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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
1
Chicago reports reveal ballots cast by outsiders and even dead or insane residents in the August primary. Repeaters voted with election judges and clerks aiding fraud, corrupting party nominations. The special grand jury issued startling allegations after weeks of inquiry and returned eighty one indictments against numerous politicians and others.
The inquisitorial body brands the city’s primary as a disgrace and urges urgent voting machine adoption and broader civil service use to reform elections in Chicago.
In Tazewell Virginia on December 4 a special interview with Dr. Henry M. Payne, mining engineering professor at West Virginia University, urged raising deputy numbers and salaries to 2500 dollars annually and chief inspector to 5000 dollars to attract skilled experts in mining.
Washington reports a successful mediation between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Pennsylvania railroad lines west of Pittsburgh and a board chaired by Knapp of the ICC and Charles P. Neill. The proposed agreement was accepted by General Manager G L Peck and by the Brotherhood's board of assessment. Both sides expressed satisfaction as the settlement was exchanged in writing.
An advertisement urges readers to choose Blue Ribbon Lemon or Vanilla flavoring extracts for superior flavor. It invites submissions of name and address to Organizer, Care General delivery, or visits to Bell's cigar store for more details.
Boston prosecutors prepare for a major murder trial as Chester Jordon faces charges for killing his wife in a September dispute. He allegedly cut the body into pieces using a hacksaw and butcher knife and carried the trunk containing the remains to Boston, where investigators later uncovered the crime. His defense plan reportedly hinges on insanity with backing from prominent lawyers and Jesse Livermore’s connections.
Police learned of a mysterious trunk at a boarding house and ordered Jordan to open it. He claimed to be a traveling salesman and kept calm, but officers opened the trunk to find the trunk’s bloody contents. Jordan confessed and led officers to the crime scene where the head and body parts were found along with other evidence.
Bud Harrison finally wins at the Tan Tan fair wheel after buying one hundred chances. He takes a box of cigars as a sample prize while friends share them. Dr. McCue wins a 440 hat and a flirtatious young woman claims the gift. Rucker Jenkins receives a talking machine from Ford Music Company as the railroad adopts dictation innovation. The Elks and Welch group head to Bluefield, ready for a lively last night event with Buck wheat and Mother’s Oats prizes among the night’s humor and prizes.
The American Mining Congress session features T L Lewis condemning outsider arbitration, and West Virginia geologist H L White detailing a vast barren zone in the northern Appalachian coal field. He warns major shortages threaten Pittsburg industries, with shrinking coal totals and rising mining costs as the region faces long term fuel and gas depletion.
A historical report accuses powerful Pittsburgh headquarters based firms of wasting millions of cubic feet of gas across Ohio and West Virginia. The general superintendent of one company is named in the thread of complaints, signaling an ongoing inquiry into energy waste.
Pine Bluff Arkansas disaster report from December 4 notes seven frame dwellings and a two story building lost as flood waters cut through the bar ruff near Georgia Street two blocks east of the county courthouse. The river rose as dynamite blast on the north bank redirected current toward the government dyke which was swept away last night. Officials warn water undermining another dyke further east may collapse by tomorrow endangering the rebuilt eastern city neighborhoods.
President Roosevelt appoints T L Lewis of the United Mine Workers as an ex officio member with general supervision over mine explosion investigations in Pittsburg. Lewis accepts the position and will continue his miners' executive duties.
The mine blast at King coal mine near Norwood is investigated by a deputy inspector from the Department of Mines after which report says one man was killed. The notice includes local advertisements offering coats and cough syrup from Bluefield Mercantile Co and Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup.
Executives of major life insurance companies and insurance commissioners from several states gather in New York for a conference called by the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. They plan an organized campaign to reduce taxes on life insurance, criticizing current state tax systems as inequitable and excessive. Notable memorials for Grover Cleveland open the session, with speeches from Paul Morton and Dr John H. Finley and letters from Stevenson, Governor Smith, and Hilary A. Herbert.
In Richmond on December 4 by agreement of counsel the Chesapeake and Ohio railway and W. R. Johnston & Co pleaded guilty to rebating before Judge Waddell. The railroad was fined 9000 dollars and W. R. Johnston & Co four thousand dollars.
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