Washington Naylor Repudiates Financial Trouble Charge
The Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church voted 9 to 6 to meet next year at Hamline Church in Washington DC. Rumors that North Capitol Street Church faced debt are denied by Rev HL R Navier who calls the report base falsehood and says it aimed to block Rev Bielaski’s return.
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Presiding Elder
North Capitol Church
Bielaski
Maydwell
Naylor
Washington
W T Conn
Summerfield Baldwin
Baltimore
General Conference
Methodist Book Concern
Rey
W F Davidson
Thirlkield
Howard University
Cincinnati
Wrong body in coffin linked to Clarksburg man case
Special to The Washington roast Chrksburgs W Va April 6 a case of yalsuken identity 18 being investigated Sunday last authorities received a message from Grand Junction Colo stating that Howard Smith of Clarksburg had been killed there A sister in the West identified the body and it was shipped here arriving last night The relatives and friends here saw it but declared it was not Howard Smith of this city The Grand Junction authorities say the unknown body bears H 8 tattooed on the arm and Smith of this place has a similar mark The Grand Junction officials say the man came from Ty Nev suing his name was Howard Smith and his home was at Clarksburg Howard Smith of this place has been in Ashtabula Ohio for some months but friends here have heard nothing of him recently and a message to him yielded no reply indicating he left that place weeks ago.
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Washington
Chrksburgs
W Va
Yalsuken
Grand Junction
Colo
Howard Smith
Clarkspurg
Smith
Aggvon
Howail Sraith
Grand Junctton
Fran Ty Nev
Clarksburg
Tnt
Ashtabula
Ohio
Attempts to Extradite Thurman for Virginia Murder Case
The Washington Post Norfolk reportsApril 6 discusses preventing delays by using extradition to bring Thurman, the alleged Walter Trolson murderer, from Vancouver British Columbia to the United States via Washington. Norfolk authorities seek witnesses, possible writs of habeas corpus, and swift transfer if Vancouver officials refuse.
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Sree
Washington Post
Norfolk
Vantuver
British Columbia
Perior
Nie
Churman
Walter Trolson
Virginia
Wathout
Icontver
United States
Washington
Wisington
Thurman
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Electrician killed on plant roof in Newport News
Paul Metcalf twenty, an electrician for Citizens Railway Light and Power, was electrocuted while rigging a cross arm on the plant roof. A coworker pulled him away but he fell, dying twenty minutes later. Native of Suffolk. Dunnavant acquitted of murder in Martinsville case.
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Wasdal
Washington Post
Newport News
Paul Metcall
Citizens’ Railway, Light and Power Company
Metcalf
Suffolk
Kensington Election Brings Mayor Eckhardt Successor Race
The Kensington election to be held on the first Monday in May will choose a successor to Mayor Cornelius Eckhardt, who resigned due to health after injuries from the Terra Cotta wreck. Potential candidates include former mayor Cornelius Clums, Dr Eugene Jones, Capt J Hartshorne, J W Townsend, H C Armstrong, and William M Terrell, with others rumored. The Glen Echo town council names judges Van B Canada, Thomas Henley, Dr J B Hubbell and clerk Clark Boyd for the May election, as councilmen replace Thomas A J Weaver and Guy E Jenkins.
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Rockville
Kensington
Cornelius Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Cornelius Clums
Eugene Jones
Capt J Hartshorne
J. W. Townsend
H C Armstrong
William M Terrell
Snowstorm cancels rally as Meade death noted in Alexandria
In Alexandria a snowstorm cancels a Democratic rally at Potters Hill Fairfax County. Mrs Nannie Meade widow of Capt David Meade of Benvenue White Post Clarke County Va dies at Alexandria Hospital after long illness. Sister of Hubert Snowden editor of the Alexandria Gazette. Arrests follow raid involving Arnold Brown and Cook for stealing a horse wagon and chickens. Political note: another rally to be arranged later.
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Nannie S. Meade
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John Alexander
John Sorrel
North
Co Dumbus Street
Alexander Brown
James Cook
Polles
Potomac
Robert Armold Brown
John Henderson
Arnold
Brown
Henderson
Henderson and
Nicholson
Cook
Washington
Nannie Meade
David Meade
Benvenue
White Post
Clarke County
Alexandria Hospital
Meade
Edgar
Louisa Snowden
Hubert Snowden
Alexandria Gazette
Thia City
Meade Memorial Church
Coastal storm hits Virginia coast with strong winds
A special dispatch reports an unusually severe northeast storm striking the Virginia coast near caps Henry. Winds reached forty two miles per hour driving a heavy sea, rain fell steadily, and no ships sailed from the capes. Many vessels, including fishing smacks, headed in for safety as boats discontinued blue ash hunting.
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Washington
Norfolk
Virginia
Caps Henry
Capes
Sailors Resist Arrest in Portsmouth Pistol Fight
Special to The Washington Post reports two United States gaiters handcuffed together and officers Hubbard and Brookes opened fire during a search after arrest in Portsmouth. Two bullets narrowly missed Officer Hubbard, while one struck Wells in the leg and another hit Brookes in the leg as the prisoners fled, still shackled.
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Washington Post
Portsmouth
Roy Wells
Charles Brookes
United States
J C ‘Hubbard
Portsmouth House
Brookes
Huppard
Wellfelt
Hubbards
Youth Dies In Elevator Accident At Norfolk and Western Office
Samuel D Parker of Winston aged eighteen employed in the Norfolk and Western shops was crushed to death today in the company's Roanoke Virginia office building elevator during repairs. Parker attempted to enter the moving elevator and was caught between the door and floor, sustaining fatal injuries before the elevator could be stopped. He was unmarried.
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Brecal
Washington Pont
Roanoke
Samuel D Parker
Wintosh
Norfolk and Western
Parker
Jealous Husband's Deed in West Virginia Shooting
In Parsons, West Virginia, on April James Arnold of Williams shot and fatally wounded his wife before turning the pistol on himself. He is hospitalized under arrest and expected to die. It was alleged another man had been paying attention to Mrs Arnold.
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Washington Foot
Parsons
W Va
James Arnold
Williams
Arnold
Train and Street Car Collision at Charlotte Crossing Fatally Wounds Two
A Seaboard Air Line train collided with a street car at Brevard Street crossing in Charlotte New York on April 6. Two people were killed and four seriously injured including conductor Lee Martin and William Howard. The street car was crushed and the engine disabled.
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Charlotte Crossing
Charlotte, NY
Brevard Street Crossing
Seaboard Air Line
Lee Martin
William Howard
Boys Escape From Baltimore City Jail Using Ladder and Rope
Two sixteen year olds Tony Moulder and Joseph Skimane escaped the Baltimore city jail by tying a rope to a lightning rod and using a six foot ladder and sash cord left by workers. They climbed from an administration room above the warden’s office, dropped the ladder, and slid down the wall. Guards spotted the ladder and rope the next morning as a prompt manhunt began.
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Bnedal
Washington Post
Baltimore, Md
Tony Moulder
Joseph Skiman
Baltimore City
Hook
Prigonere
Declared He Was Olney In Baltimore Painting Shop Incident
A well dressed man with a gray mustache announced he was Richard Olney former Attorney General and Secretary of State. He had twelve letter heads printed with the Boston address and said he was headed to Washington to use them. No hotel registered under Olney name locally.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Richard Olney
United States
Cleveland
Court Street
Boston
Mass
Washington
National Capital
Woman Confesses Bigamy in Parkersburg Case
Special to The Washington Post reports Etta Pickens of Millwood, Jackson County, confessed to bigamy. She says she wed Hugh Swaser in Clarksburg on June 17, 1900, and later married Leonidas Uhl in Marietta, Ohio, before marrying Arthur Ripple. She faces penalties and was arrested thanks to a relative’s tip.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W Va
Twiles
Etta Pickens
Millwood
Jackson County
Sherrif Fred Slaughter
Hugh Swaser
Clarksburg
Leonidas Uhl
Wood County
Marietta
Ohio
Uhl
Arthur Ripple
Senator Heyburn III Attacked by Illness in Philadelphia
United States Senator Weldon P Heyburn of Idaho fell ill in Philadelphia while en route to a Young Republican Club banquet. He arrived from Washington this morning to deliver an address on The United States but was confined to bed in a local hotel. By evening officials telegraphed for Mrs Heyburn to travel from Washington as the illness was not specified and he could not attend the engagement.
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Philadelphia
Aolal
Washington Post
United , States
Weldon P Heyburn
Idaho
Heyburn
Washington
United States
Young Republican Club
Charles W Strine Dead Met Opera Manager Dies in Boston
Charles W Strine manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York died today at Boothby Hospital Boston after an appendicitis operation. A Philadelphia native, he began in newspapers and later moved to concerts and theatre work. He had led Metropolitan Opera Company tours for two years and was forty.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Boston
Charles W. Strine
Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Boothby Hospital
B Strine
Strine
Philadelphia
Tours
Woman Fatally Burned in Kitchen Stove Explosion
Mrs. Sallie E Flok, 40, of 1123 Warner Street, was fatally burned when an oil stove exploded in her kitchen at 6 AM. She died three hours later at Maryland University Hospital. The accident occurred in Baltimore.
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Warner Street
Sallie E Flok
Maryland University Hospital
Runaway Girl Found In Fredericksburg
Robert McDaniel of Middlesex County reported his fourteen year old daughter Bessie McDaniel had left home without consent and boarded a steamer to Fredericksburg. The girl was intercepted in town, found awaiting a southbound train, and taken to a boarding house. She pledged to return home and explained she sought a position with a family to make her own way.
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Washington Pa
Fredericksburg
Robert McDaniel
Middlesex County
J .C. Chichester
Bessie McDaniel
Milford
Father Held for Murder of Son in Wilson NC
Special to The Washington Post. Nathan Moore a farmer is jailed in Wilson North Carolina on a charge of murdering his nineteen year old son Nathan Moore Jr. The killing occurred yesterday after the father found his son at a neighbor’s house and struck him with a bottle and kicked him causing fatal injuries. Moore did not testify at the preliminary hearing and was refused bail.
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Washington Post
Wilson
Nathan Moore
Nathan Moore, Jr
Moore
Runaway Lovers Wed in Hagerstown After Cross-Continent Journey
Miss Camilla Earle Aylesworth and Leon H Benson eloped after traveling from coast to coast in male attire. Reunited with families in Maryland, they married in Hagerstown and later reconciled with the bride’s parents. The couple then settled with Benson taking a job offered by his father-in-law in Tacoma.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Leon Benson
Tacoma
Wash
Price
Salvation Army
Rev F. Frazer
First Baptist Church
Camillg Earle
Aylesworth
Leon H Benson
Miss Aylesworth
Maryland
Weather Pranks and Climate Jabber At City
A quirky weather day mixes warm memories with sudden cold as spring fashion debates nips of winter linger. The Werther Bureau logged a dozen climate varieties in twelve hours, while recent highs neared 93 degrees before snow fell and a 47 degree midnight peak followed by a 32 degree afternoon low. Northeasterly winds shift to southeast as temperatures brace for a modest rise and the day’s rail and sea movements include arrivals and departures from New York, Liverpool, Bremen, and Havre.
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Maggie
Mathers
Washington
Werther Bureau
White Lawyers Plan Exclude Negroes From Court Lunch Room
The District Bar Association seeks to have United States Marshal Palmer assign a separate meal room in the federal courthouse for members of the bar after the lunch room was closed when Emanuel Hewlett a colored lawyer was refused service in the white room. The association argues the change will keep noon meals for judges and lawyers in the building while excluding black lawyers, a plan contested by Hewlett and others. The lunchroom proprietor resigned after refusing service and the march toward a segregated dining area hinges on marshal action.
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District Bar Association
Court House
Emanuel Molyneaux Hewlett
Bar Association
Board of Directors
The
United States
Palmer
William B Robison
Robison
Bar
Willam F. Maitnely
Hewlett
Fought Over a Bill Ends in Arrest at Shop
Herman Lebn known as the clothes doctor at 1725 Pennsylvania Ave NW argued Friday with Richard Thomas a Forest Green physician over a trousers and gown repair. The fight drew in Lebn’s wife who attacked Thomas with shears and a goose while both doctors were pinned for assault. Patrolman Williams arrested them. Lebn and his wife posted $16 collateral each. The medical doctor and wife sought warrants for the other’s arrest. a new warrant was issued for Thomas to appear in Hall of Justice tomorrow.
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Herman Lebn
Pennsylvania Avenue
Richard ‘Thomas
Forest
Grea
Leon
Sarah
Tavor
Williams
Stong
Mulloway
Hall of Justice
Christ Church Benefit Show At Linthicum Hall
Christ Church Georgetown staged a two act comedy A Perplexing Situation Thursday night at Linthicum Hall near Thirty first street. Mrs Grace M De Lashmutt directed the cast with each member appearing on stage The Woodley Mandolin Club played several selections and songs were sung by Miss Catherine B Luxon Miss Emma Houchen R W Stuart and John Waters.
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Christ Church
Georgetown
Linthicum Hall
Thirty-first Street
Northwest
Grace M de Lashmutt
Woodley Mandolin Club
Catherine B Luxon
Emma Houchen
R W Stuart
John Waters
Senator Glark Imperiled Fiends Rescue Him in River Accident
Trinidad Colorado April 6 Former United States Senator William A Clarke of Montana was crossing a river twenty miles west of Trinidad when his carriage broke through the ice. He was washed under the ice and rescued by members of the party. He is confined to his bed with a severe cold but no serious injury expected. He was taken to a ranch, then to Weston where his private car awaited. Accompanied by his wife and daughter he resumed his trip to Los Angeles that afternoon as he inspected coal properties.
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Trinidad
Colo
United States
William A Clarke
Montana
Clark
Weston
Los Angeles
Virginia Steamer Virginia Survives Sixty Hour Storm
Seven crew injured. others exhausted after the Virginia battled a sixty hour storm off Hateras with winds near sixty miles an hour and six waterspouts sighted. A massive wave ripped tarpaulins from hatch openings as Captain Gech and the crew kept station on the bridge throughout.
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Virginia
Kingston
Jamaica
Hateras
Virginia E
Gech
Funeral of John Johnson in Washington DC area
Funeral services for John Johnson who died last Wednesday were held yesterday at his home 500 Hieventh Street Southeast under Kit Carson Post No 2 GAR and Washington Lodge of Elks. Interment followed in Rock Creek Cemetery. A native of Norway he settled in Wisconsin before joining the Civil War as a member of the Second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He served with the “Tron Brigade” and earned the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Fredericksburg where he lost an arm. He was a member of the AA, Elks, Oldest Inhabitants, Royal Arcanum and the Old Guard. He leaves a wife, two sons, and six daughters, all residents of Washington.
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Hieventh Street
Kit Carson Post
No 2
GAR
Washington Lodge of Elks
Rock Creek
Tron
Fredericksburg
Congress
Johnson
GAA
the Elks
Association of the Oldest Inhabitants
Royal Arcanum
The
Old Guard
Washington
Laundry Drier Arrested in Cash-Collection Case
Marshanl 5, aged 22, of 1224 Street Southwest, was arrested by Detectives McNamee and Vermillion on a complaint by Tol man Laundry Company for failing to turn in cash collections from customers dated April 4 while employed as a driver for the laundry.
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Sung
Oll
Southwest
McNamee
Vermillion
Tolman Laundry Company
C Street
Long
Tag Laundry
Olizan Company
Hla
Medical Society Formed by Georgetown Medical College Alumni
About 200 graduates of Georgetown Medical College organized a medical society at the college building on 920 19th Street Northwest. Officers elected include President Dr D Percy Eickling, vice presidents Drs John F Moran and 8 $ Adams, and Treasurer Dr Louis A Johnson. A banquet followed the meeting with many physicians in attendance.
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Georgetown Medical College
HE Street
Washington
Percy Eickling
John F Moran
Francis Sinclair
Thomas
Lowe Joseph J Mundell
R A Hamilton
Roy D Adams
Oh Quinn
L Fry
Joseph 8
Murray
W of
Walter © M Hammet
George Gurterwin
R Hodge James
Gannon
Robert F
Silas Henry R
Schrather
Harry Ro Hermesch
John M Pearsin Scott le Breckinridge
John M Maloney
R Dufour Ford
H Swetnam
Regnard Lewis
Johnson
Odonegine
W Howard Joseph J Kaveney
T J Sullivan
Harrison Crook
Wallism
E Rogers
Robert Oleson Wiliam
Hemier
Russell Verbrycke Jr
Walter A Wells
Censtag
Kimbell Pant B Johnson
Percy Midding
WM Barton
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