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LEADER
VOL. 1. NO. 171.
BLUEF1ELD, WEST VIRGIN I A. FRIDAY
, MORXKCO, OCT. 26,1906.
—=*•!■ -I J'"!l_
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Rifles of Cubans
Thrown in
_ a —p—————■ ■ ———
ARM* nwn BT THE IXM'RflKKTS
PIT WHKRN THKY CAN BO
XO HARM BY OR1MCR
OP MKCRKTARY
TAFT.
Havanna. Oc . 1j.— The statement
made by Secre ary of War Taft ou
the ere of hts departure from Cuba
that he wouid put all the arms sur
render-v-l b> the Insurgents where
*’ i'j *'ould do no further harm, was
verified vesterday when a company of
the Cuban artillery spent the after
noon throwing these weapons Into the
sea from the outer bastion of Morro
castle. Thousands of rifles and car
bines were sunk In thirty fathoms of
water.
Some unrest contluues to prevail
in the provinces of Puerto Princepe
and Santa Clara, where small armed
bands are roving and committing ml
nor depredations. The residents of
Holquln requested protection of
troops against a considerable body of
ex-rebels, who are reported not to
have disbanded and a battalion cf
the Eleventh Infantry reaches Hol
guin yesterday afternoon.
The mayor of the town of Agua
cate. In the province of Havana, who
waa ousted from ofllre. was restored
to hts position Tuesday and organised
an armed escort of twenty-live men,
alleging that he feared an attack by
the Moderates. Oovernor Magoon last1
night ordered Oovernor N inex to pro- \
<-eed to Aguacate and compel the ma
yor to surrender the arms of his es
cort and bring the weapons iu Ha
vana
RACE SUICIDE
v HER THEME
CLUB WOMAN TAKKH IfMl'K
PKKMIHKNT KOOHEVEI/TH
VIKWH ON THE
SUBJECT.
Arkon. O., Oct. 26.—Without men
tioning President Roosevelt. Mrs.
Samuel B. Sneath of Tiffin, took is
sue with his race suicide theory iu
her address on "Women’s Work In
Child Saving," before the northeast
ern district conference of the Ohio
Federation of Women’s clubs today.
She declared that It Is better for one
child to be born and carefully rear
ed. that that a dozen be brought up
In careless manner. She maintained
that club work does not spoil the
aptitude of mothers for household
duties notwithstanding contrary state
meats.
THE ALTAR FIRE.
The altar Are of autumn leave*
I* burning on a thousand hills;
And hazy Incense, perfume-like,
The grand cathedral arche* fill*.
Now all is hushed In solemn state.
Subdued the song of nature's choir
An Rummer comes with golden gift*
And lay* them on the altar Are.
ALICE M. CROWELL.
The coming change* in President
RooseveltCabinet ha* been annottn
ed officially. Upon the retirement of
Shaw and Moody from the Cnbinet
Oeorge B. Cortelyon will become Sec.
retary of the Treasury; Oeorge Von
L. Meyer*. Postmaster General;
Charle* .1. Bonaparte. Attorney Gen
eral; Victor H. Metcalfe, Secretary
of the Navy and Oscar S. Strati*. Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor.
“Choice beef is scarce. With corn
skylarking around the half-dollar
mark feeder* have had no Induce
ment to make cattle good.” say* the
Live Stock World. "They have been
content with merely warming them
up and then Rhlpplng. There never
was such a dearth of choice beef in
the United State* a* exist* today."
And this after years of time and mil
lion* of money spent to make this a
land of choice beef cattle.
GRAFT IN
INSANE ASYLUM.
MONEY TO RRLIKVK (THAX PA
TIKNTH DlftAPPKAKKD BE
FORK IT RKACHKII THEM
Gov. Mamou of Cuba, as a result
of the deplorable condition o' things
which he discovered at the nnt'onal
asylum for the insane at Havana,
has ordered the immediate repair of
•he old and the erection of new
buildings. The governor found that
while hundreds of patients were
sleeping on the floor, the manage
ment Raved 95000 from the food ac
count, which Mr. Magoon has order
ed applied to the immediate purchase
of bedding and clothing. Though
the Cuban Congress appropriated
money for the improvement of the
condition of the Inmates of the asy
lum. for somo unknown reason the
money was not expended. The gov
ernor has ordered an Investigation
of this feature of the affair.
TIMBER MELTING
AWAY.
The national hardwood lumber as
sociation. recently In session In Mem
phis, Tenn.. accepted the committee
report that, from the best estimate
possible to be had, "there now stood
In the United Staten approximately
1.475,000,000,000 feet of lumber,
but that 45.000.000.000 feet were
being cut every year. At tills rate
the forests would last nearly 33 year^
at which time the production of com
mercial lumber must cease altogeth
er. But there are several other con-1
ingencics which must be considered
in such calculations. The annual
fires In forests destroy an Incredible
quantity of standing timber, Includ
ing all the younger growths which
have started and the seed as well,
and seed trees from which future
forests must be produced. Includ
ing the consumption of wood for
pulp and paper, lumber cut for ex
port and for domestic use, telegraph
poles, crossties, piling and fuel, of
which much Is still used in many lo
calities, the timber used In mining
operations and that destroyed by
forest fires, there are 75,000.000,000
feet of lumber consumed each year,
with an increased quantity yearly.
It is evident, therefore that there Is
not enough timber standing to con
tinue commercially for more than
20 years In all the United States, in
cluding the Pacific coast forests.—
Chicago Chronicle. .
Afghanistan's amir was married,
while he was still little more than a
hoy. to seven wives, each the daugh
ter of a powerful chief. He now ha?
four wives, the eldest of whom is a
shrew, whose fierce outbreaks his
highness Is said to hear with almost
Christian fortitude. She has killed
with he rown hands three of hei
slaves whom she caught flirting with
her august lord, and she disfigures
those whose physical attract! >m*
might appeal to him. In appearance
the amir is a broad, rather clumsllv
built man, with a tendency to stout
ness.
One of the gravest perils which
flre-flghtera are constantly facing Is
the fierce heat. After successful tri
als. a newly Invented ‘heat veil” has
been Introduced Into practice at
Cologne. CJer., where 200 men have
been supplied with the appliance.
The veil Is made after the principle
of a safety lamp, with double win
dows. It Is composed of fibers of cane
which possess the peculiar property
of retaining wafer for a considerable
length of time. The veil Is made
damp before being fastened to the
fireman's ordinary brass helmet.
1* OANDRR OF HHIPWRKCK
The floating vote this year will be
waterlogged for want of a little circu
lating currency to give to buoyance
BE YON OH
A LttXKHOMK MAN HR WOtTlif* BK
IV HIM MONRV WKKK BOV
COTTRI>.
The second day’s tour of William
J. Bryan through Indiana closed at
Indianapolis with a mass-meeting at
the baseball park. Yesterday’s trip
was through central Indiana, the Bry
an party occupying a special electric
car. In his speech at Huntington
Mr. Bryan said until recently the
churches had been willing to accept
money without asking questions
about It, but one of the denomina
tions had stirred up a controversy as
to whether It should accept money
from Mr. Rockefeller. Said he: “I
believe If the churches and charitable
societies would stand up and say to
Mr. Rockefeller: ’Keep your money;
you stole It from the public; we
will not accept It,' they would come
near to making him feel how lone
some a man can be In thlH world
who has nothing but money and no
conscience back of It.”
AIMS OF THE
“PEOPLE'S LOBBY."
The governing committee of the
newly organised (lobby at Wash
Ington yesterday adopted two sections
of Its constitution outlining the scope
of Its work us follows: (“The col
lection aud dissemination of infor
mation regarding pending national
legislation and the attention of mem
bers of Congress thereon. The keep
ing of an accurate record of the of
ficial acta and votes of members of
Congress. together Ultimtfcer Infor
mation pertinent to their official rec
ords, and from time to time the
making public of these records and
securing them the widest possible
publicity.” A temporary committee
on ways and means was appointed,
and will report to the neat meeting to
to held In about a month.
HE RIPPED OUT A
ROLL OF BILLS
Tom said he had been here two
yearn; had saved hln money, and the
bank had paid him three per rent In
tereat on It. “Now, by heck," Raid
he, "I’ve got five hundred good cold
plunkn where I can get 'em.”
“That’B all right," Raid Bill, "I've
been here two yearn, and naved my
money, too. But I put mine In a
Went Bluefleld lot. It wan lenn than
you put in the bank. I sold It today,
and I've got one thounand good cold
plunkn, and here they are." Bill
ripped out a roll of bills, and Toni
ripped out an oath.
See fll tie fluid and Graham Im-4
provement Co., ad last page, and
write their agent before Nov. 15th.
N. ft W. DIRECTORS
DECLARE DIVIDEND
IXC'RKAHK PLACKM THK STOCK
NOW ON A FIVR PKB
CENT. BASIS.
Philadelphia. October 24 - The di
rectors of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad today declared * ien l-an
naul dividend of 2 1-2 per c^nt. on
the common stock of the company,
payable December 21. This Is an In
crease of 1-2 of 1 per cent, and
places the stock on a five per cent,
basis.
In a letter received at Washington
William Jennings Bryan says he Is
encouraged about the next House and
that the Indications are that the
Democrats will capture control of It.
He declares the best way to support
the President Is to elect Democrats
as the "record shown that the Dem
ocrats have stood by him better In
the Henate and In the House than
the Republicans have." He states,
though, that "the President does not
go far enough nor fast enough In
the direction of reform "
A LADY OF BLUE
FIELD RECEIVES
HANDSOME GIFT.
MRS. BRRNARD McCLAt UHKKTY
THR MUITI JUTK LADY. -
A telegram was received in thin
city last evening iUUdr that Mr*.
Bernard McCtanghert'y. or this city,
had been left $20,000 by Kdward Wll
aoa Jame*. of Norfolk. V*. Of courae
thla was an unexpected but happy
surprise to Mr*. McClaugherty. who
was not anticipating anything of the
kind. Mr. Jamee was an old friend
of Mrs. McClaugherty and her fam
ily. and In thua remembering her,
with others. In hla will shows the
highest regard of bin appreciation of
this estimable lady. My. James was
an old bachelor of considerable
wealth and adopted this method of
disposing of his accumulations to hla
friends. We extend our congratu
lations to Mrs. McClaugherty with
sincere wishes that she map live
long to enjoy the gift of her old
friend.
Norfolk, Vo., October 2G.—Th«
will of RMward Janice, n prominent
clubman, who was found dma in his
study, an Sunday last, itrter having
been missing for twelve days, was pro
bated today. The estate is estimated
at ^2R0,000. Miss Mary Archer
Hooper, of Farmvllle, Vn., Ih be
queathed $20,000. Roswell Pago, 8.
8. P. Patterson, and Mr. an.l Mrs. K.
V. Valentine, all of Richmond. Va.,
are left $1,000 ascii. Other be
queat amount ot about $10,000. The
will provides that the remainder of
the estate shall go to the University
of Virginia, with the provision that
for fifteen years to come, the Unlver
sl^ shall turn over one half of the
incomo to the Confederate Soldiers’
home. Richmond, Va. After that
the entire residue reverts to the Uni
versity.
IjATKR.
MIbh Mary Arelter Hoof^rr. ot Farm,
vllle, Va., waa^tbe maUlon name of
Mrs. Bernard McCluiigherty, now of
this city, the wfle of Attorney Mc
Claugherty. one of our most distin
guished young men of the legal pro
fession.
VOX HUMANA.
New headline type la brought to hint
By printers strong and rough,
He measurea It—alx Inches wide—
He cries; “not »IO enough
They rend the ncathlng articles.
He culls them “quiet things/'
And, with hla trusty megaphone,
He to hla writers sings:
“It's noiae, noise, nolae.
That wlna eleetlona boys,
A headline Lie
Light Inchon high
All amall Trutha destroy.
I^*t others flght with argu
ment!,
And antiquated toys;
The thing for Hearst
Is Just n burst
of noise,
Noise,
NOIRE'!"
Around him mighty presses groan,
With life the office hums.
A. Brisbane thinks tip sentences
Hy pounding kittle-drams.
"I’ll win It!" Hearst, delighted, cries,
His hat aloft he flings.
Then,(through hla trusty megnphone
As usual), he sings:
It’s noise, noise noise,
That wins elections, hoys,
The time Is ripe
To use the type
Of most avoirdupois.
Hysterles and artillery
Are Brls—I mean My—Joya.
Ho down the nows
Concerning Hughes
In noise,
NOIRE,
NOIRE!!!”
“Flngy" Connors, nominal chair
man of the New York democratic!
committee, but actually a figurehead
holding down a chair at the Hotel
Victoria, In a confidential moment
unbosomed himself of an epigram to
a friend from Elmira. “This ain't no
campaign." he said. “It'a a Punch
and Judy show, and I'm Judy."
I
The Pope Is
Thoroughly Exhausted
*
THE TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND CLUB.
or course In Bluefleld. as In all
other cities, there are a few Jaek
aaaea. Now. .an asa. the kind we
have In mind. Is the fellow that wants
you to go ahead and build up an ac
tive prosperous city and thus make
dollars for him. while he stands by,
with a death grip on hts pockotbook
and tells people you are only trying
to advertise yourself.
This long-eared one will himself
never spend a cent or work an hour;
but you can always hear hint bray.
You BlueQeld men know him. Lot
him go on working his lungs and
heels, while we all pull, work and
scheme together for “26,000 by
1»08."
LOOK HRKK, wo are not dream
ing about this thing. Wo want DIO
things for Minefield. Do you? Borne
of the “Jackasses" are afraid for the
city to grow any Inrger -they might
got run over; but we KNOW there
are five hundred men In Bluefleld
who working TOGRTHRR can bring
ten thousand people and five mil
lion dollars of capital to Bluefleld
and vicinity hy 1908, if they will set
about doing It. "The JnekiiHRcH"
will hoot (bray) «t thin; but you
Junt start operation^ gentlemen, and
He what umatlng things you cnn ac
complish. START,—flint's It. Wo
have to bogln before anything Is done
you know,—and there will bo ho
niurh nolno and biiHtle that the
"JackuBHeH" can't be heard, and will
go back to the Hugo hniHh where
they belong.
TEA OEOWlitO '
IN AMERICA
Ten i iilture in tlilH country, haa
now paHH'-i Its experimental Hinge,
having been considerably developed
by private cnterprlHOH In co-opera
tlon with th<* depart ment of agricul
ture. a BerlotiB and Btistalned en
denvoi- to grow tea ban been made at
Summerville. 8. C„ by Dr. rharleH
U. Shepherd, n government expert.
The I'nited State* government Ih hIho
planting tea in Texas, and certain
Individuals In the t’arollnuH are en
tering successfully on ten cultivation.
with government co-operation What
haa been demonstrated is that from
the Roll of tho Routhcrn states can
l»<» produced an excellent grade of
tea with a characterlatlc quality In
the flavor. In the warmer pnrts of
the Orient high altitude adds delicacy
to tea, and It la claimed, from the
uaccrtalned reaulta of tea-raising In
America, that the effect aeen In tho
tropica dun to altitude mny to a de
gree he paralleled by a temperate
climate In higher dngreca of latitude.
Some preliminary teata on the Tcxhh
product aeen, to Indicate that In the
more Mouthern alt nation a tea of
stronger taste la likely 10 result. On
the commercial aide the tea problem
la somewhat more doubtful, since
last year, out of some (10,000 tona of
tea consumed In this country, lea*
than six were American grown; but
It la thought that even without tho
artificial aid of a protective tariff
the Infant tea Industry In the United
States la In » condition of exception
al promise.
POPE IS IMPROVING .1
I CONDITION HO MI CH IIKTTKK
HR WILL KWHIVK THR
KN(;i,isn PIMIHIMAOR
TOMORROW
Home, October 20.——Or. Lapponi,
notwithstanding tho unsatisfactory
condition of his own health. Insisted
on visiting the Pope this morning
He found that the pontiff had Im
proved. the pains In his knee lied
decreased and his temperature, which
yesterday wa* above normal, had
diminished. In view of the Improve
ment, the pope decided to receive
the Rngllsh pilgrimage.
HEAR8T AHEAD
ON TEST VOTE.
XKW YORK tVORl.lPH 4,'ANYAMM IN
TNN CITY KAVOItN IkK.Mtk
i'HATIi' CANDIHATK.
.New York. Oct 15. —In an HTtort
to learn the Keneral sentiment In the
campaign for governor the World has
begun to can van* for votera tu the
city. Today and Monday a secret
poll w«» taken of business, manu
facturing and financial districts,
Factories, wholesale buslneas houses,
skyhccapers and flnnnclal exchanges
were visited. The result was as fol
lows:
Mnhattan and the Bronx—Total
vote canvaRsod 2.784; for llcarst
1.580; for Hughes 1.324. Hearst's
plurality 236.
Brooklyn—Total vote canvassed
3,413; for Hear*! 1.947: for Hughes
1,486. Henrst'M plurality 418.
Total test vo,.’ in the three bor
oughs 8,287. For Hearst 3.507; for
Hughes 2,780. Hearst's plurality
717.
W. R. Unarm. apnklng tonight at
throo lively RiihI Hide meet Inga
pledged hlmanir not to r*«nt until ho
had oiiRtod from offlco "the little,
anoak thief who occuplea tho may
or’H chair.” lie wan nominated for
prealdent by acclamation In one meet
ing and bulb'd at all aa “our next
governor.” Tho three audlencoa tried
to cheer hh long and hh loudly aa tho
Madlaon Square garden crowd of tho
nighl. before.
Mr. ilearat repeated hit former rc
mnrkH about IiIh contemn against thu
treat a and anld that ho made tho
miiyoralUy election Context "not mere
ly that I might be uloctod mayor of
New York city, but that you might
have your vetoa counted na American
cltlxena.”
"And I repeat my pledge,” be ad
dtHl. “that I will never ceaan fighting
' hoae election rnaca and protecting
the poople’a ballota until those bal
lon are honoatly counted, and until
the wretched little anenk thief that
now occuploa tho nmyor’a ahalr la
driven out of the city hall.”
Col. Mnrtlnltte, Into of the Italian
army, who took part In tho Vosge
campaign during the Franco-German
war and captured the color* of the
Blxty-flrat PriiHidan Infantry regiment
died the other day In the hir<*et h of
Home of starvation.
Yearn ago, when the huay Ne
braskan's work piled up to such an
extent that In* had to hire an extra
stenographer. Mm. Bryan Immediate
ly net to work to learn how to ma
nipulate the typewriter keys. ho
that Hhe might he wlih her husband
In hlx working hour« and Rive him
the benefit of her knowledge of IiIh
work. Hhe had n typewriting ma
chine with her and wrole all hlH
articles on fhelr trip abroad, and on
the train it wmh a common night to
see her fingers pounding away at
the key*.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Cornet players Boon get wind of a
new tune.
Kven left-handed women stick up
for their rights.
rwo-thlrds of the ao-callel society
“400" are ciphers.
Kat drink and be merry today; to
morrow yoti may be married.
When a friend in need drops In the
average man gets cold feet.
Some people seem to think than
loud talk makes a sound argument
Ah a rule ft Isn’t the best-looking
woman who fries to look her best.
And. of course, everything goes
dead wrong with the successful un
dertaker.
If you have a cross to bear, hear
It like a man and don’t^>lace It on
exhibition.- Chicago News
The Dally Leader Is progressing
•very day In the way of new business
AFTBB ESOEIYINO
bnchjsh puma
Horn*, Oct. S 5. —Thoroughly ex
hausted an « result of holding sever
al lutervlews today, Pops Ptus waa
forced to take his bed. The pontiff
had to be practically carried to klo
room. The collapse came directly
after he had received a ou taker of
Kncllsh pilgrims against the advice
of his phyalclana. who. however, do*
dared the Pope’s Indisposition they
believe only temporary.
NEOBO CONFESSES;
LYNCHED BY MOB
New Orleans, Oct. SG.—Tom Crocs p
ton. u negro, was lynohed nsar Cen
terville. Miss., today. It Is alleged he
confessed to the murder of Wly Whlt
nker a farmer.
Whitaker waa murdered yesterday
and ell lest night a posse of men sus
pecting foul play, searched for him.
With the posse was the negro Cromp
ton.
Today ho begged leave from the
Hoarcher* to go home, but after he
had gone the poeae followed him And*
Ing. It la alleged, that latead of go*
Ing home, he had gone to the a pot
where Whltaker'e body lay and cut
ting off the head, arma and lega with
an ax. had dropped them Into a alnk
hole near hla cabin.
OROKER DEFENDS
TAMMANY HALL
HAYH ORGANIZATION OAYH NgTW
YORK MARY Or H ICR
IMPROVBMHim
Doublln. Oct. ad. -In the couree of
an intevlew pehllahed thla evening
In the Telegraph, Richard Croker,
referring tD Tammany Hall, nnd Ita
alleged bad reputation, Mid:
*‘lt Ih a ra«e of giving a dog a bad
name. If anyone collected with the
organisation, however Insignificant
IiIh position, doen anything dishonor
able, Tammuny la blamed.
“The reformers never did anything
for New York. Tho greut bridges, the
elevated railroad, the public build*
Inga and everything are the work of
I nmniuny. If thcro was corruption
why did not the dlatrlct attorney
prosecute Homebody? Tammany Hall
Iihh succeeded entirely on Ita merit*.
It Ih the moat democratic Inwtltutlon
In the world. If anything lfl wrong
"ith It then something Ih wrong with
the people themaelvee. It atandH not
only for the poor man, but alao for
the foreigner newly landed on Amer
ican HhoreH.
“It believes, as against tho Repub.
Mean party, that the foreigner should
receive the benefits of the American
constitution as soon us possible. It
stands all around for equal right*/'
THE REPUBLICANS
ARE SCARED.
A Republican must be very bi
goted to deride the able and at times
brilliant campaign that Mr. Hearst
Is epiHonally making. His appear
ance at the Madison flqure Harden
the other night was a great ovation.
His speech was powerful from Mr.
Hearst'a standpoint. The Republi
can leaders are not treating bis ef
forts lightly. They know that party
lines are down, so that, a stampede
from the Democratic party Is no
easier than one from the Republics!.
REFLECIONS OF
A BACHELOR
Morality dona a heap of parading
In public.
A man would have better luck at
gambling If he didn't do It.
When you kiss a girl against her
will it’s really against her mother's
A man gets a lot more excited 0r«r
being called a liar than being one.
Rome men are so lasy they won’t
even work hard to get a rich wife_
New York Preaa.