Tax Law Battle and Convict Labor Opposition in Virginia
Virginia senate debates a corporate tax bill proposing a three member commission to tax corporate property on its own basis. A House measure prohibits convict labor under state contracts and sets pay for labor at 75 cents daily, amid revenue and school funding proposals. The session also weighs normal schools, primary election reforms, oyster bed enforcement, and capitol commission pay.
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Fox High
Washington Post
Khinwnd
Senate
Thomas
General Assembly
Thomius
Virginia
Safe Corporation
United States
Louisiana
Glenn
Davis Shoe Company
Gienn
Lion
Ponce William
House
Senate Committee On Public Institutions and Education
Mann Apnn
Senate Committee On
Lynchburg
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Nitin
Assembly Greets Senator Martin at Feb Assembly Session
Senator Martin received a cordial welcome from the assembly as a joint session interrupted proceedings for half an hour. The junior Senator thanked the body for his election during the brief address.
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Assembly
Senator Martin
Washington
Jose Redmond
Martin
Girl Confesses Murder Shocking Bluefield Case
Nora Taylor twelve years old confessed to firing the shot that killed Norfolk and Western brakeman Winfrell Compton near Nemours West Virginia. She said she fired to scare the trainmen and did not know the shot killed until officers arrived. She initially accused her young brother and will be sent to the reform school.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
W. Va
Nora Taylor
Winfrell Compton
Norfolk and Western
Nemours
Reform School
Burned Home of Sheriff Keatley Destroyed by Fire
Hinton West Virginia February 1 The home of Sheriff A J Keatley at Barg er Springs was totally destroyed by fire early today Several family members narrowly escaped death The fire suspected arson started by burning empty boxes soaked with oil placed under a twodies The loss is 10000 with no insurance
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Washington Post
Hinton
W. Va
A. J. Keatley
Barger Springs
Grant Remains in New York City Commands East
Gen. Grant, recently promoted to major general, will stay in New York City in command of the Department of the East as announced by the War Department yesterday. The notice also states Maj. Gen. Wade’s station and duties with the Atlantic division will change at this time.
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Grant
New York City
Department of the East
War Department
Wade
Atlantic Division
Fireman dies as freight wrecks near Sleepy Creek
An east bound Baltimore and Ohio extra freight derailed at Sleepy Creek West Virginia. Engineer Howard S. Hunt, 35, of South Cumberland, was crushed under the engine. Fireman Andrew Moreland of Cumberland, on the tender, escaped after his clothes burned away. Moreland grabbed a torch and warning flare to halt an approaching passenger train. Hunt had made eight trips with little rest. likely fell asleep at his post.
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Washington, Post
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sleepy Creek
W. Va
Howard S. Hunt
South Cumberland
Andrew Moreland
Baltimore and Ohio Express No
St. Louis
Enngineer Hunt
West Virginia to Call Special Legislative Session on Railroads
Governor Dawson announced plans to convene a special session this spring to pass laws regulating railroad matters in West Virginia. Semi official sources say he will blame railroad abuses on the legislature and propose reforms with formal recommendations. Also notes a marriage license issued in Rockville to Charles H Dobbs and Frances J Ward both of Washington. A violent incident in Petersburg, Virginia leaves David Owens dead after an ax blow during a fight at Hawes Camp on the Tidewater Railway. Claude Butler is the alleged killer and Butler escaped.
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West Virginia
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
W. M
Dawson
Sremal
Rockville
Charles Henry Dobbs
Frances Jane Ward
Washington
Petersburg
Val
Hawes Camp
Tidewater
Brunswick County
David Owens
Claude Butler
Butler
Brakeman Killed In Freight Train Crash Near Clarksburg
Special to The Washington Post from Clarksburg W Va reports A brakeman A Wasner on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train was thrown from a car as the train split and rejoined crashing together his head struck a rock and he died instantly Killed by fall of 65 feet Roy Aiken on lease work for South Pennsylvania Oil Company fell from an oil well derrick near Salem sustaining fatal injuries at the hospital tonight
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
A. Wasner
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Rose
Roy Aiken
South Pennsylvania Oil Company
Salem
Susie John Cotton
Duffey
J. Cotton
Jackson
Tenn
Duffy
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
Gorman Wins Victory on Floor Amid Maryland Probe Fight
State Senator Arthur P. Gorman Jr. pushes a measure to empower joint finance ways and means and judiciary committees to investigate the Baltimore and Ohio Washington branch. The plan, backed by Democrats and Republicans against Lee and Perkins, sets a March 19 report deadline. A conference committee named Whyte Straus Poe will conduct the probe. Plus, rail telegraphers eight hour bill and Baltimore streetcar capacity bill advance.
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Washington Post
State House
Annapolis
Arthur P. Gorman, Jr
Finance
Ways and Means
Judiciary
Washington
Baltimore
Ohio
Finance and
Linthicum
Gorman
Lee
Republians
Brewington
Murray
House
Messrs
Goilwin
Fenton
Conference of
Senate
House Judiciary and Finance Committees
Ray
Wiliam Pinkney Whyte
Tsac Lobe Straus
John P. Poe
Baltimore and Giio
Perkins
Parking
Mesers
Hayes
France
Putzel
House Committee On Corporation
Goodwin
Baltimore County
Appeals to the President Over Chesapeake and Ohio Railroads
Virginia letters to President Roosevelt and the Interstate Commerce Commission urge federal review of alleged Pennsylvania Railroad control over Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western and Baltimore and Ohio lines. They seek enforcement of interstate commerce laws and a federal investigation into monopolistic practices in the coal trade. Additional local notices report several deaths, varying ages, in Fredericksburg, Hamilton, Clifton Forge, Winchester, and surrounding counties.
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Richmond
Corporation Commission of Virginia
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Federal Department of Justice
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court of Appeals Convenes in Richmond Va
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals reconvened this morning at 16 oclock with Judges Gorand Pritchard and Purnell on the bench. Case No 580 H Bealmear v Thomas Hutchins et al was argued in error to the Asheville N C circuit court. Arguments presented by H E H Smathers Waynesville and J H MiPROM Amesville North Carolina.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington Po
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Pruadential Insurance Company of America
CotLingham
Caldwell
Caulk Et al
Brown
Wuatson Et al
Milske
Sieiter Manter Company
United Railways and Electric Company of
Pallimore
W. Wehr & Co
Defended Samuel in Wilkes County political row
Greensboro February 14. Trial of ex Deputy Collector G W Samuel for defrauding the revenues resumes in Federal Court with defense by W F P Bynum and ex Governor Aycock and government by A D A Price. Judge Bynum describes Wilkes County Republican party feuding over congressional nomination as motive.
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Washington Post
Greensboro
N. C
G. W. Samuel
W. F P. Bynum
Aycock
Price
Bynum
Wilkes County
Linny
Blackburn
Congress
Samuel
La Belle Deal Falls as Option Expires in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia February 14 a $14 000 000 deal collapsed when La Belle Iron Company directors refused a sixty day extension on Edward N Oll option to buy a majority of the stock at two for one The financier tied up a 25000 forfeit and was a former associate of Alex Thompson late Republic Iron and Steel president with options expiring today on the steel property involved
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
la Belle Iron Company
Edward N. Oll
New York
Woman Found Dead in Lynchburg Park Tragedy Suspected Murder
Miss Lottie Matthews, 18, daughter of Frank Matthews of Lynchburg Grocery Company, was found shot in Rivermont Park. A pistol with five empty cartridges lay nearby, and her dog with pocketbook was found close. An inquest examined her recent talk of suicide, motive, and unanswered questions about injuries. Police investigate possible murder.
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Washington Post
Lynchburge
Earry
Lottie Matthews
Frank Matthews
Lynchburg Grocery Company
Rivermont Park
Will Turn Down Stuart In Federal Appointments
Newport News Virginia reports that a local referee committee member says Collector of Customs Stuart will not be reappointed and that his current post will likely not be confirmed. State Senator Noell is favored for the post likely to be filled. Warsaw Virginia notes a barn fire near Whitestone destroying barn, horses, corn, hay, fodder, and farming tools in a loss around 2400 dollars.
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Washington
Newport News
Stuart
Noell
Washington Post
Warsaw
Wdpire
W. DG. Hathaway
Whitestone
Insurance Agent Arrested in Lynchburg Burglary
Cleland E. Turpin, an insurance agent formerly with T. J. Ingram & Co, was arrested in Lynchburg on a charge of breaking into the letters office. Police answered a burglar alarm and found Turpin there around midnight. Otis France, a youth employed by U. C. Berbrock of Swift Creek Chesterfield County, was instantly killed by a circular saw when a piece of metal struck him in the neck during wood cutting near Petersburg.
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Washington Rose
Lynchburg
Cleland E. Jurpin
T. J. Ingram & Co
Turpin
Washington
Petersburg
Otis France
U. C
Berbrock
Swift Creek
Chesterfield County
France
Miller Woman Receives 30 Days in Jail in Alexandria Case
Pauline Miller was arraigned in Police Court and fined 50 dollars with thirty days imprisonment. The Curtin murder inquiry linked a fight near her premises and a police whistle from an upper story. The State's Attorney suspects she is withholding information valuable to the Commonwealth.
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Washington
Mier
Commonwealth
Randolph Stevenson
Alexandria
Hannah Wallace
Keeper at Jones Point
Henry McCrea informs Alexandria of Jones Point light vacancy due to Benjamin Greenwood's death will be filled by a veteran keeper of twenty two years from an eligibility list not by special examination. No new keeper appointment will be made via special exam. selection comes from existing pool.
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Henry McCrea
United States Navy
Lighthouse Board
Benjamin Greenwood
Jones Point
Virginia and Roanoke area weddings reported
Virginia weddings announced across Fredericksburg Roanoke Luray and Maryland Court of Appeals briefs note Beazley Payne marriage at Rev Williams residence in Fredericksburg Webster Dovel Yaily Hopkins couples wed in Luray and Spottayylvania County and Upland Pa. Court items list several insurance and railway cases in Annapolis with rulings and arguments.
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Fredericksburg
Henry BG. Beazley
Caroline County
Milizabeth Payne
J. A. Williams
Roanoke
W. H. Hamilton
Clifton Forge
Mass
Laura E. Trener
W. J.trener
Nace
Church of Christ
G. W. Johnston
Luray
James WH. Webster
Springfield
Daisy Dovel
Andrew J. Alger
Rileyville
John R. Yaily
Primitive Baptist Church
Frederickshuro
J. & de Jarnette
HH. de Jarnette
Spottayylvania County
Chertsey Hopkins
B. F. Hopkins
Hot Springs
Day
Upland
Walter Cally
Eiopers Elude Parents Vigilance in Winchester Marriage
Miss Bessie M Swartz of Stephenson left home under the pretext of shopping and married Louis Gruber in Winchester with license obtained that day. The ceremony occurred at the Gruber home in the county, officiated by Rev S D Skelton United Brethren Church Winchester Va. Miss Mary Lee of the Lee family remains in critical condition after a fall from a carriage at Millwood Clarke County. George S Wood's body found near Farnum along the B and O tracks. foul play suspected and police investigate. Italian fruit vendors in Washington hire Robert W Wells to test the constitutionality of the hawkers and pedl ers law as interpreted by the jury system.
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Winchester
Mary Lee
Millwood
Clarke County
Robert Randolph
Lee
Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
George 5S
Wood
Baltimore and Ohio
Farnum
Here
Hyattsville
Washington
Robert W. Wells
Refuse to Heal Promises Cure With Purely Vegetable S. S. S.
An advertisement from The Swift Specific Company of Atlanta Georgia claims that a blood purifier called S. S. S. removes the disease’s root, purifies blood, and heals sores and ulcers permanently. It offers a special book and free medical advice to readers who write.
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S. S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta. GA
Cook Remedy CO
Masonic Teriple
Chicago
U.S
Fireman Falls From Cab In Chesapeake Beach Train Incident
Special to The Washington Post from Upper Marlboro reports fireman John Sheehan fell from a cab window aboard a Chesapeake Beach train near Mount Calvert Station while the train traveled twenty five miles per hour toward Hyattsville. He suffered facial cuts and chest pain, declined hospital aid at Chesapeake Junction, and walked to his parents home fearing internal injuries.
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Washington
Kemper Grand Master Elect of Virginia Masons
Virginia Grand Lodge elects officers. Cal Kasciuska Kemper of Alexandria chosen grand master succeeding Thomas N. Davis of Lynchburg. Other officers named include S J Quinn Fredericksburg deputy grand master. John W Hggleston Richmond senior warden. J W Kellam Accomac junior warden. Fred Pleasants mond treasurer. George W Carrington Richmond rotary. William J McCheigney Staunton senior deacon. William L Andrews Roanoke junior deacon. Next meeting slated for Richmond in February 1907.
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Virginia Grand Lodge of Masons
Washington Post
Richmond
Kasciuska Kemper
Alexandria
Masami Grand Lodge
Virginia
Thomas N. Davis
Lynchburg
S. J. Quinn
Fredericksburg
John W. Hggleston
J W Kellam
Accomac
Fred Pleasants
Rotary
George W. Carrington
William J McCheigney
Staunton
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Virginia Railroad Panel
Maryland
Wes
Wirwitpe
Marland
Ren
House Committee On Finance
Montague
George Wayne Anderson
L. Kelley
Capitol
Col
Anderth
Senator Wickham
Jot Bowman
Eugene FH. Clowes
Gov. Montagne
Hosquu
Williamsburg
Annapoli
Jefferson Gilnnell
State Circle
John N. Davis
Grinnell
Spencer, N. C
William Payne
High Point
Bi Ghiyre
Washingtonians
ELL Parts
Dr. Bell
E. E. Sutherland Medicine CO
Paducah
Kentucky
Corman
Bay
Virginia Commission
Bruce Taylor
Middlesex County
James HA. Goodwin
Culpeper County
Rapidan
Linwood Hamin
Orange County
Hamiton
Frank Smith
Lenah
J. J. Kurz
Stafford County
Falmouth
William Smith
D. &. Smith
Bath County
Pittsburg
Elizabeth II
Joseph Wright
Misa Wright
Lincoln
Loudoun County
George Curl
Curl
John Huber
Frederick County
Stephens County
Circuit Court of Appeals
Will
Noels
Hayner Distilling CO
Dayton
ST. Paul
Atlanta
Mont
How
N. Max
Gre
Durrmiser
Troy
Miller
Curtin
Smoot
Francia L. Smith
Er. B. Taylor
Josiah H. D. Smoot
Corporation Court of Alexandria
H. K. Field & Co
Perseverance
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mutual Ice Company
Monaghan
Department of Commerce and
Junbar
Ireland
Belgium
Young Men's Sodality Lyceum
Miss Lee
Tam
Jinq. Ellis
Navy St
Brooklyn
N.Y
W._ A. WRIGHT
Gary
Flas
Kemper
Ratway
Ats
Zell
Zell Drug CO
Galica
OY Ograws Drug Store
Cor, Pa
Ave
Fougern
Marvel
Marvels
Lkdies
Marvel. CO
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