Million loss in fire strikes tobacco town of South Boston
A devastating blaze in South Boston Va injures no one but devastates the tobacco district. The Reynolds plant and warehouses suffer vast losses, with many businesses burned and insurance covering roughly three quarters. Danville volunteers aid to prevent total ruin. Hardesty case tied to escape provisions sent to higher court in Richmond.
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Danville
Bouth
Boston
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Reynolds Company
Reynolds
HL A. Thomas Lumber Company
George A. Lea & Co
T B Johnson
Lea & Co
Jolson
Stebbing
Flags Warehouse
Star Warehouse
J. W. Hillett
Neal
J. G. Patterson
South Boston
Danville Company
Main Street
Durham, N
Hardesty
Wishtington
Richmond
Richard Hardesty
Jall
Crutchfeld
Hastings
Obituary notices from Virginia towns recall multiple deaths
Virginia obituaries from Danville to Petersburg list Alfred Anderson of Pittsylvania County, Mrs Elin Stone of Pittsylvania, Mrs Alice Houghton of Stafford County, George W Shelan of Bent Mountain, Willis W Robinson of Petersburg, Rev Tames Mahoney of Wallace, and Rev James H Boyd of Roanoke, with survivors and brief biographical notes. A separate note from Allen's Foot-Ease advertises relief for foot pain and shoe comfort.
James L Kernan Injured In Fall At Sanitarium
Baltimore man James L Kernan owner of the Auditorium and Maryland theaters and Hotel Kernan is confined to St Agnes Sanitarium with a compound fracture of the neck of the femur after slipping on a polished hall floor. Surgeons say four to six weeks needed for healing given his age and nervous trouble. Only relatives and immediate business associates may visit. he previously broke his left leg years ago at the ankle.
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Baltimore
James Ll. Kernen
Auditorium
Maryland
Kernan
St Agnes' Sanitarium
Mr. Kernan
Church Extension Work At Baltimore Conference
Special to The Washington Post from Staunton Virginia dated March 28 reports the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church approving a 5000 dollar special assessment for church extension in addition to the regular annual levy. A subscription topped a thousand dollars for immediate extension use and Dr. Murray cited eighty eight congregations without churches while ministers reported on their charges.
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Washington Post
Staunton
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Widerman
American Bible Society of Maryland
W. J. Maybee
Children’s Home Society
Richmond
Murray
General Board of Extension
John Steward
Kings Held in Murder Charge and Stable Fire
Charles and Richard King are jailed in Fitzsylvania County charged with murdering Babe Gosney and burning the G. W. Kine stable near Kadesh. Witnesses saw Gosney with the Kings Tuesday night. tracks from cabin to stable connect them to the crime. They are held for the grand jury.
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Washington Fost
Chatham
Charles
Richard King
Babe” Gosney
G. W. Kine
Kadesh
Fitzsylvania County
Gosney
King Brothers
Jailed for Cruelty to Daughter in Baltimore Court
Hugo Messer was sentenced by Judge Dobler to two years in the House of Correction after a jury found him guilty of cruelly beating his daughter Florence Messer, nearly eighteen, on March 11. She testified that he followed her from a sick friend's visit, struck her at the doorway, then at the Osborne home, inflicting facial bruises. Messer claimed he objected to her visiting the neighbor.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mies Florence Meszer
Hugo Messer
Osborne
Messer
Disturbance by Sailors on Ferry Boat Prompt Report
About 100 sailors from the battleship Connecticut at Hampton Roads caused a disturbance on the ferry Oveda View at dawn. They overturned galley stoves, damaged furnishings, emptied fire extinguishers, spoiled provisions, and injured Engineer J A Griffin. The incident was reported to Norfolk officials and to Connecticut authorities.
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Washington
Norfolk
Connecticut
Hampton Roads
Willoughby Spit
Old Point Comfort
J. A. Griffin
W. E Davenport
Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction Company
Swift
Virginia Weddings Primes Suffolk Couple in Suffolk Home
Misa Louis Bowden daughter of Walter Bowden and 2 H Butler of Norfolk wed this afternoon at the home of the Pride in Southampton County. Rev Harris H Butler of Suffolk officiated. Laxative Bromo Quinine ad promotes its genuine full name and signature of I W Grove.
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Suffolk
Misa Louis Bowden
Walter Bowden
H Butler
Norfolk
The
Pride
Southampton County
Harris H Butler
1. W. I Grove. Se
Unwritten law in Virginia debate sparks Senate bill
Virginia State Senator Lewis H. Machen pushes to codify the unwritten law allowing juries to acquit under provocation in crimes against a wife mother sister or daughter. He argues juries should have legal discretion while critics say it corrupts the oath bound jury system. The article also covers a murder trial in Alexandria with George Midgets alias William Johnson, witnesses Meeks and Garvey, and defense requests to shield jurors from coverage.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandera
Lewis H. Machen
Alexandria
Virginia
Machen
General Assembly of Virginia
Machon
Delaware
Utah
Texas
George Midgets
William Johnson
Charles T. Smith
Alexandria County
Washington Guards
Fredericksburg
Arthur Meeks
Garvey
Smith
Sarah Midgets
Wif
Brumback
William Brooks
Brooks
Marine Corps
Walker Named President and General Manager of Old Dominion
Herbert B. Walker was elected president and general manager of the Old Dominion Steamship Company in New York. Walker joined the company twenty four years ago as an office boy while W L Woodruff, previously general freight agent, was promoted to vice president and manager.
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New York
Herbert B. Walker
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Walker
Steamship Company
W. L. Woodruff
Twaie Managat
Baltimore man shoots wife at Center Market space
Lewis H. Medwick 24 was jailed without bail after shooting his wife Miss Mary Medwick 24 in Baltimore. The couple had argued when she refused to admit him to their room at 20 Center Market space after she moved out with another woman. Medwick admitted firing four shots. the neck wound was not life threatening.
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Baltimore
Mary
Medwick
Lewis H. Medwick
Justice Grannan
Central District
Mia
Hearing Ends In Virginia Rate Case Submission
The Virginia two cent maximum passenger rate case before the state corporation commission ends with attorneys agreeing to submit the matter without oral argument. Judge Crump cautions decision timing is uncertain, possibly weeks or months. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia is expected if the railroads win. otherwise the railroads may abandon the fight.
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Washington Post
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Crump
Corporaton Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
YEGGMAN CAPTURED IN BOSTON POST-OFFICE RAID
Boston detective bureau chief received a telegram from H T Gregory of Lorenz and Co seeking the arrest of Boston Jimmy Kelley a member of Gussie Duford’s safe blowing gang linked to a West Point Virginia post office robbery four years earlier. Duford fled. Kentucky Bill Morey serves twenty years in Charlestown. US officers to take charge tomorrow.
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Boston
Mass
Jimmy’ Kelley
Watts
Boston Police Detective Bureau
South End
F Postoff
Gussie Duford
Carolina
Kentucky
Bill Morey
Charlestown
United States
Kelley
Battle With Burglars Near Cumberland Store Raid
Special to The Wanna Just Cumberland Md March 29 Oscar Jaco a South Grafton merchant surprised burglars trying to enter James Love store nearby He exchanged shots with a lookout then wounded a robber in the thigh The injured man George Clark of Austin Texas is at Grafton Sanatorium awaiting treatment, his companion John Martin of Harvey I captured A third bandit escaped.
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Cumberland
Oscar Jaco
South Grafton
James Love
Jaco
Grafton Sanatorium
George Clark
Austin
Tex
John Martin
Harvey, I
Atore Room
Breaks Jail at High Point In Bold Escape
Norman Benson, a Southern Railway brakeman, was arrested in High Point for breaking into a Spencer man’s room and robbing him of a watch while asleep. He was jailed to await Spencer authorities appeal when he escaped in daylight minutes before their arrival. bloodhounds were delayed.
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Washington
Spencer
N. C
Norman Benson
Southern Railway
High Point
Ot Spencer
Bengon
Prisoner Edward Singleton Breaks Jail Attempt
Edward Singleton, held in Parkersburg West Virginia for murder in Harding County Texas, tried to saw his way out of jail today after hearing noises in the corridor. He vows he will not return to Texas alive. A separate report from Suffolk Virginia notes a sawmill plant owned by Benjamin P. Gay of Smithfield burned near Isle of Wight Court House, estimated loss $2,000 with no insurance.
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Texas
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Edward Singleton
Harding County
Tex
Suffolk
Benjamin P. Gay
Smithfield
Isle of Wight Court House
Bristol inquest scrutinizes Hale tale and notes no self harm
Witnesses say Lillie Davis was to testify against Roy Hale in a Tennessee murder case. Doctors find no powder burns on her clothing, bolstering claims she did not die by her own action. Hale remains under guard as indictments loom and the wedding gown burial plan is revealed.
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Bristol
Hale
Washington Post
Lillie Davis
East Hill
Ack Hale
Birla
Tennessee
Mary Davis
Roy Hale
Irby Davis
Johnson City
Tenn
Like Davis
Davis
Dolis McRoberts
Wise County
McRoberts
Virginia
20 795 Pupils Deficient In Baltimore School Health Study
Special to The Washington rose from Baltimore reports a five month medical examination covering 61 000 of the citys 90 000 schoolchildren. Of these, 20 795 had defects or were not vaccinated and about 19 000 showed some physical deficiency. Mental deficiency and epilepsy were highlighted as affecting classroom dynamics.
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Baltimore
HL Warren Buckler
Two Children Die In Barton Explosion at Play
Cumberland Md March 28 two children Harley Dye age two and Leroy Dye age three were burned to death while playing with powder kegs in a Barton residence. Mrs Dye severely burned as a stove fire ignited the kegs setting the summer kitchen ablaze. neighbors put out the flames. The boys were grandsons of James Dye and the house was damaged. Their mother rushed to save them and suffered serious burns. Special from Post Spencer N C reports Dr A G Henderson aged seventy four died at his home in Woodleaf Rowan County after several weeks illness. He was a renowned physician in Rowan and had practiced many years.
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Danville
Alfred Anderson
Thin County
Chatham
Elin Smith Stone
Samuel Stone
Pittsylvania County
Frederickaburg
Alice Houghton
Charles H. Houghton
Stafford County
Hartwood
Roanoke
George W Shelan
Bent Mountain
Roanoke County
Col
William B Shelan
William @ Francis
Ene
Bristol
Tames Mahoney
Holston
Mary Washingtoners
Society of the Army and Navy of
Maryland
Hite Ife
Miss Morton
Stafford
Washington Post
Cumberland
Barton
James Dye
Har
Spencer, N. C
A. G. Henderson
Woodleaf
Rowan County
Rowan
Hampstead Man Hangs Himself in Livery Stable
Weatminster Md March 28 Andrew L Eippy of Hampstead committed suicide by hanging in T W Murrays livery stable He was about forty left a widow a daughter and a son with no stated cause for the act.
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Weatminster
Andrew L. Eippy
Hampstead
T. W. Murray
Michael E Brennan Dead A Baltimore Democratic Leader
Michael E Brennan a longtime Baltimore politician and former member of the city cameral was found dead in a second floor bedroom. Coroner Linthicum concluded death due to accidental gas asphyxiation from turning on the gas stove. He was born in County Mayo Ireland on February 2 1859 and came to Baltimore in 1874 pursuing printing before politics. He was associated with the Old Guard and an ally of the Freemans Basin before their rift about a decade ago.
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Washington
Baltimore
Michael E. Brennan
Linthicum
Brennan
Mr. Brennan
County Mayo
Ireland
Typographical Union
William J. Dulany & Co
Tudge Harrison Replies to Editorial Denunciation
Winchester Virginia March 28 Judge Thomas W Harrison today issued a statement in reply to editorial criticism in a New York weekly. He denounced calls for his removal over the Culpeper Strother murder trial and defended his remarks as accurately reported, accusing the press report of malicious libel against Virginia and its officials.
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Sreetal
Washington
Winchester
Thomas W. Harrison
New York Weekly
Strother
Culpeper
Harrison
Virginia
Stocks worth thirty thousand lost in transit
In Baltimore on March 23 thirty thousand dollars in securities disappeared en route from Switzerland to Townsend Scott & Co. The missing items include ten thousand dollars of Virginia Electric Railway stock and twenty thousand dollars of Baltimore Brick Company stock. The Baltimore firm will not reveal Swiss customers names and reports only receiving a letter and a cable confirming the numbers.
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Baltimore
Switzerland
Virginia Electric Railway
Baltimore Brick Company
Townsend Scott & Co
Girl Ambulance Surgeon Named in New York Hospital
Miss Mary Merritt Crawford wins an interne post at Williamsburg Hospital after a competitive field of thirty four candidates, all men. Following a pattern set by Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer she will serve as an ambulance surgeon before other duties shift in. Born in Nyack twenty three years ago she is Cornell educated and will receive her medical diploma next June. At Ithaca she was a friend of rowing coach Charles E. Courtney and an enthusiastic Catswoman.
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Washington Post
New York
Mary Merritt Crawford
Wiliamsburg Hospital
Emily Dunning Barringer
Gouverneur Hospital
Miss Crawford
Nyack
Cornell University
Cornell Medical Coleg
Ithaca
Mies Crawford
Charles E. Courtney
Woman Dies by Own Action On Wedding Day
Canton Ohio March 28 Miss Bertha Mc Nally twenty eight years old committed death by own action today by taking carbolic acid. This was Miss McNallys birthday. It was also to have been her wedding day. She was to have been married to Emil Knolle a policeman on the Pittsburg force. Six weeks ago Knolle was taken with pneumonia and died in a hospital in Pittsburgh. Since that time Miss McNally has been despondent.
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Canton
Ohio
Bertha McNaly
Miss McNally
Emil Knolle
Pittsburg
Knolle
Pitttsburg
Crowds Endanger Attendees At Convention Hall
Citizen protests overcrowding at Convention Hall during carnivals and fairs. Maj. Sylvester has received a communication from a citizen alleging risks to life and limb and will present the issue to the Commissioners to seek action to reduce attendance.
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Convention Hall
Maj
Sylvester
McDonald Indicted for Guerin Murder in Chicago Office
Chicago reports an indictment charging Mrs Michael C McDonald with the murder of Webster S Guerin an artist. The charge stems from a February 21 shooting after a quarrel in Guerin's office. Richard Mansfield improved in New York with illness easing though dangerous condition persists. Pinkerton detective chief visited Sylvester as he tours Benning race meetings to guard club property against crooks.
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Chicago
Michael C. McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Pinkerton
Sylvester
William Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Bureau
Mr. Pinkerton
Benning
Relief Work Funding in San Francisco March
Relief estimates for San Francisco in March total 683000 with half to Red Cross and half to the local relief fund. The largest item is 309000 for cottage completion and 200000 for rehabilitation. Police to Guard White House Easter Egg Roll.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
Harnessing Victoria Falls Power For Gold Mines
Ralph D. Mershon, chief engineer of the Victoria Falls Power Company, described plans to convert Victoria Falls power on the Zambesi into commercial energy. The project aims to transmit 200000 plus horsepower to Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand to operate gold mines, with funding secured in England and Germany and work now underway.
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Washington Post
New York
Ralph D. Mershon
Victoria Falls Power Company
Great
Victoria
Zambesi River
South Africa
Niagara
Johannesburg
Witwatersrand
Zambesi
Livingstone
Niagara Falls
Mershon
Niagara, Lockport
London
England
Germany
Recount Bill Passes in New York Mayoral Race
Albany reports the New York assembly passed a bill ordering a recount of the November 1905 mayoral election votes. Hearst, defeated candidate, charged fraud and irregularities after McClellan’s victory and continues pushing for a reconvass, with supporters calling the action a initial victory for reform.
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Albany
N. Y
Mar
New York
Assembly
William R. Hearst
McClellan
Hearst
Fum
Telephone man arraigned in bribery case in San Francisco
Louis Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co., faced nine grand jury indictments charging him with bribing San Francisco supervisors. Attorney T C Coogan requested a week to plead. Bail of 90,000 was set and Glass remained at liberty. Prosecution alleges payments of 1,000 to each of eight named supervisors to vote against a Home Telephone Co. franchise on March 15, 1906.
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Louis Glass
San Francisco
Mar
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lawlor
Superior Court
T. C. Coogan
Glass
Nicholas
Wilton
Philips
Walsh
Coffey
Lonergan
Coleman
Hamlock
Home ‘Telephone Company of
Breaks Wrist Counting Coin in Bank Rush
In Omaha on March 28 Waldo Foster a United States National Bank receiving teller nursed a crippled arm after breaking a wrist bone while rapidly counting silver dollars. He was stacking coins in piles as business rushed and the injury occurred in his right wrist.
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Omaha
Nebr
Mar
Waldo Foster
United States National Bank
Buiness
Col Daniel M Taylor Buried With Military Honors
Col Daniel M Taylor of the Ordnance Department U S A died in Augusta Georgia last Tuesday and was buried in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors The body was met at Pennsylvania Station by a detachment from Fort Myer and the Cavalry Band Services conducted by Rev Dr Randolph H Mee at the grave included a artillery salute and taps Pallbearers included Gen George B Davis and other senior officers along with family members present at the ceremony
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Arlington Services
Daniel M. Taylor
Ordnance Department
Augusta
Arlington Cemetery
Pennsylvania Station
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
We Myer
Randolph H. Mee
Church of the Epiphany
Gravaraten
Taylor
George B. Davis
W. P Duvall
William Crozer
James Allen
Alfred Mordecai
A. H. Russell
J. B. Hickey
Horney
Prostrated by Son's Burglar Joke
A twleve-year-old boy at 2503 Cuthbert Street startled his mother Annie Williams with a pretend burglary. The frightened woman suffered convulsions and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital, later recovering enough to return home.
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Washington Vest
New York
Fred Williams
Cuthbert Street
Kuroki to Represent Japan at Jamestown Exposition
Gen Kuroki will represent the Japanese army at the Jamestown celebration. Three Italian cruisers will join Etruria and Varese under the Duke of Abruzzi to represent Italy at the opening of the Jamestown Exposition.
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Tokyo
Gen Kuroki
Jamestown
Rome
Mar
Etruria
Varese
Duke of the Abruam
Itady
Manila warehouse blaze destroys 15000 bales of Manila hemp
A Manila dispatch reports Stevenson & Co.'s warehouse in Manila burned today. The structure held 15000 bales of Manila hemp and the loss is estimated at $500,000. The fire was reported early and cause is under investigation.
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Manila
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