Exoneration After Police Killing in Richmond Rash Shootout
In Richmond a fatal shooting occurred during a struggle at 1018 St Peter Street. Policeman Walter J Perkinson claimed self defense after tussling with Relford and Thomas Pollard, who attacked him with a fence paling. Pollard died from a pistol wound. Coroner Taylor ordered the autopsy. Thomas Pollard and Mark Robinson are involved in a prior dispute over a woman.
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Richmond
Williams H. Taylor
Pegro
Pollard
Perkinson
Ofice
Polter Court
Crotcheld
Wold
David C. Richardson
Thomas Pollard
Mahaley Winchell
Mark Robinson
Louis Werner
Relford
Walter J. Perkinson
St. Peter Street
Pollards
Guy Walker
Jackson Ward
Ster Street
Walker
Belford
Po- Neeman Perkinson
Otey
Nelsz
Krengle
Tiller
Atkinson
Thurman
Samuels
Flournoy
Smallwood
Allen
Werner
Epps
Wiley
Wren
Witt
Taylor
Undertaker Johnson
Marke Binson
August cotton jumps 318 points at opening
New York traders noted a remarkable rise in August cotton at the open as the month surged to 20 cents, an advance of 218 points from Saturday's close. Short bidding quickly pushed it to 17.46, within 9 of the top mark, while SeOs remained comparatively quiet amid light trading.
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New York
Prices Jump as Cotton Futures Rally Amid Short Covering
The August cotton market surged as short sellers rushed to cover positions before month end. Bulls led by Patten Brown Hayne and Seales pushed bids from 16.53 to 18.25 cents a pound after an initial sale at 17.45 and 17.90, with limited supply on the trading floor.
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James A. Patten
William FP. Brown
Frank B. Hayne
Eugene Seales
Shorts
Daniel Sully Returns from England to New York
Daniel Sully, once billed as the Cotton King, arrived today from England aboard the Prinz Frederick Wilhelm with his daughter Gladys. Reports claim he aimed to control the American cotton market. He declined details, noting plans are being formed abroad. He visited the South before sailing and found the cotton outlook hopeful despite boll weevil damage in Louisiana and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Sully
New York
England
Prinz Frederick Wilhelm
Gladys
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
Norfolk Man Shot By Friend During Test of Colts Gun
Norfolk, VA. Special. Bicycle Policeman Harry Wright was accidentally shot through the left lung by L. Levy, haberdasher, at 390 Main Street this morning. Wright is in serious condition at St Vincent's Hospital. The bullet entered above the heart and exited through the back shoulder bone, after striking a box of shirts. Levy forgot the weapon was loaded and fired as he pointed it at Wright. The men are warm friends.
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Norfolk
Harry Wright
L. Levy
Haberdasher
Main Street
St Vincent's Hospital
Levy
Girl Captains A Polo Team Of Men And Wins
Emily Randolph of Philadelphia captained the Cottagers to a 23 to 5 victory over the Yankees on the new Widfield Farm polo field. She led in four goals, wore riding breeches under a long coat, and sparked a civic demonstration for her daring play.
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Emily Randolph
Philadelphia
Starough
Miss Randolph
Cottagers
Yankees
Widfield Farm
Lneup
KR. T. Smith
John R. Fell
Paul Jonis
Schudder Mersman
C. A. Smylie
Phillip Randolph
Newport
Brooks
P. 5
P. Randolph
Point Judith Country Club
Millinery College Planned by National Association in Chicago
The National Association of Retail Milliners plans a fourteen story Chicago millinery college and showroom costing 250000, serving as a hub for importers designers and dealers. It will teach hat drawing in original colors for catalogs, with Parisbased artists earning up to 200 weekly. Extravagant hats grow larger while shades expand with new Parisian colors and Oriental touches.
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Chicago
Ill
Paris
Magnolia
Mme. Maerte
Association
Stop Order Echoes in Phonograph Tale
A quirky vignette depicts Maud and Tom discussing a phonograph as a device to hear a voice while away. Clara notes the sentimental moment and remarks on the machine being stoppable, capturing a playful scene from the period.
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Maud
Tom
Clara
Puck
Taft Campaign Letter Promotes Harmony for Republicans
President Taft issues a campaign letter to Chairman William B. McKinley urging voters to back Republican candidates to ensure passage of party promises. The letter argues for keeping control of Congress to avoid Democratic vetoes and highlights measures like curbing injunctions, regulation of railroad stocks and bonds, ship subsidies, and a national board of health.
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William B. McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
St. James
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
Courts of Equity
National Board of Health
G. O. PL
Washington
D. C
Republican
House
Senate
Congressional Committee
Mystery Reward Sparks Private Eye Chase in 1909
New York dispatch reports a $2,500 reward offered by A Porter to any of four detectives who watched a Fortyseventh Street house in January 1909 for divorce evidence. Porter confirms payment, denies details, and a chasing name Carl Fischer Hansen surfaces before Porter denies familiarity.
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A. Porter
Forty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Porter
Porter Cose
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Porter
Fischer-Hansen
Woman Bandit Being Sought in New Orleans Case
Special wire reports a giant woman bandit, six feet three inches tall, terrorizing travelers and stealing thousands of dollars. Posses in St Tammany Parish launched a search as victims described her imposing height and threat level.
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New Orleans
St Tammany Parish
E Country
Woman Smuggler Breaks Silence in Customs Case
Mrs Alfred Dugrenier wife of a building contractor arrived with her husband on the Grosser Kurfurst and declared nothing at the customs. Deputy Surveyor Raczkiewicz found a gold watch three gold watches three gold scarf pins and a costly gold locket on Dugrenier while Mrs Dugrenier hid a woman’s coat and scarf. She claimed the coat from a foreign maker was bought before going abroad in her home town Lawrence Massachusetts. Both were taken to the Custom House as the investigation continued.
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New York
Alfred Dugrenier
Grosser Kurfurst
Custom House
Raczkiewicz
Dugrenier
Ear severing story shocks New York courtroom
Martin Coon lost his right ear after his wife claimed excessive talking drove her to violence. The South American mar ine engineer and his spouse, arraigned at Jefferson Market Court, described the act and her claim that the ear came off with a razor. She remained held for examination on $2,500 bond.
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New York
Martin Coon
Coon
West Twenty-second Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kernochan
Jefferson Market
Caramba
Richmond firm lands railroads contract in Virginia showpiece
A. M. Walkup & Company of Richmond has secured a cluster of railroad depots bridges and related works spanning Virginia and West Virginia. Projects include Seaboard Air Line station in Petersburg Virginia Railway depots in West Virginia and stations for Chesapeake and Ohio at St Albans Madison Danville and Clifton Forge. The firm also builds a large C and O roundhouse at Clifton Forge and a canal trestle near Richmond.
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Richmond
A. M. Walkup & Company
American National Bank
Tenth
Main Streets
Virgini
Fetersburg
Cockade City
Virginia Railway
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohi Railway
St. Albans
Madison
Danville
W. Va
Walkup
Chesapeake and Ohio
Clifton Forge
Canal
Lewis’ Tunnel
Watlkup
J. M. Locknane
Free Mail Delivery for Culpeper Urged by Citizens
The Culpeper Enterprise argues residents deserve free mail delivery. It cites smaller towns with such service and urges concerted local action to obtain a letter carrier for Culpeper, describing the town as progressive and deserving of postal service.
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Culpeper
Melba Suffers Custom Delays In Devon Nightie Shortage
Devon Pennsylvania reports Mme Nellie Melba faced customs delays in New York before traveling to Devon where she and her party struggled at bedtime due to missing a nightie. The hotel manager produced a suitable garment, though it lacked fine details.
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Devon
Mme
Nellie Melba
Customs Service
New York
Mme. Melba
Melba
Custom House
Songstress
Ban on bogus wedding rings by New York official
New York Special Commissioner of Weights and Measures Clement Driscoll announced a crackdown on jewelers selling thinly plated rings and other items marked 18 karat gold or sterling silver. Inspectors will raid Maiden Lane today after a conference with authorities and jewelry makers. Two jewelers were arraigned in Yorkville for selling worthless jewelry as nearly pure gold and silver.
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New York
Clement Driscoll
Maiden Lane
Driscoll
Stryker
Yorkville
Aaron J. Levy
Crippen Starts Fight For Life In Court
Crowds gathered outside the jail as Crippen and Ethel Le Neve faced impending hearing. Crippen showed no emotion as the trial began while solicitors conferred and police prepared for testimony including Scotland Yard officers Dew and Mitchell. Reported wardress testimony looms as case moves to trial proper.
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Beron Hendal
H. H. Crippen
Cri
England
Arthur Newton
Crippen
James H. Welfare
Inspector Dew
Scotland Yard
Mitchell
Canada
Wardressel Blone
Foster
Ethel le Neve
Byrd Law Violations Lead to Fines and Jail for Begnall
Norfolk Special. W D Begnall received ten dollars and costs plus thirty days in jail with a $500 bond for selling liquor on Sunday and one hundred dollars, costs, and thirty days in jail for selling liquor without a license. Police Justice Simmons imposed the penalties. Begnall appealed in both cases and was freed on $1,100 bail with J Y Connor as surety. The raid occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Norfolk
W. D. Begnall
Simmons
J .Y Connor
Corporation Court
Girl of 14 Fights Burglar in Her Aunt's Home
Clara Lea Vitt, fourteen, chased a burglar from 1088 Second Avenue after catching him in the hall. Her brother Charles pursued and nabbed the suspect on East Fifty-eighth Street. the man, Stephen Kubita, nineteen, was held for examination in Yorkville Court. Clara, slight and brave, insisted she would do it again if needed.
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New York
Clara Leavitt
Second Avenue
Charles Leavitt
Clara
East Fifty-eighth Street
First
Second Avenues
Fitzgerald
East Fifty-first Street
Stephen Kubita
East Eighty-eighth Street
Elmira Reformatory
Yorkville
Herrman
robl@d
Thomas Evans
Charlie
Fifty-eighth Street
First Avenue
Express Company Extortion Across Parcel Service
The Winchester Star cites Collier's Weekly noting express firms earn 43 to 125 percent yearly on liberal capital, deny charging beyond necessity yet resist lowering rates. It argues parcel post expansion would ease overburdened carriers and reduce costs, asking Washington to curb monopolistic parcel transport.
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Collier’s Weekly
Washington
Winchester Star
Whence the Clamor for Judicial Reform in Virginia
A Virginia editorial questions whether growth in state and county expenses is justified. It argues that the General Assembly overestimates need for 32 judicial circuits, noting existing four year experience suggested 24 judges sufficed and officials have added eight judges with higher salaries. It asks who drives new circuits and bureaucratic agencies and who pays for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
General Assembly
North Carolina
Legislature Seeks Special Attorney In Virginia Economy Questioned
The Charlottesville Progress questions why the General Assembly adds costly offices such as a special attorney with a $4000 salary amid calls for tax cuts and fiscal restraint. The piece critiques the push for new offices and extravagant appropriations despite ongoing legislative activity and a claimed need for economy.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Charlottesville
Safety Clothes Lines Save Falling Child
A ten year old girl fell from the fourth floor fire escape at 666 Bergen Avenue in the Bronx. She landed on a rug stretched across two clothes lines and was found in the yard. An ambulance from Lebanon Hospital took her for examination by Dr. Goldstein who reported internal injuries but good recovery prospects.
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New York
Bergen Avenue
Bronx
Jesse Hoffman
Lebanon Hospital
Goldstein
River Song and Restless Verses in a Fractured Ledger
Fragmentary verses recount a river theme and lost love, then list brief biographical skits of figures including Wisnamed Children, Russell Sage Montgomery, Adalina Tatt, Maher, Waldo Emerson o radle, and George Dewey Weatherbee, ending with The Widow. The piece blends lyric meditation with satirical epitaph-like lines and didactic couplets.
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Adalina Tatt
Maher
Waldo Emerson O'Radle
Dissatisfaction Pushes Second Primary Talk in Norfolk District
The Fredericksburg Free Lance urges a second primary in the Second Congressional District amid reports of discontent after ex-Congressman Young defeated Maynard for renomination. Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and other areas feel the primary was not fairly conducted or votes counted, calling for fair dealing by Democratic authorities.
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Young
Maynard
Norfolk
Democratic
Portsmouth
Suffolk
Fredericksburg
Virginia AG ruling snarls school book supply chain
Richmond VA The Attorney General’s demand that book publishers domesticate before contracts for state school books can begin has disrupted the supply chain. With publishers and local dealers unsure how to proceed, most schools may open without full book inventories, raising alarm among districts and the State Board of Education due to franchise tax disputes and timing. Public dealers face limited stock as negotiations continue toward a September meeting.
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Richmond
Williams
State Board of Education
Virginia
Generi
Death From Prescription Error Linked to Lysol Mix Up
A three year old, John Odeneal Wilbon, died after a druggist misread a prescription and handed the mother a bottle of Lysol instead of laxol. Warriner, the pharmacist, learned of the fatal mistake as the child showed poisoning signs and died soon after. An inquest is planned with viewings today and the funeral scheduled for this afternoon.
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Richmond
John
John Wilben
David T. Wilben
Floyd Avenue
William S. Warriner
Grove Avenue
Dr. Winn
New York
Wilbon
Warriner
Winn
South
D. T. Wilbon
William H. Taylor
John Odeneal Wilbon
David T. Wilbon
William F. Warriner
City Hall
Child's Life Forfeit For His Street Fun
Four year old Abraham Schechter of 29 First Street was run over near Fifth Street and First Avenue by a car driven by Mark McVittie of 201 West Eighty third Street. McVittie stopped, moved the injured boy to the front seat and rushed to a drug store where the child died. McVittie was arrested on a technical homicide charge.
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New York
Abraham Schechter
First Street
Mark McVittie
West Eighty-third Street
Louis M. Rosenthal
Avenue A
McVittle
Iad
Abraham
Fifth Street
First Avenue
West Fifth Street
McVittie
Second Avenue
Foley
East Fifth Street
Buell
Bellevue
Prowing the Charmed Circle To gather
Analysis of Virginia politics following a new Constitution notes the narrowing of the political circle. It argues absence of statute law governing party nominations leaves voters unsafe and contests futile, labeling nomination without legalization as tyranny as implied by the Norfolk Landmark.
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Virginia
Norfolk
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Elmwood
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Army
United States
E. P. Miner
St. Luke’s Church
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Land Railroads
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Belle Elmore
George Dewey Weatherbee
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