Baltimore Conference Chooses Cumberland Meeting Place
Special to Mie Washington says Rev John Knott case in Salem Va with trial behind closed doors. Baltimore Conference accepts Cumberland Md as next assembly site after vote. Protests over Sunday excursions and Sabbath desecration noted. temperance and missions reports adopted. conference to adjourn Tuesday with ministerial appointments nearly complete.
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Washington
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Cumberland Md
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Presbyterian Church
United States Naval Academy
Anchopolix
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Doews
Committee On Temperence
Theont Nee Bible Board
Committee On Conference Relations
Thatis
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J W Duffes
Ditrict
Witr- Grawil
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Corte
Virginia Obituary Highlights From Richmond and Nearby Areas
Richmond and nearby towns report multiple deaths and funerals. Rev Robb White of Savannah Georgia died at St Luke’s Hospital, Mrs Sarah Johnson of Baurhore aged eighty eight, Bertha K Briscoe of Westmoreland County, and John Trang of Fannister Counts succumbed recently. Other obituaries include Mrs John Prender Miller of Lynchburg, James Curry of Roanoke, Charles Rathgebauer of Luray, W D Woodhouse of Princess Anne, and William Minnigerode, son of the late Riv Dy Charles Minnigerode. Burials planned in various locales. allegations of a burglary in Norfolk noted. Gen Stribling, once employed by the Virginia Carbon Chemical Company, shot himself after discovering his sweetheart with another man.
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Richmond
Robb White
Liris Church
Savannah
St Lukes Hospital
Warring
Sarah Johnson
William Johnson
Fredriksev i
Wirth
Bertha K Briscor
Beverley W Briscoe
Dausht
BD W Shertzer
Internal Revenue
Johm Prend Miller
Lynchburg
James H Curry
Roanoke
Lee Camp
Miller
Forty-sixth Virginia Infantry
Curry
Virginia Infantry
Tere Louray
Charles B Rathgebae
Washington
Tomach
Luray
Yeats
Norfolk
Woodhouse
Princess Anne
Mr Woodhouse
William Minnigerode
Riv Dy
Charles Minnigerode
St Pauls
Wand
Hagerstown Election Yields GOP Edge in City Council
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland on March 2 reports the city council race delivering two Republican and one Democrat victory, shifting the council to three Republicans and two Democrats with a Republican mayor preserved. Winners include Ward J John W Dolan Democrat 128 Ezekiel Moore Republican 92. Ward J Frank L Bennett Republican 322 Hartley E Snavely Democrat 249. Ward 5 Frank P Alsip Republican 379 Stephen son Dilworth Democrat 322.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
John W Dolan
Ezekiel Moore
Dolan
Frank L Bennett
Har Tey E Snavely
Bennetts
Frank P
Alsip
Stephenson
Dilworth
Fevo
Bennett
Shoop Still Missing Law Court Issues Summons
Court in Hagerstown on March 2 issued summons and publication order against Station Shoop the Dunke'd bishop who vanished from Mapleville last week. He allegedly left 8400 to 10000 in forged promissory notes and must show cause by April 14 why he should not be adjudged insolvent. Creditors and mortgagee liens are restrained from action against Shoop's property. Local speculation says he went West after the sudden disappearance amid more forged paper appearing in Petre notes.
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Mapleville
Tiissaul Shoop
George W Petre
Lovers quarrel ends in shooting at Cartwrights Wharf
Ananiay De Gwynne is mortally wounded after a confrontation with Lucy Ely at Cartwrights Wharf Va. Ely says she refused him entry when he visited Sunday evening and shot him twice through a window as he allegedly tried to break in with an ax. De Gwynne's autopsy statement is on record. he denies entering the home by force.
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Washington Post
Suffolk
Cartwrights Wharf
Ananiay de Gwynne
Lucy Ely
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Legare Hargrove
de Gwynne
Justice Smith
Swanson Addresses Democrats in Abingdon for Virginia Governor Bid
Swanson, running in the Democratic primary for governor of Virginia, opened his campaign in southwestern Virginia. He spoke before a large audience of Democrats in Abingdon and received an ovation in Smyth County. He complimented his rivals as high toned gentlemen and urged unity with no friction in the primary.
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Bristol Tenn
Claude Swanson
Vigina
Southwet
Virginia
Abingdon
Sisebeaeree County
Battle flags returned to Virginia governor in Richmond
On March 27 in Richmond sixty two battle flags captured by Federal forces from Virginia troops were returned to Governor by the Secretary of War. The flags arrived by express and were sent directly to the governor who arranged temporary transfer to the Confederate Museum for exhibition this summer. Lewis P. Summer, succeeding Park Agnew as district judge for the Western district, announced he would take charge on May 1.
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Virginia
Secretary of War
Confederate Museum
Summer
Washington Post
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Lewis P Summer
Park Agnew
Coali Cter
Western District
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Warner’s
Warners
Warnats Safe Cure
Safe Cure Company
Hochester NY
Alexandria News in Brief
Richard Burnett acquitted on a Sunday law charge. A gambling raid near Long Bridge leads to ten men fined 1200. others released. Lands near the Southern Railway tracks notified to vacate within thirty days. Mrs Anna Crump dies at 84 in the Home for Aged Women. Alexandria Lodge No 758 Elks elect officers. Stable burglary reported with horses tortured by hot iron.
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G T Caton
Charles J Gelsen- Gaffer
Thomas Downey
William M
George
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Murray
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Burnetts
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Charles E Crump
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Crump
Colombia Defies Castro on Cession and Refugees
The Associated Press report from Trinidad notes President Castro again refuses to resume relations with Colombia. A protocol demanded cession of two border provinces and return of political refugees, with additional expulsions. Caballero and aide left Caracas as tension rises amid trade embargo and Chilean mediation claims.
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Castro
Colombia
Venezuela
Reyes Sert Lucas Caballero
Caracas
Senor Caballero
Lopes Baralt
Senor Baralt
Spain
Buralt
Reyes
Senor Herbosa
Caballero
Herbosa
Lel Reece Sur
Old Reliable Trial of Alleged Cracksman Opens Thursday
James Bailey alias Don Shorty, indicted in Rockville Maryland for grand larceny and attempted larceny in the Sandy Springs Savings Institution case, was arraigned before Judge Henderson. He pleaded not guilty and said he had no counsel or funds. Judge Henderson appointed Edward C Peter to defend. The trial is set for Thursday morning April 16.
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Washington Post
James Bailey
Don Shorty
Sandy Springs
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Shorty
Henderson
Edward C Peter
Robert Peter
Prince George tax rate set in Prince George County
Prince George County commissioners fixed the tax rate at 9 cents on the dollar for 1905, a 6 cent cut from last year, with a total assessable base of 11,799,340 and expenses of 104,694.28. Principal items include roads and bridges, public schools, jurors and bailiffs, jail warden, treasury and clerks, and various accounts. The public printing contract for one seat was awarded to the Laurel Democrat.
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Upper Marlboro
Prince George County
Laurel Democra
Murder charge follows arrest of Hot Springs steward killer
William Hansboro, a negro, is jailed in Lynchburg after being moved from Covington area for the March 17 murder of J R McKeane, steward at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs. Taken to Hot Springs then by private conveyance to Citton Forge and onto a freight train for Lynchburg. He refuses to talk.
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Lynchburg
Washington Post
William Hansboro
J R McKeane
Homestead
Gbolloran
Covington
Charleston
Citton Forge
Ten Gate
Fishburne refuses new trial in fatal knife case
Richmond March 27 the State Supreme Court declined to grant a new trial for Charles K Fishburne of Roanoke after a dispute with Dr Frederick Lefew ended in a knife fight. Lefew died days later. Fishburne received five years in the penitentiary. The case notes indicate he was a man of means and every effort was made to save Lefew.
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State Supreme Court
Charles K. Fishburne
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Fishburne
Lefew
Hackwood Estate Sold to Wealthy New Yorker in Winchester
Hackwood two miles east of Winchester Frederick County changes hands to a wealthy young New Yorker after extensive repairs to the colonial mansion The property historically key in Virginia colonial ante bellum and Civil War history shows scars from shells and bullets The sale coincides with local marriage license issuances in Rockville and Nashville Town and a Tennessee gubernatorial veto on a pay raise for the governor.
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Virginia
PLOTTERS IN TRINIDAD AND VENEZUELAN TURMOIL
Trinidad reports Curacao no longer a Venezuelan revolutionaries’ base with Gen Paredes named to lead. Riera and Penolss now in Trinidad aiding the movement as officials in Caracas fear rising activity. Hernandez denied in Trinidad. Castro boosts Caracas garrison to 2000 soldiers as districts mobilize.
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Trinidad
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Hernandez
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Demara
Caracas
Awaiting Castro’s Refusal to Advance Arbitration Talks
Negotiators plan to await the exact text of President Castro's refusal to accept Minister Bowen's arbitration proposal before proceeding. A difference in interpretation of Venezuelan language may exist, and moves will be circumspect until Castro decides whether to push the issue from Caracas.
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Caracas
Women in Society and Sports Stir New York Portland News
The piece mocks a New York fashionable 200 pound medium in cheesecloth, notes college women cheering through basketball on campus, and mentions Gladys Vanderbilt organizing tandem drives. It also reports Mrs Torenca D Potter winning a 63000 suit for husband against Rossiter et al, with a Toluca Electric Light stock reward.
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Oregonian
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Mra Tlorenca D Potter
New York City
Justice Davin
Potter
Clinton L Rossiter
Vexican
Toluca Tbleetric Light and Power Company
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Rossiter
Metropoile
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