House Debates Congress Independence and Rail Legislation
Leading figures expect a tempered House push on railroad law reforms under Interstate Commerce oversight. Townsend dissents on extra sessions while Roosevelt’s stance shifts. Senate may not block drastic measures as readily. Talks address reform, tariff in Philippines, and curbing graft with stricter appropriations this winter.
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Townsend
Michigan
Congress
House
Joynsend
Roosevelt
Ignal
Senate
Bavernbergh
Leo Senator Tar
Presi Cent
Philippines
Anti-Tip Law In Force In Washington Post Report
Special to The Washington Post reports the anti-tip law took effect at midnight. It targets graft involving purchasing agents and hotel staff, with penalties of fines from 10 to 500 dollars and up to one year in jail. Senator Martin Saxe authored the statute, section 354 of the penal code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Sen Okurk
Aus
New Yorker
Charles ¢,Ott, Jr
Martin Saxe
Cigar Rewarded After Pocket Book Found on Train
Kaneakakes Illinois August 1 Tay lor real estate dealer found a pocket book with 3100 in bits a $60 200 check and a bank book showing $196000 deposited in Birmingham Alabama on a Chicago bound train The claimant Frank P Koontz Jr Birmingham a negro gave the haver a five cent cigar Mrs Terrell Defends Race Detroit August 31 A sharp impromptu debate at the Afro American Council convention addressed by D A Straker Mary Church Terrell and J C Napier of Nashville focused on negro voting rights and responsibility in the South
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Kaneakakes
Ill
Taylor
Birmingham
Frank P. Koontz, Jr
Nashville
Tanr
Douglas Wetmore
Jackson
Negro Men Revolt at Richmond Negro Convention
At the Lott Carry missionary convention in Richmond prominent Black leaders resisted a motion to adjourn for the women's auxiliary annual address. Delegates clashed as Rev Z D Lewis and others opposed women’s leadership while Mrs Tolliver spoke and John Mitchell Jr lauded the stand against Jim Crow. A 2:50 adjournment followed amid protests and calls to defend Black education and civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Washington Post
Richmond
Lott Carry
W. T. Johnson
Z. D. Lewis
Finn
Author rights invasion suit brady sues Ess Ess Co
Rev Dr Cyrus Townsend Brady sues the Ess Ess Company for 25000 damages over alleged unauthorized dramatization of his novelette Corner in Coffee. The case, filed in New York, cites prior negotiations, claimed ownership, and names Howe and Hummel as the company’s agents with Owen Davis hired to dramatize the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Hrey
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Ess Ess Company
Smart Set
Fifth Avenue
Manhattan
David K. Cuse
Br. Brady
Ess Ess
Howe & Hummel
Ess i
Brady
Iss
Owen Davis
Tim Murphy
Sawyer
NO TEACHERS REGISTERS OPENING RICHMOND SCHOOLS
Richmond Public Schools will open September 15 without teachers registers. The old register was halted after pricing concerns. A new register is being developed by Taynecburg West Bowles but will not be ready soon. The State school board meets September 1. A county election contest alleges irregularities in Essex and Mathews counties and claims improper election involvement by Matthews County treasurer John J. Burke.
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Richmond
Washington Post
Taynecburg
West
Norfolk
Bowles
Staunton
State School Board
J. W. Stubbs
King and Quesnex
Gloucester
J. Boyd Sears
Essex
Mathews
John J. Burke
Treaster
Matthews County
Civil War Veteran Henry G Lugenbeel Dies at Asylum
Henry G Lugenbeel a veteran of the Civil War died at St Elizabeths Asylum last Tuesday afternoon. He served in Company B Seventh Maryland Volunteer Infantry rising to commissary sergeant then lieutenant was wounded at Bull Run and in the Wilderness. He conveyed prisoners to Baltimore military prisons and saw family in Maryland. He was born October 5 1851 in Montgomery County Maryland survived by wife and five children. Funeral at his son J W Lugenbeels 627 G Street SE Friday at 2 PM with Union Veteran Legion pallbearers.
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Henry G. Lugenbeel
Maryland
Bull Run
Battle of ‘Wilderness
Baltimore
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Lugenbeel
Seventh
Maryland Volunteer Infantry
Lugenheel
Redetick
Barbara Frietchie
Leutenant
John McKechney
Montgomery County
Union Veteran Legion
Mrs Ellen J Thompson Dies Aged in Washington D C
Mrs Ellen J Thompson widow of Nathaniel E Thompson and daughter of the late Capt Samuel and Mrs Ella Moulton died at her residence 610 Twelfth Street Northeast last Saturday. Born at sea during parents voyage from England in 1852 the Moultons long owned the Kennebec River island linked to Capt Kidd treasure. Funeral at 610 Twelfth Street Northeast Saturday afternoon with interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. Also noted: Mrs Fannie Kilroy of Pittsburg died there. Capt Henry Clay Fisher USMC buried at Arlington. Capt Maher Civil War veteran lived in Hackensack NJ.
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Atlantic
Ellen J. Thompson
Nathaniel EB. Thompson
Samuel
Ella Moulton
Twelfth Street
Moulton
England
Thompson
Kennebec River
Capt. Kidd
Nathaniel E. Thompson
Haley
Massachusetts
New England
Rock Creek
Henry Clay Fisher
United Stated
Marine Corps
New York City
Arlington
Maher
Hackensack
N. J
No Toll on Poor Road on Gapland Turnpike
A Washington County judge ordered the abolition of toll gates on the Gapland turnpike until the road is repaired. The company bears the costs, and extensive repairs will begin tomorrow. The turnpike, built about fifteen years ago, was championed by George Alfred Townsend known as Gath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gapland Turnpike Company
Washington Post
Hagerstown
Gapland Turnpike
Washington Country
George Alfred Townsend
Newspper
Gath
Richmond electors purge row stirs lies of purity
Follow Christians move in Richmond Virginia reports prominent citizens James N Boyd L 2 Morris with former Judge George L Christian refusing to serve on a citizens committee for the purification of electors claiming interference with the courts. William L Royall says disclosures upcoming will target the city electoral board and judges of election. Scott County Republicans nominate J F Richmond for county clerk and S Pendleton for the house of delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Richmond
James N. Boyd
L. 2
Morris
George L. Christian
Citizens’ Committee
Wiliam L. Royall
Samuel Cohen
FR. C. Ebel
M. W. T. Hancock
Royall
Scott County
Gate City
J. F. Richmond
Pendleton
Foul play suspected after man found near railroad tracks
Clar ence Wolfe a Monongah restaurant keeper was found in a semi conscious condition along the Fairmont and Clarksburg traction company tracks. He was taken to a hospital where injuries were serious and foul play is suspected as he was last seen with alleged crooks. In Virginia a Cedar Bluff convention nominated William R Graham for the state senate and J J Childress for the house of delegates. Willard writes that he will continue party work for a November victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Clarence Wolfe
Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company
Washington Post
Tazewell
Virginia
Buchanan, Dickinson, Russell
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell County
William R. Graham
Pocahontas
State Senate
J. J. Childress
House of Delegates
Buchanan, Dickinson
Wise Counties
Graham
Willard
Stecens
Winchester
Joseph B. Wilard
Taft Credits Cuticura Soap For Hair Regrowth
A. W. Taft of Independence Virginia writes dated September 15, 1904 that after twelve years of falling hair and dandruff he used one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap, cleared his scalp, stopped hair loss, and now his hair is growing well. He praises Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap.
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A. W. Taft
Independence
Hound Brody in Well in Grafton Case
Mrs. Alfred Freeman, 61, disappeared during the day and was found dead in a well after family returned home in Moatsville near Grafton West Virginia. Authorities weigh murder possibility amid unknown cause of death and missing motive though no valuables were missing. she was sister to E H Compton, Barbour County Circuit Court clerk at Philippi.
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Washington Post
Grafton
W. Va
Alfred Freeman
Herody
Freemans
Moatsville
Freeman
E. H. Compton
Barbour County
W. Vva
Philippi
Mystery to Doctors in Suffolk Seeks Clarity on Unconscious Man
W Steinback, a Weldon, North Carolina connection, was found unconscious near Copeland six miles from Suffolk on August 31. He wore fine clothing, had no hat, and only one shoe. Doctors there cannot determine the illness despite examinations. no foul play evident. Relatives in Weldon have been notified.
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Washington
Suffolk
W. Steinbach
Weldon
N. C
Copeland
Steinback
Baltimore Republicans Elect City Delegates at Union League Club
The Baltimore Republican city committee met at the Union League Club and elected forty eight ward delegates and sixteen delegates-at-large to the State convention. Primaries cannot legally elect delegates before September 6, so dates for legislative nominating will be set by the city chairman. A resolution denouncing the Poe amendment was adopted.
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Baltimore
Republican Committee
Washington Post
Republican City Committee
Union League Club
Ward
Uniform Homestead Law State Board Reelects Officers
Roanoke Va Aug 31 The State Board of Trade re elected all officers today T H Sherry of Blackstone was added to the executive council The council re elected R A Dunlop of Richmond secretary and treasurer A resolution urged cooperation of similar bodies in the South to secure uniform homestead exemption legislation Eugene C Massie spoke on the Torrens system and Lieut Shaw on good country roads.
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Washington
Roanoke
State Board of Trade
T. H. Sherry
Blackstone
R. A. Dunlop
Richmond
South
Eugene C. Massie
Lieut. Shaw
Peach Shipments Large From South Mountain Regions
From the mountain slopes and valleys of this section enormous shipments of South Mountain peaches head to Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Pittsburgh. Two oil trains on the Washington County branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad haul fruit and marketable vegetables to cities. The first train is a through special to New York. the second carries shipments to Baltimore and Washington.
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Bperink
Washington
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburg
Washalton County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Winchester Liquor Dealers Forced to Pay Licenses
Internal Revenue agents led by L and Wolf of Richmond and T H Ling of Chicago have compelled several Winchester liquor dealers to pay government wholesale and retail licenses and fines from 80 to 200. The penalties total about 2000 as liquor and other intoxicants were sent to Front Royal and nearby Warren County. Front Royal is dry and Winchester dealers had profited without licenses for years.
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Winchester
Washington Post
Sr L
Two Coal Miners Die After Sleeping on Railroad Track
Special to The Washington Post Fairmont West Virginia August 31 A B&O freight crew found the mangled bodies of Oliver M Glass and Earl R Doolittle coal miners who were killed by a passing freight train as they slept on the track Glass from Lynchburg Virginia and Doolittle from Independence Virginia were the victims in the accident
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Virginia
Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Oliver M. Glass
Earl R. Doolitttle
Glass
Lynchburg
Doollttia
Independence
Byrd Named Democratic Nominee in Winchester District
In Winchester and Frederick County the joint Democratic executive committee declared Richard J. Byrd of Winchester the unanimous party nominee to represent the area in the house of delegates. The decision followed a committee meeting at the courthouse. Other briefs note midshipmen leave, state hospital inquiry, North Carolina income reports, the funeral of Mrs. Spitzer in Harrisonburg, and a Roanoke Christian Church conference address on missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Winchester
Democratic Executive Committee
Frederick
Richard J. Byrd
Frederick County
House of Delegates
Woshington
Roanoke
New River
Taft Board Plans Pacific Coast Defense Inspections
A Taft board committee on Endicott coast defense revisions will inspect fortifications on the Pacific Coast. Maj. Gen. John P. Story Brig. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie Brig. Gen. Samuel M. Mills and Maj. George W. Goethals form the party. Mackenzie will join in St Paul before heading West for about five weeks of review at Beattle Columbia River mouth San Francisco and San Diego with a report slated for Congress next session.
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Taft Board
Endicott
United States
Pacific Coast
John P. Story
Alexander Mackenzie
Samuel M. Mills
George W. Goethals
Corps of Engineers
Mackenzie
St. Paul
Minn
Beatile
Columbia River
San Francisco
San Diego
Congress
Carter Sent to Lakes Area as Wead Returns
The War Department issued orders relieving Brig. Gen. William H. Carter from command of the Department of the Visayas in the Philippines and assigning him to the Department of the Lakes at Chicago. Gen. Wead resumes duties in the Philippines after Gen. Wood’s health improved. Brig. Gen. James A. Buchanan is assigned to command the Department of the Visayas.
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Wead
Philippines
William H. Carter
Department of the Visayas
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
War Department
Wood
James A. Buchanan
Navy and Army Movements and Honors in 1903 1906 Reports
Military and naval notices from St Louis to Cavite detail officer movements, promotions exams, and assignments. The file cites Lieut Thomas, Capt Stevens, and others, with exams at Madison Barracks and promotions to be decided, plus ship arrivals and a notable court-martial case. A funeral in Rockville and a Virginia court term for a criminal assault case are also noted.
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W. G. Mitchell
Topeka
Washington
D. C
T. M. Dick
Secretary of the Interior
DE. C
St. Louis
Burgeon
J. C. Byrnes
Texas
Naval Academy
Annapolis
J. F. Luby
Cavite
Rasistant
G. L. Wickes
Ohio
G. TP. Freeman
Otdigapo
H. Les
Holcomb, Jr
Olongapo
Military leave and board assignments overhaul
Orders grant leave of absence for several officers across cavalry, infantry, engineers, and artillery. Reports note extended leaves, reports to examining boards for promotion, and new duties including service at Platteburg Barracks, Fort Douglas, and the University of Idaho. A board at Fort Douglas will determine fitness for promotion.
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St. Louis
Presidio of
San Francisco
Cal
Leonard W. Prunty
Fourth Cavalry
Tyres R. Rivera
Lewis M. Koehler
James B. Henry
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Raymond R. Stevens
Twenty-third Infantry
Samuel Seay, Jr
Powell C. Fauntleroy
John I. Hines
Clark L Wertenbaker
Arthur W. Chace
Wiliam EB. W. MacKinlas
First Cavalry
Jona W. Wllen
Thirteenth Cavalry
Warren T. Hannum
Corps of Engineers
Granville Sevier
Artillery Corps
William E.W. MacKinlay
John C. HF. Tillaon
Fourth Infantry
Fred H. Turner
N. C
Orlando, Troxel
Twelfth Cavalry
Sea Girt
N. J
Jena B. Stedh
Girard Sturtevant
Platteburg Barracks
Edwin ¥. Glenn
Ava L. Eingleton
Fifth Infantry
Plottebury Herrocks
Edwin ©. Saunders
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Utah
Walter Krueger
Thirtieth Infantry
Daniel 4. Howall
Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Alien M
Howard B. Dravo
Department of the Host
Manila
P. L
Philippines Division
Burgeon Brando A. Halliday
Fort Caswell
N. G
Fort McPherson
Fort Fremont
B. C
Smith
John B. Woodward
Twentyninth Infantry
George H. Samerson
Frank D. May
William Keller
Wil B. Peint
Brank P. Stone
John A . McAllister
Presidio
University of Idaho
Moscow
Idaho
Howerd R. Chrisman
Sixteenth Infantry
Caty
Ft University
Charles O. Thames, Jr
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Essess Company
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Homie
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James J. Kilroy
Fannie Soupa
Altoona
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Navy Yard
Georgetown University
George Baupp
South Negity Avenue
Richmond Elections Committee
Virginia Senate
Cuticura
Brody
Poe
Virginia Board of Trade
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Warhington Post
North Atlantic Coast Squadron
Academy
Newark
Hartford
Severn
Glenn
Speciata
Washington Pont
Raleigh
Corporation Committee
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Spitzer
Harrisonburg
Perry F. Spitzer
H. C. Combs
Brussels
America
W. B. Moses & Sons
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A. Eberly’s Sons
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Lakes
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Yankton
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Lawrence
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Worden
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Hasse Terre
Rainbow
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Castine
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Monta Cristi
Navy Department
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George W. Patterson
Rockville
St. Mary's Catholic Church
James F. Mackin
St. Paul's Church
Megro
Fredericksburg
J. B. Mason
Ciircuit Court
Spottslyvania County
Overton Collins
William Wly
Nase Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Charles C, Lancaster
Herbert B Mk
Porto Rico
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Washington, D.C
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Harry Lorrequer
Pendennis
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Russia
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Edgar Allan Poe
Allan Poe
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Zrowell Co
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Victor Hugo
Tuttle, Brown & Co
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Invid, Mead & Co
China
Spain
Mexico
Abraham Lincoln
Scotland
Linnk
A. Lisner
Hr Saines
Onal Theater
Peter Aeke
Richard
Post, Star, and Times
Hall Caine
SON Liebler & CO
Mgrs
Edward Morgan
Aubrey Boucicault
Marie Wainwright
Ben Webster
Charlotte Walker
Drina de Wolfe
W. FL Thompson
J. E. Dodson
Chase
Agoust
Stuart
Maia
Bellatzer
Snyder
Buckley
Mitchells
al Lawrence
Laipsig
Jones
Motion
Gegelia Loftus
Labor Day Marines
Alumbia
Henry W. Savage
George Ade
Richard Golden
Kernan
Anglio
Imperis
Toki
Bas Popuar
Givber
Lafayette Opera House
Sifitenthal Bros
Johnny Ford
Mayme Gehrge
Lovers
Smats . Com
Elsie Janis
Little Duchess
Petn
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Treasury—Phono
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Parcs
Plafoect
Tim
Fain
Shire
Peintr
Willard Hately
Fulton’s
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