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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
6
Washington reports Dr. W H Wilmer is testing a new method to restore sight in Senator Gore Oklahoma. Progress is as expected but hope remains slim and Gore accepts a one in a thousand chance while continuing hospital observation, visits, and reading with friends.
Charles W. Bryan says no special or regular editions of the Commoner were paid for by Thomas F. Ryan or any committees in 1904. He asserts no money from Ryan or any source supported the Democratic ticket. The inquiry followed claims that another paper received Ryan funds for extra editions to back G. W. Berge’s bid for governor.
In Cleveland area a prominent architect Charles P. Corlett killed his wife Elizabeth and then shot himself at a Willoughby hotel. Jealousy is cited as the motive. In Chicago suburb Evanston ex-officer Anthony Coligan, drunk and crazed, shot his wife and fatally wounded himself.
Fire at the Gramatan Inn in Bron xville near Mt. Vernon broke out just before midnight and spread rapidly threatening the $500000 building. About 200 guests were in the hotel with several narrow escapes but no known fatalities. By 12:30 AM the blaze was under control and a large portion saved.
Richmond and Lynchburg won as Norfolk and Portsmouth lost in Virginia League play. Roanoke and Danville also posted victories while Cincinnati beat Brooklyn in the National League. Boston defeated Pittsburg, Chicago defeated New York, and St Louis shut out Philadelphia.
Caracas dispatch reports a New York letter in the Constitutional that US support for Colombia in a Venezuela war is rumored and later denied. The piece also notes La Guayra’s plague isolation, exhausted merchant funds, and a court accounting by Ambrose H. Carner related to the New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company with a $200,000 bond.
From 9 to 4 o'clock shorthand typing bookkeeping mathematics rhetoric commercial law and all kindred subjects. From 4 to 7 o'clock cornet violin flute clarinet and vocal music. From 7 to 10 o'clock arithmetic grammar spelling penmanship letter writing.
State Labor Commissioner I V Barton defends an upcoming biennial labor and conditions report for West Virginia saying the 1907 year was highly successful and the current outlook is bright. He notes agrarian labor demand rising and 300 of 800 plants raising wages, with mining department reorganizations and safety improvements highlighted.
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