Railroads in Maryland inquiry debated in state capital
State officials push for a joint legislative committee to probe the sale of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal stock amid alleged railroad collusion. Questions are asked of rail interests on earnings, routes, and terminal leases while a separate measure seeks a flat rail rate. President Murray endorses the Washington Branch report as the legislature considers reforms and appropriations.
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Woman Burned to Death in Baltimore Home Fire
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Mary E Kless, age 63, burned to death early this morning alone in her home at 616 South Vincent Street Baltimore Maryland. The fire gutted the house and she was found dead by rescuers burned beyond recognition. The cause of the blaze is not known.
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South Vincent Street
Mary E Kless
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James Coffman
Harrisville
Seaves
William M. Keller
Strasburg Hospital
A. R. Keller
Tomsbrook
Fredericksburg
Susan A. Cox
George L. Cox
Winchester
Samuel Baker
Frederick County
Opequon
Reases
Bristol
Franklin T. Barr
Virginia
Abingdon
W. F. Barr
THREE YEARS FOR BIGAMY IN NORFOLK CASE
Special to The Washington ros Norfolk Va Feb 7 With wives witnessing his discom fit Hunter the former Washington theatrical man pled guilty to bigamy arraigned in the Corporation Court and received sentence of three years in the penitentiary The first Mrs Hunter half agrees to a divorce if her future plans are settled while the second wife Nelile Gri is named The outcome depends on formal divorce action and possible reduction for good behavior
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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 in bonds for Oxford town construction. Judge Pritchard warned against profiting from another’s property without compensation, signaling a shift against subterfuge and technicality.
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Oxford and Coast Line Railway
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William F. Lucas
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Columbia
A. T. Smythe
Charleston
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P. A. Wilcox
Florence
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Engineer killed as flagman falls in fog near Rippon
Special to The Washington Post reports a rear end collision on the Norfolk and Western Enandoah division near Rippon Jefferson County W Va a flagman fell while stopping a freight train in darkness his lanterns extinguished by the fall the engineer Owen Menderson Shenandoah City was crushed under his engine and died instantly four children survive him three others injured including W I Downey and L R Woods fireman Leuterbeek and Button injured in the crash The wreck halted traffic for hours and Henderson aged 40 died leaving four motherless children
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Rippon
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Traffic in Charters Shocks Norfolk County Court Probers
Disclosures from a special grand jury in Norfolk reveal an attorney operated a charter traffic scheme. He allegedly copied and rented certified charter numbers to social clubs, urging prosecutions for money obtained under false pretenses. Other notices report multiple obituaries from Woodstock Winchester Bristol and Richmond with brief death details.
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Norfolk
Washington Post
Corporation Commission
Road Law in Virginia Aimed at State Aid and Courts
Richmond Feb 7 Both houses debated major measures on road funding and revenue appointments. The Lassiter Withers road bill passed the Senate, while the Early plan to empower courts to appoint commissioners faced long House discussion. Amendments on cemetery damages and Mann liquor law petitions flooded in from across Virginia as railroads fought the measures amid shifting charters and a push for state highway authority.
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Gen
Swanson Signs His First Bill in Virginia
Richmond Feb 7 the first bill signed by Gov Swanson and the first to bear his official stamp since the assembly began would create a sinking fund of 74000 dollars to be placed with 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 questioned by Nebraska woman gains
A Nebraska woman credits Postum Coffee with curing years of stomach distress, headaches, and nervousness after eschewing buttermilk. She recalls nearly two weeks without nourishment before switching from coffee to Postum, which she says rebuilt her health and ended her ailments. The ad cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan, and mentions the book The Road to Wellville.
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Sprouse Breaks Jail From Augusta County Prison
Staunton Virginia February 7 1900 Frank Sprouse escapes from Augusta County jail. He had served a term and previously fled six months ago with inmate Polgon who was captured near Lexington. Sprouse was recaptured near Pond Gap by Jailer Bucher using a bent iron wrench to unscrew bolts from his bedstead.
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Lexington
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Coal Deal Consummated in Meyersdale Area
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland February 7 Daniel B Zimmerman and associates completed the largest coal land purchase by local capitalists acquiring 25000 acres in the Indiama Creek and Donegal valleys Meyersdale section The deal had been pending for months and marks a major regional energy investment
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Daniel B. Zimmerman
Fire Company to Parade February 22 in Alexandria
George Washington's Birthday Celebration Association of Alexandria reports District of Columbia fire department will send a truck steamer chemical apparatus one wagon and a guard of sixty eight men under Chief Engineer Belt in the February 22 parade. Officials expect the 1906 demonstration to be the largest yet in Alexandria with parade route to be announced at Friendship Hall tonight.
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Mrs Greenwoods Dismissal As Jones Point Keeper
Mrs. Greenwood, named temporary keeper of the Jones Point lighthouse after her husband Benjamin Greenwood died, will be dismissed at month’s end by the Lighthouse Board. Her husband served over forty years, and Alexandria residents hoped she would succeed him. A petition from citizens supported the bid, and several applicants are now considered for the post.
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Gunfire in alley near Alexandria head as man fired upon
Howard W. Reeves of Ola Dominion Glass Company heard a pistol shot in an alley between Queen and Cameron streets while walking home on Alfred Street about 3 am. The bullet narrowly missed his head. Bradley Johnson and Charles Binney, both colored, were arrested on suspicion and will face a police court hearing this morning.
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Lieut. Smith
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Alexandria
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Bradley Johnson
Charles Binney
Horseman James C. Clay Dies on Train
James C. Clay fifty five? sixty five? a renowned Kentucky breeder died on a Pennsylvania Railroad train between Baltimore and Washington. The grandson of Henry Clay and son of James B. Clay, he lived near Lexington at a famed piney Fayette County Stud Farm. Dead from heart disease likely an aneurysm, his body taken to the morgue after a rapid collapse aboard the Pullman car.
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Marshal Fearnan
Kentucky
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New York City
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Fayette County
Henry CIA
James JB. Clay
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Virginia Weddings Across Cities Feb 7
Virginia wedding notices from Petersburg to Greensboro report multiple ceremonies on Feb 7. Couples include Miss Anna Dyson with Robert O. Tate in Petersburg. Miss Margaret Estella Brown with Richard Taylor Morris. Miss Mary Virginia Hough with Oscar E. Davis in Moulton Iowa. and others in Richmond Lynchburg Leesburg Tow.
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Robert O. Tate
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Elizabeth Johnson
B. L. Johnson
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Sue Virgin & Carter
Clare. Carter
Frank Livesey
Pattie Elizabeth Russell
Kerwan Plimmer Phillips
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Pr. Mayhee
Margaret Estella Brown
Richard Taylor Morris
W. C.taylor
Leesburg
Mary Virginia Hough
Moulton
Oscar E. Davis
Laura Lake
Middleburg
Loudoun County
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Louise Holcomb Adams
W. D. Adams
George W. Headley
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C. C. Wertenbaker
Judith Livingstone Carter
John L. Hilard
John Sullivan
Oak Grove
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Urbana Academy
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Grace Street Presbyterian Church
Wille Gordon Harv
John Blair Harvie
David Rice Creecy
Suffolk
Kate Riddick Ash
Ashburn
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Rocky Mount
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Joseph B. Gunn
St. Pauls
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John D. Fry
Lovettaville
Loudoun
Charles HE. Gounty
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Joseph M. Conard
Lovettsville
W. G. Baldwin
Railway Detective Associayment
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Canada
Woman in male dress faces habeas corpus delay in asylum case
Mrs. Alice Pennebaum of Middlsboro Kentucky was arrested at Cape Charles Virginia wearing male clothing as she fights habeas corpus to avoid return to an asylum near Louisville. Judge Blackstone reserved ruling as Edward Hester reports from Ashley Ohio. She testified her husband A H Pennebaum sought to remove her because he loves her sister, leading to confinement.
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Edward Hester
Ashley
Ohio
Blackstone
Alice Pennebaum
Cape Charles
Virginia
J. W. Stevens
Louisville
Hennebaum
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Maryland Obituary Highlights Marriages and Deaths
In Mary land two nuptials are reported with details of ceremonies in Maryland towns and at Washington. Robert Leand Wharton of St Paul and Bertha Miller of Petersburg wed in Rockville, with Rev. Campbell officiating. Florence Gilliss and Andrew Perry marry near Rockville, officiated by Rev. McGuire, and plan to live in Washington. Rev Milton Valentine, noted Lutheran church figure, dies at Gettysburg aged 81 after a long career in academia and theology. William Otte, Baltimore and Ohio engineer, dies at Rockwood after a fatal medical event at work.
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Robert Leand Wharton
St. Paul
Joseph H. Gilliss
Philip McGuire
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Rockville
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Washington
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Milton Valentine
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