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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1911
Page
1
A Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train derailed in the Blue Ridge near Hinton West Virginia killing engineer Pitcher and fireman Alexander Ritchis. Reports list two baggage men a mail clerk and two other passengers among the injured or dead with details still uncertain.
J. R. Hickman relocated the Peoples hotel from its long time West Main Street location near Second to the corner of West Main and Water, next to his home. The hotel will operate under Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Britton at the new site. Palace Furniture Co plans a new business building on the old site and has begun on a large structure there.
Dedication services for the new Elks home proceed privately this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock with only members in attendance. District deputy to the grand lodge officiates as lodge officers fill stations. Visitors registered include John Oliver Martin Annapolis Md FR E McCormick Zanesville Oh H T Guggentelmer Rochester N Y George C Bratter Bradford Pa Sammel Harrison Wheel ing Il McEldowney Sorensen Bert Noll Sistersville.
Twenty two miles of track on the Short Line Division of the DB O will be operated from the Fairmont office under train dispatchers Inj. The route from Lumverport to Tunnebey will be overseen by Fairmont dispatchers who will manage fourteen coal mines and handle increased duties as they study the road. Dispatcher Fuqua inspected the line yesterday and Kelley will follow.
The county court reconvenes tomorrow after a brief recess. The case involves Mine Toulse McCracken and is linked to a hearing tape from a visit to her aunt Mrs 3 McCracken in Coffman.
Los Angeles May 2 Lee Rappaport attorney for the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers arrived from Indianapolis as the McNamara brothers dynamiting case nears court. W Joseph Ford assistant district attorney held on kidnapping charges from Indianapolis is expected to arrive tomorrow.
Arthur H. Kenin of the Chenifeare Exting Company from Charleston will demonstrate his apparatus in the Senate yard of the Capitol. He has erected fire frame structures to be set ablaze and will use his apparatus to extinguish the fumes. He hopes some equipment will be installed in capitol buildings.
Fourth class postences have been filled in West Virginia with Samuel Z Fleshman at Greenbrier County replacing W W Martin who resigned. William A Fink takes Glen Alum in Mingo County replacing B E Lartert who moved. Hiram Vanover is assigned at Rodefiel d in Mobowell County replacing Thief Peck who resigned.
Lieutenant Governor M. Kr Hopewell died at his Tekamah residence after living in Nebraska since childhood. Born in Monroe County Indiana, he moved with his parents to Nebraska about five years later and built a political career in the state.
Photographer Rh Montgomery awaits a hearing before Justice Gordon on a charge linked to the Walker House incident involving a $28 board bill. Willam Post was arrested Monday on a warrant with DOJ backing.
Fragmentary report describes a pivotal vote on a land reform measure with Senators Chil exiled and Caliton voting to influence direct senator elections. The chamber fell into silence as the roll called, determining whether the resolution would pass.
Foreigners in Hong Kong report no harm as the government tightens control at Canton. West River districts yield sparse news due to rebels destroying telegraph lines disrupting communications.
May 2 reports from Mingo county prosecutors that Charles Daniels claimed he had to kill Wee Davis near Devon, the motive unclear. Daniels belongs to the infamous Daniels family. his mother and sister were killed on Christmas Day two years earlier when a posse tried to arrest two of his brothers.
The Senate finance committee will devote up to May 13 to hearings on Canadian reciprocity and then report the bias to the Senate. A twelve year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Baldwin, reportedly died after an accident at a steamboat landing.
Fragments describe a local couple Wilsing and Herryt with uncertain details. A reward is offered for information on their whereabouts and related sightings in connection with a federal works case involving a hotel or restaurant. Names such as Anna Shine appear, with ages and descriptions cited in incomplete OCR.
A Jackson girl aged about 14 was brought by Constable Thamar dmloneyy to a girlie institution in Siler. She had been in the Wood County area for several months under guardianship of a farmer, then returned to the poorhouse. The case remains pending commitment to the industrial school.
In Wasrd Wis on May 2 Johr B Dietz his wife and son Leslie were traced on a trial here today connected to the murder of Oscar Harp deputy sheriff who besieged the Dietz cabin last October.
The grand jury convened today to consider robbery charges involving about forty Ohio legislators. Dozens of witnesses were summoned. a partial report may be issued soon. Attorney General Hogan remarked the case requires strong proof to convict as the panel proceeds.
A group including Revs Peters Cris wall Withers Brooks Beas Cunninghim Slaughter and Misses Lucy White Mabel White and Madge Houton left for Parkerabure to attend the twenty ninth annual convention of the West Virginia San Gay Selicoal Association. The Rev C B Morris of Burneelile and others planned to attend a meeting in Parkereteburge Wednesday.
Congressman Hamillton introduced bills to grant pensions to John Moyer of Parkersburg and William J. Osborne of Glenville. The action was reported from Washington on May 2.
Two carloads of equipment from Wheelibm Schuer & Company moved the Mary R. Goft homestead and Carl Vance dwelling on West Pike to clear space for a new theater. The theater contract will be awarded soon as walls and alleys are rearranged. Southern Pacific officials report rebels claim Americans should move families to the United States and threaten to attack border towns if no peace by Thursday night.
An 1-A corps of ten civil engineers from Cingkelbunge has been assigned to prepare preliminary materials for the Clarlenhire Northern railway flyer and route study from this city to Middlebourne. Moore and others are noted among the personnel.
In New York on May 2 Charles Hiram Hyde pleaded guilty to an indictment charging Briers. The brief report notes Hyde facing the charge as the court case proceeds.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions the state senate seats leaders and a New York event. It references Dr George Ab Charleston, Harry KeHNGre ton and a meeting with various names, suggesting a political or legislative context without clear details.
Fragmented OCR text references a judge and a trial. It mentions Henry Gilmore near Ghenala and a killing of Jos Marcie. It notes sentencing or penitentiary confinement and a second Senate action in a historic, jumbled context.
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