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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
1
Chicago April 2 Committees for western railroads and railway brotherhoods met to review disputes under the sixteen hour law now in effect. Railroads report reductions in telegraph offices and workforces as divisions rearrange to fit the limit. Labor asks how far the cuts go while managers warn of losses if trains are sidetracked to comply.
The report notes that the old practice of crews returning to home headquarters after short rest periods and receiving twenty four or thirty six hours of respite is made impossible by the new arrangement.
In New York on April 2 a blaze in a five story Hester street tenement killed Bere Weinsten and their year old son and left fifteen dead or injured. Police officers entered the building rallying sixteen sleeping families as flames blocked stairways and exits. Fire escapes became crowded as residents leaped from windows to escape the fire.
Helsville West Virginia April 2 Special Tug river reached its highest flood mark since 1961 Two houses owned by Pondo Coal and Coke Co were washed away along the tram road An acre and a half of Superior Pocahontas Coal bottom land disappeared and a house is under threat Telephone wires down Hallsville cut off Twin Branch bridge owned by Jewett Bigelow Broecks Coal Co washed away Two foot bridges damaged and Big Samdy Coal and Coke Co side track washed out Two houses along the river were destroyed
Eureka Hardware Co advertises ten years of success behind Blue Ribbon Flavoring Extracts and Hannahs Green Seal Paint for sale.
A large gathering in Atlanta discusses protecting child laborers through federal and state legislation. Noted figures including President Roosevelt, Taft, Cardinal Gibons, Jane Addams, Hoke Smith and others attend or send letters of support as the National Child Labor committee outlines education and safety goals. The program spans sessions on education, compulsory schooling, factory inspection and the social costs of child labor.
The Washington senate adjourned at 3:38 p.m. to reconvene Monday while debating a DC public school reorganization bill placing control under a national education director. The chamber also revisited land settlement claims and the Bacon amendment regarding Civil War cotton seizures, both yielding no action.
Marie Lehman aged 26 died by drinking carbolic acid in St Louis on April 2. Investigation shows her motive was to provide a $1,000 life insurance to her 19 year old sister Maggie who is helpless and invalid. The policy allowed the payout if self destruction occurred after one year from issue, which expired Tuesday. Marie died Wednesday. body found on a Forest Park bench. Parents of both girls are dead.
Parkersburg April 2 The Democratic executive committee passes a resolution endorsing William Jennings Bryan for president after a three hour debate. Ten vote for and five against with leaders McGraw Holt Watts opposing and Chilton Littlepage Osenton supporting. State nominating convention set for Charleston July 29 and Wheeling May 28 to choose delegates to Denver.
Huntington W Va April 2 After a day of fruitless debate the joint conference of operators and miners district No 17 adjourned without an agreed wage scale. Miners demand eight hour day and semi monthly pay. operators seek ten hour day and monthly pay. Sub committees meet tonight and will report tomorrow.
Albany April 2 anti race track gambling bills will be a special order for final passage in the senate next Wednesday morning. The penal code preliminaries were cleared and two bills placed in final passage order, Taft’s assembly bill replacing Agnew’s senate bill. If approved by the senate, they go to Governor Hughes for signature.
Paris dispatches say chaos worsens in Port au Prince with factional infighting among black residents. Foreign warships may land troops if white lives are endangered.
Washington April 2 indicate an all night session in the House of Representatives at 9 o'clock due to filibustering tactics. Both sides hold firm in posture and strategy as debate continues.
A wire from Magdalena Bay reports that the Fermont finished testing large guns and the Navajo arrived with mail. The fleet will sail north today following record target practice completion.
New York April 2 The Northern Pacific company declared a quarterly dividend of 12 4 percent.
At Indianapolis on April 2 the Indiana Republican state convention adopted a platform backing Vice President Fairbanks and Roosevelt. It nominated James E Watson for governor and Fremont G Godwine for lieutenant governor among others, with six tickets by acclamation. The governor race required five ballots amid enthusiastic delegates.
New York April 2. Thomas F. Smith secretary of Tammany Hall heads to Denver to arrange hotel accommodations for the Tammany host at the Democratic national convention. He will secure rooms for 500 persons and expects many more, leaving others to arrange their own lodging.
Washington April 2. Senator Overman introduced a joint resolution placing printing paper and wood pulp on the free list and seeking immediate consideration but Hepburn objected. By motion of Senator Gallinger the measure was referred to the committee on finance.
Reports from Seoul say both locals and foreigners are angered by the French consul general posting a notice at a club. The notice opposed the condolence message to the family of D. W. Stevens, who died last week from a Korean pistol shot.
Illinois Minnesota and Missouri railroads face a combined attack on 7 cent passenger rates. Suits are expected next week as Illinois roads plan a conference in Chicago to outline the fight. Washington orders postmasters to remind staff of duties amid ongoing violations.
A section of the posted laws and regulations prohibits all but post masters of the fourth class from holding any state territorial or municipal government office.
Washington April 2 the agricultural appropriation bill passed the house after nine days of debate and numerous amendments The measure totaling 11 508 806 faced protests over funding for investigations and a socialistic criticism of road plans by Williams The bill’s passage preceded a Democratic filibuster that failed as the House adjourned at 10 09 with 121 to 81 votes.
Huntington W V April 2 The Ohio River at fifty one feet and rising but expected to stand by midnight Low lands flooded and battle damage noted The Guyandotte River stationary after a high in its history A second gorge of logs formed at Martha ten miles south saving the Chesapeake and Ohio bridge Guyandotte Valley railroad sixty miles long out of commission for a week or more Thomas Dingess drowned at Fourteen Mile crossing in a skiff overturned by flood
Villisburg Pa April 2 The failure of the joint scale committee of miners and operators in Western Pennsylvania to agree on a wage scale and rules ends negotiations. Operators will now deal directly with National President T L Lewis and other national officers. After adjournment operators sent a telegram accepting his invitation to meet in Indianapolis on Monday.
Portsmouth reports a cruiser Berwick rammed torpedo boat destroyer Viver during night maneuvers in the Channel. The Tiger was cut in half and sank quickly. Gladiator and Berwick boats rescued twenty two men, one died later. Viver crew thought forty five. remaining sailors likely drowned.
In New York on April 2, hotel manager James Regan of the Knickerbocker says he asked unwelcome guests Mr and Mrs. Thomas Thaw to leave the dining room after an incident. The Nesbitts Thaw and famed doubles again face blame for the episode.
Henry I. McDonald found guilty of arson in Sandford case shoots at Prosecuting Attorney James Cooper Jr. and officers in the Terre Haute courtroom. Detective Dwyer dies, several officers wounded. McDonald wounded, taken to St Anthony’s Hospital. Police seek his brother as crowd gathers outside.
William J. Bryan will not be present at the April 13 banquet in Des Moines and thus cannot speak. Ryan spoke to many Democrats upon arrival, while Bryan avoided discussion of the matter, and crowds greeted him with enthusiasm as supporters gathered from across the state.
Secretary of War Taft spoke at the Columbus Board of Trade dinner after a day of meetings at the Chittenden Hotel. He urged better care for the nation's soldiers in a roughly hour long address on the Army of the United States.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve advertised as especially good for piles and sold by all druggists.
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