Stubbs Denies Contest. Pledges Support for Sears
Gloucester Court House reports James Stubbs denies contesting Loyd Sears's State Senate win from Gloucester County. He pledges warm support, alleges irregularities and seeks a Democratic inquiry. Massie Stredte contest and Amherst County chairmanship loom. former judge Campbell among contestants.
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Republican nominations shape county and state races
Republicans named candidates for Washington County and state legislative seats. J Davenport of Quodem named for Circuit Court from Washington. J Geisler and others discussed. committee chair Stuart Linis presiding amid speculation on nominees in a county convention setting.
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Girl Drowned in Sewer Sparks City Damages Suit
A Baltimore girl drowned after being swept into a sewer during a storm. Her father sues the city for 20000 in Superior Court claiming the street and open sewer were negligently maintained. A Washington Post report notes the incident and ensuing legal action amid broader notes on local cases.
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Virginia Bond Suit Return Of Winchester Lawyer
Special to The Washington Post from Winchester Virginia September 5 May Holmes Conrad a noted Winchester lawyer and government special counsel in postal fraud prosecutions has returned after six weeks in England and Europe. He reportedly went abroad for health reasons and to confer with Brown Brothers of London about anticipated litigation between Brown Brothers Virginia and West Virginia over settlement of the old Virginia debt. A Supreme Court suit was entered before his departure for a hearing.
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Attempted murder case shocks Richmond couple
Special to The Washington Post reports Curtis Chittenden a Richmond railroad man attempted to kill his wife Fannie at their home. A shotgun misfired twice, sparing Mrs Chittenden who fled to the street as the husband fired at a fence. He was restrained and rendered unable to continue. Mrs Chittenden, 35, and married twelve years, survived the attack.
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REFUSAL LED TO STABBING IN BENWOOD SALOON
In a Wheeling era report from Sept 3, Paul Kosonak lies dying from multiple stab wounds suffered Monday at a Benwood saloon after a dispute over a drink with foreigners employed at National Tube Works. Kosonak, who had recently moved from Hungary, was attacked by about a dozen men and died soon after.
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Augusta Baptists Meet in Three-Day Session
The thirtieth annual Augusta Baptist Association opened in Harrisonburg on September 6 with 104 delegates and about 145 in attendance. The body, representing 35 churches across Allegheny Augusta Bath Rockingham and Takbridge counties, discussed State missions ministers relief and education. Welcome was given by J C Staples and Rev M K E Wood preached the opening sermon as the three day session began.
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Norfolk man swims James River in seven hours on wager
A. F. Zorn of Norfolk County swam the James River from Pigs Point opposite Newport News to Tasina in seven hours. The feat, done on a wager, beat a ten hour challenge by a friend. The distance is believed to be six to seven miles and Zorn appeared uninjured after the crossing.
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Indictments for Assault in Lynchburg Court
The Lynchburg grand jury returned sixteen indictments in Corporation Court on Sept 6 with three counts of criminal assault. The most serious case names Rawley Dawson, a white man, charged with morally assaulting a little deaf and dumb girl, Bessie Shelton. Prof Wm Bimbs of the Asylum for Deaf and Dumb has been summoned to act as interpreter.
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Averted Jail Delivery in Richmond Prison Plot
A wholesale jail delivery at Henrico County Prison was foiled after a prisoner confessed. Convicts had been removing bricks from a wall since Saturday, raising officials’ suspicion and leading to the unraveling of the plot.
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Unites Old Families Ceremony at Lynchburg Virginia
Miss B Rosale Slaughter MD of Washington one of Virginia New York and DC families to Baxter Morton prominent New York lawyer wed at St Pauls Lynchburg Rev James Owens officiated. Ceremony featured 1830 style bridesmaids and choral entry with family lace roses and green white decor. Reception at 1421 Harrison Street followed by gifts tokens and travel inspired keepsakes amid colonial home setting.
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Stabbed Son in Domestic Dispute at Camp Lake
Chicago man Peter Achten, a retired businessman, is held in Kenosha Wisconsin on charges of attempting to murder his son John Peter Achten at the family summer home on Sunday night. The son was stabbed twice, in the arm and near the heart, in critical condition. Bail is set at 4000. The hearing is postponed ten days awaiting the son's condition change. Domestic quarrels are cited as the motive.
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Knight Gase Waiting Justice Caton Out of City
Mayor Paff of Alexandria delays action on insubordination charges against Policeman Herbert Knight as key witnesses miss the session. The hearing continues after chief and several witnesses testify. Simultaneously, the mayor investigates charity patient care with Dr. Gorman, considering a city ordinance to unify physician duties for the poor and hospital ties. Funeral services for Donald McLean are set at St Paul’s Episcopal Church with masons attending.
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Bloody fighting erupts in Shusba amid Caucasus unrest
Dispatches from Tiflis report Tartar attacks on Armenians in Shusba with fires destroying oil facilities around Baku and Elisabethpol. Official tallies claim 200 killed or wounded, though private reports suggest higher losses as violence spills into suburbs and countryside.
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Kramer Defeats Lawson To Win American Half Mile Championship
In Newark on September 6 Frank Kramer edged Iver Lawson at the Valisburg cycle track to claim the American professional half mile title. Kramer's 85 points lead Lawson's 82 in the season championship table. Lawson earlier beat Fenn in a half mile match race. Ashurst won the amateur half mile in Newark with Teddy Billington second and A Sherwood third. Time records cited include 1 094-5 for the amateur and 1 16 for the professional race. Lawson won the latter in straight heats.
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Stanley Beats McBurney in Stockbridge Cup Round One
The Stockbridge Club's annual tournament opened with W. W. Stanley of Wyantenuck edging Harvard golf captain Malcolm McBurney on the nineteenth green for the Stockbridge Cup first round. McBurney had tied for second in the qualifying morning with five for the medal. Deverealty Emmett of Carden City led the medal in the same session.
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Nathaniel Gordon Dead. Exeters Esteemed Benefactor Passes
Nathaniel Gordon died at his Exeter home at eighty five. A former Washington and Baltimore teacher and Dartmouth College graduate, he practiced law briefly before turning to commercial work. Gordon amassed wealth through banking and insurance ventures and supported colleges and academies nationwide with generous gifts.
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Washington Girl Won In Taft Party Rickshaw Race
The Taft party in Hongkong featured a rickshaw race with leading American and English ladies. Miss Alice Langhorne of Washington DC won the event pulled by Englishmen. A parade, ball, and dinners followed at Government House and Hongkong Club venues during the day and evening.
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Folk to Oregon for Lewis and Clark Expo Missouri to have Republican governor in Folk’s absence
Gov Folk will depart next Sunday for Portland Oregon to attend the Lewis and Clark Exposition on Missouri Day the Mth instant. In his absence Lieut Gov McKinley is expected to assume the governorship becoming the first Republican governor since Reconstruction days.
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Cornell Oxford Track Meet Planned By Rhodes Scholar
Ithaca NY September 5 W E Sehult, former Cornell athlete and now a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, arranges a Cornell versus Oxford dual track meet here next summer. Oxford will travel to America to participate in the Yale Harvard Oxford Cambridge international meet.
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Tidewater Trestle Collapse In Lake Savage
Special to The Washington Frost reports a Tidewater Railway trestle near Lake Savage in Mansemond County collapsed this afternoon under a road building locomotive. The engine sank into shallow water and mud as the engineer jumped to safety.
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