Midnight Search For Fugitive William Johnson
Sheriff Hefner and city officers conducted a midnight search for William M. Johnson a colored man who shot Lawrence Douglas in Coffman. They checked Wilson Porterfield’s home and every colored house near the glass factory area but found no trace. Trains were watched yet Johnson was not located and authorities concluded he is not in the city.
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Daily Sentinel
Hefner
Ben
William M. Johnson
Lawrence Douglas
Coffman
Justice Monroe
Joy Fletcher
S. A. Shroyer
Johnson
Wilson Porterfield
Whern Johnson
Shooters Elect Their Officers
A Graf ton Red and Gun Club meeting at the Grafton Drug & Chemical Company office elected new officers: H Gaines president Dr A R Warden vice president W B Stuck secretary and treasurer J F Leachman field captain with Dr Walker and H Gaines as auditing committee. J H Knapp and J F Leachman were chosen delegates to the Monongahela Valley Sportsmen's League meeting in Fairmont in February. Oncy Jefferys was elected a member and will shoot pigeons at the next meet. Treasurer described as healthy. thanks given to Dr Stuck.
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Daily Sentinel
Grafton Red and Gun Club
Grafton Drug & Chemical Company
Harry Magill
H. Gaines
A. R. Warden
W. B. Stuck
Warder Attacks Railroads in West Virginia House
Taylor county's Hugh Warder, a beardless youth, rises in the West Virginia legislature by targeting railroads. He introduces a measure requiring rail companies to build passenger stations at all stops, equip them with stoves and toilets, and force trains to stop at the stations.
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Taylor County
Charleston
Hugh Warder
West Virginia
Warder
Percy Love to Resume Government Engineering Post
Mr. Percy Love, formerly in the Panama canal engineering corps, will soon resume government work, likely remaining in the United States. His appointment is being arranged at this time.
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Percy Love
Panama
States
Mr. Love
Liquor Charge Arrest in Parkersburg Held for Federal Court
Deputy Marshal FE Hupp brought John Tyson of Clarksburg to town after arrest in Harrison county for selling liquor without a license. Tyson appeared before US Commissioner Charles Lilly for a preliminary hearing and was held in $590 bond to await federal court in Parkersburg.
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Dally Sentinel
United States
FE. D. Hupp
Parkersburg
John Tyson
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Charles R. Lilly
Still Another Man Now Claims the Disputed Armstrong Estate
Chicago report on the Armstrong estate fire investigation notes the death toll may rise from 60 to 70 or more as bodies are sought in the shaft and lake. A new claimant, James Butcher of Rowlesburg, arrives to press his case as a first cousin of Adolphus Armstrong, adding another chapter to the ongoing, widely discussed estate dispute.
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Armstrong Estate
Chicago
South Chicago
Daily Sentinel
James Butcher
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Mr. Armstrong
Adolphus Armstrong
Dolph Butcher
Barbour County
Devers
Permelia Jane Butcher
Lipscomb
Armstrong
Colon Butcher
Butcher
Lewis J County
Butchers
Rowlesbury
Tribute to the memory of Stephen C Mason
A memorial notice honors Stephen C Mason born 1838 in Maryland and raised near Evansville. A Confederate veteran, farmer, and longtime Preston County native, he died of heart disease after a life of charity, independence, and faith. Survived by wife Rachel, sons John W and Murry, daughters Virginia, Matilda, and Mary.
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Stephen
Mason
Garesi
William
Jane Mason
Preston
Evansville
Rachel Hamilton
Preston County
John W. and
Murry
Virginia
Isaac Menear
Matilda
Cassius Morgan
Mary
Brunie Blaney
Ceell
Stephen C. Mason
Judge Holt Vindicated in Randolph County Case
A Randolph County report by the Bar Association exonerates Judge Holt from blame over alleged misconduct in misdemeanor rulings, rebutting critical articles in the Tygarts Valley News. The piece praises his honesty, ability, and widespread respect, while condemning baseless attacks as calumny. It also notes the death of Homer George Coffman, a promising youth, born 1899, who died in 1909 after a five year illness, with funeral services held in Simpson.
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Philippi Republican
Tygarts Valley News
Elkins
Holt
Randolph County
Randolph County Bar Association
Randolph Enterprise
E. D. Talbott
W. H. Cobb
W. B. Maxwell
Judge Holt
Homer George Coffman
Juling
Susie Coffman
Homer
Glory Land
Baptist
Simpson
E. G. Chipps
M. P. Church
W. L. Hyson
Flemington
Etna eruption forecast by MIT professor
Professor T A Jaggar Jr of MIT warned at a Society of Arts address that Mt Etna will likely have a fearful eruption within a year and a half. He linked the Messina quake as a precursor to Etna's greatest eruption and said eruptions can be predicted with accuracy. He noted Manchester New Hampshire Providence Rhode Island and New York City as earthquake centers.
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Boston
Mt. Etna
T. A. Jaggar, Jr
Geological Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Society of Arts
Jaggar
Messina
Mount Etna
Etna
Perret
Vesaylus
Jagger
Manchester
N. H
Providence
R. 1
New York City
Dan Cupid Pursuing Miss Elkins and Her Duke
Rome dispatch reports the engagement of Duke de Abruzzi to Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia will occur in June The Royal household opposes the match but the couple remains resolved The wedding is said to be planned at Halliehurst the Elkins home in West Virginia
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Dan Cupid
Miss Elkins
Duke
Elkins
Rome
Italy
Duke de Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Halliehurst
Ku Klux Klan at Work in Philippi Calm Town
Philippi West Virginia was shaken by threatening notices to leaving colored residents and a tar and feather warning. Federal officers arrived to investigate hoax mails and possible citizen involvement amid a tense, orderly town.
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Ku Klux. Klan
Philippi
Philipps
W. Va
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Ben Tillman
C. D. Elliott
Parkersburg
Authority Got Man in Trouble At Clarksburg Prank
Daily Sentinel reports C. A. Judson pretended to be a Federal revenue officer in Clarksburg and visited saloons testing brands for a joke. He was brought to Grafton for a hearing before United States Commissioner Charles R. Lilly, but witnesses were absent and the hearing was postponed. He gave the name Keefer and is held by authorities awaiting the next session.
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Daily Sentinel
C. A
Judson
Clarksburg
Federal Revenue
Grafton
United States
Charles R. Lilly
Keefer
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