Masons seek to protect graveyard at old Manchester Hall site
In Richmond Virginia a long serving Masons lodge in Manchester seeks to keep the graveyard around Masonic Hall undisturbed as the site is sold for a manufacturing complex. The lodge argues the plot holds remains of many brethren and cites Virginia law protecting graveyards.
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Richmond
Manchester Lodge
James Lyle
Masons
Mutual Assurance Society
Manchester
Aca
Virelnin
John Braidwood
America
No. 14
Lynch Vows Action Over Magee Finneman Fight
President T J Lynch of the National League said he would travel to Philadelphia to investigate the Magee Finneman fight. He blamed tensions on a new umpire and refused to discuss merits, noting Finneman joined the NL staff this year after five seasons in the Eastern League.
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New York
T. J. Lynch
National League
Magee-Finneman
Philadelphia
Finneman
Man Held On Serious Charge In West Virginia
Elkins West Virginia authorities report Special Floyd Helmick captured after a nightlong man hunt for an assault on an eleven year old girl at Jennington. The victim’s thirteen year old brother was beaten and severely injured. The girl, daughter of painter Corbin, is in critical condition and may die. Helmick was jailed at Parsons after a chase toward Hendricks.
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Elkins
W. VA
Floyd Helmick
Tucker County
Jennington
Here
Corbin
Helmick
Hendricks
Parsons
Gurls Held Without Bail After Hotel Ansonia Shooting
New York police hold Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad without bail after they shot W. E. D. Stokes, a millionaire proprietor of the Hotel Ansonia. Magistrate Freshn ordered the auditors bail hearing.
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New York
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
W. E. D. Stokes
Ansonia
Dead banker denies ties to Sugar Trust in hearings
A dying affidavit from Gustav Kissel denied any connection with the American Sugar Refining Company and any unlawful conspiracy. Testimony showed Kissel faced conspiracy charges tied to the 1903 Pennsylvania Sugar Refining absorption, while rail freight rates and salaries of executives were scrutinized by the Hardwick committee.
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Washington, D. C
Hardwick
Sugar Trust
Gustav E. Kissel
New York
T. S. Fuller
American Sugar Refining Company
William F. Guthridge
Kissel
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
American Company
Kisses
Adolph Zeal
Ruth
Robert M. Parker
Milton D. Purdy
Minneapolis
Purdy
Earl
Philadelphia Trust Company
Department of Justice
Parker
Eee
Mr. Hardwick
O. Havemeyer
Erie Railroad
Baker
Par
Castro's Return Triggers Panic in Caracas
Washington reports private Caracas dispatches saying Cipriano Castro returns with about 3000 armed rebels on the Gojira peninsula. Government troops under General Patro Gomes move against the ex dictator as disorder grows in the city.
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Washington
Caracas
Cipriano Castro
Gojira Peninsula
Patro Gomes
German Ambassador to carry US Germany arbitration draft
Count von Bernstorff on a Massachusetts visit will depart for Germany with a draft arbitration treaty between the United States and Germany. The measure mirrors treaties with Great Britain and France and was semi-officially announced by the State Department.
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Washington, D. C
Count von Bernstorff
Massachusetts
Germany
William
United States
Great Britain
France
State Department
No Chance With Wolgast
British lightweight Owen Moran says Packy McFarland would not fare well against Ad Wolgast. Moran, en route to England after his July Fourth knockout in San Francisco, predicts Wolgast can outbox and wear down McFarland within twenty rounds. He also notes Wolgast would easily whip Freddie Welsh or K. Brown if matchup arose.
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Wolgast
Chicago
Owen Moran
San Francisco
Ad. Wolgast
Packy McFarland
Wolegast
Moran
England
McFarland
Packy
Freddie Welsh
Brown
Hines Acquitted of Killing Man in Hastings Court
Oscar T. Hines was acquitted of killing Charles M. Conway in Hastings Court. The jury deliberated under five minutes after Hines claimed self defense. The incident occurred at Hines' drug store in the far East End on Christmas Eve.
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Hines
Richmond
Oscar T. Hines
Charles M. Conway
Hastings Court
I. ©. Wendenburg
H. M. Smith
Far East End
Conway
Ted
Fsom
Dru
Balloon Race Grips Kansas City As Seven Balloons Compete
Seven balloons vie for the James Gordon Bennett cup in a race started from Kansas City. Topeka L. landed at Polo Missouri last night as the first to heave the field. Four balloons were failing over Gallatin, two were heading east from Hamilton, and one neared Holt Missouri. Weather experts predicted a record breaking run.
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Kansas City
Topeka L
Polo
Gallatin
Hamilton
Holt
Balloon St Louis IV Passes Over Muscatine
Seen in Low a Muscatine special report notes the balloon St Louis IV passing over the area early today at a high altitude.
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Lowa
Muscatine
St. Louis IV
Passing Over Thinais Teased at 7:25 Signal Miss
Abal wom Teeseed over Sterling at 7 25 in the hporting, but was too high to signal.
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Thinais
Sterling
Aviator Atwood Survives Sudden Plane Crash
College Park Maryland special a demonstration flight in a new burgess Wright biplane ended when strong cross currents sent the craft plunging from about fifty feet. Atwood was pulled from the wreck in a breathless condition but uninjured aside from severe shock. He walked to the hangar and quickly recovered.
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College Park
Atwood
Army Aviation
Army
Seal Trust Targeted as Monopoly in Alaska Slaughter
The North American Commercial Company, holder of a twenty year monopoly on fur seal slaughter on U S Alaska islands, faces Justice Department scrutiny. The inquiry follows testimony by Professor Henry W Elliott before a Senate committee, alleging improper monopoly practices.
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Washington, D. C
North American Commercial Company
United States
Alaska
Department of Justice
Department
Committee On Expenditure
Department of Commerce and Labor
Henry W. Elliott
Cleveland
Gill Breaks Arm In Tidewater League Loss
Norfolk wins a tight 7 to 6 game over Old Point in the Tidewater League. Shortstop Elie Gill, a key player, breaks his arm when struck between shoulder and elbow by Morley’s fast pitch while at bat.
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Gill
Norfolk
Old Point
Elie Gill
Morley
Murdered While She Slept in West Philadelphia
Elizabeth Canfield was killed in a temporary West Philadelphia home at 78 May Street while her three children slept nearby. The assailant is believed motivated by jealousy. suspect William McCullough was arrested after being found at his brother’s Vine Street address and denying further presence at the scene.
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Philadelphia
May Street
West
Elizabeth Are
Cuban Opposition Grows Against President Gomez
Dispatches from Havana report increasing opposition to President Gomez amid graft revelations. The article notes discontent with his administration and mentions advocates in Congress pushing a subsidy bill for a road to a sugar estate recently bought by an ally of Gomez.
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Gomez
Washington, D. C
State Department
Havana
Goselo
Seaboard official resigns to lead Atlanta firm
Norfolk based Seaboard Air Line Railway announces J. W. White, senior industrial agent, resigns after 23 years to become traffic manager for the International Agricultural Corporation in the Southern territory with Atlanta headquarters. J. A. Pride succeeds him. White began as a Portsmouth warehouse messenger in 1888.
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Norfolk
J. W. White
Seaboard Air Line Railway
International Agricultural Corporation
Southern Territory
Atlanta
J. A. Pride
Seaboard Air Line
Mr. White
Seaboard
Portsmouth
Preaches in Shirtsleeves at Norfolk Baptist Church
Rev. G. W. Cox of Burrows Memorial Baptist Church preached in his shirtsleeves Sunday night to a coatless, heat-struck congregation. Men shed coats, women removed hats as the sermon continued. The Baptist ministers' conference congratulated him on his bravery.
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Norfolk
G. W. Cox
Burrows Memorial Baptist Church
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Mr. Cox
New York Demands Money as Tax Bill Seen for State Debt
Governor Dix sent a special message to the Legislature urging passage of Senator Harte’s bill for a tax on secured debts. He cites the state’s finances and says expenses have risen by over $1,000,000 annually, prompting serious attention to funding needs.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Dix
Harte
Cholera Claims Another Victim in New York
After returning from Washington Dr A H Doty health officer of the port reports the death of Anna Nita thirty two an immigrant from the Abruzzi schoon from New York to Brooklyn she fell ill and died at Swinburne Island cholera is suspected though a bacteriological test is ordered. The case underscores extended detention for arrivals from Italian ports and the uncertain incubation of cholera carriers.
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New York
Washington
Wyman
A. H. Doty
Anna Nita
Abruzzi
Brooklyn
Fell Il
Health Department
Doty
Swinburne Island
Mansfield
Brooklyn Health Department
Auburn
N.Y
Dor Wyman
Secretary of the Treasury
Naples
Palermo
Iinet
How to be happy though in Boston and Cambridge
A clipped piece from the Christian Register lists traits for happiness in Boston and suburbs. It prescribes eating beans Saturday night and fish balls Sunday morning, selecting Puritan ancestry, Harvard graduation, Emerson reading, a quiet speech, and membership in D A R or Colonial Dame, plus a mix of regional manners and travel.
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Boston
Cambridge
Christian Register
Harvard
Emerson
Europe
Campbell Reinstated Without Fine by Baseball Commission
Cincinnati report says Vincent Campbell's reinstatement was approved by the National Baseball Commission with no fine. The decision came after a special session in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Vincent Campbell
National Baseball Commission
Missing Watch Found At Last In Henrico County Case
The Henrico County Circuit Court grand jury reported on the 1910 loss of a watch chain and 65 cents from William Shubridge. Statements implicated special officer W Pemberton and police chief F B Traylor, with later notes indicating the items were found in the sheriff’s vault after the grand jury’s findings. The foreman Edward J Willis criticized police laxness at the State Fair. Sheriff Kemp defended the force, while Frank B Traylor called it a political trick aimed at his re-election.
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Richmond
Henrico County
William Shubridgee
William Shubridge
CC. W. Pemberton
Fair Grounds
Robert Kidwell
Pemberton
Traylor
Kidwell
Edward J. Willis
Poreman
Garnett
Grand Jury
Sherif W. W. Sydnor
Sydnor
Frank B. Traylor
Kemp
The Baby Likes Being Automatic Satire
In Success Magazine Ellis Parker Butler argues the modern infant thrives under extreme mechanization. He claims a baby reared with cold discipline and scientific methods grows stronger, sleeping through odd hours and teething without fever.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Train Falls From Bridge In Connecticut Killing 13
Bridgeport, Conn special: the Federal Express crashed after an open switch at Fulkfield Avenue causing the train to plunge fifteen feet. Thirteen killed and forty five injured, including St. Louis Cardinals ball players. Firefighters and physicians worked through the night as survivors aided by local residents. The railroad blamed the engineer for the wreck.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Federal Express
Washington
Boston
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Fulkfield Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Wright Hospital
Kroger Bresnahan
Ivey Wince
Bridgeport Fre Department
Philadelphia
Manhattan Island
East River
Uggins
Hauser
Mowrey
Roney
Sallee
Harmon
Steele
Golden
Bliss
Ellis
Evans
Oakes
Bresnahan
Zecamp
Melver
McAdams
Magee
Wingo
Smith
Laudermilks
Geyer
Misa
Bres«nahban
Roger
Manover Bresnahan
Fuloney
Walter Smith
Cardinal
Miller
Hugemen
Hanger
Mowry
W. H. Sanverders
New London
Michael Furey
Rochelle
N. Y
Fairfield Avenue
St. Vincent Hospital
Bridgeport Hospital
Rogers
Clarence Hemingway
Bridge
New Haven
New Haven Railroad
Fairfield
United States Fish Commission
Spen
Bengineer
A. M. Curtis
W.A. Ryan
M. J. Fuery
Lord Kitchener to marry Leonora Matilda Hearsey
Announcement from Lucknow据 Indiana Jamily Telegraph says Field Marshal Lord Kitchener will wed Leonora Matilda Hearsey youngest daughter of Lionel Douglas Hearsey of Kherti Oudh India. In a separate report W H Allen of North Parkersburg shot his two year old daughter then killed himself after threatening relatives.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Indiana
Parkersburg
W. VA
W. H H. Allen
North Parkersburg
Government aids storm victims from Fort McPherson
President Taft ordered the War Department to supply twenty days of army rations from Fort McPherson Georgia to residents made homeless by a July 4 storm in parts of Alabama and Georgia. The action followed requests from Rep Adamson of Georgia and Rep Clayton of Alabama.
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Washington
Taft
War Department
Fort McPherson
Alabama
Georgia
Adamson
Clayton
White House
Army officers sail to inspect Panama Canal
Major General Wood, chief of staff General With orepoon, Army War College president General EL M Weaver and Captain Embrick sailed on the steamer Ancon for Panama to inspect the canal. Secretary of War Stimson and General Edwards are already in Panama.
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Panama Canal
Washington, D. C
Wood
Orepoon
Army War College
EL M. Weaver
Embrick
Panama
Canal
Stimson
Edwards
Millionaires Plead Not Guilty in Steel Wire Trust Case
In New York the 30 wealth holders worth about 100 million dollars faced Judge Archibald in the United States Circuit Court and pleaded not guilty to forming the Steel Wire Trust in restraint of trade. Herbert L. Satterlee, Morgan’s son in law, led the group of 83 indicted. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. Frank Jay Gould to plead on return from abroad. Plea changes allowed until September 1 with delays.”
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New York
United States
Archibald
Steel Wire Trust
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Frank Jay Gould
Wise
Trust
Archbald
U S Rejects German Naval Station in Morocco
State Department reports Washington aligns with England in opposing Germany gaining a naval base on Moroccan soil. Strong representations have been made to Berlin on the issue.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
State Department
England
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Heidelberg
Carl von Metz Meyer
Columbia Heights
Meyer
Campbell
St. Louis
Port
J. c. Curtis
Fowler
Hudson River Division
Curtis
Charles Christie
George 8. Rogers
A. Curtis
William Ryan
Mary Scholleser
Belle Dorsey
Josephine Sesson
Henry Christman
Middletown
Henry A. Walledo
Hellbridge
Frank A. White
Nellie Pletsane
Mary Metann
Mary McSweeney
Phillyburg
James Bb. Boyce
Mary Note
Massachusetts Avenue
David Eisner
J. C. Murdock
Summerville
Mass
Frank von Shiefler
John Shiefler
New Rochelle
G. & Rogers
Charles Freyer
Havre de Grace
McConnor
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U. S
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