Bluefield v Johnson Upheld Partial City Paving Charge
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirms the Bluefield street paving ordinance requiring two thirds of the cost charged to abutting lots and the bond funds may pay the city’s share. Defendant must pay 168.42 with interest, but curb costs of 23.94 are relieved. The ruling upholds the bond issue and enables applying bond proceeds to paving costs.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield
Supreme Court
City of
Johnson
Williams
Bluefield Avenue
Silent
As Io
Bluefield City Loses Suit Over 1907 Bond Funds
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in Bluefield v Johnson that $60,000 in city funds may be owed by forty property owners who withheld payments after a 1907 bond issue for street and sewer improvements. The decision, rendered in Charleston, stems from a test case involving a $190.59 judgment plus costs and interest from June 28, 1909, with the city facing large potential collections as Assessments come due.
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Bluefield
Supreme Court of Appeals
City of
C. A. Johnson
Charleston
Johnson
Thas
Kelley Brothers
City budget woes defer improvements and debt payments
Tax revenue and other funds were redirected to upgrades and interest payments, allegedly unnecessary. Bank confidence in the city’s future kept financing flowing, allowing continued operations despite fiscal strain.
Taft to Open National Rivers and Harbors Congress
The seventh annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress opens in this city with high expectations for waterway development. Delegates from commercial groups and river improvement associations arrive as President Taft is invited to deliver the opening address. Governor Harmon of Ohio and other prominent figures will speak on improving rivers canals and harbors and pushing a nationwide policy and meritorious project funding.
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Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Lail
Titt
Harmon
Ohio
Improve Vy Terwaya
Dilford Sifton
Ecasymann
The
Conservation Commission
Canadien
W. H. Bixby
United States Army
Horace White
New York
Clerk
Missouri
Col
Willmar L. Silbert
Paninia Canal
Pendulum Swings Toward Liberalism in UK House
London December 6 The close of today’s polls leaves the government coalition ahead by one seat over the Unionists after three days of voting in 209 seats. The shift marks a surprising swing toward liberalism and is a setback for the Unionists with the race described as almost phenomenal in closeness.
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London
House of Commons
Funeral by lamplight honors Brigadier General Merritt
West Point funeral honors Brigadier General Wesley Merritt retired twenty first superintendent of the United States Military Academy. The body arrived from Washington after a storm delay and was buried by lamplight with full military honors. Officers recall no other lamplight ceremony in thirty years.
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West Point
N. Y
Wesley Merritt
United States Military Academy
Washington
Fires devastate Copper Hill housing area in Knoxville disaster
In Knoxville Tennessee on December 6 a fire in Copper Hill Dugoutown copper mining basin destroyed homes. About five hundred people are homeless as heavy rains and snow hinder reconstruction after a disaster last Friday and Saturday nights.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Copper Hill
Dug&ktown
Taft Makes Appointments
President Taft sent hundreds of nominations to the senate including John W. Garrett named minister to Venezuela Frederick W Lenman of Missouri as solicitor general Fred Read collector of customs at Newport News Va and H C Wilson collector of customs Petersburg Va
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Taft
Washinton
Senate
John W. Garrett
Venezuela
Frederick W. Lenman
Missouri
Fred Read
Newport News
H. C. Wilson
Petersburg
Explosion at Waban Hill causes heavy damage and one death
A dynamite blast at Waban Hill in Agenburb rocked Boston and 11 surrounding towns on December 6, felt like an earthquake. One workman was killed in the tunnel during the incident.
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Earst
Boston
Waban Hill
Agenburb
Rewards in Telegraph Word Contest for Rosalind at Red Gate
The Daily Telegraph completed a word-form contest with 803 responses by 6 pm. Ten top contestants win two tickets to Rosalind at Red Gate, with word counts ranging from 2845 to five. Winners listed include Mrs. G C Kent and Miss Allix Jenks among others.
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C. P. Kent
Rosalind
Red Gate
Daily Telegraph
Hiks Opera House
Rei Gate
GC. P. Kent
Highland Avenue
St. John Henley
R. &. Thomas
Monroe
CNN
Allix Jenks
Wyoming
C. A. Bradshaw
Lee St
Flora K. Hughes
David
Belle Hall
Burgess Electric Company
C. A. Hawley
Jefferson Ce RC Ae & Enn Kay Cg
A. M. Shelton
Crumpler, Mame
Vips Eiks
Ens Tenbansas
Bertie Hall
Dinefeld Field
Former Mexican congressman in toils in Chicago blast
Washington reports Juan Sancho Azconte once a Mexican congressman faces charges by the Mexican government of obtaining money under false pretenses. He has been with Gustave A. Madero, brother of the revolutionary leader in Mexico. In Chicago an explosion on Alexander Street blew out the front of a three story building, Italians in night attire rushing from the scene.
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Juan Sanchez Azoniy
Washington
iJuan Sancho Azconte
Congress of Mexico
Azconia
Gustav A. Madero
Mexico
Chicago
Twenty-Second Police District
Alexander Street
Strike Unsettled in Chicago Garment War
Chicago December 6 The clothing manufacturers refuse to negotiate with garment workers delaying settlement sought by Mayor Busse and the aldermanic committee. The strike has cost millions and may be worsened by a parade of fifty thousand workers as manufacturers refuse to recognize the union in any form.
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Chicago
Busse
Aldermanic Committee
Garment Workers
Union
Fores Fire Conference Opens in Saint Paul
Forestry officials from Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan meet with railroad and lumber industry representatives for a three day conference in Saint Paul to plan prevention of future forest fire destruction of life and property.
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St. Paul
Wim
Dee
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Rafiroids
Lumber Ecomonies
Tribute to Colonel Mosby Arrives for New Haven Reception
Colonel Mosby the famed Confederate scout and cavalry leader was greeted warmly in New Haven Conn today for a public reception honoring him. The event marks the twenty seventh birthday anniversary of Colonel Yohey born December 16 1838 in Virginia.
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Mosby
New Haven
Conn
Joan
Yoehy
Virginia
Syndicate Buys Timber Lands in California for Two Billion
A Chicago syndicate pays two billion dollars for one hundred thousand acres of timber in Glenn and Tehama counties on the California coast. The purchase covers nearly all timber lands in the area and marks a major consolidation in the lumber industry.
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Cal
Chicago
Glenn
Tehma Counties
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia remains fair Wednesday with snow in mountains and another fair Thursday. Virginia sees cloudy Wednesday with morning snow in the north, then fair Thursday with continued colder conditions and moderate northwest winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Westward blizzard chills nation with bitter cold
A fierce blizzard that began in the Tennessee mountains moved east into the Atlantic seaboard and Great Lakes region. The center was over Chesapeake Bay with snow and sleet across the area. Canton New York logged 28 below zero, and Minnesota and Montana were similarly frigid as officials warned of more severe cold.
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New York
Tennessee Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Lower Lake Region
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
New Weeland
Canton
N. Y
Minnesota
Montana
Weather Bureau
Thornton Elected U S Senator to Succeed McEnery
Jorge John R. Thornton of Alexandria was elected United States senator by the Louisiana general assembly to succeed the late Samuel D. McEnery. He urged a protective tariff on sugar and other Louisiana interests in his legislative address.
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Baton Rouge
Jorge John R. Thornton
Alexandria
Louisiana General Assembly
Samuel D. McEnery
Thornton
Louisiana
Senate
Tariff Revision Bill Aims to Open Schedule Changes
Washington December 6 Senator Cummins will introduce a resolution to open the way for revising certain tariff schedules without altering the overall balance of the tariff law. The move seeks amendment latitude while preserving financial equilibrium.
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Cummins
Washington
Snow Deep Strands Harrisonburg Roads Trains Delayed
In Harrisonburg Virginia December 6 heavy snow covers the region with up to a foot on the ground. No abatement seen as trains run late and rural roads remain blocked signaling the worst storm in years.
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Harrisonburg
Two Black People Hanged by Mob Near Monroeville
In Monroeville Alabama on December 6 two Black individuals were found hanged at Double Branches near town after being arrested on a barn burning charge. The incident marks a deadly mob action with authorities reporting the victims died at the scene.
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Monroeville
Ala
Unveiling of Von Steuben Statue in Lafayette Square
Representatives of German societies nationwide gather in Washington to attend the unveiling of the Von Steuben statue in Lafayette Square. The ceremony promises a grand military and civic demonstration unseen in the capital for years.
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Washington
Daron von Steuben
Lafayette Square
Canadian and U S delegates convene at Good Roads Congress
Delegates from Canada and across the United States gather in Indianapolis for the opening of the American Good Roads Congress with over 109 speakers expected over the three day session.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Canada
United States
American Good Roads Congress
Drexel Tallvs Abandons World Flight Record Bid
Arm strong Drexel the aviator from New York says he will not push his Philadelphia fight as a world record. He plans to sail to England this week and then return to the United States early next year for another attempt to surpass 1,948 feet.
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Drexel
New York
Armstrong Drexel
England
Philadelphia
United States
Forest Fire Statistics From National Forests
United States Forester Henry S. Graven reported at the state forest conference that four thousand fires burned in national forests last season. Fighting the fires cost about one million dollars and the total area burned reached three million acres.
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St. Paul
Henry
State Forest Conference
Death of Prominent Mason in New York
Horace H Crot cway a Mason of high rank and widely known hotel man died today aged seventy four in New York. The obituary notes his prominence in Masonry and the hotel industry.
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New York
Horace H Crot Cway
Washingtonian May Claim OnID Senatorship Debate at Columbus
Democrats convene in Columbus to discuss Dick's successor with an apparent aim to push legislative program but focus remains on filling the senate seat amid a heated intra party fight.
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Washingtonian
Columbus
Democratic conference weighs U S Senate bid in Ohio
Columbus reports a high level Democratic meeting to map a legislative program and test prospects for United States Senate candidacy, with figures like Edward W. Taft and John N. McLean discussed. Cincinnati and Dayton figures cited amid contest notices alleging poll fraud by Democratic contestants.
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Columbus
United States
Charles Dick
United States Senate
alt-Coverno
Oly
Ailee Pomerene
Crima
Edward W. Tlantey
Dayton
Conyoo
Colummbur
Wrahington
John N. McLean
Cincinnati
Washington
Lesnet
Ohio
Hughes Has Not Received Notice of Contest
Washington December 6 Special Representative Dugher back at the Capitol reports no notice of contest from Rankin Wiley against Hughes in the last election. If Wiley serves, he has thirty days to file. Hughes then has sixty days to answer before the matter proceeds to the next House of Representatives clerk for action.
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Washington
Dugher
Rankin Wiley
Wiley
Contes
Hughs
House of Representatives
Three New Senators Sworn In as Message Read
Washington reports three new senators sworn in as the president's message occupied both houses. Claude A. Swanson of Virginia fills the late John W. Daniel seat, Joseph M. Terrell of Georgia succeeds A B Clay, and Lafayette Youngs of Iowa takes the Doliver vacancy as the house concentrates on the message.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
John W. Daniel
Joseps M. Terrell
Georgia
Clay
Lafayette Youngs
Iowa
J. P. Doliver
House
Kentucky Charities and Corrections Conference Opens in Louisville
The Kentucky Conferences of Charities and Corrections opened in Louisville with talks by Miss Mary Stryson of Irvington and Mrs. B. Hallecis of Louisville. The meeting began December 6 and will run through tomorrow with addresses and discussions.
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Kentes’ Charities
Louieville, Ky
Kentucky Conferences of Charities and Corrections
Toulaville Igay
Mary Stryson
Cyenues
Irvington Ky
BR. Hallecis
Loulaville
Venerable Dr. Alfred L. Riggs Celebrates 73rd Birthday
The venerable Dr. Alfred L. Riggs, principal of the Santee Normal Training School, famed for his missionary work among Indians, receives many congratulations on his seventy third birthday anniversary.
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Terehor
Springfield
Alfred L. Riggs
Santee Normal
Hard Mat Contest Anticipated
Chicago reporters note anticipation for a hard mat contest featuring George Hackenschmidt, the Russin Lion, and other wrestlers as December events loom.
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Chicago
George Hackenschmidt
Russlin Lion
Des Moines Wrestler Prepares For Uda City Bout Postponement
Jess Westergaard of Des Moines finished training for a wrestling bout in Uda City tomorrow night. Bets reportedly in excellent condition and held contest as another contender. The bout was moved from tonight to tomorrow after a one day delay.
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Jess Westergaard
Des Moines
Uda City
Indictments Hit 16 Firms and 32 Individuals in Enamelware Control
Detroit dispatch reports federal grand jury indictments against sixteen firms and thirty-two individuals alleged to control about 65 percent of enamel ware output in the United States. Civil and criminal actions proceed under the Sherman act across Baltimore Chicago Pittsburgh and New York. Firms named include Sanitary Manufacturing Company Pittsboro Barnes Manufacturing Mansfield Calhill Iron Works Chattanooga Day Ward Warren Humphreys Menefiel Kerner Mott Wheeling Enameled Iron Company Wheel ing West Virginia. Individual defendants are officers of the indicted firms.
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Detroit
Mich
Wickersham
United States
Baltimore
Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Rge
Stannary Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Pittsboro
Barnes Manufacturing Company
Mansfield
Ohio
Cahill Iron Works
Chattanoooga
Tenon
Day Ward Co
Warren
Centenarian Gallagher Dies at 105 in Ebersburg
Gallagher, who died today at 105, never drank alcohol but always smoked a pipe. He was reportedly never sick a day and lived in Ebersburg since birth.
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Ebersburg
Evewber — Gallagher
Gallegner Boime
Governor Glasscock to Attend National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Governor Glasscock is expected to arrive in Washington tomorrow for the National Rivers and Harbors Congress meeting. He will be honored at a reception at the National Press Club Friday for governors and governors elect attending the waterways congress.
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National Press Club
Washivegton
Glasscock
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Waterways Congress
Farewell Visits Between Atlantic Fleet Chiefs at Cherbourg
On December 6 in Cherbourg France Rear Admiral Vreeland commander of the second division of the Atlantic fleet exchanged farewell visits with Admiral Keisel the maritime prefect of Cherbourg.
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Cerbourg
France
Vreeland
Keisel
Maritime Perfect
Cherbourg
Fire destroys New York Central engine repair works
A fire at the New York Central Railroad engine repair works in Depew New York caused $100000 in damage today. The blaze destroyed the building and equipment, with reports indicating critical repair facilities were lost in the incident. Officials investigated the cause as firefighters contained the flames.
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Depew
N. Y
New York Central Railroad Engine Repair Works
Mary Eddy to be laid to rest at Mt Auburn Cemetery
The article notes Mary Baker Glover Eddy founder of the Christian Science Church will be buried in Mt Auburn Cemetery on the north shore of Halcoyn Lake. Nearby tombs of James Russell Lowell and Oliver Wendell Holmes are visible. Services are planned for 11 a.m. Thursday at Mrs Eddy's Chestnut Hill home.
Professor Cooper D Schmidt Dies After Twenty One Years at Tennessee
Prof. Cooper D Schmidt longtime mathematics professor and university dean of the University of Tennessee died tonight in Knoxville. The body will be taken to Woodstock for burial.
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Tennes
Knoxville
Tenn
Cooper D. Schmidt
University of Tennessee
University
Ody
Woodstock
Freak Press Is Doomed Says Hobble Skirt Banned
December report from Chicago notes the national cloak suit and skirt association approving a ban plan for the hobble skirt long coat and freakish hats quipping it as a passing fad and unfit for common decency at their banquet led by Toastmaster Hove'end.
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Chicago
National Cloak, Suit and Skirt, Association
Hove
Association
Accident Kills Mother by Son in Williamsburg
In Williamsburg Kentucky on December 6 Mrs Mary Collins was accidentally shot and killed by her son Harvey. The incident occurred at their home and investigation was underway.
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Sem
Williamsburg
Mary Collins
Harvey
Taft urges permanent tariff board and steady reform plan
President Taft's annual message pushes enforcing laws on the books, opposes broad tariff revisions until 1911, and calls for a permanent tariff board, schedule by schedule revisions, and continued antitrust and federal incorporation measures. He seeks naval expansion, new banking system, civil service widening abroad, and fiscal restraint with $630.49 million next year.
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Taft
Congress
Panama Canal
Pacific
Supreme Court
Hitchcock
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Health
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Garment Workers’ Union
Weather Report
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John R. McLean
Hughes
Weekington
Norris
Nebraska
MT. Auburn Cemetery
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
C. D. Schmidt
Vanama Canal
Mr. Teft
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