Court of Appeals rules Maryland amendment to omit voting rights on ballot
Annapolis md march 23 the court of appeals holds the Poe constitutional amendment to restrict the voting franchise does not require the governor's approval and must appear on the next November ballot a mandamus will compel the governor to proclaim the measure the decision split the bench with dissents and follows a political clash between governor warfield and senator gorman over the issue the measure was advanced by Poe with Senator gorman shaping the text and was opposed by warfield who had refused to sign it leading to a partisan dispute and a high stakes campaign for and against the ban on illiterate voters
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Senate
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Garman
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New York
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Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pulse Seeker Remedy Claim
A historic advertisement promotes Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pulse Remedy asserting relief and cure for every kind of pain including headache neuralgia rheumatic pain backache menstrual pains and toothache. It urges readers suffering from aches to try the remedy.
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Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Claim Fast Nervous Headache Relief
Remarkable testimonial from Rachael Johnson of Albuquerque noting quick relief from nervous headaches and neuralgia after taking Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. Ad copy promises early preemptive use and guarantees refund if first dose fails. Label shows 25 cent price for 60 doses and claims nationwide availability.
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Rachael J Johnson
Albuquerque
Baltimore Southern Methodist Conference Report Highlights
Winchester Va March 23 Hev J T Williams presiding elder invites next year s meeting in Cumberland Md new church costing 20000 first invitation accepted reports from Washington Rockingham Roanoke Lewisburg districts missions outlay 3788 097 18 Sunday school attendance 1880776 pastors named publishing interests favor Baltimore Southern Methodist as official organ Dr W B Bond editorial writer Bishop W W Duncan presided
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Winchester
J. T. Williams
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Methodist Episcopal Church South
Cumberland
J. W. Duffy
Henry P. Hamill
David Bush
Rockingham
James E. Armstrong
Roanoke
George P. Tyler
Lewisburg
General Board of Missions
Sunday School Board
Southern Methodist Church
D. L. Blakemore
Epworth Church
J. C. Hawk
Marvin Church
Fr. Prettyman
Mount Vernon Place
D E Kern
Harrisonburg
Objection by Virginians delays Appomattox monument plans
Lynchburg Virginians oppose the North Carolina troops memorial at Appomattox citing an inaccurate inscription. Officials in Raleigh and Virginia coordinate a revised program changing the date to April 16 with speeches by Govs Glenn and Weston and other Confederate veterans and officers.
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Lynchburg
Appomattox
North Carolina
Virginia
Garland Rodes Camp of Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Home Guards
Bethel
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Raleigh
Hev James A Weston
Thirty-third
Henry A. Lendon
Guy Montague
Gov. Glenn
North Caroline
Henry Jerome Stockard
William R. Cox
William P Roberts
Thomas S Garnett
United Confederate Veterans of Virginia
North Carolina Guard
Man scalded falling into boiling vat at veneer plant
Special to The Washington Post Calvin A McCraw a young workman at a veneer ing plant was badly scalded from his waist down this afternoon by falling into a vat of boiling water He is expected to recover Mrs Young er of Nottingham dies after a long illness at her daughter’s home in Hyattsville Md The Sunday Post promises a better forthcoming issue from Washington's Favorite Newspaper
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Radford
Calvin A McCraw
Sae Weewuscou
Appeal by Fishburne Errors Alleged in Roanoke Slaying Case
The Virginia Supreme Court heard counsel for Charles R. Fishburne Roanoke on March 23 seeking a new trial. Fishburne stabbed Dr Frederick Lefew October 3 and was sentenced to five years for manslaughter. Alleged errors include juror exclusion expert testimony admission and denial of defense motions. Multiple writs of error and appeals were noted across railroad and public utility cases, with reversals and refusals detailed.
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Richmond
State Supreme Court
Charles R. Fishburne
Roanoke
Fishburne
Frederick Lefew
Brown
Dr. Lefew
Prs. Jones and
Frye
Drs. Brown and Downey
KE. L. Stone
Harry M. Smith
Commonwealth
Evidence of murder near Ironville reported in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia March 23 investigators described remains found at Ironville as the work of murder. A head recovered by a dog ten days ago shows a .82 caliber bullet hole in the temple and a skull crack on the opposite side, while the body was located by a search party last Sunday.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
Ironville
Fordham Morgan Seen Behind a Trail of Bad Checks in Alexandria
W William F Morgan an English born score card publisher known as Fordham Morgan was arrested in Pittsburg at the request of May Sylvester of the Washington police department on multiple worthless checks. He spent weeks in Alexandria previously passing small sums and leaving town. Morgan had a wife and child in Philadelphia and was once a golf and cricket expert turned publisher. The case is tied to stock market feuding and margin pressures. Separately Italian laborer Antonio Tereborrelli was killed between two cars while coupling near Steal station. An inquest found death an accident and contractors cleared of blame. Samuel Johnson Jr burned by a gasoline stove explosion at his Gibbon Street home. his wife helped extinguish flames. The Mount Vernon Electric Railway begins double-tracking toward Potomac shore, due by August 1 under penalties. The Commonwealth v Pollard grand larceny case continued in Corporation Court. William Simpson, Roanoke bar member, was admitted to practice.
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William F. Morgan
Pittsburg
May Sylvester
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Morgan
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Norfolk
Antonio Tereborrelli
Reiter, Curtis & Hin
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Thin City
Ashton
Alexandria County
Samuel Johnson, Jr
Gibbon Street
Johnson
Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company
Potomac
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Court
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W O Pollard
Messrs Machen
Moncure
S G Brent
Brumbach
Pollard
William Simpson
Roanoke
Virginia Obituary notices and state finance report
Richmond reports the death of W. J. Curry at eighty three and other Virginia obituaries from Pittsylvania to Loudoun with ages and survivors. A separate Richmond dispatch notes the state finances in excellent condition with four years’ bond cancellations and a net revenue increase for the year.
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Richmond
Dew
Negro in her room shocks Point of Rocks girl
Lulea Ingram, daughter of Thomas Ingram, at Point of Rocks, was frightened into convulsions last night by finding a negro in her room. She regained consciousness this evening but is listed in critical condition. The intruder escaped after the scream. Charles Turner, a negro, was arrested in Washington hours later on an attempted assault charge but released after Justice Talbot’s telegram stated he was not wanted.
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Boyds
Lulea Ingram
Thomas Ingram
Point of Rocks
Charles Turner
Washington
Charlies Turner
McCarthy
Boardman
Justice Talbot
Turner
Shot in Henhouse at Norfolk Traced to Robbery
Joe Wright, about seventy, lies in county jail with a shot-riddled face and back after a confrontation in a poultry house. He was captured in a marsh and tied to a tree following a rope threat by his captor who demanded names of accomplices. Over 400 fowls were reported stolen nearby in the recent depredation. Wright is said fatally injured.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Joe Wright
Wright
L &. Parkerson
Liberty Wright
Alderman Guest of Alumni at Richmond Club Banquet
President Edwin A. Alderman of the University of Virginia was honored as guest at the Commonwealth Club alumni banquet in Richmond. He responded to the toast The University and Montague’s theme was University ideals in Public Life. Tomorrow he will speak before the Richmond Education Association on The Education of All the People.
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Richmond
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Commonwealth Club
Alderman
Montague
Richmond Education Association
Tablet for the Virginia may become bronze tablet instead
Richmond March 23 By advice of Hon John D Long former Secretary of the Navy the Colonial Dames will probably decide not to present the battle ship Virginia with a silver service but may choose a bronze tablet bearing the coat of arms of Virginia and a bust of Commodore Maury On May 13 the dames will probably lay at Jamestown the cornerstone of the church to be erected there by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
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Richmond
John D. Long
Colonial Dames
Virginia
Commodore Maury
Jamestown
Association For the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Bishop Shoop Disappears as Creditors Seek Forged Notes
S Barton Shoop a Mapleville Maryland bishop and Mapleville Dunkard preacher has vanished from his home. Creditors allege twenty five to thirty notes forged with amounts from 10 to 900 totaling about 4000 dollars. District Court action filed. Shoop accused of leaving Maryland to hinder collection.
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Hagerstown
S. Barton Shoop
German Baptist Brethren
Dunkard
Mapleville
Washington County
George W Petre
Petre
Shoop
Mapléville
Maryland
Montreal coal baron jailed for contempt in West Virginia
Huntington March 23 Cal C B Taylor of Montreal Canada owner of large coal interests along the Norfolk and Western line in Mingo County was jailed by Judge Wilkinson for contempt of court in Williamson. The case arose during the Martha Daniels felony trial when Taylor confronted prosecutor Douglas Brown with a forceful remark. The judge fined him five dollars and sentenced him to ten days in jail, a punishment his supporters seek to overturn.
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Murdered Girl Found on Chapline Hill Near Wheeling
Miss Hulda Schubert, seventeen, was found dead on Chapline Hill east of Wheeling after noon yesterday. She was last seen with fiancé Frank Smith and Charles O Donnell. autopsy shows no assault. Jewelry missing suggests robbery motive. her family described as prominent dairyman’s daughter. Authorities conduct a strict inquiry.
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Wheeling
W Va
Hulda Schubert
Chapline Hil
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Frank Smith
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Charles O'Donnell
William Schubert
Will Succeed Rollins Changes in Prince George County
Hyattsville Md March 23 It is stated that either John T Fisher of Oxon Hill district or Wallace W Rolling of Kent district will succeed William T Rollins who recently resigned as a member of the Republican State Central Committee for Prince George County Two other members B E Perkins and James Belt are government employees but Belt is not in the classified service Perkins works in the Internal Revenue Service at Washington and will resign as soon as orders are issued He was a member who opposed Mr Mudd in the 1903 McComas primary contest
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Hyattsville
John T Fisher
Oxon Hill
Wallace W. Rolling
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William T .S. Rollins
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B. E. Perkins
James Belt
Perkins
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Mudd
Senator McComas
Marlboro Fair Grounds Sold in Foreclosure Deal
The Southern Maryland Fair Association property in Upper Marlboro was purchased for 32,600 by two directors, ex-Congressman Charles Coffin and William H. Smith, subject to a 1,500 lien. The grounds, buildings, and appurtenances were sold to satisfy a Gettysburg bank claim, with plans to reorganize and hold the agricultural exhibition in August. Separate Rockville notices report several Circuit Court dispositions with various judgments ranging from 921.74 to 995 and other sums in generic civil cases.
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Upper Marlboro
Negro Shot by Policeman in Danville Virginia
In Danville Virginia on March 23 Maj Hairston alias John Major, a black man, was shot by Police Officer J P Brooks after arrest. The man was insolent, snatched the officer’s weapon and struck him with it. The incident followed a Sunday Post reference.
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Maj. Hairston
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Washington
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Sleep and Nerve Strength
Advertisement touts Paine's Celery Compound as a nerve tonic that cures sleeplessness and nervous exhaustion. It claims rapid results, strong nerve force, and benefits for headaches neuralgia rheumatism malaria and other ailments from worn nerves. Testimonials from C F Campbell of Boston are cited to prove efficacy and physician endorsements are noted.
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Charles F. ‘Campell
United States
America
E E Phelps
Dartmouth University
Tragic railway deaths and social reform notes from March reports
In Cumberland a track foreman Elisha T Wamsley, 37, of Wildell Lumber Co. was killed by a freight train near Valley Bend after lying on the track. In Richmond authorities discuss a girls reformatory. Charlotte reports Miss Alice Williame Cowles wed Osmond Lyer in a prominent society event and North Switchman Clinton Baxter killed in a yard accident. A body found in the Elizabeth River near Norfolk is believed to be a man who leaped from a ferry dock last Christmas.
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Clinton Baxter
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