Extra Session Ends As Penitentiary Bill Passes In West Virginia
The West Virginia legislature wraps an extra session with passage of a penitentiary transfer bill that replaces special guards with state guards, cutting costs. Other measures include tax reform related bills, the reform school, and an asylum. A committee found no dishonesty in the Supreme Court rooms contract, despite investigations involving the governor and Public Works Board.
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Board of Public Works
Mosby’s Men in Reunion in Berryville Virginia
The forty third Battalion Virginia Cavalry known as Mosby’s men held their eleventh reunion in Berryville with about 1 survivors and many guests. An estimated 2500 attended as speeches from Marshall McCormick Joseph Bryan and others honored Rev S D Ferguson. Officers elected for the next year included J William Foster as commander and Maj Robert Hunter among speakers and organizers. A benediction by Rev Julian Broaddus closed the exercises and county ladies served a dinner.
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Berryville
Virginis Cavalry
Mosby
Court Green
Marshall McCormick
Frank Strother
J. S Mason
Ueutenant
Z S Melson
F H Ream
HS Ashby
Julian Brocaddus
Laules
Wits
Dean Pulliam
Train Robbers Confess Before Justice Sturt
Alleged train robbers Harris Fletcher Watson Harvey and Ferrell faced a preliminary trial in Staunton with Justice Sturt on charges including horsebreaking car breaking and raising a caboose. Harvey testified for the state, and others confessed. the prisoners were remanded to jail without bail pending grand jury action. Barns was later bailed. Primitive Baptists met at Mount Cross, with reports of encouragement from sixteen churches as the association continued sessions at Ararat Church.
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Wasiington
Post Chatham
Jesse Ferrell
Jacheon Fletcher Harris
Claiborne Harvey
Junius Watson
Justice
Barns
8Ma
Primitive Baptists
Spra
Washington Post
Wratham Ya
Staunton River
Primitve Baptist Association
Moaart Ararat
Mount Cross
Assoriator
Sundas
Virginia Obituary Notices From Aug 12 Across Va Towns
Virginia obituaries list Aug 12 across Wytheville Manchester Fredericksburg Newport News and other towns. Notable deaths include ex Confederate veteran James Booth near Fere, W B Pleasants in Manchester, Henry Simmerman Wytheville aged 93, Susie Mullen in Fredericksburg typhoid fever, J E Morris druggist in Newport News, Mrs J W Yon of King George County typhoid, Mrs Jesse Nish mother of G W Nash near Orange, George W Wilson of Augusta County aged three, William Weaver prominent in Upper Northumberland, Joseph Blair near Donaldson Ark, Rev George W Lawson former pastor in Mecklenberg and Surry counties. Relatives and locations noted for each.
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Thaytusville
James Booth
Fere
Richmond
W B Pleasants
Manchester
Wytheville
Henry Simmerman
Itp
Flas
Fredsricksburgs Ruson
Susie Miulin
John Mullen
Newport News
J E. Morris
Fredericksburg
J. W.ycon
King George County
Jesse Nish
G W Nash
Germatt Bridge
Orange County
Chiildren
George W Wilson
Fairey Hill
Rockbridge County
Wilsons
Tinkling
Augusta County
Hiourheville
Wiliam Weaver
Upper Northumba
Big
Wis
Lexington
Andrew Wallace
Saurawest
George W_ Lawson
Meashington
Presbyterian Church
Sordonsville
LWO Estels
Ins City
Front Royal Horse Show draws largest crowd in history
Special to The Washington Post Front Royal Va Aug 12 crowds pack the Front Royal Horse Show and Steeplechase Association with many events yielding top honors. Winners include Jumping close four year old War est Queen Luttrell and Dazzle by G W Chancellor. Red Light by Gibson. and Lady H by Byrd Fletcher among many divisions and riders.
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Front Royal
Warest Queen
Luttrell
Eagle
H. M. Luttrell
G. W Chancellor
H M Luttrell
Cash
C of McGinnin
Lady Belle
A. H. Fulton
Masterpiece
C Moore
Mister Mac
Leathton Stebles
Archiight
Blair Johnson
Buster Brown
A. L. Warthen
Red Ravan
Rogers Bros
Pine Hill Hunt Club
Blue laws loom over Alexandria amid Sunday enforcement
The Washington Post reports Alexandria police plan strict Sunday enforcement of blue laws. Merchants protest, but Mayor Simpson and the police indicate existing state and city statutes will be enforced. Newsboys and others fear arrests as temperance measures extend to tobacco, candy, and minor goods. The city prepares for a tense Sunday with planned baseball games and a public exodus of vendors.
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Washington Post
King Street
Alexandria
Retail Merchants’ Association
Simpson
Alexandia
Alexandria Athletic Assocation
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Kraft
Hayden
C Bright
Ansley
Wheatley
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Bright
Gray
Bremer
Feld
Southern Railway Company
Leesburg
Mary J Clements
Stephen BK. Clements
Girl Drowns Crabbing At Eastport Creek
Emma Giesen twelve years old is drowned in Back Creek Eastport Anne Arundel County while crabbing with a party of colored women. She lost her balance and fell into the creek. The body was recovered.
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Tue Wasmamel Sue
Campaign Opening in Virginia Democrats to Launch Statewide Speaker Tour
Richmond August 12 The Democrats will open headquarters September 1 with Joseph Button in charge and dispatch speakers statewide. The Ninth district contest between Republican Campbell Slemp and Joseph C. Wysor dominates the effort, while leaders expect a solid Democratic delegation and minimal campaign spending under the Barksdale law.ווע
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Joseph Button
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Haven
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Joseph C. Wysor
Eilyson
Congress
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Martin
Montague
Joseph E. Willard
Edward Eckols
W. P. Barksdale
W. H. Mann
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Col Stemp
J W. Marshall
Cyclone Jim
Rufus A. Ayers
Wise County
Alge
Allen Caperton Braxton
Staunton
S. J. Kelley
Houses of Delegates
Barksdale
Burned Alive in Jail at Coeburn Va
Caesar Young a colored restaurant proprietor from Toms Creek, a mining town of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company, was roasted alive inside the town lockup during an attempted escape by fire. He had been arrested on moonshine whisky charges and carried $108 on his person when the flames consumed him.
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Coeburn
Caesar Young
Toms Creek
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Young
Fire in Vessel's Hold Near Norfolk Harbor
Three masted schooner Joe Rivis from Promised Land New York to Savannah is at Berkley wharf amid salvage work after a fire in fish scrap cargo. Fire, caused by spontaneous combustion, smoldered about a week. crew could not extinguish it and will unload cargo to assess damage. Sailors reported they were becalmed off Hatteras for 23 days before docking.
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Norfolk
Joe Rivis
Promised Land
Savannah
Fpocomoke Guano Company
Berkley
Hatteras
Laborera
Heirs to Millions Claim Litler Estate
Richmond man William Melvim Mariott, post office cashier, among 200 heirs to Beron von Litler estate said to total 350 million dollars. Heirs met yesterday in Baltimore as an attorney works for the American heirs.
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Litler
Washington Post
William Melvim Mariott
Beron von Litler
Baltimore
Love Letter A Stray Pigeon Brought From Cleveland
A crested carrier pigeon believed from Cleveland, Ohio, arrived at Mrs. A. Colin in Chestnut Hill Richmond. A leg wrap carried a note saying Your sweetheart Cleveland To a girl in love. Aug 12 Fort Lee Leesburg camp meeting opened at Bentons Woods with Methodist Episcopal Church South sponsorship. Dr W W Tudor and Dr J William Jones to speak on Lea and Jackson.
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Cleveland
Richmond
Ohio
A. Colin
Fifth Avenue
Chestnut Hiv
Washington Fort Leesburg
Lea
Jackson
Hyattsville Senator Wilson III Health Crisis Affects Nomination
Aug. 12 Hyattsville Independent reports State Senator Joseph Wilson of this county suffers from liver enlargement and system failure, needing rest. He recently visited Johns Hopkins and stays with sister Mrs. Paul Iglehart in Baltimore, bedridden part of the time. Doctors warn the campaign would endanger his health. nomination for Congress now unlikely. Possible successors include State Senator A. P. Gorman Jr. and Dr. Charles A. Wells, but both are not expected to accept. Robert W. Wells says he won’t interfere unless Wilson cannot oppose Representative Mudd, with nomination likely at the Baltimore convention next September.
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Paul Iglehart
North Calvert Street
Baltimore
Congress
A. P. Gorman, Jr
Howard County
Charles A. Wells
Hyattaville
Robert W. Wella
House of Deites
Wilson
Mudd
Wells
Reed
Oakland Chosen for Next AOH Convention in 1908
Cumberland Md August 12 The state convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians elected officers \nPresident Thomas H Burk Baltimore Vice President J P Cavanaugh Cumberland Secretary Edward H Frainer Baltimore Treasurer P J Creegan Midland Chaplain Rev Peter Manning Baltimore The State Ladies Auxiliary elected officers President Katharine E Mooney Baltimore Secretary Mary L Broening Baltimore Treasurer Mrs Anna Bell Lonaconing Oakland named meeting place for 1908 biennial convention Resolutions favor Gaelic language study endorsing Gaelic League Ireland and loyalty to Pope Pius XI while denouncing France for expelling religious order.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Frostburg
Thomas H. Burk
Baltimore
P. Cavanaugh
H. Frainer
P J. Creegan
Midland
Peter Manning
State Ladies’ Auxiliary
Katharine E. Mooney
Misa Mary L. Broening
Aunua Bell
Lonaconing
Gaelic League
Ireland
League
Pius XI
France
Memorial resolutions for Rockville Confederates Camp deaths
The Ridgely Brown Camp of Confederate Veterans submitted resolutions on the deaths of Henry Waring and Elias Price. They note their steadfast loyalty to the South during the Civil War and their subsequent discharge of duties as citizens, stating the camp has suffered an irreparable loss.
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Mourms
Washington Post
James Anderson
George R Rice
David Griffith
Ridgely Brown
Henry Waring
Elas Price
Elias Price
Soldiers Beat Corporal At Camp In Huntington
At a National Guard camp in Huntington Washington Post reports Corporal Lesilie Howard of Company D was attacked by soldiers after inviting three colored women into an ice cream parlor. He was dragged toward the river and beaten as fellow guards restrained a mob. Howard remained in the guardhouse until camp breaks.
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Washington Post
Huntington
Lesilie Howard
National Guards
Howard
Waterspout causes Barringer mine disaster in North Carolina
A waterspout of immense proportions flooded the Barringer mine near Gold Hill in Rowan County NC, killing eight men. Bodies remain buried under more than 200 feet of mud and water, with pumping required likely a month or more. No blame to Whitney Reduction Co. mentioned.
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Washington Fost
Salisburys
Barringer
Gold Hill
Rowan County
Ncc
Whitney Reduction Company
Maryland obituaries amid wartime service and hotel pioneer
Cumberland Maryland August 12 two obituaries note deaths of Martin W Miller aged about seventy five after lingering illness in Parsons West Virginia a Civil War Union veteran he held posts as sheriff of Tucker County postmaster of St George mayor justice of the peace and deputy U S marshal born near Bloomington Maryland he leaves a widow and nine children Rufus J Wertz proprietor of the Grand Central Hotel Godford Springs died last night of Brigats disease aged forty five he had run the Fisher House Hancock and hotels at several points before remodeling and renaming the Washington House at Bedford Grand Central he left a widow and one daughter.
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Martin W. Miller
Parsons
W. Va
Tucker County
Miller
St George
United States Marshal
Bloomington
Rufus J. Wertz
Grand Central
Godford Springs
Berkeley Springs
Wertz
Fisher House
Hancock
Ashington House
Bedford
Control of Seaboard Stock and Atlanta-Birmingham Line Progress
John Willame, Seaboard Air Line chairman, reports the August 11 option on Seaboard stock held by Ladenbure Thalman & Co. expired. Williams and partners control over a quarter of shares, with a curb-market surge noted as the Atlanta to Pell City line nears opening and full Atlanta to Birmingham completion within ninety days. the line is expected to boost Seaboard income.
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John Willame
Seaboard Air Line
Messrs Ladenbure, Thalman & Co
Seaboard
J. L. Williams & Son
Richmond
Messrs
J .W
Atlanta
Birmingham
Pell City
Williams
Receiver Appointed Sought For Diamond State Steel
Creditors in the United States District Court petitioned Judge Bradford for a receiver for Diamond State Steel Company of Wilmington. The company, while not opposing, contests the bankruptcy as solvent, with about 270,000 dollars in claims. a decision is expected tomorrow. Revival of Industry notes Carbon Steel Works in Pittsburgh resumes double-turn due to improved demand. In Baltimore, flag lines show stock prices and market levels. A touring car incident in Springfield clarifies no injuries, while a $3.5 million mortgage is filed in South Bend for an electric line to Chicago. Sea Island cotton arrives in Adel at a premium, and hair care ads conclude.
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Wilmington
Del
United States District Court
Bradford
Agares
Interstate Commerce Commission orders on fruit shipment rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the refrigeration and fruit transport charges from Pere Marquette and Michigan Central points exorbitant and in violation of federal law. It called for readjustment by railroads and car lines, noting excessive costs from exclusive contracts and urging publication of refrigeration charges as part of total transportation costs. Separately, a cable reported rumors of disturbances at Gonaives and calm at Port au Prince with no alarm.
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Pere Marquette and
Michigan Central Railroad
Armour Carines
Car Line Company
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Pointen Michigan
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