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LEADER
^TOL. 1, NO. 18T
(iateway to Pocahontas Coal Fields.
BLUE FIELD DAILY LEADER, THURSDAY MORNINO. NOV. IT, iixxf
PRICE TWO CENTS.
Countess Gets
Absolute Divorce.
AND IS A FRICK WOMAN AUAIN
TO ACT FOR HKRSKLF.
Paris, Nov. 14.—Countess De Cas
tellnne, formerly Miss Anna Gould,
was today ({ranted a decree of abso
lute divorce and the custoday of her
three children, the result of a des
perate legal battle with he* noble
husband Count Honi, who beat and
humiliated her In the eyes of all
Europe after squandering a fortune
estimated at six millions, which he
secured from her. All the Countesses
contentions regarding her husband’s
infidelity and Immorality were up
held. Count Donl is allowed to see
ihe children twice a week at his
mother’s home, and Is granted an ali
mony of $30,000 annually. The
mother cannot take the children from
France without permission of the
court.
THEY SAY
JAPAN IXKIKS F<>lt WAR WITH
ITNITKH HTATKH.
Berlin, Nov. 14.—Not without rea
son did Sir Kdward Grey, the British
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the other
duy ask a clause guaranteeing the
neutrality of Great Brltian In case
of war between Japan and the United
States he inserted in the treaty be
tween Kngiand and her ally, for I am
informed by a very high army officer
of the German general staff, who has
just returned from the Far Fast, that
Japan is making gigantic preparations
for just such a war. which she will
provoke as soon as she thinks herself
strong enough.
“Since the treaty ending the Russo
Japanese war was signed In Ports
mouth, the people of Japan have been
exceedingly bitter against America,
nrnl by hinting at the possibility of a
war with the United States.” my In
formation has been given carte
blanche in regard to the military
budget.
The Japanese officers who gave
them to me made me understand that
they had the understanding that
Japan’s next victories were to be won
in and around the Philippines.”
IN MEMORY OF
CARL SCHURZ.
GROVER HiEVEIiAND, CHARIACB
\V KlilOT ANI) ilOOKF.lt WASH
INGTON TO I»K AMONG TIIF
HPKAKFHH AT NEW YORK.
It was announced yesterday that
the New York committee of the Carl
Schurz memorial movement has ar
rnnKed to hold the memorial meet
ing planned by the committee at Car
negie hall on the 21st. Joseph H.
Choate will preside. Addresses will
be made by ox-president Orover
Cleveland. Secretary of the Navy
Charles J. Bonaparte. President
Charles W. Kllot of Harvard. Booker
T. Washington, of Tuskegee; Prof.
Bugene Kuhnemann, of Breslau,
Germany, now lecturing at Harvard,
who will speak In German, and
Prof. Hermann Schumacher of Bonn,
now lecturing at Columbia.
KISS, THEN
PISTOL SHOT.
MEDINA, O, Nov. 14.—Bidding
his father-in-law goodhy and giving
his baby a last kiss, Joe McAndrew.
a foundryman aged thirty-one years,
took his life today by shooting him
self with a revolver In the right
temple.
Mnrrled life had not ben all hap
piness* and about a week ago his
wife left him, taking the baby with
her to her father^* house. TW^
morning McAndrew went to her
home and to her room upstairs where
ho flourished a revolver and threat
ened to kit) her. She knocked the
weapon from hi* hand and fled, fear
ing arrest he took his own life a
few minutes later.
BRYAN UNO HII6HES
LOOM QUITE URGE
WILL UK HT1IOXU CANIHOATKS
Foil l‘KKSII)K\TUL .NOMINA
TIONS IN ItKMPKCTlYK
TAKI'IFS.
Washington, Nov. 12.—The ma
jority of those who read the returns,
and deduce therefrom, believe that
the result of the election In New York
make it certain that Mr. llryan will
be the nominee of the democrats for
the presidency in H*08. And .many
students of the figures bcllevo that
they show that Charles B. Hughes
will prove a strong candidate for the
republican nomination to succeed Mr.
Kosevelt two years hence. In fact,
it seems about conceded that Mr.
Hughes will he the strongest candi
date In thp field for the republican
nominee.
LET SOUTH SOLVE IT.
CiOVKKNOIlH TALK OF TUB HACK
IMtOltLKM AT IMMHatATIO.V
OONFKKKXCK IX NASIIYILLK.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 14.—
The southern Immigrati«>n quaran
tine coherence, aside from the ap
pointment of commlttcs today gave
the opening session over to speech
making by men representative of ev
ery section of the south and Its va
ried business interests. Gov. John
K. Cox, of Tennessee presided.
The discussion had not proceeded
far whon the race question catne to
the fore and It occupied the attention
of the delegates through most of the
day. The Rcntimcnt of the delegates
on the negro question was manifest
ed early In the day in the burst of ap
plause which greeted Gov. Cox's
statement in his addressed welcome
that the south alone had dealt with
the negro, thnt tho negro nius be
protected and his rights preserved
the negro, thut the negro must be
en away from the lawless and vicious
of the race.
This sentiment was further in
dorsed when Gov. Hoyward of South
Carolina, who made the principal
speech of the day was wildly cheered
at the conclusion of his address which
declared that immigration would yet
solve the negro problem.
HOW THE NEGRO
SOLDIERS TOOK IT
A special dispatch to the New
York Tribune from LI Reno. OkI..1
reads as follows: —
"We’re fired,” said a negro sol
dler of the 2&th Infantry liero today
after he had picked up a morning
paper. This watt the first nows the
troops had that the president had
ordered their discharge without hon- '
or for the riots in August at Drowns
vllle, Tex., In which one white man
was killed and several were injured,
in a few minutes the 170 negroes
affected by the order hud gafhorod I
to talk over the surprising sltua
tlon. None had believed that such
n sweejlng order would he Issued.
"Well, I’m satisfied/’ remarked
one of the younger soldiers. "I’ll h»*
glad to get out of this place on any
terms. I’d Just ns soon he discharged
thst way ns to he kept Inside the
garrison lines a prisoner, as we’ve
all been since August.”
"You hoyg don’t know what you’re
talking about. I can't believe It. I
can’t believe It.” said an old negro
who had seen 20 years of service In
the army. "Men, there’s nothin’ that
could bo done to us that would he
worse than this. I don't know what
we old fellows will do. | don't believe
the president meant it that way.”
Let ns hope the Ruse 11 . urr■ mil
lions will go where they will do tie
most good.
TROOPS' DISCHARGE
AROOSES PROTEST
WAR HKPAIITMKNT UKt'KIVKS
l<o.\l»S or liKTTKKti roNCKKN
IXO NMUltOKS* DISMISSAL.
Wuahligton, Nov. 14.—Tho war
department mntls are hoavy wlih lot
ivr* protesting against tho dlacharge
without honor of three companies of
tho Twenty-fifth Infantry, colored.
Most of these originate In Massnchu
HOttR. but nearly every section of
the country Is represented. They can
he of no avail, now. It Ih said, be
cauRe the action was taken by direc
tion of the President, who alone can
relieve the severity of the order.
Most of tho conttniitilcatlons reveal
Ignorance of Important facts connect
«*d with the case, so Acting Secretary
Oliver has ordered the printing In
pamphlet form of tin* report of Sol.
Itixby, who made the original inves
tigation Into the rioting at Browns
vllle last August by some of the mem
bers 0r the Twenty-fifth Infantry, as
well hr the further report upon the
affair of General Garllngton, and
these pamphlets will bo supplied to
the correspondents who appear to he
misinformed.
The disbandment of (he three com
panies la now going on at El Reno
gradually, It being regarded as un
safe to discharge all of the men at
once, as they might be tempted to
disorder.
FOR CURRENCY
REFORM
RANK hits ANI> Ni:W YORK Ml'.lt
CHANTS IH >1.1 >| N<; COM'hlt
KNCK TO IHM4TKH
I’LANS.
Washington, NoNv. 14.- (Jrutify
Ing progress, according to the mem
bers, was made at the meetings to
day of the committees representing
the American Rankers' association
and the New York Chamber of Com
merce, who have gathered here to en
deavor to agree on a measure for
• he consideration of congress giving
authority to banks to issue emergency
circulation in cases of financial
stringency..
Two plans are being considered by
the bankers, one proposed by the
bankers' committee which contem
plates the appointment of a nonpar
• Isan commission of seven members
of which the controller of the cur
rency shall be one to pass on all ap
plications by banks for permission to
Increase their circulation, and the
other advanced by the Chamber of
Commerce of New York proposing to
make the issue of credit currency au
tomatic.
WOULD DISSOLVE
STANDARD.
Washington, Nov. H.~Whilo no
authorities In regard to the mat
ter there is good reason to believe
that the government ha* decided to
institute procedtngs against the
Standard Oil C!o. under the Sherman
oriti-triiRf net, with a view of obtain
ing an order of the court dissolving
the company ns It now exists nnd re
storing to enrh of the aevcnty-flve
or eighty constituent companies its
proportionate share of the stoek and
also compelling the observance of the
law prohibiting them from entering
Info any contract, agreement or un
derstanding with each other with a
view to maintaining prices on oil.
SAFE TO LEAVE.
It is the first time a president has
left the country. But thero may he
a feling that tho country was never
eforc so safe and prosperous and
able to tako rare of Itself.—Wash
ington Star.
Head the l>aily Lesdor.
HARRY THAWS TRIAL
COMES NEXT MONTH
t’HIKP COl'NHKIi FOIl Ml lthKltCIt
OF STANFORD W1IITK SAYS
PR I SOX KR IS A AVJRKCK. *
New York. Nov. ,4. District At
torney Jerome sold tonight that the
trial of Harry Thuw, for the murder
of Stanford White, would he moved
for the first wo«»l» In December. He
stated that the Judge who would try
the case had not been decided upon,
but that It probably would be heard
before Recorder doff, In the court of
general sessions. Mr. Jerome said
that he would conduct the prosecu
tlon.
I). N. Dolmas, the California law
yer engaged ns chief counsel for
Harry Thaw, said today that he had
visited Thaw in his cell in the Tombs
prison and found him a nervous
wreck. Mr. Delmns snld:
"Judging from my single Inter
view with him the young man Is
laboring under great excitement, and
Is evidently of a highly nervous tem
perament.
"It Is true." continued Mr. Delmns,
“that some time ago .foseph II.
Choate was approached In behalf of
Mr. Thaw by hlg Pittsburg nttorney,
David n. Watson. Mr. Choate de
clined a retainer. John E. Pnrson
also was approached, but he declined
• o take the case on the ground that
he was to old for such active ser
vice."
THE SURPRISE STORES
AND
THE 5 AND 10c STORES.
\iti-: h.\\t.\ ri.Ais* iifaimjiaii
tkiih for xm.\s.
On ycaterndy wo received thin let
ter from little MIhh Irene Lindsey,
to 1)0 delivered 1o Santa Claus when
he arrives at our stores; "Dear Hun
ty; Please bring mo n writing desk
and a doll with a long dresa. firing
M. P. a monkey and a clown and ICvu
n pin's’ninny. Irene Lindsey."
Wo cordially Invite every little
Klrl in or near Blueflold to write to
Santa Claus, care Hants's postofllce.
The Hurprlse Stores, Minefield.
Santy hns a private mall here and
wo have opened a Post office for
him. Now when he aska ns what
Pred or May, Robert or Julia, or
Vor want we Jus* hand him your
letter. No worry, no wondering what
some one wnnta, hut each child or
adult’s hearts desire for Kris Krlngle
to know and choose from. Will you
help us make It a successful pleas
ure? Head Voi le letter early. No
stamp required In Santy’s mall box.
We think Irene will get her desk and
dolly, It pays to advertise, and Santa
Claus likes to favor the little ones
who tire respectful to parents and
kind to companions. The monkey for
"B. F." and the pic’a’nlnny for Kva
are ready for Santy’s visit, and ap
proval, with several thousand other
toys, dolls, hooks and various other
presents for all his “family" young
or grown up.
Ah we have the Now Surprise
Stored, (Double liooind) and also the
5 and 10c Stores, (dear to the hearth
of the ehlldren and their mothers)
under the same management, It
Htanda to reason wo buy cheaper
than any cnmpoti or who needs only
Hmall loth of gods for one room. We
sell as cheap as others buy—why
pay more? We hoII for CASH bnly,
ho you pay for no bad debts we might
lose on some one else. W'e add a
reasonable profit on all goods, but
only ONE profit Every piece Is
marked in plain figures. We treat all
alike. Wo cannot tell YOt’lt money
from any other after It gets in our
drawer. Yours Ih as good and buys
as much ns the customer at the next
counter, and In our several stores
you are HI Hi: TO FIND .11 HT WHAT
VOIJ WANT, be It a f»c doll or toy
Up to*lho finest l.enther goods. Toi
let. sets, albums, Trunks Traveling
Cases, Furs. Blankets, Quilts or
Hugs. Pictures, Rogers’ Silverware.
Clocks. Lamps and Glassware,
China, Odd pieces fit tots, Dry Goods.
Notions and Hardware. Toy sleds.
Dolls Carts, and Confectionery, to
gether with the thousand novel and
useful artleles that go to mako tip
an UP-TO-DATE, sueeessful depart
ment business, collected together ]
from all markets. PRICKS ALWAYS
the low'est, for YOl’Il approval and
patronage.
Y’lslt ns. look around the stores,
then write Santa Slatis what you
want and where to get It.
Your Friends,
THE SURPRISE STORKS.
119 and 121,
THE 5 and 10r STORES.
215 Princeton Avenue.
Unwritten Law Will
Be Thaw's Plea.
SHRINKAGE
IN STANDARD
Oil, S’KM'K AMOl NTS TO
WITHIN A YNAIt.
Now York, Nov. 14.—Attacked by
ihe Federal government, the market
value of Standard Oil hna Hhruuk
within the your $125,000,000.
The Block la at the lowest point
today in years. The slump has caus
ed Rockefeller’s pile to wither $65,
000,000. Wall Btreet fears the efforts,
of the government to break the Oil
Trust will>01(180 the Standard Oil to
hammer all stocks, to show the ad
ministration that the oil suit Ims de
pressed business. Small holders are
selling their stock, fearing the gov
ern men! would deal the Trust n death
blow.
A broker today declared the situa
tion to la* tin* rich man’s oil panic.
TRAIN THE GIRL.
Now that women aro crowding
Into tho labor market, and every
year trying more or Iosh success
fully to upon up now chnnnelR of
employment, It will bo not only In
terofltlng but of tine to the parent* to
devote Home attention to the Mubject
of woiuan'H work, and consider tho
prospect* held out In tho different
branches.
No girl or woman ran ever hope
to bo successful without training or
method. in every branch of work,
however humble, training la essen
tlul. From the woman who wants
to be a teacher down to the one who
only aapIroH to be a domestic work
er, some sort of training should bo
demanded. Only In a very few cases
does knowledge of domestic work
ever or rather, the capacity to do
It Hucc<*HHfully come naturally, and
the untrained worker Ih the despair
or employer and philanthropist.
In business life, too, there Is
plenty of work for capable, practical
women, it Is no use undertaking
the management of a boarding house,
shop, agency, tearoom, or anything
of the kind without u knowledge of
the business to be taken up, keeping
accounts, etc. You cauot learn these
things as you go along, or, If you
do, the knowledge will he dearly
bought, as only in quite exceptional
cases does such a course spell any
thing but failure.
Gradually the mother of tho glil
haa been awakening to tho necessity
of having tier daughter trained in
Komo Hpornl course, Just na tiio boy
ban liocn for yearn trained for life'a
work.
No policy eould be inoro short
; flighted than tJmt wbleb assumes that
a alrl la n «rlI ahe win have no
need or knowledge of buslnesti rnat
and tern such systems an prevail In
the world’ll work.
NOW REPENTS
I’U, \Mlil W OMAN. CONI IM'I) IN
t Klib, IIITTHItlA HAMF.NTS
THAT HIIH Hl,|-:w IIHit
HI HHANII.
Radford, Nov. 14.— Mrs. John
Monitor, who shot and killed her
liunhand yeaterday morning Is deeply
penitent for her rnah deed,
She aald today In Jail: "If I had a
thousand worlds I would give them
If i could bring him hnek, not be
cause l love him, for he treated me
cruelly, but because of the wrong I
have done and that, he entered eterni
ty unprepared.'’
President Oompers. of the Ameri
can Federation of l,abor, in hla an
nual report advocates the continuance
of labor unions In the field of politics.
CASTRO SAID
TO RE DYING
Willemstad, Island of Curacao,
Nov, 14. Tho latent advices receiv
ed hero from Caracas confirm pre
vious reports to the effect that Pres
ident Castro’s Illness la approaching
a climax and that his physicians be
lieve It In impossible for him to re
cover.
The Venezuelan rebel loader, Mon
I ilia, is again In arms, has twice de
feated government troops and has
| threatened to pillage the town of Bar
qulidmcto. Serious disturbances, It
is assorted, are reared In case of Cas
tro's death.
i
DRUMMERS TO
BOOM BRYAN.
OINTItlllt TION op CAMPAIGN
Pit INTI.MO IS PAItT OP. Til I'll It
HCI.PINO A MONO K< Ill-All*:.
At a ineoling of the* Commercial
Traveler's antitrust longue at Now
York yesterday, President William
•logo In an address udvooatod Wil
liam .IuuiiIukh 1 tryuu an tlio next
democratic presidential candidate
and urgod tho momliern «*r the organ
lv.nlion to iihhIhI In establishing clu 1)8
• o work In behalf of Mr. llryun. Har
ry W. Walkor, chairman of tho ex
ecutive committee, spoke along tho
hiiiiio linen an Mr. I logo. It wan voted
that a committee ho appointed to con
sist of 5000 democratic commercial
travelers to be known an tho ''trav
eling committee." It wan pointed out
that the membors on tludr Journeys
over tho United Slates will dis
tribute literal are and organize llryau
clubs. It was also voted to establish
a "record bureau" In which all nr
tides attacking the trusts will be
kept to be reprinted In pamphlet
form for distribution.
ANOTHER DASH
FOR THE POLE.
i OMM Whl ll l*i; \ltY W 11,1. A<MIN
ATTKMIT TO ItK.Afll IT IN
tiik (mhui Him* koosi<;.
vi:i/r.
Duck port, Me.. N|>v. 1 I. Corah
inander Itobert 10. I’eary, the Arctic
explorer, who Is returning to the
Ignited Slates with the record ol
farthest north," will make another
attempt to reach the North Pole In
1907.
Tho explorer's ship, tho Roosevelt,
was built In this town, and It Is re
called that when Commander Peary
was hero he said that If he did not
succeed this time ho would positive
ly make nnotnor attempt in
provided he did not lose |||h vessel.
De»|iflt(hei) from Commander
Peary apeak well of tlio lee-flghtlng
qualities of the Boone veil, and loeal
shipping men think that with i few
repairs sho should be ready to make
tho trip north next Reason.
ARRESTED FOR HAT
PIN MURDER.
Katlo Burke waa arrested at Dun
more. Pa., yesterday, charged with
the murder of Thotnaa Dougherty,
whom nhe stabbed in the heart with
a hat-pin Saturday night and whoke
death followed Sunday. The stabbing
occurred at ttie home of the young
woman, where Doughetrfy had called
to spend the evening In the hope of
effecting a reconciliation following
a Qiwrrrl, Instead of making up they
got Into another quarrel, and the
stabbing resulted. Dougherty, before
dying, stated that his Injury was an
accident, and that he was to blame.
MIrs Burke claimed the affair wn«
»n accident, hut the result of the
autopsy led the coroner to charge
her with murder.
Subscribe to the Daily leader.
NTANPOHD WIIITK’H 8LAYKK
UltAKPH AT HT11AW TO HAVN
FIIO.M < 'll AI It.
N«*w York, Nov. 14.— Harry Thaw
will Hook to Justify his killing of Stan
ford White and save himself from the
electric chair on the 'unwritten law.”
For a fee said to bo 100,000, Dol
phin M. Dolmas, the famous San Fran
elseo lawyer, has boon engngod to
conduct the defense of the young
PttHhurg millionaire when ho Is
brought to trial on December 3.
Judge Dolmas was engaged by Mrs.
William Thaw. ills power over a
Jury Ih wonderful, and with' tho de
fense of White's killing resting on
llie rock of "unwritten law" the trial
promises Intense human Interest.
Judge Dolmas Is tho man who placed
W llllnm It. Hoarst In nomination for
President, at the St. Louis Democrat
ic convention. Ho will give up his
homo In San Francisco and take a
residence In New York.
Artor weeks of uncertainty the an
nouncement that tho "unwritten law"
Is to bo the defense cams ns a start
ling sensation to the criminal at tho
bar.
TIIN MAIN POINT.
Oiwi big question Ih being asked
everywhere today. Cnn Thaw’s coun
koI prove that Stanford Wlilte sought
»<> resume relations with Nvelyn Nob
1*1 ft »fter her marriage to Thaw?
Should It lie developed that lho
architect forced hIh attention on Mrs.
I liaw the Jury will huvo a question
or moral code to decide, not one of
law. The defense will admit tho bill
ing and seek to Justify It. If tho
moral code Is higher than legal stat
utes In the minds of the Jury, Harry
Thaw will walk out of tho Tombs a
fn*o nmn. if the strict letter of tho
laws Is followed Harry Thaw will go
to the electric chair.
Judge Dolmas Inis bad experience
In “unwritten law.” Ho was advisory
eounsol for Truxton Finale of San
Francisco, who shot and killed Frank
Marriott for publishing an alleged Im
proper paragraph about Miss Marin
<>ge, who later bocatno Houle's wife.
The."unwritten law” ns Thaw’s de
fense will bring out tho story of
While’s Inner life. The Rialto and
Die artists, world was the Hohemlan
In which White lived, and the stories
of bis merry eccentricities of enter
tainment nre recounted In every cafe
and studio. TIioho tales of midnight
0,,d mornings win ho told on the wit
ness stand, but tho very nature of tho
defense win bring out tho story of
Thaw’s ten years of frivolity and rev
elry on- H road way after dark.
KILLED HUSBAND
TO SAVE HER LIFE.
F’dfiAHKf, Va., N’ov. 14.— Mrs.
John VV. Monitor, who has boon
landed In Jail hero on the charge of
killing her husband yesterday, do
elans that she acted In self-defense,
as her husband wns making toward
her with a poker In hand when she
seized a pistol and shot him.
One bullet penetrated the neck, one
went through the side and another
through the heart, whllo others pen
etrated the back and left arm.
The Shooting was the result of a
quarrel about a deed and Homo In
surance papers, which Monitor said
were In his trunk. Mis w|f0 said the
papers woro not In the trunk and the
husband said If they were not there
Mrs. Monitor had taken them.
The municipality of Stuttgart, dis
satisfied with the high prices which
ever, the poorest of tho population
are obliged to pay for funerals, has
resolved to build a city crematorium
and to offer cremation to the poor at
t'rnts far below those which ovon
moderate undertakers charge. The
lowest charges hitherto for burial
ind a grave In Stuttgart have been
HB mnrk*. or abonf |JM Jt
posed to cremate the poor of Stutt
gart for 20 marks, Including all ex
penses.