Bluefield evening leader. [volume], May 28, 1908, Image 1

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Old Point Comfort, Va., May 2S._
The bigg.*«t naval Run. the heaviest
projectile aiul the highest explosive
known, combined with close range
and deadly aim, yesterday were al
lowed to work full havoc on the tur
ret plate of the monitor Florida.
The. result Is declared to be a vic
tory for the turret construction. an\
this notwithstanding the 11-Inch
hardened steel plate was blacken
ed, broken, the seams of the turret
sprung and the rlve.tg and screws
loosened and twisted.
Worked With IVrf«*ct Fuse.
It was not five minutes after the
terrible impact that the finely bal
anced mechanism of the turret was
being worked with perfect ease and
•the 1 2-inch gun on the left side was
trained at will. Inside the turret
where stand the. gunners and crow
the havoc was much less apparent
than from the outside. Fxatnlna
tions show«*d that of the many deli
cately adjusted instruments for fire
control, sighting and operating the
turret, few if any were out of work
ing order.
“If this had happened in battle,!
the Florida would Ik* fighting yet.”
Raid one of the rear admirals with
enthusiasm.
Then followed a futile attempt to
destroy the newly designed fighting
mast erected on the stern of the
Florida. After five shots from the
Arkansas guns had gone ripping
through It the mast still stood firm.
“Fort shots would not bring it '
down, and no enemy would waste
ammunition and time shooting at
It.” was the. expert com met. It was
predicted that all new battleship*
will he equipped with battle masts
of this design.
The story of the ’'shooting up” of
the Florida by the Arkansas, how
ever, is not contained in this techni
cal statement of results. It was an
event in which the keen edge of ex
lieetation was not dulled by the
realization. Rear admirals and brig
adier generals together with their
juniors, scurried under protected
decks and then popped up again as
quich\ to look for the damage done
by the boom and roar they had felt
and heard. Kvery naval bureau was
represented, likewise the ordinance
and artillery of the army.
In Hampton Itoads.
The scene of the real war demon
stration was at Hampton Roads, al
ready made famous by naval events,
tlie latest being the spectacular de-1
parture of the Atlantic battleship
fleet on Its long journey around the
world, which was reviewed by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
The Florida, which has been In
the hands of experts for some time,
presented the appearance of a re
signed martyr. She lay- with her
nose pointing out through the Vir
ginia Capes, near Thimble Shoal
IJght and about four miles from
old Point Comfort. She had steam
and a large American flag floated
astern. Hack of the bridges on the
up|>er structure there hung the
weekly wash of several Jackies.
dust 3 12 yards on the Inside of
the Florida lay her sister ship, the
Arkansas. The distance looked
cruelly dose..
“Till* is such a t<‘»t as would nev
er o<»ur In actual warfare,” re-1
marked a rear admltul as the big
party of officers boarded the Arkan
sas. “The aim will bo perfect; the i
distance Is so c1«hho that the impact
will be at its full Telocity, and the
part or the Florida to he hit is the
weakest."' •*.
Everybody went aboard the Ar
kansas. an.l attention was directed
to a strip of canvas held between
two staffs on the turret of the Flori
da. “We are going to shoot a twelvw
inch project He through that target
to get the range.“ was the announce
ment.
Tin* Shot (jiHN True.
There was Just the suggestion of a
ground swell coming In through the
Capes, and it was an hour and a
quarter be <>>:■• Lieutenant WVier
M. Falconer, In charge of th* log
guns, got his Vm. There was a
crash, a roar the monitor kicked
back into the water and sprang up
again, and when the canvass
came into view iv had a hole through
its lower half. Then the turret of
the Florida was slowly swung
around so that he guns and those
of the Arkansas looked squarely it
each other. At 10:42 the. "big
noise” came, two crashes s<» close
together that It sounded like one.
The 12-ineh projectile Ttad hit its
target. It was a crash, a flash, nigl
a cloud of yellow smoke, quietly
drifting away over the top of the
Florida. What was left was a big,
black wound. Just to the right of
the right hand gun there was what
looked like a hole.
The officers w«*nt to the Florida
at •nice, but before they got there
her crew of twenty or thirty "jack
les.” detailed from the receiving
ship Franklin. and officered by
Commander John O. Quimby, com
manding Lieutenant Joseph K.
Taussig, and a gunner, had come up
from the hold and were looking
over the damage. The plate had
been broken.
Inspect the Damage.
Officers entered the turret at
one© and Its mechanism was oper
ated, the turret being swung com
pletely around each way, tie” left
hand gun trained. The right hand
gun. being the ‘‘crippled” gun. of
course could not be trained, besides
the broken plate had wedged against
it. This, the officers said, would not
have prevented the gun being fired,
although it would have interfered
with the sighting.
But the turret bore tin* evidences
of a fight. The paint along the seams
had disappeared, many of the seams
were sprung, bolls were loosened
and slivers of the plate lay around.
A hoard dummy on the inside was
intact, and the. opinion of the offi
cers was that even with the terrific
impact, the gunners in the* turret
would not have Iteen injured. The
mechanism In the turret, bore* no
outward evidence of damage, and
the belief was expressed that a test
would find It In working order.’
When the text was concluded,
Hear Admiral Mason shouted the or
der to cease firing. The Arkansas
wag ordered back to the 'Norfolk
navy yard and the Florida was
taken there to he. fitted with a spe
cially built bulkhea I in to which a
whitehead torpedo la to be fired
within fen days, to demonstrate
whether or not bulkheads of the now
type may not profitably l»e used to
protect the hull of the ship.
lfev. T. S. Johnson left this morn
ing for a few days' visit to friends
in tie* eastern part ef the county.
“ir v<»r skk it at pkiuoo’h its wokyii tiik
KEEP A COOL HEAD
You need it these clays. Just to Pedigos
—he’ll help you.
Men's Split Straw and Hrni I Mats in the swel’
e«t shapes 50c to $5.00.
M<-n s r.inama
Hats iu all the
correct styles
$7 to $9
A full line of
Hoy's Caps and
Hats.
The most complete stock of I fatierdashery in
the city.
E. S. PEDIGO
326 AND 227 PHI NORTON AVB
r!"D WK8T VIRGINIA
MAIL OHOKflfl HKCKIVF PROMPT ATTENTION.
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DKNVKR A l' DITOKII’M, WHERE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL RE UKU
1NJVT7V.
DEA1H OF
GENERAL LEE
REPUBLIC A NS
ARE SCARED
commwdef, i\ chief or ro\.
KEDEItATK YETKItAXS \\S
writs LAST ItOLL CALL.
Vicksburg. Miss., May 2K • - C**n.
Stephen I). I/Co, commando.!* in ehlef
of the lTnlt«*d Confederate Veterans
and lnsi general of tli«* Confederacy
dl* I hero this morning after an ill
ness of seven days. tie no'•.V. Lee
was taken ill on May 21st after a
hard day's task In making speech *s
and welcoming Iowa and Wisconsin
reunion of veterans of the. (5. A It.
at the National park here. 11•» auf
fered a collapse and his son. Illew
ett Lee. general counsel of the Illi
nois Central railway, was summon
ed from Chicago. Ex-Lieut. Gov.
James Harrison and his sister, rel
atives of the general, were, at his
bedside. He was 76 years old.
Lieut. Gen. W. L. Cabell, of Dallas.
Tex., is senior among the division
commanders of the Confederate
veterans, the others being General
Irvine Walker, of Ho nth Carolina,
and General Clement A. Evans, of
Georgia. General Cabell Is next in
lino for commander in chief.
FOR CONGRESS
\ndrew IVicn is| Named In Third
Disii ii i — IHri'iilos Instructed for
Bryn”.
Hinton, \V. Va.p May 27.— Hon. J
Andrew Price, of Pocahontas. \vas
yesterday tfTternoon nominator! for
congress by acclamation by t !»«•
democrats of thr> Tliir.l district of >
West Virginia, asttnmblcd tin con
vention horo. Tho oonvontlon «• n
dorsed Ilryan and Instructed Its
delegates to voto for him In tho
Denver convention.
Clen. .fames ,\. Holley, of Charles
ton, and John I). Alderson, of,
Nicholas county, wore named as j
delegates by acclamation, nnd A. P. j
Pence, of Hummers, and It. I., Hh*d
ton. of Clay, were selected as alter
nates. Hon. fleorge Ityrne, of
Charleston, In a characteristically
beautiful speech, nominated Capt.
John (J. l.obban, of Alderson. for
presidential elector. The nomina-j
tion was made by acclamation amid
great applause.
The convention was one of the
most enthusla tic ever held In this1
district and good fording prevailed
throughout.
p.vri-i or wiiitmouk iivnoh
\v.\s in: IX JKIIMKY7
New York, May 2X.~ Theodore H.
Whitmore's alibi on which ho will
attempt to show that ho was not in
I .Vow Jersey on tho nlRht his wlfo,
l/ena, was murdered, will be pro
son to d d urine: the trial in Jersey
Ci'y today. On the alibi Whitmore’s
fato hnnRS. Lawyer Alexander
Simpson declared he Is In a position
to prove Whitmore’s whereabout*
every minute from 1 I o’eloek
Christmas night until 2 o’clock next
morning.
in m;< i:i\ru n iiwph.
F*l t f hI»ii rsr. Pa., May 2k. The
slock brok' rnv* f]rni of fjeorge W.
McMullen and company, one of the
oldest houses |n fh< city, hn* been
pi need In the hands of a receiver.
The flu Aran *ee Title and Trust com
pany of this city Is named ns re
ceivers,
ORGANIZED
1*11. KKKN4'll W. SMITH KI.IKTKD
<\\I*T\IN. It. I.. TAVliOlt \ \ I)
<J. M. I'Oltl), UKim'WTH.
w — !
TIh>. «• fT«»rtn of kiiio of our oilt
*cn* to organize » local arm of the
West Virginia National Ouard Is
materialising In the orKanlzail«»n «>r
n strong company and now only
awaits the approval of the alale of
ficials. The new company mot Inst
night and organized by electing I MV
F. W. Smith, captain-: It. L. Taylor,
llrst lieutenant, and l’rof. fjeo. M.
Ford, Hecond lieutenant. Dr Smith
I and Mr. Taylor were both connect
ed with the old company A. ami
| have had several years' experience.
In national guard work. fir. Smith
was a member of the^cneral staff
of the state militia. Prof. h\»r<l
has had no experience, hut hla na
tural aptitude to learn will be of in-;
estlmable value. Applications from
the leading young men of the city
makt'H its success a certainty. The
company will he. mustered In when- 1
ever the adjutant general of the
state, with tin* approval of tin* gov
ernor. Is ready.
KILLED BK
FATA MTV AT PINNtrM*:, NKAIt
lilt VMWFMi, Tl KSIIAY.
Tuesday afternoon, at Pinnacle. j
about onn in lie east of ItramwMI. i
lightning struck a colored man by j
tbo nanip of ixia /'arson, Ik lilting
tiiin instantly, ,and also stunned R.
II. Smith, a will to boy, who was un
conscious for sometime. When he
regnlncd consciousness the negro
was lying dead across ills body, arid
a Winchester rifle which the negro
carried at the time he was slruck
was a total wreck. They were eni
ployed atth e engine which runs the
Incline of the Tabor-1 In rrnan lawn- ,
l>er company, and had sought she!
ter tinder Pinnacle Hock when the
storm came up. The rifle probably
attracted the lightning.
PRESIDENT OF PERU
\l <i\ HTM f». liF/ONIA TO HI C
f'KHI) JOSF IVtniH).
I/lma, Peru, May 2H. — A<ik»1«♦ *•
It. Legnla ban been elected presi
dont of Peril to succeed Honor Jose
Pardo, whoao lerm expire* 8**|>tim
ber 2f.
Ff/OPK TO III: Is I Of,.
Rrlatol. Term ., May 2S.—tprof
.fame* A f\ Hurt, principal of the
high achool at Wythevllle. Va., and
Mias Dora Sutherland socially
prominent in Carroll county, eloped
to (Iriatol from Dani.ia^u* iye»t<-r
day, where Miss .Sutherland was
visiting, and were married, Rev. E
P Knhle. of Abingdon, officiating
The bride I* a sister of Rev. R. K
Sutherland, of Radford. Va. Il«-r
plan to !>e married was kept secret
from here relatives. Common
wealths’ Attorney RhafTer and oth
er prominent Wythe county people
accompanied the couple to Rrlvtol.
niAIKMAN TA(HlAltT SAYS
WK'lili IIAYK A ItKAIi CAM
l'AI<J\ THIS YKAH.
Chicago. III., May 28.—Thomas
Taggart, chairman of the Democrat
ic national committee. In an Inter
view here aaId: "Wo are going to
have a real campaign this time. In
Indiana we are In better condition
| than wo have been «lnce 1H92.
i There Ih a feeling n fun rent abroad
I and the KcpubllcanR are scared.”
IT'S OLD FARMER
JENKINS
ONI-: oi-’ orII FITI/UNS IHJYS A
> I'lMO 111.IK tilt \SM FA KM |\
SMYTH roi'N’TY, YlltOINIA.
The following news Item from
• Ik* Roanoke Timex will bo dlsqulet
ini' to our citizens, wlio know ami
! "Hteem Mr. and Mm. O. (V Jenkins,
uni will 1m* very I on Hi to wo thorn
b\ive tho oily for n llfo on a farm:
Mr. n. (\ Jon kina, a coal opera
i«»r of West Virginia, lias Just pnr
| ‘based throiiKh Chan. A. Hall
Ciimpnny, fine lending real estate
linn of our city, tin- old Colonel
I'rcston home, near Marlon, Vn.,
which contains a number of acres
I of the finest land In Southwest Vlr
i•• i:i. and the finest old colonial
brick residence In the state, which
built of solid brick, trimmed in
I blue limestone and contains four
toon beautiful rooms and Is located
in a beautiful prove of original
growth timber; In fact, it is an
ideal home in every way and Mr.
Jenkins is to he congratulated on
being able to secure this beautiful
home.
We extend our congratulations to
VIr. Flail, the manager of the above
firm. In being able to secure such
places for sale, and being so suc
cessful In selling them, as It
brought a big price. Air. Jenkins
exi>ecls to Install an electric plant,
furnace boat; In fact, he will have
a city home In the beautiful moun
tains of Virginia, and like all oth
ers who leave the old State, he ex
presses himself In being delighted
to return to the mountains of old
| Virginia.
NEW YORK MAYORALITY
»:»:< orvr or tiik votk f\
voiih m:\icsr
Now York, May 2H. In the first
200 votes < inted toi\uy at Quo
Warranto proceed I ok** to oust May
or McClellan. W. R. Il<%nrnt gained
thirteen votes, making 40 votes*
Rained before three of the 1.0 4 H
tx>x«-H have been completed,. At
ali*h rat** llearat'a pluarlty, under
a fair count, will rttn far Into tin*
t honsnnd *.
M U YORK l:\l1CIUK.NrF.H HOT
TI:,ST MIV IV i»« VF1RM.
N'ew York. May 2H To«lay open
ed as the hottest May 2Xth In the
history of the weather bureau, fol
| lowing the hottest May 27th In 2*
years. The difference at i a m to
day and last year w’as twenty-four
; d* screen.
AN EMERGENCY
CURRENCY LAW
IttCrOHT OP 4'ONOItKMS Is
AUKKKH I'O—AM. TIIW l»KM
4 M'HATH VOTKIk A4.AINST
MK.VSl lih: AND POI’IITKKX IX
HI IUJKNT HKPC 111.14'A \N votp
with oppohition — Mom.:
THAN IIAI.P PAITII (TIIK,
4’I.AIth'S IK A HF.lt AI.IHtll'H.
Washington, May 28—Interoat in
tbe |>ro«W(ltiiKR lb tho house yestcr
«l*y centered in the re|K>rt of the
conferee* on the currency hill. Aft
er an hour's debate the report wan
adopted, 16« to 140. all the Dem
ocrats voting against It. Fourteen
"Insurgent” HepubllcaiiH voted with
the opposition. The debate, by
unanimous consent. was fixed m
one houk After Abe report bud
been agreed to the mom horn van
Ished and It was with great dlffhul
ty that a quorum could be obtain
ed on subsequent roll calls.
After passing a bill revising the
tariff lawn of the Philippine Islands
Placing agricultural machinery, im
pleinenta aud other articles on the
free list, the house at 9:f>5 o'clock
recessed until today at 11 a m.
Washington, May ax An emer
«c**noy currency law |H assured. Tlie
currency <|ue«tion hold itH place
yesterday an practically the only
subject of consideration at both
endM of the capitol, ami when both
houHea adjourned the compromise
bill which wan drafted by the Ito
publlean conferee* had rccolv<4l
the sanction of the house and been
presented to the senate, when f.i
waw announced that It would be
taken it|> for conalderallon today,
and where It will also he pasaed
when the vote I* reached.
The house had no sooner record
ed Ita verdict In favor of the hill
than It was hurried over to the sen
ate before 6 o’clock, with the an
nouncement of the approval of the
house of representatives. The con
ference report wna road and after
the reading had been concluded,
Mr. Aldrich announced that today
after routine buslnesa he would
move to take up the report and
continue Ita consideration until it
wa« disposed of.
In reply to a <|next Ion by Mr,
Culberson, Mr. Aldrich stated that
the Democratic conferees of the
senate ami house had not concur
red lu tie* conference rej>ort.
The opinion.waa c*pressed by
Mr. Aldrich that the whole hill Is
more than half "faith cure,” and
that, he added. Is Just what Ho
country needs,
It was decided to summon all ah
sent Democratic senators to return
As the situation now appears the
IlEIiMONT CAFK.
Daily.
Full Course Dinners,
12 to B p. m.
BOc.
I>. II. MAHTIV, Proprietor.
A. CJ. HI MS, Manager.
tlm.> «*r voting an,I ll.,- consequent
Hnul adjournment of congrena de
largely on one man, and (hat
In Senator l.nrollotte. s<> fHr M
n,ov lw»\v •poken, the Ixuuocrata
aro Inclined to permit Huai action
nrtor comparatively brief considera
tion.
I'lio bill to compensate govern
1,10,11 «'»nployoH Tor injurhv* gun
ialio'd while in service was not
lumped after dlm-uMlon.
I>«nliiu t bo day the senate reso
l.iiion calling for audited accounts
of former postmasters who nerved
iM-tween tS<;4 and IS74. whoso ac
counts have not been certified for
payment under the act of March :t
IMS 3.
TYPHOON 11
JIN KOIII
°M' TllOiSWl) ,M\KS \ \ u
nits HTitAM>i:i> ani»
l.fMM) I.IVKH IA 1ST.
Vhlorla, II. (\, May 28.—Tlio
•“earner Hhinnnn of the .lapnneao
line brliiKH news or nnnttUM dlsns
ler IbroiiKh a typhoon at Hankow,
following the freshet, which Involv
ed a loss of more than t.000 liven
with the wrecking or 1,000 Junka
an,I Btrandlng of many Htonmera, In
cluding several foreign ernft. The
typhoon came suddenly- and In a
few hours reduced hundreds of
boats in |<nw river to splinters.
ENLARGING OKLAHOMA
lilt ri'TH mow
M:i< AND lll'TV tiioihand
ki:s IK,
Denison. Tex., May 2H.—The Hod
i Ivor has mado a now channel
IraiiHforrliiK many Texas rarina to
Oklahoma. 'making now bridges
necessary hero and elsewhere and
submerging r.0,000 acres or farm
ing lands Tin* town of Key, cant
of ho.ro. wan washed away and Del
aware Mend Is reported gone. Many
houses passed here In the flood and
II Is believed many persons have
perished. This Is the greatest flood
In many years and the damage will
mu fir Into the millions.
SHAKING 'EM HP
VIOI.KVT i:\KTIHjrA Kl<: |\
ITAliV.
Home. May JJN. a violent earth*
«iuak< vl it«-d I’egr.lo Calabria early
today and il is thought that great
damage has been done., although
; detailed news from the scene Is
| lacking.
Get Under a Hopkins
Straw
Buy a Hat that will fit your head. We
conform them to fit you if hecessary. Clean
them 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 ih Ians and Calf Skihs are
selling for $5.00 and $6.00
Good Clothes $15 to $30
Metropolitan Mens Furnishing Co