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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1907
Page
35
Fragmented text shows Republicans mobilizing for a convention to choose a new state central committee and nominate candidates. Mentions Owens for State Attorney, Albert J. Wry, and other local figures, with references to ward majorities and anticipated uncontested races. The piece hints at party organization shifts and upcoming conventions shaping city and state offices.
Nations represented by Yeung and Society Women in a September parade showcased fashions and a notable automaton feature. The event included many guests and a ceremonial display with young ushers, while a corral of horses performed under the town sponsor Cul Wunterotle and Sonor.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a looting at Marshall House with ornaments and door knobs missing. Police say detectives are investigating and several items may be unaccounted. The article notes a past event and ongoing inquiry on Marshall Street with front porch details and unverified witnesses.
The report notes oyster season opening with federal restrictions affecting harvests. It mentions officials Maury and Gary shaping policy at Washington and Norfolk, while a separate fatal fire in Mountaineer area claims four children. A Suffolk marriage ties Wallace Riddick and Gracie Fritenard after a trip to Chesapeake NC.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond, Va September 16. Examin Williams charged that city council members took contracts from the municipality in open violation of state law. He named Councilman Wittenire as contractor at the city home and said he ordered extra work without authority. Dr Williams showed records to support the charge and said the broad question affects every department. Bills for work ordered by Wittahire were held up pending investigation.
William Smith, a Culpeper County farmer, was shot to death at his home as family members rushed to him after the attack. William Seal and Byrd Jenking were arrested, while bloodhounds were involved in the investigation. Witness hinted a woman might be involved, but no name was released. Domestic trouble reportedly preceded the crime.
James Sharpelees of Keyser died after a car descended Knobley Mountain from Burlington Virginia. The hat blew off, he jumped from the vehicle, and suffered fatal injuries three hours later at Keyser Hospital. Survived by wife and four children. he led the First National Bank of Keyser and formerly served as county superintendent of schools and deputy sheriff.
The University of Virginia receives a bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson cast in bronze by H Daniel Webster, donated by J Ackerman Coke MD. The sculpture, the only life size Jefferson bust in the nation, is shown at Tiffany & Co in New York pending display at the Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia. Dr Coles orders a replica to be sent to the university.
Richmond Virginia hosts about 500 veterinarians from two states as they discuss methods to control and eradicate contagious stock diseases at the three day convention. The gathering focuses on practical measures and sanitation to protect livestock industry.
Condemned killer Midgets alias Willam Johnson, jailed in Fredericksburg for the Charles T. Smith murder, reportedly attempted escape by sawing a jail bar while under threat from a deputy. Authorities believe confederates in Fredericksburg may aid him, though he blames Minor Robinson for the crime. He remains under military protection as his Supreme Court of Appeals appeal proceeds.
Democrats opened their Alexandria district campaign with a county meeting at the courthouse. Former Judge J M Love presided as permanent chairman, and C Canin, Alexandria Democrat nominee for the House, spoke alongside State Senate candidate R Mgell and House of Delegates hopeful Walter Tliver.
Special to The Wasiagton from Danville Virginia reports police surprised about forty men playing cards in woods near the city. Four officers made arrests after complaints of disorderly crowds on Sundays. Twenty four arrestees were arraigned in court and given warnings. Ages ranged from youths to forty five.
A group of seventy Washington correspondents from major daily papers toured the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia on Sept. 16. They were guests of the exposition management and later toured American warships off the exposition before returning to the National Capital. Da ily life updates report the journalists leaving the grounds that night.
Sept 16 report places total cost at about 50 million dollars for the new trunk line from Eastern Kentucky to the South Atlantic. The line, now seven percent built, will run roughly 150 miles with twenty tunnels from Clinchport to Marion and others near Dante, Virginia.
Special to The Washington Post notes the dedication of a monument in Winchester Massachusetts soldiers buried at the Winchester National Cemetery. Governor Curtis Guild Jr. spoke, praising Massachusetts and Virginia figures, with readings by chaplains and a Confederate Cemetery tribute. The event included ceremonial decorations and introductions by Winchester officials.
In Rockville Maryland on September 16, Marion F White filed for an absolute divorce from Emma B White in circuit court citing desertion and cruelty after forty years of marriage. The bill alleges repeated violent attacks, she drove him from the home, and demanded pension funds. Five children were born, three still living.
The Republican party of Virginia's Third senatorial district nominated Roland Chewe of Clintwood, Dickenson County, for senator at a convention in Honaker. Chewe, a prominent lawyer, has not previously sought public office. Democrats had not yet chosen a candidate and GOP support was expected to hold the district.
A Virginia obituary column reports several deaths: Suitalk Get 1-Mia Bteliasa Pritchatt aged 54 died here last night, with two sisters surviving Mrs Elzabeth Duck widow of Tim othy Duck died at home in Isle of Wight County aged 92, family included a five generation line. Aira Lee Long, wife of a wealthy Page County farmer, died in a Richmond hospital while on a James Town Exposition visit. Braunton notes a husband and several children survive. Charles I West, 25, died of typhoid fever, survived by parents two sisters and four brothers in Harrisonburg. Mrs Lew Engey died in Winchester after three weeks of bleeding and is survived by husband and one month old son. John J Baker, 70, longtime Winchester resident, died at home. survived by wife Misa Hochal Hilin of Stephens City, three sons and three daughters.
In Washington Post reporting from Wheeling and Cumberland, a minister Rev Wiliam P M Sims and Mrs Helen Dorn declare themselves “am inutes” living under one roof with Sims’ wife in an unorthodox “soul marriage.” They describe ostracism, weekly flowers to a deceased spouse, and plans to educate neighbors toward their view. Sims argues old moral laws must change for happiness, while critics label him immoral. The piece also notes a related court hearing for Capt. J Phillip Roman, postponed due to absence of a key witness.
A letter denounces the Republican party in Virginia as disfranchising black voters and relying on a fly white leadership. It criticizes the Norfolk state executive committee and Alexandria convention for excluding Black delegates, notes disparities in African American and white Republican support, and laments the party’s drift from Lincoln era principles toward patronage and disenfranchisement.
A sensational decline in cotton prices on the New York Cotton Exchange drove October options under 1 cent a pound for the first time since June. Prices fell about 52 to 55 points from Saturday's close, with October around 1097 and January near 1102. Officials estimated about 690000 bales trading and speculative liquidation fed the move as traders feared weaker markets for cotton in the South.
Miss Ada Smith aged nineteen of Philadelphia and George Denver aged twenty three of Westville were drowned when a twelve foot boat capsized in midstream. Mrs Ray Springer and her two young children, Billingsport, escaped briefly as they clung to the overturned craft. The body of Ada Smith was recovered, Denver remains missing.
Staunton Virginia Sept 16 Harry Lushbaugh was tried in the Corporation Court and acquitted of felonious assault on Joe Dawson a negro. Testimony said Lushbaugh struck Dawson with a wrench for not calling him Mister. Four earthquakes were felt in Kokand Russian Turkestan between 1 and 2 o clock this morning.
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