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~ BLUEFIELI), WEST YIROfNIA. SATUtnlAYEVBNlKO. JANUARY 26. 19ot7 .
MOST RAILROADS
OWN COAL LANDS.
INTERSTATE <X>MME4H'E CX>M
MJINKtOS t'RGES (X>X(,'R1XS
TO CX)RRECT PRESENT
SYSTEM.
Washington. Jan. 26.—The Intor
atate Commerce Commission today
transported to Cougress its first re
port on ita investigation on discrim
ination and monopolies under the
Joint resolution of Congress of March
7. 1906, known as the i Tillman
Qilletple reoiution.
The rejf>rt deals with bituminous
coal carried east of the Ohio river
and in territory bounded on the north
by the Norfolk and Western rail
way. on the north by Canada, and on
the east by the Atlantic seaboard
Tha roads involved are the Norfolk
and Western, Chesapeake and Ohio.
Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Beech Creek dlvialon of the New
York Central and Hudson River.
Pittsburg, Shawmutt and Northern
Buffalo and Susquehanna railroad
Weat Virginia Central and Pitts
burg (now the Western Maryland
railroad.)
The report says that all of the
above companies own directly or by
stock ownership in other companies,
large Interests In oonj lands.
ANOTHER REPORT TO FOET.OW.
The report is onlv a partial one,
and will be followed by another after
further Invetigation. ft is practically
summary of the information gleaned
aa a result of the investigation thus
far made, together with the presen
tation of facts pertinent to the gen
eral Inquiry. The report concludes
with recommendations for legislative
action based on the devoloijments
thus far.
BIO OFFICES
FOR NEOROES
f PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WIM,
TEST SENATORS WHO PRO
CLAIMED THEIR 1'NDV
ING LOVE FOR THE
RACE.
Washington, Jan. 25.—President
Roosevelt will have an opportunity
r fit putting to the test those sena
tors who have proclaimed their un
dying affection for the negro. He
has long wanted to make some ap
pointments In the North, whfye
meritorious negroes have been avail
able for government service, 'but
always reasons have been advanc
ed why negroes should not get Im
portant places, and generally they
have been side-tracked.
|The attentltudo which has been
| taken by a number of senators over
the Brownsville order would Indicate
that the time Is ripe for giving some
thoroughly equipped negroes Impor
, tant Federal Jobs,
i Just where these appointments
are to be made Is not known, but
L It Is said by those who share the
r president's confidence that he will
mpke several apqplntments In the
Iforth which he long has had In
f min4
It Ik said one of the appointments I
ppnteiPPlftted is for Ohio. Koraker's
flute |s Ohio.
"MIGRATION”
TO CANADA
The statement as to the wholesale
migration of Americans Into the
Canadian West has been so often
repeated that It Is commonly be
l!ev««d. This, however, is a peren
nial humbug perpetrated by the Ca
nadian immigration officials, whose
laim that I no,000 Aniercan citizens
have emigrated Into West Canada In
the hist 10 years will not bear scru
tiny. By including under tho head
ing “from the United States” all who
have entered Canada of whatever
nationality, the figures have been
greatly expanded, but there Is high
authority for the statement that
from 1897. when the Canadian move
ment began, only 62.717 citizens of
the United States, of both sexes and
all ages, have been officially reported
as-entering the Canadian West; and
aa many of these departed. It Is
now estlmted that there are In all
Canada, west of Lake Superior no
more than 20,000 male persons who
were originally American citizens.
These are highly valued In the com
munities where they are settled,
hence the desire of the Immigration
ifficlals to attract more by exaggerat
ing the number. As the same au
thority observes, “where tho eagles
flock there must be good prey.” and
the argument has Its efTect both In
tho United States r.nd In Great Brlt
lan. It Is to be noted, however, that
during the whole of last year 186.
000 immigrants entered Canada.
When the number Is contrasted with
the 1,100.700 foreigners who sought
permanent homes in the United
States during the last fiscal year, we
can afford to view with complacency
the rapid development of tho Cana
dian states to the westward and the
slight drain from our own North
west that Is a result of that growth.
—Philadelijhia Public Ledger.
THAW TRIAL.
The Thaw trial goaB over until
Monday with nothing done but a few
preliminaries, it will be a long
tedious, drawn out trial, and Judg
ing from the manner in which it has
started out, the public will become
very tired before it Is over.
TO SEND IMMI
GRANTS SOUTH
MR. STRATH RECOMMENDS STA
TION AT NEW ORLEANS.
Washington. Jan. 25.—The Admin
istration is looking to the establish
ment of a modern immigration sta
tion at New Orleans as one way of
relieving the congestion at the im
migration stations at New York city.
Socretary Straus today forwarded
to Speaker Cannon a letter in which
both he and the Immigration Com
missioner-General urge favorable
consideration on the McEnery bill
providing for the establishment of an
immigration station at New Orleans
upon a site to ho donated to the
Government free of cost, and ap
propriating $70,000 for the erection
of the proposed structures.
"The chief objection of immigra
tion.” said Secretary Straus in his
communication to Speaker Cannon,
"arises not so much because of the
number, but because of congestion
resulting to a considerable degree
from the steamers landing their pas
sengers in New York and other North
Atlantic ports. If the immigrants
could be more readily distributed
throughout the Southern and Wes
tern portions of the country, they
would more readily And remunera
tive employment.”
LOOK FOR IT.
A card in the window of White's
Pharmacy shows where to buy real
estate.
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^ Tha Mark of The Mark of
APPRECIATE j)g(o
Absolute Reliability Absolute Reliability.
i
More than words can tell the Very Cordial Reception
the people of Bluefield and our entire territory have
1 given us.
The time is rapidly approaching wheh wc can throw
open our doors and invite every one to our
.* : GRAND OPENING.
Watch the papers
The Bluefield Dry Goods and Nntion Company
Your New Wholesale House,
Near Passenger Depot
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M’KINLEY IS SCORED BY ALGER.
MODEL IN
SURANCE LAW
PHKMIDKNT I lUJKK IT IN 8PRO
IAL MKH8AGK TO CON
I
ORR8S.
. j
Washington, Jan. 2T».—President
Roosevelt today sent to Congress'
tho following message, favoring a
model Insurance law in tho District !
of Columbia:: I
“‘To the Senato and House of Repre-!
sent stives:
i transom nerowun a report and
subsequent letter from the Superin
tendent of the Department of In-1
suranee of the District of Columbia
and a letter of Mr. Louis D. Brandols.
of Boston, In reference thereto. I
"I agreo with the recommendation '
of Mr. Drake that what Is needed Is
an Insurance law for the District of
Columbia on the lines of the so-cal
led Ames bill, nlready Introduced In
the House of Representatives, revis
ing It so ns to Include In It all the
desirable features of the so-called
‘Uniform* bill.
"With proper modifications after
expert revision, this bill could be
enncted Into a law so comprehensive
and Just that It would stand as a
model of equity. I regret greatly
that there Is not national power to :
deal with this subject; but Inasmuch !
as this seems at present to bo the'
case, wo should at least establish n
model law In the district of Colum
bia.
"I believe that the Department of
Insurance of the District of Colum
bia should be made a bureau In the
Department of Commerce and I^a
bor.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
A SERVANT OP
THE PEOPLE
A great newspaper Is In many re
spects a public institution. Dangers
of mlsgovernment or mlsapproprla- ‘
tlon of public funds or the Inculca- )
tlon of false political or economic doe, j
trines aro minimized by a vigilant
and faithful i/ress. There Is no more
potent obstacles to misdoings and
misconduct among men than public!- j
ty. There Is no stronger force for
public morals, outside the pulpit.'
than a clean newspaper.—Baltimore
Bun. |
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AGAINST STATE
• DISPENSARY
TEST VOTE IV HOI TH CAROLINA
HEVATE NEARLY LEADS
TO FIGHT.
Columbia, B C., Jan. 2B.—What
la believed to be the deathknell of
the South Carolina State Dispensary
was sounded today In tho State^fien*
ate when on a test vote It was shown
that there wan a majority of that
body against tho institution.
Senator Cole L. Itlease, a recently
defeated dispensary candidate for
Governor, and BUI Clark J. R. Mc
Gee almost came to blows Just af
ter the vote was taken. Rlease criti
cised McGhee for what he called run
ning about the floor and counting the
votes, and threatened to Introduce a
roHolutlon to have McGhee expelled
from the Senate. Interference of
friends averted a personal encounter.
AGAINST NATURA
LIZING JAPS
ItKPrniJCAM IKXJIHIATOIW A l»
OPT HKHOI/l TIOtf.
Sacramento, Oa . Jan! 24 A con
current resolution strongly protest
ing against the naturalization of any
Asiatic race was adapted by the
Republican State Senators In caucus
today and later was Introduced In
the Senate by Keane, of San Fran
cisco.
The Democratic. Senators adopt
ed In caucus a resolution declaring
that the President’s Interference In
the Japanese school question was' n
violation of State's right*.
Venice Is usually thought of a*
the city of Islands, hut Amsterdam
Is built on nearly 100 Islands and
has 300 bridges, and Ghent stands
on 20 Islands connected by 270
bridges.
s
That cold wave at last.
Well Furs are eheap at Ped
igo’s, so you needn’t mind.
IN AN INTERVIEW HE GAVE BE
FORE HIS DEATH.
h^lwaukee, Jan. 26.f~The Mil
waukee Journal prints an interview
with Alger, obtained on March 4.
1900. giving Inside fsots regarding
his resignation from McKnley’s Cab
inet, and his election later to a seat
In the Senate. Alger exacted a prom
ise from the Journal at the time of
the Interview, that nothing be pub
lished with regard to It until aftor
hl« death. Alger told the Journal that
on account of the severe criticism
against him during the Spantsh
Amerlcan War. he three times offered
to resign from tho Cabinet, but each
time McKinley would not llston to
such a plan, and that the President
said ho would quit the {residency be
fore ho would allow’ Algor to leave
tho Cabinet.
Alger said the sequel showed how
much McKinley’s words wore worth.
In that later his resignation was no
cop tod. because the president was
"embarrassed and annoyed" hecauso
of Alger's alleged alliance with Gov.
Plngroe In a plan to elect Alger to
tho Senate over McMillan, aftor the
latter promised to give way to Alger,
after hlH. McMillan’s, term was up.
Alger said McKinley lacked back
bone.
SENATORS’
EXPENSES
"The expense* of Senators and Rep
resentatives are not to bo measured
by hotel bills, traveling and ordinary
rostft of living," declared Senator
tialllnger when his follow-members
of thnt august body hesitated yester
day to vote themselves an Increase of
salary. "If some persons on the out
side could see the checkbooks of
Senators and learn some of the ex
penses they are called uifon to make
their views might undergo a change."
“What are th^eae secret Exl>An~
sos Senator? There have been un
kind Insinuations that bankbooks of
deposits might make unpleasant pub
licity, but this Is the first fntlmatton
that the Sonators themselves are be
ing hold up. Must we have a national
"yellow-dog fund" to satisfy the un
scrupulous powers that prey upon
statesmen ?
Or have the millionaire members
mist'd the limit so high that no Sen
ator dependent uif>n his salary can
keep up with the game?—New York
World.
HIGH FINANCE
What ia It? The Philadelphia
Record throws some light upon It In 1
this paragraph—
A man who supposes that a rail
road exists primarily to haul things
from one place to another Is an old
fogy. Harrlman sees that there Is
far more money In the financial end
of the railroad than there Is In the
commonplace business of moving
freight about.
It Is a manipulation of this finan
cial end that consttrites high finance.
That Is, It Is the combination of
forces belonging to others that pro
duces nothing but profit for the man
who handles the forces. It Is the
opportunity embraced to. make a
great, deal of money off of the people
without actually stealing It. Speak
ing directly to the point, the Record
goes on to say that "the earnings are
only an Incidental Interest to a man,
who, like Ilarrlnian, recognizes that
the real work of n railroad Is done
In the New York stock exchange.”
This may seem a simple, Innocent
matter, but, after all, "something
comes from somewhere,” and the
$100,000,000 that the high financier
raked In through the skilful manipu
lation of stocks, didn't com© out of
the sunbeams or the winds that
howl at night. It came out of the
stockholders, and If they were relm
bursed, It was at the exi>ens© of the
people Hgh finance will some day
crystallze Into a penitentiary of
fense.- Columbus State Journal.
William H Berry, treasurer of
Pennsylvania, sticks to his charge
that there are $R,000,000 overpay
ments on the new rapltol at Harris
burg, and asks the moral and finan
cial stipiiort of the legislature In his
efforts to right the wrongs done to
the people. Treasurer Berry says
that these overcharges can be estab
lished by expert testimony, some of
which he secured to guide him In
making this report The lack of
means, however, has prevented him
from making the exhaustive Investl
gallon which the case demands, pub
lic sentiment should see to It that
the legislature does Its duty.
Nearly 8 percent of the students In
Herman universities are foreigners.
BAILEY BLAMES
HEARST
UK ACOl'SKS NKW YOltKKIi OF
CAl’SING AM. HIS
TllOI'HI.RN.
Austin, Texas. Jan. 2R.—In an
Address beforo tho State Legislature
yesterday ln reference to William It
Meant, United States Senator Joaeitli
W. Halley said.
"This has been a moat remarkable
controversy, and among tho many re
markablo things connected with It
none la more rotnarknblo than that
thla effort was Inspired and Inaugu
rated by a citizen, not of this State
but entirely without tho Stnto— W.
K. llenrat. Ho Inaugurated thla cam
paign last Juno in an article In hla
Cosmopolitan Magazine and closed It
with a throe-page libel publlahed In
hlH Chicago paper on January 21
He attempted to sow this State* down
with his Infamous slabdora, and I
have received letters and telegrams
that, show that ho Is sending hts
newspapers by tho thousands Into
Texas for tho purpoBo of poisoning
tho minds of tho poople.”
Tho logtslattvo Investigating com
mittee hearing tho charges against
Senator Halley hold a secret session
today.
Acting under authority grnntod him
by the Texas Tntl-Trust law. County
Attorney Brady late yesterday had
H. Naudln, ono of the auditors of
tho Waters-Plerce OH Company, nt
8t. Louis, who lH in this city, brought
before Judge J. D. Moore, Justlco of
tho peace, In order to have him testi
fy as to tho authenticity of docu
mentary evidence held by tho State
In connection with the Waters-Plerce
Oil Coraapny. and which will be used
In tho forthcoming antitrust suit
against tho company.
Tho testimony Is now ploying h
prominent part In the Investigation
of Senator Joseph W. Bailey by the
legislative committee.
Mr. Nstidtn’s evidence Is said to
have established that various vouch
ors and otho rdocumonts In tho
possession of tho Attorney-Goiiornl
of Texas are not forged and hnvo not
been altered, but are correct records
of the alleged transactions between
tho Waters-Plerce Oil Company, Sen
ator Halley and others.
NEGROES IN
CONVENTION
HOOKER WASHINGTON GIVES
Ills PWtl'I.E HOME
STRAIGHT TALK
Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 25.—Hooker
T. Washington, president of the Tus
kegco Institute, today addressed the
first negro race conference over tield
In South Carolina.
Waahlngton spoke In the after
noon at Allen University, a negro In
stitution of this city, and tonight
addressed a largo audience at the
Columbia Theatre. The first floor of
the house was reserved for white
people. Seated on the stage were
several if-ornfncnt white citizens, to
gether with n large number of negro
leaders from this and other statos
Washington, after praising the
work of Rev. Richard Carroll, the
moving spirit of the conference,
ssld that the holding of this con
foronce In South Carolina was, In
his opinion, evidence that the friend
ly feeling between the rac**s was
steadily growln
Washington said, In part:
“I was bom here In the South, my
early boyhood was spent In slavery
here It* the South, and there Is no
spot on earth so dear to mo as the
soil of our Southern States, where we
of both races for so many years
have lived and tolled.
“Wo, both races aro to live here
In the South side by side for ah
time, no matter what theories ma\
be advanced and emphasized This,
to any sensible man, It seems to me,
Is the fact which we must face
Since we are to remain together, the
question which we should constant
ly consider Is, How can we do It In
peace. In harmony, and' In such a
way that each race will serve the
beet Interest of the other, In such
a way that each race will be more
happy, more if-osperou* because of
the presence of the other? It Is the
extreme of folly and almost a crime
for any individual or group of In
dividuals to pursue a course which
will encourage racial strife, when
the two peoples are to remain to
gether for all time.
“I wa« glad to see that a brave,
REFUSED TO WED
A PRESIDENT.
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strong whlto man from Mississippi
a few days ago nt tho Southern Cot
ton Convention held In Birmingham
stood up and said that ho had got
ten to tho point where he was tired
of Hearing the negro continually
abused. That o|dilon represents the'
attitude of thousands of our best
Southern white people.
“The negro race Is given a freel
opportunity to outer the eduohtlon
al and professional field, and can
succeed, as many are doing In the
city of Columbia.
“But we muat not res! satisfied
with what wo have achtov<«d In the
past. I want to emphaslxo with you
tonight a few matters that directly
concern our future in this communi
ty and throughout tho State. In the
first place, we must face tho fact
that considerable criticism Is con
stantly brought against us as a peo
ple. because II Is anld that “the
negro Is not reliable as a laborer.“
The lenders and teachers of our
l>ootfo must see to It. that there Ip
a change In this respect.
“No section of the South Ih more
Interested from a financial point of
view In tho success of the negro than
Is true of this State. In tho Aral
place, It Is tremendously Importnnt
thnt tho negro bo happy, that poace
exist, between tho races, because
there can be no satisfactory labor
when the white man and tho black
ninn are at daggers' point. The more
the Inhorer Is sntlsfiofi tho better
service ho will rend' •
“F lwivn referred • eject of
making negro labor reliable. One*
wny to do It (and that Ih what the
TiiBkegee Institute lins been driving
nt, among otlior things), In tho first
Place, la to toach tho negro laboror
the dgnlty of lnhor.
"I am glad to see in South Caro
lina these lessons are being installed
into our peo|tie. Thoro is not a
white family in South Carolina that
should not be vitally interested in
I the Improvement of the negro wo
man, especially in tho Improvement
of the negro cook and tho negro
nurse.
"Right, here in Columbia there
should be a large central training
'school for the training of domestic
servants. Such n school should b»
In every largo city In tho South
Wo could furnish tho teachers for
the communities. «
| "The food flint goos Into the
bodies of the majority of the white
fnninlles In South Carolina Is pro
pared and served three times n day
by the hands of the negro woman
It Is mighty Important that this
woman who prepares and servos the
food, which Is to make Mood and
hones and flesh and brain for the
whlfo people, ns well as members of
her own race, he Just, ns Intelligent,
skilled and conscientious ns ijnssl
l)lo.M
The census bureau's Intent ginning
report Indicates a cotton crop very
closely approaching 13,000.000 bales
whlcji would be tbe next Inrgr-st over
grown. This should be enough tr
of prosperity nil over the world upon
go round, even though the demand*
of (prosperity nil over the world upor
cotton mllla nre very heavy;
S A. L. INCREASING
ITS ROLLING STOCK
The Seaboard Air I,Inn Railroad
Company |R asking prices of car and
engine builders for fifty locomotlvo*
atid 2,r.00 freight cars for use or
the comi^uiy’s lines. New equipment
Is being delivered from time to time
but the growing requirements of fh<
S A. 1/lno necessitated further In
crease of rolling stock.
Nine old English « ;"i <« have
stroets running th* i.
MISS MAHY ANN OANKY TRUK
T<> HKR OU> IX)VK.
St. Louis. Mo. Jan. 26.—The
<l**ath of MIkh Mary Ann Casey, of
Kentucky, daughter of Samuel Ca
j Hey, who wa« Treasurer of the United
i States tinder tho administration of
[ Presidents I'lerco and Huvhanan, re
veals a romance of tho Ilf© in Wash
ington. Rh0 was born In Morgan
fleld, Ky., n!nety-4>von years ago
nnd was roared In Caaeyvllle. Ky.
WIhmi just budding Into woman
hood sho accompanied her father to
\\ ashlngtoti, where President Buch
anan had Just boon Inaugurated. Ho
fell in lovo with her. Rho discouraged
•he Chlof Magistrate's suit, howover,
uh sho was In lovo with a flrat cous
in. Qov. Trapnoll. Hor father opi*>e
ed this lovo afTnlr and Trapnoll, af
ter waiting for several years flnolly
married another first cousin. Mias
(’asoy remained true to Ills memory,
however, nnd never married.
The funeral will bo from the old
family homo at Cnsoyvtllo, Ky.,
whore tho body will ho takon to
night. The Intormont will bo on Run
day.
MANSFIELD
HIT TOO HARD
IMH I,HADING WOMAN V.KAVKN TO
HW’AI'K HTAflK III/OW8
Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 26.—Mian
F!mmn Dunn, lending woman for
Richard Mansfield, so grontly object
ed to lh<? blow which Mr. Mansfield
1h compelled to strike her in his role
of Poor tlynt that, she has resigned
her place and hna been succeeded by
Miss Clara Osmund.
Peer Gynt, to hush the scoldings
of Ase, picks her up, throws her to
one side and administers a sound
ing whack between her shoulders.
MIhh Dunn Instated on a change of the
place on her spinal column whore
Mansfield landed. Hho oven consult
ed a physician, who told her that hor
Illness was due to the shock to hor
nervous system resulting from the
blow which she received nightly.
Mr. Mansfield declared that the
Hpot chosen by him was one that
would not shock hor nervous system,
and thnt the manner In which he
picked her up and threw her about
Is precisely the way mothers toss
their Infants or nurses handle their
ifcitlents.
NEWSPAPERS of
THE FUTURE
The ground Is takon by E. P. Pow
|Oll In the Christian Register that the
newspaper of the future will not bo
larger In bulk than tho present, but
smaller, and thnt Its obligations to
tho public will be felt In 'a degree
• bat Is not now felt, even If Imagined.
Tho Increase In the price of paper la
already canning sonto of the motro
I fed I tan journals fo decrease their
size, and necessity may be the moth
' or of tho art of condensation as well
ns of Invention. There Is evidently
an Increasing sense of responsibility
on the part of newspapers, and signs
ar*. not wanting thnt Mr. Powell's
second prediction will enmn true. As
a rule a reading public secures about
the sort of (taper Its composite taste
demands.
Thornton Clothing Co’s
One-half price Sale in creat
ing the greatest sensation
ever known in a Special
Sale.
Road tho Dally Leader.
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