fcUJEFIEur””" EVENING ESTABLISHED APRIL 8, 1906._BLUEFTELD, W. VA„ -WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, N'OVEM HER IH.NiCn. _ j,,UCK xwo CENXS NEW THEORY LITTLE CASE HElKHtT THAT COAL UNI) HI Y RKS M\| PLOYED HIM To KILL MKAIMJWS FAMILY. STORY LACKS CONFIRMATION IF TIU'E I1FLI>:VFI) MEN WHO 1‘KO.MPThl) Ml KDEHS WILL COME TO KESCI K. According to a roport receive! here today from a reliable source, <| testimony of a sensational nature will be offered ai the trial on Thanks giving Day ot Howard Little, ac cu ed of murdering the Justis fam ily at Hurley several weens ago It is sal 1 that a purty of men engag ed in the purchase or.' coal lands in furiated because they could not induce Abe Justis to sell the prop erty lie owned to them employed Little to murder the entire family thereby imiking It easier for them to secure a right to the laud. So completely did the people want the family done away with that they had the fletul Incarnate Little bo burn the house in order to hide the •foul crime Is the report that has leaked out. The prisoner has not been at all talkative since his incarceration and has possessed the serenity of one promised acquittal. Th** silence maintained by him from tho time he was arrested on suspicion of be ing an accessory to the sextuple murder has caused many to think he ,'was keeping something *under cover until the day of the trial. The fact that none of the money Little H supposed to have gotten the night of the murders has ever bet found leads the officers to believe his rapacious partners will come to hij aid on the day he is tried Attorney Wilson of Lebanon, who will ddfend Little could not. be reached by wire today, so this ru mor lias not. been confirmed, but it is a well known fact, tnat a party of strangers were seen near Hurley ^ several months ago, trying to buy a large portion of the undeveloped coal lands in Buchanan county, and who, It is claimed dickered with Aunt Betty .fustlg but could not agree with her on terms. ft is feared hy many who remember the visit of the strange coal land dea lers that they will spirit Little away from the Clrundy Jail under the pretext, that they are going to lynch him. Kxtra precaution has beet^ Uikeu to guard the Jail at Grundy, and only the witnesses will be admitted to the couri room when the trial commences tomor row'. It is expected that the trial will last several days. The whole day tomorrow will be consumed la arraigning Little on seven counts, end in electing the Jury. IN FAVOR OF RACE SUICIDE Philadelphia, Nov 24.- Limit the number of children In each family and Unit the mrngcajion to tho United .Stales, or else there is a grr.ve danger of the population ex ceeding the available food supply, Is tho advice of Seotl Nearing, In structor inecononilcs of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania Speaking before the Hebrew Llt 0 ersry Society this sfternoon on the subject of race suicide. Prof. Near ing ridiculed former President Roo sevelt pet theory of the advisabil ity of big families, declaring that the anti-race suicide sentiment wras responsible for the Inrrea .ed cost of living expens •*. Woman * sphere In life was given a new definition, he declaring that woman « function was not 1o l>enr children, but to rear a /ew children Jn the elements of future good oili ssnshlp. GLEAN RIVLaS COMMISSION — MKRTING IN CHARl.K'TO.N TO HTor tmt: nn.i.n ion OE STHKAMS. Charleston, T ft • 2\.—A meeting of the commit* £ ,appointed by the Go\ei nor to * ligate- the pollu tion of Ww £L fgluia tlverj u'id ft reams, was J yesterday In 'he j executive oft At the chpljol. An other meet1/ 111 be held today and probah’ . (the last part of tlr* week the nSt* t of the oomml slot, will i»e delivered to the Governor. A large delegation of the repre sentatives of large tanning and pul| manufacturing companies on Cherry river. In Nicholas county, were pres*' • :.‘i at the meeting K>r the purpose of tilting to the commission what steps tho companies have taken to ! reniv iy the existi >g conditions The | | representatives «>f the companies who uppeared before the commission 1 wore C. S. Wston, of Ccranton, lJa., i {president of the Cherry River Culp and Caper Company, and C. B. | Brcowevbndk, „uperlntendi at of the same company; S. M. WitInner. | ! superintendent of the \\\ F Moss Tanning Company; Messr . Alderso.'i j an | Breckenrldgo, attorneys. of; Alderson and Cushing, an expert chemist, of Boston. During the long coiAeic.ict* which i wn held, the representatives of the companies explained that they be licvd th conditions of the water in the river to be better than former-1 ly an 1 that except for the water be ing slightly colored by the refuse from the mills very little sediment | has-been noticed i*i the river lately. A memher of the conimi aion stat ed last night that the condition of tile water In the river is very bad. He mentioned, as a-n example, that ! at the plant of one ny thousand of children | Illegally absent from school and po* i»ibly a few 'thousand illegally at i work. STEAL PAPERS IN LITTLE CASE ITALIANS * TAKK TTKTTT'Ttrjfs OV KIUOAT IN WHICH AFFI DAVITS WKItK 4 AltltlKD __ % A deter*lve 1 ' the employ of the Baldwin-Felts agency .which arreat od Howard Little, several wtH>ki ago on anspklo:i of being Implicat ed in the murder of the Justl i fam ily, at Hurley, waa truly vexed when, leaving h.s overcoat lit .he smoking car and going to the diner op No. 3 Monday night returned to the smoker to And his overcoat containing a isicknge of sealed affi davit ; and other evidence to be used In the Little trial gone A thorough search o» the tar was made hut the missing ulster could not lie found. When tho detective got IV* Devon lie wired to a member of Hie agecey at Northfork who acured a 'descrip tion of all the pa si ngers getting off at that poi’it. Two Italians were described as having a package and un overcoat. rho detective went to the house where the Italians hourd but they were at work. I'I’on rear'hlng Hie hou o the mltwl'g coat wuh found but the package or affidavits were gore. The Italian* were arrested while at work; and taken to the boarding place whore o:ie of them crawled under the hoti.e and got the important package thus preventing 41 delay in •he Little trial Both prisnneis were taken to Welch and locked up. The agency was advised hist night of the theft and recovery of the affidavits. No motive 14 assign ed beyond the getting of an over coat as tho Italians did not appear to know what the papers were for. j FOR STUDY OF PELLAGRA Waahington. Nov 24.—Tho Nat ional Association for the Study of Pellagra, which was organized as a result of the national com'rorenoe held In Columbia. S. C. a few’ weeks ago i f planning to hold it* annual convention in Peoria, 111., In June lino. At the recent conference there were about 350 delegates present ar.d papers were read by a number of prominent physicians and health officers from sections of this coun try and Europe where the disease prevails I liat spoiled corn Is potent fac tor I” cau dng the disease was eon reded by all. but as to whether or not the disease Is hereditary, the delegates were Inclined to differ. Hr. H. H. Griffin of the Htate Hos pital. Columbia. 8. C., 4ald that he considered Pellagra as herldilary only In the form of a predisposition j or inherited tendency. It was stated at tin* conference < tLiat whip* the discovery wn , a n *w one In this country It had been known for years In Europe aid Africa. The problem had been stud [ i'’d by foreign physicians for many years, and It had boon decided by orne of the foremost that the dis pase is not contagious. For .this 1 reason It was argued that quarlnW precautions were not necessary The highest estimates place the number of eases in the I'nltel States at 5000. The medical treat ment r0r this sickness, as aivoeated by Hr. F. M. Handwfth. of rg>ndon. consists of a nutritious dlot. arse nic, suspension of maize. ,, , j P]jn)i_ nation of Intestinal psraftlfe* by appropriate treatment R. A. MOSELEY It. A. Moseley. Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Oonnnis l. who got Into a heated argument over tne Kscli bill with Commission er Kirlo of south •Carolina. Secre tary Mo ely hell that ’he Inter state t'ommUrlo-i should have the lw>w**r to investigate the cause of rnllroa.1 wreoks. Marie *nld they would light that and when \Uv»olv Inquired with fl la or what the rom nH-isJor.ors thou eh I there was going to bo trouble, ft:ule'u cntentlon was that such power hvifringeq upon state rights, but a majority of 4he comm last oner* voted In favor of the bill WILL DEMAND _____ _ . ■ *. FULL APOLOGY * WASHINGTON GOV E It X >1 E N T HAS W AR.Nf II|*S IX REAM. NESS To SAIL IE CLAIMS ARE REECSEH. ZELAYA JAILING AMERICANS COSTA RICANS ARE RELIEVED TO IIE AIDING THE ItEVO Lt’TlOVlSTS. Washington, Nov. 24. The T'nit ed States government will demand $100,000 Indemnity and full apology from Zelaya for the murder of Grace end Cannon, and active prepara tions are being made to see that, the demand is Immediately compiled with. The execution of the two men by Zelaya 1« held to be unprecedented by the State Department. The Pauducah and Dubuque are held In readiness at the Portsmouth navy yard to sail to Nicaragua In a minute's notice. INTERNATIONAL KXJ*OHVTIO.V OF FIVE ART. Washington. Nov. 24. Ore of the main attractions of the World's Pal, at Brussels la 1910 will be the In ternational Exposition of Fine Arte, which Will be housed i*i the halls and galleries of the Palace of Uk .Titbtlee. The exposition will open about, 'lay i and c|o <• abou’ N'oyem her in. This country will be olfi '•!i|iy represented ROUNDS UP TOUGH BUNCH 1 £ + jp I * 4 >4' ^ ■ oii»wr m.tvn* rrM.s \vn \r is HKLIFYRH TO IlK UA1> C1ANO. Chief of police Mays of Rocahon taa made an Important capture Mon day liljrht. SxrheH he rounde | up five tough UmkHK men who hnve been nmkihg life miserable for tin* red dents of Pocahontas. The gang has been there for a week, and lived In a shanty near the tunnel. I hoy all hud assume I namo4, calling themselves Jesse James, Rob Ford nNl Frank James, a id Howard Tracy. u Whoti trthd they refuse | to state where they ‘kero from, and said any place they could hung their hat was "home street home to them." One or the prisoners Is thought to be Ihe mail Farley wanted a: Ihiln kl for ahootlng through a pas senger ear ‘ KvIndowV Tin* authorities a? Pocahontas will ho>H them several dny., and try to connect them wjlh the recent ! •bnrglarle* coutn rtf e.l «t Norton. i'Ihree gtiH** were ‘taker from the pit one*# the iVlJjbtr o‘r the raid. H.\Cl\(JS TT \ \ t\ 1% <1 \ \ \ |» \ i Toronto.1 V^anfiti.i,' \ov. 2 1- Hie i’nith or (he ‘Cnnftdln,, public |,, the pi ita! -aVIAg*. hank |a Indleniod In a recently phblfshe-f report of the ■Cnnndlan postal service for the latd Oseal yen* The report shown that there waA an increase of I r, banks during tin* y^nr. making the total 1 102. The balance to the rhedit of depositors wAs $45,190,484. USE RESIDENCE AS COURT HOUSE Oharleijtou. . J# I —Hy a pro*-. 1 a mat ton & MM 4 ! Wxlit |>y Governor \V B. tllatbtfoek, ‘ Line oln county, where vniuUl* ^UvtroyM the court house Instif-iMirfiJi'y MJght. was sup ! piled wil irf Ak«V Vorfl' ar justice when the State executive, through authority Inffrxaaed upon him by the legislature/ tleklgnatoj a building owned by T>r. R W Holley, at the corner of vine arid Mansion streets in the town of ITuiiiliir, as a place for holding court until suitable •liiarters can be provided Joseph Adkins nil John Adkins, who are charged with the burning of the Lincoln court house, were arrested Saturdujr*'by Sheriff Tol/e Holley and poise from Hamlin. Keeling was no high against the two men that they were hurried to the Jail by the sheriff and his deputies. ’The Lluooln oouuty authorities *ay they have other evidence against the Adklnses In additlou to Hie fact (that the hound* trailed them to the house where they were caught, about seven mile* from Hamlin. Te burning of the court house with all Hie records of the county will cause the greatest confusion. The flr«- will be etf|j*;tdaHy hard upon the poorer feople of (he country, many of w'hottt will be almost jsiw erless to prove (heir claim*. The large conrpaTiesi owning lands In Lincoln coUrrty WflK b« better pro tected, for In 'fn.Ttiy Instances they have duplicated* records of tlielr holdings. Today at 7:tr, p. m. a very fine program conslstf-ig mf special numb ; bv our augm^oited chdlr. scripture reading nrf'l tin addres by Itov. Kejley, the patrol* wilt be r ndered I In 'ha cbnpel I’ubfTc heartily ill* j Vlted *i MW ? WE KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TRIED IT OURSELVES 1 ^ / i ^ 4 i 3 ^ ■'r,tl *,av° anything to sell, It I* a dead Immortal cinch that you will never sell It pnlf* coni' P >ne flr is mi that yon arc in the market. The fact ha* to '•>*k out temo way (hAot( will hold your offering until the day of Judgment Thl* i* wh'-re advertising come* [ illicit ii the e eapewt and most e^podiont way to break the bargain ne.c t.o the people. AqJ liu* cheapest and most expedient medium to ronvev this Intelligence I* the newspaper. , »/ I /l i 1 Now the leader has a stib*rlpt1orr bargain which It. iB o'ferli.g for this we»k only. We are glvl.ig >fui a $t paper for ?3. To increase our circulation. whi< h naturally Iiicrffff^S^rhe value of our advertising «pac#» to u* «Dd to our ad\crtleer« and our general uaofulnea* In tLe community, wo arc making thl* offer, provided you subscribe or renew your subscription by SaUir**? Yon tu n get trig thl* dollar yourself and not paying It to some one else for the privilege of ta&tf ‘v* k«ij by some lottery *u1n«crlption gratft. Arul to 1 NO 1‘ltTl III; SHOWS Philadelphia, Nov 24. Suporln tendonl Martin llruuibAtigh, of tin* nubile schools, has appointed a eom. nilttoe of /irluclpals to reeomniend steps for suppressing tin* nttondaneo of ftohool sihUdren at moving pleturt* shows Morin* roIiooI {hours. The ehalrtnat of tin* committee, Klwla Y. Montayno. has written to other large i-lilfi tiyjflftgf To wlmt ext*‘111 this p,a«,|lp| evil In your city? White 1 •*\*- • <»r ordinance! «ro > - . \ Istenre,, pr IfAiiUl be )»a-«od. regnlat lug tint) *\teud!in| Moroitini. who i with Ills wife commit tod suicide at Lugano, was the sequel to dofeut 1 lu a light again, t .political bins, bri bery a*nl corruption. A descendant of the Doges on Venice, M or oh in I w.ts preslicnt of the tribunal of that city, and lib wife was a noted bounty and society leader Ho was a fearless nisi ttp wright judge, and Ann In his de llanos of oil the usual attempts to buy justice. HIh political opponents fl ially se cured Ills removal from office, and being too ifroud to accept an Infer ior post, he left Venice to wander about Kurope. Ills wife, proud as himself, share I his fortunes and vicissitudes. For years Moroni it I was laid aside by sickness, and finally the couple settled in the slums of Lugirio, where ho was forced to soli match#** an I newspapers in the guttey The proud, fallen man refused all offers of help, which occasionally c.uno from frit* who had discovered his plght. At lust the coilp!e decided to die together, ♦rtiey ffqre (found (lead in bed, suffocated by gas. ARE INTERESTED IN IRRIGATION Washington, Nov. 24 That the problem of Irrigation Is ono that Is not only of Interest to the aettlern in the arid regldo* of the West, but Is being I avert I gat el by the general public Ik Indicated In a request made by Ooisiis iMrertor imrand on Ar thur Hookor, • Secretary of the na tional Irrigation t'ortgrem, or Spo kane for the average and yield of the various crojm that are under Ir rigation, an I the tytal Irrigation are,t l.i tbo f’nlted States. Mr I>urand says that there i In creasing pnb14<* demand .for tatis ties and other Information relative to water prtwer, and that, the buret expect to tevelop llfa along this j line l connect lag wi'b it cen u“ oi manufacture*, i;»* l!"T sit;me hive become accustomed to lo’ng forward to the coming of this box each year On | tomorrow their little eye* will again sj^arkle with gladness as thl** sift of those women are tinspeak ( able SI TE PAPERS STOLEN FROM ■ YAM'Altl.U IKH’I Mlivrs a hi: I TAKWN I IIOM Sl-:< UIOTAIIVS nivsim:\rr, \r yai.ij:\ h*Olt(lK, |»A. ATTRIBUTED TO JAPANESE SPIES I run stati*: mhhahtmicnt iii*: I IHKS TO CilVIO Ol’T 1\\ INI'OHM \ I ION \\ iishliiHlou, Mov. |2*l. Secret service men are ou tho trnll of tome valuable stale papers I The state department is silent ns I to i be robbery, but it la rumored I t liai papers o( the utmost Invpor taneo were taken, and the tho»t is attributed to Japanese apliv'. < I »KV'' ’M Valley Forgo, Pa Nov. 2 1 — l>e pit* l lie denial oi CaroiHii<'i T*> oer. It |r believe | ibat some very valuable documents wore rnr i led nwny from the Kimx homo here ll Is reported that I he Sec retary will bo hero tonight to make a per. oimiI Investigation. DOUBLE WEDDING AT HIGH NOON | ‘ Miss Nannie IFaro and lllch/ird HarrUon Wainwrlght wore uni tod Hi marriage this morning at 11:30 at the homo or the 'bride’s brother, l>r. (). 8. Hare of Tazewell street, Hev IVullnrd performing tho \Her vlee. MIhh Hare In tlm daughter or tin- late l)r. .1. It. Hare-and Is great ly beloved l»y all who know her Mr. Wainwrlght holds a isisltlon with i In* Wester^ I'nloii Telegraph Com pany an I lias a large elrrue of f rlends After tho wedding Mr. and Mrs. Walmvrlgbt were driven to tin- homo •t' Mr. and Mrs. .1 Frank Martin on Prltieeton avenue where they witness** 1 I lie marriage of MIhh I'Oiih Foster a,id Mr. Huy K. Herr «t high noo-.i, Itev 8. II ThorropBon offlHatlng Prof Otto Hrown, pre sided nt tin* piano and Mrs. ('has. Duvall sang '■[ Dove You Truly.” Prof Hrown played Hrhiimann'fi I raumerlu during the ceremony Hoflly modulating Into Wagner's bridal rliormi from l.ohengrl i after tin- service. Mr. ami Mrs. fferr left on thn af ternoon train for luirlOAstcr, l‘a, wImt,. they will spend their honey moon. Mr and Mrs. Wninwrlght will Kl»e,id their honeymoon at Chtlsfla is hurg and lloaiiokfl Mr. Herr la a jeweler at l(a lolpli and Mlttendonf's and has hee„ „ lesIdfMH of the oily for three years. lie |k one of the moat pop ular young men In He- city. \j!;; l-’o lei who Is a niece or Mrs Mas fin and han many friends in (Ik* city iti*TtiKi» r\ vir,<«ifY). Mexico City, Voy 21. CVr|e* c Corooe of (’Itififir.a*'. Ohio t-ns ins* found the evidence vi'hli h prove., ii, hh mind e* well a *o 'ho- of many or Mexico's htstor b'f), fh■«t. Ifenmndo ^'ortez ran in-'•or of this country, d'^ f a el 3 hurled her»* and not la Seville, Mpaln. a ■ has been advocate) ;»y Pir!;i. ~r;. Motley, and otho, h *• or; s of Mexico. Mr. Cordon has been In Mexico for r ‘vernl years studying the peo ple, conditions and the hi «ory •roro fhe oil unpublished manuscript* h* hi* found that one of »he«<* i, hi* will of Cortez, In which he aid ha wanted t<) |)o buried here \no*her is a u at teal of th*» wilt by n friend of Cortez, who detail* the Icalli here |n 1JJ50 of Corfe* immediately after his return frirn Spain THE WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs day; Slightly warmer Thursday^