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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
35
Virginia House members push to impeach a judge to block possible election to the legislature. The move would render him ineligible and requires no charge notice. The action aims to prevent continued service and potential political office by the jurist.
A caveat to the will of Joseph G Johnson, late Baltimore city councilman, was filed in Orphans Court by his surviving daughter Myre Durrett. The petition objects to the will naming Susan Auter as primary beneficiary, arguing the document may not be Johnson’s and was not properly signed or witnessed. The case recalls Johnson’s son J Mortimer Johnson, whose 193 reports remain unsolved.
John T. Griffin receiver for People's Bank of Portsmouth sues former cashier Butt now in prison and W. J. Davis plus Fannie L. Davis his wife for 30900 alleged to have been improperly obtained from the bank. The suit asks restraining orders on disposition of property in Norfolk and Portsmouth pending outcome. The funds are said to have been invested by Davis in local properties.
An 1899 court case in York Pennsylvania involves a woman from Indiana Territory recounting coercion by George B. and others. She testified she was forced to cook for him and twenty dogs, endured drunken abuse, and was compelled to stay in a terrorizing household during the marriage.
Dr. Thomas Nelson Page and Mrs Florence Field Page donate 20000 to the University of Virginia to establish the Barbour Page Foundation for permanent lectures by scientists and scholars. The first address will be by Dr. Weir Mitchell in Philadelphia, with annual interest about 800 to fund lectures.
A Baltimore man, 80, James Webb, once overseer on Capitol wings, dies after illness. Multiple obituaries note local figures, including tradesmen and veterans, from Montgomery to Norfolk, with March dates and varying ages. Headlines cover guilty pleas, deaths, primary plans, and community notices across Virginia and Maryland.
Judge Atkinson granted the petition for a total option election in Winchester with April 15 as the voting day. The dry and wet factions brace for a tight contest while a March 16 school bond election of ten thousand dollars may sway local option outcomes. Winchester saloons provide about six thousand dollars in annual town revenue.
Special to The Warnington Post Norfolk Virginia March telegraph states Chief Bough, returning from New Orleans where he investigated Clayton Feckler in the Fairfax Hotel murder case, identified a ring pawned by Feckler as belonging to Alston H. Berry. Feckler to be brought back. No evidence found against Charles Wetherbee, held on suspicion in the same murder.
Delegates at Alexandria chose C. B. Slemp as state chairman and H. Martin as national committeeman last Monday in August. The gathering endorsed Taft’s policy and moved to select a congressional candidate.
In Sarepta Hall Alexandria delegates from Virginia eighth district met to select Chicago convention delegates and express support for Taft and Roosevelt policies. Crupper and Diener chosen delegates with Shumate as presidential elector. party officers and state committee names approved.
Judge Herley urged rapid examination of all Alexandria public gathering sites after a hold up. Chief Engineer Pettey and City Engineer Dunn were summoned to testify on fire escapes and safeguards. John Q A Crupper, longtime Alexandria resident and former Southern Railway employee, dies at eighty. Funeral set for 2:20 pm at 13 King Street.
Gov Swanson of Virginia granted a respite to Leo C Thurman condemned for the murder of Walter Dotsen in Norfolk. The stay extends until March 7 as Thurman seeks funds from a book project to aid his poverty stricken mother in Kentucky. The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the case.
New York March reports a protective committee for large holders of stock and general bonds of the Western Maryland Railway Company, now in receivership. Samuel Centermeyer named counsel. Committee members include William Harrity, Edward L. Fuller, George Cator, Fairfax S. Landstreet, and Richard Satro. A convertible bondholders committee forms with Alvin W. Krech as chairman.
Mrs Margaret OConnell was arrested in Baltimore on larceny charges for allegedly taking $875 from Mrs Margaret Doud, an elderly boarder. The money came from a savings account and was withdrawn after Mrs OConnell claimed temporary mental derangement and said she burned part of it in a stove, mixing in her own $400.
A special grand jury directed by Judge Burley of the Alexandria Corporation Court indicted eight men for various crimes including grand larceny, breaking and entering, and felonious shooting. The indictments stem from the Thomas J. Schneider case in Tatifax County and related alleged offenses connected to a slaughterhouse break in and wire theft from the union station. Foreman Henry Strauss led the proceedings with multiple defendants held for trial.
Mrs Edward J Zimmerman of Beallsville dies aged sixty two leaving a husband and eleven children. Mrs Ruth Adamson dies after long illness at Georgetown University Hospital Washington age about twenty five. husband Hilary L Adamson survives with a son and several daughters. she was stepmother of Mrs S B Henderson of Rockville. Public notice advises placing want ads at local Post branches for prompt publication.
The Clay County Republican convention selected a delegation to the State convention to back Swisher for governor Darst for auditor Shawkey for superintendent of schools and Taylor Williams for Supreme Court judge. Also reported are a confiscated oyster schooner Jack Powhatan, a divorce in Danville for Mrs Maggie Burke, and several Virginia Supreme Court proceedings and cases in Norfolk and Newport News.
In Charlottesville on March 9 the Albemarle County Republican meeting elected six delegates and six alternates for both the district and state conventions. Resolutions endorsed Roosevelt administration and urged unity for Taft at both conventions. A pro Taft faction prevailed, while a minority opposed binding delegates. A resolution praised Senator John C. Noel for defending an untainted judiciary and lauded his handling of the corporation commission investigation.
Danville Virginia March 9 reports say Sue destroyed the home of D Foster of Lenville Henry County about sixty miles northwest of Danville. Two of Foster's children perished in the blaze while parents were away. The mother was severely burned and managed to be pulled away from the flames. Origin of the fire is unknown and the parents returned to find the house on fire.
Charleston March 9 Gov Daw son vetoed house bill No 29 relating to liquor licenses passed at the special session. He questions the act’s validity under the extra session call and says the state will lose about 160000 in revenue under its provisions.
Antonio Strollo, who killed Antonio Torseilla in Van Cortlandt Park New York last August for robbery, was executed today at Sing Sing Prison. Three New York assemblymen witnessed the event and declined to name themselves. A bill to abolish capital punishment is reportedly being prepared for the assembly, and the lawmakers visited to observe the method of execution.
A long OCR list records named guests staying at hotels in multiple cities including Baltimore Boston Chicago Philadelphia New York City Pittsburg Richmond Alabama Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York State North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Utah Virginia West Virginia and foreign entries. The density centers on travelers with many named individuals and multiple hotels such as New Willard St James Ebbitt Metropolitan and Shoreham.
Lincoln Nebr March 9 The Nebraska penitentiary is not a reformatory but a large opium den says Dr R B Giffen prison surgeon in a report to Gov Sheldon He notes 42 prisoners connected in the institution are between 10 and 150 addicted to morphine and that morphine is regularly supplied by unknown outside persons Death of Simpson Patterson Salisbury NC March 9 Simpson Patterson sixty five died at his home near Salisbury from injuries after a tree fell two weeks ago
Nervous weakness described as irritable restless and sleepless with low appetite. Dr Miles Nervrine touted as best restorative for nerve exhaustion renewing strength and vigor. Mentions Miles Medical Co Elkheart Indiana and offers money-back if first bottle fails to benefit.
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