Sparring for Senate in Virginia Primary Battle
In Richmond Virginia the upcoming State and local primaries spark a high profile senatorial contest. Senior and junior candidates Martin and Wise maneuver with governors and campaign staffs as both seek support across counties and cities to shape who will enter the September race.
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Strong
Richmond
Kenry A. Wise
Congress
Martin
Renaper Marin
Washington
Pichwernd
Beth
Pawerven
Senate
Risa
Ds Dowwn
Seratar
Richmond Promdees
iWo
Distillery for Roanoke in Planning Stage
A Roanoke project announces a new distillery plan with early development steps under consideration. Officials describe initial site assessments and regulatory reviews as part of the proposal, aiming to boost local industry and employment.
Slemp, Leaders Confer On Roanoke Campaign
The new Republican State chairman Bascom Slemp met Roanoke leaders to plan an aggressive bid for the legislature. They aim to field candidates in the city and county and energize Republicans across Virginia as Slemp tours the state.
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Roanoke
Washington Post
C. Bascom Slemp
Slemp
Roanoke County
Hoe
Salem
Young Men’s Christian Association Convention Adopts Broad Creed
Petersburg reports the twenty eighth annual State convention of the Y M C A adjourned sine die after a farewell service at Table Street Presbyterian. Gov. Montague attended and praised the association as broad enough for all churches. Other speakers came from Richmond Norfolk Philadelphia and Petersburg. A second item notes the West Virginia Y M C A biennial conference ending with mass meetings, women addressed by Mrs Frank W Ober and men by Harry N Clarke.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Young Men's Christian Association
Table Street
Gay
Montague
Richmond
Norfak
Philadelphia
Cumberland
West Virginia
Fairmont
Harry N. Clarke
Cleveland
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Frank W. Ober
Nt York
M. C A
Harry A. Abbott
Charles H. Luton
Yesterda
Edo Ous
Grafton
Cameron Heels
Washington
Not Guilty of Assault in Virginia Case
Special to The Washington Post reports Claude Vaughan a white man resident of Richmond was acquitted of criminal assault against Florence Muay Roberts in Newport News after a prior mistrial. A second trial yielded a not guilty verdict.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Claude Vaughan
Richmond
Florence Muay Roberts
Man Hanged Self in Outbuilding Near Nicodemus Dreamer
Flermann W. King, 30, an employee of the Western Maryland Railroad, attempted suicide by hanging in an outbuilding at his home near Nicodemus Dreamer. His wife and children found him unconscious, and physicians revived him after prolonged resuscitation. King had recently been despondent. Special to Snewashington Fun. Cumberland, Md., Feb 26: United Mine Workers plan a crusade in the Georges Creek field, with Tonaconing’s Evans Opera House hosting the first meeting Tuesday night. Organizer Nomas Hage toted, imprisoned by Judge Jackson, will speak, joined by National Organizer B. So McGullough and District President Frank J. Druni.
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Washington Post
Hageratown
Flermann W. King
Western Maryland Railroad
Nicodemus
King
Cumberland
United Mine Workers
Georges Creek
Evans’ Opera House
Tonaconing
Jackson
B. So McGullough
Michigan
Frank J. Druni
El Paso Strands Twice Near Chesapeake Bay Outpost
The steamer El Paso from Baltimore to Galveston with a cargo of steel rails ashore at Cut-off Channel in Chesapeake Bay yesterday, was floated but ran aground again today below Seven Foot Knoll. Lugs’ efforts to refloat failed, and it is believed the vessel must be lightered.
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Baltimore
Galveston
Chesapeake Bay
Tobacco market shows high prices and calls for cut in 1905 crop
Richmond reports weekly leaf tobacco sales reaching 250000 pounds with top prices around 26 dollars for sun cured wrappers and 14 dollars for good fillers. Prince Edward planters urge a 25 percent crop reduction for 1905 to keep prices high amid active Danville markets and rising wholesale receipts across Lynchburg Petersburg Danville and South Boston warehouses.
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Prince Edward
Lynchburg
Danville
Washington Post
Richmond
LL. B. Vaughan & Co
Lockett
Prince Edward County
Durham
Petersburg
Boston
Obituaries from Virginia: Lawson Sisston Wright
Newport News reports Robert J. Lawson, 37, died at his mother's home in Hampton of tuber Warsaw. Mrs Annie Sisston, widow of Taliaferro Sisston, died near Haynesville. Maj Claude W. Wright, 54, died at 8:35 pm in Suffolk after a weeklong illness. formerly Suffolk treasurer and captain of the Suffolk Grays, later major of the Fourth Virginia Regiment. Survived by widow, daughter Mary, and four brothers.
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Newport News
Robert J. Lawson
Hampton
Tuber- Warsaw
Annie Sisston
Taliaferro Sisston
Haynesville
Suffolk
Claude W. Wright
Suffolk Grays
Virginia Regiment of Militia
Mary Wright
J. T. Wright
Churchland
Frank Wright
Reginald Wright
Nansemond County
John H. Wright
Roanoke
Authority Vested in the Railway Commission Under State Constitution
The Alexandria brief notes the state corporation commission has broad authority to compel repairs and impose fines after ten days notice. The piece covers car service improvements, bridge construction delays, and the effect on electric streetcars versus steam lines in the Potomac area. It also reports local deaths, a cocaine menace among local residents, a small fire, and a Oklahoma City jealousy tragedy.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Electric Yabway Company
State Corporation Commission
Messrs. Boothe and Harlow
Richmond
Sucd
Potomac
Washington
Maryland Avenue
Highway
Secenie Railway
Fourteenth Street
Mordecai Hurst
Southern Railway
W. Demaine & Son
Yeaterdaut GrnooTs
J. H. S. Ewell
Methodist Protestant Church
Masonic Fraternity
Royal Arcaium
Edgar Padgett
Patrick Street
King
Prince Streets
George K. Pickett
Annandale
TWO SUND AY MURDERS IN MONTICELLO AVENUE CLARKSBURG
Two murders occur in Monticello avenue as a quarrel over a debt of twenty dollars ends with John Jarre shot dead by William Taylor and Joe Cipnic killed in a clubroom. Frank Loren o wounded, three arrests reported. Local notices include Mary Johnson death near Clarksburg and Annie Scott death in Loyds County. Andrew J. French found dead at daughter’s home in Hagerstown. William Henry Ruby editor of Maryland Journal dies at Towson aged seventy five.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Monticello Avenue
John Jarre
William Taylor
Taylor
Joe Cippie
Frank Loreno
Hure
Cipnic
Dominecio Lapeazet
Boyds
Mary Johnson
James Johnson
Lorenzo Watkins
Cedam Grove
Hagerstown
Andrew J. French
Anna Miller
Baltimore
William Henry Ruby
Maryland Journal
Towson
United States
Ruby
Lillie Odell
George Odell
Caudill Acquitted After Murder Trial In Fazewell Va
Calvin Caudill was acquitted of murdering Ebb Henikle in Fazewell Virginia after a jury deliberated hours. The defense claimed he was attacked by four men. the group allegedly fled after Caudill fired first. Separate items note Prince George County Farmers Institute in Laurel Maryland, confirmations at St Phillip's Laurel, and lectures in Cumberland.
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Washington Post
Fazewell
Calvin Caudill
Ebb Henikle
Young Henkle
Candili
Caudill
Central Pennsylvania Evangelical Conference to Meet in Hagerstown
The sixty sixth annual conference of the United Evangelical Church will convene at St. Pauls Evangelical Church Hagerstown beginning Tuesday and continuing to March 6. The gathering includes churches from Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania and some in New York with about eighteen ministers and an equal number of lay delegates attending.
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Washington
Hagerstown
Central Pennsylvania
The
United Evangelical Church
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
W. H. Lilley
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Simmons Found Dead in New York Hotel Apartment
Charles D. Simmons, 52, president of the Simmanyg Keystone Filtering Company, was found dead in his Earlington Hotel rooms. A coroner is investigating after a physician could not diagnose the death. A friend said Mrs Simmons died three weeks earlier and he planned to visit Baltimore.
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New York
Charles D. Simmons
Simmanyg Keystone Filtering Comepany
Earlington Hotel
Simmons
Lowell Convicted In Wild Cat Insurance Scheme
Chicago February 26 W A Lowell prominent promoter of wild cat insurance companies was convicted of obtaining money by false pretenses. He faces imprisonment in the penitentiary for an indefinite period and a fine of 1000 dollars.
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Chicago
W. A. Lowell
Confession in Weymouth Siding murder case in New Jersey
Charles Burns confesses to killing James McMullen during a quarrel over land at Weymouth Siding New Jersey. Burns says McMullen attacked him with a stick during rabbit pen work. Burns struck with a club, killing McMullen and later left the scene, body found last Tuesday.
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Charles Burns
James McMullen
Mays Landing
N. J
Weymouth Siding
McMulle
Burny
McMullen
Burns
Aes
Pilot Association to Appeal to Supreme Court
Norfolk Virginia article says the Virginia Pilot Association will appeal Judge Waddill's ruling to the Supreme Court. The case involves owners of the steamer Donald against Pilot Guy and the Pilot Association over damages from a collision between the Donald and the schooner George Churchman while the Donald was under Pilot Guy's charge. If the decision stands, pilots could bear financial responsibility for accidents to ships under their command.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Virginia Pilot Association
Supreme Court
Waddill
Donald
Pilot Guy
Pilot Association
George Churchman
Bank Failure in Sidney Sparks Grand Jury Action
Sidney Ohio Feb. John H. Wagner president of the defunct German American Bank once with liabilities about 800000 has been arrested charged with embezzlement. Frank L D Ried cashier arrested on a similar charge at Toledo and brought to Sidney. Both arraigned before Mayor Moore pled not guilty placed under 2000 bond. Shortage of 240000 found in the bank’s assets.
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Ohio
John H. Wagner
Frank LD. Ried
Toledo
Hoth
Moore
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