Graduation ends the festivities at Virginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute held its final exercises in Lexmaston on June 27 with 47 graduates the largest class in years Cadet E B A Saunqera gave the valedictory and Charles D Molver delivered the commencement address. Diplomas and bachelor degrees were awarded with Richard Stearns Dodson Norfolk and William Robert Nichols Petersburg receiving Jackson Hope medals for top ranks. Promotions and appointments within the battalion followed, and the final military ball concluded the ceremonies.
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Lexmaston
Virginia Malary Institute
Ge Scott Shipp
Eba Saun Qera
Richmond Va
Wee
Charles D Molver
Liz D
North Carolina
Richard Stearns Dodson
Norfolk
William Robert Nichols
Petersburg
Grovinds
Acadene Board
Board of Visitors
Sclusa
Richard Stearns Dodson Norfolk
John Cleland
Alonzo
Plorue
St Johns
Fiery T Jones
Norfolk Va
Arthur P Lewis
West Virginia Educators Elect Officers at Huntington Meeting
The 26th annual West Virginia Educational Association meeting closes with Huntington chosen as next site. Officers elected include President R A Armstrong Morgantown and Secretary A J Wilkinson Gratton. other posts filled by WP Bhawkey Charleston and local clerical nominees. Berkeley County Republicans nominate delegates for the Keyser August 1 Congressional convention. George C Sturgiss supporters claim all delegates.
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Huntington
Washington Post
Fairmount
West Virginia Educational Association
R A Armstrong
Morgantown
A J Wikinson Gratton Leclare
Berkeley County
Sturgiss
Washingtat
Martinsburg
Keyser
Friends of
George C Sturgiss
Tarheel Lawyers in Session at North Carolina Bar Meet
Special to The Washington Post Salisbury NC June 27 The North Carolina Bar Association annual session convened at Wrightsville near Wilmington Clement Manly of Winston-Salem was named president The event will run for three days.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
North Carolina Bar Association
Wrightsville
Wilmington
Clement Manly
Winston-Salem
Death of Dr ER F Hopkins at New Market
Frederick My June 27 Howard H Hopkins Sr died last night at New Market of consumption aged fifty eight. He leaves a widow two unmarried daughters and three sons all of whom are physicians.
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Peela Vo Ane Agum
Frederick My
Howard H. Hopkins, Sr
New Market
Death of famed lawyer and author Hurley at 72
Benjamin Tranhhin Morgan Hurley aged seventy two died of consumption at his home. He was a lawyer lecturer and author, once a personal friend of President Lincoln and held various federal and territorial offices including deputy surveyor of Kansas Territory, Washington councilman, and fourth Maryland district registrar of bankruptcy. He left a wife Miss Alie Sormant of Washington.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Wad
Benjamin Tranhhin Morgan Hurley
Lincoln
United States Senate
Treaony Chase
Kansas Territory
Washington
Washington Territory
Asseseuy
Revere
Maryland
Maryland Distict
Alabama Claims Commission
Gov Hicks
United States Treasury
Ixen~tucky
State Senate
General Assembly
Alie Sormant
Police will protect Lee in case of conviction
Special to The Washington Post from Baltimore on June 27 reports state authorities plan to return condemned assailant William Lee to Princess Anne for hanging if convicted. About 300 Baltimore Police, led by Marshal Canan, would accompany him to prevent lynching and disperse potential mobs with night sticks.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
William Lee
Robert Barnes
Princes Powell
Somerset County
Princess Anne Somerset
George Brown
Baltimors
Marshal Canan
State Ofcial
Lee
Princess Anne
Legalla
Investigating the Police Woman Alleges Graft in Washington
The Washington Post reports a panel's inquiry into police graft with a woman’s testimony about bribes. Washington officials and investigators challenge her statements as officers deny any misconduct. The board adjourned, awaiting mayoral call.
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Amiss
Qergts Carl Flathers
Fa Horne
Washington Police Department
Moore
Court Overrules Motion in Fort Myer Heights Suit
In Alexandria Counts court Leggett et al vs Robingen and Trimmer saw a rehearing denied. The case sought to settle liabilities of the Fort Myer Heights syndicate. Commissioners reported $55,000 liabilities, later reduced by further reports to about $26,700, confirmed by the court.
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Chancery
Chrect
Alexandria
Sesterd
Leggett Et al
Robingen
Trimmer
Fort Myer Heights
Commissioners In Chancery
No pardon for Burton in clemency plea denied
Richmond June 27 Gov Swanson refused clemency for Chadwick exmon Burton seeking a pardon for his daughter. The governor noted past offenses and said no interference with the penalties imposed for obtaining money order false pretenses and introducing his wife into the city. The petition was filed by Bastous Aguchter.
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Gov Swanson
Washington Post
Richmond
Burton
Butous Aguchter
Stocking District Parks With Game Committee Plans
The district parks stocking committee met to decide using pirate subscription funds to release animals and birds in Rock Creek Park and smaller reservations. plans include swans ducks geese and squirrels in Rock Creek and nearby parks with several subscribers listed and Dr Cecil French as secretary-treasurer.
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Rock Creek Park
Sunda
Pierces Dam
Rock Creek
Cecil French
Griffith Halatead
Charles @ Glover
Carl
Droop
Bibbs & Co
David Moore
RB B Chewer
Conrad Becker
W S Harban
Edward C Schmid
JF Bett
T F Tiley
Y L Harban
Louis P Shoemaker
George P Robinson
S M Jones
TY § Palmer
Edward Droop
Twelfth Street Northwest
Forger Talley Faces Possible Fifteen-Year Sentence
Irving Talley alias Woods, an escaped convict and noted forger, was captured after passing forged notes on North Baltimore saloonkeepers. He was held for action by the federal grand jury as Secret Service officials described him as highly dangerous, with a diary of forged notes and a history of prior offenses. Investigators identified him amid a nationwide search, and authorities noted he had been pursued by the Secret Service for years.
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Warrington Post
Baltimore
Irving Talley
Woods
Pope
Rogers
Ashland
Parkenburg
Wright
Talley
Jait
Appointments made to Virginia college boards and trustees
Swanson announced vacancies filled on boards of visitors and trustees for the Virginia School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg the State Normal School at Farmville and the University of Virginia. Appointments run for four years from July 1 Endeavoring to cover vacancies caused by resignations at multiple institutions across Staunton Richmond Norfolk Roanoke and other cities.
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Washington
Buckmend
Gox
Swanson
Virginia School For Colored Deaf and Bond
Larldt Staunton
John & ‘Williams
Richmond
A C Walker Walker
J Stewart Bryan
Harry
Houston
Hampton Board of Walters
Virginie Agricultural and Vedantegl College and Polytechnic Institute At
Blacksburg
ES Turzer
Blackburn Renominated at Eighth District GOP Convention
North Wilkesboro NC June 27 at the Republican convention Spencer Blackburn was renominated to succeed himself. The gathering was harmonious and unanimous with a seconding speech by Fat Linnes. Resolutions endorsed Roosevelt's administration and Blackburn for state chairman. Raleigh NPC June 27 Democrat Thomas renominated for fifth term in North Carolina’s Fifth District at a large, unanimous convention.
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Walangton
North Wilkesboro
Spencer Blackburn
Fat Linnes
Ry Linnes
Blackburn
Roosevelt
Mr Blackburn
Raleigh Npc
Negros Slayer Acquitted At Mayors Court Hearing
Robert Morris a special detective for the Southern Express Company who killed a negro Monday night near Danville was found not guilty after a hearing in the Mayors Court Mayor Wooding ruled Morris was justifiably shooting. Monroe Richardson charged as an accomplice was dismissed. The negro’s body was buried at city expense and his identity will likely remain unknown.
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Washington
Danville
Robert Morris
Southern Express
Cumming
Wooding
Morris
Monroe Richardson
Lis
West Virginia Weddings Martinsburg June
Miss Hattie Granthour of this city wed Star Awitbide of Tidings W Va this morning at 9 at the bride’s home Rev Frank R Isaac officiating in Martinsburg June 31 Miss Mariamie North daughter of Mrs Georges North and Thomas Wing Sparrow of New Rochelle NY were married at the bride’s home in this city the ceremony was by Rev F Woods of the Presbyterian Church they will reside at New Rochelle.
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Hattie Granthour
Thig City
Star Awitbide
Tidings
W Va
Frank R. Isaac
Martinsbig
Mariamise North
Geors
North
Thomas Wing Sparrow
Elvil
New Rochelle
Rev F Woods
Presbyterian Church
Hey
Techmond
Charlotte O Jonson
Robert St . Smith
Chatham
Nannie Park Whitehead
Foote Johnson Wooding
Lenoir City
Tenn
Cleveland Hall
Richmond
Albert Payel
Dinwidile
Talia Cirivita
Marshall ‘Packer
Dinwiddie
Hume Powell
Norton Watson
Mobile
Ala Ind
Tante Melis Nau
William Newné
Perthshire
Beotland
Christ Tyscopal Church
Harry B Lee
Suffolk
Miss Leulee
Urquhart Burgess
Rnregeas
Ginx Onpett Mason
Washington DC
Joseph B Dunn
St Paul
G P & Church
Soldiers Demand Land Redistribution and End Police Duty
In St Petersburg and Odessa troops rebel against police duties and pledge One for all All for one. Preobrajensky Regiment reprimanded by the Emperor for revolutionary slogans. Soldiers seek humane treatment, barracks access, regimental reading rooms, release of political prisoners, and better rations. They back land distribution to peasants and join parliamentary support movements.
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Odessa
St Petersburg
Preobrajensky
Krasnoyy-Selo
Thla
Guards
Te- Mei
Government
Victuutry
Will Fumigate War Ships Precautions Against Yellow Fever
New Orleans June 27 war ships from suspected yellow fever ports entering the Mississippi must submit to quarantine like other vessels. French cruisers for Bastille celebration must be fumigated. Yucatan ordered fumigated and detained ten days. hundreds of Mexican cadets aboard. Revolt threat in Spanish Honduras prompts fears of quarant ine demoralization among American residents.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Louisiana State Board of Health
Bastile
Yucatan
Mississippi
Spanish Honduras
Honduras
State Board of Health
Youth Found Dead in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Special from Cumberland Maryland June 27 a youth’s decomposed body was found floating in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal below Old Town The youth, believed named Oasis, reportedly from Washington DC had been driving mules pulling a canal boat and it is unclear how he drowned.
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Speuial
Accused of Criminal Assault Near Winchester
Special to The Washingtonast reports Harry Stewart, a Brucetown farmer, charged with criminal assault on Ethel Owens, a 13 year old white girl, arrested and held for grand jury in Winchester. Also notes multiple marriages and a separate arrest for assault on a 14 year old girl in Greensboro, N C.
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Winchester
Ethel Owens
Harry Stewart
Brucetown
Washington
Greensharo
Jane
Willll Glase
Tigtan Ghiss
Mine Workers Win Case in State Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that a certificate of qualification is required for coal mine work in the anthracite region two years of practical experience prior to certificate can be earned. Commonwealth v John Shalesa involved a noncertified worker from Illinois who was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment, sentence to be carried out.
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State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Off
Commonwealth
John Shalesa
Pennsylvana
Illnels
Virginia Obituary Petersburg June 2 Mrs Nelle Bur Laurence Dies
Petersburg obituary notes the death of Mrs Nelle Bur Laurence wife of WF Teaurence at her home in Petersburg. She was daughter of the late David Burr of Richmond and leaves her husband and one son Tredericksturg. Juney21-L C Sale of Cmoline Counts died last night at Washington Hospital after being brought there last Sunday. He was thirty years old, a prominent merchant of Guineys, and survived by his widow and three children.
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Petersburg
Nelle Bur Laurence
WF Teaurence
David 1 Burr
Richmord
Tredericksturg
Mamn
Washington Hospital
Tament
Run Down by Tram and Killed Near Parsons West Virginia
A logging train of the Otter Creek Boom and Lumber Company struck and instantly killed A J Pennington, 40, two miles east of Parsons, West Virginia, as he attempted to cross the track in front of the train late last night.
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Wasningen
Parsons
W Va
J Pennington
Otter Creek
Malcolm Birckhead Gordon Dies at 68
Malcolm Birckhead Gordon, 68, died shortly before 8 yesterday morning at 13 Thirteenth Street NW. Heart disease caused the death. Born in the city, he spent forty years with the Government Printing Office as assistant foreman of the binder y. He was a member of Lebanon Lodge No 1. Survived by wife, two daughters Mrs J M Starrow and Miss Helen E Gordon, and Peyton Gordon. The funeral is at the house tomorrow with private burial.
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Lebanon Lodge No 1
J M Starrow
Helen E Gordon
Oegon
Peyton Gordon
Department of Justice
Morray
Deliberate anti-Jewish provocation sparks unrest near Petersburgh
A Jewish Chronicle dispatch reports an antiJewish provocation incident at Usovsky in the Don province amid anger over desecration of a church symbol. Police arrests target those involved while Barasch warns of an impending outbreak in St Petersburg. An interviewer cites Stolypin’s inferiority to curb subordinates. Warsaw report notes Uman town in fear of a Jewish massacre and panic.
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Sunezi
Usovsky
Don
St. Petersburg
Barasch
St Petersburg
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Bialho Stok
Baraseh
Stolypin
Prince Urugoff
London
Warsaw
Uman
Kiev
Russia More Prosperous in View of June Data
In St Petersburg June figures indicate Russia's improving finances with increased railway returns in January to May, a 65.5 million dollar surplus in foreign trade for January to June, higher customs receipts, and savings deposits rising to 57.2 million pounds. The cash reserve stands at 563.675 million, fully backing note circulation.
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Russia
Widnary
Marva
Death sentences in Demshawai attack on British officers
June 27 report: natives tried for the Demshawai village attack on five British officers near Tantab. Capt Bull of the Inniskillings killed. others maltreated. Sentences ranged from death for four to penal servitude for life and years. thirty-one acquitted. Also no second international peace conference this year.
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Demshawai
Tantab
C Bull
Inniskilling Dragoons
Foreien
Tragedy at a Texas wedding ends in double shooting
In Comfort Texas last night, during a wedding gathering, Joseph Reinhardt shot and killed his bride to be Migs Ernestine Kutzer and then fatally shot himself. The motive remains unknown as guests witnessed the tragedy with no apparent warning.
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Comfort
Tex
Joseph Reinhardt
Migs Ernestine Kutzer
Roswell Farmer Kills Widow Then Wounds Self
Roswell Georgia June 27 John A Grimes a prosperous farmer age twenty two shot and killed Mrs Eva Mc Quinn a young widow at her home near Roswell. Jealousy is cited as the motive Grimes then shot himself but only a slight wound was inflicted He surrendered to authorities afterward.
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Roswell
John A Grimes
Eva Mc Qinn
Grimes
Retires as Brigadier General Leads to Missouri River role change
Brigadier General Col Dowald Herbert Ernst of the Corps of Engineers retires after a long career from West Point through Civil War era service, later guiding river and harbor projects. He will be succeeded as president of the Mississippi River Commission by Lieut Col Clinton B Sears, with Lieut Col James L Lusk joining as member.
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Sears
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Corps of Enngineers
United States Army
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Eynet
Army of the Tennessee
Atlanta
Pacific Coast
Ernst
Mississipp, Rover Commission
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Amat Can
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Mississippi River
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Illnois
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Interlo
Spain
United States Commission
Galveston
Washington
United States Military Academy
Cuba
Mississipp
Clinton B Sears
Corps of Engineers
James L Lusk
Fagan Again on Warpath in the Philippines
Reports from the Bureau of Insular Affairs indicate Fagan, a renegade deserter from the Twenty fourth Infantry, leads a gang of about fifty men causing terror in Pangasinan. They allegedly steal cattle and operate under Filipino direction with his claimed marriage to a native woman cited as part of his rowdy rise.
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Fagan
Twentyfourth Infantry
Philippines
Pangasinan
Crtain
Hibbs and Hume Form Washington Banking Brokerage Partnership
William B Hibbs president of the Washington Stock Exchange and Thomas L Hume secretary announce a general partnership to run banking and brokerage services. The move expands the firms W B Hibbs & Co and Hume offices, with plans for a new ten story building at Fifteenth street and New York avenue.
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Washington Stock Exchange
W B
Stork
W B Hibbe & Co
Hume
Ude
Vroker
Hibbs & Co
Glover
TD Street
Dockton
Fifteenth Street
Bruce Pike
de Sibour
New York
Uarter Mallon Investment
WB Hibbs & Co
Washington
Tom
Hubbs
Wunnie
Hibbs
Ehbbs
Murdered Italian found in field near Yonkers
Bodies discovered in a field near Yonkers by George Brown and George Angelus. Andrea Frenea of New York is identified as the victim. Evidence shows a desperate defense against multiple assailants and a possible robbery motive. A heavy hammer, rings, and a passport link to Italy are found on the body. Police coroner detains two men for questioning.
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Hing
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Iilar
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Graduation at Notre Dame Academy Eight Girls Graduate
Notre Dame Academy held commencement at Gonzaga Hall Tuesday afternoon with eight graduates. Honored seniors include Mary E Bennelly, Mary M Healy, Josephine M McDonald, Regina Watkins, Desiree Fennell, Bernadette Mack, Katharine C Murphy, and Anna B Yeager. Salutations and essays were presented by Healy, McDonald, and Watkins, with recitations by Sheridan, Murphy, Fennell, and Mack. Military silver medals for excellence in music were awarded to Miss Krogman and Miss Watkins.
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Mgr Falcoffio
Notre Dame Academy
Gonzaga Hall
Mary EB Tannelly
Mary M Healy
Josephine M
Donald Regina Watkins
Desiree Fennell Bernadette Mack
Katharine C Murphy
Anna B Yeager
Healy
McDonald
Watkins Missenger
Sheridon
Murphy
Fennell
Mack Miss Connelly
Miss Krogman
Watking
Three Drown in Oil Tank at Waterbury
Three workers died after being overcome by petrol fumes inside an oil tank in Waterbury on June 27. Eugene Rowley Frederick Stott and Dennis Sullivan perished, while one man was rescued. The incident prompted a rescue operation and investigation into tank safety.
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Bemmng
Waterbury Cown
Eugene Rowley
Freq Stott
Dennis Sullivan
St Lawrence waterway project receives no action
The International Waterways Commission adjourned after considering Warren and Dawley for permission to build a power canal along the St Lawrence River near Massena. The plan would run on the Canadian side of the American channel for a summer resort and power, with an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars. A meeting is set for Toronto on July 2.
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Buffalo
International Waterways Commission Today
Toronto
H H Warren
S L. Dawley
Long Sail Channel
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Massena
American Channel
Escape From Fire Destroys West Sixty Sixth Street Stable
New York fire heavily damaged a West Sixty Sixth Street stable owned by James Brodie, destroying two automobiles and four carriages with losses around 2000 dollars. Mrs Jukes Coacn Ma, in a top floor apartment with her infant, barely escaped with others rescued via the stairs. Police and nearby workers suffered burns during the ordeal.
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James Brodie Duke
Oquates
Sixty Sixth Street
Mary Farrell
Jukes
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