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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1909
Page
1
Karry K Thaw, the convicted slayer of Stanford Wittenow, at Matteawan asylum for the criminally insane, was today granted a writ of habeas corpus by Justice Gaynor in Brooklyn and is returnable today in White Plains.
A Sunday afternoon blaze in Wise Virginia destroyed multiple buildings and stock valued around 50 000 dollars with insurance estimated at 35 000. The fire affected Dotson residence and store Miller’s Hotel Melnrey and Company C W Realiu and others plus a theatre and law offices in the first and second floors. Fire officials report significant damage to the town’s business district and local lines of communication and authorities are tallying losses.
A garbled OCR fragment recounts a long, hazardous wartime march or expedition with names like Hirken and Waelenstowe, noting a twenty hour battery or bone-related toil and a 1881 campaign linked to a Zata expedition. The passage is fragmentary and presents multiple unreadable names and events.
In New York on June 15 the Orlean Sugar Refining Company stock fell eight points amid a DOJ report to Attorney General Wickersham. No statement would be issued by the department. Wickersham indicated the sugar actions in New York would speak for themselves.
Dr H W Tribble president of Rawlee Institute at Charlottes vile Way conducts revival series at First Baptist Church Mercer and Duhring streets in a small audience room. Service toward large attendance expected as weeklong revival continues each night.
Paris June 15 two men arrested for killing a man found dead in Monte Mart wood. The victim had sixteen knife pierce wounds and a penny in his pocket. The suspects admit the murder claiming motive was the penny found on the victim.
The State Department announced possible American participation in a Hankow China railroad project amid strong New York interest. Officials expect a joint American German investment and see favorable prospects for American commercial and financial backing, stressing benefits to trade and diplomatic ties.
Spokane Washington June 1 The seventeenth National Irrigation Congress will meet August 9 to 14 in Spokane addressing reclamation swamp lands forestry deep waterways conservation good roads and home building. Expected participants include President Taft government officials congress members governors foreign representatives railroad presidents bankers and delegates from many states and provinces in Canada and Europe.
Washington June 15 realofficially announced today that President Taft has directs Secretary of War Dickenson, Secretary of Commerce Nagel and Attorney General Wickersham to prepare plan for the complete organization of the government machinery In econnection with iin control of coperations One part of the plan is to make the Interstate Commerce Commission a quasi judicial body.
Ta June 15 report says Pitcher McIntyre of the Brooklyn National League club attempted suicide by drowning on Sunday. He was rescued by a policeman after being discovered in distress amid personal turmoil involving a woman.
Three inmates fled the Tazewell county jail during a Sunday morning escape. Ed Hovekins and Imery Miller, both already tried and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary, plus five other men including BL Bailey and Ab Conti, remain at large after breaking bars and escaping through an alley cell. Authorities report a complex method used, with inmates tying blankets to create leverage and breaking a cell window.
Lt Mra Thomas Goochin is critically ill at a residence near Princeton with Mrs Hue Tiekiln and Mire Kate Tiekhe visiting. Mrs Gooche, sister of Mrs Jamon and M. Wall of Dublin, mother of Fred C. Dutineton and Dr. Walter L. Johnston, has been twice married and is described as an excellent Christian lady.
Vondon June 15. The alleged bribery charge to English newspaper reporters in the Ruiz death by own action mystery will be traced by parliament. Alfred G. Vanderbilt, mentioned in connection with the affair, has no comment and appears downhearted. Tim says he is suffering severe mental strain.
San Jose June 15 union painters, plasterers, plumbers, carpenters and related trades were idled when the Builders' Exchange ruled a 25 percent wage cut effective after June 14. The action, aimed at reducing costs, affects about 4000 workers across multiple crafts.
Deputy Morris of Pocahontas was found justified by a coroner's jury after he shot Rev. John Phillips who resisted arrest on a warrant issued by Justice P. P. Dilley. Phillips, described as a minister of the grape, had a notorious past including involvement in earlier feuds and a skull injury case.
London citizens witnessed a political storm as Socialist Thorne questioned the impending visit of the Czar of Biasta to England. He asked if the Czar would do a good job when he arrives, drawing strong rebuke for the phrasing. A merchant, Henry Warrivon Kessinger of Viewrs Montgomery county, Md., is mentioned in connection with a prior writing event and Princeton links.
Maurice Mollock, manager of the Gould estate, testified he had seen Mrs Gould drunk on several occasions. The testimony caused a stir in the courtroom though Mrs Gould showed no emotion as Mollock asserted her intoxication. The trial was progressing rapidly and expected to conclude soon.
Pittsburg June 15 It was decided by the Tin-Plate Workers Amalgamated Association to strike in the villas of the United States Steel Corporation due to the refusal of the Amalgamated Sheet and Tin-Plate Company to recognize the union after the date.
A June 15 blaze, described as the UnkNOWy origin fire, burned a half-block of tenements leaving 1,500 to 1,590 people homeless. Estimated damage stands at $500,000 as firefighters battled the blaze in New York.
In Nalvasham British East Africa on June 1 a member of ex President Roosevelt's hunting party was mortally wounded by a wounded local in the district during a new hunting expedition. The incident involved Wilf Rid and other party members.
In a Keystone afternoon clash, Hustington defeated by a 2 to 1 score. A second game is scheduled for this afternoon.
Oran Dawson was pinned in an elevator at Hinefield Dry Goods and Noe fen Co when Judge Starks the general manager opened a Sunday school closet. He received prompt surgical attention and his injuries are not serious.
Ray L. Evans departed last night for Blackshare to attend the Vv. B. f. gathering, continuing a sequence of travel tied to regional organizations. The brief item notes his departure and destination without additional context.
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