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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
1
Luther Whitlock a Berkeley Springs restaurant proprietor was shot by his wife Anna Whitlock at 12 30 am in his dining room. The bullet pierced his right breast and liver leaving him dying as Mrs Whitlock is jailed in Martinsburg after the incident. Their three children are with a friend.
M. L. Ott Judge Melvin Ott Laughlin and a party from Wheeling arrived at the Hampshire Club last Thursday after leaving Tuesday morning. Despite heavy rains they traveled in two large cars without mishap and proceeded to Winchester Woodstock and other points in Virginia for a multi day tour.
A party totaling Mason C. Ambler of Parkersburg Rev W D Smith of Winchester Rev Nelson Dame of New York and Rev Page Dame of Baltimore spent Tuesday night in Romney West Virginia. They planned to float and fish down the South Fork and South Branch toward Moorefield and Peru and return to Romney early Wednesday morning.
Charlies Fown attorneys Faulkner Walker Woods and Geo Beltzhoever Jr sue Pike County in Jefferson Circuit Court for 15000 dollars after the June 18 1904 bridge accident at Werrick’s Mill that killed Melvin Shipley and seriously injured Silas Shipley. Two suits filed: 10000 for death and 5000 for injuries.
Mr Isaac Henry Strider and Mrs Strider of Jefferson announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Miss Georgette to the Reverend Andrew Johnston Willis. The ceremony will be held Wednesday morning August 22 at 10:30 in St Bartholomews Church Leetown.
Augustus Post of New York representing Charles J. Glidden will meet Jamestown Exposition officials in Norfolk Virginia to discuss dates and routes for a southward tour. He travels via Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Richmond with R H Sexton and H B Trice while General Louis Victor Baughman suggests a route from New York to Gettysburg Frederick Antietam Shenandoah Valley and Jamestown with a return via Baltimore and Philadelphia.
A bottle found along the Opequon near Ridgeway West Virginia contained a note from Philip D Frye of Berryville Virginia dated February 21 1996. The thirteen year old writer asks the finder to write back and include the note with the Evening Star. The story suggests a shipwreck message motif and notes floods may have moved the bottle to the bank.
The Hampden-Sidney College president received a letter from Rev Thomas W Hooper presenting a 4-5 foot painting titled The Commission from Milan Cathedral. Dr Hooper notes Major Wm L Lanier left a valued oil painting to him and requests the work be a standing sermon in chapel services. President R Gray MeXlister of Hampden-Sidney is currently in Winchester.
Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Cunningham of Berryville and Elizabeth A Smith of Capon Bridge were held in Winchester with interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included J W Gaver E G Coshner J W Ware Charles Tanquary John Bush Walter Shryock Albert Levett Bruce Haines EB Huntsberry Slonaker Wall Kurtz. Reverend J Harry Smith and Reverend H D Harper officiated.
The Friendship Pire Company and two other steamer units pumped water downtown to support city health efforts. The Fire Committee authorized the action in a special meeting with unanimous approval. The city covers running costs and repairs from any damages, with no charges to the city or companies.
Bail Commissioner E E Stickley of Shenandoah County set bail at 1000 dollars for Charles Fisher charged with conspiracy against his wife. Fisher appeared with attorney E D Ott of Harrisonburg and was taken to Woodstock by Deputy Sheriff William Roker after a period in Winchester jail. his father J H Fisher stood as security and he must appear at the September circuit court term.
Mrs. Elizabeth Updike died at her Browntown home after an indigestion attack while praying at bedside. She was 72, survived by husband J J Updike and six children, with a large funeral in the Christian Church attended by about 400.
Ada Edmonia Harford died at 12 45 last night after a lingering consumption illness at 119 South Kent street. The funeral is set for 4 pm at her house with interment in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Rev D H Kern will officiate. Survived by husband William A Harford and seven children.
The Sunday School at Valley Union Chapel on the Martinsburg Pike is enjoying a picnic today at Clevenger’s. Local families and children attend the outing with planned games and a light noon meal.
Miss Lillian R. Talbott hosted a very enjoyable dance Monday evening at Hotel Powhatan in Charles Town attended by society members. Dr Ron T. Graham and family of New York are staying at their city home.
The Richmond Brownies, regarded as the best ball team in the state, will play two games in Winchester at four o clock this afternoon and again tomorrow afternoon. They recently played several close games with Staunton. Miss Laura Green died late last night at her Milldale area home at age forty and is survived only by her father.
Bombs were thrown at policemen in Warsaw in three districts yesterday. Nearly 100 persons were injured amid sanguinary clashes with revolutionists who organized wholesale massacres of police, gendarmes, and infantry patrols. Seventeen policemen, four gendarmes, and one infantryman were killed, while 80 were wounded. soldiers fired into a crowd killing fifteen and wounding one hundred thirty with bullets and bayonets.
IL N Dinges confined in Harrisonburg jail on a larceny charge was not taken to Woodstock yesterday because his attorney could not secure an order for removal. Dinges is a county resident.
Count Cantwell pitched a masterful game allowing seven strikeouts as Winchester overwhelmed Pittsburg Collegians. Winchester's bats supported Cantwell with six runs, boosted by Winchester's multi hit efforts and key fielding plays. The win featured strong hitting from Winchester and crucial errors by Pittsburg on defense.
Mrs Robert Grant aged about 50 died at her home near Linden Virginia on Tuesday night. She is survived by a husband and three children.
The Baby Show at Grace Episcopal Church attracted widespread county participation. A 25 cent admission granted up to three votes per child across three classes, with 327 votes cast and prizes awarded to Nannie Wattles Alice Haevener Lucille Morton John Scott Anne Milton Francia Osborne Edward Williams Caroline Wattles Frank Timberlake and special blue ribbon to Berlin Twine. Proceeds go to charity. organizer Mrs Hammond received praise for the event.
Miss Della Santora and Mr. Q Clayton Ritter were secretly married by Rev H M White in Kernstown after Ritter obtained a license from City Clerk Gray. They returned to the city the same evening robed as Mr and Mrs Ritter. Sanford family of Nort Market Street note their daughter as active in the Baptist Church. Ritter is a stock dealer with many friends.
Octogenarian Robert Griffith of the county died about five o'clock this morning at his home near Welltews in his eighty fifth year. Funeral from the home of Fred Cochran tomorrow at ten. He was unmarried and lived a quiet life near where his great grandfather settled over a century ago. Survived by a brother William Griffith near Lenore. He was uncle to R H Griffith of Winchester.
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