Trolley Line Feasibility Prompts Bluefield Funding Push
Bluefield promoters discuss a trolley link to coalfield towns with a preliminary survey planned. A resident offers 100 dollars and others may join a pool to finance. 200000 dollars could be raised, with 10000 dollars subscribed by one citizen. Backers hope Bluestone Traction Company involvement to boost Bluefield’s growth and nearby property values.
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Bluefield
Coalfields
Bluestone Traction Company
Baby emigrants leave New York in large numbers
New York reports a wave of baby emigrants leaving the city in search of inviting homes. Dozens of babies aged two to three are sent to cities like New Orleans Memphis and Chicago after physicians approve their health and soundness. Clergymen and asylum agents evaluate homes then place the child in quarantine before shipping under nurse supervision to the chosen destination.
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New York
New York City
New Orleans
Memphis
Chicago
Supreme Court Denies Subpoena Vacate Bid in Kanawha Case
Minority stockholders contesting the Kanawha and Michigan railroad sale to Chesapeake and Ohio win a point as Judge Giegerich denies an application to vacate subpoenas. The suit claims a conspiracy among Kanawha Michigan and other lines to secure a railroad traffic monopoly in Ohio and to compel production of books and papers from J P Morgan Co and others.
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New York
Kanawha and Michigan Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Supreme Court
Giegerich
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kanawhas
Michigan
Ohio
Going Gone Question for Auctioneers Meet
Chicago June 11. The International Association of Auctioneers holds its annual meeting in session as it faces the most important question of its gathering.
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Chicago
Mos
International Associstram of Auctionesre
Auctioneers defend catchphrase three words
A discussion among auctioneers about keeping the phrase Going Going Gone. One member argues for dignity and renown by saving lung power. An auctioneer insists the three words are essential to their trade.
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Hammer
A New Chief of Engineers for Army
Brig Gen William L Marshall retires as chief of engineers after service since 1908. Born 1846 in Kentucky he fought in the Civil War and contributed to Mississippi levees harbor improvements and river works. He is credited with movable dams and river engineering innovations. Colonel William B Bixby succeeds him as chief of engineers.
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Washington, D. C
William L. Marshall
Marshall
Kentucky
West Point Academy
West Point
Far West
Marshall's Pass
Rocky Mountains
Marshall Basin
San Miguel River
Colorado
General Marshall
Mississippi
William B. Bixby
Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Bixby
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Insitute of Technology
Military Academy
France
French National School of
Army Engineering Corps
Model Dairy Display Planned for Ohio Valley Exposition
Cincinnati June 11 A feature of interest to dairymen is planned for the Ohio Valley exposition in Cincinnati August 29 to September 24. A prominent Cincinnati dairy owner will establish a model dairy with ten fine milch cows. Cows will be milked by electricity twice daily, with all equipment sterilized for spectators. Milk will undergo sterilizing and certifying processes, followed by cream separation using new methods.
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Cincinnati
Congress blocks funds for chauffeurs and gas for leaders
Washington reports the Senate dropped two $2,500 appropriations for maintenance of presidents officers autos. Vice President Sherman and Speaker Canyon would pay chauffeurs and fuel themselves as the House rejected the measure and sent the bill back to conference for a third time.
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Washington
Sherman
Speaker Canyon
Senate
Congress
House
Skat Congress Draws 5000 Players to Detroit
Detroit hosts the twelfth annual North American Skat League congress with more than 5000 players at the tables over two days. Delegations from Chicago Milwaukee New York Buffalo Cleveland Kansas City Indianapolis and other cities attend the event.
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Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Milwaukee
New York
Buffalo
Cleveland
Knsas City
Indianapolis
Avis May Withdraw From Race Prompts Strong County Support
In Thursday primaries four counties moved to back Scot, strengthening the senator’s bid for re election. The county backing signals solid support in the race as the candidate contends for another term.
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Scot! Cause
Upshur County Vote Boosts Gaines Support in District Race
Washington reports Upshur County backed Representative Gaines by fifty two votes despite expectations of defeat in Buckhannon post office contest. The result strengthens Gaines allies while signaling possible withdrawal of Captain Avis and solidifying Sturgiss renomination as primaries proceed. The Rivers and Harbors bill advances in Congress with West Virginia and Ohio river allocations intact. Anglin named Bowden postmaster and Helskel Three Church postmaster, with Pittsburg National Bank as reserve agent for National City Bank at Charleston.
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Upshur County
Gaines
Buckhannon
Dolliver
West
Jit
Tha Avis
Sturgiss
Forman
Scott
Senate
House
S. O. Anglin
Bowden
Randolph County
Hillis
Helskel
Three Church 3
Hampshire County
Federal National Bank of
Pittsburg
National City Bank
Carleston
Mystery Of Mrs Porter Charlton Found In Trunk At Lake Como
Coma Italy June 11 The police have little progress in solving the murder of Mrs Porter Charlton of New York whose body was found in a trunk at the bottom of Lake Como. It is established she was placed in the trunk while alive. The bed at the house showed blood but the body was fully clothed when found. Charlton’s whereabouts are unknown.
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Coma
Italy
Porter Charlton
New York
Lake Como
Charlton
Madden-Henderson wedding at Castle Eden near Hinsdale
The marriage of Miss Mabel Madden daughter of Congressman and Mrs M B Madden and Pan Henderson occurred this afternoon at Castle Eden the summer residence of the bride's parents near Hinsdale Miss Lionne Adsit of Albany N Y served as bridesmaid and Lionel Gardner of the city was best man
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Chicago
Mabel Madden
M. BB. Madden
Pan Henderson
Castle Eden
Hinsdale
Lionne Adsit
Albany
N. Y
Lionel Gardner
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia sees fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. Virginia reports fair conditions in the west and partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the east, then fair and warmer Monday with light variable winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Three broken legs and arms plague cross-country tour
The Atlanta Journal New York Herald good roads tourists arriving in Philadelphia report thirty six cars checked in by midnight. Rain affected roads causing three men to break legs and two to break arms with minor injuries. Speedwell car driven by Col S M Smith faced a twenty seven point penalty but otherwise scored perfectly. The tour resumes Monday with Mayor Gaynor to meet the group at Staten Island. Dr Guthrie and others thrown from a Natural Bridge, Va., bank arrived uninjured.
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Atlanta + Journel-New York Herald
Good Roads
Atlanta
Speedwell
Col. S. M. Smith
Bluefield
Staunton
New York
Gaynor
Staten Island
Dr. Guthrie
Huntington
Natural Bridge
Johnson Named Rector of Virginia Tech Board of Visitors
Lucius F. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, was elected rector of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute board of visitors at Blacksburg. The board accepted resignations of H. B. Worthington and F. H. Abbott with praise for their V P I service. Worthington moves to Sweet Briar College and Abbott to a school near Baltimore.
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Roanoke
Luciug EF. Johnson
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
H. 8. Worthington
F. H. Abbott
Worthington
Sweetbriar College
Abbott
Baltimore
Order of Expulsion Not Carried Out in Kiev
Simon Wolf of Washington, head of civil rights delegates for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, reports from the State Department a Russian report on Kiev's threatened Jewish expulsion. The decree was not executed but kept in abeyance for further Russian study.
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Washington
Simon Wolf
Union of American Hebrew Congregatons
State Department
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Russia
Death ends romance of Margaret Leavitt
New York dispatch reports the death of Margaret Leavitt the young heiress who fled in January to wed Joe Smollen former Corbett chauffeur. Daughter of G Howland Leavitt of Bayside Long Island she was said to be worth a million dollars in her own right.
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New York
Ype
Deat
Margaret Leavitt
Joe Smollen
Jim Corbett
G. Howland Leavitt
Bayside
Long Island
Boy suffers injury after being dragged by thumb during aerial train incident
Canon City Colorado reports Merl Kissenger, a boy, was dragged one hundred feet suspended by his thumb when entangled in aerial train wear. The thumb was torn away as he fell to the ground, breaking two ribs. In New York, June 11, informal bombs were used during bakery strike protests causing malodorous conditions under wagons.
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Canon City
Colo
Merl Kissenger
New York
Teunion
Baker Wins in Raleigh House Race With Narrow Margin
In the nomination contest for the House of Delegates Stover defeats Mike Matheney by about two hundred votes as results trickle in from a few precincts in Raleigh.
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Stover
Mike Matheney
Double Cross Alleged in Raleigh County Primary
The report describes a political clash where a mass convention, praised by Lilly and criticized by Dr. Martin, aided Lilly’s effort to win support in Raleigh County. Martin and Mike secured the primary and allege a double cross, with at least twenty five leaders pledged to back them.
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Martin and
Matheney
Lilly
Raleigh County
Dr. Martin
Raleigh
Martin
Mike
Shaw decries Southern political ignorance at Chicago talk
Former Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw told Hawkeye Fellowship Club members that insurgents in the Republican party rely on logical government principles and criticized the South as ignorant on political questions. His remarks targeted southern attitudes during the June 11 speech in Chicago.
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Chicago
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Hawkeye Fellowship Club
Republican Party
Shaw
Southern speech claim sparks heated exchange in the press
A southern born reporter shouted “it isn’t so” during a confrontation about the addres. The former secretary of the treasury retorted that “The south is the best place in the world in which to make a speech” asserting the audience’s political ignorance.
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South
Tariff Question Again Discussed In Senate
Washington June 11 The tariff issue dominated Senate debate over the Sundry Civil bill authorizing a 250000 fund to study the operation of the tariff law. Democratic criticisms urged the move was a lure to Republicans toward reform while Aldrich Beveridge and others defended the Payne Aldrich tariff as the best yet. Regulars predicted no near tariff revision.
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Senate
Cliy
Georgia
Bailey
Mr. Aldrich
H E
Beveridge
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Commission Can Reduce Sleeping Car Rates
Chicago June 11. In the US Circuit Court Grosseup Baker and Seaman refused to enjoin the Interstate Commerce Commission from cutting sleeping car rates. The court overruled the motion, noting no prejudice to another injunction. Great Northern Railway sought permission to file new bill without prejudice, with new evidence to be offered.
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Shicago
Suses Grosseup
Baker and Seaman
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway Company
Pullman Company
Lindley
Great Northern
Jorge Gross Cup
Friar Lands Leased to Favored Persons
Washington reports Friar lands in the Philippine Islands are being leased to favored individuals including an official and another official’s nephew at eight to twenty cents an acre. The War Department through Director Sleeper details these transactions involving Executive Secretary Carpenter and K L Worcester. A separate note says Attorney General Wickersham plans to file in Chicago federal court against the Chicago Stock Yards Companies for alleged rebating on freight charges.
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Philippine Islands
Congress
War Department
Ytin
Colorado
Vna
Sleeper
Philippine Land Office
Frank W. Carpenter
Philippine Commission
KL. Worcester
Dean ©. Worcester
Packers
Wickersham
Kenyon
Erresh Court of
Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards
Decrease In Peruvian Tariff
Washington reports a new Peruvian tariff effective July 1 reduces overall living costs. Food items mostly on the free list, with practically all other foods cut by ten percent. This tariff shift aims to ease prices for consumers in Peru.
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Washington
Peru
Delinquent Tax Notice Issued by Mercer Deputy Sheriff
E. E. Carter deputy sheriff announces 1909 taxes unpaid in Mercer County and warns of levy and garnishment after sending statements and making calls. Publication planned in the Mercer Republican of Princeton West Virginia. Very respectfully, indicating final collection action.
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Mercer Republican
Princeton
W. Va
E. E. Carter
Meredosia Men Testify In Grand Jury Probe On Fish Bill
J D McLean testified he contributed to the fund to defeat the fish bill and gave money to Otto Schweer. Dan Yeck said he paid 100 dollars to Schweer and 25 dollars via John Dixon of Peoria. The Sangamon county grand jury adjourned to Monday June 29 after the first session.
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J. D. McLean
Sangamon County
Tal
Moxey
Otto Schweer
Dan Yeck
Springfield
Burke
Meredosia
Grand Jury
McLean
Schneer
John Dixon
Peoria
Telegraph operators win wage increase on Southern Railway
Washington on June 11 reports arbitrators under the Erdman act granted Southern Railway telegraph operators a yearly wage rise totaling over 58 thousand dollars and reduced working hours. The adjustment affects about 2,100 operators and ends a prolonged dispute between the company and the workers.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Judge Harris Drowned While Fishing Near Tiptonville
June 11 Tiptonville Tenn Judge Harris president of the West Tennessee Land Company was drowned this afternoon while fishing near Reelfoot Lake as night riders pursued him, authorities report.
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Tiptonville
Tenn
Harris
West Tennessee Land Company
Wedding of Adeline Geneve in London Chapel
Adeline Geneve, noted Danish dancer, wed Frank S. N. Sitt in St Margarets Chapel London withSociety guests and the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle hosting a reception at their townhouse. Isitt long known as the couple's advisor. Soldiers in Ecuador face yellow fever outbreak with 92 cases reported as the army withdraws from the Peruvian frontier.
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Adeline
Washington
Fox
Quito
State Department
Maohalls
Roosevelt Aboard Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Homeward Bound
President Roosevelt travels aboard the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria en route to Crookhaven Ireland. He dictates manuscripts in the forenoon and receives numerous messages from England and many expressions of welcome from Americans.
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Roosevelt
Wireless
Crookhaven
Ireland
England
America
Conditions in Liberia Reported by State Dept Dispatch
Washington June 11 official dispatches describe Liberia's present conditions as unsatisfactory. Troops have moved up the Cavella River to subdue hostile chiefs and restore order.
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Liberia
Washington
State Department
Cavella River
City Fire Destroys Waterfront Area In Seattle Wash
A major fire on the Seattle waterfront last night swept across ten city blocks, destroying nearly all buildings and causing about a million dollars in losses. The disaster is believed to have claimed several lives.
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Wass
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