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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1905
Page
5
Republican contenders converge in Keyser to name a candidate for Congress to fill Judge Dayton's term. Rumors tie Elkins to Robison and a large fund. Keim and Lakn also push. Campaigners align, banners rise, and delegates prepare for a close county by county fight at the convention.
The report details several weddings around Maryland and nearby states. Notable couples include Miss Snudia Jo White and Ridgely Whyte in San Francisco past ceremonies, Miss Prudence Ridgely and Willam Dugan in Baltimore, and Miss Della Wornees with James Barber at Cedar Grove. Additional ceremonies at Grace Episcopal and Cedar Grove Baptist Church feature a mix of prominent area families and relatives from New Orleans to Staunton. The weddings span April and early May with attendees and attendants named in detail.
Norfolk chief receives a letter from Mrs Mary Hail of Salt Lake City asking for any information about her father Thomas Yandaw who died in an asylum. She says she left home eleven years ago and claims to be his only daughter but local records show no such daughter. Investigations note Yandaw had a step son and no listed child.
A wealthy looking woman on Chesapeake and Ohio train No 2 from St Louis to New York was found raving mad after Cincinnati. She claimed distress over her ill mother in New York and attempted to leap from the train. She is hospitalized in Huntington seeking her identity.
Worris Creamans, a former convict, killed an elderly man named Kidd near Lurch Giley County after being denied lodging. He wounded Kidd in the side and hip and also struck the daughter in the foot. A posse pursued and captured him. he is jailed at Pearisburg.
A Chancery Court jury failed to reach a verdict on the genuineness of JF W Dusch s will leaving an estate valued at 29000 The will dated June 1 1399 names sister Mingle J Franck among beneficiaries Contested by three sisters and evidence offered to challenge authenticity. special report from Washington Post Richmond Va April 25. Peter Hanson Bussard Middletown wealthiest citizen dies of pneumonia at age eighty eight leaving estate to seven sons Rockville Easter ball draws guests from Washington region with local committee and hostesses The Sunday Post postal rate is 1 50 per year.
An advertisement for Boston Golden Coffee by Humphrey Coffee and Tea Co. promotes an air tight waterproof package that keeps the coffee clean and pure at full strength. It touts low price at grocers and urges customers to ask for Boston Golden and accept no other.
In Richmond a public communication by Julian P. Thomas claims ownership of the Teachers' Register used by Virginia teachers since 1886, priced at 75 cents per copy. The State board will meet Thursday to elect division superintendents and discuss districting, with potential consolidation from 117 to about eighty positions.
In Salem and surrounding towns on April 25, several marriages were performed or announced. Cabell Ayers wed Miss Ida Graham in Salem. Ethel Randolph Pace married Dr. Victor Newcomb Meddis of Louisville. Elizabeth Wright Petter wed W D Stocks Jr. in Franklin. Thomas J. Fritts married Eliza beth B Rinwick in Stephens City. Theodore Krantz wed Alice P Roberts in Norfolk. Frances Davenport MacFarland and Benjamin T Harris announced their Wilmington Del wedding. families and connections across Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and West Virginia are noted.
A mass meeting in the Front Royal courthouse adopted a constitution and by laws for a new Riverton Front Royal board of trade. Officers elected include President Samuel F. Rhodes and vice presidents E H Jackson M M Johnson W E Carson with W A Carson as treasurer. Executive committee members named include J W Morgan W C Weaver R Millar J F Blackwell and others.
In Upper Marlboro Maryland on April 2 the second trial of Dr Joseph Ohlendorf began for allegedly causing the death of Miss Margaret Hale of Washington through a criminal operation at his sanitarium. Three witnesses testified for the prosecution including DC deputy coroner Dr Glazebrook whose autopsy found peritonitis caused by the operation. Dr H D Frye of Washington corroborated the autopsy. Henry Lennz a Washington surgical instrument dealer testified he sold a instrument to Ohlendorf shortly before the operation.
Salisbury, April 25 Capt B W Thaxton aged 45 conductor on the Southern Railway between Salisbury and Selma shot himself in his room late this afternoon. Life extinct when his family rushed in. He disrobed beforehand and appears to have pulled the trigger with his toe. He had been in ill health for months seeking a cure.
Cumberland Md April 25 The grand jury urged that no liquor licenses be renewed after May 1 for E Dire Bosley William H Canty Lewis H Beck Martin Nelson Charles W Morrissey Mrs M E Barrett Susan Jones George Palmore Harry Jones William Buliett George W Keller and Mrs Mary E Barrett Webbart trashed wine rooms as demoralizing venues with low order entertainment and loose conduct per court urged investigation
Stewart W. Heath John T. Stevens Stephen Welsh and S Frank Hough of Kershaw SC were arrested on warrants charging them with participating in the October lynching of John Morrison. They were taken to Chester. Two white men and a colored man were jailed in Lancaster County on the same charge. One arrestee allegedly turned state's evidence. The men are described as prominent citizens.
Obituaries from Rapahannock to Harrisonburg note Susan F Barran J Wade Adams and Harry C Garst Erasmus Fletcher Jacob Garber and Mrs Fannie Massie Mary Willis with survivors. A fire at 744 and 746 Sixth Street NW caused $40 damage after an hour battle by local firefighters.
A coachman Peter Heary, 39, was injured on Eighth Street and Market Space when a carriage he rode in toppled. Heary, living at 1219 in Street Northwest, was cut on the head and treated at Emergency Hospital but left after dressing. A horse attached to a delivery wagon ran away on Brightwood Avenue, colliding with a lamp post and tossing L W Thomas from his seat. no serious injuries. An application was filed for a permit to erect a storage building at 1422 U Street Northwest for Fidelity Storage Corp.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused the injunction sought by Charleston Natural Gas against Kanawha Natural Gas Light and Fuel to block a proposed merger with United States Natural Gas and to halt gas piping from Big Sandy wells to Huntington Portsmouth Ironton Ashland and Catlettsburg. The court also reversed the Raleigh County judgment granting Deepwater Railway the right of way through Jennys Gap and remanded for rehearing. Multiple cases were decided or remanded including Tracy v Carver Coal and others.
The Mutual Protective Association of Melrose Ward in Roanoke holds a meeting led by Rev. P S Milton. They adopt resolutions urging concerted action to remove all Black people to a restricted locality, with real estate support and financing steps. The section, mainly railroad workers, aims to rid the area of undesirables, white or black, and includes clergy, merchants, and women property owners as supporters.
Three Black inmates Isaac Mills William Jones and Thomas Sewell escaped early today from Frederick County jail by sawing an iron bar in a window. They climbed the wall to the yard undetected. other prisoners could have fled but slept. All three were held for grand jury action with Mills and Jones charged with larceny and Sewell for wife beating.
The Republican city convention in Annapolis Maryland nominated a full ticket for the July 10 municipal election. Mayoral candidate is Dr Charles B Henkel with Daniel R Randal as councilor. Aldermen elected from wards one to three include Charles H Russell Roland T Brown Frank A Monroe Harry T Brewer Louis Baer and T Arrington Thompson (colored). The convention reports a crushing defeat for Dr Washington G Tuck and his allies in Saturdays primaries, which they deny affecting his role.
Fire destroyed barns at the Ashburn Dairy Farm near Ashburn in Loudoun County owned by Judge J D Youmans of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The blaze damaged outbuildings and fed stock, including twenty cattle and about thirty fine horses, with losses around 30000 dollars, only partly insured.
The body of Lieut L A P F Starke who killed himself aboard the German cruiser Bremen was buried in Newport News with full military honors. Impressive services were held at Trinity Lutheran Church with officials from both the Bremen and US Navy present. The casket bore the German imperial standard while American sailors displayed the Stars and Stripes crepe draped. The manner of his death remains unsettled between suicide and accidental shooting.
Norfolk men F L Moore and L C Chitty were arrested on warrants for allegedly enticing seamen from the British tramp Tampican to desert the vessel near Sewells Point. The pair promised better jobs, causing two months pay forfeiture. preliminary hearing set with $500 bail for May grand jury.
A Salem Virginia couple John Tucker Wise and Adele Hampton eloped and wed in Huntington West Virginia after arriving by train for the ceremony. They notified no friends and may honeymoon in Cincinnati before returning to Virginia.
A retirement sale emphasizes that no fictitious value was placed on goods, with original price tags left intentionally showing current reductions and authentic pricing.
Weather Bureau summary reports cool week ending April 24 with widespread frost and slow germination east of the Rockies. Rains halted work in Texas Arkansas Northern Mississippi Oklahoma Colorado and Northern Indiana while drought grows in Central and Eastern Missouri and needs persist in Montana the Dakotas and New England. Cotton and fruit prospects vary with frost damage noted in the South and improving conditions in the upper Missouri Valley and Lake region.
An advertisement claims long term malaria can be cured by Swift’s Specific S S S. It describes malaria symptoms chills fever liver and kidney effects and promotes S S S as a purifying blood remedy that cleanses poisons and builds strength. Contact Swift Specific Co Atlanta Georgia for a free book and advice.
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