13 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
1
Mrs. Mary E. Bowie and her son Henry are acquitted of murder in Laplata Maryland after a five minute jury deliberation. Congressman Mudd argued for the unwritten law protecting family honor as adequate defense.
The case against Charles R. Strange, husband of the present Mrs. Rowland, was continued to September. The court admitted depositions from Tennessee and Virginia and the state is allowed more time to counter evidence showing Strange suffered heart failure.
Annie M. Bradley awaiting trial for the murder of former Senator Arthur M. Brown of Utah was taken to Providence Hospital for a surgical operation. A warden’s order authorizes the transfer while she remains in custody. She is to return to jail after the operation for her October 1 trial date.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania rescuers pulled eight more bodies from the abandoned slope of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Honey Brook. The death toll rises to nine with rescuers still at work. The disaster marks the first fatal mine incident since the new employer liability act took effect.
Berlin reports Count Von Reventlow, once in the German navy, now a leading naval journalist, published a half page piece on the American officer corps. He disputes the view that American officers are mostly old, inclined to comfort, and self-satisfied.
A gasolined boat carrying nine people, including Mr and Mrs John Best and their daughter Violet of Warren Pennsylvania, capsized after being swept over a dam on the Conewango River near Russell Pennsylvania. Six drowned. others presumed lost as the vessel carried guests to a supper gathering.
Macon Ga July 12 United States Senator A O Bacon has lost half his fortune due to the failure of the Exchange Bank. He held about $75 000 in stock which is now worthless. The bank’s capital and surplus of 650 000 is gone and about 300 000 remains due depositors. Former cashier Orr 96 000 short has moved 40 000 in property to the bank.
Chicago physicians and sociological workers plan a meeting to discuss removing the hundreds of private hospitals and maternity homes known as baby farms. Dr. Rudolph Holmes cites thousands of babies killed yearly and over 50 000 criminal operations in the last year, with about 200 such homes in the city and thirty exposed recently.
W D Haywood rests after six hours of cross examination by Senator Borah as the defense nears closure. The state plans rebuttal and sur rebuttal, with about forty witnesses subpoenaed and potential perjury concerns clouding the proceedings in Boise Idaho.
Dallas reports a new Griggs law requiring hotel and lodging sheets to be at least nine feet long. Hotels in Texas have prepared to comply, aiming to deter disease spread by ensuring full body coverage of guests. The law, passed after urging from traveling men, targets tuberculosis and other germs lingering in blankets.
In New York on July 12 Stefan Magaisvy two Austrian with a nickel in his pocket shot himself in Central Park and died thirty minutes later at Presbyterian Hospital. A German memorandum names four friends to receive $100 each, and directs $25 be spent to celebrate a grave site gathering.
Mr and Mrs J B Aliff left Roanoke en route to Bluefield by buggy with a camping outfit. They will camp if night falls, stop in Blecksburg for a few days, visit Mountain Lake, and proceed to Bluefield, aiming to be away from the city about a month.
A brisk notice in the Daily Telegraph advertises for a casual substitute stenographer as the columnist plans a vacation. The short help wanted item promises quick staffing help at a per word rate and mentions a local supplier for mayonnaise as a side note.
An old advertisement promotes Mount Vernon flour from Sublette and Barns with Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup claiming to cleanse and stimulate the bowels without irritation while tying bread quality to the flour brand. The note is dated 7-18-31.
Kentucky secretary of state and B P O E lodges file an answer in fiscal court to Falls City Lodge No 44 seeking a state charter. The secretary says he has no interest and that the Grand Lodge and Frankfort Lodge are the real parties, asking to be joined as defendants.
Standard Fuel and Supply Co warns that from July 15 new coal sales require cash only due to high collection costs. The notice accompanies a Sublette and Barnes vegetable listing and date 15-at hidden in the fragment.
Advertises daily fresh fish at the city Meat Market located next to the Roanoke Restaurant on Bluefield avenue. Call and see us for offerings. Date on record 7 11 31.
The Daily Telegraph invites readers in Bluefield and the Pocahontas coal field to use its want column for quick effective notices. Advertisers can place ads for houses rooms servants errands and more by sending copy with stamps or coin by mail.
Haywood testified he learned of Orchard’s location from a note to Mrs Orchard and only read of Steunenberg’s assassination in newspapers. A union card found with Thomas Hogan’s effects fueled suspicion of Orchard. Union HQ members favored caution in employing counsel as cross-examination began.
In New York on July 12 two enraged men fought with giant shears in a shop. Fourteen year old Augusta Leichter intervened repeatedly, was fatally wounded when her arm was caught between the blades, and fainted. One man was hospitalized with multiple jagged wounds and was not yet clear of danger.
Two thieves attacked officers at the Bessemer and Lake Erie station in Mast Pittsburg. Officer Sullivan was killed and Officer O'Brien seriously wounded but conscious briefly and able to describe the assailants. A suspect named Albert Kiffer, from Hagerstown Maryland, was arrested.
Major Lamar, after eighteen years in the Congo, resigns upon learning of impending cruelty prosecutions. He retaliates by publishing a sensational exposure of revolting conditions in the native army. He calls the soldiers mercy brigands who raid the populace, assault women and burn villages.
Three year old Helen Metz of near Medway Ohio died after two hours of agony from eating sixteen Dixson's Pills a Paris laxative. The pills were in a box the child somehow got and consumed.
The State Bar Association at Hendersonville adopted a resolution urging the legislature to ban railroads from issuing passes or showing courtesies to attorneys state officials or corporation commissioners.
The tug Governor Hubbard, built for towing lumber rafts from Puget Sound to San Francisco, left Philadelphia for the Pacific via the Straits of Magellan with a coal stop at Newport News.
Sixteen men were injured when a freight train struck a work train on the queen and Crescent Line yesterday in Somerset Kentucky. The incident occurred July 10 and involved crews from local rail workers. Authorities reported no fatalities and underway investigations by railroad officials.
Oyster Bay July 12 President Roosevelt appoints Charles W Maple as postmaster at Gassaway West Virginia.
At The Hague Prince J Yong Oui Yi announces Korean delegates seek relief from Japan’s control and plans to sail to New York July 17. The Young Peoples Party campaigns for Korea independence with a special envoy explaining oppression to the United States.
Prince John Charles Francis, two, youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, celebrated a birthday with official honors despite his position sixth in line to the throne. His birthday falls on Julius Caesar's date, noted for a fortune of happiness and glory, as England hopes for a lucky prognostication.
In Seattle on July 12 the Christian Endeavor gathering opened with prayer and song. Speakers at the forenoon sessions included Floyd W. Tomkins, B. B. Tyler, Lewis S. Hel, W. O. Atwood, and W. J. Chamberlain. Denominational rallies filled the afternoon, with heightened interest as Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks delivered the principal address in the evening.
James M. Barr, acting advisory head, announced today that he has accepted the position of director general of the Jamestown Exposition and has notified the committee of directors this afternoon.
Curt Smith son of the late feudist John Smith was shot dead by Sigel Turner in a card game dispute in Jackson Kentucky. Smith had testified for the commonwealth in mountain feud cases.
Belfast procession marks one of the largest Orangeman parades in recent years with authorities reporting no serious disorder. Community events noted with local merchants and ads closing the item.
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