Virginia Solons Meet as Montague Delivers Message in Person
The Virginia General Assembly convened in the renovated capitol with unfinished furnishings and shuffled desks in transit. Governor Montague appeared in person for the joint session, while Republicans nominated no candidates in either house, and Hawkins led for public printer amid party reorganizations and pending deadlines.
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Montague
House
Senate
Hawkins
Washington Post
Richmond
General Assembly of Virginia
Capitol
Wro
Sumiall
Fac
Montigue
Thomas Jefferson
Montague Urges Treasury Reorganization and Electoral Reforms
Gov Montague in his annual message urged reorganizing Virginia treasury department creating a state board of charities and corrections tightening election funding rules and safeguarding primaries He called for civil service reforms in state offices and prison and hospital employment based on efficiency and character He warned against corporate campaign contributions and expansion of state revenue needs for education roads and welfare programs.
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Virginia
Treasury Department
Washington Post
Richmond
Montague
Board of Charities and Corrections
Call For Compulsory Education Law Backed By Delegates
Delegates press for a compulsory educational law requiring parents to send children ages eight to sixteen to school. They favor provision of free books for all state public schools.
Charcoal Lozenges Promoted for Health and Beauty
A Buffalo physician endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a safe remedy to absorb stomach gases purify breath and improve complexion. The ad claims daily use benefits digestion liver purification and general health with lozenges costing 25 cents a box at drug stores.
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Stuarts
Buffalo
Stuart
Vandiver’s unanimous renomination as Maryland treasurer
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis January 10. Murray Vandiver was unanimously renominated by the Democratic caucus and elected by the General Assembly to succeed himself as Maryland state treasurer, receiving seventy two votes. The vote reflects Democratic strength with some Republicans casting blanks or voting for Vandiver. The result is viewed as a Gorman victory and signals ongoing battles over legislative expenses and executive economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Annapolis
Gov Warfield
Baltimore City
Murray Vandiver
General Assembly
Anne Arundel
House
Dr. Smith
Queen Anne
Robert Shriver
Allegany
State Treasures
Vandiver
Gorman
Bigamy charge shocks Roanoke stage manager Hunter
Roanoke January 10 special to The Walnngton Pool reports J P Hunter stage manager of the Academy of Music arrested on Newport News bigamy warrant. Hunter says he has one wife and claims personal spite. He has a four year marriage and one child. Meanwhile Annie Connachy, colored, 70, burned to death at 10 South Bethel street Baltimore. She was bedridden and her dress caught fire by a stove.
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Ecial
Roanoke
J P Hunter
Academy of Music
Mordaunt Stock Company
Newport News
Hunter
Selmi Te Une
Nixwe
Baltimore
Annie Connachy
South Bethel Street
Southern's Gift to Church in Spencer donation to church
The Presbyterian church in Spencer North Carolina received a 509 dollar donation from the Southern Railway Company Washington office. The funds will aid the completion of a new church building recently erected and the gift arrived as a surprise to the congregation.
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Washington Post
Spencer
N. C
Presbyterian Church
Southern Railway Company
Office of
Washington
Sixty Cars in Flames at Waverly Car Barn
Special to The Washington Post. Fire at the old Waverly car barn on York road destroyed sixty cars and damaged twenty to thirty others. The blaze began around 523 AM, likely from a live wire. Firefighters faced frozen water plugs and delayed access, with three buildings fully engulfed and losses pegged at about $100,000.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Perry
Street Railway
Two houses blown up near Gate City Virginia
Special to The Washington Fort reports unknown persons dynamited the houses of Lewis McDavid and John Tipton eight miles from Gate City. McDavid's roof was blown off and walls shattered. The sleeping families were shocked but no one was seriously hurt. neither target is known to have enemies.
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Washington Fort
Gate City
Lewis McDavid
John Tipton
McDavid
Tipton
Maryland Court of Appeals Grants New Trial in Western Union Case
Maryland Court of Appeals grants a new trial for Western Union Telegraph Company in a trespass case against Robert Howard Ring. The court also affirms several lower court judgments, with various cases remanded or affirmed, and costs allocated. Also reported are Montgomery County Agricultural Society director results, Winchester stock moves, a Norfolk visit by Consul General Wynne, and Weston WV municipal ticket results.
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Maryland Court of Appeals
Western Union
Washington Post
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Jones
Western Union Telegraph Company
Robert Howard Ring
Elizabeth B Hammersley
Briscoe
Schaumhoffel
State
Schmucker
Gottschalk Va Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company
Standard Ofl Company
Hartman
Jones—Horner and Horner
Bell Et al
Jones—Bell
Baltimore
Page
Commonwealth Bank of Baltimore
Preston
Pearce
Shipley
Mercantie ‘Trust and Deposit Company, Trustes, Et al
Detree
Truat
Virginia Weddings In Fredericksburg And Across State
Fredericksburg and other Virginia towns report multiple weddings. W Russell Readaults of Bowling Green wed Miss Pauline Garmer of Lykens Pennsylvania in Fredericksburg. David Garton and Miss Pamelia A Ariss of Orange County married at Gordonsville Baptist parsonage. Rev Julian B Spies officiated Bessie Ellyson Tarry and Harry Taylor Jones wedding in Richmond at Miss Tarrys Cary Street home. Blanche Goopman Mastin and George Herman Williams wed at Virginia Conference Orphanage in Richmond. William Hug and Hazel Prince united at Green Memorial Church in Roanoke. Dr Emmett August Debordenave of Franklin wed Miss Jessie Hoopes Fetter in Franklin. Rosa Fielding Tayloe of Charlottesville and David Hungerford Griffith of Westmoreland County married at Roseland. double wedding in Winchester with Jesse Pugh Cordelia Fletcher and Alvin Braithwaite Ethel Kerns, all of this county.
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Fredericksburg
W. Russell
Readauls
Bowling Green
Pauline Garmer
Lykens
David Garton
Pamelia A Ariss
Orange County
Gordonsville Baptist Parsonage
W. T. Winfield
Richmond
Julian B Spies
Bessie Ellyson Tarry
Harry Taylor
Jones
West Cary Street
Blanche Goopman Mastin
George Herman Williams
Herkeley
Virginia
Joseph T Mastin
Roanoke
Green Memorial Church
R. W. Watts
W G. Neighbors
Willliam Hug
Norfolk and Western
Hazel Prince
Ash M. Prince
Suffolk
Hmmett_ August Debordenave
Franklin
Jessie Hoopes Fetter
Fred Fetter
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church
Orange
Rosa Fielding Tayloe
Charlottesville
David Hungerford Griffith
Westmoreland County
Roseland
Commonwealth Attorney
John G. Williams
John
Hansbrough
Winchester
W. Glasscock
The
Disciples Church
Jesse Pugh
Cordelia C. Fletcher
Poland Fletcher
Alvin Braithwaite
Ethel V. Kerns
Norvell Kerns
Virginia Obituary notices from Luray and Leesburg
Thomas Viends a native of Luray county died yesterday in Luke Maryland at age about eighty five He leaves a son and a daughter Mrs Mary Peacock wife of Hector C Peacock prominent citizen died near Wheatland aged forty five Her husband and five daughters survive her
Federal Patronage Board backs Kern Davis and Pritchard in Virginia posts
The Seventh District Virginia Federal Patronage Board released recommendations to the President after an all night session reviewing the Winchester Woodstock and Front Royal postmaster races. Kern is favored for Winchester, Davis for Woodstock, and Pritchard for Front Royal with Kinzer and Silman challenging in Front Royal and Kinzer facing potential White House review.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Woodstuck
Bentley Kern
Winchester
C. W. Ramsburg, Jr. Davis
Woodstock
D. B. Logan
C .L. Pritchard
Front Royal
H. W. Kinzer
C. B. Silman
L S Walker
Shenandoah
Kinzer
Moore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pritchard
Warren County
Franc Royal
Cleveland
Kern
Slemps
Lewis
United States
Bowers
West Virginia
Child Burned to Death in Peteraburg Standstill Fire
Virginia items report a five year old girl, left alone by a mother working nearby, burned to death when clothing caught fire from an open grate. The hazard occurred on Federal Street, Petersburg, as the grandfather briefly left the house. The incident underscores home fire risks in urban households.
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Peteraburg
Washington Post
Petersburg
Eva Robinson
Federal Street
Brakeman Dieing From Fall Near Hyndman
Cumberland Jan 10 William Perry a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman fell and fractured his skull at Hyndman and is reported in a dying condition at Alleghany Hospital His home is in Harrisonburg Va
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Spectal
Washington Post
Cumberland
William Perry
Baltimore and Ohio
Hyndman
Allegany Hospital
Harrisonbure
Patterson Defends Self in Henrico Assault Trial
Richmond judge clears courtroom as Willam W. Patterson testifies in his criminal assault case against Miss Cora Crittenden. He says they were old sweethearts with pure affections and refuses to answer questions about alleged years of improper intimacy, stating he would not answer even if it harmed his defense.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Willam W. Patterson
Henrico
Cora Crittenden
Mies Crittenden
Miss Crittenden
Terrific storm sinks schooner effort and rescues
Sails stripped from masts in a fierce gale off Virginia Coast. The schooner Maggie M Keough arrived at Norfolk carrying injured crew from the Baltimore schooner Robert McClintock after a storming voyage from Baltimore with steel rails. The McClintock was found adrift, towed by the Frankfort, and later broken apart in a blinding snowstorm. Lifesavers aided near Chincoteague as two men were taken aboard the Knough. Nearby reports note Confederate deaths in Martinsburg and a charter for a Fitzhugh Lee Monument in Richmond.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Maggie M. Keough
Tilton
New York
W. Morgan
Baltimore
Robert McClintock
Cook
McClintock
Frankfort
Philadelphia
Hancer
Acre
Chincoteague
Knough
Walcn
Georgetown
Death of Thomas J Gardiner in Rockville Md
Special to The Washington ros Thomas J Gardiner a former Rockville resident died Monday at the Confederate Soldiers Home Pikesville aged 82 He leaves seven children He served as a member of Company D Thirty fifth Virginia Cavalry. Schooner Fannie Palmer high on Beach Norfolk Va Jan 16 five masted vessel left by receding tide remains dry and likely salvageable. Miss Rebecca Crider age 57 and J E Wong er age 70 matrons at Old Peoples Home Mechanicsburg Pa married in Hagerstown Md United Brethren church officiant Rev G K Hartman.
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Norfolk
Thomas Harvey
Margaret
H H Hickman
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Washington Yast Martinsburg
W Va
John Harley Miller
Hedgesville
This County
J He Miller & Son
Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Clarksburg
Virginia. Patterson
R. W. Patterson
Druffields
Jefferson County
A. ©. Moore
Charlestown
Rockville
Thomas Butler
Potomac
County
Emma R Thomas
Washington
Frank Marlon Willams
Agnes Mat Kidwell
Martinsburg
George W. Gladden
First
Virginia Cavalry
Harry D. Kilmer
Opequon
Samuel Baker
Chew's Battery
Holy
Virginia
Hagerstown
Phares M Mishler
Capon Ridge
Shenandoah County
Brill
Baltimore
Washington Ros
Thomas J. Gardiner
Confederate Soldiers' Home
Pikesville
Thirty-fifth
Palmer
Fannie Palmer
Adhorn
Cape Henry
Rebecca Crider
J. E. Wonger
Old Peoples Home
Mechanicsburg
United Brethren
G. K Hartman
Weddings in Montgomery and surrounding towns spark joyful unions
In Rockville and nearby communities on January 10 marriages were performed by local ministers. Marshall Hampeon of Olney wed Maggie Lee Gates of Ashton. Mc Kendree R. Fulks married Edna Frances Garrett of the county. Thomas J. Giles of Tennallytown tied with Florence L. Thompson. Miss File Prank Welsh of Clarkburz married James Dorsey Brown at Clarksburg with a large reception, plans set for Baltimore residency.
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Rockville
Marshall ‘Hampeon
Olney
Maggie Lee Gates
Ashton
R_ White
McKendree R. Fulks
Edna Francesa Garrett
Hunting Hill
Jam C. Parrish
Gaithersburg
Thomas J. Giles
Tennallytown
Florence L. Thompson
Friendship Heights
E H Smith
Eldbrooke M KE
Boyds
Miss File Prank Welsh
Asa Hyatt Welsh
Clark#burz
James Dorsey Brown
Mattle Brown
Baltimore
St Episcopal Church
Clarksburg
Miss Welsh
Washington
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
District of Columbia United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Anselm J. McLaurin
W. ©. Smith
Two Sisters Contest Will in Alexandria Probate Case
Miss Hilla Rose Smoot challenges the probating of her mother's will in Alexandria's Corporation Court with allegations of undue influence. The trial before Judge Louis C. Barley features clergy members and their wives as involved parties, with debates over testamentary sanity and the will's execution.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Hilla Rose Smoot
Frances P. Smoot
Louis C. Barley
Corporation Court
Brent
W .Brother Jones
St Michael's Episcopal Church
Trenton
N. J
Norton
Coungel
Brent Im
Fifty Police Probe Curtin Murder in City Dock
Fifty persons questioned by Mayor Paff and police in the Curtin murder case yield no results. Curtin’s mutilated body was found in the dock at Fayette alley. The Tenderloin raid led to arrests of thirty-two women and three men who were released. Funeral services for Curtin were held at North Henry street led by Rev. William J Morton. In court, true bills were returned against Harry Miler and Samuel J. Hopkins, but not against Gen. W. Turner. Capt. Marsh’s case was continued to May in Norfolk with bond set at $1,000. Widow May Keep Lighthouse. Jones Point keeper Greenwood dies. New officers elected for the Young Men's Sodality Lyceum and Fitzgerald Assembly Knights of Columbus.
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Paff
George B. Curtin
Curtin
Fayette Alley
Tenderloin
North Henry Street
William J Morton
Christ Episcopal Church
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of
Virginia
Edmund Waddill
Alexandria
Harry Miler
W. A. Tarleton
Rosslyn
Samuel J. Hopkins
Westmoreland County
Gen. W. Turner
Civil Service Commission
William H Marsh
Northumberland Court
William J Gallagher
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Marsh
Hospital Board Elects Superintendent and Proposes Epileptic Colony
Petersburg Va Jan 10 The general hospital board of the State met at the Central State Hospital Dinwiddie three miles from Petersburg Dr F Drewery superintendent of the Central Hospital was unanimously elected superintendent of the Western State Hospital Staunton to fill the vacancy after the death of Dr Benjamin Blackford He has time to decide The board adopted a report urging the legislature to establish a colony for epileptics as Drewery proposed A committee was named to present recommendations affecting hospital management and a bill will be prepared The reports from several hospitals showed satisfactory conditions overall
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William F. Drewery
Western
Staunton
Washington Post
Petersburg
General Hospital Board of
Virginia
Central State Hospital
Dinwiddie County
F. Drewery
Central Hospital
Western State Hospital
Benjamin Blackford
Drewery
LAW CHAIR FOR MONTAGUE AT RICHMOND COLLEGE
Governor A J Montague elected professor of constitutional and international law at Richmond College. He will retire as governor to begin teaching immediately and may become dean once by laws change. He is a longtime trustee and alumnus of the college. Special to The Washington Post. The article notes high prestige for the school and Montague's planned faculty role.
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Richmond College
Heolala
Washington Post
Richmond Va
A J Montague
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