President is Unique Preaches Gospel of Haste
Washington editors at Jamestown Exposition examine Theodore Roosevelt’s character in a wide ranging analysis. Crosby S Noyes lauds Roosevelt while contrasting him with Captain John Smith and colonial press. praise, critique of haste, and enduring bond with the press are explored. The piece concludes Roosevelt remains a boyish yet masterful president.
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Virginia Weddings Tie Two Couples in Orange and Winchester
Fredericksburg area notes report Miss Frceslé Coleman wed Granville Phillips yesterday at St Just in Orange County at the bride’s father F Coleman home. In Winchester, Harry Baker Markell, a local businessman, married Mim Ida Mey Lamp at a residence ceremony conducted by Rev Dr ae mh cei se Sa Joeaarerien Gaarsh.
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Mob at Virginia Beach safe opening ends in arrest and mob action
Riotous scenes followed the Princess Anne Hotel safe opening at Virginia Beach. Manager A C Mitchell, attorney L Shackelford, and safe opener Ed Martin faced a mob demanding payment of funds from the safe. Mitchell was briefly arrested by Mayor Holland, then allowed to leave with officers to retrieve drawers. Drawers were turned over to the Bank of Princess Anne sealed. Bones of Emma Clark found as hotel chimneys were dynamited.
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Chemist Finds No Poison in Strange Case
Dr Rowland faces murder charge after chemist reports no poison in the stomach of Charles R B Strange. Prosecution says circumstantial evidence will be used for conviction. Hearing set for Monday at 10. Rowland, held in Raleigh after previous trial for poisoning his son, awaits trial with wife of Strange present as accessory alleged.
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Manslaughter verdict in Root killing at Friendsville
Special to The Washington Fest Oakland Md June 13 Judges Henderson and Boyd found John Brown guilty of manslaughter for killing Truman Root. Sentenced to eight years. Testimony conflicted as Root and Brown reportedly drank at the home of Mrs Mary E Friend in Friendsville on February 14, with a struggle ending in a stab to the jugular.
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Hardware Jobbers Elect Officers in Richmond
In Richmond June 18 the Southern Hardware Jobbers Association elected John Donnan of Richmond as president Henry N Miller of Memphis as vice president and executive committee members W O Baker Bruce Keen C Hz Ireland and W A Parker The president will appoint a secretary The National Hardware Manufacturers Association is also meeting in the city Both groups held sessions Harry Wise of the Chattanooga Tradesman spoke on The Future Outlook of the South Congressman Overstreet of Indiana spoke at the joint banquet tonight
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Rail line promotes two senior legal officers at B and O
Baltimore and Ohio Railway executives promote Hugh L Bond Jr to second vice president and general counsel and John G Wiman to general attorney from Resistant general attorney while eri Preston advances to general solicitor. Separate item notes statue unveiling invitation for Forty eighth Pennsylvania survivors near Petersburg and a fatal train accident near Brunswick, Maryland involving Harry Moore.
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Western Maryland Will Build to Pittsburg When Financing Permits
The Western Maryland Railroad plans the Wheeling and Pittsburg links as soon as money conditions allow new financing. President B F Bush said timing is uncertain. Surveys show routes from Cumberland to Wheeling and onward toward Pittsburg at high cost due to mountains. The Wheeling line around 152 miles long would give an eastern outlet for Gould's system, with Pittsburg as the Smoky City connection.
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Peonage Trial Begins in Federal Court
In Charlotte North Carolina the government charges W L Smith W W Berry of Franklin North Carolina and the Tellulah Falls Railroad Co with peonage in a construction project between North Carolina and Georgia. About twenty Black workers from South Carolina and Georgia were allegedly held in wage and threatened with death if they escaped. John James of Macon Georgia testified that his transport from Macon to Franklin left him in debt to the company and when he tried to escape he was returned tied to a bogey.
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Will Meet Railway Union to Discuss Washington Area Grievances
Washington Post reports that executives of the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway will meet a delegation from the local Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes to discuss grievances of current and former workers. The company reportedly demanded the dismissal of former conductors King and Gilbert prior to conference. Twenty-two union members have been discharged so far. In other incidents, Joseph Early was arrested for assault on John Henderson after a dispute. Joseph Cox, a colored worker, was wounded in a knife attack by Hezekiah Gaffney, later treated at Alexandria Hospital. Gaffney will face a police court hearing.
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Two Boys Drown After Bridge Collapses Over Holston River
Abington Virginia June 13 six boys on a wire foot bridge watched the swollen Holston River when a wave tore the bridge from its moorings. Four reached shore but two, Frank Miller and Henry McIntyre, were drowned. their bodies not recovered. WH Lunsford, a Southern Railway hostler, fell from a locomotive cab but escaped with minor injuries.
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Farmer Slays Three as Mob Hounds Suspect Killer
Special to The Wattington Post. Huntington W V June 13 Charles Shafer a well to do farmer shot and killed his wife Carrie Shafer his six year old son Herschell Shafer then mortally wounded his mother in law Mrs George Thacker on a public highway near Rockwood Ohio A large posse from Huntington and surrounding country pursues the murderer Fear of a public execution by stake grows as the mob closes in Shafer hid in undergrowth then pulled his wife from a carriage and shot her He then shot the mother in law and the boy before setting fire to their bodies The woman survived long enough to tell the tale and more than 100 shots were fired before authorities were notified tonight more than 20 armed men with bloodhounds tracked the killer six miles from the scene.
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Public notices and community updates from a Virginia city
A busy civic page reports a St Andrew meeting with speakers from Washington, school commencement plans by race and day, bank board changes with Carroll Pierce as vice president and R Mayer Green as cashier, a sermon for Perseverance Tent, an injury in Fairfax County, Samuel H. Lindsey buying a local busi ness, a Presbyterian meeting in Washington, the funeral of Mrs. Mary Dodd, and a Bargain Friday sales ad at Burt's Greater Stores on 1343 F Street.
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Jones and Fonville Indicted in Bank Embezzlement Case
In Charlotte Federal Court Francis H. Jones, a teller at Charlotte National Bank, admitted to all three counts of the indictment including appropriation, embezzlement, and false entry involving about $80,000. Judgment suspended until next week as Fonville trial concludes. Percy Fonville faces conspiracy charges in the embezzlement scheme.
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Maryland Firemen Elect New President At Annapolis
The fifteenth annual Maryland State Firemen's Association convention chose B. B. Stanton of Roland Park as president for the coming year after a tight vote in Annapolis. The group also settled next year's convention city, selecting Frostburg over Lonaconing.
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Body of Miss Richardson Found in Rivanna River Theme
In Charlottesville Virginia on June 13 authorities report Miss Mamue Richardson drowned June 1 near Edge Hill Chapel after attempting to cross a flooded stream in a buggy. Her cloak and underskirt were found on a Rivanna River island showing snag damage consistent with the garment catching current. fiancé William Wright, exhausted by searches, continues daily salvage efforts from a boat built by a local lumber firm. extensive riverbank and creek bottom searches span miles amid muddy water.
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Burns Herself to Death Near Lumberton
Mrs Francia Philips, seventy, committed suicide by burning herself two miles east of Lumberton North Carolina. After two weeks of multiple attempts including drinking lye and crawling before a train, she disappeared when officers sought to take her to an asylum. She was later found in the road near her home with her clothes burned and a box of matches nearby. She lived with her daughter Mrs Brisson.
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Boy Killed In Quarry Scuffle At Alberene Virginia
In Charlottesville Virginia on June 13 Sidney R Glanning Jr 19 son of Sidney Glanning Alberene died five hours after a quarrel in a soapstone quarry. Martin Pleasants 19 of North Garden is jailed charged with murder after the scuffle left Glanning with a fatal skull fracture from an iron gauge. Pleasants says the blow was unintentional and he felt no animosity.
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Writ of error granted in Junior Order U A M case
Virginia Court of Appeals grants a writ of error and superseders in Forbes and others versus the State Council of Virginia Junior Order United American Mechanics. Appeal from Richmond Chancery Court will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Insurgent officers of the original organization, now United Americans, have won points and been fined for violating a Chancery Court decree.
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