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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1907
Page
6
A severe storm drenched Gratan with heavy rain. Flooding hit streets and lower town areas but caused no major damage. Lightning struck Walter Woodyard’s Allen Street stable killing a valuable horse. A washout at Huger delayed No 16. no rail damage beyond that.
Judge W M McEwen of the superior court ruled that Illinois law forbidding remarriage within a year of a divorce is arbitrary and contrary to morality and policy. The decision in Laura Cummings v Norman P Cummings holds the Michigan City marriage valid despite the quick remarriage after divorce.
In Winchester Virginia Christ Church hosted a noted society wedding. Miss Leila Moss McGuire daughter of Dr. William P. McGuire married Lewis Livingston Hyde of New York. Guests from several states attended. The bride is related to Virginia families, including Henry St George Tucker. Hyde is a prominent New York attorney and clubman. they plan to reside in New York after a European trip.
Madison, June 22. Benjamin Walters a local merchant ended his life amid domestic strife. The climax followed his wife firing the family cook, Mrs Ama DeLaplain, who testified that Walters begged to keep the cook shortly before his death. She later left after overhearing the quarrel.
A lightning strike ignited 2000 barrels at Vale Vine Oil Company's East Butler tank, still burning as flames threaten 25 other tanks holding 100000 barrels. Fire spreads toward the river as rescuers pump oil to distant tanks amid thousands watching the blaze.
In New Haven on June 22 1906 Lewis Charles Everard of New Orleans LA class of 1908 won the second John Addison Porter prize in American history at Yale University His essay examined the influence of the Louisiana Purchase on American politics Henry Stone Lovejoy of Wisconsin won the first prize Robert Alphonse Taft son of Secretary Taft received one of the Woolsey and Hurlburt scholarships
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is recommended for women and children due to its mild action and pleasant taste. It is preferred over purgatives like pills and tablets. A booklet and sample are available at G. H. Wade's.
Pains in the stomach colic and diarrhoea are quickly relieved by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Fear sale by West End Drug Co East End Pharmacy Bluefield Pharmacy.
In Wilmington Delaware the largest crowd in state history attended the unveiling of a memorial statue for Thomas F Bayard secretary of state in Cleveland's cabinet and ambassador to England Former President Cleveland was ill so his address was read by Professor Moore of Columbia University Judge Gray and others participated in the ceremony
Chicago reports former Big Four president M. E. Ingalls comments on railroads improving as leaders acknowledge Roosevelt era effects. He quips about railroad executives waking to Roosevelt without nervous strain, attributing the change to relief from earlier tensions.
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker spoke to the National Association of Freight Traffic Agents in Put In Bay urging optimism about railroad bills. He criticized the Hepburn act as unconstitutional, warned many proposals may fail, and praised President Roosevelt while pledging to stand by his stance.
J N Sistrunk a negro member of the Georgia Republican committee visited Jackson Mississippi to enlist negroes for a solid delegation to the Republican national convention in support of Foraker He reported many Foraker supporters among Jacksons negroes and said Georgia backs Ohioan Foraker while the executive committee took no action and Sistrunk planned to tour southern states.
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