Self defense claim ends fatal train shooting in Keystone
On a Keystone passenger train two men, Dr A H Sayers of Northfork and Wesley Wilkes of Welch, clashed amid long standing enmity. Wilkes used a revolver in self defense, killing Sayers as the surgeon attacked him. A magistrate dismissed the murder charge after witnesses corroborated Wilkes's account.
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Keystone
A. H. Sayers
Northfork
Wesley Wilkes
Smith Insurance Agency
Wilkes
Sayers
G. T. Epling
C. S. McFarland
The
Elks’ Lodge
Dr. Sayers
Welch
Kimball
Smith & Wesson
McFarland
Bluefield
Elke
D. E. Johnston
DPD
O. Baldwin
W. A. Hancock
E. H. Thompson
R. K. Bragonier
Riends
R R. Smith
Commonwealth
McDowell County
J. R. Smith
Henry Jones
MicFarland
Jayers
Smith Ten
Magistate
Elks
H. Lee Brown
A. G. McCue
L. A. Dunn
R. J. Jess
A. B. Thompson
John Dillard
D. O. Baldwin
M. G. Witten
Harry Jopling
Carl Ewald
BE. H. Thompson
Zack Crockett
R. R. Middleswartz
Jairus Collins
Bramwell
L. G. Toney
Jack Fagg
Matoaka
H. D. Hatfield
Eckman
M. Smith
C. H. Mustard
D. G. Lilly
Philip Lilly
This City
Col
East End
Bramwell Accident Insurance Company
Daily Telegraph
Franklin Union trades school opens in Boston after long bequest
A new four story brick and stone trades school, the Franklin Union, is opened in Boston at Berkeley and Appleton streets. Funded by Benjamin Franklin's bequest and later Carnegie additions, it trains mechanics draughtsmen and stationary engineers for evening classes with extensive laboratories and a near thousand seat lecture hall.
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America
Franklin
Andrew Carnegie
Berkeley
Appleton Streets
Franklin Union
Benjamin Franklin
Carnegie
Germany
France
England
Visionary Eye Care Ad Offers Free Exams and Discount Glasses
Dr. Chas. W. Mayer promotes free eye examinations and ten day sale on glasses at 407 Princeton Ave Greenspon Bldg Bluefield WV. Nickel frames and best prescription lenses priced low with gold filled and solid gold frames listed. Special note for school children as part of promotional effort.
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Chas. W. Mayer
W. J. Jenkins
Princeton Ave
Greenspon
Bluefield
W. VA
Funeral in St Louis for Confederate General Alexander P Stewart
The funeral of Alexander P. Stewart late lieutenant general in the Confederate army was held in St Louis with military rites. United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans led services at the residence and cemetery with Rev Dr Wilbur Russell officiating. Honorary pallbearers included members of General Stewart's old headquarters escort from the Tish War.
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St. Louis
Alexander P. Stewart
Biloxi
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wilbur Russell
Pittsburg
Confede Ate
Stewart
Injunction Granted Against 2 Cent Fare Law
Judge Vandeventer of the U S circuit court grants an injunction requested by St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern and other railroads operating in Arkansas. The ruling bars the Arkansas State Railway Commission from enforcing the 2 cent fare law and from hindering railroads in raising interstate freight rates.
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St. Paul, Minn
Vandeventer
United States Circuit
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern
Arkansas
Arkansas State Railway Commission
Hughes Renomination Sentiment Test Logged in Manhattan
New York September 3 at Republican headquarters said to test sentiment in Manhattan for the renomination of Governor Hughes. The announcement noted ongoing party efforts and plans to gauge voter attitudes ahead of any formal nomination.
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Hughes
New York
Manhattan
Repub
Republican primaries test nine assembly districts
The Republican convention committee says Governor Hughes' name will be on the ticket in nine assembly districts at the primaries next Tuesday. County leaders deem the primary results morally binding for convention attitude. Tests will span districts from the city’s lower end to the Bronx across both sides of the city.
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Lican
Hughes
Bronx
Democrats May Name Parker for Governor
Former Judge A B Parker, after touring the Pacific coast and speaking for Mr. Bryan, is the subject of a circulating report that he may be nominated for California governor. Parker declined to comment on the rumor while noting strong western Democratic sentiment. Homer Cummings, chairman of the eastern speakers committee, named J Walter Smith, J Taylor Ellyson, and W E Chilton among others to serve.
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New York
A.B. Parker
Pacific Coast
Bryan
Judge Parker
Oregon
Washington
Montana
England Irritated by Germanys Course Over Mulai Hafid
London reports Britain holds aloof from Mulai Hafid the Moroccan sultan for now while planning recognition later. Germanys actions irritate Britain as Consultations with France and Spain intensify with likely joint pressure on Hafid to honor obligations to the powers before recognition. Mrs Marshall Field Jr marries Maldwin Drummond in Westminster.
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London
Mulai Hafid
Morocco
Germany
France
Marshall Field, Jr
Chicago
Westminster Registry Office
Maldwin Drummond
Edgar A. Drummond
Grand Army Veterans Begin 42nd Encampment in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio the forty second annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment opened at the Valentine Theatre with Commander-in-Chief Burton delivering the address. Reports from Adjutant-General Dew and other officers were read as new officers for the year will be chosen tomorrow. Four campfires were lit across the city including a large gathering at the theatre where past commanders spoke.
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Toledo
Jana
Valentine
Burton
Jere T. Dew
L. F. Griffith
Co. D. R R. Stowits
L. W. Collins
Iar
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
Daughters of Veterans
Valentine Theatre
Sultan of Cunabarra Condemned to Hang for 1906 Mindanao Raid
The territory supreme court in Manila ruled the Sultan of Cunabarra must be hanged for leading a January 1906 raid on Mindanao in which J. W. McDonald was killed. He is also ordered to pay McDonald’s heirs $500.
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Boston
Mass
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Manila
Territory Supreme Court
Sultan
Cunabarra
Mindanao
J. W. McDonald
McDonald
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