Richmond Henrico Railway faces injunction bid on Marshall Street viaduct
Property owners along the Frente of the Marshall Street viaduct seek a court injunction to halt further construction until compensation is secured for potential damages. A. W. Patterson, attorney for complainants, appears before Judge John H. Ingram in the Law and Equity Court at 4 p.m. today.
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Richmond
Marshall Street
Richmond and Henrico
A. W. Patterson
John H. Ingram
Law and Equity
Pan Marshall Street
John C. Hagan
Journal
Virginia Trust Company
Hagan
Patterson
Richmond and Henrico Railway
State of Virginia
Janet
aEst
Church Hill
East End
Twenty-first
Twelfth Streets
Taxpayers face delinquent list as time runs out
A Washington report notes 20 million dollars in corporate taxes has been collected about 90 percent of the total. Corporations have until July 1 to pay. failing that, notices will be served and property seized or penalties applied. Secretary MacVeagh will tour Phoenixville and Dublin before vacation.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
MacVeagh
Phoenixville
Dublin
Survivors of Garfield White Drifted Lifeboat Near Arverne
Three men and a boy, survivors from the two-masted schooner Garfield White, drifted for miles in a small lifeboat after striking. The vessel sprang a leak and fought the sea, with hopes of land and safety fading before sighting land near Channel light up the coast at Arverne.
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New York
Garfield White
Arverne
Local sailors survive heavy seas in shipwreck ordeal
Night watch battled ferocious seas and all hope was not lost to touch land as Captain G G Morrison Mate J F Clarke and two others endured the schooner disaster with one cabin boy among the survivors.
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G. G. Morrison
J. F. Clarke
Mon Milner
Sailor
James
Dangers of Boating and Canoe Safety Rules
A Kansas City Star warning urges caution for aquatic sports. It highlights canoe instability and the dangers of inexperienced operators on deep or swift water, advising against crowds, unsteady crews, and risky seat changes. Readers are warned to avoid high risk practices to prevent needless tragedies.
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Kansas City Star
Tragic Niagara Falls murder revealed in river body
The first crew to a brutal murder from about two months ago was found today. The victim, a well dressed woman, was recovered from the Niagara Falls Power Company intake above the falls. She wore a large automobile veil and a signet ring with initials QOS on her left ring finger. The corpse showed two months in water and Coroner Scott opened an investigation.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Falls Power Company
QO. S
Scott
Staunton Plans City Government by Commission
Staunton abandoned aldermanic rule seeking efficiency and curb graft by adopting a general manager system. Charles E. Ashburner earned the post with a rising salary, and critics led by John Crosby praise the reform after two years, noting faster, superior results.
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Staunton
Galveston
Virginia
Charles E. Ashburner
John Crosby
Robert G. Hiden
Harper's Weekly
Woman Rescued From Her Captor In Midwest Encounter
Beatrice Fanning, nineteen, Toledo, enticed from home by a captor, was rescued by hoboes en route to Belleville Kansas harvest fields. They took her to police who assumed charge, the man forcing her into men’s clothing before detaining her.
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Belleville
Kan
Beatrice Fanning
Aone
Candidates campaign at North Side Social and Democratic Club
About fifty members heard Captain John Lamb and ex-State Senator T Ashby em discuss their bids in the August primary. Attacks on tariff policy and long service in Congress framed the debate as local voters heard from Attorney General Williams, John Harwood, and Minetree Folkes.
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Richmond
Northside Social and Democratic Club
Fraternity
John Lamb
T. Ashby
Tos Sresa
E August
W. Williams
John
Minetree Folkes
Lamb
Congress
Southland
Democrats
Senate
Democratic Party
Denver
Wickham
South
Republican Party
Williams
Harwood
J. M. Blanks
Rockefeller at 73 Feels Like a Young Colt in Quiet Birthday
John D. Rockefeller, age 71, enjoyed a quiet birthday at Forest Hill summer home. He spoke confidently of lasting health, receiving well wishes from prominent figures, and planned no public program, preferring to spend time with close friends and relatives while asserting he feels as well as thirty years ago.
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Cleveland
Rockefeller
Imas
Wu Ting Fang
America
Gait Descriptions of African Animals by Roosevelt
The excerpt from Theodore Roosevelt's African Game Trails describes how elephants walk, giraffes gallop with a unique two-step rhythm, rhinos and buffalo trot and run, and eland bound with agility when alarmed. It notes that wapiti gaits resemble these patterns, preferring the trot, though eland can bound briefly. The analysis appears in the July Scribner selection.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner
Fair Edith Deacon Engaged to Marry George Peabody
Newport report says Miss Edith Deacon of Boston, daughter of the late Edward Parker Deacon, engaged to marry George Peabody of Boston. She spends much time at Snug Harbor, Bellevue Avenue, returns for season. famed for beauty, talent, and social grace.
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Edith Deacon
Edward Parker Deacon
Boston
George Peabody
Charles H. Baldwin
Admiral Baldwin
Miss Deacon
Snug Harbor
Bellevue Avenue
New York
Bailey's Beach
Virginia Rates to Be Raised by Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered Norfolk and Western Railway to cut freight rates from Cincinnati to Winston-Salem and Durham, and from Roanoke and Lynchburg to those points, effective Oct 1 for at least two years. The cuts, about 10 percent on classes 1-6, aim to correct alleged unjust, discriminatory and preferential charges, with a detailed schedule showing per hundred pounds rates and specific class distinctions. The ruling also confirms no change to certain commodity rates and notes the impact on through rates from Chicago St Louis and Louisville.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Durham
N. C
Roanoke
Lynchburg
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Norfolk and Western
Chicago
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Columbus
Virginia
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St. Louis
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Cincinati
North Carolina
Egypts Reply to Colonel Roosevelts Visit
The Junenum American Review recounts Egypts view of Colonel Roosevelts 1910 visit. It notes Mohamedans favor Roosevelt while Copts oppose, and that the split could harm American prestige. It argues Roosevelt bears responsibility for any insult that lingers from his Egyptian tour.
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Roosevelt
The
America
Pres
Sturgiss Renominated by West Virginia Republicans
EDYSER VA Special Representative G C Sturgiss was renominated by acclamation for a third term at the Second District Republican convention. Only name before the gathering, held yesterday.
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Sturgiss
Edyser
G C Sturgiss
Congress
West Virginia
Swanson for U S Senate Gains Wide Popular Support
A Roanoke Times correspondent from Independence Gray Son County reports broad Virginia support for Governor Swanson to succeed Daniel as U S Senator. Swanson is praised for business ability, public service, and steady leadership, with calls for prompt Senate appointment by Governor Mann and strong backing of the machine politician's record.
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Roanoke Times
Independence
Grayson County
Swanson
United States
Daniel
Washington
Virginia
House of Representatives
Mann
15000 Women Strike Across New York Garment Industry
A 15000 member strike was called by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union with 3000 workers walking out early. Employers await proposals offering union recognition and higher pay, while some stores resist. The Manhattan district is split into seven zones for picketing with potential spillover to Cleveland and Chicago if unfinished goods move.
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New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Committee of Forty-Five
Secon
Manhattan
Cleveland
Chicago
Treasure in Chelsea Woods Falls to Staten Island Man
James Murphy of Canon Lane Chelsea Staten Island arrived home Tuesday with a chest overflowing with gold and silver coins and jewelry he mined from the Chelsea Woods. He and his wife Mary watched as he proclaimed their long sought treasure found after years of hiking the woods for Revolutionary War era riches.
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New York
James Murphy
Canon Lane
Chelsea
Staten Island
Mary
Marones
Urpa8
Chelsea Woods
Murphy
Buried Treasure Turns From Gold to Gilded Junk
James Murdy finds a chest of fake coins and paste jewelry believed to be treasure. Village jeweler Sam Schwartz confirms the hoax, exposing a joke played on James after years of searching. James begins another hunt for real treasure.
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Mrs. Murdy
Schwartz
Murphy
Sam
James
Joke photograph leads to arrest in Cincinnati case
A joke photo showing Max Kelman, formerly of Philadelphia, in police custody in Cincinnati led to his arrest on a murder charge. Police say Kelman is wanted in the East for killing a man in self defense. Kelman, an amateur photographer, said I had the picture taken as a joke and now it is real.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Max Kelman
Philadelphia
Kelman
Killing at Polish wedding sparks assault arrest
In Philadelphia a report states Max Kelman was arrested today in Cincinnati and charged with killing Peter Seis with a knife during a row at a Polish wedding on May 29. Seis and several men are said to have set upon Kelman.
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Philadelphia
Max Kelman
Cincinnati
Peter Seis
Seis
Kelman
No cheers for James Jeffries
Jim Jeffries arrives in Los Angeles his hometown Friday to a somber reception. The beaten champion slunk into town silent and morose with few friends at the station and little recognition on the streets. He travels with wife brother Sam Ber ser Ted Boyer and Jack Kipper en route from San Francisco by night train then heads to his Burbank ranch to withdraw from public view.
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Cal
Jim Jennes
Beajgrs Jeffries
Jack
Sam Berser
Ted Boyer
Jack Kipper
San Francisco
Jeffries
Burbank
Census of Commercial Organizations in South Washington DC Special
The second annual census by the Southern Commercial Congress shows 1598 organizations in the southern states, up 373 from last year with no declines. Movements include Missouri Land Congresses, Texas Industrial Congress, Arkansas Land Congress, Mississippi Land and Improvement Association, Greater Georgia Association, and Louisiana Farm Lands Congress. Virginia Governor Mann backs the United States Agricultural Board to unify advertising and avoid duplication among crops, railroads, stations, and farm programs.
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D. C
Southern Commercial Congress
Missouri Land Congresses
Texas Industrial Congress
Arkansas Land Congress
Mississippi Land and Improvement Association
Greater Georgia Association
Louisiana Farm Lands Congress
Virginia
Mann
United States Agricultural Board
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Riot Over Bet On Johnson Jeffries Fight In Bloomfield
A small riot erupted in Bloomfield New Jersey over a $10 bet on the Johnson Jeffries fight. George Gray a colored chauffeur and Arthur Springfield a white chauffeur both from a Bloomfield garage backed the wager. If the boxer Gray supported won Springfield was to wheel him in a wheelbarrow through Bloomfield Center while a car horn and song inflated the scene. The crowd hurled missiles including rotten eggs as blacks and whites clashed. Police struggled to clear the streets and Gray withdrew the bet.
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New York
Bloomfield
N. J
George Gray
Arthur Springfield
Bloomfield Center
Gray
Springfield
Richmond Death Rate Split by Race in May
In Richmond Virginia the May death total was 261 with 215 city deaths after excluding non residents. Whites accounted for 101 deaths and blacks 114 with white and colored death rates 14.70 and 28.81 per thousand respectively. Causes include consumption pneumonia typhoid measles and heart trouble among others.
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Richmond
Department of Health
Washington Ward
Egg Note Sparks Courtroom Echoes in Historic Case
In a curious historic trial, a note bearing a girl’s name was found on an egg, triggering courtroom debate over handwriting, provenance, and the egg’s freshness. Prosecutors argued the clue hinted at personal links, while defense pressed for relevance to the broader dispute.
Health dangers of closed street cars debated in Washington
Dr Harvey A Wiley warns that closed cars in Washington during hot weather spread disease, with about two cubic feet of air per passenger in crowded cars. He cites risks of fever measles smallpox tuberculosis and calls for action by health officials, while noting the lack of authority to force changes. Prosecutions under the pure food act expand as the Agriculture Department shifts cases to solicitor George P McCabe amid criticism of weakened enforcement.
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Harvey A. Wiley
Ace of Agriculture
Adt
Washington
District of Columbia
Dr. Wiley
Wiley
Health Commission of
Ines
Corporation Counsel
District Commissioners
District Railway Commission
Railway Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
George P. McCabe
McCabe
Hoonevalt
Secretary of Agriculture
Cuckoo Marries White Hen in Paris Stage Romance
Reports from Paris describe a playful wedding between Ed mond Rostand s Chantecler stars uM Chomin and Mile Flore Bergeys as the cuckoo and the white hen. The second Chantecler marriage in the play s long run, reflecting a whimsical theatrical spectacle that delighted audiences on the boulevards.
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Paris
Chomin
Mile
Flore Bergeys
Edmond Rostand
Dean
Porterns
Ean Coquelin
Ima
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