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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1910

Page

2

International railway congress opens in Berne

Fifteen hundred delegates from governmental and private railways attend the eighth international railway congress in Berne Switzerland. US representation includes experts and officials. Robert Comtesse welcomes delegates as Switzerland's president. Firemen from Alexandria parade in honor of civic celebration with concerts and fireworks.

Bere Berne Switzerland United States George Howard Elliott Washington Park Pacific George W. Stevens Chesapeake and Ohio Theodore N

Virginia Summer School Pageant Brings Historic Parade

In Charlottesville the University of Virginia Summer School held a Fourth of July pageant with students from twenty states plus Cuba Australia and the Philippines. Dignitaries from Ohio Maryland Virginia and South Carolina sent flags as Virginia regimental colors were displayed. The parade to the rotunda featured impersonations of presidents signers of the Declaration and colonial figures with a final Declaration reading and a colonial minuet.

Washington Post Charlottesville University of Virginia Summer School Cuba Australia Philippine Islands Virginia United States Dolly Madison Neilie Custis Virginia Dare John Smith Fitzhugh Edgar Allan Poe Arnold Ohio Maryland South Carolina W. W. Sale Cabell Hall Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Columbia Elizabeth Brown Washington, D. C Sam H Williams Washington Peters University of Bell Willoughby Reade Alexandria Marie‘ Hofer New York Monroe Charles G. Mappis Salisbury Wyoming Madison Sr. Rincker North Carolina Madson Scott Annapolis State House Naval Academy

London Stock Market Closes Mixed Amid U S Steel Selloff

London stocks edged through a volatile day with strength at the open fading to a heavier late session. U S Steel common shares led declines among American issues while Louisville and Nashville Rock Island and Southern Pacific slipped. Rip Tornos quoted 65 4 at close and Consols held at 42 1/2.

Ppm New York Stock ,Exchange London United States Steel Louisville Nashville Rock Island Southern Pacific Bate

Robert E Davis Drowns After Extortion Case Acquittal

Robert E Davis a prominent Democratic politician recently acquitted on extortion charges drowned in Stony Creek while returning from Detective Captain Pumphrey's shore home. In a small rowboat with Captain Ward the boat capsized near shore and Davis died of apoplexy as he clung to the craft. Ward survived, aided by fisherman William Ford who pulled them to safety and recovered Davis' body. Davis left a wife two children and an estate valued at about 200000. He ran saloons a toll house and racing horses and was known as the prince for his liberality. Damage to French cereal crops from wet cold weather is reported as anxiety grows.

Washington Post Baltimore Robert E. Davis Stony Creek Pumphrey Davis Ward Wiliam Ford Prince

Praise for Rural Carriers at North Carolina convention

Raleigh July 4 Representing the Postmaster General Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P V De Graw praised rural mail service morale claiming it leads civil service. He cited 41 089 rural routes 41 007 carriers and 175 dismissals last year noting $37 260 000 spent for 1918 1919 and $38 860 000 for 1919 20 with total outlay about $206 430 900 since inception. he noted 204 000 000 miles traveled annually.

Washington Post Raleigh N. C North Carolina P. V. de Graw United States Mr. de Graw

Brakeman Shot by Tramp Near Wileys Ford Bridge

Charles Fisher, a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman from South Cumberland, was shot seven times by a tramp near the West Virginia end of Wileys Ford bridge. He was taken to Western Maryland Hospital with wounds to the neck, abdomen, and near the heart. The assailant fled after firing at pursuing bystanders, and the shooting was reportedly the result of a quarrel.

Washington Post Cumberland Charles Fishler Baltimore and Ohio South Cumberland West Virginia Wileys Ford Bridge Western Maryland Fisher

Ice plant night worker found with severe head injuries

Thornton Hiren am a 40 year old night employee at Tazewell Virginia ice plant was found near the building at dawn with a crushed skull and other injuries. He carried nearly $100, suggesting robbery is unlikely though some suspect foul play. His condition is hopeless per his physician. He leaves a wife and five children.

Washington Tazewell Thornton Hirenam Asa Uust

Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association Plans Stricter Drug Law

The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association met at Buena Vista Springs Hotel near Pen Mar and drafted a new pharmacy law. The measure tightens restrictions on poisonous drugs and requires stricter pharmacist registration. It would apply cocaine sale regulations to narcotics as well.

Pen Mar Washington Post Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association Buena Vista Springs Hotel Bedford Springs

Admission of Hatchet Killing Ties Jealousy to Woman

State authorities in Belair Massachusetts report the arrest of Joseph Smart colored who confessed after police interrogation that jealousy over Eliza Brown's husband prompted him to beat the woman’s brain with a hatchet at her Mountain Post Office area home. The suspect, seized after a night of heavy drinking, provided the principal facts of the crime.

Washington Post Belair Eliza Brown Mountain Post Office Joseph Smart Stifler Smart

Ten Indictments in Jewelry Swindle Probe

Ten indictments were returned by the federal grand jury probing a massive jewelry swindle tied to City Jewelry Company bankruptcy. Named defendants include George H. Shreve Jesse H. Shreve Reuben T. Shreve Joseph B. Shreve Archie C. Shreve Daniel H. Shreve Luther N. Johnson A F Mickler Sam Coplans and Hilliard C. Shreve. In Rockville Maryland fireworks arrests followed Fourth of July bans.

Montgomery Ala Federal Grand Jury City Jewelry Company George H. Shreve Jesse H. Shreve Reuben T. Shreve Archie C. Shreve Daniel H. Shreve Luther N. Johnson A. F. Mickler Sam Coplans Hilliard C. Shreve

Fragmented 1910 bank statement and rail notices

A mixed sheet shows a bank cash statement itemizing assets, liabilities, and profits with figures for undivided profits, deposits, bonds borrowed, and dividends unpaid, followed by obituaries and rail notices including train schedules, excursions, and local society events in Alexandria content. John F. Rotchford burial and Rechabites and Fraternal Order notices appear amid Chesapeake Beach Railway timetables and Norfolk and Western routes.

Provident Reserve United States T Totel Essecteresternge New York Arthur Kavanagh A. Kavanagh Geo. H. Corey Stephen 8. Palmer J. P Morgan, JR G. H. Milliken

Curtiss Flies at Shore in Hazardous New Jersey Flight

Glenn H. Curtiss opened the Atlantic City aviation meet with a half mile flight just above the beach. A crowd of thousands disrupted the course as police struggled to clear it. He narrowly avoided spectators, calling it his most perilous trip and predicting better conditions for a 50 mile record if weather permits tomorrow.

Atlantic City N. J Glenn H. Curtiss Atantic City Aviation Curtis Curtiss

Orange Pair Elopes to Wed in Rockville Hotel

Miss Alice Irene Hicks of Orange County Virginia and Richard William Ayers foreman on Hicks' farm wed after a late night elopement. They traveled by conveyance to Gordonsville then train to Washington and Rockville where they married at the Montgomery Hotel parlor with Reverend Oscar W. Henderson officiating. The couple fled last week but were pursued and returned before finally marrying.

Rockville Washington Post Alice Irene Hicks Lucy W. Hicks Orange County Richard Willam Ayers Hicks Edward Butler Gordonsville Elopers Wagnington Montgomery Hotel Oscar W. Henderson Baptist Church Washington Thomas W. Bond Orange National Bank Peter, W. Hicka

Fewer Mine Fatalities Reported for West Virginia Mines

Charleston July 4 The mining department will show in its forthcoming report that fatalities in the states mines have been fewer during the past year than in any union state and fewer than any nation relative to workers. The report notes no deaths from fire or gas and a tonnage increase about 6,000,000 tons over last year.

Charleston W. Va Mining Department of the State Union

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