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BLUEF1ELD. WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 28, 1*M)7.
DAILY
LEADER.
PRICE TWO CBKTS.
SEEKS II DIVORCE
FROM SEN. PLATTJ
SUIT STARTED ON
DECEMBER 27. LAST.
.MHK. PLATT WAS FORMERLY
MISS WOOD, AND WAS MAR
RIED SECRETLY.
New York. Feb. 28.—The fact that
Mae C. Wood started a divorce
suit against Senator Thomas C. Platt
on December 27 la»t. became public
today, when Joseph Day I^ee, a law
yer. of 4 9 Wall street, applied to
Justice Giegerlch, of the Supreme
Court, for an exparte order permit
ting the substitution of his name for
that of Floyd Price who had for
merly acted ns Miss Wood s attorney
here. Mr. Lee is the New York rep
resentative of the law firm of O’Flali
erty & Fulton, who have lnjen Miss
Wood’s attorneys for a long time.
None of the papers in the rase
have been filed in tbe supreme Court
as yet. In connection with the sub
stitution of counsel today, however,
Mr. Lee made this statement:
"It is true that an action for ab
solute divorce has been brought in
the New York courts on behalf of
Mr*. Thomas C. Platt, formerly Mae
Catherine Wood. Senator Platt's
answer was served by the plaintiff's
attorneys today. It s in the form of
a general denial of all the allega
tions made by the plaintiff. We ex
pect to get the case on tho calendar
of the Supreme Court at the earliest
possible date. In my opinion .after
examination, there Is no question
that the plaintiff was njarried to
Senator Platt at the time and place
stated. We are confident that the
rights of the plaintiff will be estab
lished."
Miss Wood first made her claim
of marriage to the Senator last sum
mer. and the time and da.te of the
marriage alleged, in the papers
in the divorce suit correspond. She
declares thnt she was married in se
cret in the Fifth Avenue Hotel on
November 9. 1901, by the Rev. Ed
ward W. Rice, an Episcopal clergy
man. She declared that the mnrrlage
was secret because Senator Platt’s
first, wife had been dead but a short
time.
Miss Wood’s Virginia lawyers met
here last Christmas and consulted
Miss Wood In regard to starting tho
suit. The papers were drawn up and
several on Senator Platt's law firm,
O'Brien. Bonrdman, Plntt * Dunn
ing immediately. Service was later
obtained upon Senator Platt in
Washington.
EVELYN’S MOTHER
MAKES ST A TEMENT.
<
SAYS SHE DID HER
PART BY THE GIRL.
KENT IIKit TO SI Xll.W SCHOOL
AND THIRD TO KEAIl HKH
RIGHT.
Pittsburg, Feb. 27.—Charles J.
Holman issued n statement today
in behalf of his wife, mother of Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, concerning
young Mrs. Thaw’s early training.
Holman denies that his wife gave
District Attorney W. T. Jerome or
that Mr. Jerome used a statement
from Mrs. Holman with which to
embarrass young Mrs. Thaw on the
witness stand.
The statement, is as follows:
“From the time Evelyn was 1 f>
months old until she was 8 years old
she was sent to Sunday-school in
Tarentum, Pa. After that the family
LEGISLATORS
GETTING AWAY
DANGER THAT A QCORI'M WILL
NOT HR PRESENT WHEN
HILL COMES CP.
Charleston, Feb. 27.—There is
danger of there not being a quorum
in the senate by the time the house
finishes the appropriation bill, inas
much as President McDermott will
leav<< for home today, and, and many
other senators therein to follow stilt.
The appropriation bill, when passed
by the house, will be widely diver
gent from the one passed by the sen
ate. and a conference committee will
have to be called of the two houses
to stialf hten out the kinks. If there
is not a qurom in the senate, the
quer.fi- i is how will a legal commit
tee he ppointed from that body?
Neve, in the legislative history of
the state is there as much Indiffer
ence shown. The senate is anxious
to adjourn and seemingly the house
does not know where “It’s at." It
needs a lender, a strong man Intiller
tually to get the majority together,
pass the appropriation bills and ad
journ. At present the house Is at
sea
removed to Allegheny and she was
f ‘n* to the Calvflry Methodist Epls
<opal Sunday-school for three years.
' fter that her father died and her
mother removed to Cedar avenue,
Allegheny. While living there Eve
lyn was sent to Sunday-school with
the children of the next-door nelgh
I or. Her mother removed from Ce
dar avenue. Allegheny, to Highland
avenue, Pittsburg, and Evelyn went
to the nearest Sunday-school, which
| v as at a Baptist church in Highland
avenue. She was always sent to
Sunday-school as long as her mother
had control of her.
“Her mother never left her daugh
ter in care of any man at any time.
The public has heard but one side
of the story. They have no right
to express an opinion. We expect
nothing else from Ignorance, but ed
ucated people are supposed to weigh
the evidence of both sides of a story
before giving an opinion. Further
more, Mr. Jerome has no affidavit
from Mrs. Holman.”
BARRELS OF BOOZE
GO UP IN SMOKE.
INDIANA DIHTILfiF.KY DESTROY
ED RY EIRE.—ESTIMATED
l/OSS «li“r.OOO.
Vincennes, Indiana, Feb. 28.—The
plant or Old Vincennes Distillery
Company was destroyed by fire today
The loss Is estimated at $2 25,000,
and is covered by insurance. The
main building was entirely destroy
ed.
OVER 600 JAPANESE.
Six hundred and thirty-one Japan
ese steerage passengers arrived In
Safi Francisco Monday night on the
Pacific Mall liner Mongolia and an
equal number are expected by the
immigration officials on the arrival of
a liner from the Hawaiian islands
that will take up the consignment
of Japanese that the Nippon Mam
W'lll leave at Honolulu, No orders
were received from Washington by
the Han Francisco Immigration of
ficials relative to the debarring of
Japanese on the Mongolia from the
California shore, and after a per
functory examination they were nl
low'cd to land .
A T J
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on the tables awaiting your orders; the remainder is
earning in daily and by some time in Mareli we will pos
itively l)e in position to fill all orders.
You can, therefore, absolutely depend on us for
your full Spring and Summer requirements. Why lose
ni»ney then, by buying elsewhere ?
We respectfully solicit your patronage.
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Near Passenger Depot.
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THE“BLACK HO”
IN NEW YORK GITV.
HAS MEMBERSHIP
OF AT LEAST 10.000.
Cil’AKANTFKS ITS MKMIlKItM IM
MUNITY FROM CRIMK ANI>
CONVICTIONS ARK FEW.
I
Most of us would like to welcome
the Immigration from Italy without
qualification, but the New York city
police statistics regarding the “black
hand” are sobering. It is aleged that
there are now In the big town 100,
000 criminals from Italy, banded for
the purpose of evading and defying
the law. The “black hand” of New
York, like tho MaQo of Italy, Is a
, secret organization which guarantees
to Its members immunity from crime.
For this reason the New York au
thorities have been able to secure
only ono conviction out of 1000
“black-handers” arrested. The head
of the newlv-created Italian detective
bureau adds that during January 600
members of the “black hand" so
ciety were arrested In that olty. but
there were only two convictions. He
further declares that every ono was
a genuine "black hand” case, not a
enrd dispute stabbing or a jealousy
row. It Is further alleged that the
system is growing so rapidly that the
“black-handers” now have men at
work in every big city of the United j
States. The New York authorities
figure that in addition 4o the 10.
000 “black hand” men In the city
there are 20,000 outside. This is j
clearly not good material out of)
which to build American citizenship.
In further Illumination of this mat
ter Dr. I.ouIr l.nurenzana of Kan
fins City, who hag hoen called upon
hr the "blnck hand'* society to pay
IfiOO or have his two young child
ren kidnapped. Bays;
“I do not asBume that any Italian
black hand societies have maintained
organizations In Kansas City but 1
do believe that from time to time
bands of them have been here, and
1 believe that now a party of at
least three of them Is here. Ital
ians of thlR character are not men
who work, but bad citizens who have
Imbibed the spirit of brigandage that
prevails in Rome parts of Italy. If
I had not seen enough of such work
to Justify mo In believing that there
is a band after me that means busi
ness. I would not be shut up here
In my’ house wdth my wife and four
babies, sacrificing my business. T am
satisfied that the federal authorities
will tako this matter seriously when
they se0 my evidence, but I shall not.
cease my vigilance In protecting my
family,” said the doctor as he point
ed toward a 45 Colt’s on the top of
his desk. "They’ve only picket me out
because they think I know them well
enough to fear and obey them.”
PLATT MAY' RKRION.
Mae C. Wood Ray.. He WHl Retire
From RenAte Friday.
New York, Feb 28_With the
verification today of Mae C. Wood’s
statement that she had filed a suit
for divorce against Senator Thomas
C. Platt In the Supreme Court of
this city there came an additional
declaration from the woman who has
caused so much trouble for the Sen
ator that he will resign »from the
Senate on next Friday. Miss Wood
names sixteen correspondents. Her
attorneys are O’Flaherty A Fulton,
of Richmond. Va. Senator Platt has
filed an answer to the suit which Is
supposed to he ft general denial of
, Miss Wood’s allegations.
DIVORCED WIFE
IS SHOCKED.
PjpKMUR MHH. Mr DONADD KliOP*
KD YF.AHH AGO WITH A
PHIF.HT.
Michael C. McDonald whose wife,
Flora, shot and killed Webster fl.
Guerin In Chicago Thursday, re
ceived a message Monday telling
him that his first, wife, Mary Noo
nan, was dying from the shock of
the Guerin murder, at her home in
New Jersey. McDonald has not b*«n
keeping up a correspondence with
his divorced wife, although he has
been sending her money It has
been many years since the first
Mrs. McDonald eloped with a Cath
olic priest who had charge of the lit
tle chapel she had constructed In
her home. She accompanied the
priest to France, then returned to
the United States after he grew
tired of her.
HARGIS GASES NOT
TO BE POSTPONED.
DEFENSE ANXIOUS
FOR LEGAL BATTLE.
TRIAL OF ALLEOKD A8HA881X OF
l>R. CX>X WILL BMIN NKX'I
MONDAY.
Lexington. Ky., Feb. 28.—W. A.
^ oung, of Morehead. chief counsol
In the defense of Judge James Har-*
gla In the various case* against Har
gis In connection with the assassina
tions at Jackson, who was lu I^ex
Ington today, stated that the trial of
Hargis for complicity In the mur
der of Dr. II. D. Cox, sot for next
Monday, March 4, at Jackson, will
not bo postponed on account of the
conflict In date with the trial of
French. Smith, Abner and others,
which has been set for the same
t.lmo at Heattyvllle in the court of
Special Judge Dorsey. Mr. Young
said that the term at Jackson Is the
regular term, and that It takes pre
cedence over nny special tvrin In
the same Judicial district. There
fore, If there Is any contlnuanco he
holds that Judge Dorsey will have
to continue the case at Heattyvllle
until the trial at Jackson Is com
pleted.
CUBA TO PAY
THE CHURCH
MAflOON AUTHOMZKl> TO PAY
$1,000,000 OH THE 1>KIIT.
Washington, Fob. 27 Provisional
Governor Magoon of Culm hns been
directed by President Roosevelt to
Issue a decree announcing that, the
Government of Cuba will settle with
the Roman Catholic Church for the
purchase by the Palmn Government
of the church property now being
used In Havnna and elsewhere In the
Island for public purposes. The ar
rangement by which tho Govern
ment's debt to the church will be
pnld was made by Governor Magoon
recently, and has met with the ap
proval of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft.
This property In Havana Include*
the custom house and wharves, the
I’nlverslty of Havana, tho high
school, the Academy of Science and
other well-known buildings. It ap
pears that the military government
of Culm agreed to buy this property
from the Catholic Church as far
hack as 1901, with the definite un
derstanding that final payment would
he made by June 30. 1906. On that
date the Palma administration found
Itself unable to make the payment,
and an extension was granted by the
church authorities until December 31
1906, with a further optional exten
sion until June 30, 1907. Governor
Magoon reported to the War Depart
ment that, the Cuban finances are
now able to stand a payment down
of $1,000,000, with monthly Install
ments of $100,000 until the entire
balance of $1,932,1 4 3.99 Ib liqui
dated.
PRISONERS NOW
HAVE BRAIN STORM
"The pollcemnn hath you wore drunk
last night. Whnt have you to say?”
asked Magistrate Finn. In the Tombs
Police Court, yewferdny of a man of
30 arraigned before him. The prls
Iner aald ho was Charles Ryan nnd
that ho lived af 13 Wont street
"It wan thla way. your Honor."
said Ryan: "I am subject to brain
storms, and last nigh* I suffer d a
brain explosion nnd for the time be
ing became helpless. Thla well
meaning officer, Ignorant of modern
therapeutics. diagnosed my trouble
an dipsomania Tt'i all a terrible mis
take. I her you to Jet me go home "
"You must have been reading
about the Thaw trial," said "Raftery
Dan."
"Yen; T have read every line of the
evidence."
"Well, you’ve rot a good excuse
nnd I’ll let you go this time," aald
the Court.
The prisoner would not leave the
court-room until he had asked Mag
istrate Finn for a pass to the Thaw
trial. The Magistrate ordered him
from court on pain of arrest.—New
York World
The globe-trotting Secretary Taft
has laid out a large program for the
spring and summer. Ills Itinerary
will Include visits to the PhlllppIneR,
Cuba, Porto Rico and Panama
Mr. Oeo H. Polling, of Lynch
burg, Is doing business In the city.
i STARTLING COUP
IN THE THAW COSE.
WHITE SHADOWED
THROUGH EUROPE.
KNUL1R1I PAPKRM HAY M1W.
THAW WAS BORN IN TOIJi
HOI’SK NEAR KDINBl'RO.
New York. Feb. 28.—After Kvelyn
Nesblt Thaw's bIx days on tho wlt
stand and the completion of
her remarkable story. It developed
today that the defense has planned
a startling coup in testimony to show
that Stumlford White, ns he was pur
suing young Mrs. Thaw, was trailed
over Europe by Thaw’s sleuth.
It is asserted that a report drawn
up by Harry V. Dougherty, a private
detective, who was hired by Harry
Thaw to track White, followed tho
latter to Europe und was at hlH
heels as he went from place to place
that had ber-n visited by Mrs. Thaw
on her trip abroad In 1905 In what
the detective believed was an effort
to find Mrs. Thaw.
London, Fob. 27.—The newspa
pers print stories from Glasgow and
Edinburg to tho effect that the dis
covery has Just been made that Ev
elyn Nesblt Thaw, wife of Ila'ry
Thaw, now on trial in New York for
the killing of Stanford White, was
born In a toll house on the Queen’s
Ferry Road, near Edinburg.
The stories say that, her father,
who Is a railway plate layer, still
lives In Midlothian. Her mother
went to America ten years ago tak
ing Evelyn with her. Before this
Evelyn attended Davidson Main’s
village Bell ool whose teacher re
members her as o bonnie, fair hair
ed child, with beautiful featurees.
The villagers remember her also.
Another version is that Evelyn’s!
mother left fifteen years ago and
that her father Is now working Ip an
oil producing village In the Scot
tish midlands.
HAD LOT OF COIN
WHEN ARRESTED.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 28.—
Albert Say, a Hwcdo, under arrest
here, la believed by the police to be
a rrimlnul of Internutonal Import.
When captured he had In his pock
eta $2.r>00 In gold and a handful of
coins reperaentlng almoat every
country of Europe and many of
Aala. The police suspect him of be
ing implicated In the burglaries of
\>. W. Nuttall’a residence at Nuttal
burg, the railroad station at Cedar
Orove, and the store of tho Chesa
peake Mining Company at Hand
lay. One of hla suit cases contained
a silver fox skin, such aa waa report
ed lost at Nuttalhurg, and a number
of other things appoaralng to have
been taken from a well furnished
home. Another case contained the
most complete set of burglar tools
ever seen here.
The officers belolve he has a con
federate hero, a former Inmate of
the Ohio Penitentiary.
The newest locks for the doors
of hotel rooms Indicate the nresence
or absence of the occupant, ho that
thoro la no possibility of the ser
vants of the establishment Intrud
j Ing.
If Monitor, or Jersey Oram rout
you flll-OO per barrel mnrr. It. would
be cheaper than other brand*—hut
It don't cost any more than some ask.
SPREAD OF THE
COCAINE HABIT
ITH I HK IH IlftflfG OTUTIVATEI)
KuTBNHIVKhY TIIKOCOIIOIT
TUB roi NTUV.
In a warehouse beside a Missis
sippi levee stood a parkin? ease nf
moderate size half filled wth pound
carton* of a dm? The clerk work
in? at a bench beside the open door
was aeparatln? the )ar?er package*
Into half ounce lo's. A casual ob
server, wearied with watohin? the
rnovln? brown of the stream, turned
Idly to the slow-movln? workman
"What, have you ?ot there?” he In- i
qulred. "Cocaine.” waa the re
sponse. "It’s *ellln? like wildfire all
up and down the valley. The ne
?roes are taking tip the habit fast,
though the stuff costs two cents a
?raln.”
The use of cocaine, deaplte the
fact that It Is a comparatively new
form of vice, ha* gwept rapidly down
through Chicago to St. Ixxils, and
thence by way of the shores of the
Mississippi Ho the son. The habit
has «ro*n so In Chicago as to be
come In the words of a police of
ficer "the greatest evil In the world.**
Police stations are thronged with
these helpless wretches, who are
round In sodden sloop In hallways,
alleys and under sidewalks—any
where they chance to fall. When
they awake their howls and plead
ings for the drug aro pitiful. The
habit Is growing rapidly and gradual
ly extending luto a higher grade of
Boclety.
On our eastern const New York
and Baltimore are becoming stirred
hy recent disclosures of the extent
of the evil and of the deadly con
sequences which follow In Its train.
Surely here is a menace which wnr
rnuts a careful examination of the
conditions both as regards the vice
Itself and also ns regards the extent
to which It has spread through Bos
ton and vicinity.
With the use of cocaine comes a
distinct weakening of tho moral
forces. No drug tins greater power
as a moral rtxlueor. The will to
break away from the clutches ol the
habit Is weakened, and only In very
few cnscH does tho confirmed taker
of cocaine escape. The will, Ilk** tho
nerves, Is shattered. The word of
the sufferer can In no way he de
pended upon. Wild Imaginings take
tho place of fact and the victim lives
In a fantastic world of his own —
Boston Transcript.
THREE DEAD IN II
KENTUCKY FEUD.
A BLOODY BATTLE
AT BEAVER CREEK.
HALL-MAllTIN FACTIONS ('LASH
ANI> FtltTHKll TKOI IILK
IS KXPKCTRlK
SorKont. Ky.. Feb 27.-— According
to h messetiKer’s report received
boro yesterday from Heaver Creek,
tl»e Hall-Mnrtln factions clashed
itRaln. One hundred shots were fired
and three mon were killed and two
wounded.
The dead men aro Henderson Hall,
loader of the Hall faction, and Silas
Martin and Androw Martin, of the
Martin faction. Fields Hall and
Wyatt Martin, Jr., were wounded,
the latter fatally.
A fetid has existed between the
parties for six months and furthor
trouble Ih expected.
Monitor, am] Jersey Cream Floar
pass the National Pure Food I,aw—
then you know It is pure.
STROTHER BOYo WILL
PROBABLY COME FREE.
At JuhI this tlmo, Rev. Parkhu~8t
of Now York spunks a reassuring
wonl. In IiIh Sunday discourse he
Hold:
I know too much about the ovll
that Is In thlH city to deny tho exis
tence of n grent deal that in hud, and
things that are had want to he called
had and characterized by the BtlffeHt
terniH discoverable In an ovangellcnl
vocabulary. Hut what gives mo cour
ngo to deal with crime and to stlg
matlze it Ih the aHBurance I have and
the knowledge I .invo Rained that the
heart of tho city lx one that belloves
In honesty and baa a contempt for
what Ib morally unejean.
THE WORLD’S
WATERPOWER.
Tho poHBlbllltloa of our small
streams make the dream of the fu
ture Kcrnn unreal and fantastic. No
man has dared even to try to moaa
iino or compute the total undevelop
ed water-power of the world. There
are thoiiHandH of streams capable of
producing from 100 to 60,000 or
more horse-power; a few others, like
Niagara, the Victoria Falls In South
'Africa, and innumerable falls of the
I MIhhIhhIppI, the Colorado and the
(Missouri, with powers In this direc
tion that seem unlimited. What In
tho utmost strength of Nlagra? If
every part of tho mighty torrent of
water was harnessed, It would easily
generate sufficient electrical power to I
do all the work of this country. Wo
could alnioHt belt tho globe with
horsoH, and still Niagara would stand
a good chance to offset their pulling
strength. But Niagara Ih no greater
than Victoria falln In the heart of
Africa some say not ho great In Its
unmeasured possibilities.- St, Nicho
las Magazine.
ROOSEVELT AND
THE TARIFF
The friends of President Roosevelt
pretend that he Is braver and more
honorable than other men. Unless
he attacks that terrible Iniquity, the
robben tarlfT. history will not give
him the credit accorded by his
friends. The tariff Is a tax on the
people In the Interest of the trusts;
not. the slightest doubt of It. Presi
dent Roosevelt knows It, ns does
every other Intelligent, man, but the
system has become so powerful that
the president Is afraid of It Atchl-,
son Globe.
TRIAL WILL END
IN A DAY OR TWO.
UNHAPPY WOMAN HAYS HIIK 1IK
MKVKI) HYWATERS INTBNI)
l<:i> TO RKHEItT HER.
Tho story of the Strother episode
Iihh boon told by Mrs. Viola Hy wa
fers, the bride of nn hour. She says:
“I do not believe ho ovor intended
to marry me, for ho had refused on
three occasions."
The dotalla of the sad affnlr were
told hy Mrs. Hywaters In a straight
forward and frank manner ns she
detailed the farts which lead up to
the shooting of Hywaters. It was a
recital of the wrongs done and cre
ated great sympathy among the as
semblage In the court room. The
trial will probably end this wook,
and there Is no longer doubt hut that
the Strothers will be liberated. 8uch
Ih tho general Impression and such
will he the ending of the unfortunate
affair.
Now that we are hearing so much
about the campaign of women suf
fragists In this state, and have been
so amused by the feline tactics of
their prototypes In ICngland, it Is In
teresting to get something on the
subject from Australia, land of ex
periments. a writer to the Chicago
Dnlly News gives her Impression of
the result of the recent enfranchise
ment of women In that country. Its
first effect has been to Impress the
women with the Idea that they have
a mission In the world. With this
Idea they have with commendable en
thusiasm sought to Inform them
selves on social, economic and po
litical queatlons and to formulate a
set of principles for which to stand.
To read over the Hat Is to see how
strong they nro making thomaelves,
because every object they aoek to ob
tain is n worthy one. The ballot
niay stimulate to this, but still a lot
of old fogies believe that under our
regime the same results could be ob
tained If attempted In tho quieter
and more womanly! way.—Utlf^m
IN. Y.) Press.
If you srp iHtiofl'd with the brands
of Hour you are using, yon will be
IH IJt.lf f Kli If yon use Monitor or
Jersey Cream.
A PRINCETON AVENUE STORE FOR RENT AT
AUCTION
In front of the promisees at 2 p. m. Tuesday February Bth.
Choice fl, 18 or 30 month I^ease. Only responsible bidders wanted.
I/ease geo* t highest bidder. possession given by 16th 20.
Ih> biiainesa at best location In Rluefleld.
Further particulars by applying to the Surprise Store.
GOING!—GOING I
THE SURPRISE STORE AUCTION
Is the Talk of the Town.
FOLLOW THE CROWD.
DON'T MISS THE BARGAINS.
All Goods Put Up.- None Reserved. You Pay What
YOU V/ANT.
THE SURPRISE STORE AT 119 PRINCETON AVE.
Is Crowded at every sale. Three Sales Daily.
10 a. m.; 2 p. m.; (for Ladies.) and 7 p. m.
COME OUT AND SEE.