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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
14
Militia at Fort Hunt and Fort Washington conduct joint drills with batteries and supports. Signal, medical, and field units practice wireless, wagwag, and hospital operations. Officers praise exchanges, camaraderie, and discipline as scouts and gunners refine range finding and combat readiness.
Fort Washington Aug 5 Lieut Duke of the Twenty fourth infantry offered a lecture on how constant association with military posts fosters martial spirit. He recounted incidents from drills and observed nature as soldiers, citing lightning bugs as scouts and mosquitoes as an advancing regiment near a fellow officer’s tent.
Reports from Fort Washington note officers visiting or visiting dignitaries including Lieut. Col. Erasmus M. Weaver and Brig. Gen. Harries. Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray invited to maneuvers, likely unavailable. Company I and K of the Second regiment played a close baseball game, 1 to 0, with C. G. Gardiner delivering a notable double play. Chaplain Dr. George F. Dudley returned from Boston after talks with Bishop Brent about Washington bishopric. Sergt. Harrison Painter left camp due to his grandmother’s death. range instrument crews listed with names and roles for the station’s remainder of camp duties.
Vancouver reports Elk River valley bush fires continue, Fernie destroyed while Michel Hosmer and Cram Brook are in safety zones. Death toll at 38 with property losses estimated between 5 and 6 million dollars. Townspeople sheltering in Frank Blairmore and Nelson as men rebuild Fernie. Disease fears rise with two smallpox cases in Bernie.
Chicago police report postoffice wagon driver Becker found a 530 089 check payable through Merchants Loan and Trust Company in the Federal Building driveway yesterday. He notified the trust company and a bank messenger was dispatched for the instrument. Becker is said to have received many banks and a 92 bill.
Aug 5 Virginia wedding notices report Samuel T. Hhisey and L. Garrett uniting in marriage in Norfolk. The groom is W. B. Garrett of this city and details indicate a formal ceremony conducted locally.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa advocated a single head for District affairs with full appointment powers for subordinates. He argued a competent man could run the District efficiently, warn against handicapping him with unsuitable appointees, and doubted Senate approval would be needed after presidential appointment. He stressed selecting a practical business leader over a theorist.
A writ of habeas corpus was served on Dr. E N Brush demanding William B Rayner, son of Senator Rayner of Maryland, be produced before Baltimore County Circuit Court on September 1. Rayner, about 28, has been confined at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital for two weeks, claiming illegal detention and coercion. Attorneys Grayson and Kelly represent him. rumors link Kelly to Mrs. William H. Fisher, with whom Rayner and his father traveled after his disappearance from Baltimore on March 16. Rayner previously studied under Drs Preston and Hill, and Mrs. Fisher threatened self harm during earlier travel.
Special to The Washington Fest from Hikins West Virginia August 6 the Randolph county Republican convention passed resolutions opposing Senator Stephen B Elkins backing Arnold C Scherr for governor the group recognizes the Scherr state committee as regular and pledges support to Scherr Swisher partisans were denounced as illegal and corrupt Elkins son denied involvement saying he would support Swisher if asked by his father
Capt Olsen of the Norwegian steamer Captain Bennett reports a vast spill area off the North Carolina coast likely from a petroleum carrier or whaler. The slick covered over 100 miles with calm seas beneath, while numerous crabs were seen south of Cape Henry, likely swept from Chesapeake Bay by recent storms.
The Washington Post special from Frederick Maryland reports Judge sides with trustees Reich and Williams in a case by Rev Randolph McKim to obtain a fee simple title for Jets in Baltimore. McKim failed to exercise redemption within the contract period and lost the right to redeem the rents.
Dr James D Puryear stands trial in Oxford for the murder of Charles Austin a 27 year old colored man Austin's widow recalled the killing after he refused to move Sorghum cane from Puryear land Puryear once faced murder charges and after insanity commitment escaped to the West for about twenty years He was rearrested following a farm quarrel and returned to face a capital charge though penitentiary detention could not apply due to sentence terms He is now about 30 at the time of the crime and is gray headed.
Four Rockville men allegedly carried a 400 pound safe from Jason Hoyle’s Avery store last night. They wheeled it through the basement to the road before abandoning it unread. The safe held about $100 and other valuables, and tools were taken from the store. The party’s four members left tracks at the scene.
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md Aug 5 Montgomery county fair directors appointed judges for exhibits Heavy draft horses Nicholas Miller Clarkville Va Quickdraft and Warhorse bred horses Astr Warthon Front Royal Va Cattle sheep and hogs G Arthur Bell Washington Dc Drafts Fourth Warner and George C Brown Baltimore Vehicles John W Witense Brookeville and E D Hawkins Olney Farm products Harry Haston Sandy Spring Garden products William Vight Tenhallytown Dc Dairy products Edward B Thomas Ethos Works of art Miss Imma Stabler Spencerville Flower J B Wreeman Washington Dc Culinary products Mrs Charley Wells Rockville Hane Edward C Vater Rockville Preserves Jebles etc Mrs Uriah H W grit Laytonsville Children s department Mrs Roeuvy butter Bendy Spring
In Baltimore on a August day a general mix up between Maurice Finn and two Flynn relatives led to a police court appearance. Justice Garland reconciled the case, noting Finn stood up for the Flynn child at the christening, and all charges were dropped after a friendly settlement.
Albert Kelly, an asylum inmate, threatened his wife and children with a loaded revolver, fired five shots as they fled, then set the house on fire. Neighbors and responding men exchanged shots with him before he was arrested. Police to send him to the Weston Asylum again.
Mrs William A Brown wife of the St Johns Portsmouth rector had attempted to poison herself and two children in a fit of insanity. She has been moved to a sanitarium near Washington for treatment. Her physical condition has improved. A movement in Fredericksburg seeks to honor Confederate soldiers at Spottsylvania Court House led by a daughter of Oliver Eastburn, wife of Maj T A Harris, circuit court clerk and Confederate army veteran.
George Johnson, convicted of larceny and sentenced to eight years, turned on witnesses Patrolmen Ward and Sykes and declared he would exact revenge if released. The scene, in the corporation courtroom, drew attention amid the Aug. 5 report from Norfolk Virginia.
Marion W. Galleher farmer of Loudoun County dies at his son Henry Galleher's home near Leesburg. A Confederate Army veteran with august influence, he served in the Seventeenth Virginia regiment.
Raleigh North Carolina August. John Dixon alias Lee arrested in Pitt County by Norfolk Southern detectives on charges of passing counterfeit dollars to railway conductors. Dixon jailed at Newbern. United States District Attorney Skinner aboard the train called the note the best counterfeit he had seen, detectable only by weight. Detectives suspect a counterfeit gang operating in the state with more arrests likely.
Washington Post Bureau reports two colored highwaymen are active in northwest Alexandria and nearby areas. Police say suspects match descriptions linked to robberies of Shirley Johnson and an $18 theft from Thomas Gaffney. A dog bite incident and a horse-owner case also appear in the day’s notices.
William A. Young withdraws from the four way race for the Second Virginia district nomination due to lack of local support, notably from faction leader James V. Trehy. The remaining candidates are Harry J. Maynard, incumbent, George C. Cabell of Norfolk, and J. Peter Holland of Southampton.
In Norfolk the naval board reviewing last Sundays shooting between a group of negroes and 200 sailors heard many witnesses including sailors. Police Sergeant Tatem will present signed statements by involved negroes as the board nears its expected conclusion. Bishop Donahue ordained several Capuchin Monastery students as deacons in Wheeling. Meanwhile the cruiser Montana began a shake down cruise from Norfolk yards bound for the coast of Maine.
Special to The Washington Post. George Plommers, a Baltimore and Ohio conductor, was arrested for carrying a passenger free from Baltimore to Mantindburg in violation of federal law. He posted $1,000 bail for a hearing before U.S. Commissioner Rogers. The complaint names Charles Flinder as the passenger. other Baldwin Line conductors Frederick and Pierce were previously arrested for similar charges.
Special to the Washington Post from Baltimore August 5, Robert Garrett was unanimously nominated for Congress by the Second district Republicans at Towson. Howard M. Allen of Harford county was the sole opponent, his five Harford votes later switched to Garrett. Following the nomination, T Scott Offutt, Baltimore county Independent leader and Democrat, endorsed Br. Garratt and attacked Democratic candidate Talbott.
Hot Springs Virginia August 5 The Virginia State Bar Association reconvened for its twentieth annual meeting with increased attendance William Lindsay former Kentucky senator delivered the principal address on The Man and the Corporation Officers elected for the coming year include President Micajah Woods Charlottesville vice presidents Theodore Garnett Tidewater John Parker Southside Joseph Wisor Southwest Alexander F Robertson Valley Gardner Louth Piedmont and executive committee members Hil Montague George C Gregory Richmond Secretary treasurer John B Minor Washington plus a church play note Warrenton gala cafe chantant by St James Episcopal Church with booths and a feature by J Backing of Washington Amberine case appeal from Hagerstown hotel proprietor fined for amberine liquor issue Portner Brewing Company involved John Spindle killed when thrown from buggy near Beale
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