Town Meeting Reviews Bond Issue At City Hall
Citizens express views on issuing bonds for city improvements. Chamber of Commerce leaders urge changes to the ordinance detailing spending, while critics call for clarity on amounts and a non political process. The meeting yields a 3 pm chamber session to propose amendments and set a follow up.
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City Hall
John W. Ruff
Chamber of Commerce
Harold A. Ritz
Chamber of Commercer
Judge Ritz
Col
W. H. Coffman
Capt. C. Botsford
Earl Riley
Dmocratic Aform Club
Geo. H. Hill
Round House
Bluefield
D. E. French
B. A. Marks
Graham
D. M. Hasley
A. J. Hearn
Ruff
Chamber
Thornton
H. A. Ritz
O. C. Jenkins
Norfolk and Western promotes two officials to vice presidents
The Norfolk and Western Railway announces amendments creating two general divisions east and west of Bluefield and promoting N. D. Maher to vice president and general manager and T. S. Davant to vice president and traffic manager, effective July 1. Details from Roanoke offices were limited.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
N. D. Maher
T. 8. Davant
Roanoke
Messrs
Maher
Davant
Norfolk and Westen
Seaboard Air Line
Pocahontas
Pennsylvania
Nick’’ Maher
T. S. Davant
Nat
Norfolk and Western Railway
Gympenny
N. D. Mater
President Attends Predecessor's Widow Funeral
President Roosevelt visits Canton to attend the funeral of Mrs Ida McKinley arriving with Secretaries Root and Wilson and William Loeb. He joins lunch with Justice Day and attends the service at two before departing for Indianapolis.
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Canton
Ohio
Roosevelt
Ida McKinley
Root
Wilson
McKinley
William Loeb
William R. Day
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Justice Day
Baseball results from Virginia and major leagues
Virginia League games in Portsmouth Danville and Norfolk with Portsmouth 1 Roanoke 2 Danville 11 Richmond 2 Norfolk 4 Lynchburg 0. National League doubleheader Boston 1 Brooklyn 7 and 10 9. Phillies 12 Cincinnati 2 Chicago 10 St Louis 1 Pittsburgh 10 American League Philadelphia 2 Boston 1 in eleven innings Washington 1 New York 2 Cleveland 6 St Louis 4
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Portsmouth
Roanoke
Danville
Richmond
Norfolk
Lynchburg
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
Cleveland
Multiple World News Briefs Chronicle May 28
Washington farmer Elisha L. Berry dies by self-inflicted shotgun wound near Falls Church. Wheat prices fall. London stocks dip then recover. Portland bus line conductor C. L. Nevins shot dead by masked robbers who fled. Kentucky reports frost harming fruit crops. Alabama ex-Governor Johnson attends Birmingham cruiser launch. Swatow uprising linked to taxation and attacks on Chunk Land and Tung Chang. New York police probe in Gould divorce finds no criminal evidence against officers but cites misconduct. Burlington House theft: 55 Royal Academy canvases stolen last night.
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London
Royal Academy Pictures
Burlington House
New York
Police Department
Gould
Bingham
Change of Venue Sought in Loving Case Indictment
Former Judge W C Loving of Lovingston Va is indicted for murder of Theodore F Estes at Oak Ridge on April 22. Loving pleads guilty to charges and seeks venue change as court plans to rule tomorrow morning amid wide public interest.
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Associated Press Disputch
Lovingston
W. C. Loving
Thomas F. Ryan
Theodore F. Estes
Oak Ridge
Here
Loving
Estes
Miss Loving
Trougedy
Delayed Sentence Sought for Abe Ruef in San Francisco
May 28 reports indicate Abraham Ruef, who recently pleaded guilty to extortion of $1125 from Delmonico's proprietor to block liquor license renewal, will be sentenced tomorrow. Judge Dunne will defer with prosecution seeking postponement until Ruef testifies against city officials and public service corporation leaders under indictment.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Delmonico
Ruef
Dunne
Public Service Corporation
Machinists Threaten Strike Over Union Recognition
In Louisville Kentucky on May 28 the International Association of Machinists threatens a weeklong strike unless President Milton H Smith of the Louisville and Nashville railroad recognizes the union. The company has refused recognition and J D Buckalew, third vice president of the association, was denied an interview with Smith.
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Louisville, Ky
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
International Association of Machinists
Louisville and Nashville
Re Union
J.D. Buckalew
Smith
Trial judge delay prompts October court continuation
The State Press notes Judge Redwine cannot preside and trials are continued to October unless a special judge is requested for an earlier term. Judge Redwine orders clerk to inform Governor Beckhim of his vacancy so a special judge can be arranged. Judge Hargis and allies arrive amid heavy local interest as townsfolk gather to hear testimony about the famed fed leader.
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Redwine
Beckhim
Hargis
Apples Arrive From Australia and Tasmania in New York
In a first on record, 1010 cases of Australian and Tasmanian apples arrived aboard the Celtic from 18 000 miles away. W N White of 76 Park Place asserts American apples are scarce and predicts no barrels will be purchasable by June 1 except from speculators.
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New York
White Star Line
Celtic
Australia
Tasmania
Newcastle
W. N. White
Park Place
Southern States Quarantine Against Havana Declared
Southern states proclaim a quarantine against Havana stirring consternation and causing hardship for hundreds. The steamer Mobile carrying a hundred passengers was turned back and all travelers disembarked. Havana reports two yellow fever cases traced to interior areas.
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Havana
Mobile
President to Speak at Jamestown Georgia Day
The president will deliver an address and review troops as Georgia Day opens the Jamestown Exposition aboard the battleship Georgia entering through Hampton Roads. He will not attend Virginia Day, but Secretary Metcalf will attend both days and review the combined fleet of French Italian and American warships in Virginia waters.
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Washington
Georgia
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Metcalf
Infernal machine sent to New York physician
Detectives seek the sender of a dangerous infernal device received by Dr. D. D. Daderman in New York. Opening at police headquarters revealed three shell cartridges arranged to explode when the lid is lifted, with a skull and cross bones and the crude threat “BLACK HAND.” Daderman suspects factional rivals among countrymen.
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New York
D. D. Daderman
Sigmad
Black Hand
Daderman
Wealthy Contractor and Nephew Fatally Stabbed in WV
In Huntington on May 27 Henry Wright a wealthy contractor and his nephew Claude Newman were fatally stabbed by Chall Perkins and Thomas Lyons. The two assailants attacked after being confronted about trespassing on Wrights premises. Perkins and Lyons fled and remained at large.
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Huntington
W. Va
Henry Wright
Claude Newman
Chall Perkins
Thomas Lyons
Wright
Newman
Perkins
Lyons
Wwright
Surplus in the Treasury Climbs to Record Levels
Washington May 28 The end of the government fiscal year nears and the treasury surplus swells to about sixty two million dollars, up from under four million the prior year. If trends hold, surplus could top seventy million by year end, with a monthly surplus near seven hundred thousand.
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Washington
Treasury
Endurance Test Between Stallion and Breeders Association Delayed
General John B. Castman received a telegram from Adjutant General Ainsworth in Washington stating the continent wide endurance test from Oregon to New Jersey between the Arabian stallion and a horse chosen by the American Horse Breeders Association has been indefinitely postponed.
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Louisville
John B. Castman
Ainsworth
Washington
Oregon
New Jersey
American Eddie Horse Breeders Association
Acquitted of Murder Freeing John Carr in Parkersburg
John Carr, indicted for first degree murder for shooting Martin Donough in the Jannings House, was acquitted by a Parkersburg jury after twenty minutes of deliberation. The court freed Carr this evening.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Carr
Martin Donough
Jannings House
Carr
Talesmen examined in Mayor Schmitz extortion trial
In San Francisco on May 28 sixteen talesmen were examined for the extortion trial of Mayor Schmitz. All but one were excused for cause. George D. Cumings, the sixteenth talesman, was peremptorily challenged by the defense.
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San Francisco
Talecemen
Schmitz
George D. Cumings
Talesman
Minister's Murderer is Lodged in Jail
Hillsville Va May 28 George Peters the man accused of the murder of Rev Joseph Easter of this county on Thursday night last week was arrested at Ethel Felts today and was brought here this evening and lodged in jail.
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Hillsville
George Peters
Joseph Easter
Ethelfelts
Refuses to Preside at Feud Murder Trials
Sandy Hook Kentucky May 28 Governor Beckham must appoint a special judge after Judge Redwine refused to preside over the murder trials of Judge Hargis and alleged co conspirators in the Dr. Cox case. Redwine claimed cases were transferred without his knowledge or consent and cited statements in the record.
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Sandy Hook
Judgh Redwine
Hargis
Dr. Cox
Beckham
Redwine
Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Runs Aground
The North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse inbound ran aground on the west edge of the main ship channel last night. She rests easily and is in no danger. It is believed she will be floated at the next high tide, about 9 o’clock this morning.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Tomato plants offer 10 best seed sorts for sale
Fallon Florist of Roanoke Virginia advertises strong tomato plants from selected seed at ten dollars per hundred. Bright Lights variety featured. Benefit event supported by the city hospital fund held at Jopowa House Friday night.
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Fallon, Florist
Roanoke
City Hospital
Jopewa House
Unseasonable Cold Wave Grips Nation with Frost Warnings
Washington reports a nationwide cold wave with record low temperatures east of the Rockies and frost warnings from the Middle Atlantic to the Great Lakes. Heavy frosts hit Michigan and the lake region while flood warnings extend along the Rio Grande and Red River valleys in Arkansas. no summer-like weather is seen soon.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
Wyoming
Rio Grande River
Red River Valley
Arkansas
One Electrocuted and Another Is Dying
Steubenville Ohio May 28. Workmen at the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company mine at Yorkville moved a mining machine as 500 volts surged through a poorly insulated cable. Andy Martinacki a Polish native 48 was electrocuted while John Kletti an Austrian was shocked and fatally injured as a pick point pierced his stomach.
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Steubenvile
Ohio
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
Yorkville
Andy Martinacki
John Kletti
Indictments Aimed at Multimillionaires in Denver Probe
The Rocky Mountain News reports federal inquiries in Denver target some of America’s largest corporations. Indictments against men rated as multimillionaires, known on Wall Street and in Colorado, are expected as the grand jury probe progresses.
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Denver
Col
The
Rocky Mountain News
America
Wall Street
Colorado
Grand
Forgery and Perjury Charged in Equitable Indictments
May grand jury returned eighteen indictments against Thomas D. Jordan former comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. Charges include perjury and forgery in the third degree. No indictments against current society officials were found.
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New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas D. Jordan
The
Equitable
Saloon Killing Sees Wife Shoot Man in Defense
In Rawlins Wyoming on May 28 Mrs Katie Ringwood, believing her husband faced death in a knife and glass fight with partners, shot and killed A Davis and fatally wounded Wash Stone during a saloon brawl. Local authorities investigate the violent incident.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Katie Ringwood
A. Davis
Wash Stone
Cases Against Iroquois Theater Are Dismissed
Fifteen cases seeking about 250000 in damages for injuries and deaths from the Iroquois theatre fire were dismissed today by Judge Hough in the United States circuit court on motion of lawyer David Gerber for Klaw and Erlanger.
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New York
Chicago
Hough
United States
David Gerber
Klaw & Erlanger
Governor Little of Arkansas Improving
Fort Smith Ark May 28 Gov Little is tonight maintaining improvement shown today as physicians and his family express renewed hopes.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Little
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