Hit by stray bullet near Spring Park Virginia injures Washington woman
Washington Post reports Mrs. M Smith wife of Gen R G Smith was struck on the left arm by a spent bullet that shattered a trolley window near Spring Park on the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Rail. She rode home after the incident and a nearby accident involving her brother Coll A B Marshall was noted.
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Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
M Smith
R. G. Smith
New Jersey
Washington
Washington, Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Sprink Park
Coll
A. B. Marshall
Rink Park
Mrs. Smith
Public school examiner visits Alexandria for new building plan
Charles G. Maphis, district public school examiner, traveled to Alexandria to meet with Mood Hall and the county school board about a proposed new school building at the Peabody site. He noted the plan rests with Division Superintendent Kemper and mentioned prior condemnation of the Peabody Building as unsafe. Also reports on lodge officers installation and a robbery near Ould Fellows Hall in Columbus street.
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Harles G. Maphis
Alexandria
Moods Hall
Ro Yates
Thant Hoard
Prince
Peabody
Peths
Grand Jury
Maphis
Yates
City School Board
Sea
Ewing
Kemper
M. Robinson
Anoart
Tisnes
Bainme Ecnorert
Ould Fellows’ Hall
Columbus Street
Woman Drowns Herself in Well at Home
Historical report notes a woman in her late years, Mrs Pocahon, resident of Geerse Ely, attempting to drown herself in a well at her home in Man sesed. Family and guards observed her distressed state before the fatal act, with records of illness and mental decline preceding the tragedy.
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Ha Wassingta
Pocahon- Pa
Geerse Ely
Mansesed
West Point Votes Wet In April Local Election
In West Point Virginia the wet ticket won by 86 to 50 after 137 votes were cast amid revenue concerns of 3380 dollars. In Hancock Maryland the April 6 campaign election elected a slate with no opposition: Burgess John W., Burgess, Thomas Gilleece, Sommers Joseph H. Exline Robert J. Vandlisn, Brenham Wolfkill.
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Washington Fort. Point
Vtten
Ibte
Firs
Washington
Hagerstown
Hancock
Burgess
John W. Burgess
Tant Burgess
Thomas Gilleece
Sommers
Joseph HH. Exline
Robert J. Vandlisn
Brenham Wolfkill
Baltimore Seeks Camden Bigamy Suspect Joseph H Ware
Special to The Washington Fest Baltimore reports Joseph H Ware aged forty eight surrendered at Central Police station after a Camden N J warrant accused him of bigamy. He says he was a New Jersey school supervisor who married Tema Robertson in 1878 and Milas Robertson later. both wives teachers. He has a son twenty four. He fled since January and traveled the East before reaching Baltimore from Connecticut.
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Washington
Baltimore
Joseph H. Ware
Central
Henry
Camden
N. J
Ware
Allendale
Bryan
County
Noah
Tema Robertson
Milas Robertson
Milford
Clifford
Hannah Neale
East
Connecticut
Defiance for Warner as Peatre declares nomination odds
Cumberland Md April 6 Rep George A Peatre told the Republican County Convention he is assured of renomination and urged party harmony in Allegany County. He attacked Stannard H Warner of Montgomery County accusing him of trying to capture delegations and resented claims of unfair tactics by Lowndes allies. Resolutions favor Taft for President and Pearce for Congress. Pearce leads delegation to the State convention in Baltimore in April.
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Peatre
Lhe
Washington Post
Cumberland
George A. Peatre
Allegany County
Stannard H. Warner
Montgomery County
Warner
B. H. Warner, Jr
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Col. Pearra
Col. Pearce
Mr. Lowndes
Inderse
Taft
Pearce
Congress
Fearre
Baltimore
Inkum fire damages cargo in Newport News port
Special to The Washington Post Newport News April 6 A fire broke out in the hold of the British ship Inkum while removing damaged cotton from the cargo. Steam pumps work to extinguish flames. Cargo damage estimated at 60000 dollars with the vessel likely detained about a week after the fire is put out.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Inkum
Galveston
Gremen
Hales
Petersburg Republicans Name Delegates to District and State Conventions
In Petersburg on April 6 a mass meeting of white and colored Republicans nominated and elected delegates to the Republican district convention at Farmville and to the state convention at Lynchburg. They endorsed Roosevelt, Taft, and state party leadership, and urged voting for Willson as the Fourth District delegate to Chicago.
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Petersburg
Neval Stith Bolling
FL Heartwell
Farmville
Republian
Lynchburg
TI. GC
Willson
Virginia
Chicago
Roosevelt
C. B. Slemp
Taft
Delegates Named To Methodist Protestant Conference
Special to The Washington Post from Snow Hill Maryland reports the election of ministerial and lay delegates to the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church. Named are Rev W B Phillips Rev F C Klein R J Kniger Rev G W Haddaway Rev W R Graham Rev T R Woodford T K Harrison W E Shepherd T A Murry Dr A B Stine of Washington D C WW Simpson T C Trowse of Washington.
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Washington Post
Snow Hill
The
Methodist Protestant Church
W. 8. Phillips
F. C. Kiein
R J
Kniger
G. W. Haddaway
W. R. Graham
T. R. Woodford
T. K. Harrison
W. BE. Shepherd
T. A. Murry
A. B. Stine
Washington, D
WW. Simpson
T. C. “Rouse
Washington
Stricken Engineer Paralyzed In Staunton Incident
H S Jenkins longtime Valley Railroad engineer in Staunton Va was paralyzed on the left side while at the throttle after passing a station without stopping He was brought to Staunton in critical condition He has a family Potomac Valley Railway Incorporated charter granted to build a line from Keyser WV to Bloomington Md offices at Piedmont WV capital stock 150000 incorporators Wheeling capitalists Minister's Residence Burns in Spotsylvania County Fredericksburg Va residence of Rev A Sanders near Hrockenburg in Spotsylvania County burned today money and furniture lost
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Washington Post
Staunton
H. S. Jenkins
Big
Potomac Valley Railway Incorporated
Grafton
W. Va
Potomac Valley Railway Company
Keyser
Minerval County
Bloomington
Garrett County
Piedmont
Wheeling Capitalists
Fredericksburg
A. Sanders
Spottsylvania County
Hrockenburg
Desperado Grice Captured After Mountain Chase
John Grice a negro desperado who shot magistrate James Morefield at Speers Ferry Va was captured in the mountains after a running fight with a posse. Grice Jim Smith and Ed Holt were arrested and held at Gate City for grand jury. Rewards in West Virginia reportedly total 31000 for Grice. Morefield led the posse and was killed in the encounter.
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Washington
Bristol
John Grice
James Morefield
Speers Ferry
Grice
Gate City
Morefield
West Virginia
Jim Smith
Ed Holt
Sunseni Tells Of Fight In Black Hand Trial
In Baltimore on April 6 Yoseph Sunseni of Pittsburg testified as a witness in Antonio Lanasa's Black Hand conspiracy trial. He described the field where he killed Joseph Ret, a Black Hand member who had threatened him for money. He said the gang demanded $10,000 from di Giorgio and from Nunsio and Salvatore Bal Nunsio Battagalla testified to a dynamite plot against his house and to seeing Lanaga Fei and Camela Ja Hosa together in Pittsburg. The defense objected to Sunseni and Battagalla testimony and did not cross examine.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Yoseph Suanseni
Pittsburg
Antonio Lanasa
Joseph di Giorgio
Fleld
Joseph Ret
Black Hand
Sanseni
Het
di Giorgio
Nunsio
Salvatore Bal
Nunsio Battagalla
Lanaga
Fei
Camela Ja Hosa
Sunsenl
Battagalla
Dr J E Armstrong III in Roanoke health update
Special to The Washington Fest Roanoke Virginia April 6 There is little hope for recovery of Dr J E Armstrong of Lynchburg aged secretary of the Baltimore M S Conference who is at the Greene Memorial Church home of Rev W S Neighbors Pneumonia diagnosed after the 24th annual conference which adjourned Tuesday Relatives are at his bedside
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Washington
Roanoke
J. E. Armstrong
Lynchburg
Baltimore M. S
Pneumoni
Greene Memorial Church
Br. Armstrong
Raid on Moonshiners in Virginia Counties Closes Stillry
Special agents Lewis Perkins and A. A. Eddy with deputies and marshals raided illicit distilleries in Franklin Floyd and Patrick counties over three days. Six moonshiners were arrested, six large distilleries and as many incomplete ones destroyed, and over 7000 gallons of beer destroyed. Prisoners held at Patrick County jail in Stuart as officers traveled undercover as lumbermen.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Lewis
Perkins
A. Eddy
Special Revenue
Franklin
Floyd
Patrick Counties
Patrick County
Stuart
Bouie Named Public School Commissioner in Montgomery County
Gov Crothers appoints Charles Norman Bouie of Rockville to succeed G R Rice as Montgomery County school commissioner. Bouie, 28, Democrat, youngest potential school commissioner in the state. term six years. Dr J H Stonestreet, Republican, reappointed. Rice honored with speech and gift by the board.
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Washington
Pont
Rockville
Crothers
Charles Norman Bouie
Montgomery County
G. R. Rice
Bouie
William Velrse Boule
State Senate
J. H. Stonestreet
Barnesville
Rice
Mr. Rice
Solomon Kann Funeral Held for Baltimore Firm Founder
Solomon Kann founder of S. Kann, Sons & Co. died Saturday. Funeral conducted by Rev Dr William Rosenau from his Hutaw Place home with pallbearers from former staff. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Congregation cemetery. Kann, born 1836 in Germany, built successful stores in Baltimore and Washington before retiring. sons Louis Simon and Sigmund run the Washington store.
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Speclal
Baltimore
Solomon Kann
Philtin Becker
Henry Adler
Ralph Lake
Ernest Kueline
Philip Hiltz
A. Sinsheimer
George Fulboyer
W. P. Litt
Washington
Germany
South Broadway
S. Kann
Baltimore harness maker dies by hanging at home
Frederick Schreiber fifty five a harness maker of 621 South Bend street committed suicide by hanging in the wood shed behind his home. His daughter Misa Catherine Schreiber found him shortly after six o'clock. He had been melancholy since his wife died fifteen months ago.
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Washington Fort
Baltimore
Frederick Schreiber
South Bend Street
Hig
Misa Catherine Schreiber
Quarantine Proclaimed Against Cattle from 11 States
Governor Crothers issued a proclamation declaring quarantine against Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Texas Oklahoma and California and prohibiting cattle imports from these states until November 1. The action followed a report by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board citing Southern fever among cattle in the listed states.
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Washington
Baltimore
Crothers
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkan
Missouri
Yexas
Oklahoma
California
State Live Stock Sanitary Board
Police Work In A Big City And City Life Observations
A Brooklyn Eagle feature analyzes New York City police data from 1906 and 1907 showing 189202 arrests by the force and 9302 by the detective bureau, with 552 felons convicted in 1906 and 1330 in 1907, highlighting a growing city and immigration and missing persons issues alongside local anecdotes and a Glenville note. The piece blends crime stats with social commentary and small items including a West Virginia obituary and a Chicago Tribune snippet.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Sioner Bingham
Detective Bureau
Inllis Island
Inten
The Uses of Tears in Emotion and Pain Relief
From the Literary Digest a theory by Dr Waynbaum notes a link between cranial and facial circulations. Weeping reportedly diverts cerebral blood via the lacrimal artery, creating a brief local blood loss that dulls pain and offers relief to the sufferer through the brain’s superior centers.
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Waynbaum
Paris
Continus
Virginia Weddings in April Around Richmond and Lynchburg
Fredericksburg note reports George Jones and Miss Tennie Allison from Richmond County wed by Rev A D Reynolds. Another couple Harry E Orchard and Miss Marie Louise Taylor from Lynchburg married recently at Orange at the home of C J Stovin with Rev Dr J W Bledsoe officiating.
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Fredericksburg
George Jones
Tennie Allison
Richmond County
That County
A. D. Reynolds
Harry E. Orchard
Marie Louise Taylor
Lynchburg
C. J. Stovin
Orange
J. W. Bledsoe
Maryland Weddings Report From Hyattsville and Rockville
Hyattsville area notes April 6 report of Miss Ruby V Ulle daughter of Beltsville and Edmund L Browning Jr eldest son of Riverdale married yesterday at Mount Calvary P E G Church Baltimore Rev Houghton Fosbroke officiating Miss Mary Calvert Schuerman bridesmaid Edmund Carrington best man in Washington Rockville item notes Miss Ida May Wooden seventeen and Alya De Witt Teeple twenty four both of Washington wed in Rockville Saturday Rev Thomas H Campbell at the home of minister incomplete text
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Hyattsville
Ruby V.ie
HE. M. Ulle
Beltsville
Edmund L. Browning, Jr
H. Clay Browning, Jr
Riverdale
Mount Calvary P. EG. Church
Baltimore
Houghton Fosbroke
Mary Calvert Schuerman
Edmund Carrington
Washington
Rockville
Ida May Wooden
Alya de- Witt Teeple
Thomas H. Campbell
Pyts
Minster
Wage Reduction Hits New England Cotton Mills
Wage cuts spread across New England cotton mills affecting about 125000 workers as 10 percent reductions take effect. The move follows earlier reductions and covers mills in Blackstone Valley Berkshire Maine and New Bedford. Unemployed relief funds are urged in Philadelphia as more than 200000 nationwide seek aid.
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New England
Philadelphia
Bristol
R. I
National India Rubber Works
Boston
New Bedford
Blackstone Valley
Berkshire
Maine
Fletcher not to seek Vermont Senate seat
Gov. Fletcher, referred to as Proctor in the text, announced he would not run for U S Senator from Vermont in the upcoming legislature election. He cited his desire to remain active in his Vermont business interests as the reason for declining the candidacy.
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Fang
Fletcher
United States
Vermont
Proctors
Balloon for militia signals in New York State
Pittsfield Massachusetts April 6 The First Company of the Signal Corps of the New York State Militia is organized as the first National Guard unit to use balloons for signaling. Under Maj Oscar Brandsen the twenty two members will study aeronautical science and its application to army signal service.
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Pittsfield
Masa
Signal Corps
New York State Militia Id
National Guard
Cial Corps
Oscar Hrandsen
Army Signal Service
Rail mileage plan urged to cut costs and lower rates
W D Nesbitt of Alabama urges public cooperation with railroads to adopt the mileage book system with 1000 and 2000 mile tickets sold at offices only. The plan aims to simplify accounting, reduce clerical errors, and speed conductor performance, enabling lower fares and better service. Also reports tin and metal markets and Canadian Pacific plans new line to Vancouver via Hardy Bay with Edmonton connection.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Age Herald
W. D. Nesbitt
Alabama
Nesbitt
Ig Jiat Uke
Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Hardy Bay
Vancouver
Hne
Edmonton
Virginia Obituary Notices From Fredericksburg Area
Fredericksburg April 6 Henry Bowen Confederate veteran died today of heart trouble aged 63 survived by wife two sons and two daughters. April 6 Thomas M Hawkins Jr died Saturday night at his daughter’s home aged 83 long time local contractor. Captain W F Williams 66 native of Brentsville died tonight of pneumonia former captain of Company A Fourth Virginia Regiment C B A survived by two sons and three daughters.
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Fredericksburg
Henry Bowen
Thomas M. Hawkins, Jr
A. M. Millard
Bristol
W. F. Willams
Brentsville
Prince William County
Fourth Virginia Regiment
New York Produce Market Report Overview
New York spirits and commodities show varied steady to firm prices. Poultry, cheese, flour, and fats move with receipts cited, while cotton, petroleum, coffee, sugar, and veg markets reflect subdued trading. Notable price ranges include lard around 8.43 to 8.55 and cheese up to 17 1R%.
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Baltimore
Ivania
Minnesota
South America
Rio
Santor
Cordova
Liverpool
Bermuda
Florida
Virginia
Maryland
Long Island
Pennsylvania
State and Western
LIVESTOCK MARKETS REPORT FROM NEW YORK AND CHICAGO
New York receipts 4223 cattle and 6866 calves with varied gains and losses across grades. Steers firm to 165 higher, fat bulls up to 10c, cows firm to higher, vealers mostly steady to 25c lower. Lambs and sheep mixed, spring lambs scarce, hogs to 6.60 as markets show wide spreads. Chicago cattle arrivals estimated, with ongoing adjustments in price levels across categories.
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Chicago
Kansas
Aig
Neapolis
Duluth
Western Packers
New York
Liverpool
London Cables
Pennsylvania
Chidago
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Nmieade & Baker’s
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Academy of Music
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