Miners, Dick Lead Republican Ticket in Maryland Primaries
Complete returns from the Maryland Republican primaries show David E. Dick winning state senator, Angus Ireland for clerk to the county commissioners, James Campbell Jr. and others named for house of delegates. Holzshu won county treasurer with heavy mining-region support, while rival Holasztu supporters accuse duplicity and claim Cumberland voters split. The ticket is seen as geographically strong with miners prominent on the slate.
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Cumberland
David E. Dick
Lonaconing
Shorif
Horace R. Hamilton
Frostburg
Angus Ireland
House of Delegates
James Campbell, Jr
Allegany Mines
John Mackle
Westernport
William Mol
Somerville
John J. Stump
Robert M. Hutcheson
Lonac
McMillan
Sloan
Shorts—Bone
Drum
Frantz
Hamilton
Nickel
Rees
Snyder
Compnygrowers
Ireland
Lammert
Gwen Price, Jr
Schilling
Webster
Williamson
James Campbell
Thomas M. Campbell
Conrad
Fisher
Cunningham
Hendley
Hensell
Hutcheson
Jones
Mackle
Miller
Park
Rankin
Shuck
David Smith
Thomas M. Smith
Stodlameyer
Stump
Watson
Welsh
Whitworth
Wright
Wilia
Dwyer
Grant
Hoffman
Mullin
Atkinson
Holzshu
Twleg
Toad
Creutzbure
Foole
Harvey
Phillips
J. Henry Holzshu
Allegany County
Pex
Wellington
William Bone
Deten
Sherif
Pearre Organization
Bon
Bone
Mr. Welington
Holushu
Mr. Tick
Holastiu
Extend Bachman Railroad 10 Miles Toward Westminster
Railroad circles report Bachman Valley Railroad will extend ten miles from Ebbvale to Westminster. Operated by Mason and Dixon Mining Company of Shrewsbury, it links with Gettysburg division of Western Maryland Railroad. Route examined by Collins Gerry Meyers Walse Allen and Meyers. right of way secured. mining rights options noted. two-year completion aimed. Local hydrophobia among cattle reported in Pleasant district, Pleas ant County W V. Three churches dedicated in West Virginia. Mad dog attack in Suffolk closes with animal killed.
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Hagerstown
Bachman Valley Railroad
Ebbwaie
Westminster
Mason and Dixon Mining Company
Shrewsbury
Ebbvale
Melrose
Cardroll County
Gettysburg
Western Maryland Railroad
Betwreen Hanover and
Hampstead
Mason and Dixon Line
BD. Collins
C. H W. Gerry
W. F. Meyers
John Walse
W.G. Allen
WH. Meyers
Shrewsbury Company
Puzzle for illiterates election in Anne Arundel County
Special to The Washington row Annapolis Md Sept 3 The official ballot in Anne Arundel County this fall will prove a puzzle to illiterate voters Fifteen county officers will be nominated four full tickets exist two Democratic one Republican and one Prohibition totaling sixty names plus three nominations for State comptroller and spaces for voting yes or no on a constitutional amendment There will be no party designation after candidates leading to many illiterates tickets and both Wells factions claim a chance Two years ago under six thousand ballots were cast though over nine thousand voters are qualified Democrats say if sixteen hundred to eighteen hundred votes are cast they will win while Republicans cannot cast this many properly marked ballots
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Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Wells
anti-Wells
Lee Will Name Delegates Montgomery County Four Delegates Named
Baltimore September third Dr Gordon T Atkinson Maryland state comptroller must name Montgomery County Democratic delegates to the state convention He favors Blair Lee and the disfranchisement amendment despite ties to Col Spencer C Jones Lee will select four delegates in Montgomery County with the county as a Crawford County voting area and no local delegate convention in place There is political maneuvering as Jones friends seek to influence the outcome and Atkinson weighs fairness against party unity
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Baltimore
Gordon T. Atkinson
Maryland
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Crawford County
Atkinson
Ife
Spencer C. Jones
Jones
Blair Lee
Lee
Sammons Held on Arson Charge in Cambridge Store Fire
James E Sammons a Cambridge merchant is arrested on arson charges after Parker and Moore and Sammons stores on Water street burned. Witnesses across from the buildings say Sammons fired the second blaze while he was seen in the act. Sammons, about sixty five, has a long history of storekeeping and past fires, including a fatal blaze in which his wife perished while trying to save valuables.
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James E. Sammons
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Water Street
Sammons
Schooner J. C. Wainwright Burned at Portsmouth Wharf
The auxiliary schooner J. C. Wainwright was badly damaged by fire at Wainwright & Co. dock in Portsmouth. A crew member lit a cigarette and discarded a match, igniting the cabin woodwork, the vessel was scuttled and sunk at the dock with an estimated loss of about $5,000. A negro crew member sustained severe arm burns.
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Norfolk
Wainwright & Co
Portsmouth
J. C. Wainwright
Run Down by Train at Ikenwood Station in Hanover County
Henry Duggenfield, a farmer and huckster living near Farrington post office, Hanover County, was struck and killed by a Seaboard Air Line train while crossing the Washington and Southern Railway near Ikenwood station. His horse died and the wagon was demolished in the accident.
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New Home For Police Charges And City News
Police headquarters undergo remodeling with main entrance moved to Market alley and new access to the police court room. Chief Webster files charges of insubordination against Policeman Herbert Knight, with a possible separate inquiry into a liquor allegation. James R. Caton vows not to seek the speakership, pledging support to another candidate. Obituaries note Lorin B. Shaver’s burial and Mrs. Elizabeth Greiner’s death. Labor Day excursion by Knights of Labor planned to Marshall Hall. A stolen bicycle recovered. typhoid case at Alexandria Hospital. local residents travel to Boston and Delaplane trips announced.
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Ashton
Montgomery County
Lorin B. Shaver
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Ewell
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Lawrence Lee
Washington
Lee
Hig Loss
Elwin C. Schneider
North
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Frederick H. Schneider
Louis Shuman
William Deahl
Joeo B. Drew
Boston
Baltimore
John Pettitt
North Patrick Street
William M. Uhler
North Washington Street
Delaplane
E. H. Kempner
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Boy Shot Skull Fracture Amid Schoolyard Row
Arthur Paine, a twelve year old Black boy, was rushed to St. Vincent de Paul Hospital after his skull was fractured by Bernard Bell in a schoolyard quarrel. Bell was released on bail and awaits a preliminary hearing. Surgeons expect Paine to recover despite a crushed skull. Traffic along the Atlantic Terminal line halted for four hours due to heavy rain and high tides flooding tracks. A St. Anthony statue was dedicated at the Italian Catholic Church in Norfolk. Labor Day events planned in Newport News feature Senators Martin and Swanson with possible attendance by Gov. Montague. Many children reportedly benefited from a new cure for consumption and coughs advertised by a druggist.
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Bernard Bell
Ian
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Washington Post
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Atlantic Terminal
Newport News
St. Anthony de Padua
Anthony Laglilia
Ufe
Anthony
Guizzardi
Virginia Rail Line Skipped By Pittsburg Firm Takes Over
Rail officials say Sands and Oliver of Roanoke are relieved from part of the Tidewater Railyard contract. McArthur Brothers of Pittsburg will assume control tomorrow and expand work force with 1,000 additional laborers, mules, and shovels. Road to Kilby targeted by November 1 with a daily goal after. Subcontracts remain unaffected.
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Spectal
Washington Post
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Sands and Oliver
Roanoke
Tidewater
McArthur Brothers
Sands
Oliver
Kilby
McArthur
Sewells Point
Despondent man ends life by train in Laurel Maryland
George Bartlett about fifty eight, despondent after unpaid wages, sat on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks in Laurel and was struck by a fast freight train. He died an hour later. Survived by one son and three daughters. Inquest returned death by own action, exonerating the railroad.
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Laurel
George Bartlett
Baltimore and Ohio
Bartlett
Warry Frost
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
McCown Pleads Ignorance In Contempt Case
Raleigh indepth report on ex mayor Moses McCown jailed for contempt after assault on Judge Ward in Durham. Writ of habeas corpus sought from Associate Justice Walker. Supreme Court to hear with Attorney General Gilmer for Judge Ward. McCown says he did not know of contempt. case drawn as simple assault by defense. The incident marks a rare assault on a NC judge in modern history.
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Raleigh
N. C
Moses McCown
Durham
Judge Ward
Walker
Supreme Court
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Ward
McCown
North Carolina
Revenue cases ready grand jury to probe frauds
Greensboro North Carolina September 2 more than 100 witnesses from the revenue district summoned to appear before the grand jury of the special Federal court. One hundred fifty more expected Monday. The probe covers alleged frauds by revenue officials and liquor distillers. Justice Department detectives have worked three months as district attorneys prepare bills and coordinate witnesses.
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Washington Post
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Price
Washington
Dickenson for State Senate in Virginia Republicans nominate Dickenson
Tazewell Virginia September 3 Republicans in the Third senatorial district comprising Buchanan Dickenson Russell and Tazewell met at Richlands and nominated R Walter Dickenson of Russell for the State senate The district GOP also nominated J Powell Royall of Tazewell for the House of Delegates and the incumbent from that district
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Tazewell
Virginia
Buchanan
Dickenson, Russell
Richlands
R. Walter Dickenson
Russell County
State Senate
Dickenson
House of Delegates
J. Powell Royall
Tazewell County
Beauchamp Obituary in Lancaster County
Virginia obituary notes the death of about seventy eight year old Beauchamp who died suddenly of apoplexy at his Lancaster County home. He leaves four children: W B Beauchamp of the Merediet Charter, J D Beauchamp, a Wilmington Del volunteer, Beauchamp of Whitestone Suffolk and another child. Sept 3. Miss Nannie Lassiter dies in Portsmouth at a friend’s home from pneumonia aged thirty two, daughter of Columbus Lassiter formerly mayor of Suffolk and a Treasury employee in Washington. Her mother is critically ill at Norfolk hospital.
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Beauchamp
Lancaster County
W. B. Beauchamp
Ara Bo News
J. D. Beauchamp
Rant
Wilming- del
Eauchamp
Whitestone
Suffolk
Nannie Lassiter
Portsmouth
Gate City Man Surrendered Murder Suspect Arrives
Deputy Sheriff John D Broadwater transported Pearl Varbel a confessed murderer from Bristol to Gate City Virginia. Varbel appeared nervous and despondent on the freight journey and spoke little of the crime. The circuit court opens tomorrow with four witnesses expected as the Commonwealth seeks trial at this term.
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Gate City
Shorif
John D. Broadwater
Pearl Varbel
Bristol
Varbel
Gentry
Ctrcuit
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Groom Shot At Wedding In Richmond Case
At La Crosse tonight John Kinker was shot and wounded by W D Mason while Kinker came to Mason's house to marry Lula A Harria who stayed there. Mason fired a shotgun twice, one load hitting Kinker's shoulder. The marriage was later performed at a neighbor's home and Kinker is under treatment. The couple arrested include Christiana Bates and her husband Robert Bates of Temperance Hall alley.
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Richmond
la Crosse
John Kinker
W. DL. Mason
Kinker
Mason
Lula A. Harria
Tim
Christiana Bates
Robert Bates
Temperance Hall Alley
Hixson
Remarkable Fruits and Vegetables From New York Banker
John Crosby Brown, a New York banker, cultivated notable produce at Brighthurst on the Orange Mountain in Orange New Jersey. This summer yielded peaches the size of melons and egg plants weighing ten pounds each. The peaches are described as juicy and luscious while the large egg plants rival smaller varieties in flavor.
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N. J
John Crosby Brown
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