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VUL. 3 NO 1!»____ BEUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA, TIKSDAV AFTERNOON, DFCEMBER 2ft. :,mS I'RK'K TWO CENT
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*IOLI» A MKLTINCi AT HIS OLD
HOMK TOWN IN HIS IXTKKKST
Bath. Mo.. pec. 29.—Mayor
Hughes and a number of frt nds of
C. W. Morse, the convicted banker,
wilii meet him at the city hall here
oniglit to discuss a plan by which
they can secure a n *w trial for
Morse Morse was born In Bath an.l
hau always been well Hke.l here.
TRIALS
DF.FKNSK WILL ATTKM1T TO
PIfiOVU AN ALIBI BY FAMILY
AND FRIKND8 OF AtX’lSKD.
Uniati City Tenn.. December 29.—
Walter Holt, a fisherman from near
Hamburg, to d yesterday of T»d
Burton’s receiving a letter from the
"night riders tell ng Burton to attend
a meeting that night or they would
(hang him. The night, riders paid
Holt a visit on the nigiit of May 22.
Holt sa>.l ho recognized Garrett
Johnson as the leader.
Will Rogers*, from near Clayton
wu» Introduced to corroborate the
Etory to d by Fehringer, detailing
the route taken by li Pi in assem
bling the band for the Walnut Log
raid. Ho passed Fell ring r in him
road going in the direct on of Fred
er ck Pincona home about 5 o’clock
In the afternoon before the murder.
Field Burton, of Martin Tenn.,
was the last witness introduced by
the state. He was at Walnut Log
the night of thy murder and was
told by the night riders to stay in
bed. After they had gone he went
•with Ed Powell and P. C. Ward, to
ta scene of the crime and stayed
tho rest or the niglvt.
The defense ask d that the court
withdraw all' of the evidence from
the jury pertain’ng to otilrer raids
than the killing of Captain Rankin
asserting that such evidence was in
competent because they were seipa
- rate and distinct offenses. Attorney
O' neral Caldwell, after a lengthy
argument insisted that the evidence
was competent.
"Judgo Jones expressed his doubt
on the matter and stated that he
would render his decision later.
DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF BAND.
The defense began Its attempts
to prove an a’ibi for tho eight men
on trial by the Introduction of 'Bud
(Morris, one of tho accused men.
Morris, as stated by Fehringer *was
the captain of tho Samburg branch
of ihe night riders and had bepn
•^entitled on other raids by several
witnesses. He stated that he had
never been a member and knew
nothing whatever of tho night rider
BELMONT CAFE
Daily
Full Course Dinners,
0OC
12 to 3 p. m.
D. B. MAHTIN, Proprietor
And Manager.
roc ety cr band, also uenhd having
any conversation with Tom Cloar on
tho subject.
On the nig »t of the murder of
Captain Itank'n he clamed he was
at home after 8 o’clock with the
exception of a few minutes wheu he
was feed ng his mules. He slept
hat night withih's uncle, VVl 1 Way
Bt' rv and was seen by several neigh
bors who came to h‘» home for vari
ous teasons.
The next night he went to Troy
to sell cotton, leaving home about
3 o’clock.
ENLARGED HIS
ALLOWANCE
ASSISTANT HEALTH OFFICER IS
AI.Ut\VElk PER WEEK FOR
EXPENSES IN THE CRCHAHE
AOXINST FILTH—OTHER HI’S.
IXESS HEEORE CITY COI’NCIL.
T’ue regu ar meeting of the c’ty
council last night was attended by
tho mayor and Councllmen Clark.
MciArter. Wingfield, Hro'vn, Lynch,
.Mason and Thompson.
A very lnt*re;tiug d'scussion
arose over She a't'vltlea and duties
of tho assistant city hoalh officer,
ft t n M. Lyuu, Mr. Ryan was ap
pointed to this position about one
month ago and has cleaned abo.it
one-third of tho city an l lh * Impres
sion had gone abroad that he was
spending money w'lh a lavish hand.
Inquiry was made and it develops
that he has spent less by ten dol
n*u per we k iiian uio cry voted
as a limit last night. His total ex
penditures for wagons and help for
the month amounts to only about
$163. and the council agreed that
t was all right to expend not ex
ceed ng $.',0 per week. The finances
will not stand more at present.
The M. K. Harman stable came in
for a lot of discussion and it was
finally decided that no permit for a
11 Vtry stable would be granted. The
question as to whether the stable
would be remov'd was left over.
A fire hydrant was ordered p acej
on Wayne street; a sanitary sewer
on Highland avenue, beween Pine
and Cherry; an electric light on
Frederick; a building permit to W.
A. Reedy.
Several petitions were received
and referred to the proper commit
tees.
The bond of the Gamewell Fire
Alarm Co., was rejected and a new
one required.
BOTH IMPROVING
HELL A\l) CRECKR WILL BOTH
KBCOVKH.
Edward Bell, whoso skull was
crushed by a blow inflicted by G'jo.
Ciegar on the 19th of December, ne
cessitating the removal of several
pieces of the skull and the trenail*
ing process, is doing well at 8t.
Luke’s hospital, and what at first
seemed a hopeless case now promis
e's ultimate r,*covery. lrhotographs
of the brain were* taken and Mr.
Bell will live to ewe his own brain,
something that happens to few' mor
tals.
I)r. J. M. Sbejipard, of Fa Is Mills
is in the city today a'nd Informed
a Leader representative that Cregar
who was called from his home and
shot by unknown parlies on tihe
night of the day on which assaulted
Bell, Is improving aid will recover
from his wounds.
I
A Merry Christmas
to You
Our customers have by their liberal patronage
made this a very Merry Christmas to us. To each
customer present and prospective we wish
The Best Toys
Of the Blessed Yuletide
E. 5. PEDIGO
325-327 Princeton Ave.
Seventy-Five Thousand
Earthquake Victims
•
SOI'TH WESTERN EXTREMITY OK ITALY DEVASTATED BY SHOCKS
TIDAL WAVES AND FLAMES—SEVEN KINDRED VESSELS CO
DOWN—HARVEST OK DE\TH IN ITALY—KINO DEPARTS FOR
DEVASTATED DISTRICTS.
Rome.. Dec. 29.—-An autliorlta'Iva
compilation was commenced this
morning to nscerta n the extent of
tile d ‘vacation create 1 by earth
quakes and tidal waves of yester
day when whole cities were destroy
ed and thousands lost the'r Ives.
The eatastroiriie which swept over
Italy left desolat'on anti ruin in Its
wake. 1’nofflcial eettadatca plane
the number of dead at twenty thou
sand. Seven hundred cralt of ull
sizes and desorptions were sunk in
he awlul galea that prevai ed ofT
the Sic liau coast.
Messina, formerly one or the most
beautiful cities in Italy, 1r a com
I'lete ruin. Arm es of rescu rs are
hurrying to he strh ken country and
every tiling possible for the sufTer
ng people Is being done. It Is be
loved the American niimicr In dead
Hie very a test compilation of cas
ualt'es Is seventy-five thousnn.l dead
Hundreds of men ajid women and
children were buried alive, caught
n the debris and carried to suffoca
tion and Ins' ant death. To aid to
the terrors or the people, Mount
Aetna began to spout lava aud
fumes in an alarming manner to
day. King Victor Emanuel depart
ed for the devastated districts in
Sicily oday, accompanied by a mar
tini escort. Ho* lias ordered the
heads of al departments of the gov
ernment at Rome o do everything
in their power to alleviatd the suf
fering.
The three provinces ,f Cosen za,
Catanzaro and Reggio Di Calabria,
comprising the department of Cal
abria, which forma the southwestern
extremity of Italy, or tiio “toe of tho
boot" were devastated yesterday by
an earthquake, the far-reaching ef
fects of which were fult almost
throughout the entire country.
The town of Messina, in Sicily,
waa partially desroyed and Catania
was inundated.
In MeHsina hundreds of houses
have fallen, and many persons have
been killed. Owing, howev r, to
the fact that telegraphic and tele
phonic communications were almost
completely destroyed, it Is impossi
ble to obtain even an approximate
idea of the vast damage done.
At Catania the panic stricken peo
ple, fearing new shocks absolutely
refused to rc-»*nter their houses and
are camping on the squares which
are free from water and the sur
rounding country.
FIVE Hf’MDRED BOATS SUNK.
Tito tidal wave sank five hundred
boats there and did great damage
to u large number of vessels and
steamers, Including the Austrian
steamer Buda.
Not only d'.d Catania suffer from
tho effects of a tidal wave but a sim
ilar body of water Inundat *d the
handsome struts of Messina, which
Hank the harbor covering them with
a thick ayer of mud. which render
ed more difficult tho succoring of
the wounded, many of whom could
be seen lying under the wreckage.
It Is reported that vchsoIh from Ka
ro and Uanzirrt. adjoining Messina
have dsappeared. Tho effects of the
earthquake were aggravated by fire
througli an exptoson of gas. the
flameu which swept along several
streets, adding terror uipon terror.
In Calabr'a, the region around
Montelone was most effected. The
\Wage of Ktefnnnconl. tho Inhabit
ants of which number 2.300 was
practically destroyed. Only live per
sons were killed but many were in
jured.
Mgr. Mirabito, the bishop of Mlle
to. who distinguished himself in the
earthquake of 1905, did valiant work
agaiu today, die rushed Into places
where tho ruin was the greatest and
bro glit aid and encouragement to
ail.
Cardinal -Nava, archbishop of Cat
ania. exhorted "lie people to bo calm
II » promis 'd that tho body of 81.
Agatha should be .carried around
In procession,. St. Agatha is regard
ed an spoclai deliverer from all
scourges, 'nnd according to history
the pious inhabitants of Catania, dl
verted the lava stream In 1609,
when a fearful eruption of Mount
Aetna took .pace by extending the
veil of 8t. Agatha towards It thus
suvlng tho city, as tho lava wrh
turned aside near the Benodictlon
monastery and descended Into the
sea
While the number of deaths at
that place is not. belle/erl now to
be large, there wore several tragic
occurrences. Among flic children
swept away by tho tidal wave was a
boy fifteen months old, who was
torn from the arms of Its mother.
Tho mother, too, was overcome by
the force of the water and 'ost con
sciousness, hut her body was caught
by a railing and remained there un
it! rescued. ,
Washington. Dec. 29.— Efforts are
being made today by tho slate de
partment to ascertain whether or
not Arthur Cheney, tho American
minister to Masslna, Italy, has per
ished.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
DEFENSE IN INS
WITNESS TESTIFIES THAT MAINS HltOTHERS VISITED HAYSIDE
ON HEAL ESTATE 111 SINESS—WIDOW OF AN MS AGAIN ON
THE SCENE OF THE THIAL, HEAI»Y TO GIVE TESTIMONY IN
flEIJl'TTAL.
Flushing, N\ Y , Dec. 29 Just
before Thornton J'-nkin:; Haina was
brought Into court today, the tall
figure of Mrs Will.am F. Annis, the
widow of the man for whom* .nur
l**r Mains Is now on trial for his
life, was seel. a ighilng from a street
car. She went at once to the
queens county court house and was
closeted with District Attorney Dar
rin. It was her first, appearance
here since the day sh • gave her sen- I
sa'.ionnl testimony which was prob- *
ably the moet damaging yet given.
She eame to court to ho ready for
call in rehu'tal by the prosecution.
Two very material witnesses for
the defense testified at tho hearing
yesterday. They were Charles R.
Weaver and John Tierney.
Testimony that Thornton Mains
.fid not go to Raysid • to kill Annis
but to oek at property was testi
fied to by Charles R Weaver, sales
agent for tha Ha ns Concrete Mixer
company, who further declared It
was at hi* Insistent Invitation tha'
tho Mains brothers on August 15
postponed a trip to Sandy Hook and
went to Ray.de to Inspect real on
aponsiblo for trending tho Hains
brothers on the Journey t»hat ended
in the death of Annin.
The mental condition of Captain
Hninn previous to the shooting wnn
teatlfl'd to hy Mr Weaver, who as
sert'd ;hat from the actions of th''
army captain he believed hin to be
iri atfional.
The neco'nd material point
brought out by tho def< nse was
drawn from John Tierney, a garb
age collector, who said ho wan an
eyo witness to the tragedy. Tierney
declared that Captain Ifa'nn ha I
ceased firing before hin brother ran
down to tho float i/n 1 that tho de.
fondant did not draw bin revolver
until Charlen Roberta, a club mem*
b r advanced toward Captain Hains
wtith tho cnptaln'n revolver In hand
Tierney said Thornton llainn did
not point hin revolver at any one on
the float, but rated for an officer to
arrest hi* brother. He Aid not nee
•Mr*. Annin on the float.
A severe crown examination did
not make Tierney waver In the ea
nontial* of tho direct testimony.
Charles R. Weaver, who knew the
> „ r
Mr?, Joseph Loiter, -who Is en
couraging (ho liun Ireda of fire fight,
ora In trying to aavo the coal nil ires
of h* r b unban (I in Zelgler, Illinois.
ON PUGILISTIC
MAP
SA Y I'I(1Y< ISCO SI I>Flt\ INOItN
AllllOltlZi; PICIZK IK.Ill' |Y
that rrrv.
San Francisco, Deo. 29.—Hy
granting the January prize fight per
mit the supervisors have decreed
that San Francisco will is* on (he
pugilistic map In 1909. The light
promoters heaved a H’gh of relief
when the permit was grant.d as it
was believed by many that the per
mit would be refused.
ACT OF ROBBERS
HIHIMFIOY fY ItlXJAKD TO Till-;
HFATII OF A. .1. OOI.I.FHOY OF
IIKOAJ>FOHI>.
Bristol, Tenn,, Dec. 29.-—Couple J
with tho fact that the safe blowers
•have been active along the Norfo k
and Western In Southwest Virginia
for ten days., and that mall pouches
have been robbed, there is a suspi
cion here that A. J. Boll lion, the
wealthy farmer whose charred body
was found in tibe ruins of h s burn
ed home at Broadforrl, Smyth coun
ty a few days ago, was th*» victim
of robbers, who probably murdered
bi-ni and then fir'd the building to
bide evidences of the crime.
The impression was general that
Golfehon, wiho lived atlon* kept
mon y In his home. Despite tfi"
burning or b s will and other valua
ble papers Dr II B. Kdmondson, of
Bristol becomes hc'r to the? estate
by the will of Bed .lion's wife, who
owned the property.
F.VGIdSlI SBABBOW A I'KST
Toklo, Dec. 29 The department
of agrlcult ire and ccrminerco of Ja
pan is be ng prevailed upon to grant
a sparrow destroying subsidy, as In
some parts of this district th»? Kng
rHi sparrow *s becoming a pent, de
stroying th* rlco cn*p.
ANOTHER MODEL TOWN
STKKb TltlMT I’l/AVH A TOWX
SIMM,A It TO GAItV N FA It Dl I*.
ITH.
Milwaukee. Wls., Dec 29 The I
1’nit d States Steel Corporation is j
planning to build a $ I 0,000,000 I
town at th * head of lywko Superior, ;
about six miles from Superior and
Duluth, similar to Gary. Jnd The i
corpora!ii n some time ago announc
fd liit intention of building s‘.ee| |
'has decided to build a model towi
around tbe mills and construct i
raf.road to conned! the corporation*;
Minnesota Range minis w :h th»
through railroad lines to (*hlca;<
and Milwaukee. By this plan, It ■
Mild. the concern will save the ex
penso of shipping unworked ore t»
tho Pittsburg regdn and will In
Mend be able to N.itp lln'sle'd s*e«'
to the west or'the out. About ti
year ago tho company purchased
several thousand acres of land foi
the new plant.
Hoifiir
ORDERED AWAY
I'XWKMXIMK AT JKFFKILSON, \.
||.—TlllOllt < ll\l*i:i, DKMTIIOY
ICD IIY IIYNAMITK.
Jefferson, N. 41., Doe. 29 - One
hundred men armed with oxen and
dynamite this morn ng hh w up the
chapel of the “Ho y Roller*'* and
ordered Joel Wright* *he loader of
the sect to leave town. It is claim
'd that memb> rs of this cult often
worked ueimelvia up to s.ich fren
7. cm that they collapsed.
GREAT ENGINEERING FEU
liKiwnc mtnxu: at hull
(1ATK TO SPAN sllIP t'llANNKL
New York, Dec. 2!».—When work
on the now torm’nnl of th© IVnn
nylvnn’n nnd other Improvements
connected with that s ructure have
reached a certain .stago. a gigantic
bridge will be built to provide a di
rect connection between Long Inland
nnd NV.w Kngi and by wny of Harloin
l-t will stretch from d’orl Morris to
LLieens county and will spaa the
Hell Gate sflrl'p dhaanel with an
arch one thousand fo.-t long and
110 fe«t a/bovo the water. With Its
ippronches, the now bridge will be
tiree ml>©s long and will bo all
•tool but the piers for tiro arch.
ILook here Mr. Office i
Man, how about those jj
I office supplies? Try us ijj
just once, that’s all we ;|
ask.
Flat Top Book and j!
Stationery Company
Bland Street
Ag:«. Uerm'.ngton Typewriters. i|
o\ Titi.\i< fok Mi itmm of fok
.M Flt'H II ISM A Ml A I’ltOMlNKNT
I’ll 11, \ 1 'I-XMIIIA IM >I,iriS('l \\
iMod'a, iPtmn.. Doc. 29 Mrn. I’lrr
uvo tOrb and her slater, Mra Fath
*’•' n'* UelvCl, worn put on tr'al ’n
lie I)** nwnro conn y court thin nto.n
Mir for tbi« murder of C’apt. J I'liy.
ton Krb, tin* former private »e re
:y to "Mo h" Indy W. Durham
of I hWadolphla, who was killed n»
l» i beautiful ievidence home "He I
Galilca , Village Green, on tho n’xh;
»r October 6th.
CITY FMTI!
FONTItAFT I*FT TO IIA RICH AN >
WKhliS, OF GltAllAM—BID
*«.»«»—OTIIKH ItlllHF.KS.
Tho bids for tho or. .• 1 n o i
olty fire atat'un at the rornei
i'll tuck I and Men er hi i. s u
opened this morn Inn an I t « «•
tract a warded to Maker an! \V n
of Graham, whose bid wen a’ i
$22.00 |»‘HH than that of any ot
other bidders.
Other b!ddem were I. M. A ;
M. A. Dunn, Onrar !M>\ ■«, .i \V
Mrookn & -Co., and H !• I ; k j n I
resident a of tliia city <•* . ijr'uu,
a ho Uvea nt New River.
Work will bo pushed with ripd'
:y on tho bulldlnn ns .o. n< i>h i.ii
nviiiiimary formallltlcn ii c< nn c.
tlon with tho bid nn omp oted.
Thw contractors are we'll km *n
and rellnble.
OOKIU’ltN VIHITFI) Ity HAKK
IHiOWKltH liAHT MOIIT AVI)
AltOI'T FI OUT 111' N DIC101) AM)
FIFTY DOM,AltS TAM \.
" * ■ ■)
The |K)Htofllce m Coeburn 'uni
robbed last nigh* about i:3n ml
about eight hundred and llfty lo1
lara ku cash and trlampa taken.
A mesHMKo wan Rent tr> Mill 1
requeuing a lookout for he r . ot i
It la not. known In what d'r« • on
they ’went after their haul an 1 up
to on** o'clock there was no clue n i
to the robbers.
Uho MOMTOK IM |,YFItfZFI)
FliOl'it for superior bread, cuker,
That’s what we are saying to
our Goods this week
Dec. 28th to Jan. 2d
Pre-Inventory Reductions on all goods listed
below. (We close for inventory on January 4111 - 51 h )
A reduction of 20 per cent on the following:
Overcoats, Raincoats, l op Coats, Suits,
Fancy Waistcoats, Trousers, Pajamas,
MANHATTAN SHIRTS, WILSON SHIRTS
#2,75 quality for #1.5 )
2.50 “ I fjf,
2.25 “ j 25
2.00 “ | 25
L50 " L00
1.25 “ 75
1.00 M .75
A good assortment of Kieser and Waterhouse
Cravats. { I hese are placed on one of our display
tables.)
.50c (juality^for ,35c
• 75c *• '50c
#1.00 " ,75c
1.50 M #1.00
2.00 " 1.40
On all Caps we give to per cent Reduction.
1 1-16-11 inch Nettleton and Florsheim Boots at Co t
Metrooolitan Men’s Furnishing Co.
‘The Shop That Satisfie?»"
Elk’s Building Bland Street
Come Early and Often._