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FINDINGS IN
The F. & C. C.
ROAD CASE

AEu III COuhtNNAOu Mieh INC -
the petition of the city OF Canon City
TO compel the Florence & Cripple
Creek Railroad company to reopen
its lines to public traffic the state
railroad commission says that the
following contentious were estab-
ushed at the recent trial OF the case
in Denver:
That great damage and injury to
the city Of Canon City anc many bus
mess interests. as well as to large
proportion OF the inhabitants OF Can
on City and along defendants lines
of railroad, has resulted from the
failure of defendants to operate the
roads in question.
That the defendant, the Florence 6
Cripple Creek Railroad company,
owns the line of railroad from Grip
pie Creek to Florence, Colorado.
distance OF 4O.2 miles.
That the defendant owns the line
Of railroad extending from Canon
City, Colorado. to Ora Junta, Colo
rado. a point on the main line Of the
Florence & Cripple railroad. a dis
lance of 7.3 miles.
That the two defendants are sepa-
rate corporations, but the stockhold-
ers and bondholders in each concern
are identical.
That the defendant, the Canon City
& Cripple Creek Railroad COMPANY.
has leased its line TO the defendant.
the Florence & Cripple Creek Raj
road company.
That the Golden Circle Railroad
company owns line OF railroad con-
meeting with the Florence & Cripple
Creek Railroad company at Victor.
Colorado. and extending to Victor
Grande. Colorado.
That the said Golden Circle rail-
road is operated as a part OF the mar
COW gauge division Of the Florence
G Cripple Greek railroad.
That on or about November IL.
1911. the Colorado Springs & Cripple
Creek District Railroad company en-
tered into a written contract with the
defendant, the Florence & Cripple
Creek Railroad company, whereby
she defendant leased from this com
pany its said line. n broad gauge
road. and has continued to operate
the same under said lease since said
date, and is now so operating the
same as a part of the Florence
Cripple Creek Railroad companys
system.
That on July 2l. 1912. large part
Of the main line Of the Florence &
Greek railroad extending from mile
post to mile post 10. including a
part of the roadbed and a number OF
bridges. were washed out by foo,
waters.
The estimated cost OF repairing
this part OF the road varied material
~, witnesses for the plaintiff con
tending that the same could he re
paired for S6s.OOO. while witnesses
for the defendant contended that to
repair the damage world cost in the
neIghborhood of $4,000.
It was admitted that this discrep-
sncy in the cost OF repairing was
secasioned to a great extent by the
sact that defendants estimate lnclud-
ed a great deal Of cement retaluing
WALL while the plainufI's estimate
vas based on heavy riprapping.
The record also disclosed the fact
=iat in 1896 the Florence & Cripple
Creek Railroad company experienced
similar flood in the same district.
which required an expenditure of
$4,000 10 reconstruct and relay thai
portion Of the line from three-quar-
ssrs OF mile above mile post u to
n1e post IS. which portion of the
line was not disturbed by the latter
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PARK CENTER
NEWS NOTES

Rev. Parvon. who has been hold
ing series OF revival meetings si
Pueblo. returned to his home on
Monday.
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Mrs. Harley Stone and children
are packing their household goois TO
be shipped to Pueblo to join Air.
Stone who has a good position there.
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Mrs. A. e. Hoffman and Sam
were visiting at the home of A. A..
Hoffman. near cramer on su day.
Billie Wider is going to move IN.
to the Wander house with his family.
Billie having secured employment
with Mr.. Wander for the season.
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MIR s. r. Goodrich is treitlng his
house and barn to a fresh coat OF
paint which improves the appear.
anoe OF tho place wonderfully.
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Mrs. DeBord returned to her home
in South Canon otter spending two
weeks on the Park.
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be shipped to Pueblo to join Mr.
Stone who has a good position there
The prospects are certainly fine
for a bImper crop OF app.es and cher.
ries on the Park this year. Rasp-
berries. currants. gooseberries. and
grapes couldn't look more promising
at this season of the year. The
plum and peach crop suffered some
from the recent cold weather. but
are no; a failure by any means
Mrs. y. A. Duffy. who underwent
severe operation at the hospital in
Canon. Is 30 far recovered as to be
brought home where she Is doing
nicely.
Mr. Hocket OF Orchard Park. "a
over doing some grating for mum
hfE u oAiAaiHthAa on iut EAIhs Af.
Hocket is an artist at his business.
DR.. Henderson and little son OF
Pueblo. are visiting at the home of
Rev. and Mira. Paryon.
The Ladies' Club are to meet at the
home Of Mrs. ~. a. Mills on Wed.
nesday OF this week.
Mr. and Mrs. MadFe Madison OF
East Canon were Wis ing viii Mrs.
Webb on sunday.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the
Christian church met In an al-day
session on Wednesday of last week
with Mrs I'd. Could All report a
pleasant time.
Mrs. De3ord returned to her home
in South Canon otter spending two
weeks on the Park.
Mr. s. +. Goodrich is treitlng his
house and barn to fresh coat OF
paint which improves the appear.
anoe OF tho place wonderfully.
Mrs. A. e. Hoffman and Sam
were visiting at the home of A. a.
Hoffman. near Cramer on su day.
Billie Wider is going to move IN
to the Wander house with his family.
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The Ladies Aid Society OF the
Christian church met In an ai-day
session on Wednesday Of last week
with Mrs. Ed. Gould. All report a
pleasant time.
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Mrs. y. A. Duffy. who underwent
a severe operation at the hospital in
Canon. Is 30 far recovered as TO be
brought home where she Is doing
nicely.
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Mr. and Mrs. MadFe Madison Of
East Canon were Wis ing viii Mrs.
Webb on Sunday
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ter than III. !. shott. becsuse he Vas one
Of about dozen that assembled behind
closed doors in the Federal Po-tOflice
building in the City Of Blue6eld. aud
over objection and protest, helped u -
lect Baker for the state S-nate and Haw-
ley Tor the Legislature, and in further
ance Of this combination and conspiracy
be helped 70 call together the County
COMMITTEES and prepare a ballot which
bore the marks Of fraud on 10. facr.
Honesty, decency and justice demand
that when We attack one 81 our fellow
citizens that we present to the putli- ell
the fscts, that they may det-rmine the
truth and be guided thereby. Simple
justice would have also demanded and
an honest man or an honest paper would
have also given % Cooper the record
that he truly and candidly deserves ID
ward Cooper hss for years, and in fact,
during the whole Of his political life, al.
vocstsd untiringly the principles of the
Republican party, having succeeded hi.
fsther, John Cooper, who was really the
builder and promotDr II the Republican
party IN Mercer county and Wa ac.ive
politicaily throughout southern West
Virgins especially; that not until John
Cooper came n the county had the Re-
publicsns ever elected q county officer
that since then Mercer county has ieen
continuously counted safely in the Re-
publican ranks. Also Il might have l-en
well 70 have tod the people that At the
last election when W. =. Hswley wa
nominated fairly and honestly for the
Legislature he received the untiring sup
port Of Edward Cooper. The nosnina-
ton Of y. ;. Baker fOr the STAT Senat..
sod W. y. Havley fOr the HOuse Of ID a
egsto~ In 1910 wss brOukht about by the
most corrupt political pra .tices: that
this u 30 = practically ackaOwleixed. vs
oeiieve, By great m ,iority of the peo-
PIE m the section Of the cOnntry that the
ballot % be vOtei va prepared aoI
formed IN such q m inner a. o. mike a
practically an assured fact that thsv
would be nOminsted.
The time has cons when every an Of
everv party should reDu iists frsni. no
matter where Il exists, AMI no matter
tOonnnnsi On Page rw0.)
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H. |. SHOTT

III. l. NhOtt. the gentleman who boosts
himself la his own paper. aud claims for
himself steasliast and unrival,d regular
ity, has iailt~i Ia call the attention Of the
public "a the tart that he has on different
occasions bolted ni- party and resorted
To unparalleled political trickery. His
paper, the Blueiield Daily Telegraph,
which he boasts ~ having done 50 much
for the Republican party. W. believe. has
hsSn only paper "a all him in securing
nominations of persons Of his choice. and
thereby continue hlm in political offer.
which he held Tor practically twelve
years. and which paid him about 5000
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nnllnnnnnInulI nlunInlTrn
uuW0AC1Iunhl UhnuIuhlC0
5'H CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
POLITICAL COMPARISON
EDWARD COOPER

The Blueheld Daily Telegraph. owned
and controlled by h. l. Shott, candidate
Tor Congress. has seen proper u under
take 20 Advance the candidacy of IL. /.
Shot on the ground OF regularity, and
on the ground of the irregulsrity of his
opponent. Edward Cooper.
The only charge Of irregulsrity which
has been made 10 boldly appear in fre-
quent ISSUES Of said paper is that Cooper
voted In 1910 against Edward :. Baker
Tor Tie state Senate and w. 4. Hawley
Tor the House Of Delegates. The ques-
ton might he asked, IL Cooper did this.
whyY This question could have been
answered by the Bluefield Telegraph il il
had seen proper to present To the public
The true facts in regard TO the campaign
OF 1910. No one knows these facts bet
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annually. We lH'lieve that those famil-
lar with hi- paper are familiar with tie
faet- that Il has not lr-rn the advocate Of
tie Republican, party in contests betwsen
it and the other political parties Of the
country. lie tells you IN his paper
servics- ia tLe party should be rewarded
hut be iail- to b-ll Jon that be has had
the Bluefield p'stofIie for about twels
year, and received. a. We have said,
sumo year, and he fails 10 tell you
that hi- opponent. Edward Cooper, has
never I%sn candidate for any Office and
has never held political position. n.
! Shott fails n tell you oi his misdoings
IN the R~rul,lican party. some Of which
W. will briefly outline
CD lie ha- iailed o. Tell you when
Judge IIerndon AMI Judge Ritz we're
candidate Tor Judge of the Circuit Court
and when Jmlge iIerndOn Wa nominst-
"a that be- bDlt'-i the convention, aud
endor-e'i the indeTendent candidacy Of
Ilit1 ior Ju'lge. snd that he used his
paIrr prsrticaily every dsv in the de-
nunciation Of IIerndon and his followers
and IN the support Of Ritz. that he fol-
Lowell RiD in his candidacy until Ritz,
seeing that be- hal no show for election,
withdrew.
60 He not only boits,l the convention
that nominated fIerndon Tor Judge, bot
he wss member of the STATE Committss
At that tim before whom the confess
oetween HsrndDn AMI Ritz came for de-
ct-iOn, and he Op-niy avowsi bsfOre this
com nittee IA st h. " yuld b. bound by
the decisiOn Of ne q Hn nittee, but wheo
the q CDm MITE decidsl ia favor OF Hsrn-
4 ,n AMI axsinst RITZ. hs proceef,d
thrOnxh his piper t. d-nounoe Hsrnfon
and his followers. b)ltei the convention.
ani bdtsi tn q Dn nittee nndsr ths
claim that tn q i'm nittes hal no juris-
dlcti0n . -ettie the question.
(jJ Bsf0re he attended the msetinx OF
ne Sttts ON n'ttss hs afdel Z. r..
(O)anansi On P&ss rwo.l
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AIMED At COLOR QUESTION
Bill to Put Recorder of Deeds and
Register Under d. c.
Control.

Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, . few
the Office of recorder of deeds and regis
ter of wills under the District commis
sioners and require - condition foI
eligibility, for Office q bona fide residence
in the District tor three years prlor &C
the appointment This is the means ia
ken by the Georgia senator 10 settle the
color question in connection with thes<
offices.
It is understood thsf great pressure ID
hsins brought % bsar upon the Prssi.
- ss.sppsiAk q so>ns9 .n6a - U1ossd
the retiring recorder Of dssds- To make
he Office . purely local one, - the Geor-
pc senator believes it should be, he in
Produced this bill. which will have Dem-
|ocratie support.
J. Discussing his bill Senator Smith said /:
The business done by these Offices il
for the residents of the District. There
Is every reason why both the recorder
and the register should bs selected from
bona fide residents, snd|shat they should
not be politicians brought here to be re-
warded for party support in other local.
ities.
81 believe, too, that Offices Of the i'm.
portance Of the recorder Of deeds and
register Of wills should be 9 proper pub
l'city.
II intend to do all in my power to gel
action on this bill ss quickly a. possible, d
said Senator Smith.
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cnnuCnTInn'
OF ELKs
Attracting Attention Of the Whele
Country--T. c. Nutter win
Easily Stand For Re-
election.
CONVENTION HOLD
in NORFOLK
Attorney Nutter's Adni.islratisn
the Best in History Of the
Order Of This Grand
0rganization.

The fifteenth annual session OF the I'm.
proved Benevolent and Protective Order
Of Elks OF the World. to be held at Nor.
iolk. Va, August 25-23, is being looked
forward To with great interest by the
thousands OF Elias Of this country and
foreign lands. The coming convention
promises To he one Of the most memo
rable in the history Of the order. and
the antlered boys will pour into Norfolk
simply in drove.
The boys in every section Of the coun-
try are making great prepsI alton for the
meeting. AMI there will he more delegates,
marching clubs and visitors present ai
the Norfolk meeting than at any former
Grand Lodge meeting in the history OF
the order.
The order is in splendid condition.
The present years work stands out -
the best in the history Of the order. A
number Of new lodges have been made
and several more promised. while quite
= few old loiges have reinsIsted, and the
order in general is growing BY lssps and
bounds.
The prerent Grand Exalted Ruler, T.
GiIIis Nutter, has injected nsw life ins1
the order and has placed it upon . solid
foundation. HB sdrninistrssiou hos
been an extremely progressive one. and
his vim and spirit Of 'r,-forwsrdness
have been caught by the sntlered hosss,
and feeling of confidence and optimism
has resulted that can hut make the Or
der Of Elks one Of the greatest in the
country.
The Grand Exalted Ruler is working
day and night tn build up the order. to
restore confidence, and 10 bring about
peace and harmony between the two
white and colored Elks, and the hand
some results are most surprising.
The Grand Lodge officers and members
i'm general have rallied 70 the support Of
the Grand Exalted Ruler in no uncertain
manner and have materially assisted in
making possible the great progress Of the
order during the present year.
The present head Of the order has been
Hooded with requests from various So
tons Of the country 70 accept reelection
at the Norfolk convention. Even mem
hers Of other orders who have watched
the steady progress Of the order under
the present administration have been
urging Grand Exalted Ruler T. Gillir
Nutter to accept a second term. lie bss
finally decided 70 stand for reelection
which il welcome news 10 the memberl
Of tine order throughout the jurisdiction
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up &C Keystone . man by the name
of Sherman Fnney had . saloon, and.
- We are informed, when the last days
Of June came stored what stock he had
left over in his cellar, put the keys In his
pocket and went 10 Virginia. either on .
yisit or 10 look out q place 20 60 into busi-
nes. A special officer or specisl COM
missioner BY the name OF Reed learned
it was there and on Monday made . raid
by breaking in and connscsting the stuff.
We learn he got l96 gallons Of whiskey.
gin and wine snd also . case or two OF
beer which be proceeded to ship here to
Welch and had slowed away in the coun-
ty Jail.
AZ far - we have been able to gather
the facts, ss stated above. Finney was
not in the state, he had the whiskey
locked up and to which no one had &C
cess- It was not offered nor exposed for
sale to any body. To con6scsse his prop
erty under such circumstances may be
Law, but we doubt it the darndest.
We don't know Mr.. Finney. We have
no recollection OF ever having seen hIm
or his place. But he certainly ought 70
have had his day in court under the
above circumstances This proceeding
smacks very strongly of that spirit Of
fanaticism that ruled and governed the
Spanish Inquisition. IL is to be hoped
that he will take the matter up and make
q test case and zee whether or not all Of
a mans constitutional liberties have
passed away. Ii is not . question OF his
liquor for q minute or the value of it,
but 10 q question of whether . citizen has
any rights or privileges left that spirit
OF fanaticism is bound to respect.
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Over twenty-five Thousand Cou-
pom Holders Collect Three Hun
dred thousand Dollars From
the e. & o. Railroad.
AUDITORS WORKED
ONE YEAR.
Snail Army Of Clerks Labored to
Repay Passengers Who Ben
efitfed BY Rebate of lc a
Mile On Train Fares.

After . year Of strenuous work. th,
Chesapeake & Ohio Commission hae
audited and paid nearly 25.o,O claims al
until July /, in addition to readiustin,
quite . number. The figures are showr
la . report compiled by Gen. b. II. OK
ley, member OF the commission. which
holds forth At Charleston.
An expenditure OF <3.io.4ll - Of IN.
Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad Co. Was re-
quired ID pay of the various claims
which represented 2.O37.2I6 coupons.
When il is considered that more than
two million coupons have iHsn handlel
in the way of listing, che king and audit.
ing, some idea can be bad a. 10 the
enormous amount of wotK which has de-
volved upon the members Of the com
mission and their employs. in the re-
demption of the coupons
All claims were receiptei for. PLACED in
packets, numbered AMI flied with the
name of the claimant and the date OF
filing, record number. postofilce address
and the amount Que entered on record.
All vouchers were lisss4i with the re-
cord number, name of the payee and
the amount, after which they were mail
ed to the claimants and 5he amount paid
out entered upon the bopks Of the CON-
mission and charged - he funds on de-
Posit in the Citisene Nzfionsl, the
Charisston National - -. Elk Bank
- 90. arIt We - Tor the con-
missioners to keep q separate account
with each of the banks in which
the Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad Go. had
been deposited.
The clerical force Numbered nearly one
hundred until a few months before the
close OF business, when il was reduced
from time TO time until only eleven
clerks are retained at the present time.
it will require few weeks more for this
force 70 wind up the affairs Of the COM
mission.
The s3O5, 5,4I4.75 paid out by the com
mission represented excess fare Of one
cent mile paid by patrons Of the Che--
apeake & Ohio road in consequence Of q
restraining order issued 10y :. q. Bur
dette, then judge OF the Kanawhs cir
cult court, against the state of West Nir-
ginis, preventing the application Of the
two-eent rate Law a. enacted by the legis-
lsture.
The constitutionality Of the law was
decided by the supreme court Of the
United state lat year. wherenpon = ID.
LittlePage, present judge Of the Kama
whs circuit court. created the special
commission to pay of the claims Of those
patrons OF the ROAD who held rebate cou-
Pons- The commission began work las,
(Continued on Second Page.
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Hon W. Burbridge Payne, has held this
Office. Every Republican has given his
approval in the past 10 his right Of au-
thority and duty To officially exercise the
functions Of this great Office. This time
there has appeared star IN the East
with claims at qualification which justify
him and his friends TO enter the race for
this long coveted Office.
B. Hampton Gray, formerly the deputy
cerk under Mr.. Payne for over five
yesrs, il now asking the voters TO honor
him with the Office. Both candidates have
friends. Both are Republicans and botn
are gentlemen. Both are well known.
The contest, or rather the scrap" a.
IL - developing into, the nearer We reach
the hour of the primary election, j. be
ing wsged With all the intensity possible.
Every inch Of the ground - being hotly
and unyieldingly contested. The fight l.
alone among republicans Republicans
Of the truest stripe are on both sides Of
the political fence. some fellows, who
before have never differed, are differing
from each other In this contest. Men
occupying the highest positions in the
STATE, county and districts are deeply
concerned. Men who have not been seen
out on the political battle field for years
are deeply concerned and are seen sboul-
der b shoulder, ear % ear talking this
political fight over. We use the word
inadvisedly when we say q political cnn-
te-t, becanse there - no politics In it.
Tins = a contest among members Of the
same political family.
Hon. W. Burbridge Payne, who ha
held this Office for - years, i - candi-
cate 20 succeed himself. and Hon. b.
Hampton Gray, young Republican Ol
no mean ability and who has filed the
Office a. deputy clerk for the past five
years wants the Office Of clerk in IT, orig
inal sens. lie has been ssked BY some
of the best men in the county % enter
the race and thus il y the fight u on.
MAYBEURY.
Republican meeting st Msybeury Mon
H. ut.rkf a -r.a..Ir< u..~.-n-- - <.<.~..
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JUSTICE LURTON OF
SUPREME COURT DEAD

Atlantic City, y. j., July l2---Asso-
ciate Justice Horace Harmon Lurton, Of
the United States supreme court, died
suddenly st hotel here today from heart
failure superinduced By cardiac asthma.
He vss 20 years old.
Jhe justice who came here on July
vss IN his usual health before retiring
last night and had taken his customary
evening outing on the board walk. Short
y after midnight he complsined Of feel
ing W and although bic physician, DIR.
Rufhn, who arrived yesterday from
Washington, Wa immedistely summon
ed, Justice Lurton died st Eve O'Clock
this morning HE wife and ooa, Horace
n. Lurton, Jr., Of Nashville, we're at hi.
bedside.
The body will be taken 10 ClsrksviIIe.
Tenn, for interment, the funeral party
leaving here at O'Clock tomorrow after
noon.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER
Horace Harmon Lurton Wa born at
Newport, Ky, in 1874. He Wa educst-
ed in the public schools. Douglas. and
Cumberland universitiss and served thrss
years IN tie Confedsrsse army. He wa
appointed chancellor Of the sixth chan
oery division Of Tenns~-ee By Governor
Porter IN 1874 70 en- . vacancy and IN
1876 he Wa elected without opposition 20
the same position. Later he r. ei>rted
Judge Of the supreme court Of Tenns~-e~
and IN 1893 rss chosen chief justice Of
that tribunal. lie vs- spposnsed circuit
Judge for the sixth jodicisl district Of the
United States by President Cleveland the
same year and vss appointed By Pres
dent Taft 70 be s~soci~ss jus<sce Of The
supreme court Of the United stases De-
oenber %, 1909, taking he srss ON the
bench January 3, 1910.