Pitcairn Coal sues B&O for car allotment bias
The Pitcairn Coal Company of Clarksburg West Virginia sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in U S Circuit Court seeking a mandamus to force car allotments for coal shipments. It accuses the railroad of favoring companies controlled by the railroad and using “individual cars” to exclude independents while demanding an allotment of one and seven tenths of service cars in a scarcity. Also names many coal and transportation firms as parties.
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Pitcairn Company
West Virginia
United States Court
Spectal
Washington Pont
Baltimore, Md
Pitcairn Coal Company
Clarksburg
W. Va
United States Circuit Court
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Comaniea Clumiing
Fairmontval Company
Fairmont Company
Mings
Ptt‘area Company
Fairmont Coal Commen
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fairmont Coal Company
Somerset Coal Company
Clarksburg Fuel Company
Consolidation Coal Company
Century Coal Company
Chieftain Coal Company
Clements Coal and Coke Company
Cook Coal and Coke Company
Cook and Hart Coal Company
Weavis-Brydon Coal Company
Davia Coal and Coke Company
Douglas-Rausch Coal Company
Fairmont and Baltimore Coal and Coke Company
Federal Coal and Coke Company
Grafton Fuel Company
Maryland Murder Case Leads to Ontario Arrest
Charles Carter, a black man, was arrested in a lumber camp near Sault Ste Marie Ontario on a Maryland murder circular. The target, Thomas M. Reinhart, a railroad contractor, was killed at Dorchester Run Maryland in April 1986. A $1,000 reward had been offered. Carter claims the name on the circular is Al. Also notes donations for Shelton Memorial Cottage at Presbyterian Orphans Home and a separate shooting incident in West Virginia with no serious injuries. Chief Judge McSherry of Maryland’s Court of Appeals reportedly ill.
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Charles Carter
Ontario
T. M. Reinhart
Washington
Sault Ste Marie
Maryland
Fie
Mika
Carter
Charlies
Thomas NM. Reiohart
Dorgers Run
Maryland Weddings Across Small Towns in January
Weddings, lists of couples married in Rockville Dawsonville Chatham Front Royal Bristol and nearby communities. Notables include Miss Annie Bo Ashby of Washington and Herbert Bickers of Shenandoah Way wed in Rockville, and Miss Sara Newton Casal of Darnestown to John Thomas Williams of Dawsonville.
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Rockvill
Annie Bo Ashby
Washington
Ami Herbert Bickers
Shenandosh Way
Rockvie Go
Aml
Hark Moseley
Presbyterian Church
Torkvile
Sara Newton Casal
Irsdumphrey Claset
Darnestown
Jobi Thoman Willams
Arthur Williams
Dawsonvilie
Presbrelax
Dr Lingenfelter
Pooledville
Walter H. Stone
Qaid of Honor
Mise
Eleanor Moses
Dawson Willams
Willins
Willins Left For A Honeymoon Trip ‘the
Shell
Sherif Wiltures
Dansarville
Three Girls Poisoned In Baltimore Sickness From Candy
Special to The Washington Fest from Baltimore reports Bertha twelve Alice ten Maud four fell ill after eating candy said to contain arsenic. Alice recovered consciousness after three days Bertha was unconscious forty eight hours and Maud was the youngest who ate less and is expected to recover. The candy was a cheap variety bought at a small store.
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Baltimore
John P. Mowatt
Bertha
Alice
Maud
Girl's Death An Accident In Elkton Killing
Elkton Maryland January 16 coroner jury verdict finds Miss Halle Shatt seventeen shot at Grove Neck farm Monday night died of gunshot wounds. George Harris exonerated from criminal blame though jury believes death accidental Harris is affected by the tragedy they were to be married last week with wedding garments lost in a nearby fire ten days ago.
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Washington Post
Elkton
Halle Shatt
Grove Neck Farm
George Harris
Harris
Miss Shatt
Customs Men Are Accused Testimony in Seward Case
Baltimore hear ing on the United States fraud charge against J H Seward & Co. continues with C H Oldfeld and Franklin Owens testifying that sawdust and water were used in slush piles to inflate weights. Witnesses say wet slush and sprinkled sawdust were observed at the Seward warehouse and later included in the gross weight for refunds.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
United States
J. H. Seward
J. H. Seward & Co
Rogera
C.H. Oldfeld
Franklin Owens
Mezsrs. Seward & Co
Atendants
Seward
Oldfield
Meace Seward & Co
Dog Pronounced Rabid in Norfolk
Special to The Washington Foss reports a telegram from Dr. A D Melvin chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry declares a dog that bit seven children and two policemen in Norfolk was infected with hydrophobia. The board of control ordered police to begin treatment at the Pasteur Institute in Richmond. Two children were sent this afternoon and the rest will be sent tomorrow. Police began extermination of bitten dogs.
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Washington Foss
Norfolk
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Board of Control
Pasteur Institute
Richmond
Motter Resigns Frederick Bank Presidency After Proxy Furor
In Frederick Maryland on January 16 special report notes that Isaac M Motter who seized the presidency of the First National Bank via proxy and ousted Frank Norwood resigned this afternoon. Norwood was re elected to the post after joining the board to replace a resigned director amid stockholder dissatisfaction and a threatened contest. Also reports a court injunction against the Allen Brothers Tobacco Company over a Traveler tag claim touching the Schnapps tag by R J Reynolds Company. Statesville flour mill in North Carolina burned destroying most of the plant with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars registered with some insurance. The fire began in an elevator and the mill was among the Souths largest.
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Luo Frederick
Isaac M. Motter
Frank ©. Norwood
Natonal Bank
Frederick
Norwood
Asheville
N. C
Pritchard
Circuit Court
Allen Brothers Tobacco Company
Allen Brothers
Schnapps
R. J. Reynolds Company
North Carolina
Statesville
Washington Prat
Charlotte
N. G
South
Obituary Notices From Maryland Tribunes Gather Losses
Westminster loss of William Heeshin a venerable Uniontown resident aged about eighty four. Survived by one daughter and three sons. Annapolis reports the death of George A Barber a prominent Anne Arundel farmer at his home near Millersville aged sixty one and survived by a wife and nine children. Baltimore announces the death of John Savage Williams senior member of Williams Thompson fire insurance company, of pleural illness, aged about ninety. He was linked to Baltimore’s oldest families and left a wife formerly Min a gally Luchestes.
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Westminster
Wiliam Heeshin
Uniontown
Annapolis
George A. Barber
Anne Arundel
Millereviilh
Mes Collinson
Calvert County
Baltimore
John Savage Willams
Willams & Thompson
Virginia Obituary: Larrick and Himelright Pass Away in Frederick County
Winchester obituaries report John Hi Larrick a Frederick County farmer dying at Chamtereviile after pneumonia at age 83 leaving a wife two sons and four daughters. He was active in local politics. Jennie Himelright widow of John A Himelright a farmer died at Gay Whitacre after a long illness at age 31 leaving a husband and three young children.
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Winchester
John Hi Larrick
Frederick County
Chamtereviile
O Gay
Penamonia
Warrick
Jennie Himelright
John Af Himelright
Gay
Whitacre
Veterans in Reunion Organizes Survivors Association
Col Lamb of Norfolk presides as president with Maj Reeves of Washington as vice president at Fort Fisher North Carolina where more than 300 Civil War veterans from Union and Confederacy met for the first annual reunion. They visited the fort ruins and held a reception at the opera house where reminiscences were shared and Confederate songs were sung.
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Col. Lamb
Norfolk
J.B. Reeves
Washington
Congress
National Park
Wilmington
N. C
Fort Fisher
Cape Fear River
Oneida County
1Igh
12Th
New York Volunteers
Opera House
Survivors’ Association
Col .Lamb
Gen. Curtis
New York
J. A. Smith
M. B. B Stone
Utica
N. Y
Joan B. Fairhead
Rufus Daggett
James H. Reeves
R. W
Says He Killed Her Husband in Mountain Hunt
Special to The Washington Pits Cumberland Md Jan 18 In habeas corpus proceedings John Buckinger charged with the murder of Wesley Emerick a miner of Boynton near Meyersdale sought release from jail Mrs Emerick testified that Flickinger had confided he intended to murder her husband and asked to be and was a pallbearer at the victim s funeral Flickinger was remanded to jail She says she learned he shot and killed her husband in the mountains There had been strained relations due to Flickinger s attentions to the woman The mother of three is 21 Flickinger 25 The court denied the writ of habeas corpus and held Flickinger for trial without bail.
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Washington
Cumberland
John Buckinger
Wesley Emerick
Boynton
Meyersdale
Emerick
Flieckinger
Flickinger
Boy's skull fractured after Pine Top schoolhouse fight
Winchester VA Jan 16 Special to The Washington Post Harry Woods a schoolboy is in precarious condition at home after a fight with Newton Clark at Pine Top schoolhouse. Clark allegedly struck Woods with a heavy club, fracturing his skull. Both are sons of prominent farmers. EHacao is thirteen years old Cumberland MD Jan 16 Benjamin Blays and Kathleen Sheridan to wed at Hotel Raleigh in Washington. Sheridan family connected to Capt. John Sheridan who left a near million estate. Br. Brays an inventor. Bristol TN Jan 16 C C Campbell alleged to solicit money under false pretenses. Chicago company denies authorization. Seeks divorce after thirty years Hagerstown MD Jan 18 Cynthia Jane Hughes seeks absolute divorce from Andrew Jackson Hughes, desertion alleged thirty years ago. Married in Catabwa VA thirty years ago Washington last Rockville MD Jan 16 Montgomery County Agricultural Society officers re-elected: President Lee Offutt Vice President John H Gassaway Secretary James T Bagley Treasurer John J Higgins. Mrs Cora Groff attempted suicide by laudanum in Chatham VA Jan 16. Rockville MD Jan 16 marriage licenses issued: Nelson S Brown and Estella Zeltler. Alvin Trevey and Lucy Boteler Rockville Jan 16 Crushed to death under engine Calvin Zafari 38 Baltimore and Ohio engineer killed in Sand Patch grade collision.
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Winchester
Harry Woods
Vaucluse
Newton Clark
Pine Top
Clark
Woods
Ehacao
Wasamgeon Yoo
Cumberland
Benjamin. Blays
Kathleen Sheridan
John Sheridan
Mount Savage
Raleigh
Sheridan
Aimee Sheridan
Capt. Sheridan
West Virginia
Democratic Nar Committee
Br. Brays
Washington Boos
Rockville
The
Montgomery County Agricultural Society
Lee Offutt
John H. Gassaway
James T. Bagley
John J. Higgins
Washington Post
Nelson S. Brown
Forest Glen
Estella Zeltler
Unity
Alvin Trevey
Travilah
Lucy Boteler
Gaithersburg
Washington Pr
Calvin ¥. Zafari
Baltimore
Lobbyist Bill Amended Passes Legislature in North Carolina
In Raleigh a third reading saw the lobbyist bill require paid promoters of legislation to register names and employer details with the secretary of state. An amendment exempts bona fide corporate officers or firm members who incur only actual expenses. The bill passed 48 to 12. Also proposed were mandatory penalties for concealing weapons and new powers for the attorney general affecting public-service firms, plus a provision to curb nuisance headgear at public gatherings.
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Washington
Rateigh
N. C
House
Abi
Song
Florida Limited Wrecked in Florida Multicar Blaze
Train No 84 known as the Florida Limited wrecked near Raleigh North Carolina after hitting an open switch two miles north of Raleigh at 4 43 am. Several cars and a coffin containing a body burned. One passenger lightly injured conductor Haddagh cut. Authorities suspect wreckers aiming to rob. Body of Jom C Durbin cremated. Engineer says four men aided nearby as crash occurred.
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Raleigh
N. GC
Seaboard Air Line
Florida ‘Limited
Haleigh
Haddagh
Richmond
Raletto
Pamlico
Two Weddings and Court Proceedings Across Washington Post Field
Miss Temple Austin Hamilton and Rev Chauncey Hayden Blodgett wed in Baltimore at Ascension Church with notable clergymen and guests from Massachusetts California New York and Baltimore. The couple will honeymoon at Lakewood then Rochester. Separate briefs summarize Maryland and Virginia appellate proceedings including cases from the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Appeals. A criminal case regarding the Lyerly family murder suspects was noted with migration to Salisbury after a mob lynching incident.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Temple Austin Hamilton
Matthew Allan Hamilton
Chauncey Hayden Blodgett
William Lathrop Blodgett
Pawtucket
Ascension Church
Robert Copeland
Howard Benedict
Massachusetts
Kingsley Blodgett
California
Francis Lee, Whittemore
Deadham
Mass
M. J. Thayer Lincoln
Fall River
John Blodgett
Sewickley
Gilman Collamore
New York
Wiliam E. Hammond
Richard A. Brauhart
Blodgett
Ray
Dr. Crapsey
St. Andrew's Church
Joseph R. Sevier
Second Presbyterian Church
Alexandria
Sevier
Chesapeake
James I. Vance
Dutch Reformed Church
Newark
N. J
Union Central Life insureds dividend note letter
A beneficiary of Union Central Life Insurance thanks the company for a post mortem dividend on policy No 2039 for the late Howard Lowe. He notes a $25.62 check and discusses how dividends were used to offset premiums. The letter lauds Union Central as safe and conservative, calling it Old Reliable. Also mentions a separate news item on Anne Arundel County plans to call in 1903 county certificates on February 1 as part of debt reduction.
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New York
Washington, D. C
Mesars
Raymond&Ricketts
General Agents
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Nen
Howard Lowe
Union Central
Wome
Smphington
Cies
Mary
E. Raley
Daniel Burroughs
Raley
Medley
Brantley
Reltabie
M. Lowe
Speuial
Annapolis
Anne Arunds
Death settlement in Davis case nets widow 3500 dollars
The Southern Railway Company compromised the fatal accident suit for D Walter Davis, a telegraph operator killed at Lawyers Virginia. Mrs Hana C Davis, administratrix, will receive 3500 dollars though she sought 10000. Davis died minutes after the crash while in President Spencer's private car. Also noted are pleas and verdicts in Alexandria court on freight car theft charges against John and J Harvey Robinson, with the elder man pleading guilty to petty larceny and receiving six months in jail. J Harvey Robinson was found not guilty.
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John Robinson
Alexandria
Steamboat Company
Washington Post Bureau
S21
King Street
Southern Railway Company
D.walter Davis
Lawyers
Spencer
Southern
Hana C. Davig
Davis
Young Davis
Washington
the Commonwealth
J. Harvey Robinson
Zon
Corporation Court
Robinson
Robinsons
Mary V. McKenney
Washington and Potomac Steamboat Company
Miss McKenney
Annie Cronk
Two Years For Murder In Suffolk Court
In Suffolk Virginia on January 16 John Herrison was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for the murder of Gam Haskins. Extenuating circumstances influenced the court. Haskins, ordered to keep away from Harrison's premises over an affair with Harrison's wife, was found near Harrison's home late at night. Harrison caught him in a church yard and fatally stabbed him with a butcher knife.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Gam
Haskins
John Herrison
Mansemond
Harrison
Critten- Gen
Phillips Under Arrest Former Maryland SPCA Official Charged
Harrison L. Phillips thirty five a former secretary of the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was arrested in New York on a warrant from Baltimore Police Justice Eugene G. Gran nan charged with larceny of more than $1 000 of the Baltimore society funds covering 1904 1906 He was held at a police station pending extradition proceedings.
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Maryland
New York
Harrison L. Philipa
Polles
Maryland Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Eugene G. Grannan
Baltimore
Martin elected to board for Jamestown Exposition
At Norfolk Virginia stockholders boosted the Jamestown Exposition Company board from six to seven. Alvah H Martin moved to the seventh seat as director candidate. Treasurer's report shows 2.41 million needed before gates open, with 1.02 million spent, 1.29 million remaining. Total project cost estimated 8 to 9 million including state and federal funds. Vermont officials arrive to select a Vermont Building site.
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Norfolk
Alvah H. Martin
Virginia
H. H. Carr
Hampton
H.R. Booker
Carr
Barton Myers
Ways and Means
Prouty
Vermont
Vermont Commission
Senator Proctor
Stat
Fireman Under Arrest for Improper Mail Matter
Roanoke Virginia January 16 Special to The Washington Post Albert Sales Creasy a fireman on the Shenandoah Valley Railroad was arrested today by a post office inspector on the charge of sending improper matter through the mail. The letters allegedly contained serious accusations against certain persons including a Bedford County schoolteacher whose name is withheld. The case was heard for preliminary examination before U S Commissioner White. Creasy was held for trial after witnesses were examined.
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Wreshington Post
Roanoke
Albert Sales Greasy
Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Mosely
Bedford County
United States
M. White
Creasy
Ammonia Carboy Blast Leaves Twelve Overcome
A January East Side factory explosion caused panic as a 100 pound carboy of ammonia fell from third to second floor and shattered. Sixty workers flooded to exits while fumes filled the room. Twelve men were unconscious, three rushed to hospital in serious condition and one is not expected to survive.
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New York
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Noted in World of Crooks Tarbone and Tanner Arrested
From Washington reports in the New York Herald, Frank Tarbeau alias Frank Homans and David P. Tanner were arrested on conspiracy to defraud Dr. Kemp. Tarbo, a famed card sharps expert, has a long history of gambling schemes and run-ins with the law across continents and the United States, including past wiretapping and mining swindles. The latest arrest follows a spring gambling venture in a hired room where a $5,000 stake was won before a staged bank hold-up interrupted the game.
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New York Herald
Washington
Frank “Tarbean
Tanner
Thomas J Kemp
Tarbeau
Frank Homans
Paris
France
David P. Tanner
White Plains
Tarbo
Rogues
London
William A. Woodward
Big Hawley
Aiindler
Woodward
Arthur Cockburn
Arthur Saville
England
Larry Summerfield
Sing Sing
James Maines
Mance
Charles Augustus Seton
Life sentence for murder in New York case
Neles Raplac, a Russian immigrant, was found guilty of manslaughter in Riverhead Long Island. He killed George Stillwell of Wading River after Stillwell was arrested as a vagrant. The court condemned Raplac to life imprisonment amid sympathy noted for the prisoner. Stillwell had not been sworn as deputy sheriff and the arrest lacked a duly signed warrant.
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New York
Neles Raplac
Riverhead
L. I
Raplac
George Stillwell
Wading River
Stillwell
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