Forgery arrest at Elm Grove revival meeting
Special to The Washington Fast Wheeling, WVa March 1. William Mibber, nineteen, was arrested on forgery charges while at a Methodist Episcopal Church revival. His accuser was Mrs William Lucas. The amount involved was small but deemed grave enough for arrest inside the church. The constable entered to make the arrest.
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Wheeling
Wva
Elm Grove
Wiliam Mibber
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Lucas
Althout
Charter breach calls repeal and stock profits withheld
Special to The Wasting on Post reports the Baltimore and Onto Streetcar Company violated its charter by denying stockholders profits from Washington prants, funding branch expenses, and pushing the terminal company. It accuses the Eight Independent Democrats of voting to withhold dividends as part of a broader alleged deception, urging legal action and court review.
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Washington Branch
Post Ballmore
Taltimore
Staltroad
Ares
Washington
Washington Brant
Stalemore
Ohio
Exer Egen
Vila
Stork
Boyd
Public Works
Npnes &Onmwer
Auce
Baltimore Ind
Baltimore
Washington Branc
Connert
Waslington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gadd
Battle over ballot reform and railroad exemptions
The report discusses ballot reform contention and plans to repeal tax exemptions for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It notes committee recommendations, potential extension of its investigative term, and possible constitutional amendments to empower state recall of the charter and removal of exemptions. It also covers Supreme Court proceedings in Richmond and political shifts in Rowan and Montgomery counties.
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Stonator Gadd
Mas Geteh
Battmore and Ohio Railroad
Congreve
States
Holton on Way to Washington Special to The Washington Post
District Attorney Holton left for Washington with a subcommittee of senators slated to meet to decide if charges against the district attorney warrant further investigation. From Annapolis to Petersburg and Dinwidde there are reports of smallpox in the area and a meeting scheduled at the courthouse. A separate Maryland article notes Republicans pushing to reform ballot laws, with a bill aimed at voter intent counting and election procedures facing mixed support and potential passage.
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A &, Holton
Washington
Cone Teasman Blackburn
Qpetian
Washington Post
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Roberts
Spether Bensen
Bill White Murphy
Tehmayer
Penton and
Godwin
Ulera
House
Senite 18
General Assembly
Attempt to wreck train near Hagerstown
Special to The Washington Post reports a freight train on the Western Maryland Railroad struck a pile of fence posts and rails placed on the track near Bissell east of Hagerstown. The obstruction was knocked clear and the train was not derailed. three men were found in the snow and chased by railroad men into a field where the would be wreckers had secured the posts and rails.
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Hagerstown
Washington Post
Western Maryland
Baltimore
Bissell
Brick Company Defeated and Sheriff Toyed to Sell Property
In Alexandria Court Judge LC Batley presided. Hugh J. Phillips won $6142 against Jackson Parkins Brick Co with a decree directing the sheriff to sell attached bricks. Decrees also issued in cases of Martha Smith vs WR Smith and J H Dabnes vs WC Arnold with commission for report. Cargo updates include salt shipments to Charles King & Son and Laurena ID Bramel and the city considers bid prompts for electric light and power leases. Amanda Moore missing from Upper Fing Street. search urged as three children are cared for by neighbors.
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Washington Post Rural
King Street
Alexandria
Corporation
LC Batley
Hugh J. Phillips
Jackson-Parkins Brick Company
Sheriff of
Martha W Smith
WR Smith
J H Dabnes
WC Arnold
Robles D Brumback
Laurena
James Elliott
Mutual Ice Company
S Wharf
Norfolk
Charles King & Son
Bramel
Amanda Moore
Upper Fing Street
Engineer Killed In Baltimore and Ohio Freight Wreck
A Baltimore and Ohio fast freight hit a bowlder on the Short Line at Quirksburg, Virginia, killing engineer G J Wanea. The wreck occurred after the engine overturned, pinning the engineer beneath a dozen cars. several tank cars were destroyed. The article notes prior boxing incidents and a recent legal history involving the engineer.
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Bowlder
Baltimore and Ohio
Short Line
Washington Post
Qurksburg
Jas
Waleh
Fredericksburg Daily News Marriage and Obituary Notes
Fredericksburg items report weddings at various county homes including Thornton Fletcher and Irene Peacher, and many obituaries across counties such as Spotsylvania, King George, and Rockbridge. Notices list ages, kin, and civil war service, with deaths from March 1 to March 16 in Fredericksburg and Roanoke regions.
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Fredericksburg
Rosa Watts
Linx
Thornton Fletcher
Irene Peacher
Orange Count
Mone Run
J H Wiltshire
Bluefield Loses Fight Over County Seat Relocation
Bluefield votes on relocation of county seat with 1017 to 100 in favor of the move while Princeton remains as the present site. Special to the Washington Post reports the county seat debate and listed city vote counts. In Parkersburg a Cairo merchant and former Democratic official commits suicide at age forty.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
Frinceton
Washington
Parkersburg
Homer 'S
Cairo
Sam
Virginia Wins Debate Between Johns Hopkins and Virginia
Special to The Washington Pee. At University of Virginia Madison Hall a debate between Johns Hopkins and Virginia concluded with Virginia winning the first in a series of annual contests. Hopkins team included Conwell W Smith and others. Virginia's team featured Gentry Iudges of Fonesboro, plus Meyers and Woodo Jackson as alternates. The topic was municipal ownership and operation of street railways. Virginia argued the negative. Judges were E Blackwell, H P Wills, and Rev Russel Cecil.
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Charlottesville
Madmon Hall
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins
Virginia
E Blackwell
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
H P Wills
Washingon and Lee University
Russel Cecil
Richmond
Hopkins
Conwell W Smith
John W. Holmes
Joseph T Singewald Jr
Ormond W Hammont
Gentry Iudges
Fonesboro
Tennee Bidgood
Af Meyers
Broadway
Woodo Jackson
Jacksonville
Fla
Virgin
Thomas R Godey
B . Meginntes
Missing Hagerstown man Willem Wolfe despondent threats
Willem Wolfe of Wolfe Brothers bakers in Hagerstown has vanished after a recent trip to a sister in town. He sold his father Jacob Wolfe s horse for 40 dollars before disappearing from a hotel where he was staying. Despondent and prone to threats of self harm, his family fears he may have harmed himself. his wife has returned to Canton, Dakota.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown Md
Willem Wolfe
Wolfe Brothers, Bakers and Confectioners
Hagerstown
Jacob T Wolfe
Wolfs
Canton
Dak
Four Candidates Named For Fourth Virginia Congress Primary
The Democratic committee for Virginia’s Fourth district met at the Chesterfield Hotel in Petersburg to set the congressional primary for July. Each candidate must file a certified $50 check with the district chairman to cover election expenses. Candidates listed include R. S. Southall of Amelia, Francis Rives Lagginn, Col. William Henry Mann of Covington, and Judge Leonard Farrell of Greene County.
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Congress
Virginia
Washington Post
Petersburg
Democratic Congressional Committee
Fourth
Chesterfield Hotel
R S Southall
Amelia Cent
Franas Rives Lagginn
William Henry Mann
Tnipety
Leonard Arrell
Greenesville County
Five Years For Walsh Frostburg Murderer Sentenced
The Frostburg case ends with Walsh, a coal miner, jailed for five years after being found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting of John P Moody. Walsh pleaded for mercy for his wife and child, while Judge Keedy said the evidence showed he was the aggressor and jurors petitioned for mercy.
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Hagerstown
Washington Post
Holward Walsh
John P Moody
Walsh
Moody
Keedy
Logical Evers
Water Supply for Suffolk Council Approves Lake Savage Payment
Special to The Washington from Suffolk Virginia reports the city council authorized its president Dr Henry Wood Campbell to draw a 96000 warrant for Lake Savage funding to serve as a water source when the town's contract with the Portsmouth Berkeley and Suffolk Water Company expires.
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San
Suffolk
Suffolk Council
Henry Wood Campbell
Lake Savage
Portsmouth, Berkley and Suffolk Water Company
Dolan Saved by Mitchell at U M W A Convention
Indianapolis March 16 United Mine Workers endorses executive board action ending Dolan and Bellingham from District No 3 leadership while Dolan and Bellingham sit as delegates. Mitchell Robbins and operators’ talks yield no public statement as credential praise precedes wage talks with miners ready to bargain. The scale committee reframes proposals while a peaceful settlement remains sought under presidential guidance.
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United Mine Workers of America
Mitchel
Patrick Dolan
Larah Bellingham
District No 3
Western
Pennsylvania
Tha
Dolan
Mitchell
Wilson
Bellingham
Credential Committee
F L Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Geale Committee
Jong
Scale Committee
United States
May Spend Life in Prison for White Slave Leader Trial
The trial of Bob Spriggs, alleged leader of the Tenderloin white slave traffic, is set before Judge Cowing in General Sessions. His accomplice Sallie Bennett faces similar charges of abduction and running a disorderly house. Bail fixed at 9000 dollars. indictments are second offenses with life imprisonment possible if convicted.
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Washington Post
New York
Bob Sprigga
Jeader
Traffe
Bennett
Spriggs
Despondent Chicago Man Kills Himself in Tennessee River
Sydney Ellingsworth, a Chicago man employed by a local firm, leaped from the river bridge in Knoxville Tennessee after leaving a note for his parents confessing love for a married woman. His coat and watch case were later found on the river bank.
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Tennessee River
Washington Post
Knoxvillé
Venn
Sydney Elllingsworth
Kilingsworth
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Killingsworth
Salisbury Invites N and W to Build Extension to NC City
Several hundred Salisbury residents attended a March meeting urging Norfolk and Western Railway expansion from Winston-Salem to Salisbury and southward. Key speakers included Congressman Henderson Mayor Boyden and Walter Murphy. An invite to the railroad was approved and a committee was formed to secure rights and funding for the $100,000 bond plan to guarantee a Norfolk and Western terminal in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
Washington Post
Norfolk and Western Railway
Winston-Salem
Edwin C. Gregory
John Henderson
A H Boyden
Walter Burphy
Col Henderson
Boyden
Southern Railway Company
Murphy
Norfolk and Western
McCandless
Thanderford
J M Maupin
T B Brown L
Heiliga
John 8 Henderson
Eight years for murder in Richmond court
Richmond March 16 Albert Harris was found guilty of murder in the Hastings Court for the shooting of George Brown over a dispute involving a woman. Harris was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary after Brown was shot in self defense, though Brown was not proven to be armed. Officers testified Brown had a peaceful reputation.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Hastings
Albert Haris
George Brown
Brown
Moody Defines Immunity In Packers Case Chicago March 16
Attorney Rosenthal pressed a double construc tion argument as he defended immunity claims for individuals in the Packers investigation. Attorney General Moody contended that subpoenas and oaths are required to obtain immunity and that a corporation cannot refuse access to books and records. Judge Humphrey indicated plans to push the case toward closure, with a Saturday session likely.
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Rosenthal
Packers
Moody
Humphrey
W J Hynes
The
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Haugh Denied New Trial in Ohio Murder Case
Dayton Ohio March 16 Judge O B Brown of the Common Pleas Court overruled the defendant Dr Oliver C Haughs motion for a new trial in the first degree murder case. The sentence was postponed as attorneys consider whether to appeal to the Circuit Court or pursue insanity proceedings. Haugh appeared in court with unchanged demeanor.
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Washington Post
Dayton
Ohio
Tudge O B Brown
Common Pleas Court
Oliver C Haugh
Muder
Haugh
Missing Mother Triggers Child’s Yearlong Cry for Kiss
Viola Crater, a three year old girl living with her uncle at 29 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn, waits daily for her missing mother Clara Croter. Her father Charles Croter died after attempting to find her, leaving the girl with her grandmother who cares for her. The child appeals through reporters, hoping her mother will return to kiss her.
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Viola Crater
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Sittie
Charles Croter
Clara
Little Viela
South
Englith Street
Williamsburg
Croter Fough
Croter
Viele
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New York City Doctor’s Bridge Cure Draws Vengeful Crowd
A mob of almost 200 East Side residents gathered outside Dr Julius Benjamin at 35 East Seventeenth Street over alleged bogus cures and extravagant fees. Magistrate Walsh held him on $1000 bail after an indictment in Yorkville Court. Patients waited on Brooklyn Bridge watching trolley cars as others faced scrutiny for his claimed geometric remedies. Mrs Goldfarb, among initial patients, urged action after paying 95 dollars before her husband investigated.
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Julius Benjamin
East Seventeenth Street
Benjercin
Walsh
Yorkville Court
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Hudds
Herman Goldisrb
East Seventh Street
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