Man on Henrico County Rampage Threatens Family
Maston Childress, alleged to be demented, fled after threatening to kill his wife. He barricaded himself in a Hig House with a loaded buckshot gun, defying arrest as county officers surrounded the dwelling. Evacuated by retreating, he is later to face a lunacy board. authorities describe a sudden mental breakdown despite a prior good record.
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Hig House
Eyedal
Washington Post
Richmond
Henrico
Maston Childress
Childress
Black Horse Cavalry Holds Reunion Near Casanova
Warrenton Va Sept 2 The Black Horse Cavalry held its annual reunion at Miss Mary A Beale’s home near Casanova with twenty two members present Miss Beale praised her brother Lunwell Beale a gallant Black Horse Troop member and a portrait of Gen Lee with three Confederate flags was given to the camp Resolutions of sympathy were adopted for several deceased members including Gen William H Payne and Lieut Wickiin Col Thomas Smith eulogized Gen Payne and Lieut Wickiin
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Washington Post
Warrenton
Black Horse Cavalry
Mary A Beale
Casanova
Miss Beale
Lunwell Beale
Black Horse Troop
Gen. Lee
Wiliam H Payne
William L Ficklin
Florence
Richie Green
B P Green
George C Hansden
H C Picketts
Robert Leat
J W Payne
A A Calvert
George MW Taylor
Ad Uersteller
William H Weeks
Thomas Smith
William H Payne
Lieut
Wickiin
Labor Day at Pine Beach Pilgrimage to rally labor unions
Special to The Washington Post reports Sepp 2 D Jt Reardon of the Central Labor Union of Portsmouth sails for Washington to lead a Pine Beach Labor Day celebration uniting Virginia and Carolina unions under Machinists Lodge. A resolution seeking 5600 from Congress for the James Town Exposition will be endorsed.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
JT. Reardon
Central Labor Union of
Portsmouth
Washington
Grange
Alexandra
Pine Beach
Virginia
Catolina
Congress
Two Men Arrested for Norfolk Post Office Robbery
Norfolk police arrest John Ryan alias Reddy and John Wilson alias Red Heart on robbery charges tied to the Port Norfolk post office and other small stations. Witness McBride, jailed in Petersburg, to testify as he turns state’s evidence. hearing set for the 12th. The gang is linked to other Virginia robberies including Franklin and Charleston.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Fatrolmen Barron and Watson
Police Department
John Ryan
Reddy
John Wilson
Red Heart
John MacBride
Petersburg
Ryan
Wharf
Wilson
United States
Bowden
McBride
Virginia
Franklin
Charleston
D. C
Rocky Mount
Stewart Held for Trial in Sussex County Murder Case
Charles R Stewart, charged with murdering Miss Anna Bolling in Sussex County, had proceedings resumed at Barratts magistrate court Petersburg, Virginia. Earlier testimony from Mrs Ann Bolling was offered but not admitted. Additional witnesses were examined and the case was adjourned for Mrs Bolling to appear. Stewart was sent to the Orient Court and jailed awaiting the next term.
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Anna Boling
Sussex County
Washington Post
Petersburg
Charles R Stewart
Anna Bolling
Barratts
Ann Elizabeth Bolling
Bolling
Stewart
Orient Court
Tomight
Methodists in Conference Thirty-eighth Session at Poolesville
At the Baltimore District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South held in Poolesville Md delegates W T Grifith William H Talbot J T Wood and L W Davis were named to the annual Winchester conference next March with alternates George H Lamar Olver L Rhodes A W Owens and C F E Muller Also Rev W U W of Harper presided with Revs J Howells and T J Lambert as secretaries New arrivals included Rev John G Brooks admitted on trial and Rev John C Copenhaven recommended for local deacon orders and trial Rev Harry L Elvans licensed to preach and also admitted on trial
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Baltimore
Poolesville
Washington Post
Hockville
ME Church South
This County
W. T. Grifith
William H Talbot
This
J T Wood
Frederick
L. W Davis
Winchester
George H . Lamar
Olver L. Rhodes
A .W. Owens
C FE Muller
Arlington
W UW of
Harper
J. Howells
T J Lambert
John G&g Brooks
John C Copenhaven
Harry L. Elvans
Sudbrook
Multiple 200 fines for slot machines in Huntington district
John Farr and four others were fined 200 dollars and sentenced to two months in jail by Judge Matthews for operating slot machines. The cases may go to the pardon board. if pardons are granted the remaining 123 indictments could be affected. Over fifty indictments target John Farr, and the court said the penalty would apply to all cases.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
John Farr
Hans Watts
Edmund Frye
A. A. Hanley
Carl Campbell
Matthews
Board of Pardons
Roanoke Elects Antrim and Ferguson to City Boards
Roanoke Virginia organized its new city legislature with A Blair Antrim elected president of the board of aldermen and D Ferguson president of the common council. Fredericksburg and Newport News report similar adjournments and reorganizations with several appointments and pending police officer elections. In Newport News Col Marqus Jones named president of the new aldermen. Mayor Buxton assumed duties and ex mayor Moss offered congratulations.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
A. Blair Antrim
D. Ferguson
Fredericksburg
EB. M. Young
EH. Eastburn
Maj
Embrey
B. M. Green
City Electric Light Works
J. H. Robinson
W. C. Pound
Robinson
Newport News
Board of al
Baptists Adjourn After Annual Meeting in West Virginia
The Baptist Association of Charlestown West Virginia completed a morning digest of church letters noting a healthy state and one new church organized near Edinburg Virginia. Rev W W Wood of Baltimore preached at noon and Rev T Dunaway Martinsburg and Rev F L Frazier Hagerstown spoke in the afternoon. A farewell address by Rev J P Essex Leetown concluded events with an illustrated temperance lecture by Rev E J Richardson Richmond. The group adjourned to meet next year at Front Royal Virginia.
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Washington Post
Charlestown
W. Va
The
Baptist Association
Edinburg
W W Wood
Baltimore
T. Dunaway
Martinsburg
W Va
F. L
Attacked by starved dogs notches Virginia man in incident
Richmond. Otto Doeppe escaped injury after three half starved painter dogs attacked him returning from night work at a gas plant. The dogs fled when crockery fell from his lunch pail. Other notices report a farmer named W. J. Moore killed near Rock Hill, a boy burned by blasting powder in Hancock, and deaths of local citizens Hubert Maxwell and Mrs Alice Holmes Macon in Tazewell and Charlottesville. The day’s items include Virginia figures, interments, and a Confederate veteran Captain John M. Kinney’s sudden death in Staunton.
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Richmond
Haa Lively
Washington Post
Richmond Va
Otto Doeppe
Doeppe
Charlotte, N
Chester
Charlotte Vanover
W. J. Moore
Rock Hil
Tazewell
Hubert Maxwell
Tazewell County
James Maxwell
Maxwell
Charlottesville
Alice Holmes Macon
Christ Episcopal Church
Harry B. Lee
Grace Church
Kenwick
HE. Valentine Jones
Alce Halmes
Wilmington
L. Macon, Jr
Virginia Elizabeth Carson
Lynchburg Va
W_M Lile
University of Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery
Carson
Theodore M Carson
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Lynchburg
J. Preston Carson
William Allison
James W. Allison
William H. Allison
Staunton
John M. Kinney
Mr. Kinney
Supreme Court of Appeals
Augusta
Virginia
Mr. Kinne
Log Ways of Traveling to the St Louis Exposition
A log from Washington converted into a vehicle and residence carried John P Morgan of Aberdeen to St Louis about 2.5 miles with a cabin and den for animals including a cougar. John McCaffery of Keokuk floated down the river to St Louis aboard a log with the American flag at the bow. Six Turtle Mountain Indians die from wood alcohol poisoning in Rolla North Dakota with four more dying.
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John McCaffery
Keokuk
Iowa
St. Louis
Rolla
N. D
Turtle Mountain Reservation
Brookland Citizens Meet Promotes Marean and Local Improvements
Brookland Citizens Association reports Miss Marean’s transfer from Brookland subpost-office prompts a Western Union operator to be stationed locally. They praise her as former post mistress during Brookland’s fourth class era. Officers announce plans to plant trees on twenty five blocks, install gasoline street lights on several streets, and push grade crossing changes on Bunker Hill road with a Baltimore and Ohio bridge. Sewer construction urged from Detroit to Joliet via Emporia Street and street renaming progress queried due to duplications with Washington streets.
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Miss Marean
Brookland
Post-office
Misa Mareau
Western Union
Miss Mareau
Johnson
Takoma Park
Brookland Citizens Association
Marean
Citizens' Association
Twelfth Street
Tenth Street
Hartford
Frankford
Detroit Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Lansing
Providence Street
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Bunker Hill Road
Fort Street
Queen's Chapel Road
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bunker Hall Reza
Detroit
Joliet
Emporia Street
Dental Society Controversy Settled At National Meeting
The National Dental Association upheld Dr. Emory A. Bryant's appeal against the District of Columbia Dental Society expulsion. Bryant remains a member with no prejudice. The body also elected officers including President W Boardman of Boston and named representatives to the International Dental Federation executive council.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
District of Columbia Dental Society
Emory A. Bryant
National Capital
National Dental Association
Svr Bryant
District Dental Society
Bryant
National Association
International Dental Congress
W Boardman
Boston
R. K Lucky
Hill Springs
Mas
South
William Conrad
Louis
North
West
A H Peck
Chicago
C S Butler
Buffalo
Turner
Raleigh
United States
International Dental Federation
D H Smith
Baltimore
BL. Thorpe
B. Kirk
Philadelphia
A W. Harlan
William Carr
New York
Grand Master Arrives in San Francisco for Knights Templar Conclave
Henry B. Stoddard, grand master of the Knights Templar of the United States, arrived in San Francisco to attend the triennial conclave. He was greeted by Eminent Commanders and a California delegation, then rode in a carriage followed by 300 knights on black horses as thousands cheered along downtown streets.
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Palace Hotel
Guard of Honor
R P Hurlbut
Igorrote Typewriter Letter From World Fair Exhibit
A staged account shows Antiero, an Igorrote youth in the Philippine section, writing English on a new typewriter at the St Louis World's Fair. The letter to a Filipino friend describes his trip to Washington, meeting officials, schooling, and local people, with light social details and noted hardships. Also reported: Woodend, a bankrupt broker, was discharged from custody in Jefferson Market Court after larceny charges.
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Antiero
Igorrote
St. Louis
Philippines
Gov
Hunt Antaére
Clapp
Washington
Roosauglt
Gua
George Washington
Antero
L Woodend
New York
W. E. Woodend
W. E. Woodend & Co
Goodwin
Richmond
Breen
Jefferson Market Court
Woodend
New Goods and Daily Arrivals Advertised
Store promotes many new goods with daily arrivals. No discounts offered on these items, but prices are advertised as the lowest in the city.
Alexandria News in Brief Promotes Cochran to Captaincy
The Alexandria Light Infantry elected First Lieut Thomas B Cochran to captain the company to fill the vacancy created by Capt James E King becoming major of the Third Battalion Seventieth Regiment. Frank L Slaymaker became lieutenant and Charles Pierpoint became second lieutenant. The club will depart for Manassas maneuvers. The city school board set opening for the 18th and nine month year, with a 1 to 8 pm session time option rejected, and repairs funded at 611. Permits for white children begin on the 11th and for colored children on the 18th. The Alexandria Athletic Association and Alhambras plan two games on Labor Day at 10 am and 4:30 pm against the Primrose Athletic Association of Washington.
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Washington
Maj. King
Maj. Smith
Seventieth Regiment
Maj Smith
Cochran
Light Infantry
Manassas
Thomson
Messrs
G. W. Ramsay
W. J. Boothe
Ramsay
Boothe
Hubert Snowden
Opera House
Alexandria, Athletic Association
Alhambras
King Street
Kraft
Ansley
Alexandra Nine
Labou
Primrose Athletic Association
Alfred Pickard Arrives in New York for St Louis Exposition
Alfred Pickard France’s commissioner general for the St Louis Exposition arrived in New York aboard the La Savota with French and European delegates for the interparliamentary union. He plans to visit Oyster Bay to meet President Roosevelt before heading to St Louis. Also aboard Campania were Col Sir C E Howard Vincent and British Parliament members en route to the congress, along with other notable passengers. Victor Emmanuel signed a decree naming Signor Branchi as Italian commissioner to St Louis, with a new consul general to be appointed in New York.
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New York
Alfred Pickard
France
Loubet
Interparliamentary Union For the Promotion of
Paris
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
St. Louis
C. E. Howard Vincent
Campania
Liverpool
George W. Vanderbilt
Count Albert Apponyl
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Signor
Giovanni Branchi
Branchi
United States
Italan
St. Louis Exposition
Signor Corte
New Orleans
Denver
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J W Harding
Corporation Commission
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Virginia Methodist Conference
James Lyon II
Tne
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Buckingham County
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Lyons
Patrick McCaull
Jan
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Martinsville
Danville and Western
Anthony Shaw
Rockville
Francis Scholl Strawson
Ida Virginia Pasquell
Dr King
Methodists
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Mary E Morse
Bunkrer
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Morse
Roanoke Va
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Christiansburg
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Alexander
Edwin H. Funk
Punetersytte
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Yorktown
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Hampton
Frank W. Darling
Cornwallis
Sprcaar
Cedar Bluff
Res P. J Lockhart
Waughs
Here
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Frank Freidhoff
Smoot Journell
Clouds Mountain
Pulaski County
Shenandoah Association
Jacob Coffman
William Coffman
Hancock
Dental Society
Dr. Bryant
Igorrote Typewriter
General Furniture Department
Massachusetts Avenue N. W
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Sandera & Stayman’s
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River View
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Evers
Warner
Lafayette
Pena
Howard Kyle
Wed & Sat
Yellowstone
Frederick Remingtons
Meudonem & Zimmerman Opera Co
Bob White
Chase
Jewell
Nikiy Theater
Busilew Bloom
Jane Cooper
Keno Walsh
Welrose
Fle Louise Agoust
Charles Weston
Morton & Elliott
Vera King
Christopher Columbus
Vitagraph Pictures
Herrmann the Great
Chase'a
Academy
Heralen
Realite
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2Hc
Sgc
Hearts
Kernan
Kentucky Belles
al Reeves
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Fourth Presbyterian
St. Stephen's Institute
Capital City League
Amateur Athletic Union
Georgetown University Field
Chevy Chase Lake
U. S. Marine Band
Munyon
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