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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1904
Page
8
A city wide promotion claims a huge furniture sale with abundant stock and sensational bargains. The advertisement touts well made, durable pieces that will hold value for years and asserts the event is a rare chance to buy top quality goods at marked down prices.
Retailers urge quick purchases as remaining stock dwindles with hundreds buying. Early money spent now deemed a gilt-edge investment due to limited on hand quantities and favorable prices.
The Virginia Bar Association held a single session in Hot Springs Virginia on August 3 with officers elected including Alfred P Thom of Norfolk as president and Henry Bickford Newport News delivering a major paper on The Merchant Marine Legislation. Several Virginia lawmakers attended or were noted as absent, with Swanson and Cardon among candidates discussed for state offices while others prepared for forthcoming events.
Dr H E Kelsey of Baltimore presented a paper on porcelain crowns in the afternoon session. An earlier note reported a third attempt to wreck trains on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Winchester Virginia.
Special to The Washington Post reports eight year old Sam Smith allegedly shot and killed four year old Sampson Pannill at John Smith's near Rustburg. The hearing sent Sam Smith to a higher court after a local justice set bail. Additional Virginia obituaries note multiple deaths including Joseph Lyons, Mrs J T Bruce, George Taylor and Mrs Katharine Ruet.
A Virginia tornado near Talpa in Prince George County wrecked John Spier’s large residence, post office, stables, and outbuildings. Spiers and his child were injured, a mule unhitched and blown, and crop damage was extensive. Nearby roofs and chimneys were toppled, trees uprooted, and a ground hole opened in the landscape.
The Rev John Hannon of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church officiated a wedding 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 The jury summoned from Lynchburg to try James Goode for the murder of Capt Rhin berger after deliberating from yesterday evening until 2 oclock this afternoon without reaching an agreement were discharged. They stood nine for hanging and three for acquittal. Another jury will be summoned at once and the trial resumed.
Richmond August 3 A quarrel broke out between Commander A C C Peay of Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers Home and Surgeon W A Deas of the institution. Inmates stopped the fight after several blows were exchanged. Deas says Peay insulted him after a 430 pm business talk and called him a coward before striking.
In Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judges Revell and Thomas sustained a demurrer to an injunction to block the mayor from swearing in newly elected Annapolis police officers. The petition failed to allege passage of ordinances or a ground for equitable interference, though the court indicated the election should have been on the third Monday. Also notes the death of Mrs. Mary V Williams in Cloppers at age about seventy. State farmers convention at Raleigh elected officers: President E L Daughteridge, vice president John P Kerr, secretary Charles W Burkem.
Washington Post Bureau reports police actions in Alexandria. Officers Bettis Beach and others chased two suspects, Barney Richards and Ernest Mills, after a freight car robbery attempt on North Fairfax Street. The men were later arrested. hearings set. Ongoing rail robberies have cost about 25 000 in the region. Also noted: Boward Clark, tied to stolen railroad shoes, was turned over to authorities. Reprimand issued for Officers Lyles Arrington over Wrenn case. John Entwisle’s cocaine sale case continued. John J. Bright, 92, died near Elkins W Va. long‑time district constable with a large family.
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