Defense of Bywaters Died Shielding His Wife
Olivera reports from Washington that Willam F Bywaters died shielding Viola Strother after marrying her, while Strother brothers were acquitted. The statement cites excluding trial evidence, details his planned January wedding, and claims of alleged cruelty were unfounded.
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Washington Post
Olivera
B. F Bywaters
Willam F Bywaters
Culpeper
Philp
James Strother
Viola Strother
Hns
Strother
Miss Strother
Washington
Leesburg
Jade Oe I Cree E Owe F
Jade Oe and Cree are listed in a cryptic notice fragment bearing partial names and amounts. The readable text suggests a namesake dispute or ledger item with a monetary balance but provides no clear date, place, or full context for a fuller summary.
Marriage timing disputed amid Strother home tensions
The statement notes no quarrel or violence at the Strother home until the arrival of Mr and Mrs Gaines. It also alleges Gaines sought a pistol after being told of the intended marriage and around the time the son left town to wed.
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Mr. Bywaters
UG Parsons
Hywaters
Miss Strother
Washington
L 1D Walter
Walter
Bywaters
Viola Strother
Viola
James Strother
Strother
Baltimorean Capt. Thompson Dies by Own Hand in Baltimore
Special to The Washington Post. Capt. William H. Thompson, 69, long prominent in Baltimore oyster trade, shot himself in the chest and died at City Hospital after a sudden crisis of pain. He lived with sister-in-law Emily Fowler at 200 North Ann Street, had been suffering from acute over trouble, and had worked at J. Farrer & Co. before a final act at Colen Pumphrey’s office. Born in East Baltimore, he served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War and resided in his native district all his life.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
William H. Thompson
City Hospital
Capt. Thompson
Emily Fowler
North Ann Street
Capt Thompson
United States Navy
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
District Court of the United States
Congress
Supreme Court of
United Sates District Court
District of
Caruatda
United States Courthouse
City Hall
United States
McCullough Street
North Capitol Street
New Jersey Avenue
Delaware Avenue
Canity
RB Young
F. E. Cunningham
sped-tLeed
Court OF the District of Columbia
Adelaide
Macdonld
Ant
John Sear Smith
John Spear Smith
Colum
Bia
Motin
Defutt
Washington Law Reporter
R. M. Gould
A. Tro Sopy
Belew
Mountain Feud Sparks Fatal Shot Between Families
Garfield Mason, a young farmer, is wounded at his Romney West Virginia county home after Edward Lewis shoots him in the face neck and chest amid a mountain feud over a sister’s marriage to Arthur Mason. Lewis is jailed in Romney awaiting the victim’s condition, with fears of blood poisoning.
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Washington Post
Winchester
Garfield Mason
Edward Lewis
Romney
Hampshire County
W. Va
Lewis
Mason
Ida
Arthur Mason
Mayor's veto upheld in Petersburg liquor tax change
Petersburg Virginia city council passed a new license tax ordinance overturning the mayor's veto. Retail liquor dealers face 250 per year and peddlers 5000, replacing prior lower figures. The measure was adopted after finance committee review. Also noted are obituaries and local notices from Maryland to Virginia, including deaths in Baltimore County and Winchester, and appointments and resignations in Bristol and Greensboro.
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Washington Post
Petersburg
Connect
Mikes
SLAIN BY INSANE MAN IN RICHMOND MURDER SPREE
James Pettus, a young white man, killed Lizzie Allen after nearly severing her head and feloniously cut W H Smith, a Virginia Plumbing foreman, with a razor. He declares God commanded him to kill three men and says whisky left him nervous. He claimed two Fulton killings though not reported.
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Washington Post
Richmond
James Pettus
Lizzie Allen
W. H. Smith
Pettus
Smith
Virginia Plumbing Company
Fulton
C. R. Pettus
Olive Hill
Lizzle Allen
EH. B. Kidd
Kidd
Miller & Rhoads
Bandit Confesses in Berkeley Ward Murders
William McIntosh, one of several suspects in the Berkley ward murderous assaults that killed Charles W. Parks and wounded three others, confesses his role and shifts blame to Tom Lassiter. Police consider Starke Poyner’s possible involvement uncertain. Lochs of evidence led to Lassiter and witnesses. crowds threaten lynching of any future robbers.
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Washington
Norfolk
Wiliam McIntosh
Berkley Ward
Charles W. Parks
Tom Lassiter
Old Point Comfort
McIntosh
Baltimore
Ord
Lassiter
Boy Kills Lumberman in Virginia Dispute
A 40 year old lumberman J H Leonard was shot through the heart by 19 year old former employee Charles Lindamood during a 70 cent account dispute at Leonard’s Atkins home. Lindamood surrendered after fleeing to the mountains and claimed self defense. He is jailed at Marion. The incident occurred as Leonard’s wife and six children were nearby.
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Washington Post
Bristol
J. H. Leonard
Atkins
Smythe County
Virginia
Charles Lindamood
Leonard
Lindamood
Marion
Collisions Off Hatteras Amid Dense Fog
Norfolk, April 3. Dense fog for two days caused two collisions off Cape Hatteras. The British Monarch struck the American schooner Steffa Kaplin, damaging sails and gear while the Monarch sustained minor injuries and stayed for repairs. The Norwegian steamer Livingston sank the schooner Lockwood, its crew rescued by the steamship.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Brunswick
Liverpool
Rotterdam
Steffa
Kaplin
Cape Hatteras
Livingston
Sama
Baltimore
Lockwood
Hatteras
New York
Savannah
Wedded in a Drug Store in Rockville Ceremony
A Washington couple, Thomas Guy Burch and Jeanne Celesta Bushell, married just after 10 pm at Dr. Robert W. Vinson’s Rockville drug store. Rev Thomas H Campbell officiated with Mayor Lee Offutt and two Washington friends witnessing. The parties left for Washington at 10:30 pm. Mayor Offutt arranged to provide a minister from the nearby pharmacy once license was issued.
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Rockville
Washington
Washington. Post
Robert W. Vinson
Thomas Guy Burch
Jeanne Celesta Bushell
Thomas H. Campbell
The
Baptist Church
Lee Offutt
Offutt
Mr. Campbell
M. and M. MATES STRIKE AT Merchants and Miners
Baltimore reports a first and second mate strike from Merchants and Miners Transportation Company as 34 men quit across ports to demand higher wages. They seek 100 and 80 dollars monthly increases for first and second officers, while the company says new crew is sufficient and service will continue. Capt. N L Cullen comments on the justness of the demand as workers stay out. The line operates 17 steamers linking Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Philadelphia Providence and Boston.
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Baltimore
Transportation Company
N. L Cullen
American Association of Masters and Pirates
The
Merchants and Miners’ Company
Norfolk
Savannah
Philadelphia
Providence
Boston
Two Killed In Wreck At Norfolk Line Yards Norlina
Raleigh April 30 two men died in a collision between a freight train and a shifting engine in Sea board Air Line yards at Norlina The victims were N Mpperson engineer Petersburg Virginia and B F Johnson fireman Gray Virginia The wreck stalled tracks and delayed traffic about six hours.
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Raleigh
N. C
Seaboard Air Line
Norlina
Homes for sale and exchanges dominate DC listings
A dense mix of real estate ads from Stone Fairfax and others market multiple properties near New York Avenue and 14th, including a 10-room residence with hot water heat and a stable, a brownstone with carriage houses, and a Sears-like bargain near New Hampshire Avenue. Several exchanges offer city and Columbia Heights homes, plus valuations from Francis A. BlUNDON and Johnson Dent Co. Listings emphasize price cuts, interest terms, and investor opportunities, with numerous addresses and contact points across NW Washington.
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BALE _YOULE
1Sth
Pena T
Stone & Fairfax
New York Avenue
14Th ST
Teays Geter
New Hampshire Ave
Washington
Tone & Fairfax
New York Ave
14Th
16Th
J. 3
W.D. Sullivan
13Th Bt. Nw
J.D WD. Sullivan
25Th St
Salb—Si
20Th Street
Real Eatate
Francis A. Blundon
Blundon, O'Brien & Bell, Inc
7Th St
Q Street
First Street
T Street
Johnson, Dent & CO
John Quinn
Capitol Hin
Library
Bloomingdale
Columbia
Washington Heights
Natan
Iowa Circle
Columbia Heights
Irving An
Lincoln Park
Clear House
Loh Street
Lo Droit Park
Bath
Price
David Moore
Maryland Park
Charles DR. Fowler
F Street
D. Normoyle
Alexandria
Spring Hill
Georgetown
FINE
Vienna
Columbian Bidzapa
Maryland
20Th
RT. Ave
Fort Saratoga
Brootland
Ownier
Jackzon St
KILLED LIGHTING CIGAR AT ARC LAMP INCIDENT
Joseph Gooden, with companions returning from a dance in Ogdenaburg New York, was killed by an electric shock while attempting to light a cigar from an arc lamp. He bravely lowered the street lamp and pressed his cigar against a carbon, triggering a fatal contact.
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Washington Post
Ogdenaburg
N. Y
Joseph Gooden
Britton Granted Bail in Cockrill Slaying Case
Lexington Kentucky April 30 Circuit Judge Watts Farber granted Bil Britton of Breathitt County bail in the assassination of James Cockrill of Jackson on July 23, 1902. Bail set at 7500 dollars. bond not yet signed. Britton was in court last week. he had been sentenced to life in a prior conviction and has been jailed since December.
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Cockrill
Lexington
Watts Farber
Houses For Rent By Fisher & Co Inc 144 F St NW
Real estate Loan and insurance firm lists numerous unfurnished and furnished apartments and houses for rent across Washington DC areas including NW and NE sectors with varied rents and features. Also lists offices stores and stables with rental terms and contact details for the Fisher agency and associated brokers.
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J. Fisher & CO. Inc
F ST
Corcoran Nm
Cliton Uw
Gol
Lie
BrookLand
Brightwood
Montello Agne
TOD Haq Park
Saquera
Tor
Knox Alsw
Bethesda
Champlain Av
Apts
Thomaston
Caneur St
Loth
Apt
Grik
Girard
Bellevue
Chapin
Alabama
Morgan Nw
Bowes
Quincy
Narion
Regina
Stoddart
Maury
Regina B
Congressional
Thos. J. Fisher & Cq., Inc
Willard
Wm. H. Saunders & Co
Riggs
Vet
Belmore St
Toth & Se
U St. Nw
16Th St
Durban St
Patterson
C&b
St Nw
Girard St
S T. Aw
St Aw
Ge. Ay. Co
Orieana
17Th
Goth St
Rouedale St
Alton Et Nz
Nh St
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William Brandreth
Aca.Lur
Gdonnell's
Ste. Nw
Paave
Ate
Erevens” Pharmacy
Ograms Drug Store
Fa. Ave
St. People's Drug
Pc's
Pat Ave
Epwapapre
Baltimorean
W. H. Thompson
Farmer
Petersburg Council
Charles L. Rogers
Charles Lyon Rogers
Green Spring Valley
Mount Wilson
Baltimore County
Mr. Rogers
Robert Lyon Rogers
Capt. Lyon Rogers, Jr
Troop A
University of Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Danville
C. Li. Wilson
Frederick Thames
Bristol, Tenn
R. H. Watkins
Laurel
Miss
Kirk Pierson
Parkersburg
Greensboro
Leon J. Brandt
Thomas J. Murphy
Maryland Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Falls Church
Stoseph T. Hiett
Jane Edmondson
R. W. Edmondson
Middletown
Miss Hensel
George G. Paxson
Winfield
Iowa
Waterford
Loudoun County
Edith B. Price
Doun County
Bandit
J. D. Simmons
Ren
Baptist Banner
West Virginia
Virginia Hospital
Buckhannon
W. Wenrick
B. W. Gold
Hagerstown
Bessie V. Gold
William H. Gold
William W. Winrich
Marassas
J. Spangler Kieffer
May Winrich
Charles ©. Winrish
Browning & Baines Inc
Pa. Ave
Schobner Lockwood
Company
Cramp
Rhea
Beverly T. Cramp
Corporation Commission
Henry C. Stuart
Judge Cramp
Judge Rhea
Cumberland
Mary Manning
James Manning
Paw Paw
Tenn
Willard Engrlish
John Blount
Roanoke
Gov. Jackson
Salisbury
Virginia Weddings
Fredericksburg
Thomas D. Nelson
Rappahannock
Edith KR. Sanford
M F. Sanford
Culpeper County
Jeffersonton
Ryland Sanford
Hampton
Nellis Sanford
Edward Nelgon
F. W. Moore
Guy G. Lewis
Mary Susie Dalton
George Patton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Ettrick
M. E
Sue Elizabeth Browder
Eliszabeth Joseph
A. D. Harding
Duncan Orrison
Pleasant Valley
Fairfax County
Ann Gertrude Middleton
Brook Middleton
Arcola
Mt Hope
George W. Hopkins
Frank Orrison
Washington, D. C
William H. Lefevre
John Lefevre
Viola O. House
Charles H. House
Hillsboro
Georges W. Popkins
Brown Run
Aston
D C
Angelus
Stevens
Burke
Maine
Gregg
M. B
Lean and Trust
M. H. Stitzeh
Morristown
7Th St. Nw
Navy Department
Treasury Department
John Elderburn CO
West End Storagy CO
J. J. Wilson
Lucios
Smoker
Death
Britton
Dumbarton Ave
Tennant
da Vvery
Treasury
Cathairine Jackson
Charlotte Hall
Northwest
Idla
Eclipse Rug CO
Laurel Md
Dostal Lidi
Bne
L. Foster
U St. Ss
Larkin
Haverford Cycle CO
10Th St
Capitol
Great Falls
Old Dominion Electric R. Ri
William F. Matteson
Colorado
Silver Spring Park
Villa Altes
Cer
Easley & Hill
Munsey Building
Takoma
CAR Line
Barden, &c
Langdon
Mills Aye
D.C
Rengonakla
Connecticut Avenue Terrace
Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chace Circle
Capital
Robgate Hater
Malin
Fulton Ro Gordon
Anacostia
D. C
Carine
Navy Yard
Joseph I. Weller
F St. Aw
Massachusetts Avenue
Sheridan Circle
Tait, Omwake & CO
Colorado Building
Braddock Heights
Frederick
Camden
Lew
John Francis
Gentlemanx
Sgule CO
Peter Pullman
North West St
Alexandria, Wes
Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate Company
Yea Wincontin Ave
Gasch & Birge
Ee Ee Gee
Marylan
Maginade
Reel Zatate
Com
Nat'l Bank Sige
Marcus
Mortagee
Caroline Ts. Rowe
Peter A. Rowe
Berry M. Cooger
Angle M
Conger
Leon Todriner
Attormey
John Marshall
Marcua Nates
Spit-Dade
T Street Northwest
Wiltelt
City of
Garfield
Bureau of Supplies
Navy Deartment
Washington, DC
Rogers
Psymaster Gneral
Post Office Department
Piper
Apiz
Commissioners
13Th
Sth
Etreete
C Streets
Tazes
Dcg
Henry Roof Macparland
Henry L. West
John Hiddle
Office OF the Supervising Archtect
Washington DC
United States Treasury
Act of Congres
James Knox Taylor
the Commissioners OF the District of Columbia
Circuit Court of
Cleriy
Henry B F
Jath Street
Florida
Erie
Hunty Bof Mactarland
Hunry Lowest
Bipole Cormisdones
Suber
Mal Home Dale USA
Soldiers’ Home
D.ar
Home L.S
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