Sworn to secrecy new light on the tragedy
At Charlottesville Virginia a coroner jury investigates the murder of Mrs. McCue found in the bathroom. A black witness Charles Skinner reports hearing weeping before a gunshot and a five minute pause before the shot. Funeral crowds gather and speculation grows as detectives pursue leads and the jury awaits verdict.
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Riverview Cemetery
Overdose of Morphine Claims Virginia Newsman
Special to The Washington Post Harrisonburg Virginia Sept 4 B J Shannon, native of Iowa and longtime government and newspaper staffer, was found dead in his hotel room about 7 am from an apparent morphine overdose. Survived by wife Ballie Metcalf and a daughter, he was 45. Coroner Dr Firebaugh said no inquest needed. burial plans not yet set.
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Wie
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James T Metcalf
Money Offer Division
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Daily News
Staunton
Bluefield
Leesburg Races Loom At Colt Show Grounds
Seventy five entries were filed for the Loudoun Racing Association fall meet at the Colt Show grounds near Leesburg. Noted trotters and pacers such as Harry C Maney Shanks Kushon Montgomery Mac Nellie R Gladstone and Red Rock are slated for 225 and free-for-all classes along with running and steep stakes entries. Seven races are planned for opening day with speed trials between events as a large crowd is anticipated.
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Montgomery Mac
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Red Rock
Howard O
Allen
Bul Newman
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Desto
Hurry Up
Gunston
Lucy Brown
Ame- Ha
Tidewater Road Charges Amended to Include Mecklenbur g County
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va Sept 6 The corporation commission granted an amendment to the Tidewater Railway charter shifting the route to Mecklenburg County It supports the plan to run from West Virginia to deep water near Norfolk paralleling the Worfolk and Western The line is said to interest Henry G Davis and Senator Elkins in obtaining a coal outlet Also notes church consolidation in Richmond and several local obituaries including Martha A Hawkins Jesse McCall and G Wallace Pooner plus local notices and a brief on a medical tonic advertisement
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The
Corporation Commission
Tidewater Railway Company
West Virginia
Norfolk
Meckienburg
Worfalk and Western
Henry G. Davis
Elkins
Death of Capt Sullivan Serves Large Virginia Cigar Leader
Volunteers in the Spanish American War died tonight in Virginia. Capt Sullivan, 45, had been in poor health for two years and returned from a Northern health trip. He owned the state's largest high grade cigar factory and was well connected in Washington City and West Virginia. He leaves a widow Miss Maggie OConnell of Washington, three brothers and two sisters.
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Washington City
West Virginia
Maggie O'Connell
Washington
Fourth District Primary in Virginia Narrows to Yarrell and Southall
Democratic primary in Virginia's Fourth district produced a light vote. Judge Leonidas D. Yarrell led Southall 312 to 302 in Petersburg with Greensville County backing Yarrell. Greensville and Petersburg voters faced poll tax barriers. Yarrell claims a district-wide 1,000 vote lead amid limited participation and disputed eligibility.
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Petersburg
Congress
Virginia
Leonidas D. Yarrell
Greensville County
R. G. Southall
Amelia County
Southall
Yarrell
Judge Yarrell
Found Dead on Roadbed Near Milford Linked to Tobacconist Family
Richmond Virginia September 6 The body of Richard Vaughan twenty three electrical engineer and son of the late I N Vaughan a wealthy tobacconist living near Ashland was found on the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad near Milford Caroline County. His head and face were badly mutilated and suspicion grows that he was murdered and placed on the track. He was last seen Sunday afternoon twenty five miles from home. The wealthy Vaughan family ownership and mystery surround his death.
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Richmond
Milford
Richard Vaughan
I. N. Vaughan
Ashland
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Woman Burned to Death in Virginia Farmhouse Fire
Special to The Washington Post reports a fire at 2 AM in Kingsville Prince Edward County Virginia destroyed a dwelling and killed 80 plus widow Mrs Margaretts Mateer. The blaze spread to a large brick house next door due to strong wind. Mateer, elderly and frail, lived alone and leaves three grown children including Miss Fannie Mateer in government service in Washington.
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Kingsville
Prince Edward County
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Fredericksburg Man Killed By Moving Train Wheels
Fredericksburg resident Hugene Bode a noted merchant and liquor dealer died in a tragic accident this morning at 1047 while attempting to board a moving train on the R F and P railroad bound for Washington. He was cut in two as the car wheel passed over him. The train was held for an hour to extricate the body. He was fifty years old and survived by his widow and three children. His father fell in the Confederate army near Petersburg.
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Fredericksburg
Hugene Bode
R, F and PF
Washington
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Petersburg
Virginia Court of Appeals Elects Librarian and Tipstaff
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opens its September term in Staunton with all five judges present. Alex W. May, long deputy clerk, is elected librarian and tipstaff to succeed the late John M. Kinney. Cases on the docket include Newport News Publishing Co v Baumeister and Agner v Commonwealth, among others, with noted bar admissions.
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Supreme Court of Appeals
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Newport News Publishing Company
W. H. Baumeister
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Cyclone at Kempsville hits rural Virginia church and farm
Special dispatches report a Sunday cyclone in Kempsville Princess Anne County damaging a crowded Negro church its foundation a farm barn and several outbuildings but with no reported loss of life A separate item notes the fatal gunshot of Morton Pennington at Johns Hopkins Hospital and burial plans in Warsaw Virginia plus civic centennial plans for Coan Baptist Church and a political speech by Gov Montague in Chesterfield County including an alert about a Petersburg youth returned home by police
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Princess Anne County
Barney Wilson
Heathsville
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T. A. Dunnaway
Lancaster
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Coan Stage
Alexandria News In Brief Shooting Accidental and Acquittal
Alexandria brief notes a Fairfax marsh gun law enforcement scare with arrests and pardons, a fatal accidental shooting of Clarence Murray and a companion Leon Baltimore case, court actions on robbery suspicions, a gunning accident to James Lawler, staff changes at Postal Telegraph, a dog bite incident, local business leases, scalding injury to Rosalina Howell, and local students entering the Virginia Military Institute.
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Fairfax
Clarence Murray
Weck
Leon Baltimore
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James Lewin
Caton
Polie
Philip Jones
Commonwealth
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William Johnson
Washington
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Lawler
Wilmer
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St. Louis
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Chicago
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Antlers Club
Elke
R. L. Wenzel & Co
Rosalina
C. W. Howell
South Royal Street
Conrad Johnson
Wallace Lindsey
Braddock Heights
Virginia Military Institute
Confessed Murder Ties Virginia Killing to Earlier Case
Washington Pennsylvania September 6 James Callahan a negro sentenced to hang for a local killing has confessed to another murder in 1895 at Pulaski City Virginia He said he was fourteen and lured by Sam Sanders who urged the plan and provided two hickory ax handles Kerr a Pulaski butcher was felled on a boardwalk Kerr died days later with only $12 found upon him The pair stayed in Pulaski City for two years without suspicion
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Washington, Pa
James Calahan
Pulaski City
Calahan
Virginia
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Sanders
TALBOTT RENOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS IN SECOND DISTRICT
Havre de Grace Md Sept 6 Congress man J Fred Talbott was renominated by the Democratic convention in the Second district on the first ballot after a week of deadlock Robinson Fink and Talbott led the balloting. Harford County shift swung votes to Talbott ending Robinson. Talbott known as perennial candidate for repeated terms.
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Talbott
Thomas A. Robinson
Charles BE. Fink
Gorman
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Harford County
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Congress
Montgomery Teachers Institute at Rockville Day Two Address by State Superintendent
The Montgomery County public school teachers institute at Rockville Sept 6 featured Prof M Bates Stephens state superintendent of education delivering remarks on teacher qualifications and the new school law. The program included lectures on teaching English literature Shakespeare and primary numbers, plus round tables on school discipline and history. A social and a humorous lecture by Prof Fred High closed the day.
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Robert W. Stout
Hoa Montgomery
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Ida S. Dove
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Kilgour Enters Democratic Congressional Nomination
Montgomery Md Sept 6 Col William Kilgour of Rockville consented to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress at the Sept 28 convention. His national reputation as a speaker and Montgomery County fame as the silver tongued orator promise a spirited race against Congressman Pearce. Republican committees planned a vigorous county campaign, with a five member finance panel and Rockville headquarters to assist voter registration and turnout.
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Clemency Granted for Soldier Hampton Abernathy
North Carolinian Hampton Abernathy, once a private in the Third North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, is released on probation after a sentence for manslaughter was suspended through the intercession of Judge Pritchard and attorney W H Green. He killed another private during a fracas at Macon in the Spanish War and will serve five more years of the original fifteen in Fort Leavenworth if probation holds.
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Washington Loan Company Brings Suit Against Former Charleston Agent
Stand ard Guaranty and Trust Company of Washington files a suit in Wheeling against former Charleston agent J M Underwood alleging embezzlement. The company says funds were misrepresented by agents and warrants may be pursued in Charleston and Washington. Creditors plan to send attorneys to Washington to seek adjustments as securities were sold under misrepresentations. The firm runs a new plan offering 3 percent annual yields for home building.
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Entrance to Fort Monroe Hearing on Railway Entry
Acting Secretary Oliver held a hearing with attorneys representing Hampton Roads Railway and Electric Company, Newport News and Old Point Railway, and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The speakers argued over permission to use the tracks and enter Fort Monroe along the trolley line, with opposition citing travel danger and reservation protections. Senator Daniel listened as counsel submitted briefs for final decision.
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Food Testing Lab Opens in New York City
E R Doolittle formerly Michigan state chemist placed in charge of a new government laboratory in New York to inspect imported food products. The lab aims to verify purity of foreign food imports, joining existing labs in Washington and San Francisco with calls for funding more at major ports.
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Potato Bug Armies Stop Trolley Car At Uxbridge
An army of potato bugs halted a trolley car in Uxbridge Massachusetts at 3 PM. The crew spent about fifteen minutes spreading sand on the rails before the car could proceed. The insects swarmed from a large potato field toward Millville, delaying transit.
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Cotton Mills Resume as New England Outlook Brightens
Boston reports a shift from low mood in cotton manufacturing to a brighter outlook. Idle plants resume or prepare to restart, with about 13 000 operatives returning or notified for work. Across New England, 75 000 workers have been idle or on short time since the downturn began.
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Fall River Mills
Hop Harvest Large In Oregon And Washington
Portland reports over 40,000 people entered Oregon hop fields to begin harvest. The crop is valued at about 4.4 million dollars with an estimated 87,000 bales. Washington begins harvest today with about 10,000 pickers expected and a crop projection of 41,500 bales, up 6,000 from last year, with high prices seen at 26.5 cents per pound in places.
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Rock Disables Steamer William Paine Off Fort Schuyler
The steamboat William Paine striking a submerged rock in Long Island Sound off Fort Schuyler disabled with several hundred passengers aboard. The nearby Richard Peck towed and ferried most passengers to Bridgeport while officials sent tugs from Bridgeport Line.
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