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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
1
Sunday evening around five the second No 86 train near St Paul struck a child on a bridge one mile east. The two year old boy slid from his home near the track and was hurled twenty feet over the bridge. Trainmen feared the worst but the child showed life and cried after being taken to his father Mr L Dye the section foreman.
Willard N. Jones, a former Oregon legislator and timber contractor, was sentenced by Judge William H. Hunt to one year in the federal penitentiary on McNellis Island and a $2,000 fine for conspiracy to defraud the government. Thaddeus Stevens Potter received six months in Multnomah County Jail and a $500 fine.
Maj Geo W Mathews, formerly captain in the regular army and retired in 1905, died at his father's Worcester home aged 32 after an illness contracted in the Philippines. He earned the Medal of Honor for gallant actions at Mindanao Jolo and Labao Luzon on October 29, 1899, defending wounded officers under heavy fire.
Washington August 6 The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will mail letters to about thirty thousand Democrats who donated one dollar for the first Bryan campaign asking them to renew their support with new contributions.
New York endures a torrid August day with three deaths from heat and many prostrations. Newark reports the hottest season weather with fourteen deaths and over sixty prostrations as thermometers soar to 103 degrees.
A storm struck Harrisburg on August 6 killing two Pawnee Bill's Circus workers. Elephants stampeded into the Susquehanna River, causing chaos and fear as crews scrambled to secure the scene.
Lynchburg Virginia August 6 M D Cage in a drunken frenzy allegedly fired a ball at his wife on Monroe Street. The ball hit her eye and neck. both were hospitalized with poor survival prospects. Cage fled. police sought him. This morning Norfolk and Western officials reported a man who fell from a freight train near Forest after refusing to identify himself. He was later found to be Case and arrested.
Washington weather note reports local rains and thunderstorms on Tuesday followed by Wednesday fair and warmer conditions.
In a letter to Judge Parker the International Policy Holders' Committee counsel Samuel Untermeyer refused to become a trustee candidate for the Mutual and New York Life Companies.
Tonight is the final chance to view A Tragedy at Sea Revolution at Odessa and Hoodoo No 13 at Fairyland. The program changes on Wednesday night.
The city council met in regular session with mayor E E Carter and councilmen J T Akers Ferguson Woodyard Cubbedge Shelton Booker McCarthy Hawley Hicks J C Akers Thomas Gibson Brown Updyke Bernard. They paved Bluefield avenue to Pine street, five blocks west of Hoge street, with most property owners already signed. Jesse W Eastley was granted a license to operate a roller skating rink in the new building on Princeton avenue. Building permits issued include J W McGann Franklin street residence L D Sizer Fourth and Tyler improvements W H Coffman East End stone crusher J P Pobst Hanover street residence J M Echols Fourth A 8 Booker grand stand at baseball grounds Henry Evans Ridge street residence Mrs J H Hawes Jefferson street residence J C Akers Greenbrier street residence.
A steamship disaster near Roanoke leaves hundreds dead. An unknown man was fatally struck by a freight train nearby. two figures on the track led to initial foul play rumors. The body bears tattooed initials and a notebook bearing Notify the Commercial Indemnity Company. Police report two men on the rail as the engine braked. one died, another disappeared.
Senapah Aug 6 reports Pleas Childers shot and fatally wounded his wife and killed his stepdaughter this afternoon. Childers was arrested.
On August 8 the Norfolk and Western railway runs an annual excursion to Washington. A special train departs Bluefield at 8 15 a.m. Round trip fare is six dollars. Contact Norfolk and Western agents or W B Bevill for details.
Springfield Massachusetts reports the death of Daniel Baird Wesson, founder of Smith and Wesson, at his home after a four year illness. Born 1825 in Worcester, he moved to Springfield in 1857 with Horace Smith to start gun manufacture. His wealth is estimated at 50 million dollars.
Danville Illinois August 6 Speaker Cannon will answer President Gompers of the AFL in a speech of acceptance renominated the sixteenth instant He will take up the eight hour bill anti injunction bill and the educational provision of the immigration and naturalization bill He will hold Gompers and the federation committee responsible for the defeat of the anti injunction bill The rest of his remarks cover trusts prosperity wages and politics
Last reports put at nearly four hundred dead from the Italian steamer Sirio wreck off Hermi as Island. About a thousand aboard, roughly half saved, indicating one of the worst maritime disasters. Rescue close by limited loss by rapid sinking and wreckage scattered along the coast near Cape Palas.
John P. Wilson a leading Danville citizen repeatedly falls into a hypnotic trance when touched by steel from a barber razor. Physicians in Houstonville are puzzled by his condition which has occurred since youth and caused a near fatal moment during shaving.
Telegraph style want ad urges cost effective footwear for families. Blue field Gents' Furnishing Company promotes Our Family shoes noted for wear and comfort with concise sales pitch and limited details.
In Cleveland on August 6 a man robbed the Italian bank at Orange and Brown streets of several thousand dollars, was chased by a crowd, captured, and money recovered. The robber gave the name Bert Donaldson. In Chicago the One Avenue State Bank with over 47 million dollars in deposits failed, the president found in Minneapolis, cashier disappeared, assistant cashier in Europe, with claims of 700 thousand looted and a panic as the state bank examiner took charge.
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