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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
1
Buda Pesth March 11. A young girl at Count Karolys estate shelters a stranger who hides a sack in the kitchen. The sack moves and a knife appears. The girl fires with a gun, kills the intruder, and the man’s body is found inside the sack. Police pursue three robbers who flee. one is killed and two are captured.
A grocer's pitch promotes Blue Ribbon Vanilla as the top choice for homes that demand the best. The copy highlights quality and appeal to everyday shoppers seeking reliable flavor.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports three cavalry guardsmen secretly executed at the Petropavlosk fortress after a vague charge of aiding revolutionary propaganda. A czarist death decree came via Czarsko-Selo, sparing gallows for a shot ending. No trial preceded the executions.
George Hackenschmidt the Russian Lion lands in New York aboard the Lusitania to begin preparations for his world championship match with Frank Gotch set for Chicago in early April. He plans exhibition bouts in New York Philadelphia Boston and other cities before the bout.
The naval wireless station at San Diego reported contact with the battleship Connecticut as the fleet lay about 400 miles from Magdalena Bay off the Mexican coast on March 11.
Washington March 11. A partial itinerary says the battleship fleet will arrive at San Francisco on May 5. Beyond that the announcement notes that plans are not yet finalized.
Distilled water advertised as pure and healthful offered by Bluefield Bottling Co at drug stores and newsstands. Telephone number listed as 282 for inquiries or orders.
Washington reports three committee findings on the Brownsville riot. The majority says Twenty-fifth Infantry soldiers fired but does not identify individuals and supports reinstating innocent discharged men. The minority disputes eyewitness reliability and urges restoration of the soldiers.
Washington March 11 The senate spent the early session discussing a message from the president and military affairs committee on the Brownsville affray. Senator Warren signaled an upcoming bill to reinstate discharged colored soldiers of the Twenty fifth regiment under specified conditions. The currency bill faced opposition from Senator Clarke of Arkansas. The Panama transportation bill was postponed until tomorrow.
Washington March 11 Determined assaults on the postoffice appropriation bill ended with the letter carriers securing 1200 salaries after an amendment by Ohio's Gruebel. The house added funds for clerks in third class offices and for contract stations and adopted a prohibition amendment on mailing intoxicants later narrowed to include cocaine and derivatives.
The bill was increased to 1 225 000 dollars and consideration of the measure had not been completed when the house adjourned at 5 25.
Night riders struck early morning in Owen county with two tobacco warehouses burned near New Liberty. John Garvey and Dave Snell warehouses were destroyed at 2 a.m. with 35 000 pounds of loose tobacco losses. Guards placed, wires cut, special grand jury to investigate.
The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Jobbey W Evans lies about 200 miles south of Magdalena Bay awaiting entry to the harbor tomorrow afternoon. No arrival reports will reach Washington until tomorrow night or Friday morning. Point Loma stations report radio contact with Magdalena Bay is historically difficult after sunset. Magdalena Bay lies sixty two miles from San Diego.
Wilhelm Kuhlman one of six survivors recounts a voyage of horror after the American ship Tillie K Sterbuck was abandoned last August more than 1,000 miles off the Pacific coast of South America. The crew drifted eight weeks before rescue by a British vessel and were taken to a hospital in Valparaiso. No word has been received from the Starbuck.
King Alfonso left Barcelona for Madrid just before evening, as great crowds cheered the royal train. He thanked Catalonians for their loyal reception during his two day visit and reported no untoward incidents in the city.
In a House resolution introduced by Mr. Harrison of New York, Roosevelt is questioned about the legal authority behind his administration of the Panama canal zone since the Fifty-eighth congress expired. The item comes from Washington dated March 11.
Two women, Miss Elizabeth Hardee of Savannah and Miss Sarah Weed of Philadelphia, who ran Laurens finishing school at Audubon Road Boston, were found dead in Hardee's third floor room. Hardee was shot in the brain and Weed died by a self-inflicted bullet in the temple after a night of mental strain. A revolver lay on Weed's chest.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's counsel Daniel O'Reilly states he sent papers to Tonaw asylum to serve on Tonaw and to Thaw's mother as next of kin. He argues legally Thaw is dead and that no settlement has been arranged.
In Paducah Kentucky on March 11 two rival Republican conventions met in the same hall for the First district. Taft supporters led by Dr Frank Boyd nominated delegates to the national convention while Fairbanks supporters led by W J Deboe named their own slate. Both endorsed Roosevelt policies and Governor Wilson administration amid court house gossip referencing London Law Notes.
The Lake Geneva region hosted historic naval fleets. The Duke of Savoy maintained war galleys with rams turrets and oared crews up to seventy two. Geneva and Bern also fielded flotillas aiding sieges and naval actions, with their largest vessel named the Great Bear carrying 150 fighters.
The wall display lists time blocks such as 610 reserved for book agents and sellers, 10-11 for insurance agents, 11-12 for chores with long stories, 12 solicitors for church and charities, 22 discuss sporting news, 35 miscellaneous social visitors, and B We transact our own business at night.
A reader asks Rollo about a financier. The Piancer differs from ordinary business men by ability to force government attention when his affairs falter. The line appears in the Washington Star.
A garbled mix of restaurant chatter and literary quips appears, noting a waiter brief about rice pudding and a joke about Gibbon. The text then shifts to London quips on Sheridan, Benjamin Constant, and Mme Recamier as a partial, lightly humorous fragment.
New York on March 11 Charles W. Morse ex banker and Alfred B Curtis ex president of the National Bank of North America pleaded not guilty in the U S circuit court to a joint twenty nine count indictment. Bail was set at thirty thousand dollars for Morse and ten thousand dollars for Curtis.
Washington March 11 Justice Stafford upholds the present method of bookmaking at the Bennings race track in the district criminal court ruling.
The Richmond Feb Sr Republican convention for the Seventh Virginia district met in Luray and passed resolutions endorsing Roosevelt's administration.
Sublette and Barnes advertise fresh pineapples and SeL2 in wants ads. The notices illustrate a flood of requests and claims reflecting daily life and local commerce in the era.
Amite La March 11 The strained political climate in Louisiana led to the shooting death of State Senator elect Kemp a Democrat He was killed by C F Hyde a young local leader Hyde fired after both men argued over the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor Earlier Kemp allegedly slapped Hyde. Hyde was unharmed. Kemp died at the scene as witnesses said Kemp did not fire a shot.
Indianapolis March 11 The United Mine Workers of America will meet in a national convention to decide action after failure of operators and miners to reach a joint conference on wages. President John Mitchell says the outcome is unpredictable and hopes miners find a solution to a difficult problem as his term ends March 31.
About a thousand miners at the Western Coal Mining Company in Deming Arkansas walked out over the demand to hire expert shot-firers. The dispute is to be taken to the United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis for settlement.
Birmingham March 11 The rescuing party at Hamstead colliery where a fire last Wednesday left twenty six miners entombed has recovered thirteen bodies by 6 o'clock this afternoon. No trace of any survivor was found.
In Oklahoma City on March 11 the Republican state convention urged voting for a proposition favoring William H. Taft for president and elected four delegates at large to the Chicago convention.
Jacob Schaefer defeats Willie Hoppe 500 to 425 to defend his champion billiard title in Chicago. Schaefer shows a 14 10-35 average, Hoppe 12 16-34. event headline notes the close match and title retention. Sublette Barnes ad and a DeWitt liver pill ad appear in the same item.
John Riha of Viningla endorses DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills after a year of sales and personal use. He states they give better satisfaction than any pill he has sold and that he has used them with fine results. Sold by all druggists.
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