West Virginia Faces District Realignment and Census Doubts
Washington reports census returns may necessitate redrawing WV districts after each census. Huntington Parkersburg Charleston triplet town sizes, postoffice receipts, and tax data are awaited. Taft's congressional record praised by Representative Gaines, with other West Virginia items including Allender damages claim and Point Pleasant monument funding.
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Washington
Census Bureau
West Virginia
Qoota
West
Huntington
Parkersburg
Charleston
Wheeling
Gaines
Congress
Taft
Tafta
Sturgiss
James Allender
Monongahela River
Allender
Point Pleasant
Hubbard
Larnie
James Dean
Marion County
West Virginia passes mining and post office actions
Damages estimated at 200 dollars for river locking and damming on the Monongahela. The state creates a bureau of mines. Representative Woodyard backs Miss Willa Kincaid for Greenwood postmaster and recommends closing Algeria and Lytton offices. Judge Ira Robinson returns home after a brief visit. Representative Gaines heads to Lewisburg for an engagement next Tuesday.
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Monongahela
John Laing
State Department of Mines
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Woodyard
Willa Kincaid
Greenwood
Doddridge County
Algeria
Lytton
Pleasants County
Ira Robinson
Supreme Court of Appeals of
West Virginia
Gaines
Lewisburg
Possible Charlton May Never Be Tried
New York June 24 Porter Charlton will never be tried for murder in New Jersey courts. Extradition from Italy is unclear and a mental competency ruling may keep him in custody. Charlton’s family indicated he could be committed if found insane.
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New York
Porter Charleton
New Jersey
Wfe
Lake Como
Italy
Charleton
Paul Charleton
Porter
Garvin
Hudson County
Department of State
Knox
United States
Charlton
Rome
Charles L. Dana
Cornell Medical School
Edward B. Fisher
Allen McLean Hamilton
William J. Arlits
Hoboken
Porter Charlton Plans to Fight Extradition to Italy
New York reports Porter Charlton will resist extradition to Italy on grounds of mental unsoundness. Charles Harrison Scott, brother of the dead wife, will push to have Charlton tried in Italy for the villa murder on Lake Como. Charlton, arrested on landing, confessed to killing his bride and concealing the body in a trunk, with a Hoboken hearing adjourned to Tuesday.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Italy
Mary Scott Castle
Henry Harrison Scott
Coast Artillery
Gharlton
Charlton
Lake Como
Hoboken
McGovern
Jersey City
Delegation Urges Holmes for Government Mines Bureau
A United Mine Workers delegation met President Taft urging the appointment of Dr. J. A. Holmes of the geological survey as head of the new government bureau of mines. Senators Overman Dick Scott and Oliver accompanied the miners on the Washington visit.
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Urge Holmes
Mines Bureau
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Taft
J. A. Holmes
Geological Survey
Government Bureau of Mines
Overman, Dick, Scott
Oliver
Wickersham Defends Federal Power Over Rail Road Finance
Chicago June 24 Attorney General George W Wickersham argued that Congress may regulate stock and bond issuance by railroad companies under the interstate commerce framework. He warned that reckless finance harms interstate service and that federal rules apply to state created carriers when they operate across state lines.
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Chicago
George W. Wickersham
Illinois State Bar Association
Congress
Mr. Wickersham
Wickersham
Hfomce
Wickersam
Sullivan defends Jeffries Johnson fight as fair
New York senator Timothy Sullivan arrived from Europe and dismissed fixed fight rumors. He said Reno is suitable for the bout with San Francisco and noted he holds seventy one thousand dollars in fight money with fifty one thousand more to be placed twenty four hours before the fight.
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New York
Tim” Sullivan
Sullivan
Europe
Reno
Ag San Francis
Senator Scott and wife to visit Europe for health reasons
Washington dispatch reports Senator Scott and Mrs. Scott will depart tomorrow night for a two month trip to Europe. They will stay part time in Holland and the rest in Switzerland following a physician advised plan for Mrs. Scott’s health.
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Washington
Scott
Cloak Makers Strike Hits New York East Side
About 20,000 cloak makers quit work in New York's east side with union leaders predicting the number will grow to 50,000 next week as the strike expands across the industry.
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New York
East Side
James A Hughes Nominated Unanimously for Congress
At Welch the fifth district congressional convention nominated James A Hughes by acclamation to succeed himself in Congress. Lilly supported Hughes, praising Hatfield as chairman and noting Hughes' longtime local roots. The vote tally across counties led to a final unanimous nomination amid enthusiastic demonstrations.
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James A. Hughes
Welch
Lilly
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Congress
Canada
Wayne County
Cannon
Boone
Cabell
Paul W. Scott
Nominaton
Lincoln County
M. F. Matheney
Raleigh
A. A. Lilly
Matheney
H Hatfield
Hatfield
Logan County
McDowell
Mason County
Whitten
Mercer County
J. EB. Martin
Lilly, Mingo
Wills Goodykoontz
Putnam and
Raloig
Cape Is
Lebles
Lincoln
Ss. Sc
Art McDowell
Putnam
Raleigz
Wrens
Concluding remarks at party convention stir crowd
The scene followed rising vote demonstrations as Lilly was urged from an ante room. The speaker shook Hughes’s hand and explained how he conceived his congressional bid. He praised Hughes for a decade of support and warned he might end up in the poorhouse or political waste basket if he failed, while keeping the audience in good humor as the district united on a candidate after a bitter clash. The convention was called to order.
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Lilly
Hughes
Congress
Gore charges attempted bribe linked to Indian land deals
Washington reports Senator Gore of Oklahoma accused a bribe attempt offering twenty five to fifty thousand dollars to sway contracts on Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. He named no specific briber, but said a House member also received a similar offer. The remark came during deficit bill discussions and may trigger an investigation. The Senate also worked through forest reserve and reclamation funding measures and approved multiple conference reports.
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Washington
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Tie
House
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
White Mountains
Appalachians
Burton
Adaotel
Garfield and Pinchot Meet at Sagamore Hill
At Oyster Bay on June 24 Theodore Roosevelt held a private talk with James R. Garfield secretary of the interior and Gifford Pinchot chief forester. The visit sparked speculation that Roosevelt Pinchot and Garfield may be shaping a new national party according to an Oyster Bay editorial.
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Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
Pinchot
Garfield
Oyster Day
Roosevelt
Moody founded conference opens twenty eighth season
Last Northfield Massachusetts June 24 the twenty eighth season of conferences established at Northfield Seminary by the late Dwight L Moody began today with the annual Y M A student conference. The conference will run until July 5 and draws college men from eastern states and Canada.
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Northfield
Mass
Northfield Seminary
Dwight L. Moody
States
Canada
Tramp Sought After Assault on Farmer's Wife in Cellar
Farmers' posses scour the area west of Syracuse as they search for a tramp who assaulted Mrs Mina Stevens a prosperous farmer's wife and left her unconscious in the cellar of her home. The intruder then ransacked the house.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Mina Stevens
Reform Congress Ends With Record Enactments
Washington reports the long session closes with a record for enacted measures despite insurgent and regular Republican conflicts. Administration reforms were pursued, including rail revisions, A Z admission, postal savings banks, and a new tariff system for the Philippines.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Arizona
New Mexico
Bureau of Mines
Tariff Board
Coal Landa
Philippines Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Bureau of Health
Appalachiane Forest Reserve
Engineer Corps of Army
House of Representatives
Committee On
House
Senate
French Canadians Celebrate in Worcester St Joan Day Reunion
Representatives of French-Canadian societies from New England and eastern Canada gathered in Worcester Massachusetts for their annual reunion and St Joan's Day celebration with Governor Aram J. Pothier as guest of honor, noted Rhode Island's first Canadian born governor.
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Worcester
Mass
New Weeland
Canada
St. Joan’s Day
Aram J. Pothier
Rhode Island
Bleaching Flour With Peroxide Case Heard
Testimony in a federal court bleached flour case showed that bleaching flour with nitrogen peroxide does not injure the product. Witnesses summoned by the millers described the process and its effects.
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Kansas City
Woman Killed in Dayton Saloon Divorce Case
In Dayton on June 24 Mrs. Mary Pes, named in a divorce suit by her husband, was shot and killed in a saloon by Joby Domone Kos who then shot himself. Police reported the fatal incident and ongoing investigation.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mary Pes
Joby Domonekos
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