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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
16
President sends regrets as executive hoped to review marchers and witness the Canterbury Pilgrim performance in Gloucester Harbor celebrating the city’s seventh anniversary with a naval gathering and festive events.
Winchester reports a heated contest between Speaker Richard E Byrd and Thomas P Spates for the Frederick County Virginia legislature seat. Byrd appears to lead toward nomination by a safe margin, while Spates supporters claim momentum. In Suffolk the threeway race in Southampton County shifts to a straight duel after Musgrave withdraws following talks with Williams.
Constantinople reports Turkish government has ordered 4000 Vedics to be moved by sea from Sinvina under the second army corps. Three steamship firms are contracted for troop and munitions transport. Great excitement ensues as Crete’s Greek officers questions and Turkish replies unfold amid power diplomacy and fleet movements in Crete and Rhodes waters.
A San Diego post reports the secretary of an optical secrecy agency denying Besant claims about a movement. The article mentions Mrs Katheans Tekwas and Brathyrhond Ho San, with references to a voice in an August session and a pontoon of the theme siphiat movement.
A fragmentary report describes a poisoning case alleging drugs or poison ingestion. Witnesses recount a nurse and a caregiver involved with a patient linked to the hospital setting. Authorities say a sample was analyzed, with ongoing investigations and statements from an undertaker and medical staff.
A government inquiry charges a teller with identifying handwriting on notes linked to a wrecked bank. Witnesses testifying in open court claimed the handwriting matched that of Breese Dickerson and Trnland, with references to the late Thomas M. Harker.
Bernard N Baker, ex-head of Atlantic Transport, reports to Taft on Panama Canal line freight rates. He notes heavy US disadvantage vs European tariffs on hides and other goods, with Panama Railroad and Panama Steamship Company as government-controlled entities. Figures show higher charges from New York than Europe to Central America and for machinery to Guayaquil and San Francisco, suggesting systemic rate gaps and possible government inheritance of private rates.
The Tasley fair opens with a record intake of racing entries. Weather cooperates as crowds gather for the event. Names including Bertha Fg and Tatty figure among notable entrants. purses reach £700 with multiple races listed.
In Rome Georgia a society woman assaulted J Eawhorn from Spartanburg with a whip after he failed to greet her. His face bled as Mrs Knight pursued an apology before his wife. In Richmond a state senator, William White, died in Johnson Wills sanitarium. Dennis Brown, veteran, died of typhoid at 48. Also reports a drowning of 15 year old Theodore Welsz in the Ohio River at Wheeling.
Ten of the largest BuccemAin tournaments at St Josephs Church Cordova drew about 4080 spectators. Knights of Cordova crowned the queen of love Myrtle Kelthy of St Michaels and four maids of honor. Winners included W G Favinger James Slevente F Connolly Mitt en Eben W J Connell s and dignitaries Dr Charles H Rose Charles E Morris and Dr I W tach officiated.
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Aug 4 The Democratic State committee ruling that legislative candidates must secure plurality of district votes in primaries instead of ward votes narrowed the field. Most declined to run, ward and precinct workers pushed turnout, Republicans less engaged. If fall voters stay the same, election results may surprise amid likely disfranchising amendment energizing a dormant political climate.
Big coal deal closes as Black Mountain Corporation of Alexandria Virginia gains 700 acres adjoining its holdings in Virginia. The transaction, valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, consolidates control of the Table Mountain field near Pennington Gap. Key buyers include Dulaney of Washington DC and financiers Slemp of Virginia with others in New York and Virginia.
Cardinal M cCormick arrives en route to Salt Lake City to preside at a cathedral consecration. He travels with Bishop Connell and is hosted at a residence in Lenap with officials including J Stubbs, H Pratt, and J Carwid Loans Company associates attending.
The Yorktown Historical Society of the United States formed in Yorktown Virginia with supporters from Maryland Virginia New York and Pennsylvania. A constitution was adopted and officers elected. The society aims to preserve structures associated with the American Revolution and Yorktown battle sites in Culpeper and surrounding areas. A separate report notes a murder verdict in a second degree ruling for a Posey Turner case in Virginia.
The Prince George County Republican convention in Upper Marlboro nominated a legislative and county ticket and selected delegates to state and judicial conventions. Wesley Beall was chosen county commissioner, with other tickets and delegates listed for the county sheriff, treasurer, clerk, and state and judicial contests. In La Plata, the Charles County convention nominated a strong ticket with resolutions opposing a suffrage amendment and backing Adrian Posey for associate judge.
The Howard County Democratic gathering fell under Gorman’s influence with Senator Athie Gorman effectively controlling the convention. Former Governor Waihent did not attend, and the expected recommendations from the Lisbon primary were not discussed. Judge James R. Drashars and Judge Armundel were present for judicial nominations while delegates and officers were named, including Howard Brown and Favart M Vammond among others.
Stockholders of the Seaboard Wi Lipa Railway Company approved a plan to reorganize the property. A new refunding mortgage and funding bonds are proposed with total security not to exceed 55 million dollars. Nearly the entire capital stock favored the plan. a Raleigh meeting followed later tonight.
Flooding in the North Carolina cotton belt since Sunday causes 3 to 5 percent crop deterioration. Replanting bloom damaged as main streams rise, with inches of rain reported at various points hampering growers and inundating several home sections.
Virginia wedding notices record Danville and Culpeper ceremonies with couples Snead and Browning, Edwards and Lively. Oldest West Virginia Odd Fellow George Edwards dies at Moundsville after a long business career. A large barn fire near Brandy Station destroys hay with stock saved and insurance covering loss. North Carolina approves Carolina Tennessee Power Company capital increase from 250000 to 3500000.
Washington Bureau reports Alexandria voters show apathy on the Democratic primary eve as candidates Bob Moncure Jared Birtell race to mobilize supporters. Polls open at 7 A M and close at 7 P M with local hopes for James St. Catherine and Tucker Mann momentum, amid statewide encouragement for lieutenant governor hopefuls.
A series of reports detail a recovered body linked to a gas ignition aboard a vessel near Fort Panton, with investigators tracing it to a local coroner’s inquest. Separate items note thefts at a post office, a furniture company charter, a school district deficit, and the death of Mrs Edith L Moore in Hagerstown.
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