Miles Story Denied by Confederate Chaplain Over Miles Prisoner Role
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia reports Penh 3 Rev Dr William Jones chaplain of the United Confederate Veterans and friend of President Jefferson Davis challenges Gen Nelson A Miles recollections. Jones asserts Miles was never directed by Davis but empowered to use irons on Davis and quotes Davis letters as evidence. He criticizes Miles and cites Davis and War Secretary Stanton on the prisoner issue while recounting Davis’s reaction to Miles’s actions during the war.
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Fire destroys mill owned by Frank Gould on James River
Fire early today destroyed the Armory rolling mill along the James River between Richmond and Aichester. The mill, recently acquired by Frank Gould, suffered about 30,000 in damage. Losses were covered by insurers Tav erpool and London. Repairs are anticipated.
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Cumberland Water Free Reassessment Proposed by Council
Special to The Washington Bat Cumberland Md Feb An investigation by Marty Wo Wihrumsen representative of the Cumberland water boat shows that there are newly 140 peapis paying for water drawn from the river by four men in Cumberland This measure is a class of about $2100 revenue if you tieety All classes bre among licensees who have been receiving free water including ministers lawyers and business men the council will be asked to pass an ordinance presiding to use new schedule of charges to and for a complete res
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Tug Abandons Effort in Chesapeake Rescue Debacle
Special to The Washington cia reports a derelict tug off the coast near False Cape failing to reach a distress vessel. The boat, named the Anthony DM Anthony, breaks apart as water floods its hold. The Hudson, en route to Orfulk, abandons effort after a rough sea and a broken plan. Nearby, concerns rise over a possible “Mute” organization threatening horse thief John Blackburn, with authorities pursuing him near Three Forks. Constable Emmanuel Saum dies at his home in Hagerstown from frozen feet, aging sixty. Henry Beckley, a retired farmer, dies in Berkeley County, W Va after paralysis, survived by his second wife and three children.
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Berkeley County
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Suffered for Months Ends with Cuticura Cure
Mrs Nellie Vander Wiele of Lakeside New York writes that months of awful facial sores and itching ceased after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She reports instant relief from the first application and full recovery after two cakes of soap and three boxes of ointment.
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Farmer Accused of Murder in North Carolina
Special to The Washington Post. Wilmington NC Feb 5. J W Collins a Columbus County farmer surrendered after a 16 year old boy Jeff Davis was found dead in a mill pond with a broken neck and severe injuries. Collins bound the boy to age 21 by court and fled when suspicion grew over a liquor knowledge motive. A warrant was issued and a streamer was sent to Funston for his capture to stand trial in Columbus.
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Tobacco trade and prices hold firm amid cold snap across Virginia
Tobacco markets across Virginia report light receipts and steady to rising prices due to severe winter weather. Richmond and Lynchburg see limited shipments with 50 000 pounds daily on the Richmond exchange, wraps fetching up to 23 dollars per hundred and fillers around 14, while Danville Petersburg and Durham note light to moderate demand. Analysts foresee continued tight supplies until a better season, with insurers and road conditions as key factors.
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Boston
Aimed Gun in Woodland Church Triggers Assault
William Walker class leader faced a revolver threat from James Tiehman in the Woodland Methodist Church near Frostburg. Tiehman then struck Walker with a blackjack as the service broke up, later arrested with a pistol and blackjack. Walker, injured but recovering, is urged to press murderous assault charges.
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Joseph Spiker
Frank L. Clymer
Midlothian
Norfolk Harbor Snowbound and Ice Choked Shutting Waterway
Norfolk Virginia suffers a prolonged cold snap with harbor ice making navigation impossible for small craft. Sleeting weather floods streets, cripples boats and timber mills, and triggers emergency fuel appeals as workers face hunger while oyster packers pause.
Death of Gen Clarence L Smith WV National Guard Commander
Brig. Gen. Clarence L. Smith longtime commander of the West Virginia National Guard died at 11 AM from a nervous disorder. He contracted the illness during the Spanish American War when he led the First West Virginia Regiment. He had been invalid for three years, with some rallies but no lasting strength. He was 55, a Marion County Democrat with a wife and two sons Earl and Ned. Earl edited the Fairmont Times. Ned studied at the University of Virginia. Funeral is set for Wednesday with many military figures expected to attend.
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University of Virginia
Grain Elevators Burn at Tjamsville Frederick County Md
Early morning fire destroys a large steam flour mill and two grain elevators owned by W H Turner in Tjamsville near Frederick on the Baltimore and Ohio line. Loss includes 2500 bushels of wheat 400 barrels of flour 200 barrels of corn and 22 tons of feed with total value around 330 000 and about half insured Frazzell creamery nearby sustains 4000 damage Special to The Washington Times Winston Salem N C Feb Thomas A Wilson bank cashier dies of Brights disease at fifty two He was the eldest son of the late Judge Thomas Wilson and leaves a wife and two children
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Frazzell Creamery
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People's National Bank
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Offer to Kidney Sufferers From Dr Shoop’s Restorative
An advertisement promotes Dr Shoop’s Restorative claiming to cure kidney trouble by strengthening the nerves that control the kidneys. It outlines a free-book offer and a dollar bottle trial, with orders to Dr Shoop Box F146 Ra loa Wis and mentions multiple books on related topics.
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Khoomattam
Gas Waste in Kansas Towns Laughs at Steam Power
Special correspondence reports vast natural gas waste in Southern Kansas gas towns. Whistles and fires burn constantly in shops, factories, hotels, and public buildings. Hotels race to keep gas grates blazing to outdo rivals while prices fall to three cents per thousand cubic feet.
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Just His Usual Luck in a Chicago Rus Style Exchange
A Chicago Daily style snippet shows Mr Makinbrakes praising a young mother’s first child, a girl, amid curious banter about gender expectations and family dynamics. The dialogue touches on boys versus girls, family life, and a brief aside about earache.
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Fragmentary dialogue on reputation and breech-loaders
A bronzed old soldier recalls a near miss and a gun accident. He notes the crowd at the opposite end got all the reputation as breech-loaders complicate pinpointing the source of fame or danger.
Senators and Members Now in Washington
A long roster lists Senators and Representatives in Washington with their offices and addresses across The Arlington The Normandie The Riggs The Hamilton and other landmarks, naming many names and residences for lawmakers grouped under The Senate and Officers of the Senate.
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Name list of hotel and house officers, with ties to multiple cities
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Strange Costume Credited to Bill Hall of Lancaster Mo
An odd tale from Lancaster Missouri centers on a man named Bill Hall and a strange costume. The fragment describes a great horse and a performer associated with a town event and local courthouses, with several garbled phrases about misfortune and costumes.
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