Bluefield evening leader. [volume], October 25, 1909, Image 1

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JUSTICE
I T.:
His Death Was Due to Old
Age and Incidental In
firmities—Sick for
Several Months.
SUGGEST SUCCESSORS.
Lurton of Tennessee and 4\i
hu Root of New York May
Be Selected.
Washington, Oft. 2.'».—The United
m g Stales Supreme Court met today
a-d immediately adjourned In re
spect to the memory of Jnstis Rufus
\V. Beckham, and the court will not
reco vene until after the funeral.
'Justice Beckham had been seri
nu ly ill for several months and on
account of his old age. little hope
was entertained for his recovery.
W n »n he first became ill. his friends
did not believe he would ever be
able to return to the Supreme bench.
H» confidently predicted that he
would be abAo to return In August,
but the condition of his health would
not permit It.
Horace liamon Burton of Nash
ville, Democrat, and 1011 hu Root o'
New York are eugge -ted as the pro
bable successor to Justice Peckham,
But in this respect there |b nothing
definite.
BEN TILLMAN
WILL NOT DIG
SUB-MARINE
VIPER ASHORE
Vessel in Precarios Condi
tion Impossible to Com
» municate by Wireless.
Philadelphia Oct 2n. The Pnit
ed Hint* ft ,«tib marine Viper Is ashore
Inside of (’ape ileniepen in n pro
carious po tlo.i. The cpe wnu.n
bom ter men, bound from .\>w York
to Philadelphia. It 1* impossible tc
MMnmUricate by wireless.
The life saving crew is 'landing
by.
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X Senator McCarren Y
X _ X
♦!» Democratc Leader X
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State Senator tMoOanv.j anil leader of the
Kings County Democracy, race horse owner and
J ally of Tam .naiJ »Hall whose death after an
* operation for appendicitis imperils tlie chances
.'or a Democratic victory in th » New York coun
\* ty and city elections and creates confusion in the
<*-> State Senate of which he was one of the two
controlling powers, if not the real boss. His In
fluence extended as far us the House of Repre
X^ oentatlvex wh*re lie was accused by the insur
X Kent Republicans of whipping in the Democratic
♦ Congressmen to support Spe tker Cannon, in the
V* consideration ot the tariff,
A
UNITES STATES MAY
! • HAVE TO INTERVENE
! The United States Mav Be
Compelled to Intervene
and Take Over Gov.
ernment.
ARE INCOMPETENT
Washington Post Publishes
Despatch from Havana in
Strong Support of
Statement.
Washington. Oct. L’-'-.r The VV’a h
lngton Post publishes today a des
patch from (Havana strongly con
forming the exclusive announcement
by the American New* Service of a
ew months ago that . the .United
1 State i would probably be compelled
to Intervene at no distant day in
the Instance of the Cuban govern
ment. f
Cuban affairs, it is alleged, have
not been conducted satisfactorily by
the local government, which lias
| been denominated as Incompetent.
| In view of the fact that the island
Ince the Spnnish-American war has
! been regarded a* a ‘ward of the Unit
I ed States, infervet tlo , is asked on
these grounds After the abdication
* o' fh * federal authorities the coun
try became rent by local political
faction, and conditions have -become
such that the American government
! will ‘probably be forced to undo the
j tangle.
MAItKIAO IWTPVKSPAV,
Invitations have been issued to the
mariage of MUa Hallle Rangeley
King, thp 'beautiful and nttraetlvp
sisfpr og Mrs <\ \t King, of Pearis
burg, to Mr. James David Miller, of
j Newport, Va.. Wednesday, 27*h Inst.,
Pr sbyterla;, church, two o'clock p.
j m,
ii V D. Rogers of Princeton, pent
| Sunday in the city.
STEALS HORSE
FROM PASTURE
Valuable Horse Belonging
to Officer galloway Taken
From Pasture Sat. Night.
Saturday night a horse valued at
$125 belonging to (J. M. Calloway,
a member of the Minefield police
force wan stolen from »ho paature
of F* 1 Bishop, jimt west of the city
by. it la alleged, and the proof I*
practically positive. Frank Hawk,
who had been employed by Mr. Rlsh
op. Hawk, accompanied by several
others, had returned from Pocahon
tas, and the horse which they had
ridden were turned into the pasture.
He changed saddl?', taking one be
long to'Mr. Bishop a“d also securing
a gum overcoat.
A reward of $25 lias been offered
for the capture of the thief and the
return of the horse So far. how
ever, there i, absolutely no clew
Chief of Police Newkirk has went
out circulars announcing the theft
broadcast, and these mav bear fruit.
Hawk is described as a man thirty
five yeari old, five feet ten. sandy
nm-fache, iwo gold teeth and weigh
ing about 170 pounds f|e c|atnm
to 1>e a native or Atlanta. The home
I* dark brown, nine years old and
w dghs 1000 (founds. There is a
:*ar Just above the left fore hoof,
with some white hairs In the wear
a d a white hind foot.
HOUSE BURNS
DOWN; NO WATER
A house >e! »T)rlrt« to press Kinf
in Kins: s IfollriA was totally dc troy
«d by fire Ian night at nine o’clock
The fire company responded to th
alarm, hut as there i* no fire plug
in that district It was not able to
| throw any water on the flames.
“WHITE SLAVE”
TRADE AN ISSUE
Under Tammany Hall It Is
Charged That Traffic In
Women Has Grown
N» w York. Oel, 25.—Slavery be
came a live issue in the municipal
campaign Saturday -not the slavery
which brought forth “Uncle To it’s
Cabin,” and the do unciatory elo
quence or tta* ’G0‘s, hut that nine
teenth century system known a» “the
white slave trattle,’’ which haw af
forded so much material for the pres
attested by a writer for the current
this sy tem under Tammany Hall, as
atteste dby a writer for the current
I Issue of McClure's Magazine, has laid
the foundation upon which the local
press, hostile to the Democratic par
ty, headed by William J. Gay nor.
while the Republican-Fusion orators
a id the supporters of W. It. Honnt,
have found n^ wfue) for an nlrendy
heated campaign.
The article is printed in MeClure’.i
u*’dor a sub-title which says:
"The daughters of the poor—a
plain story of th<3* development of
New York city as a leading center of
the white slave trade of the world
under Tammany Hall.’’
■And this Is a. sample of the char
ges made:
"The story of the Introduction of
tills European 'business into New
York, under the protection of Tant
ntany Hall political organization,
would seem tui-rediiMa If it were not.
thoroughly Hilbttilltffltted by the rec
ords of recent municipal exposures
in half a dozen great America^ cities,
by two investigations by the United
Spates government during the past
_ _
Vi rand by the common knowledge
of the people of the Kant Side tene
ment district ot New York, whole
daughters and friends’ daughters
have been chiefly exploited by It.
"The operation of tills system bar
a double Influence upon our large
cities., <);, the one side lilt has gre»t
political Importance, for the reason
that morj and more with the grow
ing concentration of the slum poli
tician upon this Held, the procurer
u*’d marketer of women tends to hold
the bnlatice In city elections. This
Is true not alone pi New York; anal
ysers of recent political contests 111
Philadelphia and Chicago have been
convinced that the registration and
casting of fraudulent votes from dis
orderly places In those cities may
easily determine the result in a close
city election, for false voles by the
thousands arc Oast from these re
sorts. '*
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many'Hall, characterized the charges
u. "nonsensical to he worthy of dls
cuss'on,” lie said briefly.
Former Justice tJaynor declined to
comment on the matter. "I am too
busy to go Into such things now,”
he said.
Thb was another quiet night in
I he campaign. Though the days be
fore election time in November can
almost he counted on the lingers of
one hand. Otto T. Bannard, tho
Republican nominee, was the only
one of the trio of mmyorallty candl*
; dates who spoke.
THOUSANDS THROWN
j OUT OK EMPLOYMENT
Tl o sands.
Columbia, S. G\, Oct. 2b.—A doz
of the largest cotton mills in the
fSi,)'#. dosed today, throwing thous
iii J». or people out of employment.
I- i-, believed that the number will
, r,,'*i 1 15,000 in a few days.
•' e controvesry appears to be far
'ri’iri settlement.
>iajgnmndh of
DFTKOIT SIGNS FOIl |»HO.
Detroit, Mleh., Oct. 2f».—'Manager
Hugh Jennings, of the Detroit Amer
ican league Baseball ClWb loday
tigned a contract to continue the
management of the club during the
, neaRon t>f 1910. The terms of the
contract were not disclosed. but it la
understood that the manager's d«»
tnat'd for a*< increase in salary wa*
compromised.
Pitcher George Mullln and Ctatch
'■r Schmidt have also signed corn
tracts for next seaport, and Tyrus
f'obb Igned today for three years.
PRESIDENT GETS
BIG RECEPTION
Speaks *o Large Audience
and Leaves for Deep
Waterways eMeting
—
S' l/ouis. Oft. 2Pr>»sld< it Taft
arr ive/i her*- thin morning and wa .
given a rousing reception. If* visit
ed 'he St, l/Oui.t} dub, and after
ward* delivered an addr*0 at. the
Colleneu tn.
This afternoon to a large audience
h*' delivered an Address at the New
! Federal building ln Fast S', |,oul»
The Presidential party will leave
tonight for ,, down-the Mliwlppl four
to attend th> *l**ep waterways meet
ing at New Orleans.
SHOT IN RIOT
New York. N Y.. Oct 2*, Peter
( a.nil was fatally shot In a riot re
sulting from an attack on a special
oh', in an b\ h mpathlzer* o 'be
striking pi • baker§ today.
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< '<H/ONTIi IAMI1S IN OFFIUK.
Richmond, Va., October 25.—<’oI
one| o. James, of tbl» city, who
was appoi ted b.v Governor Swanson
In be Hecreiary of the commonwealth
to fill the unexpired term of the late
I). Q. ICKKleston. immediately upon
Ills nomination Friday, by the IXmiio
cratlc state committee, quullfled Sat
urday and as uin.-d the duties of
that rfllce.
CONSTRUCTION
BEINC RUSHED
Machinery for Big Band
Mills at Honaker, Va.,
Is Beginning to Arrive
Af oordi.ig (to advices from ITo
iiasor, Va today work Is being
pushed on the railroad up Lewis’
'creek from that place for the Ho
I naki'r Lumber Company. Walton &
'Company, wlio havo th<* contract,
have ,t large number of laborers em
ployed and are making splendid pro
1 gre k The machinery for the large
hand mills has begun to arrive and
' some of if has already been placed.
J he lumher company Is now having
| its large commlsary building ton
jsiructed and a $10,000 residence for
, hie manager A. P f'easly.
When completed tho plant of the
I llonaker Lumber Company will be
the largest grid^ mofet complete ill this
part of t tie country The corni»any
is composed of Pennsylvania capi
talist who control an immense, bouj
d irv of timber )n Huss dl, FMckerson
and Ituchanan /ouities. Virginia.
WEST VIRGINIA
WEATHER
Washington, D. r oo j‘,
Pair tonight. Tuesday rising
te.nper»tufe
tames K.iin and T. C Robinson
were fined live dollars for dicing
I drunk and disorderly.
William Guggenheim th* million-,
a Ire* smelter man or Mow York who
Ik contesting hi* wife's Halt for ill-1
vorce, at the order of the court. Mrs !
Guggenheim Is very anxious to get
a decree in order to marry a Mew
•York millto alre. Guggenheim «
agreed to stay in France until she
got it. Th* Judge'll order com pells :
him to return.
.
DYNAMITERS i
AT WORK IN
INDIANOPOUS
Two Buildings Rre Wrecked
Due to Employment of
Non Union Labor.
ludianupolifc. o<H 2"». There were
two heavy dynamite explosions here
this morning one minute apart in
buildings two miles distant fro n I
each other, I
On,* destroyed the garage of Al-1
hert Vo Speekclsln, and the other'
the new plant of the Central Tele-,
phone Company 'being built by
Xpeckelsln.
Hater there were two additional j,
explosions, of leaser extent. So at--!
’rests have be<*n made, but sentiment '
nun* high and a labor war appears!
imminent.
So one was Injured by tin* ex- [
plosions.
REJECTED LOVER
SEEKS SUICI E
Harrisburg, Va.. Oct. 2"». An at
tempted suicide of a si-usatlonal na- j
Hire occurred at Harrisonburg when
•lack Heard, a (bun pjura live stranger
in Harrisonburg, called at the rcsi
detuv or Mi84 Kilua Holler, a mem
I her of one of the most prominent
families, wi'li whom he is said to
liaVe become Infatuated, a,id ii|s»n '
being r, fii crl a ijnlsison to tie* house
pulled a resolve,, from his pocket,
filing two Khols, one of which took
j effect |„ his shoulder.
Heard came here s.-vcial months
ago and subseriuently dh apepared to
' rcapear ye lerdav. lie was former
Iv an usher at a moving picture par -
lor when he is said to have fallen
a victim to th»* charms of Ml*s Hoi
ler. His suit was not look *d upon
with favor, apparently, arid going to
the home and being told that the
young lady would not consent to see
him, lie took this mean* of an at
tempi al self-destruction, lie b not
thought to be mortally wounded, lie
was arrested ami Is now In jail
GETS INTO THE
ANNIAS CLUB
Washington. Oct. 'jCommander
Itober P5, Peary, fh< A ret i< < xploirr
baa telegraphed t° »■ I nflib friends
here that |f wan Impossible for Knud
RuHnnianen, the Danish explorer, to
j have wm any of the members of
1 'he party of fir. Frederick A. Cook,
the explorer, and that n.iv Informa
tion whfoia Rasmussen reeelvcd waa
therefore not at first hand Me also
s that tie- story told in Itasrnus
i aen'« report hi* Impressions of
1 fir Cook a recently made public by
Mr ; Knwpiuftrcn at Copenhagen la' ks
authority.
CONFESSES
rhird Degree Examination
Does the Work and
the Murderer
Tells All.
WAS HIS NINTH WIFE.
Was a Professional Blue
beard and Did a Whole
sale Marrying
Business.
Now York, Oct, 2f>. Ah a result
>f tho "third decree,'* upon exumlna
iIon of the Itrooklyn police this after
noon Otto Mueller, alias Frederick
li bliardt, coufeHsed to tell murder
:>l wife Attn l.utler Mueller, who wiih
round murdered at Isllp, a year hk<>.
The police were put next by a w<»
11 hii. and tlw* murderer wm soon
ocatc*d. It Is believed that there Ih
i second in a,, Implicated in the mur
lor. but no clue to Ills Identity ba«
i.ten yet revealed.
It l i believed I bat Mueller alias
lebhardt Is a professional hi ueheard
i d tho murdered woman It# aabl to
lave been his ninth wife.
At tirnt tln> murderer plead Inno
cence. but In the face of the "third
lOKree’’ with an atmosphere filled
with u|)percut/», wicked hooks ahd
breath dlttpHlIpK j;»bH, lie weakened
find told all
DOGS ON TRAIL
OF MURDERER
Cumberland, Aid., OH. 25.—Aid
'd by blood hound*, a posse Is today
searching the countryside for the
i-tsouh believed to huve murdered
Mrs. Edward Held and her son Cro
mer. and then burned the ImhIIch lit
ihe fire that destroyed the Held
Home near 'Medley.
Neighbors, attracted by the flames,
rushed to (tie scene only to find por
tions of the two charr.nl bodies when
tne fire had been otlngulfthed. The
son's hat was found In the barn,
lilted with blood and It la believed
lie was attacked there and his body
arrled into the house a iiiukoii'h
hammer was found on the floor near
•lie of the bodies.
The Helds'came to Medley from
leas some time ago nnd were known
!o he wealthy. The police are work
ing on the theory that after Mrs.
Held ami her non were slain tho
toil o was rohh.nl and then fired
FORMER LEADER
COMING HOME
London, <ni 2a. Hie hard Crn
k»r former of Tammany Hall
ail'd Saturday on the Manrelanlo
f<u ,i proti'iielod visit In New York,
Mr t‘roker will spend part of I'M
wiid<*r ;it ]dn bungalow In Palm
It each. Fla.
Since Mr. broker's retirement, a*
leader of I'ammauy he has timed
Ilia visit i to New York elty so that
they oecn pre<l\ a/f-r ele<|t Ion day.
If' has planned thee vltdU In order*
'hat there eon Id Vo no r-'nwal of
' he report. *r) constantly heard, that
• " was to rename a persona! interest
In New York elty campaign*.
Mr Uroker on this. \ in I r will thorn
fore he In New York elty, fully a
week before election day and (hero
% considerable peculation ,i* fo
whv he ha* changed his practice and
if- .ltftitfU';MiOe
silt TlirvMds nil,I, 1 II \Id,FALK.
New York. Oct. 2fi. S!r Thomas
Lipfon arrivej from Knghind today
with Intention of challenging Inter
t *!'• al V'afht (’up f dpt on thinks
the race will take place in Util,