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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
1
Three gunmen halted Great Northern No. 4 near Hillyard Spokane and robbed the mail car. Firemen distracted by the danger allowed the express car to be looted of a large sum including $20,000 sent from a Spokane bank to a Montana town. The trio escaped with an unknown booty.
Perrin sabotages the train by removing the mail and baggage cars while the express car remains. The robbers derail the engine, raid the mail car, uncouple the engine, and flee three miles to Mead where a rig awaits. Officials believe they aimed for Spokane. the haul amount is unknown.
Nashville Tenn Dec 10 Dave Edwards condemned to be hanged at Chattanooga received a thirty day respite from Governor Patterson. Execution set for January 7 1909 if carried out, as affidavits claim Edwards is insane and require a thorough investigation.
Two hundred men women and children composing Crescent near Spokane testify in Spokane Superior Court as witnesses in a divorce suit. The crowd represents the entire village and fills the courtroom in the case against a Crescent resident.
Mina Lyle sues Jay Lyle for divorce in Spokane asserting 1904 marriage on a 160 acre farm, claims abuse and forced separation. Neighbors testify of luring husband away to aid escape. two more witnesses heard, many favor the wife. trial could span fifty days.
Abraham Ruef former San Francisco political boss was found guilty of bribery after a 105 day trial. The jury delivered the verdict at 4 o clock as Judge Lawler presided and police kept order. Assistant district attorney Heney, recently shot, had been present earlier in the day at Carpenter's Hall.
Dr. A. S. Pitts, a noted physician in Hazlehurst, was shot and killed in his office by Dr. Thomas Hirdsong, a dentist. A Black witness, the only one to place motive, said Birdsong claimed interference with his affairs and returned armed. Birdsong jailed amid crowd threats. he is related to Mrs. Birdsong, previously convicted in Monticello and later pardoned.
President-elect Taft foresees a lengthy extra session to overhaul tariffs and vows party pledges will guide a thorough revision. He notes Speaker Cannon endorses honest reform, while Senate action remains unsettled and veto power looms in the run up to his inauguration.
Washington December 10 Prophetic of far reaching results growing out of the joint conservation conference is the report drafted today by more than a dozen experts from government and industry outlining new policies and coordinated action. The document calls for expanded soil and water controls and stronger federal state partnerships.
Governors and leaders from commerce, industry, lawmakers, and the Roosevelt national conservation commission joined in a landmark conference pledging support to all phases of the conservation effort. The meeting emphasized cooperation among states and with the federal government to ensure the nation's prosperity and lasting resources.
The jury in Omana Nebraska returned a not guilty verdict in the murder case of Charles F.E. Davis charged with killing Dr. Frederick T. Austin. The acquittal ends the high profile trial that drew local attention.
Washington reports the House failed to achieve a quorum throughout the day. Measures passed include one authorizing removal of loss of citizenship for deserters. The session adjourned at 4 09 as debate continued on labor disputes, while the Senate set Monday for omnibus claims and prepared for other matters including a Brownsville talk.
No action was taken by the United Mine Workers and Kanawha Valley operators in a special session in Charleston to discuss placing operators employing non union labor on a competitive basis. Operators seek a ten percent reduction for the digging of cores. President Lewis of the United Mine Workers attended and conferred with the miners as the convention plans to reconvene tomorrow morning.
President Roosevelt told a Lakes-to-Gulf Deep Waterway Association committee in the White House East Room that he would pursue criminal libel charges against Americans who published falsehoods about the Panama Canal project and property acquisition. Governor Deneen led the group.
Wran cig Quijada, tried before Judge Hughes in this city last October and sentenced to death, was executed at Folsom Prison. Quijada, a Spaniard, was convicted of a murderous assault on a prison guard during a four year old break at Folsom.
Brussels reports King Leopold II marks the forty third year of his reign and will be seventy four in April. He stands as one of Europe's longest serving monarchs, surpassed only by Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and King George of Greece in service length.
President Castro of Venezuela arrived in Bordeaux from La Guaira. A foreign ministry representative boarded the steamer for interviews, then Castro and his party traveled to Bordeaux in private cars.
Washington reports total war department estimates for the next fiscal year reach 189 755 039 an increase of about 52 million over the current year largely for river and harbor civil works. Additional 612 officers are proposed with annual cost 2 to 2 million and officer strength up by 19 168. Current army strength stands at 4416 officers and 68 512 enlisted, with distribution across the United States Philippines Cuba Alaska Porto Rico Hawaii and other stations.
In a formal address the speaker reiterates opposition to a ten bond issue while noting committee recommendations favor an appropriation. The discussion centers on a proposed expenditure of 20 billion dollars and the risks of commitment to such spending.
Speaker Cannon voiced firm opposition to issuing government bonds for national waterway improvements at the rivers and harbors congress. He warned against long term federal debt and urged safe and sane expenditures while expressing support for the Burton committee's appropriations. The address dominated the proceedings.
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