Extortion charged after UVa student’s death
Warrants sworn for John Hawkins and two others in Charlottesville as blackmail cases tied to the death by suicide of Rob ert Ballantine, a young University of Virginia student and mill ionaire. Hawkins admitted to bail while Duncan and Michie eluded arrest in Jamaica and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epetial
Washington Post
Charlottesville
Robert D. Raflantini
University of Virginia
Newark
John 8
Hawkins
Evangelist
Ballantine
F. B. Duncan
Henry Michie
Thomas Wood
C. N. Allen
Hawklow
Engine falls on man injuring Bruen at Petersburg
December 11 report from Petersburg Virginia describes George R. Bruen being seriously hurt when an engine toppled onto him while unloading for thrashing peanuts from a lighter at City Point. He suffered a broken arm and collarbone and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Petersburg
City Point
Wday
George R. Bruen
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Then Fatally Wounds Self
In Wheeling West Virginia on December 11 Joseph W Snyder 25 shot his wife after she spoke to another man Bert Exkey and then shot himself. Snyder died, wife wounded possibly recovering. Relatives say the couple were happy with no justification seen for the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tecal
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph W. Snyder
Fred
Snyder
Beating and Forced Labor Aboard Chesapeake Oyster Boats
Charles Stein a New York man, 405 Pike Street, was saved by Wilmington police after brutal abuse aboard Chesapeake Bay oyster boats. He says he toiled eighteen hours daily, was beaten with clubs, forced to work naked at times, and paid nothing. A sixteen year old and an elderly man were also expelled from boats. Stein traveled by freight train and reached Wilmington with only oyster oil skins as clothing. He proceeds to New York after assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilmington
Del
Charles Stein
Pike Street
New York
Stein
Bay Shore
Baltimore
Hblwoods
Captain Pleads Guilty In Oyster Boat Case
Alonzo Hoffman captain of the Genesta pleaded guilty to cruelty to his crew in federal court and was fined 20 dollars. Testimony cited mitigating circumstances, Edwin Pallister admitted attempting to steal a share in the skiff. Hoffman's departure followed the plea as the Windom Jonher had earlier captured the vessel. Grand jury is expected to indict other oyster men tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Baltimore
Alonzo Hoffman
Genesta
Edwin Pallister
Seaman Attempts Suicide in Norfolk Boarding House
Walter L. Penneman a fan apprentice seaman attached to the receiving ship Franklin attempted to take his life in a Norfolk boarding house. He swallowed paris green in a personal crisis intent and was taken to the Naval Hospital this afternoon. He is expected to recover and gave no reason for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mpecial
Norfolk
Der
Walter L. Penneman
Franklin
Naval Hospital
Paris Green
Obituary notices from Virginia region spark mournful toll
Healthsville reports the death of Mrs Edgar Crabbe from Brights disease at Lower Northumberland County home. Other obituaries note Mrs John Milter of Morning Star paralysis, Thomas G Harlow of Goulsa County paralysis, William Strowner of King George County typhoid fever, Mrs William Burns of Stanley heart disease, Mrs Charles O Doten of Gloucestershire County lingering illness, Alfred J Ghent from Baltimore, S A Plummer of Petersburg, Georgia Purcell of Winchester consumption, Mattias Miller of Winchester old age, Lentz Moore of Pittsburgh death, George W Brooks of Patrick County pleurisy. Survived by husbands, children, and various relatives. multiple professions and affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heathsville
Edgar Crabbe
Northumberland County
Bright
John Milter
Morning Star
Luray
Fredericksburg
Thomas G. Harlow
Goulsa County
Inia
Wiliam Strowner
King George County
Wiliam Burns
Alfred J. Ghent
EB. V. Spotts
Atlantic Coast Line Railways Company
Petersburg Lodge
Fike
Winchester
Georgia Clayton Purcell
J. Perry Purcell
Tobn W C. Clayton
Mattias Miller
Quon
Miller
Abraham Miller
Richmond
Dee
Moore
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Patersburg
George W. Brooks
Fatricks
Cheaterfeld County
Petersburg
Ohio
Blandford
Six Votes Needed to Pass Last Proposition in Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau reports Alexandria faces a decisive council vote on leasing the electric franchise to T. Barstow and associates of York. The bid requires six votes in the upper board after the lower board’s 15 to 1 approval, amid debates on municipal versus private operation and the city’s borrowing limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Atrdet
Alexandria
Board of Aldermen
T. Barstow
York
Common Council
W. T. Barstow
Board of
Aldermen
Corporation Court
C. Harry Yohe
Huston Burke
Lewis Sikes
William Mankin
George Dove
Oliver Zell
Sarah
Haskins
Hughes King
Richard Milly
William Ennis
Jarceny
Herbert Butler
Tigery
William Darley
Charles Williamson
Rudolph Jones
John Ennis
Standard Brick Company
James R
H. B. Caton
Park Agnew
Theodore L. Holbrook
Frederick Martene
William A. Richards
Walter G. Rogers
William T
Walker
Henry P. West
George Gilbert
Commerce ‘Street
Dr. Ilmer
Providence
B. 1
Five Buildings Burned in Zuni Fire
Special to The Weabington from Suffolk Virginia reports a morning fire in Zuni that destroyed five buildings including a dwelling restaurant and three warehouses. The Hurtis family narrowly escaped with their lives, while contents were lost. Horne and Snipes store and watchovers with about $1,000 in jewelry were burned. Norfolk and Western engineer backed locomotive to the scene to supply water from the tender. total loss around $7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Pooles Mills Siding
Tanwiddie County
Norfolk and Western
Hardy
Weabington
Suffolk
Zuni
Horne & Snipes
Norfolk & Western Locomotive
Virginia Weddings Tie Heathaville Pair to Capt James Marsh
Heathaville December 11 Miss J I Straughan of this place wed Captain James Marsh of Reidville in Washington this morning They will reside in Reedville Winchester December 11 Cards announce the wedding of Harvey C Wise formerly of Ste phen City in this county and Miss Anna Halstead Turnbull daughter of Rev and Mrs Lenox D Turnbull of Orlando Florida at the bride home in Orlando They will make their home at Lexington where Mr Wise works for the First National Bank
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Lexington
Wise
First National Bank
Maryland Obituary Highlights Deaths Across Cumberland Area
William Rep Hann Nead longtime farmer of North Branch near Cumberland died of typhoid fever at 52. His widow is critically ill. Dr Isaac D Newman, 67, of Oakland, Md., died at home after study at Cincinnati Physio Medical Institute. He left a widow and two sons, William and Charles J. Newman. Olivia Floyd, Civil War era Confederate runner, died at 81 after underground railroad exploits between Washington and Richmond. Prof George W Millenberger, age 86, famed physician of Baltimore, died. He graduated Maryland 18% and served long as anatomy demonstrator and obstetrics professor. He was emeritus and honorary president, active in medical societies, consulting at Johns Hopkins and local hospitals. No children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
William Rephann
North Branch
Cumperland
Isaac D. Newman
Oakland
Physio Medical Insutine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Oaklands
Morgantown
W. Va
William
Charles J. Newman
la Plata
Olivia Floyd
Confederacy
Washington
Richmond
Baltimore
George W. Millenberger
Miltenberger
Philadelphia
University of Maryland
Johns Hoping
Bigamist Gutekunst Pleads Guilty in Maryland Court
Charles W Gutekunst pleaded guilty to bigamy in Baltimore Criminal Court and received the minimum sentence of eighteen months. His first wife Annie Gutekunst testified in broken English, urging leniency, while recounting their January 7 1893 marriage in Camden New Jersey and eight years of cohabitation before her move to Germany. Gutekunst a civil engineer formerly of Philadelphia came to Baltimore after the 1904 fire and married a second time March 4 to Margaretta Kreimmelmeyer of Westwood Avenue. A notice of his marriage reached his first wife via a friend prompting her immediate travel to the United States to pursue legal action. The second wife was not present in court and is described as eighteen years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawking
Ballantine
Seato
Tunvan
Michie
Druncan
Hawkins
Duncan
Charlottesville
Dancan
Jamaica
Crozet
Pitzer
Clermont Hotel
Canada
Douncan
Norfolk
New York
Michie Grocery Company
Wiliam Fife
Fife
Ehaietlesyille
Nia
First Baptist Church
Dr. Brimer
Washington, Ne
Washington
Baltimore
Charles W. Gutekunst
Phelps
Annie Gutekunst
Germany
Maryland
Annie Gutekanst
Camden
M. J
Owens
Burglars Shoot Boy During Break-In at Cole Home
In Staunton Virginia on December 11 burglars entered the residence of 38 Cole superintendent of the Federal Cemetery through a side window and stole 25 dollars in gold. The sixteen year old son of Captain Cole discovered the burglars and the robbers fired three shots, hitting the boy in the thigh though the wound is not described as serious. The thieves escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Staunton
Cole
Federal Cemetery
Young Cole
Memorial to Judge Minor Portrait Presented in Richmond
In Richmond Virginia on December 1 a memorial portrait of late Judge Edmund C Minor was unveiled in the Law and Equity Court. Judge W J Leake presented the work to the court while Judge Joby H Ingram accepted for the law court. The portrait by Summers Morton was funded by Richmond Bar Association members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity Court
Richmond Bar Association
Washington
Richmond
Edmund C. Minor
Chamber of Law
Equlty Court
Minor
Law and Equity Court
W. J. Leake
W. J. Leake, A Lifelong Friend and Comrade of Judge Minor
Joby H. Ingram
Unwelcome Visitor Shot on Slayer's Doorstep in Richmond
In Richmond Virginia on December 11 Lee Lee was shot and killed by his brother in law Samuel Warringer as he approached Warringer's home. The fatal lead struck at close range entering the shoulder of the unwelcome visitor and Warringer was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Washington Post
Lee Lee
Samuel Warringer
Warringer
Lee
Marien
Self-Defense Claim in Maryland Mine Murder Case
Deel Kawata Welsh is jailed in Cumberland charged with the murder of John Moody a self defense claim quoted Moody as a spotter in the mining region. United Mine Workers offer bail though the court may deem the offense unbailable. Moody reportedly carried a revolver.
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Washington Sea
Cumberland
Deel—Kawata Welsh
John Moody
United Mine Workers
Welsh
Moody
Cured by Cuticura in Five Weeks
Thomas M Rossiter of East Orange New Jersey shares a testimonial from March 30 1905 claiming a five week remedy with Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap cured a severe eczema covering his face head neck body and hips after hospital treatment failed He washed with warm water and Cuticura Bone then applied ointment and left it on overnight to heal and regain employment prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Rossiter
Prospect Street
East Orange
N. J
Complete treatment for every humor advertised at $1
An early 20th century classified style notice offers a complete external and internal treatment for every humor from infancy to old age. The package includes Cutieura Soap Ointment and Pills and is sold worldwide through Paher Drag to Chiso. A single set is claimed sufficient to cure when other remedies fail.
Wilcox Planned Escape With Confessed Plotline
The Washington Post reports Wilcox, Nell Cropsey killer, and Utley, who killed in Fayetteville, planned a jailbreak using two pistols and a third man. One associate hesitated and exposed the plan to Superintendent Mann, who then placed the two in a dark cell for three days before Wilcox confessed and pointed to concealed pistols in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Newbern
N. C
Mann
Wilcox
Farmers Co Operate A Virginia Produce Exchange
Special to The Washington Fest Quanenek Va Dec 11 The sixth annual regwert of the Eastern Share of Virginia Produce Exchange shows 1077708 barrels of Irish and sweet potatoes and 110 packages of other vegetables totaling 1158828 packages handled during the year Value of business 1500000 A meeting of about 2000 stockholders declared a dividend MW percent with a surplus of 20000 Capital stock 922000 Members claim the society is the only successful farmers cooperative in the United States In six years it has extended its markets cutting out the middleman as far West on Balt Lake
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Quanenek
Virginia Produce Exchange
Farmers' Cooperative Association
United States
Balt Lake
Mrs Warfield in Peril in Carriage Runaway
Special to The Washington Fest from Annapolis Maryland December 11. Mrs Hawin Warfield wife of Governor and Mrs Oswald Tighman secretary of State escaped serious injury when a pole loosened and a carriage ran away near Camp Parole. The driver steered the horses toward a telegraph pole the carriage broke apart and both women were thrown to the ground though they sustained no injuries and walked back to Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Annapolis
Warfield
Hawin Warfield
Tighman
Oswald Tighman
Camp Parole Road
JURYMEN PETITION COURT IN BALTIMORE AREA
The Rockville court case of Joseph Fish of Galthersburg sentenced for criminal intimacy with a girl under fourteen prompts a motion for new trial. Victim Margie Carliste of Galthersburg, and attorney Thomas Dawson of Rockville, file petitions. Juries and supporters seek leniency for the defendant from Judge Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Joseph Fish
Galthersbore
Margie Carliste
Galthersburg
Thomas Daw~son
Rockvuilé
Galthernburg
Henderson
Hfe
Vast Guest List At Willard And Other Hotels
A long string of guests is listed across major hotels including New Willard Arlington St James Metropolitan and St James in New York Philadelphia Chicago and San Francisco. Names cover numerous individuals and couples with affiliations to Arlington Metropolitan St James and other properties. The compilation notes travelers from cities like Salford New York Philadelphia and California with many bearing last names such as Dulany Cranz Greeley and Campbell.
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Salford
Daniel Giman
Mettoke
M. Hutton
le M. Sutton
New Willard
Hutot Sheeick
Miss Lathobe
Misa Dulany
Atlea Lessig Dulany
R. H. Dulany
Arlington
Bobton-Sh. W. Peabody
M. IL
Morricon
C.T. Lockhart
St. James
Chicago
Charles H. Cranz
William Kent
Fredrick Greeley
Hulshineon
Rowenhols
Love
York City
T. Cockent, Jr
Frisa- Urlek
H. J. Stevenson
London
Te Goron
Julius ¥. Frank
M. Nisgen
R. Z. Gage
New
Willer
M. B. Mila
W. M. Humphrey, Jr
LC. Martin
Y. Janey
C. No Arges
A. Soltsbear
B. Bohlers
J. G. Flurry
F. J. Kellogg
D. RB. Eice
L. Goldenberg
FB. Hendeickson
C. Bennett
A. Jasper
National
Philadelphia
A. W. Sewall
Lavaetick
O. J. Sprane
G. Brown
Metropolitan
Wilkins
Offenteman
M. May
J. J. Tremwith
F. J. Themwith
John M. Finkle
R. D.” Moon
Prrisnure
J. J. Campbell
PA. Dean
Andrew Carnegie
A. J. Heyers Ant
New ‘Willard
California
L. Stanton
Misa
Carla Stanton
Los Angeles
Florida
A. N.coomba
Henry
Nubb
N. Cheney
GN. Hoan
OWA
A. B. Cumming
Des Moines
Ariington
W. Hatcher
Wite
Apringfield
Aplington
Kentuckcy
J. F Loving
Covington
Bit
Maine
Crowby
M. C. Webber
F. Is Quigley
Portland
Shorenara
Missouri
C. Ruford
Wits
Wbblit
Wromroan
Si Hamebetl
Grind Rapti
Mississippi
Lee
E. J. Wilton
Willam Wagner
Jackson
Riggs
Crempbier
Vickaberg
New York State
Raymond
Mae Blanche Dey
Schenectady
Shoreham
Andrews
Yonkers
Smith
Frank
Waster
J.B. Huston
EB. Hust
Dayton
Oregun
Wood
Portiana
New Willer
Pennsylvania
H. B. Camel
Martette
N. D. Porman
York
Mra. Hate MM
Caldwell and Daughter
Carlisle
St. Jdamen
Rhode Island
B.C
India Rock
C.F. Whiston
Richmond
Bt. James
Moliberg
J. E. Marah
Boetvisit
Moliber
Charlotte
G. Heathent
Lynchburg
Washington
J. H. Leng
Seattle
Philippine Islands
C. Bennington
Mamita
Twining Granted New Trial In Bank Reports Case
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for Albert C. Twining, convicted of making false entries in reports and books of the First National Bank of Asbury Park, where he served as director. He faces six years imprisonment and will likely be retried next month in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Albert C. Twining
First National Bank of
Asbury Park
Twining
New Jersey
Lynching of Jim Green in Boyle Miss by own race
Memphis dispatch reports Jim Green a negro was lynched at Boyle Mississippi by black men after allegedly assaulting an eight year old girl. He was seized at Shaw Station and hanged from a tree limb by a posse of negros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Jim Green
Boyle
Miss
Green
Shaw Station
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Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac
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Congress
North Carolina Sounds
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Anacostia
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Clifzen Worge
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Ewlled
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Farmers Co-Operate
Virginia Eastern Shore
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Aevanteen
Naval Academy
Dr. Chiles
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Sarah Atlanso
Commonwealth
Spectel
Tne Waanington
Fairmont
Joe Otteno
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Corhpany
Butcher
Kernatown
Kernstown
Jesse William
Puss” Robinson
Low Robinson
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Grant
Frederick D. Grant
Department of the Host
Balmore
California Fig Syrup Co
California Fig Syrup
Francisco
Gai
Xmas Sale
SLSC
Lansburgh Furniture Co
Inter-Ocean Building
9Th St
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7Th Street
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Home Savings Bank
Vette and
Mass. Ave
Phildelphia Telegraph
Pittsburg Society
Philadelphia Press
George
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