Holton Targeted By Factional Bias in Greensboro Affair
Federal court in Greensboro held a special session this week recessing until January 16. The case of Samuels on internal revenue fraud charges features affidavits alleging district attorney Holton pressured witnesses and sought to influence testimony. Holton and supporters deny the accusations. Several defense witnesses are ill or missing, and James Combs is said to have disappeared.
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Samuels
Greensboro
Washington Post
Hesen
G W Saanuel
A. Pryan
EB L Davis
James Combs
Wilkesboro
Rena
Wiushington
Holton
James Comba
A L Comba
Bryan
Department of Justice
Samuel
Wright Melamn
Tull
Davis
Hayes
Jackson Mortis
Treasury Department
Washington
Thives
Hall
Patterson charged with attempted criminal assault in Virginia
William W Paterson faced a Virginia court for allegedly attempting to assault Miss Cora Critenden on June 1 while alone at her home. The witness testified Patterson threatened to kill her and himself if she told her father, and the defense probed a possible romantic link with Miss Critenden and her cousin.
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Siecta
Washington Pos Tichmond Va
William W Pat Tiison
Cora uUrfttender
Carter Scott
Wenrico
Rmvittender
Patterson
Miss Critenden
Wass Crittenden
Miss
Dispensary Law Debate Opens New Session
The general assembly convened to consider the dispensary law which has faced opposition from nearly half the counties. Governor Heys message urges suppression of lawlessness as the key aim of the session. The item tops the agenda alongside other fiscal and regulatory matters.
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Columbia & C
Gov Hey
Six Years for Assault in Virginia Case
John Brown, a colored man, was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary today after conviction of assaulting B B Saunders several months ago. In Virginia, a stable and horses owned by Thomas D Jeffress of Pittsylvania County were burned Friday night causing a loss of $1,000 without insurance.
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Washington Post
John Brown
B Saunders
Chatham, Va
Thomas D Jeffress
Pitteyivama County
Fannie Palmer Driven Ashore in Gale Off Virginia Coast
The five masted schooner Fannie Palmer of Boston was driven ashore a mile north of Little Island life-saving station during last night’s gale and rests high on the beach in apparently good condition. Seven crewmen, including Captain Nash, were hauled ashore in breeches buoys. one crew member went ashore initially. A Luckenback tug will attempt rescue once the storm subsides as the vessel lay near Cape Henry en route from Boston to Hampton Roads.
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Fannie Palmer
Virginia Coast
Washington Post
Norfolk
Boston
Little Island
Luckenback
United States Weather Bureau
Nash
Palmer
Hampton Roads
Virginia Capes
Cape Henry
Maryland Assembly Organizes as Lee Objects to Clerk Appointee
Annapolis Md Jan 9 Organization night for Maryland assembly yields clerk appointments and a rally of hopeful candidates. Senator Lee of Montgomery objects to Albert Almoney’s library committee clerk post, cites personal reasons, but a lengthy debate ends with Almoney likely resigning. A caucus to choose Vandiver’s successor as state treasurer is planned for tomorrow. Vandiver’s majority appears assured despite some defections. Senate committees and leadership posts are to be announced next week as adjournment follows.
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Washington Post
Annapolis
Maryland Assembly
House
Lee
Montgomeryy
Senate
Library Committee
Albert Almoney
Montgomery Advocate
Rockville
Almoney
Spencer Jones
Vandiver
Anne Arundel
Smith
Queen Anne
Cal
Gorman
Brewington
Wicomico
Biddison
Accused by Schoolgirl in Virginia Arrest
Special to The Washington Post Charlottesville Virginia January 9 Antonio Ambroselli a restaurant keeper and politician was arrested charged with criminal assault on fourteen year old schoolgirl Ross Dudley The warrant issued at the father Arthur H Dudley painter and political follower of Ambroselli The preliminary examination held this afternoon The father testified he saw his daughter enter Ambroselli s place and remain Ambroselli denied the charges and will apply for bail tomorrow Justice Watson to commit Ambroselli for the grand jury The child s testimony was used to support the arrest Abroselli denies the charges and says the child was coerced into testifying falsely
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Washington
Charlottesville
Antonio Ambroselli
Keaper
Ross Dudle
Arthur H Dudley
Anthroselli
Ambrosell
Ambroselli
Watson
Morris
Morrow
Three Italians Charged with Wrecking Attempt near Fairmont
Three Italian men John Farrice Sam Biselli and Mike Pinelli were arrested in a coal mine for allegedly attempting to wreck four passenger cars on the Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company lines near Fairmont West Virginia on Christmas Day They were ejected from a car after a fight and stones were later found piled on the tracks near the incident All three were held for the March grand jury.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Washington
W Va
John Farrice
Sam Biselli
Mike Pinelli
Clarksburg
Virginia Senate caucus names new leaders and redistricting plan
In Richmond a senate caucus elected W D Cardwell speaker and Wickham as president pro tempore, with officers renominated. Montague plans to deliver his message in person. A redistricting bill by Senator Sale, two new party reform measures, and a debt commission draft were outlined. Newport News Republican Barrett announced a Jim Crow streetcar bill for tomorrow.
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Wickham
Montague
Assembly
Sale
Senate
House
Willam Hodges Mann
Henry T Wickham
Hanover
Joseph Button
Appomattox
F B Watkins
Charlotte
Donald
Augusta
Capitol
Gov Montague
General Assembly
Thomas Jefferson
W W. Sale
Norfolk
Virginia Assembly
Charles City
Newport News
Wiamsburo
James City
Elizabeth City
York
Warwick
Fredericksburg
Caroline
Spottsylvania
Fredericksburo
Ordway Puller
Richmond
Wildcat Insurance
Corporation Commission
DROWNED AT A FORD IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Special to The Washington Post from Suffolk Virginia reports Burk Smith a colored driver drowned and his passenger Walter F Bureh of Minotsville North Carolina escaped with a narrow margin after their wagon was swept from Ice House Creek ford in ten feet of water. The driver could not swim and went under while attempting the shore. Burch remained above water by standing on the vehicle until an hour later when rescuers arrived.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Burk Smith
Walter F. Bureh
Minotsville
N. C
Ice House Creek
Northampton County
N C
Burch
Ask for Half a Million Damages Over Taunts at Work
Richmond Jan 9. Markie of Orrville Indiana has filed a bill and letters with Virginia lawmakers claiming abuse by fellow clerks in the Washington War Department in 1888. He asserts taunts and jollying caused insomnia and mental distress, leading to loss of health and job, and seeks $500,000 in damages and a Virginia senator to back the claim.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Markie
Orrville
Glo
General Assembly of
Virginia
Markle
Uncle Sam
Union
War Department
Washington
Planning New Railroad Ties Davis and Elkins to Valley Route
A Washington Post special from Winchester Virginia reports Elkins West Virginia business leaders advocate a railroad through the Alleghenies into the Virginia Valley linking with the Chesapeake and Ohio near Staunton. Davis and Elkins seek Vanderbilts’ involvement to spur a fastest sea corridor and Pendleton County options are preserved for future value.
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Washington Pont- Winchester
Henry G Davis
West Virginia
Alleghany Mountains
Valley of
Virginia
Elkins
W. Ya
Seaboard
Allegheny Mountains
Pendleton County
Wva
Bilkins
Messrs Davis and Elkins
Vanderbilts
Chesapeake and Ohio
Staunton
Valley Railroad
Spartanburg and Northern Railway Plan Announced
Spartanburg officials announce the Spartanburg and Northern Railroad will run from Spartanburg to the North Carolina line to connect with the South and Western. BR EK Carson, attorney, will seek a charter in Columbia. Directors include G L Carter and J Normant Powell. capital stock $500,000, may rise to $1,000,000. The line surveys cover the Cowpens Ridge area about twenty-two miles north of Spartanburg.
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Washington Post
Spartanburg
D. C
Spartanburg and Northern Railroad
North Carolina
South and Western
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
BR. EK. Carson
Spartanburg and Northern
Carson
Columbia
Spartanburg and Northern Road
G L Carter
I Normant Powell
J B Cleveland
C W Nicholls
R K Carson
J Normant Powell
Lawsons Fork
Tne
Cowpens Ridge
Poors Ford
Big Island Road
L Carter
Italian Worker Killed in Dynamite Blast at Clear Spring
Special to The Washington Port Hagerstown Md Jan 9 Oraccio Orazani a 35 year old Italian workman on the Potomac Valley Railroad near Clear Spring Station was instantly killed by a dynamite explosion while tamping too hard in a drill hole. A fellow worker nicknamed No 38 was fatally injured. He died after skull fracture at Baltimore Hospital. Father Nagengast Hancock administered last rites on the train. Another Italian is missing.
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Clear Spring
Washington
Hagerstown
Oraccio Orazani
Potomac Valley Railroad
Clear Spring Station
No 38
Baltimore Hospital
Father Nagengast
Hancock
Talian
Fire at Benwood destroys three boarding houses
Wheeling January 9. A morning blaze in Benwood West Virginia destroyed three boarding houses. Fifty boarders escaped by leaping from windows as flames roared from the buildings. Joseph Pulaski died from burns and six others were seriously burned. Damages around ten thousand dollars. One man abandoned his savings to rescue his brother.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
Benwood
W. Va
Joseph Pulaski
Thief Lashed In Court In Suffolk Va
In Suffolk on January 9 a 15-year-old African American youth named Spencer Thornton was convicted of shoplifting. In a police court before Mayor Ellby, he received thirty lashes across his back with a rawhide by Police Chief Brinkley. The boy groaned and collapsed afterward, marking the first official cowhiding in years here.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Spencer Thornton
Ellby
Petce
Brinkley
Woman bank president in Elkton retires after long tenure
Elkton Maryland January 9 Mrs Evelyn Tome France wife of State Senator France retired as president of the National Bank of Elkton after heading the institution since the death of her first husband Jacob Tome of Port Deposit Dr Charles M Ellis elected to succeed her France sold much of her holdings to Dr Ellis at 275 per share par value 100 She plans to retire as president of the Cecil National Bank at Port Deposit where she has led for six years She was elected today as vice president of the Elkton Bank but will not stay longer than to straighten out business before permanent retirement
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Washington Post
Elkton
Evelyn Tome France
France
Natonal Bank of
Hikton
Jacob Tome
Port Deposit
Charles M Ellis
Ellis
Cecil National Bank
Mre France
Elkton Bank
Wheeling Realty Company Assigns for Creditors
Wheeling Realty Company assigns for creditors after the death of Richard F. Duvall. A man claimed paying $500 for a paying position but never received salary. The firm operates in Wheeling Clarksburg and Parkersburg with offices in each location. Duvall, aged fifty eight, died of heart disease at his Annapolis Maryland home leaving a widow, several children, and three brothers.
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Washington
Wheeling
W Va
Wheeling Realty Company
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Richard F. Duvall
Washington Post
Annapolis
Richard Francia Duvall
A Boon to the Bilious
A reader is urged not to blame foods for bilious attacks but to seek liver and stomach attention first. The piece suggests dietary adjustments are less crucial than addressing underlying digestive issues. The reader is advised to take a remedy to relieve bilious symptoms.
Beecham's Pills Advertised for Digestive Relief
Beecham's Pills claim to settle the stomach regulate the liver and exercise the bowels. They mix with stomach contents aiding digestion the flourishing food is assimilated and residue carried off without irritation. Sold everywhere in boxes 10c and 76c.
Gov Heyward Urges Stricter Law After Lynchings In SC
Gov D C Heyward's message to the South Carolina General Assembly advocates stronger law enforcement, especially to curb lynchings, notes improved state finances, critiques the dispensary system, and laments education bill defeat. It highlights dispensary abuses, county actions against dispensaries, and plans to remove stigma from state governance. It also mentions potential Charleston port status and trans Atlantic news traffic.
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Columbia
D C Heyward
General Assembly of
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
Loaded with cocaine Richmond quartet arrested in dope crackdown
Richmond Virginia January 9 J L Kittchen and Mortimer True were arrested midnight suspected of selling cocaine. They underwent a sweatbox examination and released after agreeing to implicate two companions Ernest Spencer and Danny Marker. A score of witnesses will testify. Police had worked on the case for weeks with unknown source of the cocaine.
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Richmond
Washington Post
J. L Kittchen
Mortimer True
Ernest Spencer
Danny Marker
Knights of St John Smoker Installs Officers
Holy Name Commandery No. 248 Knights of St John installs officers at North East Temple. A large turnout attended the afternoon ceremony followed by a smoker with refreshments and stories. Committee to recruit new members appointed as the commandery remains flourishing. officers listed include Spiritual director Rev T J Bervick and several named trustees, secretaries, and commanders.
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Holy Name Commandery
Knights of St John
Northeast Temple
Ccommandery
T. J Bervick
E. J Collina
Thomas Bevans
John Palmers
Recordeg
Benedict Kirsch
Clarence K. Sis
W A McCarthy
W A. Lusby
J J Curren
W H. Borech
W. J. Frizzell
Thomas F Doyle, Jr
Widow and Orphan Department
Comemandery
Eugene Glavin
Benedict Korech
Thomas Beryans
J. Curren
Thomas Foyle
Vermont Assoc Meets in Washington Club Rooms
The Vermont association held a meeting at the Washington Club in Washington. Associate Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia spoke on the Making of Vermont. Music by Prof Sydney Lloyd Wrightson of the Washington College of Music. Election of officers for 1906 will occur.
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Vermont
Washington Club
I Street
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Supreme Court of the Instrict of
Columbia
Sydney Lloyd Wrighttson
Washington Collcbsé
Charities Appeal Seeks Larger Subscriptions for Relief Work
The Associated Charities reports a subscription shortfall versus 1904 05 and appeals for funds. Treasurer John Joy Edson and officers list numerous individual gifts from $1 to $100 plus broader support for curative relief via milk and eggs for indigent recipients. Receipts shown include Reginald Hutdekoper $6 Murray Addison $10 to $310 Mrs Ellen B Slater $50 Dr M J Stack $5 Mrs Thomas F Bayard $10 and others.
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Associated Charities
John Joy Edson
Mian Anne van Dyke
Granger
Henry D Gordon
R Merrill
Terrett
William O Rives
E F Townsend
William A Do Caindry
T H Alexander
Lansburgh & Bro
Clare G Addison
Ellen N Warder
Grace
Kendall
Gardiner Hubbard
M Hendley
Marla Watking
Willam H Chang
Tagena Hrooks
Anton Aberly
George O Little
SM Landon
A H Ames
Richard G Davenport
Citizens’ Relief Association
John F Wilkins
Reginald
Hutdekoper
Murray Addison
Ellen B Slater
M J Stack
Thomas F Bayard
Gardiner
Hubberd
Cardinal Gibbons to Confirm 200 at Holy Name Church
Cardinal Gibbons will administer confirmation to a class of over 200 at Holy Name Church on Sunday. He will be assisted by Very Rev Fr Hinch of St. Dominic's and Very Rev J F Sallier, president of Marist College. The solemn high mass at 10 30 will be celebrated by Rev Fr Butin with deacon Fr Stickney and subdeacon Fr Weber. Rev George Daugherty of Catholic University will be master of ceremonies, assisted by Rev A J Carey of Holy Name Church.
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Hinch
St. Dominic’s
J F. Sallier
Marist College
Brookland
Fr Butin
Stickney
Weber
George Daugherty
Catholic University
A. J. Carey
Pilgrim Church Organized by East Washington Congregation
Witty Congregationists living in East Washington met in Epworth M H vestry last night and organized as the Church of the Pilgrims. Trustees E H Brown B B Bassette H A Farnham elected to incorporate the church. Ways and means committee A C Clough F D Gray H H W Blanchard H P Tucker W A Simonds IFP Tade BT Entriken. Rev. D W Montgomery to preach at the first services Sunday at 7:30 p m in Keller Memorial Lutheran Church.
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East
Washington
Epworth
M #H
Church of the Pilgrims
H Brown
B B Bassette
Farnham
Ways and Means Committee
C Clough
F D Gray
H W Blanchard
H P Tucker
Harvard Rules Committee Seeks Football Overhaul Suggestions
Harvard graduates propose rule changes including a neutral zone, three officials, instant disqualification for rough play, and ten yard requirement to gain. They advocate free play directions with five to ten yard gains, no blocking except by bodies, and abolition of gate receipts to curb commercialism.
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Cambridge Mass
Soial
Harvard
William R Reider
New York
Hnes
Hani
Nelly
Umess
W T Reid, Jr
Chaireman
L B R Briggs
Edward H Wichels
William H Lewis
Lorin F. Deland
Mags
Jand
Wisconsin Faculty Urges Football Reform at Big Nine Meet
Madison January meeting adopts resolutions instructing Prof F J Turner to urge a two year suspension of intercollegiate football among Big Nine universities. The aim is to curb excessive athletics and restore balance between sports and academics, pending faculty ratification at each institution.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
F. J. Turner
Middle West
Chicago
Princeton Vote Instructed on Amalgamation of Rules Committee
Princeton faculty committee on outdoor sports instructed Prof J B Finn to vote on amalgamation of the new rules committee from the National Intercollegiate Football Conference. The decision was not made public. George Bothner, heavyweight wrestling champion, engaged to coach Princeton this season arrived to begin preparations hopeful for a strong team.
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N. J
J B Finn
Bothner
Princetor M J
Jane
George Bothner
Chammi
Priceton
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