Jamestown Exposition Fire Destroys Pine Beach Block
A Sunday blaze on the Pine Beach block near the Jamestown Exposition grounds devoured multiple hotels and smaller structures. The loss may reach $500,000 with about 1,000 people left homeless as martial law and security measures were enacted to contain the fire and aid evacuees.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Norfolk
Pine Beach
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Kentucky State Building
Exposition Grounds
Royal Pine
Hampton Roads
Washington House
Outside Inn
Powhatan
Carolina
Berkeley
Powhatan Guards
Carpenter
Exposition Fire Department
Twenty-third Infantry
102D Street
Maryland Avenue
108Rd Street
Cromwell
Berkeley Hotel
Oe Avenue
Hotel Suffolk
Oxford Honors Two Famous Americans
Oxford University conferred honorary degrees on Mark Twain and Ambassador Reid joining other notables Prince Arthur Campbell Bannerman Kipling Rodin and Beresford. The ceremony also marked Lord Curzon’s installation as chancellor and featured remarks on Anglo American ties.
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London
Mark Twain
Ambassador Reid
Oxford
Oxford University
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Rudyard Kipling
Lord Beresford
Auguste Rodin
International Society of Fine Arts
United States
United Kingdom
Lord Curzon
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Fight A Gainst Substitutes
A shopper warns against grocery substitutions urging the clerk to sell only Blue Ribbon Vanilla. The note emphasizes firmness in demanding the preferred brand and rejecting all alternatives.
Wonderland Moving Picture Show Timings
A note advertises a moving picture show at Wonderland from 2 30 to 11 p m with daily scene changes. It also promotes DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for minor injuries and scratches, sold by all druggists.
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Wonderland
DeWitt
Davis Denies Orchard Statements in Haywood Trial
Boise report on William F. Davis defense testimony denying Orchard accusations linking him to mob violence at Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines. Cross examination by Senator Borah probes mine explosions and threats to Governor Steunenberg, with Davis threatening retaliation if implicated.
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Boise
Idaho
William F. Davis
Goldfield
Nev
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Harry Orchard
Davis
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Haywood and Moyer
Cripple Creek
Orchard
Hercules
Steunenberg
Senator Borah
McConnel
Butte
Haywood
Bluefield Brewery Joining Billion Dollar Beer Merger
Cincinnati reports James S. Brailey of Toledo is engineering a St. Louis driven merger aimed at a billion dollar beer trust. Bluefield Brewing Company of Bluefield West Virginia and two Wheeling breweries have agreed to join as the Ohio consolidation proceeds. Local brewers remain reticent about the secretive plans as Ohio moves toward wider inclusion.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James S. Brailey
Toledo
St. Louis
Brailey
United States
Bluefield Brewing Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Wheeling Breweries
Ohio Breweries
Cincinnati Capital
St Louis
Baseball Scores From Roanoke Lynchburg and More
On the field Roanoke over Richmond eight to three and Lynchburg defeated Norfolk four to one. Portsmouth Danville postponed by rain. In the National League Chicago edged St. Louis seven to six. second game Chicago four St. Louis. Pittsburg Cincinnati and several other games were rained out while American League action included Boston six New York two and Detroit tied with Cleveland four to one.
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Lynchburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Portsmouth-Danville
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Diary reveals Nicolai de Raylan life secret in Chicago
Diary and letters reveal Nicolai De Raylan once worked as a Russian consulate secretary in Chicago and lived as a man for eighteen years before death exposed her as a woman. Her birth name Taletsky and unknown Christian name are reported along with blackmail attempts on her mother and an associated wife who received weekly funds.
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Chicago
Nicolai de Raylan
Taletsky
M. Constantini Petrovitch Pobiedonosteff
Holy Synod
Russia
Nicolai
Annie de Raylan
Phoenix
Ariz
Irish Derby Triumph For Orby At Curragh
Richard Croker's Orby wins the English Derby's Irish counterpart at Dublin while Croker's Georgetown finishes second. Also notes diplomatic travel, fort construction aid, a Russian plot in Tschita, and a Ter van Square bombing incident with casualties and ongoing police response.
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Dublin
Richard Croker
Croker
Georgetown
Trial of Judge Loving Tests Insanity Plea
The trial in Virginia gains focus as the defense seeks emotional insanity after Judge Loving’s alleged dissipation and delirium tremens. Prosecution plans to disprove Miss Loving's testimony with Annie Kidd as first witness while witnesses describe Loving’s drinking and changes in temper.
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Houston
Judge Loving
Theodore Hates
Inage Loving
Estes
Atttorneys
Netes
Miss Lovins
Annie Kidd
Miss Loving
Judge Barksdale
Swenson
W. G. Swanson
Henry Swanson
Danville
Governor Swanson
J. P. Swanson
John P. Beard
Amherst County
Loving
Washington
Keeley Institute
Harry Sneed
Emmons
Mt Vernon Flour and fresh vegetables ad
Local notice promotes fresh produce and flour at Sublette and Barnes with a telegraph want ad dated 6 27 31.
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Chase & Sanborn
Sublette & Barnes
Telegraph
Mt. Vernon
Cornell Wins Four Mile Intercollegiate Regatta
Cornell captures the varsity eight-oared race at the intercollegiate regatta in Poughkeepsie with a 20:02 25 time on a four mile course. Columbia finishes second, USNA third, Pennsylvania fourth, Wisconsin fifth, Georgetown sixth, while Syracuse swamps before finish. Ithacans win by the narrowest margin from Columbia.
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Wisconsin
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
United States Naval Academy
Georgetown
Ithacans
Yale Harvard Annual Battle of Oars Today
New London Conn June 26 Yale and Harvard crews prepare for the annual regatta expected to draw the largest crowd in American rowing history. Final practice attracts huge crowds while bets remain modest as Yale and Harvard vie across four miles of river. The long rivalry dates to 1852 with Yale holding the four mile record set in 1888 at 20 minutes 10 seconds.
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New London
Conn
Yate
Harvard
London
America
Cambridge
The
Blue
Crimson
Yale
Railroad Bridge
Navy Yard
University
Lake Winnipiscogee
Springfield
Lake Quinsieamond
Lake Saltonstal
Thames
Southern France Gripped by Political Convulsion
Report from Montpelier on a nationwide wine growers revolt seen as a states rights issue. Tensions rise as the wine trust fights the Midi peasants over adulteration and autonomy, with censorship and revolutionary fears spreading to thousands of towns. Mt Vernon flour sold locally.
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Montpelier
France
United States
French Wine Trust
Wine
Paris Trust
Midi
Paving Contracts Awarded Last Night
The city council and board of supervisors reviewed and awarded street paving bids. James R. Ford & Co led in several districts with bids from 1.00 to 2.87 per square yard for macadam and paving. Excavation bids favored Kelly Bros and C Markley, with Kelly Bros winning the contract for Raleigh and Higginbotham areas. Work to begin soon. bidders preferred a single contractor.
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Board of Supervisors
Roanoke
Pulaski
Bedford
Jas. R. Ford & Co
Kanmier & Bros
B. R. McGheen & Co
Kelly Bros
C. Markley
Princeton Avenue
Kaumier & Bros
R. McGhee & Co
Henry
Grant
Eas R. Ford & Co
Te Kaumier & Bros
RB. R. McGhee & Co
Raleigh
Hig
Firing by Troops Triggers Fatal Lisbon Uprisings
In three northern towns near Braga, street demonstrations against the government left over a hundred dead and six hundred wounded, as troops hunted crowds through narrow streets and cavalry pursued fugitives. The mutiny at Oporto intensified the crisis, with fears of possible bankruptcy hanging over Portugal.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Braga
Carlona
Oporto
Powers of the House of Lords Curtailed
London June 27 The three days debate in the house of commons ended at midnight with Premier Campbell Bannerman winning his veto reform resolution 432 to 147. An amendment by Henderson for total abolition of the house of lords was rejected 316 to 100. The premier received a great ovation leaving the chamber.
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London
House of Commons
Campbell- Bannerman
House of Lords
Henderson
Laborite
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Jamestown
O'Leary
Wepwnespay
Superior Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
WEW & 2Nd Hand
Remington’s
Smith's
Bluefield Typewriter Company
Fiat Top National Bank
L. E. Trervey
W. H. Thomas
R. EK. Boine, Cahier
W. B. Hicks
Dwinmann
W.O Pollock
L. A. Hoorza
First National Bank
Las
Gala Allings
Speas
Borah
West Virginia
Chicago Grain Market
Bluefield Brewery
Daily Telegraph
Richmond
Associated Press Dispatches
Mme. Juss Rand
War Department
Fort McPherson
Victoria
B. C
Tschita
Siberia
Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
Tervan Square
Lee Cornell
Kelly Brothers
Pav
Ing. Kaumier & Bros
B. R. McGhee & Co
Ing. Kelly Bros
Bluefield Avenue
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