Bluefield evening leader. [volume], November 15, 1909, Image 1

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MONDAY AFTERNOON
N’OV FMDKR
\\ 1000.
1UMCK TWO CUNTS
Norfolk & Western Sending
Three a Day to the
Shops at Roa
noke.
SHORTAGE BOTH OF
CARS AND POWER
Old Equipment to be Re
paired and New
Ordered.
Owing to the big demand of roll
ing stock on the Norfolk und West
ern railroad occasioned by tile in
crease In the coal traffic, the com
pany is rapidly getting rid of its
dead etoginej which have been stor
ed in the east end yard sinoo the
•panic. Engines to the extent of six
ty-rflvo or seventy were stored on ac
count of tile business depression
and the tailing off in the freight
■movement. Since the revival, how
ever, the com pain y lias been taxed
to cuiKunity, and even Abeyond
it for equipment to take care of the
business.
The dead engines are being sent
to the simps at oanoke at the rate
of three a day. While the company
is slow to acknowledge such a condi
tion, the coal operators do not hesi
tate to coy that it is short n both
power and cars. They say at this
time there is a der-hfe»i shortage In
each particular, and that the coal
haulage Is handicapped to a greater
or less extent on this account.
The company, however, has plac
ed orders for many additional cars
and engines, acd Is making every
preparation lo take care of the in
creased traffic.
4,000 PEOPLE
AT GRAHAM
Considerable interest in being tak
en by the citizens of (Irabarn in the
cnumera-loai of rtjh census ,of the
town wl.>oh is not far off now. A
con eivaifve estimate of tho popula
t’on of Graham places the -lumber
of people there at four thousand.
Several years ago Wept Graham wan
cut out of corporation limits and It
is said that when t.he legislature
meets tills winter at Richmond the
town authorities will a^k for a new
charter for Graham The town iluis
been oi**ratlng under the present
charter since a mere village and on
several occasions needed legislatio
attempted by the town council was
found to conflict with the charter
and as a consequence 'had to be
abandon*^. The proposed new char
ter will lie so amended as to over
come the flaws which :iOw exist. It
is probable that an effort will also be
fade to considerably extend the cor
porate limits now existing which
will include West Graham in the
corporation again. Headlight.
SENTENCED 90
DAYS IN JAIL
Washington, Nov. tr>—The Unit
ed States supreme court today sent
enced Sheriff J P, Shipp, Luther
Williams, and Nick Rolan to ninety
days in the i itrict j* Columbia jail
and also cntenccn Deputy Sheriff
Gibson Henry Padgett, and William
Mayo ‘ixty days In the same jail
for contempt in the case of a negro
t hat. w a lynched at. Chattanooga
Inst year. Tb • prisoners have ask
ed the fouil. perm Is don to serve the
time i , a southern prison The court
la considering the request
Rev. Grown of Netnour.; is in the
eity Unlay yiait’ng friends.
| Mrs Ava. Willing Aator on her
return to New ork from Indiana
. where k-Iio received the news that
! she had befn granted u divorce from
j her husband John Jacob Aator. Her
i attempts to avoid being snapped by
photographers greatly amused her
j little daughter Baby Alice. The
above photograph w.»s taken in front
of the residence of Mr a. Itonjamln
Guinness, where Mrs. Astor |« t op
ping temporarily. The butler seen
in the picture added hlg «»rr<>rth to
prevent a successful snapshot. Mrs.
Astor plans to make her homo in
Gngiland.
I
HORSEWHIPS
W. CHURCHILL
Suflragefcte.Attacks Author
and is Given Thirty
Days in Jail.
Portsmouth, Rng., Nov. 15.—A suf
fragette, Mrs. Garnett, horsewhipped
Winston Churchill, author mid mem
ber of the British Parliament today
on account of curtail utterances he
made in regard to the move
ment.
She was given a speedy trial and
romimtted to pall for one month.
MASONS TO MET
AT HINTON NEXT
Wheeling, W Va.. Nov. 15 The
Grand Lodge Masons, In ae.-«ion
here has chow^ Hinton as the next
place of meeting, and elected tint
following officers:
Grand master. Frank Wells Clark,
N’ew Martinsville; deputy grand
master, Wyndham Stokes, Welch;
nenior grand warden. j. Dunbar
H,lines, Charhuteni; Junior grand
warden. Judge Charles W. Lynch,
Clarksburg; grand treasurer. Dr.
Samuel X. Myers, Martinsburg;
grand secretary. Hiram Ft. Howard.
■ Point pleasant; grand lecturer, John
I M. MeConlbny, Charleston; grand
| chaplain. Rev J, Howard Gibbons.
! Point Pleasant; senior gintul dea
con. Thomas P. Jacob-, Now Mar
■ ttnsville; Junior grand deacon, Wil
| liani T Ice. Philippi; grand mar
j shall. T. Wilbur nennen. Fairmont ;
| grand pursuivant, Charles K. Carri
! gan. Moundsv|lie; grand tyler. W J.
i Hamilton wheeling Beginning to
morrow. the Scottish Kite bodies
will hold th«lr fall reunion, and de
grees will la* conferred On several
hundred.
PRETTY WORK.
i C. A. Halley and Col. George
Caldwell returned today from Ada
where they pent e*veral days hunt
leg They state tinder oath that
they got ltd quail 2«7 rabbit* and
123 pheasants.
ACT CONSTITUTIONAL
Washington, Nov j;,. The *u
pr< me «ourt in a d«ore«* today holds
fh» employers liability get eonstilti
i * lot’ll in * i he frtrtrlef of Columbia
: nnd iin the Terirf orie.-i
INTENTION TO
BECOME NUN
Daughter of Mine. Steinlieil
Will Devote Her Life
fco Church.
Pans, Nov. 15.—Following tin*
acquittal or Ainu* Steiuhoil, charged
with the murder of her husband and
stepmother, hor daughter announces
I her iutentIon of becoming a nun.
I.he *'crdict of the jury acquitting
Mine. Stelnhell ha-; been well re*
ceived and it appears to have gener
* ally pie awed the public.
MEDICINE HAT
BUSY AGAIN
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 15.—A ter
rific blizzard is raging throughout
| the northwest. North Dakota 1«
i entirely cut off from the outside
world. The railroad, are tied up
and business is at a standstill (ireat
: suffering l6 reported in thy s’orrn
| Area. The center of the blizzard
is moving toward the Hast.
RAID CRAP JOINT.
Officer* Booth and Jones raided
Coffman‘h Ca^/tp ’in the Hast »tnd yes
terday and caught sixteen negroes
shooting craps Ah they marched tip
Prlnreto^ avenue two abreast the
knights of the dice had the appear
ance of a funeral proce alr»n In the
darkest hue of mourning. At the
trial this afternoon five frf them con
tributed ten dollars a piece to the
water works fund, and the rear will
do the!,, mite towards cleaning up
the afreets for thirty days.
WATCH INSPECTORS
Randolph and Mlttondorf, the
Princeton avenue Jewelers have Just
aitne-d (t contract with the Norfolk
k We 'er.i effective at. once to act i
a« th< comitant ‘s watch InsiKwtor.
TO CHOOSE BRIDE
Portsmouth, Knglaicd, N'ov. l r»
King Ms mi«I arrived today He was '
n. t hj tiie royal Hi.iish yacht Vic
loria, afrd Albert and several war-I
shie.. While hire he w:lf choose*
a bride, and 1* w.ll If* ety be t’rin- *
< e>»K Alexandria or Prltu • I/Otit«a I
Freed Meadows Soaked With
Booze Seizes Club and Mur
ders Ten-Year Old Boy at
Daniels, Four Miles East
of Beckley.
liockloy, Nov. If*.— (rfpeclal)—A murder) whieh has stir rod this
«f»mm unity oven moro than the killing of the Hood faintly near Harper
two weeks ago. occurred at Daniel late Saturday artemoon who,, Freed
Meadows, who Hves no*,- Daniel, fo ur miles east of here beat his crlp
lued ten-vear-old son to death. Meadows, who was under the influence
of liquor at the time, started to leave UIk house and the hoy probably
not realizing his father's condition lort to follow him. This upopared
to enrage tho father, and seizing a chib ho turned with all the fury of)
a beast at bay U|K>a the crippled and helpless bov. \ single blow’ over I
the bead brought the child to the ground, and the drunken and un
human father <never stopped rul-iilng blows until he bad beaten bis son's
brains out The wife and the rent 01 bis children witnessed the un
ipeakablo tragedy, but were powerless to render assistance.
Meadows was at once arrested and placed In the county jail here,
i bo community Is shocked atnd horrified. There was strong talk of
lynching yesterday, but better Judgment *'uh provallad and It Is not In
Iteved now that any attempt will bo made In this direction.
•Meadows Is gene rally regarded as a degenerate. Through the
marriage of close relations his Itnmodlato aj'.cestry for fbl» reason u is
though*, hava become debilitated genially >■...■ ami physically
Girl Refused to Marry Him
on Account of Lack
of eBauty.
Vo wins’ ho was suing lo «*ntor
suit for broach or promise CJ H. «aa
Hor left fur liiH home at Quahoko
Pa., Saturday morning. CiusBer had
been corresponding through a matri
monial hu wan with Mias Flora
Hughes, who live* four mJlea front
t ho railroad station at Cleveland Va.
for nearly n year and had never met
the young lady until last. Tim rad ay
whan she met hLm at tin* depot utx>n
hi* arrival Oas*»r has a facial dis
figurement that when one first looks
at him wottld think he had no chin.
When the bride to 1m* saw him for
♦he first time »ho wa* sorely disap
pointed, In hi« looks and Intone<llate
ly told him she wanted a man, but
he had to be a whole one. Causer
pleaded a long time hut. to no avail,
so he decided to leave for hlB home.
The arrival here Saturday and be
gan to estimate his losses among
which was included the loss of tho
fair one and forty dollars In rail
road fair, ten dollars hotel hill, a
wedding milt at. forty dollars, f •
dollars to the matrimonial
for the wife he did not get, four^Bu
dollars for imstage stamim used dir
Ing th correspondence.
NEGRO KILLS 2
MEN IN CAR
Memphis, N'ov. 15. The clfy au
thorities have taken ex.tra precau
tion in guarding the life of the a«
trro named \V C Smith, who shot
and killed Kdward Cardwell and Rd
■ward Koontjr on a street car yester
day The negro claims he shot In
-elf.defense bt»t thin ha* hoen de
fied by thoso who wlboettcd the
shoot In*. The sheriff has deputised
several citizens, and order la being
manifested.
PEADTNO CIRCM2.
The reading circle of the Foreign
mlffgionnry socle.y of i no Jtland
church will me>*t, t»K home
'•f .Mr \ c It Wilson on I’rlucntcti
avenue tomorrow afternoon at three
o'clock.
WANTTROOPS
AT GRUNDY ¥A.
I Little Case Will Come Up
Tomorrow, and Lynching
Talk Revived.
Circuit court couponed at Grundy
Va., today, and tomorrow is the date
«ot for tin- trial of Howard Lido,
chargor! with the murder of Mrs.
Hetty JirUg and t-he Meadows fam
ily at Hurley in September. Llule
was to he takuu 'from I^banoTi,
Bussell county, where lie was jdared
for safe keeping shortly after his
arrest. Much eXC Item cut prevails all
over Huchanan county regarding coin
Ing trial, and there has been lately
a revival of lynching talk.
it is 'thought that an indictment
will be found against Little. The
feeling against Little In Buchanan
county Is Intense, and fearing that
th citizens would take the law in
| their own hands, Bert T. Wilson.
1 who has been ici^ygrul defend
Little, has bcflll 10-* Iticlftnond cn
deavoring to persuade the governor
to send State troops .to Buchanan
when the case L called to protest
the ;)rlsoner.
1 i f
f A inr*,. numt>-r rtf dozens of
i /luehanan made an attempt to take
^the prlaoner from, tdiuJMii4tf«U comi
ty Jail Rcvornl 4fwk\» *ko, but the
officials of Russell heard of tholr
comi 14; and Intercepted ipom and
prevented jvn aifnAkfu^ou ttt»e coun
ty a Jail. On their Wjjy'fo Lebanon
the mob cut all th<t f&|cwires
acd thereby prevented.itwhere
a!»out.., being know,, to the official*
Of the county unlir #rW>V r4?of the
mob had reached Lhfr Ulxkliuf of the
ttn, it
A if tfi
A (treat many pt-ule «r Rflchanan
firmly believe In tfft*' ttuilf. of Idt
| tie. a»nd will aeo to |r that he ia
punlsfhei. So doiibl Hi *• nte»#taIned
w.hafevcr that If the ‘July fall* to
(*lve him the limit of t$e kiw that
the citizens of the counfy will 'storm
th<- Jail and lynch hHrr
, TO FILE BRIEF
ashlnKton. Nov if, The I’nit
d .state* supreme ogurt today heard
the an pile,i Hon of a TKlUfioe for a
writ of cert Ion i i. In t-ko 0f
f’ha h w Vlor e, «ope1otcd fee
Kin." who rrifinnl'o.J 1fcr 'agd Of
>,b Ne-tu \ nierlcam Ma*‘onc» TT;>»»k
The f»ovei nihoat exited te , days In
• l'l< h to file a t»rief in opposition
tO the (H'l ill'll.
Countem tie Cham bruin, wifi* of
the military at taolu* of the French
embassy in WanhliiKton, who m»t
with an uiiuhuuI .Koldunt ln railing
upstairs. Thu rontons was hhcoiuI
tin* stops to tin* embassy, ln*r
left foot ought III a fold of her gown
ami she fell, breaking her l«*rt arm.
The couitfrottH la a sister of oproHCii
tativ.e Nicholas Longworth.
N. & W. MAN
IS iN CHARGE
‘
iii. Paul, Minn., Nov. lu.—For
thirty.five dnji* the fastest Ioiir ills
tauco train in the world, from St.
Paul to Seattle hi 48 'hours, has
; niude gnod.( .lames .1. Hill's new do
pailuii* la «* : tuff'sm and the (Jreai
Northern H.illjv;»v i>pOrtK that the
new mail flyer has not only maintain
ed ita exceptionally fast schedule
hat lias shown an actual perfor
mance averaging a half hour le-s
Lhau the schedule gigce it wan plac
**d in operation
The distance la t,SUK miles and to
maintain the Schedule the train
numt make for the entire distance
a,i average speed of u fraction less
than 10 mile i an hour without al
) lowing for Iosh of tinu* through coal
[and water stops. ’1 his means that
J over long stretches of track it must
make GO miles an hour to compen
sate for lean speed on mount a In
grades, and for Jobs of time through
unavohlahle stops at tanks and coal
ing stations. Without the most cur*
ful and precise handling the train
could not maintain its time, which
1h fixed and unalterable.
It. Ih a five-car train for mail only.
Over the prairies of Western Mume
| isota It has already won the name
I of the fastest tiling on wheels and
North Dakotans sny that In tihelr
Stat^* It runs like a scared cat.
The schedule maintained by the
new train is three hours shorter
|thai| (that of the ITarrlman lines
between Omaha, and Shn Francisco
I although the distance Is about the
same.
The (iovernuient will weigh Die
malls In f IiIh dt»trkt for three
months. beglrnil-ng in February, 1o
determine the com | tenantIon for the
new »erv|re, and flu* figure thus do
'ermined iii>on will govorn during
Uie eorning for fear* It was to
get this eonfract with the jKiatal d«
l»arf.ment that th/> new fJroaf North*
«m service wan eirtablfefced.
W. M. Maskerville. formerly a
mall clerk o~n fho Norfolk and West,
em has charge of this record-break
In* train. He haH been rapidly |.ro
nioferf In ft,,, mall service tintII If is
•stated he Is now receiving f7000 a
year.
While he was With the Norfolk a.
\t'esiern It jq h„ mor,. ftian
doubled the value o* ttkiII hauled
If l« almost impes-oble tr> d •tali
all the service he rehdored He com
I*any heybjcausing tin divei ion
of mail to thi line lr, b„, Hl.
I-Ohiiion was filled by, t*" \ r.lT- ,, i|
of UoanoKc - i., i .is h *• tti,. ,.r
vice ftr Die tf. tilt |or o-r r ftf
»e#^> jesrw f|llril|JL. , ,
Whs chief <*Je**j< for ah on n. o yean
Hiul strange to K.IV b;4 • :n>\», l h» '«>•<..
*tu' i Mr. Cafttfdn.il
BELIEVED
PERISHED
Thought that Miners Im
prisoned in St. Paul
Mine Are Beyond
Hope.
HEARTRENDING
SCENE AT SHAFT.
Women in the Deepest Dis
tress Crowd Around
the Shaft.
'(•horry, 111 . Nov. ifi.— With wo
uhmi mid eihlldron in (earn and the
deepen) dlHircw nt h nd i>n k around
th«‘ wh.ifL or the St. Paul Fuel Cotn
IMiny. a HyKtoiiiatlc effort Ih being
made to release the too minora who
u,,,'e lm.|>rha>aed in the mine Satur
day. I hundredd m) women wIioho
IiUabandh and relutlveti are entomb
ed atood around the gha-ft all night,
•“HI. 11 lfrdit waiting to learn the fate
of their dear ones. The uceuo la
heartrending beyond word •
Four men with oxygen helmet*
descended the aliuft today. It wa*
believe dthat. during the night nig
■uallylng wa,, heard from below, but
the sound waa Very laint. and led
• e no dollnlto < onehiHlou regarding
tlw? men.
Ii la believed that or the too on
tombed mei+t or them have perl.tfx
ed.
I li(. firnt bodies worn round this
morning forty f^t r-oni Clio nmiu
-->.tm j t. i hi* tii< .*,4 of Lhu mon wero
blakovio<1 and burned, and It Is not
Ixdlevod it will ho possible to Idoti
tlfy tlioin.
l>0*>*e **lourls of pinoko and steaio
mo issuing from thn Khnff.
KINGSTON CABLE
NOW WORKING
Several Earthquake Shocks
Are Reported in the
Conary Islands.
Washington, Nov. in.— ('ablo com
inimical Ion than boon restored with
K iPKvton, Janialca, and the‘storm
whi<h ha* been .raging throughout
tho West Indian region ha» practical
ly availed. Th« loss of property
will run into the millions, and hov
• •r.'il li u lid red are reported to have
lost, ihuir llvea.
SI<:iUOI HhV Sll.tKKV
IAt.idon, Nov 1 r».— Reports r<v
ceived li«rr«- today Ktafe that tho
Conaiy Island.' have been seriously
shaken by an earlhpunke. It ap
pears that. there hen been a general
I s|< sinic disturbance throughout the
(•outral Mlnntle oooaii,
FLAMES SWEEP
MESSINA RUINS
Rom* Nov 1 r> A lire broke out
•d M' ssiu i today In the km tion of
t fho city devastated by the earth
U'inke last December and it threat
< ti i to wipe out. the entire ruins ft
is Inipo* ible to contml the hiiiia
11f*. lol i| fid' time > appears that
the fbnp will romplel*. the work
of the e>rtbf|tjaho.
»• : .1 if. position a chief clerk
'-i''1 >t’ form* r i urn on tho
iokI tltej-i* was not a Inel*. clerk
"" ” o"f> !.uiidro»i a.id twenty-live
m l' r him hoi wh«ti bad aught,
o* him. |i Ik iinyp ■<( j(, «i»v
every cleik loved him as a
•i-other nnd would have fared a ean
lo.n hould I;., h'-v,. ordered j*