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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1908
Page
6
A visitor from Bramwell notes Bluefield has transformed from a 4000 population village to a city of 18000 with paved streets electric lights streetcars a strong railroad and ambitious building plans. million dollars in new work expected this year indicates widespread prosperity and employment prospects.
A fire at Kimball last night near the depot and telegraph station burned fast through frame structures including a store restaurant and saloon. The blaze may have started in a colored residents area. damage estimates were not available and telegraph wires were down by midnight.
The romantic Civil War era drama On Parole debuts tomorrow night at the Elks Opera House. Miss Emerson stars as Constance Pinckney with Major Dale pursued through captivity and reconciliation leading to a happy ending.
Testimony before a Charleston legislative committee probes if a hidden power directs state mine inspections. William Warner of the Eleventh district admits sending a duplicate report to a party besides the department head and cites conflict with the chief inspector. Warner also testifies of threats of violence from a coal company general manager.
A plan to add a deputy clerk to the Western District of Virginia at Big Stone Gap gains support from Congressman Slemp. The House judiciary committee endorses the appointment, urged by Judge McDowell and clerks in Lynchburg and Abingdon to cut time and travel costs, with no additional government expense.
Ack Hale's second trial begins in Sullivan County circuit court Blountville Tenn The defendant faces charges of criminal assault and murder in the death of Lillie Davis a Bristol girl The tragic events at East Hill cemetery are under review with coroner evidence suggesting a prior assault and murder claims Hale admits being with the girl but denies killing her
In Boston, arrangements are set for a major Roman Catholic pallium ceremony at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Archbishop O Connell will receive the pallium tomorrow with attendance by numerous prelates and priests from across the region.
Archbishop OConnell will receive the pallium from Caroline Gibbons in a grand investiture. The Very Rev L F Kearney O P will preach the sermon in Washington. The pallium, an archbishop insignia, is blessed in Rome and worn as a woolen stole around the neck.
Oklahoma moves toward Jim Crow telephones as a senate bill for segregated public telephone offices in first class cities advances. Senator Graham proposes separate waiting rooms and lines for whites and negros, with a discretionary rule by the corporation commission.
Reports from Honduras indicate considerable trouble during today's elections with brushes between troops and rebels and several lives lost. Government had warned of possible revolutionary activity and kept disorders in check, though communication is poor and full extent may take days to determine.
Foreign Minister Viscount Hayashi said Japan will interpret emigration restrictions as protecting the interests of Japanese subjects living abroad. If those interests are threatened by further emigration, the government will take restrictive measures.
A fashionable young man questions a parent about settling something with their daughter. The parent retorts that the daughter worries him by suggesting she will settle something on him. The exchange appears in the Yonkers Statesman.
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