Charles Ambler received a doctorate in social sciences
Virginian Railway began building a new line
Louis Bennett Sr. unsuccessfully ran for governor
Legislature authorized the purchase of land to serve as training base
Fannie Cobb Carter organized teacher-training department at West Virginia Colored Institute (now West Virginia State University)
William Conley was appointed to unexpired term as West Virginia attorney general
Forest fires destroyed 1.7 million acres
Congress prepared way for establishment of National Forest Reserve in Monongahela
Legislature replaced the Board of Examiners with state Board of Education
4-H movement in West Virginia began in Monroe County
The German Dunkards changed their name to the Church of the Brethren
William Glasscock resigned as internal revenue collector to run for governor
Henry Hatfield became a member of the West Virginia Senate
Herman Kump elected prosecuting attorney in Randolph County
Clark W. May died
William Alexander MacCorkle wrote Some Southern Questions
I. T. Mann served as a delegate to the Republican national convention
Johnson Camden McKinley became a millionaire coal operator
The Mercer Healing Springs Corporation was bought out by Rufus G. Meador
James Miller published History of Summers County
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller divorced her husband and moved to Boston after discovering his infidelities
West Virginia legislature rejected every mine safety law proposed
President Teddy Roosevelt advocated the formation of a federal agency to investigate mine accidents, teach accident prevention and conduct mine safety research
Margaret Montague published In Calvert's Valley
The Morgantown Weekly Post and the Morgantown Chronicle merged
Anna Jarvis founded Mother's Day
The Church of the Nazarene was established as a national body
Matthew M. Neely was elected mayor of Fairmont
There were 2,592 normal school-students
Oak Park opened
Poles became the third-largest immigrant group working in the West Virginia coal mines
Responding to a worldwide epidemic, the Board of Health recommended that West Virginia make provision for the care and treatment of tuberculosis
Ritter Park was originally purchased by the city of Huntington
The last log drive of the St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company
The West Virginia Socialist Party spread to Huntington
E. M. Statler opened the Buffalo Statler
The Wellsburg, Bethany & Washington interurban railway was built
William P. Tams launched the Gulf Smokeless Coal Company in the new Winding Gulf coalfield
An act of Congress provided for a battlefield monument at Point Pleasant
Sistersville General Hospital was founded
A. Fremont Gold and W. Alfred Gold built twin houses in Mason
Vitrolite was manufactured by the Meyercord-Carter Company in Vienna
Fire destroyed the building of the Baptist State Convention
I.C. White wrote an extensive report on the coal resources of Brazil
I.C. White was invited by the Teddy Roosevelt administration to speak at the first White House Conference on conservation
Lenna Yost became the state president of WCTU
