Woman Accidental Gun Tragedy on Orange Street
D W Reed was shot and killed in the kitchen of Rosie Flowers on Orange street in what witnesses call an accidental discharge from a loaded shotgun. Flowers claimed she did not know the weapon was loaded and a local official ruled the death accidental.
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D. W. Reed
Orange Street
Rosie Flowers
Flowers
Mrs. Flowers
Susan Williams
Nina Love
Reed
Rosie Bayles
Squire Godbey
Woman survives after fatal shooting in Thurmond man’s death
An accident report describes a shooting case where a woman near court room feared for her life but calmed after the coroner announced the incident. Reed’s letters suggest the deceased, a 28 year old husky man from Thurmond Fayette county, owned a twelve gauge Buckeye gun. The burial preparations were made by Hawking & Company on Bland street.
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Reed
Big Home
Thurmond
Fayette County
Hawking & Company
Bland Street
Bailey Introduces One Man Filibuster in Senate
Washington reports the senate considered the Carter motion on postal savings bank amendments and adopted a committee investigation into Lorimer election bribery. Senator Bailey began a one man filibuster against the army engineer corps bill amid broader debates on conservation and public land withdrawal and a $20 million reclamation bond plan. The house also created a peace commission and passed bills on Justice Moody retirement, ship wireless requirements, Red Cross insignia rules, and Mexico centennial celebrations.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
House
Postal Savings Bank
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Illinois
Bailey
Engineer Corps
Army
Justice Moody
United States Supreme Court
United States
American National Red Cross
Republic of Mexico
New Golf Champion Crowned in Open Playoff
Philadelphia, June 20. Alexander Smith of New Rochelle New York won the United States open golf championship in a playoff of the triple tie for the title. He defeated J. J. McDermott Merchantsville New Jersey and MacDonald Smith of California.
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Philadelphia
Alexander Smith
New Rochelle
N. Y
United States
J. J. McDermott
Merchantsville
N. J
MacDonald Smith
California
Detroit Industrial Exposition Opens With Great Interest
Detroit Michigan June 20. The city hosts its first industrial exposition opening tonight on the riverfront. The exposition grounds host a large building paired with the Wayne Pavilion showcasing the diverse manufacturing interests of Detroit and its suburbs.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Special Primary Session In Albany On Direct Nomination
Governor Hughes convened the New York legislature in an extra session to press a complete direct nomination system. The insurgent faction backs the measure against the Republican machine as a spirited fight unfolds.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
Chippewa Land Opening At Crookston
A large rush of land seekers gathered at the government land office in Crookston Minnesota for the Chippewa reservation opening. Nearly 250 000 acres were opened to settlement including areas in Fon Du Lac Deer Lake Pigeon River White Earth and Red Lake reservations. Lands are to be disposed to actual settlers only under the homestead law provisions.
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Crookston
Minn
Government Land Office
Fon du Lac
Deer Lake
Pigeon River
White Earth
Red Lake
Permanent Missionary Study Board Plea For Higher Standard
A report to the International Missionary Conference urges a permanent missionary study board. It emphasizes careful candidate evaluation, clearer requirements, and closer clerical and lay cooperation to raise preparation, with a call for stronger church support and sober, sustained effort. The text stresses the role of the church in shaping vocation and sustaining missionary energy.
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Edinburgh
Commission On
International Missionary Conference
W. Douglas Mackenzie
Hartford
Regi H Wag
Eh Wassiven
ston-Salem
Enric
Christian Society
Veterans of the Civil War Excluded From Roosevelt Reception
New York June 20 Veterans of the Civil War were denied representation in the Roosevelt reception by the memorial committee of forty seven local posts. Gen George B Loud said the Grand Army was not included among organizations in the tribute, explaining the omission at a New York Posts meeting. Yale Class Day Exercises At Yale New Haven Ct June 20 Yale holds its classic Day with four departments reporting services after seniors lead the events across academic scientific law and medicine groups.
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New York
Roosevelt
George B. Loud
Grand Army
Chicke Tapel Roosevelt
Yale New Haven
Yale
Call to raise home church training to match missionary standards
The passage argues for higher intellectual and moral preparation for home ministry to ensure missionaries are well grounded. It urges aligning home church education with the best instruction and discipline, asserting that better home training strengthens global gospel work.
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Home Church
Christendom
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions persist into Tuesday and Wednesday across West Virginia and Virginia. Light variable winds accompany the warm spell in both states as skies stay mostly sunny with continued above normal temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Coal Mine Fatalities Highlight West Virginia 1907 1909 Data
The Geological Survey reports 1909 coal mine deaths nationwide at 2,412 with notable incidents in Cherry Illinois and Lick Branch West Virginia. In 23 years WV recorded 3,176 deaths and 5,049 injuries, with nearly half due to falls and gas or dust explosions.
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West Virginia
Mine fatalities and output in 1909 report
John Laing, state mine inspector, records 864 fatal and 1 082 non fatal accidents for the year ending June 30 1909. The Pocahontas Consolidated Explosions at Lick Branch claimed about 100 lives on December 29. Falls killed 144 and injured 504. output reached 46 671 971 short tons with 58 582 men employed. The death rate was 6 21 per thousand, versus 5 5 in 1908.
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Washington
United States
Edward W. Parker
Division of Mineral Resources
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Bureau of Mines
Cherry
St. Paul Coal Company
Bureau County
Molinois
Lick Branch
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co
Linefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Chicago and Cartersville Coal Company
Herrin
Cambria Steel Company
Johnstown
Berwind-White Coal Company
Windber
Piedmont and
Georges Creek
Maryland
Sunnyside
Sunnyside Coal and Coke Company
Vanderburg County
Tad
Zeigler Coal Company
Zeigler
Franklin County
Ilinois
Short Creek
Birmingham Coal and Iron Company
Jefferson County
Ala
Monongah
John Laing
Pocahontas Consolidated Colliery Company
Laing
Vice President Signs Statehood Bill at Noon
Washington report notes the vice president signed the statehood bill at 12 30 p m and the president followed with his signature at 1 40 p m today confirming the measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt Returns to Public Life as Editor at Outlook
Theodore Roosevelt begins a private citizen era by joining the Outlook as a contributing editor. He arrives in New York from Sagamore Hill aboard the Dolphin and dashes to his office on the seventh floor of the United Charities building at Fourth Avenue and Twenty second Street after a brisk procession through midtown crowds.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Outlook
Dispatch
Dolphin
Col. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Montor Roosevelt
United Charities
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-second
Governors meet to plan next fall meeting location
Governors Ansel Hadley and Wilson from South Carolina Missouri and Kentucky met in Frankfort to select a site and arrange a program for the governors conference. The organization fostered by President Roosevelt has held two annual meetings. The next gathering will likely be in Jefferson City Missouri.
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Frankfort
Ansel
South Carolina
Hadley
Missouri
Wilson
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Jefferson City
Ammunition Shipped Into Sonora Amid Mexican Uprising
June 20 report from Per Rio Sonore states federal officials allege arms shipments from Arizona to Sonora fuel the uprising. Rurales seized about three thousand rounds near Cannaea and confiscated rifles from Mexicans in hills near Villa Verde. Prisoners held at Nogales.
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Rio Sonore
Mexico
Arizona
Cannaea
Ecauth
Villa Verde
Nogales
German Ambassador Addresses Wisconsin Graduates at Plymouth Church
German Ambassador Count Von Bernstorff spoke to graduates at the German English Academy commencement in Milwaukee. He will travel to Madison on Wednesday to address University of Wisconsin commencement exercises.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Plymouth Church
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Printing Pressmen Convention Opens in Columbus
The International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America opened its annual convention in Columbus Ohio with President George L. Berry presiding. Delegates from across the United States and Canada attended, representing about 22 000 members.
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Columbus
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union of North America
George L. Berry
United States
Canada
Taft Commits to Campaign Finance Publicity Bill
President Taft announced he will push through Congress before adjournment the bill requiring publicity of campaign contributions in all races involving federal offices. The move signals an effort to increase transparency in campaign funding during the current session.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Webb Defeats Smith in Ninth North Carolina Contest
The House Elections Committee No. 2 rules in favor of incumbent Y. Webb (Dem) over J. A. Smith (Rep) in the Ninth North Carolina district contest. The vote confirms Webb as the seat winner.
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Washington
J. A. Smith
Y. Webb
North Carolina
House Elections Committee
Webb
Rough Riders GonoPiguous at Williams Wedding
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Milas Eleanor Butler Alexander marry at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York. One hundred policemen keep crowds distant as 42 riders in full uniform attend. The ceremony features Rev Henry M Sanders great uncle of the bride. Wedding gifts include a Taft silver pitcher and Carnegie silver. The couple plan to reside in San Francisco after a full family reception.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Milas Eleanor Butler Alexander
Fifth Avenue
Roosevelt
Cal. Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Quentin
Archie
Nicholas Longworth
Henry Addison Alexander
Snow
George F. B. Roche
Hamilton Fish
Fulton Cutting
John Cutler
K. Morgan Gilbert
Henry M. Sanders
Russel Sage
C. B. Alexander
White House
West Fifty-eighth Street
Ohio
Alexander
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