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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
1
The night forecast for Virginia Fair calls for partly cloudy skies Tuesday with little temperature change. No significant precipitation expected and winds light to moderate.
Justice Plummer presided on a morning docket with Chas. Smith and Horace Smith among those cited for city ordinance violations. Fines ranged from five to two hundred fifty dollars with several defendants discharged or withdrawn.
J.0 James promotes a limited time sale on tan shoes with strong urging to buy now. The message emphasizes discount prices aimed at boosting sales volume and company cash flow this week.
Students at the State University of Oklahoma in Norman under President A Grant Evans guard the campus to prevent arson after a dynamite explosion severed the main water pipe to the campus. Guards were posted last night and again tonight as authorities investigate the threat.
The Texas State Land Commissioners sold 115000 acres of state land to the highest bidders in Austin on June 6. The land, across 181 factions, drew about 700000 dollars from 750 bidders. The parcels lie in the Pecos River valley and are irrigable.
John D Rockefeller paid a $15 water bill in East Cleveland with a check totaling $76,273. The instrument, mailed from New York, was thought to be mislaid and later returned by the village clerk after recovery of the envelopes.
A Milwaukee lawyer recounts a humorous divorce trial tale. An elderly witness, a confirmed bachelor, declines answering age, then jokes about being sixty and not hoping to marry the lawyer. The judge and the crowd laugh as the witness refuses the suitor and tests his patience with patter.
In Richmond on June 6 Jos Cushman a bank clerk was accidentally shot by his father Wo Cushman a prominent local businessman. The ball entered the face just under the nose and lodged near the spinal column in the back of the neck. The pistol had been out of use and no one knew it contained a bullet. The father is grief stricken and has remained at his son's bedside in the hospital where he lies in a dangerous condition.
Change of programme at the Lyric theater. A Bollingbrook street residence is postponed sale to June 10. Notable locals Sam Clary and Chas Edwarde return to the Cockade City from Richmond and Philadelphia respectively. The Columbia Photograph Co plans a motion picture of the Patersburg Grays and A. P. Hill Camp on Memorial Day.
Smallpox of virulent type reported near Petersburg with many cases in Norfolk and other areas. Health Officer Martin urges unvaccinated residents to vaccinate at once, offering free vaccination through city physicians and at his office for those who cannot pay. This urgent public health notice accompanies a local sale ad for June house furnishings.
The educational motion picture Whaling on the Irish Coast is being shown again at the Cockade tonight for schoolchildren. Also screening are The Black Sheep and Skating in a Safety Suit, both noted as fine.
The Virginia Theatre presents nightly showings of the finest motion pictures. A pleasant place to spend afternoons or evenings enjoying sights and a trip around the world.
The Loyal Order of Moose will organize Petersburg Lodge Tuesday night in Odd Fellows Hall. James Hancock of this city is the organizer for the district and all interested in becoming members are invited to attend. See advertisement in another column.
The C. L. Gunn store on West Street was broken into at night with a window smashed. A package of 900 cigarette coupons and a box of cigarettes were taken. The missing coupons were found in a nearby unoccupied house, while the cigarette box remained with its packs missing coupons.
Tan goods offered at reduced prices during a limited sale week by J. O. James, featuring markdowns on leather and fabric items. Local shoppers are advised to visit the store for weekly bargains and inventory updates.
Jumberland Maryland June 6 The grand jury indicted Jas Kenny Philip F Blake and Samuel Jackson for keeping a gaming table other than billiard where the game keely was played The defense argued the game requires skill and falls outside gambling law Judge Boyd aquitted the men while noting they could be indicted for keeping a gambling place The Chicago arson fire damaged Austin Methodist Episcopal church and Holiness church nearby with losses totaling 75 000 insured. both fires began near the organ in the rear of the buildings
Tallahassee Florida June 6 a mob of up to 15 men dragged Mark Morriss a negro from his jail cell and hanged him in the county jail yard near the state Capitol The mob then fired into the body and rode away The sheriff was away in Georgia Morriss had killed Sheriff Langston last March after an attempt to arrest him for a crime in Georgia The case sparked bloodhounds and pursuit before capture in Georgia and transfer to Jacksonville for safekeeping The governor had set an execution date for Morriss prior to this mob action
After a brief illness Mr. Jacob Alpheus Andrews died at Petersburg Hospital at 2.80 this morning. He belonged to A. P. Hill Camp and was a long time member of the First Baptist church. Survived by his widow and son Orvill D. Andrews. funeral notice in another column. Worthington Patent Adjust able Lift Screen advertised.
New York reports show subway ticket sales rising from 162,859,990 in 1907 to 220,991,212 in 1908 while elevated lines carry over 15 million fewer passengers. Interborough Metropolitan Rapid Transit data, released to the Public Service Commission, supports Shonts’s claim that travel volume is constrained by available conveyance.
Adolph Topf twenty eight prominent Argenta contractor died this morning after being shot by Argenta Police Officer George Carr last night following a dispute over a dog license. Coroner's jury ruled the killing un_mata..ble. Officer Carr held for investigation.
Perth Harris, a colored resident of Pearl Street, died after being crushed by the wheels of the Ocean Shore Limited at the A C L tracks while trying to jump from the platform as his daughter boarded to New York. An inquest at Wilkerson's parlor returned a verdict that he died of injuries from being run over.
A passenger train on the Oregon and Southeastern railroad returning from Wildwood and the Bohemia mines went through a Roe river bridge five miles east of Cottage Grove. About 15 injured. engineer W. H. Ostrander expected to die after chest injuries. The bridge collapsed. fireman John Carter swam ashore and called for help.
In New York on June 6, Sir Alexander Simpson of the University of Edinburgh lauded American missionary workers for securing Hindu loyalty to the British government. A class of 26 students heard him urge teaching life over religion in pagan bars as they prepare for Orient mission posts.
Former U S vice president Charles W Fairbanks leaves Tokyo for the southern empire accompanied by his private secretary and a Japanese foreign office representative. A large gathering of diplomatic officials and American residents bids him farewell at the station.
The revenue cutter Seminole towed the torpedo boat Winslow into Beaufort after picking her up east of Frying Pan Shoals with disabled boilers. The Winslow, manned by naval reserves from New Bedford, was en route from Charleston to Norfolk and may proceed tomorrow.
King Alfonso recently underwent another slight operation on his nose by Bordeaux specialist Dr Moore. The procedure has proved very successful and the monarch is reported in good spirits and recovering well.
Five men are known dead after the early evening collapse of an excursion boat wharf at Mandeville on the Lake Pontchartrain shore north of New Orleans. Rescue efforts fear additional drownings as searchers continue.
A well dressed thief surfaces in Washington for the annual summer wave of robberies. He used a fire escape to enter Charles Overholt’s Pennsylvania avenue hotel room and stole $80 from his trousers. Detective Pratt probes the larceny of valuable heirlooms from Professor France Boyer at 1400 H street NW. Police seek a disguising man who uses fake clerical and professional identities to solicit funds and cash from District residents and the tenderloin district.
In a limited sale ART OBINA and FURN SHOP offer Vador porch shades and ham mocks at notably low prices this week. Local shoppers note bargains on outdoor furnishings and decor.
Restores a $1,000,000 appropriation rejected by the Duma to fund four new battleships authorized in 1908. Keels of the first two ships will be laid down June 18 and July 2. Vice Admiral Biriloff, former Marine Minister, urges selling all old vessels deemed useless.
Tokyo June 7 Rear Admiral Giles B Harber s squadron for Manila due today was delayed after thefts aboard the Galveston and the Denver surfaced. Court martials planned. Brass and engine room materials totaling 2,500 pounds were stolen on Decoration Day and sold to junk dealers in Yokohama. Value estimated at 1 000 dollars.
War Department orders Capt. Robert E. Michie to command the Third Squadron of the Twelfth Cavalry in the Philippines, relieving Capt. Paul T. Haynes. Two troops from Fort Oglethorpe will depart July 6 with Capt. Michie for the mission.
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