Restrictions on black powder in West Virginia mines
Chief Laing of the state department of mines orders a ban on black powder and dynamite in West Virginia mines after July 15 with three possible exceptions requiring shot inspectors. He notes a 60 000 miner workforce and a projected 25 000 labor shortfall when business resumes, raising concerns about hiring foreign workers and safety oversight. Institutions named include Pocahontas Coal Operators Association Secretary John J Lincoln New River Coal Operators Association Secretary G H Caperton and West Virginia Coal Mining Institute President J B Hanford.
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John J. Lincoln
Pocahontas Coal Operators’ Association
G. H. Caperton
New River Coal Operators’ Association
J. B. Hanford
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Laing
Department of Mines
United States
Mining Law Knowledge Exam Sets Shot Rule in Coal Mines
The inspection requires operators to show knowledge of mining laws and general knowledge about coal shooting. Operators may use black powder only if no blasting occurs during the day or with ten miners present, or night shooting when employees are out. Operators may hire shot inspectors or refuse them if they comply with safety explosive rules set federally.
Endurance record broken by Indiana balloon Indiana
Indianapolis Ind June 7 If the balloon Indiana is not disqualified by the earth it has broken the American endurance record which had stood forty four hours The Indiana started in the national distance race of the Aero Club of America from this city Saturday two reports say it touched earth in Tennessee then drew water and rose again If true it would be disqualified but if not it has set a new endurance mark The St Louis NL landed at Kelso Tenn after about 340 miles other balloons reached Corinth Miss Blanche Tenn Greenbrier Tenn Columbus Ind and more with varying distances.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Aero Club of America
Tennessee
International Aeronautic Association
St. Louis NL
Kelso
Tenn
New York
Corinth
Miss
University of the City of St. Louis
Blanche
Hoosier
Greenbrier
Cleveland
Columbus
Be Faked and Flavoring Standards Warned in Telegraph
A brief line notes concerns over fake flavors and urges consumers to stick to a standard brand, with Savers advertised as a trusted 25 year standard. It mentions the Telegraph Want Ad Pay and the one cent column in the Daily Telegraph.
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Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
West Virginia Rep Sam Montgomery Endorsement
Sam Montgomery declares there will be no opposition to the re election of Scott in the upper house, praising his conscientious representation of West Virginia in Congress.
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Scott
West Virginia
Congress
Sam Montgomery
Preston County
Lron
Senator Scott
Tariff bill advances noted amid congress session
Washington special reports progress on the tariff bill with 602 of 712 paragraphs agreed, leaving 110 to discuss. Cotton wool and coal remain contentious with talks and debates expected. Senator Scott praised, while Schenck’s candidacy viewed skeptically. S. W. Willey visits Capitol as a potential southern district marshal candidate.
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S. W. Willey
Hinton
West Virginia
Capitol
Willey
Si” Willey
West Virginia Officials Move on Hinton Post Office Site
The article notes plans for a new post office in Hinton with Senator Scott leading public buildings funding. A deed dispute over park land surrounds the courthouse and reaches circuit and supreme courts, with a decision due around the ninth. Mr Willey briefed treasury officials on the situation.
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Willey
Hinton
Scott
Country Court
United States
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Treasury
Striking Evansville workers barred from streetcar lines
Judge Gilchristian in Evansville in the circuit court issued an injunction at the request of the Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction Company. The order bars striking employees from further interfering with traffic on the city streetcar lines.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville and Southern Indiana Traction Company
Gilchristian
Baseball in Big Leagues
The brief notes Major League Baseball action with highlights and upcoming matchups. Key teams and standings are referenced as part of daily coverage.
Debating Rubber Duty Encapsulates Senate Squares Off
In Washington the Aldrich Beveridge clash dominated the Senate as they argued over a three cent per square yard duty and 20 percent ad valorem on window hollands. Progressives won a concession removing rubber goods from the cotton schedule, preventing cotton-linked duties. The wool schedule is set for tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Beveridge
Rhode Island
Indiana
Dolliver
Cummins
Smith
Michigan
McVeagh
Finance Committee
Porto Rican bill passed by House without amendment
The Porto Rican bi bill was approved by the House of Representatives without changes. It provides that if the legislature fails to make required appropriations for the next fiscal year, existing appropriations for the current year remain in force and effect.
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Withington
House of Representatives
Official reports moved to executive department for island possessions
The passage notes that all official reports shall be sent directly to the executive department designated by the president, which is granted jurisdiction over matters relating to our island possessions. The House adjourned until Thursday.
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Executive Department
Government of the
United States
House
Explosion Wounds 500 in Austrian Poland Powder Magazine Blast
A Cricow dispatch reports 500 wounded after a Saturday night explosion of an army powder magazine in Austrian Poland. Three soldiers were killed. Forty houses wrecked and hundreds damaged.
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London
Cricow
Austrian
Poland
Noted Breathitt Sheriff Shot From Ambush
Ex sheriff Edward Callahan known for Breathitt county feuds was shot in the abdomen at his home in Crockettville Jackson Kentucky. Bloodhounds pursued the ambusher said to hide behind coal. The attack follows disputes over a church he built and Deaton Smith clan feuds.
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Jackson
Edward Callahan
Breathitt
Crockettsville
Callahan
aAlore
Jiargis
Jeff Hreathit
Deatons
Smiths
Deaton
John Smith
Centennial school boys strike over teachers riding cars
Forty pupils from Centennial school in Evansville on June 7 left class claiming teachers rode on streetcars. At noon they paraded and urged others to join. Officials warned parents that nonattendance would affect promotion. The district is populated by working families.
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Evansville
Ind
Centennial School
West Side
Randolph County joins dry list as license court withholds liquor licenses
Randolph County, the state’s largest county, is added to the dry list as the license court in Eikins West Virginia refused liquor privileges to two major towns. Officials say hope for the rest is abandoned.
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Eikins
W. Va
Randolph County
Parkersburg still wet temperance loss in council vote
Parkersburg West Virginia council rejects temperance workers proposition to make the city dry by a decisive 11 to 3 vote. In a second dispatch from Constantinople an official telegram reports 445 Muslims and 117 Christians arrested in Adana related to April rioting and massacres.
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Council
Parkersburg
W. Va
Constantinople
Adana
Asiatic
Turkey
Trial report notes defendant assaulted during court proceedings
St Louis on June 7o Fred Mohrle on trial for murder was assaulted in a corridor by James Kane, former deputy constable, during the proceedings.
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St. Louis
Fred Mohrle
James Kane
Daily Telegraph Want Ad Offers Any Item
Classified notice promises to source any item through the Daily Telegraph want ad service. Readers are invited to place requests for goods or services and expect fulfillment through the paper's listings.
Eleven Bodies Recovered After Lake Pontchartrain Disaster
At Lake Pontchartrain near Mandeville Louisiana eleven bodies were recovered after a small pier collapsed under a crowd awaiting the steamer Margaret. Up to seventy more people were said to be preparing to board when the accident sank into eight feet of water. Authorities launched a rigid inquiry as rescue operations continued late into the night. All victims were residents of New Orleans.
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Mandeville
New Qorlegus
Margaret
The
Fire Destroys Much of Presque Isle Village
A major fire in Presque Isle Maine swept through the best residential portion this evening destroying at least thirty five dwellings and key structures including the Congregations Church Masonie Hall Canadian Pacific railway station and several large potato storage houses.
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Presque Isle
Maine
Masonie Hall
Canadian Pacific Railway
Maxwell Morris dies in Denver at 47
Max Morris longtime fourth vice president of the American Federation of Labor dies at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver Colorado at age 47. He was widely known as a successful organizer within the union movement.
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Denver
Colo
Max Morris
American Federation of Labor
St. Joseph's Hospital
Morris
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