Decline Seen in Elkhorn Field as New Coal Areas Rise
A coal operator predicts the Elkhorn section between Coldale and Vivian will start to decline within a decade as leases weaken and more mining shifts to new fields. Output along the Norfolk and Western is expected to rise for now, with ten to twenty-five year horizons cited for broader changes and potential field development.
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Elkhorn
Coaldale
Vivian
Norfolk and Western
West
Pocahontas
United States Coal and Coke Company
Loop Creek
Coal seams and future value rise in West Virginia counties
The article discusses multiple seams on a single property and extracting the best first to offset future loss. It notes growing value in Mingo Buchanan Dickenson Logan Raleigh and Wyoming counties as Mercer and McDowell coal dwindle, predicting untapped veins will gain importance like the No 2 vein along the railroad.
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Mingo County
Buchanan County
Dickenson County
Logan County
Raleigh
Wyoming
Mercer
McDowell
Abandonment of Expense Money for Senate Inquiry
Washington reports Republican senate members vow to drop a $65 000 request to fund further inquiry into high prices. Lodge to announce the decision while asserting only a Democratic filibuster blocked passage. GOP aims to proceed with the inquiry, placing blame on Democrats for the setback.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
Senaors Lodge
Smoot
Root
Aldrich
Gallinger
Flint
Mobile prepares for 20th Confederate veterans reunion
Mobile Alabama awaits a host of Confederate veterans and allied groups for the twentieth annual reunion. City officials plan to entertain about 50 000 visitors with parades exhibits and park gatherings at Monroe Park and the park auditorium. Flags bunting and Confederate and national colors will decorate the city as trains bring attendees from the South for the event.
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Mobile
Ala
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee Jackson
Longstreet
Beauregard
Johnston Wheeler
Confederate States Army
Monroe Park
Park Auditorium
Trolley Line Planned Through Coal Field in Virginia West
Assured bond buyers ready to fund a triangular 35 mile trolley route joining Welch Pageton Elkhorn and area stations with Bluefield to follow later. Line aims to run within three years, with land and franchises to be donated and no current plan to touch Bluefield immediately.
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Daily Telegraph
Norfolk and Western
Serveys
Bluefield
Welch
Pageton
Elkhorn
Pocahontas
Wuen
Coalfield
Graham
Apocahontes
Gluefield
Trolley Line Proposal Aims to Reach Bluefield Area
The city could see a $1.5 million trolley line from Pageton to Welch via Elkhorn with Bluefield seeking a large stake. The Tug Fork payroll surpasses $400,000 monthly and will rise as development expands toward Pocahontas. Bluefield’s growth hinges on attracting business to keep the line from fading.
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Hin
Ar ‘Sey
Pageton
Welch
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Tug Fork
Pocahontas
Uncle Samuel
Mark Twain Funeral Held in New York
The April 22 service at Brick Presbyterian Church mourned Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain. Dr. Henry Vandyke and Dr. Joseph H. Twitchell led eulogies, with crowds filing past the plain mahogany coffin before the body was sent to Elmira for burial beside his wife and children.
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New York
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Brick Presbyterian Church
Henry Vandyke
Joseph H. Twitchell
D A R Convention Closes After Weeklong Session
Washington April 23 The 1%th Continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution ends today after meeting since last Monday with readings and ceremonies marking the close of the event.
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Washington
Kontinental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Virginia Weekend Weather Outlook
Rain or snow and colder conditions expected Sunday and Monday. Unsettled weather continues with cooler Sunday and light to moderate variable winds.
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Virginia
Fifty Years Since Stirring National Democratic Convention
In Charleston on April 23 the fiftieth anniversary is noted of the National Democratic convention that assembled there before the war. The meeting showed sectional rifts over slavery as northern and southern factions blocked choosing a candidate. anti slavery delegates later backed Douglas at Baltimore. ultra southerners backed Breckenridge with Lane as running mate.
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Charleston
D. C
Baltimore
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
John C. Breckenridge
Kentucky
Josep Lane
Oregon
Passover Begins As Jewish Festival Opens at Sunset
The Passover festival started at sunset marking the first festival of the Jewish ecclesiastical year. Tradition ties it to Moses and the miraculous escape of the Israelites after centuries of bondage.
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Moses
Miller Fatally Injured Near Charleston by Fisherman
Ira Humphries sixty eight or seventy two year old flour mill owner at Sissonville near Charleston was struck on the head by a rock allegedly by Gibson a resident of Sissonville while fishing near Humphries mill at midnight after Humphries ordered them away fearing arson. He may not recover.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ira Humphries
Sissonville
Here
Gibson
Humphries
Cotton forgery aid sought from Liverpool banks
Creditors of the Alabama firm Knight, Yancey & Co. enlist Liverpool banks to obtain redress from American banks due to losses from unsatisfied bills of lading. The arrival of more cotton consignments, likely from the suspended firm, lifted market optimism and creditors expect larger realizations than first anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Knight, Yancey & Co
Werton Collapses During Canal Walk in Utica
Aged Edward Payson Werton collapsed on the Erie canal towpath while walking from Tortoes to New York and was carried to a nearby farmhouse and placed in bed for treatment.
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Utica
N. Y
Edward Payson Werton
Tortoes
New York
Fire Rips Lake St. Charles Destroying Two Miles of Homes
A April 23 blaze driven by high winds consumed over twenty blocks in Lake St. Charles Louisiana destroying hundreds of buildings. The fire left two thousand homeless and caused damage estimated at up to three million dollars with major landmarks including the city hall Coliseum parish courthouse St Clair Hotel and churches reduced to ruins. State troops were stationed in the burned district as late estimates ranged from one to two million in losses.
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Lake St. Charles
St. Clair
Cold kills fruit as storms hit the Midwest
Chicago reports heavy snow and violent storms after heavy rain. An advancing storm turned to snow and freezing temps across the lake regions and upper Mississippi valley. Budding fruit in Indiana Minnesota and Wisconsin suffered millions in damage while Lake Michigan lashed ashore a towboat between Kenosha and Racine with no injuries reported.
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Chicago
Lake
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Towa
Kenosha
Racine
Exposition Opens in Brussels Showcasing International Art Salon
Brussels opens the Universal and International Exposition running through summer and fall. The event, Belgiums grandest ever, spans broad themes with major European representation. A highlight is the international art salon featuring the largest collection of paintings shown in Brussels to date.
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Brussels
Paris
St. Louis
Belgium
Internazionel
Mississippi Senator Jackson Primary Call Set for May
In Jackson Mississippi on April 23 Chairman Lomas of the state Democratic executive committee announced a meeting for May 6 to organize the special November primary proposed by United States Senator Percy to settle the senatorial contest a year early. Governor Noel opposed to the primary is expected to arrive from Washington on Monday.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Lomas
State
Democratic Executive Committee
United States
Percy
Noel
Washington
General Magruder Celebrates Eighty Fifth Birthday
Brigadier General David J. Magruder, aged eighty five, celebrated his birthday at his Bryn Mawr home. An assistant surgeon in 1850, he served in Civil War battles and retired for age in 1889.
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Magruder
Whitadelphia
Bryn Nawr
United States Army
Congress to adjourn by mid June
Washington reports that Congress will adjourn by the middle of June. The notice comes as lawmakers finalize remaining measures before the long recess.
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Congress
Washington
Administration aims to push measures through Congress this year
President Taft and administration leaders expect most measures before Congress to be passed by June 1 or prepared for enactment by December. The remarks imply swift legislative action as the year progresses.
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Taft
Congress
Daniel Leaves Daytona for Lynchburg in Improving Health
United States Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia departed Daytona with family and his physician for Lynchburg Virginia. He has been ill with paralysis for several weeks and, according to reports, his condition is satisfactory.
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Daytona
Fla
United States
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Lynchburg
D A R Refuses To Amend Constitution At Congress
The continental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to amend its constitution to authorize state elections of regents. State regents and vice regents were approved by state delegation for the ensuing year. Elected regents include Mrs Della Graeme Smallwood in District of Columbia and others in Kentucky Maryland Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia. A request was sent for a road bill connecting York Town Jamestown and Williamsport and an appeal to fund a Washington Mount Vernon memorial road.
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Washington
Continental Congress
National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
District of Columbia
Della Graeme Smallwood
Adelaide Pennell Palsifier
Kentucky
Annie K. Johnson
Dean Davis Warren
Maryland
Catherine Groseh Thom
Mary J. Randolph
Tennessee
Mary Robertson- Day
Lacey H. Horton
Virginia
Alice Peyton Jamison
Jennie McCue Marshall
West Virginia
Harriett F. Codwise-Edmondson
Mary M Delsol
House Committee On
Yorktown
Jamestown
Williamspurg
House Committee On Appropriations
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Rockefeller May Seek State Charter for Foundation
Washington reports that John D. Rockefeller may seek a state charter after Senate inaction on a congressional charter for the Rockefeller Foundation. Opposition from Senator Heyburn and others is noted, while Rockefeller’s attorney Murphy pressed the case before moving to consider formation in New York or another state.
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Washington
John. D. Rockefeller
Congress
Rockefeller Foundation
Senate
Gallinger
Rockefeller
General Education Board
Carnegie Foundation
Heyburn
LaFollette
Starr J. Murphy
Murphy
New York
Russia
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Atlantic City Area
An earthquake tremor was felt in Atlantic City New Jersey this morning with slight intensity. Reports say the ground moved and people as far south as Chemssea experienced the quake.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Chemsea
Wreck at Amsterdam Mine Claims Seven Dead
In Steubensville Ohio on April 23 seven men were found dead and three rescued from the Amsterdam mine wreckage. Two more men remain missing as rescue teams recover the site.
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Steubensville
Amsterdam
Lumber Mill Fire Causes 200000 Dollar Loss in Ridgeway
A morning fire originating in a lumber mill in Ridgeway Pennsylvania destroys several businesses and blocks, causing an estimated damage of 200000 dollars. The blaze disrupted local trade and prompted firefighting crews to respond quickly.
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Ridgeway
Citizenship in a Republic The Man Who Counts Is He Who Spends Himself
Theodore Roosevelt addresses the Sorbonne on individual citizenship in republics, arguing the main source of national power lies in the average citizen. He urges high standards for citizens and leaders, praising the man in the arena over critics and stressing everyday virtues like work and responsibility.
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Paris
Sorbonne
Theodore Roosevelt
France
United States
Crittc
Bne
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