Tragic Drowning of Miss Satterfield and John Gordon in James River
Richmond news reports two young locals Miss Rose Satterfield and John W Gordon Jr drowned in the James River after a sailing launch was toppled by waves. A large party aboard the boat, including Miss Clark and others, struggled as divers and dynamite attempts failed to recover the remains amid a nightlong search along the river.
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Miss Satterfield
Richmond
Norman
Spedal
Washington Post
Richmond Va
Rose Satterfield
John W Gordon, Jr
James Rover
Ros Tieiver
Tulden Shrriaon
Manchester
Builey
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Miss Clark
Mr Gordon
Alvin Satterfield
May Serpilic
Louisvile
Edna Wright
Jersey Cabell Fitzgerald John Hobson
Powhatan County
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Nelson Robins
Gurl
Mig
Gordon
Fielf
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Vonogenein
Mother Sues For Daughter Habeas Corpus In Virginia
Special to The Washington Post from Winchester Virginia reports Florence W Elliott of Baltimore petitioned Judge W Harrison for a writ of habeas corpus to gain possession of her seven year old daughter Gracie Elliott who has resided with her aunt Mire Rachel Elliott at Reck Enon in the county. The child was restored to the mother.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Florence W Elliott
Baltimore
W Harrison
Clicuit Court
Gracie Eliott
Mire Rachel Elliott
Reck Enon
Gil
Winchester church to dedicate new building Sunday August 19
Announcement states Centenary Reformed Church Winchester dedicates its new building cost about 310000. Dedicatory sermon by Nev Dr Hoffheims Martinsburg and Rev Dr Schick Washington. President Roosevelt will deliver an address.
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Martinsburg
Schick
Washington
Roosevelt
Laurel’s New Fire Chief Named In Laurel Md
Special to The Weehington case Laurel Md July 13 Gustavus BOT Manus has been elected chief of the Laurel volunteer fire department The newly elected chief is a brother of & Clay masus mayor of Baltimore He has served several terms as mayor of Laurel and is at present postmaster of Laurel.
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Clay
Masus
Baltimore
Tramp Starved to Death Near Factory and Tracks
A tramp starved to death near a large factory and the Baltimore and Ohio tracks after lying three days on an open form. Found in bushes at Setern and Bush streets, he moved inch by inch toward the tracks, attracting officers only when nearly exhausted, and then fainted.
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Baltimore
Franklin Street
Starvaton
Pobeendan
Setern
Baltmore
Daring Rescue Off Jamestown Exposition Grounds Vessel Capsized
A lumber vessel named Lucy Thorogood, five miles from Ocean View, capsized in a sudden squall while en route to the Jamestown Exposition grounds. Manned by J O Harris and Tade Newby, the ship was saved by Richard Tyler and a volunteer crew of eleven who launched a surf boat and rescued the crew as spectators watched. Harris was severely injured but survived with aid from the rescuers and beach arrivals.
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Peope
Harris
EDITORS IN JOINT SESSION AT MECKLENBURG HOTEL
Joint session welcomed by mayor in Chase City Virginia with Polk Miller’s talk on the Negro race. Editors from Virginia and North Carolina gathered at the Mecklenburg Hotel for speeches and reports including James of the Danville Register and Phillips of the Raleigh Post. Miller’s humorous remarks and plans for future sessions highlighted the event.
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Washington
Chase City
Virginia
North Carolina
Mecklenburg Hotel
James
Danville Register
Virginia Association
RM Phillips
Raleigh Post
J I. Hart
Farmville
Pree Lance
Polke Willer
Mr Biter
J L Hart
Boston
Jt 13
Bell accident ends life of Waverh citizen Cobb
Special to The Warrington Post Petersburg July 13 John B Cobb a prominent citizen of Waverh died at his home this morning from injuries received when a farm bell fell from its fastenings and struck him on the head Cobb had rung the bell to summon workers to farm duties when the accident occurred
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Petersburg
John B Cobb
Waverh
Cobb
Seek Battle With Rixey Eighth District Convention in Alexandria
Republican delegates from the Eighth Virginia district meet in Alexandria next month to nominate a candidate to oppose John F Que, renominated by the Democrats, as county meetings select delegates. King George County already chose its delegation, with Grigsby Bowls Payne and Payne as nominees and Collins Henderson and Davis as alternates.
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King Street
Alexandria
Virginia
Congress
John F Que
King George Count
William D Grigsby
Edward Bowls
T . Payne
F W Payne
J H Collins
Horace Henderson
J 5 Davis
Rixey
Republican Party
Agnew-Bowden
Colored Boy Shoots Companion in Alexandria Street
A colored boy named Albert Whiting from Gilbon Street Alexandria shot his companion Tesht Franie of 623 South Washington Street Lee battery in the upper arm. Franie was treated at Alexandrim Hospital. Whiting used a .22 caliber rifle. Patrolman Gil was detailed to investigate the matter. Whiting faced potential action in the Police Court this morning.
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Alexandria
Tesht Franie
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Wis
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Patralmin Gil Wes
Simatter Whiting
Confessed on Scaffold Induced Theft of Life Insurance
Andrew Davenport a 32 year old negro was hanged in Newport News Va for the murder of Wille Thomas after inducing Wille Wimbush to obtain a life insurance policy on him. Davenport shot Thomas twice and confessed to spiritual advisers, implicating others in a life insurance conspiracy.
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Andrew & Davenport
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Davenport
Seafon
Wille Wimbush
Thermus
Duenport
J ‘Tt Newvomb
Lola
Fugitive Juror Snavely Located In Polo Ill State
Hezekiah Snavely juror in the Hermann and Thompkins case has been found in Polo Illinois after leaving Keedysville and Washington. He was indicted for perjury at the May term and is to be brought back for trial. Mrs Walter Wiese of Cumberland testified she offered him a bribe to fix the jury.
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Itt
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Washington
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Death by Own Action At Allegheny Hotel
A twenty five year old woman from Covington identified as Minnie Jones Orr registered at the Allegheny Hotel Goshen and drank poison to end her life late Wednesday night. She asked for the best room and told a porter she was from the West. An empty vial marked tanda num lay on the bed. The coroner’s inquest found death by own action. Remains interred at Bratton.
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Washington Post
Staunton
Covington
Allegheny
Goshen
Charleston
Minnie Jones Orr
Bratton
Women See Lyles Hanged in Maryland Rail Yard
Harold Ernest Lyles a colored man is hanged for the murder of Ardenia Derrick. Spectators numbered about 300 with several boys present. He wore a carnation sent by his wife and spoke of his fate before a crowd that included women and many men. The execution followed a May 9 attack near Towson. A separate report from Indigo tunnel notes a Western Maryland freight wreck injuring no one. Cambridge town officers were elected including clerk and health officer.
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Towson
Harold Ernest Lyles
Lyles
Argenta Derrick
Ardenia Derrick
Razor
Disappeared From Boat Off Norfolk Woman Vanishes Overboard
Officers search the steamer Virginia for Miss Mary C Burke who boarded at Norfolk with a trunk and satchel. A note cites health problems and consumption as motive for suicide, though no body is found despite thorough boat search. A sealed letter and $35, a nursing background, and a poem clipping are among the recovered items.
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Virginia
Burke
Norfolk
Miss Burke
The
Adelaide Anne Proctor
Whiteman Jury Fails to Agree in Elizabet h Case
Parkersburg West Virginia July 18 after six hours the jury in the Mrs Robert Whiteman murder case at Elizabet h for the death of her daughter's sweetheart La Deever failed to reach a verdict. The court sent them back after supper. Defense argued the murdered man Ted threatened the gray haired woman to interfere in the love affair with Alice the daughter. An acquittal was expected and the hanging jury surprised many.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W Va
Robert Whiteman
Elizabath
la Deever
George W Cobb Read Dies After Heart Attack in Raleigh
George W Cobb Read of Raleigh died at Elizabeth City Governor Charles McKinley era appointed customs collector at Elizabeth City and had served since. He became mayor of Elizabeth City at twenty one, a leading Republican in western North Carolina and a prominent banker. Treasury Assistant Secretary Reynolds announced the death yesterday.
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Washington Post
Releigh
Ncs
George W Cobb
Elizabeth City
McKinley
North Carolina
Cobb
Treasury Department
Reynolds
Infanticide charge ends with baby thrown in briers
A woman registered under a false name in Suffolk on July 2 and was later arrested for attempted infanticide. She threw the infant four weeks old into briers near a ditch bank. the baby was found near death but survived. Separate items report a death in Lexington, a distillery accident in Rockbridge, a large man eating shark captured in Lower Chesapeake Bay, a captain dying in Smithfield, and a Farmers' Society meeting in Rocky Mount.
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Suffolk
Hitta Banton
Bure
Sarah Jones
Virginia obituaries from multiple towns in brief notice
Obituaries from Trocky Mount Roanoke Dublin Winchester Norfolk report the deaths of James duther an prominent farmer aged unknown at Union Hall Budley I Yates son of late Yates aged 24 interment East Hill Cemetery Roanoke C R D Gardner Dublin aged 68 ex Confederate and Pulaski County court clerk Charles W Hardesty near Be Clarke County aged 76 Civil War veteran survived by five daughters one son and a brother Captain William Henry Bunting Norfolk survivor of the Confederate ironclad Werrimar died in Norfolk Protestant Hospital after an operation a leading Virginia truck grower.
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James Dutheran
Union Hall
Roanoke
George Yates
Budley I Yates
East Hil Cemetery
Pulaski County
Winchester
Charles W Hardesty
Be A. Clarke County
Hardesty
J . B Stuart
Norfolk
William Henry Bunting
Hampton Roads
Norfolk Protestant
Virginia
Gas Works Emploes Out Strike Paralyzes Wheeling
Twenty four gas works employees in Wheeling WV walked out after the city council refused a wage increase two weeks earlier. A compromise had been reached with other workers, but the strikers demanded full concessions. City officials conferred on relief plans as tanks run low and darkness threatened city streets and businesses.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W Va
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Grart
Lent
McLure
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Thompson
Man To Marry Sister-In-Law After Divorce
In Baltimore July 13 special to The Washington Post a man named Charles A Fleischer obtained a license to wed his sister in law just a day before a divorce decree was granted his wife Kate Fleischer. The court signed the decree on statutory grounds and testimony suggests Fleischer has married or will marry Sarah V Fleischer widow of his brother aged twenty five. The central figure is a twenty eight year old man in a tangled matrimonial case.
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Baltimore
Charles A. Fleischer
Hcense
Judea Dohler
Fleischer
Kate Fleischer
Sarah V Fleischer
Tangia
Eleven Suspects Arrested in Bellaire Saloon Shooting
Special to The Washington Post from Bellaire Ohio reports eleven men were arrested after masked robbers shot Henry Kraft and bartender Steven Maxiam when cash demand was refused. Kraft in critical condition, Maxiam wounded. Suspects McDonald and McFarland held after being identified by Maxiam. hearings planned.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Henry Kraft
Bellaira
Steven Maxiam
Cosch
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John McDonald
Harl McFarland
Bridgeport
Benwood
Kempart
Freight Trains Collide North of Spencer NC
A northbound Southern Railway freight near Spencer North Carolina collided with a second northbound train three miles north of town. The impact wrecked several cars and damaged track. Engineer Himore and Fireman A B Chandler jumped clear with minor injuries. Dozens of cars and crates of peaches were scattered across the ground.
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Marine of the Southern Railway
Georgia
Himore
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Moran starts inquiry into railroads and gas firms
Boston July 13 District Attorney John Moran Announces plan to investigate the railroad and the gas and electric light companies for alleged violations of public statutes. He cites free passes to legislators and other abuses against shippers in transportation. Moran has hired a special attorney at his own expense to conduct the preliminary inquiry.
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Moran
Open letter on union violence targets district attorney
W P Stokestay writes to District Attorney Jerome accusing unions of orchestrating murders of nonunion iron workers on New York City building sites. He claims hundreds killed, cites attack on three policemen at the New Plaza Hotel, and urges action against alleged union plotting and insurance misconduct.
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Tong Jerome
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Wiliam O ‘Toole
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Ironworkers Union
China Amends After Missionary Massacre in Lienchow
American Consul Lay reports to Washington that Chinese authorities push to arrest those responsible for the Lienchow missionary massacres. Rewards for killers have increased and foreign protection is tightened amid echoes of national atonement. A tablet memorializes the slain missionaries and a temple is repurposed as a schoolhouse.
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Canton
China
State Department
Lay
Seventeenth Infantry Begins March From Atlanta to Chickamauga Park
The Seventeenth Infantry based at Fort McPherson Atlanta began a two month march to Chickamauga National Park to participate in maneuvers. The route mirrors the track of Sherman's Atlanta campaign troops.
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Chickamauga National Park
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