Willard 10 Se Heard Montague May Be Present
Lieut-Gov Joseph H Willard is due in Alexandria to address a city meeting at the opera house tonight at 8.30. He will be introduced by former Mayor George L Simpson and depart for Harrisonburg at 11.20 tonight. Delegations from several fire companies travel to Harrisonburg for the State Firemen's Association session with bands expected to provide music.
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George L. Simpson
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State Firemen's Association
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Richmond
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HE. F. Thompson
H. T. Cook
George B. Price
Bendhelo
King & Son Tragedy Rendered In Dock Incident
A man drowned in the Giobe Flour Mile dock near Princess Street yesterday afternoon. An inquest was deemed necessary and the body was removed to the undertakers on King Street for formal proceedings.
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Four Charlotte Boys Die After Tramping Into Greenville
Special to The Washington Post. Four boys from Charlotte while seeking lodging slept on Southern Railway tracks near Greenville South Carolina. An outgoing train hit them as it approached. one boy died instantly and two others were fatally injured. The fourth escaped unhurt. The victims worked around Victor Mills and were aged youths from the mill community. The dead boy was Stephen Williams. Paul Plyler and Henry Helier were injured. The two injured were taken to Fieldmont. Williams’ body was prepared for burial in Greenville. The families learned of the tragedy by telegram.
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Greenville
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Fieldmont
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Girl Brutally Beaten in Abduction Attempt in Norfolk
Special to The Washington Fest Norfolk Va Aug 15 Charles Lowery white laborer age 25 is jailed at Central police on charges of attempting to assault three year old Rachel Winter daughter of Max Winter. Police say the child was taken behind a cart house and beaten with a flat instrument. Bruises a cut above eye nose bleed bite marks show on shoulder and bite wounds on back. Dr Mendelssohn found no other injuries.
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Charles Lowery
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Rachel
Winter
Max Winter
Lowery
Hving
Prospector Borchers Killed in Cripple Creek Clash
Frederick Borchers, a Philadelphia prospector working Cripple Creek, was shot at Cripple Creek station hill by Charles W. Gose, a Norfolk and Western agent. The two allegedly disputed money matters. Gose surrendered and is in custody in Wytheville.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Wytheville
Prederick Borchers
Philadelphia
Cripple Creek
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Gose
Falls
Veteran Boer War Veteran Refuses to Assert Rights in Case
Special to The Washington from Wapington Pont Aug 15 Benjamin Greenburg returned to Bellaire from South Africa where he served in the Boer war He brought cash and sought to win back his wife who had married Reuben Martin He blamed himself and boarded a train to New York Today he wired money for his youngest son to join him in New York He plans to take the boy to South Africa and forget the desertion at Bellaire Then from Norfolk Aug 16 Mrs J B Armstrong and her three year old child were rescued from Elizabeth River by Smith McCoy shipyard workers Armstrong had gone to save her child as it waded into the river Mud was soft and rescue crews brought mother and child ashore safely In Portsmouth a trolley car crash injured John Woodward and several passengers as two cars derailed and were thrown from the tracks
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Bellaire
South Africa
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New York
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Norfolk
Portsmouth
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Piedmont Heights
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Testimony Against Two Pleads Guilty in Murder Plot
Witnesses describe how Hendricks and Blackshire conspired with McCroskey to hire two men to kill a husband. One pleaded guilty to conspiracy while alleging offers of $1,000 and later $500 to finish the crime. The case, tied to poison and a revolver, seeks a verdict expected this week.
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A M E Church District Conference Opens at Lakeland
The Potomac district of the Baltimore annual conference of the A M E Church opened at Mary Chapel Lakeland Md with Dr B D P Seaton presiding. Rev John Hammon elected secretary and Rev J Curtis assistant secretary. Ministers Waters Traverse and Tyler offered welcome responses and the president Dr D P Seaton delivered the annual address.
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Grand Jurors Deny Suppression of Minority Report
Richmond August 15 Charles F Taylor W B Lyons R L Paters and John A Curtis majority grand jurors publish a card denying minority claims they knew of the minority plan to submit a supplemental report to the court Interest in the report remains high with a movement for a citizens mass meeting to demand publication of the minority report.
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Fright over death as woman dies after runaway horse
Westminster Md Aug 15 Mrs Margaret Rinehart Tracy died this afternoon heart failure brought on by fright after leaving a gate while returning from her mother’s farm. Her young niece was unharmed as the horse ran away. effort to stop it failed and she collapsed before help arrived. Other items note Judge Thomas Curtin’s Bristol death, an Edison plant accident in Cumberland, and a fugitive captured near Rockville.
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Clark candidate address in Damascus district urged votes
A clipped report notes John C. Clark nominated in Damascus district for state contest backing by the Washington Fest. The piece mentions Clark addressing supporters and argues he could have acted in the voting district, aiming to bolster support and units for the party.
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Jamestown Exposition to Name New President
The Jamestown Exposition directors plan to offer the presidency of the company at Friday's meeting. Henry Tucker, dean of the George Washington University Law School, is named as preferred successor to the late General Fitzhugh Lea. Tucker is son of former Senator John Randolph Tucker and former representative of Virginia’s Ninth District. He left politics eight years ago to teach law at Washington and Lee, then joined George Washington University after resigning from Columbia.
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Warrantissued for painter in Danville case
Danville Va Aug 15 a warrant has been sworn out for J Edward Walker the painter who recently accused Rev AG Garr head of the Holy Jumpers of enticing his family Walker seized his son from the holiness home and allegedly choked his wife before taking the child and escaping with him in Roanoke secretary Hart prepares Republican HQ in Terry Building and Roanoke to host campaign operations Rockville licenses to wed issued for several couples including Washington residents and locals
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Democratic faction holds second Anne Arundel county convention
A fragmented report describes a Democratic gathering in Anne Arundel County led by Dr. George Wells and Gen. Frank A. Bond. The event marks a second county convention aligned with friends of Julie P. Bannon, replacing previous leadership as the party shows internal divisions within Maryland.
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George Wells
Frank A. Bond
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Guards at Camp Jailed Night Disruption Noted
A fragment reports guards at camp GarDet night disruption and rain soaking soil on the rifle range. Officers were entertained to a night at the Country Club as regular discipline was not observed.
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Local Maryland Fair Opens Amid Clear Weather
Southern Maryland fair opens under clear skies. Attendance noted as Hyattsville and Friendship teams play. He assisted Villville to a 10 to 7 victory. In harness racing, the 2:40 trot heat was won by Clara Wink in 2:49. Money divisions detailed with placements for second, Garrison Jr., and fourth. Kentucky Rose, owned by J B Coltton, with Mamie Ordway, was a winner in the first heat as gusty conditions affected the field.
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Denver Kansas and Gulf Railroad charter application
Topeka Kansas reports a charter request for the Denver Kansas and Gulf railroad. It aims to connect Harriman lines to the Northwest, New Orleans, and Southern states with $2 million capital, $500,000 subscribed, and offices in Medicine Lodge Kansas. Planned routes touch Kansas wheat belt and Oklahoma Cherokee connections, linking Texarkana to the Texas Pacific.
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Okla
Unclear fragment hints at ceremony role and figures
Fragmentary text mentions a master of ceremonies and a named figure Baron Sasinomiya with scattered phrases about graduation and teachings, but lacks coherent events or dates. No clear place or organization is identifiable.
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Erates
Two Children Die in Auto Accident in Baden
A road incident in Baden claimed the lives of two children. Authorities reported an automobile collision as the cause, with emergency responders pronouncing them dead at the scene. Further details were not immediately released.
Policemen Report Snow Fluke in Hazleton Aug. 15
Special dispatch from Hazleton Pennsylvania notes policemen and onlookers witnessed a lively fall of snow early that morning. Temperatures dropped to record lows by midnight and some observers attempted to snag flakes as proof of a mild summer snow event.
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Ney
Army Pistol Team Named After Fort Riley Contest
Fort Riley Kansas August 15 The Army pistol team selections announced after the national range competition at Fort Riley show Prompter Osckt G Kobarteun Cavalry 261 Whitworth Infantry 379 McNair Troop F Michael Kelly Company Corps of Engineers 379 as top scorers amid a field of competitors in the army pistol contest with the possible high score of 360.
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Army
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Cavalry
Milan Inaugurates Movement Amid Tribunal Settle
In Milan on August 1 King Victor Emanuel inaugurated a movement related to a tribunal settlement. The report notes a person named Selopis connected to the event and mentions a prior execution context referenced in the fragment.
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Bishop Coke Smith Recovering In North Carolina
Asheville report states Bishop Coke Smith of the Southern Methodist Church has pleuro-pneumonia but is improved tonight. The bishop, previously ill, was accompanied by others at a gathering and attended by physicians as he recuperates.
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