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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
1
Reported June 27 describes 90000 Jews fleeing Lodz amid feared massacre as clashes with troops intensify in Warsaw. Police incapacitated, Cossacks patrol streets. bread halted by bakers joining strikes. mobilization expected.
Berlin reports that Germany sent an amicable note to France regarding a Morocco conference. A high official close to Chancellor von Buelow says Germany insists on a conference but will not preoutline the conference program.
Cape Town reports that rebel leader Merengo attacked and defeated a German force under Capt. Siebert at Amosa in the Kares Mountains German Southwest Africa. Rebels seized all ammunition and supplies and inflicted heavy losses on the Germans.
A Frankfort dispatch reports the crown of Norway has been offered to Count Elemer Lonyay son in law of the King of Belgium. The June 27 message attributed to Daniel's News Agency notes the surprising royal proposal amid European political maneuvering.
Lamonne North Dakota June 27 Mrs Eugene Reilly has presented her husband with four babies three girls and a boy all alive and crying lustily at last accounts The little ones are perfectly formed
Mrs Mary Burnett of Industry near Beaver Pennsylvania weighed about 200 pounds and was walking on railroad tracks with a pail of water when the Cleveland express at 30 miles an hour struck her sending her into the air. She landed on her feet and angrily confronted the engine crew, then walked to fetch more water as the train halted after a brief collision.
Prince Henry Galard de Bearn et de Chalais wed Miss Beatrice Winans of Baltimore at Ste Clotilde church. Attended by Ambassador McCormick and French aristocracy, the event featured a welding breakfast and numerous presents for the bride and groom.
Judge Thomas W. Harrison rules United Telephone Company has no right to operate on the Winchester and Martinsburg pike. The court finds the foreign corporation not paying Virginia taxes and lacking a state charter has no legal standing to conduct a telephone business.
President Roosevelt and Harvard class of 1880 alumni gathered at the Harvard Union to tour college grounds today. An informal address was delivered at the class dinner at the Somerset Hotel. He attends university commencement exercises tomorrow.
Paris reports an official note on Moroccan affairs will be presented to Premier Rouvier. The council of ministers heard that the solution to the conflict will be harmonious, according to an official announcement.
New York dispatch reports the 16 inch gun built for U S defense of ports is cast into a ditch at Sandy Hook proving grounds. It cost about 200000, weighed 126 tons, and fired costs about 800 per shot leading to its dislodgment. Only this pioneer of forty planned weapons will be built.
In Newberry New Hampshire on June 27 Secretary Hay shows signs of recovery after illness. Dr Scudder notes he is as comfortable as possible and his son reports the secretary is gaining strength and hopes to be dressed within a few days.
Sioux Falls reports indicate followers who traveled to South Africa under a self styled prophet named Hendrickson are stranded there. They reportedly sent funds for the journey and are now returning home as aid funds are exhausted. Hendrickson is also said to have warned that Chicago would sink into the earth.
In Tucson dated June 27, reports twelve ranchmen and about twelve women and children were slain by a band of Yagal Indians raiding along the San Miguel river. The tribe, about one hundred strong, is said to have captured women and girls while looting property and stock, with their fate described as grim unless rescued soon.
In Elgin Illinois D H Dufree faces a preliminary hearing for allegedly murdering his wife. The coroner and city records show three prior women named Mrs Dufree buried in 1903 and 1905. Chicago experts may analyze the last wife’s stomach to confirm poison. police lack decisive evidence at this time.
The state attorney states the case will proceed if chemical analysis shows poison. If no evidence is found, Dafree is expected to be released immediately.
President Roosevelt has dispatched confidential agents to Europe to probe commercial conditions and assess implications for U S tariff policy. The envoys will visit Britain Germany France Russia and China and report before any tariff legislation moves by Congress. European manufacturers resent American goods as imports displace home products and the Dingley tariff excludes many foreign articles.
In Lemberg the Shah of Persia and his 46 rooms plus 32 small rooms led to a $10,000 hotel bill. The exchequer chancellor nearly had a fit of apoplexy before the Shah confronted the landlord. The landlord cited kitchen reconstruction costs of about $4,000 and the treasury could not cover it. A plan to leave jewels failed when authenticity was questioned. A local banker finally appeared to assist.
Lancaster reports extraordinary corn growth by J M Sweigail of Denver. A trial patch showed stalks rising over two inches above a board in one measurement and nearly five inches in twenty four hours, prompting notes on fertility across Lancaster County. A separate local ad promotes the Griffon Shirt with a special sale at Peogos.
A sudden fatal accident occurred at Wille's mill two miles west of Shawnville Montgomery county Virginia. W P Anderson about 40 a thrifty farmer died when his clothing was caught in a fast revolving shaft causing instant death. His body tangled in the machinery took hours to recover leaving a wife and four children.
Memphis Mo June 27 A remarkable demonstration occurred when nearly the whole population greeted Thomas R Senter who returned from Minnesota after a term in the penitentiary He was 76 and a farmer and real estate dealer In 1900 he faced forgery charges in Council Bluffs and Blue Earth where he was convicted and imprisoned ten years His neighbors support his innocence with thirty testifying he was in this county at the time of the alleged crime.
Ohio Democrats gather for the state convention in Colambae with John Welty of Canton claiming early support of over 500 votes and John M. Pattison’s camp confident ahead of ballots. Quiet talks imply former Attorney General Jonson Harmon of Cincinnati could be used if no candidate secures the needed votes. Harmon has 20 supporters active.
Pennsylvania followers gain hope as the maroon and blue substitute four crew wins the mile and a half preliminary in 8 minutes 30 seconds. Cornell finishes second by three lengths with Columbia third, four lengths behind.
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