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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1907
Page
5
A semiannual clearance sale offers one third off regular prices on ready-to-wear garments including Our Make summer suits and E.B. make items. Boys and youths receive half price on fancy suits and children’s suits, with styles limited by size and pattern.
A damaged report notes a disaster tied to a conductor forgetting orders. Investigators weigh how the engineer’s actions or inactions contributed to the wreck while authorities examine the sequence of events and responsibilities.
Fragmented OCR text suggests a local notice about gambling crackdown and a proposed ash display. Names and places are unclear. article mentions Alexandria and Warren Melanl Cneeening the preposed ash the estese of the gam ay ont. No clear action or outcome is verifiable.
In a crowded field, Barham secured the nomination and won re election as Corporation Judge. The ballot included Pells Phan and several other candidates, with Barham receiving the clear majority of votes and advancing to the next term.
A session is set to discuss the upcoming property matters and event dates. The meeting will review merchant interests and preparations for a formal presentation in January, with wider focus on the Nortel area and related sections.
Severe wind and heavy rain battered Talbot County causing damaged roads, downed corn and tobacco fields, and widespread travel disruption. Rev J Q Werte Noe, a noted Lutheran minister and educator from Rowan County, died today leaving a widow and four children.
In Raleigh on August 10 the peonage trial faced language barriers as witnesses spoke no English and interpreters struggled. The judge, stenographer, and guards worked to extract intelligible testimony about foreigners at a railroad camp designated in the warrant. The trial resumes Monday.
Aug 10 Richmond Washington Aug 10 The office of building inspector, operating only a few weeks, has clamped down on contractors previously using any materials or methods. Henry P Beck, the inspector, with engineering training, is enforcing insurance and building regulations. A new floor was ordered, and a statement from the Academy of Music repair committee was noted.
The Washington Post Petersburg Va August 1 1900s reports the Virginia Passenger and Power Company will extend improvements in Petersburg and Victory with 299000 dollars planned 25000 set for installing new electric lamps of 2090 candle power expected in operation by November 1900 27000 to be expended at the company’s plant near Petersburg and in Dinkiddie County Frederickabure August 10 obituary notices follow including Mrs Anne Figgabeth Fickel wife of Int Joseph H Tickien oldest resident of Fredericksburg who died at her daughter Corbin’s home. Edmond S Dum and Mrs Hite Bern among others noted.
Seation WoVa Aue reports that John Bry von died yesterday from typhoid fever. He is survived by his wife and one child.
Plan of a Jamestown Exposition reunion to form the Jacquelin and City Ancestral Association. Notables from Jacquelin Ambler and related lineages will attend with speakers representing their families and a program starting 11 o’clock Tuesday.
The National Haymakers Association of the United States met in Norfolk with 150 delegates. John W Cherry of Morfolk opened with an address. Joseph E Mowry responded. Officers elected include HC Kutne as national chief haymaker and C Nobex as national vlot chief hay maker. The group reports 85 new associations this year and about 8,000 members. The meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene next year in Atlantic City.
Memphian man who received jewelry from the Columbia wreck sent the trunk to Bristol via Mr Harris. The trunk, belonging to William J. Bachman who perished with his steamer, contained jewelry and items for his wife and two daughters plus Templar regalia. Dr Charter S Butler notes the Columbia wreck site has uneven depths and sunken ships, with water depths around a mile.
Richmond Va Aug 10 The governor postponed action on Joseph Thomas alias Wright the Alexandria man convicted of attempted criminal assault near Forrest Gooding in Lus e Park before her marriage The governor will review the matter again before deciding whether to change the death sentence to life imprisonment Attorney James J Clements of Washington counsel for the prisoner and Tooley were in conference Further investigation is deemed necessary Clements claims innocence and is appealing to save him The Supreme Court had refused to reopen the case.
Strike sympathizers attacked arrest cars as warrants were issued for seventeen presumed troublemakers. Twenty seven streetcar company employees joined the strike, aiming to organize a union. Cars returning from Westside Park were stopped last night. headlights smashed trolley ropes cut and shots fired amid jeers. Women and children were prominent in the assault.
Special to The Washington Peat from Winton Salem NC Aug 10 JW Ambler, an engineer, travels to Jamestown for a reunion of Jacquelin Ambler and Carey descendants. He plans to deliver a write up on The Spirit of Jamestown. Afterward he visits Washington to inspect the municipal slaughterhouse at the request of Winston aldermen who consider paying for it.
A bulletin from the State agricultural department reveals widespread fraud in starch sold for use in cotton mills. It notes annual consumption around 15 pounds per mill and prices near 2 to 12 cents. The report says distinguishing potato from corn starch requires a microscope and that two thirds of examined potato starches were actually corn starch. Length of fraud is unknown.
In Richmond Virginia today Foster was fined 50 dollars in Police Court for speeding. Judge Crutchfield issues an ultimatum to curb reckless driving, pledging to punish offenders and even jail them if needed to protect Richmond residents.
Montgomery County temperance groups will hold their annual convention in Washington Grove next Wednesday, with representatives from every church and temperance society. Rev Packard, Rev Rotensted, Rev Richards and others will speak, and music will be provided by local bands under Bret Walker.
The British steamship Stratherd reports Captain LT Muddie died three days after a fall down a companionway during a storm off Brazil on July 24. First Officer WB Anderson commands. cargo includes chrome ore from New Caledonia destined for Newport News and New York.
A heated dispute in Rockville arises between the county public school commissioners and Bethesda school trustees over who will hold the principalship for the coming year. Miss Ida Dove faces removal, while trustees push for her to stay and retain access to the school building key. Patrons support Dove as her administration has been satisfactory, with potential court action if salaries are denied.
Aug 10 Weaton West Virginia police shoot an eighteen year old boy, Cari Hall, as he resists arrest after returning home from Clarkeburs. Officer Hinzman claims Hall cursed and lunged. Hall is shot in the back with the ball lodging in the abdomen. Hall’s condition listed as critical but stable. Hinzman is held on $1500 bond for court, and a warrant alleging Mayor Ward ordered capture dead or alive was denied at the hearing.
A Richmond council committee meeting aimed to obtain a 5 million dollar federal appropriation to deepen the James River channel and shorten the voyage to the coast. W W Morton was named to head a three member subcommittee to draft plans for presentation to the national government. L Morris of the chamber of commerce represented the group, recalling a 1902 effort for the same goal. If funded, river facilities would shield shippers from high freight rates and ease public travel along the river.
A cablegram from Richmond reports United States Consul Caughy in Malaga is in critical condition due to diabetes. The consul, known locally through family ties to the Higgins name, was recently transferred to Malaga and is en route to his ailing father.
A mix of police telegrams from Washington and Columbus about a wanted man Pink Fulton, a Forsyth County reward, and a seven year old whipping incident. later notes recount a retiree police sergeant wounded in Civil War service, heavy coal shipments to Washington from Cumberland, a lightning strike on a church steeple, a Winchester wedding of George Clarence Aiffer and Mary Ellen ONeill, and Radford and Waxh Fier areas noting marriages and Telegram announcements from Charlottesville and Waxahachie contexts.
Report from Rockville Md notes Montgomery County Republicans plan a county convention at the opera house to choose delegates for the State convention and appoint members of the state central committee. Thomas Dawson is favored for State's attorney and several candidates eyed for sheriff, with Noyes and Burdette as likely picks. county commission and Orphans Court judges not expected to be nominated.
Rev Alfred Harrison Turroughs, a marrying parson at the Virginia Gretna Green near Bristol, has officiated for 2,380 couples over his career and has entertained elopers in a hotel he built near the Union Depot.
Veterans of Civil War armies plan a September 16 visit to Petersburg to mark the Antetam anniversary. About 40 members of the Irish Pennsylvania Regiment Association will travel from Washington Port Petersburg to John Lorn’s led ceremony at the National Cemetery ten miles from Petersburg. The group aims to honor soldiers buried at Luton and unknowns, and to push a Congress appropriation for a 40 foot wide boulevard between the armies’ breastworks, tying Appomattots to Hatch era Run.
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