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Bluefield Daily Leader. 1 All Russia Threatened With Uprising Of Organizations Bluefield Will Get Offices Of Pocahontas Coke Company ASSOCIATED PRESS STARTS TOMORROW \rrangemcnts Complete! and Out Headers Will lie Given Assoei Aliii Press Ser\ lir, (Dm •timing Tomorrow. Tl.e Drsdei is glad to inform its man render* that, commencing to morrow morning, they will he fur uinhed with the late news from all purta of the world, and new* that l* reliable in e\ ry sense of ihe word. It lakes lime to look after all the details connected with a daily paper, hence ilii' delay about the service. The following telegram which was received by the Dadr last night from Melvdle K Stone, President of the Associated Press, at New York, will disclose to our friends the good news relative to the press service: NEW YOIIK, April IMt. HMUl “Tlios. II. Garner, Manager Daily Deader. Elm! it impossible to arrange to start your serviee to night. Will ilo the In a I can to arrange to mart same tomorrow night. Melville E. Atone, l*r«-*ldent." CUT FINGER OFF WOMAN. Diva Woman Mutilated It) Thlev*** \\ Idle t neonscioiis. Colorado Springs, Col., April 241.— Passing through this city today oil a Denver and Kio Grande train bound jHUtAN'tiKMKNTH NOW IlKING MAIIK H»R THK MMATION OF THK OFFIFKM OF THK It MHOST AS ('Okll (DMPAMY IN HI.IKFIKU). The Pocahontas Coke Company, which has hud its office* located at Mramwell, is now making arrange ments to move them to this place and the old Wist National Hank building is being remodeled to ac commodate the office force Tiie Pocahontas Coke Company is one of the largest in the state, and owing to the Increased amount of business this enterprising company has for some time felt the need nl an office at this place, hut owing to the scarcity of buildings for rent they have not until now found a suitable office. Bluflelders can prnuld\ boast oi the office being located here ns It Is one of the largest sales agency* In West Virginia. Mr. Thomas F\ Farrell Is the man ager and Mr W. .1. Denis, secretary, both of whom are well known In this city. The Htv of Minefield extends a cordial w(drome to the young men who are to locate with ns. TO CRUSH DISORDER Troops Have lleen Stationed in the ttuscnieiif of Grand Palace. Paris, .April AN.—The strike sltii at ion has improved before the gov ernuieiil’H military and police prep aration to crush disorder, and pub lic uneasiness lias been considerably relieved. Alarmist reports, however, continue to circulate conrernlna what COAL & COKE ELECTS OFFICERS. Faithful Service of an Kmplojre Ham CauM.it MK Flection to (iffi.. Hjr Directors. I'Jk ins, W. Va.. April *Jtt.—An nounce inent has been .nude of the fo| lowing appointments of the general officers of the Coal A Coke railroad. Senator H. G. Davis' new road: Johu A Kmmai t. purchasing agent with headquarters at KlkiiiH. Mr. Km mart entered the service of the West Ctrglnlu Central railway In 1X92. and serv.il that road eon- i tinuously until he ldentifl.il himself with the Coal Ait Coke road In 1903. I K Dye, general passenger and freight agent, with headquarters at K1 ikins. Charles S. Turner, general suiter tntendmit of motive power, with head ' quarters at Gassawuy, \V. Va WAS LYNCHED IN TEXAS Negro Taken hinn Sheriff and liana ed lly Kmag.il Citizen*. Oak wood, April ISO. A negro known as "George," 19 years old. was taken from the sheriff by seven men and hanged to a tree near town. The sheriff fired on the men but no one was hurt The negro had strip lied himself, entering the home or a widow near town but was heaten off by a daughter «r the widow who i hit the negro With a lamp. Ills arrest followed, but Indore the sheriff could get the man to Jail he was taken by ' u mob and hanged to a tree and his body riddled with bullet#. tv#, vim ..h” ** ii ti* uri imiriiiH rrsiuc, was a San Francisco fugitive, who said her nrne was Miss Logan, aged twenty. She wore a bandage on her loft hand and said that while she lay unconscious upon the floor of the lobby of the St Francis Motel in San Fran isco after die earthquake last Wednesday morning, the third finger or her left hand was cut off and she v- s robbed of diamond rings that she had worn there BRAMWELL MASONS HOLD A MEETING. Knights Templars Hold a Itusiness \ml Social Session. Mr. K. II and F. S Easley, and several other members of the Com mandery of Knights Templars, left last evening for Hrumwell where a regular meeting was held last night, at which time several masons took degrees. Quite a large number of visitors were present and after the regular business was transacted a so cial session was held. HAS GONE TO HOT SPRINGS. may pusslhlv happen May 1. One re port says the Spanish and Swiss an* a rrhists have succeeded in bringing forty bomba into Paris. The police are exercising extreme vigilance and tire shadowing the chief agitators and watching the centers of disor der. In fluHsin it is unlawful to give kisses in public. ,\ kiss on tile street is penalized by a line of $3.75, and on the street car by a fine of $5.25. De<ln rat Ion of love on a postal card renders the sender liable to a fine of $2.50. The minister who enjoys the con fidence and friendship of »V H Thomas ran never have a more loyal friend. Thomas Is a prett»' goon preacher himself, and will make a trood mayor. THE ANCIENT PKOHLEM. Inevitably, many preachers Sun day "drew lessons’* from the flan Francisco earthquake. Some of them were at pains to "Justify the ways of Ood to man” After the ca tastrophe at Lisbon, certain 18-ren tnry philosophers and divines did a great deal of such moralizing Kant, while djsensslng the scientific as pects of tin- disaster, thought that if was Intended to show man "that I MS h;i f If fit • I ft /if hU htiblfinu ti >iu rwif SEIZED BY MEXICANS. Pishing Smacks NHmmI With View To Settling (tight of Pishing Territory. Mobile, Alu., April gll.—It is re ported here that the fishing smacks , Sterns, of Mobile, and Traston, of Pensacola, have been seized by tin* Mexican authorities while fishing off the Yucatan coast, it Is stated that the Mexican government has made the seizures with a view to settling I • he rights of fishing territory of the Yucatan coast where many vessels I from this port and Pensacola load their catches and bring them on here for shipment It Is denied by the [captain of these vessels that they! fish In Mexican waters. R_,3EIVED VERY PAINFUL INURIES ! Struck on Hack By Piece of Ma chinery. lias Accepter! n Position ns Cashier Of a llank. II K Tnlllfero, «ho has been con nected with the Flat Top National Hank for some time, in capacity of book-k* *w. left yesterday mor ing for Hot ; ingv, Va,. where li ■ has accepted a losltion as caslil ■ of a hank at the place During M Tal lifero’s st > ii«re h** has math many friends, w : o regret exceedin', lx to see him d< -art. i -— FIRE UG 13 PERSISTENT. Fourth Attr up! to Hcf Fire to H«*c. lion *»• C. A- ft. Shops Huntiie'.lon, \p»il *241.—l.asf night a sh*e ' ihue :»fr*• i dark an attempt was mad** to set fire to the roach department of the C A' O shops. The attempt was unsuccessful owing to lb** fact that if was promptly i discovered by the watchman The hose cringed for the protec Hon of thh department in rase of fire had been • it bv the ,u s*rennf l>tst i the time ihe fire was discov ered otnr one threw a heavy file through a window of the watchman's quarter, striking that official an urlv blow on file bead ffe recovered In time to fire three shots at the ft Ing fire hug This Is th** fourth nffmpt that has been made recently to burn this sec Hon of the shops and the affair Is shrouded In deep mvsterv H. K. Mason, an electrician era ployed by the East River Electric f'o . as right badly bruised lift yen ,*'fd’V ,..b||r unload'ng a new tur. A heavy piece of machinery fel* i. 'he end of a rail whbh Tew m t, striking him on the bad . an I throw ing him under a pile of heavy wheels and other machinery, badly bruising him all over, but fortunately r.n bones were broken Me was taken to St Luke's Hos pital, where he received the necessary medical attention from '» Thotnp s •• and Is geft'ng nlo .« i«ul w*|| i'< •r.* • i t There is not living a woman, rnan or child that can Impeach the excel b*nt character of W II Thomas. Even f -s opponents compliment his in tegiiiy and worth as a good citizen. Remember your old party and beat in inind that strange Idols arc being place j to the Lont to disci edit th • party of ,l«* Pf • - * on Liberty loving peoi I • of MIip ndd. the party tha you nave nlwa cherished is helm assail.>d Will you stand Idle Vo1 ' and </ork as yo never did before To a layman ibe ldlo>--vncmcles or the 'aw. leave a sens., of b llde. nient. for no soonei had l' .preme court decided ibar trust ofTHdas must answer nil «|iieri|ons put to them than . the trial court in the beef tret case' decided tft: i tin'i nia'nui cannot be convicted on tb * e id i ... they have gjv. i in an inv< igatio Al exandria fiazette t’dy a good man doubtless, but ' he bus got Into the wrong pew the goal of his purposes.” Voltaire In his “Poeine sm le Desastre de Msbonne." attacked the optimism of l.elbnitz and of Pope 'I'his provok ed from Koftenu that strange rejoin der in which he condemned Vol tairo's pessimism, and defended his own familiar thesis, that all Is per feet ns it comes front the hand of the Creator, hut Is corrupted and strolled hv man Nature, he said, had not crowded together at Matron 20.000 fall houses to fall and crush their tenants. If the population had been content to live in a natural state, and had been sufficiently scattered, the loss of life wortld have been inconsid erable Nor was the sudden death of so many a great evil Their stif f-rings were Jess than if they had lived to Ire vexed on their death beds by lawyers, physicians and priests Those who attempt a sat isfactory explanation of the evil in the world are. Indeed, likely to And 'hemselves shoulder to shoulder with that eccentric minority which It.* succeeded In squaring the circle, or discovered the secret of perpetual motion In any event, the optimism which profespe to And uplift In such cniastrnphles Is. as Schopenhauer said, "a hitler mockery of the woes of mankind.” After all, an earth quake with its sudden destruction of life and property presents no more difficult n moral and religious prob lorn than the poverty, distress and death which are with us every day The General Distrust of the Government’s Inten tion Regarding Fun damental Law the Cause Document of the Czar Has Been Denounced By the People as a Mock ery Ht IVtmlMUf, Apirl Utl The po litical nit uptlon in Russia Iiuh sudden ly grown threatening The publlcn tlou of the draft-Mf the now ••Fun damental l.»w,” or 'Constitution of Russia,” has uroiis^l a storm of in dignation and amid the present gen eral distrust or tb<> government's mo tives has furnished Just the stimu lus needed to aolldlfx the entire op IKMtltlon in parliament For some time the social demo crats and other pel (aria t organixn tlona have ben trvfng to nrange a general uprising to coincide with the convocation of parliament hut appar ently they were making no headway. Now. however, a great movement umong the Idle workmen of the cap ital, who number 42,non. has rome to surface and there Is more than a suspicion that tills movement is sim ply to cover for a real uprising which Ih being organised liehitul It Rig met Inga of men out of work held in the suburbs during the last few nights were attended by orators of the social democratic party. A council of men out of work has also sprung Into existence like the famous workmen’s council which <11 reded the hlg strike of last fall Pro clamations have been Ismied calling upon all workmen to support the men out of work, who demand that the city within a week put them to work upon the construction of new street railroads and bridges for which $i, 000.000 has been appropriated. The men out of work also announce that they will send a delegation of eighty seven representutlvte to the city coun oil •nnll/kl 1 _ './SW->. I . ' ” • .II" I MJ til* II Mill ill! Hwor of the municipality. Them Is a h<liking anology be I ween tile methods now adopted by tile workmen and those preceding Ted Sunday,1 January 22, l!ior». and many people believe that they see In the new organization the band of f>apun. All trare of the former priest has been lost. The holy synod officially denies that he is H<*<|uest.ered in a monastery, and he may lie the directing spirit behind I he scenes of the drama which is being enacted It is significant that tin* head keep er of the local prison lias received a leter signed b> the Workmen's Lea gtte warning him that the prisoners will la* liberated May HI lint saying that ills life will he spared if he does not Interfere. The Kerb Insists that with (he real tzatlon of the new Russian loan and under false conviction that the rev olutlon Is suppressed the government hnH not hesitated to again show tla* cloven hoof, not even making Its in tent Ion to dissolve parliament If if Is found to he troublesome. M HrinnehnnlnofT in the Slave to day calls the draft of the "fiiiida mciitai law" a mockery that will he resented hut evorey hones! man, he lie member of the Mlack Hundred or a social revolutionist,”, adding • ..L __I..* . .. ifi in uiihd logic on flic eve of assembling of the cal masters of the tountrv run °nly tend to push the people to a fresh revolution, and w; h Its at tending conflicts and annuli' tin existing regime seem* I tfrtl to go down in blood ” A real dangerous clement in the situation however is nt v in tie it tltudn of the liberal* but in ttie po slbllity of anothei upheaval from !■ low at the vet > moment when the intellectual fort e of the round V had been united TRAFFIC IS BLOCKADED Steamer Sank Crosswise in Channel tout all Truth* is II.-lit I p. Detroit. Midi., Iprll ipl. A New Kpeclal from da a It Hie f.trlr ... v Lake Sii|»erioi t rattle Im blocked' >1 by the Canadian st« trier ftoqnni lu ll sank last night t ro :s wl r tin- < n nel after striking the head o. in dyke in (lav lake All the steamer? have he. n held here since midnight and noth Inc can get. through until the froquoK Is raised or swung out of tin- channel The steamer truck in the inn place the lfnt( hlnson did n few years ago Tugs anti divers left here a* mldnigh* anti work Is being rushed The Iroquois was flown hound ss i»I « cargo of grain Tri-State Convention Will Be _Held At Scranton Thursday GRAY STOAKLEY NUPTIALS Cenntiiieni Itlnrtli-|ti >|„„ Vir ginia || to TIm- Altar. Cepe ('Irnrliw, \«., April Mi.— One of the pretliat wedding* of the spring wtm sole inn I zed yesterday at iho Southern Mel hod 1st Church at Cherlton. Vn when Mis* Hannah* K 8l oak ley beeanie Hie bride of Mr. , Otis M llray, of Hlueflcld, \V. Vn. (lie Hev. K. C. Hall, of Routh Hill, Vn.. officiating The church was ’Hatefully decorali-d wlili evergreens and cut IIoworn Phe hride and grooin were pretailed h> two little tiower glrls who MOitlerod ffowera at their f«H*l as thex marched up the aisle. ! Phe hride wore a handsome travel- ! tug suit of grey, trimtiied in green, and w;m attended hy her sister. Miss ('harlot te St oak Icy. Mr. (’. K. .lor- | dan presided at the organ and dur ing the ceremony Mrs Dr. H. C. | Kell a m sang a solo entitled *1 For , You and You For Me.” The ushers were Messrs Willis Addison, of Cape Charles, Herman flolote, Tims 8 Nottingham and W. S. St oak ley, of Cherlton. while Mr. (Janet, or Hlue Held, was the lies! man. Tho hride Is the attractive and acompllslied daughter of Mr and Mrs. Tho* .1 St oak ley. while the groom Is a pop ular and well known train dispatcher of Die Norfolk fi Western rnllroad VlsUIrs from a distance wore: Mr Currett and Mr. Lornlne. of Hlue Held. The hride and groom left on (lie i fternoon train for an extended Fountcr Proposition Will Then lie Sent to The Miners »ly the Opemture. Wllkeahnrre, »•»., April Ut». —The general scale committee met thla morning to complete the Inst touches to the counter proposition to the op erators, which the miners say will avoltl a strike because of Its radical modifies!Ion from the original «le matuls Kit her an official statement containing a synopsis of the coun ter proposition or the complete doc ument as sent to the operators will prohahly he math* public some time • his afternoon. LATKR. The general scale com mlttec decided this morning to Issue a call for a trl-Htate convention at Scranton. Thursday. Mitchell indi cated that the counter proposition to the operators will he sent to them this afternoon and that they would 1 bo requested to make <virly reply so j that the convention might act on I their answer Thursday. FIGHT HAS JUST BEGUN ! ItSllrnnds nr Putting l'p a Still Fight To <Jnln Advantage In IVhiI Fields. CARTER WON THE DECISION. At the Wreetllng Match l*at Night Melvin Have t’p In Mccoml Hound. A» tho Pint Top akatlng rink Innt night C. H. Carter, of Virginia won •he decision from N. 11. Mlllor, bot tom known an "Chick Tucker," of Baltimore, In two rounds. In the Amt round thorn wan aonie very cloae work and ended w^th tho favors equally divided, hut tho Virginian be ing too hunky for the Mnrylnnder. made It more than Interesting for Melvin In tho latter part of the see ond round, canning him to throw up tho npongo. I'hla docs not reflect nny upon Melvin hn lie In a very hunky young man In hlH own cl nan. Melvin miyH ho will moot any man ton on or ton Off at nny time, l>. W. Mlllor wna referee and hla decision met with the approval of nil. Melvin challenges Cnrter to meet him at PornhontuH on Mondny night, April 3ft, to a throw at 8:30 o'clock. I). W. Miller will referee thin contest a I ho. LILLY SUBD FOR $30,000. ■ twHiait,' Mult fur f.‘10,000 up l‘‘or Trial July 11. <an<«* t'ily, April ail. From till In dlcatlona the light for lit** rout*** through flouthweat Virginia to the *<»nl Helds between the South and Western and the Virginia und South woutern rallroada has Just hegun. A year ngo the rival roads hegun a light for the right of way up Clinch river from f’llnohp.irt The South and Western secured the right of wn> and iii once hegun grading on a large scab', tint work having progressed rapidly over Hlnco. To secure a rival road the Virginia and Southwestern has located Its route from MocciihIii Cap In the direction of Knoxville und It Is underutood that construe lion will hegln ui once. To head off this move on the part of the Virginia and Southwestern, the South und Western, under the direc tion of Mr. Oeorge I,. Carter, has put engineers to work locating a par «H®1 line toward Knoxville. It is re ported from Knoxville ho has de clared his purpose to build Into Knox viHe which is said to he a part of the ureal scheme- of the Seaboard Air I Line- to have the- best facilities for' transporting coal southward of any , system The- same spirit seems to animate the* Atlantic Coast Line which Is behind the Virginia and Soulhwestern. The result of the fight bids fair to be gigantic railroad building In this section. The Virginia and Southwestern al ready hies Its line- in operation from Mrislol to th<- coal fields by way of Mlg Stone flap hut owing to Walkers Monata I n and other heavy grades It is handicapped its proposed line to Kogersvllle will shorten the dis tance to Knoxville at least a him fired miles and obviate- the necessity •I. A. II. Hruce today entered suit against I). (1. Lilly for thirty thou* and dollars. In two suits, one for slander for fifteen thousand and one for treapuHB for fifteen thousand The suit came up over the trouble Mr Union had when the election was hold on re-locating the county sent. Mr llruce, when Interviewed by » Loader reporter, said he had no ststc mont to innko at present. Wo understand Mr. Lilly hns also entered suit against Mr. Hruce for a like amount. SUED BY HIS STENOGRAPHER '•"I'K I*ii«ly of iniJIiMlcIp'ti/i T'links Sin* Should Have * I '-.non. iCichmoiid, Vn., April a<l.— Henry M aid on of PrederlcHimra Is being I’ucd In the i’nltrd MLitos circuit » o>n t i >r i.oo The plniiiliff is MIhh Nellie It. Hinds, of Philadelphia, a stenographer and typewriter The declaration In the case him been hind In t ft Ih city by Scott (h Huchanun representing MIhh Hinds, and flie case Ih to be heard nt ruIcH May I in thIk city ADDING TO MILL PLANT. rile <otu.il Mill Will K»t«hlUI. m Dyeing Depart incut. tour In Florida and will make their future home In Minefield Tho presents bestowed upon the Knnpv couple hv their many well- 1 wishing friends worn numerous and handsome. If you don’t want the law eti foreed don’t vote for Thomas. He ' believes in enforcing the law, or re- i peal it. FOUND DEAD IN HER BED (•ha**il> rind of a Woman With Her Head \lmoNt Severed l''rom Ihsly, Ilrisfol, Tenii., \pril ’JO \ ghast ly 11 ltd ua< made In a little planked Up house nil Seennd si reef this city, not thirty feet from the main ! i hroughfare. Techie tllover, a wont* I ea is of age, lav dead in a hlood soaked bed Her head had been almost severed from her hotly and tin ugly gash had been made arte; her ritme j and cheeks I'lider the bed was found a new axe, whleh was literally cov •rtsl with Mood, and the handle was : I t* smeared with blood The floor • nd the walls of the room were be fit tiered with blood, making a sick * nlng sight The police claim to have a cine hlclt may result m the arrest of a oman on the charge of murdei I he Hoanoke Times Maya: The Roanoke Cotton Mill |H going right ahead, and plana are being ar ranged for the addition of another department It will he a dyeing de pertinent, and will add about forty new people to the force of the mill. The noceanary equipment haa been ordered and work will begin ahortly. The cotton mill ban plenty of room In the big buildings they own, for the new plant, CAR LINE TO BE EXTENDED Will KwfciMt Their ar (due Mortice To Connect With M*|eni Idne Roanoke, V*., April JMI. The Hoanoke .street Hallway Company will apply to tbe afreet commlt.too of the city council tonight for fran chises foi two extension* fine Of the extensions will he from the Hast Hoanoke car line near »ho passenger depot, down Common wealth to 011 met, out Ollmer to Moorman's road, and theme to Kiev enth Ktreef connecting with the Si etn line I tie Other MXfension lo be a«ked for will be for two morn squared on th Heimont ttno frm Woventh to Thirteenth street |K»n f waif for Thotna* to aak vou to vote for him He la randy too modest to nak for u vota for hiiiiMlf. or mossing Walkers' Mountain If the Mouth and Western should build to Kno |||o It will have two lines leading ».thward and be |. * posit lot ‘ . m u any compelliIon ih: might hronght about The , i, of tunneling flinch Mountain hv ih<* Mouth and Western fen miles w, t of Onto fltv Is pro 1 grossing rapid I \. the work going on night at day S Walton K Co, of falls Mills, have the contract to in ho tunnel and grade the road ,i distal', of fen miles The have men at noil; at every cut and fill md with 'h<‘ exception of the tunnel will ad i", their contract far to ward com lulon fhl year MM \ (AMtIIIATK. I desire to announce to the voters r»f Minefield that I am not a candi date for councilman from the Hev >Mifh Ward, and would not nerve even were f elected I thank the many friends for good words spoken hilt under no conditions arn I a candl late A, (J. MeCJFR I The Japanese government today control many of the important mo nopollcs A large percentage of the railroads, the telegraph and to),* phone lines, the salt works, the to hncrtr monopoly and the camphor * production are directly under the ’ontrol of the government ATTENTION VOTERS I hrr** imins in Uf Hotm1 ronfutdon mong Home of thr votor* In r**f**r a* »• In tin* candidate for Hnporvlftor mi th*- fpi/nns and Ormorrntlr tick '* Homo think it la I W Hlmpkln*. ho nir hrttko man Wo w|ah to any ,;,t I* Is not .1 \v Hlrnpklns. hut I W Simpson. tho loromoflvr rngl •lOOf . II it nd rod of p**op|r havp h**rn say ing. wIkIi wo had a good adrnlnlttfra ifn Now Is voiir opoprfnnify to got Vol" for all toon on th** l»om*» ' atlo 11* I;ot and work for If »M W \ fltKtli TIIINd \\ »ft*;N III; S\w IT. Mt John II 11 it g**H former mayor * f Hhaw vlllo, Ohio, ramn to Mltmflold 1 i tho 2flth of last Mm* h In on* '• *y h** had hough n hnrh**r shop, •id at th** ond of two *| ivh h« had l ought a lot on l’nlft-<ki .»*«•«•! ami I**’ « r* sld**n» r to ronfraM llr Im a Dotiiorrftf. an KhkIo. an«l Odd Pol low md an nil 'round htiath i Ono arruHod rongr*m*man Mr. Rlarkbinn of North Carolina who had t»***it rhnrgrd with r***riving for* ror Irgft) praefirr h**for<* th** govern HM*rit d«*:iftrf m**nt« has hrrn nr iptiftrd Hr wan givrn an ovation an hi* trtuin to th* Horn**