Virginia and West Virginia debt dispute heard before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard the Virginia West Virginia debt case as Virginia seeks to compel West Virginia to assume a portion of the pre division debt. West Virginia argues the court has no jurisdiction and that the tribunal created by Congress should determine shares, with Virginia claiming extensive payments have already been made on the undivided State’s debt.
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United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
Virginia
John G. Carlisle
Commonwealth of Virginia
Lincoln
Theo
General Assembly
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Baltimore hotel convicted in liquor hours case
Baltimore Maryland March 12 State's Attorney Owens won the first in a string of square law cases against Baltimore hotel men with the conviction of Hugh Reilly proprietor of Reilly's Hotel in Criminal Court for selling intoxicating liquor after legal hours. Fredericksburg Virginia March 12 Rev Andrew Broaddus of Caroline County has been urged to run for the house of delegates but says he would accept only if offered with no opposition.
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Weahington
Baltimore
Owens
Hugh Reilly
Reilly
Washington
Fredericksburg
Andrew Broaddus
Caroling County
House of Delegates
Man Killed in Sawmill Accident Near Parsons
Nestor Shafter, 35, of Washington for Parsons West Virginia, died instantly today at the Glasscock mill near here. While operating a combination saw and grist mill, a detached belt threw him onto the running saw, cutting him to pieces.
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Washington
Parsons
W Va
Mar
Nestor Shafter
Glasscock
Jere
Miner Clark Killed By Train Near Thomas West Virginia
J A Clark a clerk for a mining company near Thomas West Virginia was killed by a northbound passenger train near William Pennsylvania as trains moved in two directions. He attempted to escape the oncoming train and was struck.
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Skeclad
Tho Wasningum Wort Elkins
W. Va
Mar
Monument to Poe Receives City Funding in Richmond
The Richmond board of aldermen approved 5000 dollars for a Poe monument to be built in the city. Col. Joseph E. Witlard chairs the Monument Association which will raise additional funds for the project.
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Agetis
Richmond
Board of Tidermen
Edgar Allan Poe
Monument Association
Col. Joseph
EB. Witlard
Bigamist's Quick Trial Ends in Three Years
Edward E. Mahoney, a Newport News drifter with a wife and eight children, was indicted, tried in minutes, and sentenced to three years in a Virginia penitentiary for bigamy. He pleaded guilty after a brief grand jury action and claimed his first wife authorized a new marriage. He urged his second wife to hold his belongings and awaits release to remarry if the first wife secures a divorce.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Edward E. Mahoney
Mahoney
Shipyani
Herndon
Fairfax County
Beatrice Parker
Wilson
N. C
Reynolds
Stevedore Accused of Stealing Two Dogs Is Acquitted
Andrew J. Cole a Baltimore stevedore faced larceny charges for allegedly stealing two collie dogs from Joseph McConney on February 1. Despite bold defences and technical law points, the jury returned a not guilty verdict after brief deliberation. Cole, fifty five, boasted street wisdom but relied on hearings and objections to sway the case.
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Baltimore
Robinson Crusoe
Criminal
Dobler
Hs Cage
3Ory
Andrew J. Cole
Pratt Street
Cole
Joseph McConney
McConney
PTL
Noonan
Congress
Leter Cole
Finaily
Jan
Big Stony Extension railroad planned from Interior to Potts Valley
Roanoke Va March 12 stockholders of the Big Stony Railway meet in Norfolk and Western offices to secure an amendment to the charter. The amendment authorizes extensions and a twenty mile line from Interior to Potts Valley. Norfolk and Western owns Big Stony stock.
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Interior
Potts Valley
Roanoke
Big, Stony Railway Company
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Anterior
Big Stony Company
Norfolk and Western Company
Shot Girl Fatally Wounded After Dance Near Oak Hill
Danville VA March 12 A seventeen year old colored girl Eddie Hairston was shot and probably fatally wounded by Calvin Hairston also colored at about oclock Sunday morning The shooting occurred at the breaking up of an all night negro dance near Oak Hill and was caused by the girls refusal to allow the man to escort her home Hairston fled after the shooting but was captured last night
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Danville
Eddie Hairston
Calvin Hairston
Oak Hill
Hairston
Warner's Safe Cure claims to mend kidney disease and bodily health
A historic advertisement urging treatment for diseased kidneys and related ailments with Warner's Safe Cure and Warner's Safe Pills. It asserts kidney disease causes systemic harm, promises cure through herbal formula, and notes doctor prescriptions, hospital use, and price, with free medical advice and literature.
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Warner
Sounell
Adares
Warner's
Safe Cure Co
Rochester
TWO KILLED IN WRECK ENGINEER AND FIREMAN DEAD
A Chesapeake and Ohio train No 8 derailed after a slide five miles east of Hinton West Virginia. Engineer John W Flannagan and Fireman Michael Quinn died from scalds. Express car and postal car damaged. passengers escaped unharmed. Track walker failed to flag the oncoming train. At Sewell a caboose collision injured Conductor J B Lutz and Brakeman Hugh Ratcliffe.
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Washington Post
Hinton
W. Va
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
Here
John W. Flannagan
Michael Quinn
Flannagan
Ran Quinn
Little Bend
J. B. Luts
Sewell
New River
Caboose
Lutz Jand
Hugh Ratcliffe
Lutz
Radicliffe
Murder charge filed against Highlandtown man
The Washington Post reports Charles Brehm, a Highlandtown resident, was arrested on a murder charge for a February 17 fatal assault. Testimony from Charles Donnelly and Nick Keller placed him at the scene, and a Highlandtown magistrate committal sent him to Baltimore County Circuit Court. Brehm runs a hauling business and has a large family. victim unidentified, body found near Eastern Avenue and Third Street. Evidence included an envelope bearing the name Frank Barry Sparrows Point and a Portsmouth Virginia steel plate with C E Lear address.
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Sheetal
Washington Post
Baltimore
Charles Brehm
Highlandtown
Eastern Avenue
Third Street
Charles Donnelly
Nick Keller
Brehm
Dunnigan
Baltimore County
Frank Barry
Sparrows Point
C. E. Lear
Cours Street
Portsmouth
Woodmen at Lynchburg banquet for fifth biennial convention
About 200 delegates from the Carolinas Virginias Delaware and the District of Columbia attend the fifth biennial Head Camp Woodmen of the World in Lynchburg Virginia on March 12. Addresses of welcome are delivered by Congressman Carter Glass and attorneys George E Caskie J H Guthrie. responses by Head Consul W H Wathers and E B Lewis. A banquet follows for visitors.
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Washington Post
Lynchburg
Carolinas
Virginias
Delaware
District of Columbia
Assembly Hall
Carter Glass
George E Caskie
J. H. Guthrie
W. H. Wathers
Portsmouth
E. B. Lewis
North Carolina
Virginia Obituary Notes Across Cities in March Deaths
Winchester reports Cyrus Fieldlig a Frederick County farmer died after an illness of less than a week aged 84 He leaves a wife parents three brothers and three sisters William J Tignor a Heatheville merchant died of Brights disease aged about 61 He is survived by a wife two sons and two daughters Annie Campbell wife of Rev Dr W G Campbell of Roanoke died at Hygeia Hospital Richmond aged 50 She had paralysis for six weeks and leaves a husband three daughters and two sons Daniel J Michael of Vinton died aged 61 He served in Company FR Twenty eighth Virginia Regiment Confederate army He is survived by a wife two sons and one daughter William Alsop a Confederate veteran from Spotsylvania died at 80 His wife two children and twenty one grandchildren survive W L Stafford former general ticket agent at Union depot Bristol died of dementia aged 39 Survived by wife and one son Benjamin Percy Alley son of Capt S B Alley Petersburg died last night at Centont Pla He managed Rand McNally Publishing Company married Martha Richter of Haypton VA and leaves one son James E Harrly Petersburg merchant died at his home after illness Mrs Tucker Danville died of pneumonia in Schoolfield leaving two young daughters and other relatives.
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Winchester
Cyrus Fieldlig
Frederick County
Franklin County
Warsaw
William J. Tignor
Heatheville
Bright
Roanoke
Annie Campbell
W G. Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
Hygeia
Richmond
Nix Weeke
Daniel J Michael
Vinton
Virgina Regiment
Fredericksburg
William Alsop
Spottsylvania County
Bristol
Mar
W. L Stafford
Union
Dimbotox
Norfolk and Western Railway
Wabash
Giles County
Petersburg
Benjamin Percy Alley
B. Alley
Meiitont
Pla
Rand-McNally Publiching Company
New York
Martha Davia Richter
Haypton
Daniel Dion
James E Harrly
Southampton County
Danville
Tucker
Fadey
Schoolfeld
Myn
Eame
Mr. Tucker
Ava Tucker
Mill laborer dies by own action in Norfolk pool room
Norfolk Virginia March 12 Dayron A Rel yea an employee of the Norfolk Knitting Mills shot himself at 8 40 am in a saloon pool room on Main Street. He telephoned supervisor Edward Camp fifteen minutes earlier to say he would kill himself. Rel yea a ten year veteran of the mill had not worked since last Saturday. A widow and child survive. He came from Albany New York.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Dayron A. Relyea
Norfolk Knitting Mills
Main Street
Relyea
Edward Camp
Milla
Killining
Fort Street
Atlantic City
Albany
N.Y
Woman Averts Wreck On Western Maryland Train
A farmer's daughter in Oldtown Maryland flagged a fast freight to halt after a landslide blocked the line. Standing in the track with a pink sunbonnet she signaled as Cumberland bound train crews saw the warning and applied emergency brakes, likely saving lives and the train.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Western
Cumberland
Hinginess McKelvey
Murdered as He Slept at Rowlesburg Track Camp
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Maryland March 12 Austrian Thomas Gaul a leader among his countrymen was murdered in his bunk at Rowlesburg near Oakland while sleeping. A former quarrel sparked the fatal attack as the assailant shot Gaul five times in the breast and fled into the mountains. A posse pursues. The men worked as trackmen.
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Washington
Cumberland
Thomas Gaul
Rowlesburg
Oakland
Gaul
Laborers Deported After Mill Work Fight In England
A party of English contract laborers, twenty four aboard a special car on train No. 44, left Greensboro for Baltimore to be handed to immigration authorities for passage to England at US government expense. Twenty six workers drew fees after mill cases. two girls stayed in the US for work. Seventy one were brought over last winter. some returned, others stayed.
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Washington
Greensboro
N. C
Baltimore
England
United States
Munyon's 3x Rheumatism Cure Promoted Despite Skepticism
An advert urges rheumatism sufferers to discard all medicines and try Munyon's 3x Rheumatism Cure priced at 100 dollars with a money back guarantee. The copy claims 160 doses per bottle, rapid relief, and lists other Munyon remedies for cold cough liver and kidney ailments, digestion and headaches with bold guarantees.
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Igor
Brill Elected Councilman and New Factory Franchise Granted
The Alexandria city council discussed multiple measures over two hours, approving a Chicago firm’s hospital bed factory franchise promising $25,000 investment and at least fifty jobs. The franchise covers land near the old canal basin, with rights to connect streetcar lines and operate a single car to ferry wharf. Also approved were a streetlight and electric lighting discussions, and a franchise sale to the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway for King Street access and an Iine to Union Station. The State Board of School Examiners prepared a uniform summer course for ten normal schools and tours of local schools. Acquittals and upcoming trials were noted for local suspects in freight-yard robberies and a murder case.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Jacob Brill
N. P. T. Burke
Unser
Snowden
Mgr. Spinks
Rr. Spinks
A Luria
Chicago
Washington, Alexandria
Committee On Finance and General Laws
City Hall
State Board of School Examiners
Fleischmann
Fredericksburg
B. H. Russell
Palkvilla
University of Virginia
University
George Washington High School
Col
Theodore H. Fick Iin
Indictments Against Southern Railway in Roanoke Jim Crow Case
Roanoke Virginia March 12 The Franklin County City Court grand jury returned seventy eight indictments against the Southern Railway Company charging violation of the Jim Crow car law and failing to provide proper accommodations for the traveling public.
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Speciato
Roanoke
Franklin County
Southern Railway Company
Fire Loss at Preacher Causes $30,000 in Wise County
Special to The Warmington rem Bristol, Va March 12 A fire at Preacher Wise County Va yesterday caused about $30,000 in losses. Principal claimants include W B Nickela Henry Crese Ison Brothers Young Green and H B Head. Insurers cover only a small percentage of losses.
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Warmington
Bristol
Preacher
Wise County
W. B. Nickela
Henry Crese_ Ison
Death of M. T. Haynes in Salisbury at 62
M T Haynes aged sixty two died at noon today at his son in law N W oe in Salisbury following a stroke yesterday He never regained consciousness He leaves one son and one daughter.
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Salbury
N. C
T. Haynes
Rockville Marriage Licenses Granted in Maryland
Rockville Maryland March 22 licenses to wed issued by the circuit court clerk to Magell J Harris of Washington and Nannie Hite of Washington and to William Green of this county and Nellie Wot of this county.
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Washington
Rockville
Circuit Court
Magelall J.'Harris
Nannie Hite
Wiliam Green
Nellie Wot
Revenue Trials Begin In Greensboro Case
The trial of former revenue officers charged with forgery false claims and collusion opened in U S District Court. J W Hasty, deputy collector, testified about fraudulent papers while A P Grace and others described false destruction reports from Wilkes County blockaders. Prosecutors say officers conspired to hide illicit distilleries by reporting destruction.
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Sheptal
Washington Fost
Greensboro
N. C
United States District Court
J. W. Hasty
Jackson Mortis
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington
Hasty
A. P. Grace
Office of Revenue
Wilkes County
É&C
Forrest to face trial for embezzlement as bond claims loom
Clarence H Forrest, deposed secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association in Baltimore, will be prosecuted for embezzlement now estimated at 4500 if the bond covers 42000 insured. The surety company says it will act once a claim is made. A banquet bill of 1756 remains unpaid while dues totaling 3600 were not turned in. Forrest alleges outside business interests and has been largely absent from association work awaiting the case.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Clarence H Forrest
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Korrest
Forrest
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
John R. Bland
Belvedere Hotel
Aggsclation
Lexington Street
Widow of Millionaire Coal Operator Weds Young Physician
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Md Mar 12 information was received of the Chicago marriage of Dr Edward Quarles a young physician and Mrs Mary Downey Sheridan widow of Capt John Sheridan a Georges Creek coal operator The couple honeymoon in Mexico and the bride inherits about 200 900 from her late husband with an estate valued near 1 000 000.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Chicago
Edward Qualles
Savage
Mary Downey Sheridan
John Sheridan
Georges Creek
Sheridan
Quarles
Wich
Sheridans
Richmond Librarian Faces Legal Challenge Over Latrobe Papers
W E Nichols claims he sold to State Librarian Kennedy the Latrobe manuscript papers on landscape gardening for 15 dollars to be deposited in the library. Nichols says Kennedy, now involved in a dispute, has not produced his receipt and sold the papers to Joseph Bryan for 79 dollars, prompting Nichols to pursue legal steps.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Kennedy
W. E. Nichols
Lbrarian
Virginia
Nichols
State Library
Joseph Bryan
Nchols
Woman Burned To Death In Gas Explosion At Grafton
News from Cumberland Maryland reports Mrs Linda Lucas aged forty five died seven hours after a natural gas explosion that destroyed a Grafton West Virginia home. Her husband John Lucas and daughters Minnie Bertie and Nelle were seriously burned as the house burned in the early hours after she lit a match and the cock valve turned.
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Washington Just
Cumberland
Linda Lucas
John Lucas
Minnie
Bertie
Nelle Lucas
Grafton
W. Va
Lucas
Mob violence threat over North Carolina assault case
Nathan McClary a Sumter, South Carolina man was brought to Fayetteville to face charges of assaulting Miss Mary Pittman a rural school teacher near Oak Grove South Carolina at Mailor 3 station on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. Governor requests transfer to state penitentiary to prevent mob violence as he is moved to Raleigh with Cumberland County sheriff and a deputy. Bloodhounds were sent and posses organized following the attack.
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Washington Post
Fayetteville
N. C
Nathan McClary
Sumter
Mary Pittman
Mailor 3
Latta
Clio
South Carolina
Gov
Glenn
McClary
Raleigh
Sherif’ Watson
Cumberland County
Wiggins
Musa Pittman
Oak Grove
Ohio coal trust admission under Valentine anti trust law
In Cleveland Ohio one member admits a coal trust exists in violation of the Valentine anti trust law. The admission was made in Common Pleas Court in United States Coal Company v numerous Ohio coal men. The company says dealers within the alleged trust owe it substantial coal. Almer P Simons representing a fourteen member committee says the trust is against public policy illegal and void.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Sar
Valentine
Common Pleas
United States Coal Company
Almer P .Simons
Franklin County
Simons Gays Thair Committee
Three Buildings Burn at Newport News Theater Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Garton Theater an adjoining Salvation Army structure on Twenty third street near West avenue and damaged a large frame annex to the Hotel Warwick on West avenue at Newport News Va The total loss is about 15000 with 5000 insurance assumed to cover parts of the blazecleanup continued through the night.
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Newport News
Washington Post
Mer
Garton 5
Salvation Army
Twenty-third Street
West Avenue
Hotel Warwick
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