Bluefield evening leader. [volume], May 27, 1908, Image 1

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VOL. 3. NO 33.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY
STARTLES ROANOKE
Yol N<; i: \IMtOVD MAN IN
STANTI.Y KILLKI> BY Yoi’Nd
WOMAN. WHO TIIKN HKJNKS
► ('AltllOKH* A*’ll) AMI IHKS BY
I Ills SI IlK.
A startling double tragedy ocour
,/»t Roanoke yesterday morning
I a bouse of 111 repute kept by a
kpiah on Knue»t avenue. Sadie
■ lor. a very handsome ypung wo
i and an Inmatn of the house,
t William M. Simpson, a Nor
I Weateru' fireman, about 21
fs old and a eon of John H.
kboii, a well konwn anil h.l<hlr
Kuvl engineer, killing him in
H' and then ende I lu r own life
pklng carbolic aci.l. Tin* the
Ltlic tragedy is that tin* young
Ld threaten 1 to break with
|ng woman, who had fallen
ply in love with hint, and
h.iTT give hint up she deter
I kill tin in Ixtth.
■ re than one occasion she
(rd to declare that she in
tilling both herself and him.
|x years ago she attempted
bit suicide in the reservoir
[Lynchburg, and was at that
Iced under nrrest by the
rg police on the complaint
Barents.
Inmates of tin* house In :
ne iron Die occurred declare
adle Itutler's mind was |mt
cloar. Thorn Is not a doubt
ah** had dwelt upon the plan of
In# hereolf and Sifhpson for
line 1Irtio past. Not long ago she
ircliased a pistol, and she avowed
w that her purpose in do Inc; so was to
put an end to Simpson's life and her
own. They did not . however, for a
single moment dream that she
really meant what the said.
On Monday, while sit thin In the
front yard of' the Ernest avenue
place, she was working at a beauti
ful piece of embroidery, and the
keeper of the house made some re
mark to her about It. Sadie replied
that If she went away, the woman
could have. If. She probably then
had reference to her intention to
end her existence.
When she purchased the. carbolic
:•< id is not known. She must have
kept it for the awful purjiosp for
which she finally used It.
Her Mother's Letter.
Some, weeks ago Sadie Butler re
ceived a letter from her mother,
begging her In pitiful terms to give
IIP the life which she was leading.
After reading the letter Sadie de
clared that she would far rather die
Hi.in ever return to her old home.
About seven months ago a man
shot and killed a woman on Park
street, and about ten months ago a
similar tragedy occurred on Fourth
avenue, n. w. Thus three eases,
each .very similar to the other, have
taken place In Roanoke within
twelve months. *
FLOWER PLANTS.-—Geraniums,
Coleus. Scarlet Sage, Cannas., Ver
benas, Elephant Kars. Tu1*e Hoses,
etc. Reasonable prices. By ex
press. FALLON. Florist. 'Roanoke.
Va.
IIKIATONT CAFE.
F tally.
Full Course Dinners,
12 to 3 p. m.
rtOe.
It. II. MASTIN’, Proprietor.
A. O. SIMS, Manager
WIST YIKOIMA IIOMK \Vltt;<K
KU .\\l) WOMAN lilCOWM'O.
—
CumU-rlrxn I. Ml, May L‘T. \
cloudInir t overwhelmed Mm. Hey*
j Itedstock. aged twenty-nine., at Pill
Run on the Western Maryland rail
road. near Dublin, W. Va.. while
she wan fti her yard feeding the
chickens and she was carried down
the river by a wall of water eight
feet high and drowned. The house
was torn Trom its foundation and
a section of it wrecked. One daugh
ter was painfully hurt hy falling
timbers, but Mr. Itedstock and an
other daughter*- who were in the
house, escaped injury.
UNION LEAGUE HAS
NOT DISBANDED
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IIAI/TIMOItK HAM, TRAM WILL
1*1.AY AM StllKIUl.K.I).
I Philadelphia, Pa , May 27. — Ac
cording to Pr« sldcnt Al Lawson, of
«lo* Union Baseball League, lift tie
husi neats of ini|»ortance was trans
acted at an all night meeting of tin*
organization. Jt Ih nald tlint the ru
mors of dlshan Intent of the Haiti*
more cltib Is not true and added
that tIh*. Baltimore foam will play
as ache.luled from now on.
i:i:\it .tmiiiui. rcowMN
Slllf'.l II HIM II.
Philadelphia. Pa., May 27.- Hear
Admiral Crow-ninahleld died at the
Kplscopnl Hospital early this morn
ing.
HltOKK .1X11, XT XV.XVXK.
John Brown, who along with the
Tabor hoys was oonvleted of break
ing into and stealing whiskey from
the •Norfolk & Western ears at Ken
ova. broke Jail at Wayne Monday
night and Is now at large. Brown's
home Is at IXIuefleld and the police
here are on the lookout for him.
FOR II NIILi™ COMPANY
IIOPF.D TII.XT FINAL NTI.PS IN
OC(«A XIZATIOX MAX Hi: PI.C
FKCTKII TONICJIIT.
j Tonight It i» hoped that the or
ganization of a company of state
militia will he perfected. At the
l meeting 1n the Bailey building last
Friday night a committee composed
of I)r. F. W. Smith, J. P. Martin and
H. L. Taylor was appointed to select
a captain to pres nit to the meeting
tonight for approval. This com
I mlttee has been hard at work and
i although a c aptain 1 as as yet not j
l «v n derided upon they have* the
names of sev'c.rhl gentlemen any
one of whom is well ciuallfled to fill
“II’ vor HKF IT AT I'KWCiO'S IT’S WORTH THK K.”
KEEP A COOL HEAD
You need it these days, just jfo to Pedigo's
—he’ll help you.
Men s Split Straw and Braid Hats in the swe)’
est shapes 50c to $5.00.
►
Men's Panama
Hats in all the
correct styles
$7 to $9
A full line of
Hoy’s Caps and
Hats,
Tho most complete stork of Haberdashery in
the city.
E. S. PEDIGO
32ft AND 327 PRINCETON AVE.
WffcST VIRGINIA
MAIf, ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
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th*» position. The company In only
to recommend a captain to the gov-,
ernor whose iwwer K la to make the
appoint meat.
It la the hope of the promoters of
the movement for an organised mi
litia after the lilucfield company
has been organized other towns In
the coalfields such as Brant well, j
Northfork. Keystone ami Welch will
alao form companies to form as It
were a coalfield battalion. For two
hundred miles along the line of the
Norfolk and Western there Is at
present no military protection what
ever and It Is hoped that the error
I can be eorrecled.
All young men who contemplate
Joining fhis company and all others
who are interested In such an or
ganization are requested to attend
the meeting In the Bailey building
tonight.
THIRD TERM
WKNT \ lltOlNIA ItKIUlWdfANH
ItK A l>Y TO HOLT IVSTIIIT.
TIONS ANl> NOMINATE THK
lltl.SIIMiST roll A NOTH Kit
TKItM.
> • i
Tin* Idea of nominating Roosc
vHt for a third form In gaining
"round and such a result at the Chi
cago con volition ia not imiKisstblc.
Rcpuhllmn scntlmcift for Taft Is
only a reflection of the president's
populailty and the knowledge ttint
the president desires Taft an his
successor. General Curtin was the
tlrst West Virginian to declare his
readiness to holt instructions and
he has been followed by Republicans
no less prominent than Col. Teter
and Col, Carpenter. Charles Brooks
Smith, who will be. assistant •ecre
tsry of the National convention,
quotes (}• n. Curtin us saying:
“We were selected not because
wo wen* Taft men, but because we
were Roosevelt nion and would fa
vor the candidate of his choice.
There was no genuine, heartfelt,
deep-rooted sentiment in ttu* con
vention for Taft or any other can
didate. The so-called Taft sentiment
was as artificial as It Is possible
for sentiment to Ik* made. It was
a Taft sentiment only In so far as
it reflected the known desires and
pie of the country want Roosevelt
was a negative, no! a positive, sen
timent for Taft. The positive sen
timent is a Roosevelt sentiment. I
know this and my cfflleagues know
the truth of It, and so do the Re
publicans- of West Virginia.”
Hon. Charles F. Teter, wflo Is one
of the West Virginia's “Rig Four.”
all of whom are instructed to vote
for Secretary Taft, has announced
that he has concluded that the. poo
las* and all the time. If the West
and no one else, and having reached
such a conclusion he announces that
he will east his vote for Roosevelt.”
Col. John W, Carpenter, of Har
rison, a delegate from the First dis
trict. says;
“General Curtin Jins Bounded the
secret thought of every delegate to
the national convention from We.st
Virginia when he let It be known
that West Virginia Republicans are
for Roosevelt for president, flrht,
vanla In giving him an unanimous
Virginia delegation as organised at
Chicago gives your humble Borvant
a voice In the delegation, I want to
say right now that Roosevelt will
have my vote, for the nomination ns
surely a« I east If. There Is no use
I trying to get away from the fact
I that the president is the choice of
I nine-tenths of the Republicans of
the, state for another term, and half
' the democrats will join In the senti
ment.
“When I recently made a trip
through Texas and the southwest, I
found precisely the same sentiment
among the people, Irrespective of
partisanship. Texas Republicans
tell me that If Roosevelt Is the
( nominee, the Lone Star state will
Join West Virginia and I’ennsyl
1 vanla In glvlg him an unanimous
! electoral vote.
“Another thing —give the Repub
■ llcan ticket Theodore Roosevelt at
i Its head, and every man on the tick- |
et In West Virginia, from governor j
down to Justice of the |»ence, will
he. elected by such a rousing ma
| Jorl*^ that the Democrats will not
he able to ascertain lie fore Christ- :
mas whether they were In the run
ning or not. Whether the state
ticket In West Virginia Is safe un-|
der%\inv other arrangement, fls a
matter that veteran leaders are
quite dubious about."
Engagement Announced.
Mrs. T, Kaufman, of North fork,
announce* the engagement of her
fl‘ter. Miss Ella Catzen, to Mr. Sam
Honenn nherg, of Keystone.
MANY ItKOWNKIt AN»» tiltKAT
DAMAdK IM»NK TO l,»{OI,i:itTY
Colbert. Okla., May *J7 Four
persons on an Island in the
Red river were reported drowned
late yesterday evening when a flood
of waters covered the ptnce where
tltey had taken refuge. The report
lacks verification. Three children
of J. H. Roberta, ferryman, were
carried to - death when the river
swept away a tree In which they
had taken refuge south of I^awAon
Will and Newton Stidham were
drowned near Henrietta while at
tempting to leave home In a skiff.
'Ilt ltt'lt st IM‘i:it AT KIlKNKZKIt
The ladhw of Rbenezor church,
near St. Clair, will give a church
supper Saturday. May fit), t p. m.
There will be plenty of good things
to eat, and every lady la cordially
Invited.
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CLUB DISBANDS
—
WlliMI \t«TOX ri.l'll ll \|) \OT
I*AII* SIWK HKAHON orKN'KI)
Wilmington. l»o|„ May 27.—Yes
terday nawr the disbanding of the
Wilmington Cnlon l<*\agnc tiaBobad
flub and tho players. with the ox
ceptkui of In holder Carls, v ho
slgnoil with Trenton, loft for tholr
homos. This action was duo to
financial trouble*. The club has not
boon i>aUI alnoo the season opened.
Dr. Wheeler, who Ih in charge of the. \Vw York Pasteur Institute,
and liia assistant lias boon kept busy during the past few days Inocu
lating people who have been bitten by don- This is a result of the
hydrophobia scare, now in New York. Picture at the top shows Wheeler
inoculating a victim. Below* is *a picture of the Pasteur Institute,
ARE STOLEN
KHJHT VAl.lAltLK IIINTFItH
TAKKX FROfl I'AS'y’RF
PIKI/IW.
Now York, May 27.— Paul J,
Rainey, the millionaire member of
the Meadow Mrook Hunt Club, no
tified Sheriff Co- ter, at ,Mlneo».i,
l/ontc Inland, today that eight of lrs
best cross country hunters, worth a*
leant $1(1,000, had been ntolen while
out to pasture on the estate at
Went bury.
THIRTY THREE
FOR CARRIE
FAMOFH « Rl SAHFR TAKHW l\
TOW IIV riTTHBI'lUi htl.lt K
Plttsbifrg. Pa., May 27 -Carrie
| Nation bas been arrented again. j
Thin In the thirty-third time in her
career that she I* en in the hands1
j of the i>ollce. Carrie Nation’s latest |
wan allowed disorderly conduct In
, that she |n charged with giving four
men a tongue lashing In puddle fof
i something that dlnpbaned the cru-I
j sader.
She wan rclcaned upon payment j
of $:10 forfeit for her apftenrnnce In ^
court. After being released-she de-!
1 clared that she would never pay an
other fine, but would serve out
Whatever penalty could »h> Imposed
| In jail In preference.
_
voi \<j < him: kiiom
m;\v voiik to (Iihauo in a
IIOA ( Alt.
Ohlcnjjo, 111., May 27. Tin* most
remarkable honeymoon Journey that
ever lo I to Chicago was revealed
Imre today In the arrest of a young
man and a woman In male disguise
found half starved In n t*ox car
near Oriind Crossing. Prisoners
claim lo he Mr. and Mrs. Max .1.
Header of New1 York. 'I'li«»y way
they were married there on May IX,
entered ear there Monday and have
I been riding In it over alnre.
SENTENCES ME
COMMUTED BY
TOE GOVERNOR
Charleston, May 27.- Oovernor
Jlaw on has commuted the sentence
of a murdered In ltando||ih county
convlcti I of neoond degree murder
an I an Ohio county forger, who en
deavored to pass a cheek while
drunk The cane from Ohio coun
ty Is very unusual, owing to the
prominence of the convict, whose
life haw been blighted. Alfred Trip
pie |h a graduate of Columbia t'nl
veralty, in the city of New York,
having taken a course of civil en
gineering and procured a degree at
doctor of philosophy About two
years ago, while intoxicated, he
I
forged the name of a Wheeling clt
lw*n to a check ami wm ao drunk
that he took H to the men whose
name he had forged to have It
cashed. ^
The Wheeling cltlaen refused to
cash the check aud told Tripped it
was a forgery. The next day. how
ever. Trlpple took the cheek to a
hank and tried to haw It cashed. He
wan arrested and charged with for
gery, and upon conviction wna sen
tenced to two years In the penlten
tlary. Ilia tertu would expire next
September, but he was released upon
certain conditions.
'Coleman Alktre was convicted of
murder in the second degree in the
courts of Randolph couuty. Two
year* ago he had a quarrel In the
saloon of a man "warned iPbare* at
Glady. A light followed the quar
rel. Alktre was a young fellow,
whle hi* opponent waa a mush heav
ier and more powerful man. I'ahrea
had Alklre backed up agalnat a alot
machine and waa heating him un
mercifully, when Alklre fired and
killed hint. Alklre himself wn*
knocked unoonHClou* and remained
In that condition for three hour*
after he had killed IMtare*. He was
tried and convicted of second d*‘
gree murder and wa* sentenced to
ten years In the penitentiary. Ill*
sentence waa commuted to six year*
by the governor.
COMPROMISE
Charleston. May 27 A H|M*dal In
the Mall from 1‘wrkeiHhurg says:
At a conference of the Swisher
and Scherr forces here laat night a
compromise wait effected by whlob
each candidate will get half of the
Wood county delegation. The com
promise was made In Urn Interest of
local harmony, and each candidate
'or governor will get 16 1-2 dele
rates from the county. This put>
in end to the warm contra* briny
waged and the rival candidates will
'ake up the fight In other count lea
HOCTHKKN H4»A1» TO
H«*KNI» MONKT.
Lynchburg, Va., Muy 27. -It Im
sald here oci Rood authority that the
Souther nrullway Ih arranging to re
aiiine work on Ita Improvement In
and near Lynchburg in the near Tu
tore. The company la operating
thirteen miles of new double track,
and a few months’ work will con
nect new work, which will make
forty mllea of contlnnoua double
track between here and Calveston
Notice IT. C. V.
All Confederate Veterans who are
going to attend the reunion at
Birmingham. Ala., June 9 11 are re
quested to notify W It. Stuart. No.
S Ollea street, Minefield, W Va , at
once, so that tickets can be ordered.
Round trip tickets, $ 1 1.35. Wood
until June 20th.
By order of,
H. 11. BA I LEY,
Colonel commanding.
Try a Leader want ad.
1*11< M 't-'l-MH \ <<S I'oit UIVOIU'K
► IIAItltY THAW, KOW |\
AHVIA'H, AUK SI’OITKU—THK
Ull'KM OniNNKL IHHITRH A
HTATKMKNT—OltKILLY |>K,
C'l.AHNN MIIS. THAW HAM
^ ItKKN AN I’NWIM.INU l*AHTV
TO ('Ash kiiom fihmt.
N»‘w \ork, May i*7. Kvelyn Nea
• *ll I’linw, 1 lir<mir.It her counsel, yes
i«rdny withdrew the milt whlcfi she
Instituted some tlnm ftK<> for the an
niiltimnt o/ her mart-la Re to Harry
K. Thaw. The motion Tor wlthdrnw
ill ««« sanctioned hy Referee Heyo,
wh«> had been appointed by the
ixMirl to take testimony In the .pro
ceed I or anil the cn^o was declared
llncontlimed without costs to either
Party to tia> null Immediately fol
lowing the dlHinlHHiil of the action,
Daniel ORrllly, personal couiimcI
or Mrs. Thaw, iHNiied a Hlaiement
in which he declared that Mra.
I'haw had been an uiiwIIHiik party
to the prociH'dliiK from the tlrst. It
waa only because of pressure on tlm
onrt of Iter husband's relatives that
he had any part' In such a proceed
ing. Raid Mr. O'Reilly, and that she
withdrew the action Ih*caqsc she lev
lie ves her husband's present posi
tion demands her loyalty.
• Thorn l\a» hren much mlspepre
sontnlloii ns to Mr.". Kvnlyn Nnshlt
Thaw’a action In llrst bringing np
pllcatIon for nil annulment and Mien
mibMiqui'iitly dim-out liming the
sunn',” mill the 'statement. "Mth.
TIiiiw ri luctnntly adopt ml such an
application in reaponac to prcxHtiro
brought by relatives of hor Iuih
hand; she withdraws from thn nc
I Ion nt tills tlnin bncuiiHn she bn.
11«• v * s hor husband's present sltua
Ion demands her loyalty to IiIh In*
terest. nnd Hint It would not servo
any goo I purpose to prove nt n lime
wIumi ho Ih illtomptlug to gain IiIh
liberty, that ho wiih insane when h«
mnrrlod hor. KopiH'Inilly Ih IIiIh true
In tin* Unlit of thn unfortunate con
ohi'lon «»f the Inst proceedings.”
EIGHT NEW BISHOPS
IMNV lt|<:i,i:<J\Ti:H NKAVKb
HK.II or lti:i,l»:i-' WII l<'N RK
Hll/r <>|.’ LAST It A 1. 1.4 IT WAS
ANMH \ri:i).
llultlniorn, *Md.. May 27.—The
o|m t Ion of hlahopa hy t hn Methodist
Kphoopnl conference of I1I0K la now
a mat tor of hkutory. When thn an*
iioiinnniiinut wiih made Info today or
thn selection of thn I.ihI bishop many
delegates honvnd sighs of relief. Thn
••I It lit new bishops elected are;
Mr. W. K. Atidorson, of New York.
I»r. .f. I.. NeiiHnn, of lleren, C).
I>r. w A. Quale, of Chicago.
hr, Charles W. Htnltli, editor of
the Pittsburg Christian Advocate.
Dr. Wilson H. Is-wIh, of Sioux City.
Kdwln I’. Hughes, of flrenn Cas
llo, Indiana.
l>r. Robert McIntyre, of Los An
gedes.
Dr. Frank M. Itristol of Washlfig
ton.
Get Under a Hopkins
Straw
tar Buy a Hat that will fit your head. We
conform them to fit you if necessary. Clean
thfm too when they get soiled; no extra charge.
Stiff Brims for the conservative men; Soft
Brims for the young men
$2.50 to $5.00
Nettletoh Oxfords in Tans and Calf Skins are
selling for $5.00 and $6.00
Good Clothes $15 to $30
Metropolitan Mens Furnishing Co