Declined by Ellyson in Virginia lieutenant governor race
Col Joseph E Willard declares that James Cabell’s primary plan would deepen factional strife and he will not retire from the race. He cites Fairfax County tax records and losses in 1902 1903 1904 showing no net income while other assets and loans shaped his fortune. Meanwhile Louisa County backs Sims for state senate and Fairfax attorney Oliver announces candidacy for the state house.
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Joseph E. Willard
Virginia
Cabell
Ellyson
Chishie
Richmond Democrats
Willard
Joseph F Willard
Nant
Fairfax County
Meashinetoun
Washington
Sears
Lew Willard
Congressmen Have Option In Second Virginia District
Nortulk Wallard and associates plan a trip to Cuba to claim timber land on the Isle of Pines. The venture centers on 2009 acres of timber with 39 varieties noted by experts as rare. The Washington Post reports the party includes Gen and Mrs Yes Biker, celebrating a golden wedding in Salisbury NC, with Biker once a Confederate cavalry officer promoted to brigadier general after a Brands Station battle.
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Nortulk Wallard
Congressen Apustard
Virginia
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Virginia and Nearby Obituary Dated March Dates Across Counties
Obituaries from Virginia and nearby areas list multiple deaths in March across Fredericksburg, Winchester, Culpeper, and Staunton regions. Names include Bettle Swann, Virginia Bernard Michars, Saraakilen Hawtgs, Jeanette Daraen, A B Daur vertged, Myrtle K Gettler, Lavinie Butler, Jane Hett, and others with ages from eight months to eighty seven. Surviving relatives include children, siblings, and spouses. church membership and past roles noted.
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Daur
Winchester
Myrtle K Gettler
Jonn F Gettler
Baltimore
Geldershbirger
Fredericksburg
Lavinie Butler
Lewis H Dtutler
Louika County
Githoa Christian Church
Slxty
Taree
Winchester Waren
Jane Hett
James Willam Hott
United Brethren Church
Frederick County
Jacob F Hott
Dog Finds Head in Ironville Murder Case
A Roanoke dispatch reports a dog belonging to Charles Donalds brought home a white man's head near Ironville Virginia. Police search for the rest of the body has yielded no clues and no missing person matches the fragment. The decedent appeared well dressed, with a travel suitcase left at the depot containing clothing items but no name.
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Speral
Washington Post
Roanoke Va
Ironville
Roanoke
Charles Donalds
Ironvile
Robbery in transit costs Southern Railway thousands
In Charlotte on March 13 police arrested two Black men suspected as gang leaders in thefts from trains. John Warris had forty eight quart bottles of corn whiskey and Ernest Crawford possessed numerous items stolen from cars passing through the city. The Southern Railway losses in Charlotte since December 1 are conservatively estimated at thirty thousand dollars.
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Washington
Charlotte
Southern Railway
John Warris
Crawford
Lynchburg Woman Charged in Double Neck-Cutting Murder
Ellen Henry was arrested on Vine Street at noon today charged with the murder of Joe Wigems Soth after a quarrel about midnight. The man ran barefoot in night clothes to the Masonic Hospital entrance, blood streaming from a severed windpipe, and died an hour later at City Hospital. Nine stitches were taken in Henry's throat, which she says was cut by the man. police suggest jealousy as the motive.
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Lynchburg
Washington
Ellen Henry
Vine Street
Joe Wigems
Soth
Masonic Hospital
Thel Ma
Pytman Castle Association Incorporation at Frederick
The Pytman Castle Association of Frederick was incorporated today with Charles Winebrewer Renn S Tarp Frederick W Oberderfer Joseph W Gaver and Huam KR Heck among the founders. The first president outlines plans to erect a three story building for Mountain City Lodge Knight of Pythias in Frederick.
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Jnevlal
Thowanaimgusa
Prederick
Pytman Castle Association
Frederick
Charles Winebrewer
Frederick W Oberderfer
Joseph W
Gaver
Huam
Heck Phe
Mountain City Lodge
Knight of Pyrthias
Alexandria News in Brief Fact Disclosed by Letter and Accidents at King and Henry
Washington Post Bureau Alexandria reports Hon Park Agnew publicly disclosed a president directed resignation as Sixth District Internal Revenue Collector effective May 1 1905. Also, Andrew Sullivan, longtime resident, died at 68 leaving widow and children. Civil War service with Kemper’s Battery. Lee Camp and other associations. funeral planned. Two near-rail accidents on King and Henry streets damaged wagons. horses escaped injuries. Additional items note arrests for arson investigation, Jim Crow incident dismissals, court actions, and local society events including church dedication and yacht club news.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Hon Park Agnew
Internal Revenue
Sixth District of
Virginia
Internal Revenue Service
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Internal Revenue
Sixth District
Park Agnew
Agnew
Treasury Department
Washington
Virginian
LM Shaw
Andrew Sullivan
North Royal Street
Kemper’s Battery
Lee Camp
Friendship Veteran Fire Association
Methodist Protestant Church
Arma
C 3
Taylor
James Hammond
G@ W. Ramsay
J_C Milburn
C Granam
P F Gman
Southern Railway
King and Henry Streets
Arrison & Bros
Henry Street
James McCuen
McCuen
Hillary
Brown
Young and
Mayhugh
Commerce Prince Fayette and
Payne Streets
F .A Coakley
Sarah Gibson
Knight
Willam
Corporation Court
Judge Barley
Edward Maples
The
Commonwealth
MO Pollard
Mordecai Hurst
Howard Forreste
Anne Gray
Jula Brenner
Alexandria Light Infantry
Charles Pierpont
Pierpont
Frank C Spinks, Jr
Spinks
Col Jo Lane Stern
Ancient Order of Hibernians
St . Patricks
Young Mens Sodality Lyceum
Willie May Hammersley
Mount Vernon
Samuel Bendhelm
New York
Minister Shot at Portsmouth Pastor In Church Row
Special to The Washington Post reports Rev George D Jimmerson of Emmanuel Church Portsmouth was fired upon as he left the church for the parsonage. A stranger negro shot twice at him. Officer Bishop arrived but could not trap the assailant. Earlier a burglary attempt at the parsonage was repelled by buckshot.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Yea
George D. Jimmerson
Emmanuel Church
Portsmouth
Jimmerson
Bishop
Lost ballot box looms over Huntington primary ballot
Huntington West Virginia March 13 police scour the city’s questionable district for a ballot box from precinct No 10 after Election Commissioner William McAllister left the box midnight Saturday and was arrested at 3 AM in a house of ill repute He says he cannot recall what happened to the ballots the loss could alter the election result as efforts to locate the box continue.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W Va
Poice
William McAllister
McAllister
Postmaster Held For Jury in Maryland Fraud Case
Frederick Md March 13 Mathan Johnson colored postmaster at Sugar land Montgomery County was held in 300 bail after a hearing before United States Commissioner White of Frederick The charge is making fraudulent stamp cancellation returns The November 1904 record showed he claimed 2513 in cancellations while the Selman post office tax ledger showed only 38 Johnson is accused of regularly practicing this fraud since his 1896 appointment as postmaster
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Washington Post
Frederick
Mathan Johnson
Sugarland
Montgomery County
United States
White
Federal Grand Jury
Johnson
Selman's
Deserter Walter Shaw Attempted Suicide After Sentence
Walter Shaw formerly of Cincinnati, deserting two months ago, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for desertion. At Fort Caswell on Sunday he cut his throat with a pocket knife, severing the jugular vein. Quick medical aid checked the bleeding, and he was resting quietly. he had fatally preferred death to the sentence.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Walter Shaw
Cincinnati
Fort Caswell
Shaw
Ex President Cleveland declines NC Bankers address
North Carolina Bankers Association invited Grover Cleveland to speak at its May meeting in Winston Salem. Cleveland replied he cannot attend due to fixed engagements and plans, expressing regret at missing the occasion. In Petersburg, Mayor Jones urged a liquor tax rise and stricter saloon controls, asking for closing times and penalties. the message was sent to the finance committee.
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North Carolina Bankers
Washington Post
Winston-Salem
Od Ffl Fries
North Carolina Bankers Association
Grover Cleveland
Col Fries
Novel legal hanging to take place near Fayetteville
Walter Partridge colored awaits execution for assaulting a white woman. By act of the legislature, Fayetteville authorities fix the execution site in the woods outside the city rather than jail. The hanging will be private, with a canyon enclosure to shield view.
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Fayetteville
Washington Post
Wilmington NC
Walter Partridge
Ship Nutwood Missing From Norfolk Since December
The London Board of Trade has asked the British consulate for the Nutwood inquiry. It seeks the pilot’s deposition on ship behavior in port, the agent’s statement on bunker coal, and any known condition details at departure. Nutwood carried lumber to Mobile and paused in Norfolk for coal, now listed as missing and considered lost.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
London Board of Trade
Nutwood
Havre
Mobile
Child Elopers Separated In Virginia News Report
The brief items report Roy Cobine and Maggie Mitchell aged sixteen and fifteen eloped in Suffolk on March 13 but were separated when Mr Mitchell retrieved his daughter after the ceremony. Other notes include Catholic Hibernian Society officers elected in Staunton, a drowning death of Ross Rowe on the Big Sandy River, and missing men John Copeland and Lewis Owens. Also rail traffic talks in Richmond and a steamer Standoff Floated near Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Gatesville, N
Roy Cobine
Maggie Mitchell
Staunton
Catholic Hibernian Society
the Hibernians
J J Flavin
W B Colins
J J Murphy
John W Long
M J Bergin
J O Q Cornel
M T Bergin
George J Johnson
Father J Friali
J J Kilgallen
J O'Callaghan
Daniel Crimmons
George EB ‘Lise
Washington
Cumberland
John W Copeland
Lewis Owens
Kiondyke
Midland
Owens
Norfolk Court Powerless Over Paternity Record Expunction
Norfolk court dismisses Hayes suit to expunge his name from city health records alleging paternity. Judge ruled no equity remedy. Hayes denies paternity and appeals to council. Other briefs note mounts Jackson saloon vote loss by one, oyster survey changes, a Norfolk murder suspect captured, and local incidents.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Board of Health
George W Hayes
Colored Female Institute
Lynchburg
Martin
Court of Law and Chancery
Hayes
Health Department
Demurter
Free dollar bottle remedy promises kidney nerve fix
An advertisement touts a remedy claiming to heal weak kidneys by targeting the sympathetic nerve system rather than the kidneys themselves. It offers a free first dollar bottle to any new reader, with subsequent orders via a druggist, and cites books on various ailments. The pitch stresses no risk to the buyer and nationwide availability.
Virginia Weddings in Fredericksburg and Stafford County
Richard Lovlace and Susie BE Aderson of Stafford County wed yesterday at E Mountjoy residence with Rev U S Landstreet officiating. The couple plans to live at Bell Fair Mills. John W Cox and Clara Ballard of Stafford County were married at the minister Rev D J Shyt residence.
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Fredericksburg
Richard Lovlace
Susie BE Aderson
Stafford County
Marriet
Traffic Turmoil On Elevated Lines After Mass Reinstatements
New York rush hour chaos persists as over a thousand strikers return to longtime posts. Elevated and subway platforms fill, trains crowd, and officials struggle to manage crowds amid poor service and many injuries. An accident at Eighty-Second Street and Third Avenue leaves five men and a woman seriously hurt as a car crashes into a truck, shattering windows and trapping passengers. Police clear the scene, and a hospital transport is needed for a seriously ill passenger amid heat and foul air on a Third Avenue elevated train.
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New York
Eighty-Second Street
Third Avenue
Abolish Duty on Foreign Art to Grow American Art
Frederick B. McGuire of the Corcoran Art Gallery endorses Caspar Purdon Clarke’s plan for American art growth. He argues the first step is removing the duty on foreign artworks to attract collections, keep students at home, and build a major American art center in New York. He notes Europe offers study atmosphere and collections, but U.S. progress is rapid and possible.
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New York Herald
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Frederick B McGuire
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Sir Purdon
America
Oor Strait
Paris
Europe
New York
Wooney
América
Music Calms Hysterial Victim In East St Louis
East St Louis March 13 18 year old Mamle Powers was robbed by a street assailant on Saturday night and fell into violent hysteria. She lies at home unable to recognize relatives and is soothed only by songs. Physicians believe the music will help restore her health.
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St Loui Gil
East St Louis
Jury Deadlock Ends Third Busby Trial
Richmond March 13 Special to The Washington Fest juries could not agree in the case of J H Busby a prominent Richmond merchant against S L Bloomberg Luther Dawson and Warr Marks Busby sues for 100080 alleging a conspiracy to ruin his business The first trial awarded 20000 but was set aside by Judge Ingram The last jury stood 7 to 2 for defeat The case will be tried again in Richmond on March 13 Four $250 checks from Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company were sent to the guardians of four children of J Samuel McCue recently hanged at Charlottesville for the murder of his wife
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Washington
Richmond
J H Busby
S L Bloomberg
Luther Dawson
Warr Marks
Busby
Bloomberg
Dawson
Marks
Ingram
Washington Post
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
J. Samue
McCue
Charlottesvile
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Norfolk and Western Road
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ART Development IN America
Crystal
H St. N.W
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Velen
Vigtor Talking Machines
John F. Ellis & Co
Pa. Ave
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Karr’s, Jewelers
F St. N. W
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John H. Magruder
3 and Wines Wholesale and Retail Cor
Conn. Ave
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McCue Life Insurance Pact
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Betteraco
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