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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1907
Page
11
State Central Committee holds a lively Baltimore session with most candidates present. Breckinridge Lee initiates a plan to regulate voting while the committee appoints judges and weighs the general election timetable amid regularity concerns. Lightning disinters a body.
The Virginia Baptist Church meeting held to decide if Rev Eli Tart should be kept as pastor concluded with a majority vote to retain him. The session, attended only by male members, ran late past 1 am as tensions rose and guards kept order amid potential disturbance.
In Baltimore Maryland on September 10, a suit seeks $1000 damages from Orana Mes Isaze Emerson, alleging estrangement from his wife Daisy Emergon Horner. Horner, Southern agent for Emerson Drug Co., cannot locate his wife, having written many letters since last May with no replies. He believes she is abroad, likely with her sister in London. Daisy Emergon married Mr Horner in 189 and moved to Acuna, where they lived. Horner was later dismissed from Emerson in Atlanta but remained active in business and began a new broker office before filing suit.
The Great Council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men adopted an amendment prohibiting future membership for saloon keepers and bartenders. The measure is not retroactive and does not affect current members. A proposal to admit past sachems was defeated 135 to 68. The Jamestown Exposition drew officials, delegates, and attendees from across the region.
Reports from Fluvanna County show contractors actively building the Virginia Air Line road from Lindsay to Palmyra. The project, spanning about thirty miles, aims to have trains running into Palmyra from the north by December 1, with a third of the length already penciled in and heavy work ongoing in the county.
In Virginia's Fourteenth Senatorial district the Democratic primary results show Lewis H Machen leading over Ewell Thornton by 26 votes with Alexandria and Alexandria County completed. Uncounted precincts in Prince William and Fairfax counties could alter the outcome, while Wedderburn trails behind. a formal count will determine the winner who faces Republican JoC De Putron.
A special report from Baltimore notes the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway may open to the National Capital by November 15 though delays loom. Much of the Baltimore work is finished with third rails and interline track pending for shared use with United Railways and Electric. General Manager Shannahan says the final decision on service between the two cities is forthcoming and denies plans for a Chesapeake Beach line.
Special to The Washingwon rege Lynchburg reports in the Circuit Court Joseph Micen timer was ruled for the murder of Mrs Flora Watking near the city on June 7. Insanity was the defense as at 7 o'clock the jury could not agree and they were locked up at the hotel until tomorrow morning.
Norfolk Va sent 1¢ into days primary for state senatorial nomination and Democratic executive committee members. Salea named by overwhelming majority as anti administration forces captured the city taking fifteen of twenty four committeemen. Special to The Washington Post. Circuit Court of Appeals opinion details and a tragedy report follow in the same dispatch from various regional items.
A garbled wedding notices page reports ceremonies in churches at West Point and Richmond. Benjamin Major Vance of Charles City County wed Miss Charm Nichole Ewart of Richmond, with Alfred Hogby and others officiating and guests from West Point, Dynneville, and Norfolk.
The Radford district fair opened in perfect weather drawing nearly 160 races with entrants from every state within fifty miles. Horsan grounds value estimates top three quarters of a million dollars as sixteen races drew nine to sixteen entries each. Racing premiums total 3430 with exciting heats and several close finishes led by Lady May in the three furlong pace.
United States Steel Corp backs a Fairmont and Southern line from West Virginia coal fields toward Pittsburgh to unlock Tygarte Valley properties. Aimed at supplying coke and coal, the planned route would run from Belington through Barbour County toward the Monongahela River, with possible Wabash usage to reach Pittsburgh. The Maryland Steel Company and Tygarte coal fields figure as key factors in the investment.
A sheriff’s posse pursues Ernest Copeland of Hillsboro for allegedly beating his wife and mother while drunk. The wife lies in critical condition with a broken leg, fractured collar bone, and multiple ribs. the mother was severely hurt trying to intervene. Neighbors aiding the victims were struck, and Copeland fled to Clarke County and has not yet been captured.
Special to The Washingtons dispatch reports about thirty United Cigarette Machine Company workers at Lynchburg Virginia marching out demanding ten hour shifts and pay for ten hours. At Glamorgan Pipe Works six machinists walked out seeking reinstatement of recently discharged men. Neither plant is unionized and officials say the walkouts appear to be the start of a pressure campaign to force concessions.
Lynchburg VA Sept 1 The board of aldermen tonight approved the ordinance granting the Southern Railway a franchise for a new detour around the city and through the West End. Mayor Smith is expected to sign. The measure, pending for months, allows the company to maintain a passenger station two miles from the current union, shortening the southbound run by about thirty minutes. The board also approved creating a city forestry department to care for trees.
Special to The Waabtarton Post reports a murder in Norfolk where Agrippa Jones, linked to death watch duties, was found dead near the Palace and Avon Street. Suspects Lynn, Nichols, and Etheridge are jailed. robbers motive alleged. Police plan further interrogation. case ties to a prior hanging and a whiskey saloon dispute in Tucker County.
In Washington Court yesterday Judge Louis Besley presided as a special grand jury indicted Charles Johnson alias Charles Mason guas Robert Johnson and Cluster Wilson and Benjamin Matley all colored for forging the firm name W A Smoot & Co to checks. Johnson pled guilty and drew eight years in the state penitentiary. Other cases including arson and burglary were continued or set for trial.
In the Democratic primary two wards contested for city committee seats. In Secunda ward Launa Brill received 20 votes, HT Cock 19, while John Wo May Wo and in Touchh ward Charles Benheim led with Fitzgerato and Acton each at 10. Defeated candidates are May and Acton. One-armed watchman J A Brown fell from a second story window at 110 South Fayette Street, breaking his collarbone and was treated at Alexandria Hospital. Convicted brass thief John Penn sentenced to ninety days, claimed the brass came from a river fishing haul. Permits to attend school issued to 651 white children. Reported theft of a dark bay horse from Moh Parker & Bro at 61 King Street.
The Hague conference approved by 24 to 2 a project to create a supreme tribunal to handle prizes captured at sea. The court would include permanent judges from the United States Great Britain Russia Germany Austria Hungary Italy France and Japan with smaller nations paying a judge. A four nation committee rejected the American Russian and Brazilian proposals on serving judges. A new scheme offering fifteen judges from a country list was also rejected. Choate plans a workable project for future sessions.
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