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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1906
Page
1
Washington notes the end of dullness as Congress prepares to convene for the final session of the Fifty-ninth Congress. The House eyes quick passage of appropriation bills while heavy topics sit on deck including taxation reform, anti trust measures, Pacific and Cuba policy, and expansion of the navy.
General Crozier, chief of the War Department’s ordnance bureau, denies saying the government is near practical aerial navigation and that it could report progress to the Hague conference. He says words were put in his mouth and that no purchase offer or funding for Wright Brothers experiments was made.
Roanoke Va December 1 counsel for John Hardy the negro murderer of Officer Beard indicated an appeal to the supreme court which will not meet again until June 1907. The hanging set for January 4 is suspended to June 14 1907 awaiting the supreme court action Wytheville meets on that date. The law requires suspension for a reasonable time after the court meets not to exceed thirty days beyond.
Four men and a woman were killed in two dynamite blasts near the Clinch Mountain tunnel at Clinchport Thursday afternoon. Foreign workers were unnamed. initial warning shots triggered more blasts as workers returned, tearing rock and causing five fatalities with no other injuries.
Lynchburg Virginia December 1 Relatives of G D Mattox charged by Southern Railway officials with responsibility for a wreck that killed President Spencer and others say Mattox has remained at home since Thanksgiving and has not attempted to evade authorities They add he was at his post as operator and was not shirking duties though he could not "raise" lawyers.
Opinion warns that banks pay depositors 4 percent while lending at 8 to 18 percent with officers profiting from surplus. It cites Union Trust Co of Pittsburg and claims stockholders receive large returns, suggesting real estate like Bluefield as a better investment with higher yields.
In Pulaski Virginia a jury found Harriet Moulter guilty of second degree murder in the killing of her husband John Moulter, the assistant foreman at Pulaski Iron. An expert testified she was temporarily insane due to alleged infidelity, with diary entries detailing his cruelties. The murder occurred about two weeks ago.
Four foes of the Mexican Junta have been indicted for criminal libel for publishing Regeneration a revolutionary organ in St Louis. Indicted are Auerdo Flores Magoon Enrique Flores Magoon Juan Sarabia and Antonio Villarat. Witnesses include W C Greel and Senator C C Chase. Villarat fights extradition from El Paso on murder charges. Sarabia is under arrest in Mexico City.
William Voigt, former shoemaker, captured the mayor and officials of Epenicka, stole 1000 from the treasury, and abducted officials before walking away. Indicted on five counts. He pleaded that police haunted him after release, limited by a long jail record. Crowd cheered after defense as European sympathy rose.
The Radford division of the Norfolk and Western issues a new freight timetable today for trainmen guidance. Freight trains are adjusted while passenger train schedules remain unchanged, requiring a second timetable to supersede the one effective last Sunday.
Rome reports King Menelik of Abyssinia is seriously ill, raising fears of grave disturbances over the succession as news from Addis Ababa arrives.
Two boys about ten years old were detained at a Roanoke station to stop them riding a train out of town. They said they aimed to catch a freight train to Bluefield where their fathers worked in West Virginia. They claimed no home or relatives, and both reported dead mothers.
The article fragment notes individuals were treated with a reprimand from the justice system after actions described as experiences that mirrored prior misfortune. The wording suggests a formal admonition rather than harsher punishment. Names and places are not readable.
The government ships portable wireless telegraph outfits to Cuba to test replacing visual signals in the field. The gear weighs at least 300 pounds and is mule carried, with about 200 mules in its caravan. The shipment aims to gauge the system's effectiveness under combat conditions.
Philadelphia December 1 1906 Annapolis US navy team defeated West Point cadets 10 to 0 in the annual arms struggle for ridition supremacy played at Franklin Field. The sailors dominated the game with strong defense and steady offense sealing the shutout.
News item reports Will Johnson, a Black man, convicted today and sentenced to death by hanging on January 4 in Atlanta Ga. The brief notes the outcome of a rape case and mentions local reactions. Also included are ads from Roanoke jeweler Will M. Bunt announcing a December 15 visit with diamonds watches and silverware and a Holiday shopping prompt from The Surprise Stores.
In Virgiles Vermont a crowded revel train crashed into the rear of the Rutland mixed train near the station, killing three women instantly and injuring twelve. The dead include Mrs W A Lawrence 25, Miss Corinna Stowe 25, and Mrs Nellie Bernard 36. Fire hampered rescues as embankment cars burned. The railway commission investigates the cause amid reports of braking failure.
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