Hit by Stray Bullet on Arm Near Spring Park Virginia
Washington woman M Smith wife of Gen R G Smith was hit on the left arm by a spent bullet that crashed through a northbound trolley window near Spring Park. The blast startled passengers as the car passed under the viaduct. She rode to Washington and sought her home after the incident.
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Spring Park
Washington
New Alexandria
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
M Smith
R. G. Smith
New Jersey
Washington, Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Sprink Park
Coll
A. B. Marshall
Rink Park
Mrs. Smith
Alexandria District Examines Site For New School Building
Public school examiner Charles G. Maphis visited Alexandria to meet with Moods Hall and the county school board about a proposed new school on a ten acre site near Shonters Hill. He noted Peabody Building condemnation and that construction would fall under Division Superintendent Kemper. Also referenced are Lodge members being installed and a local police incident near Ould Fellows Hall.
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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
Local Woman Drowns Herself in Well
In Va near Wassingta a woman named Pocahon- Pa, aged about sev years old, reportedly drowned herself in a well at her home after mental illness and distress. A guard at the home witnessed the incident as medics attended.
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Ha Wassingta
Pocahon- Pa
Geerse Ely
Mansesed
West Point votes wets by 86 to 51 tally
West Point Virginia votes on April 4 to decide repeal of saloon revenue measures. Local turnout limited by small electorate. result favors wets by 86 to 51 with 137 votes cast. Separate item from Hancock Maryland notes an uncontested ticket elected with John W Burgess as burgess and Thomas Gilleece Sommers others listed.
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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 arrest reveals Camden bigamy case
Special to The Washington Fest Joseph H Ware, 48, walked into Baltimore Central Police station claiming a warrant in Camden New Jersey for bigamy. He says he has been a fugitive since January, gave himself up due to finances, and admits two marriages to Tema Robertson and Hannah Neale, both school teachers, with a son aged 24. Ware says he supervised schools in Allendale Bryan County New Jersey and Clifford New Jersey before traveling the East and arriving in 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 backs renomination
Cumberland Md April 6 Rep George A Peatre declared assured of renomination at the Republican County Convention. He attacked Montgomery County candidate Stannard H Warner and alleged Warner sent his son to recruit delegates in Allegany Washington and Frederick counties. Pearce headed the delegation to the State convention in Baltimore April. The resolutions supported Taft for president and Pearce for Congress.
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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
Ship Inkum Fire Damages Cargo Adrift at Sea
Special to The Washington Post from Newport News April 6 reports a fire in the cotton cargo of the British ship Inkum after attempting to remove damaged portions from the hold. Pumps combat flames. cargo damage estimated at 60,000 dollars. Vessel may be detained about a week after flames are out.
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Newport News
Washington Post
Inkum
Galveston
Gremen
Hales
Petersburg Republicans Elect Delegates and Taft Support
At a large mass meeting in Petersburg on April 6 white and colored Republicans elected delegates to the Republican district convention in Farmville and to the state convention in Lynchburg. They instructed voting for TI. GC. Willson of Petersburg as Fourth District delegate to the National Convention in Chicago. Resolutions endorsed President Roosevelt, State Chairman Slemp, and Taft for President.
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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 General Conference
The Washington Post reports Snow Hill Maryland April delegates to the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church were completed with ministerial and lay selections. 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 DW Simpson T C Tr… 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 Trolley
H S Jenkins an experienced Valley Railroad engine man in Staunton Virginia was paralyzed on the left side this morning while holding the throttle after passing a station without stopping. He is in critical condition with a family at home. Potomac Valley Railway charter granted to build a line from Keyser West Virginia to Bloomington Maryland with offices in Piedmont West Virginia and capital stock of 150000. The incorporators are Wheeling capitalists. In Fredericksburg a minister’s residence near Brockenburg Spottisylvania County burned with money and furniture lost while the residents were away.
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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 Mountaintop Run
John Grice and two companions were captured in the mountains after a running gun battle with a posse at Speers Ferry. Morefield, a magistrate who issued the arrest warrant, was killed during the chase. Grice, Jim Smith, and Ed Holt were taken to Gate City for a preliminary hearing before a grand jury amid threats of mob violence and a reported $3,000 reward in West Virginia.
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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
Baltimore April 6 Yoseph Sunseni of Pittsburg testified in the Antonio Lanasa Black Hand conspiracy trial. He described the field where he killed Joseph Ret a Black Hand member who demanded money under threat of death. Sunseni said the group demanded 10000 dollars from di Giorgio and from Nunsio and Salvatore Bal Nunsio Battagalla testified to an attempt to blow up his house by dynamite and to seeing Lanasa 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 News
Special to The Washington Fest Roanoke Virginia April 6 There is little hope tonight for the recovery of Dr J E Armstrong of Lynchburg aged secretary of the Baltimore M S Conference He is ill with pneumonia at the home of Rev W S Neighbors pastor of Greene Memorial Church 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
Special agents Lewis Perkins and A. Eddy led a three day raid in Franklin Floyd and Patrick counties with deputies and marshals. They arrested six moonshiners and destroyed six large distilleries along with many incomplete setups and over 7000 gallons of beer. Suspects were jailed in Patrick County at Stuart.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Lewis
Perkins
A. Eddy
Special Revenue
Franklin
Floyd
Patrick Counties
Patrick County
Stuart
Bouie Picked as Montgomery County Public School Commissioner
Gov Crothers appointed Charles Norman Bouie of Rockville to replace G R Rice as Montgomery County school commissioner. Bouie, 28, Democrat and Rockville lawyer, will serve six years and may be the state’s youngest such official. Dr J H Stonestreet, Republican of Barnesville, was reappointed. The board praised Rice with a gift and a brief farewell speech.
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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 Dies Founder of S. Kann, Sons & Co.
Funeral held for Solomon Kann founder of S Kann Sons & Co at his Baltimore home. Rabbi Rosenau led services. pallbearers were old firm employees. Interment in Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery. Born 1836 in Germany he built a Baltimore and Washington department store empire with his sons later running the Washington firm.
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Rosenau
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 in shed
Frederick Schreiber a 55 year old harness maker of 621 South Bend street committed suicide today by hanging himself in the wood shed at his home. Found shortly after 6 by his daughter Misa Catherine Schreiber who said he had been melancholy since his wife's death fifteen months ago.
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Washington Fort
Baltimore
Frederick Schreiber
South Bend Street
Hig
Misa Catherine Schreiber
Quarantine Proclaimed Against Southern Cattle
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 follows a report by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board on widespread sickness 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 Reveals New York Police Statistics
A Brooklyn Eagle report analyzes New York City police figures for 1906 and 1907 showing 189202 total arrests in 1906, 659 daily arrests, 9302 detective bureau arrests, 165? 1 330 felon convictions, and 514? years of sentences. It notes rapid city growth and challenges from aliens and missing persons, with 3321 disappearances reported and 700 presumed deaths yearly.
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New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Sioner Bingham
Detective Bureau
Inllis Island
Inten
The Uses of Tears in Emotion and Relief
The piece explains Dr Waynbaums theory via Paris Cosmos note: tears regulate intracranial circulation by diverting blood from the brain through the lacrimal system, creating a temporary local blood loss that dulls pain and offers relief to the weeper, through emotional grimaces and facial circulation.
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Waynbaum
Paris
Continus
Virginia Weddings Briefly Tie the Knot
Fredericksburg April 6 George Jones and Miss Tennie Allison both of Richmond County were married in that county by Rev A D Reynolds. Harry E Orchard and Miss Marie Louise Taylor both of Lynchburg were married recently at C J Stovin’s residence in Orange 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 Area
In Hyattsville on April 6 Miss Ruby V ie daughter of Mr and Mrs H E M Ulle of Beltsville and Mr Edmund L Browning Jr eldest son of Mr and Mrs H Clay Browning Jr of Riverdale wed at Mount Calvary P E Church Baltimore with Rev Houghton Fosbroke officiating Miss Mary Calvert Schuerman served as bridesmaid and Edmund Carrington of Washington was best man In Rockville on April 4 Miss Ida May Wooden seventeen and Alya De Witt Teeple twenty four both of Washington were married in Rockville at the home of the minister Reverend Thomas H Campbell
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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 Cotton Mills and Open Hiring Rains
The April 6 report details wage cuts in New England cotton mills affecting about 125,000 workers, with prior reductions reaching 66,000 a week earlier and 35,000 more soon. It notes resumed operations at several plants across Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, and cites unemployment relief efforts in Philadelphia. It also covers wheat, corn, and oats market movements with mixed futures, and notes anticipated wage impacts on unemployed families.
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Pidinfield
Conn
Lawton
Connecticut
Naugatuck
Goodyear India Rubber Glove Company
United States Rubber Company
Pittsburg
Homestead Steel Works
Howard Axle Works
Bristol
R. I
National India Rubber Works
Boston
New England
New Bedford
Blackstone Valley
Berkshire
Maine
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas
Aig
Neapolis
Duluth
Western Packers
Fletcher declines Vermont senate bid
Gov. Fletcher announces he will not run for United States Senator from Vermont in the upcoming legislative election. Proctor had been mentioned as a potential candidate, but the governor cites his business interests and desire to stay active in Vermont as the reason for staying out of the race.
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Fang
Fletcher
United States
Vermont
Proctors
Balloon for militia organized in Pittsfield Mass
The First Company of the Signal Corps of the New York State Militia forms the first National Guard unit to use balloons for signal devices. Maj. Oscar Brandsen commands a 20 member unit set to study aeronautical science and its army signal applications.
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Pittsfield
Masa
Signal Corps
New York State Militia Id
National Guard
Cial Corps
Oscar Hrandsen
Army Signal Service
Canadian Pacific Plans New Line Through Rockies
The Canadian Pacific Railroad will build a second rail route to the Pacific Coast with a terminus at Hardy Bay in the north Vancouver area. The new line will connect with the existing line to Edmonton, expanding transcontinental service and trade opportunities.
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Canadian Pacific
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Hardy Bay
Vancouver
Hne
Edmonton
Virginia Obituary Notes of Three Local Veterans
Fredericksburg reports the death of Henry Bowen a Confederate veteran at age sixty three from heart trouble leaving a widow two sons and two daughters. April 6 also notes the passing of Thomas M Hawkins Jr aged eighty three once a leading contractor in the area. Captain W F Williams aged sixty six from Brentsville Prince William County died of pneumonia. he led Company A Fourth Virginia Regiment C B A and had two sons and three daughters surviving him.
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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 Prices and Commodity Listings
New York Spot Listings show varied commodity quotes for poultry beef and dairy wools and oils. Prices cover potatoes cabbage flour and other staples with receipts figures and regional references to Pennsylvania Virginia Maryland and Denmark seed notes.
LIVESTOCK MARKET REPORTS New York April 6
Receipts total 4 223 head cattle hogs 14923 calves 6866 sheep 10100 firm to higher on steers fat bulls and cows steady best calves reach 8 09 dollars hog price down to 6 60 per cwt lambs varied with demand strong and weak spots noted total exports 700 cattle 3500 quarters beef anticipated.
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New York
Liverpool
London Cables
Pennsylvania
Chidago
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Gen. R. G. Smith
Lead
Charles G. Maphis
Elks
Alexandria Lodge
Mass
Harry Fister
Dundee
Dawid KH. Rohes
Ned Tugal
Howard W. Smith
Warry
Qeinuy
Walter Mc Donnelly
Teatsurear
Charles J. Avisendaffer
Tiler
T. Fe Downers
H. Shuman
Marley
Bainme Ecnorert
Ould Fellows’ Hall
Columbus Street
Ian Court
Studds
Anc
M. Studds
Kawning
Oman
West Point
Nmieade & Baker’s
Maryland
Methodist Protestant Meeting
Morefield Capi Tured i Mountains
Eichanged
Posse
Desperado Grice
Gate City, Va
Sunseni
Lanasa
J. E. Armstrong III
M. E
Revenue
Southern
Washington Port
Chicago Tribune
Yale
Virginia Weddings
Chicago Grain
Toledo
Ohio
Lima
Tadiana
Washburn-Crosby Co
Froctor
New York Company
Birmingham
Ala
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W. D. Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Ig Jiat Uke
Metal Market
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Standard
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Santa Cruz
San Francisco
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Hotel Potter
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Fred Harvey Meala
Grand Canyon
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Geo. C. Dillard
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Minnesota
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Santor
Cordova
Bermuda
Florida
Long Island
State and Western
Draughen
U. S
Draughon
Ln Free
Jno
F. Draughon
Prest- Draughon
Practical Business College
Alec
Mally Washingtokh
Academy of Music
Cor. Ltd
D Sts
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Berlitz
N.W
Liege
Pinlem
Jesman
Muale
Lencona
MLLE
V. Prud'homme
Ind
Mesdemoiselles Maret
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