Preacher executed as mob murder tied to Carter family
In Valdosta Georgia on December 4 Rev J G Rawlings was hanged for his role in the 1905 Carter family murders. Co-defendants Milton Rawlings Jesse Leonard and Alf Moore were sentenced to life or death after a trial that proved the elder Rawlings plotted the crime and incited the attack on the Carters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
J G Rawlings
Alt Moore
Milton
Jesse
Leonard Rawlings
Willeard Carria Carter
Toved
Georgia Prison Commission
Jesse Leonard
Mra Rawlings
Rawlings
W. L Carter
Carter
Obituary notices From St Peters to Mount Olivet and beyond
Funeral notices and death announcements dated late 1900s and 1906 list individuals including Birch, Dixon, and Dixon family members, with services at Mount Olivet Ballston and other Washington area churches. Entries note dates December 1900 to December 1906, and include embers of the Havard, O Brien, Robinson, Thompson, Woodward families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birch
Mary A
Willard II Birch
O Brien
Department of State
Washington
Arnold Shanklin
Panama
Limoire Hospital
Lawrence O'Brien
Robinson
Robinson Servis
E Street Norther
Wedneday
Miamiville
Cincinnati
Titompson
Aiken, S Co
Wyll-Iam
Nettle Sims Thompson
Annie O
William S. Thompson
Delav
Als Jate
N Street
Intermentorate Woodward
Daisy Frances Woodward
Walter Woodward
Mary F
William D Wise i
Massachustts Avenue
Local Undertakers and Embalmers Directory Notice
A listing of funeral directors and embalmers with offices in Washington area. W R Speare at 940 F Street NW offers straightforward services and reasonable forms. J William Lee and George P Zurhorst provide parlors and crematorium options. Harvey's Sons at 16 Fourteenth St NW offer close service at moderate prices. Mitchell's Son operates with parlors and East 370. Funeral designs and Guz Florists provide arrangements and flowers. Comley Bros Florists supply designs and cut flowers. Shaffer Florist lists services at 14th and Eyest NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
George P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth ST
Commodious Chapel
Deers M. Mitchell
Ndertaxer Amd
Trust declared as ingenious wall paper combine in Cincinnati
United States Court of Appeals denounces the Continental Wall Paper Company as a highly complex trust. Voight & Sons of Cincinnati faced a $57,000 suit for goods sold. Court finds the trust to be a hohega organization, upholding the district court judgment and dismissing the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Continental Wall Paper Company
Thompson
District Court
Louis Voight & Sons
Voight & Song
Continental Company
Voght & Sons
Court of Appeals
Hiega
Voight & Sons
Princeton Gets Lake Gifted by Carnegie for Aquatic Sports
Andrew Carnegie will formally present a three and a half mile long lake at Princeton University for aquatic sports. The project cost about 193000 and encompasses islands and swimming pools along the Mistone and Stony Brook. An academic procession will mark the ceremony with Carnegie, President Wilson, and a committee inspecting the new lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Andrew Carnegie
Wiuch
Stony Brook
Tomorow
Carnegie
Old Nassau Hall
Alexander Hall
Wison
Wilgan
College
Harrison Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Princeton Avian
Carnegies
Cleveland
Howard Russell Butter
College Town
Buter
Packers Protest Against Federal Meat Inspection Costs
In Cincinnati on December 4 the Pork Packers and Provision Dealers Association adopted resolutions opposing any plan to place the cost of federal meat inspection on packers. They cite plant alterations and business losses from the present system and vow to unite with other markets to oppose added inspection expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pork Packers and Provision Dealers’ Association
Pat Crowe Trial Moves to Council Bluffs Tomorrow
Pat Crowe, lately acquitted of robbing millionaire A J Cudahy of 25000 by kidnapping his son, will be tried in Council Bluffs on a new charge arising from an assault on a street car crew there last summer. The case follows his recent notoriety from Chicago and Omaha coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Pat Crowe
Ate Cudahy
Packer
Licensed to Marry Amid Names from Various States
A long OCR like list shows numerous marriage licenses issued across Virginia Maryland West Virginia and nearby areas. Pairs include Samuel Sewell with Branton Reid Loretta Saunders with Rey Dy Blagora Ambrose Jennings and Lola B MIs and many others from Shenandoah Junction Deerfield Richmond Baltimore and Brooklyn. The item reads as a catalog of license recipients with ages and hometowns rather than a narrative report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Sewell
Branton Reid
Lattsburg
Rey Theron Ontwiler Trank ” Barnes
Loretta Saunders
Cherles’ County
Rey Dy Blagora Ambrose L Jennings
Lola B Mis
Alex Blelnrks
D Broun
Shenandoah Junction
Rena Wo Blackmore
Rey Bhreena Raymond Heart
Brooklyn
Lisa B Bitopp
Rex Roland Cation Smith
Elmer M Hay
Maggie J Hodge
Deerfield
H Greene James B Allleon
Maud H Bemxu
RP Willams Williams Hausman
Baltimore
Auinie G Smith
York
Mt Bristol
Arthur Oldham
Lucy D Thompson
Richmond, Va
Rey
Minnie Goroda
DE Wiseman
Henry Dorsey
Hanmeh Love
James H. Lee
Charles ‘Wilson
Tina Greenfield
Frank X Bischot
Health Office Deaths Record Highlights Long List of Local Names
Health office record listing deaths up to December 4 includes numerous local residents with ages ranging from newborn to 93. Notable entries include John S McCalmont aged 84 of Irving Street NW and Mary AL Drew aged 72 of Tenth Street NW, with many others provided with partial addresses and ages. The list appears as an official notice of deaths and is organized by name and residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S McCalmont
Irving St Nw
Charles A. Wilson
Duncer St
Mary AL. Drew
10Th St Nw
Henry K Crutt
20Th St. Nw
Willam Proctor
E Ct. Nw
Anna Pattercon
T8th
St Rw
Julia B. Thomas
6Th Et Ce
Terry McGovern Arrested After Brooklyn Breakout
Former lightweight champion Terry McGovern caused a disturbance at his Brooklyn home with a revolver and a six pound shell, was taken to Kings County Hospital under observation for temporary insanity, and later cooperated with officers to the station. He had recently visited Washington and spoke with Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Corbett
Washington Post
New York
Terry McGovern
Highteenth Street
Howell
Seney Hospital
Langam
Fifth Avenue
Mrs Bolch Under Bond in Multi City Forgery Case
New York reports Mrs Catherine Bolch arraigned in Jefferson Market Police Court on forging William A Jones’s name to a $10 check drawn on Chemical National Bank. She posted $3,500 bail. detectives say checks forgery spread to Atlantic City Providence Philadelphia and Washington with multiple forged signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catherine Botch
Jefferson Market
Willam A. Jones
Chemical National Bank
West Twelfth Street
Pearding House
Raymond H Hazen
Bolch
William A Jones
Broadway
Wahle
Bridget J. Ryan
Mra H. J. Retseng
Third Avenue
Elizabeth Lewis
Greenwich Street
Twoman
Brooklyn
Boleh
Tragic Farm Shooting Over Dollar Dispute in Ohio
On a Terrace Park area farm in Walford Ohio December 4 Ford Bennett a Black man was fatally shot by William Redman a white man Redman admits the act saying Bennett owed him a dollar A local mob and posse led by Bennett’s father pursued Redman and attempted to storm Milford jail creating significant townwide unrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walford
Ohio
Ford Bennett
William Redman
Terrace Park
Redman
Bennett
Milford
Stuyvesant Fish Silent on Southern Presidency Link
Special to The Washington Post reports that Stuyvesant Fish, ousted Illinois Central president, is tied to the vacant Southern Railway presidency after Samuel Spencer’s death. Morgan reportedly discussed the move with Fish, who declined to confirm details. The feud between J P Morgan and B H Harriman shapes the potential appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
The
Southern
Samuel Spencer
Fish
East Seventhy-eighth Street
J. P. Morgan
Southern Railway
Mr. Fish
Mr. Morgan
B. H. Harriman
Northern Pacific
Harriman
Morgan
Aor ' Timan
Standard ON Interests
Mish
Witnois Central
Fos
Bodies Exhumed In Philadelphia Poison Case
Special to Ten Washington Post. Patrick and Cecilia Cook were exhumed from Holy Cross Cemetery after police suspect Bridget Carey of poisoning her children for insurance. Stomach chemical analysis planned by Prof. Marshall of the University of Pennsylvania. undertaker says embalming fluid lacked arsenic but used formaldehyde. Coroner Jerman and insurer reports awaited. detectives claim new evidence will bolster the case though few new details from the coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fou
Philadelphia
Patrick
Cecilia Cook
Bridget Carey
Hamilton Street
Moyamensing
Holy Cross Cemetery
O'Colck
Marshall
University of Pennsylvania
W. J. Reynolds
Mra Carey
Jerman
Newark
W F_ Hardy
J Aetnt
Bribery Arrests Rock Pittsburg Officials Case
Pittsburg civil engineer J H Milholland faced conspiracy to defraud charges as warrants were issued for Joseph Flaherty and H T Bostaph. President C Cameron was indicted for contempt of court, with a 70 000 bribery scandal tied to Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad and city councils. A conspiracy hearing for Councilman Will A Martin was postponed to December 11 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
J. H Milholland
Joseph Flaherty
H. T. Bostaph
C. Cameron
Will A. Martin
Pittsburg and Tube City Railroad
Pittsburg Select and Common Councils
Milholland
Central Station
Director of Public Safety
Cameron
Brady
Martin
Stewart
Flaherty
Bostaph
Charged with wrecking West Newton train wreck case
Patrick Hogan, a former Baltimore and Ohio employee from West Newton, is under arrest on a train wrecking charge related to the Saturday night wreck near Pittsburgh. He will be arraigned Thursday, while held on a trespass charge he admits. A second man, Eagan, was found at the scene claiming a switch key in his possession since discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Patrick Hogan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Newton
Baltimore and Ohio
Eagan
Jed
Editors In Session On Rail Passes And Mail Rates
St Louis December 4 The executive committee of the National Editorial Association opened its annual meeting with two main topics for discussion over three days the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling banning railroads from issuing transportation for advertising space and a plan to raise newspaper postal rates from one cent to four cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Editorial Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alleges Vanderpoel stole husband’s love in $100000 suit
Kingston court heard Mrs Marie Dudley of Philadelphia and Camden press a $100,000 alienation suit against Elizabeth Vanderpoel of Saugerties claiming she lured Edward Dudley away. Justice Fitts adjourned to gather affidavits as Dudley’s divorce actions in PA and NJ loom, with Mrs Vanderpoel described as a former Battelle heiress linked to Meadowside.
Jurist Hangs Himself in Brown County Barn
JURIST HANGED HIMSELF. He Ha New Ulm Minn Dec 4 Judge B F Webber former judge of the District Court of Brown and adjacent counties committed death by own action today by hanging himself in his barn there He was seventy four years of age Judge Webber presided at the trial of Dr George F Koch a dentist who was charged with the murder of Dr L A Gebhart a case which became somewhat famous Worries over certain matters connected with at bis case and the illness of Mrs Webber and his own poor health are supposed to have effected his mind Although his wealth amounted to more than $100 000 Judge Webber became possessed by a fear that he would end his days in the poorhouse He had been on to the district bench continuously for twenty four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Ulm
Minn
B F. Webber
District Court of
Brown
Webber
George F. Koch
L. A. Gebhart
At Bis
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrived at Port
Shipping notices report arrivals of several liners. New York Victoria from Liverpool, Finland from Antwerp, Havre La Gascogne from New York, Rotterdam Noortam from New York, and Celtic from Liverpool. Cape Red Newfoundland and Queenstown bound for New York are expected to dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Victoria
Liverpool
Finland
Antwerp
Havre—La Gascogne
Rotterdam
Noortam
Cape Red
Newfoundland
Celtic
Queenstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. G. Rawlings
Georgia
Judd
Withe
Carrie Carter
Jessie Rawlings
Oiff
Alf Moore
Rawings
Carter Famew
J BR. Rawlings
Val- Gosta
al Moore
Undertakers
Wall Paper Trust
Packers
Health Office Record
Terry
McGovern
Fourth and
Fifth Avenues
Barker
Gannon
Young Corbett
Hotel Metropole
Terry McGovern Wos
Stamford
Benning
Mrs. Bolch
Providence
Atlantic City
Carey
Editors
R. P. Andrews Paper CO. (Inc
Trouland & Kundahl
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
Whiting's
Price
John Vanderpool
Kingston
N. Y
Marie Dudley
Camden
Elizabeth Vanderpoel
Saugerties
Edward Dudley
Justice Fitta
Justice Pitts
Feck
Dudley
Vanderpoel
Wiliam D Brimler
New Jersey
Whitaker
Peck
Cornelius Battelle
Battelle & Renwick
Gleneyre
Kingstom
John Vanderpoel
Congress
Kinderhook
Hudson River
Meadowside
Europe
HESS
Hess Shoes
N. Hess Sons
Penn. Ave
Night Bank
14Th Street
Washington Exchange Bank
Hobart
M. Cable
Richard W. Henderson
F Street N. W
Columbia Theater
Old Colony Co
H St
Hepplewhite
Sheraton
Chippendale
A. F. Barnet
Pa. Ave. N. W
Prince Henry’ Overcoats
J. & W. Eiseman
Seventh Street
Heurich Brewing Go
Maerzen
Senate
Liege
Phone West
Hebbard’s
Geo. E. Hebbard
Oth Street
N.W
Castelberg's
Jewelers
Opticians
Penna, Ave
Sake Ceres
Ceres
the Sunday Post
Gy Mall
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