Slain Friend and Fire Escape Mystery in Purgo
Information reached Norfolk of a tragedy at Purgo Princess Anne County late Saturday. W H Davis was fatally shot by John Dawley a friend. Dawley then set his father's barn afire and narrowly escaped death. Davis sought aid but died. Dawley jailed under guard, suspected of drink induced quarrel and homicide.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Purgo
Princess Anne Courty
W H Davis
John Dawley
Frien
Dawley
Davis
Dawles
Young Dawley
Dawly
Dawie
Fatally injured by mate on schooner Richard Tait
Special to The Washington Post reports on Saturday night incident aboard the schooner Richard Tait in Cambridge. Mate William Rody fatally wounded a Black crew member identified as Hb after a dispute and the crew member threatened revenge. Rody fled to his cabin and later confronted the assailant with a knife before the attacker moved toward an escape boat on deck.
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Washington Post
William Rody Mite
Richard Tait
Jevin Tewis
Rady
Obes Ayders
Jie
Suome
Rody
Fred
Mlon
Frederick Fair Programme Promises Bigger County Exhibition
The forty sixth Frederick County Agricultural Society fair opens tomorrow with record entries and a larger exhibit lineup. The Washington Automobile Club will display the fur on Wednesday and Thursday. Almas Tempte Nobles of the Mystic Shrine arrive from Washington on a special train, with Admiral Senley as guest for the event day.
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Washington Post
Frederick Md
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Willisit
Shriat
Washington
Admiral Senley
Wil Wiso
Battle With Blockader Near Wilkes-Watauga Line
Minston Salem N C Oct 16 A battle near the Wilkes Watauga line involved revenue officers and a blind tiger owner Dave Handy resisted arrest and opened fire causing officers to retreat. Return at daylight the next morning breached Handy's door and more shots were exchanged before Handy was captured. An injury on Handy’s head came from a Winchester shot. The State corporation commission granted charters for The Book of Marshall Inc and Lutted Frederic and Clarke Telephone Company with offices in Marshall and Clarke/Frederick counties. An African American man Bob Coles was arrested for shooting at boys in Danville after disputes over frightening his donkey. Petersburg Horse Show Association Inc chartered to stage horse shows and fairs with Duncan Wright as president. Brakeman John Oberkan killed at Welch W Va during a train accident. Southern Tug Louisville sank at Pinners Point Norfolk Va. rescue efforts underway to raise the vessel.
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Eooal
Washington Post
Minston Salem
N C
Ulves
Wilkes-Watauga Hne
Dave Handy
Handy
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Book of Marsall Inc
Marshall
Wildeman
Frederick County
Megro
Danville
Bob Coles
Coles
Petersburg Horse Show Incorporated
Petersburg Va
Petersburg Horse Show Association Inc
Duncan Wright
Southern Tug Links
Wharf
Norfolk
Southern Railway Company
Eble
Louisville
Pinners Point
M C A Campaign Opens In West Virginia Towns
The first of a series of M C A buildings in West Virginia opened in Parkersburg at a cost of 80000 dollars, with Senator Camden and Henry G Devis among speakers. Pledges total 140000 across Charleston Fairmont Williamson and Wheeling. additional buildings planned in Clarksburg Mikins Huntington and other towns. A separate report from Spencer North Carolina notes the cornerstone laid for a Young Men Christian Association structure costing 27000 dollars with 22000 donated by Southern Railway. speakers included G B Hanna and H O Williams.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W. Va
Charleston
Fairmont
Williamson
J M Vance
Wheeling
Alto
Clarksburg
Huntington
MCA
Mraf
S. G. Elians
Mikins
Bonaparte to Speak From Special Train in Maryland Campaign
Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte plans a rapid Maryland campaign amid a Democratic suffrage amendment fight. If schedules hold, he will speak from the rear platform of a Western Maryland train on November 1 and 2, touring Brunswick, Cumberland, Cherry Run, Frederick, Hagerstown, Westminster and other stops before arriving in Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Bonaparte
Maryland
Cherry Run
Washington
Brunswick
Cumberland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Westminster
Boom for Col Schley in Maryland governor bid
In Hagerstown Maryland on October 16 reports suggest Col Buchanan Schley leader of Washington County Democrats and state tax commissioner could seek the Maryland governorship two years hence An advertisement signed by Baltimore organizers invites Democrats to send their names to back Schley He says he knows nothing of the ad but notes the woods seem full of gubernatorial aspirants Friends believe he could run under certain conditions and Baltimore backers may have started the boom without his knowledge
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Wis
Maryland
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Buchanan Schley
Democratic
Washington County
Baltimore
Wiliam F Hang
Frank P Reynolds
Col Schley
Western Maryland Merger Consolidates Subsidiaries
Meetings of stockholders in Baltimore on October 16 approved mergers of the Western Maryland Railroad with its subsidiary lines including the Western Maryland and Tidewater, Potomac Valley, Potomac of WV, Piedmont and Cumberland Railway of WV, and West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. Ownership remains largely with Western Maryland, simplifying administration and accounts.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Continental Trust Building
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Western Maryland
Western Maryland and Tidewater Railroad Company
Potomac Valley Railroad Company
Potomac Railroad Company
West Varginia
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway
Piedmont and Cumberland Railway Company
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Embezzlement Charge Against Bristol Man Craton
Lynchburg police returned from Bristol with R W Craton arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of 175 dollars. The note funded an insurance premium. Craton, from Norfolk, reportedly has a wife and family in Washington.
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Washington
Lynchburg
Washington Post
Pendleton
R W Craton
Bristol
C H Hancock
Hime
Craton
A Hill Tale From Blant Old Colorado Miner on Postums
A Colorado miner, with plain speech, testifies that Postum relieved coffee misery and breathing issues. The piece contrasts eloquent preaching with simple faith and notes the Postum promotional claim and the gift booklet The Road to Wellville. The ad-style testimonial tags Postum Co. and Battie Creek branding.
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Colorado
Postum
Postum Co
Battie Creek
Wellville
Aged Virginia race dispute erupts in Fredericksburg campaign speech
Congressman William A. Jones of this district spoke at the Fredericksburg court house asserting Judge Lewis opposes Virginia’s intermarriage ban and favors white and colored self-settlement. Jones cited a supposed 1877 78 remark re intermarriage and alleged corroboration under oath.
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Jones
Frederickehburg
Virginia
Washington
Fredericksburg
Willam A. Jones
Philippine Islands
Taft
Congressman Jones
Lewis
Chesterfield Court House
George Hundley
Amelia
Hundley
Suffolk
Allen Caperton Braxton
Staunton
J D Egeleston
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Courtland
Braxton
State Corporation Commission
Col Slemp
Hgegleston
Luray
Rivercomb
Gov Montague
Mystery surrounds Front Royal death of young farmer Samuel Richardson
Samuel R Richardson a prominent Front Royal farmer was found dead in a meat shop early Sunday morning with a butcher knife at his side. Authorities deny murder and say he died suddenly, age thirty, unmarried, son of Warren County treasurer, leaving parents a brother and sister. Funeral held this afternoon at his home with large attendance.
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Front Royal
Washington Port
Winchester
Samuel R Richardson
Richardson
Warren County
Barge Edward Burns In Chesapeake Bay Fire
Norfolk, Va Oct 16 The tug Curtin reports the barge Edward bound Philadelphia to Norfolk burned in Chesapeake Bay last night as the hawser parted and it drifted in heavy seas. Captain David Schlear was burned escaping the cabin stairs. Crew rescued by Curtin and brought to Norfolk. The barge was a total loss. Bloodhounds Trailing Incendiary Petersburg Va Oct 16 A large barn on Mr Atwood’s farm in Dinwiddie County was destroyed by fire with agricultural implements and provender inside. Fire suspected incendiary origin. bloodhounds are tracking the culprit.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Tog Curtin
Chesapeake Bay
Edward
Philadelphia
Wolfe Trap
David Schlear
Curtin
Petersburg
Atwood
Dinwiddie County
Virginia obituaries mark toll across Virginia towns
Fredericksburg notices report Miss Virginia B Todd of Caroline County died at her sister’s home in King and Queen County while visiting. William R Love a Confederate soldier from Prince William County died recently, survived by six children. Isaac Bentzell of Winchester died at age twenty seven from consumption, leaves nine siblings. Mrs Lucy Gray Brown widow of Rev Dr William Brown died suddenly in Fredericksburg at 74, survived by a brother and sister. John M Grubbs, 21, son of Matthias J Grubbs, died near Winchester after a six month illness. he named pallbearers and hymns before death. Rev Dr David M Gilbert, 67, former pastor in Fredericksburg, died in Harrisburg, leaving a widow, five sons, and one daughter.
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Fredericksburg
Virginia B Todd
Caroline County
Billa Henshaw
King and Queen County
Wiliam R Love
Prince William County
Winchester
Isaac Bentzell
Henry Bentzell
Lucy Gray Brown
William Brown
Alexy
A Roy
Brown
John M. Grubbs
Matthias J. Grubbs
Grubbs
Harrisburg
David M. Gilbert
Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Gilbert
Zionoogelical Lutheran Church
Negro Suspect Arrested in Murder Inquiry
A Richmond Va dispatch reports a negro man matching the description of a suspect in Editor Jacob H Thompson’s New York murder was arrested in Rishniofid awaiting court. New York police deny the Richmond man is linked to the Thompson case though two hotel workers are under investigation and kept under surveillance.
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Thompson
New York
Rishniofid
Crhede
Jacob H. Thompson
Morrow
Richmond
Pson
Prisoners Escape Buncombe County Jail in Asheville
Eleven inmates cut from Buncombe County jail using steel springs from shoe soles. They broke through the steel cage and window bars, then climbed the brick wall. John Pate backed murder case. none captured. Bob Duncan, alleged ring leader, and wife of a captured inmate linked to the escape.
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Washington Post
Asheville
Buncombe County
John Pate
Robert Duncan
Bob Duncan
Hendersonville
Nyc
Richards Trial Begins in Floyd County Murder Case
Floyd Va Oct 16 John Richards charged with the murder of Maurice Francis of Roanoke last August was indicted after a grand jury was impaneled in Floyd County Circuit Court. A record 159 witnesses were summoned, and the courtroom held its largest ever attendance.
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Floyd
Maurice Francis
Washington Post
Floyd, Va
John Richards
Roanoke
Floyd County
Richards
Floyd Court
Lottery Agents Fined in Baltimore Court
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Md Oct 16 In U S District Court Judge Morris sentenced lottery law violators arrested summer Jacob Leon 250 Haward C Wiles 350 Harey D Lanner 100 William C McCardell 100 Willam Noel 100 all of them acted as agents for Panama and Mexican State lotteries The San Francisco agency raid led to papers implicating the men They pleaded guilty and faced costs
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Baltimore
United States District Court
Morris
Jacob Leon
Haward C Wiles
Harey D Lanner
Cumberland
William C McCardell
Hagerstown
Willam, Noel
Frostburg
San Francisco
Stryke
Themen Menitoned
Largest gas well ever struck in West Virginia
On October 16 in Lewis County near Weston the Philadelphia Gas Company drilled what is described as the largest gas well. A hammering chamber release sent gas in a roaring column, driving workers from the derrick. Pressure is estimated at 1400 psi with thirty million feet escaping daily and efforts to control it failing.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
W Va
Philadelphia Gas Company
Weston
Lewis County
Cured by Cuticura at expense of $1.75
A Brooklyn mother credits Cuticura Remedies with curing her two year old son’s chronic eczema after doctors failed. She bought Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent, used multiple boxes and bottles, and reports no sore since, praising its toilet use and effectiveness. Dated February 9 1905.
Yost Swanson rally on election reform and schools in Virginia
A Staunton speaker Hon Jacob Yost and Alexandria County's Hon John B. Henderson headline a Staunton rally in the opera house. They press honest election laws and ballot, call for honest counting, and urge public school development with new methods. They attack Democratic fraud, discuss Swanson and Richmond scandal, and praise Roosevelt and other national figures.
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Staunton
Virginia
John B. Henderson
Washington Post Bureau
Kings Street
Alexandria
Jacob Yost
Alexandria County
House of Delegates
Roosevelty
Fairbanks
Yost
Henderson
Park Agnew
Wiliam B. King
Loudoun County
J al Eggborn
R W P Garnett
Eggborn
Agnew
City of City
Frank M Phillips
Democratic Party
Virelma
State Electoral Board
Tee-pUblican Party
Mi Yost
Judge Lewis
Swanson
Swansen
Hanover
Richmond
Warrenton
Rte
Hig
Roosevelt
Greenaway
I. C Barley
N S Greenaway
John S Reach
Anda H Callahan
Dew Alitcheson
F F Marbury
Jake Muse
Fredericksburg
Charles White
Robinson Moncure
Chr Heurich Brewing Company
Christian Heurich
Coppel Leon Tobriner
Charles Heismer
August Dietz
Charles Jacobsen
Charles ‘Meyer
Explosion on Submarine Boat No 4 Off Spithead
A submarine with sixteen crew members experienced a near disaster during diving practice off Spithead when water leaked through exhaust pipes causing gas buildup and a slight explosion. The crew raised the vessel, which surfaced stern first, and a nearby government gunboat assisted, towing it in for repairs with all hands safe.
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Portsmouth
England
Spithead
Unmarried Mother Confesses Cutter Baby Throat
Des Moines reports Miss Mattie Teager killed her newborn, cutting the throat after birth and concealing the body in a trunk. She confessed to a physician summoned to attend her, following the shocking act on October 16.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mattie Teager
Aged Sisters Die From Gas Escaping Stove in Hagerstown
Special to The Washington Port from Hagerstown Md Oct 16 Mrs Isabella Reamer aged eighty three and her sister Mrs Mary Sowers aged seventy two wife of Peter Sowers of Fairview Washington County were found dead in a bedroom of Mrs Reamer s residence likely suffocated by gas escaping from a stove The discovery was made by Prof Lyman AH Reamer upon returning from Baltimore He broke in and found both women dead on the floor beside chairs They had probably been dead at least forty eight hours The coroner ruled an inquest unnecessary.
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Hagerstown
Washington Port
Isabella Reamer
Mary Sowers
Peter Sowers
Fairview
Washington County
Lymen AH. Reamer
R. Reamer
Baltimore
Protests as Norway-Monarchy Crisis Sparks Royal Debate
The article reports Oslo and Stockholm dispatches about Norway's kingly offer rejection for Prince Charles of Denmark, the Storthing’s possible invitation, and Republican opposition seeking a plebiscite. It notes Norway’s separation from Sweden and the new flag law, with a yellow cross on blue.
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Christiana
Norway
Oscars
Prince Charles
Stockholm
Sweden
Riksdag
Senate
Emperor William Honors Rotch and Seeks Carnegie Aid
At a royal observatory dedication in Lindeburg Prussia Emperor William praised science and awarded Abbot Rotch a Red Eagle third class. Rotch, Boston, asked the Carnegie Institute for 10000 dollars to support an Atlantic atmospheric study expedition, but the grant was not granted as the executive committee postponed action awaiting German backing.
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Lindeburg
Prussia
William
Prussian Aeronautical Observatory
Monaco
Andrew D White
Abbott Lawrence Rotch
Boston
Mass Rotch
International
Carnegie Institution
Abbott L Rotch
Rotch
Unions Oppose Bank Plan At Chicago Labor Meeting
Chicago labor delegates rejected a proposal to establish and support a Union Labor Bank. A banking committee report favored the idea but was smothered amid denouncements linking financial schemes with graft. The session denounced banking as outside organized labor's sphere.
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Chicago
Union Labor Bank
Chicago Federation of Labor
Corporation
Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank
Women of Georgia Under Sherman’s March Reveal Hidden Sufferings
A New York Saturday Review piece contrasts a soldier’s war record with a woman’s account of 1864 65 Georgia occupancy. It details privations and abuses suffered in homes, including home invasions and ransacked rooms, portraying the civilian cost of Union operations and the erosion of domestic life.
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Georgia
Sherman
Ohio
Jack London
New York Saturday Review
Lieut Bilse Alive Rumor of Death Debunked
Berlin Oct 14 an inquiry into the rumor that Lieut Bilse author of A Little Garrison had killed himself or been murdered shows he is alive and in good health at Brummen.
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Berlin
Lieut Bilse
Brummen
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