Bluefield evening leader. [volume], February 14, 1908, Image 1

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Rain tonight, rohlrt in wrMmi
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^1°-I::-2-^0 S HU H1-1KI.1), WEST VIRGINIA. FRIDAY A1-T1-KKUOX. II HRIAKV , ,. ,,,,-s I'RICE TW O (1 Nl S
CONDITIONS Ilf MG IN
THE POCAHONTAS COALFIELD
EMPTY PA Its AltE BEING PISH
ED TO NEARLY ALL OPERA* i
TIONS—INCREASE IS gt'OTKL
AT FROM 50 TO IOO PER PENT.
MORE THAN LAST MONTH.
Ft is Indeed gratifying to see the
awakening that is taking place
throughout the entire Pocahontas
coalfield. Empties are being pushed
to nearly all operations. Instead of
a long dreary line of £old ovens and
rusty tools one notices the Inborer,
like the groundhog coming out from
his period or hibernation, it is to he
hoped not to return at the sight ot
his own shadow. It is the rule rath
er than the exception that all opera
tions are doing from 50 to 100 per
cent more this month than they
were last. Some few. however, have
•taken this period of business de- i
pression to attend ty necessary re- '
pairs and alterations to their plants ]
that they were precluded from at-1
tending to during the strenuous and
busy time they passed through prior
to the financial panic.
True the traveling salesman, ex-'
cept where lie is handling the neces
sities of life, is not as yet, fueling j
the improved state of affairs and j
the Baltimore clothier and Cincin
nati dry goods man will have to put
off his trip till a very late date, un- j
til the stores have made up their '
jnlnds that the improved conditions
of affairs have come to stay. A ready
made clothing drummer was yestor
day heard to say, “Yes, I wrote
the house and told them if it was
their wish that 1 go round and
shake hands with their customers,
weM and good, but b *lng out just
now is simply spending money for
traveling and hotel hills without
even the chance of making ex
penses.’' in fact the Improved state
of conditions will hardly he felt be
fore the March or April pay day.
Specially notlcable are the Im
proved conditions at the new opera
tions above Kimball, the Tidewater
new plant known as the King Coal
"nd Coke company is now in full
working order as far as coal is con
cerned and shipping regularly, the
coke ovens, however are not com
pleted. At Dig Four the Virginia
Fuel company have got their new
plant nearly completed and hope to
start dumping by the first of March.
The Dixon plant has made the most,
wonderful strides of almost any op
eration in the field although only 20
months since the first shot was fired
I1KLMONT CAFF.
Dally.
Full Course Dinner*,
12 to 3 p. m.
30c J. F. Thompson, Mgr.
in blasting for the foundation of
their power house or the first shovel
full of dirt was turned, they have
now got two shafts worklug and a
11*ird one in process of construction,
which promises for them one of the
most complete plants In the field
when the finishing touches are put
on.
It Is an undoubted fa< t that con
ditions are improving all along the
jin** and should the improved condi
tions continue in the large centres
of industry Minefield will soon have
assumed its old time appearance of
bustling activity
MR. 0. HOWARD ROYER
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Sl'CfTXII1S TO HKAItT I'AllA ltK
IX WASHINGTON' IIOTKL.
Grim lten|K‘r Suddenly Seizes Well*
Known Kouiioke Citizen Kong
Identified with Traffic Affair
of Shenandoah Valley
and N. »V W. Itoads.
Roanoke, Va., Feb. 13.—News
was received here thlR morning over
the long instance telephone that Mr.
O. Howard Royer, of Roanoke, had
di'd about 5:30 o’clock In the Ho
tel Raleigh, in Washington, of heart
fail u re.
. iMr. Royer called to the clerk
about 4 a.- m.. asking him to call
a doctor, ns lie was very ill. A phy
sician responded and found Mr.
Royer sinking rapidly, and he ex
pired a few minutes later. Mr. Roy
er was assistant general freight
agent of tin1 Norfolk & Western.
He left Roanoke Sunday evening
for Philadelphia and on Tuesday hn
went to Washington to attend a
meeting of railroad officials.
Outside of the phone message
above referred to no further details
have been received. The family wore
notified of his death by his pastor.
Rev. Arthur Rowhotham, pastor of
Second Presbyterian church.
Mr. Royar is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Helen Royer, and seven sons
and one daughter, as follows; Miss
Margaret Royer, and Messrs. James
H., Donald, Howard, Stewart, Doug
lass. Richard and John Royer.
Pedigo's Clearance Sale will con
tinue all week. Saturday In**! day*
l<nce curtains and other lines added.
2-1 4-2t
! Semi-Annual Clearance Sale
Saturday, 15th, Last Day
SllOim \ Ml OM'OICIIS.
We want to close fluting this sale all small lots of Shoes
and Oxfords. Mens. I Julies’, Boys’, Misses and Children s
Examine those displaced on the tables and If yon don't find
something to please we ran In the shelves.
MK.VH HI ITK.
One lot twenty-five Men's Knits were $5.00 fo $6.50, your
choice . #:».7.*S
One lot eighteen Bui <. w» re $6,75 to $0 00. choice. . JM .(*.*»
One lot forty Knits were $0.50 to $ 12.50, choice at . .W7.15
One lot twenty-two Men's Suits were $10.50 to $14.50,
; choice .ftM.on
; Higher priced Men's Knits, including Hart KliafTn r &
» Marie: and Kirsf hhaurn's finest make, blacks and colors, re
; duced nearly In proportion.
Mr.VM HITS
Wfrp fl.no to $3.00. (most
of thoMo Hold at $2.00.
$2.60. $3.00 >, rholro .or,<
t>iiKht to bo rloHftl in rmr* day)
IIOVH* OVKIM'OATS.
Anri * f«. |f> VcHr«,
Wore $3.76 at. *;4.ir,
W^n $6.00 at . *l.oo
Wrro $7.00 at .*0.00
\\>rn $10.00 at . *M.0oj
WVrr $ l 76 at .ft l oo
W«to. $0 00 at .. * $.IM:
Woro $7.60 at . *0.00!
Warn $0 30 at . *.1..Vt
Woro $6.76 at .*».;W
Worn $0.6o at . *n-a.i
W«*r ) 14.26 at ..**.40
<'^12.00 ftt MHfHI
MK.VS OVKWHMTH.
Hnvar.il f»f tin lk*«0 (Jrndc nra
llnrf. Sfiaffnai SL
Mark i 'Ink. .
War a $5.00 at..05.75
Wara $10.00 at .07.H5
Wara $18.00 at .*1 f «K»
VV ra $21.00 nt.010.50
Wara $6.50 at.05.00
Wara $12.00 at .00.00
Warn $14.00 at . ..*.$!«, 75
Ware $17.00 at .$ 14.50
Ware fs <»0 at .00.541
Wara $15.00 at .OH.25
Wara $20 00 at. .0141-00
Wara $25.00 at .$10,401
Man** Italnrontr il'-iliiml,
E. S. PEDIGO
I mn 9m Prlnootn* Arm..#, Ill noflold, Writ Virgin In
Without Warning Young Negro Fiend Grapples
With Mrs. J. A. Dancey and Accomplishes His
Dastardly Purpose Before the Ej'es of Her Six
Year-Old Son
SCENE OF THE CRIME WAS A FIT
PLACE FOR
Pocahontas, Va., Feb. 14.— (Spe
cial.)- Waite.* Rlppey, wh^ commit
ted a dastardly outrage on .Mrs. .1.
A. Danny, was captured at Co<w
dale last night and kept In hiding
by the police until 11:15 tooay,
when he was taken to Tazewell, Va .
on u Hpecln. train and lodged In
Jail.
The negro was in charge of Po
liceman 'Pemberton and Geo. Mays,
and Hr. L. .1. Stump and Detective
Slater.
When the officers and their pris
oner within n square of the station,
tiie mob which had been forming
■I nee early this morn in, mude a rush
for the negro, but were held at hay
by the police and deputies at -the
point of Winchesters, Ihe negro was
then rushed to the depot, wher ■ he
was placed In a box car and taken to
Tazewell.
Had it not bcon for the prompt
action of the authorities, the negro,
in all probability, would have been
lynched.
On Wednesday afternoon at Bois
sevain he overpowered a colored wo
man, the wife of James Coolos, and
criminally assaulted her. The col
ored men became enraged and went
after him but were not able to ef
fect his capture. if they had It
would have been bad for Rlppey.
Yesterday afternoon about 4
o’clock he was in the hollow leading
| up to Browningstown and was evl
I
dently waiting there for some pur
pose or other when .Mrs.!.!, A. Dan
[cey. a white woman, caitie by en
route to her home. 3he was ac
I com pan led by another woman whose
correct name could not he learned
and her young son. who Is about ♦»
years of age. Without any warning
lllppey rushed at her and grappled
with her. throwing the woman to
the ground before those with her
were aware of what Ills intrpoac was.
Then with a gun pointed at the wo
man who aecotnpanted Mrs. Dancey
he accomplished his hellish purpose
a second time within forty-eight
hours. The woman at whom the
gun was pointed was afraid to move
and the mother had to Ih» maltreated
and outraged before het 6-year-old
son’s eyes.
Immediately the outrage bad
been committed he threaten'd the
women and after warning them not
to speak he left for the mountains.
The women and the boy went to the
mouth of the west mine and thorn
told the miners who were coming
from work what had happened. They
became enraged and several of them
went out to look for the negro.
The crime was committed In the
hollow between the old machine
shop and the West mine electric fan
house. The scene of the crime Ik
isolated and a fit plaoc for such an
inhuman act. Mrs. Dancey Is a
widow’. Her husband was a miner
and was killed In the r cent mine
explosion at Pocahontas, site Ih a
comely woman about 30 years 01
age. It is said that the woman who
accompanied her was but IS years
of age. This could not be verified.
Hlppey, tin* negro who assaulted
Mrs. J. A. Dancey at Pocah'onlas
yesterday was brought to Uluefield
tlilH morning and was kept here
about two hours. It being the In
tention of the officers who bad him
In charge to take him to Tar.‘well on
the regular passenger, but on learn
ing that a mob was coming from
Pocahontas on No. 2. which meets
the No. 11 at (Iraliam, Va., they de
cided to take him on to the county
Jail on (lie special, and were accom
panied by Officer Reynolds.
Sjieclal Reporter .1. A. Muir, of
Hie Dally Loader, also went to Taze
well with the prisoner, where lie
was safely landed nt 2:30 o'clock
tills evening.
Hlppey is about 20 years of age
and will be remembered by (lie peo
ple of this section ns the colored
man who frightened two young
daughters of Robert Carr while they
were out gathering hcriTen last sum
mer on the Drowning property. For
this offense he was hale! boiDre the
grand Jury and as the only evidence
that was brought before tli * grand
Jury tended to show that lie had only
run toward the girls, he was dis
missed on the grounds that sufficient
evidence had not been advanced to
show that he had Int nded rape.
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IS KILLED BY
MERCHANT
Johnson City, Tenn., Feb. 14.—4
A. H. Cline, a prominent lumber
man of Mristol, was shot and killed
last night at Elk Park by Luke Man
ner. a wealthy merchant of Elk
Park, N. C. The killing Is thought
to have been the result of n dif
ference over business matters be
tween Cline and the Manner family
last summer.
Bombay, Feb. 14.— While the na
tive quarter Is outwardly quiet to
day It is feared that rioting will be
renewed as soon as the soldiers now
guarding that quarter are with
drawn. I .as f fright's riot resulted In
five Mohammedans being killed and
forty wounded, but If Ik believed
that many dead natives were spirit
ed away.
THE TRANSVAAL
CHANGES ATTITUDE
Cape Town, Feb. 1 4.—The Trans
vaal government has derided to re
consider Its attitude towards Asi
atics, with a view of finding a less
objectionable registration system It
is understood that a judicial Inves
tigation of the subject will be In
stituted, landing which, All prosecu
tions, for violation of the present
law wil> be dropped.
Pedigo’s Clearance Hale will con
tinue nil week. Saturday Inst day.
l/«ce mi-lain* and other line* added.
2-14-2t
MISUNDERSTOOD
SIGNALS CAUSE
WRECK
Wilmington, Fob. M. or t ho fif
teen persons mentis of the |»hil
adelpliia OrciUBtn/, who were in
jured In a fatal wreck at Felton
station, north or here on the Haiti 1
more & Ohio, It in reported today
that all will recover. The wreck i«
believed to have b< on due to a mis
understanding of Blgnala. The en
gine of the pas-enger train, which
crashed info the rear of a freight,
turned over and Knglno r William*
son and Fireman Hlllott were kill
ed.
DROWNED IN
SUB-CELLAR
HKIMTY FIHH CHIFF CHAKIFS
kkiufk vyiiihf in i»im.
CHAIUJI Ol him IH’TY I VIJ,s
into six i i;fit or vvvti:i:
VNH I'FltlSIlFH.
Ww York. Feb. I fLosing his
life through devotion to hix fluty
as deputy fir - chief, Charles Kruger
was drowned today In six feet of wa
ter In a xub-cellar of f’lachoicr &
Company's blazing five-story mirror
factory. Six firemen were Injured
In tbe l»afk draught and thirty over
come. Kruger and his drlv r hail
descended Into the cellar to look
after gas connections, and It was
while feeling their way through the
darkness that the former fell
through a trap floor Into th • sub*
cellar anti was drowno I in water
that was being pourej Info the build
ing to extinguish the flames.
KV. MFN VTOHI VI. II VM/OT.
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 1 t. The
senatorial ballot yesterday resulted:
llerkham, f.ft; Bradley, :.X; Camp
bell, f,; Allen. f; Blackburn, 1.
Necessary to elect, f,.t.
CITY OFFICIALS
INDULGE IN
SOCIAL DRINKS
__ i
Rrlftto), Va., Feb. H. In „ star
chamber meeting this week the may
or and board of aldermen of Brls
tol. Tenn., after listening »o tie
Hliarp criticism of one or two city
officials who are said to have in
dulged pretty generously in noeln’
‘Irinka, the body derided to take up
at Ita next meeting a resolution of
fend by Alderman Joe I). Taylor,
providing for a fine of $10 against
any officer or official who may take
a drink of Intoxicating liquor whl' •
on duty, and providing for suapen
■ ion from office for a second nffrne
to be followed by expulsion In the
event of n third offense. It |r be
lieved that the reslutlon will l><
adopted at the next meeting of tie
boa rd.
GIRL IS PAROLED
HAI> HFFN Si:\Ti;\( |;l» To
MIVF.M FOI1 ItIMIVO ON TISAIN
I Jfl/AWFI l/MV.
Montgomery, Ala.. Feb. 1 l. -
"Billie” Bales, the girl who dux 1
ns a hoy. sent from Houston county
to the mines, after conviction of rid
ing on trains unlawfully, was today
paroled by (Governor Comer, alon t
with Joseph Mates. her brother!
Many person* in different part 0|
the state interested them^elv s in
her rase and urgivi the governor to
release her. The brother and slat i
were pramidnnr fgont Jacksonville,
Florida, to Terre Haute. Indiana.
I I It ST i If II TAI if\ \ of \ FA It.
Deland. Fla., Feb. I 1 What is
probably the first irii|K>rtant Chau
tauua assembly to be held In this
country in JPOs opens here thi-t
evening with a musical program, in
cluding a rendition of Hayden's
oratorio. "Th • Creation." The as
sembly will last until March I, and,
owing to the great number of win
ter tourists here, will undoubtedly
he highly successful.
DEAD FROM
STAB WOUNDS
•toys Vr SCHOOL OF ('OllIlKt1*
TIOX KWOK l\ |>K\DLY CONI
HAT—1’H.IIT OKTItltKIl l\
1*1. \YltOOM.
. . .
New York. Fob. 14. -Ono boy Ih
cJoiitl from atah wounds nnd throe
olhors seriously hurt ns n result of
n fight last Saturday evening, in
which twenty hoys participated. In
the correctional institution on Rsn
dnll a Island. The dead boy Is Moy
er O'Shansky, ir* years old. Raaf
t'dlti Sousa, th » same age. Ih under
guard at the liiBtitutIon, charged
"ith having indicted 4lie wound
which caused O'Shansky's death. All
the boys involved In the trouble
were inmates of the Institution.
The fight occurred when 240 hoys
w* re ut recreation In the playroom
or the big building, but It did nbt
become kDowns outside the Instltu
Hon until after O’Shansky's death.
I hero were several officers present
when the tight broke out at one end
of the playroom. Only about twen
ty boys were actually engaged In
tin* conflict, but tin* others crowded
: around them so closely that the of
luers had great difficulty In reach
i ln>' th • combatants. The four wound
ed boys. Including OBhnnsky. were
lying on the floor, ?inconscious. Two
knives were found nearby. The
other Injured boys were Hamuei
niuinontbal, it»; Julius Axelerod, ltl
nnd Samuel Kramer, 15. All wei •
suffering from stab wounds nnd a*
apparently were in a serious condi
lion. The condition of all the boy
seemed to have improved until yes
terday, when O'Hhansky became su I
denly worse, and dlefl yesterday nff
‘ rnoon. Young Sousa was plac'd
"itder guard as a result of informn
lion given by liiiinienthal4 Axelrod
ami Kramer. ||o nnd O'Shansky
wero fighting together against the
others, flie hoys said, and Honso
stabbed his friend by accident.
Til" knives v. Ilh which the boy>
were armed had been stolen from
‘he teach' i di •;kti in fhe school
room.
I.nffalo, F‘‘b. If. The* warohouac,
Kto(k mill ulorcrooma ortho Courier
Printing company wore destroyed by
iln> today. I.ohb quarter million.
SALQONIST TO PUSH
CAMP AIGNE OF EDUCATION
Fhlrngo, Feb. J I. Tim ‘Tain
palgn of K Juration” on the saloon
qiicHlion la 'a be pushed throughout
l he l nlte.1 .states hy ] 1 r|iior deVerr
and their allies. The object of tie
campaign ia to create a sentiment
against local option law* In dis
tricts, which are becoming ho nu
rncroiiR. It In opposed to “crank*."
"hypocrite* iirifl "fanatical prohi
bition element." The movement I?
not wholly in the Interest of the
manufacturer*; concern is al«o felt
,f,r fhe welfare of the "starving
■ >m<*n and children of employes,"
thrown out of work because of the
activity of the prohibitionist*.
i,\mh:mh tvu nf/.fjgn.tiji,
Halfirnore, m-i , Feb. I I Frc*
Hand* rr and Willie Fitzgerald wll
meet in a fifteen round bout b-for*
the Kur«ka Athletic club tonight
|l/an! ■ i rut |y defeated Hick •
dnnnoii in .1 six round bout at I’hll
a l«-lj»i. ,1. lint he will not find Fitz
gerald so easy.
1:1 |> < itoss \\ \\t VIFMHFHH.
New York, Feb. 14.— It lias been
determined ly the American Re!
CrovH society to enter Into a gen
eral campaign for an Increas d mem
bershlp. bo'h animal and life. Th'
executive ooard ha* appointel Rd
ward it Johnston to the position ol
,national registrar.
HOT GUILTY"
SAYS CAUTHORN
WIIKX UK WAS AltRAlGNRD IX
f'OlUT CHAItGKD WITH THK
Ml ItDFlt OF MltS. AI»A JOXFS.
180 MEN SUMMONED
ONLY TWO SELECOEO
Counsel for the Prisoner Was Ap
pointed hy Count—Attorney for
Defendant Will llase Ills (’hw on
Insanity Plea—Alienists to Te*.
Hfy.
Chrlstlausbur«, Vn., Feb. 14._.
Hie trial of Frank Cauthorn for the
murder of Mrs. Ada Jones, u former
Hweetheart, nt Cambria. Virginia, on
January 21 at, waa resumed here yea
• erday. Very little progreaa waa
made, the entire day being apent In
an attempt to secure a Jury, but the
feeling against the prlaoner la ho In
terna* that much difficulty la being
experienced In finding unprejudiced
men. when court had adjourned
only two Jurors had been empaneled
and the entire venire had been ex
liniiKted. Sheriff Martin wrm given
one hundred summonHeH for a new
venire for today. The men em
paneled, .VD-wars. Hlmmons and
Harvey, are both farmers. «
I’DKADH NOT OU1L/TY.
When Cauthorn whh arraigned,
tnuch to the surprlHc of all, he
pleaded “not guilty.” lie hna o»
«*rted all along that he la guilty ot
the murder and hug declared that he
wanted no counsel to defend him.
Counsel, whh, however, appointed by
Judge Moffet. The plea of Innuulty
will bo made, and two alienists. Dr.
W. F. Drewry. superintendent of the
Fast era hoApltnl for the InHann nt
Petersburg, and Dr. 0. W. Prlddy,
superintendent of the Western In
Ham* asylum at Marlon, are present
fo examine wltneHHeH and give ex
port testimony.
i nere was, despite the almost Im
' assible condition of the roads and
i continuous rain, one of the larg
Ht crowds at court ever seen here,
md long before the prisoner was
*rought In. the building was packed
o Its utmost capacity and nil ap
roncheg blocked. The case has cre
Intense interest throughout the
•ntlre county.
(’ailthorn himself was apparently
the leasl Interested man In the court
room, and .is he sat In the prisoner’s
box, did not present af very prepos*
essing nppeatance. He Is of low
stature, a bo it five feet seven Inches,
in I weighs one hundred and forty
•minds, has sandy hair, light com
dexlon and blue eyes—the latter
having somewhat the slant of an
Asiatic’s which gives him a pe
culiarly sullen expression. The pris
oner states that under the same
conditions iie wonhl repeat his
crime, and, despite the fact that his
counsel will plead Insanity, de
clares that he Is now and was at the
time of the deed, In sound mental
condition.
MAKE STRANGE REQI'EHT.
In cnao of Ills conviction and hang
ing. Cauthorn has requ'-sted that hia
body be burled beside that of the
woman he killed, or, should this not
be allowed, that Ills body be sold to
some medical college and the pro
ceeds iik (I to erect a monument over
'he grave of IiIh vletlm. lie further
dates that had he known how much
lelay there was to be In getting trla.
he would have killed two more peo
ple.
There Is a difference of opinion as
'o the prisoner's action. Fly some
he is regarded as being of unsound
nental con lltlon, wITIIe others, es
iieclally those who have known him,
attribute his expressions to a spirit
if bravado, and consider his utter
ance* of disregard to his fate as in
sincere.
The man is said to be of low ex
traction, and has not enjoyed an en
viable reputation. Ills crime had
been contemplated for a year. It
acquitted. It is feared a bad effect
v111 result among the lower etassea
!n this vicinity. The majority of the
*’opb- here desire to see a speedy
execution of the law, and are out
spoken as to their conviction of his
guilt. Tension is high, and a fall-1
are to secure conviction may ro.-iult
in violence.
When court adjourned for the day
Cant horn was taken to the murder
‘rs’ cell under a strong guArd.
F’ianns tuned and repaired. Prof.
T II R Christle. \'o. 222 Fllii field
avenue.