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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
17
A citywide sales boom described as the bargain feast draws hundreds to purchase. The retailer touts sweeping discounts on an entire stock of furniture, claiming the best of this season is offered and that quality will endure for years.
Hundreds of buyers flock to the on hand stock sale with prices that favor early purchasers. A small initial spend is framed as a gilt edge investment amid brisk buying.
Special to The Washington Post Hot Springs Virginia August 3 The Virginia Bar Association met with one session due to Henry W Anderson of Richmonds absence The convention elected Alfred P Thom of Norfolk as president and named officers, with Henry Bickford of Newport News delivering a keynote paper on The Merchant Marine Legislation as a factor in its development He urged subsidies to build a strong merchant navy citing Washington and Jefferson He will be succeeded by a slate including E P Buford Lawrenceville O D Batchelor Newport News S W Fulher son Bristol W H Richards Front Royal and J B McCabe Warrenton The convention agenda includes a tomorrow session and a banquet The author notes other political figures including James Ro Caton and Charles T Bland as potential nominees and mentions Swanson Jones and Montague among attendees.
Special to The Washington Post Winchester Va Aug 3. A third attempt to wreck trains on the Baltimore and Ohio line at the same spot occurred early yesterday near Winchester. Rail ties were piled on the track and the east bound freight halted by a swift engineer. Footprints of a man found on site aid detectives with arrests expected.
Special to The Washington Post from Lynchburg Virginia reports a four year old, Sampson Pannill, was shot in the head by his eight year old playmate Sam Smith at a home near Rustburg. Smith is in custody after a hearing before Justice Nelson. Other items note a river death of a six year old near Norfolk, a Culpeper County death, and obituaries for local residents including Mrs Katharine Ruet and Mrs Josephine Gross along with J M Armistead.
A Norfolk Virginia paper reports a violent tornado near Talpa Prince George County three miles from Carson Station on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. John Spiers’ large residence and outbuildings were wrecked twenty two people indoors escaped injury except Spiers and one child. The post office was blown apart and crops damaged. A mule and a ground scar of the wind are noted along with uprooted trees and rotted roofs. Nearby homes suffered roof loss and chimneys toppled. The community faces heavy losses from this storm.
The Rev John Hannon of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church officiated with Miss Lillie McGriffin as maid of honor and Roscoe McGriffin as best man. The couple departed on the noon train for Washington for their honeymoon.
Richmond Va Aug 3 jurors summoned from Lynchburg failed to reach a verdict in James Goode murder case after toiling since yesterday evening. Nine favored hanging while three sought acquittal. A new jury will be summoned and trial to resume promptly.
In Richmond on August 3 an altercation occurred between A. C. C. Peay, commander of Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home, and surgeon W. A. Deas. The clash ended with several blows and an investigation by the institution’s board. Deas says Peay insulted him after a business talk and refused to apologize, prompting Deas to call him a coward before exchange escalated and onlookers separated them.
In Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judges Revell and Thomas upheld a demurrer in a case by Howard B. Taynor and others against the Annapolis mayor over the election of recently sworn police officers. The court found the petition lacked proof of ordinances and equitable grounds, though the ruling suggests elections should have occurred on the third Monday. In Boyds Maryland Mary Williams died at her daughter’s home in Cloppers aged about 70. Also Raleigh NC State farmers' convention chose E L Daughteridge as president John P. Kerr vice president and Charles W Burkem as secretary.
Mayor Simpson learns of police board actions as Officers Lyles and Arrington face reprimand for not arresting Henry Wrenn after he admitted buying stolen goods. In separate cases, arrest warrants were issued for Barney Richards and Ernest Mills for attempting to rob a Southern Railway freight car on North Fairfax Street. A veteran Cumberland area resident, John J. Bright, aged ninety two, dies near Elkins West Virginia after years as district constable.
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