Million Loss in Fire Tobacco Houses Destroyed
Danville Virginia reports a major blaze in South Boston destroying much of the tobacco district. Loss estimated between 50 thousand and 1 million dollars. Fire spread from Reynolds steam tobacco factory to warehouses and other businesses. South Boston volunteers aided by Danville, preventing total town destruction. Big plant of American Tobacco Company saved. No injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Obituary notices from Virginia towns list several deaths
Virginia obituary roundup from Danville to Bristol reports Alfred Anderson of Albemarle County near death after weeks ill health, near eighty. Elin Smith Stone of Pittsylvania County dies after short illness. Alice Houghton of Stafford County dies, survived by husband and 5 children. George W Shelan of Bent Mountain dies of pneumonia, leaves wife and children. Willis W Robinson of Petersburg dies of Bright's disease, former grocer and Confederate veteran. Rev James Mahoney, Holston Conference minister, dies at Wallace Vay aged about seventy five. Rev James H Boyd Roanoke pastor of Green Memorial dies at 59 after stomach trouble, survived by wife and two sons. includes funeral and survivor details. an Easter edition ad for Allen's Foot-Ease promotes relief for foot pain, sweating, corns, bunions with free sample offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Mar
James H. Boyd
Ballmort
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Loudoun County
Green Memorial
Reancka
St James
Bordersainistee
United Brethren Church
James L Kernan Injured In Fall At Sanitarium
James L Kernan, owner of the Auditorium and Maryland theaters and Hotel Kernan, lies with a compound fracture of the neck of the femur after slipping on a polished hallway at St Agnes Sanitarium Baltimore on March 2. Age and nervous trouble complicate recovery. four to six weeks expected. This is his second break to the left leg, the earlier injury being an ankle fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James Ll. Kernen
Auditorium
Maryland
Kernan
St Agnes' Sanitarium
Mr. Kernan
Church Extension Work at Baltimore Conference
Special to The Washington Post Staunton Va Mar 28 At the Baltimore conference session brief addresses were given by Dr Widerman for the American Bible Society of Maryland and Dr W J Maybee for the Children's Home Society of Richmond A resolution ordered a special 5000 assessment for church extension and a subscription raised over 1000 for immediate use Dr Murray secretary noted eighty eight congregations without churches Rev John Steward spoke on superannuated ministers The remainder focused on reports of ministers in regard to their charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Stables Fire
Charles and Richard King, both colored, were jailed in Fitzsylvania County Virginia on a murder charge and arson for killing Babe Gosney and burning G W Kine’s stable near Kadesh. Witnesses saw Gosney with the prisoners Tuesday night and tracks from a cabin to the stable tied the pair 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
Jail for kicking daughter in Baltimore court case
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 Meszer, nearly eighteen, in March. She testified he followed her to a sick friend and struck her, kicked her from the doorstep, then again at the Osborne home, claiming objection to her visiting the neighbor.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mies Florence Meszer
Hugo Messer
Osborne
Messer
Disturbance by Sailors in Hampton Roads Ferry Ride
About 100 sailors from the battleship Connecticut at anchor in Hampton Roads caused a disturbance on the ferry Oveda View near Willoughby Spit to Old Point Comfort. They overturned a galley stove, smashed furniture, discharged fire extinguishers, spoiled provisions, and injured engineer J A Griffin. The incident was reported to Norfolk officials for Capt Swift of the Connecticut to be advised.
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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 in Suffolk Celebrate Bowden Butler Union
Misa Louis Bowden daughter of Walter Bowden and 2 H Butler of Norfolk wed this afternoon at the Bowden home in Suffolk. The ceremony in Southampton County was conducted by Rev Harris H Butler of Suffolk.
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Suffolk
Misa Louis Bowden
Walter Bowden
H Butler
Norfolk
The
Pride
Southampton County
Harris H Butler
Unwritten law debate looms in Virginia Senate
Virginia Senator Lewis H Machen pushes to codify the unwritten law into statute allowing juries in certain assaults to acquit if the provocation by a wronged wife mother sister or daughter is deemed sufficient. He argues juries now violate oaths to deliver justice while public opinion demands a written rule guiding verdicts. The proposal follows Texas Delaware and Utah statutes aimed at clarifying provocation in homicide cases.
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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. Walker joined the firm twenty four years ago as an office boy. W. L. Woodruff was promoted to vice president and general freight agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert B. Walker
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Walker
Steamship Company
W. L. Woodruff
Twaie Managat
Shot Wife Who Left Him in Baltimore
Special to The Washington Fest. Baltimore Maryland March 28 Miss Mary Medwick twenty four in City Hospital with a bullet wound in the neck her husband Lewis H Medwick twenty four jailed without bail for hearing next Thursday on charge of shooting and attempting to kill his wife. The attack occurred at 20 Center Market space after he found the family belongings moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mary
Medwick
Lewis H. Medwick
Justice Grannan
Central District
Mia
Rate Hearing at End in Virginia Rail Case
The Washington Post reports the Virginia two cent maximum passenger rate hearing ended after 1 pm as both sides agreed to submit the case to the State Corporation Commission without further oral argument. Judge Crump said the decision may take weeks or months and noted a possible appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals if the commission ruling favors the railroads. The outcome could lead to rehearing or submission to public demand depending on the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Crump
Corporaton Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Boston yeggmen nabbed in South End raid
Boston police report capturing a gang of yeggs and their queen in the South End. Detectives will extradite members for post office robberies including a 4 year old West Point VA case. Kelley, linked to Gussie Duford’s gang, is sought by U S agents arriving to take charge.
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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 Cumberland store raid
Special to The Wanna Just Cumberland Md March 29 Oscar Jaco merchant South Grafton disrupted burglars trying to enter James Love store. He fired. a robber shot Jaco then received a shot from the robber then crippling. The wounded man George Clark of Austin Texas identified by the robber. His partner John Martin Harvey? caught. A third man escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Oscar Jaco
South Grafton
James Love
Jaco
Grafton Sanatorium
George Clark
Austin
Tex
John Martin
Harvey, I
Atore Room
Prison Break Ex Prisoner Flees High Point Jail
Norman Benson, 8 Southern Railway brakeman, arrested in High Point for breaking into a Spencer youth's room this week and stealing a watch. He was jailed to await Spencer authorities appeal when he escaped in daylight, prompting a bloodhound search.
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Washington
Spencer
N. C
Norman Benson
Southern Railway
High Point
Ot Spencer
Bengon
Tried to Break Jail in Parkersburg Murder Suspect
Edward Singleton, jailed in Parkersburg and wanted in Harding County Texas for murder, attempted to saw his way out of jail today. He warned he will not return to Texas alive. A separate report from Suffolk details a sawmill plant owned by Benjamin P. Gay at Smithfield near Isle of Wight Court House burning early today. Losses estimated at $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 Girl Shot in Cemetery Linked to Hale Brother Murder Case
In Bristol Virginia a inquest on Lillie Davis found no powder burns, challenging Hale’s claim of self harm. Witnesses say Ack Hale forced alcohol on Davis and fired twice. Davis was to testify against Hale’s brother Roy in a murder case in Johnson City Tennessee. Davis to be buried in her wedding gown. fiancé Dolis McRoberts learning of the tragedy.
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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 reports a Baltimore medical exam of 61 000 of 90 000 pupils over five months. 20 795 found with defects or未 vaccinate d 1 203 not vaccinated. Mentally deficient children noted, averaging six to seven per school, with cases described as idiots simple or backward. Epileptic children also attend schools, viewed as demoralizing to peers.
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Baltimore
HL Warren Buckler
Two Children Die In Powder Explosion At Barton
Cumberland Maryland March 28 two children Harvey Dye aged two and Leroy Dye aged three were burned to death while playing with powder kegs in a Barton residence. Mrs Dye severely burned as neighbors extinguished a fire after the kegs exploded near a stove. The house was damaged but saved. Nearby miner Dye family members. Dr A G Henderson aged 74 died at Woodleaf Rowan County after weeks of illness. He was a well known physician in the area.
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William H. Memel
Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cumberland
Barton
James Dye
Har
Spencer, N. C
A. G. Henderson
Woodleaf
Rowan County
Rowan
Hampstead Man Ends Life By Hanging in Livery Stable
Weatminster Md March 28 Andrew L Eippy of Hampstead killed himself yesterday in the livery stable of T W Murray at Hampstead He was about forty left a widow one daughter and one son No reason was found for the act a comment from the correspondent notes the tragedy and its abrupt end to a local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatminster
Andrew L. Eippy
Hampstead
T. W. Murray
Michael E Brennan Dead After Gas Accident in Baltimore
Michael E Brennan longtime Baltimore Democrat and former city camel worker was found dead in his home on Second Street. Coroner ruled accidental gas asphyxiation after investigation. Brennan born in County Mayo Ireland February 2 1859 came to Baltimore 1874 worked in printing and led Democratic Old Guard activities and Freeman Basin ties.
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Washington
Baltimore
Michael E. Brennan
Linthicum
Brennan
Mr. Brennan
County Mayo
Ireland
Typographical Union
William J. Dulany & Co
Harrison Replies to Editorial Denunciations in Culpeper Case
Judge Thom as W. Harrison of Winchester Virginia issued a statement defending his conduct in the Strother murder trial at Culpeper denying misquotation accusations in a New York weekly editorial. He labeled the report malicious libel and said continued publication harms the State of Virginia and its officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sreetal
Washington
Winchester
Thomas W. Harrison
New York Weekly
Strother
Culpeper
Harrison
Virginia
30,000 In Stocks Lost En Route From Switzerland
Baltimore March 23 thirty thousand dollars in securities vanished or were stolen while in transit from Switzerland to Baltimore. Missing items include 10000 dollars of Virginia Electric Railway stock and 20000 dollars of Baltimore Brick Company stock sent to Townsend Scott & Co. by Switzerland customers. Baltimore firm will not name the Swiss clients and cannot explain how sent. They have the letters and a confirming cablegram with the security numbers, mailed about three weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Switzerland
Virginia Electric Railway
Baltimore Brick Company
Townsend Scott & Co
Girl Ambulance Surgeon Mary Crawford Joins Williamsburg Hospital
Miss Mary Merritt Crawford, 23, born in Nyack, has been named an ambulance surgeon intern at Williamsburg Hospital after a competitive field of 34 applicants, all men. She is a Cornell graduate and will receive her MD from Cornell Medical College next June. She knew Charles E. Courtney at Ithaca and is 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
Miss Bertha McNally Dies On Wedding Day
Canton obituary notes Miss Bertha McNally twenty eight died by her own action today by taking carbolic acid. It was her birthday and she was to be married to Emil Knolle a Pittsburg policeman who died six weeks earlier from pneumonia. Despondency followed his death.
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Canton
Ohio
Bertha McNaly
Miss McNally
Emil Knolle
Pittsburg
Knolle
Pitttsburg
Crowds Endanger Attendees At Convention Hall
Major Sylvester has received a protest from a citizen about overcrowding at Convention Hall during carnivals and fairs. The letter claims congestion endangers lives and limbs and will be brought to the Commissioners to decide whether attendance should be omitted on such occasions.
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Convention Hall
Maj
Sylvester
Mrs McDonald Indicted In Murder Of Chicago Artist
Chicago report states grand jury returns an indictment against Mrs. Michael C. McDonald for the February 21 shooting of Webster S. Guerin an artist in his office following a quarrel. Also brief notes on actor Richard Mansfield’s illness and Pinkerton detective visits ahead of Benning race meetings.
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Chicago
Michael C. McDonald
Webster S. Guerin
Pinkerton
Sylvester
William Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Bureau
Mr. Pinkerton
Benning
Relief Work in San Francisco March Estimates
Relief work in San Francisco for March totals 683000 dollars with half to the Red Cross and half to the local relief fund. The largest line item is 309000 dollars for cottages completion, and 200000 dollars covers rehabilitation. Police to Beat Egg Rolling at White House Grounds Easter Monday, detail of forty to fifty men planned.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
White House
Harness African River Power To Supply Johannesburg Mines
Ralph D. Mershon, chief engineer of the Victoria Falls Power Company, outlined plans to convert Victoria Falls energy into commercial use. The project would transmit 200,000 plus horsepower to gold mines near Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand, about 700 miles away. The venture follows securing funds in England and Germany, with construction 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 Vote
Albany reports the assembly passed a recount bill for the November 1905 New York mayoral election. Hearst, defeated candidate, charged fraud and irregularities after McClellan’s victory and continues a persistent push for reconvassing the votes. Hearst’s allies view the action as an early victory for reform forces.
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Albany
N. Y
Mar
New York
Assembly
William R. Hearst
McClellan
Hearst
Fum
Telephone man ar raigned in San Francisco
Louis Glass, vice president of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Co, was arraigned in Superior Court on nine grand jury indictments for bribing supervisors. Attorney T C Coogan requested a week to plead. Bail set at 90,000. Glass free on bond. Prosecutors allege payments of 7,000 to each of eight supervisors on March 15, 1906 to vote against a Home Telephone Co 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 in Bank Rush
Omaha March 28 Waldo Foster a United States National Bank receiving teller nurses a crippled arm after breaking a wrist bone while counting silver dollars. He was rapidly pulling in coins and stacking them when the fracture occurred as business was rushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Mar
Waldo Foster
United States National Bank
Buiness
Col Daniel M Taylor buried with full military honors
Col Daniel M Taylor of the Ordnance Department U S A died in Augusta Georgia last Tuesday. He was buried at Arlington Cemetery yesterday morning with full military honors. The body arrived at Pennsylvania Station via a train met by Fort Myer Cavalry and band. Rev Dr Randolph H Meade conducted simple services, followed by artillery salute and taps. Mrs Taylor and children accompanied the procession. numerous officers and friends attended. Pallbearers included generals Davis Duvall Crozer Allen Mordecai and colonels Russell Hickey 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
Special to The Washington vest reports a 12 year old boy Fred Williams at 2503 Cuthbert street in New York played burglar on his mother Annie Williams startling her from bed. He kicked the door and shouted Open this door or I'll break it down causing convulsions severe enough to require hospitalization. She was later moved home after brief treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Florimosca, commanded by the Duke of Abruzzi, will join the opening ceremonies for Italy at the Jamestown Exposition.
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Tokyo
Gen Kuroki
Jamestown
Rome
Mar
Etruria
Varese
Duke of the Abruam
Itady
Manila warehouse fire destroys 15000 bales of Manila hemp
A Manila dispatch reports Stevenson & Co.'s warehouse in Manila burned today. The fire swept through a building storing 15,000 bales of Manila hemp, with losses estimated at $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
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Wishtington
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Jall
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Willis W Robinson
Bright
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le Hey
Capa Peri Ghiye
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Companion
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Central Hospital
State Board of Public Charities
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Chamber of Commerce
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TNE
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Virginia Weddings
1. W. I Grove. Se
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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
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
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
Iee Monzon
Eve
Caren
Munyoo
Munyan
Price
Wwe
Pripe
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