Conference Votes Cumberland as Next Meeting Site
The Baltimore Conference accepted Cumberland Maryland as the next meeting site while rejecting Union with Presbyterians. Rev Regester led the trial of Rev John Knott on irregularities charges. testimony to be reported if not delayed. Sabbath observance and temperance reports urged strict enforcement and total abstinence.
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Baltimore
Maryland City
Annapolis
Washington
E OV Regester
Laltimore
John Knott
Lesmeton
Salem
Etegester
Hann
John P Hyde
Cumberland Md
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Cumberland
MOE Church
Cumberlands i
Wird
Presbyterian Church
United States Naval Academy
Anchopolix
Presbyterian Symed
Virginia
Doews
Committee On Temperence
Virginia Obituary Roundup From Richmond to Norfolk
Obituary notes from Rich mond and nearby areas report deaths of Rev Robb White at St Luke s Hospital Savannah GA and other locals including Mrs Sarah Johnson Mrs Bertha K Briscoe and Mrs John Trang along with W H Tyler Charles B Rathgebauer W D Woodhouse and William Minnigerode Padgett. Burglary in Norfolk notes six robberies since Sunday with a theft at Capt Laird s residence. Gen Stribling shot himself after finding his sweetheart talking to 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
Sundi
Boideet Burgelirs
Chiries Laird
Nay Yard
Speciac Iurus
Washington Rose Staunton
Gen Stribling
Stribling
Virginia Caroling Chemical Company
Hagerstown Election Yields Three Council Seats
Special to The Washington Post reports Hagerstown Maryland held city council elections for three seats. Republican candidates won two seats and a Democrat won one, giving the Republicans a 3 to 2 edge and leaving the mayoral post Republican. Results: Ward J John W Dolan Democrat 128 Ezekiel Moore Republican 92 Dolan by 35. Ward J Frank L Bennett Republican 322 Harvey E Snavely Democrat 249 Bennett by 82. Ward 5 Frank P Alsip Republican 379 Stephenson Dilworth Democrat 322 Alsip by 57. Ward 1 gained a Democrat replacing a Democrat. Ward 8 Bennett increased his majority. Ward 9 previously Republican on registration.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
John W Dolan
Ezekiel Moore
Dolan
Frank L Bennett
Harvey E Snavely
Bennetts
Frank P
Alsip
Stephenson
Dilworth
Fevo
Bennett
Shoop Missing Court Publishes Summons In Bankruptcy
Court issues summons and publication order against Staiton Shoop the Dunke'd bishop who vanished from his Mapleville home 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. Liens blocked on Shoop property. Westward disappearance remains unexplained.
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Keedy
Staiton Shoop
Shoop
Boonsboro Bank
Denton
Sneckenberger
David M Ridenour
Lawson
Grossnickle
Shoep
Hagerstown
Mapleville
Tiissaul Shoop
George W Petre
Lovers quarrel ends in shooting at Cartwrights Wharf
Ananiay De Gwynne lies mortally wounded after a confrontation with Lucy Ely at Cartwrights Wharf Va. Ely says she denied him entry when he called Sunday evening. He allegedly broke in with an ax. she fired a revolver twice from inside a window. De Gwynne will die, and his inquest statement denies forcible entry.
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The
Washington Post
Suffolk
Cartwrights Wharf
Ananiay de Gwynne
Lucy Ely
de Gwinnes
Legare Hargrove
de Gwynne
Justice Smith
Swanson Praises Rivals in Virginia Governorship Bid
Claude Swanson, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia, opened his campaign in Southwest Virginia. He spoke at Abingdon to a large audience of Democrats, was warmly received by Smyth County supporters, and complimented his opponents as high toned, honorable gentlemen. He urged party unity and no friction in the primary.
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Washington
Bristol Tenn
Claude Swanson
Vigina
Southwet
Virginia
Abingdon
Sisebeaeree County
Battle flags returned to Virginia governor
Richmond March 27. Sixty two battle flags captured by Federal forces from Virginia troops in the Civil War were returned to Governor for Safekeeping. The flags arrived by express and were transferred to the Confederate Museum for exhibition this summer. Lewis P Summer, successor to Park Agnew as coalit er for the Western district, announced he would take charge on May 1.
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Richmond
Virginia
Secretary of War
Confederate Museum
Summer
Washington Post
Richmond ‘N
Lewis P Summer
Park Agnew
Coali Cter
Western District
Cha
Alexandria News In Brief
Richard Burnett acquitted on Sunday law charge. railroad to vacate adjacent lands within thirty days. Elks lodge officers elected led by W H P Kelly. gambling raid netted twelve men fined. George Washington sought as proprietor. Anna Crump, 84, dies at Home for Aged Women. Griffin reports stable entered. two horses tortured with hot iron.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Alexandria Lodge
Benevolent Protective Brotherhood of Elks
Edward Quinn
W H P Kelly
Louis P Shuman
Harry Fleischmann
Frederick P Russell
G T Caton
Charles J Gelsen- Gaffer
Thomas Downey
William M
George
Saeut Young
Murray
Burnetts Place
Burnetts
Leutenant
Burnett
Southern Railway
Trinity
raiWay Company
Anna M Crump
Charles E Crump
North Fairfax Street
Crump
Colombia Presses for Two-Province Cession in Caracas Rift
Associated Press dispatch from Trinidad reports Colombia demanding the return of two provinces and the repatriation of political refugees as a condition to resume relations with Venezuela. President Castro refuses to lift a trade embargo and insists on terms tied to the Matos revolt.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Castro
Colombia
Venezuela
Reyes Sert Lucas Caballero
Caracas
Senor Caballero
Lopes Baralt
Senor Baralt
Spain
Buralt
Reyes
Caballero
Macuta
la Guaira
Maracaibo
Republic
Matos
Senor Herbosa
Herbosa
Lel Reece Sur
The Old Reliable Trial of Alleged Cracksman
James Bailey alias Don Shorty, indicted by the grand jury for the March term of the Circuit Court in Rockville Maryland, arraigned on charges of grand larceny and attempted larceny in the bank theft case. He pled not guilty and was assigned counsel by Judge Henderson as the case for trial is set for Thursday morning April 16.
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Rockville
Washington Post
James Bailey
Don Shorty
Sandy Springs
Ashton
Cout
Shorty
Henderson
Edward C Peter
Robert Peter
Prince George County Tax Rate Set at 9 Cents per $100
Prince George County Maryland commissioners fixed the tax rate at 9 cents per $100 valuation for 1905, down from last year by 6 cents. The assessable base is $11,799,340, up $89,587. total county expenses amount to $104,694.28. Principal items include roads and bridges, public schools, jurors and bailiffs, interest and sinking fund, jail warden, treasurer, clerk of court, and election costs. The Laurel Democrat won the public printing contract for one seat.
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Washington Post
Upper Marlboro
Prince George County
Laurel Democra
Man Accused of Killing Hot Springs Steward
William Hansboro, a negro, is jailed in Lynchburg on murder charges for killing J R McKeane, the steward at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs. He was arrested in Charleston, moved to Hot Springs, then transported toward Lynchburg. He refuses to talk.
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Hot Springs
Lynchburg
Washington Post
William Hansboro
J R McKeane
Homestead
Gbolloran
Covington
Charleston
Citton Forge
Ten Gate
Supreme Court denies Fishburne new trial in fatal knife attack
Richmond report says Charles K. Fishburne of Roanoke was denied a new trial after stabbing Dr Frederick Lefew following a dispute. Lefew died days later. Fishburne, a man of means, received a five year penitentiary sentence and authorities say every effort was made to save him.
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Wnsampton
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Charles K. Fishburne
Roanoke
Frederick Lefew
Fishburne
Lefew
Hackwood in New Hands Winchester Estate Sold to New Yorker
Hackwood the famed southern estate two miles east of Winchester Frederick County changes hands to a wealthy New Yorker after extensive repairs to the colonial mansion. The house, once owned by Maj Gen Smith of the Revolutionary era, endured Civil War shelling and remains a landmark in Virginia history. Also reported are recent marriage licenses issued by the Circuit Court clerk in Winchester and Governor Frazier's veto of a bill raising the Tennessee governor’s salary to five thousand dollars.
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Washington Frost
Winchester
Logan
Hackwood
Frederick County
Will
Smith
Virginia
PLOTTERS IN TRINIDAD REVOLT THREATEN VENEZUELA
March 19 Trinidad reports Curacao no longer hosts Venezuelan revolutionists. Gen Paredes leads a movement aided by exiled officers Riera and Penolss now in Trinidad. Caracas officials fear unrest though many doubt a successful uprising. Castro increases forces to about 200 in Caracas and drafts districts for troops.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Hernandez
United States
Demara
Caracas
Awaiting Castro’s Refusal in Arbitration Talks
Negotiators will wait for the exact text of President Castro’s refusal to accept Minister Bowen’s arbitration proposal before proceeding. They acknowledge possible differences over whether Venezuelan language was insolent and plan to move cautiously, hoping Castro does not force a new move in Caracas as time passes.
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Casttro
Bowen
Castro
Caracas
Women, sport, and courts mix in 1900s New York tale
The piece riffs on athletic college women marching on despite ribs and “crutch pride,” notes a New York Press jab at a 200-pound medium in cheesecloth, and recalls Gladys Vanderbilt planning tandem drives. It ends with Mrs. Florence Potter, the second woman admitted to New York practice, winning a $63,000 suit for her husband with stock, bonds, and cash in Toluca Electric affairs.
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Portland
Oregonian
New York
New York Press
Gladys Vanderbilt
Mra Tlorenca D Potter
New York City
Justice Davin
Potter
Clinton L Rossiter
Vexican
Toluca Tbleetric Light and Power Company
Mexico
Rossiter
Metropoile
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REGAL
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