Mutineers on Stand Over Short Rations Aboard Berwind
On the schooner Harry A Berwind from Philadelphia mutiny claims arise as four colored seamen left Mobile. Robert Sawyer Henry Scott and Arthur Adams testified before federal commissioners Collier and Pinner in Southport. Scott confessed to killing Cokely in self defense after a clash. Adams and Adams killed the engineer and possibly the cook. The men are jailed in Southport pending federal court in Wilmington.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Harry A. Berwind
Philadelphia
Southport
United States
Collier
Pinner
Taoey
Robert Sawyer
Henry Scott
Arthur Adams
Sewyer Ard Adams
Seon
Rumilla
Scott
Moblie
Cokely
Adams
St Vincent Inlands
Poolroom cases called in Maryland Circuit Court
Arthur Wall president of the Maryland Telegraph Company faced five indictments for bookmaking on horse races at the Kenilworth pool rooms in Prince Georges County. Perct T. Pumphrey owner of the building was indicted for renting the premises to sell pools. The cases were called in court with a trial set for next Wednesday.
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Washington Post
Upper Marloro
Arthur Wall
Maryland Telegraph Company
Kenilworth
Prince Georges County
Perct T. Pumphrey
Roested
Grand Jury
Wall
Pumphrey
J. C. Rogers
Robert W. Wells
M. Hampton Magruder
T. Vai Claggett
Ade
Dated items from Holston Conference and regional notices
Reports from the Holston Conference list twenty two superannuated ministers with long service, naming church leaders in Nashville and elsewhere. Notices include marriages in Washington and Forest Glen, and brief local events such as Knights Templars visits in Danville and a fatal baked beans case in Suffolk. Also reported are a dynamite accident in Buckeystown, a murder plea in Winston Salem, and fires at Dr Cowles house near Culpeper.
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Washington Post
Bristol
Tenn
Holston
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Tigert
Nashville
P. H. Whisner
Woulsville
Brooks
North Carolina
H. M. Dubose
Lambuth
J. L. Kennnedy
Anti-Saloon League Leader Denies Endorsements
Wesley A. Maxwell of the Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League issues a statement denying any direct or indirect endorsement of county candidates or involvement in the recent Democratic primaries. He clarifies the league is not allied with any party and will act in temperance matters only when the public interest requires it.
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Washington Post
Rockville
Wesley A. Maxwell
Montgomery County Anti-Saloon League
Anti- Saloon League
League of
Maxwell
League
Dr Morris Wiener Dead Baltimore Physician and Writer
Baltimore, Oct. 12. Dr Morris Wiener a physician playwright and novelist died today at age ninety four Born in Germany he came to this country as a youth and lived in New Orleans where he did newspaper work He later edited Der Deutsche Correspondent before the Civil War one of his plays was presented before German royalty and in later years he focused on his medical practice.
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Baltimore
Morris Wiener
Germany
New Orleans
der Deutsche
Wiener
Man Kills Mother-in-Law Over Family Strife in North Carolina
Thomas A. McCraw, 45, an upholsterer, shot and killed his mother-in-law Mrs. Mary E. Wright at her Wilmington home after believing she caused trouble with his wife. He was arrested nearby with a pistol bought the day before. A note left alleged Christian Science influence, claiming the motive harmed his wife and children.
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Wilmington
N. C
Mary E. Wright
Thomas A. McCraw
Lgvor
Thinaty
McCraw
Christian Science
Wells Against Amendment Opposes Suffrage Restriction Plan
Anne Arundel Democratic leader Dr. George Walls, a prominent county figure, has announced his opposition to the proposed amendment restricting suffrage. He says he opposes it on principle and due to antipathy to the current state leaders. The courts have placed his friends’ ticket on the official Democratic ballot.
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Anne Arundel
Washington Post
Annapolis
George Walls
Almshouse Couple Marry Despite Age Gap
Special to The Washington Fest Salisbury North West Oct. 12 Joe McDaniels and Miss Susan Daweon wed near Salisbury at the county home. The groom is eighty four and the bride seventy three and both inmates. Rowan County commissioners required to give consent for the marriage.
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Washington
Salisbury
Joe McDaniels
Susan Daweon
Rowan County Commissioners
Virginia Weddings Chronicle Across Towns
A series of marriage notices from Frederickeburg Luray Petersburg Richmond and Radford report weddings of Harold Reed and Miss ide Weimer J B Gray Jr and Miss Nannie B Warren Miss Lucius Forest Johnson and Arthur B Caldwell Milas Craddock Owen and Dr Emmett Shackelford Julia Graham Robinson and Dr Paul Kernan and other couples with officiants and residences across Virginia and nearby counties.
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Methodist Biscopal Church
Petersburg
Lillian Jirene Thacker
T. B. Thacker
Charles H. Smith
Washington
de Frederickeburg
J. B. Gray, Jr
J. 5. Gray
Stafford County
Misa Nannie B. Warren
Aund
W. E. Warren
Wilson
N. C
Mr. Grey
Gray
Fredericksburg
Oscar Curtis
Ohio
Helene B. Walker
Edward Walker
Orange County
Mr. Hart
Stevensburg
Culpeper County
Hunt
Richmond
Bessie Archer Holland
Alpheus Dabney
EB. M. Stone
Russell Halland
Holland
Det
Lucius Forest Johnson
Benjamin F. Johnson
Arthur B. Caldwell
L. J. Caldwell
North Carolina
East Franklin Street
M. Ashby Jones
Atlante
Black Walnut
Denniston
Halifax County
Milas Frances Craddock Owen
Walter Shackelford
Middiesex County
Mixs Sua Owen
Tidewater
D. W. Owen
Gottheide Virginis
Radford
Grahams Forge
Wythe County
Julia Graham Robinson
John William Robinson
Paul Kernan
Big Stone Gap
H. F. Kale
Wytheville
Mary Hello
Elizabeth Robinson
Julia Leonard Pendleton
Taxewell
Margeret Hicks
Chilhowie
Emme Allizon
Agnes Kerpen
Washington, D. C
Bells Woodrun
Pearseburg
Harry Graham Robinson
Philadelphia
Webb — Witletts
Santa Barbara
Cal
C. Hyatt
Morton
Gale
Roanoke
Ernest Graham Robinson
Grahama Forge
Robert Carr
Norton
Kernan
Greenaway Wins Clerk of City Courts in Dem primary
Newell Greenaway defeated Charles Bendheim by 66 to 608 votes in a hard fought Democratic primary held in Alexandria to fill the clerk of the courts vacancy. Ward results show Greenaway leading in all wards, with celebrations including a naval band serenade. Also: William A. Moore Jr. wins magistrate seat in the Second Ward. Harvey Robinson elected constable. assault report on Charles White. funeral of Charles Randolph Dobgan. engagements announced for Lillian M. Alexander and Clarence C. Leadbeater. misidentification corrected for Helen J. Beasley.
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C. Bendheim
Democratic Party
William A. Moore
Frank Mason
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
John
Beach
Newell
Greenaway
Bendheim
Washington
Naval Gun Factory
North Columbus Street
Democratic Committee
William A. Moore, Jr
Harvey Robinson
Charles White
Jack Muse
White
Muse
Old Fair Grounds
Upper King Street
Alexandria Hospital
Charles Randolph Dobgan
South St. Asaph Street
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John T
Deborah Dobson
Char
Richmond
Paff
Medals for Orators Prize Offers for Montgomery Pupils
Brainard H. Warner offers gold medals to the top orator in each of thirteen Montgomery County school districts and $20 in gold for the best overall among medalists. District contests will be set by county school commissioners, with district trustees as judges. the $20 final will be judged in Rockville.
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B. H. Warner
Montgomery
Washington Post
Rockville
Brainard H. Warner
Cuticura Cured At Once On Delicate Baby
Mrs Jeannette H Block of Rochester New York describes a severe skin eruption on her infant that resembled raw flesh and caused intense agony. After trying various remedies with no relief she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and saw almost immediate improvement with the soreness disappearing before the second week.
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Bey
Jeannette H. Block
Rosedale St
Rochester
N. Vo
Frederick Has Clamm Special to The Washington Parc
Maj. Baward Goldsborough of Frederick met Gov Warford in Baltimore and handed an appeal to Congress seeking repayment of Frederick's 1864 ransom payment of 200 080 dollars after Confederate occupation during the Monocacy battle. The governor agreed to cooperate to secure repayment.
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Washington Parc
Baltimore
Maj
Baward
Goldsborough
Frederick
Gov. Warford
Sim
Congress of the United States
Monocacy
Maj. Goldsborough
Reopens Telephone War in Winchester Injunction Sought
Winchester Va Oct 14 The Winchester and Jordans Springs Telephone Company a Southern Belt subsidiary petitioned Circuit Judge T W Harrison for an injunction to stop United Telephone and Telegraph from further work on their Martinsburg pike line into Winchester and to require cutting five feet from poles. The move restarts months of bell rival clash.
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Southern Belt Company
Winchester
Washington Post
Winchester and
Jordans Springs
Harrison
Bell
United Company
Warfield visit tops Hagerstown fair program
Crowds estimated at 50,000 packed the Hagerstown fair as Gov. Edwin Warfield and party arrived by special train. Ex-Gov. Frank Brown and state officials were greeted warmly. Races featured 2:30 trot purses and a free-for-all with plans for unfinished events, while nearby West Virginia reports two inches of snow in the mountains at Pickens.
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Washington Post
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Fair
Edwin Warfield
Frank Brown
Gordon T. Atkinson
Oswald Tilghman
Adi
Clinton L. Riggs
John Warfield
Tantula
B. m
Mben Clark
Allentown
Ozone
Br. G
W. I. Bear
York
Princeas Yatlve
B. B. Keener
Morgantown
W. Va
Hishop
B. G
Wilton Stock Farm
Havra de Grace
Virgie P
B. m. H. N. Gitt
Hanover
Grace K
Pox Hall Farm
Catonsville
Mid
Alfats
Chom
J OG Fendt
Johnstown
I Walters
B. S
Mitchell Walters
South Bethlehem
Issbel
Bom
M. B. Smith
Hartford Conn
Ates
Kenneth K
Berner
Lebanon
Prince
Harry McHenry
Rector
W. L. Rhodes
Guttenberg
N. S
Bauke
Ana
Seariest
Ch. m
Clifton Laughlin
D. C
Monadnock
Elkington
Nannie Ordway
Oot Green
Fredericksburg
Gunston
Frank Mason
Roanoke
Lathrop
S. T
W. P. Wray
Catlettsburg
Madam Satan
L. C. Campbell
Arlington
Mysores
H. N. Gitt
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R G
N. J
Alt Dim Daley
Bb. G
PBR
Gacar
B. A
Ohio
Seesere Bot
General Shafter
W. B Brown
Derby
Conn
John Burns
G. G
Frank Hedrick
Sonnetown
T. B. Davis
Keyser
Harrison Wilkes
Riverdale Stock Farm
Nflela
N. H
George M
A. x
Chantosburg
Gan
Admiral Sohter
J. A. Shaffer
Dawson
D. KR
E F. Hall
Washington
B.c
Tillie S&s. Bm
H. Bernheimer
Baltimore
West Virginia
Weston
Pickens
Fifty Years Old Washington Butchers’ Association Meeting
The Washington Butchers’ Beneficial Association marked its fiftieth anniversary with a meeting at Bessier's Hall on Pennsylvania Avenue. President Christopher Rammling presided as speeches in English and German were delivered, a banquet on October 2 at the National Rifles’ Armory was planned, and officers for the coming year were listed including Rammling as president and Dietz, Hess, and Besaler in top posts.
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Washington Butchers’ Beneficial Association
Bessier’s Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Christopher Rammling
Simon Woll
Mr. Burr
National Rifles’ Armory
Charles Graff
Carl Mueller
George J. Bessler
Joseph Geir
Christopher Remmling
John D. Dietz
Fritz Hess
George J. Besaler
Watsons dominate Richmond horse show with multiple wins
W Watson of Baltimore warns a popular exhibitor at Richmond fairs as Lord Baltimore and My Maryland win teams in harness while Helen Miller ridden by Mrs Watson captures ponies under saddle. Heatherbloom dominates high jumping as events promise record crowds Saturday night. Summary lists class winners and entrants across harness, ponies, and ladies divisions.
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Baltimore
Mam
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Helen Miller
Washington Post
Richmond
W. ‘Watson
Virginia
West Virginia
Mrs. Watson
Peacock
George Watson, Jr
New York
Mosler
Heatherbloom
Howard Willets
Clesa
Horoes
Burnesa
Nowlees
Drst
C. W. Watson
Witch Hazel
Queenie
Wood & Hall
Bellevue
Moving Picture
David Dunlop
Petersburg
Cluebell
Stewart Johnson
Williamsburg
Randle
W. Watson
King of Hearts
Allen Potts
Cobham
David Duntop
Raffles
Chiffon
Delight
Merle
Sue Kearsley
Saint and Stoner
C. A. van Hausen
Inglersint
Ingleside
Joseph
Wiesenfeld
Horsga
C. W. Iron
Tantalus
John Spratley
Elberon
Superior
Ladien Bumters
Confidence
John W. McComb
Hichmond
Nancy Lee
Firelight
Cygact
Westchester Farm
No Reflection on Shonts and Panama Steamers Change
A dispatch from Gov Magoon of the Isthmian Canal Zone announced the Markel contract for feeding the employer on the Isthmus for a term of years had been canceled by mutual consent. Officials now state Mr Shonts is in accord with the commission. Hamburg American Line shifts two steamers to the Panama service with fortnightly sailings from New York.
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Commission
Shonts
Canal Commission
Markel
Cgnal
Panama
New York
Hamburg-American Line
Virginia
Venetia
Fox Hunters Plan Autumn Meet in Chase City Virginia
The Virginia Carolina Fox Hunters Association based in Chase City Va plans an autumn meet from October 24 to 28. Daily field hunts and a social program include a German party and a banquet at the Hotel Mecklenburg with toasts and speeches. A large gathering of huntsmen and friends is anticipated for sport and festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Hunters’ Association
Chase City
Ecklenbure
British Admiral Noel Greeted by Tokyo in Historic Welcome
Vice Admiral Sir Gerard Noel and a large British contingent arrived by special train at Yokohama and were met by officials. He toured Tokyo in imperial carriages to Hibiya Park where the mayor hosted a garden party attended by Prince Tokugawa. A crowd of about 1,000 sailors and marines arrived, and a Maple Club dinner for 100 officers followed, with a dance and night-time illumination.
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Tokyo
Gerard Henry Noel
Yokohama
Hibiya Park
Prince
Prince Tokugawa
House of Peers
England
Noel
Japan
Orient
Maple Club
China to Show New Army In Modern Maneuvers
Peking reports forthcoming Chinese military maneuvers near Paotingtu from October 25 to October 2. over 4,000 troops to be present on modern lines. Yuan Shikai urges discipline to avoid foreign mockery in the first major Chinese exercise. Infanta Maria Teresa Betrothed. Madrid reports formal announcement expected October 20 after mourning period for Princess of Asturias.
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Peking
Paotingtu
China
Yuan Shai Kai
Infanta
Maria Teresa
Madrid
Ferdinand of
Bavaria
Asturias
Alfonso
Japanese Delegate to Portsmouth Peace Conference Receives Honor
Shaw T. Nishimura, traveling from Tokyo to Montreal as the Japan Central Year Traders' Association representative, states that the war office will award a high decoration from the Emperor for services at the Portsmouth peace conference.
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Anese War Office
Portsmouth
Shaw T. Nishimura
Tokyo
Montreal
Canada
Japan Central Yea Traders’ Association
Praise for Congo conditions from Austrian explorer
Brussels October 12 Baron von Krints an Austrian explorer returning from the Congo Inde pendant State says his view favors the Congo administration under King Leopold. He notes better housing clothing and feeding for natives since fifteen years ago and cites factories and native education. He rejects claims of slavery from conscription and says cruel acts by officials are punished. The Hague peace conference idea is denied by officials.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baron von Krints
Congo
Leopold
Hag
Lora Danman
Belgian Congo
the Hague
German camp captured in Cape Colony action
In Cape Town on October 12, Marengo and Morris, leaders of the Hottentots in German Southwest Africa, seized Jerusalem Camp between Warmbad and Scult Drift after heavy fighting. Lieut Surmang and five men were killed, eight wounded, and the Hottentots held the camp with stock and stores. several Germans were captured but disarmed and released.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Marengo
Morris
German forces urged to offensive as Morengo letter arrives
Lieut Gen Von Trotha is instructed by Morengo that Hot tentots will attack with resolve and fight to the finish. Kiplaats garrison burns stores and withdraws to Descondesdam while Niceas strengthens with nine men and a battery. Vladivostok ends siege. schools reopen following the announcement.
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von Trotha
Morengo
Heyl ends testimony in Milwaukee trial over will
Jacob Heyl testified in Milwaukee on charges of undue influence over his mother in law Mrs. Schandein who left most of an eight million estate to Heyls wife He denied pressuring for the 1903 will and reviewed the 1896 agreement He said he objected to terms he thought too generous and explained his later travel to Europe including trips since 1874 while living in Germany and America. In Indianapolis Indiana Arthur J Stobbart Knights of Pythias issued orders naming brigadier generals Kinsey Wade and discussed headquarters plans within the Uniform Rank.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jacob Heyl
Schandein
Heyl
Mr. Schandein
Mr. Heyl
Indianapola
Ind
Arthur J. Stobbart
Knights of Pythias
Robert W. Kinsey
Indianapolis
Harry Wade
Stobbart
St. Paul
Minn
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DR Morris Wisner
Wells Against Amendment
Almshouse
Virginia Weddings
Southampton
Southampton County
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W. B. Barham
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Washington Butchers
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Chicago Advertisers’ Association
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