Lynching of Davis at Annapolis jail shocks city
A mob attacked the Annapolis jail on Calvert Street, forced open the door, seized Davis held on a rape charge, and hanged and shot him near the Brick Yard Toll. Deputies Smallwood and Crouse tried to stop the mob but could not prevent the lynching. Coroner’s verdict by the jury found Davis died at the hands of the mob. no identifications of the attackers were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smallwood
Crouse
Calvert Street
George Taylor
Davis
Otter
Taylor
Annapolis
Baltimore
Washington Road
Marning
Yilable
Chambers
Oavis
Widow of Slain Man Pressed to Describe Washington Operation
Culpeper Va Dec 21 May Sylvester probes Washington end of the Bywaters Strother tragedy Detective F M Cornwell arrives to secure an official statement from Mrs Bywaters widow of the slain man about trips to Washington in October and November when she underwent operations Her testimony before the coroner that Dr Leon performed the operation may lead to proceedings in Washington If approved she may testify there Cornwell will seek a detailed account of what happened before the operation and where it took place Mrs Bywaters condition has improved and the coroner's jury may indict. the venue and jury in Culpeper complicate the case Dr Leon denies involvement and awaits actions by Washington authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Fost Culpeper
Sylvester
Washington
Bywaters-Strother
F M. Cornwell
Mr. Bywaters
Cornwell
Mrs. Bywaters
Torrow
Gaines
Culpener
Philip Stther
Virginia
Culpeper
Atever
Maj
Baker
Boardman
Jornwell
Leon
Leon Thompson
Bywaters
Dr Leon
District of Columbia
Russell Caught in Gotham Wanted for $800 Theft
William G Russell, sought on a charge of unlawfully obtaining 800 dollars from Mrs Maggie E Buckley, was arrested yesterday in New York. Detective Hartigan will bring him back to answer the charges. The case began when Russell met Mrs Buckley at the track and convinced her to lend money with a promise of returning 5000 dollars by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G Russell
Maggie E. Buckley
New York
Hartigan
Russell
Washington
Buckley
Edward F. Buckley
B Street
Mary F Remington dies. early Oberlin graduate widow
Mrs. Mary Frances Remington widow of Rev C H Remington dies suddenly at 1324 Monroe Street due to heart failure. Native of Kefries New Hampshire she was among Oberlin College s first women graduates and moved from Takoma Park to Takoma Park then to the city after her husband s death. Funeral at Monroe Street residence this afternoon with burial in Arlington Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College
Mary Frances Remington
C. H. Remington
Tahome Park
Monroe Street
Remington
Kafries
N. H
Beth B Eltis Anboaut
Ohio
Takoma Park
Hve
Buna
Arlington Cemetery
Windber Tragedy as Train Strikes Local Youths
In Windber near Pittsburg Pennsylvania on December 21 Tracy Grist aged seventeen was killed and Rachel Shaffer sixteen seriously injured when a group of five youths were struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train on the way from Scalp Level to Windber to buy their teacher a Christmas gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Tracy Grist
Rachel Shaffer
Windher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Windber
Gas death deemed accidental in Washington room
William Harry Barry, 27, employed by the Washington Gas Company, was found dead in his mother's home at 221 H Street NW last night at 11. Neighbors noticed a strong gas odor. his brother John Barry found him partly on the bed after returning from the family room. Authorities say room gas density was low and a match lit but caused no explosion. Barry had been in good spirits earlier. investigators plan a coroner's inquest report this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Harry
Washington Gas Company
H Street
Clork
John Barry
William
Stone
Iknes
Barry
Bergy
Deceptive Labels Barred in Food Products Policy
A government order under the pure food act bars fictitious names on foods that could be mistaken for a manufacturer. It requires that the actual manufacturer be indicated on the label and prohibits mislabeling with imitation flavors or substitutes. Artificial colors must be declared on labels when used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Lsbel
Union Insists on Evidence Before Arbitration Board
Journeymen plumbers press for full witness hearings as proof, while masters seek quicker settlement. Attorneys McNamara and Easby-Smith report consent to proceed with testimony in key areas, but union refuses to ratify any agreement without evidence on all points. They urge an early hearing before Judge Peele, arbitration chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbers’ Union
Arbitration Board
Stuart McNamara
James
Kasby- Smith
Easby-Smith
McNamara
Easby-Simith
Gasby-Smith
Mr. McNamara
Mrs. Hasby- Smith
Peele
Board of Arbitration
Cab strike two women as driver is arrested
Miss Florence Collinsworth and Miss Layton, residents of 757 Sixth Street Southwest, were struck near Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue by a cab driven by Elias Groff of 217 EB Street Southeast. They suffered facial and bodily injuries and were returned home in the First Precinct patrol wagon. Groff was arrested on assault charges after the 10 PM incident, which occurred as the women attempted to cross the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Collinsworth
Layton
Sixth Street
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Elias Groff
EB Street
Groff
West Virginia Exhibit At Jamestown Exposition
The West Virginia commission overseeing the Jamestown Exposition display met in the Capitol to approve plans for the state building. A highlight will be a 100 foot high pyramid of coal illustrating the region’s coal ranks and mining diversity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Elkin
Capitol
Davis
Atkinson
Pleming
Miller
Lewis
Messrs
Stanton
Robinson
New York Recount Hearing Over McClellan Quo Warranto Appeal
In New York on December 2 the Hearst application to sue Mayor George B. McClellan by quo warranto was argued before the appellate division. Assistant Corporation Counsel Butts argued the mayor was not the real party in interest, as the board of elections stood as the real party represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William R. Hearst
Julius M. Mayer
George B. McClellan
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Corporalton Coungel Butts
McClellan
Board of Elections
New Law Officer Named in Tennessee Appointment
Edwin T. Sanford of Knoxville Tenn has been chosen as Assistant Attorney General succeeding J C McReynolds who retires Jan 1 Sanford Tenn native UT graduate Harvard College and Harvard Law School was twice vice president of the Tennessee Bar Association and its president last year He is part owner of the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin T. Sanford
Knoxville
Tenn
J. C. McReynolds
Mr. Sanford
Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Tennessee Bar Association
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Claim Half New York City For Kooken Family
The New York City land claim by the Kooken family centers on Manhattan north of seventy first street from the East River to Central Park and beyond to the Hudson, including the Astor estate. Mrs Henry C Kooken, of 212 North Park Avenue, cites a family Bible and other documents as proof and says the 1880s Supreme Court decision favored her ancestors, with a push to pursue inheritance lingering as they hire counsel to press the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Poat
New York
Dec. C
New York City
Kooken
Baron Waldron
Manhattan Island
Seventy-First Street
Daet River
Blackwella Island
Central Park
Stony Island
Hadson River
Harlem River
Astor
Henry C. Kooxen
North Park Avenue
Kookens
Supreme Court
Alice Stands On Head In Harlem Court
Special to The Washington Post New York Dec 21. In Harlem Court Mrs. Humann accuses butcher Witzler of hiding her poodle Alice. The magistrate questions the story, learns Alice is a dog, and the butcher is discharged. Mrs. Humann offers a reward for Alice’s return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Poat
New York
Harlem
Chezies Humann
West Ninety-eighth Street
Joseph Witzler
Mohican Avenue
Bronx
Mrs. Humann
Alice
Larchi ‘Eent
Witzlér
Witaler
Mrs. Human
Stops Insuring Negroes by Metropolitan Life Company
Metropolitan Life will stop accepting new applications from Black policyholders after January 1 due to higher death rates among Negroes. Existing Negro policies may be canceled if lapsed, affecting agents who earned commissions on renewals. Prudential reportedly refrains from accepting Negroes for large policies, with premiums higher than whites. The New York Legislature previously barred racial discrimination by insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Prudential Company
New York Iitc
Fugitive Russian Denies Anarchist Charge
San Francisco December story from Lieut. Col. Vyachelav Petrovsky describes the fugitive denied admission to the United States as an anarchist. He claims to be a martyr for all Russian people and says a military tribunal at St. Petersburg sentenced him to death. He is now out of federal custody and says he left Russia to avoid a death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Vyachelav Petrovsky
United States
St. Petersburg
Petroveki
Boy Killed by Footpad in Philadelphia
Charles Prigge aged 17 was shot and killed tonight by a highwayman who halted him on his way home from work. The mill worker, believed to carry wages, refused a search and fled but was shot in the back. The assailant escaped into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadephia
Charles Prigge
Prigge
Macklin Shot by Negro at Fort Reno
Oklahoma City December 31 Captain A Macklin J S A was shot and dangerously wounded by a negro at Fort Reno that night. Captain Macklin an officer of the Twenty fifth Infantry and connected with the battalion of negro soldiers in the Brownsville shooting incident. He rose from the ranks and was native of North Dakota, appointed from Missouri.
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Fort Reno
Oklahoma City, Oklo
A. Macklin
Edgar A. Macklin
el Negro
Negr
Brownsville
Texas
Macklin
North Dakota
Missouri
Annual stockholder meeting for Capital Traction Company
Stockholders electing directors for the ensuing year will meet on Wednesday January 9 1907 at the company's office Thirty sixth and M streets Northwest Washington D C. The polls open from 9 a m until 12 o'clock noon. Signed H D Crampton G T Dunlop Secretary President
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Traction Company
A. W. Phillip
W. Bowie
J. McCubbin Co
John C McCubbin
Houra
Julius Lansburgh Furniture and Carpet Co
9Th St. Aw
Barton Ewers
WB. Mores & Bonn
Chilblains
Foot Aiimente
DR. Whith
Pennsylvania Avenue
Caddies Guilty of Arson at Columbia Golf Club
A Criminal Court jury found William Krause and William Bridges guilty of arson for burning a Columbia Golf Club storehouse and destroying $3,500 in value. Huston had pleaded guilty earlier and received three years. Brause got two. Bridges faces sentencing. Preston, a colored man, got six months for striking a elevator man with an iron bar. The jury recommended mercy for Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Krause
William Bridges
Columbia Golf Club
David Huston
Huston
Brause
Bridges
Justice Stafford
George T. Preston
John W. Matthews
Government Printing Office
Preston
Weather Outlook and Storm Warnings Report
Weather conditions show a shallow low over the northeast with high pressure in the Northeast and Pacific flow. Snow and rain extend from the Ohio Valley to the Lake region and Appalachians while the Great Lakes and New England see clouds and colder temperatures Saturday. Sunday looks generally fair except the Lower Lakes where snow persists. Pacific storm warnings remain north of Mendocino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Malone
Pacific
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lake
Appalachian
Uiver
Great Lakes
New England
Lake Reglon
Ohio
Midite Missisippi
Stegmerz
European Porta
Tess
Grand Banks
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William H. Feldmeyer
Cioy Street
Dan Wer
Annapolis, Baltimore and
Lira
Dan
Murphy
East Capitol Street
Gotham
Mary F. Remington
Hood
Wiliam Barry
UNION
Plumbers’ Organization
Miss Collinsworth
Miss Layton
Footpad
Tussia
Tharp
Berkeley
N. W
Lansburgh & Bro
Santa
J. J. Kidd & CO
Ninth St. Nv
1320
St. WW
Sivan
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Wholmsale
Mota
Colburn
B. Colburn
Colburn Brothers
Colonado
Ani
Masgruder’s
California
Pr. la
Conn. Ave
K St
Solonial Wine Company
Olon Tal
Wine Company
Ay Ag
Men's Outfitters
Mendocino
Asheville
Atlanta
Biomarck
Mascaz Oo
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
T. Cheyenne
Denver Gale
Davensor
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
Helsas
Mont Galventon
Tex
Indianapolis, Inc
Jacknopgills
Fla
Hansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Marqueteb
Og Memb ‘Tenn
New Orleana Lest
N.Y. North Platte
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Bet. H and I Streets
9Th ST
The
Quality House
Christian Xander
7Th St
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
T Atlantic & Pacifies
the Sunday Post
West End
Pa. Ave. N. W
Wusage
Alendkra
Megiuins
Winhons Sheley Printing Co
Eleventh
E Sis
Adolph Kahn
F St. N. W
Pennsylvania
Xinas
Lena Tine
Kroeger
Bia
Ninth Street
N.W
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