Pitcairn Coal Sues Rail Line Over Car Allotment
The Pitcairn Coal Company of Clarksburg West Virginia filed a mandamus suit in the U S Circuit Court in Baltimore seeking orders against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to supply its share of empty cars for coal shipment. It alleges bias toward railroad controlled firms, with cars and allotments handled via a complex list of defendant coal companies and related groups.
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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
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 Arrest In Ontario For Reinhart Killing
Special to The Washington est Sault Ste Marie Ontario Jan 2 Charles Carter colored is under arrest here on strength of a circular describing a man wanted in Maryland for murder He was picked up in a lumber camp near town where he was seen as a domestic looking for evidence of migrations of the game laws and who remembered the description in the circular received by the police department Carter answers the description in almost every particular and the only difference is the name which he says is Charlies though the circular gives it as Al The murder was that of a railroad contractor named Thomas M Reinhart at Dorchester Run Ma April 1986 A reward of 1000 was offered for the capture of the murderer.
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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 Roundup in January Events
Mary land weddings list multiple ceremonies from Rockville to Bristol. Annie Bo Ashby and Herbert Bickers wed in Rockville with Rev Moseley officiating. Sara Newton Casal and Jobi Thomas Williams married in Darnestown with Rev Dr Lingenfelter. William John Norfeet and Ruth Hastett tied in Suffolk with Rev Newman. Myrtle May and Jamou Moon wed in Chatham as a traveling salesman and wife. Heate Conroy and Hal Bath married in Front Royal. Lois Blackwell and Henry Roberts wed in Bristol with UVA ties.
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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
Sutolk
William John Norfeet
Suttoi
Daltonesterday
Miss Heate- Conroy
CY Hal Bath
Marshall, We
Three Girls Poisoned In Baltimore Candy Case
Special to The Washington Fest from Baltimore reports Bertha twelve Alice ten Maud four were ill after eating candy said to contain arsenic. Alice recovered consciousness after three days Bertha was unconscious forty eight hours youngest girl ate less and is expected to recover. The candy, bought at a small store, was of cheap variety.
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Baltimore
John P. Mowatt
Bertha
Alice
Maud
Girl's death ruled accidental in Elkton shooting
Elkton Md Jan 16 coroner's jury finds Miss Halle Shatt seventeen died from gunshot wounds by George Harris and believes the death was an accident exonerating Harris. The couple planned to marry last week. her wedding garments were destroyed in a fire at the Wilson Merritt property near Cecilton about ten days earlier.
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Washington Post
Elkton
Halle Shatt
Grove Neck Farm
George Harris
Harris
Miss Shatt
Customs Men Are Accused in Seward Case Hearing
Baltimore hearing on fraudulently obtaining customs refunds centers on slush waste fruit. Witnesses C H Oldfield and Franklin Owens report wet shish piles and sprinkling of sawdust to inflate weight. Testimony links water and sawdust to higher refunds. investigators say irregularities were not acted on.
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Oldfield
Seward & Co
Baltimore
Washington Post
United States
J. H. Seward
J. H. Seward & Co
Rogera
C.H. Oldfeld
Franklin Owens
Mezsrs. Seward & Co
Atendants
Seward
Meace Seward & Co
Dog Pronounced Rabid in Norfolk Incident
Special to The Washington Foss Norfolk Virginia January 16 A telegram from Dr A D Melvin chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry Department of Agriculture announces a dog that bit seven children and two policemen in the city Saturday last was infected with hydrophobia The board of control ordered policemen to begin treatment at once at the Pasteur Institute in Richmond Two of the children were sent there this afternoon The others will be sent tomorrow The police have begun the extermination of the dogs bitten by the rabid animal.
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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 Stockholder Fallout
Special to The Washington. Frederick Md Jan 16 Motter resigned as president of First National Bank after last week s proxy ouster of President Frank Norwood and Norwood s reappointment to the board. The change followed stockholder dissatisfaction and a threatened contest. Also Judge Pritchard issued a decree prohibiting Allen Brothers Tobacco from using the Traveler tag deeming it an infringement on R J Reynolds Schnapps tag. In Statesville N C the Statesville flour mill burned this morning nearly destroying the plant with losses around 75000 and insurer coverage. fire started in an elevator.
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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
Maryland Obituary Notices From Westminster Annapolis and Baltimore
Obituaries report William Heeshin of Uniontown aged about eighty four died yesterday. George A Barber prominent Anne Arundel County armor died yesterday near Millersville at sixty one. John Savage Williams senior partner in Williams and Thompson fire insurance died today of pneumonia. Williams belonged to one of Baltimore’s oldest families and had long been active in city business. He is survived by a wife formerly Mina Gally, of a notable Maryland family.
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Wiliam Heeshin
Uniontown
Annapolis
George A. Barber
Anne Arundel
Millereviilh
Mes Collinson
Calvert County
Baltimore
John Savage Willams
Willams & Thompson
Virginia Obituary Notes From Winchester Region
Winchester January 1 8 John Hi Larrick a Frederick County farmer died at home Chamtereviile o Gay after brief illness aged eighty three native of county Surviving wife two sons and four daughters Mr Warrick active in local politics. Winchester January 16 Jennie Himelright wife of John Af Himelright farmer died Gay at her Whitacre home after long illness aged thirty one husband and three young children survive.
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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
Northerners and Southerners united at the Fort Fisher reunion in Wilmington North Carolina to mark the forty second anniversary of the 1863 bombardment and surrender. More than 300 veterans attended including Oneida County New York troops. A survivors' association was formed electing Col Lamb as president and Maj James H Reeves as vice president. Congress was urged to designate Fort Fisher grounds as a national park with monuments to blue and gray regiments. The Northern veterans returned home tonight.
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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
Wife testifies Flickinger confessed to killing miner
In Cumberland on January 18, Mrs. Emerick testified that Flickinger, a former boarder, told her he planned to murder her husband Wesley Emerick and later admitted shooting him in the mountains. She said she feared him, and Flickinger sought to be a pallbearer at the funeral. He was remanded to jail as habeas corpus was denied and he faces trial without bail.
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Washington
Cumberland
John Buckinger
Wesley Emerick
Boynton
Meyersdale
Emerick
Flieckinger
Flickinger
Boy's skull fracture after schoolhouse fight
Winchester Va Jan 16 Harry Woods a school boy is in precarious condition at his home at Vaucluse after a fight with schoolmate Newton Clark at Pine Top schoolhouse blows were exchanged Clark allegedly struck Woods with a heavy club fracturing his skull both boys are sons of prominent farmers and the incident follows quarrel at the schoolhouse
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Winchester
Harry Woods
Vaucluse
Newton Clark
Pine Top
Clark
Woods
Ehacao
Lobbyist Bill Amended in North Carolina House Action
In Raleigh on January 16 the North Carolina House passed a lobbyist bill on third reading requiring paid promoters and their employers to register names with the secretary of state. An amendment excludes bona fide corporate officers and firm members who only incur actual expenses. The measure passed 46 to 18. The day also saw bills on mandatory imprisonment for carrying concealed weapons, tightening attorney general powers over corporations, and curbing nuisances at public gatherings including headgear and adornments.
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Washington
Rateigh
N. C
House
Abi
Song
Florida Limited Wrecked. seven cars burned and body found
A Seaboard Air Line train known as the Florida Limited crashed near Raleigh at 4 43 am after hitting an open switch two miles north of Raleigh. The wreckage consumed seven cars and a coffin containing a body. One conductor was slightly injured. Police suspect wreckers aimed to rob. A passenger train passed minutes earlier and the engine crew reported four men nearby as the crash occurred. The dead man was Jom C Durbin of Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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N. GC
Seaboard Air Line
Florida ‘Limited
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Haddagh
Richmond
Raletto
Pamlico
Temple Austin Hamilton Blodgett wedding in Baltimore
The Washington Post reports the January wedding of Miss Temple Austin Hamilton daughter of Mrs. Matthew Allan Hamilton to Rev. Chauncey Hayden Blodgett son of Judge William Lathrop Blodgett of Pawtucket Rhode Island. The ceremony at Ascension Church featured Rev Robert Copeland and Rev Howard Benedict with Kingsley Blodgett best man and several ushers. The couple will honeymoon at Lakewood then travel to Rochester Ohio. Special to the Washington Post. Richmond Virginia and Annapolis Maryland court proceedings and murder case updates follow.
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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
Satisfied beneficiary praises Union Central Life to agents
A beneficiary in Washington writes to Union Central Life Insurance Company praising their handling of post mortem dividends on policy No 2039 for his father Howard Lowe. He notes receiving a second post mortem dividend and explains dividends funded premiums, calling the company safe and conservative. An Annapolis note adds Anne Arundel County commissioners plan to call in old county certificates from 1903 on February 1, reducing indebtedness.
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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
Eight Thousand Five Hundred for Death in Virginia
The Southern Railway Company compromised a death suit over D Walter Davis, a telegraph operator killed in Lawyers Virginia on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs Hana C Davis received $3,500 as administratrix from the company, which had sought $10,000. The article also covers related criminal cases, court actions, a hospital trust decree, and local notices including elections and installations in Alexandria.
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Washington Post Bureau
S21
King Street
Alexandria
Southern Railway Company
D.walter Davis
Lawyers
Spencer
Southern
Hana C. Davig
Davis
Young Davis
Washington
Two Years For Murder In Suffolk Court
Suffolk Va Jan 16 John Herrison was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for the murder of Gam Haskins in Nansemond Circuit Court. Extenuating circumstances influenced the verdict. Haskins was found near Harrison's premises late at night amid rumors of an affair with Harrison's wife. He fled but Harrison tracked him to a church yard in Creighton Gen and killed him with a butcher knife.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Gam
Haskins
John Herrison
Mansemond
Harrison
Critten- Gen
Phillips under arrest for theft from Maryland SPCA
Harrison L. Phillips, 35, described as a former secretary of the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was arrested in New York City today on a warrant from Baltimore Police Justice Eugene G. Grannan. He is charged with larceny of more than $1,000 from the Baltimore society over 1904, 1905, and 1906. He awaits extradition proceedings after police station processing.
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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 at Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk January meeting increases Jamestown Exposition Company board from six to seven. Alvah H. Martin proposed for seventh seat. nomination to be ratified next Tuesday. Treasurer reports needed expenditure of about 2.41 million to open gates, with total project cost forecast at 8 to 9 million including state and government appropriations.
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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 Arrested for Sending Improper Mail Matter
Albert Sales Creasy a Shenandoah Valley Railroad fireman was arrested in Roanoke Va by a postal inspector on charges of sending improper letters through the mails. The letters allegedly contained serious accusations about a Bedford County school teacher. A preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner White was held. Creasy was held for trial after witnesses testified.
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Wreshington Post
Roanoke
Albert Sales Greasy
Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Mosely
Bedford County
United States
M. White
Creasy
Ammonia Blast Traps Sixty At East Side Factory
Sixty workers in a New York clothing plant on the East Side fled to windows and doors as a carboy of ammonia on the third floor broke and exploded. Twelve men were overcome by fumes, three were hospitalized in serious condition, and one is expected to die. The accident halted operations as救救 investigators and hospital staff tended the injured. The second portion reports the Georgetown arbitration hearing where master plumbers oppose opening-shop terms and set a Friday week date for further testimony and argument.
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New York
Mfn
Board of Aroitration
Wilcy
Georgetown Law Building
James 3. Easby-Smith
Charles A. Langley
Joseph Richardson
Noted in World of Crooks Tarbo and Tanner Arrested
New York Herald dispatches report the arrest in Washington of Frank Tarbean also known as Frank Homans and David P. Tanner alias Tarbo for conspiracy to defraud Dr. Thomas J Kemp via a gambling scheme to be run in the city. Tarbo described his accomplice as David P. Tanner of White Plains New York.
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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 in Murder Case at Riverhead
New York January 16 Neles Raplac was found guilty of manslaughter at Riverhead Long Island Bed fenced to life imprisonment Raplac killed George Stillwell of Wading River months ago after arrest as a vagrant Sympathy for the prisoner arose during the trial witnesses described the tragedy Stillwell was never sworn as deputy sheriff though promised the position and Raplac’s 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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