Beasley's Son Traced Alleged Confession in Kidnapping Trial
In Elizabeth City NC, Joshua Harrison faces kidnapping and murder charges in the Kenneth Beasley case. Witnesses describe Harrison driving with a boy matching the victim, throwing a blanket over him, and showing intent to produce the boy. The trial features testimony of alleged statements about tar and torch and paying for the boy’s return.
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Elizabeth City
Caar
Eligabeth City
N. C
Joshua Harrison
Kenneth Beasley
3. H. Beasley
Currituck County
Harrison
Asny
Kenneth
R Leven
Beasley
Baum
Coal C ar Discrimination Suit Begun in Baltimore Court
In Maryland’s United States Circuit Court Judge Morris hears a case brought by Pitcairn Coal Company and independent operators against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to halt alleged discrimination in coal car distribution on the Monongahela division. Responding firms include Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, Fairmont Coal, Somerset Coal, Keburn Fuel, Consolidation Coal, Southern Coal and Transportation, and Pittsburg and Fairmont Fuel.
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Baltimore
William A. Glasgo
Pitcairn Coal Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
United States
Morris
Glasgow
Pitcairn -Cos Company
Balttary and Ohio Railroad
Monongahella
Railroad Joint
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Fairmont Adak Col Y
Somerset Coal Comany
Keburn Fuel Company
This Consolidation Coal Company
Southern Coal and Transportation Company
Pittsburg and Fairment Fuel Company
CANDIDATES FOR SENATE IN FREDERICK SHENANDOAH DISTRICT
A sharp fight for the Virginia State senate seat from Frederick Shenandoah and Winchester pits Judge Frank Tavenner against Robert M Ward. Ward supporters urge rotation in office, with the Democratic primary in June decisive. Republicans have no candidate.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Frank 8. Taverner
Shenadoah County
Robert M Ward
State Senate
Frederick
Shenandoah
Tavenner
Ward
William J Brown Confederate veteran dies at 72
Virginia obituary notes William J Brown farmer dies suddenly at home near Kentuck. He was a Confederate veteran and would have turned seventy three today. Survived by a wife and several children. Portsmouth obituary reports Augustua Owens dies at home, father of the North Carolina legislator Jim Crown Taw. Owens, 55, prominent NC political figure, previously from Columbus and Tyrrell County, survived by four children. Staunton obituary lists Mrs Charles W Price, 49, dies of heart disease, survived by husband and two children.
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Gavilie
Wiliam Jemnex Brown
bin Bome
Kentuck
Portamouth
Augustua Owens
North Carolina
Jim Crown Taw
RS. Downing
Berkley
Owens
Columbus
N. C
Tne
Tyrrell County
Staunton
Charles W Price
Reed by wife's tears in Maryland courtroom
Grace Gallagher, wounded by husband John F. Gallagher, pleaded to drop charges and was tearful as she asked the judge to release him. Justice Laden dismissed the case and warned Gallagher to treat her properly as the couple planned to start anew.
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Jpsctal
The
Washington Post
Baltimore
Grace Gallagher
University of Maryland Hospital
John F. Gallagher
Justice Laden
Western
Lttle
Gallagher
South Paca Street
Justice Loden
Prince George Contests Nomination Fences Hill and Magindet
In Prince George County Maryland bitter primary contests loom as Democratic and Republican conventions set to nominate four delegates, county officers, and board members. Key battles include Dr Richard S Hal versus Hampton Magruder for Marlboro district and supporters of Samuel E Sweeney and Frank P Hurd in Mellwood, with bankers, sheriffs, and clerks also seeking posts.
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Washington Post
Upper Marlboro
House of Delegates
Register of Wills
Board of County Commissioners
Orphans’ Court
Marlboro
Richard S. Hal
Hampton Magruder
William B Clagett
Magruder
Mellwood
Samuel E Sweeney
Frank P. Hurd
Thomas H. Garrison
Elyattsville
A. van Horn
Chillum
Democrats
R. Lee Manning
Piscataway
B. J. Gallent
Vansville
William Yolmead
Kent
St. J
Wiliam Miller
Survatte
Wiliam R. Smith
John T. Fisher
Oxon Hall
T. M. Underwood
Rufus H Vincent
Hyattsville
George B. Merrick
George C. Merrick
Circuit Court
Lumberman Loses Suit Over Lake Drummond Depths
William N. Camp failed to win damages against the Lake Drummond Canal and Water Company in five years of US District Court work. The case claimed canal deepening lowered Lake Drummond water, harming Camp’s lumber business. appeal planned. Also reports a white man’s body found near a Norfolk and Western freight siding near Peters burg with unknown death manner. Newport News watchman J Anderson found dead in his room from gas exposure. relatives sought.
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Norfolk
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Lake Drummond Canal and Water Company
United States District Court
Waddill
Comp
Fort Petersburg
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Peterspurg
W. P. Roush
Bedford City
Newport News
Washington Post
J. Anderson
Changes Made in University Board of Visitors Meeting
Charlottesville March 13 The University of Virginia board of visitors announced faculty appointments including Dr Stephen H Watts Johns Hopkins professor of general surgery and hospital director Dr Thomas Leonard Watson Virginia Polytechnic Institute economist geologist Dr Robert Montgomery Bird Missouri collegiate chemistry professor and lab director Dr Arthur Austin Boston adjunct professor of physiological chemistry. They accepted gifts totaling 23000 including 20000 from Mrs Thomas Nelson Page for Barbour Page lecture fund 1000 from Richard B Tunstall for Isabel M Tunstall Memorial Library and a deed for Merry Mills Albemarle County plus Carnegie organ thanks and grants from the General Education Board for 2600 to summer school and Jamestown Exhibition funding increasing summer school appropriation to 4600.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginie
Stephen H. Watts
Johns Hopkins University
University Hospital
Watts
Lynchburg
Johns Hopking
Thomas Leonard Watson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Watson
Chatham
Robert Montgomery Bird
University of Missouri
Bird
Petersburg
Arthur ©. Austin
Boston
Francis H. Smith
Thomas Nelson Page
Washington, D. C
Richard B Tunstall
Norfolk
Isabel M. Tunstall
John Armstrong Chanier
Merry Mills
Albemarle County
Andrew Carnegie
Cabell Hall
General Education Board of
New York City
University
Heavy Loss to Truckers in Norfolk Area Hailstorm
Special to The Washington Fest Norfolk Virginia March 16 hail battered truck crops in Norfolk and surrounding counties destroying spinach kale cabbage and other seedlings. Plants in hotbeds suffered. many greenhouses lost coverings. Loss runs to thousands of dollars with shipments of spinach and kale disrupted for weeks. Suffolk Virginia March 15 destructive hail and electric display damaged truck crops and broke hundreds of window panes.
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Norfolk
Suffolk
Conductor Arrested for Freight Car Robberies in Spencer
Special to The Washington Fast Spencer NC March 15 Captain A L Pritchard a noted Southern Railway conductor here was arrested on charges of robbing freight cars in and around Spencer The warrant was sworn by Special Agent Biegle of the Southern Railway detective force The alleged scheme came to light through the confession of Brakeman S P Wall who was arrested yesterday on a similar charge Other crew members were implicated and more arrests are expected Pritchard and Vail face a preliminary trial next Monday Norman Benson and J T Banks two Spencer railroad men were arrested at Greensboro on car robbery charges by Southern Railway detectives
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Washington
Spencer
A. L. Pritchard
Southern Railway
Biegle
Southern Railway Detective Force
S. P. Wall
Pritchard
Vail
Norman Benson
J. T. Banks
Greensboro
Divorce suit filed by Marie Albaugh in Maryland court
Mrs Marie Capst Albaugh files for absolute divorce from John W Allegneh Albaugh in Circuit Court No 1 alleging desertion since March 14. They married July 3 1888 in Long Branch New Jersey and lived in Baltimore. She seeks custody of their three children and notes he may reside in New York.
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Washington Peat
Baltimne
John W. Allegneh, Jr
Focal Theatricals
Marie Capst
Albaugh
Bernard Carter & Sons
Long Franch
N. J
Leonard Ticket Agent Missing in Salisbury Incident
Salisbury March 15 report confirms a shortage of Ticket Agent H A Leonard of the Southern Railway who vanished from Salisbury three weeks ago. Officials state no trace has been found and the amount involved is restated as 1250 dollars amid ongoing investigations by Southern officials and civil authorities.
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Duffy
Whiskey Pany
Rochester
Photos in damage suit reveal new medical expert
Frederick Hausman v United Railways and Electric Co reached the jury in Baltimore on March 15 1905. Defense offered photographs showing the plaintiff able to maneuver and handle heavy loads, challenging his paralysis claim. The jury found for Hausman damages of 500 dollars despite the photos.
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Baltimore
Frederick Hausman
United Railways and Electric Company
Snarp
Heysman
Garrison Avenue
West Arlington
Albert E. Donaldson
United Company
Mr. Donaldson
Hausman
Vanderbilt offers rewards to guard western North Carolina lands
George W. Vanderbilt proposes annual rewards to townships across five counties in Western North Carolina to protect his 225000 to 250000 acre estate from depredations. He funds road and public improvements with the rewards while forests and game suffer ongoing losses from mountaineer activity and unlawful trespass.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
North Carolina
Vanderbilt
Tax Suit Bills Filed On Baltimore Stock Tax Credit
Two bills in equity filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County seek to compel a different method of taxing Baltimore City stock held by Montgomery County financial institutions. The state tax commissioner maintains the stock is a credit against Montgomery County property taxes, while Montgomery County’s plaintiffs argue the decision applies only to state taxes and should allow county taxation. The case names Montgomery County commissioners as plaintiffs and Blair Lee as plaintiff in the other suit, with Col. Buchanan Behirey as defendant. Blair Lee and George H. Lamar represent the plaintiffs.
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Washington Post
Annepolis
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Blair Lee
Col
Buchanan Behiey
George H. Lamar
Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Senator Lee
Lamer
Federal quarantine halts ships to Norfolk and Newport News
Beginning March 15 federal quarantine officials will stop all vessels bound for Norfolk or Newport News from Southern or West Indian ports. If bills of health show an infectious disease at the port of origin they may be held for five days.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Newport News
West Indian
Alexandria Beatings Suspects Held Awaiting Injury Result
In Washington Post Bureau report from Bilog Street Alexandria Va suspects John Travers E J McDermott Tanner Trigger Luther Sutherland face charges after Rev J Hopkins colored man was assaulted near Alfred and Oronoco streets last Wednesday. Court set bail at 400. next hearing Wednesday morning. Brother Dr J Milton Hopkins said injuries could cause cataract.
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E. J. McDermott
Tanner Trigger
Luther Sutherland
Justice Caton
Rev. J. Hopkins
Alfred and
Oronoco Strats
J. Milton Hopkins
Washington
Fravers
George HB. Clucus
P. T. Harrington
Alexandria cases and political endorsements noted at county meeting
Yesterday in Alexandria County the grand jury convened and testimonies linked Cluous to a horse incident while Chiots confessed hiring the team but claimed alcohol fogged memory. State's Attorney G. Brent announced plans to press murder charges against George Midd eta alias William Johnson with trial readiness. Local lodge members honored L. Ruben, and Jeffersonian Club along with Workingmen's Protective Association backed Carlin for Congress in the highth district.
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Autor
Harrington
Cluous
Alexandria County
Cluoug
Washington
Chiots
G. Brent
The
Commonwealth
George Midgeta
William Johnson
Charles T. Smith
Corporation
Alexandria-Washington
Edmund Clarke
del Ray
Jeffersonian Political Club
Workingmen's Protective Association
Ware
CC. Carlin
Congress
Highth
Poisoned by Ptomaine In Hampton Family
Newport News Virginia March 16 Mrs W W Ives and her two sons Lee and Melvin are seriously ill at home in Hampton from ptomaine poisoning Hospitals report the mother may recover but the boys are critical They ate canned salmon and peaches recently doctors suspect one can caused the poisoning Rockville Maryland March 15 J Alby Henderson plans to seek Democratic nomination for Montgomery County State's Attorney He is a young Rockville lawyer son of Judge James B Henderson and serves as circuit court auditor His entry makes four candidates for the nomination
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Peevnl Tong
Newport News
E B Woodfin
National Soldiers’ Home
Hampton
Woodfin
I P Woodfin
John C ‘Tucker
Spbotat
Washington P
W. W. Ives
Lee
Melvin
Appelal
Washington
Rockville
J. Alby Henderson
Montgomery County
Henderson
James B. Henderson
Circuit Court
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L. M. Shumate
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Jamestown
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J. D. Eggleston, Jr
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Brockton
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Washington Shoe
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Citizens’ Loan & Trust CO
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UB 2
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