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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1900
Page
1
A predominantly female banquet in the Charley Rouss engine house celebrated the bazar and oyster supper volunteers. Sixty two ladies attended with Captain Kinzel presiding, chefs Noonan and Merryman kept busy, and the event ended with dancing and a late-night orchestra.
Visiting Winchester Dr and Mrs Allan Greenwood of Waltham Mass are guests of Rev Dr and Mrs J P Hyde at the Valley Female College in this city. Dr Greenwood is a prominent physician, chief of staff at Waltham Hospital, and a leading specialist in eye ear and throat diseases.
Gen Turner Ashby Camp reviews returning rosters from Co A Fifth Va Regt Continentals and Co E Eleventh Virginia Cavalry. Capt Kurtz notes each member's age enlistment date wounds or death and nationality. A recent Elmira prison list prompts records and a call for closer comrade relations.
The Martinsburg Independent weekly, edited by J Nelson Wisner, suspends publication. A staunch republican paper whose campaign slogan was McKinley and Prosperity, the paper bows to the irony of fate after a period of celebrated prosperity.
Messrs T. J. Orndorff, Wm. Aken and Jack Henshall departed today for a hunting excursion in West Virginia.
In Woodstock Virginia Judge T W Harrison refused a request for an injunction to block the Town Council from spending 20000 on a water works system after four citizens challenged the November 15 vote. The ruling holds the council may set methods for special elections despite alleged conflicts with Walton election law and charter provisions.
In Romney West Virginia on December 14 a likely professional gang looted Evan Pugh’s store taking thirty dollars and papers valued at about 200. They blew the safe with dynamite then failed at the post office. They stole two horses from Smith’s stable, hitched them to a team and fled toward Keyser, likely by train.
Mike Ailstock Tom Lavender Mamie Johnson and Clara Lavender, all colored, were arraigned in Police Court for a Saturday night fight in Kern's alley. Each was fined 250 dollars or ten days in jail. Clara Lavender served jail time for nonpayment. she awaits release on December 20.
Miss Emma Zimmerman a daughter of Mr and Mrs Zimmerman of Martinsburg died last Sunday aged 17. She was the fourth child in the family and funeral arrangements are pending.
The Winchester Lumber and Manufacturing Company plans a restart after nearly two years shuttered. E W Church leases the plant at Cumberland Valley depot to produce sash doors blinds and moulding with $15 000 machinery, aiming to quickly rebuild the local building material trade and compete with outside firms.
Attorney General A. J. Montague told Maj. J. Ogden Murray he will visit Ashby Camp at a mutually convenient time and address the camp. Montague expressed a warm fondness for Winchester.
A Charlestown W Va special reports Miss Annie M Hopkins died this morning after a year long illness from consumption. She was the daughter of John Hopkins and 26 years old. The Star notes an invitation to attend lectures at Eastern Normal College Front Royal Va from Oct 1 to Mar 29. Mrs G O Miller left this morning for Washington.
A man lies dying as a second man is held after a late night shooting at Bertie Flynn's disreputable Martinsburg residence. Charles Young shot British Moran through a door after being refused entry. Moran's condition is critical while Young awaits bail. Inmates, including Flynn, are held as witnesses. Moran survived the initial assault but faces grim prospects.
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