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♦ Bluefield Daily Leader. VOL. i. NO. to. - — IQ. APRIL 14. p WHY ALL THIS MUDDLE IN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION WORK PROGRESSING ON BUILDING Work on New Store Building of Kut»* h-tk*- A Hurtles Ik ing Itapidly Push«*d. Hie new store building on Hlue fleltl avenue, being erected by con tractor J. \\ Cornell, for the firm of Ih going up rapidly and will he an Subletle & M;irues. retail grocers, pdded improvement to the busines, uitton of that part of the city. They hope to he able to move Into their new building in a very short tin**' and when located I ntheir tew quarters they will deal exclusively lu groceries. ASSISTANCE WAS NOT REQUIRES Coast Squadron Who Arrived from Pensacola Sighted IHatreMaed British Steamship, Charleston, S. <\, April 13.—Ad miral Dickens, commander of the • oust squadron, who arrived here from Pensacola on the flagship Tex 1‘S reports sighting tho British steam pool, fifty miles east of Capo Cnr ■lilp Miguel do Larrlnaga, of Diver* naveal, April 9, showing signal that the vessel was not under con t»ol I pon the Texas approaching, • • signal ioi > * asels not iindei ' "iii ml was hauled down, and in an swer to a signal if assistance was ;vqu:icd hob «•.; ih*> negative. In re sponse to an Inquiry, Ihe Miguel do I .a ■■ i i ii1 g,t requested that the Texas report all well on hoard. Shortly after the Texas left the Miguel do Larrinaga It was observed th«^t the latter vessel began steaming ahead. ■New L»ik Magazine Kditor Describes MHir at Naples and Tils Osp Narrow Kurapc, Naples, April lit. -Robert Under wood Johnson, associate editor of tin* * '< atury Magazine, who has been an . yew it ness of the events her* lie1 Int.i few days said today: "Kadi day it becomes more in.nos siiiie to visit even at a distance the •Oil. led districts. The ashes have ie.M'h< d preposterous proportion:, til’er into everything, block the trains, trains, automobiles, carriages : ini hoisfts, Only the soldier.i se*>in fci>1y 10 overcome the obstruction. "Ilefore the eruption I took a train for Torre Anuuzlntn. On arriv irr at Torre del Greco the heavens seemed to open and we were soon 1 .11 f hurled In ashes and hot cinders. Til ) train drew up in total darkness, relieved only by lightning flashes. Thus we waited events. Soon Ihe darkness took purple and yellow tinges, the detonations became loud er thnu the loudest thunderclap and the ashes burned our eyes. It was a perfect picture of Dante's "Inferno ” The train could not proceed, so thick were the ashes on the track and Just at this point the train broke in half and ihe poor women fugitives, think ing they were about to lose their ltvss bsgan to chant lltaalM f*r Hie dead, giving a last weird touch to the infernal scene. 'Carbiniers came to our rescue and proposed to take us to the sea We i hen found we were on a bridge, with the sea on one side and Torre del Greco on the other hand. In :|ie darkness we descended hand in hand, forming a human rope, and a false step would have meant death. The poll was it choked with fishes that small boats could not navigate Weaiilv we trudged bark to the station lo find there was no prospect <>l .mother train We had then been five horns In that plight, so, seeing that heroli measures were necessa* ry. with a companion 1 trudged miles in two or three feet of ashes to Por tlel. where flaslly we found a cab to bring us In Naples.” W > «' eri p|i serl to greet in OUT office !.i : <i>i Mr It II Barger, ho i i.t . Irileresled m the coal i:toi« ts if this section. We used >' I t ow i*»»ii \ l.en he was a super IMendeei i ii< Norfolk Ar Western. ' .t now th:-l he has grown In afllu < 'cm and piotnMdice, we hardly tec o. i»|rc li I in ,if; the former railroad nnii' lie f poko kindly of the I.#ad * . a el wished it success To receive tin * 'ii o; event of such distin* gn‘ It' d .■ • 11y• i s. is indeed, very pleas In*. ; nd w desire to return nut thunks for his kind expression. Miss Pay McComas. of Glntto. was in tl.e « 15> v< ; lerdav. She left on N> ’ f• *i 'll- us where she will re main f.n several days. T. H. C I.AV, OK HKNTINOTOX, \\ \ \.. l*llO>ll\i:\T INt.ltKAT <'OVN('ll, OK HKI» MKN WHO Wll.l, MKK.'I IIKKK >1 \» KlltST ANI» HKCOMl, THK liOlHiK AS A SIM I \l, ( KNTKU The lodge lias become the social center of many a town. It Is ho to a greater degree, perhaps, in the West than in tho Knst On tiie plains distances between population cen ters are greater; the ties of oi l fam ily acquaintance are lacking: the fraternal order is the one tiling that knows no harrier of wealth or posi tion. Tiie fact that many of tiie or ders admit men and women to ineir membership on tho same terniR adds to tiie strength of the social claim,- It also brings about odd sit uations. • am going <Jown town to.light,” remarked a country town banker one evening to his wife, “The lodge meets tiiis evening*' “Thai will leave me alone, * was the iesponse, “for Anna” (their ob servant ) “in going t«> lodge, too.” “ies,” agreed the husband. “We i.elong to tiie same lodge.” Yhir. very equality brings about a comtrdeship that in Hie newer com munities makes easier tiie wavs of lile You have tin employe in yo ir office or Rtore. lie works with Mr '■oat off, and through the day you consider him hut little You do not ast; h‘s opinion nor defer to ills Judgment. But on lodge night, when vou enter tiie portafs, a lodge door, !hough It may admit only to the sec ond floor of an uupainted frame building, is always a "por'al."— ,'ou make your obeisance and ni's tic signs before a dignified potentat" it robes of red and vellow, whom veil recognize iih your employe. Out on tho western farms, wle-re ibe dwellers were a few years ago ” oi king out their material dest'ny t irough trial and tribulation, tiie lodge has reached, and thousands of prosperous husbandmen drive into the nearest town once a week of ev ery fortnight to mingle w ith tiie \ i» lege residents in a society's hall. Kf torts to conduct permanently lodg* a e<<|psively for farmers have no: been I •■luM-aily successful, though in parts of the nation such Orders haw* not '•itli considershh* prosperity. From tlie president of the net Ion d >w n .0 tin* hninhloM citizen the las < ination of grip and passwor I en ••'•'•I1 It is not that the I nlgi in i s«(>et organization, though ilu-l is i art. it is not that Its innnib''rship is chosen with caution, though such ova i as' \ etiess Undoubted Imake it Metre eagerly sought; it !, not that it gives direct lien Hits of that it of fcrs protection to the family when yhe bread earner lias departed, not these things alone make the lodge popular. (Jr#.c»er than they Is the desire for social companionship • he Jove of fellowship, the power of community of Interest Not a substi tute fot dub or church, yet filling a place in men’s lives that neither oc cupies. the- lodge has developed the old-time guild Idea and fitted It to modern conditions, and is an Insti tution that exerts a tremendous power In business, in politics, and in sne lety. Ho rapidly does it Increase | in popularity that It shows Ittle lu dl-atlon of ever wielding! less power over men * destinies than It does to da- c M Hager in the Atlantic. How to eliminate polities from 'municipal police and Urn depart merits' was the principal tojic at tie* internal chiefs of police convention at Hot Springs. Ark,, yesterday. We wish to say to all our patrons in the* prinltlng line that we arc* pre tearing to rush work out at the short c*t notice We arc* putting in a large cpiantiiv of stock and arc* oganlzing ^•ur foreca for business of overy kind. ABINGDON GETS DISPENSiARY Saloons Will IU* ('lowed May 1st ami IUspensaiy System Inaugural'sl. .Abingdon, An., .April i:j. My u vote of luO to 42 saloons were abol ished in Abingdon at (lie election held yesterday and on Mav 1st the dispensary system will be establish ed. The license of the five saloons In the town all expire May I, and will not ho renewed, but in order that the people may not be incouvenl •nc«d even for a few days by having to buy their “bottled goods” in Bris tol. the system will be at onee In lUKiirated and the town will open up one big establishment. The majority of the people who year In net profits could la* realized votod foi the change did so in the belief thut $10,000 to $15,000 pet by th«* town, and the bonded indebt edness of $|tt,ooo be lirpidated soon ind taxes lowered. OFFICER NEWKIRK LANDS NINE MEN alight Them Trespassing on the Properly of the ,N. M W. loo Thomas, John Wilson, Win. Murdock, Leonard Shepard. Trigg sphere, I \V. Ratliff, Wesley Pain • r and Marshall McCiulre were nr < ted last night by Officer O. C. New *'il foi trespassing on the propetv of tlio Norfolk Air Western Railroad. l'it< \ wete placed behind tlie prison titts and will !»*• given a hearing this iioining i * \ the recordei Besides lie charge of 11 cspassing, .1 W Knf lilT will in all probability answer lo lie • tini ge or carrying a revolver, as one was found on liitn when ho a- cea i < ••lied ill I lie police station ' tflicci Newkirk holds the record for lie is this morning and he aavs I) wa not a good morning foi arrests i t her. PRESIDENTS SPEECH WILL BE RED HOT Will tiive Home of ills Attention to < liicago Htoi K \ arils. Washington, t pril I si. — President ltoo«eve||. back from ;i bunt in Tb<* I iltiglo.’ will reveal the contents of ■ bulging giilne bag fn bis ‘‘Muck take.- speech in Wellington tod.iv, * hen he w ill |ei hi- wrath go against I’pion Sinclair, author of ‘‘The .Inti «le " The book deals with the bar rowing details of condillonv in C!hi <a«o stock ym ds. descrihing filthy -mi ioiindltiga, and even going so far as to declare that rats and sometimes human beings line] their way Into innocent looking and high!) colored welnorwui sis.” Itui it Isn't that cut of a description that brings the president's gun to his shoulder. Mr. ' 's got h head on i he w'a'e merith oi Sinclair In which lie charges government officials with corruption and that they have been in collu sion with the packera. < III.! FFIFI.D CIT1ZFNS II\\k A l»IFFim,T PROPOSI MON to HOI.VK. I MF NUTATION \s it NOW NT.INI»N. Tin* Itepublicau part) of Minefield, tfter it long Mini tedious effort, liaxe it Inst maitngi*d to make up » tleket for the tuunleipnl fleet inn in this city to take plan* on tlie First o| Max. I'lii* same lenders who liaxe heen out iiipilhttiug to lhe|r own henetll for yea»sare still at the helm. Fxerx ImkIv hereiil*outs I* aware of the |ndU lies of this party In this eliy. They are for anything to win the emol uments of other. Many of our heat i'llIxens an* dlxgmtM with the nieth imIh of this ring ridden parly n llltte llehl. They are lieintilx siek of llu* rule of these laisses. who rule liy all kinds of trickery and deception. This misrule in our rilx In-ought into existence tin* Citizens Part> who nimc neat- annihilating the llcpuhli can party In Minefield in the Iasi elec tion. Kticoiirag«*t1 liy tTidr stnmgtli, the Citizens Party is again in the field xx I Ii a good ticket eoni|tosi*d of our I test dll WHS. Tile sureess of *lie t 'lli/ens Party seems io have made them very Independent. and fi-o*n xxliat we can learn, are a little to » confident. The Democrat* o' the city are not pleased Willi the course of those who nre lending the Citizens Party, and the result is there Is a strong Demo cratic ticket, also, hi Hie contest. I'licii again the 1 niou working people of I lie city lire dissatisfied villi the old regime, and they, loo are thinking of taking a hand in the contest. Vow w lull we would like lo know is how nil this unit Idle is going lo eml? I'nii’t you nee I lull the pres '••it situation will keep the Name old bosses iu power? If these three rlenieiii* were lo eoinhiiie, it would lie tliffereiil. Ihe we| and tlrj siieslloii Is the hone of rout rut Ion, regardless of the future |H»ll1irnl court 11 ion of the eln. or to he plain, it see out that the* • three parties, mu.fd up or our <t,esi eil I/cum, prefer the old liosses rat her than eouie logelher for Ilie good or ihe rlty anil then settle their differ enri'N afterwards. We still hope ihal there may Iu* s.inii* means <|c\ised to luru the old •" seals out and hate heller goier.i meiif for our people and .1 hrigliti i I'li ore for our rili, MRS SLOAN INJURED IN A RUNAWAY 'Irs. |;. 11. SIosiii, formerly of Itlne fleld, \ieitui of Ituiinway. ICoaiioke, \ \pril Id.— While driving n 11;• 11 ol spirited horses at iliin place this evening at .*> 3n the animals hueaine frightened and ran away, demolishing lie- vehicle find Injuring Mi <\ H. lainhain and. Mih. K () Sloan Min. lain ha iii In serloiiHly' hint and Mm Sloan rt* reived a fracture of ihe arm and whi otherwise ini tied ahout the hod\ -M:* Sloai, \va formerly a re i i >n • I Minefield. an her hiiHhand *,r. lue. ■ 'prietoi ol llnefield Inn for z.onie The many friend* of .Mr* ;'io.ii> will no du' hi !•« glad lo heir ■hill hei Injuries nil no more e;'|,j.is l l an as i e|a i led W e should like to see (ho oppos mg foil e* of Ilie element wliii Ii has been dfclaliiit’ u long m i|,e , jt \ «,f Minefield, get oicether and organize foi the good of Ilie city. The Memo rials have a platform that M lair and I* ifruiiuiei /d hy the hettor la of our i lli/.ens The > have 1,0111 inated good men in mm Instance The Citizens I’,. |m* done I he Ha me from • lii'ii si a nd point, hut lliat make* no dlfTerenci if they hoih remain in the (oiilisi V\ hat |h must needed f< this juiKiim is n little inot<• rea «»ti |i will be nulridal to allow the situation to letnalTi aa it ia. It -eetitK to im We hall watch with In • crest what Ho lahoi element do on next Morulas iiitl shrill keep our leaders Infoi tie d aa to the drift of municipal affaiir all along the lire*’ of the i oni'-ndlin partlea. (••I a sal' I >mi* tli of .)nly. We have h<come accustomed to the hot>e|r s irage the Ardens stove and the wiidosn telegraph hut • he noiaefes Fourth of filly la a t' » Ify to innii In San Francisco a movement i- <d iii 111.>ke life en durable on that holiday. May it mic ' eed San Franelaco ('all. The Minefield Itook imil Stationery Fog Soda Fountain Id now open. Fall and Irj one or thdi delightful Irtuke. 1 2 tf I J. b\ ATIvlNH, ol MXICMI I', \\ Vtl'IVK ol l'IC Kit OK TilK OltKAT C'OKNCII, OK ltKI> MI N. AN HEIRESS IS TOURING THE STATE Sa>s Sin* is tin* Niece of tin- Fair < e« il ItliixU** mid lire Cat her a Millionaire. Mla. M S. It Wicks. of Wny croHH, Ceorplit, llio woman evuiipe list w as ill our cllv Iasi cvciiltip so licitliip ri in I vl Ini I ions for the poor •-11iI• 11« 11.. I n<1 ic t rial School, at her home She Its traveled all over the I nil oil Stale in tin* past ten yours in a i. n-pel wapon doinp misisonai v work and is a repaint1 ordained wall '•■•■list oi lie <'onpiepatlonal Church. she claim ) lie a niece of i Into Cecil Itiiodom, and at tin1 (loath of Ciiarlc \V Rhodes, of Fondon, she will receivi t ho sum or $12,000,000. hi' one d(‘sirlnp to mako eontrl *'iiion to t lie I'hool can send name to tin* hank nt Wu v i i osse, Reorpln • ’lie left la I nipht for lliintinpion end will po from there to Hinton where siie has relatives. episcopal Church. Service* it I I o'clock, a. m . with the followinp | iopramr I'm. * dona I ‘Victory” From I al • stina. •’ll: I t is 111* I.” Hta'nor. T'* Itenm t.andamns. founde.l on ( ' Nde-le I •* ili i* ,” Itelde. .1II11i 1 a I I li-iimr Ha I I el I t*flerior I Heard Tie* V'llea (if le 'll1' Rl i III •) wen <'oinmiinlon Service, Rower. lt* n< dii i froin St. Cecilia \l a - s, (11 ill noil If«• ional Iten.iamin Toura. I’o Ini mplionv R Minor 1st | Movement. Mo/art. DOW IK AND IIIH POUAIWKUH. Miles of sernioiiH, and very good ■•mens, too, cun bo written on the i.ownfull of John Alexander Dowle. lie is now a member of the “down aiul out" club. In good standing, ills Ini' was Inevitable. I»ut what about the gnlilhllity of I lie public? We have In this country an clo* •i *'in I but, objects to teaching chlld ien hat there Is a Santa Claus. <'el St. Nick Is naulty Itself when • <• in|»n:« «) with some of the cults tliul • ie sw a bow ed by men and women of drains and stiiudlng. Aiij Inker «an gel a following. All lli.i'. is needed Ih plenty of whintors and shouting, with fru(|iient re.pnnt* lor coittH-tlona. It. tomorrow, an Klljuh III should arise and ask for followers to start a new Jerusalem In a rickety airship Vou would find the people lined tip walling foi a chance to get aboard and paying fat premiums for tickets. Anything preposterous attracts. I lie wlldci the hotter; the crazier the more popular. And men and women strip tliem <e|ves of money and Jewels and hand i he Ha me over to the bunrfb of whla kers and greed at tho head of the nores Ion, and when they wake up ind an* compelled to borrow car fare ioiiio, the lesson of their sorrow • '"' li t amount to shucks, for there II" oiliei walling to he shorn. • '•linens T. Itanium declared that ! •*"*’<• n fool horn each minute.' •'■ " •' 1 rood showman, hut had at There are so many that his ••iii'ii" looks like a chapter In race! il h ide. And Dowle? Me made a mistake | n not cnliving hi: talents to Wall • reel I he harvc -l, perhaps, would lot have ||I"|| gicj.fer, hilt he could i kept I lie money in the bin and "••n ;n- ii ll ri.i im l.i I genius in tend of .1 busted prophet <i' ii Hum ell ,\ Alger Im m;iIi| to "• Hvltii' in Washington from valv-| ■ Im 'Ii''' •> * <if the fi«•;»i t I(<• |h HttId a hiv< written to friend* in Mlchl iti w it lid: .1 w log f i oiii the rare for • iiatoi to Mdeeil hiniHelf A spe Nn hope I* entertained a : "iiator Alger'* rei overy. IHm nental 1'indi' mi I* mild to lie ills I* In; 'I’ll* vein* of worry nnd M'oodin "vi wha? In* f "ashlers the] ment of liitn when he wan "M i i| n il i,l President McKinley's I'lii't after the Spanish war be au <■ of fh< embalmed fieef scan I • I have broken tiirn " NaHhvllle \ nierlran. ihi iti.i omicic !i.i e rr olute man thou art b living ev ei n noble part n every art (if life to play ,, ui < <1 I. men of bb'b degree A ho in Mi honor see into Hee wti'1 o all tixir hellish h iftea vil <■ few are u«h a* thee - >• H • ill" world would bettor be Sod Mi. not in hlindnoHM grope ’It on pla\ on iby manly part Sml eery tine unHelllHh heart A ill wi-li lbee well .mil what |* more 1111 lend the (teaif* untiring might • *'l ill' wh«e|v of lusflee right S|ild hottest v i« tore oi l honoi i- ,i thing apart I iie noldf -t i m | • u I He of i tie heart I )'!• fingei points tfi heaven's door .1 a file* Howell Harrhy. f» .; new Soda Fountain l-t now ' t< f all iiful try one «»f those de ll' "I drinks, be Cream Sod: b" Cream Itluefield llook and Hta lonery Co. Ili-tf M l liodist i hut . li. \!« i M o'* lo< l<. a m , with • ho followin'.' Iingrain I’mliid*' I * t ■; 11»«• i,‘o<| The Kathor” | flou nod M \ mn. I’ho lint of I111 roc • ion”, l!. Toms < ’ 1 id I'r.e* f ilo> la |-. 111. Ci natornx Wi S"» i. Vo Tho Diving Among Tho 11< ad < ;< o Nov in fly in it l.’doif.. Yo I'uro In f-fnarf MohhIi cr H Sort |« o, *'io|,if|». -Th. II.il Child ” Htoano M M. Ifvnm Christian Do t Thou Son Thom.1 .loJin It J; |<»•* Ha not t|y. Hliilno Cloij.i I’jitrl iIt'o.'ito,ox Iff Mi* | rom 'Htnlml Mator, II inn ‘look Ye Halnfa,” If. nry I'o I'id. || don ( X 'IIXTI UK. X llltjo hit of Auguat Xfid a lit Ho dm h of now. x wand.-rlmr southern rophjrr Xml a "oo<| o|.| Xratio blow X I iC|p Idt of mu1 |r r.f.m tho robins In »h« trnns. X little hit of worrv I.»■ t tho daring 'one tops snooxn X little hit of mining And n llttfo hit of «|o t, X little hit of aunflhlno That turns out to ho a ohont. fit - Dor» If ♦ n k. a Ifttlo hit Of nonrlv nvnr\-thine That wo it hot o;,n prndtioo to mnko A day In early spring —Washington Star. 1 REV. BAYLOR'S MOTHER III \\ <'ailed lo Her Bedside ICnrly Friday Morning. hVv .1. A. Baylor, pnntor of the III.mil Slrint Methodist churcb. ro c« i\c«| n message lain Thu radar night announcing the serious Illness of li:s mot tier, ut her home In Husanll i o.inly. Virginia Itev. Baylor lafi Mlncllclil on No 2f* yesterday morn* lii«. GERMAN VETERANS CALL ON PRESIDENT President Ih'llviTisI Itrlcf Hut lin |M»rlil0ll Hpm>cli to Visitors. Washington, l». April 13 Am luo'.i .dot Speck von Sternberg of <!•»'• many, today presented to PrcHldeut Itooacvelt a delegation of about fifty ottleer and veteran of the (leruian ar my. Many of them are now Ameri * nn i It Irens. They yere areorded a cordial reception by the president I'be president, embraced the oppor tunity to deliver u brief but linpor ant speech to bla callers In bi remarks lie made reference to tba Algcclras conference, which recently was successfully concluded lie ix mi i in* iM'nuiiu iMiiperor near ly personal felicitations ii ml congrat nluted tin* emperor mill Hie (lermau people on the worlt iir«:ompllHhed at ilie AlgeciniH. Il<> expressed the ba lief (lint lln> result ef |||«* roliVHU • Ion would lie lo render more friend l\ die relniioiiH between the mighty powers, tiernmny and France. The president also said: The lies that unite (leriuauy aud the l ulled States are many and clou* and li must In* a prime object of our HtaicHinaiiHhlp lo Knit the two ua Mona even closer together. In no country is there a warmer admlru exalted ruler Kmperor William than here in America.” ,,, « ENJOYABLE SOCIAL LAST NIGHT t,t|.ii|<l«ll'o Cminrll, Degree of I’ocm lioiiiaa Fnf crlnlned lt> Itcd Men. The lodge room of Calumet Tribe No r.M, Improved Order ef Iteil Men, was the scene of a brilliant social affair last night. As previously mentioned iu the press, t'aluinet Trl l)C eiitertaluad Qnindaro Council, Degree of Poes honliiH There were at least 200 of the memliers present of those belonging t.o I lo* to ilers anti there weie very few "pale faces*’ lo lie found Idghl refreshments were served after which those prt>st'iit were an lertalned wltli short speeches frtiin a number of the members of tie* trlbs, also uiuslf galore |r was about 12 0 Hook w hen I he kiichIh had depart ed WILL GET BACK PAY Mi imIn-»'h of (he Second Virginia \ n|* o o l eel's Will (let Allow moo Itlcliinond, V«.f April i:i. Maj Sol CntchlriH, who hna collected the back pay from the United States for ilie soldiers from ihla stale who serv **d In the Spanish American war, Ih arranging to pay off the men who have money coming to them lie will commence his work about the middle of the criming week It Ik now unite (to* correct ihing among I tie young people of New \orh Cllv lo have grnp or almost white hair So much admired have 1 hear* prematurely gray" folk tie come of late that hair bleaching •« now nearly a.*, commonls resorted to is manicuring (’unites, pollo.r. or lionriricsK mav he either pTnlologi » oi pathologic; gradual oi rapid, I'.' ncral oi ronflned to local patches A •'>'fIngnlahed captain In the It It lah ni my, recently n New York, had a natch of white about the hIzc »»f a silver half-dollar Juki above his ’ faht ear and all 1 he w omen whom hr met fell In love with tt rii» y jumped to the conclusion that h<* bad lierm shot there, toil be said it was duo io an absence of pigment