President Roosevelt To Visit Southern States In October
President Roosevelt says he may call an extra congressional session in October and plans a southern swing starting in Raleigh North Carolina. He will then visit Atlanta Roswell Jacksonville Birmingham Mobile New Orleans and Little Rock as part of the tour.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
South
Virginia
Raleigh
N.C
Charlotte
Atlanta
Roswell
Jacksonville
Fla
Birmingham
Mobile
Ala
New Orleans
Little Rock
Ark
Baseball Scores From The American and National Leagues
New York defeated St Louis 1 to 3 while Boston Cleveland game was postponed due to wet grounds. Washington lost to Detroit 0 to 5 and Philadelphia beat Chicago 3 to 0. In the National League Pittsburg won 7 to 2 over New York and Chicago beat Brooklyn 4 to 1. St Louis knocked off Boston 5 to 2 and Cincinnati edged Philadelphia 3 to 5.
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New York
St. Louis
Washington
Detroit
Philadelphia
Chicago
National Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Lawyer Levy Denies Published Statement
Abe Levy, who defended Nan Patterson in her murder trial, denied a morning paper report claiming he said Patterson admitted holding the revolver when Caesar Young was shot. The denial emphasizes he never stated Patterson's admission.
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New York
Abe Levy
Nan Patterson
Levy
Caesar Young
Aged Murderer Gershon Marx Hanged in Hartford
The aged Gloucester murderer Gershon Marx was executed by hanging just after midnight. His last words protested his innocence after being found guilty of murdering a farm hand and burying the body under his home’s back porch.
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Hartford
Gershon Marx
Gloucester
Roanoke Hangs Man in Roanoke Murder Confession
A. Johnson, jailed in Cincinnati, claims his partner Coney or Henry Williams was hanged in Roanoke a year ago for assaulting Mrs. Shields and her daughter Mildred. Williams’ execution followed multiple confessions before death. Johnson says another accomplice existed but did not name him.
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Roanoke
A. Johnson
Cincinnati
Coney
Henry Williams
Williams
George Shields
Mildred
Murderer is Insane in Woods Trial at Somerville
State Prosecutor Rogers announced that one of Woods actions influencers is a real witness, Franklin D. Mack civil engineer, to rebut the defendant. Mrs Wood denied Mack is the same person. Dr Wilgus testified the defendant is insane.
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Somerville
N. J
Rogers
George R. Woods
Williams
Franklin D. Mack
Wood
Long Branch
Beheading Attempt in Cumberland Quarrel Ends with Wounding
Thomas Watson used a rusted army sword to strike Irwin Wright in Clarksburg aiming to decapitate him. Friends intervened. Wright, covered in blood, staggered to Justice Riley's office with critical injuries. Watson is jailed after the assault arising from a renewed dispute.
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Cumberland
Thomas Watson
Irwin Wright
Clarksburg
Wright
Justice Riley
Watson
Pioneer WV Baptist minister Rev W P Walker dies
Rev. Dr. W. P. Walker, longtime pastor of the First Baptist Church in Huntington, West Virginia, died after two months of illness. He was a pioneer figure and served fifteen years as editor of the Baptist Banner.
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W. Va
W. P. Walker
West Virginia
First Baptist Church
The
Baptist Banner
Robbing Gang Arrested in Gilbertsville Bank Burglary
Detectives arrested two men and a woman alleged as ringleaders of a gang that robbed the private bank of E. C. Brewer in Gilbertsville New York on May 2, taking about $10,000. The trio was captured in a West Forty ninth street house along with a large set of burglar tools.
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New York
E. C. Brewer
Gilbertsville
N. Y
Tople
West Forty Ninth Street
Narrow escape as boy wedged under trestle engine
In May at St Nicholas Pennsylvania 16 year old William Callo dodged a flying passenger train and stepped into the path of a light engine He was knocked down rolled fifty feet and wedged between the ties under a trestle over a creek Trainmen feared fatal injuries but he survived with little harm reported by May 18.
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Mahanoy City
St. Nicholas
William Calloway
Osler Sails for England to Assume Oxford Chair
Dr. William Osler of Johns Hopkins University sailed from New York on May 18 to England to take up duties as regius professor of medicine at Oxford University.
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New York
William Osler
Johns Hopkine University
England
Regius
Oxford University
Death of Erring Husband Sequel to Sensational Elopement
New York May 18. Following a Florida elopement nine days earlier Mrs Dana Miller and Herbert L Kep lar, a married man and Keplar’s neighbor, were in New York. Keplar was found dead in a Hotel Sussex room. Police suspect suicide. Mrs Miller, hysterical, alerted a clerk. A morphine bottle and a sealed letter to his father were found. Keplar, about 37, is said to be the son of a wealthy Deland citizen. the couple had fled from Deland to New York.
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Deland
Fila
Dana Miller
Herbert L. Keplar
Millers
Keplar
Sussex
West Fifty-sixth Street
Florida
Delani
Admiral Suffering From General Paralysis
London and Paris dispatches report naval movements near Saigon and Cape Varella with Russian fleets led by Vice-Admiral Rozestvensky and Nebogatoff heading toward the open sea May 14. A Hong Kong source notes Chinese junks (150) laden for the Baltic fleet off St Johns Island May 16. Paris cites rumors Rozestvensky suffers from general paralysis.
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Saigon
Cape Varella
The
Star
Hong Kong
Kwangchauwan
St. Johns Island
Paris
Echo de Paris
St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Lieutenant Killed in Sham Battle at Fort Reno
Elreno Oklahoma May 18 In a sham battle at Fort Reno Lieutenant G L Chapman of the twenty fifth infantry and adjutant was killed by a gunshot through the body Officers are grief stricken The cause is said to be accident but the use of rounded cartridges is not needed and a ranker with a grudge may have used the occasion a careful inquiry will be ordered
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Elreno, Okla
Fort Reno
G. L. Chapman
Twenty-Fifth Infantry
Scramble for Possession of Great Coal Fields
The article notes an unprecedented rush by major rail systems and syndicates to control West Virginia coal lands. Deepwater engineers survey an extension toward Huntington, twenty years of great field activity, and rising land prices across Wyoming county. The Wabash interests reshape conventional beliefs about future commercial routes.
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Kanawha
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Upper
Guyan
Ber
Wyoming County
Great Lakes
Ike Murphy Arrested After Alleged Shot At Woman
In Martinsburg West Virginia on May 18 Ike Murphy his brother Abe and Jim Falkwell were arrested after an alleged intoxicated night incident in Hedgesville. Ike Murphy is accused of shooting at Mrs Susan Shackleford through her window striking her cheek and narrowly missing the jugular vein. The motive given was that another man asked him to do it.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Ike Murphy
Abe
Jim Falkwell
Hedgesville
Susan Shackleford
Nick Carter
Zelda
Postmaster Quit After Long Run At Blennerhassett
John Same, longtime postmaster at Blennerhassett station on the O R division, resigns after years of attempts to leave. Despite mailing roughly eight million resignations to Washington, the office closed and he will seek farm work, having earned about $50 yearly.
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John Same
Uncle Sam
Same
Blennerbassett
O. R
Sams
Washington
Post Office Department
Blennerhassett
Lawyers Scramble To Master New State Tax Law
The new state tax laws push business operators and lawyers into a busy period as license questions arise. County clerks issue licenses, with many applicants already applying. noncompliant operators face penalties under the new statute.
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Law Dces
Big liner pulled from mud bank in New York harbor
Seven powerful tugs after two hours freed the Cunarder Caronla from a mud bank in New York harbor. The liner pulled away under her own steam, seeming to be injured but able to move.
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New York
General Gomez Declared Out of Danger in Havana
Havana May 18 physicians attending General Maximo Gomez report the patient no longer seriously ill and out of danger. The ailing leader remains under careful observation as officials monitor his condition.
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Havana
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Queen Contenders Lead Red Men Carnival Ballot
The Red Men Carnival Queen contest shows Maude James leading with 1 982 votes followed by Bessie Otey 1 936 and Fannie Otey 1 711. Voting extended to noon Saturday May 20th with crowning at 7 80 P.M. on carnival grounds.
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Mies Maude James
Acre
Maude James
Bessie Otey
Fannie Otey
Lola Christian
Ethel Stovall
Georgia Sublett
Mattie Benbo
Gladys Watson
Maude McKinney
Carrie Hanter
Minnie Hale
Kate Perkins
Bourgie Johnston
Olga Minder
Scattering
Entertainment for Confederate Veterans Arranged in County
Arrangements for entertaining the Confederate Veterans of the county are completed. The Daily Telegraph offices will host the event rooms for the entertainment. The Daughters of the Confederacy will serve refreshments to the veterans between one and two o'clock Saturday afternoon.
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The
Daily Telegraph
Daughters of the Confederacy
Logan Citizens Vote for New Court House
A bond election in Logan county decided to issue bonds for a new courthouse. The measure passed by fifty votes more than the required three fifths. Also in the notice, Fallon Florist advertises roses and plants with express shipments from Roanoke Virginia.
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Court House
Logan County
Express
Fallon, Plorist
Roanoke
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