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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1906

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7

Man Admits No Robbery After Claiming 16000 Loss

Special from Washington reports L B Hickman of Baltimore claimed he was doped in a red light district funeral saloon and robbed of about 16000. Police found bank records did not support the tale. Hickman later admitted no robbery occurred. His wife pressed for the money’s color, and Hickman described a bewildering sequence before revealing the deception.

L. B. Hickman Washington Post Baltimore L & Hickman North Carey Struet Hickman National Marine Bank Ina Shell Road Back Middle Rivers Aittle Hickman Stor B Hickman Kiviman L B Hickmah

Talbot Accepts Nomination and Faces Public Questions

Congressman Fred Talbot accepted the Second district Democrats nomination at his Lutherville home and said he would discuss only public questions. He defended his record as a lawyer for the Western Maryland Railway and his stance on the rate bill, asserting his duty to his constituents and predicting a larger re election margin. Meanwhile in Hagerstown a painting valued at several thousand dollars, The Resurrection, vanished from the Red Cross room and is suspected damaged by disinfectants as investigators weigh possible causes. In a separate game, Hagerstown defeated Staunton 5 to 4 in a three game series opener atAthene Path with Johnson and Woolsen on Staunton and Heinoldter and Rollins for Hagerstown.

Veelal Washington Post Fred Talbot Lutherville Robert Garrett Tvo Brest al ‘Talbot Congress Maryland Pecias neweRsmaKton Font Hagerstown Staunton Athente Staunton Mide Sr Johnson and Woolsen Heindolter Rollins Sigler

Knife Fight Sees Man Cut With Knife in Fredericksburg

In Fredericksburg last night D H Bryant of Talmouth and Eugene Mills of this town became involved in a fight. Bryant cut Mills severely with a knife, inflicting a long gash on Mills arms. Bryant was jailed and the case will be tried in the Corporation Court.

Man nearly bleeds after cutting artery on train window

While en route to Hot Springs from Norfolk on an excursion train, BE R Meade of Norfolk nearly bled to death after cutting an artery in his right arm on a broken window. Thomas F Byers, among the county's oldest residents, died at home at eighty one, survived by several children in Washington.

Washington Po Richmond Hot Springs Norfolk Chesapeake Thio BE R Meade Haing Thomas E. Byers Washington Post Martinsburg W Va Ing Thomas F [Ters Washington

Warrant for mail carrier arrest in Dinwiddie County

Deputy U S Marshal Beng left for Dinwiddie County to arrest Sandy Shands Jr on a warrant from U S Commissioner Roper Jr. Shands, a mail carrier on a Star route, is charged with secretly secreting and destroying a $20 letter mailed by W O Crowder of Truitt Va to a bank cashier in Stony Creek Va on July 11. Shands to be brought to Petersburg for a preliminary hearing before Commissioner Roper.

Washington Post Petersburg United States Beng Truitt Stony Creek Shands Roper

Whitlock May Recover After Berkeley Springs Shooting

Luther Waltlock, shot by his wife Ave Annie Whitlock in his Berkeley Springs restaurant, was seriously wounded but improved today. Mrs Whitlock is held for davaa pending his condition. if he dies, she will be released, and Whitlock asks that nothing be done to her.

Washington Post Hagerstown Luther Waltlock Annie Whitlock Berkeley Springs Whitlock

Murderer Unknown: Coroner Jury Fails to Fix Responsibility

Coroner's jury in Suffolk Virginia could not fix responsibility for the death of James B Honeycutt a 36 year old white man found dead on Norfolk and Western railroad tracks. They ruled the death resulted from murderous wounds inflicted by an unknown person. In his pockets were four gold watches and $475 in cash. The jury suggested robbery as the motive and rejected the theory that the death was by his own action. The body showed a severed throat and bruises.

Honeycutt Washington Post Suffolk James B Honeycutt

Judge Rules N and W Power to Condemn Void

Lynchburg Va Aug 16 Judge Barksdale of Campbell County Circuit Court ruled at midnight that Norfolk and Western cannot condemn land for the right of way of its belt line under the current charter. He held the 190 act did not grant power to build the road and the company would need to amend its charter. Counsel said a similar case would go to the Supreme Court of Appeals.

Washington Post Lynchburg Barksdale Circuit Court Campbell County Norfolk and Western Theorfolk and Western Supreme Court of Appeals of

Niagara Movement Reports Tie States in Quest for Rights

Records from the Niagara Movement meeting at Niagara Falls on August 16 show Negro delegates from thirty two states outlining organized efforts for full civil and political rights. Reports stress unified principles including opposition to racial segregation and support for abolition of distinctions based on color, with debates over funding for the Jamestown Exposition and rail rate bill amendments.

Harpers Perry Woova Dhaor Maryland New Jerse New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania Minnesota Virgina Olor

Crowd pursues belligerent man on street car

A negro passenger on a Salisbury street car in Spencer NC became enraged over a trivial matter and attacked white riders. Pursued by a crowd of infuriated men he fled to a nearby colored settlement about a mile away and disappeared. The incident recalls the April shooting of Conductor Wo A Weegins of Salisbury by El Davis, who remains at large.

Washington Port Spencer Wo A Weegins Salisbury el Davis

Montgomery School Changes and local notices

Special to The Washington from Rockville Maryland August 16 1900 The superintendent Wool announces resignations including Rosa Johnson principal Oakdale Catharine Rhodes principal Gifton Charles P Jenning principal Rockville negro school and Mary Wintley principal Scotland negro school. He confirms appointments of Mrs Dillan Thomas Cropley and Miss M H Rick etts Friend ship. The school board will not build new schools at Clarksburg and Glen Echo this year despite a law. Also a county party primary election set for September 8.

Rockville Wool Rosa & Johnson Oakdale Catharine Rhodes Gifton Charles P Jenning Mary Wintley Scotland Dillan Thomas Cropley M. H Ricketts Friends Ship Clarksburg Glen Echo

Firemen End Convention in Roanoke Amid Midst of Dechmaton Speech

Roanoke Virginia August 16 The National Association Convention of Firemen adjourned at 1 PM George A Detrick president of the Illinois State Firemen's Association noted small attendance yet more work done than in any prior session Officers elected President D McNeil first vice president C Chain statistician B F Staymatis secretary P B McCarthy treasurer H B Barnes and national organizer Hall P Bell The meeting supported Oklahoma for next session with invitations to Norfolk New Orleans Atlantic City Buffalo Peoria and others McNeal and McCarthy faced reelection push as adjournment came Virginia Brewing Company hosted a German lunch for delegates

Washington Post Roanoke National Association Convention of Firemen George ‘A Detrick Illins State Firemen’s Association McNeil Payette Whe C Chain Buehnell I McNeal Oklahoma McCarthy North Carolina Alan Virginia Brewing Company

Black Hand Suspects Freed In City Case

In Baltimore, four men arrested at 410 South Exeter Street were released after Deputy States Attorney O Dunne urged a hearing. Police had linked them to an Italian Black Hand organization, with charges unsettled as other suspects named Tony Salvatore Al todonna and Castalano's brother remain at large or disappeared.

Sheetal Ine Wannington F Baltimore O’dunne Joseph Rosso Rosso South Exeter Street Remonia Castalano Cuie Tony Salvatore Altodonna

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Endorsed by Doctors

A seventy year old household remedy for coughs and colds remains indispensable in many families. The advertisement urges consulting physicians about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, asserting its continued value and consistent use by people over decades.

Ayer Uss

Virginia Obituary Notices From Suffolk to Winchester Voice

Obituaries from multiple Virginia towns report deaths of Mrs Ban B Dunville in Suffolk at seventy two after long illness. Mre Moble Price in Roanoke County. Molle Weaver in Tazewell after several weeks illness. Samiel Hunter at her mother’s home in Tazewell Avenue from typhoid fever. Mrs Adam Harford of Winchester after consumption at age about two. Robert Griffin of Winchester aged eighty four, died at Fred A Cochran’s residence after long residence there. list notes survivors and origins across towns.

Suffolk Ave Ban B Dunville Flay Ags Bon Aurmige Newbury Roanoke Ang Moble Price Mee Lemm Roanoke County Sniem Molle Weaver

Drowning Mystery After Boat Party Girl Vanishes

Ethel Amos seventeen daughter of Wilbur L Amos falls overboard and drowns while a party of eight on a small bugeye gasoline launch cruised off River View Park Baltimore on August 16. No witness to the fall, last seen near 10 o clock on deck beside the hatch. The mystery remains with no sound or sight of the disappearance.

Cann Baltimore Ethel Amos Wilbur L Amos Maryland Avenue River View Miss Amos River View Park

Lynching Threats Spark White Girl Abductions

In Huntington West Virginia on August 16 reports say a negro porter Noah Bradford twenty two was identified as the man who last night seized Ella Wright twelve on her porch. He was seized and jailed amid strong public anger with rumors of an imminent lynching.

Huntington W Va Noah Bradford Ella Wright Bradford

Wife Saves Life After Laudanum Attempt in Baltimore

Joseph McCann, 38, of 113 Jeann street, Baltimore, drank laudanum around 4 AM. Despondent, he was found semi conscious by his wife Annié McCann who carried him to Johns Hopkins Hospital to prevent the poison from taking hold. He offered no reason beyond suffering the blues.

Washington Post Baltimore Joseph McCann Annié McCann Johns Hopkins Hospital McCann

Murder After Dice Game In Bluefield

In Bluefield West Virginia Aug 16 John Smith white track walker was shot by Oley Fulton a negro laborer after a craps game dispute Fulton shot Smith then Fulton was arrested by Foreman Johnson of an extra force gang and rushed to Welch to prevent a lynching Johnsons gang was enraged by the murder

Bluefield W Va John Smith Oley Fulton Antler Fulton Foreman Johnson Welch Johnson

Miller Ends His Life In Personal Tragedy Near Huntington

Special to The Washington. Huntington W Va Aug 16 Joseph Miller shot himself with a double barreled gun at his home near Huntington. He was nephew and namesake of Hon Joseph W Miller former internal revenue official under Grover Cleveland and candidate for Congress in the district. Despondent over conditions possibly related to his wife’s illness, Miller, 28, left no message. He died at 6 pm as his two children played downstairs with his mother nearby.

Washington Huntington Joseph Muler Miler Joseph W Miller Internal Revenue Grover Cleveland Congress Miller Clifton Forge

Hibernians at Oakland Open Eleventh Biennial Session

Special to The Washington Post Oakland Maryland August 16 State Ancient Order of Hibernians and Ladies Auxiliary meet with about 40 delegates and many friends. Delegates march to St Peters Church attend mass. Mayor McComas extends welcome. Fredericksburg florist appointed to ornament Jamestown Exposition grounds. John M Evans and Mollie F Pfaff eloped and married in Washington, then returned to Fredericksburg to reside.

Washington Pos Oakland State Organization of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Ladies’ Auxiliary St Peter's Church H W McComas Welal CD Wasitligyun Fredericksburg Elopers Washington Sperlal Washington Post John M Evans Mollie F Pfaff

Meat and starch balance in diet noted in old saying

A repeated old admonition compares meat, potatoes, eggs, and fruits to dietary limits. It argues meat lacks starch, potatoes lack meat, eggs lack acid, and fruits lack nutriment, noting none alone sustains life.

Apitezo Cereal Ad Promises Energy and Nutrition

An odd vintage ad touts Apitezo as a wholesome cereal containing vegetable iron and a full nutrient mix. It claims high nourishment with minimal effort, urging daily use with milk or cream and claiming wide availability.

North Carolina Farmers' Alliance elects leaders in Raleigh

In its twentieth annual session the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance chose George L. Parent as president J A McAllister as vice president and Thomas B Parker as secretary treasurer and business agent Resolutions urged the legislature to fund agricultural high schools by tax and local sources condemned fertilizer tax funding for mechanical education endorsed Gov Glenn on lynchings opposed railways boosting fertilizer carloads called for renewed action against the jute bagging trust.

Washington Post Raleigh North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance George L. Parent J A McAllister Thomas B. Parker Glenn Jute Bagelng Trust

Man killed by express train at Riverdale station

Lawson Lewis of East Riverdale was killed at Riverdale station by a Baltimore and Ohio Express train leaving Washington. Eyewitnesses say he crossed from the station directly in front of the train, the body hurled about fifty feet. Justices John and Hickey acting coroner summoned a jury with Dr. J M Garner as foreman. an inquest set for tomorrow evening. Rain did not stop after the incident.

Washington Post

Bruce Nominated by Ninth Virginia Democrats

The Democratic Congressional convention of Virginia's Ninth District met in Bristol and nominated Robert P Bruce of Wise County to oppose incumbent Republican Slemp for Congress. The gathering was described as one of the most enthusiastic in district history.

Virginia Slemp Bristol Robert P Bruce Wise County Congress

New River Floods Swamp Hamp ton Buckroe Beach

A heavy downpour drenched Newport News Virginia causing Hamp ton to flood and Buckroe Beach to become isolated. Rain washed out rail lines, crops were destroyed, and water reached five feet in several spots, halting traffic to the area.

Washington Newport News Buckroe Beach

Alexandria Notes Soldiers Go On Ten Day Camp

About forty members of the Alexandria Wight Monthly led by Capt P J Murphy and First Lieut W W Demaine with Surgeon A A Rittenour sail on the steamer St Johns to Colonial Beach for a ten day camp. Friends waved as the steamer pulled away and wished them a pleasant outing. Separately, the Woodbury ferry steamer is out for a week due to a rudder accident. the Callahan will run hourly between Alexandria and Washington in the interim. In police news, Jamet Besse Keys is fined 5 for disorderly conduct and liquor selling without license, Ida Hawkins is to have a hearing for selling liquor without license, and a craps game raid leads to fines for five men after a State’s evidence confession. Rev J P Stump, former Alexandria pastor, visits with Capt W B Smithers. Upton Birnie, USMC officer, dies suddenly at Pen-Mar aged 58. survived by widow and two sons.

Alexandria P J Murphy W W Demaine A A Rittenour St. Johns Colonial Beach Callahan Woodbury Betwen Alexandra Washington Jamet Besse Keys Pohogmen Bell, Tenderson Jones Gselling Hauor Justice Pelton Ida Hawkins Upton Birnie Washington Post Hagerstown Apton Birnie United States Marine Corps Philadelphia Pen-Mar Tubaculodla Taneytown Galt Birnie Philadelhia Pallen States Artillery Fort Leavenworth Kans

AM Zions Meeting at Metropolitan AME Zion Church

The AM and Zion Church of this city will be represented at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Board of Bishops the connectional council the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society and the Livingstone Quadruple Centennial Committees at Metropolitan AM Zion Church in Norfolk Virginia on August 2. Attending are Rev Ors L Carruthers P A Wallace W A Blackwell W H Davenport Logan Johnson Revs W H Crump J W Martin C Johnson missionary James W Poe Ladies Miss J Janifer secretary Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Mrs W Smith Rev Mrs Armin Dodge Miss E Wallace.

AM &, Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Board of Bishops Cownell Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Livingstone Quarto Metropolitan M. Zion Norfolk Ors L Carruthers P A Wallace W A Blackwell James W Poe J_Janifer W Smith Armin Dodge E . Wallace

Pastor Accused of Fraud In Missing Philadelphia Clergyman

In Philadelphia Aug 16 a warrant out for Rev George H Culley pastor of Sixth Christian Church accuses him of embezzling 1809 from a congregation member who mortgaged her home to fund a church mortgage payoff. Culley vanished with efforts to locate him ongoing. parishioners suspect he is with his wife and child in New York.

Philadelphia George H. Culley Sixth Christian Church New York Culley John Beveridge

Annual August Floor-covering Sale Starts Today

The sale offers carpets, rugs, linoleums, and mattings at the lowest prices ever quoted for goods of like grade. Stock is complete with the best patterns, advertised as more remarkable due to wholesale price advances.

Murder in a Canyon Identifies Santa Barbara Woman

Santa Barbara August 16 Chief Rows received word from Los Angeles that an anonymous letter claims the unidentified body found a week ago in Temescal Canyon near Santa Monica is Mrs Clara Armstrong of Santa Barbara. Horace Lawn, her brother, says she left four weeks ago and was engaged to marry Posey Horton, who found the body.

Baily Armstrong Santa Barbara Cal Rows Los Angeles Temescal Canyon Sants. Monica Clara Armstrong Horace Lawn Posey Horton

Cemetery Scandal Collapse Clears Murray of Grand Larceny

Fred O Murray, Buffalo collector of customs and former deputy county treasurer, was acquitted today of grand larceny linked to the graveyard scandal that drained county funds. The court directed a not guilty verdict after the state’s case failed to introduce sufficient evidence. Also noted, bubonic plague oathbreak reported at Campos, Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.

Buffalo Fred O Murray Day Murray Brazil Rio de Janeiro Campos

Governor Saw Negro Lynched After Outrage at Store

Report details a mob angered by a crime spree led by Sam, who attacked Miss Brooks at her father’s store, slashing her throat and severing fingers, then assaulted a 14 year old near Ninety Six. A thousand-strong posse pursued him. he was captured near Ninety Six at four in the afternoon.

Davis Pee Brooks Brooks Sam Greenwood Arrow

Moody at Oyster Bay guest of President Roosevelt

Attorney General Moody arrived at Oyster Bay in the afternoon and will stay at Sagamore Hill until tomorrow. He came to discuss possible vacancies in the Federal bench with President Roosevelt, with no relation to Standard Oil prosecutions.

Oyster Bay Moody Roosevelt Sagamore Hul

May Settle Bookbinders Tuspute At Government Print Office

A committee from the Bookbinders Union and Acting Foreman Agshton of the Government Printing Office plan to present their case today on what constitutes a days work The Public Printer is expected to rule in favor citing quality over quantity George F D Soper 76 died gastritis at his son in law’s home in E Street SE He was born in Prince George County Md and came to Washington city sixty years ago Funeral at 430 this afternoon at 633 E Street SE with Revs Graves and Beane officiating Fugitives Return to San Francisco Attilio Orata and Joseph Veglanti arrested in Brooklyn on larceny charges linked to fire and earthquake relief fund collectors They were surrendered by San Francisco officers who allege they fled while at liberty on ball.

Andy Ing AiTerenges Agshton Government Printing Office George F. D. Soper George F D Soper P C Garden Mr Soper Prince George County Seventh Street Jackson Democratic Association P C. Garden J W Graves A & Beane San Francisco New York Attilio Orata Joseph Veglanti Brooklyn Fire and Earthquake Sufferers Relief Fund Liberty

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