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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1909
Page
1
Washington reports a full Senate day with many schedules cleared. Key actions include raising scrap iron duty to 2.50 per ton matching pig iron, nudging wire nails and gas mantle materials upward, and adopting a crude oil duty of half a cent per gallon. Lawmaking continued late into the evening as amendments and schedules were refined.
The article notes the amendment remained under the Dingley law rate and states its adoption was the first business of the day.
Detective Van Wagner returned from Washington with the original telegram showing a message to Elsie Sigel's parents that she was safe and would return soon. The police charge Leong Ling, a Chinese immigrant, with her murder. The telegram’s origin in Washington confirms the link to Ling.
Katherine Clemmons Gould wins a legal separation from Howard Gould after a nearly three week trial. Justice Dowling fixes alimony at $36,000 per year, far below the $250,000 sought. Mrs Gould testifies she has never been intoxicated.
Opening prices in New York followed a London market downturn. A sharp 31-4 drop in Western Maryland unsettled traders briefly, but support for Harriman stocks and Reading, plus demand for local traction shares, pushed prices up. By 11 o'clock some listings fell to the hour’s low. Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper weakness dragged the overall market, while bonds held steady.
Notice says City Treasurer A. H. Land and City Auditor J. T Akers will be at the auditor’s office on Monday and Tuesday June 28 and 29 to issue licenses. Licensees must call on these dates as the treasurer’s accounts must be settled on the first.
In St Michaels Maryland a sheriff posse shot Dead Emmet E Roberts found with poison. A dead woman in a creek is identified as Mrs Woodhill. A letter near Roberts suggests the man may be Eastman the broker as to his real name and fate.
A socialite girl linked to Baltimore Washington and Los Angeles circles dies amid a web of scandal involving Emmett Eastman known as Robert Emmet Eastman a failed New York broker. A letter on Eastman claimed jealousy fueled the crime and a party aboard a launch ended with a body disposal. Authorities question the motive as Miss Bradcome denies knowledge of Roberts or Eastman.
In St. Michaels Maryland on June 25 the man accused of murdering May Edith Thompson Woodhill faced pursuers on a creek. He fired at them then shot himself, ending a notorious chase and leaving the case unresolved at sea.
The article warns against fake flavoring extracts and urges consumers to trust Saver's as the standard brand, noting its 25 years of established reliability and consistency.
An advertisement notes fresh fashionable flowers priced from $1.50 to $2.50 available at The Ferrell Mercantile Company on the 5 ¢ table, highlighting affordable blooms for shoppers.
A Bluefield board meeting extended past midnight with routine actions. The body amended salaries for highway officials and police, introduced new offices, and rejected a livestock and rolling stock insurance for the fire department. Fire Chief Speiden offered to forgo part of his pay for a backup operator, and several construction and license items were approved or referred for further action.
The council passed final readings amending salaries for city officers. The city attorney’s pay is set at 100 dollars a month, the highway superintendent at 75, and police at 65 monthly. Also adopted are ordinances requiring liquor solicitors to hold a 100 dollar wholesale license and permits for cesspool digging.
New York police press on with Chung Sin as a principal witness in the Elsie Sigel case. A second questioning in the witness room aims to clear discrepancies in his account of a conversation between Elsie and Leong Ling before the murder.
The Arizonian sailing from Norfolk to San Francisco carries Leong Ling or Lang listed in New York as part of the Chinese crew. He left for Lambert's Point on June 12 after loading government coal for the Pacific coast. A second cook named Leong Sang is not the wanted Leong Lin as he was aboard on April 25.
Arthur P. Heinze, linked to a banicing operation after the copper pool collapse, is found guilty by a federal court jury of corruptly impeding justice tied to the disappearance of United Copper Company's books. Sentence postponed to October 11. max penalty three months in jail and $500 fine.
The Osceola of the Houlder line sails from New Orleans to River Plate marking the first direct freight service to South America. It carries industrial and agricultural implements lumber and staves, with a return cargo of coffee. Illinois Central Railroad backs the venture, promising substantial regional benefits.
Fifteen masked men abducted Albert Reese from the jail in Cuthbert Georgia and hanged him. Reports say Reese attacked Mary Taunton at her home four miles south of town with an axe yesterday afternoon, severing an arm and causing additional injuries.
London marks the king's official birthday with a holiday and customary salutes at Portsmouth Devonport and other stations. Across the empire the celebration is deferred to November 9th, the actual anniversary of his birth.
Mine Inspector William Nicholson attributes the explosion to a downed check door and open lights after workers removed a curtain against orders. Seven men were in the room. three burned, four uninjured at first, later two sent to hospital. No blowout occurred. three men treated at Welch hospital after transport by train and ambulance.
J Dirds Cash Store located at 212 South Bland Street offered Cinderella men s pants at cost. The sale room featured a limited time price drop drawing shoppers to the Bluefield shop.
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