Virginia Swanson leads as Republican gains shrink in state
In incomplete Virginia returns Swanson (Dem) appears to hold a statewide gubernatorial lead with majorities smaller than expected. Across counties from Roanoke to Richmond, Democrats show apathy and Republicans gain seats in parts of the Ninth district and local offices, while some counties like Winchester and Newport News report varied outcomes for delegates and city offices.
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Wallington
Virginia
Claude A San
L Lewisome
Swanser
Roanoke
Roanoke City
Swanson
Dem
Slemp
Coleman
Bowmen
House of Delegates
Montgomery County
Johnson
Heermans
Roosevelt
Tazewell County
Slemps
Pulaski
Montgomery
Bristol
Tenn
Nova
AT. Lincoln
Thomas Porterfield
Denn
Senate
Washington and
Smyth
St Clair
Honaker
Wythe, Bland, Craig
Pulask
Phillips
Geisler
Bristoel
Washington County
Williams
Stanfield
Kreger
Davenport
Town Swept by Fire Destroys Thirty Buildings in Whaleyaville
Special to The Washington Poet from Suffolk Virginia reports Whaleyaville, ten miles away, was struck by a morning fire at 12 o'clock destroying thirty buildings. Loss estimated at 350000 with 20000 insured. Fire began in John Mathews stables and spread rapidly. no fire protection in town. Horses and stock valued in thousands burned.
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Whaleyaville
Washington
Suffolk
John Mathews
Cadets strike at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington
Special to The Wwasumean from Lexington Virginia describes rumors of a crisis at Virginia Military Institute. Third elves allegedly presented a petition to Superintendent Gen Shipp demanding better food and a withdrawal threat. Officials warned of consequences if not rescinded, with plans for a visitor board meeting Thursday.
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Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Gen Shipp
Itil
Board of Visitors
Monument to Zouaves Erected at Second Bull Run Site
Special to The Washington Post outlines plans by the Fifth New York Regiment, known as Duryea's Zouaves, to erect a monument near Groveton Prince William County honoring 400 men who fell at the second Battle of Bull Run from a regiment that numbered 460. The New York Legislature previously appropriated $1,000 for the memorial.
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Bull Run
Washington Post
Qeesburg
Fifth New York Regiment
Duryea
Groveton
Prince William
New York
Ily
American Loading and Unigrading Machine Company chartered
Alexandria company receives charter of incorporation today with principal offices in Alexandria. Incorporators are Edwin C. Clark E V Johnston and James W Craig all of Washington. Capital stock listed as minimum 10000 and maximum 106000 Mercer County case continues for Wednesday morning argument.
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Alexandria Company
Washington Post
Richmond
American Loading and Unigrading Machine Company
Alexandria
Edwin C. Clark
E. V. Johnston
James W. Craig
Washington
Vote in Alexandria Caton Defeats Henderson
Election losses and wins in Alexandria and surrounding areas are outlined. Caton led Henderson for the house of delegates, Swanson defeated Lewis for governor in the city, and Rucker won the county clerkship by about 30 votes amid an overall Democratic tilt with local officials elected and ward-by-ward tallies reported.
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Anetoa
Loudoun County
Carefal
Deesburg
Swanson
Kent
Revercomb
JN Harmire
Harman Jr
Treass
Acker
Q. Vagastru
Telary of Commons
Fm Ainiteity
Kant
M.jority
Fot
Pilletier
Hickman
House of Delegates
Tors Walllim Browat
Ponent
Strother
Greene
Fredericksburg
Bowering
Bradford
Chichester
Clarke
Spottsylvania County
J. H. Swift
King George Court House
Payne
Lynchburg
Dem
Lewis
Elizabeth City
Harry R Houston
Hampton Monitor
Front Royal
Cedarville
Eranson
Lewin
Rocky Mount
Virginia Hot Springs
Bath County
Judge Lewis
Roosevelt
George Rucker
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Judge Lewin
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John B. Henderson
Caton
Henderson
Alexandria County
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Richard W. Johnson
Swersen
Fisher
Hulfish
MD Adath Tah
CA Swanton
L Lewis
Downey
Doe
T Ellynon
BEE IW
Oro
TA Hallings
Sec Labs
Wm A Anderson
Geo A Revercomb
Shade
Secretary of Commonwealth
DQ Benteston
Sowder
Harman
Dan
John Acker
Bgaleston
An Harman
Mt Commissioner of’ Agriculture
Kolnmr
Eagrborn
House of Deleraten
Samuel P Fisher
Paul B Hutch
EB F Price
Commonwealth's
Samuel G Brent
Greenaway
Thomas W. Robinson
Charles H. Callahan
P. F. Gorman
John B Waller
R. H. Cox
The American Hosiery Co. Adverts Knit Underwear
An advertisement describes Knit underwear and hosiery by the American Hosiery Co. with the slogan No Better in the World. It markets men’s, women’s and children’s Silk, Merino, Balbriggan, and Neod garments in all weights and sizes, noting non shrinkable fabrics and color stamps.
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American Hosiery Co
Allmates
Receivers Appointed for Atlantic Building Company in Norfolk
In Norfolk on November 7 Judge Martin appointed W Leigh Williams and Wallace W Stark as receivers for the Atlantic Building Company owner of the Atlantic Hotel at Main and Granby Streets. They must post a 5000 bond and take immediate possession. hotel business remains with current management as tenants. The filing by Bank of Richmond, successor to Richmond Trust, seeks to address insolvency after a confessed judgment for 90000 to Mrs Fannie B Randolph.
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Atlantic Building Company
Norfolk
Bank of Richmond
Richmond Trust and Safe Deposit Company of
Richmond
Martin
Court of Law and Chancery
W. Leigh Willams
Wallace W. Stark
Christopher M. Randolph
Atlantic
Main
Granby Streets
Pale
Willama Banking
Atlantic Bulldog Company
Fannie B. Randolph
Randolph
Aged Woman Struck and Killed by Train at Harpers Ferry
Mrs. Margeret M Bly an aged woman from Winchester Va was struck by Baltimore and Ohio train No 9 at the Harpers Ferry station while crossing the tracks last night and killed instantly Her neck right hip and several ribs were broken She was en route to visit her son and wife in New Castle Pa A tag on her person identified her She is survived by a second son in California Remains will be shipped to New Castle Pa
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Harpers Ferry
Washington Post
W. Va
Margeret M. Bly
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
New Castle
California
Mutineers Found Guilty in High Seas Murder Trial
In Wilmington North Carolina Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer colored seamen from the schooner Harry A Berwind were found guilty of murder on the high seas in federal court after a two hour jury deliberation. Judgment reserved until tomorrow morning amid motions for a new trial and disputes over the schooner log book. The third mutineer Henry Scott began trial this evening with attorney William J Bellamy defending.
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Wilmington
N.C
Arthur Adama
Robert Sawyer
Harry A. Berwind
Henry Scott
William J Bellamy
Mulatto Hanged for Murder at Mountain City
Finley Preston a mulatto twenty two years old the first man to be hanged in Johnson County Tenn was executed at Mountain City five thousand spectators attended but only a few witnessed Preston died without statement though he previously denied guilt He was charged with murdering his mistress Lillian Shaw whose body was found shot and cut in two with an attempted cremation in the mountains
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Johnson City
Speelal
Washington
Bristol
Finley Preston
Johnson County
Tenn
Mountain City
Preston
Lillian Shaw
U D C Meet Opens Virginia Delegates In Richmond
Washington report from Richmond Virginia November describes delegates arriving for the Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy convention opening session at Lee Camp Hall. Credentials committee met at 8 oclock with badges distributed and an informal reception planned by Mrs Robert B Christian. An attractive program included music.
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Washington
Richmond
Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Lee’ Camp Hall
Robert 8. Christian
Virginia Weddings Across Counties Reported Nov 7
Nov 7 notices from Beathsville Fredericksburg and surrounding towns list multiple marriages. Eva Carney wed Frank Hatton at Howardsville. W H Lima and Fanneta Cosby married in Fredericksburg. C Parritt and Lucy Stevens wed in Greane County. Bertha Lee Walker and Charles Broaddus married at Mizpah Church. G Mason Hudgins and Lottle May Hunt wed at St Pauls Church Mathews. Stella Lindamood wed George R Black in Woodstock. Katherine Wilber Nicholson and Carl Rudolph Weinrich married in Middlesboro. Miss Dora Peters maid of honor. numerous attendants and officiants named.
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St. Paul's Church
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Athens County
Ni Mt News
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George E. Hunt
W. L. Ware
Dora Peters
C M. ‘Thomas
Newport News
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Woodstock
P. K. Lindamood
Stella C Linda- Sneod
George R. Black
Edinburg
Margaret Tieinger
Mount Jackson
Ernest B. Crawford
Risonburg
Clara Clloo
Virgie Bowman
Holand Lantz
Bowmans
Miller
Bridgewater
Radford
Middlesboro
Katherine ‘Wilber Nicholson
Pulaski City
Carl Rudolph Wweinrich
Wince
Wilber Flak Nicholson
Robert Wmmet Abraham
St Mary's Church
Pride
Wither
Don Price
Lucile Nicholson
Five Thousand More Witnesses May Be Called in Williams Revenue Trial
Special to The Washington Post from Greensboro North Carolina November. Railroad Agent Coster finished listing freight packages shipped by the Old Nick Company and began detailing express shipments in the revenue fraud case. Judge Boyd allowed testimony only if consignees proved each package contained whisky, urging potential summons of thousands more witnesses and weeks of trial.
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Washington Post
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Coster
Old Nick Company
Boyd
Consignee
United States
Richmond gas head attacks expert over unfair tests
Richmond city gas works superintendent W P Knowles responds to a report by expert Bruce on plant conditions. He alleges the tests are unfair, questions Bruce's competence, and says he will publish a detailed rebuttal after gathering data. He asks the public to suspend judgment until his reply.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Bruce
W P. Knowles
City Gas Works
Knowles
Aligament
Glenn Defines Position On Quarantine And Immigration
Governor Glenn, en route to a Chattanooga convention, urges federal quarantine control with broad ingress and egress rights for public safety. He supports homeseekers and honest laborers from God-fearing nations, but calls for stringent laws against pauper labor, the riffraff, and criminals.
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Washington Fost
Raleigh
Glenn
Leavine
Chattanooga
Post Office Detectives Probe Cabell County Slurs Cards
Cabell County commissioners in Huntington West Virginia report receiving slanderous picture postal cards. They appealed to the Postmaster General as government detectives work the case. Claimed bond issuance for public improvements sparked the sending of the cards.
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West Virginia
Washington Post
Huntington
W Va
Cabell County
Obituary: Patrick Cleary Dies at National Soldiers Home
Newport News reports Patrick Cleary an inmate at the National Soldiers Home died at age seventy from heart trouble while walking from his partery to the tailor shop. Charlottesville notes James Burgess, paralyzed yesterday, suffered a second stroke and died at age fifty two. He leaves a widow and three children, including Lacy Burgess, city passenger agent for the Southern Railway in Washington, DC.
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Newport News
Patrick Cleary
National Soldiers' Home
Cleary
New York
Charlottesville
James B Burgess
Lacy Burgess
The
Southern Railway
Washington, DC
Fireman’s Head Knocked Off by Passenger Train
James Langan aged 28 a fireman on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad was leaning from the cab window of his engine on a temporary track when a passenger train passed and knocked his head off. The incident occurred near Scranton Ta on November 7.
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Scranton
James Langan
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Warner's Safe Cure touted as all-purpose kidney remedy
The notice promotes Warner's Safe Cure for kidney liver bladder and blood diseases along with pills. It urges readers to test urine at home then send a sample for analysis and offers a free trial bottle plus a medical booklet with testimonials and symptoms.
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Warner
The
Washington Post
William Eckerson
Liberty Strait
Schenectady
Kington Post
President Roosevelt Letter Read At Centennial Bible Society
London nov 7 a great meeting at the British Foreign Bible Society Albert Hall marked the centenary fund completion Whitelaw Reid American ambassador read a letter from President Roosevelt praising the translation and circulation of the Bible He emphasized moral kinship between the United States and Britain and cited Washington Lincoln and McKinley while noting McKinley s death and the president s support for the Holy Scriptures.
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London
British Foreign Bible Society
Albert Hall
Whitelaweld
Roosevelt
Reid
Ais
United States
Washington
Lincoln
McKinley
Three Suspects Arrested in Berlin Visit
In Magdeburg three men of Spanish appearance were detained by police before King Alfonso arrived. They claimed Ecuadorian origin and intended to study Berlin. The King’s movements drew interest but the Berlin visit, including the audience with Chancellor von Buelow and a diplomatic corps reception, was not deemed politically significant. The king later witnessed a recruit swearing in.
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Madgeburg
Prussia
Alfonso Arrved
Berlin
Alfonso
von Buelow
Sweden's new cabinet list announced by King Ogear
Stockholm November 7 cabinet changes approved by King Ogear name M Staaff premier and minister of justice. Other ministers include M Trolle foreign affairs, Col LB Tingsten war, J Biesert finance, Rear Admiral Hidrnir marine, Fridtjof Burg education, M Schotte interior, Goeste Tamm agriculture, and Dr Berg Stroem Hellner Mares with several ministers holding portfolios. Rome note reports Mooney vicar general of New York archdiocese thanked for Calabria earthquake relief, presented by Murphy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
King Ogear
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Copenhagen
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J Biesert
Hidnir
Fridtiuf Burg
Interior
M Schotte
Aericulture
Goeste Tamm
Authowt
David Berg
Stroem
M Hellner
Mo Mares
Rome
Mr Mooney
Archdiocese of New York
Farley
Province of
Calabria
r_Mooney
Myr W Murphy
The
American College
Suspected Hold-Up Result in Arrest of Colored Man
Joseph Locker, colored, was arrested by Policeman Powell of the Third precinct last night in connection with a hold-up on Miss Madigan of 711 Twenty Fourth Street Northwest. Miss Madigan was assaulted and robbed of $6 and gold rimmed glasses, and though she was cut, her condition was improving. The suspect denies involvement and the scene occurred in darkness, leaving details of her assailant uncertain.
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Miss Madigan
Joseph Locker
Policeman Powell
Josephine Madigan
Twenty-Fourth Street
Milas Madigen
Wireless link with Admiral Evans at sea demonstrated
The Navy Department tested wireless telegraphy yesterday off the Atlantic coast and obtained requested information from Rear Admiral Evans who had departed Annapolis for New York. The exchange was completed in under two hours using the wireless system.
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Navy Department
Evans
Annapolis
New York
Atlantic
Army Orders Move Multiple Officers Across Commands
Transfers and details for numerous Army officers across artillery, cavalry, and coast artillery units. Assignments include Pratt to Coast Artillery, Maybach to Coast Artillery Fifty-fourth, Todd Jr to Port Adams, Klemm to Fourth Cavalry, Jamica to Rock Island Arsenal, Horney to Washington, and others for duty changes. Also notes examinations, transport plans for San Francisco and Manila movements, and assorted staff appointments and reassignments.
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Pirot
Raymond S. Pratt
Ineteenth
Coast Artillery
Alfred A Maybach
Fifty-fourth Company
Henry D Todd Jr
Artillery Corps
Port Adams
Boston
Karl Klemm
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fourth Cavalry
Charles C Jamica
Rock Inland Arsenal
Rock Island
Watervnlet Arsenal
Duve C Horney
Horney
Washington City
Ardnence
W Joven
Augusta Arnexad
Augusta Ga
Naval officers and detachments listed for 1905 orders
The record notes multiple 1905 naval assignments and detachments including Lieut Commander M H Signor’s promotion, A C Keil detached to Washington Navy Yard, and various officers moved between Norfolk, Shanghai, Yokohama, Mare Island, Baltimore, and other stations. It references commissions, retirements, and home orders with several shipyards and stations named.
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C Keil
Navy Yard
Washington
D C &E
Franklin Navy Yard
Norfolk
C J
Shanghai
Ching
A . Baker
Raleigh
Wiebl
Baltimore
Hotel Must Pay For Lost Dog in London Court
Henry Carnegie Phipps, son of an American millionaire, sued Claridge's Hotel after a terrier named Tibby vanished while in the hotel storeroom before a planned Scotland trip. The judge ruled the hotel liable, awarding £60 plus costs for Tibby’s full value.
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Henry Carnegie Phipps
London
Ndon
New York Herald
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Claridges Hotel
Justice Bray
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Phipps
Claridges
Scotland
Tubby
Tibby
Gut
United States
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Boss Was 4 Fiend From the Chinese or When the boss comes in do you hide your box of cigarette
The caller asks about hiding a cigarette box when the boss appears and Eri Suree answers in an office style about fear of being caught smoking. The fragment then shifts to proper deliberation and Senator Long of Kansas weighing appointment as United States district attorney under advisement in December.
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Long
Kansas
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