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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1908
Page
1
In a turbulent preface to the new year, whispers claim a royal princess will be recognized amid stalled Mor gantic Union due to a senator's refusal and the queen mother’s opposition. The dispute shadows court intrigue as factions maneuver for influence.
The Express claims the king and Italian royals favor a state ceremony in Italy for the marriage of the Duke of the Abruzzi and Miss Katherine Elkins. A 1909 date is likely, possibly after Lent, with royal consent secured amid earlier objections by Senator Elkins and the queen mother.
The bride will be fully recognized as a royal princess with Queen Helena voicing strong support for Miss Elkins throughout the process.
In Elkins West Virginia on November 9 circles close to United States Senator Stephen Elkins deny any change in the engagement with the Duke of Abruzzi or any near announcement. They note no trousseau stage and say any formal declaration would come from Rome in due course.
President-elect Taft will lengthen his stay at Virginia Hot Springs to the first week of December if mild weather continues. He aims to ride and golf to prepare for duties in March and plans to attend the National Red Cross Society meeting in Washington on December 9. He then intends to move to Augusta, Georgia for the winter.
On Broadway at 146th Street postmaster Edward M. Morgan was shot by Erich H. B. Mackay who then killed himself. Morgan survived the initial wound and is expected to recover. Mackay, a telegraph operator from England, died at the scene after firing three bullets into his head, with a possible motive linked to alleged mail tampering and a report of the corridor light being turned off.
In Denver hundreds of delegates from every trade and industry gather for the twenty eighth annual American Federation of Labor convention. Early indications favor re election of existing officers without opposition as the session ends its first day.
Former United States Senator Edward Ward Carmack was shot and killed by Col Duncan S Cooper and his son Robin in a street duel sparked by Tennessee Democratic primary politics. Robin Cooper was wounded. Col Cooper held at police HQ. Carmack, editor of the Nashville Tennessean, had harshly criticized the Cooper faction and faced demands to stop editorial attacks.
Marlinton West Virginia November 9 Unless providential rain occurs tonight one hundred forty thousand acres of timber lands owned by the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company a subsidiary of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company New York valued at over seven million dollars will face imminent destruction from a major forest fire in this lumber producing portion of the state.
In Denver a woman named Mrs H C Cones forced Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps into an automobile and drove to a bank to extort 10000 under threat of dynamite. Special officers overpowered Cones at the bank and arrested her.
After losing the gubernatorial nomination, Carmack served as editor of a Nashville paper linked to Democratic machine activity. The piece notes Col Cooper’s involvement and connects it to a tragedy surrounding the paper’s coverage and influence.
In Nashville the former U S senator Ward Carmack was shot and killed by Robin Cover, a young attorney, amid a dispute linked to editorials in The Tennessean. Cooper son Young Cooper was wounded in the shoulder and held by police. Col Duncan Cooper faced the fray but did not fire. Carmack had editorship of The Tennessean after losing the governor race.
New York traders saw American Tobacco Company stock plunge 32 points on the curb market, triggering a broad price retreat in major issues on the New York Stock Exchange. Bonds and preferred shares also fell as profit taking and Sherman law concerns weighed on sentiment before a later rally.
Norfolk reports the marriage of Miss Mildred Dryden Kensett to Edward Merrell Daniel of Arizona set for tomorrow evening. Daniel is the son of Virginia Senator Major John W. Daniel. Kensett is said to be heiress to a substantial fortune, making the ceremony the season’s highlight in the state.
The Best Bakers lines claim Riune Ribbon Vanilla is used by leading confectioners hotels and housekeepers, highlighting its reputed quality and popularity across industries.
Notice to tax-payers calling at the office in the Telephone Building to pay taxes at once with a 2 percent discount for payments before November 30, 1908, by Deputy Sheriff W. P. Hawley. Also includes an advertisement for Wilson Milk with one-third water added and DeWitt's Carbosized Witch Hazel Salve sold by druggists.
London observers marked Lord Mayor Day with a grand procession featuring bands of suffragettes distributing literature. The event remained orderly as police kept crowds back from the road while Sir George Truscott, a wealthy printer and stationer leader, was welcomed at the law courts and Guildhall banquet.
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