Two Eye Witnesses to Shooting May Clear Case
Two eye witnesses in a Monday night shooting are said to testify at the proper time. Shanley remains jailed with a Taylor woman released on bond for a hearing before Justice Lilly. Authorities dismiss rumors of a revolver found and expect further developments as Warder recovers in hospital.
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Shanley
Warder
Taylor
Lilly
Joe Shanley
Grafton
Justice Lilly
Mayor's Court
H. G. Chaney
Court of Justice
Government seeks site for federal building in Grafton
The U S Treasury through the supervising architect announces a call via local papers for proposals to sell or donate a suitable corner in Grafton for a federal post office and future government building. Offers are examined in Washington. purchase requires title approval or condemnation if needed. vendors may remove buildings after payment.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Supervising Architect
Washington
Congress
Grafton
Sentinel
Treasury Department
United States
Baltimore meeting elects bishop secretary and Jerusalem mission plan
At a Methodist Episcopal board of bishops meeting in Baltimore Bishop Luther B Wilson was elected secretary. The board approved Mrs John P Newman widow of Bishop Newman to fund a Jerusalem mission school property valued at 75000. In Clarksburg Judge Lynch sentenced Frank Johnson to be hanged July 17 for the March murder of Mrs Euelah Martin, the first capital sentence in the county since statehood. Johnson barricaded in a barn and wounded two officers during capture and had professed religion after conviction.
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Baltimore
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Luther B. Wilson
Philadelphia
John P. Newman
Newman
Foreign Missionary Society
Jerusalem
Clarksburg
Chas. W. Lynch
Frank Johnson
Euelah Martin
Johnson
Swalm Family Arrives For Summer Visit In Cho Pea Ida
Miss Evelyn Swalm and her brothers Masters Russell and Charles from Cho pin 8 C arrived to spend the summer with their grandmother Mrs B A Swalm.
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Evelyn Swalm
Masters Russell and
Charles
Chopin, 8. C
8. A. Swalm
Scherr Leads In Pocahontas Delegates For Governor
Pocahontas county reports from Marlinton June 1 show 29 delegates voting for Scherr and 20 for Swisher at the state convention. Swisher faction claims instructions were vacated. telegram notes seven of nine delegates personal preference for Scherr and one for Swisher.
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Pocahontas Reepublican
Wheeling Intelligencer
Pocahontas
Swisher
Scherr
Marlinton
W. Way
Duke of Abruzzi Rejected by Miss Elkins in Rome
In Rome agents report the Duke of Abruzzi is to spend the coming year with the navy and then seek marriage with American Katherine Elkins. Insider accounts say royal family officials arranged the delay to shield the duke from embarrassment, while Elkins reportedly agreed to let the affair fade from public view.
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Rome
Italy
Duke
Abruzzi
Katherine Eikins
Eikins
Victor Emmanuel I
Margherita
Aosta
Turin
Miss Elkins
Peonage Trial Opens in Federal Court at Fayette County
Judge Keller opened the June term as the trial begins on an indictment against New River company officials John Wilson Samuel Dixon A C Felts and M L Parker for allegedly holding Robert Holder and John White in peonage while employed by White Oak Fuel company at Scer bro One witness Warrant For Chief C M Bolyard testifies after being struck by Chief of Police Cole on Decoration Day Cole swears out a warrant for arrest charges of maltreatment He bonds for appearance before grand jury For next circuit term Henry Fawcett posts bond for the officer.
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Charleston
Keller
New River Company
Fayette County
John Wilson
Samuel Dixon
A. C. Felts
M. L. Parker
Robert Holder
John White
White Oak Fuel Company
Scerbro
C. M. Bolyard
Cole
Chief Cole
Charles R. Lilly
Jor
Henry Fawcett
Many Cages in Mayor's Court
Mayor Kenny held a morning municipal court session with multiple offenders. John Poe faced charges for abusive language toward Mrs. Knight and received a $10 fine plus costs. other defendants including P J Hussion Block Murphy Harry Billingslea Michael Joyo Henry Crone and Joe Shanley were jailed or remanded after loitering or intoxication charges with fines unmet. Shanley remains held for a hearing tonight.
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Kenny
John Poe
W. A. Knight
Bluemont Street
Knight Swort
Poe
Eugene Sommerville
P. J. Hussion
South Side
Block Murphy
Tame
Block
Harry Billingslea
Michael Joyo
Henry Crone
Joe Shanley
Lilly
Locked Up Two Weeks In Johnston Raid
In Clarksburg on June 3 Ernest Johnston iceman was fined 20 dollars and costs by the mayor after a police raid on his house near Adamston. Emma Kain, seventeen, was expelled from town. Officers found the girl locked in a room and she threatened to shoot with a .44 pistol when the door was breached. Johnston shared a home with his wife and three children.
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Clarksburg
Ernest Johnston
Emma Kain
Johnston
Adamston
Johnson
Eaton Crane & Pike mills resume full time at Pittsfield
Eight thousand workers at Eaton Crane & Pike in Pittsfield Mass resumed full time production after three months on short time. Judge Holt Home returned from Baltimore where he served a month as lay delegate to the Methodist Episcopal church quadriennial conference and was active on the itinerary committee among others.
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The
Cumberland News
South Cumberland
Pittsfield
Mass
Eaton, Crane & Pike Company
Judge Holt
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Cleveland Anniversary Quietly Observed at Princeton Home
The twenty second wedding anniversary of former President and Mrs Grover Cleveland was quietly celebrated at their home in Princeton New Jersey. A large wedding cake twenty inches in diameter bore the inscription To G C and FE C June 1908. The Cleveland remain in good health though he has not resumed his afternoon drive about Princeton.
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Princeton
Grover Cleveland
G. C
FE. C
Cleveland
Clevelands
Lake Season Delayed As Coal Traffic Bids Time
Lake season opening is delayed again as Fairmont Coal Company mines run full and coal trains clog tracks along the B&O and CL&W. Boat owners delay crews until June 15, threatening further railroad business slowdown and piling coal at docks, with thousands of loaded cars awaiting transport to Lorain and other points.
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West Virginia
Fairmont
Fairmont Coal Company
Fairemont
Wheeling
Fairmont Field
Lorain
Holloway Yards
Fairmont Yards
Coffman burial after Rev Coffman killer dies
The body of Rev Stephen A Coffman a Methodist minister who killed his wife two weeks earlier died Monday night in Fairmont City hospital. His burial took place in Shinnston at the IOOF cemetery with services by Rev Robinson and undertaker Jenkins in charge. Also notes: Flower Mission Service and local religious events plus a Republican mass convention results and a weather brief.
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Stephen A. Coffman
Fairmont City Hospital
Arthur Coffman
Columbia Street
Fairmont
Shinnston
Mr. Robinson
M. E. Church
Jenkins
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Webster Springs
W. Va
Webster County
McClelland
Arnold C. Scherr
C. L. Topping
J.8. Darst
A. R. Stallings
Wabash Pittsburg Terminal in Foreclosure Talk
In New York discussions focus on the future of the Gould controlled Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Co now in receivers hands. Grand Trunk Railway interest is noted but control would require Gould's consent with bids likely from Baltimore & Ohio or Pennsylvania if foreclose.
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Baltimore
Wabash
Mr. Gould
Chicago
Detroit
Grand Trunk Line Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Grand Trunk
Toledo
Wabash-Pittsburg
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Grand Trunk Company
Pittsburg
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
Wabash- Pittsburg
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
George's Creek
Westin Maryland
Western
Maryland
Natho the Hindoo Advises Candidates on Various Matters
A fragment notes Natho, described as Hindoo, advising recent election candidates. It mentions his fourth week, screening 400 voters and sharing names of relatives, plus offering guidance on personal, legal, business, and hidden resources like coal, minerals, oil, and gas. Methane cited as too difficult.
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Natho
Wheriff
Constable
Dex
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Moo _ELKING
New River Coal Company
Lader
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Rev. Coffman
Grafton Wood Working Co
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