Noted Virginian dies. memory honored nationwide
Del Charles T O Ferrall former governor congressman judge and Confederate veteran dies at 65 after yearlong decline and monthlong bed rest. He served in Congress for many years and as Virginia governor from 1894 to 1898. His death comes as state officials note his long public service and bravery in the Civil War. The funeral is set for Sunday in Richmond with large tributes from leaders and veterans groups.
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Richmond Gun Incident Ends With Bail After Street Firing
J B Wood Jr faced charges for firing a revolver on a crowded Richmond street after a jealous altercation with Robert Bunce of Norfolk. A fist fight, a bystander cut, and three shots were exchanged. no injuries reported. Wood rejected a guilty plea and was bailed at 3500 for a September 29 hearing.
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Michaux Harvey
Obituaries Chronicle Virginia Falls and Death Notices
Winchester and surrounding towns report multiple deaths from typhoid fever and other causes. Katharine Ritter aged 25 dies at home near Winchester. Ernest Harding 28 dies in Northumberland County. Lewis Macky 22 dies in Clarke County. James T Ryan 65 dies in Fairfax County, Civil War veteran. Augustus Peery about 70 dies in Tazewell County. Caroline Moore widow of L P Moore dies in York County at 87. William Ayers Jr 55 dies in Danville. J J Shannon 75 dies in Baptist Valley. Hattie Leith 30 dies near Unison from injuries. Dr E R Baughan sentenced to a year in prison for theft of a gold watch.
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Jemes T Ritter
Warsaw
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John H Harding
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Lewis Macky
Milwood
Clarke County
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Leesburg
James T. Ryan
Loudoun County
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Augustus Peery
Tazewell County
Bright
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Newport News
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Caroline Moore
L P Moore
Sheri
Lena Riggens
Carie Lawson
Nia M . Moore
Columbia M. Wobite
A J Moore
Danville
Willam Avera, Jr
Baptist Valley
F Shannon
McDowell County
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Bliss Hattie Leith
Lawrence Leith
Unison
I Ajuries
Miss Leith
Afss Leith
Peabody Institute
Baltimore
Drum declines nomination in Cumberland county race
Francis J. Drum, named by the Democratic county committee for State senator, will refuse the nomination and send a letter of decline. His friends claim a victory over the Willison organization while Drum remains devoted to mining work with United Mine Workers. Ex-Sheriff Fuller Barnard may fill the vacancy as the party seeks unity amid intra party tensions and a Poe Amendment endorsement.
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Cumberland
Francis J. Drum
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Baltimore
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Lewis
David B. Dick
Georges Creek Meyersdale
United Mine Workers of America
Rayner
United States
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Somerset
Drums
Annapoli
John D. Shannon
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Charles 8. Hamilton
House of Delegates
Horace R. Hamilton
Frostburg
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George A. Pearce
Republicn Party
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Republicans Open Campaign for State Officers in Winchester
A large Winchester audience heard Capt. William P. Kent and U S District Attorney Hebert W. Blair denounce graft and corruption in the Democratic party. They backed free school books and other Republican platform planks at courthouse hall.
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Hebert W. Blair
Virginia
Man Shot Italian Burglar in Sleep Incident
Morgantown West Virginia September 22 John Perri seventeen year old Italian burglar was shot and killed by George Weinig after the intruder attempted a descent from a second story porch. The magistrate at a hearing later approved the act and ordered the grand jury to consider involuntary manslaughter charges.
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Morgantown
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John Perri
Deliston
Monongah County
George Weinig
Weinig
Perri Stone
Grand Jury
Premier of The Clansman Stirs Norfolk Audience
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk sees the initial performance of The Clansman dramatized by Rev Thomas Dixon. The play about the Ku Klux Klan appeals to Southerners and is praised as Dixon’s South response to Uncle Tom’s Cabin with strong curtain calls.
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Academy of Music
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Prominent Norfolk Sports Figure Ends His Life at Beach
William V. Meroney, well known in local sports circles, shot himself in Virginia Beach around 1:30 a.m. after playing dominoes at the Raleigh Club. He secured a revolver in his room, walked into the surf, and died by suicide. A coroner's jury found the death to be by his own action.
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Equity Life Insurance Association Fails in Staunton Area
The Equity Life Insurance Association of Staunton announces it can no longer continue business and has paid assets to policy holders. Death losses and ties to Equitable Life of New York and Royal Arcanum are cited. Policy holders in Loudoun Fauquier and nearby counties plan a concerted probe seek restitution and may pursue civil or criminal action.
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Portrait of Gen Payne to Fauquier County Presentation
A Washington artist Richard N Brook completed a portrait of the late Gen William H Payne at Corcoran Gallery. The Payne family will present the portrait to Fauquier County next Wednesday in Warrenton with Capt John H Alexander giving the presentation and Judge C E Nicol accepting for the county. Additional notes cover a Norfolk hearing where Lee McDaniel was acquitted of selling government property and a dismissed warrant for R D Moore of Henderson NC, and news of the belled buzzard captured in Hagerstown with Bell bearing the name of B Allen Alabama from 1903. Special to The Washington Post Berryville Virginia reports to Secretary Edward G Butler of the Virginia Hereford Breeders Association announces its second annual meeting in Lynchburg on October 5 at 3 pm inviting Hereford breeders and owners to attend and join the association.
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Rogera Company
Hagerstown
James Shiys
B. Allen
Alabama
Berryville
Edward G. Butler
Virginia Hereford Breeders Association
Carroll Hotel
Lynchburg
Maryland Obituaries From Westminster and Cumberland
Westminster and Cumberland report obituaries for George Mihm a 101 year old former Silver Run resident and oldest Carroll County settler who left his second wife aged 99. Felix Barets a German native died in Cumberland after a long illness at 70, a former boat builder on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal later supervising dock work for Consolidation Coal Company and its towage operations. He survived by a widow and four children.
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Historic Colonial Hotel at Spottsylvania Court House Burns
Fredericksburg Va Sept 22 Fire last night destroyed the historic hotel at Spottsylvania Court House built in 1838 with white pillars. Shells from Civil War times exploded as firefighters sheltered, nine blasts driving crews to safety. Four walls stood amid the blaze. loss valued at $10,000 with no insurance. owner H A Carner plans to rebuild.
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Lieut Bissett and Wife Start Auto Journey to Kentucky
Lieut Guy A Bissett and Mrs Bissett left Newport News aboard the Old Dominion steamer for Richmond and planned to travel by a small buckboard car toward Harrisburg Kentucky. They aim to cover about 160 miles daily following the Chesapeake and Ohio route as closely as possible. The Pea body auto shipped for the trip reaches Richmond tonight and can run about 35 miles per hour. The trip is expected to take about a week and the car will be shipped back to Newport News by freight afterward.
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Canning Plant Planned in Luray and Page County
A significant meeting in Luray Virginia organized a plan to establish a canning factory to save thousands of bushels of fruit and vegetables from waste. Philadelphia expert Er McKenne outlined objectives while stock totaling 32100 was subscribed. The plant is expected to cost about 12000 and provide many jobs for men women and youths. Plans to finalize details will be set at a October meeting.
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Monument to Jefferson. Bronze statue of the actor to be erected in Richmond
A bronze statue of the late Joseph Jefferson is planned for Richmond Virginia. The project is led by an association chaired by Governor Montague with vice presidents including Grover Cleveland Melville Stone Richard Watson Glider and Daniel Frohman.
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Injured in Crash of Trains at Kingmont West Virginia
Two freight trains collided at Kingmont near Fairmont at dawn while traveling about twenty miles per hour. Five workers were injured including C. E. Smith and L. H. Dobbs engineers, R. Rohrerbaugh fireman who lost a foot, E. Howard conductor, and E. A. Anderson brakeman. Rohrerbaugh’s injuries were serious and recovery unlikely.
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Rohrerbaugh
Shot wife and fled in Fairmont case heats tempers
George Cuccareese, an Italian, fired at his wife Mary in a Fairmont house last night following family troubles. The bullet hit her in the right breast and she remains in critical condition in a local hospital. Cuccareese fled the scene. Mary earlier faced desertion charges in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, which were dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Oldest Navy veteran William Mackabee celebrates 102nd birthday
William Mackabee known as Old Bill, Baltimore native and longtime Navy employee, marks his 102nd birthday at the U S Naval Home in Philadelphia. He enlisted at age twelve on the Constitution and served ninety uninterrupted years, later serving aboard the Delaware Ohio Connecticut and Congress and fighting at Hampton Roads aboard the Congress. He retains most faculties, apart from slight deafness, and remains a sought source of naval reminiscences.
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Fire spreads in Charleston six story business block
A morning blaze in Charleston near the business district destroyed the Es kew Smith & Cannon building and adjoining properties including the Charleston Natural Gas Supply Company and Banner Typewriter agency. Moyes china store and Charleston Cut Flower Company also burned. Six-story gridlock caused heavy losses estimated at 266000 with several firefighters injured during rescues.
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Two Young Men Die After Tragic Train Tragedy Near Greensboro
Walter Craven a seventeen year old carpenter and Leslie Gerringer a Southern Railroad telegraph operator were found dead near the track at the west yard limit close to the new shifting yards. A southbound passenger train No 35 passed just before the incident and a bystander heard groans then found two mangled men by the track. Both men were connected locally and the railroad has fenced the area. The city has declared walking on the track a misdemeanor after recent fines.
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Tobacco Growers Session Forms Virginia North Carolina Jurisdiction
At Danville Virginia the Interstate Tobacco Growers Protective Association met to reorganize and keep jurisdiction over Virginia and North Carolina. President Samuel C Adams presided and officers retained in key posts as two state associations are created.
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Interstate Tobacco Growers’ Protective Association
Samuel C. Adams
Local trades and notices fill Washington street pages
A busy listing of trades and services appears with harness makers painters and cleaners, clothing and millinery shops, and hardware and paint suppliers. Notables include E A Weaver guest at Mr Boss, H Abramson jeweler, and Lerch Littleton painters. The tide brings ship arrivals from Perryville and lower Potomac canneries, plus real estate transfers and hospital notes.
Disease forces 1800 trees to be cut in peach orchards
Reports say a spreading disease has compelled the destruction of 1800 trees in peach orchards. The outbreak endangers nearby plantings as farmers fear further losses and economic impact in the region.
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