Receiver Appointed in Petersburg Suit Denied by Hastings Court
George Cameron Jr of Petersburg was named receiver in a sweeping civil action against New York and others. The Hastings court denied the motion to suspend the order and rejected the test of jurisdiction with United States court receivership under a complex power of sale and trust arrangement. The decision references the Virginie case and notes the court’s instruction for further proceedings and reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cameron, Jr
Petersburg
United States Court
Hastings Court
JI MW Mallar
Ater
Tur
Basher
New York
Wilma Pissenger
Apperus
Muln
Boersbarg
Mullen
Aid
Uyortel Moors Witkham
Tom Tamer
Bower
Oris
Lowe Company
Ins
Millwaine
Oebir
Meron
Engineers Disappointed At Democratic Association Session
A meeting reported in the fragmented text shows engineers unhappy with the presidents conduct and the association’s handling. The session included elections and appointments, with key roles filled and a new badge adopted for members.
Virginia Obituary for Maury F. Harman and Family Ties
An obituary from Virginia recounts the life of Maury F Harman who died this week in his city home aged eighty. He served as a veteran and civic figure, survived by three sons and numerous descendants, and was noted for long teaching service and public work in Albemarle County. The notice highlights his Civil War service with the Nineteenth Virginia Volunteers, his capture by Federal troops, and his celebrated role in local history, signaling a life tied to community, family, and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lue Samuel
Reek
Sinty
BoWe
Ib Vick Stayar
Maury
Jowe
Su Harman
Telerlek Yurug
George Bing
Cruz
Stifford
John G Mertin
Albemarle
Mobroalax
Lie Eatll
South Mountain
Boona
Gustiv Reinecker
Duke
Pennsylvania
Reimecker
Virginia Weddings
Freikksburg Auga CC McGennis and Fannie Hudson both of King George wed yesterday at the Methodist parsonage in that county with Rev Hobday officiating Minnie Belle Johnston daughter of James F P Johnston of Lexington and W H Towber also named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freikksburg
Fannie Hudson
Wiram T Hfudson
King George
M Thonist
T. Hobday
Minnie Belle Johnston
James FP Johneston
Lexington
W. H. Towber
Lynching in Virginia After Assault on Eight Year Old Girl
Special to The Washington Post Richmond August 6 reports the lynching of Andrew Dudley a fourteen year old alleged assailant near Afton. Citizens caught him after the attack on Httle Bloomer McLain and Cameron W. The mob seized the prisoner near the railroad station and hanged him from a cherry tree before authorities could transport him to Afton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Afton
Andrew Dudley
Httle Bloomer McLain
J Rney
MecLain
Cameron W
Greenfield
Miss Cameron
C W Critzer
Toweed
Mees
Fire at Ocean View Destroys Cottages and Club
A morning blaze swept Ocean View destroying seven cottages at Virginia Bay Club and damaging the big pavilion theater and hotel. Guests fled in night robes as flames spread along the beach. insured and uninsulated furniture and jewelry valued in the thousands were lost. Cottages housed residents including S Sherwood of Portsmouth and City Sergeant John F Lawler among others. several valued near 4000 with three insured for 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfik
Virginia Bay Club
Ocean View
Virginia Bay
S$ Sherwood
Portsmouth
John F Lawler
Norfolk
W J Davis
L R Charters Co XL Miller W P Ives
W R Johnson
Richmond Vu Candidate for Speaker in State House Race
Augu-Capt W D Cardwell delegate from Hanover declares candidacy for Speaker of the house. He is seen as an able representative, with formid able prospects. S L Kelly of Richmond remains a leading rival, already the only declared candidate since Speaker John F Ryan of Loudoun will not run again. The contest pits country against town, with Kelly famed as a poised eloquent figure and Cardwell potentially joining a seat long held by his father on the state's Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond Vu
W D Cardwell
Hanover
S L. Kelly
Richmond
John F Ryan
Loudoun
Kkelly
Cardwell
Supreme Court of
America
S. S S
Atlanta
Assault on Richmond post messenger sparks mass arrest
In Richmond on a hot August night a dozen or more African Americans are in custody for assaulting Bernard M Williams a city post office messenger delivering a special letter to a Black resident on Preston Street. Williams was beaten and his wheel stolen but he recovered the wheel and found protection in a Black household. The postmaster reports the incident and says the offenders face heavy punishment. Williams is the son of the Republican chairman of his congressional district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
Bernard M Williams
City Post Office
Preston Streat
Dkoung Williams
Ilus
Brief Sessions Halt West Virginia Legislature Adjourns
Owing to new Democratic arrivals from Parkersburg both chambers adjourned until this afternoon. In the House, several Senate bills were read for the first time and one bill was rated. A night Senate session occurred with a resolution directing mileage and per diem payments to the deceased member M G Trumbo. Scollar Cornwell’s family prepared for aid from Governor-elect. Trumbo’s death delayed Parkersburg departures. Lally’s election noted. Bush meeting in Leesburg drew over 1000 attendees. a boiler explosion at Ashcroft well near Fairmont killed Thomas McGee.
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Washington Co
Charleston
Parkersburg
Winch
House
Senate
M G Trumbo
Scollar Cornwell
Aid
Ainye
Hampshire
Alexandria News In Brief: Convention Strains And Local Trials
Nearly 7 000 visitors expected in Alexandria for a Virginia State firemen convention with 1000 rooms secured and estimates of 150 to 180 out of town attendees plus 5000 non delegates. Reports include a cocaine sale case against John Entwisle, a nine month school term for 1904 05, a city clerk balance of 87 cents, and other local notes from Washington Post Bureau.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Virginia State Firemen’s Convention
S House
Prince Street
J Paff
Park Agnew
Committee On Hotels
Alexandria Light Infantry
Committee On Finance
John Antwisle
Officer Knight
Entwisle
Lew E. Machen
General Assembly
Machen
Calton
Entwistle
City School
Bw Wong
A F Haner
C A. Reynolds
W Gresham
Robert Cassidy Alas Casey
Georgia Penitentiary
Virginia
Cassidy
Weyer Simpson
Dyspepsia Remedy Promised Cure All Stomach Ailments
The Grover Graham Dyspepsia Remedy guarantees to cure dyspepsia heartburn gastritis and other stomach disorders regardless of chronicity. First dose alleged to relieve distress and digestion restored claims to improve blood nerves and sleep. Advertises the original McDermott formula and sole American rights with testimonials of cured cases and a request for case histories. Grover Graham Co Newburgh N H Washington DC.
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Grover Graham
Graham
McDermott
Europe
Grover Graham Co
Newburgh, N
Broken Pitch Ends Picnic Baseball Game
A picnic baseball game ended when pitcher Mr Schwartz attempted a swift curve and suffered a snapped bone as the game was over halfway.
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Schwartz
Masked Robbers Strike Silver Leaf Club in Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland at 1230 am three masked men with revolvers roared into the Silver Leaf Club on North Mechanic Street and robbed Italians Dominico Madera and Joseph Saniello and William Simpson, taking cash, valuables, and a steamship ticket while firing at Officer Baker who pursued them. Additional suspects and a second sighting near Ellerslie added to the chase, with Captain Roman posting bail for a local arrestee and brakeman Charles Cook detained as a suspect in the robbery.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Silver Leaf Club
Mechanic Street
J. P Roman
Guy Lowndes
Dominico Madera
Joseph Saniello
Wiliam Simpson
Aining Service
Madera
Myersdale
Italy
Santello
Simpson
Baker
Mitchell
Ellerslie
Roman
Charles Cook
West Virginia Central
Virena
Richmond salesman at grave tries self harm over wife death
George Leigh, a Richmond traveling salesman for a carpet firm, attempted suicide at the grave of his wife Mrs Fleetie Leigh in Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown. He was found unconscious by cemetery superintendent Charles Deibert with a chloroform bottle nearby. Leigh, 30, said he took the poison to end his sorrow after his wife’s death on May 6 1909. He was treated at the hotel and by Dr Herman before leaving for New York. Mrs Leigh was daughter of Emmanuel Hibarger of Roanoke Va and sister of Mrs Shields, linked to a Roanoke assault case judged by a hanging verdict.
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Richmond
Hagerstown
Washington Post
George Leigh
Fleetie Leigh
Rose Hill
Charles Delbert
Leigh
New York
Hotel Hamilton
Deibert
Legh
Gray
Leith
H .& Herman
Fiedtie Hibarger
Emmanuel Hibarger
Roanoke
Mrs Shields
Williems
Maryland Auto Law Affects Washington Owners In State
Maryland officials publish highlights of a recently passed state auto registration act. Many offenders are said to be from Washington. Owners must file data, obtain a $1 compliance certificate, and display a number on the vehicle or face penalties up to 26 dollars.
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Washington
Annapolis
Oswald Tilghman
Maryland
Secretary of State
Printers Off for St Louis to Attend World Fair Gathering
The Typographical Union party, with delegates from New York New Jersey and Virginia, departs at 2 30 PM by Chesapeake and Ohio train to St Louis to visit the fair and attend the international convention of printers. A second car will join Clifton Forge for Southern and Ohio delegates. Arrival in St Louis expected 6 15 PM.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Typographical Union Party
St. Louis
George M. Bond
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Clifton Forge
Southern
Ohio
St Louis
Dan C Vaughan
Frank A Kidd
Katherine K .Spencer
T A Bynum
Mary E. Lerch
Misses McDonald
Gover and Son
J R Lamson
Harry Sauter
Double murder by robber seeks home funds motive
Philadelphia reports Harry Fisher, 30, shot and killed his sister Elizabeth Shearer and brother-in-law Joseph Shearer during a burglary at their home after absconding with $1,000 intended for a new house. He died by suicide later, claiming robbery as motive though others dispute that, and had harassed the siblings beforehand.
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Philadeipnia
Harry Fisher
Elizabeth Shearer
Joseph Shearer
Fisher
Shearer
Two Wills on One Sheet Filed at Register of Wills
An unusual double sheet of legal cap records wills for Henry C Taylor and Mary McCabe Taylor both naming the other as sole beneficiary and executor. Virginia A Wainwright dated June 10 194 remains filed with $300 bequest to Kate Flynn and detailed trust provisions for Mary J Eldridge and relations, with Gener al Daingerfield Parker and Thornton J Parker named executors.
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Register of Wile
Henry C Taylor
Mary McCabe Taylor
Viginia A Wainwright
Kate Plynn
Mary J Wldridge
Daingerfiell Parker
Liliga L ! Gray
Mary D Winder
Sarah Jay Parker
Marian H Parker
Mary J Eldridge
Amena Parker
Scour Steart
Phornton J Parker
William HO Parker
U S M
W Heath Eldridge
Charles H Eldridge
Daingerfield Parker
Thornton Jerkins Parker
Pokanoket Cleared After Government Inspection at Potomac
The Pokanoket steamer chartered for Colonial Beach was inspected by government officials and pronounced in first class condition, the best of its kind on the Potomac. It will start daily trips at 5 PM to the Beach, returning by 9 AM, with Saturday departures at 5:30 PM from Ninth Street quay. Capt Adelbert Posey will helm the vessel.
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Colonial Beach
Potomac
Ninth Street
Lower Potomac
Adelbert Posey
Harry Randill
Alexandra
Harry Randall
T V_ Arrowsmith
Tiime
Brief Visit of Porto Ricans Arrives for Education Tour
Tentative arrangements for 609 Porto Rican teachers arriving from summer schools at Cornell and Harvard were discussed by Commissioner Macfarland and Dr Roland P Walkner. Falkner becomes Porto Rico education commissioner Oct 1. The group travels by streetcar to Capitol and Library of Congress after noon arrival Friday Aug 12, with lunch at Arlington and a 4 PM departure to Philadelphia after a Roosevelt reception at 2:30 PM.
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Macfarland
Roland P Walkner
Falkner
Porto Rico
Cornell
Harvard
Pennsylvania Road
Capitol
Library of Congress
Business Mens Association
Board of Trade
Arlington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Bridge Repairs Delay Aqueduct Crossing Next Year
Old Dominion may not cross the Aqueduct Span by January as repair work on the damaged pier stalls. Cofferdam water-tightness and peculiar riverbed formation hinder piling. Great Falls and Old Dominion Rail Road traffic awaits completion of the pier. A separate White House concert program is listed for March with the Mayme Band performing a full classical sequence. A Buck-JeN's Arnica Salve ad offers quick relief for injuries.
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Old Dominion
Aqueduct
Great Falls and
Old Dominion Railroad
White House
Mayme
National Capital
von Blon
Fate
Freedorn
Robert E Steel
Albert O
Hensel
Gretel
Humperdinck
Dvorak
Brahm Concert Gaiop
Bantelmann
Buck- Jen
Highway Bridge Approaches Consult Virginia Officials
Virginia property owners met with Col A M Miller to discuss condemning land for bridge approaches. Three plans were considered with a five viewer committee to report land values. route favored would cut 3000 feet of travel for brickyard teams, with construction costing about 1000. Proceedings under Alexandria County Board of Supervisors.
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Virginia
Col A M Miller
Fagute
Alexander Island
Board of Supervisors
Alexandia County
W Douglass
William Febrey
Dr Rust
Commonwealth
Crandall Mackey
George H Rucker
Georges J. Garrett
J E Sickles
Frank Hume
Andrew D Graham
Tranh Lyon
Colvin
Washington Alexandra and
Mount Veron
Startling feat at River View adds fire act to show
A daring novelty at River View tomorrow features Mons Drukker hanging by his feet from a sliding trapeze bar and sliding 730 feet along a flaming wire into a burning chute lake. He saturates cotton batting with gasoline and coal oil, then lights it as he descends. The act, evolved recently, will debut at 8:80 PM under Capt Randall's oversight.
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River View
Mons Drukker
Satanis
Capt Randall
Excursions to Marshall Hall and Chevy Chase Lake
Marshall Hall offers green lawns shade trees and dinners with a concert by Prof Schroeder's band. Steamer Charles Macalester runs 1 lam, 2 30 pm, and 6 30 pm. United States Marine Band concerts at Chevy Chase Lake draw large crowds. Friday through Sunday features motion pictures, rowing, bowling, and other amusements with free grounds access and weekly Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company trips to resort areas with two night stays and onboard dining.
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Marshall Hall
Prof Schroeder
Charles Macalester
Enaian
Macalester
United States Marine Band
Beautful
Chevy Chase Lake
Dancing Pavilion
Rustic Theater
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Old Point
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Power Company
Virginie
Muller
Egetay
Elios
Virginis
Cameron
Wits
Milwaukee
Virginia Weddings
J Pwera Perarphive
Wan
Washington, DC
Drames Manly
Lexington Baptist Church
Washington City
Capt. Cardwell
Kelly
Messenger
Lattle
West Virginia
Wonston
Salem
Lally
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
Foreign Missions
Lilly
Leesburg
Ang
Purcellville
George W Gain
Kentucky
Oliver W Stewart
Chicago
Charles H Mead
Bll Seeds
Fairmont
W Va
Ashcroft
Here
Thomas McGee
McDonald Pa
Alexandria News
Benjamin & Beary
Moses
Mirine
Naval Academy
J .K Barton
John T Tomypkina
Abingdon Vayug
Abingdon
Hutton
Fail
Yre
Raleigh
N C
Laura Devereaux
Hickory Nut Gap
Asheville
Muj
John W Devereaux
North Carolina
Habe
Wesuingwu
Baltimore
Auge
Baltimore County
George Schwartz
East Twentieth Street
Affleck
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C
Heart of
Maryland Automobile Law
Asheville Methodist Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Scanth
Biltmore
J E Harrison
Oho
Duncan
Spartanburg S&sc
Charlotte
Rey
D Gillespie
George Sr Hackney
Dr . West
J A Wild
C Brown
F M Weaver
Bristol
Tenn
John ‘Wicks
Bristol Barytes
Upper Marlboro Md
School Board
Prince George County
Florence B White
Nottingham
Annie C Carroll
Ritchie
Kent
Elizabeth McGregor
Laurel
Adventists In Conference
Luray
Seventh-day Adventists
Stanley
This County
Addroining
Printers
Sister
Cime
New England States
New
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Boston
Seventh Street
Bond
Fourteenth Street
New York Avenue
Cabin John Bridge
Royal Italian Band
San Francisco
Southern Prifie
New Orleans
Pacific Coast
Lke
Calfornia
JY Poston
Amd
Pentz
Cape May
Rehoboth Beach
Baltimore and Ohio
Balimore
Queen Anne
Lewes del
Pier
Light Street
Onlo
Peer Hecht
Edward G Niles
John S Whitt
Capital Tractin Company
First
C Streets
Mons
Drukker
Ghicago
Couragh ‘Evans
Keeley
Keeley Institute
North Capited Street
Washington Dog
District of
Columb'g Or
W G Haskell
Medical
Twelfth Street N. W
Fisk Elcin
T. Baldus
Yaling
John McGee
Ian William Pfelt
Turner Christian Endeavir
Helen E Jameson
Terminal
George M Rea
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