Swanson Denies Shirk Charge After Norfolk Nomination
Special to The Washington Post Richmond June 27 Representative Claude A Swanson, a gubernatorial candidate, rebutted a charge that he shirked campaign duties after Norfolk. He explained illness forced rest, then he resumed heavy travel and speaking across Virginia through October, defending his loyalty and work for the Democratic cause.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Claude A Swanson
Europe
Norfolk
Swanson
Phen
Danville
Roanoke
Alexandria
Richmond Dispatch
Waa
Puty
Traws-Dispatch
Their Hope in Lewis leads Virginia primary talk
Righmond Va June 27 Republican leaders across the state say the next governor will be a Republican They nominate U Lewis and expect Taft Shin aides to campaign in Virginia They bank on Judge Mann securing the Democratic nomination to pit him against Lewis and win the governorship Also reports of Manns temperance stance and local political shifts amid August 2 primary chatter Cumberland Court House Staunton June 2 Democratic fundraising to sustain the primary effort and avoid naming candidates directly. Norfolk June 27 warrant for A H Martin clerk over failure to publish qualified voter notices. Norfolk fifth annual meeting of Norfolk Western Railway freight agents opens for two days. Marmaduke S Robbins prominent lawyer dies in Ashboro aged 78.
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Wirkinky
U. Lewis Wpl
Taft
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Virginia
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Staunton
Democratic Committee
NJ Wate
CAPT J W HOWISON DIES AT BALTIMORE HOME
Captain John Worden Howison a retired revenue cutter service officer and brother of Admiral Henry Howison died of heart failure at Mrs Fannie Lewis's home on Gilmor Lane Baltimore He was 65 and survived by wife Eleanor and two daughters R Dorsey Coale and Hicanor Howison The funeral will be from Mrs Coale's residence at 17 West Mount Royal Avenue with Rev Dr Peregrine Wroth officiating Interment at Green Mount Cemetery will be private
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Fannie Lewis
Gilmor Jane
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Howlson
Capt
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Revenue ‘Cutter Service
Gilmor Lane
Washington
Naval Academy of Annapolis
Admiral Howison
Maine
Greepmount Cemetery
Virginia Education Scandal Rumors Stir Board Probes
Rumors swirl that the State Board will widen its inquiry into Virginia education affairs after a recent exposure. Reports say cases involving Julian P. Thomas and Joan A. McGilvray, tied to selling school registers at high prices, will go before the grand jury. McGilvray was dismissed and Thomas resigned. penalties range from $10 to $400. The act violates school law and the attorney general is being consulted.
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Washington Cum
Richmond
Virginia
State Board
Iee
J. D. Eggleston, Jr
Prince Eoward
Thomas
Echmond
Body Found in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The dead body of Harvey Palmer, sixteen, was found floating in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal below Great Falls in Montgomery County. He left home about ten days earlier and may have fallen from a canal boat on his way to Washington. The body was brought to Rockville and shipped to his home. he was the son of the late Harvey J. Palmer and had lived with his grandfather since.
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Washington Fury
Rockville
Harvey Palmer
Pearl
Frederick County
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Great Falls
Folke
Tkea
Washington
Harvey J. Palmer
Keyser Car Shops Burned Leaving Four Hundred Out of Work
Cumberland Md June 2 The Baltimore and Ohio repair shops at Keyser West Virginia burned this morning destroying thirty eight repaired cars and many tools. Estimated loss is about 10000 for the building and at least 90000 for the cars. Fire suspected incendiary. flames gained headway before discovery, saving efforts only to limit damage. Nearly four hundred men temporarily out of work.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Keyser
W. Va
Mean Trick on Bloodhounds at West Union Post Office
burglars blown open the West Union West Virginia post office safe securing cash stamps and other valuables. they sprinkled cayenne pepper on the floor to hinder bloodhounds while fleeing with $20 in money $900 in stamps and several registered letters the contents and value of which are unknown. elsewhere a Norfolk streetcar collision near a fire injured a driver and firefighters but not passengers and a summer normal school started in Norfolk with 120 teachers enrolled and more added today.
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Apecia
Washington Post
Cumberland
Post-Officr
West Union
W. Va
Craigmore
Norfolk
Supt
R. A. Dobie
Norfolk Public Schools
T. J. Stubbs, Jr
William and Mary College
Capt
Bryan
Oil Tanks Destroyed by Lightning in Fairmont
During a severe thunderstorm a lightning strike set a tank in the Fairview field ablaze, triggering a massive explosion and spreading to an adjacent tank. The South Penn OW Company reports losses of 20008 dollars.
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Washington Post
Fairmont
W. Va
Fairview Field
South Penn OW Company
Police Board Resolutions Shake Up Alexandria Police
The city council debated police reform after the Police Board proposed to retire Chief Webster and appoint a stationmaster. They urged amending the city charter to eliminate the lieutenant post, create three sergeants, and expand the force to eighteen. Tensions rose as council and boards argued over procedure and authority.
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Board of Police Communtesfonera
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Trial opens for Richmond mother in seven year old death
Mrs. Shepherd J. K. Smith stands trial for allegedly beating to death her seven year old son Ralph. Jury selection consumed most of the day as authorities detail the case in Manchester Hastings Court. The boy's mother admitted whipping the child for discipline. the father, once in New York, was later arrested.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Shepherd J. K. Smith
Ralph
Manchester Hastings Court
Bysith
Manchester
Fowngend
New York
Smith
Constable Arrested in Appomattox Case
A special Washington Post report from Lynchburg Virginia dated June 2 describes Constable Mann of Appomattox arriving with a warrant for John W Dearman a colored man charged with criminal assault. The detainee was captured early morning and taken toward Appomattox. While awaiting a train the constable was arrested on drunkenness charges and jailed with his prisoner. A vaudeville performer freed the handcuffs and both men were later jailed at police headquarters before a deputy bailed out the constable in the afternoon.
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Mann
Appomattox
John W. Dearman
Neas
Upper Marlboro
William Jackson
Rena Fowler
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Forestville
Yowler Farm
Tramp Arrested For Attempted Assault In Virginia
A man with a foreign accent, calling at the home of the late William Brothers in Naysemond County Virginia, attempted to assault Miss Irene Brothers. The sisters Irene and Willie were alone when denied food and money. Neighbors pursued and captured the assailant three fields away. he refuses to give his name and faces a hearing tomorrow.
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William Brothers
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In Memory of Jefferson Monument Plan Urges Gifts
A Richmond notice reports Grover Cleveland Melville B. Stone and Richard Watson Gilder forming an association to raise funds for a Jefferson monument in the city. The plan is for patrons to contribute the price of a ticket to a first class performance toward the monument.
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Grover Cleveland
Melville B. Stone
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Aas
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Jo- Seth Jefferson
Jefferson
Maryland Road Condemnation Law Declared Unconstitutional
Frederick Md June 2 A 12 year old Maryland law allowing private land condemnation for private road use was struck down by the Court of Appeals in Arnsparger v Crawford et al appealing from Frederick County Circuit Court. The ruling holds no person can be deprived of property by condemnation except for public uses.
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Frederick
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Arnsparger Va
Crawford
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Young Hunter Missing After Daylong Hunt in Bluefield
Harland Reynolds eldest son of Attorney A W Reynolds of Princeton is missing after leaving his hotel for a day's hunt Saturday morning. Hundreds search the woods but no trace found. The incident triggers a large manhunt across the county.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Harland Reynolds
A. W. Reynolds
Princeton
Fourteen year old girl burned to death in fire blast
A fourteen year old colored girl Olive Wrench was burned to death in Elizabeth City County. While she poured kerosene on a smoldering fire the can exploded, covering her with burning hide. The event is reported by The Washington News from June 2 in Virginia.
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Eliizabeth City
Multiple Weddings Reported in Frontiers of Virginia
Winchester and nearby towns buzz with marriages. W Ritter wed Miss Leng Prints in Winchester with Rev Skelton officiating, couple to Suffolk for honeymoon. Other ceremonies include Miss Mary Susie Rewies wedding to Attorney Ernest H. William at Holy Neck, Rev Rowarad presiding. James Bichberger and Miss Mary Lucertia Nash wed at the bride’s home. afterward journeys north to Baltimore for a family wedding. Grace Street Presbyterian Church in Richmond hosts Miss Lowize Alten Gatlin’s marriage to Anton Williams Richard of New York, with tours planned later. Miss Ruth Gisebeth Newton of Kobe married Emery Marvin Underwood of Atlanta in Harrisonburg. In Norfolk, Miss Jane amis Tucker and Rev Luke Matthew White wed in St Paul’s Church, with notable clerical attendance and family lineage traceable to Washington. The report highlights elaborate family connections and anticipated international travel for the newlyweds.
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Suthjem
Virginia
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Holy Neck
Christ In Church
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Isle of Wight
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Richmond
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Wes
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Baltimore
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Etchberger
Slater
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New York
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Hanover
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Ths Place
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Japan
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Atlanta
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JW Duffey
Ethel Lewis
Mount Vernon
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Neshville
Belle Didgood
Charlottesville
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J. C. ©. Newton
Kwarsel Gakuin University
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Norfolk
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Beverley Dandridge
Luke Matthew White
Huntsville
Alx
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Southwest
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John Anguetine
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WV Prosecution Faces Loss From Tax Settlement
In Wheeling a midnight conference between Tax Commissioner C. W. Dillon and brewery representatives reached a settlement on over 1 million dollars in taxes. The compromise calls for 12 000 indictments to be submitted to the courts without evidence, halting $10 fees per indictment for prosecuting attorneys. The deal excludes out of state breweries, which retain their licenses.
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Posse Out After Ford Near Rockbridge
Lexington Virginia June 27 Grover Ford who killed Charles Cash and wounded his companion Lydia Intsminger as they were returning from church Sunday night near Denmark Rockbridge County has not been apprehended yet. A posse led by Sheriff Sterrett left for the mountains near Rockbridge Alum Springs and will probably return with Ford who is said to be absent near the springs. Ming Intsminger is alive but believed not to recover as the bullet penetrated the spine.
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Lexington
Grover Ford
Charles Cash
Lydia Intsminger
Denmark
Rockbridge County
Sterrett
Posse
Rockbridge
Ming Intsminger
Independent Democrats oppose Poe amendment at Centerville convention
The Independent Democrats of Centerville Maryland meet at the courthouse and pass resolutions supporting Gov Warfield and the attorney general, denouncing the Poe suffrage amendment, pledging to oppose it at the polls, and nominating a ticket of Democrats to uphold good officials. The Remiliapas county ticket will not nominate locally.
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Centerville
Warfield Ia
Ienarai Ia
Remiliapas
Obituary notices from Virginia and surrounding areas
Obituary notices from Richmond and nearby towns report deaths of John S. Cole sixty seven Caroline County resident John Tyler Carter Joseph Andrew Johnson Anne Magruder Esther Savage James W Brockwell and others with details on ages residency family survivors and burial plans. Weather Bureau reports a schooner Clara H Bergen disappeared after a collision near Cape Hatteras likely sunk at ten fathoms.
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John S. Cole
Richmond
Mr. Cole
Second Virginia Cavalry
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Fredericksburg
Johm Tyler Carter
Caroline County
Esther Savage
Cape Charles
Mra. Savage
Petersburg
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Brockwell
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Jia
Norfolk
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Clara H. Bergen
George Dumois
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