Gas Franchise Case Upset Over Value of Public Utilities
The United States Supreme Court reverses a lower court ruling on gas franchise capitalization in New York. It holds franchises are property and deserve a reasonable return, discussing valuation at consolidation, rate fairness, and the possibility of future appeals if actual operation alters outcomes. The decision, by Justice Peckham, reverses with directions to dismiss the suit without prejudice.
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Loileu
Ueciaun Gour Court
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Astral Court
Avidente
Court of Equity
Cirumstances
Mdgidiaal Consaumer
Aty
Tne Company
Good Wa
New Fork
Plaase
Bed County man known as foldest resident dies at 101
Special to The Washington Post from Cumbaland Maryland reports Jackson Green, described as Bedford county's oldest resident, died at his home at age 101 years 5 months and 1 day. The obituary recalls his long life, years as a laborer for more than 40 years as a relative and his early enslavement under a master named Jack Stewart and later transfer to fulfill the creditors of his owner.
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Washington Post
Cumbaland, Md
Jackson Green
Bedford County
Hud
Jack” Stewart
Raleigh Murder Trial Opens in Superior Court
In Richmond Va Henrico county eyes macadam Roads as voters head to the polls January 31 to decide a 300000 bond issue to fund road improvements over ten years. The trial of Earl Cotton and Tim Holdenfield begins for the murder of Dr Edgar W Smith a wealthy coal salesman on November 1.
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Sprial
Washington
Raleigh
Jaw
Superio
Earl Cotton
Tim Holdenield
Edgar W Smith
Richman
Richmond
Henrico County
Mail fraud charged decoy traps postal clerk in Cumberland case
Henry Lewis alias John Roberts, of Shepardstown, charged with fraudulent use of U S mails after decoy letters offered a prize horse. In Cumberland a postal clerk, Jane Powell of Germania West Virginia, and others were arrested in a scheme using decoy letters for whisky orders. A revolver was found on Powell. investigators recovered marked funds and decoy letters.
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Washington Post
Hagerston
Henry Lewis
John Roberts
Shepardstown
United States
Hagerstown
Hoffman
Hagner
Lewis
Campbellanu Sid Jane—Hoy Powell
Germania
W Va
Maryland
Meiling
Davis
Dobbin
Af Powell
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Starts Alone For Prison In Raleigh Penitentiary
Special to Tie Washington Post Asheville North Carolina January 4 A young man Joseph Lence begins a sentence of mine years in Raleigh penitentiary after court of appeals affirmed the decree He started today without notifying the sheriff claiming he shot at a moving train after a Christmas celebration He says he preferred serving the term to abandoning his aged father losing property and facing hardship
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Washington Post
Asheville
Ncg
Raleigh
Court of Appeals
Joseph Lence
Alma Green
Farmer Shot From Ambush Near Selma Virginia
Danville Virginia January 4 rumor centers on a killing of Charles Brown a prominent farmer near Selma. He was shot returning from a tenant visit and found dying by neighbors. Bloodhounds tracked the trail but the assailant escaped. No motive is known though rumors mention a woman involved. Brown leaves a wife and seven children.
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Charles Brown
Selma
Heart Brown
Pocahontas Lumber Boss Ends His Life in Camp
Blocher, superintendent of the Pocahontas Lumber Company, died by his own action in Cam four miles from there on Little River. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. He left a letter to his children explaining ill health and inability to work, saying he was tired of living.
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Dan
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Pocahontas Limber Company
Cam
Little River
Fred
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Hagles
Theater Declared Unsafe at Baltimore Playhouse
The Baltimore theatre on Jane Holliday Street, one of the oldest in the U S, was condemned and ordered shut by the building inspector this afternoon after inspectors found two principal rafters in bad condition. The matinee crowd gathered as workers removed unsafe roof sections and the theater may reopen tomorrow night.
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Baltimore
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Jane Holliday Street
Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy. It promises consistent quality across bottles, urges readers to request a free sample by mail and mentions a brochure about kidneys and available drug store sizes.
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Washington Daily Post
Fox Exhausts Hounds In Long Loudoun Run
Teesbing Virginia January 4 Loudoun hounds led by master Harry W Smith chased a fox for miles through Broad Rut Sugarland Run and Bigvad Run with stops across ice and fields. Riders included Mr and Mrs J E Davis of New York W O A Lainard Kenneth Schrey John W Walker and others from New York Baltimore Minion Me and Maine.
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Harry W Smith
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Coton
J E Davis
New York
Oa Lainard
Kenneth Schrey
John W Walker
JB Garrett
Baltimore
Mris Westmorland Davis
Minion
Chichester
Castleman
Fendall Shepherd
Buell
HT. Harrison
W A Metzger
IDR Green declines bishop coadjutor post in Virginia
The Rev. Tr. Berryman Green professor of the English Bible at the Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia near Alexandria announced he would decline the bishop coadjutor election. Strong pressure sought to move him to accept, but he will remain in his current faculty position. A new council will be needed to elect a bishop coadjutor.
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King Street
Alexandria
Berryman Green
Episcopal Theologia! Seminary of Virginia
Virginia
Decrees Recorded in Circuit Court at Alexandria
In Alexandria circuit court Judge JB T Thornton oversaw routine matters. Dismissals occurred in Webster v Van Metre and Wallis v Continental Savings and Loan. Divorces granted for Burroughs on desertion. Real estate sales and appointed commissioners noted in Beach and Chewing cases. A damage suit Ho Tnungen v WM Railway set for trial with a special jury summoned. United States Eastern District saw information filed against Smoca and Brisene for assault. Internal revenue cases continued or guilty pleas suspended. William B Smoot qualified as administrator of Henry Smoot estate, valued about $100. Funeral services held for Mrs Anna Cockrell at the Methodist Episcopal Church South, with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
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JB T Thornton
John D Webster
van Metre
Elizabeth T Wallis
Continental Savings and Loan Association
Nettle C Burroughs
James H Burroughs
Bessie Bowler
Annie E Crawford
John 3. Beach
James R Ca~ton
James R Ca~ton and A Grdner I
Boothe
Ernest G Chewing
Clara
United States Court
Eastern District of Virginia
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Jleave
Howard Smoca
Bessie Brisene
Johm Loveless
Thenderaon
Cours
Dade
Guity
Thomas Dore
Internal Revenue Laws
William B Smoot
Henry Smoot
Corporation Court of
Quiet Session Opens With Sparse Prospects
Raleigh January session begins amid quiet expectations. lawmakers arrive as Graham joins Hayes and Dowd as speaker candidates. A bill to tax bank deposits faces weak support. Gov. Glenn vows enforcement of whisky laws, backed by sheriffs and U.S. revenue authorities, with Cumberland County Sheriff Watson praised for seizing illicit distilleries.
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Graham
Hayes
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Cumberland County
Illiclt
Carnegie aid eyed as WVU convocation opens
Special to The Washington Port Mogantown West Virginia University opens its winter term with Dr Henry S Pritchett president of the Carnegie Foundation delivering the convocation address He has surveyed the grounds since Saturday and his visit aligns with Carnegie Foundation overtures to include WVU among fund beneficiaries Noted WVU professors eligible for participation include St George Tucker Brooke William P Willey Robert M Douthat James S Stewart and President D B Parinton.
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Henry S Pritchett
Carnegie Foundation
West Virginia University
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Ae & St George Tucker
Fire drill saves pupils at Baltimore school
Baltimore public school No 97 on Jackson Place emptied of 300 pupils in 20 seconds after a basement fire alarm sounded. Teachers led students out quietly as upper rooms filled with smoke. building damage described as light. Special to The Washington Post.
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Dackson Place
Richmond Man Put to Death in Electric Chair
Richmond January 4 Frank Davenport a Negro who in November shot and killed John Taylor a reputable Negro in Norfolk county was executed in the state penitentiary today only the mothers of the jury present as surgeons and officials conducted the procedure in a restrained manner
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Frank Davenport
John Taylor
Norfolk County
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Tracks of Crime and Courtroom Dramas Across Virginia
A sprawling, disorderly report lists arrests, confessions, escapes, and legal actions. John Lewis Banks, linked to a Thanksgiving murder six years prior, is described as the suspect under warrant in Hallimore Nas. Mecklenburg’s Frank Young, repeatedly sentenced to death, has reportedly escaped by life after lunacy commitment. A Richmond correspondent notes W E T Bass, recovering from paralysis, knocked down by a horse in Bristol. Other items include John Wood’s fatal shooting of an unknown man, a coroner’s inquest into Morgan Hayes, and a prosecution bid by Col George Cabell’s relatives. The piece also mentions a Bristol abortion of a saloon ban, an abandoned infant left at a War mount doorstep, and former Gov A B White denying a bid for Congress or WVU presidency.
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John Lewis Banks
Hallimore Nas
Barles
Tim ‘Betlake
Longs Farm
Frank Young
Mecklenburg County
T Bass
Richmond Cortratto
M Ramsey
Grace Street
Business Estates and Trusts Help Preserve Insolvent Firms
In many estates the largest item is a business house such as a store or factory. Trust companies as Executor or Administrator, by skill and timely advances, have often saved estates from insolvency. Inquiries invited at Northwest Corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania. Charles J. Bell, President.
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Annapolis Savings Institute elects directors at annual meeting
At the Annapolis Savings Institute annual meeting stockholders elected directors for one year: Frank H. Stockett Same Brooks George W. Wilcox John B. Flood James M. Munroe Bernard Wiegard Lewis Holhen William N Woodward William M. Holladay Eugene Worthington Frank 4 Munroe and Samuel W Brooks. The Rev William Hammond Parker withdraws his call to College Avenue Baptist Church Annapolis. the Rev George W Whiteside will continue pulpit duties until filled. Fredericksburg dispatch notes John W Warner of Switzerland and Miss Lizzie Sutterle of Chicago wed in Spotsylvania county with Rev Decatur Edwards officiating. Three weddings at Rockville Md include Cecilia Grimes and James Montgomery Boswell, Julia M Beech and Andrew E Birth, Emma J Hoopes and Frank T Ream.
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Charles Eliiott
Richmond Howitzers
Lee Camp Soldiers Home
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Alexandria
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Fauquier County
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Timberville
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Hodgson
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Frederck County
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A D Wauchope
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W. J. Radcliffe
Norfolk Jane—Dreasey Johns
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Same Brooks
George W. Wilcox
John B. Flood
James M. Munroe
Bernard Wiegard
Lewis Holhen
Wiliam N Woodward
Wiliam M. Holladay
Eugene Worthington
Frank 4. Munroe
Samuel W. Brooks
William Hammond Parker
Cincinnati
College Avenue Baptist Church
Annapollis
George W. Whiteside
Baltimore
Fredericksburg
John W Warner
Switzerland
Lizzie Sutterle
Chicago
Spottsylvan County
Decatur Edwards
Spottsylvania County
Rockville
Cecilia Grimes
Travilah
This County
James Montgomery Boswell
Glen
Ernest L. Woolfe
Southern Methodist Church
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Andrew E Birth
Washington
Emma J Hoopes
Frank T . Ream
Thomas J Packard
Christ Episcopal Church
Health Office Record Deaths Incomplete List
Health office records list multiple death entries with names ages and addresses across districts and streets. Notable entries include Beesle Trent seven years Floret Phelps Plana California and Minnie Krupean nineteen years, with a series of addresses such as 1010 2d st 4B and 1441 Harvard st nw. The fragmentary data references other individuals and ages from toddlers to seniors and various streets in northwest and southeast areas.
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Northwest
PE Kowler
Floret Phelps Plana California
CIA Dudley
George
Pears
L Street
Minnie Krupean
Easp
Harvard St
Rosina Prince
Pic Vo Roberts
Hamilton
Grego
Kenyon
Doyaph Miletti
Sth
Lulu
Lark Bo
Henry C Saunders
U Et
Dohn A
Harris
Thefrees
Laura Dunley
Marion St
Carver
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