03 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1907
Page
1
The Fifty ninth congress ends by noon Monday as members depart for home. George B Corcoran will be sworn as secretary of the treasury to replace Leslie M Shaw and James A Garfield will take over the interior post. The Stanard Oil case in Indiana begins next Monday as British Columbia’s new parliament forms with a conservative majority.
The federation and the province will hold their first session next Thursday to address financial differences and other upcoming matters. Major league clubs begin spring travel early next week, with reports fueling fan speculation on 1907 pennant winners. The Western Bowling Congress starts its annual meeting and tournament in Denver next Thursday with participants from many western cities.
Austin observes the seventy first anniversary of Texas independence as a legal holiday with exercises in schools and colleges. The Texas Declaration of Independence was framed at Washington on the Brazos by delegates who met March 1 1896 and signed on March 2. The date also marks General Sam Houston's birthday for Texans.
A cautious investor seeks safe substantial and quick propositions amid bleefield growth. The man with money to invest looks for a solid opportunity, noting such a combination is rare and hard to find.
Bluefield, a growing city with major coal fields and rapid population influx, is expanding housing needs. Fairview Addition lies near federal buildings, car line, water mains, and city services, offering $90 and up homes with 30 to 50 percent gains expected within a year. A. S. Booker & Coe., Bluefield, W. Va.
Wreck on the New York New Haven and Hartford line at Platts Mill leaves four trainmen dead two badly hurt and a score with lesser injuries One train carried Connecticut National Guardsmen returning from a banquet The coroner indicates warrants for conductor George Faton and engineer William E Fisher may be issued as officials search the wreckage and presumed deaths are tallied
Culpeper Va March 2 sixth day of Strother trial focused on expert testimony. Defense argues mental derangement absolves responsibility while state seeks conviction for mass murder. Dr Clarke testifies emotional insanity possible under sudden disclosures. Prosecution questions emotional reaction and Bull Run comparison. Jurors hear witness Drewry say whites more emotionally reactive than blacks. Bywaters warned of marriage planned with accuseds sister but intentions not disclosed to defendants. Defense rests. state counters about Phil Strother's drinking. Judge Carnes to hear next week with guards from Frankfort and Lexington. venue not granted in Hargis case. Jackson tense trial expected.
Washington reports indicate developments in Central American conflict could draw at least four republics into the area. Officials in the state and navy departments consider strengthening the American naval presence and ordering additional ships to reinforce the Marietta and Chicago to protect U S interests there.
Governor Beckham orders state troops be dispatched as the governor deems it advisable. Details on the location and purpose of the troop movement were not immediately available, with officials stating the action is to address the current situation in Kentucky.
The piece pitches Midway lots as a limited asset between Bluefield’s westward growth and Graham’s eastward expansion. It claims 26 of 5,000 readers have “seen” the opportunity, with current prices from 375 to 425 and spring sales ahead. Look for white stakes as lots vanish by May 1st.
In Washington on March 2 Senator Tillman introduced a resolution asking the president for papers on the Panama Canal contract bids. He said Oliver met requirements, his bid was rejected after a month, and that the canal management aimed to favor greedy competitors over Oliver. Carmack defended Oliver's harsh treatment and costs exceeded 46000 dollars while he offered the lowest bid. The resolution was laid over under the rules.
Pert believes Thaw is crazy and may seek a lunacy commission to challenge Jerome. Defense counsel plan every available method to block the move while Thane’s team favors jury determination. The defendant’s wife and mother agree to fight the case to the end.
A gas explosion at the Holden mine near Taylor, four miles from Scranton, injures twelve and possibly kills thirty. Most victims are foreigners. rescuers cannot reach the area until morning due to blocked air channels. Two men die and five are injured at the Woodward mine near Wilkesbarre, with officials summoned from Holden.
A committee of the Machinists Union and Norfolk and Western railroad officials concluded several days of talks in Roanoke Virginia with a satisfactory contract for the coming year. A small pay increase for machinists was reported though the exact amount was not disclosed.
The president today signed appropriation bills covering river and harbor and district of Columbia, as well as the army and navy, the military academy, and fortifications.
Ambassador and Mrs Tower dined with Emperor William and the empress in Berlin. A paragraph notes reading the presidential page in the Daily Telegraph and hints at a free watch offer. Also items list Princeton avenue and a sale of Bluefield Grocery Company stock with par value. Coffins and caskets advertised as new stock from W A Swan.
New York March 2 The Thaw defense plans a final push when court reconvenes Monday to challenge Dr Evans the key figure in the lunacy commission case. The proceedings center on whether the commission properly deemed William Thaw mentally unfit to stand trial.
The Thaw trial enters its seventh week as a verdict seems distant. Judge Jerome aims to avoid sending it to a lunacy commission, while Thaw fears an asylum and seeks a jury verdict. Dr Britton Evans returns for cross examination as Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw and others visit.
Baltimore reports former Mayor William T. Malster died of paralysis at 65. He served as a naval officer in the port from 1892 to 1906, with ties to Augusta Georgia.
The ship subsidy bill appears doomed after today’s senate actions with no expected action this session. The general deficiency appropriation bill passed completing supply measures except for conference reports. An evening session praised late Representatives Rixey Adams Ketcham and Flack.
The senate approved an amendment to the general deficiency bill authorizing a $15,000 payment to Senator Smocat to cover expenses incurred in his campaign contest for the seat.
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