and cities.
Miss Furness gave plain, practical,
common sense talks on the preventing
of preventable diseases and plead earn
estly for the cooperation of the author
tiles, the parents, the teachers and the
pupils of our schools in the great work
of spreading the knowledge of sanitary
living and more especially how to pre-
vent the spread of tuberculosis. She is
engaged in a noble mission and her
work was we'll done.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Swords Greek.

Reese Call is very low with typhoid
fever at this time.
B. j. Wysor made a business trim to
Blackford Monday.
Mrs. Mollie Farrar spent Friday and
Saturday with friends at Honaker.
Miss Pearl Belcher returned Sunday
from visiting her brother in Bluefield.
Mrs. P. S. Graham is spending the
week with relatives at Pounding Mill.
Mrs. W. Fl. Call, whose illness was
mentioned last week, continues verv
low.
Mrs. A. A. Wysor and little daugh-
ter, Laura Clark, of Richlands. spent
Sunday here with Mrs. W. B. Smith.
Z. Duncan's dwelling, store and the
post office were destroyed by fire on
last Wednesday afternoon about 2
o'clock. Mr.. Duncan's loss is about
$4,000. with about 81, 500 insurance. 1t
IS not known how the fire originated.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
WhlteWOOd.
WhiteWood. Va

Whitewood, Va, Sept. 5th.
Boyd Callahan returned Monday from
Princeton, w. Va, where he had been
for several days on business.
Tony Bird, the mill foreman here for
the Ritter Lumber Company, went to
Bluefield on business Sunday.
W. M. Grimsley. one of the teachers
In the school here, has rendered his res
ignation and will leave in a few weeks
for Williamsburg, where he will enter
historical old William and Mary College
as student.
Mrs. DIR. Ritter had as her guests the
evening preceding her daughters de-
parture for Pennsylvania, Messrs. Nc
Cue, Woods, McMullen and Marsh. all
travelling statesmen, and w. M. Grims-
ley and Miss Louise Gillespie. of this
place. The guests were entertained at
cards and with music, but above all en-
Joyed the delicious ice cream and cake
which was served by the hostess.
The Republicans of the county met at
Grundy Saturday for the purpose of
holding convention, but as the country
crowd and the court house crowd,
failed to agree an adjournment was
taken until the 10th. The Democrats
will meet Tuesday to take off some the
candidates of that party, and agree up
on plan of campaign. They will hold
no convention, but the committee, con-
sisting of the county chairman and 27
other men, will have charge of this, as
such a plan was agreed upon several
months ago in mass-meeting.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Knights TempIar Inspection,

Inspector General for No. 20, R. E.
Sir Knight Jas. B. Blanks, of Peters
burg, inspected Clinch Valley Comman-
derry, No. 20, on last Monday at noon
and found them to be in good condition.
The Commandery ranked second in point
OF growth during the year past and is
in fiourishing condition.
After the inspection the Commanderv
and visitors repaired to the jefferson
vile Hotel where an elegant collation.
was spread and enjoyed by the worthy
Sir Knights.
K. E. Sir Knights J. L. Beck and
George F. Bagby, of Richmond, accom-
panied Sir Knight Blanks. A commit
tee met them at the train and drove
them over the new roads that were re-
Gently built in this county. The visi-
tors expressed much surprise and pleas
ure at the progress made during the
past twelve months in our county and
predicted a wonderful progress when
the roads now under way were COM
pleted.
Sir Knights George Esser and George
A. Smith, of Cyrene Commandery, No.
Il, OF Norton, came up on the morning
train to meet the distinguished visitors
from the Eastern shores and accompan-
led them to Norton where they inspect
ed Cyrene Commandery Monday night
and returned to Graham on Tuesday and
inspected Graham Commandry Tuesday
night
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Schools Open.

The schools throughout the county
opened on last Monday. There are still
ten vacancies throughout the district,
but it is hoped that all these will be fill
ed within the next two weeks. Follow
ing is the list of teachers so far select
ed:
Tazewell High School Principal, w.
w. Carson; assistants, Misses Lou
Coulling and Mary Turk.
Grades-Seventh, Miss Virginia Car
rington; sixth, Miss Ethel Steger; fifth,
Miss Maggie Rose Harman; fourth, Miss
Julia Davidson; third and second, Miss
Lillian Watterson; first, Miss Pearl
Vail; music, Miss Bessie Jackson; elocu-
ton, Miss Grace Mays.
The district schools filed to date are:
Thompson Valley High School-Miss-
es Kathelin Saville and Ruby Lee Sow
ers.
North Tazewell High School-Groyer
Strong and Misses Kathelin Pendleton
and Martha Wray.
Pisgah-Miss Mollie Hambrick.
Rhudy-Miss May T. Rhudy.
Carl-Miss Grace Buchanan.
Mt. Tabor-Miss Lettie Mcpherson.
Baptist Valley-Miss Lucy Parash.
Rocky Dell-Miss Ella Crabtree.
Sayersville-A. P. DeLong.
Grassy Springs-Wm. H. Hankins.
Rivermont, (graded) Louise
Williams and Katherine E. Kennedy.
North Tazewell, (colored)-G. M.
Dickersou.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
Streets-May, Pobst and Moss.


The sanitary committee is to be the
same as the finance committee, and the
water committee the same as the street
committee.
Inc mayor announced that there was
committee on ordinances to be ap-
pointed, but in this case no appoint
ments would be made, but stated that
every councilman should consider him
self member of this committee. This
brought out the fact that ordinances
were badly scattered in the records, and
it was agreed to arrange for compiling
the same in a more convenient manner
A. J. May was elected assessor, and
DR.. c. A. Thompson overseer of the
poor.
Salaries for the ensuing year were
fixed as follows:
Mayor, $50 and fees; recorder, $50;
sergeant, 5000 and an allowance of $50
for uniforms, the fee for arrestipp
where conviction is made and five per
cent on amounts collected as fines; as
SCISSOR, $50 and fees; overseer of poor.
$50.
The complaint of George R. Surface
relative to shortage of the water supply
in the Town Branch was referred to the
committee on water, with instructions
to report at the next meeting of the
council.
Regular meetings have been set for
the first Tuesday in each month at 4
O'Clock in the afternoon. After this
council adjourned.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
CHANGE IN CATALOGUE

The attention of exhibitors is called
to change in the catalogue. In tbe
saddle horse ring, page 9, premiums
Nos lS and IA should read ''best 2-year-
old, either SEX" and ''best 1-year-old.
either SEX" Therefore, yearling and
two-year-old colts of either sex, or geld
ings, can enter in these classes.
We also beg to announce that we of
fer an additional premium, No. la. for
best S-year-old saddle mare or geldine.
purse $500, divided as stated in The
catalogue in the case of all live stock
that is 60, 25 and Is per cent.
Tazewell Fair Association.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
ss0SesOeeoeenssess Q
School books at Bowers.

School books at Boyer's.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
met Tuesday with Mrs. G. W. Doak.
Jackson's Pharmacy is headquarters
for school books.
Miss Coralie Laird has accepted the
position of stenographer with the firm
of Henry & Graham.
All kinds of school books at Jackson 8
Pharmacy.
DR.. and Mrs. d. C. Gillespie, of Ithi-
ca, N. T., came yesterday for a visit to
friends and relatives here.
School books at Jackson's.
Mrs. DeVault, of Johnson CITY. Tenn.
is the guest here this week of MIR. and
Mrs. ]. w. Chapman.
We have some excellent reclaanod
seed wheat. Limited amount-speak
quick.
Star Milling Co., Inc.
Miss Ethel Steger came Saturday
from her home in Pulaski to resume her
duties as teacher in the High School
here.
September Is and 16 We will aIsnIay
a complete line Of the seasons latest styIes
In Tailored and Dress Models. A call
from you will be appreciated.
TazeWeII Millinery Co.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-09-07

rules. Both Dawson and O'Keeffe are
well known here, they being natives of
this county and spent their boyhood
days in this section, and Mr.. O'Keeffe's
friends here commend his action in try
ing to protect MIR. Dawson. who is not
only a much smaller man than Penning-
ton but on account of an accident to him
several months ago is not in physical
condition to protect himself.