Remove All Fences Hitchcock Issues Orders
President approves strict enforcement of the 1885 act to destroy illegal inclosures on public lands with all fences removed by April 1 1907. Hitchcock orders Land Office agents to act on charges and pursue cases without waiting for formal complaints. Roosevelt letters support easing temporary grazing enclosures only if law is amended this session.
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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 Walsh Elected DC UDC President After Closely Fought Ballot
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 named include Archibald Your and WW L Chambers as VPs, EB Rollins as recording secretary, and Miss Isabel Sinclair Kitolan as register. Controversy over Mrs C Ty Merwin’s voting eligibility was resolved in her favor. The meeting also covered reports from the national UDC convention and local Children of the Confederacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Aibi for Powley Richmond Mecklenburg Murder Suspect
A telegram from Pittsburg reports police will travel to Mecklenburg Virginia to arrest Charles Powley suspected in the December 22 murder of James Agnew McMillan. Powley may be taken to Pittsburg if not the Seaboard Air Line train robber. His father leaves Canada to aid him and will consult with Attorney Smith in Norfolk. Witnesses in Norfolk place Powley there on the train robbery date.
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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 litigation, now before the U S Supreme Court for a second time, propose a settlement of 125000 dollars. F D Zell and associates urge B B Smith Co to pay this amount in return for withdrawing opposition to the sale ratification. They itemize 125000 as 25000 for right of way along the Consolidated turnpike, 90000 representing bond receipts, and 10000 for legal expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Washington Post Report
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland dated January 4 details the hunt for John Hugh Senseny accused of attacking ten year old Amanda Nave at Pinesburg on New Year’s Day. Witness Sheridan Nichols, a former track hand on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, saw Senseny several times around midnight. A $50 reward is offered for Senseny’s capture. Bradley Nave, father of the victim, hunted the assailant for three days and nights and now says he will let the law take its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
In Rockville Maryland on January 4 the Halpine Hunt Club hosted a brisk fox chase from Watt's Branch. Over twenty hounds bayed through woods as the fox Renard moved for hours before hiding in a den and being flushed again. Participants included 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
E M McClure of Richmond has been named general transfer agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railway with broad supervision over 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 and the Jacksonville agent post is to be filled.
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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 candidates eyed for state senate and house
Special to The Washington Post Fredericksburg Virginia January 4 Candidates for the State senate and house of delegates from the city and district are being considered Judge FB W Sims is likely to run again with no opposition. G R Swift undecided on reelection. 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 Takraewstel Md 174 candlepower electric lights illuminate streets tonight under Potomac Electric Power Co following a yearlong blackout.
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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
Robin Hoag A Local Grafter And A Bank Amateur
A brief Sunday Post tease notes Robin Hoag as a local grafter and a bank amateur in an upcoming George Ade story. It promises more in tomorrow's Sunday Post and references another George Ade tale.
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Robin Hoag
George Ade
Morrow
Eight years for wife murder by Pittsylvania farmer
J W Nance of Pittsylvania County was found guilty of second degree murder in Chatham County Court for the September killing of his wife. He was sentenced to eighteen years in the penitentiary after neighbors and jurors debated whether to hang or jail him. The crime occurred after a quarrel when Nance, intoxicated, beat and mutilated his wife with an iron poker. No eyewitnesses. Nance claimed drunken ignorance.
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Danville
J. W. Nance
Pittsylvania County
Chatham
Nance
James Jones
Janey
Trucker Farm Shooting Sparks Lynch Talk in Wirt County
James Kirkendall 2 prominent farmer near Burning Springs Wirt County was fatally shot by Harry Leedsome a hunter he ordered off the farm Leedsome was arrested and jailed in Elizabeth with authorities facing rising community anger and talk of lynching at the scene in Parkersburg Jan 4 Special to The Washington Past.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W. Va
James Kirkendall
Burning Springs
Wirt County
Harry Leedsome
St. Joseph's Hospital
Leedsome
Elizabeth
Martinsville man accused in fatal nail driven head blow
In New Martinsville West Virginia on January 4 Howard Estep has been charged with murdering his son in law Clarence Calvert by driving a nail on the end of a board into Calvert head. Calvert died three hours after the blow at Green Hill five miles from the city. The couple married three months ago and faced opposition from Estep sons. George Alva and Howard Estep were arrested after the incident following a quarrel between Calvert and Calvert.
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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 Coyner Springs
Roanoke Virginia January 4 five year old Willie Oliver fell eighty feet into a well with twenty feet of water His sister raised the alarm and his young cousin climbed down the wall to reach him He kept him afloat until neighbors lowered a rope and rescued them both in a perilous two hour wait
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Willie Oliver
Coynere Springs
Roanoke County
Liver
Arrest in 1810 robbery linked to Cumberland store
Forest Welsh of Cumberland was arrested in Youngstown Ohio for the 1810 robbery of J Gross Co store in Cumberland. Stolen clothing and jewelry were found on him. Welsh named Bert Lowery as an alleged accomplice who helped distribute jewelry to women here. Stringfield named adjutant general with colonel rank in Raleigh.
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Washington Wos
Cumberland
Forest Welsh
J. Gross & Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Welsh
Bert Lowery
Maryland Obituary Notices Across Counties
Cumberland reports the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Huff wife of W Lawrence Hur after a long illness at age twenty four. Aaron B Hersherzer a Poolesville leader died after a short illness leaving widow and eleven children. T H Cramer dies at Piedmont aged about ninety. J H Cramer Jr a Piedmont merchant surviving. Miss Anna Norman aged eighty nine dies in Annapolis at Chase Home born in Dublin Ireland. J H C Getty pioneer resident and retired merchant of Westernport died at eighty nine. survived by five children. Mrs Sophronia J Baldwin widow of Richard Baldwin a noted Anne Arundel official dies near Waterbury at seventy three. survived by five sons and two daughters.
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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 in Floyd murder case
No application has been filed for a respite for John Richards the Floyd County school teacher who was to be hanged at Floyd Courthouse for the 1905 murder of Maurice Brances of Roanoke. His execution was stayed by a court order while the Supreme Court of Appeals considers 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
Infant smothering inquest near Bladensburg
An inquest in Bladensburg into the death of a four month old girl found dead in bed beside her mother was held at the office of Justice of the Peace A H Dahler. Evidence suggested the mother and her younger sister shared the bed and the child was smothered in the night. The father, a young unmarried Hyattsville clerk, is to be examined at a postponed session 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 Alexandria Case
In Winchester Virginia January 4 1909 belief runs that A Powell Brookes a young Alexandria society man jailed here on an attempted hire of Mrs Alexander Mr Baker will soon be released on bail Attorney W Rey Stephenson has begun the bond process and a Winchester man is ready to stand bail if needed Brookes must face the grand jury but the case may be dropped Brookes remains in good spirits and is visited daily by friends
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Washington Pov
Winchester
A. Powell Brookes
Alexandria Society
Alexander
Brookes
Washington
Terra Cotta
National Capital
Europe
United States
England
Three Suspects Arrested in Roanoke Murder Case
Remains of James M. Thomas were brought to Roanoke and then sent to Allison Iowa for burial after his body was found near Danville. Police say he was robbed and murdered. Three companions who were with him when he left Roanoke are missing. Suspects Pletcher Barris George Stevens and Albert Aching have been 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
Frederick Amarto, an Italian former commissary boss for Oliver Brothers, indicted by the Chatham grand jury for the December 29 killings in Motley's camp. Victims include Joe Patrello and Maggie Sullivan and her twelve year old son Lawrence Sullivan amid a feud between the families. Aliig Armarto, son of Frederick, remains jailed on a related murder charge.
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Amarto
Aliig Armarto
Frederick Amarto
Southern Railway Moves Car Records Office to Washington
The car records office of the Northern District of Southern Railway is moved from Danville Virginia to Washington. Eighteen employees remain. the move consolidates freight handling in one location affecting Charlotte Birmingham and Knoxville districts.
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Southern Railway
Washington
Washington Post
Danville
Northern District
The
Charlotte
Birmingham
Knoxville
Southern
Virginia Obituary Notices From Lynchburg and Winchester
Lynchburg, Va. Jan 4 Mrs W L Bowman widow of William Lovelace Bowman died this morning She leaves four daughters and four sons Howard L Bowman of Baltimore is among the sons John Swanson aged forty eight died at home after a lingering illness less than three weeks after his wife Annie E Swanson widow of the late John Swanson formerly Miss Griffin of the county died at her home today in Winchester Va
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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 1905 Alexandria raids and local notices
A Washington Post report from Alexandria covers Howard C. Knode dropping a $10,000 damages suit against Alexandria County Commonwealth's attorney Crandal Mackey over a September 1905 raid on a gambling house at Jackson City. It notes other court actions, a potential new trial for John Wright, funeral details, Masons and Hibernians officers, petitions for commutation for a death sentence, a small fire in King and Pitt streets, Dr. Alexander Murray sailing for Panama, and local civic and social notices including steamer repairs, stockholders’ meeting results, and Lee’s Birthday planning.
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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
King and Pitt Streets
Goodloearr Goods Company
Alexander Murray
New York
Panama
Murray
Fort Bayard
N. Mex
Virginia Weddings in Heathsville Chronicle Jan 4
Bethany M. E. Chitch and Miss Letts Williams announced at Heathsville Virginia. John Cary and Herold ogiaialing attended as witnesses. After a brief ceremony, the couple plan to reside at Reedvilla with Gary joining later.
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Heathsville
Bethany M. E. Chitch
Letts Williams
John Cary
Herold Ogiaialing
Gary
Reedvilla
Leading Maryland Brigade in Rifle Shooting and Efficiency
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis January 4 reports Col Charles D Gaither inspector general of the Maryland National Guard brigades completed the inspection. Company B First Regiment at Hagerstown led with 53 marks. closely followed by Company B Fourth Regiment at Frederick with 85 1 2. Fifth Regiment’s Company A ranked third. Capt George L Fisher commands the top unit and has German birth and World War service with Seventy seventh Maryland US Volunteers.
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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 Assaulting Hyattsville Merchant
James M Hill an inspector in the District of Columbia engineer department pleaded guilty to assault and battery and disturbing the peace before Justice A H Dahler. He was fined 8.5 plus costs totaling 42.50 and gave a bond of 10 to keep the peace. The charges were brought by C Frank Carr a Hyattsville merchant arising from a Wednesday afternoon 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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Ies
Kakome
Tokyo
Official
Berketta
Japan
Roose
Halpine Club
Chase
Hunters
Montgomery County
5S. A. L
F. W. Sims
Ta Tha Tnehh
Bnet
M. Clam
Sunday Post
Neeping Ayers
Stringfield
Washington Fost
Raleigh
Glenn
Thomas Stringfeld
Waynesville
T H. Bain
Sarah Elizabeth Huff
W. Lawrence Hur
Wesley Wiley
Middletown
Rives
Luray
Charles Good
Fannied Stronf
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
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
L. Woolls
D. Lannon
Miss Bashford
L. Nugent
W. Priest
Woolls
R. Baggett
Roland
M. Breen
Messrs. Machen and
Moncure
Howard Banks
Banks
Gov. Swanson
Ufe
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
Washington Sunday Post
Akehe
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