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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
1
Chicago readers watch Illinois first test of a new direct primary law as candidates run for state, congressional, and judicial posts amid Lorimer scandal. Insurgent campaigns target top lawmakers, with 589 candidates in the House and 182 for Senate races, and notable fights in multiple districts.
Sixteenth and William McKinley are in the Nineteenth district. Three Republicans run for Frank O. Lowden's seat in the Thirteenth. In the Fifth district two Democrats seek Adolph J. Sabath's renomination. Henry T. Rainey from the Twentieth district will be renominated without opposition.
London witnesses describe body parts found in Crippen home cellar as severed by a hand skilled in surgery and directed by anatomy knowledge. Prof Pepper tests that the parts came from a human body with a long vertical windpipe wound, buried four to eight months, sex undetermined on cross-examination.
September 14 report from Linton describes a gas explosion at Vandalia mine No 10 nine miles away. Andrew Baxter died, David Reese was fatally injured, and five others burned. nine more miners injured. A slate fall released gas ignited by lamps caused the blast. mine was inspected and vents kept running.
Governor Glasscock reprieved Frank Stephenson for ninety days in Charleston West Virginia. He was sentenced to hang for a murder in Mercer county three years ago and has been adjudged temporarily insane. The crime involved Mose Blaeman, another Black man, killed on Crane Creek. Stephenson has four previous death sentences and the motive alleged was jealousy over Blaeman's wife.
Adolph Rothbart of the Hoop concern of Martin Rothbart & Company was arrested and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Herbert to a grand larceny charge from the Mercantile National Bank. DA Whitman said Rothbart’s thefts in the last two years may total at least $100,000.
In Geneva on September 14 the Young Egypt permanent committee accused Roosevelt of vulgar bluster and self advertiser after speeches at Khartoum and London. The group urged London to evacuate Egypt and called for the restoration of the Egyptian constitution via a telegram to the khedive.
McKinley planned a tour to Graham on Tuesday the twentieth with Lemp, Coming direct to Virginia from Beverly where he has been a house guest with President Taft, further itinerary to be arranged.
Duncan E. McKinley the California orator will tour the Ninth district starting September 16 with stops at Norton Coeburn Appalachia Honaker Graham and Pulaski as part of a canvass with Mr Slemp. The pair plan additional county stops in Wythe Smyth and Washington as they campaign for insurgent Republican nominees after a recent stay with President Taft.
West Virginia enjoys fair Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Virginia forecasts partly cloudy skies Thursday and Friday with showers near the coast and moderate northeast winds.
Heavy track condition makes fast time impossible as all contests go to straight heats. Major Walton enters both harness races with the same driver in each, taking decisive early leads.
Nashville dispatch notes independent Democrats of Tennessee endorse Captain Ben W. Hooper for governor and send the regular Democratic harmony resolution to a new independent state executive committee. The convention denounces the pardon of Carmack's slayer and praises Hooper's keynote address as Republicans and independents pledge noninterference in each other’s legislative territories.
Count Romanones, president of the chamber of deputies, says Premier Canalejas policies gain daily adherents among government adversaries as Spain aims to shed fanatical clericalism hindering industry. He predicts Cortes will hear an unmodified religious program continuation.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania the state league of Republican clubs holds its annual convention with a reception and preliminary business. Tomorrow a mass meeting will feature John K. Tener and other Republican ticket speakers.
Beverly Massachusetts September 14 President Taft will be fifty three years old tomorrow and receives many congratulatory messages. No special observance of his birthday is planned in the summer capital.
A report from American consuls at Aden, Turkey, and Bombay notes cotton growing is becoming an important industrial factor in many Asiatic countries and that foreign cotton production is steadily increasing.
The German dirigible Zeppelin VI exploded while entering a shed in Baden Baden. The blast from the motor in the rear gondola injured three crew members seriously.
Daily Telegraph at Tazewell Fairgrounds reports six thousand attendees for day two on September 14. Weather was ideal until evening showers after the last race, with many ladies wearing badges supplied by the paper. Events highlighted riding displays by Eva May Deaton and Miss Scott, horse heats, and a 2:22 Trot won by Aurelia, while Firebrand took the half mile in 51.4 seconds.
A sub-committee of the United States board of engineers for rivers and harbors held a hearing in Chattanooga on September 14 on proposed Tennessee River improvements costing about $13,000,000. The session discussed project scope and funding for federal river and harbor works.
In Canton Ohio on September 14 floral pieces were laid at the McKinley mausoleum for the ninth anniversary of President William McKinley’s death. Pieces came from distant parts of the country.
Joseph Arch former labor leader and MP is seriously ill at his Warwick residence. At nearly eighty four next November his recovery is doubtful with advances in age cited as a factor.
The passage praises a leading English labor figure who in 1872 founded the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, a powerful group that transformed the farm laborer's harsh condition from servile to improved status.
Oyster Bay September 14 Colonel Roosevelt says he will not seek the governor’s nomination or state chairmanship. He reports satisfaction with victory in New York county Republican primaries carried by his forces though Kings county shows some opposition. He plans to focus on work outside New York and defers temporary state convention leadership until a later date.
Fifty thousand troops under General Michel join grand maneuvers in Picardy beginning today. The exercise continues until next Monday with unprecedented scale, including extensive practical tests of military aircraft.
George W. Fitzgerald, once a cashier at the United States sub treasury, was indicted and arrested in Chicago for the purported theft years ago of 173000 from the vaults. Investigations previously pursued shadowed him without solid proof. a private detective agency had claimed he accumulated an unexplained fortune. He attributed his wealth to speculation. The arrest created a sensation.
Middlesboro Kentucky September 14 The fight for the Republican nomination for congress in the eleventh district between Don C Midwards regular Republican incumbent and Caleb Powers known as the political martyr after six years in prison for alleged Goebel murder is decided at the primary election tomorrow. Edwards supporters expect a tough race while Powers backers say they will win in every county except Laurel Edwards home county.
Representative Ollie James of Kentucky charges Secretary Root and Rep Denby with willful absence from a committee meeting to delay Ballinger dismissal until after the election. He cites the Minnesota committee report signed by Democrats as supporting action.
Hartford Connecticut September 14 Charles A. Goodwin was nominated by the state Republican convention for governor on the second ballot with 318 votes to 249 for Everett J. Lake.
In Ottawa Ont on September 14 at All Saints Church Miss Evelyn Fay Christie daughter of Mrs Alexander J Christie and granddaughter of Sir Henry Bates married Herbert James Symington of Winnipeg. The ceremony drew a notable turnout from the community.
Curtis Guild honors Diaz with blessings of prosperity order and peace tied to American independence. The speech recalls Diaz’s life and quotes on liberty and leadership during a solemn, level eyed tribute.
Mexico City marks the Mexican Centennial with a banquet for U S officers. Curtis Guild Jr praised U S Mexico friendship and Hidalgo to Ding as a hopeful arc of progress. He cited Limantour reforms, currency, railways, harbors, and arbitration as signs of shared prosperity and trust.
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