Seaboard sale closes with new independent operation
Richmond reports the sale of Seaboard Air Line stock to the Ryan Blair syndicate at 15 per common and 25 per preferred, with 14 million dollars worth traded. The buyer intends independent operation, free of Atlantic Coast or Southern linkage, aiding liquidation and creditor payments.
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Southern
Richmond
Ofr
John Skelton Willams
New York
Williiams-Middencorf
Seaboard Air Line
Brayles Warfield
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore
Seaboard
J. L. Wiliams & Sons
J. William Middendorf & Co
Ryan-Blair
Ryan
Blair
Atantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Lane
Hs Associates
Messrs. Blair
Coolidge
Middendorf
Insulting Negro Mobbed At Lafayette Park
In Norfolk on August 21 Moses Goodson, a Black man, was chased by officers and a crowd after allegedly insulting a white woman at Lafayette Park. He was captured from a tree and hurried to police headquarters as the injured crowd showed anger. The injured woman will testify in court tomorrow.
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Norfolk
Moses Govndson
Lafayette Park
Goodson
Posse hunts fugitives after Brunswick night ambush
Special to The Washington Post Suffolk Virginia August twenty first posse of citizens searched all night and today for Irwin Byrd and two other negroes who fired on Horace Lucy and Harry Lawrence, fatally wounding Lucy and injuring two others. The fugitives are armed with double barreled shotguns and buckshot. Bloodhounds were brought to Morrissetts Mills but rain delayed the trail.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Brunswick County
Irwin Byrd
Horace Lucy
Harry Lawrence
Lucy
Morrissetts Mills
Lawrenceville
Explosion on launch injures four near Fulks Town
In Hagerstown Maryland on August 21 a gasoline explosion aboard a launch owned by Harry R Feltz and Walter Sharar on Antietam Creek injured four people. Machinists Adam S Mowen and son Rey Mowen suffered severe facial burns while Foltz and Sharar received minor injuries after jumping into the creek. A defective pipe allowed gasoline to escape and an electric spark ignited the fuel. the craft 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
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Negro Shot Into Crowd at Ocean View
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Aug 21 Richard Arnold white of this city was shot in the right foot by an unknown Negro at Ocean View today while fishing with friends. The wound may require amputation unless Dr RK Spillman succeeds in an operation. Noise followed a dispute with a cook. the shooter fled and capture is expected.
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William H. Gunnell
Seneca
Longstreet
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New York
Virgie
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Richard Arnold
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RK. L. Spillman
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Three Negroes Escape from Easton Jail Amid Breakout
Easton Maryland August 2 Special to The Washington Post three colored prisoners William White Isaac Chase and Lewis Wilson escaped from their cells after removing taps from an iron barred window with help from a friend or friends Sheriff Gannon awakened by rattling chains was told of the breakout by Arthur Ockemy who had helped free themselves weeks earlier and later surrendered himself Ockeny said he returned to Boston due to a troubled conscience
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Isaac Chase
Lewis Wilson
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Mineral County Nominees for House of Delegates
Republican nominees include Dr J T Kalbaugh for House of Delegates and Alfred Ridgely for sheriff with other county posts in Mineral County West Virginia. At Finnington Democratic primaries turmoil marked races for sheriff and prosecuting attorney amid dual filings and violence. A separate note: Germantown SM memorial church dedicated after fire delay, cost about 2000 dollars. In Tazewell Virginia a 20 year old man died of lockjaw after knee injury and delayed treatment.
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House of Delegates
Washington Post
Cumberland
Mineral County
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Keyser
Piedmont
Alfred Ridgely
Ridgely
John Bishop
Elk Garden
A. H. Metcalf
Welton
D. C
Sheruf
A. G. Daniels
Raleigh
John S. Farr
Tobacco Market Sees Light Rain Hurt North Carolina Crop
Danville and Durham reports show light sales on the Danville market with prices steady and new leaf limited. Weather improved but excessive rain damaged lower leaves in Durham while South Boston notes minor offerings from the 1903 crop and growing plantings in upland areas. The season’s outlook remains cautiously optimistic as the chamber of commerce reshapes leadership and the American Tobacco Company expands storage facilities.
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Washington Post
Danville
Durham
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
T. B. Fuller
American Tobacco Company
Boston
Footpads injure Hon Albert Constable near Elkton
Baltimore on August 21 report Hon Albert Constable is gravely ill at Union Protestant Infirmary after a footpad assault near Elkton. Local officials and Pinkertons search the area with no result while a large reward is offered for the culprit. Witness Hopps provides conflicting statements as his Red Hill woods cave home is searched. Medical care is in place but prognosis remains poor.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Albert Constable
Elkton
Union Protestant
Logal
Pinkerton
Unii
Hopps
Red Hill Woods
Constable
Barges Accounted For After Sound Storm Losses
New Haven reports by towing companies say air was accounted for and rumors of widespread wrecks were unfounded. Only three coal laden barges were lost the John McCaffery from Bully's tow off Bridgeport the Williamsburgh and Ned Irish from Vigiani's tow off Charles Island. no lives were lost.
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Conn
John McCaffery
Bully
Bridgeport
Willamsburgh
Ned Irish
Vigiani
Charles Island
Two Gilchrist Steamers Sunk Off Detroit in Two Days
Two Lake steamers of the Gilchrist fleet foundered today, making four losses in 48 hours. The Jupiter ran aground near Bar Point, mouth of the Detroit River, with coal from Buffalo. a lighter was sent to assist. The Vulcan, bound north with coal, struck a rock at Grosse Point in Lake St Clair and sank, with barely two feet of the hull above water.
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Buffalo
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Alexandria News In Brief Amid Civil Tensions And Local Affairs
Police did not press the blue laws on newsdealers as crowds returned to normal. A rock fight between about twenty white men and as many Black men near Shooter's Hill ended with casualties on both sides. Residents complain of indecent bathing along Four Mile Run prompting county action. William Crump, a 47-year-old carpenter, died of pulmonary illness at 125 South Fairfax. Galloway family members left for New York to rehearse with Shore Acres company. Humorous exchanges, ads, and a health note on Dr King’s New Life Pills are included.
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Alexandria
Corporation
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Seminary Hill
Alexandria County
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Alexandria Turnpike
Four Mile Run
Wiliam Crump
South
Fairfax Street
TWO GIRLS PREFER CHARGES AGAINST MAN IN HAGERSTOWN
Frank Sim misen of Benevola aged about thirty five was arrested in Hagerstown Md Aug 21 charged with attempting feloniously assaulting Carrie Shiffer and Nancy Stine both about fourteen on the Cool Hollow road near Beaver Creek They fled to a house and were protected by locals Timely arrest followed after pursuit to Funkstown Denies charge. Additional notices report despondent shipyard employer Logan Greenwood in Newport News Va and other local deaths Mary E Sowers and Mary A Massey with brief obituaries and interment plans.
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Five Oaks
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Washington Post
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Joseph Massey
Peanut Bags Prove Static, Says 19th Century Letter
A New York Sun reader argues against the old dictum that all things move forward or backward. He notes improvements at the Polo Grounds, including new bleachers and wings, while peanut bags stay the same size, thereby allegedly disproving the theory. The piece ends with a humorous wish to hold the peanut concession.
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