Telegraph Correspondent in Charge Joins Coverage
The dispatch notes an undoubted shift in editorial leadership while referencing coal, oil interests, and the telegraph desk, indicating intensified coverage of industrial power.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1905
Page
1
Seaboard and Southern May Enter Clinch Valley Banquet Consideration
Norton Virginia February 14 Special almost daily rail developments in Virginia coal fields push for lines from Johnson City to Spruce Pine paralleling the South and Western The Clinch Valley Coal Field likely to host both railroads at the November banquet with a mysterious visitor observing the enterprising scene freight rates and coke shipments cited as stimulating coal and coke trade amid regional speculation about potential land deals and a coal combine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Virginia Coal Field
Southern
Johnson City
Spruce Pine
N. C
Clinch Valley
Seaboard Air Line
Tome Creek
Cranes Nest
Nor
Prosperous Graham to the Day and the Hour
The piece notes rapid growth in Graham with upcoming railway rate regulation, Seaboard Air Line interest, and spring activity. It predicts capital investment, stronger ties with Norton and the Clinch field, and a forthcoming feature titled Graham as it is highlighting Graham’s commercial and industrial progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folk and Western
Norfolk and Western
Norton
Seaboard Air Line
Two Southern Tier Men in the West Virginia House
Charleston correspondent profiles two Southern West Virginia legislators, EB Baker of Mercer and I C Herndon of McDowell. Baker, a Republican and former teacher, pushes banking and education bills and is praised for piety and leadership. Herndon, WVU graduate and former McDowell prosecuting attorney, is lauded for parliamentary skill and political potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
House OF Delegates
Charleston
Wheeling Intelligencer
Baker
Mercer County
James Hearn
Greenbrier County
Alderson
Muddy Creek
Blue Sulphur Springs
Bank of Mercer
Bramwell
Bankers Association
Commissioner of Banking
C. B. Hart
Wheeling
Hart
Greenbrier
Mr. Baker
Ple
Scramble for Seats at Opening of Parliament
Parliament opened today with unusual interest and a scramble for seats. The question of the stand or fall of the present ministry is a live issue. At 2 p.m. the king began proceedings with a speech from the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cotton Mills Boom In Lancashire England
A cotton trade circular reports thirty cotton spinning mills planned in Lancashire with a capital of three million pounds. Seven thousand operatives will be employed. The development signals a major expansion in Manchester area during February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Rssuect
Lancashire
Russian Revolt Surrounded in Camp Near Bolshaya
Paris reports from St. Petersburg that 4,000 Russian reservists revolted at Bolzoya last Sunday and are encircled in their camp as authorities try to starve them into submission. Disturbances at Kiev followed the arrival of 12,000 reservists, mutinying against escorting troops, attacking soldiers, and pillaging stations before surrendering to a battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St. Petersburg
Aurora
Bolozoya
Kieff
Fire at Hotel Brevet leaves 300 guests stranded
Chicago reports a blaze at Hotel Brevet from 2:30 am to 7:30 am gutted the building with losses near a quarter million dollars. About 300 guests escaped with exposure complaints as five firefighters were injured. The blaze triggered citywide alarms and disrupted streets and telephones amid frigid weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Monroe Street
Clinton and
Adams Streets
Lasalle Street Theatre
New Trial Refused in Fishburne Case
In Roanoke Virginia on February 14 Judge A M Aiken overruled Fishburne counsel motion for a new trial and sentenced Charles R Fishburne to five years in the penitentiary. Counsel announced an appeal to the Supreme Court as a large crowd gathered for the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Corporation Court
A. M. Aiken
Danville
Counssl
Charles R. Fishburne
Fishburne
Supreme Court
Aiken
Manelaubgter
Destructive Fire Ends in Court Ordered Penalty
In Big Stone Gap a severe blaze unharmed by malice prompts a court to sentence Fishburne to five years in the penitentiary with a forty five day stay for a bill of exceptions to appeal. Counsel may transfer the bill to Danville if agreed. After sentencing Fishburne conferred with lawyers and was jailed pending the supreme court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Aiken
Danville
Counsil
Fishburne
Lincoln county minister held on counterfeiting charges
Rev. Washington Hagar a Lincoln county minister is jailed on counterfeiting charges. He allegedly passed a raised ten dollar bill on ex sheriff James Porter and another on Crockett Booth of Hadley. Porter and Booth discovered the fraud hours later. Hagar was arrested mid sermon at Big Ugly after a preliminary hearing he was held to the grand jury. Lincoln county and Treasury officers traced several counterfeit bills used by merchants in Hadley and Hawlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin
W. Va
Washington Hagar
Lincoln County
Hagar
James Porter
Crockett Booth
Hadley
Porter
Booth
Robert Snodgrass
Tobacco House Fire Destroys Currie & Coleman Bros Facility
Fire at Currie & Coleman Bros leaf house in Winston Salem NC caused severe damage to machinery and burned several thousand pounds of leaf. The blaze started in an automatic drying machine and the insured stock worth several thousand dollars was destroyed or ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N.C
Currie & Coleman Bros
Fim
Fire destroys Big Stone Gap public school building
A two year old, $25 000 gray stone public school in Big Stone Gap burned early today as furnace heat collapsed walls. Firefighters faced extreme cold and frozen pipes hindering efforts. Insurance coverage stands at $15 000. The blaze started in the basement and the building’s interior was burning by 5 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Big Stone Gap
Forty Two Victims of Massacre Buried
Berlin telegrams from Lodz report clashes between crowds and troops in five quarters. One telegram states forty two killed, but the death toll is believed higher. over 200 wounded. Women and children among the casualties. Strikers reportedly used revolvers. Funeral held for forty five victims of last Thursday at Sosnovice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lodz
Thurstay
Sosnovice
Russians Expect to Lose Mukden
Peking reports a lingering Russian discouragement as Mukden nears likely fall. A returned observer notes military leaders anticipate retreat to the north and boosts in Tie Pass fighting. Chinese laborers are paid well by Russians and supply trains run daily via Hsinmintan, risking loss of this line if Mukden falls. Japanese officials show worry over an international peace conference meddling in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Engiahman
Mukden
Kuropatkin
Tie Pass
Hsinmintan
Raseia
Japan
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