Whites and Blacks Not to Mingle at Gettysburg Camp
Richmond reports a false notion that Virginia troops would share camp with black militiamen at Gettysburg maneuvers. Secretary of War Dickinson and Adjutant General Sale clarify that only white Maryland troops join Virginia units. black District of Columbia soldiers stay separately after whites depart. The incident recalls a past Virginia colored troop encampment and shows Southern whites and blacks coexisting when properly organized.
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Richmond
Virginia
Gettysburg
Old Dominion
Maryland
Adjutant General's
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Sale
Dickinson
Heaven
Virginia Units Deny Brigading With Negro Troops
General Vaughan announced that Virginia Brigade troops will not be brigaded with nerve troops at Gettysburg maneuvers. Only First and Fifth Maryland Regiments will accompany Virginia troops. District of Columbia forces with a separate detachment will join the Fourth Virginia Regiment and arrive July 21 to August 1. Adjutant General Sale said he discussed the matter with the Secretary of War via long distance, who denied any truth to the report of brigading with Negro troops.
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Vaughan
Norfolk
Virginia
National Guard
Gettysburg
Maryland
District of Columbia
Washington
Sale
Imbecile asylum petition urged by Richmond Children’s Home Society
The Richmond Children’s Home Society adopted a resolution urging a petition to establish an asylum for imbeciles, children and adults, to be presented to the next Legislature. At a recent meeting, officers and directors were discussed, finances showed a $3,900 principal debt and $1,112.46 current-year deficit, and twenty-three children were on hand at year start with 103 admitted and 19 remaining at year end. Superintendent Maybee highlighted notable rescues of two white girls given to black mothers by their mothers.
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Richmond
Children’s Home Society
Morton
John A. Connelly
John B. Newton
Roanoke
A. A. Phiegar
Bristol
Kent
Maybee
Statewide child visitation effort needs funds and staff
The report notes 500 children across the state require annual visits prompting Superintendent Maybee to seek a second visitor. The society estimates a minimum of $10,000 yearly to cover expenses and acknowledges gratitude to Memorial Hospital Sheltering Arms local businesses and Richmond physicians for free supplies and services during the year.
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Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Assault on Acoyapa City Reported in Nicaragua
A dispatch states that an insurgent army under General Mona bombarded and assaulted Acoyapa, held by General Vasquez of Madriz, after Vasquez rejected a proposal for a surrender. Noncombatants reportedly refused permission to leave, fearing movement would aid revolutionists.
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Port Limon
Costa Rica
Mona
Acoyapa
Nicaragua
Vasquez
Madriz
Surrey
Blacksmith risks life to save friend in Lynchburg well
Ful ton Mann, a blacksmith, descended by rope into a well to rescue his friend Luke Ernie who was overcome by carbon monoxide gas. A physician arrived and warned that another minute among the deadly fumes would have been fatal. Ernie lay thirty five feet below ground when he sensed the gas and signaled for a rope.
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Lynchburg
Fulton Mann
Luke Ernie
Ernie
From Broadway to Bellboy Life in New York
Aubrey Moore, once a popular English Broadway “sport,” ends his ascent and starts as a hotel bellboy at the Frederick on West Fifty-sixth Street. The tale follows his fading fame after arriving in New York with ample fortune, his brief street cleaning inspector post, and his eventual descent into serving guests as a bellboy.
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New York
Aubrey Moore
Broadway
England
Aubrey
Blankety X
Frederick
West Fifty-sixth Street
Thomas Moore
Glascow
Robert F. Moore
Robert
Ralph
Robert McKillop
Ohere
McKillop
Ralph Moore
Chorus
Bellbor
Grand Jury Holds Five in Murder Case at Hennett Mills
Christiansburg Special reports Ellis Good B L Maxey Gillespie W F McCready and Elmer Willis were held for the grand jury without bail after a preliminary hearing before Justices Stalger and Flagg. They are charged with the murder of Thomas Lucas shot near Hennetts Mills while walking with his wife Wednesday night. Evidence says Goad and W L Maxey, who lodged with Lucas, accused him of theft. Lucas denied it. Guards are stationed around the jail to prevent escapes amid county unease.
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Christiansburg
Ellis Good
B. L. Maxey
Gillespie
W. FF. McCready
Elmer Willis
W. St. Stalger
W. C. Flagg
Thomas Lucas
Hennetts Mills
Here
Goad
W. L. Maxey
Lucas
Sopye Roney
El Mundo Launched in Newport News for Southern Pacific
El Mundo, one of four large passenger and freight steamers for the Southern Pacific Company, was launched Saturday morning at Newport News. Mrs. Samuel Ira Cooper of New York served as sponsor for the ceremony.
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Newport News
el Mundo
Southern Pacific Company
Samuel Ira Cooper
New York
Roses and orchids trigger stern gift rule at court
A terse scene unfolds as a wife-beater inquiry meets a sharp reply in a fall court setting. The magistrate clarifies that only orchids are acceptable, while roses are refused as insufficient.
Senator Burton Delivers Long Senate Oration On Forest Bill
In Washington Ohio Senator Burton spoke for hours opposing the Appalachian White Mountain forest reservation bill. He mocked the measure as absurd while denouncing profiteering, noted denuded forests, and quipped about sandwiches from a desk bag as he pressed his case. Other Senators backed him or pressed amendments as the session neared adjournment.
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Washington, D. c
Burton
Capitol
Ohio
Brown
Nebraska
Congress
New England
Gore
Gallinger
Senter
Bailey
Senate
Burter
Texas
Hughes
Newlands
Clay
Paynter
Parton
Newlanis
Trelieve
Representative Rucker
Missouri
Rucker
McCall
Massachusitts
Mrr. Rucker
Protests against Jeffries Johnson fight dismissed by Nevada official
Nevada acting Governor Dickerson refuses to interfere with the prize fight. Deputy Attorney General Fowler says the law is clear and no action will be taken to curb the event if it complies with legal requirements. Tex Rickard receives Dickerson telegram stating enforcement duties and irrevocable decision.
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Carson City
Nev
Jeffries
Johnson
Dickerson
Fowler
D. S.S. Dickerson
Nevada
Postmaster Allen Returns From Trip With Pennsylvanian Friends
Postmaster Edgar Allan Jr. returns to his office after a brief fishing trip with a party from Pennsylvania. He shares piscatorial tales of thrilling character from the Susquehanna waters.
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Richmond
Edgar Allan, Jr
Susquehanna
Allan
New York Ball Player Is Defendant in Civil Suit
Arthur Devlin third baseman for the New York National League team was named defendant in a 5000 dollar civil suit filed by Bernard J. Roessler a Brooklyn goakeeper Roessler alleges Devlin knocked him out for seven minutes with a right swing while Roessler stood in a box seat at the New York Brooklyn game Thursday Roessler swore out a warrant for Devlin after a prior fracas Devlin was suspended indefinitely from the New York Nations League team by President Lynchfollowing the incident.
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New York
Arthur Devlin
Bernard J. Roessler
Brooklyn
Devlin
Roessler
Devin
Lynch
Jailed men escape Greensville jail during midnight break
Spectral. Greenesville county jail was emptied of six inmates last night after a hole burned in the foot allowed a breakout. Four prisoners were recaptured near the station as a freight train neared, while two men William Wilkins and Buck Wyehe remain at large. Authorities issued a requisition for W. T. Lelen on forgery charges and plan to return him from Newark Jail.
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Richmond
Greenesville
Commonwealth
Powell
J. W. Saanders
W. T. Lelen
Greensville County
Newark
Buck
James Brodnax
Mann Wilkins
Doc Wilkins
John Williams
Edward Jones
William Wilkins
Buck Wyehe
Wilkins
Yellow Hammer
State Reformatory
Wise Thomas Acquitted of Murder Charge
Wise Thomas was acquitted by a Chevalt Cour jury after ten minutes of deliberation in the murder case involving an attempted assassination of Harry Monroe. Thomas testified he was elsewhere at the time of the shooting, a claim supported by other witnesses. Monroe was shot on March 12 outside his wife’s home, the marriage to Alice Knewstep having been kept secret.
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Newport News
Wise Thomas
Harry Monroe
Thomas
Hampton
Monroe
Alice Knewstep
Beef Trust Heads To Be Prosecuted
Chicago forceful note from Attorney General Wickersham announcing determinate pursuit of indicting individual Beef Trust heads. He spoke after meeting Illinois Grain Association members and tied his plan to Judge Landis ruling throwing out corporate indictments, marking a pivotal moment of his Chicago visit.
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Chicago
Ill
Wickersham
Beef Trust
Illinois Gar Association
Landis
If Roosevelt Runs He Will Turn Briton
Cincinnati in Social news reports Eugene Zimmerman railroad magnate and father of the Duchess of Manchester warns that if Roosevelt is elected the U S will drift toward dictatorship and he would become an English citizen. He praises a liberal constitutional monarchy and prefers Harmon as next president.
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Cincinnati
Roosevelt
England
Eugene Zimmerman
Duchess of Manchester
Linton Hotel
Edward
Duke of Manchester
Zimmerman
Washington
Harmon
Dalzell Wins Out In Pennsylvania Primary Fight
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania special report the temporary injunction halting a recount in sixty six districts was made permanent Saturday. The move blocks further investigation of fraud claims raised by Dr. R J Black who challenged Dalzell for the Republican nomination.
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Pittsburg
Dalzell
R. J. Black
Policeman Murdered in Johnson City Tennessee
Special report from Johnson City Tennessee states policeman Walter McPeak was murdered Thursday by seventeen year old John Green while trying to arrest him with a girl of alleged bad character. Green escaped after stabbing McPeak multiple times in the back while intoxicated.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Walter McPeak
Ela
John Green
Green
McPeak
Ile
Cost of Harvard Yale rowing race run expense
Cambridge reports a Harvard Yale rowing race on June 30 costing about 40 000 dollars in total, split evenly. It covers training from late March through race day, with food and lodging at Red Top, and extensive provisions for the Crimson crew including meats dairy eggs butter cream milk bread and desserts for eighteen days under Steward Phelps.
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Cambridge
The
Crimson
New England
Red Top
Steward Phelps
Explosion Hurls Brooklyn Worker From Trench
Thomas Murphy of 160 Webster Avenue Brooklyn was lifted 20 feet from the bottom of a Fourth Avenue subway trench by a gasoline explosion and deposited on the pavement without injury. Two lead pipes shattered a window at 463 Fourth Avenue and a parlor ornament was smashed at the White home. Murphy, dazed, said he thought he might be badly hurt but later found no injuries. Other damage was minimal.
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New York
Thomas Murphy
Webster Avenue
Brooklyn
Murphy
Fourth Avenue
Tenth Street
William White
Detroit man fatally wounds wife then shoots himself
In Detroit Michigan Robert Collins fatally harmed his wife before turning the gun on himself. Speaking before two young daughters he fired seven bullets into her head and body as she refused to return home, his daughter Mrs Meyers escaping when she left the house. Authorities searched for the missing child.
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Detroit
Mich
Governor Declines Joint Debate in Tennessee Race
BRISTOL TENN June 2 8 Gov Malcolm R Patterson declines a challenge from Bristol lawyer Robert Burrow to a joint debate. Patterson will speak at Johnson City this week. Burrow proposed discussing the selection of state court judges and the idea that such matters should be freed from politics.
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Bristol
Tenn
Malcolm R. Patterson
Robert Burrow
Johnson City
Burrow
Riots in Bilboa as police clash with Carlists and Nationalists
Scores of rioters were cut down with sabres when police and troops charged mobs in Bilboa Spain. A large crowd surrounded the Governor of Biscay’s palace shouting Down With the Governor. Mounted troops used sabers to disperse several gatherings as tensions between Premier Canalejas' government and the Vatican deepen.
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Bilboa
Spain
Biscay
Canalejas
Vatican
Exoneration After Cheating Rumors At Virginia Medical Exam
At the Medical College of Virginia about 164 applicants faced an examination amid cheating rumors. The board conducted a rigid inquiry, watched suspected individuals, and completed scoring the papers. Examiners exonerated all involved, with one student offering to withdraw if suspicions remained. The process will end this afternoon.
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Richmond
Virginia
The
Medical College of Virginia
Taft Reverses House Labor Provision Setback
President Taft forced House Republicans to reverse course on the labor amendment to the anti trust bill, defeating a measure that would have shielded unions from enforcement actions. He pressed lawmakers at White House breakfast and sent a firm telegram to W S Carter, denying class legislation and defending equal protection for labor. The row ended with Taft claiming victory and signaling strong support for his stance ahead of the next campaign.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
House Republicans
White House
Representatives
Senate
Tawney
White Hoouse
W. Ss. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
St. Paul
Carter
Polley
Falls
W. S. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engneers
Minn
Congress
Supreme Court
William H. Tapt
Parsons Wins Seat Fight Over Saunders in Fifth District
A House committee findings say John M. Parsons Republican was elected over Edward W Saunders Democrat in the Fifth Virginia District after contesting the election. The report condemns gerrymandering, notes salary perks and contested-seat rules, and signals a likely House vote after the upcoming session.
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Washington
Do. c
Congress
House of Representatives
John M. Parsons
Republican. Com
Edward W. Senneders
Vaxginia
Sanders
Jn Sons
Saunders
Sesiam
Parsons
Fem
Saloonkeeper Charged With Assault in Norfolk Case
W Boyett a saloonkeeper from Suffolk area was sent to Corporation Court by Police Justice Simmons to face charges of assault on twelve year old Ethel Bergen who lived over the saloon with her mother. Boyett is about forty and married.
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Norfolk
W. Boyett
Suffolk
Corporation Court
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