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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1903
Page
1
A customer recalls receiving a diamond bought by their father from Startin Brothers as a birthday keepsake. The note mentions First National Bank in an incidental way and celebrates the gift.
Washington dispatch reports Virginia Republicans, led by Colonel Slemp, gain morale from Congressman Glass and Agnew forecasts of a strong minority under the new constitution. Slemp consolidates patronage power, uniting the party in the Ninth District while Agnew and Bowden act as loyal aides.
Matt Harrison was indicted by the Clinch Valley Grand Jury for the murder of Mrs. Ollie Wingo at Pounding Mill weeks ago. The evidence before the jury supported guilt and sensational details circulated in a Daily Telegraph report.
Three people were seriously injured and many passengers panicked when a Brooklyn trolley collision sent two cars careening down Gravesend avenue near Tenth. Four more were painfully hurt in a separate rear end crash of two Madison Avenue cars at Park Avenue tunnel near Thirty-ninth Street. Injured were taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Yesterday's games in both leagues saw Philadelphia defeat New York 2 to 1 while Chicago shaded Pittsburgh and Boston-Brooklyn games were affected by rain. In the American League New York beat Chicago 1 to 0 and Philadelphia routed St Louis 9 to 3 with Boston losing 0 to 7 to Cleveland and Washington topping Detroit 5 to 1.
Wytheville Virginia June 16. Last night at midnight Rev. John C Repass died at the home of his son J Winton Repass in Rural Retreat. He was a longtime minister in Southwest Virginia and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Southwest Virginia for over fifty years. He was 81 years old and leaves a wife and ten children.
In eastern Prussia, leprosy rates surge near Mewel prompting a dedicated leper hospital. Reports from Gambinnen Oletzko Lyck Nablen Johnannisburg cite widespread ossification illness among peasants, an issue discussed in distant circuits.
Portland reports show over five hundred lives lost in the Heppner flood with three hundred bodies recovered. Dozens more are believed wedged in Willow Creek wreckage as rescuers struggle to clear debris and bury the dead.
Court entries list Ellis Glenn in a $50,000 damage suit against W. M. Richardson and a separate suit by Mrs. Hutter Gordon against Mattie Yot for alienation of affections seeking $10,000. Also notices include a lost cow description and a local closing-out sale by WM Hicks & Co.
The article notes desertions in the U S Navy, tracing patterns to enlistment levels and conditions. It cites historical fluctuations, from 1876 to 1904, linking decreases and increases in deserters to manpower changes and recruiting effort. It highlights the view that some desertion is inevitable with inland recruits and young sailors new to sea life.
Navy official C Ganss reports robust naval spirit despite claims of widespread desertion. He cites a large influx of new personnel, improved incentives, and successful reforms as evidence the service remains capable and well motivated.
The Republicans of Bluefield are called to meet in mass convention at City Hall on Wednesday evening June 11 1903 at 8 o clock to nominate five candidates for election as school district commissioners. Signed by the executive committee members Dr G L Llby etc.
A freight elevator collapsed in a New York building on West Houston Street, plummeting six stories. One young woman deathly injured and four men seriously cut and bruised as five hundred workers screamed and panic followed the crash.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports totals for U S railroads ending June 30 1902 including 202 471 miles of single track 274 195 miles with sidings and 41 228 locomotives. It notes 1 180 315 employees 576 028 502 dollars in wages and 1 726 880 267 gross earnings with 1 854 212 39 in dividends and 73 250 railway casualties 8 508 killed 64 602 injured.
A dispatch reports Pope Leo is in a critical condition in Paris with alarming signs. The source notes the Pole's fragile state and mentions the overall concern among clergy and officials.
George Goad aged fifteen was killed at Norton coal mine by a slate fall while working with his brother John Goad in the coke yard. Report states he went into the mines yesterday morning and was crushed about 11 o clock. remains sent to Betty Bakar for burial.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on June 16 resolutions endorsing district presidents Nicholls Faby and Delatry and the union representatives on the board of conciliation were adopted by three districts. A subsequent general vote of all districts confirmed there will be no strike.
The new Pennsylvania State College auditorium was dedicated in a ceremony on June 16. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Schwab gave the gift, and were present along with other friends of the institution.
In the early hours yesterday a fight broke out at the railroad shops involving men identified as Lawson and Akers. Eyewitnesses say a disagreement escalated to a fistfight with Lawson striking Akers over the head, leaving him unconscious. Akers is seriously hurt and Lawson has not yet been arrested.
Glencove reports the charce race postponed due to heavy weather involving the Reliance Constitution and Colombia. New York notes the Seaboard National Bank president Frank Dorr died at his home. Charlottesville records President Rongevelt addressing graduates at the university ceremony.
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