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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1908

Page

31

Lay-Off Rumors Ripple Through Nationals Camp

Washington Nationals after a rainbound stay at the Rice Hotel in Galveston prepare for busy days ahead. Manager Joe Cantillon plans work to make up a loss with players from Washington Minneapolis and Galveston practicing at Athletic Park as Altizer suffers a hard luck stretch and Cantillon weighs lineup moves amid weather delays and gym sessions.

Boectl Washingon Galveston Tex Mar Joe Canton Nationals Nouston Rice Hotel

Bowling Results and Standings in Belmonts League

Sims and List lead the two man series with 618, while Parker and Phelps trail with 66. Ten highest teams listed from Rosa alley in a Monday round, with scores like 679 by Yates, 611 by Hawkemith, and 605 by Riker.

Sims List Fe Gamen Rosa

Yale to Hota Track Meet opens Intercollegiate event

Yale plans the first Intercollegiate track meet at Yale Field Memorial on May 1911. Capt Walter Dray invites leading eastern universities and most have accepted. Freshmen barred from the meet, allowing them a chance to qualify for next year’s intercollegiate.

Wabeids New Haven Yale Walter Dray

Racing and boxing talk amid shifting sports scene

Sporting commentary by J Ed Grillo weighs horse racing reforms and the pool rooms decline, notes Frank Chance’s Cubs absence challenges, and previews Kentucky racing rules and boxing bets with Hackenschmidt, Gans, and Robson as events stir public interest.

Wagner Turns Teacher Secures Carnegie School Role

Hans Wagner reportedly joined Carnegie Technological School at Pittsburg to lecture and supervise baseball while remaining tied to the Pittsburg team. The move, announced via a rival paper, includes planned instruction and demonstrations by Wagner, with Fields as secretary of the technological school. Princeton and Cornell played soccer to a 2 2 tie after 45 minutes, darkness halted extra time.

Princeton Cornell

Beating and Robbery at Tavares Store Spurs Police Action

Emmanuel Tavares a fifty year old Italian fruit dealer at upper Kiny street was beaten by two highwaymen who entered his shop to rob him about 1 o clock last night. The thieves demanded fruit and then drew weapons, striking Tavares as they tried his money drawer. He grabbed his revolver, shots were fired, and the robbers fled. one may be wounded. Tavares reported to the police as reserves were deployed to pursue the case.

Ashington Post Bureau King Street Alexandria Emmanuel Tavares Kiny Street Tavares

Omega Oil ASPRAIN Advert Claim

An old advertisement asserts Omega Oil ASPRAIN cannot cure sprains or bruises and that only nature cures. It claims Omega Oil relieves pain during curing, calms the patient, and speeds recovery by reducing worry, versus Nature at work.

Nature

Police Board Meets Over Officer Fine Action

A meeting of the board of police commissioners is scheduled for tonight to review Mayor Paffs action in imposing a $6 fine on Policeman John Henderson for failing to report the finding of a grind bead. It appears the bead was reportedly stolen from the city.

Board of Police Commissioners Paff John Henderson J Beane

No Trace Of Woodside Vanishes In Annapolis Mystery

Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Maryland March Friends of Col Edmund L Woodside assistant to the adjutant general under the Warfield regime who disappeared from Annapolis on the night of March 1 have given up hope of seeing him alive again The belief that he drowned himself in the Severn River is now general Several of Col Woodside s acquaintances in this city who admit the probability of death by his own action maintain that they can discover no motive Yet they say he was known to have been despondent for two months before he disappeared Hints of a hopeless love affair connected with the loss of his military position have been mentioned as a possible cause for this despond ency When Col Woodside disappeared he so far as can be ascertained took nothing with him.

Washington Pat Baltimore Edmund L. Woodside Warfield Annapolis Col Woodside Jess Hen Colt Woodside

Maryland Good Roads Bill Passes Both Houses

The Maryland legislature, after settling party differences, passes the Good Roads Bill as amended. A relief fund for miners widows and orphans is approved, with Shannons coal tax bill also passing in the Senate. The session notes Republican support and a contentious journal entry over imputations of fairness. Delegates nominate John Walter Smith for U S Senate to succeed the late Whyte, with acclamation favored if verified by the Senate.

Washington Pott Annapolis Mdt Maryland United States Whyte Jones Worcester John Walter Smith Gorman Seth Morreo Felix Agnus Gay Crothers United States Senate Senate Trance of Cecil Democratc Shannons

Bryan at Lexington address at Stonewall Jackson Hall

Special to The Washing on Port Lealington reports William Jennings Bryan spoke in Lexington this afternoon on The Average Man under the Daughters of the Confederacy. He met a reception committee, dined, then reviewed cadets at the Virginia Military Institute before speaking to cadets, faculty, and officers at Stonewall Jackson Hall. He is slated to address Clifton Forge tomorrow.

Port Lealington Willliam Jennings Bryan Mary Custisloe Daughters of the Confederacy Bryan Mr Bryan Virginia Millery Institute Corps of Cadets

Pastor Fined For Assault In Richmond Court

Special to The Washington Post a pastor at Harrison Street Baptist Church with about 2900 members was fined 100 dollars in the Hastings Court for assaulting J H Mason the church Sunday school superintendent with a chair. The incident occurred in September, and the pastor had previously lived in Washington DC.

Washington Post Petersburg Harrison Street Baptist Church Hastings Court J H .Mason Wis Washington DC

Virginia Weddings Reported From Danville to Philadelphia

Mrs Matte H Connelly daughter of Mrs Hattie Connelly of Danville and Wiliam T Corbin an Associated Press operator were married at Mount Vernon Methodist Church parsonage Rev R Reeves officiating Otho J Carmale of Caroline County and Miss Mary Ethel Maupin of Charlottesgill married recently at the Essex parsonage Miss Addie F Garner of Irvington and Bloyd G Withrow of Detroit Michigan wed recently in Philadelphia and will reside in Detroit

Danville Matte H Connelly Hattie Connelly Wiliam T Corbin Associated Press The Register Mount Vernon Methodist Church S R Reeves Frederickaburg Otho JF Carmale Caroline County Mary Ethel Maupin Charlottesgill Essex County Essex Atsonage Overton Ouiolating Misa Addle F Garner AP Garner Irvington Bloyd G Withrow Detroit, Mich Philadelphic Detroit

Aground on Hatteras as fog grounds banana ship

The Norwegian steamer Antonio Sanase stranded near Cape Hatteras in thick fog while bound to Baltimore from Jamaica with bananas and coconuts. Nine crew were brought ashore by breeches buoy as Captain Thomle and his wife refused to desert the vessel The wrecking steamer Rescue and tug Walter Luckenbich rushed to aid, but the captain finally accepted life-saver help. The Lanasa now lies wrecked on the beach as crews brace for salvage.

Norfolk Fruiter Specta Washington Post United States Revenue Onondaga Antonio Sanase Durant Cape Hatteras Baltimore Jamaica Rescue Merriitt & Chapman Wrecking Company Walter Luckenbich Thomle Creeds Hill Thomic Larasa Lanaga United States Weather Bureau

Waters Arrested for Criminal Assault in Pinesburg Area

Howard Waters twenty six a married man of Pinesburg was arrested in Williamsport by Sheriff Earnshewn on a charge of criminally assaulting Miss Martha Hoffman fourteen year old daughter of Joseph Hoffman a Washington County farmer. The girl’s mother is dead and Waters, a politician of some prominence, allegedly entered the Hoffman residence while the father was away and enticed the girl into a room under the pretense of examining postcards.

Washington Post

Baltimore Sparrows Point steel mills resume operations

The Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point resumed work after a month’s shutdown. An extra blast furnace began operating, bringing about 5000 workers back to two departments. Management expects enough orders to sustain constant operation for three to four weeks, hoping new orders follow.

Washington Post Baltimore Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point

Death in boiling soup shocks Bridgeport boarding house

Special to The Washington Port from Wheeling West Virginia reports a fatal accident at a Bridgeport boarding house. A one year old boy of Joe Pastovich was seated in a high chair near a kettle of boiling soup. The mother left the room and the chair tipped, tipping the kettle into the soup. The infant was scalded to death in the cald.

Washington Wheeling W Va Joe Pastovich Bridgeport

Famous Mound Doomed If Action Not Taken

Special to The Washington Post dispatch from Wheeling West Virginia reports RK J McPadden owner of the Moundsville mound plans to destroy the prehistoric site to reuse the earth on his low ground property. The mound, largest in the Oma Valley, draws hundreds of visitors yearly to view it.

Washington Wheeling W Va West Virginia Moundsville J McPadden Oma Valley Moundscale

Despondent saloonkeeper commits suicide in Baltimore

Special to The Washington Poet reports George W Zwicker a a saloonkeeper living at 721 South Milton avenue killed himself by inhaling illuminating gas after his wife left him about a year ago. He was found dead in bed with the house empty. Zwicker’s melancholy state followed his separation. In a separate note, O P Rand of Smithfield NC president of UNC senior class was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, age twenty one.

Baltimore George W Zwicker South Milton Avenue Zwicker Locust Point Charlotte N C O P Rand Smithfields University of North Carolina Oxford University Hngland Rand

Dr Miles Nervine Promises Nervous System Relief

An advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine for la gripe symptoms and nervous exhaustion. It claims the remedy strengthens the nervous system, improves stomach distress, and restores bowel and general health after a prolonged illness. Testimonial from North Baltimore Ohio notes initial misery easing after one bottle, with a money back guarantee.

Baltimore Ohio Miles Medical Elkhart Ind

Abingdon Dispensary Profits Hit Fifty Thousand

The Abingdon dispensary near Bristol, Virginia, reports annual profits of about $50,000 as Bristol votes to remain dry. Despite expectations to close after Virginia’s legislature, no action was taken and Abingdon residents favor keeping the business to preserve revenue. Temperance supporters feel stateside action is being ignored.

Abingdon Bostol Washington Post Bristol Va. Mary Virginia

Admitted to bail for slaying Norfolk contractor

Henry J Hyslop, the newspaper collector who shot and killed John C Blaylock after being ordered off Blaylock's premises to collect 70 cents, was admitted to bail by Judge Bala in the sum of 19 000. The case centers on the killing at Blaylock's Norfolk, Virginia property during a debt dispute.

Washington Post Norfolk Henry J Hyslop John C Blaylock Blaylock Hyslop Bala Engeler

Aged Woman Dies by Own Action in New York Home

Mrs John A Cisco, daughter-in-law of John J Cisco a former United States Assistant Treasurer, committed death by inhaling illuminating gas in her bathroom at 16 East Fortieth Street. She was seventy, had cared for her ill husband John A Cisco, and her death followed a period of mental strain during his ten day pneumonia.

Richmond County Suffolk Mary Wary Sebrel Robert Wyong Courtland I.E White Ormtoa RB Bite Carraville Anna Bird Winchester Annie Kane Western State Hospital Staunton Va William Kane Clarke County Richmond Mary Annie Adama Branch Thomas Branch Branch Wa Hington York John A. Cisco John J Cisco United States Pierce Buchanan Lincoln East Fortieth Street John A Cisco Mr Cisco Mrs Cisco Sarah Lyons David Lyons New York

Carter Buys Another Road In Eastern Carolina Rail Link

George L Carter of Bristol, a wealthy railroad builder and mine owner, has purchased the North Carolina and Virginia Terminal Railroad, a 45 mile line in Eastern North Carolina with a front along the Atlantic at Southport. The deal, backed by Thomas F Ryan, merges interests in the South and Western and Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad projects to develop coal lands in Virginia, West Virginia, and Western Kentucky. The stockholders at the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad approved the transfer as Carter reorganizes the lines and plans major improvements.

Waslington Bristol George L Carter North Carolina and Virginia Terminal Railroad North Carolina Atlantic Southport C Carter Thomas F Ryan Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad Virginia West Virginia Western Kentucky Carter Carolina Clinchfield

Democrats win mayor and council seats in Hagerstown election

The Washington Post reports Hagerstown voters chose William Z. Hammond as mayor by 1 percent over Ernest W. Miller. Republicans gain one council seat with Elias Cost defeating William A. Startsman in Ward 2, while J Benton Hoover bested Lewis E. Fner in Ward 4. Hammond carried Ward 4 by 9 as the city council shifts to 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats.

Sprowl Washington Post Hagerstown Willam Hammond Ernest W Miller Elias Cost Wiliam A Startsman J Benton Hoover Lewis E ‘Fner Millers Home

Rayner Still Absent In Baltimore Amid Missing Son Query

Senator Isidor Rayner reported no word from son William B Rayner who vanished from their Baltimore home last week. A Baltimorean who returned from Atlantic City said she saw Rayner on Friday on the Boardwalk with no sign of distress. Meyer Visits New York Merchants. General Meyer attended the Merchants Association gathering to discuss postal affairs and the postal savings bank plan.

Washington Baltimore Isidor Rayner Willam B Rayner Meyer New York New Yok Merchants Association Postal Savings Bank

Maryland obituary notes multiple family ties and deaths

In Maryland, Mrs William Waters of Germantown dies at seventy four, survived by six children from her first marriage to William Aier and four from her second husband Jules Waters. Hyattsville, Md. March 2. Mrs Jules Jaquet, Milwaukee resident, dies at her son’s home after an operation. born Miss Jonnie Cooker.

Pictures on Sale for Educational Contest Nos 4 to 81

Post Educational Contest Pictures Nos 4 to 81 are now on sale at price iSc Dymaul 7c A few copies include Pictures Nos 1 to 85 on sale at the office of The Wasting Office Also available by mail, Hong containing Pictures 1 to 64 can be purchased at the office of The Wasting Office price or by mail

iSc Dymaul Oriic Oy Edi- Hong Price

Stamp Machine Slip Sparks Downtown Stamp Heist

Two automatic stamp vending machines in the Federal building gave two cent stamps for one cent during a thirty day trial. One machine worked correctly, the other slipped a cog, yielding two cent stamps for one. Office boys and others lined up to buy stamps, profiting briefly before officials withdrew the faulty unit for repairs.

New York Herald Gam Morgan Federal Building

Mail Car Robbery After Wreck Near Wilson North Carolina

United States Post Office Inspector Bulla was called to Wilson North Carolina to investigate a mail car robbery on the Norfolk and Southern railroad. The train wreck occurred Saturday morning near Wilson while the mail clerk was elsewhere. Pouches were cut open and mail ransacked but the theft amount is unknown.

Wilson N.C Norfolk United States Post Office Bulla Wilson NC Norfolk and Southern Railroad

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