04 Feb 1906
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1906
Page
1
City debate over a salary increase for Auditor Akers and Mayor Carter's draft sign off escalates to possible mandamus and resignation. Rumors swirl of a successor and council action with Board of Supervisors, while court proceedings loom tomorrow in Charleston.
Marlon Brock recently released from the Virginia penitentiary has terrorized Johnston by shooting at residents and fatally wounded John Lewis. A negro woman fled after being fired upon. Brock and Travers Twyman, a jailed felon wanted by U S authorities, were tracked by officers but remained at large.
John A. Linn, former Cook County Circuit Court clerk, faces twenty five indictments returned by the grand jury. Accusations include embezzlement forgery and concealing public records with potential penalties totaling 288 years.
A fifteen dollar hand satchel is placed in the Elks corner show window with a starting bid of $12. It will be marked down by 50 cents daily until sold, described as a handsome item likely to attract buyers if they have the bluffing quality to compete.
A fragment promotes Blue Ribbon lemon or vanilla extract as absolutely pure and twice as far for desserts promising the Blue Ribbon flavor. The writing suggests a product ad emphasis on purity and efficiency without specific dates or figures.
The Davis Goodwyn Stock Company wrapped a week long run presenting the blood and thunder play Jesse James at the Elke Opera House. After the show prizes included $5 in gold to ticket holders and a turkey. Walker Floyd won the cash and Harry Jopling claimed the turkey.
A brief sale notice from M B Postlethwaite and M E Browning promoting a limited three day event at Teastes Blaotisld Millinere Parlor offering goods at ten percent below cost. The cost is marked on a streamer for customer reference and to encourage quick purchases.
Gladstone Dowie, son of the prophet, arrived from Jamaica and narrowly avoided a kiss from a bold passenger who bet she would kiss him. He said his father has recovered use of his arm and is in Jamaica for rest, plans a Zion City expansion in northern Mexico.
Services at Christ Episcopal Church at 11 AM and 4 PM feature special music during the afternoon service. The notices emphasize performances by unnamed musicians during the day.
Mrs L J Holland hosted a flinch party at her home for visiting guest Mrs J L Coman of Norton Virginia last evening. Also listed: for sale cheap four horses by W A Swaun.
Centemeri gloves stand as acknowledged leaders with a reputation built over time and continuing to grow. E. H. Pedigo acts as sole agent for Bi 2sfel.
The W. P. Hawley Merchandise Co. announces new goods arriving each day as part of a 15 day special sale. Fresh inventory includes diverse items to attract shoppers and boost sales over the promotional period.
The Carr Lumber Company of Giotto West Virginia advertises for 36 men to work on a tram road and in the mill, with wages ranging from 150 to 175 dollars.
Jackson misc. Feb 3 Governor Vardaman hurried to B'Lo to rescue a black actor named George Fifer from an advancing mob. He seized a special train belonging to 8 company playing The Little Duch es and rode to the scene with state troops. The governor returned before the curtain, and the company left on time.
Berlin February 8 The Veselache Zeitung reports a strong majority in the German federal council believes it preferable to wage a tariff war with the United States than submit to American terms in negotiating a commercial treaty.
Countess Anna Gould de Cratellane files legal separation papers against Count Boni de Cratellane. She stays at Avert Bois de Boulogne with their children under the count’s permission while the count returns to his country home.
Indianapolis February 8 President Mitchel states a large strike will trigger a national crisis and threaten a suspension of mining activities across the country if it arrives. He warns the upheaval could redefine national industry and labor relations.
Washington February 3 The president has appointed R B E Cabell post master at Richmond Virginia.
Frank Powell of Centerville Station lay four weeks with a broken neck at Thrall Hospital. Surgeons operated to remove a vertebral section and insert a grain to relieve spinal cord pressure. Powell, partly paralyzed, showed rallying signs with many physicians witnessing the delicate procedure.
Washington records a colored man William W. Hamilton hanged for murdering his common law wife on June 20, 1904. He sang "'Jenes, Lover of My Soul"' with a quartet on the scaffold and wrote for church papers while awaiting execution. He shared the same scaffold as Guiteau, and he reportedly wished to be hanged.
New York February 8. The examination by insurance commissioners of five estates into the affairs of the New York Life is complete. The report is said to be drastic and demands resignations of several persons connected with the company. It threatens expulsion from the states involved if demands are not met. States represented were Tennessee Minnesota Nebraska Wisconsin and Kentucky.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania two youths John M Coy and Martin Golden were held on trespassing charges after alerting a trackwalker to two men tampering with a switch aboard the Pennsylvania Flyer near Neacopeck. The switch would have derailed the train and caused a severe wreck.
In a letter from F G Hauptley of Oklandon Indiana a wife once given up by doctors is cured by Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. The product is advertised as a germ killer and relief with a 60 cent to 1 price.
Constantinople reports the Young Turk leaders in Paris sent a telegram promising the sultan’s assassination by a supposed devoted servant. The sultan called a conference of top police officials and ordered a strict palace inquiry into officials and functions.
The Norfolk and Westerns very large earnings drive its stock strength and raise expectations for Chesapeake and Ohio. Analysts say $750000 paid on principal losses last year should be included in earnings, yielding about 7 percent earning capacity for the stock with expected growth this year.
General Krjorsky, commander of Gomel troops, orders troops to act without mercy in suppressing disorders in Gomel and promises relief from responsibility. Panic grips the town as residents fear a criminal slaughter after the alleged ion directing actions.
Advices from Elizabethpool Caucasus state report fierce fighting between Armenians and Tartars across the district with heavy casualties. Details are unavailable and the clash is described as resembling a general engagement.
Washington Feb 8 The fifth day of the debate on the Hepburn railroad rate bill opened with Democrat Mr Clayton of Alabama supporting the measure and replying to opponents Perkins McCall and Sibley who argued against the bill.
In New Orleans on February 8 a collapse of a gang plank to the German cruiser Bremen sent twenty five people into the water. Officers and sailors rescued them all, but with great difficulty.
Washington February 3 The Democratic Senate caucus met in the afternoon and adopted a resolution stating that it was the duty of every Democratic senator to vote against the ratification of the Santo Domingo treaty.
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