Bluefield evening leader. [volume], October 11, 1910, Image 1

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Soldiers With Machine Guns
Guard Negro Charged
With Murder oi
Mrs. Aliff
HUNDREDS CROWD
INTO THE TOWN
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Feeling of Bitter Enmity
Against Soldiers is Man
ifested Among People
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Fijyette, Oct. 11.—Three companies .
of the nutional guards with loaded '
machine guns under the command of
the adjutant general were drawn up
around the court house here today
, before the trial of Thomas Raymond,
the negro who is charged with crim
inally attacking and murdering Mrs.
John AllifT was started.
Hundreds of mountaineers alarmed
crowded Into town and a feeliug of
fitter enmity towards the soldiers Ts
‘ manifested.
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MUCH PEEVED
IS SUBEFi
On Account of Drop in Pop
ulation Gensur. Sharpr
A*e Likely to
Faro Bac1.
Washington, Oct. 11.—Judging from1
the letters that are pouring Into the
Census Bureau, there is no doubt that;
St. Jo>o is peeved. By St. Joe is meant |
the city of St. Joheps, Mo, at least,J
It was once a city, but It can hardly
lay claim to such a title at present.
One shudders to think what would,
happen to the director of the Bureau
if he should dare visit St. Joe while
the population is in its pi sent mood.
What the little village on the Mis
souri lacks in numbers would doubt
less be made up for by the raging In
dignation of the populace.
According to the census figures. St.
Joseph now has a population of 77.-.
403. A lot of western cities would be'
glad to have that many noses to count !
th;t not St. Joseph. The United Slates
census of 1900 gave the Missouri town
a population of 102,979, so that the!
present figures Involve a decrease of
24.K per cent., or over 25,000 souls, j
What the people of Rt. Joe want to
know is wbat has l>ecome of these
25,000 people, and If the director of
the cenaus should go out to St, Joe
now he would doubtless he arrested,
tried, convicted and hung by the'
neck until dead on the charge of
making away with the whole lot. The I
census returns have made St. Joe the
laughing stock of all the towns In this
section, and It Is alleged that already
many people haVe left the town, un
able to bear up under such a weight
of humiliation. From the thirty
fourth city of the United States, with
a place in the "Cities Having Over
IrtO.OftO” list, St. Jos has fallen so far
that it will be found In the neighbor
hood of Hoboken, N. J., and Paw
tucket. R. I.
fit. Joseph's great fall la yet a mys
tery to the cenaun charpa, and In to
h<* accounted for only by the gener
al cussedness of cltleg on that, moat
uncertain of rlvera. the Missouri. Ten
year* ago, for instance, the people or
Omaha threaten'd to-accede from the
t nlon because the Cenaua Bureau ac
credited the Nebraska metropolis
with a population of only 102,555.
whereas ten years previously the fig
\ re* were 140,425.
NEW YORK BAPTISTS.
New York, Oct. 11.—Baptists of
southern New York, including this
city, began their annual session today
In North Church, West. Eleventh
atrcet, and will remain three days.
From Positions it is Suppos
ed that the Unfortu
nate Miners Died
Instantly
LARGE QUANTITIES
OF AFTERDAMP
Several Members of Rescue
Gang Were Overcome by .
Gas Last Night
Starkvllle, Colo., Oct. 11.—Ten
bodks of the fifty or more coal min
ers who were killed in the Starkville
mine Saturday nlht were recovered
shortly before 4 o’clock this morning.
The bodies were recognizable and
from the positions In which they were
found it is supposed they died In
stantly.
They were turned over the coroner.
Large Quantities of deadly after
dump are still being encountered by
the rescue gangs and during the
night several workmen were over
come.
KINDNESS SHOW
ATTRACTS MANY
Washington, Oct. 11.—Tho “kind
ness" exhibition held in connection
with the international humane con
ference was opened to the public to
day and was viewed by thousands.
All Varieties of humane devices are
displayed, and also pictures, photo
graphs, models, diagrams and descrip
tions of model child shelters, anti
cruelty inventions and allied exhibits.
The anti-hull fight campaign now be
ing waged In Spanisii-Hpeaking coun
tries is the subject of a special ex
hibit. which includes many interest
ing examples of bull ring parapher
nnilrti Humane killing devices for
slaughtering animals ire shown In n
wide variety of models. Including
sonv.i of the celebrate d new devices
now used in Herman abbattolrs.
Models of lethal chambers for kill
lug dogs and eats and various phases
of pound work are shown. There are
also models of improved stock ears
for shipping cattle, sheep, hogs and
horses, and Inventions for the humane
street feeding of horses. Women who
take lap-dogs with them on thetr;
travels will find new models of hand j
bags for such purposes. Fire escape:
Inventions for animals and safety ap
pliances for barns and kennels are
also shown.
Today's session of the international
conference was devoted to the In- 1
strnction. rnre and protection of chil
dren. especially In relation to child
labor laws. <
DAUGHTERS OF
THE REVOLUTION
Kokomo, Ind„ Oct. 11.—Daughters
of the American Revolution of Indi
ana gathered in Kokomo today for the
state convention of the society nnd
will remain three days. The Hoosler
organization has taken up the work
of placing markers at the graves of
all revolutionary war soldiers burled
In the state. The markers are sup
lied by the government.
DOCKET IS LONG
AND VARIED ONE
Washington, Oct 11.—The Supreme
Court diet at noon with only seven
Justices on the bench of this high
tribune today The court commenced
in earnest Its fall term
The docket is a long nnd varied one
and the session Is regarded as most
Supposition that He Was
Stealing Ride on the
N. & W and Fel1
to Death
An unknown man waH found dead
last night on the Norfolk & Western
tracks a few miles cast of laeger with
his right arm broken and an ugly hole
in his head. There was nothing to
lead to the conclusion that, there was
foul play, and the supposition is that
the man was stealing a ride on a
freight an»l fell to his death.
lie was about twenty-one years old,
ini there was nothing on the body
by which it could be identified except
an envelope with nothing in it ad
dressed to K. II. James of Oonldale
Mr. James, who resides at f'onldnU
lias stores botli there uml in HluetlclU.
was called up today, hut could glvi
no information as to the identity of
the man.
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Hio al>°\e photograph shows one of the five convicts, who recently escaped from Sing Sing prison. Jle is
. a"J Gr®fn* and ,K kn0wn a« “The fattest man in Sing Sing. He weighs 2f.O pounds and how he managed to
se a e the thirty-foot wall surrounding the prison Ih u puzzle to the official*. The diagram shows how the escape
o.,< p a(c and the direction of the night. The prison officers are surprised Uiat a great number did not escape
as there were more than 1<»0 in the same dormitory with the five Jail hrcuikers. (keen was received at the
pti on on larch 1. . He is thirty one years old and was serving a sentence of from four and one-half to sk
and oue-bnif years. - * m ^ •
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Bluefield Station, Largest in
Virginias, Will be
Opened About
October 15
The Indian Refining company la
completing its plant In the west end
mnr the power hour** and expecta to
>pen 11k Min,'field branch about Octo
ber if,. Tills plant when completed
will he the largest In the two Virgin
as, and represents a cash expendi
ture of nearly $10,000. It has a storage
capacity of 60,000 gallons of refined
:>ll and gasoline and 1000 barrels of
ubrlcatfng oil.
I he company has carried a stock
bf oil all year, blit will soon be In a
letter position to serve Its cutsomers.
Fhe other day a spanking span of
blacks was purchased for the delivery
wagon. R. B. Shlrey, who has the
nanngement of the Virginia stations.
Is also manager of the Minefield
branch and will make his headquar
ers In this city. The company, even
while occupying Its temporary quar
ters. has built up a good business in
he city. Manager Hhlrey states.
The Indian Refining Co., Is the lar
gest independent rcjolng company
in the world. It Is the most formld
lble competitor of the Htandnrd Oil
o.. and handles all grades of lubri
cating and Illuminating oils with all
hr by products. It owns wells, so
ihat It does not have to depend upon
buying Its crude oil. The great ad
vantage of this Is that It Is always
ible to secure uniformity of grade.
It has refineries at Georgetown. Ky.,
Lawreneevllle, HI., one at New Or
lenna and two at Bast St. bouis. M
slready has station In nearly nil
states east of thu Mississippi and
teveral west of It.
ft. D. McGhee, an old Norfolk A
IVestern man, has charge of the lub
ricating department.
ij Sing Sing and Escaped Convict
Stocks Holding to the High
Prices Scored at the
Close of Market
Y esterary
New York, Oet. n. A strong and
active lint marked the opening of
market In Wall street today with
stocks holding up to the high prices
scored at the done. Htcd was a prom
Inent. factor quoting gain of 1-4 jwdnt
at the opening, but Inter lost a frac
tion. Ht. Paul wan the most active
of the railroad group with a gain of
one half. Missouri Pacific also gain
ed one half point.
Cotton Unsettled.
New York, Oct. 11. Cotton opened
In an unsettled condition with prices
five point* higher to seven points1
lower. Opening October 14.48; No-i
vernbor offered 14.10; December
14.12; January 14.13; March 14.71.
Easy Cables
Chicago, Oct. 1J,- Kasy cables, the
bearish construction of the govern
ment report and a heavy Increase
supply, caused an easy market in!
wheat with prices 3-4 to 7-8 cents low
er. Corn was lower all around, and
oats were also lower. Provision*
were higher. Opening wheat Decem
ber 96 7-8; com 48 3-8; oafs «2 3-8;
pork January 17.30.
HITCHCOCK TO
SPEAK TONIGHT
Kansas City. Mo.. Oct. H,-*-Pohp|
master General Hitchcock is or the
program for an address fonigit bf
fore the convention of tlie ;Houf|weal-'
ern 1’ostal Association. fYl*'‘‘kpef^T
will deal with postal affairs. The con
j vcntlon includes representatives of
all branches of the postal service In
Missouri, Kansas. Iowa, Nebraska.
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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BELIEVES MM j
Chief Mays of Pocahontas
Thinkr Buchanan Wil
fully Killed Hir,
ir. 189?
fleorge W, Mays, chief of police at
Pocahontas, visited the city Jail last
night and took a good look at Charles
Buchanan, colored, who was arrested
Friday by the local police on Infor- j
mat Ion furnished by a colored com
panion for tin* murder in 181if> of his
brother Cyrus, on a farm belonging
to A lee fiickinsop, on Mild Fork, eight ,
miles above Falls AlUls, Vn.
Buchanan claims that, the killing
was accidental, but under the con* j
slant, fire of questions from Chief
.Mays he told many conflicting stories
and the chief, while he does not re
member the affair In detail, has a
knowledge of it and It Is Ids belief
that the man Is guilty of wilful mur
der. Buchanon states that he was
arrested at Welch for this murder and
that tlie Virginia authorities could not
furnish sufficient evidence to hold him
Consequently he was released, later,'
he states, he was arrested In a Penn I
Isylvanln mining town for the murder
of Jlni Lyre in Hheldon, N. C. six
! years ago but was released for la* k of
evidence. 1
Mr. Mays who has a thorough kno*«|
I leflge of criminal* think* he has a
good catch and he state* that he be
l h'ves Muchanon I* n much wanted
"tian and he will thoroughly invests
gate his past before he will be given
ids liberty.
Muchanon claims that hi* mother
and father and two brothers were
witnesses to the tragedy anti that
'their testimony will dear htni. His
brother*, he states, are now in the
army.
Chief May* was aceompanled by
hit* wife who is suffering from eye
trouble and rame to be treated by a
Minefield specialist.
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R. R. STRIKE
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A Meeting of the Cabinet
is Called Today to
Deal With the
Situation
MAY BECOME
GENERAL TONIGHT
Paris Crowded With Tour
ists Who Are Trying
to Get Away
I’arlH, Oct. It. Fearing tlmt u
atrlko on tho Greitt Northern rail-*
road will spread to stato railways
and completely paralyse t rattle all
over France, a mooting of the cabinet
was called todoj to deal with situa
tion.
Tho strike loader openly boasted to
day thut they had secured promises
from employes of the stale railroads
to strike tonight. If tills is brought
about all means of passenger and
freight rail tr|ftlc will be tied up.
1‘uris is crowded with tourists and
ninny of them tried to get away fear
ing the city would be Isolated for an
indefinite period.
THE COLONEL IN
OLD SI. LOUEY
Makes Several Speeches and
Has a Strenuous
Day in the Old
Town
St. Louis Mo., Oct. It. Col. Roose
velt arrived in St. l<ouls at 7 o'clock
this morning and was met by a recep-1
tlon committee and taken direct to
the hotel for breakfant with 600 mem
bers of the Huainoxs Men's Leaguei
present.
He will make several speeches dur
ing the day and will leave here to-!
morrow morning for Springfield III.
A 8trenuoug Day.
St. I/Oltis, Oct. II. Col. Roosevelt
arrived here this morning an I will!
spend the most strenuous div of ii>n'
trip. If the program arrange! Ijy the
local committee is adhered to. 'the
Trallle Cluh atul the HuhIti'hm Mens
League have charge of the dlstlnguisn
ed guest and will set him a merry
pace. A breakfast at the St ]/nils
Club, arranged by the Traffic Club,
started fhe day. The Riidti^M M *nV
League will act as host at two • .o'tlfi. I
a public luncheon an 1 a dinner, t «:*.
Roosevelt Is expected to make a few
remarks after each feed, but his most
Important address will be delivered'
tonight at the Coliseum and Is expect
ed to deal with political topics. Drive.«|
about the city and a visit to the avia
tlon meet will occupy the time of fh »
visiting party between eating and
talking.
SPEAKING SATURDAY
Don’! forget the Democratic speak
ing Saturday, Oct. 15. Princeton ral
]y begins at I o'clock In the afternoon
and the speakers, floor go Myrne of
Charleston and M. W. Pendleton of
Princeton will be In Minefield Satur
day night under the auspices of the
Minefield Club.
LONE BANDIT'S
SPEEDY WOBK
Memphis, Oct. 11.—A lone bandit
held up a saloon last night, backed
out with $7.r». then robbed a man with
whom he collided and made his es
cane in the space of three minutes.
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Believed Also Ethel LeNeve
Will Be Held as an
Accessory After
the Fact
JUDGE S CHARGE
TO THE JURY
£ _
Declared that there is Evi
dence to Hold the Doc
tor’s Companion
London, Oct. II. Thut Dr. Crip
pen will im indicted for the murder
of Ills wife and that Hthel LeNeve
will In* Indicted hh un accessory after
fact will bo handed down, was inude
evident when Judge Fulton charged
the grand Jury at the opening of the
court today.
I be Crippen ease is a feature of
calendar for this term In the Old
Mailoy court. The Judge declared theraT
ia abundant evidence to wurrunt u
Due hill against Crippen and ho
(bought sulllciont to indict Miss L«
Nevo.
Two Continents Intsrssted
i I i|)|)<,n Mind to roiuo
liOtidon, Oct. 11—Dr. Harvey H,
Crlppen will soon be brought to trial
ror the murder of his wife, Mrs. Cora
Crlppen, known on the stage as Belle
101 more. The sensational case, which
has arouse I tho interest of the people
>( two continents, Is set down for the
criminal sessions opened today. Homo
days will be occupied with minor
hearings before Crlppen and bis al
leged accomplice, Miss Ethel LeNove,
race the bar of justice*, but it is prob
nble the case will be called about a
week from today, Oct. ik.
'Hie evidence adduced at tho In*
tuesi was considered very strong, the
weakest link in the chain of evidence
being the identification of the body
■opposed to up that of Crippon's wire.
Experts admitted that there was noth
ing to identify the remains as I hose
or the doctor's actress wife, and were
unable to state positively that the
body was that of a woman. Tho cor
oner admitted that the body was un
usually slim, but Instead nevertheless
that the icumins were undoubtedly
human.
Physicians who will testify at tl.e
trial of Crlppen frankly say that the/
will not bo able to swear that the
mutilated rem.tlna were* those of a
woman, all indications of Hex bav'tig
been removed, but they will assert
that the rem tins were more ’Ike ly
those of a woman than a man. Several
women friends of the actress will ics
ilfy that she had a peculiar ajar, and
physicians will swear that a marie
round on a piece of skin resembled a
•rear. A piece of hair found with tne
body, which Is now carefully pro«*-rv
•d by the court officials, will he Iden
tified by several people as similar to
Hie hair of Belle Elmore.
One of the most damning phases of
Hie evidence against Crlppen will be
lhe testimony of physicians that hyos
t'ln was found in the body and proof
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H. K. French, news agent on the
Norfolk it Western, and Undertaker
S. Hawkins will leave tomorrow
for St. Paul, Va., where they will
look over the graven of twenty Union
soldiers who were killed during the
Civil war, for the purpose of making
an estimate of the cost involved in
removing the bodies to the National
Cemetery at Arlington near Washing
ton,
Mr. French discovered the grave
yard several"years ago while with a
engineering party for the Clinchfleld,
Carolina & Ohio, And reported it to
the War Department. The Depart
ment has asked Mr. Hawkins to make
an estimate of the cost of removing
the bodies.