10 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
1
Dispatches from Tangier recount violent raid on Casablanca with Moorish and Arab forces pillaging killing and burning. Jews killed and women mistreated as garrison faced rebels. Cape Juby looted and inhabitants fled to ships. Reports from Paris and Batavia confirm ongoing turmoil and French forces retook Casablanca.
The article describes Casablanca heavily ruined by recent bombardment. Many bodies lie in the streets and are being buried quickly. French and Spanish forces hold control of Casablanca.
A federal court in Montgomery modified a long standing restraining order against Alabama to allow the Southern Railway and affiliated lines to implement 2 percent passenger fares and state freight rates. The move restores the railway license and reduces passenger fares across more than a thousand miles of tracks while lowering freight charges on common items such as fertilizers.
August 9 Philadelphia. The laundry lighting and heating building at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in West Philadelphia burned, forcing relocation of hundreds of patients. Fire volunteers aided attendants while firefighters confined the blaze to the laundry structure. Estimated loss: $20,000.
Maritime authorities report the navy has chartered fourteen vessels from New York Baltimore and Newport News to haul coal to Pacific coast ports for the fall deployment of the battleship fleet to the Philippines front.
Advertisement urges shoppers to demand Blue Ribbon Vanilla as the top choice, claiming it is the best option available. The message emphasizes brand superiority and urges consumer action.
Chicago telegraph operators lead a strike after working with non union staff. In eight other cities, workers including Postal Telegraph members resign, leaving Chicago with about 35 operators to handle nationwide business. Some offices report reduced activity while officials seek to end the stoppage.
New York officials said Chicago and eight other cities face a local strike with no likelihood of crippling New York operations. Fifty percent of eastern division operators belong to the union and management expects to handle all business without delay despite the Chicago walkout.
Advices from Cambridge Springs report a meeting of the Amalgamated Association Republic Iron and Steel Company and the Western Bar Iron Association with the steel workers' grievance committee. Both sides split on an agreement said to be unanimous. Over 45000 workers would be affected by the conference results.
The forecast calls for fair skies and rising temperatures through the weekend in West Virginia Saturday and Sunday. No precipitation is expected, with mild to warm conditions and sunny intervals.
Jewish delegates from across Russia convene at The Hague for the fourth annual Russian Zionist congress amid government repression and czarist abuses. Leaders包括 Dr. A Pasmanik L Jaffe and L Goldburg outline reports. discussions on organization finance future work in Palestine and the international congress.
Philadelphia reports Dr. A C Abbott presents a theory that candy cultivation reduces liquor appetite. He notes American men growing temperate due to business factors and a rise in candy demand among men, while women’s candy purchases trend unclear. Abbott cites over 500 percent candy growth in three years in familiar communities.
Allentown Pennsylvania August 9 at the Lehigh Portland Cement Company plant two workers George Reed and a foreigner named Mike Holland were killed when machinery started while they were repairing the interior of a rock crusher. Their bodies were discovered after the mill began to misbehave and would not operate, revealing the fatal accident.
Aug. 9 Hot Springs Arkansas. R A Williams reports negotiations completed to hire five thousand Negroes for Panama Canal digging. Williams, experienced in moving Black labor to the western states and Mississippi Valley, aims to establish Negro colonies in the canal zone.
Boston reports Daniel J. Tobin won the presidency of the Team Drivers and Helpers International Union, defeating Cornelius Shea who had led for four years. The note also mentions a club breakfast at the Bluefield and a European plan for August.
Senator N B Scott with Col John L Steele visited Welch and Bluefield praising Norfolk and Western growth. He noted rail improvements, new coal and lumber plants, and urban expansion. He plans to push a $100000 public building appropriation and seek more funds to complete the project and furnish it.
About 4000 underprivileged newsboys toured Coney Island today visiting Luna Park amusements. Fred Thompson hosted the event with shows open to all and free frankfurters and popcorn. A portion of gate receipts will be donated to the newsboy’s home, likely totaling thousands of dollars.
San Francisco August 9 Representatives of Jimmy Britts and Joe Gans signed articles for a Septem ber 9 lightweight title bout before the club at the ball grounds. Manager Gleason agrees to a 75 percent split of receipts with a $25 000 guarantee.
After a year of speculation the speed comparison between the battleships Connecticut and Louisiana is formally established. The private built Louisiana shows a slightly better record on the published returns.
James Ferguson a native of Bootland and ex Phoenix associate of the Granby mines perished in Rock Lake south of Spokane while attempting to swim across a lake Indian leaders say no man has crossed by swimming. He was with three surveyors from the Chicago Milwaukee Saint Paul line who warned him but he started the swim and disappeared as the lake was dragged without recovery.
The fourth anniversary of Pope Pius coronation was marked with a grand reception in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals bishops diplomats and nobility attended the event in a display of ceremony and reverence.
Harrison Alexander, a Black man, was hanged today in Greenville Kentucky for assaulting Mrs. Florence Whitehouse described as a half wit ted white woman. The crime and execution were carried out in the county courthouse yard.
Hundreds view C. J. Wingfield and wife bodies at Peerman and Company in Roanoke. The couple, found dead, will be buried side by side in Ferrum, Virginia, as noted by Wingfield's note blaming jealousy and a third party named Turner. The man reportedly planned the killings and later died by suicide.
Spokane report quotes D W Ackley, guard at Idaho State Penitentiary, saying Orchard confessed to crimes and reported them to a Western Federation of Miners committee. Ackley credits Orchard’s testimony for Haywood acquittal, while defense counsel Fred Miller denies strains between Haywood and Moyer and notes likely jury issues for the Pettibone case in Ada County in October.
In the Auburn wreck near Raleigh Postal Clerk P M Pritchett escaped with his life as the car was nearly splintered. His uncle C H Mebane urged Governor Glenn to seek stronger safer cars from Congress. The governor plans an open letter to Congress and will ask President Roosevelt to include the issue in his first message.
The Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore line struck freight cars near Chesterton. Two forward cars derailed but remained beside the track. Passengers sustained only slight injuries.
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