Memorial Window Unveiled for NC Civil War Dead in Richmond
North Carolina soldiers killed at Petersburg are honored by a memorial window at Blandford Church unveiled during the Confederate reunion in Richmond. Veterans from North Carolina, led by Gen. Julian S. Carr, attend with many ladies as Mayor W. M. Jones presides. The window is entrusted to the Ladies' Memorial Association.
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Blandford Church
North Carolina
Presides
Washington Post
Petersburg
Norfolk
Julian S. Carr
United Confederate Veterans of
State of
H. A. London
Carr
W. M. Jones
J. M. Pitcher
A. P. Hill
Ladies' Memorial Association
W. H. 8. Burgwyn
Weldon
WN. C
L. L. Alarks
Ladies' Memorial A Association
Pitcher
Jefferson Davis Monument Events Suppressed And Rescinded
In Memory of North Carolina soldiers notes 40275 deaths. A P Hill Camp Confederate Veterans initially would not participate in Richman parade for the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis monument, then the order was rescinded. Reports from Richmond describe religious services, a sacred concert, and crowds despite unseasonable weather as the unveiling neared. Governor Patterson of Tennessee calls for a five minute suspension of business in tribute to Jefferson Davis during the Richmond ceremony.
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Richman
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
J. William Jones
First Baptist Church
W. W. Moore
Carter Helm Jones
Monumental Church
Dudley Powers
Flint
Mich
John B. Gordon
Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Tennessee
Memorial ceremonies at Rose Hill Cemetery Hagerstown
Three thousand persons gathered at Rose Hill Cemetery for Reno Post memorial services under the Grand Army of the Republic. Former Justice Josephus C. Ward and Captain George T. Fisher spoke as prayers were led by Rev. A. B. Statten and Chaplain Joseph Criswell. Graves of Union soldiers were decorated. Renopost then held services at Riverview Cemetery in Williamsport with an oration by James E. S. Prior at the grave of Gen. Gthe Holland Williams, founder of Willemsport.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Rose Hill
Reno Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Company
First Maryland Regiment
Antietam
Josephus C. Ward
George Tt. Fisher
A. B. Statten
Joseph Criswell
Renopost
Williamsport
Riverview Cemetery
James E. S. Prior
Gthe Holland Williams
Willemsport
Man Identified After Drowning Near Romney
The bodies found in the south branch of the Potomac River five miles below Romney have been identified as Benjamin Jenkins of Keyser. He left his wife by the roadside to pay for cakes at a Forman store and was last heard from returning to settle the bill.
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Washington Post
Romney, Md
Potomac River
Benjamin Jenkins
Keyser
Forman
Grant County
Jenkins
Elisabeth King, Widow of King, Dies at 50 Near Clarksburg
Mrs. Elisabeth King widow of King of near Clarksburg died at her home this morning at age fifty after complications of diseases. She was daughter of the late William Williams, with one son Robsy residing in Washington. Three brothers survive, including Somerset T. Williams of Boyds and James W. Henson aged sixty who died in Woodberry, Baltimore County, leaving three brothers and two sisters in the area.
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Elisabeth King
King
Clarksburg
Willam Williams
Byres
Robsy
Washington
Somerset T. Williams
Boyds
James W. Henson
Germantown
Montgomery County
Woodberry
Baltimore County
John
W. H. Benson
BR. J. Benson
Cedar Grove
Hamlet Sibley
W. T. Dowden
Margaret Elizabeth Butts
Calvin Butts
Alexandria ‘Iron Works
North
Columbia Street
L. C. Barley
Manassas
Prince William County
Charles N. Rauch
Margaret Elizabeth
Harry L. Walgamot
Ohio
North Royal Street
Evenng
Jury Frees Flickinger In Maryland Murder Trial
Special to The Washington Tis Cumberland Md June 2 The jury found John Flickinger not guilty of murdering Wesley Emerick near Meyersdale The defense challenged self harm claims and a dog witnessed actions Mrs Emerick admitted she perjured herself under pressure from her brother in law James Emerick The case hinged on alleged intimate ties and Flickinger’s presence at the scene after the deed was done
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Washington Tis
Cumberland
John Fuickinger
Wesley Emerick
Meyersdale
Flickinger
Mrs. Emerick
Fuckinger
James Emerick
DROWNS IN FLOODED RIVER NEAR OLDTOWN
A nineteen year old named William Peacemaker drowned crossing the Potomac from Oldtown Maryland to Green Springs West Virginia when a skiff capsized in midstream amid floodwaters. William Carr escaped by grasping a ferry cable and pulling to shore. Dr Percival Lantz of Frankfort West Virginia was carried downstream during a rescue attempt but survived. The river rose due to heavy rains, with Wills Creek and small streams exceeding banks.
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Washington
Oldtown
William Peacemaker
Potomac River
Green Springs
William Carr
Pattersons Creek
Percival Lantz
Frankfort
W. Va
Maryland
Wills Creek
Hagerstown
Potomac
Alexandria News In Brief
Mrs Calvigs Butts dies at the family residence in Alexandria. A city school board meeting will determine closing dates for public schools. Judge John T Kelley of Milwaukee spoke on Hibernians with a Washington chorus. The Democratic committee meets tonight to select clerks and judges for the June 19 primary and fill vacancies from Simpson's death and Price resignation.
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Democratic Committee
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John T. Kelley
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Court of Summon Pleas
Milwaukee
Wis
Young Men's Sodality Lyceum
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Order
Kelley
Fleischmann
George E. Simpson
George E. Price
Canoe Accident Claims Veteran Maryland Pilot
Captain Robert L. Tallent, 51, veteran Maryland State Pilots Association member, died after a canoe capsized off Chaneys Point near Brooklyn in Anne Arundel County. His sister-in-law, Mrs. Louis A. Schilinger, survived by clinging to the craft as Tallent suffered water chill and heart paralysis. A shore boat rescued Schilinger.
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Baltimore
Robert L. Tallent
Maryland State Pilote’ Association
Manchester Apartments
Chaneys Point
Brooklyn
Anne Arundel County
Louis A. Schilinger
Schillinger
Vain Search for Body Near Shadwell
In Charlottesville on June 2 a large crowd sought the body of Miss Mamie Richardson missing after a drowning attempt at a swollen stream near Shadwell. Her escort William Wright remained at the site all night and daybreak, unable to eat, as rescuers and family from Charlottesville and Fluvanna aided the search. Wright was previously set to marry Richardson in April, postponed to this month.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
Mamie Richardson
Shadwell
William Wright
Wright
Miss Richardson
Fluvanna
Takes Japanese Bride in New Parkersburg Link
James Lytte son of Councilman J M Lytle Parkersburg W Va has married Miss O Kimn San of Osaka Japan The marriage reportedly occurred in Kobe Japan on April 1 1907 Lytte has been a sailor on the battleship West Virginia and his parents learned of the wedding only after receiving a Manila letter dated April 20 1907
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
James Lytte
J. M. Lytle
Manila
P. LI
James Lytle
O. Kimn San
Osaka
Japan
Kobe
Lytle
West Virginia
Fulton Guilty of Murder in Abingdon Trial
Special to The Washington Post from Roanoke Virginia reports that 22 year old Wash Fulton was found guilty of first degree murder by a Washington County jury in Abingdon for the April 2 killing of John Johnson. The两 men, same age, quarrelled in West Virginia. Johnson called Fulton a coward and Fulton returned to Abingdon later angered, leading to a second quarrel and Fulton firing five shots, killing Johnson.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Wash Fulton
Washington County
Abingdon
John Johnson
West Virginia
Fulton
Johnson
Front Royal Liquor Cases In City Court
Gabriel Barbee, white, and Minor Ausberry, colored, were brought before Mayor Waller on illegal whisky sale charges. Barbee received sixty days in jail and a $20 fine, Ausberry thirty days in jail and a $10 fine. This marks the first liquor-sale trouble since Judge Harrison’s two year-old decision that previously fined defendants over $8,000.
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Front Royal
Gabriel Barbee
Ausberry
Waller
Harrison
Patterson Arrest in Murder Case Denied by Officials
Salisbury June 2 arrests were made in Mooresville of a man identified as C M Patterson in connection with the Robert Beck murder at Chester nine years ago. Officials state he is not the wanted man. Patterson, a prominent cotton mill figure, posted a $100000 bond pending habeas corpus hearing set for June 11, after a picture agent posing as a detective triggered the detainment.
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Washington Post
Salisbury
C. M. Patterson
Mooresville
Robert Beck
Chester
Patterson
Millionaire Westfeldt Drops Dead at Asheville
Millionaire P M Westfeldt a Coffee Merchant from New Orleans dropped dead at Asheville railway station after attempting to buy a ticket for Fletcher NC. He owned interests in North Carolina valued at about a million dollars and was said to be in good health before collapsing. Special to The Waddington Sun. Rockville Md June 2. Harry L Morris of Takoma Park sought a license to wed Adelaide L Gildea of Takoma Park but was told he was under age without parental consent. Falls Through Office Building. An unidentified German worker of Vaughan Construction fell from the roof through a skylight to a landing and floor, sustaining serious injuries. Elking W Va June 2. Elkins residents learned that Western Maryland Railroad President B E Bush will double company shops and employ more men in Elkins.
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P. M. Westfeldt
Charlotte
N. C
Waddington Sun
Rockville
Harry Larmond Morris
Takoma Park
Misa Adelaide L. Gildea
West
Washington Post
Roanoke
Vaughan Construction Company
Washington
Elking
B.E. Bush
Western Maryland Railroad
Elkins
Bryan Addresses Richmond audience on faith and politics
William Jennings Bryan spoke on the platform amid a crowd including Mayor McCarthy and Lieutenant Elys gon. He avoided mentions of the Confederacy, urged the Prince of Peace defense of Christianity, and harshly criticized Roosevelt and Rockefeller amid cheers. Gov Swanson hosted him at dinner with Gov Warfield and Gen. Riggs. a Maryland vice presidential boom buzzes amid Bryan Warfield timing.
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Bryane
Speseh
Peivicé
McCarthy
Elysgon
Bryan
Peace
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Swanson
Middletown Teacher Fatally Shoots Self at Door
In Middletown Maryland on June 2 Frank Kefauver aged twenty three a local school teacher and son of Lewis Kefauver shot himself on the front porch of Martin Coblentz head farmer living nearby George Kefauver a Middletown resident and Lizzie Coblentz discovered the body when a pistol shot frightened them Kefauver had been a suitor of Lizzie Coblentz whose parents had recently opposed the courtship His brother Walter Kefauver lives in Washington DC.
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Middletown
Frank Kefauver
Lewis F. Kefauver
Martin Coblentz
George Kefauver
Lizzie Coblentz
Kefauver
Walter E. Kefanuver
Washington City
Fourth Annual National Florence Crittenton Mission Meet Opens
The Fourth Annual Conference of the National Florence Crittenton Mission began in Baltimore at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church with a mass meeting led by Rev. J. T. Stone. Speakers included founder Charles N. Crittenton, VP and general superintendent Dr. K W Barrett, and Maria L Winkler of Berlin. Delegates plan services at city churches tonight and attend events in Washington and Jamestown Exposition, with Cape Henry service Sunday afternoon.
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Maes
Baltimore
Florence Crittenton
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
J. T. Stone
Charles N. Crittenton
K. W. Barrett
Maria L. Winkler
Berlin
Germany
Lelegates
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Roosevelt
Jamestown Exposition
Cape Henry
Hynson Dead Leader in Kent Bar Dies at 41
Richard Dunn Hynson, prominent Kent County lawyer and Kent bar member, died at his Chestertown home after paralysis. A 1892 national convention delegate, he served on Maryland House of Correction managers and as a Washington College governor, vestryman, bank vice president, and rich estate holder. He leaves a wife and five young daughters. Special to The Washington Pest. Roanoke briefs note triplet birth to Mrs Parker.
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Chestertown
Richard Dunn Hynson
Kent Bar
Hynson
Grover Cleveland
Maryland House of Correction
Board of
Jamestown Exposition Week Sets Military Cadets and Tidewater Day
Jamestown Exposition Week to feature ten conventions and four military schools sending about 1000 cadets to a military encampment. Tidewater Day on June 7 will bring school holidays across Norfolk and nearby towns with a major fireworks display. The schedule lists cadet arrivals from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Penn State Ches ter, and St John’s College, plus events with the Federation of Women’s Clubs, Colonial Dames, Confederate Veterans, and others in the Auditorium and Virginia State Building. The Dutch cruiser Guiderlana arrived off the grounds, part of an international fleet for Georgian Day and Roosevelt’s June visit.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Tidewater
Newport News
Portsmouth
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Association of Manufacturers
Supreme Assembly of Uniform Rank
Knights of Pythias
Order of Heptasophs
West Point
Woman's National Press Association
Mary Baldwin Seminary
Guiderlana
Navy of Holland
International
Roosevelt
Virginia
Hoarded silver floods Pulaski county amid murder fears
In Pulaski Tennessee eighty four year old Willis Smith has flooded the county with thirty thousand dollars in quarters and halves stored in fruit jars, fearing bank theft after a cashier dispute. The story notes his distrust of banks and his extreme precautions. In Rockville Maryland, real estate transfers are listed, including multiple Chevy Chase lots and acreage. Locust swarms threaten Spencer North Carolina as the first North Carolina appearance in years, with trees nearly bare of shell casings.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Wills Smith
Smith
Washington
Spencer
N. C
T Spencer
North Carolina
Court Enjoins Union Men in Wheeling Strike
In Wheeling West Virginia June 2 a sweeping federal injunction issued Friday against telephone line men went into effect today The order restrains coercion intimidation violence and boycotts and bars aiding operators in forming a sympathetic union The injunction is described as the most sweeping ever issued in the state
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Wheeling
W. Va
White Slavery in Early America Exposed by Rev T B Gregory
The New York American discusses white slavery alongside black bondage. Dutch and English ship masters lured unknowing workers with false promises of passage and pay, selling them into three year servitude called redemption. Prices ranged around 100 dollars with schooling obligations, and harsh laws punished aiding escape. Estimates suggest up to 50,000 were sent to America from British islands and other countries, continuing into the 19th century.
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T. B. Gregory
New York American
Holland
England
America
New World
Colonies
Trifles of Adulteration from the Village Statesman
In Detroit a man drowned after falling into a 10 gallon vat of mash. The company official stated the mash would be used for whisky as fermentation and distillation remove impurities, recalling prior wartime import practices with New Orleans sugar and molasses and the occasional pickaninny in a cask.
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Illage Statesman
Detroit
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Papal Delegate Attends Brunswick Church Dedication
Frederick Maryland June 2 Archbishop Falconio papal delegate to the United States was present at the dedication of the new St Francis Catholic Church at Brunswick and gave the benediction at the close of the solemn rites. Very Rev D J Flynn president of Mount St Mary's College and several other Catholic clergymen took part in ceremonies.
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Washington Post
Frederick
Falconio
United States
St. Francis Catholic
Brunswick
D. J. Flynn
Mount St. Mary’s College
Baccalaureate Sermons Mark Eastern College Graduates
Front Royal hosts Rev. Dr. Sanders of Oberlin who delivered the baccalaureate sermon at the Eastern College Chapel. Rev. Mr. Light from Fredericksburg gave a farewell sermon to Randolph-Macon Academy students. Berkeley Springs witnesses dedication of a Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Daily, Boittman, and Bowers present.
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Washington Post
Front Royal
Eastern College Chapel
Dr. Sanders
Oberlin University
Ohio
Mr. Light
Fredericksburg
Randolph-Macon ‘Academy
Methodist ‘Church
Berkeley Springs
W. Ve
Primitive Baptist Church
Elders Daily
Indiana
Boittman
Taray, Va
Bowers
Slanesville
W. Va
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