Bluefield evening leader. [volume], April 06, 1908, Image 1

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VOL, 2. NO 303_ HU KKIHI.l). WKST VIRGINIA MONPAV Al- TKRNOON, AI'RII igoS_ PRICK TWO CUN IS
Democratic Crotn*
Government Club
A meeting of the Democratic Good Govern
ment Club i« scheduled for tonight at 8 o'clock
in the Bailey building. A full attendance in re
quested.
“BOY MAYOR" TO
MAKE CAMPAIGN
HAH PLACED ORDER FOR A DU
PLICATE OF THK LARGEST IN
THK WORLD AND WILL CHRIS
TEN IT “WISCONSIN.”
Chicago, April ♦>.—•Milwaukee's
“Boy Mayor,” Becker, will make his
campaign for the governorship in a
balloon. He has placed an order for
a duplicate of the largest baloon In
the world and will christen It “Wis
consin." The plan is to use the great
gas bag for quick transportation
from town to town in northern Wis
consin where the roads are muddy
and hard to travel in the late spring
and early summer.
FOUR PEOPLE
MEET DEATH
BY THK COLLAPSE OF TWO OLD
TENEMENT TTOUSKK—M ANY
OTHERS BKLIKYKD TO ||K UN
DER DEBRIS.
1-ondon, April 6.—The collapsing
of two old tenement houses In Cas
tle street here today caused the
death of four people and the injury
of scores of others. While four
dead bodies have, been taken from
the ruins it Is believed that many
more are hidden beneath the. debris.
TORPEDO FLOTILLA I
AHEAD TO TIME
"
BATTLK8HIP PI.KKT IS PETTING
ON NEW COAT <7F PAINT PHE'
PAIJITORV TO SAILING.
San Francisco, Cal., April 6.—A
wireless message from Magdalena
bay conveys the information today
that the torpedo flotilla has arrived
at’that place. According to this dis
patch the fleet arrived much sooner
than It had been expected. The
message further states that the bat
tleships are putting on fresh coats
of paint preparatory to sailing up
the coast,
“Cinderella in Flowcriand" will
be given by the school children to
morrow evening at the Elks* 0|M>ra
House.
RKLMONT CAFE.
Dally.
Full Course Dinners,
12 to 3 p. m.
50c J, F. Thompson. Mgr.
TEDDY’S DAUGHTER
DDES ASTDHT
KTHKI. ClilMHM ACROSS KX
G INK'S TKNItKIt AXI> HUNK
IiOOOMOTIVK FOB AX HOCK—
BIG MCKiCIi OHICVKH HKR
CONMANIM.
Atlanta. Oa., April fi.—Miss Ethel
Roosevelt, daughter of the presi
dent, stood at the throttle of the
Atlanta and West Point train when
It steamed Into Atlanta at noon Sat
urday. She had been its engineer
all the way from Xewnati and had
brought It Into the terminal depot
here Just six minutes ahead of
schedule.
'"I'm so sorry it’s ail over with,’’
she said to Engineer J. T. StiTl when
the train sloped down and came to
a standstill under the shed. "This
has been the Jolllest hour of my
whole life. I guess I'm the only
president’s daughter who ever ran
an engine.”
It was Just before the train
pulled out from Newnan that Engi
neer Still heard the. girl’s voice be
hind him calling:
“Mayn’t I come across and watch
you, Mr. Engineer?”
Turning Mr. Still saw the daugh
ter of the president of the United
States on the tender. Some man
waiting ne*r her explained to the
engineer that Miss Ethel had been
teasing her mother for a ride on the
engine. She had slipped away from
the parlor car, it seems, before Mrs.
Roosevelt /could -reallzo wljat was
happening, and there she stood.
Englner Still reached forth his
big hand and lifted her to the seat
before him.
”1 suppose you’d like to run the
mogul?” he asked.
“Oh, if you would be good enough
to let me," answered Miss Ethel.
A minute later her palm had closed
over the throltle. lever.
“Now pull open the throttle,”
said the engineer.
Miss Ethel pulled with all her
might and off rolled the train, while
she laughed delightedly at what she
had done.
“Cinderella in Flowertnnd’' will
Ih> given l»y the school children to
morrow evening at Hie Flics’ Opera
House.
You are Invited to I'edlgo's Spring
Opening Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
HUES WYTHKVIMiK EDITOR.
Bristol, Tenn.. April 6.—J. J.
Nlcodemus, district agent here for a
life insurance company, today
brought suit against James A. Whit
man, editor of the Wythevllle Kn
terprise, for $.r»,000 for damages for
an alleged libelous publication, in
which it was charged that Nicode
mus left Wythevllle with an unpaid
board bill and solicited insurance
only a part of which had conformed
to contract. The case will be tried
In Wythevllle,
E. S. PEDIGO
REQUESTS THE HONOR OF
YOUR PRESENCE AT HIS
SPRING OPENING
OF
MILLINERY, DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
APRIL 7th, 8TH AND 9th
BLUEFIELD, W. VA.
TWO BODIES
TAKEN FROM
THEBLOESTONE
REMAINS OK (11Altl.KS \OTNO
AND AKTHl’H .CASSELL ARK
RRCOYKItKD TWO MILKS UK
LOW SCENE OK ACCIDENT—
SEARCH KOR THE OTHER VIC
TIM STILL (X)NTIM KH.
Tho bodies of Charles Young and
Arthur Cassell have at last been re
covered from the waters of the
Bluest one river, but the remains of
W B. Sandora have not been lo
cated.
Charles Young, the youugvst of
the three men who were drowned at
Rock last Wednesday evening, was
found Saturday morning about 11
o’clock at Tunnel Mill, two miles
below the scene of the tragedy, and
Arthur Cnas'dl's body was found
near the same place.
Kvery day since the fatal event
parties have searched for tho miss
ing bodies, but until Saturday their
efforts were fruitless. Thursday the
river was dragged for over n mile
below Rock, and Friday the stream
was dynamited in the hope of being
able to float the bodies, Saturday
a party of men secured n boat and
renewed tho search. At Tunnel Mill
they unexpectedly discovered a hu
man hand protruding from the mud
and a few moments afterward un
earthed a body which they identified
as that of Charles Young. The body
I with the exception of the protrud
ing hand was completely covered by
tho earth and debris that had been
swept down the river.
A long distance telephone mes
sage from Itock today says that the
| body of W. 11. Sanders has not been
| found and It Is feared It Is at the
| bottom of the river.
LONE WOMAN
GOES ON STRIKE
WKSTKItV UNION DIMI’KNKKM
WITH MKttMMNGKIt BOY’ A N11
Olltl, QI'ITH JOB.
N<*.w York, April 0. — Miss .Mary
Curley, a lone telegraph operator of
the Western Union Company, sta
j Honed at Stapleton depot on the
Staten Island Hapficl Transit railj
road, went on strike today when the
I company dispensed with the services
of her messenger boy.
MORGAN TOASTS
| ROYAL FAMILY
NEW YOltK ( AI'ITAMST OIYKM
MUSH Alt HK< KI'TION IN HON*
Oil OF Hl'KK OF OltUKANS.
Home, April 8. .1. Plerpont Mor
gan gave a musical reception last
evening In honor of the duke of Or
leans. Several Homan aristocrats
were guests at the Morgan function.
At supper Mr. Morgan toasted the
king and ciueeii of Italy and the
j royal family.
WANT MORE PAT
AND LESS WORK
■■■ ■ I S
Chicago, y\prl! f» Member* of
the local union of telegrapher* at
a meeting here adopted rejioltifIon*
recommending that a strike be de
0Jared again*! the Western I'nion
Telegraph Co. on June 1 and on
the Postal Telegraph Company an I
the Associated press on July 1 ,.rt
leas there Is a 10 |H»r cent Increa* •
In wage* from those paid on Murtn
1 last year and an eight-hour day
for day work and seven hours for
night work.
MINISTER JOINS ELKS, UNO
PKRISRIONERS ASK RESIGNATION
roughkoepBlft, N. Y., April <?. —
The Pine Plains Hapflata have just
requested the resignation of heir
pastor, Rat, Mervin Jamba, !>•
he Joined the (Poughkeepsie loje-e of
Elks, although warned before by I I*
parlahioners to keep out of th# or
dff,
BANNERMAN
'TENDERS HIS
CJIIKAT IIHITA1X IS WTI’HOIT
KITHKH 1‘UKMIKH OH MINIS*
TH'i—HKSKiNATION Ol I’ltlMK
HINISTKH IS OFKH'IAI.I.Y AN-,
NOINCKIK
London, April C».—dreat Britain j
ts In u peculiar position, being with- :
out cither a premier or ministry.
The long-expected reslgnaton of Sir
Henry Campbell liannermaa. prime
minister, has Juat b*H»n ofTclally an
nounced. According to a court cir
cular he resigned on the urgent reo
1 onimendatloti t»f his medical advis
ers. As the constitution of the «oun
try provides for no automatic suc
cessor it rests with the king to ap
point a nt'ud of the ministry. But
unless a premier is chosen who can
select a ministry suitable to parlia
ment tho question will be submitted
to the people and nnother ministry
chosen who will reflect the senti
ment of the country.
TEAMSTERS
VOTE TO STRIKE!
I
Chicago, April Serious dis
comfort for thousands of Chicago
families is oecaxloned by the rise In
the cost of table necessities. Heav>
loss.* to grocers and fruit dealer:
are expected to result from th<
strike vote of yesterday by the
South Water street commission
drivers* union. The teamsters d<
< tded to quit work unless the cm
ployers would agree to give them an
Increase of $1.G0 a week.
Tiie mission services at the Cath- !
olic Church opened yesterday at tiie
10 o'clock id it as with a large attend- '
ance. in the evening at 7:30 the
church was again crowded with an
attentive audience to liBten to a dis-j
course on “The. Importance of Sal- '
vatlon.” The missionary father pic
tured to his hearers in glowing lan- 1
guage that the salvation of our im
mortal souls Is the most Important.!
nay, the only Important thing in
lire, and that we have hut one soul
and one chance to save it. At the
end of tiie lecture benediction was
given with the blessed sacrament, 1
which Is. as Catholics believe, the
pal body and blood of onr Savior.
A most edifying sight was wit
nessed this morning when In tiie
we0 small hours people got up and
were present at mass at 5:80 In
large number*. After this mass and
♦ he mass at 7:30 very practical In
structions were given. This will he
the Order of services for the com
ing week, mass at r,;30 and 7:30
eai-h morning. The evening services j
will begin af 7:4'.. The lecture thl*
••v nlng will he on. “Is One Religion
is Cood as Another?’’ All persons1
i of whatever denomination are cor- j
dtally Invited.
FROST AND FREEZE
Bristol, Tenn , April 0.——Farmers j
report serious damage to peaches
| and other early fruit and vegetables I
jin southwest Virginia and Fast T"n '
j tiesp.ee as thr* result of a heavy fros’ i
and fr*o-z». thin morning, ice formed !
over standing water In the higher
i attitude of southwest Virginia, par-'
I tlcularly In the cabbage belt, where!
i there has ben much Ice for two!
1 morning:’.
You feel the life-giving current. |
A gentle warmth fills the nerves and
blood. it’s a pleasure to take Hoi- j
lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 I
cents. Tea or Tablets. The White)
Pharmacy,
Heo t b< Merry Widow* at Pedigo's
Spring Opening Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday.
No. 3
hox. un is iiK'VXi-rrr, <a\imi>atic fou tiip. ORMiM iiAtic nom
ination hut (iOVI ItNOR A\M WIIO IS ItlMF.IYINU Mi l'll
St l*roUT FKOM IIKMOiJ lt.\1X AM, 0\ lit MTATK.
POLICE MADE ME STEAL
SAYS 19-YEAR-OLD BOY
Philadelphia. Pa., April 0. An
amazing story «r alleged dishonesty
in tlu‘. pollee department of (his rliy
wns told today by Henry Hothenh *i
ger, aged 19 years, who was arrest
ed charged with larceny. The youth
who says his home Is In Reading,
1*8.. made a confession to the super-!
intend* nt of police in which he says 1
ho wus aided and abetted in a num*
hor of robberies in the wholesale
district of Hie city by four po'lco
men. Those police, John Kelly.
M. Luckcnblll, Albert R. Slthenj and i
lohn W. Straub, were arested and
probably will be given a hearing to
morrow.
< opm 4'auglit With Good*.
Kelly was arrested In uniform
COUNTY COURT
HEARS APPLICATION
FOR SALOON LICENSE
The county court held Its regular
session today for the purpose of
hearing applications for licenses.
Ucpior license* were granted to all
the applicants whose application
have been published in Tho Dally
leader except to J. It. Hcamer, who
was not present, and to .1. H. Maker
and I. L. Cohen, whose applications '
were filed before they received a
permit ’from the city council and
consequently were not matured.
Their applications will go over until
another term.
K< an rant licenses were granted
to the new restaurant on Princeton
avenue, uh well as to the others who,
made application.
The criminal court also met this
morning and instruct ions were given
to the *rand Jury. The misdemeanor
docket was a very large one owing
to tlw fact t!mt this class of cases
has been set aside from time to
time In order to try the felony cases.
If Is the purpose of the judge to
dispose of the misdemeanor docket
nt this t'-rin and court Is likely to he
In session for several weeks.
EVELYN ASKS
FOR REFEREE
New Y rk, April fi * Vfrs Kvelyn
N'osblt T1 iw, through her counsel,
Daniel o'lf llly, made application to
fust lee Kendrick Jn the supreme
court today for the appointment of
a referee *r> take testimony In the
action which she has brought
against h< r husband. Harry K.
Thaw, for in annulment of their
marriage,
ALABAMA COMPANY
BUYS BIG RANCH
Mexico ( '/, Mex., April ft. W
H. Britton, of Birmingham. Ala., at 1
his associates have purchased Ho*
Rodriguez, a ranch of 4 71.000 sere?
situated In fho State of F)itr.ingo.
Included In th*« deal are 2&.000 hf-ad
of goats and f#,000 head of cattle.
The consideration Is given at
ll.200.0U0.
while pul rolling his bent, and the
Others were tnkeu Into custody ai
their bona* The dwellings of two
of tho accused policemen w »*•«
searched by detectives and It Is ns
sorted good* alleged to have been
stolen were recovered. In the eon
fHKlon Hothenbergcr says he was the
tool of the policemen, who made It
easy for him to commit robberies.
Hothenbergcr declares that th*» rob
beries began about the llrst oT De
cember and continued almost nlght
ly until Christmas.
It was announced late# tonight
that two of the accused polleonier
had made a confession of their com
plicity in the robberies. While ad
mitting their guilt they did not In
criminate the other policemen.
IIHKOM'TIONM AIHlPTKI) IIV
III,I Idll.lli IHV. }|2I, O. II. r.
Whorens, On the first flay or April,
l Dos, it pleated the (jreat Spirit to
fake from this Ilf** (lie wife of our
beloved brother, |«J. T, Spe.nrer,
therefore he If
Resolved, That we recognize that
Brother Spencer has lost a loyal and
affectlonate companion, whose lire
wuh a benediction to all who knew
hep and full of good works; that the
children have lost a loving and af
fectionate mother; that the ehnreh
has lost nn handmaiden of whom It
can be truly an If), "She hath done
what sho could."
Resolved, second, That the sym
pathy of the entire memhcrshlp of
Blue field division No .*12 I be extend
ed to Brother Spencer and family
In this time of sore bereavement and
sorrow*, and that the (Jreat Spirit
will so guide them that they may
he again united In heaven, which was
ENGINEER IS II
TYPHOID VICTIM
1>KATI! OK \v. <\ MAtNHKIlM OC«
Cl’HUKO SATKKTVAY FYKNING
AFTER AX II.IAKHS OK FOl’R
WKKKH.
W. C. Handers died Saturday
I night* nt 7:40 o’clock at his home
on blueileld avenue, after an Illness
of four weeks, lie had been suitor
llnjT with typhoid fever and recently
\ complication of d I season "”*JeT In
which he was unable to survive.
Mr. Sunders was SX years old and
was born In Lou v<\n worth; Has.,
where he spent his early life. When
a young man he entered the rail
road service and previous to Ills Ill
ness was nil engineer on the Rad
ford division or tho Norfolk & West
ern. Ilo had been running In and
out of llluoileld for six years and
ha 1 ho.«n a resident of this city for
three years. He wns a member of
Roanoke lodge No. .101, brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineer*, and Also
iKdonged to “The Elks lodge of this
nlt.v. lie WHS a member of Grace
Ohnrcli.
Mr. SnndorH was twice married,
tlrn to n Miss Campbell, of Abing
don, Va., by whom he had one son,
Frederick, who, with his second
wl e. survives him. Six years ago at
Lurtch he was marled to Miss Kf
fle Long, of bolsprlng, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T>. Long, now of
t111?- city.
The funeral service was held at
Grace Methodist Church this after
noon at 2 o’clock, conducted by Rev.
Thomas Prlddy, assisted by Rev. I).
F Hawk. The funeral was attended
hy tin* Elks in u body. Interment
whs m:i le. In Maple Park cemetery.
The friends and relative of the
deceased desire to express their
ihanks to the neighbors and friends
for their klndneSH during his sick
ness and death.
i * i* ‘pa i'**d lor the fit It ti f ii I.
Resolved, further, that a copy of
these resolutions be spread’ ou the
minutes of division iN®. 324, a ropy
I l’° Riven to Brother Spencer and a
| copy he Hen I to each of our dally
l papers with request for publication.
Press on there’s no such word an
fall;
Press nobly on! the goal Ih near,
Ascend the mountain, breast the
Knlp,
Look upward, onward—never
f< at.
Why shonld’at thou faint? Heaven
smiles shove,
Though storm and vapor Inter
vene ;
l hat >.un shines on whose name Is
love,
Serenely o’er life’s shadowed
scene.
C. K. 1/)WI)RR,
8. R. CROY,
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