Railroads to Aid Fair Bond Issue Authorized at Jamestown Expo
The Jamestown Exposition Company stockholders approved a $400000 bond issue for completing the exposition. 6000 shares represented. 2537 voted yes, 263 no. J M Barr named advisor with concurrent authority alongside governors. $100000 loan contract with local bankers. Railroads to take 200000 in bonds. veterans group to visit via two special trains from Richmond. National organizations to convene at expo June 5 and 6.
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Norfolk
J M. Barr
Exposition Company
J. M. Barr
Board of Governors
Will F Thomas
Washington
Hampton Roads
Supreme Assembly of Uniform Bank
Knights of Pythos
Tri-State Medical Association
Supreme Conclave of the
Order of Heptasophs
Seven Wise Men
National Association of Manufacturers and
Heptasophs
George W Wright
Haltimere
Pythians
Father Objects to Daughter's Panama Marriage
Henry Wagner opposes his 17 year old daughter Sophie Wagner marrying Robert E Wilson a Panama government stenographer. He sought police intervention to block the ceremony. Magistrate Stanley offered no remedy. Wagner notes he would support the marriage if they stayed in Baltimore but Wilson rejects a Baltimore post at 125 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Washington Post
Baltimore
Henry Warner
Sophie Wagner
Robert E Wilson
Wagner
Southwestern
Stanley
Wilson
Weegner
Samuel Davis Convicted of First Degree Murder
Spectal reports from Snow Hill Maryland say Samuel Davis was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Alfred Strickland. The jury recommended mercy, but Judge Lloyd sentenced Davis to death noting governor involvement. a life sentence in an asylum was rejected as impossible.
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Snow Hall
Washington Post
Snow Hal
Samuel Davis
Alfred Strickland
Lloyd
Davis
Wuce Wataw
Dr J W S Norris Dead in Paris
Special Cable to The Washington Post Dr J W S Norris of Belair Maryland died in Paris yesterday of heart disease He and his brother had arrived from the south a few weeks ago The body will be taken to Baltimore for interment by his brother who laments the loss of his constant companion for a quarter century Dempsey Abduction Case Set for Trial in Fredericksburg Va A $5 000 damage suit filed by W L Dempsey against Robert S Dickson for alleged abduction of Dempsey's daughter is set for trial on June 18 in Creparation Court Also Simon G Duckworth of Parkersburg WV appealing his conviction for swindling the Equitable Life Assurance Company of New York by forging certificates He was denied a trial by Judge Showalter Pioneer Parkersburg Resident Mrs Gutherine Kuhn Thompson dies at ninety at her home in Parkersburg West Virginia
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Washington Pc
Paris
J .W . Norris
Belair
Norris
Baltimore
Dempsey
Washington
Fredericksburg
W. L. Dempsey
Robert S. Dickson
Weslington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Simon G. Duckworth
Equitable Life Assurance of
New York
Moe
Showalter
The
Washington Post
Parkerspurs
Gutherine Kuhn Thompson
Parkers
Miss Virginia Baker Weds Peter Vredenburgh in Winchester
Virginia H. Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Baker of Winchester married Peter Vredenburgh son of Mr and Mrs Temes Vredenburgh of New York City at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev Nelson Page and Rev William D Smith officiated. Attendant Miss Frances Peyton Page. Best man John Van Vorst Vredenburgh. Numerous soloists and ushers from New York Winchester Baltimore and Richmond attended. Wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Christ Protestant
Virginia H. Baker
Alexander Baker
Peter Vredenburgh
Temes B. Vredenburgh
New York City
Nelson Page
Ossining
WN. C
William D Smith
Christ
Baker
Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Richmond
Bristol
Louise Amanda Thomas
M. I. Thomas
Charles Ingles Wade
Christiansburg
John Nolan
Norfolk
Misa
Nancy Elizabeth Townsend
Charles E. Townsend
Herbert Albert Ruhrman
Tragedy in Swollen Rivanna Near Charlottesville
Miss Mamie Richardson, daughter of William Richardson of Hunters Lodge Fluvanna, drowned while crossing a swollen stream near Shadwell five miles east of Charlottesville. Her fiancé William Wright of Ronceverte West Virginia narrowly escaped death after their carriage was overturned and swept downstream. Wright saw her cling to rocks before she was swept away. her body later washed up along Rivanna River half a mile away. Wright, grieving and exhausted, was taken in by friends in Charlottesville after hours of riverbank searching.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Wright
Miss Richardson
Rivanna River
Thomas Wright
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
West Virgina
Miss, Richardson
Prominent dealer shoots self in head at Mannington
In a personal crisis Philip Dietz fifty five a leading carriage and harness dealer shot himself in the head at a Mannington hotel He cannot recover He served as a U S cavalry trooper and took part in the Sitting Bull campaign He had complained of false reports against his family and the act is believed to be linked to those anxieties Moore to Be Tried for Bigamy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Poat Fairmont
W Va
Philip Dietz
Mannington
Dietz
United States Cavalry
Maryland Weddings Highlight Hyattsville Ceremonies
In St Andrew's Episcopal Church Washington Miss Mabel Rebecca Sanford daughter of Mr and Mrs Don A Sanford and Dr Guy W Latimer of Hyattsville wed in a ceremony led by Rev Calvert Carter A wide circle of friends and relatives attended The maid of honor was Bertha Sanford best man Benjamin Parran ushers included Dr Thomas E Latimer James B Latimer Robert W Wells Fred A McKee Arthur McElroy and O A Darnall The couple plans a bridal trip before residing with the bride's parents later A second wedding tied Miss Mary Carr daughter of Judge Arthur Carr to Arthur Preston Game of Laurel is noted with a small family gathering Other local nuptials include Miss Bell Benton and Hugens Brock of Branchville with a large turnout and Rev C H Buchanan conducting the service"}
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Hyattsville
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Washington
Mabel Rebecca Sanford
Don A. Sanford
Guy W. Latimer
Maryland
Misa Bertha Sanford
Benjamin Parran
Calvert County
Thomas E . Latimer
James B. Latimer
Robert W. Wells
Fred. A. McKee
Riverdale
Arthur McElroy
O. A. Darnall
District of Columbia Reform School
Mra
George S. Brit
Johnson Avenue
Oly
Viola
G. G. Rude
United States Coast and Etic Survey
Wardner
Hyattsville Presbyterian Church
Mamie Tise
Prince George County
Haddaway 1St
Branchville
Bell Benton
Hugens Brock
Bessie Hutchinson
Loudoun County
G. D. Benton
Susie
May Tucker
Beavers
Falmer
Virginia
C.H. Buchanan
Bibile
Alexandria News In Brief Priests Conference and Civic Moves
Alexandria items include a Catholic priests North Virginia conference in the city on June 18 with Rev Father H J Cutler presiding and notes on a civil service branch moving from Washington to Alexandria around July 1 to supervise examinations at the Federal Building. Also reported are a real estate sale at 604 South Fairfax Street, a large fire alarm from a railroad yard whistle, musical offerings, foreign mission day plans at Second Presbyterian Church, and the death of Mrs Jane Chrismond, a former Alexandria resident.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Federal Building
Collector of Internal Revenue
Haslem
Virginia
Commission
Douglass Stuart
J. ©. Normoyle
South Fairfax Street
William L
Henry C. Lyons
Southern Railway
North Virginia
Jane
H. J. Cutler
St. Mary's Church
J. R. Sevier
Second Presbyterian Church
Noah
Lydia Richards Hughes
J. Reilly Stanton
Bethany Methodist Protestant Churh
South
Fairfax Street
Mrs B F Horwitz Dies In Baltimore Social Leader
Mrs. Louis Gross Horwitz widow of Benjamin F Horwitz a prominent Baltimore social figure died at her home at Cathedral and Hamilton streets after declining health. Her father was famed surgeon Dr Samuel D Gross and he was honored with a statue in Washington while Oxford Cambridge and Elinburg awarded him honorary degrees. Through her English mother she was related to Lady Douglass Pouglass and to Sir Francis Drake. Also noted Willam F Dement Confederate veteran died at his Charles County home aged eighty five leaving a widow and six children.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Louis Gross Horwitz
Benjamin F. Horwitz
Cathedral and
Hamiton Streets
Horwitz
Samuel D. Gross
Congress
Physicians and Surgeons of America
Washington
Oxford
Cambridge
Elinburg
Douglass Pouglass
Dawlish
Sir Francis Drake
Pani
la Plata
C . Willam
Annexation to Danville Approved After Long Fight
Special to The Washington Post Danville Va June 1 Judge J F West sitting at Chatham overruled Schoolfield inclusion and ruled in favor of annexation of about 0 acres west of the city between the Hines and Schoolfield mill suburb The city must enact certain municipal improvements Higston June L William H Warrington a leading lumberman died of Brights disease at Reston Survived by wife three sons and one daughter John B Newcomer Williamsport assistant mayor resigned tendered resignation from post as rural carrier or mail carrier
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Washington Post
Danville
J F. West
Surry County
Chatham
Pittsylvania
Hines
Schoolfield
Higston
William H. Warrington
Reston
Aingering Ibness
Bright
Hagerstown
John B. Newcomer
Williamsport
Hoe
Post Office Department
Virginia Obituary Notes From Staunton and Norfolk
Virginia obituaries report Mrs Martha J Hancher dying after a ten day illness at her son Rev A C Mancher's home in Staunton in her seventieth year. Other notices record widow Mrs Yemen Hansher of Danville age mid seventies, contractor once, passing after nervous illness. John farmer and Norfolk resident dies of apoplexy at 57 leaving wife and two daughters. H Kain of Norfolk dies at home after lingering illness in his mid sixties.
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Joe Howards
Thin County
Wise
Norfolk
John Farmer
H. Kain
Ganghi
Sthaetonte
Governor Granted Nolle Prosequi In Maryland Club Case
Governor Warfield directed a nolle prosequi in the State of Maryland against the Maryland Club. He argued the social club, indicted for selling liquor on Sunday, had relied on prior court rulings. He asserted it would be unjust to punish all city social clubs for an ambiguous law and thus granted the nolle prosequi.
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Boadlal
Washington “Post
Baltimore
Goov. Warfield
State of Maryland
Maryland Club
Criminal Court of
Harlan
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Concordia
Four Armed Men Capture Train in Perryville Ambush
Four young colored men George Johnson George Brown Joseph Bradshaw and James N Bar rett cut Pennsylvania Railroad signal wires at Perryville Maryland and threatened telegraph operators. They boarded a freight train to Wilmington. two Italians were robbed and one shot in the leg. Sheriff’s posse stopped their flight. another man was shot in Elkton before the gang surrendered.
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
George Johnson
George Brown
Joseph Bradshaw
James N. Barrett
Perryville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Kirk
Cecil County
Elkton
John Bradshaw
Philadelphia
Dorchester Man Seeks Four Wives From Poland
Dorchester County resident Paul Smith of Lakesville Maryland writes to August F Trappe seeking a Polish wife. He claims to be thirty five years old and living on a small farm and asks the immigration official to arrange a suitable wife aged twenty five to thirty. He lists Wingates Point on the Honga River as his nearest shipping port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester County
Immigration Office
Baltimore
Paul Smith
Lakesville
Wingates Point
Honga River
Mr. Smith
Two Women Perished in Separate Farmhouse Fires Near Jerusalem
In Wheeling West Virginia two neighboring farm wives died in separate fires within the same hour. Mrs D Berry was burned while cooking and her husband found her at dinner. Mrs Jacob Ffaren was heating water when her clothing caught fire. she rang the farm bell but died before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Jerusalem
D. Berry
Jacob Ffaren
Woman Struck and Killed By Train in Danville Yards
Mary Childress, about seventy five, was killed when struck by Southern Railway passenger train No 3 in the Danville railroad yards. She had been shopping, carried bundles, and was trying to cross the track ahead of the oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Danville
Vane
Mary Childress
Southern Railway
Receivers Sought for Interstate Bank in Richmond
John A. Lamb Jr counsel for Horatio G Sharpkey of Connecticut applied today for receivership of the Interstate Bank before Judge Wendill of the U S Court. Sharpkey and others hold 1026 shares. petition cites insolvency and incompetence of President Gateski and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John A. Lamb, Jr
Horatio G. Sharpkey
Connecticcut
Interstate Bank
Wendill
United States Court
G. Sharpley
Gateski
Petersburg Street Car Shooting Sparks Arrest
Special to The Washington Petersburg reports Robert Edwards shot Otis Kidd on a Petersburg street car. Both men from Matoaca Chesterfield County. Edwards arrested awaiting mayoral examination. Alcohol reportedly linked to the incident.
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Petersburg
Robert Edwards
Otis Kidd
Matoaca
Chesterfield County
Edwards
Fourth robbery hits Norfolk rectory of St Luke's Episcopal Church
Thieves drugged residents of the Morfolk rectory seizing two diamond rings, other jewelry, $300 cash, and a $260 check from Mrs W A Barr's trunk. Rev Dr Barr had resigned to go to Lynchburg and was away at a diocesan meeting. the robbery occurred between 3 and 4 am via a kitchen pass key. Aunts and relatives were in the house. two rings worn by a guest were missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk
St. Luke's Epicconal Church
Ani
W. A. Barr
Barr
St. Luke’s
Lynchburg
Staunton
Episcopal Diocese
Virginia
Frank Stringfellow
Thaw Cousin Arrested for Wife Abandonment in New York
Edward Thaw, claiming to be Harry Thaw's second cousin, was arraigned in Yorkville Police Court on a charge of abandonment filed by his wife. A traveling salesman for Electric Bank Protective Co. in Richmond, Virginia, he was arrested at the company's Fifth Avenue office. The couple, married 25 years with two dead children, had lived on Broadway and Ninety-sixth Street. He says she left him. she alleges desertion and lack of support, and he cites her drug habit as the reason for their separation. The examination was adjourned for a petit and he was admitted to bail.
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New York
Edward Thaw
Harry Thaw
Yorkville
Richmond
Electric Bank Protective Company
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Ninety-sixth Street
Thaw
Whitman
Petit
Bryan at Williamsburg Addresses College Students
Special to The Washington Cos Norfolk Va June 1 William Jennings Bryan visits Williamsburg the colonial capital and is greeted by L G Tyler president of the College of William and Mary son of John Tyler He speaks to students then tours Jamestown Island before returning He and Mrs Bryan depart tomorrow for Confederate reunion in Richmond and the Jefferson Davis memorial dedication Monday.
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Washington Cos
Norfolk
William Jennings Bryan
Jamestown Exposition Company
Williamsburg
Virginia
L. G. Tyler
Old College of William and Mary
John Tyler
United States
Mr. Bryan
Jamestown Island
Mrs. Bryan
Richmond
Jefferson Davis Memorial
Duel over one dollar ends in shipyard murder
In Norfolk Virginia on June 1 Chang Yung of the Chinese crew of the collier Brutus was shot dead in the forecastle by Ah Lai. Lai claimed Yung owed him a dollar borrowed in the Orient. Chal Oul was arrested as an accessory and Lat was brought to Norfolk jail.
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Washington
Norfolk
Chang Yung
United States
Norfolk Navy Yard
Ah Lai
Lai
Yung
Orient
Chal Oul
Lat
Irona
Hoehn Captured by Police in Securities Theft Case
Frederick William Hoehn seventy two was arrested in Wheeling West Virginia on charges of stealing forty thousand dollars in negotiable securities from his sister Mrs Charles Noid of Indianapolis. He admitted taking the securities and turned over eighty thousand dollars in bonds and stocks plus nine thousand eight hundred in cash. He traveled to Cincinnati to sell ten thousand dollars of bonds then to Parkersburg and back to Indianapolis under assumed name W F Williams. He claimed he acted as his sister's agent and denied intent to misuse the funds. a former professor in a German university.
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Washington
Wheeling
W. Va
Frederick William Hoehn
Charles Noid
Indianapolis
Noid
Hoehn
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
W Ve
W. F.williams
Razor Avenges Sicilian Traitor in New York Vendetta
Camelo Catroneo, tied to Italian secret societies, was fatally attacked in Hudson Street hopsites after years evading vengeance. He claimed a Mott Street address though investigators suspect 110 Mulberry. The assailant, using a razor, delivered a fatal slash to the face and throat. Surgeons say he cannot live.
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Washington Post
New York
Camelo Catroneo
Mel
Hudson Street
Mott Street
Mulberry
Hia
Camelo
Italy
Francisco Musolino
Antil
Catroneo
Two Children Injured Fleeing Dog In Weehawken Park
New York dispatch reports Bernadiene Dierks thirteen of Union Hill and William Zimmerman five of the same address in North Hudson New Jersey critically injured after fleeing a large dog at Brawhurst Park. They fell about fifteen feet into a deep gully near the Palisades with skull fractures and serious head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
North Hudson
N. J
Bernadiene Dierks
Union Street
Union Hill
William Zimmerman
Brawxhurst Park
Weehawken
Nee
Harvard Clubs Meet Elect New Officers at Detroit Dinner
The eleventh annual meeting of the Associated Harvard Clubs closed with a dinner at the Hotel Cadillac in Detroit Michigan Highlights included President Eliot's address luncheon on Belle Isle a river ride on the steamer Pleasure and the annual election of officers led by Hugh McKay Landon as president with Hugh Shepherd presiding There were about 250 attendees Speakers included Bishop William Lawson President James B Angeli and President Charles F Thwing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Organizations
Hugh McKay Bandon
Detroit
Mich
Harvard Clubs
Cadillac
Eliot
Detroit Boat Club
Belle Island
Hugh McKay Landon
Indianapolis
Mont Porter
St Louis
Hugh Shepherd
Harvard
William Lawson
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
James B Angeli
University of Michigan
William B Thayer
Boston
Charles F Thwing
Western Reserve University
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J. W. S. Norris
Belair, Md
Duckworth
Miss V
Peter Vreden
France
Suicude
Corporation Court
Henry W. Holt
Thanquor
Alexandria News
Civil Service
V. BR. Sevier
Young Men’s Sodality Lyceum
Alexandria Division
Ancient Order of Hibernians
I T. Kelley
Milwaukee
Wis
Offier of
Hibernians
Jane Chrismond
Little Sisters’ Home
Robert Chrismond
B. F. “Horwitz
W. 4
Warrington
Warfield
Elkton, Md
Pennsylvania
Interstate Bank of Richmond
Deer River
Spegal
Weebington
Tenn
Charles
Morfolk Rectory
Bryan
Historic William and Mary
Parker-Bridget
Pa. Ave. and
Ninth St
New York Hospital
Gasch & Birge
Ier
Caa
Hale and Hearty
Mercy Woodworth
Bowdoinham, Me
Duffy
Duffy’s Pure
Dusty
Duffy Att Whiskey Co
Rochester
N. Y
Gresss
N. H. Shea
Pennsylvania Ave
H.W
T. A. Rover
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