West Virginia Investigation Precedes Suit Against Railroads
Federal action in Columbus, Ohio targets coal carriage firms in West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania as illegal freight rate cartels. West Virginia headlines include patents for local inventors and moves on statue site at the War College. Congress signals at large representation and post office sale for Charleston.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Federal Circuit Court
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
O. E. Harrison
Hot Springs
West
War College
Andrew S. Rowan
Rowan
Garcia
Spain
War Department
Senate
House
Fourth class postmasters appointed in several counties
Fairview Marion county late Ames J W P St Clair at Macdonald Fayette county and James P Staton at Oak Hill Fayette county Fourth class postmasters in West Virginia have been appointed Melville Barnes at Revere Gilmer county in place of F Wilt resigned Franklin P Locke at Crisp Pleasants county in place of W H Cox resigned K Clarence Long at Little Birch Braxton county in place of W H Jackson resigned
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Fairview
Marion County
Ames
J. W. P. St. Clair
Macdonald
Fayette County
James P. Staton
Oak Hill
West Virginia
Melville Barnes
Revere
Gilmer County
F. Wilt
Franklin P. Locke
Crisp
Pleasants County
W. H. Cox
K. Clarence Long
Little Birch
Braxton County
W. H. Jackson
Riots Mark Day as Des Moines Strikers Fight Breakers
Des Moines streetcar workers drove out strike breakers from Chicago and Omaha in a day of violence and paralysis. A 9:45 p.m. injunction ordered restoration of service, while union leaders pledged to obey and call workers back at once if reachable.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines City Railway
Chicago
Omaha
Lawrence Degraff
City Railway
Fred Fay
Carmen's Union
Des Mones City Railway
Degraff
Copper Magnate Dies After Runaway Injuries
Copper magnate Colonel W. C. Greene died in Nacoarz today of pneumonia following injuries from a runaway accident. The death marks the end of Greene’s prominent business career in the copper industry.
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Nacoarz
W. C. Greene
Princeton Power Company Sale Report Denied
The Mercer Republican reports possible sale of the Princeton Power Company to Appalachian Power Company. Samuel Kahn of Appalachian says no deal exists and no papers delivered. He notes negotiations for an option and returns from Chicago after two weeks at H M Byllesby & Co.
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Mercer Republican
Princeton Power Company
Appalachian Power Company
Samuel Kahn
Princeton Company
Kahn
Chicago
H. M. Byllesby & Co
Real estate boom underpins Bluefield region growth
L. J. Holland notes July set a record for local real estate transactions since 1906 as developers project hydro and gas plants by Appalachian Power and Bluefield Gas. Notable sales include J. B. Jenkins to OC Heck for 6000 dollars on Bluefield avenue and J. Baker to Jennie K Hunt for 2400 dollars on Allen street. July activity hints at August sales ahead.
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L. J. Holland
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield Gas and Fuel Company
Bluefield
Princeton
Coalfield
J. B. Jenkins
Bluefield Avenue
Thomas Street
Oc, Heck
J. Baker
Jennie K Hunt
Allen Street
Battle Ground Camp Meeting opens at Tippecanoe Battlefield
The Bat tle Ground Camp Meeting Association of the Northwest Indiana M. E. Conference began its thirty seventh annual session at Tippecanoe battlefield Lafayette Ind Aug 5. Many Methodist divines and educators of note will address the gathering this year.
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Battle Ground
Lafayette
Ind
Roosevelt testifies on steel trust case and 1907 panic
Former President Theodore Roosevelt testifies in a congressional inquiry into the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by United States Steel Corporation before the 1907 panic. He describes a White House conference with Frick Gary and Root and explains acting to avert a wider financial collapse.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Steel Trust Committee
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Stanley
Representative Young
Tennesse Coal and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
White House
H. C. Frick
E. H. Gary
The
Root
Senate
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Frick and Gary
Tennesse Company
Steel
Gary and Frick
Stock Exchange
United States
Foss Presidential Possibility in Democratic Magazine
Norman M. Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee argues in the current National Monthly that Governor Foss of Massachusetts has achieved more progressive constructive legislation than any Massachusetts governor in fifty years. Mack also has named Wilson Harmon and Marshall as other possible presidents.
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Foss
Buffalo
N. Y
Norman FE. Mack
Democratic National Committee
the National Monthly
Masachusetts
Mack
Wilson
Harmon
Marshall
Investigation set on short line railroads serving steel
Washington Aug. 5. The Interstate Commerce Commission will probe special allowances and preferential rates given by interstate carriers within official classification territory to short lines of railroads serving iron and steel industries. The inquiry date is not fixed.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Port au Prince crisis worsens as safety committee fails
Washington reports that diplomatic efforts in Haiti to form a public safety committee have collapsed. American Minister Furns says a clash between rival revolutionary factions appears inevitable, signaling deep political instability in Port au Prince.
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Haiti
Washington
Port Au Prince
Furns
State Department
West Virginia and Virginia Forecast: Fair with Local Showers
West Virginia will be generally fair with possible local thunder showers Sunday and Monday. Virginia should stay mostly fair with local showers on Sunday and Monday, light variable winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
May Institute to sue city officials over south Bluefield sewers
South Bluefield property owners plan to sue city officials to compel sewer construction funded by a bond issue. Ritz & Ritz are hired to prosecute. a large fund has been raised. The suit targets sewer work south of the ridge with $13,000 set for sewers and $1,000 for a purification plant.
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South Bluefield
Ritz & Ritz
Ritz
International Municipal Congress to Meet in Chicago
Chicago on August 5 reports strong interest in the International Municipal Congress and exposition to be held next month. Experts in municipal government will attend and discuss health sanitation garbage disposal epidemics and taxation. Public utilities franchises municipal ownership street lighting water systems docks housing will also be debated.
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Chicago
Ill
United States
Canada
Cotton Tariff Bill Postponed In Senate Action
Washington August 5 The senate finance committee deferred action on the cotton tariff revision bill until next Wednesday at the request of Senator Simmons of North Carolina. The postponement affects large cotton mill interests in his state and the proposed twenty one percent average cut on cotton duties. Hearings will be granted.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Bishop Fitzgerald Dies in Mont Eagle at 82
Right Rev. Oscar Penn Fitzgerald, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, died today in Mont Eagle Tennessee at age eighty two. Earlier in the 1870s he served as California state superintendent of public instruction and later edited the Pacific Methodist and the Christian Spectator.
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Bishop Fitzgerald
Mont Eagle
Tenn
Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
California
Pacific Methodist
The
Christian Spectator
Archbishop Blenk to mark fifty five years tomorrow
The Most Rev. James H. Blenk head of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans will be fifty five years old tomorrow. He plans no special observance beyond customary congratulations.
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Archbishop Blenk
New Orleans
James H. Blenk
Shock Cures Insanity in Vehicle Collision Transfer
Newark August 6. Frank Teeling, an insane asylum patient, was cured of insanity by a collision shock when an automobile struck a prison van transporting him. Teeling had shown violent insanity while jailed on a drunkenness sentence.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Teeling
Teeling
Boundary Talks Aim to Ease Lake Pepin Dispute
Wisconsin and Minnesota legislative committees conferred at the Minnesota state capitol on August 5 to settle the long contested interstate boundary lines in Lake Pepin and the Duluth Superior harbor.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
Minnesota
State Capitol
Lake Pepin
Duluth-Superior
Congress of Reform Opens in Pacific Grove
Religious and social workers gather in Pacific Grove California for the annual Congress of Reform under the Women's Christian Union. Sessions begin tomorrow and run for a full week.
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Congress of Reform
Pacific Grove
Cal
Women’s Christaan Union
Battle Ghy Future of Prohibition Hinges on Maine Vote
Maine faces a pivotal September 11 referendum on state wide prohibition, first enacted in 1854 and in force constitutionally since 1884. The outcome is seen as a potential blow to international prohibition efforts and draws worldwide attention as organizers push a bitter fight led by Mrs. L M N Stevens and supported by the Maine Non Partisan Local Self Government League.
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Augusta
State of
Maine
Commonwealth
Friends of Prohibition
Maine Sunday School Association
Prohibitionista
L. M. N. Stevens
The
W. Co. TU
Portland
United States
Europe
Quiet Yet Steady State League Work Described
A concise note details the league's methodical and thorough efforts across the state, emphasizing steady progress with minimal public noise. The message underscores disciplined task execution and organized collaboration among members.
Mines College to Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
The Michigan College of Mines in Houghton marks its twenty-fifth anniversary with a weeklong celebration after completing arrangements. The event highlights the institution as a leading American college of its kind.
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College of Mines
Houghton
Mich
Mich'zan College of Mines
America
Senate Makes Public Text Of Four Treaties
The senate today adopted publishing the texts of four treaties not yet acted upon. Anglo American and Franco American arbitration pacts along with Honduras and Nicaraguan finance and customs adjustments. Debate showed Borah and Pacon opposing the arbitration terms as potentially eroding senate prerogatives.
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Senate
Washington
Honduras
Messrs
Borah and
Pacon
Georgia
United State Senate
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Illinois Delegation Heads to Scranton Convention
Father P. J. O Callahan president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America will depart with a large Illinois delegation on a special train tomorrow to attend the national convention in Scranton Pa next week in August.
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Scranton
Chicago
Illinois
P. J. O'Callahan
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Beckmeyer Recounts Bribery Allegations in Lorimer Case
Former Illinois representative H. J. C. Beckmeyer testified before the senate Lorimer election investigating committee, detailing how he says he was paid to vote for Lorimer. He described Chase A. White’s bribe and Browne’s urging to vote with the group, and a later cash handoff in St. Louis labeled Lorimer money with promises of more.
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Washington
Lorimer
H. J. C. Beckmeyer
Illinois
Senate
Chase A. White
Heckmeyer
Lee O'Neil Browne
St. Louis
Invitation to Japan at White House Dinner
President Taft invited Japan to join the United States Great Britain and France in the world movement for international peace during a White House dinner honoring Admiral Count Togo. Taft toasted the Emperor of Japan as he rose beside Togo and Speaker Clark.
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Washington
Taft
Japan
Count Togo
White House
United States
Great Britain
France
Great World Movement For International Peace
Togo
Clark
Welfare wool tariff talks stall in Washington
Aug 5 dispatch reports limited progress in talks between Senator La Follette and Representative Underwood on the wool tariff. Underwood, leading the Democratic House minority, said discussions resume Monday and a compromise bill is unlikely for three or four days.
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Washington
Senator la Follette
Underwood
House
la Follette
Congress
Review of Mexican Troops Before President Arranged
Eight thousand Federal troops will pose in review before President de al Barre tomorrow for the presentation of the regimental stage to the new regiments created recently after the fall of the old government.
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City of
Mexico
de al Barre
Ellis Island Probe Delayed by Rules Committee
Washington August. An investigation of Ellis Island immigrant station conditions, proposed by Mr. Sulzer, will not be considered this session as the rules committee agrees not to report the resolution.
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Ellis Island
Washington
Aug
Sulzer
Senator Borah denounces recall of judiciary in senate speech
In Washington on August 5 Senator Borah of Idaho attacked the recall principle for judges. He argued that a free independent judiciary is essential to prevent majority rule from eroding minority rights and warned that a dependent judiciary harms the poor and opens doors to injustice. He stressed judges must interpret laws as written until the people rewrite them.
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Warhington
Borab
Waho
Senate
Borah
Spanish War Veterans Gather for State Encampment
The annual Spanish American War veterans encampment is under way in Gulfport Mississippi with attendees from Tennessee Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Michigan. The three day gathering includes veterans from several states.
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Gulfport
Mias
Aus
Tennesee
Alabama
Louisiana
Governor backs Grover Cleveland birthplace memorial plan
Governor Wilson endorses purchasing Grover Cleveland's birthplace in Cauldwell New Jersey for a permanent memorial. A national subscription aims to raise $50,000 to fund the project.
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Cleveland
Cauldwell
N. J
Wilson
Grover Cleveland
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Steel Trust Investigating Committee
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Frick
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