Explosion at Dupont Mills Levels Nemours Coining Mill
An explosion at the Dupont Mills near Nemours destroyed the grain and coining mill after 10 000 to 12 500 pounds of powder ignited. No one was seriously hurt though Charlie Robinette had his shirt torn off. damage to the plant exceeds 10 000 with six weeks idle. The blast was felt across several towns. a tram car spark is blamed for starting the fire.
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Nemours
Dupont
Bluestone
Flat Top
Bramwell
Pocahontas
Coining Department
Coining Mill
Charlie Robinette
Caiing Mill
Robinette
Halian
Maude
Smoke Out Leading Officers of State Taft Foraker Fight Eases
Columbus May 14 The spectacular pitched battle between Taft and Foraker Dick factions of the Republican party appears to have passed for now as leaders are to be asked to declare their stand. Brown cancels a state central committee meeting while Taft forces push to smoke out officers and secure support. County Republicans adopt Taft resolutions to instruct Columbus delegates to Dick’s conference.
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Columbus
Taft
Foraker-Dick
Republican Party
Foraker
Brown
Republican State Central Committee
State Central Committee
West Virginia Weather Outlook by Region
A weather bulletin notes showers and cooler conditions for Wednesday. Thursday should bring fair skies in the western regions, with showers and cooler weather continuing in the eastern portion of the state.
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Bob
Baseball scores from Roanoke Lynchburg Norfolk and more
Roanoke 5 Richmond at Lynchburg 9 Nor folk 4. Portsmouth 3 Dan ville 9. National League games Philadelphia 0 Chicago 9 Boston 3 Pittsburg 6 New York 5 Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 10 St. Louis 0. American League St. Louis Philadelphia wet grounds Chicago Washington rain. Cleveland 9 Boston 4. Detroit 4 New York 3. American Association Milwaukee Columbus rain Minneapolis Indianapolis rain Kansas City Toledo rain St Paul Louisville ain.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Milwaukee
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
St. Paul
Louisville
Substantial Progress in the Haywood Trial
Boise reports substantial progress toward forming a jury in the William D. Haywood murder trial of former Governor Steunenberg. Three hour hold on jury seats five and six ended with filled seats and rapid subsequent progress. Defense questions focus on Roosevelt interference and Taft speeches, with jurors not swayed by those claims.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Talesmen
Talesman
Roosevelt
Taft
Drain Elevator Employes Join Striking Longshoremen
New York may 14 six hundred elevator employes quit work in sympathy with the longshoremen strike. Company officials say labor leaders influenced the action, while the longshoremen president Connews vows to fight until Christmas if needed. Cargoes destined for Europe could not be fully unloaded.
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New York
President Connews
Union
Europe
Chicago Wheat Market May 1 Recovers From Early Frenzy
Opening quotations showed a narrower range as traders realized profits. Early buying gave way to heavy selling pulling May to 92, July 94, September 96, with noon levels at 92 for May and 96 for September. Wheat closed at 923 3-4 and corn at 92 5-8.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Fire disrupts Remington plant as fifty firefighters overcome
Fire at the Remington Typewriter Company building in New York causes panic in the busy district. At least fifty firemen are overcome during efforts to reach the blaze, which is confined to the lower floors but subdued with difficulty. Fifty girls on the third floor evacuate safely as heavy smoke fills the structure.
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New York
Remington Typewriter Company
Brownsville Investigating Committee Reconvenes
The senate committee on military affairs reconvened in Washington to continue the Brownsville Texas shooting inquiry after a month’s recess. Ten members attended including Senator Foraker, with adjournment set to 10:30 tomorrow as Senator Warner arranges witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Brownsville
Texas
Warner
Senator Foraker
Notice of Midway lot sales by C T Martin and agent
While I am absent for the next few days Mr. C T Martin at Midway will sell you Midway lots W D Roberts agent May 10 1907
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C. T. Martin
Midway
W. D. Roberts
Various May Dispatches From Across the Nation
AP reports rail conductors with families in Memphis for a Conductor session. Woodmen of the World convenes in Norfolk with elections due after adjournment. Berlin Reichstag approves US Germany commercial modus vivendi before imperial signature. Baltimore Catholic Benevolent Legion reports 4 756 867 members with 85 857 664 in insurance. Fort Sill court martial underway for corporal Knowles at Fort Reno. verdict to come from Washington. Baton Rouge warns cotton seed famine as seed shortages drive oil mills to close amid heavy rains.
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Baltimore
Supreme Council of the Catholic Benevolent Legion
Tippitt
Fort Sill
Okla
Corporal Knowles
25Th Infantry
Fort Reno
Edgar Macklin
Washington
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Considerable Anxiety for Southern Rice Crop
The department of agriculture reports considerable anxiety over the southern rice crop. Dry warm weather allowed early planting as far north as Georgetown South Carolina, while cold April halted operations and caused re seeding in many areas. Recent showers in the past two weeks have somewhat eased conditions.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Georgetown
South Carolina
Ten Seriously Injured in Railway Collision Near Station
Ten persons were seriously injured in a collision on the Boston and Maine railroad half a mile south of Littleton station when the Alchemy express bound for Boston crashed into a freight engine. The locomotive plunged down an embankment but a broken coupling kept following cars from derailing.
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Littleton
Macs
Boston and Maine
Boston
Ice firms fined in Missouri antitrust case
Four Kansas City ice companies were fined a total of 52500 and one concern ousted from Missouri for violating the anti trust law by Judge W A Powell of the circuit court at Independence. Similar cases against four other companies were dismissed.
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Kansas City
W. A. Powell
Independence
Missouri
Six Thousand Workers Strike Over Fifty Cent Raise
Salt Lake City May 14 six hundred men at the United States Mines and Smelter Company copper smelters in Bingham Junction walked out after the firm refused a flat raise of fifty cents per day.
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Salt Lake City
United States Mines and Smelter Company
Bingham Junction
Witnesses implicate local officials in Cockrill murder scene
N J Peters testified he saw Judge Hargis and Sheriff Callahan with guns in Hargis store after Cockrill was shot. Os car Hargis swore he saw John Smith at the courthouse window but Smith fled. The new testimony caused a stir.
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Cockrill
N. J. Peters
Hargis
Callahan
Oscar Hargis
John Smith
Smith
Child Nearly Carried Away by an Eagle
In Confluence West Virginia on May 14 a large bald eagle swept down on a child in a dooryard, catching the youngster by shoulders and waist. D. M. Riffee chased the bird with a store rake, injuring the child little and striking the eagle, which fled to nearby trees and died from a rifle shot. The eagle was described as among the largest seen in the area.
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Confluence
W. Va
D. M. Riffee
Braxton County
President Diaz Denies Herald Interview on Central American Plans
President Diaz in Mexico City denied to the Associated Press any talk of a protectorate or a new federal union for Central American states. He said he never spoke of federation and warned that the published article could put him in a foolish position if uncontradicted.
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City of
Mexico
Diay Doday
Associated Press
New York Herald
Army War College Ready for Use in Washington
Washington May 14. In just over three years since President Roosevelt laid its cornerstone the Army War College has been finished. General Mackenzie chief of engineers notified the secretary of war the building is ready for occupancy. Designed by McKim Mead & White it overlooks the Potomac and forms a cross with a central dome. The cost nears 700000 and the structure is built to be fireproof with hollow tile floors and stairs. Inside a 225 seat lecture room and a central rotunda mark the main floor arrangement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War College of
United States Army
Mackenzie
Secretary of War
McKim, Mead & White
War College
Washington Barracks
Potomac
Frederick the Great
United States
William
Was College
Cort
John S. Sewell
Engineer Corps
Army Engineers
Eight Steamshovels Work on Panama Canal Strike
Associated Press dispatch from Panama on May 14 reports the steamshovel workers strike continues with eight shovels operating this morning. Workers demand 300 dollars monthly instead of 210.
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Panama
Associated Press Dispatch
Lexington, Ky
Hargis
Virginia Negro Murderer Arrested in New York
Kingston New York May 14 Howard Boyd a negro wanted in Mecklenburg Virginia for the murder of Lewis Gillespie was arrested at Fishkill Landing near here Boyd allegedly confessed to killing Gillespie who rivaled him for the affections of a negro girl.
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Kingston
N. Y
Howard Boyd
Mecklenburg
Lewis Gillespie
Fishkill Landing
Here
Boyd
Gillespie
Major Delmar Sold for Ten Thousand Dollars
Major Delmar the famed trotting gelding was sold today to William Bradley of New York for twelve thousand dollars in Cleveland.
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Major Delmar
Cleveland
William Bradley
New York
Wife of Irish M P John Dillon Dies
Dublin reports the death of Mrs. John Dillon wife of the member of parliament on May 14 in Dublin.
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John Dillon
Dublin
New Testimony in Hargis Trial Stirred Courtroom
Lexington reporters describe a new testimony in the Hargis trial that sparked immediate reaction as proceedings opened in Lexington Kentucky. The article notes tension among spectators and attorneys as witnesses are questioned about the case.
GUIDE FOR SPRING SHOPPERS IN BLUEFIELD
The Daily Telegraph presents an advertising supplement guiding Bluefield shoppers to current sales and bargains. It highlights progressive stores, urges readers to mention the paper when buying, and portrays Bluefield as a growing commercial town.
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Daily Telegraph
Famous Old Ironsides Put Into Good Shape
The frigate Constitution, known as Old Ironsides, has been restored with three new masts and traditional tools used by 19th century shipbuilders. Workers replicated original lines from Josiah Humphreys design, with the main mast featuring a massive semi circular drop weighing 18 1 2 tons.
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Boston
United States
Josiah Humphreys
Humphreys
Haverford
Ninety Dead Miners Were All Mexicans
Mexico City May 14 The first word from the Ternaras ming in Durango confirms ninety miners died in a great fire most suffocated. All bodies have been recovered and buried. No foreigners were among the dead.
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Mexico City
Terneras Ming
Durango
Associated Press
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