Hazing trial at Annapolis ends with acquittal then rearrest
Annapolis Jan 6 Stephen Decatur Jr the first class member tried for hazing was acquitted and restored to duty yet rearrested on new hazing charges under acts of 1874 and 1903. Midshipman Trenmore Coffin Jr from Carson City Nev has been convicted and dismissed. Testimony showed underclass meals to upperclass men persisted as a dormitory culture.
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Annapolis
Stephen Decatur, Jr
Trenmore Coffin, Jr
Carson City
Nev
Bean
Robert W. Cabaniss
Birmingham
Ala
Reyivea
Marzoni
Chester S. Roberts
Joliet Lu
Benjamin W.tye
Atlanta
Roberts
Chester S Roberts
Foster
Decatur
Margoni
Martoni
Mr. Marzoni
Bancroft Hall
Benson
Court of Inquiry
Court of Ju |Ry
Siven
Althoven
Marwonk
Tig Sai
Howard H. J. Benson
Blobervis
Tye
Bryant
Charles A. Woodruff
McCain
Newton
Et Wilson
Wyoming
Gorge W. Simpson
Edward
Moses
Capt. Rees
Archibald D. Turnbull
Acadey
Public Calamity Declares Brights Disease Curable
Editor Bohannon of Town and Country Magazine claims a chronic Brights disease cure is established and urges Congress to fund and distribute the new diuretic formula. He cites local tests, survivor testimonies, and a call to inform Senators Perkins and Flint, with druggists F. Williams & Co. offering literature.
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Town and Country Magazine
Bright
Fulton
Congress
United States
Perkins
Philadelphia
Flint
San Francisco
F. Williams & Co
Washington, D. C
Two Shot In Quarrel Over Store Dispute In South Carolina
Dr KE S Mc Dow shot J H Witherspoon merchant at Lancaster South Carolina and wounded W M Brown clerk after quarrel over three business transactions. Mc Dow arrested with two pistols found on him. neither Witherspoon nor Brown had weapons. The clerk and merchant reportedly wounded. Mc Dow reportedly escaped injury.
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South Carolina
Charlotte
N.C
KE. S. McDow
J. H. Witherspoon
Lancaster
S. C
W. M. Brown
McDow
Witherspoon
Brown
Plan for large Alexandria celebration honors Washington birthday
The George Washington Birthday Celebration Association voted to expand the next anniversary events with governors, militia units, and district officials invited. Officers and committee chairs were elected, names include Albert D. Brackett as president and Maj. William M. Smith as military chair. Guardian for Lillian Callahan appointed. street sprinkler arrives from Chicago for city use.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John H. Trimyer
T. C. Howard
R. M. Graham
Peter van de Westelaken
Harry Hammond
R. F. Green
Julian Y. Williams
William McA. Green
Maj
William M. Smith
H. Kirk
W. R. Hamilton
J.T. Johnson
W. W. Ballenger
George P. Aitcheson
EH. Hi. Downham
Charles B. Marshall
James F. Peyton
Thomas C. Chauncey
Richard M. Latham
Maryland
A. J. Montague
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Volunteer Militia
District of Columbia
Infantry
Cavalry
Artillery
Maringa
United States
Washington
Col. Winter
Continental Guards of
Order of Hibernians
Zora Hill
George Kimball
Milton R. Evans
Julia Ryan
Jasob Brill
Miss Nugent
Sheehy
Wells versus railway appeal over verdict for injuries
Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company lawyers argued to set aside a 6009 dollar verdict awarded to Charles Wells for injuries while riding the company’s road. Judge Nicol overruled the motion and granted a sixty day suspension of judgment to permit an appeal to the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
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Attorneya FE
Waiton Moore
James R. Cator
Washington
Matore
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decree in Liggett, Trimmer and Robinson Case at Fort Myer Heights
During the term of the Circuit Court for Alexandria County which ended yesterday a decree partially disposes of the trusts questions in Liggetton Trimmer Robinson relating to the Wharton subdivision at Fort Myer Heights. The court sustains the law of the case and commits the matter to the master commissioner for further report. Plaintiffs were represented by JI. J. Darlington R. Walton Moore Bates Warren and Frank Tyons. defendants by James R. Caton and Conrad Syme.
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Alexandria County
Liggetton, Trimmer & Robinson
Wharton
Fort Myer Heights
JI. J. Darlington
R. Walton Moore
Bates Warren
Frank Tyons
Messrs
James R. Caton
Conrad Syme
Students fight fire at Miss Cooke residence
Special to The Washington Post reports a January fire at the Misses Cooke home, damaged for 11,000 value, A senior law student Edward M. Daniel son of Senator John W. Daniel, defect wiring caused the blaze. Most furniture and books in Daniel's room were destroyed.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Misses Cooke
Samuel Chancellor
Edward M. Daniel
John W. Daniel
Fatal double tragedy near Keller in Accomac County
Cape Charles Va Jan 6 Will Perkins colored broke into Frank Boggs color ed’s home and while Boggs slept killed him with an ax Perkins was jealous of Boggs wife and was arrested and jailed in Accomac This report notes the victim was found slain near his home last night and a prior incident involved a buggy accident resulting in a broken neck.
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Washington Post
Cape Charles
Keller
Accomac County
Will Perkins
Frank Boggs
Artax
Perkins
Boggs
Accomac
Minister's Daughter Foils Assault with Pistol in Delaware
The Washington Post reports Jane Miss Etta Chesley of Claymont Delaware aged eighteen faced an alleged assault by Henry Earl a thirty year old telegraph lineman. Chesley drew a pistol from her dress and warned him she would shoot Earl fled to Chester Pa where he was arrested on a Delaware warrant.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Jane
Etta Chesley
J. H. Chasley
Episcopal Church
Claymont
Henry Earl
Hart
Chester
Thomas
Buckley
Hollis
Delaware
Baltimore Man Falls After Gin Dare in Richmond
A Richmond rumor reports a man nicknamed Baltimore drank a half gallon of gin on a wager and then nineteen gills of Vaquer before passing out. He was pumped and treated at a hospital and is expected to survive.
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Washington
Richmond
Baltimore
Threats of Lynchings After Cape Charles Killing
In Cape Charles Virginia last night in Jersey a colored man Robert Myers alias Cocaine Bob shot and killed John Finn over a fifty cent loan. Finn’s friends threaten lynching. Myers was arrested at Hallwood on a freight train and sent to Hastville jail for a preliminary hearing after pleading guilty and being held for the grand jury.
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Cape Charles
Suarrel
Washington Post
Jersey
Robert Myers
Cocaine Bob
John Finn
Finn
Myers
Hallwood
Hastville
Train Conductor Shot After Ejecting Suspect
Bristol, January 6. Conductor John S. Henry, of Southern Railway, was shot in the arm by KR Bleving during an ejectment on a passenger train near Jonesboro Tennessee. The conductor disarmed the assailant, held him until police arrived, and returned the train to its destination.
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Southern Railway
Jonesboro
Tenn
KR. B. Bleving
Frelght Department of the Road
Johns. Henry
Henry
Drys win in Cape Charles vote on May liquor sale
Cape Charles Virginia voters chose prohibition with a 62 vote majority after a Thursday election. The decision will ban intoxicating liquors from May 1 and extend prohibition across the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Separately a Seaboard Air Line freight derailment at Meherry Station caused four derailed cars and train delays.
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Cape Charles
Washington Post
Virginia
Petersburg
Meherry Station
Transit bill extension ties to DC railways in Congress report
Commissioners forward House bill 9734 to Congress proposing extension of the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company to connect with Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric Company lines. They urge amendments to align with other DC streetcar charters and advocate passage with transfer privileges.
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Committees
Congress
Baltimore and Washington Transit Company
Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Public Playground Plans Near Opening
The Associated Charitable group decided to engage Curtis as supervisor. Dr Curtis will arrive from New York in February to prepare the grounds for an early opening, with volunteers assisting. He will work with officials for approval and advance funding for the playground project.
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Associated Charities
Dr. Curtis
New York
Curtis
York
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