Affidavits spotlight factional bias in Samuels case
Federal court in Greensboro began a recess as the Samuels case moved toward trial. Affidavits allege Department of Justice influence and threats against witnesses by district attorney Holton, while Holton and others deny the charges. Several witnesses are sick or missing, and a key defendant, James Combs, is reported to have vanished.
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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
Patterson charged with attempted assault in Virginia
In Henrico County court William W Patterson faced trial for attempted criminal assault on Miss Cora Critenden, a witness who testified Patterson threatened to kill her after she resisted. The case, tied to alleged past relations, featured a tearful cross examination and testimony about motives and residence near Critenden’s family.
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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
Fredericksturg
Jane
Ruth Rathcliffe
Ti R J McBryde
St George’s Episcopal Church
Mary Whoeshineton Hospital
Dispensary Law Issue Opens General Assembly Session
The General Assembly opened with Gov Heys message urging action to curb lawlessness. The main item to be considered is the dispensary law, a measure supported by nearly half the counties. The Washington Post reports related notes from Falls Church and other Virginia locales along with political tensions across the state.
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Columbia & C
Gov Hey
Six Years for Assault in Virginia Case
Special to The Washington Post Suffk Jan 9 John Brown a colored man was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary today upon conviction of assaulting B B Saunders several months ago. 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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Walsh
Moody
Washington Post
Howard Walsh
John Moods
Frostburg
Consolidation Coal Company
John Brown
B Saunders
Chatham, Va
Thomas D Jeffress
Pittsylvania County
Rockville
John Turner
Loudoun County
Milas Mary Anna Beall
This County
Driven Ashore by Gale Off Virginia Coast Fannie Palmer
The five masted schooner Fannie Palmer of Boston was driven ashore a mile north of Little Island life saving station during the gale. Seven crewmen including Capt Nash were hauled ashore in breeches buoys as rescue efforts by Virginia coast life-savers continued. The vessel, bound from Boston to Hampton Roads, rests high on the beach in apparently good condition while a Luckenback tug plans to reach the scene after the storm subsides.
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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
Organizing Night in Maryland Assembly Sparks Debates
Annapolis Md Jan 9 The Maryland assembly opened with clerks appointed and about two dozen aspirants gaining spots. Senator Lee of Montgomery argued to reconsider a library committee clerk appointment for Albert Almoney of the Montgomery Advocate, triggering a debate and Almoney’s stated plan to resign. A caucus was called to name Vandiver’s successor as State Treasurer, with key votes shaping the majority. The Senate committees and leadership lines were yet to be set as adjournment loomed and next week’s sessions awaited.
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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 Va January 9 Antonio Ambroselli a restaurant keeper and politician was arrested charged with criminal assault on fourteen year old schoolgirl Ross Dudley The father Arthur H Dudley painter testified he saw his daughter enter Ambroselli s place and stay Ambroselli will apply for bail tomorrow Justice Watson ordered grand jury commitment Ambroselli denies charges claims daughter 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 Attempted Wreck Near Fairmont
Three Italians John Farrice Sam Biselli and Mike Pinelli were arrested today for attempting to wreck four passenger cars on the Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction 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 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
GARDWELL THE WINNER NO CONTEST IN THE SENATE
Richmond Va Jan 9 the senate and house held a caucus in the Mechanics Institute. W D Cardwell was elected speaker, John W Williams clerk, and J M Johnston sergeant at arms. Wickham nominated for president pro tempore with no contest. Montague to deliver message in person. Redistricting, normal schools, anti graft and bribe bills outlined. The debt commission draft and local politics also noted. Newport News and Fredericksburg named for schools. other districts realigned. Barrett to push Jim crow streetcar bill in Richmond.
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Wickham
Montague
Assembly
Sale
Washington Post
Richmond
Senate
Mechanics’ Institute
Les
Churchman
D Cardwell
Hanover
John W Williams
Giles
J. M. Johnston
Rockbridge
S M.’ Newhouse
Culpeper
P EF Lipscomb
King and Queen
Pembroke Petit
Dr Powell
Ola
House
Willam Hodges Mann
Henry T Wickham
Joseph Button
Appomattox
F B Watkins
Charlotte
Donald
Augusta
Capitol
Gov Montague
General Assembly
Thomas Jefferson
Marion Democrat
Glade Springs
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Tomney
Washington County
Rutnoke Times
Newport News
W. Barrett
House of Delegates
Drowned at a Ford in Ice House Creek
Special to The Washington Post from Suffolk Virginia dated January reporter Burk Smith a colored driver drowned and his passenger Walter F Bureh of Minotville North Carolina narrowly escaped while fording Ice House Creek in Northampton County North Carolina The wagon was swept from the ford and lodged against a tree in ten feet of water The driver could not swim and drowned while attempting to reach shore Bureh stood on the vehicle and kept his head above water until rescued an hour later by several Black men responding to his cries for help
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Burk Smith
Walter F. Bureh
Minotsville
N. C
Ice House Creek
Northampton County
N C
Burch
Virginia Clerk Seeks $500000 Damages Over Taunts
Richmond Jan 9 A.O.J. Markle of Orrville Indiana has sent to Virginia lawmakers a bill and letters seeking redress from Uncle Sam. He asserts taunts and jeers by fellow clerks in the War Department in Washington in 1888 caused insomnia and mental distress and ruined his health and career. He asks a Virginia senator to back a $500,000 damages claim.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Markie
Orrville
Glo
General Assembly of
Virginia
Markle
Uncle Sam
Union
War Department
Washington
Planning a Rail Route From Alleghenies to the Valley
A Washington Post special from Winchester Virginia reports Elkins West Virginia promoter W Ya Elkins backs Henry G Davis drive for a railroad through the Alleghenies to the Virginia Valley connecting with the Chesapeake and Ohio near Staunton. The plan envisions Vanderbilts involvement and a quick seaboard link while Pendleton County options are protected 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 to North Carolina line linked with South and Western railroad
Spartanburg officials announce the Spartanburg and Northern Railroad will run to the North Carolina line to connect with the South and Western highway. Director G L Carter heads the company with a capital stock of 500000 dollars, potentially rising to 1000000. The route, surveying from Lawsons Fork to the North Carolina line on Cowpens Ridge, is about twenty two miles north of Spartanburg. L Carter also chairs the South and Western railroad.
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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 by dynamite blast near Clear Spring
Oraccio Orazani, 35, Italian laborer on the Potomac Valley Railroad near Clear Spring Station, was instantly killed when his tamping struck dynamite too hard. A fellow worker, known as No 38, was fatally injured and died at Baltimore Hospital. Father Nagengast administered last rites aboard 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 tears through Benwood boarding houses. 1 dead, 6 seriously burned
A morning blaze in Benwood West Virginia destroyed three boarding houses. Firefighters found Joseph Pulaski fatally burned and six others seriously hurt. About 50 boarders escaped, with one man abandoning $400 savings to save his brother. Estimated loss around $10,000.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
Benwood
W. Va
Joseph Pulaski
Thief Lashed In Court In Suffolk Va
January 9 1910 Suffolk Virginia Spencer Thornton a fifteen year old black boy was convicted of shop lifting and sentenced to thirty lashes by a police court in the presence of Mayor Ellby. Petce Chief Brinkley administered the lashes as the boy groaned and collapsed, a rare official cowhiding for the city in many years.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Spencer Thornton
Ellby
Petce
Brinkley
Woman Bank President Retires in Elkton Maryland
Elkton Maryland January 9 Mrs Evelyn Tome France wife of State Senator France retires as president of the National Bank of Elkton after heading the institution since the death of her first husband Jacob Tome Port Deposit. Dr Charles M Ellis elected to succeed her, purchasing a large portion of her holdings at 275 per share par value 100. She plans to retire as president of the Cecil National Bank at Port Deposit after six years of leadership. She was elected today as vice president of the Elkton Bank but will not stay beyond to straighten out business for 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 After Fatal Death
Creditor claims he paid 500 dollars for a paying position with Wheeling Realty Company and never received salary. Company assigns assets for creditors after the death of Richard Francia Duvall, a 58 year old farmer from Annapolis. He left 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 to not blame foods for bilious attacks and to seek attention for the liver and stomach, noting that the condition may be at fault more than the diet and suggesting a remedy to take during bilious episodes.
Beecham's Pills Offer Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
Beecham's Pills promise to ease sick headaches, furred tongue, constipation, and sallow skin by settling the stomach and regulating the liver. They aid digestion, help assimilate nutrients, and remove waste without irritating the bowels, sold in boxes for 10c and 76c.
South Carolina Governor presses stricter law enforcement
Gov D C Heyward to the General Assembly urges stronger measures to curb lynchings and improve law and order. He reports improved state finances and criticizes the dispensary, urging removal of abuses and refusing forced implementation, while noting failed educational reform and potential Charleston port developments for inland shipments from New York Philadelphia and Boston.
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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 in cocaine ring
Richmond officers arrested J L Kittchen and Mortimer True after a midnight raid on cocaine sales. A sweatbox interrogation led to confessions implicating two more suspects Ernest Spencer and Danny Marker. Witnesses say the pair sold to many. where the drugs came from remains unknown.
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Richmond
Washington Post
J. L Kittchen
Mortimer True
Ernest Spencer
Danny Marker
Knights of St John Smoker Installs Officers at Meeting
Holy Name Commandery No 248 Knights of St John installed officers at North East Temple Sunday afternoon. A large gathering enjoyed ceremonies and a smoker with refreshments and recitations. A committee was formed to recruit new members to strengthen the flourishing commandery.
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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 Club Meeting and Music at Washington Club
The Vermont Asedkscu0h held a meeting at the Washington Club rooms in Washington. Associate Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford spoke on the Making of Vermont. Prof Sydney Lloyd Wrighttson provided the music. 1906 officers will be elected. Also noted are exam hours at the Free Dispensary for Consumptives and the Washington Credit Association annual meeting with officers re-elected.
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Vermont
Washington Club
I Street
Wendell Phillips Stafford
Supreme Court of the Instrict of Columbia
Sydney Lloyd Wrighttson
Washington Collcbsé
Street
Jesse Ramsburgh
Woman to Talk of Immigration at New York Avenue Church
Mrs. Gildersleeve of New York, assist ant secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary Board, will speak at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at 10 30 this morning on Immigration.
Virginia faculty rewrites athletic rules at University
Charlottesville reports the University of Virginia faculty finalized changes to the athletics code after a long session. Key item: a five month residence requirement for athletes transferring from other schools and a limit on eligibility. The executive committee of the athletic association will meet tomorrow to consider the code.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Athetica
Charities Appeal Seeks Boost in Subscriptions This Season
The Associated Charities reports a sizable shortfall versus 1904 05 and urges renewed public support. Donations listed include Anne Van Dyke five dollars Granger eight dollars Henry Gordon one dollar and many others, plus substantial gifts for a curative relief diet program.
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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 Class 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 rector of St. Dominic's and Very Rev J F Sallier president of Marist College Brookland DC. The high mass at 1030 will be led by Rev Fr Butin with deacon Fr Stickney and subdeacon Fr Weber. Rev George Daugherty of Catholic University will be master of ceremonies, with Rev A J Carey of Holy Name Church assisting.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Holy Name Church
Hinch
St. Dominic’s
J F. Sallier
Marist College
Brookland
Fr Butin
Stickney
Weber
George Daugherty
Catholic University
A. J. Carey
Pilgrim Church Formed by East Washington Congregants
Witty Congregationalists in East Washington met in Epworth M H vestry last night and organized as Church of the Pilgrims. Trustees E H Brown B B Bassette H A Farnham elected to incorporate. Ways and means committee named. Rev D W Montgomery to preach first services Sunday at Keller Memorial Lutheran Church Ninth and Maryland NE at 7:30 PM.
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Witty
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 Football Rules Changes May Allow Forward Pass
Harvard recommendations to the football rules committee call for a neutral zone, three officials, instant disqualification for rough play, no blocking except by body, and a five minute no-substitute period. They also urge longer yardage on plays, wider goal posts, and opening offense with free coaching, plus a standing officials committee.
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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 Backs Football Reform at Chicago Meet
At a January faculty session in Madison the University of Wisconsin approved a plan urging Prof F J Turner to act as Wisconsin's representative at the Big Nine conference in Chicago. The resolution calls for a two year suspension of intercollegiate football to restore balance between athletics and academics, pending faculty ratification at each university.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
F. J. Turner
Middle West
Chicago
Princeton Votes On Football Rules Amalgamation
Princeton faculty committee directed Prof J B Finn to vote on amalgamating a new rules committee from the National Intercollegiate Football Conference. The decision was not made public. George Bothner, heavyweight wrestling world champion, has been hired to coach Princeton's team this season. Bothner arrived yesterday to begin work, aiming to field a strong squad.
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Princeton
N. J
J B Finn
Bothner
Princetor M J
Jane
George Bothner
Chammi
Priceton
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Gov. Heyward
Knights OF ST. John Smoker
Vermont ‘Association
Washington Fuss Plainfield
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Mary Emma Coombs
Scotch Plains
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West Chester
Olsen
Donelson
Asheville
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Olle Danelson
Danelson
Wisconsin University
Bradfield Regulator Co
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