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

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** | THE CIRCULATION OF THE DAILY LEADER HAS GROWN 163 PER C ENT IN EIGHT MONTHS. | t«Tj
THE WEATHER. j |
Fair and wanner tonight and :
iturday.
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VOL. 3- NO 160 Hl.l’KFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER ... 1. 0S PKICK TW O CENTS
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GOVERNOR HAS NO INTENTION
OF RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
AND WAS LOYAL TO SAUN
DERS.
Richmond, Nov. 6.—Governor
Swanson eraphaitcally denies that
ho or his friends worked to *he de
triment of Judge Saunders in his
race for re-election to congress f-om
the Fifth Virginia congressional
district. Governor Swanson says
he has no ntention of running for
congress from his old district af“er
he completes his term as exocutivo
of V.rglnla.
SWAPPING PLACES
MISSOURI IN THE TAFT COLUMN
—MARYLAND DIVIDED SEVEN
FOR BRYAN, ONE FOR TAFT.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. C.—Returns
compiled early this morning ,ive
Talt 317.124. Bryan 312,889. plu
rality for Taft of 4.236. Hadley s
plurality for governor is 16,993. Up
turns almost complete, give Senator
Wm. J. Sione, :an senatorial nomi
nation over Governor Jos. W. Folk
by eighteen tnouaanJ. As the leg
islature is Democratic by six votes
there is little question of Stone's re
election.
MARYLAND VOTK
PROBABLY SPLIT
Baltimore, Nov, 6.—With the of
ficial vote of one-third of Baltimore
city, and 21 out of 23 counties com
plete, and estimating the missing
districts on the baals of the unoffi
cial returns, Taft had an apparent
plurality tonight of 176. The indi
cations were that seven Bryan and
one Taft electors hud been chosen.
uflH-OP BOOK AN!
t STATIONERY-COMPANY
I THE NEW BOOK TORE
f. LAND ST. ELK’S BUILDIN
I New Books
_ Received
9 Every
ly
HKLiMONT OAF*.
IHilly.
Fall Coarse IHmaers,
19 to S p. m.
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BOe.
D. B. MA8TIN, Proprietor.
And Manager.
New York society will he aurpr’s
ej to karn that In another month
It Is to entctaln the Countess of
Warwick, with her husband tho
Earl. They are planning a trip to
this country on a secret mission.
'Picture shows tho countess.
BRYAN TO TAFT
tiXl'HAXGK OF TFI.MOliAMS IIK
TWKBN TIIK VANQUISH MI) AN1»
TIIK VICTOR.
Cincinnati, Nov. C.—’’Please ac
cept congratulations and bent wlbh
**s for the success of your adm n
lstration,
‘‘W. J. BRYAN.”
“I thank you sincerely Tor youi
cordial and courteous telegram ot
congratulation and good wishes.
“William li. TAFT.”
These messages were last evening
exchanked between Lincoln, Neb.,
and Cincinnati.
The message came from Mr. Bry
an while Judge Tait was addressing
the general conference of the Wo
man's Foreign Missionary Society
of the Methodist church. He re
ce.ved the message on ills return
to his residence and answered it at
once.
In his address to the women’s
conference, Judge Taft gave an en
thusiastic commendation of foreign
in ssion work. ills exp rlence in
the far east, he said, had taught him
he value of this work in uplifting
those people and he comment*- 1 u;>
on the heathen in the Phll ppin- s,
Judge Taft asserted, the present *!•
gree of success in civilization and
government was made possible
through the influence of Christian
ity.
BUILDING CONTRACT AWAHDUI*
The Norihfork Realty Company,
A. Catsen, manager, has awarded
the contract for the erection of a
two story brick business build n
to Rossi & Shaw, of Algoma. Worx
wlil begin at once.
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IP YOU SEE IT AT PKI>IGO’8 IT’S WORTH THE PRICE.
The North Wind Doth Blow
But You Can Be
Snu£ and Comfy.
In our Underwear
is concentrated every
feature of merit, nec
essary for your com
fort,
Finish.
Fit,
Fabric and
Style.
E. S. PEDIGO
325-32 7 Princeton Ave.
Bluefield \ - . Weft Virginia
ELECTION IS OVER;
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1 'ACTOKIKS WHICH HAVK 1IKKN
IIH.K KOII A YKAK AUK STAKT
l\<i I I1 AGAIN.
Chicago, Nov. 0.—Plants which
closed down at the beginning of the
panic a year uro are now start ag
u|> a. a reduced scale of wages and
thousands of men havo been put to
work since the electiou at the re
lueed scale.
The Western Steel Foundry Com
pany takes on live hundred men to
day und will employ one thousand
additional before the month is out.
The Pullman Car Company takes
back twenty-five .111 ml red men and
will increase the forco twenty-llvo
hundred more.
Thu Inland steel mill, Indiana
Harbor, runs today for the first time
in months a full force of eighteen
tin ml red men and plans to use one
thousand nu re in new plant which
was bull, some time ago.
The Ill'nois Steel Company in
creases Its forco fifteen hun I red
nun und will eventually increase It
twelve thousand. The steel trust
plant at Clary will Increase Its force
live hundred and plans to employ
as many as twelve thousand more
by January 1st. Packers feel the
loom wh ch* means employment for
hou'anJs of men who are now Idle.
State street prepares to supply
heavy domanus which ulreudy are
indicated by the shopping public
and by out of town orders. Chica
go business men have resumed the
march of prosperity. Careful esti
mates by members of the Chicago
As oelation of commerce Indicates
that more than eighteen thousand
men have been put to work In this
state In two days since the election.
1’hes • same men predict that, with
in six weeks f«>rty thousand wage
earners who havo been unemployed
will bo at work.
STATE DEBT CASE
SPKCIAD .MAHTKlt LITTIdlllXD
TO RULIN' IIRA III NO IN RICH
MOND TOI/AV.
H cbmond, Va., Nov. 0. - Kx-Con
gnasiuan Charles K. Littlefield, of
Ma ne, appointed by tin* United
Slates supreme court as special urns
er in the Virg n a-West Virginia
iebt ease will be here Monday to
t,egin the hearings of the matter.
Idiiiinent counsel will represent tin*
oppoH ii ; s des, ln< lu ling ex-Soere
tary John (J. Carlisle, of New York;
x-HenaTor John C. Hpooner, of Wis
consin, and Holmes Conrad, of Vir
ginia, who lias been frequently con
nected with important rases on be
half of tlie United States govern
nent in the department of justice.
The hearing bofore th«* special
master will last for several days.
HOT THE WORST PEOPLE
Till; IXKCTION AT .SPANISH
IJIRL DKSf HIRl-.D IJY A ItK* j
l l ltliK AN VOTUIt.
Spanish burg, November 5.
;id tor Dally Leader
In order that you may not m's
‘ak • this place ns a DnvJa Thorn
community, I wish to say that the
iry ticket did not get as large a
majority here as it did in some
pla .a- tMraufto there are over 200
Republicans at this precinct and on
t 100 Democrats. And French enr
re i the prefinct, so you s e we are
no. the wont people after all. It
is a lamentable fact that tnere was
in rue wli key used here and worse
conduct him i ever saw before at
in elect on.
AN INDEI*BN I)BNT RKPURLICAN
“Itl < K" YOI N(i M.UUUKD.
Mrs. Margaret E. Orr has issue.]
announc.’inent of the marriage of
her daughter, Maude Beatrix, to Mr.
WilHa.n A. Young, w.iloh oeeurred
on Wednesday, October 21st at Cin
cinnati. Mr. Young was formerly
a well known young business man
of thla tTy and has hundreJs of
friends here.
ELECTIONJETINS
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< i:iu;i>—now thk < orx ri»:s
VOTKII—OTRKH STATES.
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Elect on loturns uro coining In
very slowly and It la Impossible yet
to toll how many counties are Dem
ocratic ami how many are Republi
can.
In Monroe, Greenbrier, Braxton,
Gilmer, llumpsu re, Jefferson, Har
dy, Randolph, Logan and Wayne
countios, as far a* heard from, the
Democrats elected theft entire local
tickets. in Summers they elected
everything except sheriff. George
Wlsoman wna elected sheriff by a
small plural.ty, while W. i\ Bowl
ing, a brother of L. G. Bowling, oi
this cl y, and a ion of Thoa, .1. Bow
•*n g. «t Spanlshburg. was elected
county clerk, W. H. Boude, circuit
clerk, and T. N. Read, prosecuting
attorney.
in Raleigh county the entire Re
publican ticket was elected by small
uiajorit ,»s, except the county clerk.
Wyoming county elected the Re
publican ticket, thus eiidoraltig thc>
grafting offic als who were recently
! removed in taut couety lor malfea
nance.
Mingo county elected llio Rene
gade ticket, except u Democratic
sheriff.
In Cabell county ; he Democrats
were successful, according t the Ad
vertiser .n electing everything ex
cept the sheriff.
Kanawha, Mason, Wood, 'Putnam,
Jackson, Fayette, Roane, Clay and
Upshur elected the r entire Repub
lican ticket*.
west Virginia pluralities.
Wheeling, W. Va , Nov. G. -Later
returns received by t.ie Register on
1 uesday's eiect on in' 'case tho plu
ralltles of both 'J'a t and Glasscock
Inc live congress.i.nui districts are
Republican by good-sued majorities.
Tho returns at hand make the
Pa ft plurality in the s.ate 24,IPS,
with the complete vote of several
counties st.il to come. The plural
ity for Glasscock loi governor is lb
172. The cougre. ionul pluralities
. oilow
First- -Hubbard, K/ puljl ^ an, 3,
J 32.
iSeeon i -Sturg ss, Republican, 2 -
G14.
i 'lord- Galneti, Itep ibllcan 4.G07.
Fourth Woodyanl. Republican 2,
253.
Fifth—Hughes, K publican,
317.
SOME MAJORITIK INDICATED.
Colorado Bryan by 5,577; Derm
oeartic governor and legislature and
all three congresinm n.
Ohio- Taft by 7 *,000; llarman,
Democrat, governor by 20,000; cu
tlre Republican tick! elected ex
cept governor. It-publican legisla
ture.
Indiana—Taft by .000; Marshall
Democrat, governor by 15,000. Aj>
parently Democrat c leg.Hlntlve ma
jority, and Democratic s 'nator,
New York Taft by 202,000;
Hughes elected governor by 70,- j
000.
Kansas Taft by 25,000; Repub
lican governor.
Minnesota Taft b *0,000; John
son, Democrat, governor by 15,000.
Cal. ferula 'J'a ft by 75,000.
Illinois- Taft by 175,000; He*
pabliean governt • 40.000.
Wash nglon Taft oy 10,000; Re
publican legislature and congress- P
men.
Michigan Taft by 1.0,000; Hr-1
publican governor by n.'i'fi,
Nevada - IsPyan by l.»00; Demo*!
crate leglslal tm.
Iowa—Taft by 57.000; entire Ro* j
publican state t'cket by 25.000 or
upwards.
Oklahoma Bryan by 25,000; a
democratic legislature.
(Georgia Total vole, Democratic,
70.800; Republican, 30,000; I'eo
ide’s Party, 17.200; Prohibition st
750; Independence, 8 5.
Pennsylvania—Taft by 290,000.
Tennessee —Bryan by 35.300.
T.xas—Bryan by 105,000.
Arkansas— Bryan, 26.000.
Missis-ilpp! -Bryan. 40,000.
Alabama- -Bryan, 57 000.
Louis ana—Bryan, 48.894.
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ARMY SOCitTV
to in*: kii \ki:n n» iskcaisk oi
hca\i*als ki;yi:\i>i:i> in aii
MY JJFK.
New York, Nov. G. The New
York World this morning prints n
Story to the effect that the hlggesi
shako up ever made in a military
fort s schedule I to bo made' ai Fot
Hamilton where tic* llaimt-Aniils
tragedy developed. Nit only ,:i Hu*
fort to ho stripped of com minding
o (leers, hend* d by Ideti■ ■ mint Colo
nel Henry M. Ludlow, hut Is to be
depr ved of the post hand, one ol
the largest and best in the service.
Under a drastic order which is
shortly to go into offi•. t, It is to be
ransferred to Fort Hancock. Fort
Hamilton will thou he barren of Its
social nsplrat ons and music, which
lias long mu ie it one of the gay. i t
centers of army Iif• • in Amor <•«.
i’he i velntion of big i If* at Hi
ort as shown by hsi is aliegcil o
have been writi.n by Mrs. H.iins s
re ponsiblo for the acil'Mi of tie- de
partment in making these change*
I
i ivi; \vkati!i:i: or tiik i am.
MONTHS HAS HI*:ION I TO.l/.M)
lt\ CONTRACTORS.
The fine weather we h ., e had
inis fall has been uUliz : \,y tht
(milling contracnis an ) we find
'hat good prourts.4 Is i; ng mad*
>n tin* new po to her im, iiag, tie
high school hliildftig, th Young
Men’s Chris an A‘ da i hulld- !
ng anl tin* s ver I ward 'hooa,!
Fhf> lirlek war k on • Y. !. C. A
will be romp).- "I wli’iin (lire** 1
weeks f the wi al'ier < >n iuu* 4 fa- |
zombie. "I he foul < <:y hr ( i< hu ld
ng of l> O. Lilly < r* !< r'-< r «ti« t
s nearly tempi tel and the s en** !
ndiool house tin |{t < ; r et h, a so
a;/liy nearing tornpe-t on, Th*
Vnrth 8 de st htitil on Hath str* e P I
linking excellent progress.
Tin; Will.I M:\KRO\Y hum;.
It was stated some days ago that j
I’, nurton and George Ash a* II o I
In.* Colonial barbershop had rna le
i wager of a whtelbarrow r de on (
h-' election. Taft was elected, and :
iow Mr. Bur tin s to wheel Mr. Ash- !
troll lu a wh<** iba; row from the
mop on South .1* ffen.Mi street to
i’amph • 11 avenue, nnd up Campbell
(Venile to the city ball. The star*
sill he made from the Colonial ho j
e| at 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon
Mr. K. O. Hloan. proprietor of J lot cl
Randolph, wll furn:*h and decorate
the wheelbarrow.—Roanoke World.
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l>r. .1 uIian P. Thomas, the aoro
iiaiit, who lias had many nrrrow -s
In ballooning and motoring
\\n i severely Injured recently ut
.Morris Race Track In a collision be
I'.veen |,U nev, unto w lid wagon and
a motor cycle lir. Thomas Is
nhown a; the top, ulso a sketch of
the acchleal, v.h le Mrs. |». Thom
as, who went to her Injured hus
band's ail is shown below.
RUEF JURY
n;\ \vi;i;ks consi in (jkt
TIN VPN I UP.
: -mi Prunclaco, Cal., Nov. fl.—Tho
Kik f Jury haa boon completed aftef
,r' i week*. (iv r fifteen hundred ve
niremen have been examined and
be i late baa spent tliouaanda of
uoila i!.
soldi) CHl’NK OF F1FTKKN
YKAHS llANDKI) OUT TO BANK
Kit MOHSK—(THUS NOT SKX*
TKNCKI).
Now York, Nov. 6.- - Charles \V.
Mono was sentenced to fifteen years
in the federal pr son in A lanta by
Judge Hough In the federal court.
Alfred II. Curtin, who wan convicted
wth Morse, bud bln sentence huh
ponded. After sentencing Mor^o
Judge Hough said: "After onrorul
consideration, wh oh was In u 'cord
wllh my views of the ground taken
by the district attorney, k feel that
the ends of Justice arc* served with
out inti cling a prison term on tho
defendant Curtis. The evidence does
not show that Curtin embarked in
the illegal transaction with the In
tention of bonoflttlng hknelf. lie
made his first false step when ho
becume the subject of the master
mind of his employer."
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KN C JAG MM K NT OF (HARLFH J.
IIAItKKADFll AXI» MISS FI A'A
MIMMIMAX A\ NOTX< |;i>.
Drls'ol, Va., Nov. 0.—Mru. Harri
et Jameson Moorman Iiiih just an
nounced tho engagement of her
daughter, MIbb Flva Lou ho Moor
man, to Mr. CharloH JohnHon Hark
rader. The marriage will occur the
latter part of December, In Bristol,
and will be a very quiet affair. No
cards will ho issued.
MIhh Moorman Ih a member of <i
well-known Virginia family, and Ih
a daughter of ‘ho late Rev. Richard
J. Moorman, well known n th > Vir
ginia and North Carolina Methodist
conferenced. Mr. Ilarkrader is a
newspaper man and a ‘member or
the Htaff of the Herald Courier. He
Ih a popular young man und a gift
ed writer.
MHFItlDAX MI SF SHOT
itv iifnry ror.vrv \fgko
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Roanoke, Nov. Surrey Martin
a negro ha ling from Henry county,
shot and seriously wounded Sheri
dan Miiho, in from or Parker's sn
loon, on Norfolk avenue, yesterday
afternoon. He put three bullets in
to Sheridan one in bis abdomen,
one n his left hand and one In his
right should* r. ‘nken to
the hospital ..i u. i, .-Lipped.
There had leen bgd blond be
tween ih*1 negroes for timo.
Sheridan Mu ■« h well known In po
lice clr*‘les, and has Hpem consider
able time In J;iiI on vnr our. c harges.
The
* Strand
lx one of the hund
Bome.* bov ov remits
we have IV'T Be* 'll.
JJmnilegcr, Kincaid
A (Io.'h ex[u*i x have
put nto this (rial
such graceful line-,
*ueh a high final ty
of material and work
man hip, that It is
among the beat of
on ?
MODERN CLOTHES
There are eerfa'n
dlstlnriIve fea jres
about fills coat too.
The cuff l.x unttxiinl
ami adds Just the
r ght tou'h of per
sonality to the wear
er.
A remarkably fine
coat at remarknbly
modern, e prices:
#1.*» to $»(t.
Metropolitan Men's Furnishing Go.
klks Building Bland Street
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