Primary Bill Passes Aid Gorman Candidacy
Maryland lawmakers push through a senatorial primary election bill amid partisan clashes. Six Democrats oppose. Republicans solidly back the measure as Gov. Crothers urges leadership to push reforms. The day also included charter changes for local rail lines and commissions to study taxation and appointments.
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Washington Post
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Gorman
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Compu
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Beating death shocks Wayne WV as husband killed daughter
In Wayne West Virginia on March 30 Ingtea Wo Va allegedly attacked his family using a poker. He fatally struck his daughter and seriously wounded his wife with the same weapon in the reported incident. Police are investigating the case.
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Woohoo Farser
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Virginia Obituary for Dorence Mar Barnard
Virginia obituary notes the passing of Mar Raber near Divetlle County aged eighty four after a long illness. The deceased left a wife and children. the article lists five surviving children and mentions a son in law and daughter among mourners. The notice was posted from the local region.
Obituary for Charles Weathers Bump in Maryland
Charles Weathers Bump dies in Maryland after a lengthy illness from inflammatory rheumatism and kidney trouble. He was sixty eight, an elder to the Greenan Baptist faith, and survived by eight children. Also noted is a stray ad for Laxative Brom Quinines by B. W. Grove.
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Charles Weathers
Balti Inia
Maryland
A. Brunner
Brun
Gould Still Seeks Western Maryland Link. Unchanged Plans
Baltimore March 30 Gould arrived from the South and asserted no change in plans to make the Western Maryland the eastern outlet of the Wabash and to extend to Pittsburgh. He stressed desire to hold Baltimore, notes Pittsburgh extension and receiver appointment may delay matters, but believes rail securities remain strong investments amid market flurry.
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Baltimore
Dwin Gould
Wabash
Pittsburg
Lnk
Railroad
Divorce for elopers in Baltimore case
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs Lelia May Ward aged nineteen or younger secured an absolute divorce from Francis Ward in Circuit Court today. The couple eloped to Camden New Jersey where they married while she was about fifteen. Ward allegedly abused her with choking and beating, and he threatened to kill the child as an infant. Custody was awarded to Mrs Ward.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Lelia May Ward
Argyle Avenue
Francis Ward
Ward
Camden
N. J
Lesaly
SHOOTS TO DEFEND MOTHER IN DEADLY FAMILY SCENE
Harvey Davis, of Shippensburg, is in critical condition with bullet wounds to the abdomen and jaw after being shot by his stepdaughter Edna Hale in lingerstown Maryland. The shooting followed a confrontation where the stepfather slapped the mother. Hale fled and a warrant is expected.
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Lingerstown
Harvey Davis
Shippensburg
Les
Nll
Edna Hale
Mise Hale
Norfolk Merchant Accused in Fire Attempt Bail Granted
Special to The Washington Just Norfolk Va March 90 Louis Kline a 3 merchant at Jemes and Newsteepts charged with iraon in connection with an attempt to burn his own store was granted bail by Judge Hanckel of the Corporation Court in the sum of 17000 today The police allege Kline left his store ten minutes before discovery and that when they entered the blaze had been extinguished they found boxes of inflammable material saturated with oil arranged to consume the store quickly
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Jemes and Newsteepts
Iraon
Hanckel
Corporation Court
Kilne
Professors Retain Pensions Amid Randolph Macon Debates
Roanoke Va March 80 The Baltimore Conference of The M E Church South voted to keep the Randolph Macon college system's denominational status unchanged. Professors who took pensions from the Carnegie fund argued the colleges are nonsermonary and not controlled by the Methodist Conference. The board of trustees rejected amending the charter to let the conference appoint members. The decision followed four days of debate as the conference sought views from Bishop Wilson.
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Carnelie
Methodist Conference
Wilson
Andersen
Low Chou University
China
Cn China
Missing man found dead in woods near Richwood
Jacob Lackey, prominent oil man from Clarksburg, disappeared March 12 after leaping from a second story window at two boarding houses. Despite large search efforts, his body was found last night in a wooded area near Richwood, with a pocket knife wound noted as the cause.
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Stray bullet kills as youth shoots guest at home
Special to The Washington Post. Danville Virginia March 3. Charles Gouldin eighteen employed at Schoolfield cotton mills tests a new pistol and fatally wounds his cousin Lasley Perkins fifty five a carpenter from Beldeville North Carolina Perkins visiting the Gauldin family in a shed the bullet went through wood into his neck severing the jugular vein Perkins dies leaving a family Jolie Smith seventeen daughter of a local business man Winston Salem New York March 30 fatal burns while lowering a hanging lamp the lamp slipped and water exploded causing her death.
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Charles Gouldin
Schoolfield
Lasley Perkins
Beldeville
N.C
Perkins
Gauldin
Washington
Winston-Salem
N. Y
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Richmond man dies after self inflicted terror of electric chair
Robert Faulkner a Richmond resident who shot ten people on East Main Street died in the city hospital this morning. Fearing the electric chair he had attempted suicide repeatedly, tearing open his wounds and seeking blood flow. His victims survived, and he faced possible execution.
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Iran
Alexandrian Drops Dead Dry Goods Broker Tackett Dies
John Ford Tackett of Alexandria suddenly died yesterday afternoon at 211 South St Asaph in Alexandria from heart failure. He was a leading dry goods broker long associated with Yackett & Marshall, later ran a brokerage business in the area, and is survived by his wife, two daughters, his father John E. Tackett, and a brother Charles B. Tackett. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Yackett & Marshall
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Sunday liquor law trials in Alexandria court shake old Virginia hospitality
In Alexandria, police court jurists fined several defendants for giving away intoxicants on Sunday under the Byrd liquor law. Richard Jackson and Walter Smith admitted Sunday alcohol, with Jackson fined five dollars and Smith a fifty dollar fine for public drinks and Friday purchases. Thompson was dismissed. Other items note Lodge elections, Confederate veterans events, Lucy Kelly funeral, grand larceny sentences, and the Virginia Portland Cement plant resuming operations with 1200 workers and plans to double capacity.
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Accuses Borough President of Queens Misconduct and Fraud
Charges filed with Gov Hughes by taxpayer Willam Pettit allege Joseph Bermel mayoral misconduct incompetency neglected waste and violation of law in 1906 1907 and part of 1908. Fifteen specifications include Kissem Park land purchase conspiracy to defraud the city accepting money from land interests falsifying grand jury testimony and procuring perjury.
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Escaped convict shot by farmer in North Carolina
Effie Wimbish, a wealthy Natal farmer-merchant of Halifax County Virginia, shot and killed Gregory McCraw, a negro convict who had escaped from the North Carolina penitentiary farm after meeting yesterday evening. McCraw, sentenced in January to eighteen years for murder, began firing without warning and wounded Wimbish in the arm. Wimbish will recover.
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Government seeks Roy extradition in murder case
Paris dispatch reports the government received a United States request for the extradition of Paul Roy charged with the murder of his brother in law George BK Carkins. Official circles doubt the request will be granted.
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Methodists Open Baltimore Annual Conference at Hamline Church
The Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens at Hamline Church with Bishop Bart Cranston presiding. Discussions cover amusement and card playing, lay elections, and whether presiding elders are elected or appointed. Delegates to the general conference will be elected amid a week of services, receptions, and memorials.
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Hotels Guests by City in a Longroll Listing
A compiled list names numerous guests and their hotels across cities including Baltimore Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond and more. The fragment reads like an OCR of guest names and residences scattered through multiple hotels and states.
Free Warning to Robert Hunter and Burden of Anarchists in Bomb Case
New York dispatch reports police efforts to link Selig Silverstein with anarchist groups following Saturday’s bomb blast. Alexander Berkman, connected to the Frick shooting, was arrested. Berkman admits signing a membership card but denies inciting violence. Silverstein, badly injured, may be charged with murder if he survives. investigators seek other anarchists in Paterson and beyond.
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New Orleans Frincisce and New York Police Clash in Riot Talks
Reports from New Orleans and New York describe police actions during unrest following a Saturday unemployed meeting. General Bingham vows an iron hand against riot while Socialist leaders denounce police methods and seek a public hall for free speech.
Guatemala Volcano Erupts For First Time In Ages
News from Guatemala reports a long extinct volcano near San Felipe has awakened after three weeks of loud mutterings and lava spouts. Residents flee as Santa Maria nearby has a history of deadly eruptions, with ash covering the countryside for miles.
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Szechenyis Arrive in Vienna After Budapest Stop
Count Laszlo Sye vhenyi and Countess Vanderbilt arrive in Vienna amid a crowd. They plan to stay here for some time after traveling from Fluma to Budapest yesterday. Friends arranged a secret departure to avoid the crowd at the depot.
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Prof Koch to Visit United States and Far East
Noted German scientist Prof Robert Koch and his wife left Berlin for Bremen to sail on the Kronprinzessin Cecilia to New York. They will be away about eighteen months visiting the United States first and then Japan China and Indo China.
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Mar
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MIKADO HONORS STEVENS BESTOWS GRAND RISING SUN
Tokyo notes the Emperor awards the late Durham White Stevens the Grand Rising Sun, Japan's highest order, after his assassination in San Francisco by a Korean. Other items: Japan to pay 20 million yen on April 30 as first loan installment. Campbell-Bannerman's health shows no marked change. Swiss tunnel through Ticken Mountains completed. Geraldine Farrar named Imperial Court Singer.
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Tokyo
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Mar
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Royalty and fashion gossip linger in a scatter of tales
The column blends society notes with fashion bits and royal intrigue. It describes dress trends like angel sleeves, King Edward’s tailored attire, and narrows to Saxony’s King Frederick Augustus taking an interest in Monica Pia, the five year old daughter of Princess Anne Monica Pla, as she trains in Griess Castle under Countess Bernstein and prepares for possible Dresden royal integration.
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Mrs Roosevelt Visits Sugar Plantations in Mississippi Delta
Mrs Roosevelt and her party disembarked from the Mayflower at New Orleans and toured Henry McCall’s sugar plantation. They watched sugar making from cane to juice, visited the Ryanhall sugar house, and viewed the cane mill. The group saw the next harvest being planted at a Spanish village, sang patriotic songs, and later dined at Evanhall before continuing to Burnside plantation. The Mayflower remained anchored above New Orleans overnight and was to reach the city by morning.
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Mar
Mra Roosevelt
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Nervine Advertisement Claims Relief for Longstanding Epilepsy
An advertorial touts Dr Miles Nervine as soothing nerves and restoring nervous energy for epilepsy and fits. It cites a testimonial from Peter McAuley of Sorinetiela Massachusetts claiming reduced attacks after starting the remedy, with release details about Miles Medical Co. of Indianapolis.
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Alexander's Loge Bad Thugs Break His Shoulder
Henry Addison Alexander, once counselor to the U S Embassy in Paris, was drugged and robbed on a Paris to Marseilles train while en route to Toulon to defend his wife’s suit for a receiver. He arrived in Marseilles with a broken shoulder. his money and his father’s watch were taken. He had sold art at Hotel Drouot to cover debts and is pursuing divorce as the court in Toulon hears the case. the wife’s corespondent Blakiston is named.
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Bodies in sealed mine after dual explosions at Union Paresse Coal
Relief workers fight to smother the mine fire as two SE Pennsylvania explosions confirmed 62 known victims with around ten dead. Five horses blown from the shaft, entrances sealed, rescue attempts paused until flames subside. widows mourn alongside families of the dead.
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Washburn-Crosby process promises wholesome loaf
The ad asks how many loaves per sack and explains the higher loaf count in Gold Medal Flour. It credits the Washburn-Crosby improved process for milling out cellulose and waste, claiming the bread made with their flour is wholesome.
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