31 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1904
Page
1
Do not wear Shirts Collars and Cuffs or change underwear weekly. If you launder at home, consider our city shop. We guarantee equal or better quality, with over 100 percent growth in two months under new management. Two delivery wagons expedite patron convenience.
Bluefield fire department held a meeting last night to announce the resignation of Chief L. P. Ligon. A. A. Hawley won the vote to replace him, becoming master mechanic in Roanoke. Ligon was honored with a gold badge and silk banner, while L. D. Gillette will become Bluefield’s new foreman. J. M. Thomas may take Gillette’s Roanoke post.
A Charleston West Virginia man L. M. Halery disappeared after arriving in Niagara Falls New York. A key found in the park near the American Falls belonged to the Prospect House and fit a room he had engaged. A card attached to the key read Good bye world water won t tell 22. Police believe Halery died by his own action.
The jury in the murder trial of Ira Green and William Dillon for the killing of Turnkey Jerry Condo returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The prisoner did not flinch when the verdict was announced and the jury was polled. Defense counsel filed for a new trial.
In New Brighton New York detectives guard the First Baptist church and parsonage after a gang of toughs threatens to blow up the church. The parsonage houses Rev. Charles F. Schweintert and his family. A recent fire caused by the same group damaged the church.
A bold robbery occurred at Mrs. H. J. French on South Bland Street in Bluefield.robbers posing as crystalizing workers named Graham and Broadbill fled with over a hundred dollars and papers after staying as boarders two weeks. They left after a morning rush and claimed they were from North Carolina.
A Cincinnati report describes L. Druein killing a woman and then suiciding over a love affair with Frankie Harter, a fourteen year old actress. The exile of a former Daily Telegraph employee named Dunen is noted but not confirmed as involved. The foster mother opposed marriage, and Druein hailed suicide after the crime.
Constantinople reports the death of Murad V former sultan of Turkey after long illness. He reigned from May 29 to August 51 1876 and was succeeded after a three month rule by his deposed uncle.
A Knoxville street on Maine Avenue in front of the county courthouse caved in yesterday afternoon. The sinking extends to the center of the road with earth dropping about eighteen inches from the paving, causing trolley traffic to halt and the street to be closed. Officials fear the cave system underlies more of the area as the depression widens.
NATIONAL Chicago 4 Brooklyn 1 Pittsburg 1 called in sixth due to rain. St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4. AMERICAN New York 1 Cleveland 0 Boston 14 Detroit 0 Philadelphia 0 Chicago 5 Washington 2 St. Louis 5 Second game Washington 4 St Louis 1.
The Ladies' Auxiliary to the O R C held a delightful social and lawn party last evening at Mrs. J B Noel's home. Honored guests were Columbus grand officers Mrs. Higgins grand secretary treasurer and Mrs. Wilson national organizer.
Mrs Annie Taliaferro dies at Princeton after long illness. She is survived by daughter Miss Cleo Taliaferro a teacher of elocution at Princeton Academy who was with her in her final moments.
Notice to readers to use only Magic Safety lamp oil for oil stoves to avoid throat and eye injuries. Marketing claim emphasizes superior and safer fuel sold at The Premier Store located at 881 3t.
The Premier Store offers fresh country butter eggs and produce such as celery Bermuda onions lettuce apples Concord grapes Niagara Delaware pears lemons and watermelons. A wide selection includes fancy groceries canned dried salted meats and No. 1 mackerel plus Magic Safety Best family oil.
Chief A C Day of Welch reports Errest Trent colored has been captured in Cincinnati. He killed Joe Robinson colored at railroad camps near Antler last December. The murder was described as cold blooded and stemmed from a love entanglement. Trent used a Winchester to shoot Robinson as he approached his home. Authorities will pursue requisition papers to bring him back.
In Laramie Wyoming on August 30 a lynching occurred after a black inmate named Joe Martin attacked a white woman in the jail kitchen. A mob overpowered the sheriff, took Martin from his cell, and hanged him from a lamp post.
The czar decreed a month's service in defense of Port Arthur counts as a year of service and awarded General Stoessel the cross of St. George third class for bravery. In Shanghai the disarmament of the Askold and the Grosovoi was completed today.
Newport News August 30 Mrs N L Johnson sues Louis Rocchiccioli for 5000 damages over a warrant she filed against partner Joseph Arrighi charging beer sales to her minor son. She says Rocchiccioli pressured her to drop the warrant and used slanderous language.
The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived at Hoboken having beaten its previous record by two hours and twenty six minutes. The voyage time was five days two hours and fourteen minutes.
Light snow fell at Virginia City and heavy frosts were reported from other points of the Mosaba range in Minnesota as of dawn.
Deputy U S Marshal Dan W Cunningham arrested S W Willis and Miss Ella Pitman at Flat Top near the Raleigh line for selling whiskey without a license. They were held after hearing, then moved to Huntington and jailed. Church leaders had feared moonshiners and warned Cunningham. A large number of bootleggers surrounded the area, using signals and a Winchester shot to mark whiskey sources.
Five nicely arranged rooms over The Premier Store are available to rent in Bluefield West Virginia. Modern amenities described and suitable for a desirable party. Apply to E White Atkinson.
In Liao Yang the Japanese and Russian forces clash with heavy artillery and hand to hand fighting. About five thousand troops on both sides engage as the Japanese press the southern Russian contingent. Chinese city battles rage over Maetong heights near the railroad.
The New Empire Shows offered two exhibitions yesterday drawing good crowds. Ponies dogs and monkeys entertained children and the act was described as a nice clean little show.
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