Sherman to Stay Off Stand in Indian Lands Hearing
At Muskogee Oklahoma the Congressional Investigation Committee decided Vice President Sherman will not be called to testify. Senator Curtis and Jake L Hannon will testify as the panel weighs bribery charges tied to McMurray contracts and Indian land deals raised by Senator Gore. Curtis emphasized a clean record and opposition to extortionate fees while Gore asserted his charges and planned further witness summons.
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Muskogee
Okla
Congresional Investigation Committee
Sherman
United States
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Jacob Hamnon
Lawton
Congressional
Gore
Bird SS. McGuire
Guthrie
Jake L. Hannon
Republican Territorial Committee
E. Creager
Congressional Investops
Hannon
McMurray
Creager
Aman
Angressman
Acton Mlodmy
Thomas P. Gore
Curtis
Representative McGuire
Oklahoma
Jake i
Topeka
Kan
Congressional Committee
Washington
McGuire
Congressional Investigating Committee
Jake L Hamon
Oklahoma Territorial Republican Committee
Oklahoma State Republican Committee
Congress
J. F. McMurray
McAlester
New York
C. E. Creager
Senator Gore
Occidental
Hamon
House of Representatives
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
Phillip P. Campbell
Charles B. Miller
Minnesota
John H. Stephens
Texas
E. W. Saunders
Virginia
Ihs
Senator Car
Cal
Congressman McGuire
Senator Curtis
Burke
Tam
Thomas H. Owen
Kansas City
Senate
Occidental Hotel
Campbell
Senator Gore Charges Stir Washington Hearings
Private room testimony in Washington May 6th revealed a suspected bribery plot connected to land deals for Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. Senator Gore, Vice President Sherman and others were named in hearings over contracts and possible payments from a New York syndicate.
Senators Seek Truth in McMurray Contracts Bribery Claims
A congressional investigating committee hears sensational charges linked to McMurray contracts involving Indian land profits. Gore alleges offers of millions in clean money and high officials including a vice president and a senator were named as interested. Witnesses describe hotel rooms in Washington and pressure to withdraw opposition.
Millard Loses Trousers on Burlington Train
Special said Leon J. Millard, president of Independence Lumber Company, had his trousers stolen from a Pullman berth near St. Joseph while en route to Omaha from Kansas City. A thief grabbed $200 in cash and checks and a monogram watch and chain. Mrs. Millard rushed to the scene with replacement clothing.
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Omaha
Neb
Leon J. Millard
Independence Lumber Company
Goshen Iron Company Buys Large Coal Land Bundle
Staunton Virginia report credits Goshen Iron Company with a 187000 sale finalizing purchase of 5 000 acres in Rockbridge 9 000 acres in Alleghany and the elevator colliery in Fayette county West Virginia plus substantial railway equipment and limestone quarries in the area as part of a major land and asset transfer.
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Staunton
Goshen Iron Company
Victoria Furnace
Rockbridge
Alleghany
Fayette County
W. Va
Four Die in Passenger Train Wreck Near Stroudsburg Pa
Four persons killed when a passenger train on the D L W near Stroudsburg Pa wrecked this morning. Cars caught fire and were still burning as advices arrived. The incident follows a string of wrecks raising safety concerns.
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Wilkes Barre
Stroudsburg
Vacation news from Virginia Christian College in Lynchburg
Special from Lynchburg Virginia Christian College reports faculty and staff traveling across Virginia and nearby states during vacation. President Hopwood attends an educational congress at Winona Lake Indiana and plans to stay in-state. Professors Thomas Willis Shackelford Records Hughes Karnegie burnished canvassing for students and presenting lectures across Southwest Virginia Alabama Tennessee and Indiana. Others like Miss McPherson and Messrs Wilson Grasty Atkins assist literature and inquiries.
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Lynchburg
Hopwood
Winona Lake
Land
Jas. S. Thomas
State Department of Education
Virginia
8. T. Willis
The
Bible College
Shackelford
Henry County
Records
Indiana
Hughes
Alabama
Karnegie
Knoxville
Tenn
Aston
Miss McPherson
Messrs. Wilson
Grasty
Atkins
Gilbert
V. Cc. C
Clifton Forge
the Normal
Covington
C. G. Burr
Emporia
Taft praises Payne-Aldrich tariff as best ever passed
Chicago Tribune reports President Taft’s views via John Callan O Laughlin interview. Taft says the Payne-Aldrich tariff is the best the United States ever had and that the Republican party fulfilled pledges, with regulars achieving progress while insurgents get no credit. He notes upcoming Supreme Court decisions and favors conservative reforms and the new tariff court.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
President Taft
John Callan O’ Laughlin
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Beverley
United States
Republican Party
Supreme Court
Cannon
Hotel Alpin Destroyed By Fire At Hot Springs
Fire yesterday destroyed the Hotel Alpin in Hot Springs Virginia. The crowded hotel was evacuated as guests and a nearby hotel aided in saving belongings. Property loss estimated at $160,000 with no injuries reported.
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Hot Springs
Alpin
Market Prices for Poultry Produce and Miscellaneous Goods
Weekly market list from the Wallerstein Produce Company covering live hens spring chickens and poultry products, pack dairy and store items, country meats including hams and shoulders, lard and wax, eggs crates, fruits vegetables and various grains and roots with quoted price ranges and unit measures. Includes onions cabbage beets peas navy beans wheat buckwheat dried fruits, nuts, and roots with specific per pound and per bushel prices.
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Mnet Galaionn
Barry
Shaans— Navy
Tenderly Put It Away in Virginia Supreme Court Archives
Richmond Virginia special report describes Charles Fountain the Louisa county murderer whose mud specked breeches leg will be stored by Clerk Stewart Jones as part of his new trial petition. The piece notes other gruesome exhibits like a pistol and bone fragments offered in clemency discussions.
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Richmond
Charles Fountain
Louisa County
Virginia Supreme Court
Stewart Jones
Barney Bunch
Supreme Court
Sam Hardy
Tiberius Gracehus Jones
Appellate Court
O'Ferrall
Liquor Request Sparks Wild Pullman Scene
In a Richmond bound day coach the scene turned comic when a man burst in asking for whiskey after a lady fainted. Twenty four passengers produced drinks, and the man calmly sucked a hair pint flask dry then thanked them saying he always wants whiskey when he sees a fainting lady. Soon chaos followed as passengers kicked at one another.
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Richmond
Spokane Lawyer Reunites with Richmond Kin After 18 Years
W H Winfree of Spokane arrives in Richmond for his first visit in eighteen years to see his parents Captain and Mrs George Winfree. A Washington and Lee graduate who later practiced law, he toured Chesterfield and Drewry's Bluff with family before heading back to the West by week’s end.
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Richmond
W. H. Winfree
Spokane
Wash
George Winfree
North Twenty-ninth Street
Washington and Lee University
Coke & Pickrell
Winfree
New York
Baltimore
Chesterfield
Drewry’s Bluff
Mr. Winfree
Lynchburg Elks Name Delegates for State Convention
In Lynchburg Virginia special edition Exalted Ruler R Chess McGhee of the Lynchburg Lodge of Elks has named delegates to represent the lodge at the State association convention in Charlottesville in September. The delegates are W R Jones J C Acott W W C Loyd Clyde Jennings E H Crutchfield W J Turpin F B Dul guild A W Lucado Eugene L Maerli and Dr F C Foster.
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Lynchburg
R. Chess McGhee
Roanoke farmer killed in sawmill accident at Montvale
Roanoke report says C. C. Williamson prominent farmer and church leader fell across a running saw at a Montvale sawmill Thursday afternoon. He was 57, married, and had previously served as president of the Patterson Palmer Hat Company of Roanoke.
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Roanoke
Montvale
Bedford County
C. C. Williamson
Patterson-Palmer Hat Company
Mass injunction targets Boston Photo Engravers Union 3
Special from Massachusetts reports a court injunction against George F. Lewis and others of the Photo Engravers Union No. 3 Boston. It bars interference with workers, strikes, or payments to induce leaving or not entering employment. Officials say the ruling threatens union activity and may be challenged as unconstitutional. Several firms seek similar injunctions including Sharrell Print, F C Clark Engraving, Huber Engraving, Burbank Engraving, Robinson Engraving, Dunbar Engraving, and Franklin Engraving.
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Mass
Engra No. 3
Boston
America
George F. Lewis
John Maguire
Laula Kohlmetz
Photo Engravers’ Union, No. 3
Folsom & Sunergran
Sharrell Print Company
F. C. Clark Engraving Company
Huber Engraving Company
Burbank Engraving Company
Robinson Engraving Company
Dunbar Engraving Company
Franklin Engraving Company
Gompers Defends Rights Over Boston Injunction
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation, denounces an injunction against the Boston Photograph Engravers Union No. 3. He calls it an invasion of personal rights and liberties, arguing it treats labor as property and should be challenged if necessary despite consequences.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation Officor
Photograph Engravers’ Union
No. 3
Boston
United States
Massachusetts
Defends memory of Dr. Stuart in Pittsburg tragedy
Dr. L M Mehaffey of Pittsburg insists Dr George Murray Stuart was a man of high character and not friendly with Edna Wallace, who shot him in his downtown office after a past medical encounter and a planned marriage to Miss Alice Pauline Simpson. Wallace then killed herself.
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Winchester
George Murray Stuart
Edna Wallace
Pittsburg
L. M. Mehaffey
Stuart
Mehaffey
Wallace
Alice Pauline Simpson
Laws
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Reae M. Davidson
Chamber of Gemumerce Bldg
Chamber of Commerce
L. Hall Optical Co., Inc
Broad St
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Southern Poultry Sup. Co
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Aworpole
Floyd D. Heck
Heck
Daisy Fly Killer
Gall Sherman
Haman
Big Moose
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Lagersteal
airMurray
Hammon
Congressman Miller
Mr. Creager
Congressman Stephens
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Jimmy George
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Negro Young Men's Christian Association
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Anna Held
VA. Christian College
Fire Department
Wallerstein Produce Company
Poultry
Weis
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Carlou
Brights
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Ture
Sydnor & Hundley
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