Virginia Senate Passes Rail Merger Bills and likely House action
Four railroad merger bills were passed by the Virginia Senate after waiving the three readings rule. One measure was withdrawn and replaced by a Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway plan. Debate focused on railroad duties under new charters and a constitutional amendment proposal to curb corporate influence in legislature.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Senate
Wickham
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
William J. Leake
Road
House of Delegates
Finance Committee
Pembroke Pettit
House
General Assembly
United States
Keezell
Yardwell
Corporation Commission
Byrd
Winchester
Darly
Greene
Johnson
Montgomery
Sims
Joulsa
Sears
Mathews
Strange Adventure Trion Auta Led to Paratal Accident
Bucklen Arnica is promoted as a remedy for wounds and injuries from an odd adventure incident. The ad-style claim suggests arnica ointment heals all wounds and guarantees safety, though the wording is garbled and sensational.
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Bucklen
Junior Order U A M elects NC officers and plans orphanage
Salisbury news confirms State officers elected for the Junior Order United American Mechanics with Z P Smith Raleigh as past state councilor and R T Poole Troy as councilor. Tax per capita raised 25 percent. Daughters of Liberty adopted as auxiliary. Orphanage to be built. Durham and Salisbury bid.
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Washington, Post
Salisbury
N. C
State Council
United American Mechanics
Fayetteville
Z. P. Smith
Raleigh
R. T. Poole
Troy
Charles & Lee
Asheville
Samuel F. Vance
Winston-Salem
R. H. Fulgham
Wilson
George Vv. Fulp
Jernersville
W. T. Brooks
Haw River
T. D. Brown
Sentinel
W. T. Garvis
Charlotte
Seninel
W. T. Bates
Columbia
Durham
Explosion at Floyd courthouse shocks Virginia town
In Roanoke Virginia on February 22 unknown attackers attempted to blow Floyd courthouse after adjournment. The blast damaged the rear wall near the judge seat while Circuit Court presided by Judge W W Moffett heard Fred Hoback’s new trial for the killing of hotel keeper John L Jett. Hoback had just bail granted by the court. His supporters claim the dynamite was aimed at him, stirring strong local bitterness.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Floyd
Circuit Court
W. W. Moffett
Supreme Court
John L. Jett
State Penitentiary
Hoback
Wife of Loomis Leaves for California After Mysterious Note
Parkersburg West Virginia February 22 a note on the susp ension bridge at Cincinnati Ind indicated BE Loomis of New York whose wife was visiting her mother here had died by his own hand jumping from the bridge No further evidence found and Mrs Loomis left for California confident her husband is alive and waiting There was money for her trip from an unknown source and a telephone warning arrived after she started west
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California
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cincinnati
BE. E. Loomis
New York
Wheeling Enforces Local Gambling Crackdown
In Wheeling West Virginia February 22 gathering officials report a city wide lid on gambling dens after Prosecuting Attorney Schenk issued the order. Last Sunday police refused Sunday theater performances prompting a clash between county and city officials reflected in today’s actions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Schenk
Maryland State House News Briefs From Annapolis
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad committee met in Annapolis but adjourned without organization. Eleven members attended, including Republicans Baker Fenton Dorton, who split votes for chairman between Lee and Benson. Four ballots yielded no choice. Dorton backed Fenton. The Goldsborough cigarette bill failed in the House by 47 to 45 after strict party lines. A Chesapeake Bay dredging bill was proposed to be blocked for two years with tonging allowed. Washington’s Birthday was observed with a reading of the Farewell Address.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections Today
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Sale
Senate
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Norfolk
Newport Newa
Bureau of Insurance
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Greene
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Scott
Rappahannock
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Loudoun
Gregory
College of William and Mary
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Washington Post
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Montgomery
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Perkins
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Seth
Gorman
Ray
Goodwin
Washington
Henson
Baltimore
Maryland
Judiciary Committee
Baltimore City
Linthicum
Chesapeake Bay
General Assembly of Virginia
Maryland Oyster
Pootomac River
House of Delegates
Confessed to Murder After Death at Poorhouse
Winston-Salem reports Smith Martin aged negro dying at Stokes County poorhouse confessed long ago killing a white man. He said he cut the heart out and burned it. He died unrepentant declaring he would go to hell for his sins until death.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
Smith Martin
Stokes County
N. C
Thomas Snider
Smithtown
Snider
Baptist Minister Fined In Parsons Misdemeanor Case
Rev William Holt and his wife were convicted of a misdemeanor in Parsons West Virginia. Holt claimed Baptist ministry and affiliation with the American Bible Society while itinerating through counties. The couple appeared before the mayor and were fined heavily.
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Parsons
W. Va
Washington Post
Cumberland
William Holt
Pittsburg
Holt
Baptist Church
American Bible Society
West Virginia
Mine Explosion Inquiry Moves Grand Jury for March 7
Special to The Washington Post Charleston Kanawha County will convene a grand jury on March 7 to probe the Detroit Mine disaster at Paint Creek Colliery Company where eighteen men died January 18. Coroner’s inquest charged Deputy Mine Inspector Hill Mine Superintendent Miner and Mine Boss Townsend with involuntary manslaughter. each posted 2500 bond. Damages totaling 140000 were filed against the company by victims’ executors.
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W. Va
Burdett
Circuit Court
Kanawaha County
Detroit
Paint Creek
This County
B. H. Hill
John E. Miner
Townsend
Alaaster
Virginia Obituary and County Marriages Reported
Fredericksburg reports the death of Mrs Amanda Collina widow of Dennia Colling aged fifty eleven. She leaves one son and five daughters. Heathsville notes weddings Kenes Rock with Beatrice Woolard of Richmond County and Judith Livingstone Carter with Prof John L Hilliard. Also Charles Howie and Ada Louise Boulware wed at Libberty Church. Wade Fors ter and Annie W Sterlings married at Gloucester Court House Episcopal Is. A Seaboard Air Line survey team led by engineer Nichol s McBee with eighteen assistants completed a 30 mile extension survey from East Arcadia to Southport NC.
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Amanda
Collina
Dennia Colling
Heathsville
Kenes Rock
Beatrice Woolard
Richmond County
R. A. D. Reynolds
Judith Livingstone Carter
John L. Hilliard
John Bullivan
Charles Howie
Ada Louise Boulware
George T. Boulware
Lilberty Church
Caroline County
Henry P. Atkins
Richmond
Wade H. Forster
Mathews County
Annie W. Sterlings
Gloucester County
Gloucester Court House
Wiliam B. Lee
Seaboard Air Line
Wilmington
N. C
Jichols McBee
Eaboard Air Line
East Arcadia
Southport
Eloping Bride and Groom Marry In Galloping Carriage Chase
In Bristol Tennessee on February 22 a bride Elizabeth Clark and groom F M Tate were married at midnight in a carriage as an irate mother pursued them in a second carriage. Rev W H T Squires officiated during the gallop through streets, the ceremony held in motion before a hurried escape. The groom works for the South and Western Railway at Cutport. The bride is from Max Meadows Virginia. The mother pursued the couple after losing them at the depot and the race lasted about an hour ending with the couple back at the hotel where the bride played the wedding march on the piano.
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Bristol
Tenn
Elopers
Dilizabeths Clark
Max Meadows
Wythe County
F. M. Tate
South and Western Railway
Cutchport
Miss Clark
Wrthe
W. H. T. Squires
Central Presbyterian Church
Plano
Battle Flag Restored at Norfolk Blues Banquet
Congressman John Lamb returns the torn banner to the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues at their anniversary banquet in Norfolk. Capt. M. C. Keeling receives the flag. Toasts honor Pro Patria, the Navy, the Army and Marines, the City of Norfolk, Battery, the Judiciary, and the Ladies.
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Weenie Mae
Norfolk
Hpb
John Lamb
Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
Capt. Lamb
M. C. Keeling
R. R. Prentiss
Head severed from body in Newport News crossing
Aged Melvina Pugh was killed while crossing a Hampton Roads Traction car track in Newport News Virginia. Coroner's jury ruled accidental kicking and exonerated the motorman. Other brief notes include a fatal stillhouse fire in Stokes County North Carolina and a patrolman suspended in Suffolk for clubbing a man.
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Washington Post
Melvina Pugh
Hampton Roads Traction Company
Washington Produce Market Prices and Livestock Quotes
The Washington market reports wholesale prices for butter eggs and dairy products, live poultry and dressed meats with quotes from Virginia to Western regions. It covers beef hogs and lambs with steady or firm trends, plus fruit vegetables and canned goods pricing and notes on shipments and regional factors.
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Southern
Western
Frste
New York State
New
Essler
California
Florida
Confessed to Forgery in Norfolk Police Court
Norfolk Va February report shows W P Hanshaw of Tazewell admitted forging his brother in law’s name on a $62 check. He surrendered to police, saying conscience bothered him. He was remanded to jail for investigation of the claim.
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Norfolk
W. P. Hanshaw
Tazewell
Inraw
Hanshaw
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N. Y. Ave
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New York Stock Exchange
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Lynn, Wail & Co
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M. J. Sage & CO
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Vaucase
Miescart Corporation
American National Book
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John A Swop Ellis Bpear
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Thomas Bradley
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14Th & Gite
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Fuentiara
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Washington Mortgage Loan Co
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