Juries Verdict in Elkton Murder Case and Sentencing Details
The Cecil County case of John Simpers on trial for the murder of lawyer Kiit Constable near Elkton ended with a first degree verdict. Simpers was sentenced to death by hanging, with the governor to set the date at the Maryland Penitentiary. The action sparked emotion as Simpers denounced the jury, while family and local officials dealt with public and legal reactions.
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John Woosimpers
Cecil Coulms
Kiit Constable Sr
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Simpursch
John Foyler
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Treat Oni
Prisoner Escapes Court After Remand In Alexandria Police
William Whalen and two others were remanded to Prince William authorities for alleged freight car thefts. Whalen escaped by leaping the court railing as officers moved to the cell room, dashing into Market alley and vanishing. The escape exposed flaws in the police headquarters layout.
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Alexandria
Paffs
William Whalen
Prince William County
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Whalen
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Harrie Robinson
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Lincoln Telephone Company
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Fety Pancast
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Richard H Atkinson
Hughbert Taylor
Olive Jarvis
Fairfax County
Sharon Chapel
S A Wallis
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Kills Three in Mingo County
A boiler blast at a small sawmill on Sandstone Creek in Mingo County killed two boys John and Green Sandmann and man William Henderson. Frank Burgess and Alonzo Beages were seriously injured. Portions of the victims’ bodies were blown about 200 yards. The mill owned by Walter Ferrer was wrecked and partially burned.
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JAIL SE VIENCE FOR GIRL
Miss Ivy Michael of Frostburg appeals a ruling by Justice Chambers who fined her and costs for assaulting Roy Jeffries and jailed her six months for carrying concealed weapons A warrant charged her with both offenses She said the revolver was not concealed and posted bond after the hearing
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Frostburg
Justice Chambers
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Enormous Profits Indicated in Sale of Teachers Registers
Richmond Va March 3 Secretary Frank P Brent of the State board of education said today the board will reply to charges by J D Eggleston Jr claiming Virginia patrons pay high prices for teachers registers. The registers are printed by J L Hill Printing Co of Richmond. Lowest price for bulk is 6 cents, regular price 75 cents. Firms offer 18 to 25 cents per copy. The multiple list has raised book costs vs other states, affecting the campaign for superintendent. Gov Montague opposed the multiple list. Two candidates favor single list: J D Eggleston and George A Harvey. John A McGilvray has not spoken. Col Joseph E Willard also backs the single list. This stance will feature in the race.
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Frank P Brent
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J D Eggleston
Prince Edward
George A Harvey
Rockbridge
John A McGilvray
Department of Education
Joseph E Willard
Remains of Miss Mildred Lee Brought to Virginia
A large Confederate resulting gathering in Lexington and Lynchburg accompanied the funeral train for Miss Mildred Lee daughter of Gen Robert E Lee. The body was taken to R E Lee Memorial Church for services and burial at Washington and Lee mausoleum with numerous floral tributes from New Orleans Lynchburg and local groups.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
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Virginia Military Institute
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Robert H Lee
New Orleans
R E Lee
Tee
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G W Curtis Lee
Fairfax County
Robert B. Lee
New Kent County
Mary Curtis Lee
France
Adjutant General of the United Confederate Veterans
William E Mickle
One and Daughters of the Confederacy
Negro's Life at Stake in Wilmington Murder Case
Norfolk March 3 The result of James P Rutledge Wilmington detective’s mission will decide John Williams a negro under sentence of death for a 1897 murder. Williams lacked alibi witnesses. he claims he was employed by Old Dominion Steamship Co in Norfolk that year. Delaware board of pardons weighs truth of his statements while contemporaries with common name John Williams face death in 1897 Norfolk area.
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Norfolk
James P Rutledge
Wilmington
John Willams
Ward
Willams
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Uhis
Delaware Board of Pardons
John Wiliams
Portsmouth
Berkley
Pastor in Police Court in Portsmouth
North Carolina minister Rev CW Matthews of Hertford faced a drunkenness charge in Portsmouth Police Court for the second time this week. Mayor Baud initially sought jail, but the minister pleaded a fine and vowed to return to North Carolina. he was released with the caveat of jail if arrested again. Also reported, W H Loving a farmer from Caroline County near Bowling Green died by suicide this morning after a long ailment, his body found later.
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CW Matthews
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Baud
Richmond
W H Loving
Bowling Green
Caroline County
Dr Shoop Restorative Promises Free Full Dollar Bottle
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop Restorative as a cure for heart trouble linking heart nerves to general weakness. It offers a free full dollar bottle to strangers, with books on dyspepsia heart kidneys women men rheumatism and a note urging readers to write for orders and to have a druggist dispense the remedy. The copy stresses nerve action and sympathetic connections for multiple organs.
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Obituary notices from Virginia and nearby states
Virginia obituaries report the deaths of Anne Barrett Gent, Reginald Travers, Wartha Gibbs, Leonard Tatum, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Constant Moesehler, Alexandre Purvis, Mrs J Slaughter, Robert W Burke, and Fannie Alice Gilman among others. The notices note ages, places, relatives, and burial details. regional ties include Petersburg, Leesburg, Staunton, Chatham, Newport News, and Fort Portsmouth, with cross references to Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and the Valley Bank network.
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Etterick
Chesterfield County
Leonard Tatum
Fortsmouth
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Leesburg
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Taylorstown
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Stonewall Brigade
John Esten Cooke
Chatham
Connstant Moesehler
Pittsylvania County
Switzerland
Newport News
Alexandre Purvis
Brooklyn
Robert C Ogden
Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute
J . Slaughter
Galveston
Texie
Slaughter
Mra Hinks
Edwin S Hinks
St James Episcopal Church
David Tunsten
Alesandria
Staunton Ward
Robert W Burke
National Valley Bank
Staunton
Burke
Augusta County
Fannie
Alice Gilman
Fredericksburg
the Valley Railroad
Virginia Bankers Association
Mystle
Maryland Obituary and Notices from Various Cities
Obituary items report Mary Bureb of Prince George County dying at her grandson’s home in Adamstown, with burial to Washington. J W Plattenburg, editor of Cumberland Courier, dies at 76. John Rounds found burglar tools near Sandy Springs. Capt Ondarza of the Niceto faces charges over seamen with trachoma. Joseph F E Bissett convicted under local option law at Great Falls. Goldie Wells, 13, shot by accidental rifle discharge at Fairview. Arthur Butts killed and workers injured by falling stone on the Wabash Railroad cliff at Green Springs.
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Washington
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Fairview
Goldie
Benjamin Wells
Cumberland
Arthur Butts
Jay Nuckols
George Duke
Green Springs
Brady Returns to Pulpit at Toledo Church
The Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady, once archdeacon in Philadelphia and now a writer, will serve two months as rector of Trinity Church Toledo Ohio. It remains unclear if he will stay longer. The Greene Gaynor case in Montreal was postponed again to April 10 for further counsel study.
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
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Ohio
Greene-Gaynor
Montreal
Aled
Attempt to Avert Strike by Soft-Coal Miners
Altoona Pa March 30 miners on the joint scale committee issue a resolution to avert a strike. They state operators meeting in Philadelphia April 3 will consider the wage scale for the year and pledge to continue work after April 1 if conditions stay same but no work after April 6 unless the scale is signed. Signed by W B Wilson Patrek Gilday Richard Gilbert. The committee will meet next Tuesday to hear operators and seek a settlement to prevent a strike.
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W_B Wilson
Patrek Gilday
Richard Gilbert
Fashion and women headlines in transcribed 1900s columns
A collage of remarks on women in society from various papers. It notes gloves, sleeves, and the return of elbow-length fashion, praises a young virtuoso, questions male chivalry, and reports on women lawyers bills, widows counts, and Audubon Society prohibitions on aigrets. The tone blends social opinion, fashion, and reform debates across cities.
Baby faced fashion and late study urged in rochester union
Mame Fashion highlights a baby-faced girl as the future style icon, with a bonnet trimmed in roses and a pompadour bag. Rochester Union notes Dr John A Scott praising late-night study as vital, contrasting ancient daytime learning with modern scholars who excel after sunset and cautioning against early bedtimes for college girls.
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