Sawyers wreck blamed on Southern division operator Mattox
Virginia State Corporation Commission completes and makes public a report on the Sawyers wreck on the Southern Railway. It singles out Operator Mattox for fault, cites unsatisfactory service by Ranxoon and Lawyers operators, and argues the system’s organization and management are unsafe. The commission calls for broader accountability from officials and suggests enforcement to reach both the corporation and individual negligence.
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Virginia Corporation Commission
Southern System
Rangoon
Washington Post
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Fta
Sawyers
Samuel Spencer
Jacobs
Ranxoon
Mattox
Lawyers
Rord
Southern Railway
Southern
Aliston
Lima
CAPT W H ROGERS DIES AT 83 IN LEESBURG
Capt Rogers son of late Col Hamilton Rogers died at his Leesburg home Sunday evening at age eighty three. A Confederate veteran, he is said to have represented the U S government during the Mountain Meadow massacre era and aided in rescuing survivors with Gen Albert Sidney Johnston. Survived by two brothers and one sister, funeral set for 11 tomorrow with burial in Middleburg Loudoun County.
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Washington Post
Leesburg
Wiliam HH. Rogers
Hamailton Rogers
Rogers
United States
Mountain Meadow
Alvert Sidney Johnston
South America
Asa Rogers
Virginia
Col Asa Rogers
Petersburg
Mortimer Rogers
Roanoke
Philips
Tredericksburg
Middleburg
Loudoun County
Paid Admissions Begin at Exposition Grounds
About 3 000 people visited the Jamestown Exposition grounds on inaugural day of paid admissions. The 10 cent gate fee will run until April 28 to fund maintenance of the Powhatan Guera. Other items include a Spencer elopement and a fatal shooting at a dance in Chatham.
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Exposition Grounds
Norfolk
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Receiver for cotton mill named in Greensboro court
In Greensboro North Carolina Judge Boyd appointed Caesar Cone a prominent local cotton mill figure as receiver for Odell Manufacturing Company of Concord. The filing by King and Kimball for Continental Color and Chemical Company assigns 500000 in liabilities and 1000000 in assets. The receivership aims to continue mill operations and reorganize promptly amid a broader mill crisis linked to Bessemer City failures.
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Greensboro
N. C
Jan. H
Boyd
United States
Caesar Cone
Megnate
Odell Manufacturing Company
Able Cotton Mill
Concord
King & Kimball
Continental Color and Chemical Company
New York
Bessemer City
North Caroline
Cone
Maniitles
Rockville Mayor Served with Auto Jurisdiction Suit
Special to The Washington Post Rockville Md January 4 United States marshal summoned Glen Echo Mayor John A Garrett to show cause why an injunction should not bar him from exercising jurisdiction over Conduit road within Glen Echo town limits Similar summonses were served on Sheriff James P Gott and Deputy Sheriff Charles B Collins Col Mahlon A Winter and Allyn D Hayworth of Washington filed the proceedings Garrett says Washington motorists will be accommodated he plans to press for stricter enforcement and expects Maryland Attorney General to participate He believes Maryland will assert jurisdiction in all criminal cases on Conduit road and that violators will face the heaviest fine permitted by law
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Rockvile
United States
Rockville
John A. Garrett
Glen Echo
United States Circuit Court
Glen Deho
James P. Gott
Charles B. Collins
Col. Mahlon A. Winter
Allyn D. Hayworth
Washington
Garrett
Maryland
Glen Dcho
Fort Fisher Veterans Meet in Wilmington Reunion Draws Survivors
Three hundred Civil War blue and gray veterans from a dozen states gather in Wilmington on the 42nd anniversary of Fort Fisher engagement for an annual reunion. Gen N M Curtis and Col William Lamb attend among other dignitaries as New York volunteers join as special guests hosted by the Confederate Survivors' Association.
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Wilmington
N. C
Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
N. M Curtis
William Lamb
Norfolk
Confederate Survivors’ Association
New York Volunteers
Ith
Utica
Richmond eyes educational center modeled on Oxford Cambridge
In Richmond a conference among leaders of higher education seeks to establish a university center similar to Oxford and Cambridge. Joseph Bryan pledges his land stake to launch the movement and persuade other owners to join. Andrew Carnegie is said to be approached with the plan and may provide financial aid.
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Carnegie
Richmond
Virginia
Oxford
Washington Post
Joseph Bryan
The
Times-Dispatch
8. C. Mitchell
Richmond College
Emory Blackwell
Randolph-Macon College
Moora
Union Theological Seminary
Lgher
Cambridge
Mitchell
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Wl
Andrews Trial Continued Amid Shifted Sentiment
The Henrico Circuit Court hearings for George C. Andrews, a streetcar conductor charged with attempted assault on Ira Voine, a twelve year old girl, were prolonged. Bail set at $3000 for March appearance. Andrews, a young man of mixed heritage, has recently had a child born during confinement and was reinstated by the Passenger and Power Company. Public sentiment has begun to favor him as a defense fund is started.
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Washington Post
Richmond
George C. Andrews
Ira
Voine
R Carter Scott
Circuit Court of
Henrico
Andrewa
Havite
Passenger and Power Company
Virginia Obituary Notices From Luray and Surrounding Areas
A Virginia obituary roundup reports F Offenbacher of Marksville district near Leakesville aged seventy two and one day died at home after a long magistrate career. George N Aleshire overseer of the poor for Marksville district near Branley is also dead. John A Carlin former Petersburg resident died at his Crewe home after Civil War service. Annie C Goss widow of Ebenezer Goss of Orange County died at her home aged eighty two. Col J Warren Hutt Westmoreland County clerk for over fifty years died at Monta this morning aged ninety. Survived by multiple family members. casual notes of church and Masonic prominence.
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Petersburg
John A. Carlin
Crewe
Nottoway County
Company C. Forty-first Virginia Regiment
Fredericksburg
Annie Cr. Goss
Mbenezer Goss
Orange County
West Virginia considers jim crow cars and rail policies
The legislature introduced bills to require jim crow seating on railroads, appropriate funds for the Jamestown Exposition exhibit, a 2 cent rail fare, a railroad commission, and limits on cocaine and intoxicants. Joint resolutions propose lieutenant governor, longer sessions, and uniform county commissions while house members back direct US Senate elections.
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Washington Pont
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
House
State Historical Society
Jamestown
Virginia
Staunton
Four Injured In Wreck Near Benson North Carolina
Richmond reporters describe an Atlantic Coast Line Florida special collision with a large locomotive near the water tank at Benson North Carolina. Four people were hurt including Richard J. Valentine mail clerk and Engineer J J Jennings. E G Smoot and D Lancaster among those involved but no fatally injured. two railway mail clerks continued on their run. passengers suffered only minor injuries.
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Richmond
Benson
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Richard J. Valentine
J J Jennings
Florence
E. G. Smoot
D Lancaster
Rocky Mount
River High at Cumberland Floods Streets and Road Slide
Special to The Washington Post from Cumberland Maryland reports the Potomac river rising due to continuous rain flooding sections of Paca street near the West Virginia bridge. Areas near Mechanic street and Baltimore Street faced threats, with shanties in the bottoms by the canal inundated. Massive landslides blocked the line west of Piedmont, requiring 209 men to clear the slide.
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Washington
Cumberland
Potomac
Paca Street
West Virginia Bridge
Mechanic Street
Baltimore Street
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Piedmont
Hagerstown Schools Closed Over Diphtheria Risk
Almost 700 pupils in Hagerstown Maryland were sent home as the city health officer and school board closed the Broadway street and chapel school buildings for a week. Health officers describe the illness as scattered but not epidemic and emphasize precautionary measures.
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Washington Port
Hagerstown
Six Months for Perjury in Maryland Court
Charles J. Pointer pleaded guilty to perjury after denying knowledge of his wife in a prior court appearance. He was sentenced to six months in jail. Other items note Virginia judge F. W. Gwathmey qualifying to practice, multiple court cases, and a timber merchant narrowly escaping death when a tree fell. Also reports bankruptcy petition filed by Ida W. Berry of Bedford City with debts listed in federal court.
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Washington
Baltimore
Charles J.ponter
Criminal Court
Wright
Washington East
Lynchburg
Ida W. Berry
Bedford City
United States District Court
Hyein
Richmond
Staunton
Bills Favorably Reported In North Carolina Senate
Special to The Washington Post Raleigh Jan 14 The North Carolina Senate favorable reports on a bill to prevent exposure or sale of objectionable pictures and to prohibit objectionable shows a resolution to ban whisky being shipped into prohibition territory. Bills introduced include standard time for NC over the 75th meridian bank tax on shares and factory child employment counts. Committee favored a soft drink sale regulation bill and Gov Glenn issued a Jan 13 reception invitation and a Jan 19 holiday proclamation marking Hubert B Lee’s birth centennial.
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Washington Post
Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Congress
Prohibition
75Th Meridian
North Carolina
Harge
Seventeenth Judicial District
New Hanover County
Douglas
Glenn
Executive
Hubert B. Lee
Father and Son Killed in Sawmill Accident at Hacks Neck
Special to The Washington roat Wataaw Va Jan 14 A J Phillips and his grown son Norman were instantly killed this morning when the stave jointer burst at Phillips sawmill in Hacks Neck Northumberland County Both men died instantly and were reported terribly crushed and mangled The elder Phillips leaves a wife and seven children The bodies will be taken to the family home near Salisbury Md for burial.
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Washington
Stops Wabash Extension Delayed Over Loan Failure
The Wabash will not build its Cumberland to Uniontown Wheeling and Pittsburgh extension this year, possibly for years, due to George Gould failing to secure a large loan. Chief Engineer Barlow has moved to Baltimore and about sixty workers have been dismissed as Western Maryland Railroad would take charge. Plans and surveys are complete. no construction has been authorized, though surveys exist and right of way is partly acquired.
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Washington Oat
Cumberland
Uniontown
Wheellng
Pittsburg
Western Maryland Railroad
John ©. Barlow
Ohio River
Baltimore
George Gould
Gould
Barlow
Wheeling
Twice Divorced Woman Remarries After Decree
Danville, Jan. 14. In the Corporation Court Hettie L. Boswell was granted an absolute divorce from John I. Boswell on grounds of cruel treatment and unfaithfulness. This is her second divorce from the same husband after she remarried him years after the first decree, based on his promises to improve.
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Washington Post
Danville
Corporation Court
Hettie L. Boswell
Bosewell
Boswell
Warfield to appoint Rogers as fifth district chief judge
Gov Warfield announced he will appoint John G Rogers of Ellicott City as chief judge of the Fifth District circuit to succeed the late Judge I Thomas Jones who died Friday. Rogers is about fifty eight and has served in the house of delegates and the state senate. In Fredericksburg Lloyd of Gordonsville, a Western Union lineman, was fatally injured when his hand car was struck by an engine on the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac line and died two hours later. The Jamestown Exposition will display the original rock linked to Captain John Smith. The Seaboard Air Line will establish a block system on its line between Hamlet and Monroe, a sixty mile stretch, per the railroad commission.
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Warfield
J. G. Rogers
Washington
Baltimore
John G. Rogers
Eilicott City
Fifth Indicies Circuit
I. Thomas Jones
Flogers
House of
Portal Co
A. L
Raleigh
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Ccorporation Commission
Hamiet
Monroe
Desperate Struggle with Six Deputies Nets Suspect
Lynchburg Va January 4 Sheriff Beard brought to the city Herbert Steptoe colored arrested Sunday night near Eton Amherst County after a fierce fight with six deputies. He was sent to Roanoke to join Hudson charged with assaulting Miss Gladys Shelton. Steptoe is believed by locals to be the likely assailant.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Lynchburg
Postmaster to Jail in West Virginia Fraud Case
Parkersburg West Virginia January 14 special to The Washington Post B W Bee postmaster at Permahore charged with fraudulently increasing life compensation and filing a false rent voucher pleaded guilty in federal court. He was fined 250 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge Alston G Dayton.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
B. W. Bee
Permahore
Ritchie County
Alston G. Dayton
Juror blocks trial in Williams case at Alexandria
The Washington Arlington and Falls Church Railway suit against Arthur G Williams was postponed after a juror failed to appear. The jury later returned a verdict for the company on damages of 10000. Other court actions included severance in a robbery case and city hall planning discussions.
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Arthur G. Williams
Washington, Arlington and Falls Church
Tashington Post Bureau
S21
Ting Street
Alexandrie
United States Circuit Court
Alexandria National Bank
Willis C. Bates Company
Washington, Arlington and Falla Church Railway Company
Cardozo Charged With Unbecoming Conduct In School
Francis L Cardozo supervising principal of the thirteenth division faces multiple charges by William E Chancellor and Winfield S Montgomery colored officials. The board of education will hear the case at Franklin School on January 19 1907 with Dr Montgomery as chief witness. Accusations include writing publishing and circulating anonymous libel against Montgomery and other teachers. Other counts cover insulting disaffection and insubordination toward the superintendent. The notice cites sections of the district board rules and by laws.
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Francis L. Cardozo
Board of Education
Admiral Baird
Winfield S' Montgomery
Cardozo
Franklin School
Thies
Chancellor
Dr. Montgomery
Board of Education of
District of Columbia
Francis L Cardozo
W. Montgomery
Francis L. Cardoso
Towit
John W. Cromwell
Addie Howard
Laura Fisher
Sarah Spencer
Parthenia Woodson
Ursuline Brooks
Francis J. Cardozo
Francis
Winfield S. Montgomery
William E. Chancellor
Francis A4eounsy
Act of Congress
Dastrict of Columbia
Washington
George W. Baird
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Southern Railway Company Ve. Hill
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Latham
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Montgomery Anlands
Ttim
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Carroll Institute
P. C. Jo. Treanor
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W. L. Soleau
Sloan’s Art Galleries
G Street
Washington, D. C
Messrs. Boyajian
Fifth Avenue
Sloan Galleries
C. G. Sloan & CO
Washington Daily Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Hess Shoes
Ionable
N. Hess Sons
Pa. Ave
Virginia C. Cross
Genect
Montgomery County
Rosatld B. Cross
Miss Cross
George Washington University Hospital
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George Washington Hotel
Dr. Bouvier
Bouvier
Perth
Pasile Coast
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