Virginia and West Virginia Debt Dispute Heard at Supreme Court
The high court heard Virginia and West Virginia argue over who bears a portion of a pre division debt used for internal improvements. Virginia claims West Virginia should pay, citing years of prior payments and a congressional act. West Virginia argues lack of jurisdiction and insufficent bill details, while a joint tribunal remains the proper path to settle the share.
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Commonwealth of Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia
Lincoln
Theo
General Assembly
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Baltimore Hotel Convicted In Liquor Violations Case
State's Attorney Owens scored a victory in Baltimore Criminal Court with the conviction of Hugh Reilly proprietor of Reilly's Hotel for selling intoxicating liquor after legal hours. In Fredericksburg Rev Andrew Broaddus, urged to run for the house of delegates, says he would accept only if the position was offered without 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 at Glasscock mill
Nestor Shafter, 35, of Parsons West Virginia, was instantly killed at the Glasscock mill near Jere today. While operating a combination saw and grist mill, a detached belt from the pulley caused him to be thrown onto the moving saw, which cut him to pieces.
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Washington
Parsons
W Va
Mar
Nestor Shafter
Glasscock
Jere
Clerk Killed by Train in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
J A J. Clark, a mining company clerk 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 second train and was struck, authorities report.
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Skeclad
Tho Wasningum Wort Elkins
W. Va
Mar
Monument to Poe Receives City Funding Approval
Richmond city officials voted to appropriate 5000 dollars for a monument to Edgar Allan Poe. The Poe monument is to be placed in the city, with Col. Joseph E. Witlard chairing the monument association, which will receive a share of the proceeds 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 Indicts and Sentences Man
Edward E. Mahoney was indicted, tried, and sentenced to three years in the Virginia penitentiary for bigamy after a speedy plea. He had left his first wife in 1900, married a second wife in 1902, and has two children with the second wife, while one of his children suffers illness. A letter from the first wife prompted his arrest. he argues no moral wrong due to consent.
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Washington Post
Newport News
Edward E. Mahoney
Mahoney
Shipyani
Herndon
Fairfax County
Beatrice Parker
Wilson
N. C
Reynolds
Stevedore Lawyer Accused of Stealing Two Dogs
Andrew J. Cole a 55 year old stevedore faced larceny charges in Criminal Court in Baltimore for allegedly taking two collie dogs from sailor Joseph McConney on February 1. After arguing technical law points and exhausting witnesses for the State, Cole was found not guilty by a jury in a speedy trial.
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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 aims Potts Valley rail line
Roanoke Virginia March 12 stockholders of the Big Stony Railway meet in Norfolk and Western offices to secure an amendment to the charter allowing extensions and branches A twenty mile line will run from Interior Virginia into Potts Valley The Norfolk and Western company owns all 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 in Danville After Dance Refusal
Eddie Hairston a seventeen year old colored girl was shot and probably fatally wounded by Calvin Hairston also colored at about o clock Sunday morning. The shooting occurred during the breakup of an all night negro dance near Oak Hill and was caused by 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 Promises Kidney Disease Relief
An 19th century style health ad touts Warner's Safe Cure as the sole complete home remedy for kidney, liver, bladder, and blood diseases. Claims include relief of Bright's disease, gout, rheumatism, and general symptoms, with doctors prescribing it and free medical booklet offered. Rochester address provided.
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Warner
Sounell
Adares
Warner's
Safe Cure Co
Rochester
Two Killed In Wreck Engineer And Fireman Die
Special to The Washington Post from Hinton West Virginia reports two fatalities after F F W No 8 train derailed five miles east of town. Engineer John W Flannagan and Fireman Michael Quinn died from scalding injuries. No others hurt passengers escaped. Debris slammed the track near Little Bend tunnel as a slide blocked both main tracks. A track walker could not flag the oncoming train. Later a freight collision near Sewell 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
Murder Charge Hangs Over Highlandtown Man Charles Brehm
Police allege Charles Brehm murdered an unidentified man whose body was found February 17 at the corner of eastern avenue and Third street. Witnesses Charles Donnelly and Nick Keller testified that Brehm struck the victim, sending him to the curb at a Highlandtown hearing before Justice Dunnigan. Brehm, a longtime hauling operator, was committed to the Circuit Court of Baltimore County. The victim bore no identifying marks beyond an envelope marked Frank Barry Sparrows Point and a steel plate stamped C E Lear 6 cours street Portsmouth Va.
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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 delegates attend fifth biennial convention
About 200 delegates from the Carolinas Virginias Delaware and the District of Columbia gather in Lynchburg Virginia for the fifth biennial convention of Head Camp Woodmen of the World. Welcoming addresses are given by Carter Glass George E Caskie and J H Guthrie. Head Consul W H Wathers and E B Lewis respond. A banquet is hosted by the local camp.
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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
Obituary notices from Virginia cities mark multiple deaths
Winchester Cyrus Fieldlig aged ninety four farmer and catite treedar died at home after an illness of less than a week. He was a native of Franklin County Pa but had lived here forty years. Survived by wife parents three brothers and three sisters. Roanoke Annie Campbell wife of Rev Dr W G Campbell died at Hygeia Hospital Richmond after paralysis in October last and weeks of treatment. Survived by husband three daughters two sons. Roanoke Daniel J Michael of Vinton died after paralisis aged sixty one, survived by wife two sons and one daughter. Fredericksburg William Alsop Confederate veteran of Spottsylvania County died after lingering illness aged eighty. Survived by wife two children and twenty one grandchildren. Bristol W L Stafford former general ticket agent at Union depot died aged thirty nine. Survived by wife one son. Petersburg Benjamin Percy Alley son of Capt B Alley died last night at Mento nt Pla guardian of Rand McNally died, married Martha Davia Richter, survived by one son. Danville Mrs ROR Tucker died of pneumonia at home in Schoolfield, within family cluster, followed by daughter Ava Tucker. Survived by two young daughters.
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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 Harriy
Southampton County
Danville
Tucker
Fadey
Schoolfeld
Myn
Eame
Mr. Tucker
Ava Tucker
Norfolk mill worker dies by own action at saloon pool room
15 minutes before the fatal shot Dyar In Relyea telephoned supervisor Edward Camp that he would kill himself. The Norfolk Knitting Mills knitter for ten years, from Albany, NY, left a widow and child in Atlantic City. He had not worked since last Saturday.
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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 Fast Freight
A farmer's daughter in Oldtown Maryland flagged a fast Western Maryland freight after a landslide blocked the track. Standing in the middle of the rails with a pink sunbonnet she signaled as danger, and conductor Hinginess McKelvey applied the emergency brakes to stop the train before a possible crash.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Western
Cumberland
Hinginess McKelvey
Murdered as He Slept in Mountain Shanty
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Maryland March 12 Austrian Thomas Gaul a leader among his countrymen was murdered while asleep in his bunk at Rowlesburg west of Oakland last night The killer an Austrian fled after five shots to Gauls breast during a quarrel earlier in the day A posse pursues the assailant trackmen shared duties in the shanty.
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Washington
Cumberland
Thomas Gaul
Rowlesburg
Oakland
Gaul
Laborers Deportation Returns to England After Segregated Work
A party of twenty four English contract laborers left on train No 44 for Baltimore to be handed to immigration authorities for passage to England at US expense. Two of the girls stay in the US for work. Twenty six others had drawn fees in cases against mill men who were acquitted. Seventy one were brought over last winter. some returned, others stayed or left today.
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Washington
Greensboro
N. C
Baltimore
England
United States
Munyon’s 3 X Rheumatism Cure Promoted Widely
An advertisement urges rheumatics to discard all medicines and try Munyon’s 3 X Rheumatism Cure, priced at $1.00 with a 160 doses bottle. It claims fast relief, no salicylic acid or harmful drugs, and a money back guarantee. The page lists numerous other remedies for ailments and promises refunds if not satisfied.
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Igor
Brill Elected Councilman and Factory Franchise Granted
The Alexandria city council, in session two hours, elected Jacob Brill to fill the First ward vacancy. It approved a franchise for a Chicago firm to build a $25,000 factory employing at least fifty, and granted street, rail, and electric lighting measures while approving related public works and school plans.
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Chicago
Kot
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Jacob Brill
N. P. T. Burke
Unser
Snowden
Indictments Filed Against Southern Railway for Jim Crow Violations
Roanoke Virginia March 12 The Franklin County City Court grand jury returned seventy eight indictments against the Southern Railway Company charging violation of Jim Crow car law and failure to provide proper accommodations for the traveling public.
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Speciato
Roanoke
Franklin County
Southern Railway Company
Fire Loss at Preacher in Wise County Estimated at 30000
Special to The Warmington rem Bristol Virginia reports a fire at Preacher Wise County yesterday with losses near 30000. Principal losers listed include W B Nickela Henry Crese Ison Brothers Young Green and H B Head. Insurance covers 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
M T Haynes aged sixty two died today at noon at his son in law N W oe s home in Salisbury after a paralytic stroke yesterday. He never regained consciousness. He leaves one son and one daughter.
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Salbury
N. C
T. Haynes
Rockville Licenses Issue Marital Bonds in Md
Rockville Md March 22 Licenses to marry issued by the Circuit Court clerk to Magelall J Harris and Nannie Hite both of Washington and William Green and Nellie Wot both 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 Court
In Greensboro North Carolina March 18 the trial of former revenue officers charged with forgery false claims and collusion began in U S District Court. J W Hasty deputy collector and Jackson Mortis clerk testified about fraudulent papers while A P Grace deputy described filing duties as Wilkes County witnesses testified on false reports of blockade distilleries and destruction claims.
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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 secretary’s case heads to court
Clarence H Forrest, ex secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association in Baltimore, will be prosecuted for embezzling an estimated 4500 dollars, with bond coverage up to 42000. The association claims 4000 of bond coverage. a banquet bill of 1756.35 remains unpaid, and Forrest has confessed shortages totaling several thousand dollars. His surety, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, says it will pursue recovery once a formal claim is filed. Forrest has been inactive, spending time on outside ventures and avoiding public statements.
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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 Doctor
Information reached Cumberland Maryland of the Chicago marriage of Dr Edward Quarles a young physician of Mr Savage this county to Mrs Mary Downey Sheridan widow of Capt John Sheridan a Georges Creek coal operator. The couple have gone to Mexico for their honeymoon.
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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 Manuscripts
W E Nichols claims state Librarian Kennedy sold Latrobe manuscript papers on Virginia landscape gardening for 15 dollars to be deposited in the State Library. Nichols says Kennedy, as state librarian, received the money but did not provide a receipt to him and has since sold the papers to Joseph Bryan for 79 dollars. Nichols says he will pursue legal action over alleged misrepresentation and ownership.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Kennedy
W. E. Nichols
Virginia
Nichols
State Library
Joseph Bryan
Nchols
Woman burned to death after gas explosion in Grafton
Mrs Linda Lucas aged forty five died seven hours after a natural gas explosion in a fine Grafton house. Her husband John Lucas and daughters Minnie Bertie and Nelle Lucas were seriously burned. The blaze began when she lit a match and the cock valve apparently turned on. He carried her downstairs through flames but she could not be saved. The loss was estimated at 6000 dollars.
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Washington Just
Cumberland
Linda Lucas
John Lucas
Minnie
Bertie
Nelle Lucas
Grafton
W. Va
Lucas
Saved from mob violence near Mailor 3 station
Nathan McClary a Sumter South Carolina man accused of assaulting Miss Mary Pittman a rural district schoolteacher near Oak Grove SC was brought to Raleigh by Cumberland County Sheriff Watson and Deputy Wiggins after mobs formed following the incident Bloodhounds were sent for and the South Carolina governor urged protection at the state penitentiary
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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 in violation of law
An Ohio coal trust was admitted to exist in a Common Pleas Court filing by Almer P. Simons. The admission, in a US Coal Company lawsuit, states the dealers forming the trust owe vast coal sums and that a fourteen-member operator committee represents them, opposing the action as 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 and Hotel Warwicks Destroyed
Special to The Washington Post reports a March 12 Newport News blaze of unknown origin gutted the Garton Theater a Salvation Army structure and a large frame annex to the Hotel Warwick on West avenue. Estimated loss stands at $15,000 with $5,000 insured.
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Urbana
Washington
Fredericksburg
Urbanna
L. B. Wagenen
Newport News
Washington Post
Mer
Garton 5
Salvation Army
Twenty-third Street
West Avenue
Hotel Warwick
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John G. Carlisle
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Big Stony
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J. B. Luts
Sewell
New River
Caboose
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Hugh Ratcliffe
Lutz
Radicliffe
Baltimorean
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Atlantic
Pacific
Qaldani
Stain
Munyon
Brill
Alexandria’s Board of Aldermen
Paff
National Pinkerton Detective Agency
Curtin
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Committee On Finance
Ght
Helmuth
Uhler
Mgr. Spinks
Rr. Spinks
A Luria
Washington, Alexandria
Committee On Finance and General Laws
City Hall
State Board of School Examiners
Fleischmann
B. H. Russell
Palkvilla
University of Virginia
University
George Washington High School
Col
Theodore H. Fick Iin
Order of United Americans
The
Belleraven
Carl Mander
A. M. Johnson
Potomac Yards
Isaac Burrell
Alexandria County
Mander
Johnson
Cannaday
George Midgets
Charles T. Smith
M. T. Haynes
M. D. Sheridan
Mutual Life
the Mutual Life Insurance
Mutual Life Insurance Com
Andrews
R. P. Andrews Paper Company, Inc
la. Ave
D St. N. W
Will 5Ue Kennedy
Gale of Latrobe Manuscripts
Puson
Coal Trust
Tts
Hotel
St-Regis
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-fifth S
St. Regis
Weraper Arch
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