Box Not Robbed Former Burglar Aided Search Record
Baltimore on August 24 Stephen A Gambrill ex president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Co says the strong box in Safe Deposit and Trust vault was abandoned in 1888 and 50 President Furst found it empty not alarming. The burglar who reformed opened the box with help from Charles R Webber Rob ert D Hart and others. Box rented to safekeep 400 canal bonds sold in 1880s and since then the box has been empty.
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Canal Company
Washington Post
Baltimore
Stephen A. Gambril
Chesapeake and Ohio Canalt Company
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Frank A. Furst
Furst
Lse
Thharles R. Webber
Tough Bond
Robert D. Hart
Guv Warfield
Safe Deposit Company
South Street
Laurel
Gambrill
County Treasurer Fined Over Poll Tax List Filing
Buchanan County treasurer E K Boyd was fined 40 by Justice Sparrel Ratiff for failing to file a list of poll tax payers six months before the election. The case, arising in Tazewell Virginia, notes alleged political bias in listing Republican voters who paid and Democrats who did not. The ruling sparks debate over voting rights and constitutional compliance.
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Washington Post
Tazewell
E. K. Boyd
Buchanan County
Sparrel Ratiff
Boyd
Hood
Montgomery Museum Opens With Mary Dorsey Da Vis Collection
Special to The Washington Post reports Montgomery County Museum opening under the Rockville Woman’s Club. Miss Mary Dorsey Da Vis donated a family artifacts nucleus dating from the mid eighteenth century to the Civil War era. The exhibit, including the Alien Bowl and items from the Lose family, will open next Thursday to the public.
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Wahingtay Post Rock
Montagomery Councy Museum
Rockville
Desis
Alien Bowle Faves
Senator Martins Visit Sparks Warrenton Horse Show Rumor
Senator Thomas S. Martin visited the Warrenton Virginia horse show this week drawing strong local support in Fauquier County. An enthusiastic ovation greeted him Wednesday night at Judge M. White's home, with remarks from Martin, Judge White, Jon M. McGreene, and A. A. Javec. In nearby notes a court case in Tajewell County found Henry Young guilty of assault tied to the death of Davis, who died after a fight at Cediy Bluff station. Davis showed intoxication and the court did not convict Young of murder. A separate item reports Sam Miller, 23, detained on lunacy charges after sending love letters to a local young woman. Also noted is the Great Northern liner Minnesota arriving for dock work, and the death of James Perrell of Delta Frederick County from typhoid fever. A Roanoke Roanoke arrest reports two men named Rev. Martin and J. H. Smith for trespassing.
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Claine
Henry Young
Davis
Cediy Bluff
Chis
Tazewell County
Young
Clergyman Sought on Swindling Charge In Belford
A newspaper clipping dated Belford WN July 10 states Rev L Martin is wanted on a charge of swindling a church he previously served. Martin declines to flee.
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Belford
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Negro voters threaten split in Second district convention
In Norfolk Virginia on August 2 an interview with a prominent negro leader warned that if Federal officeholders push to exclude negroes from the district convention they will shift support to Col. Slemp's forces statewide. Norfolk has 508 registered negro voters. about 400 have paid state poll tax to vote.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Col. Stemp
D. Lawrence Groner
Second District Committee
Slemp
Congress
Fatal knife fight in Roanoke jail cell ends with severe injuries
In Roanoke Virginia this morning Timothy O Leary and J H Jones two white men jailed for drunkenness fought in a dark cell. Jones suffered a severed artery in the wrist and O Leary endured multiple knife wounds to head and face. A knife lay in a blood pool as guards and physicians rushed to aid them with Jones said to have attacked first.
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Roanoke
Timothy O'Leary
J. H. Jones
O'Leary
Jones
O’leary
Kimball Store Burned in Taray Virginia Fire Claims Goods
Special to The Washington Pan reports S M Cullers large Kimball store and a nearby granary and wagon house were destroyed by fire last night. The buildings belonged to L G Kibler and Mrs Laura Shenk and were insured for 300. Sparks from a railroad engine may have started the blaze. Petersburg area also reports a mill fire at Pocahontas cotton mills Battersea around 1 am causing about ten bales of cotton damaged and some building damage. The cause is unknown.
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Petersburg
Pocahontas
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Love at First Sight Leads to Hyattsville Wedding
Special to the Washington rus Hyattsville Aug 28 Wednesday evening Joseph H Koch proprietor Pan electric House Bladensburg met Miss Stella T Ferrari of Baltimore for the first time and yesterday afternoon the couple were married in Rockville by Rev Thomas J Packard of that place The Brooms twenty two years old his bride twenty Mrs Koch daughter of Peter Ferrari musician of the Monumental City came to Hyattsville Sunday to visit Mrs A M Wetzel and on Wednesday evening attended a dance at the Pan Electric House where she met Koch It was a case of love at first sight Koch asked for her hand she initially treated it as a joke but persisted and with Mrs Wetzel consent they wed.
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Joseph H. Koch
Bladensburg
Stella T. Ferrari
Baltimore
Rockville
Thomas J. Packard
Brooms
Koch
Peter Ferrari
Monumental
A. M. Wetzel
Pan-Electric House
Young Koch
Miss Ferrari
Admitted His Guilt in Bank Theft Case
Baltimore bookkeeper William I. Fuller of the Second National Bank admitted stealing 3300 dollars after arrest by United States Commissioner Rogers. Examiner Muir had sworn the warrant for false entries in the bank books. The case was reported by The Washington Post.
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William I. Fuller
Second National Bank
United States
Rogers
National Bank
Muir
Fuller
Virginia Obituary Notices From Newport News and Richmond
Newport News reports Mrs. Katie Fabb Bickford aged 28 wife of James V. Bickford manager of Buckroe Beach Hotel died of blood poisoning leaving husband and infant. She formerly Miss Katie Tavsh of Baltimore and was active in social circles there. In Richmond, Mrs. George W. Stevens wife of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad president died at Clengyle near Naturab Bridge from heart disease after care by New York and Baltimore specialists leaving husband and grown daughter. Mrs Stevens was a native of Ohio.
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James V. Bickford
Buckroe Beach
Bickford
Katie ‘Tatvh
Baltimore
Richmond
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Oyster season near reports indicate good crop
Oyster season will open two weeks later due to Maryland and Virginia laws. Cold rains are expected to fatten oysters as water cools. Washington relies on planted stock but wild Potomac Chesapeake beds drive fresh supply. Early fall expected to bring brisk trade with hearty fattening in oysters.
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Trainman dies in North Fork riot in West Virginia
Huntington dispatch reports a Norfolk and Western freight crew clash with North Fork residents in McDowell County ending in the death of Harry McIntyre from a fractured skull. Two Hedges brothers previously killed. Brakeman Frank Hudson hospitalizes with a non fractured skull and arrests. Another brakeman, Dangerfield, remains at large.
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Washington Post
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
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McDowell County
Harry McIntyre
Burt
William Hedges
McIntyre
Keystone
Frank Hudson
Dangerfield
Daily Mails Outgoing Schedule 1904 Main Office
Detailed weekly foreign and domestic mail closing times for September 1904. Includes routes to Europe Africa Americas and Asia with specific ships and directed per s. provisions. Also notes on special dispatches to Newfoundland Jamaica Haiti and Caribbean ports and reconfirmed notes from Postmaster John A. Merritt.
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City council to tackle paving and western growth plans
The Washington Post Bureau notes the new Alexandria city council will be sworn in Thursday to consider paving streets around City Hall to connect with the King Street brick roadway. They aim to modernize the cobbles, extend streets in western areas amid expected growth from railroad improvements, and foster building by year’s end.
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