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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
1
The Geological Survey releases a primer urging miners and management to cooperate for greater safety. It emphasizes a large death roll as a recurring appeal to improve safeguards and reduce fatal accidents in mining operations.
The United States Geological Survey issues a primer on explosives for miners outlining safe handling and dangers of improper use. Directors urge banning black powder in gas or dust prone mines and promote tested explosives from Pittsburg station. The bulletin, by Munroe and Hall, calls for strong laws and strict discipline.
New York December 1 ceremony at St Thomas Church joined Vera MacFarland Moses and Edward Matthews Chamberlain of Washington D C in matrimony. The bride wore white satin and tulle with orange blossoms. The groom is blind. The Rev tended the ceremony with maid of honor Miss Helen Melbourne Meek of Virginia assisting.
Justin Morris Chamberlain of Washington and Capt. Paul F E Chamberlain USMC served as ushers in a church wedding. The ceremony was followed by a wedding breakfast at the Hotel Savoy hosted by the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Moses.
London celebrates Queen Alexandra at sixty five with bells flags and salutes. She rests at Sandringham amid royal kin as duties in London ease for next season with lesser state functions.
Washington reports Major Andrew Rowan, famed for carrying the Garcia message during the Spanish American War, has been placed on the retired list after more than thirty-two years of service. He earned the nickname the man who took the message to Garcia for his daring reconnaissance and delivery in Cuba.
Texarkana Kentucky? No. Congressman Morris Sheppard of the First Texas district marries Miss Lucile Sanderson, daughter of Noah P. Sanderson. The ceremony drew many local guests and the couple depart for Washington after the wedding.
The Chattanooga terminal station opened for use today at a cost of three quarters of a million dollars. It is described as one of the largest and finest railroad terminals in the South.
December reports say 12,000 workers idle due to railroad switchmen strike. Flour mills in Minneapolis close, 10,000 more expected out by tomorrow. Freight blockades halt trains and ripple into Duluth Superior and other Northwest cities, risking famine in small towns reliant on Minneapolis and St Paul.
In Duluth Minnesota on December 1 the switch engine strike leaves only two engines operating at the head of the lakes. The tie up threatens railroad mine dock and elevator workers with unemployment within forty eight hours and could seriously disrupt the grain trade.
Spokane reports that magnetic iron ore once deemed worthless due to titanium will be utilized by the Washington Steel and Iron Company in a Spokane plant. The firm, with 1 million dollar capitalization, lists M A Corner as president, O P Moore as secretary treasurer, and E H Rother as general manager. Robert has developed a smelting process to produce high grade wrought iron steel from the ore, with 3 million tons remaining on a 270 acre Oregon tract leased on royalty.
The Clyde Steamship Company starts a new regular service between Boston and Galveston with Charleston as a port of call. The line connects New England to the south and west via Galveston and enables direct freight interchange through Galveston Jacksonville and Charleston with established through rates and bills of lading for prompt movement.
Rumors circulated in the city claim United States Steel Corporation purchased the Clinchfield Coal Corporation lands for about 125 per acre. Reports cite an early month closing and connect to prior talks on Dimps Creek extension and Carter holdings, but verification is unavailable.
Brit Medlin, charged with murder, shot Lula Wickline a white woman who lived with him near Hinton after she left him for Richard Pace. Pace was fatally wounded in a duel and Medlin shot himself in a chase of eight miles. Pace died later.
In the St. Paul mine disaster survivors testified at the coroner's inquest that miners in the second vein worked for over a half hour after a fire was found at 1 30 without warning. Alexander Rosenbeck reported the danger to Norberg at 2 00 but no general alarm was given. The joint investigation by the finious investigation commission and the state mine inspector begins tomorrow morning.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Vincent a famed Indian fighter from the 1850s era dies in Washington at age 77. His career included frontier battles and notable commands in the period of westward expansion and Indian wars. The obituary notes his service and place of death.
Secretary Knox returns the passports of Felipe Rodriguez the Nicaraguan charge d affaires condemning President Zelaya and signaling near war status. Knox states the revolution represents Nicaraguan will and urges arbitration while Honduras is seen as Zelaya loyal Mexico supports US stance. Vice Consul Calders to likely receive passport next.
Reported plan shift places General Estrada in aggressive posture while General Chamorro arrives in Greytown to relay the situation. Zelaya’s troops retreat from potential action, and insurgent recruits surge as liberal fugitives join Chamorro’s forces, signaling a widening eastern coast split.
Charles F Murphy, Tammany Hall leader, arrived from Mt Clemens after the election but did not confer with Mayor-elect June Gaynor. The absence of assurances on appointments unsettles party workers who hoped Murphy would smooth the transition. Gaynor declares he is under no obligations to deal with bosses.
A nitroglycerine magazine at the Marietta Torpedo Company exploded with a roar heard twenty five miles away in Cameron West Virginia. An oil shooter was blown to pieces and glass shattered in 560 houses as chimneys toppled and walls cracked. The cause remains unknown.
Virginia Ward law, a gray-haired spinster, was arraigned before a recorder in East Orange New Jersey for the murder of her young niece Mrs Ocey W N Snead. The body was found in a back tub of a deserted house Monday and bail was denied.
In Cochran Georgia John Horward, a Black preacher, confessed to shooting W B Booth after Booths automobile frightened his mules. Horward was captured five miles from town and taken to an improvised stake where he was bound and burned as fuel was piled above him. The blaze silenced any possible last words.
President Taft issued a gag order barring bureau chiefs and military officers in Washington from briefing house or senate committees without department head authorization. The White House said the measure aims to centralize information control within department heads.
Washington dispatch notes Representative Sherley of Kentucky estimating the Panama canal’s total cost at 500 million dollars and urging Congress to fund fortifications on both ends at an estimated 5 million dollars.
Judge Cyrus W. Hall a leading Pythian and longtime Kanawha County political figure died at his Charleston home Tuesday morning after several weeks of spinal meningitis.
A long retrospective credits twenty-five years of governance with political peace and industrial prosperity. It notes about ten thousand miles of railway built under the administration and a national surplus of twenty million dollars. The profile highlights the leader as central to steady growth and national strength.
President Diaz marks 25 years as Mexico head with nationwide celebrations. He oversaw railways expanding from 360 to about 7,000 miles, plus growth in telephones, agriculture, mining, and education, establishing a gold coin system and a new world status.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued six opinions, four reversals and two affirmations. Bennet v Hollinger from Hancock County reversed and a new trial granted. State v Gravely from Raleigh reversed with new trial. Nixon v Kiddy from Randolph affirmed. Sullivan v Saunders from Cabell reversed and remanded. Dudley v Barrett from Wood affirmed. State v Emblen from Ohio County reversed and remanded. Robert Gravely, convicted of killing Bud Lilly in Raleigh County, will receive a new trial.
Havana December 1 The Detroit American League baseball team has concluded its Cuban tour and will return to the United States after a stay of just over a month. They played twelve games in Havana winning four and losing eight against the Havana and Almendares clubs, with one win in Matanzas.
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