Washington Post Newspaper Archives, Jan 15, 1906, p. 1

Day Off for Solons Why Glass Is Out of Race

Richmond reports lawmakers left for weekends as the General Assembly plans a Sunday pause to freshen furniture. Carter Glass denies a 4 year governor bid citing costly primaries, while Capt Baker pushes a dignity driven plan for new pages and guards at the Capitol to manage seating and visitor access.

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Lynchburg Virginia Capt. Baker Washington Richmond General Assembly Carter Gliss Clect C. A Swanson Lass Posson Mc Glass Baker House Senate Cant Haker Capitol

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Fugitive Admits Identity in Clarksburg Theft Case

Paul D. Boyle of Clarksburg West Virginia is held at Pittburg station awaiting Clarksburg police. He is charged with embezzling between 500 and 100 from Philips Sheet and Tin company where he was treasurer. He disappeared six weeks ago and has now admitted being the wanted man in Clarksburg. His father is a prominent Presbyterian minister at Bellaire Ohio and a brother a minister at Cincinnati.

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Washington Post Clarksburg W Va Paul D. Boyle W .Ya Pittenburg Station Philips Sheet and Tincee Company Chaksburg Bellaire Ohio Cincinnati

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Swedish Captain Accused Of Violating Immigration Laws

Captain Knatve of the Swedish steamer Drottning Sophia will face U S commissioner Stephenson in Washington on Tuesday charged with violating immigration laws by bringing four aliens into the country who were deserters or unpaid travelers. The case arises after the men reportedly left the vessel upon arrival and were renounced as deserters.

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Washington Nortelki Va Knafve Stearseer Drottning Sophia Stephenson Knatve

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Winchester Hotel Gas Escape Nearly Kills Stranger

Special to The Washington. Winchester Va Jan 14 Only quick discovery of escaping gas in a hotel saved Henry Voorhees a stranger about 25 who had rented room No 1 He told a bellboy to call him at 10 o clock Two hours later Hugh Stockdell detected the gas and Voorhees was found unconscious He said I blew out the gas and saved himself He was revived and later disappeared remained under surveillance until morning

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Washington Winchester Henry Voorhees Hugh Stockdell Petersburg Voorhees

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Planned His Own Funeral in Detail, Lynchburg Service Set

Richmond Va Jan 14 The funeral of Fey Dr James Powell Garland who died at his New Kent County home last night will be held at Court Street Methodist Church Lynchburg Tuesday morning Rev Paul Whitehead will conduct the services The funeral exercises were arranged by Dr Garland himself an hour before his death he called his children to his bedside named his executors and directed the estate plan and burial He also asked Rev George H Spooner to write his memorial for the next conference.

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Washington Richmond Fey James Powell Garland New Kent County Court Street Methodist Church Lynchburg Paul Whitehead Garland George H Spooner

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Postal law violators jailed in Maryland case roundup

In Hagerstown Maryland on January 14 post-office inspector F F Sharron arrested four individuals for sending written matter at fourth class rates via mail. They pleaded guilty and each paid the minimum ten dollar fine. The mailings involved cigar and tobacco prize tags and labels sent to a tobacco company in Winston Salem North Carolina. Inspector Sharron reports 100 cases in his district across seven Maryland counties and eleven in Virginia. discovery of the violations came from the Winston Salem postmaster.

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Washington Post Hagerstown F. F. Sharron Post-Office Washington Post Office Department Winston-Salem N. C Sharron Maryland Virginia

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Veteran commits death by own action at Soldiers Home

Special to the Washington Post from Newport News Virginia reports seventy four year old Christian Koch, a member of Company K at the National Soldiers Home, died in the cellar of his quarters in a self strangulation. Koch, a Civil War veteran from Philadelphia, served with the Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry and came to the home years ago with supposed relatives in Philadelphia.

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Tua Washington Post Newport ‘News Christian Skoch Company K National Soldiers’ Home Koch Philadelphia Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry Philadelpha

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War Over Normal School in Hampton Roads Fight

Special from Newport News Va Jan 14 Norfolk seeks a state normal school and fights over the Jamestown Exposition Virginia building. Senator S W Holt opposes funding. Richmond reports a bill to convert the Jamestown site into a permanent normal school building.

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Newport News Norfolk Hampton Roads S. W. Holt Virginia Richmond Normal School

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National Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens in Washington

The 609 member National Rivers and Harbors Congress meets at the Arlington in Washington to press for larger public waterway and harbor appropriations. Delegates from at least 300 commercial groups and 20 governors discuss river and harbor bills, with speeches by M. J. Sanders and Judge Theodore Burton and a White House reception planned for Tuesday.

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The Arlington National Rivers and Harbors Congress Washington Congress Baltimore Pacific Coast New England States East South M. J. Sanders New Orleans Executive Committee Charles Scott Mississippi Theodore Burton Rivers and Harbors White House M. J. Saunders W. H. Lincoln Boston Robert, Ramsay James R. Garfield Cleveland Col William H. Love EB. R. Sharwood Philadelphia

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Death Toll Soars in New York State Record Year

Albany reports a record high death count for 1905 with 139,561 total deaths in New York. Pneumonia and consumption dominate mortality, with 8,000 deaths from pneumonia in the first five months and consumption killing over 15,000. The piece urges lung cures and promotes Gowan's Pneumonia Cure as a guaranteed remedy.

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New York State Albany New York Gowan

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Gowan's Pneumonia Cure Ad Offers 3 Bottles

Gowan's Pneumonia Cure promotes a package of three bottles with claimed use for ordinary cold cough or sore throat. Normal bottles priced at 3100 and available through druggists or by mail from Gowan Medical Co Durham NC.

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Munson Ecks All Drugests

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Long list of state trade groups and officials across the United States

A sweeping roster of merchants boards chambers of commerce and trade associations from Massachusetts to Washington DC names dozens of leaders and delegates. Included are figures from Boston Chicago Grand Rapids Greenville and many cities with figures such as Reuben Foster Jom B Sharwood and William Lincoln among others. The compilation notes national coordination with governors and congressional delegations across the states.

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Bostoff Merchants’ Association Amory A. Lawrence James Richard Carter Associated Board of Trade Arthur G. Farley Frederic H. Viaux Michigan Grand Rapids New York Parley Fitch Iowa W. B. Scaife Pennsylvania J. L. Vance Ohio Allen Gray Indiana J. M. Dickinson Trois W. B. Troutman Ilinois Charles I. Mulliken Illneis Gok Greer Clay Missouri Marcus Bernheimer J. E Smith Col John 8. Brannin Kentucky R. W. Knott C. L. Hebertson W. A. Percy Tennessee H. N. Pharr Albert §. Caldwell W. H. Stovall W. B. Milter Arkansas Capt Patrick Herry Maj Greenfield Quarles F. M. Rogers EB. J. Bowers Washington D. C T. G. Catchings Miesissippi John M. Allen Mississippi J. T. Atterbury Miesisippi W. S. Barry E. J. Russell Alabama John A. Mellhenny Louisiana J. T. McClellan John M. Parker F. L. Maxwell Kansas City Board of Trade Edgar C. Bilis St. Louis Merchants’ Exchange W. P. Kennett Edward BE. Seharit Latin~American Club and Foreign Trade Association James Arbuchle Nebraska Jamey MH Atercrombié R. C Jenkinson George F. Reeve New York Produce Exchange North Carolina Fayetteville Ciisens Cape Fear River Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Harvey D. Goulder James R. Garfield John M. Mullooney BF. A Scott Cincinnati Bustpesa Men's Club Albert Bettinger Edwin C. Gibbs Edwin Philadelphia The Bourse A. Albrecht Lincoln K. Passomer George &. Bartel Walter A. Bailey Tradea’ League W. W. Foulkrod Lewis M. Haupt William McAleer Walter Horstmann Commercial Exchange Frederick W. Taylor Woolman P. Fendill Young BE. E. Delp Grocers and Importers' Exchange Henry A. Fry N. J. Sehmucker William T. Kirk Board of Trade William D. Winsor Schermerhorn Prank D. la Lanne William R. Tucker Vrooman A. J. Cadwala Der B. B. Malone Pittsburg Coal Exchange C. A. Blackburn Hugh Moren W. H. Crump J. Frank Tilley W. Harry Brown George W. Thelsa D. B. Blackburn Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association William B. Rodgers B. F. Jones Thomas M. Rees Chamber of Commerce George H. Anderson James A. Henderton A. G.roenigk Roger Wiliams C. H. Allerton H. L. Castle G. N. Chalfant Tennesshp Memphis St. Francis Levee H. D. Tomlinson Butler Ark A. H. Hammett Wynne J. A. Dradsher Harrinburg Is Ark H. N. Roteson Marianow Tenn Muller Marked Tree James H. Barry Senate James P. Clarke B. Macon J. T. Robinson Brundige John Little M. C Floyd Charles Rockwood Willard Warner Pittsburg Jeptha Bright Chattanooga J. A. Patten Newell Sanders H. S. Chamberlain C. W. Olson Texas Galveston Deep-Water Committee W. , Gresham M. Lasker C. Fowler L. P. Featherstone L. Blum T. D. Gresham Virginia Richmond Chamber of Commerce Dabn Huntington Chamber of Commerce G. A. Northcott Keystone Board of Trade F P. London Kingwood Board of Trade Hien William G. Brown Charlestown Board of Ade William Campbell Moundsville Board of Trade Frank H Blake New Martinsville Board of Trade Frank W. Clark St. Marys Board of Trade James A. Oldfield Sistersville Merchants? Association Clifford W. Church Wellsbury Board of ‘Trade Thomas W. Carmichael Williamson Board of Trade B. Randolph Wheeling Dear of Trade State Bankers’ Association E. P. Murphy New Cumbarland State Editorial Association George A. Laughlin Wheeling State Grocers’ Association W. ©. Metonaughe; Parkersburo; President Kurgas, Parkersburg; H. C. Franvheim Wherling N. Speiden Lawrence FB. Sands Joseph Speidel Thomas O'Brien D. J. Stalnaker Robert Hazlett George Wise Wisconsin Osbiosh Board of Trade William W. Waterhouse Washington, D. C American Pilots’ Association J. H. Low J. E. Brien Als

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Marine Band Concert Delights Columbia Theater Crowd

The sixth Marine Band concert drew a large audience with a varied program. Standouts included Greig’s The Suite Peer Gynt, la Bohème, and Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor sextet played by Llewellyn Smith Stone May McIntire Brearton. De Luca’s Swiss Shepherd impressed, Vienna Woods by Strauss pleased, with Lebanon Overture, Slavonic Dance, Hungarian Dance, Semper Fidelis, and The Star Spangled Banner. Encores boosted the length. The next concert is Sunday January 23 at the Columbia.

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Rural free delivery costs and petitions in 1905

A statement by P V De Grow shows rural free delivery since 1900 up to January 1 1906. It lists 61690 petitions received of which 13125 were acted upon adversary and 34677 routes in operation. Over 1 billion pieces handled in fiscal year 1905 costing about 1.12 cents each. net cost for 32055 carriers in the year 1906 is noted.

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P. V. de Grow

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Meriwether Faces Hazing Trial At Annapolis

Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Jan 14 The trial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether Jr of Lafayette La on hazing charges will start after Midshipman John P Miller's case. Meriwether already serves a year confined on academy grounds for involvement in the fight that left Midshipman James R Branch dead. Six specifications accuse hazing of underclassmen through headstands the sixteenth dance and the new rabbit dance during September when upperclassmen were away for leave. Meriwether has lawyers George H Mann and James M Monroe.

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Day Off for Solons Why Glass Is Out of Race

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War Over Normal School in Hampton Roads Fight

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