Remove All Fences as Hitchcock Orders Enforced
The President approves a circular by Secretary Hitchcock ordering rigid enforcement after April 1, 1907 of the 1885 act to destroy illegal inclosures on public lands. Special agents and receivers must act to remove privately built fences before April 1, or have them torn down by government officials. Roosevelt letters support modification to allow grazing leases under conditions, urging a lawful solution.
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Hitchcock Veaterday
Richards
General Land Office
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Wiere
Iease
Ana
Theodore Roosevelt
Jon EA. Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Land Office
United States
Mrs Ralph Walsh Elected President of DC UDC
Mrs Ralph Walsh won the presidency of the District of Columbia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy after a three ballot contest decided by the retiring president's vote. Other officers were elected and reports from national and local chapters were presented. Kakome confiscated. Tokyo. Official Gazette notes prohibition of Japanese socialist organ copies.
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Ralph Walsh
District of Columbia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Veterans’ Hall
Hillstreet
Northwest
William Oscar Roome
John M Hickey
Walsh
Roome
Magnus Thompson
Archibald Your
WW. L Chambers
EB. Rollins
Young
W. L. Wheatley
Isabel Sinclair Kitolan
Mise Byrd Washington
Cat Iadién
William Youngblood
Belgin
Gulfport
Misa
The
Children of the Confederacy
Ies
Kakome
Tokyo
Official
Berketta
Japan
Roose
Aibi for Powley heads to Virginia in murder case
A telegram from Pittsburg says police will travel to Mecklenburg Virginia to arrest Charles Powley for the December 22 murder of James Agnew McMillan. Powley may be taken to Pittsburg if cleared as the Seaboard Air Line train robber. Powley's father travels from Canada to aid his son and will confer with Attorney Smith in Norfolk. Several witnesses place Powley in Norfolk on the day of the robbery.
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Richmond
Pittsburg
Mecklenburg
Charles Powley
James Agnew McMillan
Seaboard Air Line
Powley
Canada
Virginia
Smith
Norfolk
Ness
W. K. Robbing
Robert Copeland
Melvin Wood
Fred Albright
Harry Chapman
Charles Milford
Fred Huested
Compromise Offer in Bay Shore Terminal Case
Plaintiffs in the Bay Shore Terminal dispute, before the U S Supreme Court for a second time, propose a $125000 settlement to B B Smith Co of Philadelphia. They would withdraw opposition to the sale ratification if paid, earmarking $25000 for right of way along the Consolidated turnpike, $90000 to cover bond receipts, and $10000 for legal expenses.
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Bay Shore Terminal
Norfolk
Bay Shore Terminal Company
Supreme Court of the United States
F. D. Zell
B. B. Smith & Co
Philadelphia
Zell
Night search for Senseny in Pinesburg case
John Hugh Senseny, accused of attacking 10 year old Amanda Nave in Pinesburg on New Year’s Day, was sighted last midnight by Sheridan Nicholas who once worked with him on the Cumberland Valley Railroad. A $50 reward is offered for Senseny’s capture as Bradley Nave, father of the victim, endorses law’s course.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
John Hugh Bsengeny
Amanda Irene Nave
Pinesburg
Sheridan Nicholas
Senseny
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Bradley Nave
Halpine Hunt Club Fox Chase Near Rockville
Rockville Md Jan 4 The Halpine Hunt Club held a lively fox chase at Watt s Branch near Rockville. Twenty or more hounds bayed and Renard moved for hours before taking refuge in a den. Digging and exciting pursuit followed with participants including Harry Beard Charles A Clagett Edward Dove Vincent Magruder Clay Edwards John Magruder John O Neale Joan C Bentley and Dr Chambers and Mr Waddoy.
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Apedal
Wasnington
Rockville
Halpine Hunt Club
Watt
Renard
Harry Beard
Charles A. Clagett
Edward Dove
Vincent Magruder
Clay Edwards
John Magruder
John O’neale
Joan C. Bentley
Dr Chambers
Mr "Waddoy
Richmond Man Named to Head Seaboard Freight Transfers
The Seaboard Air Line Railway creates a general transfer agent post. E M McClure of Richmond is appointed to oversee freight transfer stations at Hamlet North Carolina Jacksonville Florida Howells Georgia and Monroe North Carolina. Hamlet will host the largest transfer station south of the Potomac. I A Fetter L Petersburg Va transfers Hamlet NC G H Fuller transfers Howells GA H S Dedenho transfers Monroe NC Jacksonville agent yet to be named.
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Richmond
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Soine Railway
E. M. McClure
Hamlet
N C
Jacksonville
Fla
Howells
Monroe
N.C
Potomac
A. Fetter
Petersburg
G. H. Fuller
H. S. Dedenho
N. C
Virginia State Senate and House Candidates Weigh Plans
In Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania, potential candidates discuss Senate and House races. Judge FB Sims of Louisa is expected to run for re election with little opposition, while G R Swift of Fredericksburg weighs a bid to succeed himself. Other names mentioned include Henry Dannehl F W Coleman Gol E Db Cole Capt T McCracken Capt M B Rowe and Dr C R Massey. In Hyattaville Maryland one hundred seventy four candle power electric lights were lit tonight under Potomac Electric Power Co first time since contract. town had been in darkness for nearly a year.
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Washington
Fredericksburg
State Senate
House of Delegates
FB. W. Sims
Louisa
G. R. Swift
Spotsylvania County
Frederickspurg
Henry Dannehl
F. W. Coleman
Gol E. Db. Cole
T. McCracken
M. B. Rowe
C. R. Massey
Taccraewstel
Bove Hyattaville
Potomac Electric Power Company
Tomorrow's Sunday Post Promises Ade Style Tale
The piece notes M. Clam declares the American woman the greatest problem and teases Robin Hoag as a local grafter and bank amateur. An other George Ade story will appear in tomorrow's Sunday Post.
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M. Clam
Sunday Post
Robin Hoag
George Ade
Morrow
Eight years for wife murder by whisky fueled farmer
J W Nance, a Pittsylvania County farmer, was found guilty of second degree murder for the September killing of his wife near Chatham Virginia. The verdict carries an eighteen year penitentiary sentence after a trial thatEnded with jurors split between hanging and eighteen years. The body bore brutal blows and a fractured skull with a poker and hair found near the scene.
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Danville
J. W. Nance
Pittsylvania County
Chatham
Nance
James Jones
Janey
Trapped Trespasser Shoots Farmer Near Burning Springs
James Kirkendall, a prominent farmer near Burning Springs in Wirt County, was fatally wounded by Harry Leedsome after ordering him off the farm. Leedsome was arrested and jailed in Elizabeth. The community reels with anger and talk of lynching as the victim fights for life at St. Joseph's Hospital.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W. Va
James Kirkendall
Burning Springs
Wirt County
Harry Leedsome
St. Joseph's Hospital
Leedsome
Elizabeth
Murder by Nail Blow Shocks Martinsville Family
In New Martinsville West Virginia on January 4 Howard Estep fatally struck his son in law Clarence Calvert with a nail driven into the head after a dispute following Calverts marriage to Esteps daughter three months earlier. Calvert died three hours later at Green Hill five miles from the city. Howard Estep and three Hotep relatives were arrested.
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Washington Post
New Martinsville
W. Va
Howard Estepht
Clarence Calvert
Calvert
Estep
George
Alva
Howard Hotep
Calvert Calvert
Howard Estep
Green Hill
Rescued in Deep Well Near Coynere Springs Roanoke
Five year old Willie Oliver fell eighty feet into a well with twenty feet of water in Roanoke County. His young cousin speedily descended a slimy wall to reach him and kept him submerged in danger, holding the boy up for nearly two hours until neighbors pulled them both to safety with a rope.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Willie Oliver
Coynere Springs
Roanoke County
Liver
Arrests in 1810 Robbery Tie Cumberland Man to Missing Store Goods
Forest Welsh of Cumberland was arrested in Youngstown Ohio for the robbery of J Gross & Co in Cumberland. Stolen clothing and jewelry were found on him. He named Bert Lowery as an alleged accomplice who helped distribute jewelry to ladies here after the theft. Stringfield Named Adjutant General in North Carolina.
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Washington Wos
Cumberland
Forest Welsh
J. Gross & Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Welsh
Bert Lowery
Maryland Obituary Roundup in Cumberland and Annapolis
A Maryland obituary roundup notes the deaths of Sarah Elizabeth Huff in Cumberland at 24 after a long illness, Aaron B Hershzer in Poolesville after a brief illness leaving eleven children, T H Cramer in Piedmont aged about ninety, Miss Anna Norman in Annapolis aged 89, J H C Getty in Westernport at 89, and Sophronia J Baldwin near Waterbury aged 73.
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Boyds
Aaron B. Hersherzer
Poolesville
Cumberland
T. H. Cramer
Piedmont
W. Va
Germany
J. H Cramer, Jr
Annapolis
Anna Norman
Chase Home
Dublin
Ireland
H. C. Getty
Westernport
Gen. Getty
Sophronia J. Baldwin
Richard Baldwin
Anne Arimdéel County
Register of Wills
Waterbury
stay for John Richards awaits higher court ruling
Richmond Va Jan 4 no application for reprieve has been filed for John Richards the Floyd County schoolteacher whose execution was stayed by court order. He was convicted of murdering Maurice Brances of Roanoke in 1905 after three trials with two hung juries and sentenced to death. A Roanoke dispatch says the stay remains pending Supreme Court of Appeals review of a possible new trial.
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Washington
Richmond
John Richards
Floyd County
Fioyd
Maurice Brances
Roanoke
Frances
Richards
Thair
Supreme Court of Appeals
Wytheville
Inquest Held Over Infant's Death Near Bladensburg
Special to The Washington Post. An inquest into the death of a four month old girl found in bed with her mother near Bladensburg Md was held. The evidence showed the mother is unmarried and shared the bed with the infant and her younger sister. The child was smothered in the night. The father, an unmarried Hyattsville clerk, was to be examined on Saturday afternoon.
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Washington Post
Bladensburg
Jon
John Shreve
Justice of the Peace
A. H. Dahler
Hyattsville
Dahler
Brookes May Get Bail In Hire of Mrs Alexander Case
In Winchester Virginia January 4 a Alexandria socialite A Powell Brookes jailed here on an attempted hire of Mrs Alexander Mr Baker is believed to be released on bail soon. Attorney W Rey Stephenson has begun legal steps and a prominent Winchester man is ready to sign Brookes bond if needed. Regardless he will face the grand jury though the case may be dropped. Brookes remains in good spirits as friends visit daily.
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Washington Pov
Winchester
A. Powell Brookes
Alexandria Society
Alexander
Brookes
Three Suspects Arrested in Danville Murder Case
Remains of James M. Thomas, found near Danville, transported to Roanoke then to Allison, Iowa for burial. Believed robbed and murdered. Thomas left Roanoke with three companions, now missing. Suspects Pletcher Barris, George Stevens, and Albert Aching arrested.
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Washington Fos
Roanoke
James M. Thomas
Danville
W. Thomas
Allison
Iowa
Thomas
Pletcher Barris
George Stevens
Albert Aching
Indicted for triple murder in Motley's camp case
Frederick Amarto, former commissary of Oliver Brothers railroad contractors, indicted by a grand jury in Chatham for the December 29 killings at Motley's camp. Victims were Joe Patrello Maggie Sullivan and her 12 year old son Lawrence Sullivan. Feud between families cited. threatening letters found in the victims tent. Armarto's son Aliig Armarto not indicted.
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Amarto
Aliig Armarto
Frederick Amarto
Southern Railway Moves Car Records Office to Washington
The car records office for the Northern District of the Southern Railway is moved to Washington to centralize freight handling. Eighteen people were employed at the Danville, Virginia office, which had moved from Washington months ago, with similar movements for Charlotte, Birmingham, and Knoxville districts. The decision aims to centralize operations in one location. In Luray, Virginia, the murder trial of Charles Good for the death of Miss Fannie Strong was adjourned due to a missing Commonwealth witness, with Judge Haas set to reconvene next Monday and defense led by Charles A. Hammer and J. Blackburn of Harrisonburg. Edward F. Morningstar of Barnesville, Maryland, and Miss Mary F. Loy of the same vicinity were married yesterday in St Mary’s Catholic Church, Barnesville.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Washington Post
Danville
Northern District
The
Charlotte
Birmingham
Knoxville
Southern
Luray
Charles Good
Fannied Stronf
Commonwealth
Haas
Messrs
Charles A. Hammer
J. ¥. Blackburn
Harrisonburg
Good
Keyser
Paris
E. F. Morningstar
Miss Loy
Washington Peat Boyds
Edward F. Morningstar
Barnesville
Mary F. Loy
Zacharian Loy
St Mary's Catholic Church
Father Harrington
Bowman Widow of Business Leader Dies in Lynchburg
Lynchburg Virginia January 4 Mrs W L Bowman widow of William Lovelace Bowman noted business man dies this morning She leaves four daughters and four sons among them Howard L Bowman of Baltimore Winchester Virginia January 4 Less than three weeks after her husband’s death John Swanson is found dead in his bed Annie E Swanson dies at her home aged forty eight formerly Mids Griffin of this county
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Lynchburg
W. L. Bowman
William Lovelace Bowman
Howard L. Bowman
Baltimore
Winchester
John Swanson
Annie E. Swanson
Mids Griffin
Alexandria News in Brief on Local Court Actions and Obituaries
Howard C. Knode's $10,000 suit against Alexandria County's Cant Crandal Mackey to be dismissed by agreement as the U.S. Circuit Court in Alexandria convenes. Also notes on cases, a fatality, civic group officers, a small fire, and schedules including a civil service exam and Lee's Birthday anniversary plans in Fredericksburg.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Virginia
Edmund Waddill,Jr
Howard C. Enade
Cant Crandal Mackey
Commonwealth
Alexandria County
Lamb
Richmond
Knode
John Wright
James H Clements
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Supreme Court
Wright
Clements Wil
Crandal Mackey
Doddridge Pitt Lee
Pohick Church
Fairfax County
Gielock
Virginia Weddings Note From Heathsville Area
Bethany M. E. Chitch wed Letts Williams in Heathsville Virginia on January 4. The couple, joined by family and friends, plan to reside in Reedvilla after a brief local ceremony.
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Heathsville
Bethany M. E. Chitch
Letts Williams
John Cary
Herold Ogiaialing
Gary
Reedvilla
Maryland Brigade Leads In Shooting And Efficiency
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Jan. 4 The adjutant general reports Col Charles D Gaither inspector general of the Maryland National Guard completed the inspection of all organizations for the first time since marks were used. Company B First Regiment Hagerstown capt George L Fisher led with 53.5 points. Fourth Regiment Company B Capt George F Haupt second with 85.5. Fifth Regiment Company A Capt Clarence R Dufenderfer third with 85 points. Detailed scores show Company A Frederick Capt D J Markey 91.25 and Company A Cambridge Capt J Howard Hirst 87.0. Fourth Regiment Company A Capt A Guy Buffington 81.25 and Company F Capt Eugene Hoffman 78.5. Fifth Regiment Company M Capt David W Jennings 82.75 and Company F Capt Washington Bowle Jr 79.75. First Regiment outside Baltimore now holds double honor of leading the brigade in rifle shooting and general efficiency. Capt Fisher, German born, joined the Seventy-seventh Maryland U S Volunteer Infantry in 18__, serving to war’s end and rising to first sergeant.
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Maryland
Wanbngton
Annapolis
Charles D. Gaither
Maryland National Guard
Hagerstown
George L Fisher
Havin
George F Haupt
Clarence R. Dufenderfer
Frederick
D. J. Markey
Cambridge
J. Howard Hirst
A. Guy Buffington
Eugene Hoffman
David W. Jennins
Washington Bowle, Jr
Baltimore
Germany
Maryland United States Volunteer Infantry
District Employee Fined for Assault on Merchant
James M Hill an inspector in the District of Columbia engineering department pleaded guilty to assault and battery and disturbing the peace. He was fined 8.50 and costs totaling 42.50 and gave bond of 10 to keep the peace. The charges were pressed by C Frank Carr a Hyattsville merchant after a dispute over a store account.
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Washington
Hyattsville
James M Hill
Engineer Department
District of Columbia
Justice of the Peace
A. H. Dahler
C Frank Carr
Carr
Hill
Edi
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United Daughters of Confederacy
Halpine Club
Chase
Hunters
Montgomery County
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F. W. Sims
Ta Tha Tnehh
Bnet
Neeping Ayers
Stringfield
Washington Fost
Raleigh
Glenn
Thomas Stringfeld
Waynesville
T H. Bain
Sarah Elizabeth Huff
W. Lawrence Hur
Wesley Wiley
Middletown
Rives
Lay
Alexandria News
Howard C. Knode
Jackson City
James W. Jackson Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Frank Trevers
W. L. Craven
W. K. Griffith
A. Forrest
J. S. Cropper
R. L. Merchant
Dyerett Rogers
Ernest Zell
Edward Brown
Irvin Haywood
Inside Sentinel
George Crump
Outside Sentinel
William L
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Hibernians In
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D. Lannon
Miss Bashford
L. Nugent
W. Priest
Woolls
R. Baggett
Roland
M. Breen
Messrs. Machen and
Moncure
Howard Banks
Banks
Gov. Swanson
Ufe
King and Pitt Streets
Goodloearr Goods Company
Alexander Murray
New York
Panama
Murray
Fort Bayard
N. Mex
Savings Mutual Building and Loan Association
M. B. Harlow
Peter Aitcheson
Edward J. Fleming
Ross T. Eliott
T. J. Fannen
William M. Reardon
Samuel Bendheim
Eliza E. Fendall
Townshend D. Fendall
F. Tackett
South St. Asaph Street
Fendall
Joseph Eaches
S Sur- Siece Ares
Mra. Tackett E. Fendai
T. W. Arrowsmith
King and
Prince Streets
Arrowsmith
Jennie Bernheimer
South
Fairfax Street
Rabbi Simon
Wasnineen
Martha Berryman
North Patrick Street
Lee
Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Gen
Robert E. Lee
Virginia Weddings
Diamond and
Munich Beer
Qiae
Diamond
Munich
National Capital Brewing Co
Sts. S. E
Terra Cotta
National Capital
Europe
England
Washington Sunday Post
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