Maryland Railroads Inquiry and State Stock Sale Probe
A Maryland legislative push seeks a joint committee to probe stock sales in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and related railroad dealings. Questions target railroad earnings, trackage, and agreements, amid calls of collusion with buyers. President Murray defends the B&O Washington Branch alongside a broad public works review.
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Woman Burned to Death in Baltimore Home Fire
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Mary E Kless, aged 63, died in a blaze at her residence 616 South Vincent Street Baltimore. The fire gutted the house and she was found with severe burns when rescuers arrived. Cause of the fire was not determined.
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THREE YEARS FOR BIGAMY IN WASHINGTON CASE
Special to The Washington ros Norfolk Virginia February 7 With wives witnessing his discom fit Hunter the former Washington theatrical man pleaded guilty to bigamy arraigned in the Corporation day and received sentence of three years in the penitentiary Hunters conviction may allow a full divorce if she applies in court His second wife Nelile Gri and the brother of the rightful Mrs true are named If Hunter is a good prisoner his sentence may be reduced to one year If the first Mrs Hunter refuses a divorce the future plans remain unsettled
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Court Grants New Trial in Oxford Bond Case
United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and ordered a new trial in the Cintas Bank of Charlotte versus Oxford and Coast Line Railway suit over $20,000 paid for Oxford town bonds. Judge Pritchard warned against subterfuge benefits from others’ property.
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Engineer killed as flagman falls under train wheels
Special to The Washington Post from Harrisonburg Va reports a rear end collision on the Norfolk and Western lines near Rippon Jefferson County W Va. Engineer Owen Menderson of Shenandoah City crushed under his engine. Fireman Leuterbeek injured. Flagman Downey Woods and Button injured. Henderson 40 leaves four children. Wreck blocked road for hours.
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Traffic in charters shocks Norfolk social clubs
A special grand jury report details a scheme where a Norfolk attorney issued and rented certified copies of charters to social clubs before the corporate commission era. The jurors urge prosecution for obtaining money under false pretenses from clubs that rented the charters.
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Road Law in Virginia Lets Courts Appoint Revenue Commissioners
Richmond Feb 7 Both houses debated major reforms with the Senate approving Lassiter Withers road bill and the House passing the cemetery measure with a two year damages window. Early bill to empower courts to appoint revenue commissioners dominated the session amid strong speeches and anticipated passage tomorrow.
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Swanson Signs His First Bill in Richmond
Special to The Washington Pest from Richmond Virginia February 7 Gov Swanson signed the first bill since the current assembly began its session It provides a sinking fund of 74000 dollars to be placed with accruing interest from the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac bonds to anticipate four years of state debt payments The bill passed the senate yesterday and was signed by the governor
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Buttermilk Fad Replaced by Postum Health Claim
Nebraska woman credits Postum Coffee substitute with curing a years long stomach distress, constant headaches, and nervousness after rejecting butter milk. She says coffee worsened her condition and Postum brought permanent relief, with no medicines needed. The note cites Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Sprouse Breaks Jail in Augusta County Prison Escape
Staunton Virginia February 7 Frank Sprouse escapes the Augusta County jail for a second time. He previously fled with fellow prisoner Polgon who was later captured near Lexington. Sprouse was recaptured at Pond Gap aided by a brace of pistols and used a bent iron wrench to unscrew bolts and free himself from the bedstead.
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Coal deal consummated by Maryland investors in Meyersdale area
Special to The Washington Post reports Daniel B. Zimmerman and associates completed the largest coal land purchase by local capitalists. They bought 25,000 acres in the Indiama Creek and Donegal valleys near Meyersdale after months of negotiation. The agreement marks a major expansion for Cumberland capital interests.
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Fire Company to Parade for Washington Birthday Celebrate
Washington Post Bureau reports Alexandria meeting of George Washington's Birthday Celebration Association. District of Columbia fire department will send one truck one steamer one chemical apparatus one combination wagon and a detail of sixty eight men under Chief Engineer B21 on February 22. Expect largest parade yet. executive committee to unveil parade route tonight.
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Mrs Greenwood Dismissed As Jones Point Keeper
Mrs Greenwood, widow of long time Jones Point lighthouse keeper Benjamin Greenwood, is dismissed from temporary post by the Lighthouse Board at month end. Her fans in Alexandria protested, hoping she would succeed her husband. Applicants are said to be several. no successor named yet.
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Alley pistol fired near Reeves as he walked home
Howard W. Reeves of Ola Dominion Glass Company reported a pistol shot near his head on Alfred Street Alexandria about 3 am while walking home from the glass factory. Bradley Johnson and Charles Binney colored men were arrested on suspicion and face a Police Court hearing this morning.
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Horseman James C. Clay Dies on Train Between Baltimore and Washington
James C. Clay sixty five a renowned Kentucky horse breeder died suddenly on a Pennsylvania Railroad train between Baltimore and Washington from heart disease possibly an aneurysm. A grandson of Henry Clay his Lexington farm near Fayette County was a famous thoroughbred stud. He boarded at Washington with a through ticket to New York City and his death was reported to Kentucky authorities.
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Virginia Weddings Wide Roll Of Local Nuptials Across States
Virginia society notes multiple 7 February weddings in Petersburg Richmond Lynchburg Leesburg and surrounding areas. Couples include Miss Anna Ds and Robert O Tate Miss Rosa Elizabeth Johnson and Clarence Rook Mahon Miss Margaret Estella Brown and Richard Taylor Morris Miss Mary Virginia Hough and Oscar E Davis Miss Louise Holcomb Adams and George W Headley Miss Judith Livingstone Carter and Prof John L Hilard Miss Wille Gordon Harvie and David Rice Creecy Miss Kate Riddick Ashburn and Frederic Percy Rawlings Willam Denis Baldwin and Willie Wren Horne amid legal proceedings against Ex Deput y Collector G W Samuel in Greensboro trial context.
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Accused Wife Seized in Male attire Faces Habeas Case
Newport News report states Judge Blackstone stayed ruling in the matter of Mrs. Alice Pennebaum. The 46 year old, arrested at Cape Charles in male clothes, resists transfer to Virginia authorities for return to an asylum near Louisville, Kentucky from which she escaped November 4. She is married to A. H. Vnn, a Middlsboro mine operator. She testified her husband confined her to escape his love for her sister.
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Maryland Obituary Highlights From Feb 7 Notices
Mary land obituaries report multiple marriages and a prominent death. Robert Leand Wharton of St Paul Minn weds Bertha M Miller of Petersburg Va in Maryland at a minister's home. Florence Gilliss of Rockville wed Andrew Perry of Washington at bride’s brother's home. groom works for Washington post office. Rev Milton Valentine D C Lt D Lutheran leader dies in Gettysburg at 81, with long career in Pennsylvania College and Lutheran Seminaries. William Otte longtime Baltimore and Ohio engineer dies at Rockwood after a fatal rupture following duty report.
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