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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1910
Page
1
A man named Negho attacked a woman seizing her by the throat and throwing her to the ground. A fourteen year old daughter attempted to aid her mother and was treated similarly. Both victims faced death threats for crying out.
Mrs. J W Brooks and her two daughters were assaulted late at night on the Grant Street bridge by a distinctly described unknown Black man. He choked, threw, and threatened them while urging silence, then fled as bystanders arrived. a brake stick and a railroad glove were left at the scene as police seek the assailant.
Witnesses recall a man in railroad yard attire carrying a brake stick and gloves. Mrs Brooks, struck and frightened, believes the blow caused a torn well and a lame back but she is unharmed. Police say they have no clue to the assailant as they pursue leads.
In Kalamazoo Michigan on November 12 a Michigan Central freight train struck a street car killing eight people including motorman Ward Abbott and several passengers. About a dozen were injured as three bodies were mangled near the engine pilot. Conductor Vanhorn, flagging near the crossing, survived and was later treated for shock.
A list of football results includes Cornell 18 Chicago 0 and West Virginia 13 Villanova 0. Rudolph Monk of West Virginia University died from brain concussion after a Bethany game. Schenk, the millionaire pork packer, is predicted to recover from suspected arsenic poisoning, per Dr. Hupp.
John A. Lynch of Omaha Nebraska aged eighty two has died. He was the last survivor of the Great Eastern which laid the first Atlantic cable.
Mrs Della Collins of Jones Street employed at Troy Laundry suffered a severe arm injury when her right arm was caught in a gear of a washing machine yesterday about 5 30. She was taken to St Luke's hospital for treatment. no bones were broken. Her son Roland, also a laundry worker, released her after the gear was stopped and rerun.
In Big Stone Gap and Bristol official county returns show Slemp with a 231 vote majority over Stuart. Slemp thanks Republicans for loyal support as he heads to Cincinnati and eastern Kentucky on business. Roanoke notes more than $50,000 wagered on the race with Bascomb Sleep winning by 231 in the Ninth Virginia district.
Eminent chemists from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Illinois converge on Cincinnati for a meeting and banquet marking the twentieth anniversary of the Cincinnati branch of the American Chemical Society. Dr. W. D. Bancroft of Cornell University, president of the ACS, attends as guest of honor.
Unofficial returns from 96 counties show Hooper leading for governor by 18 045 votes. Fusion Democrats and Republicans hold the lower house while the senate remains in doubt with a likely chance of Democratic control.
Carson Nebraska November 11 latest returns show a Democratic legislature on joint ballot with Nixon Republican winning the senatorial seat by at least two thousand. The senate is seen as Democratic by three to five votes and the assembly Republican by one or two. Nixon is expected to be chosen by the legislature.
Complete returns indicate Wyoming will have a Republican legislature by a majority of eleven, assuring Senator C. D. Clark's return to the United States Senate.
Moscow correspondent reports Count Tolstoi found in Mount Sensky district of Tula province on Abrikoroff estate, a known manufacturer.
Washington reports Huntington West Virginia has a 31 161 population, up by 161 4 percent. A special representative verified the figures ahead of the announcement, marking Huntington among the fastest growing U S cities with only six others exceeding its rate.
In Savannah on November 11 David Bruce Brown won the grand prize by a thin second finishing 14.2 miles behind Victory Hemery in five hours 53 minutes 6.77 seconds setting an American record of 70.455 mph. Wild Bob Burman finished third in an American car Marquette Buick earning extra prize for top American driver. Foreigners faltered with several crashes and stalls during twenty four laps. Wagner nearly cost lives in a hillside tumble while Haupt DePalma and Nezarro also faced breakdowns.
Three masked gunmen seized between 4000 and 5000 dollars from paymaster Hines and an escort on the Gre Barrington to Egremont trolley project payroll. Within minutes about 200 armed men converged, surrounding a swamp. authorities believe the robbers are trapped tonight.
Ray Mason a Kalamazoo labor official was found dead in a marsh near Warsaw with a bullet wound. Detectives say he was stabbed by hold up men and dragged to conceal the crime. In Seattle John linguist, aged 49, a Greeley Arctic expedition member, killed himself by poison after health and financial reverses.
A Mexican riot in Guadalajara lasting three hours injured a boy and a policeman, damaged American property, and led to the arrest of several hundred. Carlos Carothers, a real estate dealer, killed a fourteen year old and wounded a gendarme before surrendering. The American consulate is now guarded by cavalry. A separate note reports Catholic church dedication plans in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
The Luck Construction Company of Roanoke was awarded a contract to build a railroad twelve miles from Ridgeway Virginia to Spray North Carolina, to be completed by next April. Marshall Field Company of Chicago is believed to finance the line to serve cotton mills at Spray. The road will connect with the Norfolk and Western at Ridgeway.
J W Harveycutter aged 73, longtime general foreman of construction for Western Union Telegraph Co in the southern states, died suddenly at his Salem home. He leaves a widow and one son. A native of Maigood, he moved to Salem years ago and retired from Western Union ten years ago.
At a Tazewell Virginia meeting of the stockholders Dr. R P Copenhaver was elected president and S Claude Pabst secretary for another year. George Shafer of Tip Top was chosen first vice president and W A Scott became second vice president. Radical changes in the fair were proposed.
In New York on November 12 a blaze gutted a five story wing of the Catholic Orphanage building. Three thousand boys and fifteen hundred girls were moved safely from their beds, as the orphan inmates evacuated orderly under the fire drill with no loss of life reported. A midsummer meeting had been planned with July Fourth races and baseball games, following a large smoker and jublication meeting held the previous night.
Washington, November 12. Senator Elkins, very ill in a Washington home, longs for West Virginia. His former secretary, Colin F. Livingston, recalls how a bright fire of Randolph County pine on his hearth lifted his spirits as the flames crackled, bringing a noticeable improvement.
Delegates representing 3 000 000 Catholic laymen from across America arrive in New Orleans for the ninth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. The event opens with a pontifical mass at the cathedral and runs Monday through Wednesday with Edward Feeney presiding. Papal delegate Diomede Falconio and several archbishops and bishops will participate.
The strike of drivers and helpers for five transcontinental express firms was formally declared off. Strikers will return to work Monday. New Jersey workers accepted the companies’ terms while New York strikers approved conditionally if similar action occurred across the river.
New Orleans readers brace for a twenty round featherweight title clash between Abe Attell and Frankie Conley. The bout, set for tomorrow afternoon, is staged by the West Side A. C. with both fighters said to be in excellent condition after steady training since the title articles were signed.
Western League may drop Topeka from next season and offer the berth to Colorado Springs or Oklahoma City. Presidents and magnates met at the Grand Pacific Hotel for the fall session, but no decision is expected soon. Topeka will try to keep its franchise.
Governor Carroll announced Lafayette Young editor of the Des Moines Capital would succeed the late Senator Dolliver as United States senator for Iowa in Des Moines on November 12.
A private message from Tula reports Countess Tolstoi twice attempted suicide by drowning through a hole in the ice near St. Petersburg on November 12.
Parkersburg dispatch outlines Democratic control after election as factions Chilton and McGraw contend for influence in nominating a new U S senator to replace Nathan Bay Scott. Watson and MacCorkle emerge as possible power players amid fractious party dynamics and regional interests.
Charles H. Kohl fifty six president of the Western Vaudeville Association died in Oconomowoc Wisconsin from neuralgia of the nerves ruling out further details the newspaper notes the death occurred on November 12.
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