Rate Inquiry and Narcotics in Soft Drinks Debate
A Raleigh dispatch notes a joint resolution authorizing railway committees to probe freight and passenger rates. A telegraph bill to require prompt telegram delivery advances. A narcotics ban in soft drinks passes. Maj Gen Robert Hoke declines attendance due to feeble wealth.
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Wandington
Raleigh
Senate
House
Robert P. Hoke
Lee
Hall of the House
Gen. Hoke
National groups back Roosevelt on Brownsville affair
In Baton Rouge the Grand Council of the National Industrial Association of America endorses Roosevelt after he dismissed negro soldiers in Brownsville. In Little Rock Senator Legate introduces a resolution supporting the president’s action and the Twenty Fifth Infantry. In Birmingham the Southern Cotton Growers Association unanimously commends Roosevelt’s stand on Brownsville.
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Baton Rouge
Grand Council
National Industrial Association of America
Roosevelt
Browns Mo
Little Rock
Afk
Gan
Senator Legate
Senate
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Brownsville
Boy Confesses Murder Plot By Raleigh Smiths
Raleigh North Carolina officers arrested 18 Marie Smith and her 17 year old son Charles for murder in the case of Con federate veteran Mitton Bunnell killed last week. The confession says the pair lured him to supper, robbed him of money, struck with an ax, and left his body on the railroad track as a train passed. Marie Smith denies involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Marie Smith
Charles
Troy
Kiling Mitton Bunnell
Lunnett
AL Um
Smiths
Mare Smith
Bunnell
Charles Smith
Motorist in Blizzard Tests Night Run Baltimore to Hanover
A Baltimore motorist and four companions tested a car by making an all night run through snow from Baltimore to Hanover Pennsylvania. They left Baltimore at 10 40 pm Thursday reached Westminster at 10 am and Hanover at 2 am then returned. Leinbach reached Reisterstown at 6 15 am where companions deserted him and rode a trolley back to Baltimore. He arrived back at 7 50 am and was removed from the car due to the cold. Additionally, the Supreme Court of Appeals heard several cases including Columbia amusement Company vs Pine Beach Investment Company and Fontresa vs Pocahontas Fowling Club with writs of error allowed and further docketed matters listed. The Washington Post Richmond bureau reports.
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Inetial
Washington Post
Haliimere Md
Jani—e J. Lambach
Baltimore
Hanover
Thursdax
Westminster
Retian van Leinbach
Reisterstown
Mackmond
Supreme Court of Appeals
Columbia Amusement Company
Pine Beach Investment Company
Circuit Court
Norfolk City
Fontresa 1S
Pocahontas Fowling Club
Ctrwut Court
Princess Anne County
Southern Beltway
Clarke
William Leigh
Julian Meade
Wilcox Et Ali Ve
Widcot & Olds
Uart G Christian
George L. Christian
John A. Lamb
Samuel A Anderson
Pennsylvania Iron Company Limited
Va W
Trigg Co Pt A
George Boan
Jenksna Et al
Rhoades Et al
Berkeley Street Railway Company
Simpson, Norfolk and Western Railway “Company
Withingon Et Ali Richardson
Jones ,Subtrersurer
Wehoe
Lenehbure Shos Company
Detective Lam Pursues Walter Clayton in Baltimore Capture
Richmond dispatch says Captain Lam uungan of the local force departed for Baltimore to secure Walter Clayton alias Walter Ross, captured there yesterday, with the pursuit continuing. Swanson to Speak at Roanoke for Confederate Veterans centennial of Gen Lees birth.
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Swanson
Roanoke
Washington Post
Richmond
Gov. Swanson
Gen. Lees
Seward Case Concludes After Five Day Hearing
The United States government case against J. H. Seward ends after five days. Calvin W. Cheatnut rests his defense following witness testimony. Commissioner Rogers will announce his decision tomorrow at noon and bail remains in place at five thousand per defendant except Seward at twenty thousand. Evidence suggested laxity by customs officials, with Calhoun’s testimony failing to prove due caution.
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Irciat
Washington Prat
Baltimore
United States
J. H. Seward
Calvin W. Cheatnut
Rogers
Seward
Customs Department
Frank J. Calhoun
Calhoun
Chestnut
Asheville Southern Sued Over Fraud Claim In Railroad Charter
Frank Carter and H C Chedester file suit in North Carolina Superior Court alleging the Southern Railroad Company and officials created a fraudulent Asheville Southern railway to condemn private lands and block competition. The complaint seeks quo warranto action to revoke Asheville Southern’s charter issued December 29 1903, with Judge Cook to hear January 2 at Marshall. Indicted incorporators include Col A B Andrene W W Finley H W Muller H Ansley J Hays and Fairfax Harnagan.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N. C
Southern Railroad Company
Frank Carter
H. C. Chedester
Sternberg
E. Sternberg
Asheville Southern
Secretary of State
Southern
Fairfax Harngan
Spencer
Boy Dies From Timber Accidents in Portsmouth
Special report from Norfolk dated January 18 describes five year old Leonard P F Chapman killed near a pile of bridge timber in Portsmouth when two timbers rolled down trapping him and breaking his neck. His mother, reported in critical condition, was expected to die soon.
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Washington
Norfolk
Leonard PF. Chapman
Portsmouth
Killing at Mrs Sink's House in Franklin County
John Foster was shot and killed last night at the home of Mrs. Sarah Sink in Franklin County. Arthur Stanley, the alleged killer, escaped and remains at large as Sheriff Dickenson pursues him.
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John Foster
Franklin County
Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Arthur Stanley
Sarah Sink
Stanley
Sherif Dickenson
Hagerstown Seerage Plant Plan and Water Franchise Request
A Hagerstown capitalists group forms to build a sewerage system at about 3 1 000 000 and seeks a franchise from town officials to install a water works system in the same city. Also Colonial Dames’ Day at Jamestown Exposition is set for Wednesday June with invitations to speak. In Covington, Herbert Hanson was electrocuted attempting to operate a live wire in a store. Maryland Court of Appeals proceedings list cases from Baltimore City courts and appeals, including Albert N Horner and the American Bonding Company matter from the Superior Court.
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Washington
Exposition
Norfolk
Colonial Dames of
America
Jamestown Exposition
Washington Post
Cliftten Farge
Covington
Herbert Hanson
Maryland Court of Appeals
Washington Fort
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
David Lo Maulsby
Trustees
Charles Page
Circuit Court of
Baltimore City
Albert N Horner
Alfred J. Beastey
Superior Court
American Bonding
Haltore
Vé. Lowise Ennoy
Lot Ene
Alexander W. Chandler
Evans Widower Judge Evans’ Wife Dies in Virginia
Fredericksburg obituary notes Mrs Alleen Evans, 69, wife of Judge ARB Evans of Middlesex County, died at home after brief illness. Survived by husband. no sons. one daughter, Winchester. Also reports Mrs Annie G Cartmell, 50, wife of Thomas K Cartmell, prominent Frederick County citizen, died in Winchester after brief illness, leaving husband and daughter Elizabeth De Haven. Other notices list farmer’s family deaths and a marriage in Nottingham, with service details and ministers.
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Frederichsburg
Alleen Evans
Arb Evans
Middlesex
Eixty
Winchester
Preumena
Annie G Cartmell
Thomas K Cartmell
Frederick County
Winebeeter
Mra
Elizabeth de Haven
Jackson de Hiasen
Winchensr
Cape Charles
Holmes Presbyterian Roanoke
Spellding
Bay View
Alexandria News In Brief Digest Observes Lee Birth
A roundup from Washington Post Bureau Alexandria reports the 100th birthday of Gen Robert E Lee observed by Confederate groups with services at Christ Episcopal Church and a Lee Camp banquet. Other items note Judge Charles H Ashton of King George County death at 63, and legal penalties for Noah Green and James Bell in cocaine case. Dock dredging by Mutual Ice Co and local Catholic WBL installations are listed with officer names and roles. Carrie Nation spoke in Alexandria with orderly attendance at the opera house.
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Washington Post Bureau
Sof
King Street
Alexandria
Charles H. Ashton
King George County
W. H. Barkesdale
Alexandria County
Ashton
Virginia
Congress
King George
Noah Green
James Bell
Green
Bell
Arrington
Gen
Robert B. Lee
DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT. Negro orator backs Roosevelt on dismissal order
Fred R. Moore a New York Negro orator addressed a large audience in Israel Hall Suffolk Jan 18 defending the president’s action in dismissing negro troops. He said Roosevelt had done many good things for the American people and should not be abused for the dismission order. Moore toured under the National Negro Business League and was sent to Suffolk by Booker T. Washington.
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Roosevelt
Brownsville
Suffolk
Fred R. Moore
New York
Israel Hall
Moore
National Negro Business League
Booker T. Washington
Warrenton power plant wrecked by explosion
Warrenton Virginia January 18 an explosion wrecked the Warrenton Electric Company engine plunging the town into total darkness. Repairs are expected to take several days before service is fully restored.
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Warrenton
Warrenton “Electric Company
Yale
Yale Laundry
New York Ars
Revocation Request for Ferry Captain Cahoon License
Spectai reports to The Washington Post from Norfolk Virginia that inspectors Tapely and Bray recommended to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor revoking Capt A L Cahoon the Port Norfolk ferry Volunteer's master license for alleged regulatory violations and neglect of duty. The same dispatch notes a separate conference of passenger agents endorsing uniform excursion rates used for the St Louis Exposition and plans to advertise Norfolk on all railroad tickets.
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Spectai
Washington Post
Norfolk, Va
Tapely
Bray
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
A. L. Cahoon
Norfolk
Volunteer
Tne
Washington
Norfol k and Washington Steamboat Co Quick Voyage to Virginia Tidwater
The superb steamers of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company bring the blatable spot of the famed Virginia tidwater within quick and convenient reaching distance of his city enabling visitors in the capital to make a clde journey to these places with great enjoyment. Boats of this Nine gall daily the year around at 6 20 p. m. making the salt to Old Point Comfort and Notrothe overnight. Adjacent to these points are such interesting places as Portsmouth Yorktown James town and the site of the great exposition. These steamers have excellent cafes and spacious state rooms which are filled out in the best possible style. They connect daily at Norfolk with steamers for New York and Boutong, and also trains for the Southern winter resorts.
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Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Virginia
Old Point Comfort
Notrothe
Portsmouth
Yorktown
Jamestown
Norfolk
New York
Boutog
In and About the City Fire, Bankruptcy and Obituary Notes
HF Copeland reports a North Capitol street fire loss of 1200 dollars. Josefine Dit named second grade teacher at Lenox, and LM Hershaw to address Second Baptist Church at 4 PM on First Principles. J Adam Dede lecture canceled. funeral services held for Julia E. Perking. Ontario apartment fire caused minor damage. Jury declares several persons of unsound mind. Simons and Chifela freed from proceedings.
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HF. Copeland
North Capitol Street
Miox Josephine Dit
Normel
Lenox
Hershaw
Julia E. Perking
Northwear
Eany
Rhos
M. P. Chiarch
Gui
Ontario
Ontario Road
District Supreme Court
Justice Tarsard
Sarah Bennett
Sodocia Butler
John B. Cunningham
Abner C. Proctor
Benedict Stullmuller
Daniel Taylor
Carle Simons
Marla Chifela
Leland Powers Performs Cyrano Reading at Columbia Theater
Boston impersonator Leland Powers offered a Rostand reading of Cyrano de Bergerac yesterday afternoon at Columbia Theater replacing a concert in Washington College of Music’s series. Powers presented each character with clear elocution, clarifying plot and preserving poetic phrasing, drawing praise.
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Leland Powers
Boston
Columbia Theater
Washington College of Music
Mr. Powers
Rostand
Powers
Senate stalls Jamestown exhibit funding and reelection bill
Charleston January 18. A bill to appropriate 55,000 for an exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition stalled in the senate after an attempt to skip committee reference, and it went to the finance committee. Hatfield’s election bill failed under suspension and moved to the judiciary committee. In the House, new measures appeared including a definition of trusts and penalties. Senator Henry C Davin spoke to railroad committees and voiced cautious support for a railroad commission plan.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House
Finance Committee
Hatfeld
Judiciary Committee
Henry C Davin
Fire at V. M. I Gym Damages New $2,000
Special to The Washington Font reports a fire at the Virginia Military Institute's Stonewall Jackson Memorial building in Lexington on February 18. The blaze started in the furnace room under the gymnasium floor from an oil lamp explosion on a pine support. Cadets fought the fire with buckets and a hose until Lexington volunteers arrived. after hours of effort, the fire was subdued, destroying apparatus and causing about $2,000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington Volunteer
James Ward Hanged for Murder at Richmond Jail
The colored prisoner James Ward was hanged in an enclosure in front of the Richmond city jail this morning. The execution occurred at 4 o'clock and he died after fourteen minutes. Ward murdered his sweetheart Carrie Meekins on May 18 last year and gave conflicting statements about the crime.
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Richmond
Apedal
Washington Post
Richmond, Va
James Ward
Carrie Meekins
Ward
Side of House Collapses Over Col Dellicker in Drive
Special to The Washington Post Parkersburg West Virginia January 18 The entire side of Col L R B Dellicker residence collapsed this morning carrying part of the second floor into the room where Col Dellicker lay near death for three weeks He was clerk of the United States District Court and was rescued by neighbors The accident is believed to have worsened his condition and may hasten his death
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Col L RB. Dellicker
Col. Dellicker
United States District Court
Midshipman Mueller of Navy Deranged by Hysteria
Midshipman L. C. Mueller of the second class at Annapolis is mentally deranged. Dr J C Byrnes says the condition is hysteria caused by over study and anxiety about upcoming exams and that a rest should restore him. A medical board recommends several weeks of leave.
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Washington
Annapolis
L. C. Mueller
J. C. Byrnes
Naval Academy
Mueller
Medical Board of Survey
Two railway workers crushed in Alexandria roundhouse accident
B Whalper a 50 year old machinist from Pennsylvania and John Welch 27 a helper from Alexandria were crushed by a switch engine in the Southern Railway roundhouse at 10 last night. Welch sustained severe chest injuries with possible fatal internal damage but Whalper expected to recover after being taken to Alexandria Hospital.
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B. Whalper
Pennsylvania
John Welch
Alexandria
Southern Railway
Welch
Whalper
Alexandria Hospital
W. M. Smith
Chickens All Stuck Up In Bloomfield Artwork Incident
New Jersey poultry breeder George Westerman faced a curious morning after his chickens stuck their bills together from eating leftover glue. Neighbor Herbert Fields had mixed glue sizing for wall painting and discarded excess in the yard, leading to the bizarre feeding mishap.
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New York
George Westerman
Fairview
Bloomfield
N.J
Herbert Fields
Fields
Westerman
Early English Bird Cage Clocks Echo Massachusetts 1628 Origins
Old clocks described as bird cage lantern types trace early English clockmaking to 17th century London with Tompion Quare and Graham, all Quakers. Boston and surrounding towns hold long-case and bracket clocks, often in Dutch cases with marquetry and engraved faces. The piece details dials, pendulums, and maker plaques, plus notable examples and surviving pieces in museums.
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Tompion
England
Thomas Hancock
John Hancock
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Toppion
Quare
Graham
Edward East
James Clowes
James Townes
Evolution of clock design and Willard influence in American horology
A survey recalls eighteenth and nineteenth century clock styling from arched tops to brass and wooden works, noting key makers Eli Terry Willard and others, the shift to brass wheels, and the rise of the banjo clock. It also recounts a New York to Darien railroad incident where brakeman Matthew Kinney escaped unharmed after a dramatic encounter with a moving locomotive.
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Tompion
Canterbury
Preston
Worcester
Makare
Purchengr
New England
Eli Terry
Windsor
Conn
James Harrison
Waterbury
Benjamin Henks
Litchfield
Terry
Daniel Burnep
Bilas Merriam
Thomas Harlard
Timothy Peck
Seth Thomes
Herman Clark
Asa Hopkins
Willards
Europe
Annala
America
Willard
Simon
Aaron
Benjamin
Simon, Jr
Banjo
Boston
Grafton
Roxbury
Housekeeping by Letters in Myrtle Avenue Court
Magistrate Nanmer hears a quarrel over letters from a wife who left her civil war veteran husband at 59 Koschiske street. The wife insists on financial support and communication while refusing to return home, leading to a tense, humorous exchange about domestic diplomacy through correspondence.
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New York
Horale
Nanmer
Myrtle Avenue Court
James O'Sullivan
Koschiske Street
Poat
O’sullivan
Paper of Needles Purchase At Pensacola Navy Yard
The U S paid 495 for a five cent paper of needles. Pensacola Navy Yard ran short and drew a requisition on Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brooklyn prepared quadruple requisitions and sent them to Washington. Proposals followed with the lowest bid at 5 cents per paper. Telephoning and delivery costs totaled additional cents. Inspectors assess each needle, with 2 cents spent to express them to Pensacola.
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Kew
U 8. A
Pensacola Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Yard
Bureau of Yards
Bureau of Supplies
Washington
Navy Yard
Manhattan
Pensacola
Pike's Peak Height Revision Stuns Century Readers
Dover Dispatch reports New York Times old Pike's Peak claims, once called Lord of the Range, Monarch of the Mountains, now corrected by USGS to 14 009 feet after earlier 4 147 foot figure. Promoters had urged resurvey to prove a higher height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover Dispatch
New York Times
Pikes Peak
United States Geological Survey
Hi Fe
Pike's Peak
Word-swallower in a restaurant spurred today’s remark
A fragmentary exchange recalls a peculiar figure described as a word-swallower. One speaker denies seeing him in a dime museum and says they saw him in a restaurant today, prompting a heated, amused reaction about the man pointed out yesterday.
Ten Nights in a Whist Room Fragment
A fragment from the Baltimore Sun describes a distressed mother urged to return home as a clock chimes one. The piece portrays a family's hardship with a sick child Bennie, a worried father, and public disorder reflected by rates and dawn rising, conveying urgent domestic plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie
Baltimore Sun
Practice for Dentists in Utah Prison Demonstrations
Utah lawmakers debate a bill allowing dental candidates to practice on penitentiary convicts to earn certificates. Gov. Joan C. Culger’s message supports it. Prisoners express mixed views with concerns about safety and compulsory participation, while one prisoner envisions benefits for inmates and students.
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Best Lake
Abe Majors
Charles Botha
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Indorse
Boy
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Jan
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A J Chewning & Co
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Charles 8 Pexton
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Misa F. McCarthey
Kengife Council
Catholic Women's’ Benevolent Legion
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James McCuen
William H. Breen
Mra T J. Fannon
Minnie Chalk
M. Bowers
A. A. Lucas
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A. Stoutenburgh
C. Nugent
Marie Fanton
Ladies’ Auxiliary
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Carrie Nation
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Braganza
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Henry Parks
Hartford
Ehpreh
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London
Tompton
Daniel Quare
George Graham
Society of Friends
White Plains
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Tompson
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Pike
the Illustrated Sunday Magazine
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Elizabeth York Miller
Felix J. Koch
Myrta Avary
Toddlington Jr
Burke Jenkins
Charles H. Day
R. J. Drummond
Harvey W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Comtesse d’Alemcourt
Ranavalona
Madagascar
S. J. Mondray
Tomorrow
Washington Sunday Post
Wyse Fat
Wood
T. W. Wood & Sons
A. F. Barnet & Bro
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N. WW
St Rig Evans
F St. N. W
Hudson's New Variety Store
F Street
10Th St
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