Newton Diehl Baker returned to Martinsburg
Nathan Brackett retired from Storer College presidency
James Callahan received his Ph.D. from John Hopkins University
Donnally Publishing Company sold it to Gazette Company
William Edwin Chilton formed law firm with his brother and William A. MacCorkle
J. R. Clifford elected charter member of the American Negro Academy
Blacks began to capitalize on using their political influence under Republican administration
John W. Davis left teaching to open his own practice
William Dawson served as West Virginia's secretary of state
William Edwards published another volume in his three-volume work on butterflies, The Butterflies of North America
Fish and Game Warden Office was created to replace Board of Fish Commissioners
Legislature passed legislation that provided for appointment of state game and fish warden
The UMWA began enlisting the support of well-known labor leaders from across the nation
The Huntington State Hospital was established by the legislature as an insane asylum called the Home for Incurables
Legislature reactivated the position of Immigration Commissioner
Fanny Kemble Johnson moved to West Virginia
Mother Jones joined Eugene Debs's Social Democracy and the Unite Mine Workers of America national strike in Pittsburgh
John P. Hale visited the cave where the Kanawha Madonna was found
Hu Maxwell wrote a history of Hampshire County
Ephraim Morgan earned a law degree from WVU
John Brooks Cottle was born
Matthew M. Neely enrolled at WVU
John Nuttall died in Fayette County
Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company began logging Otter Creek
Research on poultry began at West Virginia University.
Reported 82 routes in operation for the Rural Free Delivery
Samuel Starks was elected as supreme chancellor at the Charleston's Capitol City Lodge No. 1
The American Telephone & Telegraph Company extended a long distance line from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to Charleston through Point Pleasant
The Parkersburg Conference of United Brethren was renamed the West Virginia Conference
Coal operators of Central Competitive Field agreed to peace with UMWA insisting organizing West Virginia too
Volcano oil boom diminished
A disastrous fire occurred in Volcano
The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey was established by legislature
I. C. White began serving as first director of the West Virginia G&ES
Women were permitted to enter all departments and schools except the military
Jerome Hall Rapmond became president of WVU
Consolidation formed the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company
Albert White was appointed as internal revenue agent
Josiah Keely became principal of Montgomery Preparatory School
Hurry-up Yost began coaching at Ohio Wesleyan
Laura Jackson Arnold was named an honorary member of the Society of the Army of West Virginia
