Papers to Return to Virginia Historians
Henry R. Meckwaine and Captain Richard B. Davis, from Petersbu rgh, arrived in New York discussing 2 rots offered for sale by heirs of Ben gon J. Losing. Dr. McIlwaine aims to prove ownership and return the papers to Virginia, asserting their historical value and official records support.
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Mond
Henry R. Meckwaine
Richard B. Davis
Petersbure
New York
Bengon J. Losing
McIlwaine
Sile
Davis
Boston Hospital to Cure The Blues in World First
Cambridge Mass Special reports Boston will open the world’s first hospital for the blues a psycho pathic unit linked to Boston State Hospital. It will classify insanity as physical illness and treat each class with tailored remedies. An out patient division will aid incipient cases and reduce stigma.
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Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Boston State Hospital
Negroes Loot Flooded Louisiana Towns in Special
Special report states that an outbreak of blacks looting Bachelor For doche and Grosse has raised fear of state troops being sent to subdue them. Backwater from Torras Crevasse reaches Irwinsville where a boat flotilla rescues 150 marooned residents. A convict aiding Mississippi levee work was shot by a guard during an escape attempt. another escapee was captured.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bachelor
Fordoche
Grosse
Torras
Irwinsville
Nhw Roads
Lia
Mississippi
Morgenza
The Argentine Republic Bank Run Ends in Calm Victory
A 1891 Buenos Aires bank panic saw all Spanish banks closed while English managers kept paying out. The London and River Plate Bank survived as crowds cheered from the balcony, averting a potential South American upheaval and saving Argentine finances.
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England
Buenos Ayres
London and River Plate
Stuart Pennington
Argentine Republic
Baby boy grows tooth with silver filling in infancy
In Toledo a six year old boy born with a silver filling in a primary tooth astonishes dentists. Dr. Zarbaugh had filled the mother’s tooth with silver eight months before birth and now a metal patch appears on the baby’s new molar. Dentists plan X ray examination for further study.
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Toledo
Zarbaugh
Johnny Bechnittker
A. F. Schnittker
John
Mar Veling
Troops Battle With Strikers at Pine Ridge Colliery
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania five hundred men and boys gathered at Miners' Mill near the Pine Ridge colliery and, armed with clubs and levers, assaulted repair crews sent to the scene. The clash ended with the repair men driven away amid the unrest surrounding the strike action.
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Wilkesbarre
Pine Ridge
Riots at Collieries Barred by State Troopers Reach
State troopers halted riots at Stark colliery in Hudson and at the Delaware and Hudson site. Leaders were arrested and weapons taken. mobs retreated as troops arrived. In Stark, Joseph Stark reportedly faced a 1500-strong crowd before troopers intervened.
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Peete Mate
coMery
Stark
Hudson
Joseph Stark
Delaware
Delaware and Hudson Company
Turkish ships barred in Adriatic Sea blockade announced
Italian newspapers reported that the Adtrean Sea is blocked to Turkish ships cutting off transport of Turkish soldiers to Tripoli via the Mediterranean. The government reportedly occupies Greek islands Karpaeae Nisyro Stampalia Rhodes and O8 in the Grecian archipelago.
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Rome
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Grecian
Karpaeae Nisyro
Stampalia
Rhodes
Henry rule bill adopted by the House with three hour debate
The House voted 175 to 99 to adopt the Henry rule for the Clayton anti injunction bill on three hours of debate with no separate amendments. Representative Henry, Rules Committee chair, defended the rule stating the measure ends midnight injunctions. He framed the bill as honoring another platform pledge alongside yesterday’s direct election of Senators.
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Washington, D. C
House
Henry
Confident Roosevelt Seeks Nomination in Ohio Swing
Theodore Roosevelt, amid large crowds in Bellaire Bridgeport and Steubenville, declared he would be nominated to succeed Taft. He urged tariff reform and a fair duty for manufacturer and consumer, asked Ohio to join in the victory, and warned he would bolt if cheated at the convention.
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Steubenville, CO
Bellaire
Bridgeport
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinoia
Bolt
British Cheer for J Bruce Ismay at Adriatic Arrival
British cheers greet J Bruce Ismay managing director of the Mercantile Marine Association as the Adriatic docks at Liverpool with Titanic survivors aboard. Ismay, pale and hat bowed, declines press access but issues a plain statement on the disaster. Survivors may testify before Lord Mersey’s inquiry when reconvened.
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Tiverpool
Eng
J. Bruce Ismay
Mercantile Marine Association
White Star Line
Adriatic
Ismay
United States
Iamay
Government
Lord Mersey
Candies and Cocoanut Macaroons From Simple Recipe
A half pound shredded coconut, whites of three eggs, sugar, and water form a beachy recipe. Sugar and water boil to syrup, tested by fork drip. Coconut mixed with syrup and stiff egg whites, dropped on a greased pan and baked to finish. May term opens as Judge Beverly T Crump presides through the month in the Law and Equity Court.
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Beverly T. Crump
Law and Equity Court
Fricasse of Veal in White Sauce with Mushrooms
A recipe instructs cutting two pounds of veal into cubes, blanching, and placing in a casserole with white sauce. It seasons with salt pepper nutmeg and lemon, adds mushrooms, and bakes slowly forty minutes until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove lemon peel before serving.
Snowstorm Hits Niagara Falls Delays Harvests
Snow fell for several hours during the night at Niagara Falls delaying harvests and causing crop losses for Canadian and American fruit growers. Grapes, cherries and peaches suffered most, marking the latest snow in twenty one years.
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Niagara Falls
Lights of doom on doomed Titanic hauled by Cali fornia
Proceedings in the British inquiry into the Titanic disaster reveal that the Californian, fifteen to thirty-two miles away, bore lights seen by Titanic survivors as the doomed liner sank. Stanley Lord testified that he observed a white masthead light and a second light, sparking debate over whether the Californian could have aided the ruin.
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London
Leyland Line
Atlantic
New Foundland
Stanley Lord
Lord Mersey
Lord
United States
America
Questons of
Boston
Titanic
Cape Rate
Robert Finlay
White Star Line
Rufus Isaacs
Titanic Night Watch Fire Signal Sparking Questions
James Gibson an apprentice on the Leyland Liner testified about rockets seen near a ship at night and a Morse lamp signal to the vessel after reports from Second Officer Stone of the Californian. Stone said the ship firing rockets lay more than five miles away and questioned why they were fired.
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James Gibson
Gibson Swort
Stone
Californian
Tim
Gibson
Herbert Stone
California primary forecasts roosevelts gains in state
San Francisco report notes California voters head to the polls in a wide field including Taft Roosevelt La Follette Clark and Wilson with women voting for the first time. Forecasts from campaign leaders claim Roosevelt will win the Republican delegation while Clark may carry the state for the Democrats and La Follette supporters back the senator’s candidacy as Taft and Roosevelt battle continues.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Taft
Roosevelt
la Follette
Clark
Wilson
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Johnson
State
Johnn W. Stetson
Roosevelt League
Charles Mifflin Hammond
R. H. Dewitt
Democratic State Central Committee
Senator la Follette
Rudolph Spreckles
Reins Tied To Buggy Shafts Cause Court Appeal
In Campbell county Mr Brandt suffered injuries after meddling boys tied his reins to buggy shafts while he rode from a church meeting. The horse crashed into a telegraph pole near a Western Union pole, the jury ruled against him, and the Supreme Court refused review on Monday.
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Richmond
Brandt
Campbell
Circuit Court
Campbell County
Western Union Telegraph Company
Vilaintiff
Supreme Court
Draper Defends Clerk in Wytheville Floyd Allen Trial
Wyoming era courtroom battle continues as Floyd Allen case frames the defense and prosecution. Judge Hairston to hear all ten attorneys, with Willis leading the defense and Draper for the state detailing past misdeeds and the motive, while Clerk Dexter Goad faces sharp critique from the defense amid a chilly Wytheville courthouse crowd. The hunt for fugitives Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards persists on reports from West Virginia to Kentucky.
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Wytheville
Staples
Floyd Allen
Wythe
Willis
R. H. Willis
Mr. Willis
Virginia
Allen
Jerry Allen
Samuels
Floyd
Allens
Edwardses
Dexter
Goad
Clerk Goad
Sidna Alelh
Wesley Edwards
W. G. Baldwin
United States
Sidna
Wesley
Commonwealth
Dexter Goad
Carroll
Massie
Draper
Jack
Lawral
The
Foster
Oglesby
Mr. Draper
N. P. Oglesby
Looks Bad for C. V. T. Richeson
A Boston special reports an executive council vote of 7 to 2 against commuting Clarence V. T. Richeson’s death sentence for the murder of Avis Linnell. Governor Fuss will announce his decision after receiving alienists’ reports at tomorrow’s meeting.
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Boston
Mass
Executive Council
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Fuss
Tyrannical methods alleged in steel trust dissolution hearing
In New York special, the Government's dissolution suit against the steel trust heard claims the American Tin Plate Company used tyrannical tactics. James E. MacFarlane of Philadelphia testified he was forced out of tin roofing business and pressured to surrender his personal brands to continue selling plate. He said he shifted to the jobbing side of the trade.
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Harry C. Whitney
Brown
New York
United States Steel Corporation
American Tin Plate Company
Steel Trust
Henry T. Brown
Customs House
James E. MacFarlane
Philadelphia
J. M. Dickinson
MacFarlane
Direct Election Amendment Backed by House Vote
The House approved a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to allow direct election of U.S. senators by the people. It had cleared the Senate and now proceeds to the states for ratification with a 2237 to 39 vote.
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Washington, D. C
House
United States
Senate
The Road to Virginia in Spring Dreams
A poetic reflection by The Bentztown Bard on following the road to Virginia through spring imagery. The speaker gazes from a town office window at blooming orchards, Chesapeake nights, and fields of song, cherishing the Dixie road to Dixieland and distant dreams of home.
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Virginia
Chesapeake Channel
Rose
Loudoun
Jefferson
Fauquier
Dixieland
Bentztown
A Kind Boy Then and Now on the Fly
A Times-Herald reminiscence recalls a boy who spared a fly at a window and was praised for kindness. Now grown, he runs a locomotive on the Atlantic Coast Line yet tells his son to swat a fly, showing a shift from compassion to tough instruction.
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Times-Herald
Orozco army cut to pieces in Mexican clash
Report from Torrrdon Mexico states General Orozco’s insurrecto force suffered heavy losses in the Canyon of Carmen where Salazar's column was encircled. About 1,500 rebels killed or captured. Salazar’s detachment, once 2,000, nearly annihilated with ~600 escaping. Federals under General Aubert pursued toward Orozco’s main column as Canales and Amaya attempt to slow the advance. Orozco claims Salazar fled to Yermo after burning bridges and vows renewed fighting with provisions and guns en route to Bellano.
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Torrdon
Mex
Orozco
Federal Front
Salazar
Canyon of
Carmen
Sierra Mojada
Huerta
Cuatro Cienegas
Tracy Aubert
Aubert
Canyon Carmen
Yermo
Iinsurrecto
Bellano
Canales
Amaya
Conejos
Predicted Roosevelt Victory At Republican Convention
Ormsby McHarg, in Chicago to handle contested delegates for Roosevelt, predicts Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated on the first ballot. He previously led Taft contests and has gathered evidence from states set to file objections, urging the committee to act favorably on Roosevelt’s cases.
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Chicago
Isil
Theodore Roosevelt
Ormsby McHarg
National Republican Committee
McHarg
Roosevelt
Jurist a Victim of Conspiracy at Archbald Hearing
Washington D C Special Judge Robert W Archbalds defense in impeachment probes centers on an alleged setup involving W P Boland and Edward J Williams to entice Archbald into a Katy did calm bank option deal with the Erie Railroad amid lighterage cases. The House Judiciary Committee adjourned without hearing witnesses as it plans night sessions starting tomorrow. Boland expected to testify. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad and Richards of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company named as leading witnesses.
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Washington, D. C
Robert W. Archbald
House Judiciary Committee
W. P. Boland
Scranton
Archbald
Commerce Court
Edward J. Williams
Katy
Eria
Boland
Clayton
George Fr. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
William J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Maryland to Divide Delegates at Republican Convention
Governor Goldsborough brokered a compromise at the Maryland Republican State Convention uniting Roosevelt and Taft factions. A slate allocated eight delegates to Chicago per side with delegates at large split and district seats assigned. Taft supporters would include Governor Goldsborough and William T. Warburton, with Colonel E. C. Carrington Jr. among Roosevelt choices to be named later from the Sixth District.
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Baltimore
Goldsborough
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Goldsbor William T. Warburt
E. C. Carrington, Jr
Lone
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Lossing
Boston Hospital
Warming
C. V. T. Richeson
Executive Committee
Orozce
Maryland
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