Many Aspirants for Nomination Flood Local Race
Rockville Md May 31 Williar M Canby Colesville has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for member of the house of delegates to county. Harry Williams Oakdve has entered the fight for the nomination 1s Counts commissioner from the Pitth collection district. The number of candidates grows and may exceed any previous campaign. The complete list to date includes state senator Spencer C Jones and many house of delegates contenders from Rockville Gaithersburg and Laytonsville. Republicans also field major figures including Hewitt of Liver Spring and Beltteun from the first collection district, with a sense of active party interest and competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Rockville
Williar M. Canby
Colesville
House of Delegates
Tom Tly
Harry Williams
Oakdve
Pitth
Spencer C Jones
Hock
Leo
Silvee Spring
Bor ¢ & House of Detegritas
Andrew J Cummings
Mew Chase
Washington
Chichester
Ole
William Kilgour
Alfred Wilwa
Wechesda
William Mo Canby
Coles
Thomas MW Talbott
Teckville
Charles Ho Ochmin
Taytunatile
John S. Weeney
Cobselead Coorg
T Waters
Laytonaville
Vor
ritf—Jares
Gutt
Barnemite
Chris Walker
Gaithersburg
Thomas 5
Hraand
Laity Dubn
A Salley
Rockste
Wilion He Sichelson
Tescheville
George Nucleon
Froukes Tie “Er Wanty Reanmleguners
Colleo- Beene
Eee Wali
Loal Sathin
William C Beltteun
Dusen Ff
Get Jr Ot
John O Clark
Otter HP
Clathy Flart
Witten
Robert Po Magrader
Carpenter acquitted after week long trial in Surry County
After a six day trial in the Cleuk Court of Surry County Virginia Judge and jury returned an acquittal for a carpenter and his son in a case involving the death of Kale, the Mount Holly cotton mill superintendent. The proceedings featured testimony from local figures and references to mill ownership and worker relations.
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Broinheim
Carpenter
Tome Unter
Kale
Mount Holly
Eli’ Carpentee
Ak Tay Vragen
Cleuk
Surry County
James B Dilint
George W ‘Re
Fahce Ghief Kemmerer
Claremont
Fie Attuimegys Dillard Seaka
Celal
Virginia Weddings Tie Two Notables in May Chapel
In Charlottesville and Hampton ceremonies, two Virginia weddings linked notable families. Dr Thomas Faulkner of the University of Virginia officiated a marriage with Eugenie Moors, while Andrew Wallace Dumean of Greenville, Kentucky wed Isa Cthelye Richardson of Hampton. Guests included relatives from Orange, Newport News, and Hampton, with receptions at the brides’ homes. The events underscored ties among Tidewater and university circles and prompted bridal trips before upcoming duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mpotwal
Cumberland
Wikls
Brice Ora
Orange
Virginia
Thomas Faulkner
Bliversors ‘Md
Charlottesville
WiMem H. Faulkner
Dinet
University of Virginia
Eugenie Moors
George Hanaborough
Episcopal Church
Orange Mtls
Bruce Moore
Charles J Faulkner
Houdton
Mra
Faulknar
Trey
Qness
Newport News
Hampton
First Baptist Church
Hhumatan
Andrew Wallace Dumean
Greenville
Isa Cthelye Richardson
Puobe Wesley Richardson
E Pendleton Jovan
Roy J Wiltiam Jones
D. D. Stone‘wall Jackson
Mist Annie Sanbel Riccardson
Alx Beidemmalide
Aisser Rema
Richardson
Sallie Lee Cake
Norfolk
Blagche Webb
Kathbelle Duncan
Galileo Sir Corrett
Katherine Whiting
Duncan
Willan Grotwo Duncan
Purdue College Fayette, Ind
Houston
Jarard Medard Hewitt
Lavraville
Samuel W. Adalson
W. W Richardson
Mr. Duncanty
Wiliam Graham Duncan
WG. Duncan Coal Mining Company
Lugente
Graham Coal Mining Company
Ailsa Teichardeon
Tidewater Virginia
Lea
Ataira
Death by Own Action Shocks Lynchburg Youth
Special to The Washington Post from Lynchburg Virginia May 1. Laughton Duiguid a well known 22 year old youth, killed himself at his parents home this morning about 11 o clock. After failing to complete a chemistry course in Philadelphia, he declined to accompany his father to Richmond for treatment and shot himself with a Winchester. The tragedy followed mental decline since his return home.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Laughton Duiguid
Philadelphia
William D. Duiguid
Richmond
Favorable Action Toward Assistant Bishop in Southern Virginia
In Wytheville at the Episcopal Diocese general council Bishop Randolph urged election of an assistant bishop. A committee reported securing consent from church authorities and called another council session to elect him. Debates included possible division of the diocese, but no decision reached and no candidate named.
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Southern Virginia
Washington Post
Roanoke
General Council of the
Episcopal Church of
Diocese of
Wytheville
Randolph
Day
Wreck tale from seacoast telegraph note found at Dam Neck
Special to Tha Wuemugunrom Norfolk Virginia reports a bottle with a message found on Dam Neck Beach by Life Saving Service Captain J E B Woodhouse. The note mentions a schooner Phanton struck by a steamship Hadcon but gives unclear details and names do not appear in maritime records. No wreckage is visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Register
Woodhouse Caya
Two Sisters Elope in North Carolina Double Wedding
Miss Annie Gertrude Winbrough and Miss Etta Winbrough from Portsmouth eloped to Elizabeth City NC where they were married yesterday. Annie Gertrude wed Sidney W. Finley and Etta wed Baward F. Hewlett. Rev W A Ayers performed the ceremony.
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Portsmouth
North Carolina
Washington Post
Norfolk
Annie Gertrude Winbrough
Misa Etta D. Winbrough
Elizabeth City
Sidney W. Finley
Baward F. Hewlett
W. A. Ayers
Opposes Seaboard Plan Urges Rejection of Holding Scheme
Williams & Sons issue pamphlet urging Seaboard Air Line stockholders to refuse the Ryan Blair holding scheme. They claim Seaboard already has ample arrangements and that Ryan Blair Interests do not own a majority but seek control. Richmond, Va May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams & Sons
Ryan Blair
Richmond
John L. Williams & Sons
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Ryan-Blair
Carnegie's Offer to Davidson in May Dispatches
A May dispatch reports Carnegie offered Davidson College thirty-two thousand dollars with an identical amount to be raised, conditionally accepted. Other notices include multiple obituaries across Virginia towns, naming individuals such as Nannie F Hoy and Joseph Doll, plus local health ads for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
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Carnegie
Davidson
Charlo NC
Qasidsen
Andrew Corny
Davidson College
Death of Charles W. Myers at Springheld Farm
Death notices from Alexandria and vicinity report Charles W. Myers of Springheld Farm near Bailey's Crossroads died Tuesday night in his seventy third year. Funeral planned for 3 PM at his home. Also noted are Lawrence Washington's funeral after a fall causing injuries at Washington Southern Railway yards and Mrs. Annie Catts’s death in Washington. Ascension Day services by Old Dominion Commandery No.1 planned for Sunday at 2 PM with Rev. J H BEwell to preach. Baseball game prep between Alexandria Athletic Association and St Dominic Church team at old fair grounds. Political item notes Frank Mason defeating W Cline for constable by 201 to 128.
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Washington Pd8t
King Street
Alexandria
Lawrence Washington
Alexandria Hospital
Washington Southern Railway
South Alfred Street
H. J. Cutler
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Christ Church Cemetery
Alexandria Aght Infantry
Annie Catts
John Catts
Carter Catts
Washington
William Tremaine & Son
Charles W. Myers
Springheld Farm
Bailey's Cross- Roads
Hoete
R. Jr
J. P. Myers
J. W
Minnie Myers
Bailey’s Crossroads
Old Dominion Commandery
Knights Templars
Ascen
Ion
Trev
J. H. B Ewell
Alexandria Athletic Association
St. Dominic
Old Fair Grounds
Ding Street
Greensboro Storm Wrecks Buildings and Fells Oak
Severe wind and hail storm sweeps Greensboro causing widespread damage to wheat and structures. Trees uprooted, wires tangled, a bar with three horses injured, a Negro church wrecked, fairgrounds damaged, and a large city oak split by lightning. A suburban Negro cabin overturned. residents escape death. Train passengers drenched by rain blown through car windows.
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Greensboro
Washington Post
N. C
Fair Grounds
C Mebane
Restore Historic Room in Annapolis Senate Chamber
State building commission orders remodeling to recreate the room as it appeared when Gen. George Washington resigned his military commission in St. After historical societies determined the original condition, data were secured to proceed. The work begins tomorrow under contractor supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Senate
Washington
Washington Post
State Building Commission
George Washington
First Laminectomy Performed At Maryland General Hospital
A Baltimore carpenter G H Harrison living between Norrieville and Pyleaville Md sustained a neck fracture after a fall from a roof. The Maryland General Hospital conducted the first oper ation of laminectomy on him, opening the spinal canal to address a severely damaged cord, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Baltimore Hospital
Washington Post
Baltimore
Maryland General Hospital
G. H. Harrison
Norrieville
Pyleaville
Harrison
Federal court has jurisdiction over injunctions in strike cases
Judge Kohlezat ruled that federal courts hear bills for injunctions brought by ex-press companies against striking teamsters while police protection kept rioting in the lumber district modest. President Shea testified to a grand jury, denying a conspiracy and saying private detectives stirred street trouble. a driver from Kansas City was beaten and left unconscious after being forced onto a Wentworth avenue streetcar.
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Chicago
James Spencer
Kansas City
Spencer
Wentworth Avenue
Kohisaat
United States Circuit Court
Poderat
Teamsters
Express
Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Grand Jury
International
Teamet
Employers’ Association
Accuses Wife of Murder in Calhoun Case
Mrs Bob McCroskey says Mrs Blackshire tried to hire her to kill Henry Blackshire, promising half the estate and money. She recalls plots discussed with her husband and brother, naming an unnamed man who financed the revolver and planned marriage to Mrs Blackshire after the crime. The case centers on murder charges against Blackshire.
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Washington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mra
Bob” McCroskey
Calhoun County
Henry Blackaurn
Blackshire
Blackshires
Confessed After Sermon in Knoxville Election Bribery Case
William Keller testified in a local Knoxville court recounting his role as election officer in Ward Eleven. He admitted stuffing the ballot box and voting irregularities, claiming 200 to 230 votes for the Democratic ticket and implicating other officials in attempts to obfuscate the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Sam Tones
William Keller
Knox County
Keller
Maryland Obituary Notices From Annapolis And Rockville
In Annapolis on May 31 Vermat Vorsteg aged seventy died after a compilation of diseases at his residence he was a native of Germany and local superintendent of the Home Roelory of Westimore He left a widow and three sons and three daughters In Rockville on May 11 Mrs Mate Redman former Alexandria resident died at her daughter’s home near Rockville about seven o’clock morning aged thirty one She left nine children Remains were taken to Alexandria for burial the morning after death.
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Petersburg
Nannie F
Robert Jackson
Taacwe
Malden Springs
Bia
Baptist Valley
Fredericksburg
Willem P Kay
Caroling County
Bia Rome
Sparta
Salem Baptist Church
Etrasburg
Joseph Doll
Woodstock
Ely
Maphis
George Doll
Sue Doll
Maurertown
Toll
Ohio
Erasmus Painter
Capon Read
Rhoden
Saumaville
Joanoke
T Lewis
Jeffersom County
W Va
Jenton Lewis
Lewis
Leats
Jefercom County
Virginia
D @ Lewis
Washington
Annapolis
Vermat Vorsteg
Voratex
Germany
Roelory
Westimore
Rockville
Mate Redman
Alexandria
Five Negroes Charged in Old Holbrook Murders
In Watkinsville Georgia on May 31 John Crow and Mas Burnam two negroes were jailed for accessory before the fact to the murder of Mr and Mrs F M Holbrook. They confessed to taking part in the plot to kill and rob the elderly couple. The citizens committee says others were present though not jailed yet.
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Athens
John Crow
8Mas Burbam
Watkinsville
F. M. Holbrook
Citizens’ Committee
Watke Pevnte Eh
Senate Repeals General Railroad Law in Connecticut
Hartford May 1 The senate to day passed in concurrence with the house the bill repealing the general railroad law. The measure requires steam railroad corporations to seek charters from the legislature. The repeal is supported by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad amid fears of a competing line by New York Central.
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Hartford
Conn
Senate
House
Troiliny Road Companies
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Syndicate Buys St. Louis Star
A syndicate including St Louis and Chicago capital bought the St Louis Star, an afternoon paper. Frank J Cartisie named president and general manager with Nathan as vice president, and Frank S Cabot as secretary.
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St. Louis Star
St. Louis
May
Frank J. Cartisie
Chicago Capital
Bonaparte as Cabinet Pick Stirs Baltimore Gossips
A detailed profile portrays Mr Bonaparte as a towering political iconoclast with strong Catholic faith and a controversial reform record in Baltimore. It notes his Harvard education, legal career, wealth, and distinctive “cannon-ball head” as he is eyed for a Roosevelt administration role amid local suspicions of power control and party loyalty.
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Robert Garrett
Roosevelt
Becorid
National House
Bonaparte
Fleure
Mr. Bonaparte
Bonaparte Accepts Navy Secretary Post
Special to The Washington rose Baltimore MD May Mr Bonaparte, chairman of the Reform League executive committee, was informed of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy at the Hotel Belvedere. He wrote that he would try to do his duty and hoped to make a creditable record. He had not decided on moving to Washington and preferred to stay in Maryland.
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Bonaparte
Baltimore Reform League
Maryland
Roosevelt
Harvard College
Law School
Baltinor
Washington Rose
Baltimore
Reform League
Belvedere
Navy
Morton
Washington
Morton to New York to Join Subway Venture
Secretary Morton announced his retirement from the Navy Department on July 1 1905 and stated he will move to New York to join Thomas F P Ryan. He will oversee plans for a comprehensive underground rapid transit system, serving as general manager with an annual salary around 100000 dollars and potential investment opportunities if his syndicate lands the contract.
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Thomas F. Ryan
Subway Enterprises
Paul Morton
Navy Department
Roosevelt
New York City
Ryan
Morton
New York
Judge Parker
Virginia
St Louis
Nelson County
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
William C. Whitney
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Manhattan
Marton
Subway
The
Santa Fe
Wabash
Four Drowned in Cloudburst Near Heppner Oregon
A cloudburst on Rhea about twelve miles south of Heppner Oregon caused the deaths of Mrs J H Nunemaker and her youngest child, and two children of A R Cox were drowned. The tragedy occurred during the sudden flood, with local authorities beginning inquiries and a salvage effort planned.
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Heppner, Oreg
Rhea
Here
J. H. Nunemaker
A. R. Cox
Pocahontas Steamer Fastest on River Excursions
The Pocahontas from Richmond, captained by S Randall, becomes the river’s premier excursion steamer on the River View and Colonial Head routes. It shatters records with a four and a quarter hour trip to the Beach, offering Saturdays 33 cents and Sundays 50 cent fares, tickets valid ten days, with June weekend runs and daily Beach trips starting July 1. The River View outing next Sunday is under the United Singers, featuring a cross-organization choir performing German folk songs and hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
S. Randall
River View
Colonial Head
Shela
United Singers
Germany
Marine Band to Furnish Concert and Dance Music All Season
Patrons at the popular resort will find ample amusements with a large Marine Band providing concert and dance music every evening throughout the season, ensuring attention to all attractions and offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Band
Shot Down in Street Former Senator Wounded by Editor
In Marshall Missouri on May 1 Charles G Patterson former editor of the Democrat News shot ex state senator E D Martin twice in the street near the public square. Martin was struck in the mouth and neck with one bullet tearing his tongue and knocking out teeth. the other lodged behind the neck near the jugular. The two men had a long running feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Marshall
Public Square
Charles G Patterson
The
Democrat News
E D Marfin
Patterson
Martin
Williams Sentenced to Death for Senator Hipp Murder
John Williams was today sentenced to death for the murder of State Senator Robert L. Hipp. Williams, the farmer, fired at Hipp and a deputy during a property levy attempt. He begged to be hanged in his father's stead. an appeal will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullman
John Wiliams
Robert L. Hipp
Willams
Frank
Williams
Hipp
Gov Glenn Mulls Acceptance Of Tammany Hall Address
Gov. Glenn has been invited to deliver a principal address at Tammany Hall in New York on a July date. He appreciates the invitation and has the matter of acceptance under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Raleigh
Gov. Glenn
Tammany Hal
New York
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Imrat
Deamk Hewitt
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Hewitt
A. M. Kale
Saat
Razox
William Cooper
Bammond
Jury
Tae
Warston
Vicury
Murda
Raeabert
Hood
WarLincan Pret
Joseph M. Burr
West Virginia
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Spocmalco Tae Reese Een
Mahlon Alpheus Winter
van Belle Creel
Carroll D Wood
May Mitchell Arnold
James Edgar Johnson
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W H. Snowden
Andalusie
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Randolph-Macon
Washington East
John FB. Branch
Randolph-Macon College
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Winston-Salem
N C
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Belo
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Suffolk
Bracey
Carrie Ann Brooks
Tale of Wieht County
Harrison Butler
Indorses Martin
Michmond
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Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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Stultz & Bauer
Kranich & Bach
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Ivers& Pond
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WM. Knabe G Co
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Newbro
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Herpicide
Herpicide CQ
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Mich
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Affleck
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
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Fourteenth Street
Chevy Chase Lake
Marine Band Orchestra
Forest Atlantic & Pacific
Bess
Son
Tammany
Urios
Takeas
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