Dawson Discusses West Virginia Tax Fight and Insurgents
Governor William M. O. Dawson defends tax reform and state actions amid insurgent pressure. He notes oil and railroad tax issues, compares local rates to neighboring states, and signals no fight but firm enforcement of enacted laws. He also addresses potential senatorial opposition and the field around Elkine.
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Shed Erection Expands Depot Platform At Station
Workmen began tearing down the old shed beside the passenger station to extend the umbrella shed along the waiting room front. When finished the depot platform will be covered for hundreds of feet and allow two treks to pull in at once.
Oldest Legislator David Wark Dies at 101
Fredericton New Brunswick August 21 David Wark longtime Canadian Senator and world’s oldest legislator died at his home aged 101. He served in the Canadien Senate at Ottawa and held a life office.
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Freight wreck at Butte grade crossing kills fourteen
A freight train collided with a crowded suburb street car at a Butte crossing injuring about 25 to 30 and killing fourteen. Rescue workers removed several bodies not yet identified as the engine plowed into the car, destroying it and leaving only about ten passengers unscathed.
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Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway
Ensign Wade Found Negligent in Bennington Boiler Case
Ensign Charles T. Wade of the Bennington was found negligent in duty and will face a general court martial after a naval court of inquiry investigated the San Diego boiler explosion of July 21. The finding was announced by Secretary Bonaparte amid notes that others who died in the incident were also faulted.
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Charles T. Wade
Bennington
San Diego
California
Bonaparte
Martin and Swanson claim nominations in Virginia
The Virginia primary appears to nominate Thomas H. Martin for senator Claude Swanson for governor T J Ellison for lieutenant governor W A Anderson for attorney general and George H Harvey for superintendent of schools. Swanson faces strong rivalries but U S Senator nomination is seen as likely amid factional support and editorials noting Swanson’s formidable position.
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Virginia
Thos. H. Martin
Claude Swanson
T. J. Ellison
W. A. Anderson
Geo. H. Harvey
United States
Rolling stock of American railways in 1904
On June 30 1904 there were 46743 locomotives in service with 1798661 cars across railways. Passenger 11252 locomotives 80752 cars. freight 27029 locomotives 1692194 cars. switching 7610 locomotives. Average locomotives per 1000 miles 220. cars per mile 8.447. Brakes and automatic couplers widely adopted. most passenger locomotives had train brakes and auto couplers.
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Peage Envoys Meet At Three O Clock This Afternoon
Peage envoys meet at 3 o clock this afternoon to discuss freight cars and their classes. The report lists passenger and freight types from box and stock cars to refrigerator cars and coal cars, noting subclass distinctions by capacity in the tens of thousands of pounds.
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PEAGE
Picnic Plan by Conductors in Clinch Valley
Captain E T Spencer of Division No 824 will go west to the Clinch Valley District to secure permission for a Ladies Auxiliary picnic. The grove at Charla Harmon near Young's Station in Tatwell County, about twenty seven miles from Bluefield, is deemed ideal and is close to water for guests. He expects the event in the latter part of this month or early next.
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Tatwell County
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Ipswich area personals and parade notes
Nora Thompson returns to Newport News after a weeks visit in Binfield. Will Kennedy comes back from Parkburg after visiting his parents. The Blue Ribbon baseball team and Tezewill boys practice on grounds at the tower at 8 30 this afternoon. A Free Street Parade by the Great Texas Bill Wild West Shows draws crowds past miles to Bluefield to see a miniature chariot drawn by Shetland ponies with Sioux papooses. The shows exhibit in Bluefield on August 23 with a grand Free Street Parade at 1 pm.
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Peace envoys to meet at 3 this afternoon in Portsmouth
Reports from Portsmouth say peace envoys will convene at 3 PM. Japanese spokesman Mr Sato says differences with Russia will not be settled by popular arbitration and that concessions or final adjustments may occur, but no Hague reference. M Witte rejects arbitration talk as this morning’s opinion.
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Dowie Tightens Courtship Rules For Zionists
Chicago Aug 21 John Alexander Dowie issues an order to Zanites demanding annual babies by each family for baptism and church birth rate evangelism. Lovers are barred from embracing before marriage and marriages by justices of the peace are not recognized by the church without Apollo John Albert Dowie’s written consent.
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The Ideal Place for Baseball Players
Chicago notes a Phobus satellite as ideal for baseball after Prof Ray Forrest Moulter of the University of Chicago suggests Phobos with a diameter of five to forty five miles could host a ball game. He imagines a player tossing a ball and watching its return while the atmosphere alters flight.
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Great Texas Bill Wild Wet Shows at Bia Field
Promoters advertise a traveling exhibition featuring rough riding, rifle shooting, rope work, and horsemanship by Sioux and Pawnee cowboys with guides and ponies. Event set for August 28 at Bia Field with a grand parade in the afternoon.
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Census Bureau Reports Cotton Ginning Totals for 1904
Washington reports the Census Bureau issued bulletin No. 1 on cotton ginning. A July 20 to August 5 canvas verified 95 407 bales more than April estimates, fixing 1904 ginning at 18 963,279 bales counting rounds as half bales, up from 13 597,782.
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Census Bureau Today
The Russian Press Attacks M. Witte
In St. Petersburg on August 21 public opinion fixates on President Roosevelts role in peace talks. The reactionary press targets M. Witte for his interactions with American Jews as a source of disagreement.
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Nine Yellow Fever Deaths Reported in New Orleans
New Orleans dated Aug 21 reports up to 6 p m today nine new yellow fever deaths and sixty one new cases. Total cases reach 1446 with two hundred twenty five deaths and two hundred eighty two deaths to date.
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Baseball scores roundup from national and American leagues
National League results include Pittsburgh 2 New York 10 Chicago 12 Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 1 St Louis 0 Boston. American League shows New York 5 Chicago 4 with Boston 8 Detroit in the first game and 6 4 in the second as Washington 9 Cleveland 0 and Washington 1 Cleveland 2 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2 in the later matchups.
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