Million loss in fire destroys tobacco houses in South Boston
A large fire in South Boston, Virginia, caused by a malfunction in a Reynolds tobacco dryer destroyed many buildings and warehouses. The blaze spread through the tobacco district, threatening Danville’s rail depot and town, but timely aid from Danville firemen prevented total destruction. Loss estimated between 50,000 and 1,000,000 withInsurance covering about three quarters. The American Tobacco Company plant reportedly saved. A separate note: Hardesty case moved 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
American ‘Tobacco Company
Obituaries from Danville and nearby towns silent on death
Virginia obituary notices recount Alfred Anderson of Pittsylvania County and several others from Chatham to Roanoke, Petersburg and Frederickaburg. Entries list names, ages, locations, survivors, and brief causes or circumstances of death. A later item advertises Allen's Foot-Ease for foot comfort and shoe relief.
James L Kernan Injured In Fall At Sanitarium
James L Kernan owner of the Auditorium and Maryland theaters and Hotel Kernan, is confined at St Agnes Sanitarium with a compound fracture of the neck of the femur. Doctors say healing may take four to six weeks and his condition is serious due to age and nervous trouble. He slipped in a polished hall, was unable to rise, and was moved to his room where he rests quietly. This is his second left leg fracture, the first being an ankle break years ago.
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Baltimore
James Ll. Kernen
Auditorium
Maryland
Kernan
St Agnes' Sanitarium
Mr. Kernan
Church Extension Move At Baltimore Conference
Special to The Washington Post Staunton Virginia March 28 reports at the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church a resolution to levy a 5000 dollar special assessment for church extension in addition to the regular yearly levy. A subscription surpassing 1000 dollars was raised for immediate use in church extension. Dr Murray urged the need for building in the conference territory noting eighty eight congregations without churches. Rev John Steward spoke on superannuated ministers. The rest of the session covered ministerial reports.
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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 on Murder Charge in Virginia
Charles and Richard King, two Black men, were jailed in Fitzsylvania County Virginia on a murder and arson charge. They are accused of killing Babe Gosney and burning G W Kine's stable near Kadesh. Investigators tie tracks from a cabin to the stable, where the crime allegedly occurred. 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
JAIL FOR KICKING DAUGHTER IN MARYLAND CASE
In Baltimore Hugo Messer was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after a jury found him guilty of cruelly beating his nearly eighteen year old daughter Florence Meszer on March 11. Testimony said he followed her from a sick friend’s home and kicked her at the doorway and at the Osborne home injuring her face. Messer claimed objection to the girl visiting the neighbor.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mies Florence Meszer
Hugo Messer
Osborne
Messer
Disturbance by Sailors From Connecticut Shocks Norfolk Ferry
About 100 sailors from the battleship Connecticut, at anchor in Hampton Roads, caused a disturbance on the ferry Oveda View from Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort. They overturned a galley stove, damaged furniture, emptied fire extinguishers, spoiled provisions, and injured Engineer J A Griffin. The incident was reported to Norfolk traction officials. captains will be informed.
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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
Bowden Weds Butler in Suffolk Wedding Scene
Mrs Walter Bowden’s daughter Misa Louis Bowden married 2. H Butler of Norfolk this afternoon at the Bowden home in Suffolk. The Southampton County ceremony was by Rev Harris H Butler. Also a promotional line for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE appears in the clipping.
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Suffolk
Misa Louis Bowden
Walter Bowden
H Butler
Norfolk
The
Pride
Southampton County
Harris H Butler
Right to Kill Law Spurred by unwritten law debate in Virginia
Virginia Senator Lewis H Machen pushes to write into statute the right of juries to convict or acquit based on provocation in cases of assault on female relatives, arguing juries now violate oaths. The measure aims to allow legal discretion for juries to determine provocation and justify severe punishment in select crimes. Also reports ongoing trial of George Midgets for the murder of Charles T Smith with key witnesses Meeks and Garvey, and a note on other local deaths and a Southern Railway picnic cancellation.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandera
Lewis H. Machen
Alexandria
Virginia
Machen
General Assembly of Virginia
Machon
Delaware
Utah
Texas
Walker Elected President of Old Dominion Steamship
Herbert B. Walker was chosen president and general manager of the Old Dominion Steamship Company in New York on March 24. He joined the firm twenty four years ago as an office boy. W. L. Woodruff was promoted to traffic manager from general freight agent.
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New York
Herbert B. Walker
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Walker
Steamship Company
W. L. Woodruff
Twaie Managat
Shot Wife Who Left Him Special to The Washington Fest
In Baltimore on March 28 Mary Medwick, 24, is hospitalized with a neck bullet wound after her husband Lewis Medwick, 24, fired four shots into the room at 20 Center Market space. He was jailed without bail for a hearing next Thursday on charges of shooting and attempting to kill. The wound is not serious.
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George Midgets
William Johnson
Charles T. Smith
Alexandria County
Washington Guards
Fredericksburg
Arthur Meeks
Garvey
Smith
Sarah Midgets
Wif
Brumback
Alexandria
William Brooks
Brooks
Marine Corps
Baltimore
Mary
Medwick
Lewis H. Medwick
Justice Grannan
Central District
Mia
Rate Hearing At End In Virginia Rail Case
The Virginia rate case against the State Corporation Commission’s two cent maximum passenger rate for railroads ends with both sides requesting submission without oral argument. Judge Crump said the decision may take weeks or months. If the commission rules for the railroads, an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is likely. if not, trains may yield and the fight may end.
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Washington Post
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Crump
Corporaton Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
YEGGMAN CAPTURED IN BOSTON GANG CRACKDOWN
Boston police report a yegg gang concluded by arresting Boston Jimmy Kelley amid a nationwide crackdown. Detectives seized burglars tools and loot in the South End as U S officers prepare to take charge. Kelley linked to the West Point Va post office robbery four years ago. Kentucky Bill Morey is serving twenty years in Charlestown, while Gussie Duford’s gang member remains at large.
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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 In South Grafton Store
Special to The Wanna Just Cumberland Maryland March 29 Oscar Jaco merchant of South Grafton stumbled on burglars trying to enter James Love's store early today He fired but a lookout opened fire wounding Jaco in the thigh The robber wounded later identified as George Clark of Austin Texas was captured along with accomplice John Martin of Harvey Illinois A third man 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 Open Day Escape
Norman Benson, an 8 Southern Railway brakeman from Spencer, 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, but thirty minutes before their arrival he broke jail in daylight and escaped. bloodhounds not immediately on the trail.
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Washington
Spencer
N. C
Norman Benson
Southern Railway
High Point
Ot Spencer
Bengon
Jail break attempt by Edward Singleton in Parkersburg
Edward Singleton, held on Tex murder warrants, tried to saw his way out of Parkersburg jail after hearing noises in the corridor. He vowed not to return to Texas alive. Also, a sawmill plant owned by Benjamin P. Gay at Smithfield near Isle of Wight Court House burned early today. Loss about $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 probes Lillie Davis shooting and Hale links
In Bristol Virginia a coroner's inquest into Lillie Davis's death reveals no powder burns on her clothing and evidence of prior assault. Hale is guarded as witnesses claim he abused Davis and forced her to drink. Davis was to testify against Hale's brother Roy in a Tennessee murder case. Davis to be buried in her wedding gown. fiancé Dolis McRoberts awaiting details.
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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
Baltimore Pupils Deficient After Medical Exam
A five month medical survey of Baltimore school children shows 61,000 of 90,000 examined, 20,795 with defects or unvaccinated. 1,203 unvaccinated. Mentally deficient cases reported by district as six to seven per school. Epilepsy among some students noted. impact on classes described.
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Washington
Baltimore
HL Warren Buckler
Two Boxed Die In Explosion In Cumberland Md
Two children Harvey Dye aged two and Leroy Dye aged three were killed in an explosion while playing with powder kegs in a Barton Maryland summer kitchen. Mrs Dye was severely burned and the house caught fire but neighbors put out the flames. The accident occurred at the residence of James Dye and the family are miners. Special column from Post Spencer NC. Dr A G Henderson aged seventy four died at his home in Woodleaf Rowan County after weeks of illness. He was a noted physician in Rowan.
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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 killed himself by hanging in the livery stable of T W Murray He was about forty left a widow a daughter and a son No cause found in his belongings no other details given
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Weatminster
Andrew L. Eippy
Hampstead
T. W. Murray
Michael E Brennan Dead in Baltimore Home
Michael E Brennan a longtime Baltimore Democratic politician was found dead in bed at his home on 22nd Street. Coroner ruled accidental gas asphyxiation after investigation. Born in Mayo Ireland 1859 he came to Baltimore in 1874 and rose as a prominent Old Guard Democrat and Freemasonry ally.
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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 Criticism
Winchester Va March 28 Judge Thomas W Harrison replies to editorials denouncing his conduct in the Culpeper Strother murder trial. He defends his remarks to the jury and denounces media misquoting as malicous libel aimed at Virginia officials and the state.
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Sreetal
Washington
Winchester
Thomas W. Harrison
New York Weekly
Strother
Culpeper
Harrison
Virginia
Lost securities worth 30000 from Switzerland to Baltimore
Baltimore on March 23 reports thirty thousand dollars in stocks missing or stolen while en route from Switzerland. Ten thousand dollars of Virginia Electric Railway stock and twenty thousand dollars of Baltimore Brick Company stock were sent to Townsend Scott & Co. by Swiss customers. The Baltimore firm will not reveal names or details, saying the securities were dispatched about three weeks ago after a letter and subsequent cablegram with the security numbers.
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Baltimore
Switzerland
Virginia Electric Railway
Baltimore Brick Company
Townsend Scott & Co
Girl ambulance surgeon named in New York hospital contest
Mary Merritt Crawford, 23, of Nyack, has been chosen as an interne at Williamsburg Hospital after beating 34 male candidates. A Cornell graduate, she will serve as ambulance surgeon temporarily and later perform other duties. Crawford was a friend of rowing coach Charles E Courtney and is described as an enthusiastic catwoman.
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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 On Wedding Day in Canton
Canton, Ohio, March 28 Miss Bertha McNally twenty eight years old committed death by her own action today by taking carbolic acid. This was her birthday and would have been her wedding day to Emil Knolle, a policeman on the Pittsburgh force. Knolle died six weeks ago from pneumonia in a Pittsburgh hospital, and since then Miss McNally had been despondent.
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Canton
Ohio
Bertha McNaly
Miss McNally
Emil Knolle
Pittsburg
Knolle
Pitttsburg
Crowded Convention Hall Provokes Protest Against Carnivals
Citizens protest overcrowding at Convention Hall during fairs. Maj Sylvester has received a letter from a citizen detailing danger to attendees and stating the issue will be referred to Commissioners to decide if attendance should be limited.
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Convention Hall
Maj
Sylvester
Indictment Against Mrs McDonald for Guerin Murder
Chicago reports an indictment charging Mrs Michael C McDonald with the murder of Webster S Guerin the artist after a February 21 quarrel in Guerin's office. The grand jury returned the charge today amid ongoing coverage of the case.
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Chicago
Michael C. McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Relief Work Funds in San Francisco March Estimate 683000
Relief estimates for San Francisco in March total 683000 with half to the Red Cross and half to the local relief fund. The largest item is 309000 for cottage completion, and 200000 covers rehabilitation. Police detail of forty to fifty will guard the White House grounds during Easter egg rolling.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
White House
Harness African River Power For Johannesburg Mines
Ralph D. Mershon, chief engineer of the Victoria Falls Power Company, outlined plans to convert Victoria Falls energy into commercial power. A Niagara-like system would transmit 200000 or more horsepower to gold mines near Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, 700 miles away. The Zambesi falls, discovered by Livingstone, rise 260 feet and span 1000 yards. Niagara Falls drops 164 feet and spans over 1500 yards. Financing from England and Germany has been secured, and construction proceeds by the Niagara, Lockport, and Otaris Power Company.
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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 Vote
Albany reports the assembly passed a recount bill for the November 1905 New York mayoral election. William R. Hearst, defeated candidate, alleged fraud and irregularities after McClellan’s victory and continues pressing for a reconvass. Hearst allies see the action as an early victory for reform.
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Albany
N. Y
Mar
New York
Assembly
William R. Hearst
McClellan
Hearst
Fum
Telephone man ar raigned over bribery indictments
Louis Glass vice president of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company was arraigned in San Francisco Superior Court on nine grand jury indictments alleging he bribed supervisors. Attorney T C Coogan requested a week to plead and bail of 90000 was allowed. Glass is accused of paying eight supervisors 1000 each on March 15 1906 to oppose a Home Telephone Company franchise.
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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 at Bank in Omaha
Waldo Foster, a receiving teller at the United States National Bank in Omaha, Nebr., fractured a bone in his right wrist while counting silver dollars. Rapid business and hurried coin handling led to the injury as he pulled in and stacked the coins in piles.
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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 U S Army Ordnance Department died in Augusta Georgia last Tuesday. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery with full military honors following simple services at the grave. The body arrived at Pennsylvania Station carried by a Thirteenth Cavalry squadron and band from Fort Myer. Rev Dr Randolph H Meade conducted the service. An artillery salute and taps marked the ceremony. Mrs Taylor and her children accompanied the remains. Listed pallbearers included Rog Gen George B Davis Brig Gen W P Duvall Brig Gen William Crozer Brig Gen James Allen Brig Gen Alfred Mordecai Lieut Col A H Russell Lieut Col J B Hickey and Maj O Horney.
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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 Joke Ends in Hospital Arrival
In New York a 12 year old boy Fred Williams played burglar upon his mother Annie Williams at 2503 Cuthbert Street last night. He kicked the bedroom door and shouted Open this door or I'll break it down. The frightened mother suffered convulsions and was taken to Presbyterian Hospital. She recovered enough to be sent home today.
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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. Italian cruisers Etruria Varese and Floramosca, under Duke of Abruzzi, join 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 theme
A Manila dispatch reports Stevenson & Co.'s warehouse burned today containing 15000 bales of Manila theme. Estimated loss stands at $500,000. The fire was reported from Manila and the cause is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
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Wisftington Post
Richard Hardesty
Jall
Crutchfeld
Hastings
Alfred Anderson
Thin County
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
Peterburg
Willis W Robinson
Bright
Petersburg
A. P
Tilashy
Tames Mahoney
Holston
Mary Washingtoners
Society of the Army and Navy of
Hite Ife
Miss Morton
Stafford
James H. Boyd
Ballmort
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Loudoun County
Green Memorial
Reancka
St James
Bordersainistee
United Brethren Church
Allen
Allen S. Omsted
le Hey
Baltimore Conference
Companion
Raleigh
Central Hospital
State Board of Public Charities
North Carolina
Specant
Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
TNE
Sass Poe
William H. Memel
Virginia Weddings
E.W. I Grove
Bill
Sarah A. Munran
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemeter
Father ‘Relly
Edward Waters
Frank Brawner
Stephen McCauley
Joseph Bradley
Harry Rice
Thomas Toppins
James L Howlson
George W. Hentz
North Alfred Street
Raymond Cronin
Alexandria Hospital
Dennis Cronin
P. T Harrington
Southern
Mer
Old Dominion
Corporation Commission
Yeggman
Jimmy” Kelley
West Point
Grafton
Europe
Prggista
Scrabb & Co., Ltd
Greenwich Street
Tudge Harrison
Europa
France
Richard Mansfield
Richard Mansfeld
Pinkerton
William Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Bureau
Mr. Pinkerton
Benning
Aunwers
Office of Publication
Edmonston
Edmonston & Co., Inc
St.n. W
M. Igii
Burchell’s
Harness African River
Zambest Falls
Houss
D. M. Taylor
Son
Kuroki
Munyon
Monzon
Coreg
Eve
Caren
Munyan
Price
Pripe
Newspapreb Bdhivye
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