Seaboard Sale Terms Deal Closed Unexpectedly
Richmond Va Aug 21 Ofr John Skel ton Williams arrived from New York confirming the sale of Williams Middendorf Seaboard Air Line stock to the Ryan Blair group. Price 15 for common and 25 for preferred with stock delivery and payment immediate, operated independently of Atlantic Coast or Southern Railway.
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New York
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Brayles Warfield
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore
Seaboard
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J. William Middendorf & Co
Ryan-Blair
Ryan
Blair
Atantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
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Messrs. Blair
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Insulting Negro Mobbed at Lafayette Park
The armed pursuit of Moses Govndson, a colored man accused of insulting a white woman at Lafayette Park in Norfolk on August 21, sparked a crowd and police chase. Govndson was captured after a tree fall and was taken to police headquarters. the complainant declined to give her name but will testify in court tomorrow.
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Moses Govndson
Lafayette Park
Goodson
Posse Hunt Negroes In Brunswick County
Special to The Washington Post. Suffolk Virginia August 21 brigands: a posse of Brunswick County citizens searched last night and today for Irwin Byrd and two other Negroes who fired on white men Horace Lucy and Harry Lawrence and fatally wounded another and seriously injured two more Negroes from an ambush. The attackers used double barreled shotguns with over 100 rounds. Bloodhounds sent to the scene were thwarted by rain.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Brunswick County
Irwin Byrd
Horace Lucy
Harry Lawrence
Lucy
Morrissetts Mills
Lawrenceville
Explosion on launch along Antietam Creek injures four
Explosion of gasoline on a launch owned by Harry R. Feltz and Walter Sharar on Antietam Creek near Fulks Town injures four. Machinists Adam S. Mowen and Rey Mowen suffer severe burns. Feltz and Sharar escape serious injury after jumping into the creek. A defective pipe from the gasoline tank caused gasoline to escape and an electric spark ignited the fuel. the launch caught fire but was saved from total destruction.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Harry R. Feltz
Frederick F. Feltz
Walter Sharar
Antietam Creek
Fulkstown
Adam S. Mowen
Rey Mowen
Foltz
Sharar
Negro Shot in Ocean View Crowd injures Norfolk man
Richard Arnold, a white Norfolk resident, was shot in the right foot by an unknown Negro at Ocean View while fishing with friends. Doctors may amputate if surgery by Dr. RK Spillman fails. assailant fled, capture expected as officials search for both Negroes amid a late breakfast dispute.
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Norfolk
Richard Arnold
Ocean View
RK. L. Spillman
Mr. Arnold
Arnold
Jail Break by Three Negroes at Easton
Special to The Washington Post Easton Md Aug 2 cash of jail escapes repeated within months three colored men William White Isaac Chase and Lewis Wilson escaped by breaking cells climbing to a side window removing an iron bar and dropping to the ground Sheriff Gannon was alerted by Arthur Ockeny who later confessed he had helped escape weeks earlier and returned to Boston out of guilt
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Washington
Easton
Gannon
Arthur Ockemy
William White
Isaac Chase
Lewis Wilson
Ockeny
Boston
Mineral County Nominees in West Virginia Republican convention
Mineral County West Virginia Republicans met in Keyser and nominated Dr. J. T. Kalbaugh Piedmont for the House of Delegates Alfred Ridgely Ridgely for sheriff A H Metcalf Welton for assessor Western district D C Arnold Elk Garden for assessor Eastern district The Eastern district sheriff and assessor races featured contests with D E Parker Piedmont and Alfred Ridgely and A H Metcalf and S R Wrice Cabin Run respectively.
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House of Delegates
Washington Post
Cumberland
Mineral County
W. Va
Keyser
Piedmont
Alfred Ridgely
Ridgely
John Bishop
Elk Garden
A. H. Metcalf
Welton
D. C
Sheruf
A. G. Daniels
Raleigh
John S. Farr
LOW TOBACCO MARKET UPS AND DOWNS IN NC AND VA
Heavy rains harm tobacco areas in North Carolina with flood-plain low lands badly damaged. In Danville and Durham markets, sales are slow and prices steady to unchanged. Old tobacco and scrap trades give way to new crop hopes as weather improves, while storage expansion by American Tobacco and a Durham chamber reshuffle signal industry momentum. South Boston reports light offerings, mostly 1903 crop, with cutting to begin next week and plants showing mixed health from drainage and hail. Frog eyes disease and green worm presence noted but limited overall impact.
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Washington Post
Danville
Durham
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
T. B. Fuller
American Tobacco Company
Boston
Footpads injure Albert Constable near Elkton
In Baltimore on August 21 Hon Albert Constable was badly hurt by footpads near Elkton Maryland. He remains in critical condition at Union Protestant Infirmary as officials and Pinkerton detectives search the vicinity for the culprit. A large reward is offered and suspect Hopps, held as a witness, has given conflicting statements.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Albert Constable
Elkton
Union Protestant
Logal
Pinkerton
Unii
Hopps
Red Hill Woods
Constable
BARGES ACCOUNTED FOR AFTER STORM ON SOUND
New Haven reports from towing companies say air losses are accounted for and rumors of numerous wrecks are unfounded. Only three coal laden barges were lost the John McCaffery from the Bully tow off Bridgeport and the Willamsburgh and Ned Irish from the Vigiani tow off Charles Island. No lives were lost.
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New Haven
Conn
John McCaffery
Bully
Bridgeport
Willamsburgh
Ned Irish
Vigiani
Charles Island
Two Gilchrist Steamers Sunk In Great Lakes Collision
Detroit dispatch reports two more Gilchrist fleet steamers sank. The Jupiter grounded off Bar Point at the Detroit River mouth while carrying coal from Buffalo, and a lighter team was sent to aid. The Vulcan struck a rock near Grosse Point in Lake St. Clair and nearly vanished with only two feet of the vessel above water.
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Mich
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Jupiter
Buffalo
Bar Point
Detroit River
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Cval
Grosse Point
Lake St. Clair
Alexandria News in Brief Shows Everyday Life and Tensions
Police gave no new enforcement of blue laws in Alexandria as dealers and newsboys resumed normal activity. A fight between about twenty white and twenty black men occurred near Shooter's Hill, leaving several injured. Residents complain of public bathing near Four Mile Run. William Crump, carpenter, dies at 47 in his home on South Fairfax Street after pulmonary illness. James T. Galloway and family travel to New York to join Shore Acres company rehearsals. Community notes, jokes, and an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills conclude.
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King Street
Alexandria
Corporation
King
Seminary Hill
Alexandria County
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Alexandria Turnpike
Four Mile Run
Wiliam Crump
South
Fairfax Street
James T. Galloway
James T. Galloway, Jr
David Taylor
TWO GIRLS PREFER CHARGES AGAINST MAN IN ABDUCTION TRY
In Hagerstown Maryland Frank Simmisen about thirty five of Benevola is arrested on charges of attempting felonious assault on two fourteen year old girls Carrie Shiffer and Nancy Stine on the Cool Hollow road near Beaver Creek. The girls fled to a house for protection, pursued by Simmisen to Funkstown and then turned over to Sheriff Downin. He denies the charge.
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Washington Post
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Benevola
Carrie
Shiffer
Joshua Shiffer
Nancy Stine
Cool Hollow
Beaver Creek
Simmison
Funkstown
Downin
Peanut Bags Stand Still Defying Science At Polo Grounds
A Chicago Journal tale mocks the old dictum that all must advance or retreat, noting peanut bags at the Polo Grounds stayed stock still while the New Yorks improved and the Brooklyns regressed. The writer jokes he desires the peanut concession and quips about other casual vignettes from baseball and daily life.
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New York Polo Grounds
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