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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
1
Washington reports West Virginia offices at the capitol are nearly empty after adjournment. Senator Elkins is the lone WV member remaining, while others including Senator Scott and Representative Hughes head home or abroad for the campaign season.
Owensville Indiana June 28 reports say the starvation cult attracts many converts as attention grows around the movement with followers forming in the community.
An enthusiastic member describes washing ironing and housework without food for ten days as part of a group practice. She fasted to lose weight and expresses satisfaction. Other members reportedly fasted for several days to ease stomach troubles within the same cult.
London June 28. Westminster Cathedral held a solemn consecration with a vast gathering of prelates led by Archbishop Bourne. Attendees included bishops from Liverpool Birmingham Lourensburg Southwark Nottingham Northamptons walloway the Lord Mayor Sir John Knill Duke of Norfolk and Lord Halifax. The ceremony precedes a tomorrow celebration marking sixty years of England hierarchy restoration. The project began with Cardinal Wiseman and dates back to 1895 when the first stone was laid and 1908 when the building opened. The design mirrors St Mark's Venice with the nave the widest in England and total cost excluding site at nearly 7 million dollars.
Cape May New Jersey June 28 The fifteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association opens at the Cape May Hotel with discussions on legal ethics and court procedure. President Gustav A Endlich of Reading presides as committees report. A banquet tomorrow will feature speakers including Governors Fort and Stuart and Chief Justice Penniwell.
Secretary of War Dickinson sails on the steamship Siberia to the Philippines on a globe circling voyage with his wife and son. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards of the bureau of insular affairs accompanies the party. He plans five weeks in the Philippines examining railroads finances land taxes and public lands while in Hawaii inspecting Pearl Harbor and Honolulu fortifications.
Richmond report says Daniel McGowan, a Chesterfield farmer who was crushed under a wagon wheel five weeks ago and had his liver cut into three pieces, will leave Johnsonton Willis Hospital for home soon. Doctors call the recovery among the most remarkable ever seen as the liver pieces were rejoined by ligaments and stitched together.
Imports of diamonds and other precious stones reported by customs officials push the fiscal year total above 45 million dollars for the year ending June 30, exceeding the 1907 record of 43,602,476 dollars.
Charles Peters dies after being shot by Charles Champ during a confrontation at a Jed area house. Champ predicted his own death hours before and was shot by Peters as both men fought. Peters later died. A woman was wounded, and several suspects were detained as investigators probe the events and relationships surrounding the deadly incident.
A man named Elliett is wanted by authorities after a fatal Monday night shooting at a Welch area incident involving Champ. Wag over Champ's wife was hospitalized with a child present, while another child stayed at the works. The case includes disputed claims about who fired the shots and whether a man named McNew was involved.
West Virginia sees generally fair conditions and a bit warmer weather on Wednesday and Thursday. In Virginia expect partly cloudy skies Wednesday and warmer Thursday with light variable winds.
Springfield June 28 The Illinois miners union executive board adopted a motion stating miners will attend any conference set by National President Lewis but will not accept modifications to prices or coalition of the Peoria committee agreement A conference is expected in Chicago on July 6 at Lewis urging and Moorehead approval
General Manager Brooks of the Western Union Telegraph Company announced that no news bulletins about the Jeffries Johnson fight in Reno on July 4 will be provided. The company will only handle regular messages filed for transmission by press associations newspapers and individuals.
President Taft departed Washington on June 28 for a three month stay in Beverly Massachusetts described as the summer capital of the United States. He traveled with Secretary Norton Assistant Secretary Forester military aide Captain Archibald Putt physician Dr. Barker and two stenographers and messengers. The White House staff will stay in Washington for the summer.
Washington June 28 reports indicate President Taft will appoint Theodore Roosevelt as chairman of the joint congress peace commission. Members of Congress have urged Dr Bartholdt be named as a member, and it is expected he will receive appointment.
The Municipal League of Kentucky began its two day convention in Louisville with discussions on a wide range of city government and welfare issues affecting Kentucky communities. The session opened June 28 under the banner of improving municipal administration and public welfare services.
McDowell County court completed licensing after hearings on Saturday. Forty-one retail and two wholesale licenses were issued, totaling forty-six licenses, with nine solicitor licenses also granted. Fourteen applications were refused mostly for new saloons. licenses went to Keystone, Kimball, Hallsville, Welch, Wilcoe, Northfork, Burk's Garden, Clark, and nine smaller towns.
Dr. William Neilson McVicker Protestant Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island died at his Beverly Cove summer home. He had led Rhode Island since 1903 and served as deputy to general conventions from 1885 to 1895. Born in New York in 1833, he also led southern convention and sat on the foreign missions board. His home was in Providence Rhode Island.
London auctioneers offered Madryn Castle at public sale. Erected about 1490 in Henry VII’s reign, it has long interested Americans as it passed through the Yale family line, descendants of Elizn Yale, founder of Yale College.
Four Chicago suffragettes tour northern Illinois arguing graft scandals in the state legislature show why women should vote. They tell farmers wives to quit the kitchen and go to the polls as a path to reform.
A saloon and hotel five miles north of Minneapolis exploded this evening when an acetylene gas tank blew up in the basement. Four men were burned to death, and two others including the proprietor were seriously injured with little hope of recovery.
Los Angeles dispatch reports arrest of Jacob on arson charge following a fire incident. Details remain limited as investigation continues and authorities seek information from witnesses.
Gladman, a young Russian, confessed to firing the residence of Mrs. T. B. Foote near his home to gain a chance to walk through the flames. He was suspected due to burned feet and claimed walking through fire barefoot was a pleasure.
Reno crowds cheer as Governor Dickerson assures Promoter Tex Rickard there will be no state interference. Local bets surge with wagers like 1500 to 1 on Johnson lasting ten rounds and 300 to 500 that Johnson will wing, 1000 to 700 that Jeffries wins. Bob Vernon places a 3000 to 1800 bet on Jeffries.
Dassellorf Germany June 28 Count Zeppelin's airship Deutschland lies mangled on the Teutoburgian forest tow after a storm. Thirty three aboard escaped unharmed by climbing down a rope ladder as high winds prevented the Dortmund destination from being reached.
In Cleveland on June 28 a quarrel between Frank Viena and Antonio Mereno over alleged ill treatment of Viena’s sister led to a shootout outside a saloon. Viena was killed, Mereno mortally wounded, and seven bystanders were injured as bullets struck nearby pedestrians.
Five men are dead and eleven injured in a blast and fire at Edward Mushy’s saloon five miles north of Minneapolis on the Anoka road. Two victims unidentified. Gas tank explosion blew the basement roof off, igniting a blaze that reduced the building to burning wreckage within thirty minutes.
In Bowling Green Kentucky a tight election produced a majority of eighty seven in favor of returning to licensed liquor sales after three years of prohibition. In Lewiston Maine representative John P Swasey was renominated for a second term at the Republican congressional convention for the Second Maine district held today.
Cambridge June 23 Attorney General Wickersham argues the college trained lawyer will solve future government problems not the plodding student who reads Blackstone. He says living law comes from actual cases and transactions rather than textbooks and memory. He warns contentment with mediocrity endangers democracy and stresses mastery of adjudged doctrines as essential.
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