Berkeley County Delegates Back Sturgiss in Surprise Victory
In Berkeley county a mass convention backed Representative Sturgiss by about three to one over Forman, signaling possible early renomination. Senator Dolliver praised Senator Elkins, while Berkeley county endorsed Senator Scott for the senatorial seat amid Sturgiss support.
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Sturgiss
County
Forman
Washington
Berkeley
Barbour
Randolph
Scott
Berkeley County
American claims solved Montezuma treasure riddle in Mexico
In Mexico June 6 an American, T A Kenyon, says he has found the hiding place of Montezuma's treasure and believes by September first, during the centennial celebrations, he will have funds to spend that month and beyond. He asserts he has "spotted" the site and promises wealth after long searches across four centuries.
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Mexico
Montezuma
Cortez
Span
T. A. Kenyon
Mystery Mound and Aztec Tale Stir Curiosity
In a curious account, Mr. Kenyon studies an old Aztec novel on a colored brick. The text hints at a hidden treasure mound on Mexico’s plains and a true Anglo Saxon judgment is cited as deciding visibility.
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Mexico
Kenyon
Monroes Vaughan’s Father Dies After Indictment
J M Proctor a 75 year old Monroe City resident and father of Mrs Alma Proctor Vaughan died after his daughter was indicted with Dr James R Hull for poisoning Vaughan The physicians attribute his death to a broken heart noting heart disease and months of improvement prior to the indictment Proctor hailed from Kentucky and had ties to notable Kentucky families.
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Monroe City
J. M. Proctor
North
Missouri
Alma Proctor Vaughan
James R. Hull
John Thomas Vaughan
Kirksville State Normal School
Proctor
Vaughan
Potter
Kentucky
Hero Hangs Himself in New Horror Play
Paris reports Andre de Lorde famed author of grim stage pieces presented a four act thriller at a theatre last week. A young convict unjustly condemned endures hard life in a penal settlement and ultimately hangs himself. Realism is emphasized as a faithful glimpse of convict life.
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Paris
Andre de Lorde
War Against the Rats Opens in Gibson County
In Indiana on June 6 a state wide effort to exterminate rats began with Gibson County declaring rat killing day. Led by Owensville druggist J I Strickland, plans for township bounties were proposed though not passed. Large preparations suggested significant rat reductions in Gibson County.
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Princeton
Jnd
Gibson County
J. I. Strickland
Owensville
Sfie
Franklin county Democrats name 24 delegates at Rocky Mount
A mass meeting in Rocky Mount Roanoke June 6 named twenty four delegates to the Fifth district convention to be held June 16 at Rocky Mount and instructed them to vote for RE Saunders of Rocky Mount the present congressman. Saunders praised amendments to the tariff bill and railroad bill as joint Democratic and insurgent Republican successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Rocky Mount
RE. W. Saunders
Saunders
Prosecution Restes in Kohler Police Chief Case
The prosecution in Cleveland on June 6 rested its case in the investigation of charges against Fred Kohler, suspended chief of police. The defense prepared to begin its side of the case, with most original charges not pressed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fred Kohler
Mingo County Renominates Hughes at Contested Convention
Mingo county Republicans renominate James A. Hughes for Congress amid a chaotic convention turnout. A. A. Lilly and cousins clash, two ejected, one struck. Resolutions praise Taft era policies, West Virginia leaders Elkins Scott and Bayl, and pledge Hughes support. Delegates instructed to vote for Hughes at the Welch convention. Governor Glasscock commended. county finances praised as sound.
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Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
James A. Hughes
Welch
Hughes
A. A. Lilly
Lilly
Dr. G. Lilly
Charleston
M. White
L. A. Samselle
Cairman
F. W. O'Brien
A. W
William Howard Taft
Grand Old Party
West Virginia
National Congress
Stephen Benton Elkins
Nathan Bay Scott
United Staes Senate
National Committee
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia sees fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday with warmer Wednesday. Virginia’s forecast calls for fair conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate temperatures and light west winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Uprising in Yucatan Sparks Government Troop Move
In Vera Cruse Mexico on June 6 thousands of Maya Indians attacked Valladolid. El Dictamen reports 40 killed and 5 000 insurgents sacking the town, with residents fleeing to Merida as railroad and telegraph lines are cut. gunboats Morello and Zaragoza prepared to ferry troops. leaders Maximiliano Ramirez Bonilla and Coriyetor Montegro said to lead the revolt.
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Vera Cruse
Mexico
Yucatan
Valladolid
el Dictamen
Merida
Valladold
Morello
Zaragoza
Yucaten
Maximiliano Ramirez Bonilla
Coiryietor Montegro
Senate votes to take up conservation bill aiding statehood
The Senate moved to consider a conservation bill authorizing the president to withdraw and settle public lands and thus side track the New Mexico and Arizona statehood measure. Senator Nelson criticized the administration’s Alaska policy. T. L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers urged Taft to shape mining bureau policy to avoid hostility to miners amid widespread strikes and contracts.
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Tait
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Weashington
Senate
New Mexico
Arizona
Hughes
Nelson
Alaska
Ballinger-Pinchot
House
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Taft
Bureau of Wines
Congress
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Ilinois
5Ée
Midshipmen Set First Foreign Cruise in Ten Years
Annapolis reports the Naval Academy midshipmen embark on an overseas practice cruise aboard the battleships Massachusetts Indiana and Iowa. The trip to Marselles Gibraltar and the Azores covers nearly 10 000 miles with an anticipated return around August 2.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Massachusetts
Indiana
Iowa
Marselles
Gibraltar
Azores
London Horse Show Opens Amid Mourning and Merit
The fourth International Horse Show in Olympia opened with the call of Boots and Saddles by a bugler. Mourning for the late king dulls social splendor, but the exhibition promises to outshine prior years for lovers of blooded horses.
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London
Olympia
Rose Festival Week Opens in Portland City
Portland Rose Carnival festivities begin in Portland Oregon with the city gayly decorated and hotels crowded as visitors arrive for Rose Festival week.
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Portland
Ore
Fourteenth Portion of Sir Thomas Phillips Library Auctioned
The sale at Shebys auction rooms starts today and will run four days. The assortment includes rare books and classical manuscripts from the late Sir Thomas Phillips of Middle Hall Worcestershire and Thirlestane House Cheltenham.
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London
Thomas Phillips
Middle Hall
Worcestershire
Thirlestane House
Cheltenham
Sheby's Auction
Vellum Treasures Cover Monmouth Rebellion to French Revolution
A survey of monastic cartularies and royal wardrobe rolls highlights a cache of documents and letters, tracing Monmouth's rebellion era through to the French Revolution, with emphasis on allograph letters and household records.
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Monmouth
Illinois Central sues ex officials over two million fraud
The Illinois Central Railroad files suit for accounting claiming a 2 million dollar overcharge on four years of repair work. Named defendants include former transportation and car department leaders S Kite Joseph Ek Puker William Renshaw and Joan M Taylor. Alleged overcharges benefited Ble Island Equipment American Car and Equipment Rosterman Manufacturing and Memphis Car Company.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
S. Kite
Joseph Ek. Puker
William Renshaw
Joan M.taylor
Trinity Central Road
Ble Island Equipment Company
American Car and Equipment Company
Rosterman Manufacturing Company
Memphis Car Company
Bluefield Car Makes Splendid Showing
Thousands line Atlanta streets for Journal-Herald race from Atlanta to New York. West Virginia entry car No 40 driven by S M Smith of Bluefield finishes third, 1 hour 35 minutes ahead of schedule. Tomorrow the field heads 155 miles to Charlotte North Carolina. Smith team aims for first prize in their class. Strong regional support for better roads noted in Georgia and South Carolina.
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Anderson
8. C
Atlanta
Journal-Herald
New York
West Virginia
S. M. Smith
Bluefield
Charlotte
N. C
Smith Gar
Georgia
South Carolina
Knoxville Man Linked to Spokane Policeman Murder
Grat today in Knoxville reports a prisoner, Houston Childress, charged with the murder of a Spokane policeman. The suspect, who fled after killing Childress six years ago, later served as a Spokane officer under an assumed name before being arrested in Idaho. A Spokane message asks that Walk be held for the murder of Policeman Stranthorne, who disappeared months ago and was found dead.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Houston Childress
Spokane
Washington
Walk
Childress
Cour D'Alene
Idaho
Stranthorne
Flag Restored After Nearly Fifty Years
Chicago June 6. A silk flag made for the Nottoway troop of Confederate cavalry will be returned to its original owners after about fifty years. Adolph B. Babcock of Chicago found it among his father’s relics, sent it to Virginia Governor W. H. Mann, and requested that it be given to the Nottoway survivors. The elder Babcock was a Union soldier. origin of the flag remains unclear.
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Nottoway
Chicago
W. H. Mann
Virginia
Adolph B. Babcock
Babcock
A. B. Babcock
Mann
Taft in Talks Over 22 Story Hotel in Theatre District
Charles P Taft of Cincinnati is reported to back a syndicate planning a mammoth theater district hotel in New York. The proposed twenty two story structure would cost ten million dollars.
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New York
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Goal Mining Institute Opens With Noted Speakers In West Virginia
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute opens its summer session at the Elks Opera House in Bluefield with talks on mine water treatment, modern coal plant operation, river and waterway relations, equipment, and mine safety. A special train will take members to Gary, Indiana, for a day at United States Coal and Coke Company mines, with sessions continuing through Thursday afternoon. A souvenir electric flashlight gift from Superior Supply Company will be presented to attendees.
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United States Coal and Coke Com
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Elks Opera House
J. C. W. Greth
Pittsburg
F E. O'Toole
United States Coalang Coke Company
Gary
John Luther Vance
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Columbus
Mississippi
West Virginia
W. S. Mayers
Consolidation Coal Company
Fairmont
W. Va
George S. Rice
United States Testing Station
Bluefield
Pocahontas
J. C. White
Morgantown
Arthur G. Moore
Department of Railroads and Mines
American la France Fire Engine Co
Kimira
N. Y
United States Coal and Coke Company
Superior Supply Company
Bishop MacFaul Celebrates Sixtieth Birthday
Rt. Rev. James A. MacFaul bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton marks his sixtieth birthday today. He is a native of Ireland and a prominent church figure in New Jersey.
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Trenton
N. J
James A. MacFaul
Ireland
Roosevelt to Receive Honorary Degree at Oxford
London June 6 Many distinguished figures prepare to travel to Oxford where Theodore Roosevelt will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law. The ceremony underscores Roosevelt's international prominence and scholarly recognition.
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London
Oxford
Theodore Roosevelt
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H. N. Evanson
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J. W. Heron
Huntington
Thomas W. Fitch, Jr
American Blower Co
J. B. Johnston
Coal and Coke Operator
Daniver
North Carolina
United States Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
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Gary, W. Va
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