Compromise Reached on South Dakota Bond Settlement
Raleigh March 1 The legislative committee recommends the state pay Schafer Bros bonds 215.84 per bond totaling 215,864, less than earlier offers. Governor and Council to adjust final terms, bill on payment passed first reading in the House. Visiting Tennessee lawmakers honored. education and anti jug law bills debated and passed or amended. A technology school proposal from Spray also noted.
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Washington
Raleigh
N. c
South Dakota
Schafer Brothers
House of Representatives
Schafer Bros
Tennessee
F. L. Chubert
D. E. Garrett
Frank Mebin
North
Spray
Rockingham County
Committee On Education
House
Senate
Hunting for a Fortune Heir Seeks Ontario Estate Fortune
George E Fisher of Ontario Canada seeks a fortune claimed from uncle Andrew Cline. Heir asserts the estate includes valuable farming and timber lands believed located in this county.関連
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Washington Post
Winchester
George E. Fisher
Ontario
Canada
Andrew Cline
Fisher
Obituaries from Virginia towns mark March deaths
A Virginia obituary roundup reports the deaths of Barbara Bowen of Thornton Gap, Thompson Shelby of Bristol, Freeman & Farr of Norfolk, J Frank Boyd of Front Royal, Thomas Ellis Gravatt of Front Royal, Maj Canon Laurence of Auburn, William Beaty Abbott of Strasburg, and Mrs Virginia Silvester of Norfolk. Surviving relatives include widowhood, children, and veterans status. causes include Bright's disease and heart trouble.
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Luray
Barbara Bowen
Thorntons Gap
Bristol
Front Royal
Bright
James Gravatt
Howling Green
Caroline County
Mast Radford
Caanon Laurence
Montgomery County
Auburn
Laurence
Strasburg
Wiliam Beaty Abbott
Shenandoah County
Samuel Keister
Apple Ple Ridge
Winchester
Frederick County
Spen
Andrew Jackson
Virginia Keister
Norfolk
Virginia Silvester
Lindsay M. Silvester
Norfolk County
Washington
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mra. Silvester
Lucy Billvester
Silvester
Loxen Huret
Tires
Pullman Train Jump Forces Passengers Off Beds
Two rear Pullmans on train No. 38 the Washington and Southwestern Limited jumped the track one mile south of Rockfish Virginia at daybreak. Passengers were thrown from berths and several injured including Mrs. R. C. Robinson and Conductor Manly T. Rust. The train continued to Alexandria after minor aid, with most riders preferring to proceed. Authorities suspect a track mishap near the club car caused rails to spread.
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Charlottesville
Washington and Southwestern Limited
Rockfish
Rockfish River
R. C. Robinson
Munroe Etregt
Brookie N
Manly T. Rust
Alexandria
J. W. Ricks
Greensboro
N. C
Virginia Hospital
New York
Brooklyn
Ricks
Rust
George K. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Brooks Morgan
Southern Railway
Atlanta, Ga
Morgan
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bay Shore Railroad debts under scrutiny in Norfolk inquiry
Sidney L. Wright of Wright & Snyder testified for three hours in the Bay Shore Railroad receivership probe led by Special Master R. T. Thorp. He said he did not authorize debts beyond the $200,000 he and partner hold and learned of larger obligations only after they were incurred. Alex H. Egstrom, a Philadelphia engineer, claims several thousand dollars for services.
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Wasninaion Fus
Norfolk
Sidney L. Wright
Philadelphia
Wright & Snyder
Bay Shore Railroad
R. T. Thorp
Wright
Charged with death of a Black man in Luray Va
David Comer, among those charged in the death of George Henderson, a Black man from North Carolina who drowned while mob pursuit in Luray county, was arrested by Sheriff Sedgwick and jailed after bail set at 300. Authorities seek others named in warrants and a body search continues amid lingering racial tension in the community.
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Washington Pos
Luray
David Comer
George Henderson
North Carolina
Sedgwick
March & Tife
Harry Keyser
Junius Comer
Marcus Dofiemeyer
Pearl Kite
David Cave
Richmonds New Political Club Formed by Locomotive Works Workers
A Richmond social and political club for American Locomotive Works employees organized with 560 members. No name chosen yet, and its gubernatorial and senatorial support undecided. A social element may be added and the club could become permanent. Separately, Peter Schnatz, a Hungarian, was acquitted in the Corporation Court of criminal assault on eleven year old Katie Noll who was staying with an aunt.
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Washington Post
Richmond
American Locomotive Works Company
Bros
Newport News
Peter Schnatz
Katie Noll
Corporation Court
Schnatz
Inlaw
Suit over wife’s affections in Frederick trial begins
Harvey T. Kohlhoss sues Walter M. Mobley for 15000 damages alleging Mobley consorted with Kohlhoss’ wife, a plot Kohlhoss traces to a September 24, 1903 meeting. Evidence includes torn notes and hotel room occupation, Mobley’s defense calls it an extortion scheme. trial at Frederick opened today and expected to last three or four days.
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Washington Post
Frederick
Harvey T. Kohlhoss
Deerwood
Walter M. Mobley
Kohlhoss
Montgomery County
Mobley
Kohlhess
C. A. James
Washingtone
Smallpox at Club shocks Richmond area
Robert L. Campbell, a Richmond insurance man and Westmoreland Club member, has been removed to the pesthouse with smallpox. He had recently returned from the Southwest and may have contracted the disease in Tazewell County. Club fumigation and vaccination of officers followed, with physicians stating no immediate danger of spread.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Robert L. Campbell
Westmoreland Club
Campbell
Tazewell County
Legislature Adopts General Appropriation Bills and Adjourns Sine Die
Charleston March 1 the legislature finished the appropriation bills and adjourned sine die at 11 o clock. The general appropriation bill differs little from the house version except for second year additions. The conference committee left in 5000 for a Point Pleasant battle monument and 1756 for a James Rumsey monument at Shepherdstown commemorating the steam engine inventor.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Point Pleasant
Shepherdstown
James Rumsey
Officers Arraigned Over Trespass Charge in Portsmouth
G. W. Ainsworth and W. K. Dixon, county officers, were arraigned in Portsmouth court on trespassing charges after entering the home of Mary iwards on a search for stolen railroad goods. The arrest followed a complaint by the homeowner and arising friction between Portsmouth and county police.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk
Washington Post
G. W. Ainsworth
W. K. Dixon
Mary Iwards
Shriners Meet in Charlotte with Imperial Officers
The regular spring Shriners gathering for North and South Carolina convened at Masente Temple in Charlotte. Imperial Potentate George L. Brown of Buffalo and Imperial Recorder B. W. Rowell of Boston attended as guests of honor. Twenty five candidates received the Shrine degree from across the Carolinas, followed by an elaborate banquet in the Masonic Temple banquet hall.
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Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Shriners of
North and
South Carolina
Imperial
George L. Brown
Buffalo
B. W. Rowell
Boston
North
Masonic Temple
Whitewash Linked to Portsmouth Robbery Suspect
Norfolk police arraigned H J Reynolds an engineer at Norfolk Portsmouth and Newport News Company in the mayor s court on charges tied to an attempted break in at Mrs W E Shane s Portsmouth home. A whitewashed hat coat and a whitewashed ladder near the second story window helped identify Reynolds who testified he had attended a lodge meeting and heard screams then ran toward them.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
H. J. Reynolds
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport News Company
Portsmouth
W. E Shane
Reynolds
Killed by Conductor at Naugatuck Station
Special to The Washington Fast Huntington W Va March 1 George Water tel proprietor was shot and killed by Capt Frank B Eisewick of Portsmouth Ohio conductor of passenger train No 16 on the Norfolk and Western Railroad The men had previous trouble and a woman is said to figure in the case A few words were exchanged then pistols were drawn and fired Eisewick escaped with a flesh wound and surrendered to authorities Several women on the train witnessed the shooting and fainted onsite
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Huntington
W. Va
Naugatuck Station
George Water
Tel
Frank B. Eisewick
Portsmouth
Ohio
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hisewick
Waller
Elsewick
Examined for Ministry by Evangelical Conference at Hagerstown
Officers elected to lead the Evangelical Conference in Hagerstown Maryland as 25 clergymen examined ministry candidates. The board elected Rev J D Shortless president and Rev BF Young secretary. Students from first through fifth years listed with names. The missionary society elected A S Swengle president with Dunlap secretary and Reeser treasurer. Thirty nine missions reported and $18,000 raised for home missions.
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Evangelical
Hagerstown
Washington Post
Evangelical Conference
J. D. Shortless
Milton, Pa
BF. Young
Nescopeck
J. Bingman
W. H. Wharburton
F. L. Leter
W. BE. Smith
Z. R. Picketts
G. 8. Albright
W. K. Shuitz
H. W. Thomas
H. Q. Weekes
H. A. Snook
E. I. Confer
Conference For Home Missions
Jumped from ferryboat near Norfolk. rescue after 3 pm
Thomas Cherry, son of a Portsmouth county officer, leaped from the rear deck of the ferry Superior en route from Portsmouth to Norfolk. He swam until a boat from W. E. Thomas' marine railway in Berkeley rescued him. prior to departure he said goodbye to friends at a Portsmouth saloon, fearing trouble. In Richmond, Edward Echols, Staunton former lieutenant governor, remained under care at Grace Street sanitarium with eye inflammation and neuralgia, his condition serious but not yet dangerous.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Thomas Cherry
Portsmouth
Superior
Cherry
W. E. Thomas’ Marine Railway
Berkley
Say
Richmond
Edward Echols
Staunton
Senate of Virginia
J. Allison Hidges
Grace Street
Echols
Fire destroys boiler-house at Maryland Rail in South Cumberland
Cumberland Md March 1 Fire destroyed the boiler-house with four boilers the tool shop and blacksmith shop of the Maryland Rail Company South Cumberland. The main building was saved after a stubborn fight two fire plugs were frozen hindering fire fighting efforts.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Maryland Rail Company
South Cumberland
Virginia and nearby marriages and incidents dated March 1
Special to The Washington Post reports two thirds of oysters watch-houses on the Rappahannock on the south side have been carried away by ice with more damage feared as ice gorges break. Other items note accidental shotgun death of a wife in Fairmount West Virginia, a Bristol woman burns fatal, and multiple Virginia weddings in Warsaw Fredericksburg Etrasburg Farmville and Giles County including Conrad Karbach Hammond Robins Funk Armistead Dickenson Snidow and Wyson among others.
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Fredericksburg
Rappahannock
Washington Post
Bristol
Edward Goodman
Warsaw
Bethel M. EB
B. Conrad
Mias
Gretchen Karbach
Porter Hary
Frederickeburg
Joseph Hammond
Urbanna
Lena Robins
Gloucester County
Harmony Grove Baptist Church
Etrasburg
Margaret Funk
Mary Alice Funk
Walter W. Stickley
A. G Link, Paetor
The
Presbyterian Church
Farmville
James Ashby Armistead
Fannie Mary Hunt
R. A. McFarland
Farmville Baptist Church
Sallie Frances Hunt
H. H. Hunt
Drury L. Armistead, Jr
Roadoke
March
W. B. Snidow
Commonwealth
Giles County
Sallie Patton Slaughter
Hugenta Slaughter
Orange County
Barbour Memorial Chapel
Barboursvile
Hansbrough
Orange Court House
Snidow Teft
Gites County
Lynchburg
Dmiss Laila Cralle Dickinson
Robert M. Dickinson
Prince
Wysor Bride And Train To Southern Tour After Wedding
In a Norfolk report a ceremony tied Rev James Murray to the Mampden Sidney region with W W Wysor of Dublin as best man and A B Dickinson of Richmond giving the bride away. The newlyweds departed by train for a Southern tour marking their first day as husband and wife.
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Ister
James Murray
Mampden- Sidney
W. W. Wysor
Dublin
A. B. Dickinson
Richmond
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Pike County
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Virginia
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New Political Club
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Edison
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Compromise Fund
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C. P. Blount
C. W. Tebault & Co
Court of Law and Chancery
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Tebault
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Washington, D.C
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