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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
6
Ted Burton a self confessed night rider told of depredations around Reelfoot Lake and confessed his role in outrages that ended in the death of Captain Quinton Rankin. He implicated prominent local men and named forty night rider members.
A Pall Mall Gazette view notes middle class readers would back a London court case about a woman who received a black eye. The complainant says she is a lone woman and would not endure further abuse, seeking magisterial notice while contrasting marital and outsider injuries. The piece ends with a Daily Telegraph ad note.
The large audience at Hearn Hall cheered as A. W. Holmes spoke for state senate and Frank C. Burdette urged a straight Taft ticket. Burdette warned of disfranchisement laws while noting white voter strength and Republican prospects across West Virginia and nearby Virginia. The crowd congratulated Burdette on a top city speech.
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Taylor Wilson widow of Rev. M A Wilson died at her daughter’s home on North Street in South Bluefield after a long illness from cancer. Survived by children M R Emmonds Harold A Ritz F L A Wilson Lillian W Jones and Joseph Wilson. Funeral by Rev. S H Thompson from Emmonds home at 11 o’clock with interment in Maple Park cemetery.
Lines are expanding and rail traffic grows. railroads expect a major car shortage within weeks. After a year of financial flurries and a slow market, few new cars or equipment were ordered due to surplus. With prosperity returning, railroads that delayed orders risk a historic shortage and strained capacity.
The Taft tour reached Cohoes and Troy with large audiences as labor issues dominated the talks. A faulty engine delayed the Taft special before Cohoes, then Pittsburg prepared for a district miners convention addressing operator miner tensions and the checkoff system.
New York October 27 The club owners of the Eastern League met at the Victoria Hotel for the annual session to settle all business related to the recently concluded season. It was described as one of the most successful in the league’s history.
Railroaders of prominence warn an imminent car shortage as surplus of over 440000 cars dwindles to near empty among larger owners. They cite shrinking stock and rising demand as the likely cause of scarce rolling stock in the near future.
In a frenzied bid through Manhattan, Harlem, and Brooklyn, William Jennings Bryan spoke 18 times across eight stops despite rain and mud. He warned workers against Republicans and Taft while highlighting bank deposit guarantees and labor in a relentless day.
New York Oct 27 James Sherman campaigned through Manhattan and Bronx after upstate stops in agricultural and manufacturing districts. He urged voters to support sound money and an administration guaranteeing it, with a currency and tariff focus at Crotona Casino in the Bronx.
Advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days with money back guarantee. Mentions DeWitt's Little Early Risers laxative pills and wide druggist distribution.
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