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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
3
Virginia forecast calls for rain and much colder temperatures tonight with Wednesday and Thursday generally fair but notably colder. Winds light, no precipitation expected beyond showers in a few eastern counties. Highs and lows not specified in fragment.
Chicago reporters reveal federal secret service operatives have secured clews to the widow in green a mysterious blackmailer who victimized wealthy downtown hotel patrons over four months. Names of victims are being kept secret while several victims plan to testify before the federal grand jury.
The Common Council holds a regular meeting this afternoon. Mr J J Westmoreland is confined with small pox. Powhatan Tribe members are called to a meeting tonight. Rev Father Coleman of Manchester visited his mother and Rev Father O Farrell. Mr David Dunlop injured in a Savannah car crash but not seriously. Mrs Annie Walthall and Miss Myrtle Hawkins hosted friends Friday. Messrs Gilbert Morse and R K Salomonsky visit Petersburg representing Piper Heidrick Wine Co. A half-soled shoe found at the Courthouse yard may be claimed at the Tax Collector’s office. Robt Francis and Bos Hanrahan left for studies at Rock Hill and Hickott City. Robt Jones and Arthur Bryan returned to Randolph Macon Academy. Chas Hall Davis invites to Taft banquet by Atlanta Chamber. Mrs Turner suffered a fall, arm broken, head cut. Local organizations thanked for Christmas aid to orphans. Mr Hubard entertained Helen Harrison and guests at Lynnhaven. Riverside Club stockholders elected E B Sydnor President, Paul Pettit VP, and W Roane Ruffin with others as directors.
Additional church collections reported include Wesley M E Church 8 dollars Washington street M K H Church 60 Market street M E Church 50 Ettrickne HK Church 2 St John s P E K Church 10 St Paul s P E E Church 26 The Presbyterian churches together about 100 The total sums to about 440 dollars for Petersburg a city of modest size
Walter Maben Winfree, fifty, prominent Petersburg resident, died of Brights disease at his High street home after weeks of illness. Son of the late Capt. Albert C. Winfree, he married Myrtie Snyder and leaves a daughter, Mrs. Harvey L. Simmons, his mother Mrs. Julia Winfree, and two sisters. A longtime Sunday school superintendent, he was a bookkeeper for H. P. Harrison Co. candy makers and later with Wa. Gaweron & Bro. He served on the Petersburg School Board and belonged to Blandford Lodge Masons, Tipperance Tribe Red Men, and the Royal Arcanum. Funeral arrangements not announced.
Pearly Coleman, colored, violation city ordinance, fined $5. Oscar Pegram, colored, trespass, fined $5. EB. L. DeJarnette, case continued. I. Reinach & Son, Higenbrun Bros., Petersburg Dry Goods Co. F. W. Woolworth & Co., violation trash ordinance by not having top on receptacle, fined $2 each. Alfred Claiborne, colored, peace warrant, discharged. John Walker, colored, violation city ordinance, fined $5. John Brown, colored, suspicion of felony, continued.
The city and Chesterfield county report rising small pox cases with new infections common. Officials urge prompt vaccination, noting many patients were unvaccinated or inadequately protected. Seek medical care immediately to stamp out the disease.
Alexandria Va Jan 4 The Rev Dr Berryman Green professor of the English Bible at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia near Alexandria yesterday announced he would decline the bishop coadjutorship of Virginia elected December 18 at a special council. His decision follows strong urging that he can best serve the church from his present post and will require another council to elect a bishop coadjutor.
Fire drill at public school No. 97 in Jackson Place emptied 800 children in 80 seconds without disorder. A basement fire caused smoke in upper rooms. teachers organized orderly evacuation with minimal damage to the building.
Roanoke Virginia January 4 Mayor Joel B H Cutchin announces the January 7 meeting is canceled as its goals will be met by Sunday and Monday mass gatherings He pledges strict enforcement of all statutes and ordinances from January 10 including liquor sales cigar shops shoe shines and houses of ill repute while praising Anti-Saloon League efforts and urging public support for lawful order.
New York reports Jim Jeffries, claiming to still hold the heavyweight title, denies ceding it to Marvin Hart and says he won t fight again in America though Los Angeles promoters offer up to fifty thousand dollars for a Burns conquest or Johnson clash. A world tour with potential two hundred thousand profits is hinted.
The Lyric Theatre presents Sam Hunter and Ryne and Emerson with Miss Margite Andrews singing. The crowd praised the bill as highly entertaining with pictures and illustrated songs. Press across Ohio and Pennsylvania lauded Miss Andrews as a contralto talent with a strong voice and wide range.
Mr. Mate DeJarnette of Grove Avenue set a trap gun after old junk thieves. Yesterday Forest Aiken, twelve, triggered the device and was shot in the leg. He was taken to Petersburg Hospital for treatment. motive and activities at the old house remain unclear.
Large crowds attend nightly performances at the Cockade and Virginian motion picture theatres. The latest best pictures and catchy illustrated songs are delighting audiences and no one should miss the shows now on display.
The Colonial theatre will be reopened Wednesday under the management of Mr Roy B Holstein formerly of the Cockade with the latest motion pictures and illustrated songs. Opening pictures will be local subjects taken by a Petersburg photographer and will prove interesting.
Morgantown W V Jan 4 Dr Henry Pritchett president of the Carnegie Foundation spoke at the winter term opening of West Virginia University The visit of Dr Pritchett follows overtures by the university to be listed among beneficiaries of the fund Eligible professors named include S St George Tucker Brooke William P Wiley Robert M Douthat James S Stewart and President D B Purinton.
Rome reports authorities will evacuate Reggio and Messina, surrounding them with military lines to prevent reentry and pestilence. The king vows to rebuild Messina and Reggio despite losses, urging national reunification as US Navy rescue efforts continue.
Charles Brown a well known farmer from near Selma North Carolina was shot and killed near his home in Danville Virginia last night while returning from a visit to a tenant on his plantation. The assailant fled and bloodhounds were set on the trail. No motive established though rumors mention a woman. Brown was 35 to 40, leaving a wife and seven children.
In Asheville North Carolina on January 4 county taxes totaling thirty four thousand dollars from the Biltmore estate remain unpaid. The shortfall prevents payment of teachers salaries for the last half month and an appeal was cabled to George W Vanderbilt in Paris to order immediate payment of at least half the arrears. The estate is assessed at two million six hundred thousand dollars and no personal tax is paid here.
George and Edward Wilson of Wardenaville Hampshire county West Virginia killed a 300 pound black bear near Winchester Virginia yesterday after a fight. The big bear had terrorized local farmers for weeks and the hunt ended its menace.
Nearly 150 suits of latent styles and newest shades go on sale this week with great reductions. All sizes and colors are in stock, offering buyers a substantial chance to pick up fashionable suits at lower prices.
A large stock of Misses and Children's coats must go regardless of cost. Clearout drives sales urgency and offers heavy discounts on winter outerwear. Local shop promotes sweeping reduction to move inventory quickly.
A special sale offers 100 Doren Ladies Embroidered Handkerchiefs with prices from 1 to 25 cents. Sale price listed as 12 1-26 17 cents. Limited quantity and discount advertised in local notices.
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