Richmond verdict caps a famed civil case
In Richmond Virginia Clyde W Saunders wins a 1600 damage verdict against Yoder Williams Printing in a defamation case. Judge Ingram overrules a motion to set aside and the defense gets ninety days to file exceptions. The case may go to the Supreme Court as the defendants share liability if one cannot pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Printing Company
Norfolk Pilot
Sam Small
John E. Massey
John 8S. Wise
Wyer
Vedict
Clyde Saunders
Yoder-Williams
Richmond
Saunders
Manti
Incram
Meredith
Yoder Hav
Hustines Court
W. Douglas Gordon
Justice Crutchfield
Chris Manning, Jr
Wilbur J. Griges
Trial excerpts reveal blackmail claims over Williams Company
The court session centers on Rufus Williams and colleagues as they face accusations related to the publication's character. Yoder is pressed to prove truth of claims while defendants admit knowledge and motive. Judge Ingram guides jury before a verdict is reached after an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leake
Journal
Meredith
Scott
Yoder
J. Marshall Atkinson
Rufus Williams
Saunders
William S. Royall
Eredith
Herald Yoder
Williams
Lynchburg
Paraidsing
Masqueradi
Iams
John Mar- Atkinson
Capitol Streets
Valentine House
Park Hotel
Ingon
Capitol Square
Atkinson
MreScott
Williams Company
Ingram
Candidate Mathews’ insanity challenge looms in Virginia race
The House Elections Committee weighs whether Elliott C. Mathews is sane as challenger Parsons accuses him of self nomination from an asylum. Saunders leads by about eighty votes in the Fifth Virginia district amid claims of gerrymandering and ballot irregularities. A subcommittee will count nearly 14,000 ballots starting next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Elections
Elliott C. Mathews
Virginia
Saunders
John M. Parsons
Congress
Parsons
Mathews
Fifth District
Burke
Pennsylvania
Cennet
New York
Tou Velle
Ohio
Operation Upon Harry Tucker
Harry St. George Tucker underwent surgery Wednesday at the Ear Eye and Throat Hospital. The procedure aimed to restore sight and was described as a complete success. Dr. Wilmer and Dr. Hunter McGuire assisted, with a preliminary massage to ripen the cataract. Mrs. Tucker accompanied him as he recovered in good spirits.
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Washington, D. C
Harry St. George Tucker
Wilmer
Hunter McGuire
Winchester
Tucker
Indictments Expected Against Beef Trust Leaders
Federal grand jury near Chicago is poised to indict Edward Tilden of National Packing Company and Frederick Joseph of the New York Butchers Dressed Meat Association on conspiracy charges. Additional targets include Ogden Armour, Louis Swift, Edward Morris and Edward Tinden as prosecutors argue money helped buy control of firms. Joseph and his son have returned to New York after testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Federal Building
Grand Jo
Beef Trust
Edward Tilden
National Packing Company
Frederick Joseph
New York Butchers' Dressed Meat Association
Tilden
Joseph
New York Butchers’ Dressed Meat Association
New York
Switchmen Threaten Strike If Wages Not Raised
In Chicago on February 10 the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen warned that switchmen will strike unless wage increases are granted. Representatives from eighteen roads met at the Railway Exchange Building to discuss the dispute. arbitration is rejected. a vote by train service men on sympathy strikes is to be held if a strike is called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Awathmen of Chicago
Railway Exchange
Great Northern
Whitey
Taft Proclaims Low Tariff for Germany
President Taft signs a proclamation granting Germany the minimum tariff. It does not apply to German colonies due to lack of information on possible discrimination against American goods.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Germany
Capital City Lodge Bans Meat Purchase
Members of Capital City Lodge No. 696 of the International Association of Machinists vote to abstain from buying any meat for 180 days starting February 1. The action aims to protest or influence concerns over meat supply or prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital City Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Food price jump shown in 1899 to 1909 wholesale data
Senate figures from the Commerce and Labor departments show wholesale prices rising far faster than retail on staples such as bread butter coffee beef potatoes and cheese from 1899 to 1909. The report attributes much of the gain to middlemen profits while producers receive comparatively little.
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Washington
Senate
Tment of Commerce
Aber
Neal
McCumber
Clergyman May Inherit 320000 Copper Claims Disputed
Rev D F Mulvihill plans to travel to Mexico to prove mining claims in Sonora tied to an uncle figure. Iowa heirs were unknown when Stephen D Mulvihill died with wealthy holdings. He would use the fortune to advance his parish and build a house of worship.
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Iowa
Mulvihill
Secret methods of New York Stock Exchange revealed
New York February 9. Investigation into the J M Fiske & Co failure promises full exposure of exchange practices. Governing committee members to be summoned, subpoenas planned after Keene completes his Hocking affair work. Criss allies claim the governors’ ruling on the $7,000,000 disaster is an attempt to pin blame on him.
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New York
New York Stocks Exchange Administration
J. M. Fiske & Co
Hocking Cosa
Iron Pool
Exchange
James RK. Keene
Hugh S. Criss
Financial firms named in special report probe
A special committee report on the crash lists firms including Newburges derson & Loeb J. M. Fiske & Co Markos & Morison Rolling & Co Dey Adams & Co Jewett Brothers A. J. Elias & Co Atwood Violett & co Wagner Dickson & Co Bishop wailmbeer & Co Tucker Anthony & Co and Van Schaick & Co No punishment recommendations were made but it was stated that the penalty would be decided today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburges_derson & Loeb
J. M. Fiske & Co
Markos & Morison
Rolling & Co
Dey, Adams & Co
Jewett Brothers
A. J. Elias & Co
Atwood, Violett & Co
Wagner, Dickson & Co
Bishop, Wailmbeer & Co
Tucker, Anthony & Co
van Schaick & Co
Indictment of Norfolk Doctors for Practicing Without Certificate
Norfolk Va special report indicts Dr J J McKanna and Charles Lincoln Smith for practicing medicine without Virginia State Medical Board certification. Each posted $100 bail for Corp Court appearance next Monday. McKanna had treated drunkards here. Smith worked as a refractionist for about two months. Norfolk physicians reportedly behind the indictments.
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Norfolk
J. J. McKanna
Charles Lincoln Smith
Virginia State Medical Board
Corporation Court
Former Sultan of Turkey Attempts Suicide in Palace
Abdul Hamid the former sultan, imprisoned in the Salonika Palace, allegedly attempted self harm in a fit of insanity. Dispatches say he was hanged but cut down in time, and has been kept in a strait jacket since losing the throne amid recurring madness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Sutan
Turkey
Salonika Palace
Half Pay to Better Half in Jersey Divorce Case
In preaarie City New Jersey the court considers wives entitled to half of a husband earnings. Vice Chancellor Hector Leaming and Albert Morales of this city discuss Morales must keep strict accounts of all income. Morales says he lacks steady work but will pay half of intermittent earnings and the court will inspect records regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preaarie City
N. J
Hector Leaming
Albert M. Morales
Morales
Mt Jackson Man Ends Life Jump From Railway Bridge
William Hines aged thirty five son of the late Rev W T B Hines Episcopal rector of Baltimore jumped from a Southern Railway bridge at Mt Jackson on Wednesday and ended his life. He had been addicted to morphine and it affected his mind leading to the fatal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Mt. Jackson
William Hines
W. T. B. Hines
Episcopal
Baltimore
Southern
Severe rebuke for Dr Robnett at court martial
Boston special report states Assistant Surgeon Auzy Hamilton Nobnett was found guilty on two specifications. The court recommends a five number reduction as punishment and forwards the report to the Navy Department in Washington. The charges stem from a row at the navy yard hop and a later foul telephone exchange over a photo involving Dr Robnett and his fiancée Miss Dorothy Hesler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Navy Department
Washington
Auzy Hamilton Nobnett
Edward 8
Cowles
Navy Yard
George Percival Auld
Ropnett
Misa
Dorothy Hesler
Robnett
Tailors Gain Demands From Chicago Firms After Lockout
After an eleven week lockout the Ladies' Tailors' Union won full terms from nine major Chicago firms. The agreement provides an eight hour day with time and one quarter overtime and exclusive employment of union members.
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Chicago
Ill
Ladies’ Tailors’ Union
Dynamite Used to Flush Bear in Virginia Hill
A huge black bear menaces the Kady area near Grapton Virginia. Hunters blast the hill with dynamite after days of scouring but expect no immediate bear sighting as the hunt intensifies and the hill is leveled.
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Grapton
Hugh Black Bear
Kady
Staunton Officials Accused in Police Report
Staunton Virginia special report details a unanimous City Council inquiry into the police force. Mayor Wayt Chief Lipscomb and most officers are faulted for drunkenness on duty dereliction and lax discipline. Officer A H Jones and Officer Palmer face serious charges likely to end in dismissal and trial.
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Staunton
Wayt
Lipscomb
A. H. Jones
Palmer
Beef awards at Graham School inspire students with cheaper cuts lesson
In Chicago 562 upper grade pupils studied How to Cook Cheaper Cuts of Meat. A butcher demonstrated meat cutting for eleven families ten pounds each. The best essay in each room earned a package of beef. L. F. Swift of Swift & Co. donated cheaper cuts as illustrations. Principal Watt stressed prudent buying and proper preparation.
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Chicago
Graham School
L. F. Swift
Swift & Co
W. BE. Watt
Byrd Amendatory Liquor Bill Draws Capitol Debate
At the Virginia Capitol the House Committee on Counties Cities and Towns heard strong lines for and against Speaker Byrd s amendatory liquor bill. Opponents led by Rev Dr James Cannon Jr and J D McAlister urged passage while State Liquor Dealers Association attorney S Kelley and others pressed objections to parts of the measure. The committee adjourned to an executive session next Thursday to act on Byrd and Holt liquor bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Capitol
House Committee On
Byrd
James Cannon
J. D. McAlister
State Anti-Saloon League
State
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Ita
Kelley
George McD. Blake
Mquor
Blake
Sotto Voce
Cr. E. Sydnor
Henry Wood
Clarkesville
Holt
Eugene C. Massie
Massie
Prohibition
Cannon
State Anti- Saloon League
Tennessee May Go Wet Next Year
Bristol Virginia will gain fourteen saloons and mail order liquor houses once two pending license applications are granted, yielding $35 000 in city revenue and about $7 500 to the state annually. May renewals, possible local option vote in eighteen months, and statewide reform efforts loom as Nashville and Memphis resist prohibition enforcement.
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Bristol
Tennessee
Tenessee
Fristo
Knoxville
Chatta- Tiooga
Nashville
Memphis
Mayor House
When Memphis Was A Lawfully Wet City
The note cites time as Memphis legalizing alcohol. if Bristol Tennessee gets saloons, Bristol Virginia will not hold a local option election.
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Memphis
Bristol, Tenn
Bristol
Minor boasts of drinking at bars in Richmond
Herbert Moore, about nineteen, was fined 10 dollars in Police Court for drunkenness his second alleged offense in two days. He boasted of visiting every bar near the Old Market after arrest. A profane language charge was not proven and dismissed for lack of witness. Moore jailed for default on fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Herbert Moore
OfMcer Gentry
Moore
Elsie Boller
Mra. Boller
Notable Passengers Arrive Aboard Mauretania In New York
The Mauretania brought Duke and Duchess of Manchester and a parade of dignitaries to New York for ten days of mourning and a motor tour to Florida. Guests include Lady Paget Capt Paget Vanderbil t Jr Booth and others. The Duke dismisses world tour rumors and praises American steamship business.
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New York
Mauretania
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Paget
Lister-Kaye
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
A. A. Boothe
Cunard Line
George B. Dyer
Twelfth Regiment
Mme. Kirby-Lunn
Lorenzo Mitchell-Henry
Duke of Manchester
Mitchell- Henry
L. Mitchell - Henry
Herbert Ward
Baron Baldinger
Seidenberg
Sweden
Manchester
Eugene Zimmerman
Florida
Lady Paget
Waldorf
Bertie Paget
William Leeds
Tinplate King
Fifth Avenue
Leeds
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Paris
Elysee
Seine
Booth
Cunard
America
Judge Prentiss for Judgship in Fourth Circuit
Friends of Judge Robert R. Prentiss of the State Corporation Commission push his nomination as United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Lawyers in Lynchburg Roanoke Alexandria Suffolk Norfolk and Petersburg back the appointment. Richmond lawyers split with Jude Waddill and Wyndham R. Meredith gaining support.
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Richmond
Robert R. Prentis
State Corporation Commission
United States
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Alexandria
Suffolk
Norfolk
Petersburg
Prentiss
Jude Waddill
Wyndham R. Meredith
Mrs Henry Trout Injured In Bermuda Boat Fall
Mrs Henry Trout wife of First National Bank president Henry Trout was brought home with a fractured hip after a fall on a boat departing Bermuda Islands where she planned to spend the winter. The accident occurred Thursday.
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Roanoke
Henry
Trout
First National Bank
Bermuda Islands
Despondent Girl Swallows Strychnine in Maryland
In Hagerstown, Miss Ora Zeigler an eighteen year old from Mechanicsburg employed at Blue Ridge Knitting Company hanged herself by swallowing strychnine after her parents refused a marriage. She had threatened self harm previously and attempted twice before succeeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ora Zeigler
Mechanicsburg
Red Blue Ridge Kniting Company
Full-blooded Indian Weds a White Girl
In Hastings Court a marriage license was issued for Thomas 3S. Dennis a full-blooded Pamunkey Indian and Eva Steward of Anglo-Saxon parentage native of New Kent. Dennis is the second chief of the Pamunkey tribe and a former guide now distillery floor manager. The ceremony is set for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hastings Court
Thomas
Dennis
Eva Steward
New Kent
Miss Steward
Judge Witt
Mr. Dennis
King William
The Actor and The Agent Exchange a Challenge
A brief comic line appears in Cassell's Saturday Journal with The Actor claiming he can remove anyone from a scene and The Agent replying to begin by removing himself.
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Cassell
Saturday Journal
German is Really Clever at Making Old Stories Fresh
The Chicago Record notes how a teller can revive a familiar tale, enchanting listeners by framing an ancient story as if newly told and resonant with contemporary detail. The piece highlights storytelling craft and the charm of a seasoned narrator.
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R Man
Chicago Record
Charges Against Dr. Barringer At Virginia Polytechnic Institute
The Welfare Committee of the Alumni Association of Virginia Polytechnic Institute publicizes charges against President Dr. Paul B. Barringer. They allege misstatements in enrollment data, poor oversight of legislation, crude public addresses, absence of regular faculty meetings, discipline lapses, Sabbath desecration, and unequal faculty workload. A Senate resolution seeks a joint committee to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Alumni Association
The
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Paul B. Barringer
Board of Visitors
P. B. Barringer
Virginian Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Barringer
State Farmers’ Institute
Charlottesville
Berringer
Owe
John Spencer
Spencer
Senate
One Woman Killed and Twenty-Two Injured in Pittsfield Crash
In Pittsfield Massachusetts a street railway car collided with a crowd of passengers at speed, crushing a woman identified as Bessie Ryan and injuring twenty two others. Victims were taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment as an investigation began into the deadly accident.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bessie Ryan
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Elkins
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Crawford
Department of Cotuiecce and Labor
DR. McKanna
DR. Smith
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Minor
Duke and Ducches
W. K. Vanderbilt
Paul Barringe
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