Indictments Charge Coal and Wood Dealers Conspiracy in Danville
Danville Virginia December 5 grand jury indicted five firms for unlawfully combining to control coal and wood prices in Danville and Virginia. Some witnesses testified to an oral price agreement while denying forfeiture. Indictments allege they conspired to obstruct commerce and prevent competition. Lawyers trust case dropped and grand jury discharged. bar association discussed legal fee scale.
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Washington Post
Danville
I- 49
Noell Anderson Manufacturing Company
Phoenix Lumber Company
F L. Walker
F L. Welker & Co
Douthat-Riddle Coal Company
Douthat-Riddle Company
Virginia
Fellows Courts
Aiken
Lawyers’ Trust
Grand
Danville Bar Association
Ilte
Livestock Burned At Farm In Rockville Md Fire
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md Dec The handsome residence on the farm of Dr Francis Thomas near Honor in this county and the barn and most out buildings were destroyed by fire at night Numerous farming implements grain and other property were also lost Forty eight head of stock including thirteen valuable horses perished in the flames The loss is about 15000 the property was insured It is believed the blaze started from a careless farm hand dropping a match in the barn
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Washington
Rockville
Francis ‘Thomas
Honor
Jorge
Divorced Wife Seeks Support From Late Justice Alvey Estate
Ida Hartich of Baltimore, former wife of William Alvey now in Beaumont Texas, filed suit in Hagerstown asking the court to provide for the support of her two infant children from William Alvey’s share of his father Chief Justice Richard H. Alvey’s estate, estimated at 900,000. She also sought an attachment on William Alvey’s interest in the estate and asked the widow to disclose estate values. The couple were married twenty years. the wife obtained a Baltimore divorce two years earlier for desertion.
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Washington Fort
Hagerstown
Ida Hartich
Baltimore
William Alvey
Beaumont
Tex
Chilren
Richard H. Alvey
Justice Alvey
Wiliam Alvey
Ealtimore
Queer's Neck Broken: Steamer Painter Crushed near Dynamo
Cape Charles Virginia December 5 Special to The Washington Post Page Ashby twenty one year old local resident of Exmore fell into a dynamo flywheel while painting a steamer on the Norfolk and Philadelphia line his clothing caught and he was instantly killed his neck broken and body crushed in the accident near Exmore
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Washington
Cape Charles
Page Ashby
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Dynamo
Exmore
Broadside of Virginia Death and Crime News
Special to The Washington Post reports Dr Cam Anderson a Gate City physician and druggist aged forty eight died from a cut artery. his brother in law James Nelors is under arrest as coroner investigates. Anderson to be buried in Bristol. widow and three children survive.
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Gate City
Washington Post
Cam Anderson
James Nelors
Anderson
Nelma
Virginia Obituaries: Long and Clark Mourned in Spotsylvania
Dee S James L Long aged 27 of Spotsylvania County died Tuesday at Miss Mican’s residence. He is survived by two sisters and a brother. Mrs Louisa M Clark aged 41 died at home this evening after a lingering illness. She is survived by her husband and other relatives.
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Prederickaburg
Dee S
James L. Long
Spotsylvania County
Highwaymen Sentenced in Rockville Circuit Court
Apectal to The Washington Post. Rockville Md Dee 6 Robert Carter and James Jones, young negroes, convicted in the Circuit Court on indictment charging highway robbery. Ten years each in the Maryland penitentiary. They held up William Coffman on the Conduit road near Cabin John Bridge August 2 1905, taking about $8 and a bottle of whisky. Walter Loveless failed to answer to trial for violation of local option law. his $3250 bail forfeited. Thomas Dorty convicted of pocketpicking, sentenced to eighteen months in the house of correction. Robert Bolessen the jockey arrested for complicity. bail $200 forfeited.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Dee
Robert Carter
James Jones
Bey
Tach
Maryland
Wiliam Coffman
Cabin John Bridge
Coffman
Walter Loveless
Rock Spring Hotel
Conduit
Thomas Dorty
House of Correction
Washington
Robert Bolessen
Saloon closing seen as key to solving Negro problem
Special to The Washington West from Charlottesville Virginia Secretary Wast of the Virginia Saloon League declares that closing saloons in the South largely solves the Negro problem. He cites Mann Act enforcement reducing crime. Dr. Bennett reports few assaults by Negroes in rural districts.
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Washington
Charlottesville
Southland
Field
Virginia
Loon League
Bennett
League
Wreck Near Cumberland Buries Switchman in Debris
Special to The Washington Fest Cumberland Maryland Dec 5 a Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck at Evitts Creek tower near Cumberland at 9 o clock tonight derailed two engines and six cars were demolished including oil and iron loads. Switchman believed killed and not yet found. Brakeman Jones of Cumberland wounded in the head pilot and fireman injured slightly.
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Washington
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evitts Creek
Ofl
Fron
D. Jones
Freman
Master Plumbers Adjourn and Elect Officers
The Atlantic Coast Association of Master Plumbers closed its convention with officers elected for the coming year. President Richard Albertson of Atlantic City. Vice president William G Henkle. Treasurer William G Rothbrook. Secretary William T Mylander. Board of governors: E J Hannan Washington John Trainor Baltimore George W James Petersburg Va James Traynor Wilmington Del John H Moore Atlantic City N J. Petersburg Va chosen as next meeting place.
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Petersburg
James Traynor
Wilmington
Del
John H. Moore
Atlantic City
N. J. Petersburg
Taggart Plans Hotel and Race Course Venture Near Mineral Springs
Reliable reports say Thomas Taggart, chair of the Democratic National Committee, intends building a large hotel and sanitarium at Mineral Springs near Chester, West Virginia. The site lies close to Half Moon Farm, where Cincinnati and Louisville horsemen plan a grand circuit race course early next year, with an interburden line contemplated between Mineral Springs and the race course.
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Washington
Cumberland
Thomas Taggart
Democratic Nations Committee
Mineral Springs
Chester
W. V
Half Moon Farm
Cincinnati
Louisville
Escaped From Asylum Near Clarksburg West Virginia
Three violently insane patients escaped from the State Hospital for the Insane at Weston last night and are believed to be hiding near Clarksburg. Bloodhounds pursued the trail but the scent was lost near the city as residents in the suburbs grew anxious. Officers search for the fugitives as reports from Weston and nearby areas detail the escape and ensuing manhunt.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
State Hospital For
Weston
Witness Defies Time In Alexandria Testimony
Kearney travels from Tacoma to reach Alexandria by Saturday to testify in the car robbery case against John Robinson and son J Harvey Robinson. Police Justice Caton won’t postpone beyond this week. If delayed, case to go to grand jury next Monday. Roberts bond set at 2000 dollars each for Saturday hearing. Also notes marriage of Duvell and Weedon and railway and shipyard rebuilds. Elizabeth Beach dies in Alexandria after short illness. Funeral Friday at 2.30.
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Wash
Robinsons
Washington Post Bureau
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Mit
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J. Harvey Robinson
G. Brent
Caton
Keamney
Brent
T F. Kearney
Knoxville
Tenn
Conneaut
Ohio
Winston-Salem
N. C
Oswego
Sioux City
Towa
Lewis H. Machen
Machen
Geneve
Mr Brent
Washington
Ex Police Officer Charged With Assault on 9 Year Old Girl
W H Daniels former Berkley Norfolk police member was brought back from Durham N C on charges of criminally assaulting a nine year old girl in Berkley. Victim’s condition discovered weeks after the act. Daniels had been dismissed on other charges.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
W. H Daniels
Norfolk Police Department
Durham
N. C
Daniel
Daniele
English Hounds Trial at Oak Hill Near Aldie
Middlesex Hunt Club English hounds from near Leesburg held a day of fox trials at Oak Hill estate of Henry Fairfax. Higginson and huntstaff recast, scent found, foxes chased across hills toward Middleburg and Aldie with riders including Higginson and Boston visitors. The long ride covered rough ground and high fences as several foxes were seen and pursued.
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Middlesex Hunt Club
Oak Hill
Henry Fairfax
Aldie
Henry Higginson
Robert Cotesworth
England
Middleburg
Aldiethen
Lena
Arcola
Thea Run
No Indictments Found in Berkeley Election Bribery Probe
Berkeley Circuit Court adjourned the November term without indictments on election bribery. Judge Faulkner urged a rigid grand jury review, but no witnesses were summoned. Leaders of both parties planned to curb vote buying and floaters, aiming to reduce corruption without major prosecutions.
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Washington Post
Martinsburg
W. Va
Faulkner
Grand Jury
Forced to Run Road Ends Frustrated Hampton Roads Line
Newport News WV W J Payne faced a Corporation Court injunction blocking his plan to halt service on the Hampton Roads Railway and Electric Company. The council blocked surrender of the franchise. Payne warned of operating losses and an unsafe bridge over the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. A motion to dissolve the injunction will be sought.
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Corporation Court
W. J Payne
Hampton Roads Railway and Electric Company
Payne
Chesapeake and Ohio
Flags in Statehouse debated for Confederate symbols
Maryland plans consider transferring Confederate battle flags from regiments to the State House flagroom recently opened with Union emblems. Most flags sit at the Confederate Soldiers Home, held by veterans who resist parting with them, though Maj. Gen. Andrew C. Trippe supports moving them to state possession.
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Maryland
State House
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Preacher Editor Creighton expelled from South Carolina conference
Rev C W Creighton editor of the Christian Appeal Greenwood has been dismissed from the South Carolina Conference and expelled from the Methodist ministry He appealed to the General Conference after charging policies ring rule and self seeking presiding elders A thirteen member secret committee found him guilty for falsehood and slander. Jerry Dorsey a deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal Church was sentenced to sixty days in jail and a $25 fine for manslaughter in the death of Derwood Lee the colored youth by kicking him in the stomach
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South Carolina Methodist Conference
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Methodist
General Conference
Creighton
Christian 'S Appeal
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Elso
Beeston
Washington
Hagerstown
Jerry” Dorsey
Episcopal’ Church
Derwood Lee
Boyd
Eve building ground broken at James town Exposition
Norfolk report notes Growna Illinois builders broke ground for Eve building at the James town Exposition. Secretary J E Humphrey of the Illinois commission turned one sod and Secretary G B T Sheppard of the exposition committee counted off another as the start was officially declared. Lawyer Adam Garis convicted of assault in Washington Hagerstown on December 6 after a brief deliberation and trial following an appeal from a snagistrale.
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J. E. Humphrey
G. B. T. Sheppard
Washington Fort Hagerstown
Adam 8
Garis
Jack’ Sheeley
Woman shoots after quarrel over farmer's wife in West Virginia
In the Allegheny Mountains near Pocahontas and Pendleton counties, Eliek Arbogast is killed by Blatten Lambert who, after quarrels about Lambert's wife, retrieves a shotgun and shoots Arbogast at close range. Lambert heads toward Marlinton to surrender as investigators probe the homicide.
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Allegheny Mountains
Line Slyman
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Lampert
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Driver Dragged to Death Near Fincastle
Washington Post report from Roanoke Virginia describes Clinton Harris driver of a hack between Fincastle and Roanoke who was dragged to death after missing a footing and becoming tangled in the double tree chains while unloading near a house at Fincastle. He allegedly fell under the vehicle and was dragged a mile to Fincastle.
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Selal
Washington Post
Roanoke
Clinton Harris
Fincastle
Harris
John Huffmen
Licenses Sought for German Insurance Firms in Virginia
Insurance Commissioner Button reports to the State Corporation Commission urging revocation of licenses for the German National Insurance Company of Chicago and the German Insurance Company of Freeport. Both firms did strong business in Virginia and deposited 20,000 with the state treasurer for policyholder protection, but suffered heavy losses in the San Francisco disaster. Agents here must appear to show cause why the recommendation should not be acted on.
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Wee 6
Button
State Corporation Commission
German W National Insurance Company
Chicago
German Insurance Company
Freeport
Virginia
San Francisco
Increase for machinists on Atlantic Coast Line wage scale
A joint machinists committee for the Atlantic Coast Line reports successful talks with railroad management. They secured wage increases of 16 cents per day for second and third divisions south of Florence and 25 cents per day for first division north of Florence. About 350 men will gain from 320 to 340 dollars per year under the new scale. A similar raise was earlier given to boiler makers.
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Richmond
Tampa
Fie
Florence
System Eatlier
Child Burned to Death in Culpeper Fire
Special to The Washington rest Culpeper Va Deck The home of William Moore an old negro two miles north of town burned this afternoon his infant child about one year old in the house perished The parents were away and other children left the infant alone They built a fire in the stove and went to the field The flames spread rapidly making entry impossible The incident reported from Richmond Va Dec B In the United States Circuit Court of Appeals cases were argued this morning including Schooner Ana and Bay Port Goodlander Robertson Lumber Coastal Norfolk arguments by Stephen R Jones for appellants and Howard R Holed for appellee plus other cases with lawyers named for both sides No 69 Stsamer Norfolk vs schooner Mary P Marquita cross appeals No 9 Oxford and Coast Line Railroad Co vs Union Bank of Richmond error to the Circuit Court at Raleigh NC
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Culpeper
William Moore
Wacageen
Richmond
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Ana J Qratuer
Appélice Anneal Trois
Norfolk
Stephen R Jones
Boston
Mase
Appelles
Howerd R Holed, Jr
Goodlander-Hobertson Lumber Costal
J Atwood & Co
Appellee
District Court At
Edward R Baird
James G Mertin
Oh OT
Loyal
G A Hanson
Bautel Coleman
Mary P Marquita
District Court
Oxford and Coast Line Railroad Company
Union Bank of Richmond
Raleigh
Virginia Weddings Bring Glendale and Norfolk Pairs
Richmond reports multiple weddings across Highland Park and nearby areas. Mabel Baker and Harry Hechler wed at the bride’s Highland Park home, with Neva Nuckale maid of honor and John Robertson best man. Irene Winston wed Henry Urquhart at noon in a Baptist ceremony. Carrington Tutwiter wed Miss Glasgow at the bride’s father’s home, with Eben Glasgow as attendant. Mavis Bridges wed Sails Walker in Grace Episcopal Church with two bridesmaids and Lewis Walker as best man. Jennie Cuthbert and Walter Hatcher married at the bride’s home in Richmond, officiated by Rev Dr Carnjwell. Georgia Lackey and Bathmore’s Randolph Lackey married at home, with a trip north planned. Katie Thomay and David Phiegar, Norfolk, eldest son of Judge A A Phiegar, wed at the bride’s home and plan a northern trip then reside in Norfolk. Honolulu news notes a Pan-Pacific congress organized by governmental departments and commercial bodies.
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Richmond
Mabel
Dollie Baker
William A Baker
Highland Park
API
Harry Leo Hechler
Norfolk
Thomas V Deul
University of Virginia
Mia Neva Nuckale
Waldeck
John A. Robertson
Burlington, NC
Con Baptist Church
Mies
Irene Winston
Robert Lewis Winston
Henry Miafileton
Urquhart
W R. L. Stolth
Frank Glasgow
Rabeces Gordon Glasgow
Carrington Orbell Tutwiter
Philadelphia
Frank Itsley Paradine
Medford
Masa
Notating
Randolph Lackey
Batthmore
Mra. Lackey
Yealda
Baltimors
Machriatlansburg
Dos
Mley
Katie Thomay
David & Phieger
A. A. Phiegar
Cour
Six Others Injured in Elevator Collapse at Waynesboro Plant
Hagerstown Md Dec 5 A milling machine weighing many tons caused an elevator collapse at the Geiser factory in Waynesboro. Foreman George Freeman died and two unknown Roumanians were instantly killed. Six Roumanians were seriously injured, with one not expected to survive. Injured men were taken to hospital. both legs crushed. The workers had begun at the plant today, working with the elevator.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Geiser
George Freeman
Firing of Heavy Guns Alarms Maryland Towns
Report from Annapolis Maryland in December 53 describes residents feeling what was believed to be an earthquake. The tremor extended to Baltimore Cambridge Easton and other points within about fifty miles before being traced to heavy gun firing at Hawking Point at the Patapsco River mouth.
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