Southern appointee promotes civil service jobs for the South
John A. Mellheny of Louisiana, newly named to the civil service commission, heads to Raleigh and southern states for two weeks to urge voters to tax and seek civil service examinations. He says southern appointments lag behind population and aims to boost southern representation in federal offices.
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Washington
Southern Nativity
John A. Melheny
Louisiana
Civil Service Commission
Raleigh
N. C
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
MelIiheny
Soutern States
Civil Service Talk Highlights Access and Equality
Mr. Metheny speaks on civil service value and nonpartisan aims, urging Southern Republicans to stop believing exams are useless for Democrats. He notes white Southern opposition to Black appointments, explains law neutrality on color, and promotes exams as a path to $720 starting salaries with potential growth to $2,000 plus. He cites night schools in Washington and study opportunities, listing Raleigh Durham Greensboro Spartanburg Augusta Atlanta Montgomery Jackson and New Orleans as speaking stops.
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South
Tibe South
Civil Service Commission
Cetvil
Washington
Lees
Civil Service
Opportunity Knocking at Your Door in Fairview Addition
Buy a lot in Bluefield's Fairview Addition and end rent payments. Seventy five buyers already showed strong interest at the auction, and more offers are coming. Choose a location now with A. S. Booker & Co.
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Fairview
Bluefield
A. S. Booker & Co
Change of venue sought in Ratcliff and Gay case
Warwick Ratcliff and Albert Gay ask for a change of venue after arraignment before Judge Benedict on charges of assaulting Ona Bird sixteen near Marlinton West Virginia. Defense seeks Oren ton West Virginia. Judge Benedict to rule soon amid strong public pressure and fears of lynching if justice is miscarried.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Marlinton
W. Va
Warwick Ratcliff
Albert Gay
Benedict
Ona Bird
Squire Bird
Virginia
Arnold Gladwell
Orenton
C. W. Orenton
Andrew Price
West, Virginia
Ratcliff
Gay
Confession of Orcard reveals brutal crimes linked to miners leaders
Alfred Horsley alias Harry Orchard, key killer in the Stiunenberg case, testifies against William Haywood in Boise. He recounts a long chain of crimes tied to the Western Federation of Miners, including mine explosions, shootings, and threats, with payment from leaders. The dramatic testimony details murders in Cripple Creek, Denver, and Coeur d Alenes, as the court edges toward Caldwell.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Boise
Idaho
Alfred Horsley
Harry Orchard
Frank Stiunenberg
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Cay Orchard
Orchard
Bunker Will
Sullivan
Couer d’Alenes
Vindicator
Cripple Creek
McCormick
Foreman Beck
Florence and Cripple Creek
Lyte Gregory
Denver
Peabody
Steve Adams
Independence
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
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Steunenberg
James H. Hawley
Luis Gregory
Haywood
Rass Beamer
Horstey
Beck
Moyer
Pettibone
Nampa
Mr. Hawley
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Coenr d'Alene
Julge Wood
Horsley
Bradley
Hersbey
Decision in Eddy Case Favors Next Friends
In Concord New Hampshire on June 5 Judge Chamberlain denied the petition of three trustees who sought to replace the next friends as plaintiffs in the suit seeking an accounting of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy’s property. The action centers on control of Eddy’s property allegedly held by Calvin A Frye and other Christian Science leaders. The ruling favors the next friends and considers Mrs Eddy’s physical and mental condition.
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Concord
N. H
Thee
Mary Beker Eddy
No Opposition to Mr. Knox in His Own State
Pittsburg, June 5. The Knox candidacy is pressed by Col. Oliver and his paper. The Republican state convention tomorrow will endorse Knox, claiming no opposition within his own state. Taft, Cortelyou, and other prominent Republicans are criticized. Pennsylvania argues it is the party’s “bamer” state and deserves a presidential candidate.
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Knox
Col. Oliver
Taft
Cortelyou
Pennsylvania
Bamer
Baseball results across minor and major leagues
In the Virginia League Roanoke 2, Norfolk 5. Danville 4, Portsmouth 0. Lynchburg 1, Richmond 6. National League games: Cincinnati 0, Brooklyn 1. Chicago 8, New York 2. St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 8. Pittsburgh-Boston rain. American League: Washington 1, St. Louis 10. Philadelphia-Chicago rain. New York-Cleveland rain. Boston-Detroit rain.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Roanoke
Norfolk
Danville
Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Conference to Discuss Mr Harriman Friday
Washington June 5 A conference will determine whether civil or criminal action or any action at all shall be taken by the government against PB Harriman and railroads controlled by him following an interstate commerce commission investigation. The president seeks a conclusion before leaving for the summer. He departs Washington next Wednesday and will be absent about four months.
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Washington
PB. H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Oyster Bay
Yale freshmen crew captain elected at Yale
New Haven Connecticut Charles F Mill of Savannah Georgia was elected captain of the Yale freshmen crew and rows No 7 in the line up. June 5 notices from Lexington Kentucky report water spouts causing damage in eastern Kentucky deluging Rowan Carrie Menifee and Bath counties with crop ruin. The Mexican building on Jamestown grounds was opened by the Mexican commission. John G Capers of South Carolina took oath as commissioner of internal revenue ad interim. Paris reports strike settlement still unsettled with delegates awaiting action. Weichou rebels attack city as Canton troops are requested. An earthquake of small activity was recorded by the weather bureau seismograph possibly two to three thousand miles south of Washington. Battleships Connecticut Louisiana Ohio Iowa Rhode Island Indiana and the cruiser Washington sail for Hampton Roads for Georgia day celebration. Bradford applies for pardon in federal fraud case. Justice will seek reports from U S Attorney and trial judge.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New York
Connecticut
Louisiana
Ohio
Iowa
Rhode Island
Indiana
Sankt George
Asherm
Hampton Roads
Department of Justice
James L. Bradford
New Orleans
Department
United States
Aged Confederate Veteran Defeats Mounted Officer in Race
Frank Tatman a 65 year old ex Confederate soldier escaped a two year workhouse sentence by racing an mounted policeman. After returning from the Richmond reunion he had been drinking and was arrested. He ran three blocks with the officer s horse and won by three feet earning immediate release.
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Lexington
Frank Tatman
Richmond
Riley
Tatman
Mall Crane Delivers Glass Shower On Train Near Parkesburg
Parkersburg W Va June 5 A mail crane at Paden City on the Ohio River railroad distr acted and as a southbound accommodation train passed it sprayed glass into four coaches shattering nearly every window H W Smith Ravenswood a passenger was severely cut and other riders needed medical attention
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Parkesburg
W. Va
Paden City
Ohio River
H. W. Smith
Ravenswood
Man Sentenced for Tax Evasion in Oleomargarine Case
Johnson R. Morris was sentenced in U S district court in St Louis to two years in the penitentiary and a $6100 fine for selling colored oleomargarine without paying the government tax. The government claimed Morris defrauded it of $9000 in taxes.
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St. Louis
Johnson R. Morris
Terber
United States District Court Today
Morris
Merit Will Win Blue Ribbon Vanilla And Lemon
The advertisement claims Blue Ribbon Vanilla and Lemon outshine all rivals by being absolutely pure to meet the National Pure Food Law, asserting new changes were made to comply.
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MERIT
Cabinet to Consider the Whiskey Question
Washington June 5 At a cabinet meeting the president s advisers will consider whether it is more actable to arrest one barrel of whiskey than a large number of liquor dealers. They want to find a way of getting the question What is whiskey into the courts. It seems to be a question of fact rather than law and they cannot reach a conclusion. Arresting a barrel and suing may allow dealers defying Bonaparte s pure food construction to escape penalty. A dealer may be found to have blended whiskey if a jury rules a blend, upsetting Bonaparte and permitting neutral spirits colored and flavored with whiskey to be called a blend. The attorney general believes high wine is whiskey while Taft thinks a mixture of high wine neutral spirits coloring and flavoring is also whiskey and need not be called imitative of whiskey.
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Washington
Bonapare
Bonaparte
Internal Revenue Officers
Secretar Taft
Holmes Former Chief Testifies Against Holmes
Chief Statistician Olmstead of the department of agriculture testified as the principal witness in the trial of Edwin E Holmes former assistant statistician, charged with divulging cotton crop statistics. The witness said a leak in the crop report would be impossible if the preparation was honest.
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Washington
Olmstead
Department of Agriculture
Edwin
Holmes
Orby Wins Derby At Epsom For Richard Croker
Orby ridden by American jockey Johnny Reiff won the Derby stakes of 6000 sovereigns at Epsom. Orby, bred in Ireland from an American mare, led nine starters in the about mile and a half race. Croker's triumph is estimated to bring about 250000 dollars in financial fruits.
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Associated Press Dispatch
London
Richard Croker
Orby
Johnny Reiff
Epsom
Ireland
Croker
Arsenic in Pigs Instead of Baking Powder Tragedy
Wilkesbarre, Pa. June 5 One man is dead and a child will die while several other children are seriously ill at the John Montgomery farm in Trucksville from eating pie containing arsenic. The housekeeper Mrs. Kelly mistook arsenic for baking powder and used it in the pies. Botetourt creamery butter, fresh and sweet, 35 cents a pound at Sublette Barnes. 6-6-3 For scratches burns cuts insect bites and many common hurts use DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve sold by all druggists.
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Wilkesbarre
John Montgomery
Trucksville
Kelly
Sublette & Barnes
DeWitt
Turkish contraband ship blown up near Port Zarassis
A Turkish sailing vessel carrying contraband ammunition and rifles, bound for Tripoli, exploded off Port Zarassis Tunis. Its crew and eighty accompanying fishermen drowned as armed sponge boats closed in to stop the landing. Local authorities say a captain may have blown the ship to avoid capture.
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Tunis
Tripoli
Port Zarassis
Cathe Ities
Schmitz Trial Opens With Prosecution in Extortion Case
In San Francisco Judge Dunne's court the Schmitz extortion trial began with A D A Henry delivering the opening address. Former Police Commissioner Thomas Reagan testified briefly and police minute books for 1904 5 were entered as evidence. Secretary Charles F Skully was examined as related witness. The prosecution targets $1 175 extorted from L Malfant i of the Delmonico restaurant. The trial is expected to last at least two weeks.
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San Francisco
Henry
Thomas Reagan
Charles F. Skully
Mayeur
Eugene FE. Schmitz
Doomed Men and Innocent Victims Across Court Martial
A telegram from Mexico City reports twelve of nineteen men condemned by court martial in Guatemala for an alleged assassination attempt on President Cabrera will be executed. Eleven are Gagmalans. Nazari Mendosa is imprisoned fifteen years. Jonze Mendosa is exonerated. Two Italians face fifteen years. one Spaniard will be executed. State Department offered no comment on the revision court action.
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Mexico City
Mex
Cabrera
Guatemala
Jonze Mendosa
Nazari Mendosa
Tra
State Department
Revision Court
Fifty-seven Hurt When Train Went Over Bank
A Southern passenger train departing Nashville at 10 30 a m plunged off a 15 foot embankment at Black Branch near Lebanon Tennessee about 11 00 am. It carried sixty passengers and fifty seven were injured. Most victims are Tennesseans with only two seriously hurt.
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Nashville
Tenn
Black Branch
Mone Lebanon
Tennesse
Miss Julia Magruder in Critical Heart Illness
Richmond notes novelist Miss Julia Magruder showed a brief rally today but her condition deteriorated to hopeless. Doctors report a severe heart disease, and she may die at any moment.
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Julia Magruder
Richmond
Grandson of General Grant Married in Washington
Miss Helen Dent Freaghell of this city and Chaffee Grant of San Diego California, grandson of General A. 8. Grant, were married tonight at the bride's mother's home in Washington.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Helen Dent Freaghell
Chaffee Grant
Sandiego
California
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