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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1905
Page
1
The Rev J Gray McAllister delivered a revered Memorial Day oration at Winchester praising the Confederate Memorial Association and the women of the Confederacy. He lauded forty years of labor underlying the monument and urged peaceful remembrance while honoring veterans and the flag.
Licenses reported today include Charles McCarty of White Hall marrying Alice Barbour this afternoon by Rev D Bulla. Also listed are William Walker with Elith Blackburn, Newton Unger with Lula Clowser, and J Harvey Canter with Norma McLeod. the latter couple to wed in Lynchburg tomorrow.
Judge Houston Letcher in Lexington rules for the McCormick heirs in the Stoddert versus McCormick case removed to the Frederick county Circuit Court. The dispute concerns property on Washington Street in the city partly owned by the defendants Elizabeth and Charlotte McCormick. Richard E. Byrd represented the defendants. J. P. Whitacr the plaintiff.
A dispatch to THE Stark reports unofficial returns in the second district showing Colonel Thomas B. Davis Democrat with a majority of 960 for Congress. Berkeley county went Republican by 3.
A Washing dispatch to THE STAR says heavy fighting in Moscow with all wires cut and the city isolated. Troops and police have the area under control.
Senator Martin delivered a forceful address praising last June appropriations to ten churches and schools, all proposed as amendments to the Olin bill. Winchester received three grants including 1726 for Centenary Reformed Church and 2560 for Braddock Street Methodist, with Catholic Church receiving 9610. Additional claims to the Court of Claims for several Middletown and Winchester churches are noted, expected to be paid in due time. The audience praised the forward looking stance and the senator is expected to win broad support in Winchester and Frederick county.
Mrs Susanna Petrie Cruickshank of Bartonsville Frederick county died after a lingering illness aged about 63. Funeral at her late home Thursday 10 o clock and interment at Kernstown. Survived by husband David Petrie Cruickshank four sons and two daughters. Years ago he changed his name to Cruickshank so his wife could claim about 5000 pounds from a Scottish relative.
Friends mourn the loss of Caroline Meade Atwell ten months daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel R Atwell who died early today at their South Washington Street home from whooping cough and teething. The funeral is set for Thursday afternoon.
Rufus Robinson of Robinson Bros., prominent Winchester merchant, married Lucy Duvall Young at 3 PM at the Cool Spring home of the bride in Summit Point West Virginia. The couple will reside in Winchester. Lucy Young is daughter of Adam Young. Georgeanns Patterson travels to Windsor Rock to visit her father.
Churches in Winchester Key plan an July second Sabbath program to mark the 400th anniversary of Knox. Rev. J A McClure of Front Royal will deliver The Life of Knox. his famed oratory draws crowds in the Valley. Services begin at 3:30 p.m. with anticipated large attendance.
The case of Stine versus the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was heard before Judge T. W. Harrison with a jury. The plaintiff seeks $300 for the killing of several horses at his Winchester area farm, with proceedings noting many witnesses for both sides.
Judge W. H. Menno spoke to a large Berryville crowd in the courthouse. The audience enjoyed the address and many ladies attended. Isabel Blencowe visits Baltimore. Arthur Pope visits his mother from New York. Margaret Moore and Helen Talbott return from Staunton visit.
Frederick County Democrats favor Hon. B. E. Byrd as a Legislature candidate. Byrd praised as a Valley talent with notable service to the party. The majority preference is noted as a reliable report. Misses Slocum Stelis Tie and Angie Grim of Baltimore visit the Fahnesteck family near town.
A cutting affray on Water Street near the Lutheran Church left George Caul with severe razor wounds and George Gray known as Shack, who fled and was not captured by late afternoon. Gray was treated at Dr. W. S. Love’s office and hospitalized. Caul, the Elks lodge porter, is suspected to have fled home. Police deny capturing the fugitive as investigators pursue leads in a long-standing feud allegedly involving a woman.
June 7 Middletown notes show the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of Winchester District plans a district meeting this week. Odd Fellows held a memorial service at Mt. Carmel Cemetery last Sunday. Various residents visit relatives in Winchester Hagerstown Charlottesville Berryville and nearby towns.
The Charley Rouss Fire Company yesterday laid a pillow of flowers on the Rouss lot in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
The friends of Mr. T. KE Wartmell announce the withdrawal of his candidacy for the clerkship. The action ends the bid and clears the field for other nominees without further comment.
The city council voted to empower the finance committee and the commissioner of revenue to pursue full and fair tax returns by merchants. The session also announced J. P. Haddox’s election to the second ward seat and discussed withholding $5 from new police hires’ first month pay as city property if terms aren’t served.
Joseph Brent, a well known colored man, was fined $2.50 in the Police Court for assaulting W. C. Locke of Stephens City with a scrubbing brush in a livery stable where Brent worked. Locke cursed Brent and advanced, Brent pushed Locke to the ground, Locke struck Brent, who was hospitalized. Magistrate Reardon ruled Brent the aggressor and lightened the fine.
Mrs John Louthan returns from visits to Bal ore and Washington Col E Rinker Palm House Charlestown visits Berryville Mrs S Dahlgren of Charles town visiting brother Edw Shugert Miss Fannie Galloway visiting friends in Hagerstown Miss Kate Baughman visiting St in Hagerstown Mac Ciagett attending the sunmen at Leesburg
An estimated seven to eight thousand visitors gathered for Sixth of June ceremonies in Stonewall Cemetery and downtown Winchester. The event featured a large parade led by Turner Ashby Camp veterans, decorated Confederate graves, and an oration by Rev. J Gray McAllister. A Shenandoah Valley Academy win over Martinsburg drew crowds, while minor incidents included a missing child found and a man firing a gun from a train carriage without injuries.
Wholesale prices listed include Wheat 90 cents, Rye 60 cents, Corn 2 dollars 55 cents. Butter 1 dollar 20 cents, Eggs 1 dollar 40 cents, Old hens 10 cents, Old roosters 5 cents, Turkeys 13 cents. Sale bills printed quickly.
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