Raleigh House Proposes Stock Valuation Committee
A house resolution calls for a committee to value North Carolina’s stock in the Atlantic and North Carolina Railway and the North Carolina Railway and report by February 15. The panel may seek bids for purchase, while a separate measure creates a state insurance investigation commission with a $10,000 appropriation to report next session.
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Trains Collide Head On Near Cumberland Maryland
A head on collision on the Western Maryland Railroad between a freight train and passenger train No 42 near Harding west of Cumberland leaves one dead and two injured. Fireman E P Potts of Kakina dies instantly. Injured engineer Philip Daugherty and clerk G W Holliday of Elkins. Snow blocks visibility as trains meet at speed. both engines damaged and cars overturned. The incident disrupts schedules as dispatchers scramble to relay orders by telephone.
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Tse Vrasmingive
Roaring Creek Junction
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William Boyce Dead Great-grandson of President Taylor
Winchester Virginia January 22 William Payee Boyce great grandson of General Zachary Taylor died today after a long illness at Winchester Memorial Hospital He was born in Georgetown D C He was the son of Edward Boyce a US Army paymaster His mother later married Karl von Grabow a German and she was the granddaughter of President Taylor He was married to Caro Bolles of Georgetown D C and had spent years traveling He was a member of the New York Yacht Club
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Washington Post
Winchester
William Payee
Zachary Taster
United States
Winchester Memorial
My Lovee
Georgetown
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Edward Boyce
Karon Guido von Grabow
Taylor
Boyce
M Caro Bolles
New York Yacht Club
Rockville Wedding Ties Lillard and Won in Quiet Ceremony
In Rockville on January twenty second James J. Lillard a former resident and Miss Won both of Rockville were married by Rev Thomas H Campbell at the minister’s home. The license issued November tenth. The ceremony occurred at the minister’s residence with the groom described as a former firstressears and the bride as Miss Won. Licenses to wed were issued to Snowden J Ather of Laurel and Sara Eva Rich of Burtonsville.
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James J. Lillard
Miso
Poole
Thomas H Campbell
The
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Willain
Washington
Snowden J Ather
Laurel
Mira Sarah Eva Rich
BortonsvIn
Richmond Hearing Probes 2-Cent Passenger Rate Clicks
Representatives of steam railways in Virginia testified before the State Corporation Commission in Richmond on January 22 to justify a general 2-cent passenger rate. Traveler Protective Association revived the case against Southern Railway to compel 2-cent tickets. W Bronson of Chesapeake and Ohio described rates, noting 3 cents per mile regionally with 4 cents on Warm Springs and Craig Valley divisions and cited suburban half-cent mile rates.
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Southern Railway Company
Travelers’ Protective Association
W. Bronson
Generel
Chesapeake and Ono Railway
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Warm Springs
Craig Valley
Secion
New York
Pier and Ship in Flames at Canton Coal Pier
A large Pennsylvania Railroad coal pier at Canton and the four masted schooner Cohassett of Boston were burned today. Crews escaped safety. pier loss estimated at 90002 with little coal on site. Cohassett valued at 65000. fire also threatened Maud Palmer, yet towed clear.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Suit for gambling debt ties to Vanderhorst estate
Baltimore judge hears claim against the estate of late baseball magnate Harry S. Vander horst for 12000 dollars. Plaintiff Stephen Van Wyck of New York alleges he loaned 8729.25 after a loss at Hoffman Club New York on January 4 1904. Notes payable with 4 percent interest, disputed when presented to the estate last July. Manager Edward Hanlon testified as a witness in the case filed more than nine years ago.
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Morris
United States Circuit Court
Harry S. Vanderhorst
Edward Hanlon
Wittess
Stephen van Wyek
West Seventy-second Atrect
New York
Rlubman
van Wyck
New Yorker
Vonderhorst
Hoffman Club
Suit by contractor seeks $2000 from Montgomery County
John F Kilteen of Washington sues the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners in Circuit Court claiming about $2000 for a finished contract to build a mule of Shoemaker pike near Bethesda. County says work not complete and Highway Commissioner Cosby backs that view.
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Washington Post
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Cosby
Visitors in Session at Lexington Virginia Military Institute
The Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute met in semi annual session at Lexington Va today and will continue day and night sessions until all business is finished. The case of seventy four third class men dismissed for violating regulations will be taken up during the session.
Insomnia Cure Ad ADA-LURIEM Formula Claim
An old advertisements claims ADA-LURIEM as a universal cure for insomnia and nervous disorders in men and women. It markets nerve restoration, bowel harmony, and overall vitality, asserting safety and no alcohol or morphine. Price listed as $1 per box with discounts. available from ADA-LUR-IEM MEDICINE Co. at 2189 Broadway, New York.
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Macrejalla Renella
Ada-Lur-Iem Medicine Co
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Ciy
Franchise Held Up Streets for Gutting and Repairs
City council deferred action on Cameron street franchise to the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway after a pledge from the company to surrender the franchise if a car is removed from service. A resolution appropriating 1100 for guttering and broken stone roadway on Commerce street from Prince to Duke was adopted, and an ordinance fixed Wilkes street grade while officials debated an adjacent grade. A $100 repair fund for Oronoco and Patrick crossings was approved amid broader budget actions and routine reports.
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L H. Keller
Virginia Couple Wed After License Omission
Miss Mary Virginia Sydnor daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert T Sydnor of Richmond Virginia married George Warren Graham of Brooklyn New York in the Church of the Holy Comforter. The ceremony was postponed when no license was found and the best man fetched it. The church doors were locked and the crowd waited for two hours before the ceremony could proceed. The Rev Dr John H Dickerson officiated. The couple will reside in Brooklyn after a northern tour.
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Richmond
Church of ‘the Holy Comforter
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Robert T Sydnor
George ‘Warren Graham
Brooklyn
Virginia
John H Dickerson
Peonage in West Virginia Reported by Governor
Gov Dawson forwards a special message to the legislature detailing alleged peonage cases reported by Secretary of State Root. Detectives Cumberland and Smith found workers in lumber and railroad camps in Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties forced to work to pay travel debts, with arrests sans due process and two men killed in a seemingly wanton act.
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Charleston
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Dawson
Root
Washington
Cunningham
Smith
Raleigh
Faorette
Wyoming
Jamestown Exhibition Board Elects Officers
Jamestown exhibition board names its officers at a noon meeting. Harry St. George Tucker is president of Norfolk with Alvah H. Martin first vice president of Berkley and Gordon Cumreing second vice president of Hampton. Other officers include W. B. Barftett Newport News as third vice president C S. Sherwood Portsmouth as fifth vice president and Gwynn T. Shepperd secretary of Norfolk.
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Jamestown ‘Hxposition
Harry St. George ‘Tucker
Alvah H. Martin
Berkley
Gordon Cumreing
Hampton
W. B. Bar Fett
Thed
Newport News
Joseph Bryan
Richmond
C. S. Sherwood
Portsmouth
T. Garnett
Gwynn T. Shepperd
Nathaniel Beaman
Theodore J. Wook
0. D. Batchelor
Barton Myers
BR. L. Payne
Roosevelt Criticised Over Troop Dismissals By NC Colored Citizens
At a January meeting in Washington County North Carolina the State Central Colored Citizens Association formed resolutions condemning President Roosevelt for dismissing all men of Companies B C and D of the Twenty fifth Infantry. They demand restoration of those not yet convicted and praise Senator Foraker for calling an investigation into the Brownsville incident. James W Poet of Washington is elected president of the new group.
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Washington Post
Wiliamston
N. C
State Central Colored Citizens’ Association
Roosevelt
Twenty Fifth United States Infantry
Senator Foraker
Brownsville
James W. Poet
Washington
The
New Association
New Trial Granted in Pay Limie Case Remanded
Special to The Washington Post from Richmond Virginia reports Joseph Pay Limie of Warwick County is to have a new trial after the attorney general admitted error in his Elizabeth City Circuit Court case. Pay Limie, an Austrian, killed his wife several months ago to avoid her being returned to an asylum, under a promise to shoot her.
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Richmond
Joseph Paylimie
Warwick County
Hastorn State Hospital
Wilamsburg
Elizabeth City
Catarrh of the Stomach Promises Easy Digestion Solution
A historically styled health advertisement hails catarrh of the stomach as largely incurable but claims a cure through targeted digestion. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets containing enzymes and herbal components, featuring testimonial claims from R S Workman of Chicago and urging readers to request a free trial package from Stuart Co, Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
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Chicago
Stuart Co
Five Men Missing in Bay Near Millers Island Lighthouse
Five men in a small sixteen foot boat disappeared after leaving shore near Millers Island lighthouse for Bay Shore Park. A heavy northwest wind and rough water were present as the men, all amateurs at boating, attempted the mile crossing. Mrs Lorber and children watched from shore as the wagon carried them toward the park. The fate of Jol Lorber Andrew Lorber John Lorber George Sauer and another Sauer is unknown with hopes fading and no word since.
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Bank Blown Up in Greencove Springs Florida Robbery
A bank in Greencove Springs Florida was dynamited at dawn and robbed of 1500 to 1800 dollars. Four white men were found sleeping near a road eight miles south. they fired on the sheriff’s posse, wounding one man fatally. The other three were overpowered and jailed. Between 1000 and 3400 dollars were found on them.
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Kansas Weather Debate Sparks State University Clash
Prof. Wills L. Moore of the United States Weather Bureau warned Western Kansas settlers that the land was poor and dry. Kansas University counters with 34 years of records showing wind and rainfall more favorable in the later period, arguing Moore’s claims are unfounded and cyclones have become rare.
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Mary Ellen Lease
Waskington
State University
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Cyclone Dellare
Hamlet Swept By Fire In North Carolina Town
Fire from nearby woods swept into Hamlet North Carolina fueled by a high wind burning a large area including the Carolina Distilling Company plant, 17 loaded Seaboard box cars, eight residences, and the Seaboard freight depot. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars with partial insurance. Hamlet, 60 miles east of Charlotte, is a key Seaboard junction.
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Carolina Distilling Company
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Iosa
Starvation Crisis Urges Global Bible Society Appeal
New York reports the American Bible Society received a cable from Rev. John R. Hykes urging famine relief across China. Shanghai Missionary Association and 274 members across 19 bodies call churches to support aid as 4,000,000 destitute in the region suffer with deaths rising. The General Relief Committee seeks to hand relief entirely to missionaries.
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American Bible Society
John R. Hykes
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Society For China
Shanghai Missionary Association
Atien
Say Son Hid Millionaire
SAY SON HID MILLIONAIRE. Chicago Jan 2 In a bill filed today in Superior Court William S. Joe son of Edward A Jack eighty four years old is said to have moved his father to California and secreted him to obtain a 1,000,000 estate. Five other children join in the suit Judge McEwen issued the injunction and a receiver may be appointed after tomorrow’s hearing. The bill charges William threatened death unless money was paid and claims Jack is mentally deficient from advanced age.
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Edward A. Jack
California
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Man Saved From Hanging During War Dies at 84
Johnn McGrogan of Paterson New Jersey died aged eighty four recounting his Civil War ordeal. He was captured with seven others by guerrillas during a foraging party, strung up by the trunks of trees, and only McGrogan was revived after Union cavalry arrived and cut the prisoners down. His wife was spared by the rescue.
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Quits Active Preaching at Harvard Philosopher James
Cambridge January report says William James, Harvard philosophy professor since 1872 and renowned philosopher psychologist, withdraws from active preachings at the university. He will remain a faculty member and devote time to writing.
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