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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
1
A man was found dead in bed at a Freemans county location after a nighttime stop for breakfast. He appeared ill with a cold but died several hours before discovery. Relatives speak of him as an excellent man, deeply missed by family and friends.
Reported moves by Senator Foraker to fight the primary process unfold as supporters plan petitions to county election boards. A conference of Foraker's followers prepared actions to challenge the primary in several Northwestern Ohio counties amid party tension and expected board rulings.
A committee in Fairmont stalks Renatdr Thomas Gartian and other Joint investigators to the Mines. They gather at night and attend a Monday hearing.
William Clark, 16 years old, was arrested at East Liberty station after allegedly entering a house on Forbes Street and taking a guest’s jewelry valued between 300 and 600 dollars. The property included a two karat diamond ring with opal and diamonds and a gold ring. The complainant is Bila McConnell of Clarksburg, West Virginia. No one was hurt.
Samuel Fressenden of Stamford dies of heart trouble at an advanced age. A prominent Connecticut figure, he served in the Civil War and practiced law in Stamford. He was speaker of the Connecticut House in 1895 and long active in Republican politics. Local police seek two colored men who stole a dog from ex policeman Walker in Fairmont.
The Clarksburg Window Gh Company will resume operations at the Adamston factory Wednesday night after a suspension lasting several days. The stoppage was due to flatteners and cutters being out sick and management labor concerns. Other plants are running though some cutters are short. conditions are improving with strikes easing. New ovens and staffing are planned at Werton and Amblyamatch sites to restore production.
A thief entered George B. Sayre’s stable on Third Street by a hole in the barn and stole corn valued at $7.50. Snowy footmarks the next morning indicated a tall man. No other items reported missing as of now.
An engine on the Altamont to Piedmont grade exploded due to low water, wrecking the machine and delaying trains. Engineer Frank Smith survived severe injuries and a boiler. another crewman remained uninjured. The wreck blocked both tracks as officials ordered a thorough investigation.
Anil Sentenges John Ramsey a white man and Ben Maupina colored were arrested Sunday morning on a freight train yard charge and tried in Magistrate Gordon's court. They were found guilty and fined 35 a piece but could not pay and were jailed for ten days. They are suspected by Lt. T. L. Powell of the 13th police force in the Welcome telegraph operator murder case. Railroad officials are discussing the arrests with Welcome authorities. if no action is taken the men may be released after serving the sentence.
A new tally shows 2530 victims from the Monongah mine disaster, with crews still finding bodies entombed underground. Officials caution more may remain, though recovery chances for additional victims are diminishing.
Dr Z W Wyatt at Shinaston showed slight improvement after a night of extreme severity. Authorities feared death during the night as medical staff continued careful observation.
Two jurors provisionally accepted at the Harry K. Thaw trial were excused with consent of the prosecution and the defense, as jury selection continued slowly. New provisional jurors were seated at the morning session while Evelyn Thaw and Josiah Thaw watched from the courtroom. Admittance remained restricted and seats were vacant.
At the Kentucky legislature opening on January 7 the U S senatorial race dominates talks. Democrats hold a slim eight vote majority on joint ballot. Rumors circulate that Beckham, nominated at the primary, will win while Republicans claim a Democrat revolt could seat former Governor Bradley.
Floyd Goens appeared before Magistrate Cordon on a theft charge for stealing five cents worth of coal from the Fairmont and Cartsburg Traction Company. The defense claimed the boy acted under another's direction and the charge was dismissed.
At Fairmont the coroner begins an inquest into the Mo zigah mine disaster that killed 357 men. Mine officials and the superintendent A J Ruckman testified as to mine conditions and the explosion aftermath. Peter Urban the sole survivor described the escape and earlier minor blast. Witnesses reported the blast started in No 8 mine and spread to No 6.
The Morgantown area plans to issue the next payroll in currency, ending checks. The Unmill payroll will total 18,000 dollars with no checks included. Other local plants have also switched to currency and will abandon checks, with the last seven pay periods likely in the city.
The Harrison County Post Graduate course program will not be ready in time for the meeting, which will be held tomorrow evening.
Four men armed with revolvers boarded a Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train at the Kansas City station early today and attempted a robbery. The conductor and porter frightened the would be robbers away without securing any money or valuables.
Constable J Worthy Schrader returned with his two bloodhounds from Wetzel county after tracking burglars who robbed a boarding house in Pine Grove. The thieves took about 260 dollars from four sleeping men while they quietly searched rooms. Tracking led over Barker’s Gun and toward Weyville before scent was lost in mud and hills.
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that Congress invalidated the employers liability law 16. The act made railroads and other common carriers liable to employees in accidents caused by negligence of fellow servants or by defective appliances.
A Friday meeting in Parkersburg will establish a Racine circuit with delegates from Portsmouth Huntington Charleston Wheeling Fairmont Clarkeburg Elkins Mariotts and Parkersburg. The venue may be Judge Kee Bilssard’s office or Brennerhaswert Club. The circuit will include the best ties in the state and elsewhere.
Vessel sighting reports an average speed steamer named Mount Royal near Kinsale sixteen miles west of Queenstown on January 7. The sighting was logged from Queenstown. The event is recorded as a maritime notice for the port.
The grand jury returned indictments against Cecil Harter Ernest Maxwell and others including Fd C Pullen alias. Jerome Sheets and Timothy Castes. Yerkey pleaded guilty to assault and battery with a $16 fine. Judges ruled on demurrers in Swift & Shannon vs Baltimore & Ohio and Edward C. Brahan cases. Changes in case names and a chancery suit decision regarding Southern QM Company are noted amid court actions.
Councilman Fred Gardring was held at gunpoint by John Diets at Gardring’s Place of business in Pistol Point. Diets demanded 2500 and forced a $300 note in Diets’s favor after threatening violence. Gardring previously secured 8,090 by deed of trust. Diets claims Gardring must provide compensation. Diets was arrested.
Prof. Thomas E. Hodges of Morgantown dismissed a Clarketurg dispatch rumor about his name in the Democratic governor race. He said he and friends in the city were not plotting any campaign move and he has not given the matter serious thought.
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