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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1906

Page

47

Virginia Immigrant Labor Plan Aims to Aid Farms

Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va January report outlines a proposed Virginia plan to import 30 000 to 40 000 able bodied immigrants from London and parts of Europe to work farms. Commissioner Koiner seeks state funding to hire agents abroad to recruit labor and arrange steamship passage with repayment after settlement. The plan envisions a state employment agency linking farmers with immigrants and notes discussions with London officials and the Lord Mayor of London.

Washington Post Richmond Tonden Virginia Koiner West Virginia Pennsylvania London Brolmer Paa Brine Brush Komner Pomdon Morgan Agrinlaure William J. .Oulsby

Virginia hotel men push for new statewide law

At the Virginia Hotel Association meeting in Monticello the new officers were announced with Charles J. Consulate as president and a plan to lobby the legislature for a general hotel law. The aim is protection against deadbeats overcharging and guest property losses, backed by a hotel committee and coordinated with traveling men. Eugene E L Clawes urged stronger ties between hoteliers and travelers.

Washington Post Nurtulk Lui Vere Tosmin Tee Monticella Hotel Charles H. Conssolve Charles J. Consolve Norfolks AH. Paxton Natural Bridge J HW Callahan Chase City John Murphy Richmend Bost Bey J. M. Hanrahan Roonrddo Whch Eugene EL. Clawes The Travelers’ Protective Assquaten

Virginia Debt Settlement and Insurance War Trends

Virginia debt settlement unfolds with John B Moon as chair of the Virginia debt commission and New York pending final papers. Litigation may honor court awards while state authorities pursue all parties in Virginia. Separate notes discuss anticipated laws to curb insurance company combinations and a Montgomery County anti-saloon push targeting speakeasies amid alcohol debate. A rail incident reports engineer James Lucas killed when his fast freight engine overturned near Spartanburg Junction.

Washington Richmond John B Moon Charlottesville Chatrlain Virginia Debt Commis Joseph Button New York Virginia Ena Spencer NW. C James Lucas Greenville S&s. C Fair Forest Spartanburg Junction

Danville Fohacke Plant Sold to Gravely Co of Danville

Special to The Washington Post reports the R H W Fish tion Company tobacco factory in Roanoke, the oldest in the state and the only Roanoke tobacco plant, has been sold to FP Gravely & Co of Danville, manufacturers of plug tobacco. Also noted is the death of J R Nelson, sixty, an employee at Salisbury cotton mills, who collapsed at work yesterday afternoon.

Washington R. HW. Fishtion Company Roanoke Gravely & Co Danille Mill Yard Neir Washington Post Salsbury N. C J. R. Nelson Salisbury Cotton Mills

Three Maryland Trust officials posted bail in fraud case

J Bernard Scott former treasurer and Henry J Bowdoin former vice president posted $10,000 bonds in Baltimore Criminal Court after being named by the grand jury on fraud charges. J Wilcox Brown former president, based in Virginia, has not yet been arrested but is expected to bond soon. Indictments pending as January term awaits grand jury decisions with possible wider involvement of high placed financiers.

Baltimore J. Bernard Scott Maryland Trust Company Henry J. Bowdoin J. Wilcox Brown Virginia Owens

May Not Change Sewer in Alexandria District

The Commissioners prepared a report on the House bill to extend the District sewer six miles downstream from Magazine Point. A new pumping station at Magazine Point would be needed to lift sewage six feet, risking river contamination as population grows, though the bill is expected to be disapproved.

House Fe Alexandria Magazine Point Congress McComb Sewer Department

Accused by Six Girls In Holiness Minister Case

Raleigh January 2 Governor Glenn has not sought aid from Pennsylvania on N I Glenn once of Forsythe County charged with criminally assaulting six girls ages thirteen to seventeen he is said to have posed as a holiness minister The warrant names Rebecca Billington and Pearl Hairstone age fourteen as victims Mary Hairstone says Glenn caused her husband to leave her

Raleigh N. C Glenn Pennsylvania N. I. Glenn Forsythe County Rebecca Billington Pearl Hairstone Mary Hairstone

McGuffin Trial Delayed in Covington Court

Special to The Washington Pis Curton Forge January 4 The Allegheny circuit Court of Covington Sunday postponed the trial of ex Policeman H B McGuffin for alleged theft of diamonds valued at several thousand dollars and 600 in currency until next Monday due to a missing witness The case charging him with stealing ladies wear from Mrs A P Burgwyn of Pittsburg formerly of Washington was continued until February 6 Bond was set at 5000 but he may not be able to furnish bail

Washington Curton Forge Covington MccCuffin McGuffin A. P. Burgwyn Pittsburg Anderson

Preacher Convicted in Newport News Forgery Case

In Newport News Virginia on January 3 Rev W C Lively a black preacher was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for forgery. He was indicted on several forgery charges but tried on one for forging the names of W H Grant and W H Dickens to a twenty one dollar note. The case of Rev W H Gilles an alleged accomplice was nol pros.

Newport. News Corporation Court Today W. C. Lively Fie W. H. Grant W. H. Dickens The Commonwealth Nolle W. H. Clilles Philadelphia Lively

Ruffner trial begins in Page County court

In Page County Virginia on January 3 the Ruffner murder trial opened in circuit court with Judge T W Harrison presiding. The defendant Les ter Ruffner is accused of fatally shooting his uncle Isaac Ruffner on November 24. Four eyewitnesses testified starting with Keller, and night sessions continued as the case moved quickly.

Washington Luray Lester Ruffner Isaac Ruffner Page County T. W. Harrison Winchester Ruffner Keller

Virginia Obituary Notices From Staunton Fredericksburg and Danville

Obituary notices report Miss Mary Julia Garber of Staunton dying of consumption at 41 after a brief illness daughter of John M and Mrs Garber. In Fredericksburg William Leadon a Stafford County resident dies of Brights disease at Widewater aged four years. Danville telegrams announce Mrs A K Montgomery sister of former NC Governor Scales and aunt of J NWright of Danville passing at Reidsville NC.

Reidsville N. C A. KE. Montgomery Scales North Carolina J. N. Wrile

Maryland Legislature Opens with Narrow Speaker Victory

Gov Warfield’s message and Democrats narrowly winning the speaker race dominated Maryland’s opening session. Meyer of Carroll, ill at home, was flown in by special train after a late bid to sway independents. Benson won 51 votes to 47 for Fenton, with Smith at 3 as Republicans held firm. The Senate end to deadlock came when Claggett backed Seth for president, and both houses adjourned toward next week’s nominations.

Meyer Carroll Fenton Washington Post Annapolis Warfield Maryland House Queen Anne County James K. Roberts Prince George Sam Driver Congressman Mudd Queen Anne Smith B. N. Fenton Montgomery Benson Senate Claggett Seth Murray van Diver

Warfield attacks Maryland legislature extravagance and lobbying

Gov Warfield urges economy and reform in Maryland as he blasts 1904 legislative expenses totaling 185 552 55 and payroll costs of 118 460 50 for 198 officers and clerks. He calls for a strict corrupt practices act, tighter enrollment rules, and strong anti lobbyist measures to curb graft and voter disenfranchisement. Newport News report notes bail for M B Breednax in fatal case. J W Broadnax acts as bail bondsman.

Washington Post Annapolis Warfield Maryland General Assembly Senate House Alther House

Buchanan Convicted in Norfolk for False Pretenses

W S Buchanan of Louisa County Virginia was sentenced in the Norfolk corporation court to fifteen days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs for obtaining goods under false pretenses from Wilson and Company of Philadelphia. He was arrested at the National Soldiers Home Hampton and brought to Norfolk after failing to post bond.

Washington Post Norfolk Buchanan Louisa County Corporation Court Wilson and Company Philadelphia National Soldiers Hampton United States Overman North Carolina Congress Kentucky West Virginia New York Buchranan

Perished in flames at upper Markbors farm

Thomas Wickham, about fifty, a mechanic, burned to death in a small farm house on Thomas Magruder's near Glenn dale, Saturday at 7:30. A colored boy testified Wickham had been intoxicated and brought whisky inside. Jury of inquest summoned. theory that a lamp caused the fire. Wickham left three brothers.

Washington Post Upper Markbors Thomas Wickham Thomas Magruder Glenndale Benjamin H. Cross Seabrooke T. Howard Duckett Wickham

John H. Atkinson dies in West Virginia fading delegate from 1856

John H. Atkinson, the sole surviving Virginia delegate to the first Republican nominating convention in 1856, died at his New Cumberland home at 6 PM aged 84. Born in Ohio in 1809, he moved to New Cumberland at age seven and played a role in West Virginia statehood during the Civil War before retiring from public life. He fell ill shortly before death but had no prior acute illness.

Virginia Washington Post Wheeling W. Va New Cumberland John H. Atkinson Mr. Atkinson Ohio West Virginia

Wright Held On Murder Charge In Payton Case

Special to The Washington Fest Fairmont West Virginia January 4 Frank Wright was committed to jail without bond awaiting the March grand jury action. He is charged as an accessory to the murder of Jacob N Payton alleged to have occurred at Mannington last July. Payton's wife, now Mrs Wright, was tried in December but the jury failed to reach a verdict. If indicted, Wright and his wife will be tried in March.

Washington Post Newport News M. B. Breednax Frank Smith Corporation Court J. W. Broadnax Manchester Herrisman Wright Paris Hke Berlin France Germany Morocco

Maryland Weddings in Rockville and Winchester Notes

Rockville Jan 3 Henry J Krouse of Washington and Miss UWable Lee ing of Burtonsville wed in minister Smith s home with close friends present. Bride s father Samuel T Harding a farmer from Bartonsville. Also Rockville reports Lawrence Andrew Snyder age 21 and Anna Margaret Burgess age 18 both of Baltimore wed yesterday by Rev EB Prettyman, followed by Charles BE Kelley 24 of Washington and Jule II Armor 25 of Pittsburg. In Maryland baptism at Middletown water from Jordan used. infant Annie Bernice Harris daughter of Rev and Mrs Carlton D Harris of Baltimore baptized by three ministers at home.

Rockville Henry J. Krouse Washington Uwable Lee Aing Burtonsville Mr. Smith Burtonsville Methodist Episcopal Church South Samuel T. Harding Bartonsville Lawrence Andrew Snyder Anna Margaret Burgess Baltimore Eb, Br, Prettyman Methodist Episcopal ‘Church South Charles Be, Kelley Jule II Armor Pittsburg Jordan Washington Post Winchester David Harris Middletown County Annie Bernice Carlton D. Harris Southern Methodist Church Palestine

Bull’s Horns Boost Health by Cutting Coffee

A former woven wire inspector attributes his recovery from indigestion heart trouble and nervous prostration to quitting coffee and adopting Postum. He reports years without headaches improved digestion iron nerves and sharper mental powers after switching to Postum Food Coffee, endorsing the product from Battle Creek Michigan and the Road to Wellville promotion.

Postum Postum Co Battle Creek Mich Wellville

Greensboro Federal court probes internal revenue frauds

Special term in Greensboro, North Carolina, ouvert for trial of distillers and former revenue officers indicted for frauds against the government. Ex deputy collector A S Patterson to be tried first for falsifying expense accounts. A broad conspiracy charge spans 54 counts, including perjury and forgery, with 48 defendants listed. Ex Governor Aycock argues motions as Judge Boyd rules on them.

Greenshboro Washington Post Greensboro N. C Internal Revenue A. S. Patterson Z. C. Davis Haywood County T. & Rollins Davis Winston Internal Revenue Bureau Washington Holton Charlotte Aycock Boyd R. H. Hardin J. W. Hasty G. W. Samuel J. H. Smith G. H. Walker A. C. Bryan L. E. Davis C. Davis Starkey Hare

WILL BUILD TO ROANOKE

The Baltimore and Ohio plans a 75 mile extension through Shenandoah and Rockingham counties paralleling the Southern Railway from Strasburg to Harrisonburg. From Harrisonburg the line uses B & O tracks to Lexington then to Salem, forming a Roanoke main line with Salem as a spur.

Baltimore and Ohio Virginia Roanoke Shenandoah Rockingham Southern Railway Strasburg Harrisonburg Lexington Salem

Special election ordered in Halifax County Virginia

The governor orders a special election for Halifax County on January 30 to fill the death vacancy of State Senator R. R. Noblin. Constitutional questions arise over who may vote, with some arguing only old soldiers without poll taxes, while Judge Saunders may allow all who voted in November to vote on January 30 due to the peculiar circumstances.

Richmond Halifax R. R. Noblin

Ex Speaker Warns Against State Road Grants

Fredericksburg dated dispatch reports ex-speaker John F. Ryan of Loudoun urging tax cut bill and warning that state road appropriations could lead to bankruptcy. Separate items note Burton swindle case set for Jan 18, two deputy sheriffs appointed in Montgomery, multiple marriages across Fredericksburg Suffolk Leeshore and Winchester, and a courtship ending in marriage with a youth groom.

Ryan Loudoun Washington Peat Fredericksburg John F. Ryan House of Delegates Free Law

State Senator Shannon Missing in Frostburg Circles

Friends report State Senator John B. Shannon has been absent since after the election. A Frostburg Democrat suggests he is in Boston avoiding office seekers, with health concerns raising fear he is hospitalized. He ran a Frostburg shoe store and recently finished a six year register of wills term.

Washington Port Cumberland John B. Shannon Frostburg Shannon Boston James Tennant Elk Eagle Baltimore Annapolis Friends of the Missing Organization

Life of prominent Alexandria dealer ends in fall

Daniel Ruben of M. Ruben & Sons furniture, living at 916 Cameron street, died after falling through an open freight elevator shaft at his King Street store. He reeled likely from a medical episode, struck the basement, and never recovered, passing away at about 11 PM at his home.

Washington Post Bureau King Street Alexandria Daniel Ruben M. Ruben & Sons Cameron Street Ruben Hig Place of Business King and St. Asaph Streets Vartiga Leopold Ruben Wiliam M Simith

Knode files $40,000 suit over alleged illegal arrest

Howard C. Knode, suing Commonwealth's Attorney Cran dal Mackey and magistrate Joseph H. Supplee in the U S Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, seeks $40,000 over an arrest in Jackson City last September. He alleges malicious conspiracy to ruin his name and claims rough handling and personal injury after a $1,000 vagrancy fine and six months' jail sentence were set aside on appeal. Judge Edmund Waddill to preside. Lamb of Richmond to prosecute.

Howard C. Knode Commonwealth Crandal Mackey Alexandria Joseph HE. Supplee United States Circuit Court Eastern District of Virginia Edmund Waddill Knode Maryland John A. Lamb Richmond Mackey Jackson City Supplee

Week of Prayer Arrangements In Alexandria Churches

The annual week of prayer across several Protestant churches in Alexandria is set with services at 7 45 each evening starting Monday January 8. Two ministers will lead each service with a schedule listing Methodist Protestant, First Baptist, Methodist Episcopal South, Trinity Methodist Episcopal and Second Presbyterian churches and clergy including Rev. Dr. Fisher Rev J A Jeffers Rev J H S Ewell Rev J P Stump Rev Edgar Carpenter.

Alexandria Methodist Protestant Church Dr. Fisher J. A. Jeffers First Baptist Church J. H. S. Ewell J. P. Stump Methodist Episcopal Church South Engar Carpenter Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church J. P Stump Edgar Carpenter Second Presbyterian Church J. H. 5. Ewell

Funeral Honors For Italian Laborer Bernard di Nicola

Large turnout from Alexandria railway workers attended the funeral at St Marys Catholic Church for Bernard di Nicola with a citywide carriage service and a photograph in front of the church. A copy of the picture will go to Naples to the deceaseds mother. Five brothers and an uncle followed to St Marys Cemetery. Funeral conducted by Rev H J Cutter.

Bernard di Nicola St. Mary's Catholic Church Alexandria Feivery Naples di Nicola St. Mary's Cemetery H. J. Cutter

Three Men Die In Pine Ridge Tunnel Cave-In

News from Bristol Virginia reports a cave-in at the lower Pine Ridge tunnel on the South and Western Railroad near Spruce Pine North Carolina during ongoing tunnel construction. Heavy rains swept over the mouth of the tunnel, killing three men and fatally injuring two others amid the work.

Pine Ridge Tunnel North Carolina Bristol Lower Pine Ridge South and Western Railroad Spruce Pine N. C

Wife Kills Husband Near Jarratts Depot

Petersburg report of a fatal stabbing as Perry Holmes colored man dies from a butcher knife wound. His wife, detained on a self defense claim, says she acted in self defense. The couple married about two months ago.

Washington Petersburg Jarratts Depot Perry Holmes Holmes

Southern Express Safe Robbery Probed in Salisbury

Special agents of the Southern Express Company spent last night in Salisbury seeking a $25,000 shortage found when the safe on train No. 38 was opened Sunday. It is believed the safe was robbed but no crew has been named.

Southern Express Company Washington Post Salisbury M. C

Cotton Growers Meet Summary in North Carolina

North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton Growers Association ended a long session in Raleigh with 400 delegates from 30 councils. Elected officers include President Charles C. Moore, Vice President A J McKinnon, and Secretary-Treasurer T B Parker. Ten delegates chosen for New Orleans. Annual pay and expenses set for leaders. 1 cent per bale national assessment and 2 cents for the State. counties may set their own assessments. Commit to reduced 1905 acreage and slow marketing. advising warehouses to store cotton for better prices.

Raleigh N.C North Carolina Southern Cotton Growers’ Association Charles C. Moore Charlotte A. J McKinnon Robeson T. B. Parker Haleigh Ashley Lorne Clayton H. C. Dockery Rov Moore Parker

Boy Hunter Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge

Special to The Washington Post Petersburg Va Jan 3 Samuel Wilson son of Daniel Wilson living near Pools siding in Dinwiddie County on the Norfolk and Western Railroad was accidentally shot and killed yesterday afternoon while hunting with friends. While standing on a tree stump his gun discharged the load struck his breast and he died instantly

Washington Petersburg Samuel Wilson Daniel Wilson Pools Siding Dinwiddie County Norfolk and Western

Boll Weevil Symposium Opens Final AAAS Session

New Orleans hosts the boll weevil symposium as the fifty fifth annual AAAS convention closes. Delegates depart after adopting forest preservation resolutions for the Appalachian region. Prof W D Hunter notes the pest remains a threat, urging culture of early cotton varieties to beat the weevil’s summer campaign. Bowste authorities concur with this assessment.

New Orleans Amercan Association For the Advancement of Scienca Appalachian Mountain South W. D. Hunter Bowste

Bill Aimed at Paynter

A bill introduced in the Kentucky Senate seeks to bar appellate and circuit judges from active political participation. The measure targets Judge Raynier and Boone County political manager John M. Lassing following last night's Democratic senatorial caucus.

Frankfort Van Assembly Raynier John M. Lassing Boone County

Rumor of Amalgamation Denied by Lloyd Rep

Gustav H L Schwab, New York representative of North German Lloyd Steamship Co, denies rumors of a merger with the Bambure American Line. He says the reports are absolutely untrue and without any factual basis.

Ocean Lines New York Gustav HL Schwab North German Lloyd Steamship Company Lloyd Bambure-American Line

French Premier Moret Optimistic on Moroccan Conference

Madrid Jan 3 Premier Moret says reports of belligerent mood are unwarranted and that conversations with ambassadors and messages from powers indicate a common aim for an amicable settlement at the Moroccan conference. He asserts nations seek concord and a peaceful adjustment of the questions under discussion.

Madrid Moret

Morocco and Europe Tensions Shape Moroccan Conference

The article discusses France and Germany easing their stance while modernizing mobilization and transport. Germany seeks foreign cars for railways, while the United States, led by White and Gummere, remains uncommitted yet asserts its superior Morocco rights. The U S favors open trade and open doors, ready to participate in the conference, with no fixed frontier plan chosen between international police or Algerian policing.

Messrs White Gummere America Morocco United States

Bear Bite Case Promises Jury Testimony Tomorrow

Walter Ro Molly a fourteen year old from New Haven with an artificial foot plans to tell a Supreme Court jury how dangerous bears are to approach in a suit for 50 000 dollars against John H Stalin. The incident occurred May 26 1902 at a dock where a bear in a cage hugged him into another cage with severe injuries. Walter’s doctors altered the foot and the case centers on blame and compensation with Stalin claiming responsibility lies with a traveling showman who controlled the bears.

Washington Post New York Walter Ro Molly New Haven Supreme Court Little Walter Walter John H. Stalin Mr. Stalin

Woman Held for Murder in Hotel Death

Des Moines Iowa January 3 Acting on a coroner jury verdict finding Mrs L B Carr responsible for her husband's death in an Oclwein hotel Sunday morning an officer arrested her at the hospital where she was taken after the shooting Carr was found at the hotel with a bullet hole through the head and two wounds near the heart left her unconscious

Des Moines Iowa L. B. Carr Oclwein Carr

J W Wilson to wed second son of secretary of agriculture

J W Wilson secretary Wison's second son engages to Miss Elsie Capell cashier of the First National Bank Brookings S D The couple has headed the Brookings Agricultural College experiment station for three years Italy's peace delegate Rome Jan 1 Count Tornielli Italian Ambassador at Paris will attend Hague peace conference with Be n Robilant and a senior naval officer unnamed

Brookings S. D Washington Fast Tract Iowa J. W. Wilson Wison Elsie Capell First National Bank Wileson South Dakop Agricultural College Italy Rome Gount Tornielli Italan Parla The Hague Bem Robilant

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