Preliminary Hearing Attracts Large Crowd In Keystone
In Keystone West Virginia on June 22 a mayor court heard evidence in the state versus J F Johnson Sam Doss Kid James and C C Smith accused in the serious case involving Charles Freeman. Doss and Johnson were sent to the grand jury with bonds offered but rejected. James posted 5000. Large crowd attended, orderly, while defense and prosecution teams were named. A separate report mentions a robbery of Dave Rhodes of 380 dollars at Elkhorn after a drunken outing.
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Daily Telegraph
Keystone
W. Va
J. F. Johnson
Sam Doss
Kid James
C. C. Smith
Charles Freeman
James
Smith
Messrs. Flannagain
Worrell and Partlow
Doss
Welch
Bond
Freeman
McDowell County
Flannagan
Strother, Taylor & Flannagan
Worrell
Northfork
Huntington Dispatch
Dave Rhodes
Crozier Coal and Coke Company
Elkhorn
Blue Ribbon Vanilla and Fresh Tomatoes At Local Store
THAT. DELICATE FLAVOR. Can be imparted to your ice cream, cakes and desserts by the use of Blue Ribbon Vanilla, the true extract from the finest beans. The 5 and 10c. Store will be open for business Tuesday, 25th. All prices reduced. Turk's building, 38 Bland street. Fins fresh tomatoes, 50 cents a basket at Sublette & Barnes.
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Turk’s
Bland Street
Sublette & Barnes
Turk's
Nine Passengers Hurt and Three Die in Train Wreck
Pittsburg Pa June 22 A Pittsburg Lake Erie passenger train ran into an open switch at South 21st street. Two coaches wrecked. Conductor Joseph Wright 60 West Newton crushed to death. Nine passengers seriously injured and three believed to die including an unidentified foreigner and Ralph Debarry of McKeesport. Others injured listed with fractures and head injuries.
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Pittsburg
Lake Erie
McKeesport
Yowhiogheny
South 21St Street
Joseph Wright
West Newton
William McGuire
Farmer
Port Perry
John Lazoff
Alquippa
J. C. Griffin
Tonawanda
South Side
James Richards
Homestead
Thomas J. Johnston
Ralph Debarry
Nesbitt Kelley
John Shaner
Asquippa
Mary Hardin
Bank reserves plunged as gold demand tightens markets
Henry Clews reports that gold imports push bank reserves toward exhaustion while money remains scarce worldwide. He notes cautious stock trading, rising European funding pressures, and U S treasury shifts affecting currency liquidity in the crop season and railroad financing outlook.
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Henry Clews
New York
Nowise
Paris
France
Duma
Bank of England
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Treasury Department
Cortelyou
Baseball Scores From Regions and Leagues
In Virginia league play Roanoke and Lynchburg tied 2 2 after fourteen innings due to darkness. Norfolk toppled Danville 3 2 while Richmond beat Portsmouth 4 6. National League saw New York 16 Boston 10 in twelve innings. Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 2. Philadelphia split with Brooklyn 5 6 and 1 5. Chicago defeated St. Louis 3 0. American League results include Philadelphia 4 Washington 0. Chicago 4 Detroit 3. Boston 12 New York 2. St Louis 7 Cleveland 11 in eight innings.
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Roanoke
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Danville
Richmond
Portsmouth
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Secretary Taft Returns From His Western Trip
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Washington from a western tour, noting nine of fourteen nights on trains. While slightly hoarse, he reported good health aside from lingering fatigue and said he had fully recovered from an illness in St Paul. He visited the War Department upon return to discuss pressing matters with officials.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Department
St. Paul
Referendum vote before a strike proposed by miners
The Western Federation of Miners adopted a constitutional amendment requiring a referendum vote by any local union before a strike and a two thirds affirmative threshold to authorize action. The convention also approved a ban on unions or locals members making labor contracts with employers.
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Denver
Colo
Western Federation of Miners
Defense to Take Aggressive in the Haywood Case
Boise Idaho June 22 The closing of the case of the state leaves the battle over Williams Haywood in midfield as the defense shifts to aggressiveness and the prosecution assumes the defensive The state will conduct aggressive cross examination and present rebuttal testimony while the main proposition has already been presented to the jury.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Bandit Chief Wages War on Populace in Azerbaijan Province
A Teheran dispatch reports Martuz Khali Khan leading Kurdish forces against villagers in northern Azerbaijan. Fighting surrounds Maku as two Persian infantry companies with six field guns move toward the city from Tabriz.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Azerbaijan
Martuz Khali Khan
Maku
Tabriz
Passenger rates cut to 2 cents a mile nationwide
The Inter-Ocean reports that all United States railroads will reduce passenger rates to 2 cents per mile, ending the 3-cent rate. The new fares take effect July 1 after a lengthy Chicago meeting of Western and transcontinental railroad presidents.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean
United States
Tileing Wins Queen City Handicap at Latonia
Cincinnati June 22 Latonia hosted the Queen City handicap valued at 10000 with 8000 to the winner Tileing took the race ahead of Pasadena and Phil in the one and one eighth mile event. Time was 1 52 4 5.
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Cincinnati
Latonia
Tileing
Pasaden
Phil
Supreme Court rules Memphis charter unconstitutional
Summaries of global brief items note the Tennessee case against Memphis charter, six hundred French infantry men returning to barracks after mutiny, commutation of Nashville bank clerk W W Lea, a shooting on a Rock Island line near Selden Kansas with fatalities and injuries, and officer elections for the American Freight Claim Association. Also mentions a Charleston navy yard dry dock excavation and Lisbon clashes with police. DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills ad ends the column.
Farmers Union grows fast. political fears mount
National party leaders fear the Farmers Union may enter active politics as its membership climbs to a million in five years. Leaders deny political aims, claiming nonpartisan origins, while politicians recall the rise of the Farmers Alliance and its impact on parties. State and local unions already span Southern states plus Iowa Kansas Nebraska Oregon California and Illinois.
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Chicago
Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Alliance
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Ilinois
Mark Twain At King Edward's Windsor Garden Party
Mark Twain attended a Windsor garden party hosted by King Edward with about six thousand guests including Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman and Ellen Terry. He met the royal party, praised Miss Terry, and returned to Paddington claiming he was not tired. John Henniker Heaton accompanied him and introduced him to many attendees.
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London
Mark Twain
King's Garden
Windsor
John Henniker Heaton
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Fridjoff Nansen
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
Ellen Terry
Miss Terry
Edward
Paddington Station
Royal Borough
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
East Terrace
Castle
Captain Davis Acquitted in McCoy Case
Ironton Ohio June 22 The Davis McCoy case went to the jury at seven after a day of arguments over self defense. After two hours the jury found Captain John Davis not guilty citing his wife’s sensational testimony about illicit relations with the doctor as pivotal to the acquittal.
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Ironton
Ohio
Davis- McCoy
John Davis
Wayne McCoy
Daily Telegraph want ads invite Bluefield readers
A promotional notice urges readers in Bluefield and the Pocahontas coal field to place want ads in the Daily Telegraph. It touts affordable, quick access to people who can fill needs such as housing, servants, errands, or any other wants, with payment by mail.
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Daily Telegraph
Country cured hams middlings and shoulders at Sublette Barnes
A Sublette and Barnes classified note lists country cured hams middlings and shoulders for sale dated 6 22 31. The ad highlights meat cuts and retailer names in a brief marketplace listing.
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Sublette & Barnes
Relief in Paris as south France outbreak checked
Paris reports a deep relief after the south's outbreak is checked, with Ribot calling it the worst crisis in 37 years. Government says troops prevent recrudescence while civil and military authorities prepare for possible Sunday demonstrations and maintain calm amid isolated storm centers. Mutineers return to Roziers via special train as soldiers rejoin officers.
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Paris
Ribot
France
Third Republic
Clemenceau
Roziers
Troops Charge Mob of Rioters in Lisbon
Rioting in Lisbon led to a cavalry and infantry assault that killed several soldiers and wounded many as mobs clashed with police forces angered by the Portuguese premier. The unrest followed ongoing trouble directed at the government in power.
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Paris
Lisbon
Francis
Portugal
Balloon accident kills thirteen near Debreezin Hungary
Thirteen people die in a balloon crash near Debreezin Hungary this afternoon. Three aeronauts two French officers and one Austrian fell from the balloon and perished as villagers, attempting to snag the craft, caused the balloon to explode.
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Vienna
Debreezin
Hungary
Six Day News Forecast From Washington Desk
The coming week features The Hague Peace Congress resuming work and attracting global attention. Judge Loving's murder trial set Monday in Houston Virginia. Yale Harvard commencements plus Sewanee Bi Ocean Expo planning and Roosevelt attending intercollegiate boat races. Oxford to award honors including Mark Twain Kipling Reid. USGA open golf at Hinsdale near Chicago and Harvard Yale rowing in New London. New Orleans hosts Bi Ocean Expo planning for Panama Canal 1915. Zionist Federation meets in Tannersville. Georgia to inaugurate Hoke Smith as governor.
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Washington
International Peace Congress
Hague
Judge Loving
Theodore Estes
Houston
Yale
Harvard
New England
United States Golf Association
Hinsadls Club
Chicago
Crows
New London
Conn
New Orleans
Progressive Union
Panama Canal
Federation of American Zionists
Tannersville
N. Y
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Joseph M., Terrell
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