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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1903
Page
1
The city council debate centers on ward boundaries and the possibility of two wards with six council members each or a split of the Fourth ward to aid the Third and Second. Leaders fear awkward outcomes from recent electoral changes and seek a solution aligned with constitution and statewide charter rules. James B. Russell returns from Atlantic City.
J C Wells of Baltimore and Houston policeman J D Proctor drowned while bathing in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday evening near Galveston. Emma Pebblely of Houston was rescued. Wells, a Headley Chocolate salesman, had been with the company about a year. Proctor’s body recovered. Wells’ body search continues. The incident follows a prior Headley salesman suicide in Washington, D C.
At the final ball of Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia last Wednesday night several Winchester young ladies attended with escorts. Miss McGuire wore white pongee with point lace pearls and rubies and was accompanied by Mr Robert Withers of Bedford City Virginia. Miss Nellie Browne wore white organdy with pearls and was accompanied by Mr J M B Gill of Petersburg Virginia. Miss Augusta Conrad wore white organdy with pearls and was accompanied by Mr Davis Conrad of Winchester.
Abner Lakeman of the county denies in toto the charge of alienation of his wife's affections brought by Simon Newlin for 5000 dollars and has engaged R. E. Byrd to defend the suit.
Mrs. Jacob F. Streit wife of the county man living about 14 miles north of Winchester broke her left arm yesterday afternoon. While gathering berries with Mrs. John Siford she tripped on briars and fell, fracturing near the wrist. Dr Daniel Janney reduced the fracture. Mack Noonan's bivery. Phone 210.
Winchester barber Frank T. Woodward sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for ten thousand dollars claiming unjust ejection from a Washington bound train. Major Holmes Conrad and Hon. R. E. Byrd of this city counsel him. a Baltimore detective allegedly acted as conductor and dragged him from the car. Witnesses call the removal unwarranted. case to be heard in a Washington court.
Prof. Alexander T. Wade of Morgantown West Virginia visiting Winchester during vacation. He is an author of some note with several books in preparation and has written textbooks in use in various schools. One upcoming work is Sketches of Southern Schools and School Masters Before the War. Contributors include prominent educators from the two Virginias.
Mr. W. P. Flower and family of Alexandria Rapides Parish Louisiana are at Winchester Inn. Flower is a leading sugar and cotton planter in Louisiana and a quintessential Southern gentleman of the old regime. Mrs. Flower was Miss Polk, niece of the late Bishop Leonidas Polk, a Confederate Lieutenant-General.
Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company sues Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Charles Town West Virginia claiming steam locomotive caused a straw stack fire at Eyster's paper mills in Halltown. Losses reportedly paid by the insurer seeking recovery. Attorney R E Byrd attended the case on site.
Mrs. Vernon H. Pangle obtains divorce from Robert H. Pangle by default as he resides in the West. No alimony awarded. defense not filed. Defendant represented by R. E. Byrd. Dr. W. P. McGuire returned last night from Baltimore.
The relatives of Walter Rouze, killed June 4 at Bakerton West Virginia by a shifting Baltimore and Ohio train, sue the company for 10000 damages. They allege negligent use of a flying switch and seek legal action represented by Richard E Byrd and C W Forsyth of Virginia. Rouze was the fourth in the family to die from railroad accidents.
Invitations issued for the June 30 wedding of Miss Mary Preston Graham to Col Nathaniel Beverley Tucker of the Virginia Military Institute faculty at the bride’s Lexington home. Tucker, a Winchester native, is the son of Mrs Julia Tucker and nephew of the late Judge William L. Clark. Excursion to Luray Caverns offered next Sunday with round trip, meals included, for 3.35 dollars from Hotel Evans. Travel details list 7 30 a. m. departure and 6 49 p. m. return.
Fresh trout is offered at Spraint and Strope's located at 213 East Water Street every Tuesday and Friday, providing regular fish deliveries for local shoppers.
Last night between 10 and 11 o clock Mrs Hederick and Miss Mattie Loy defended the Hederick mansion near Hay field with a 32 caliber revolver after burglars tried to enter the reading room and kitchen door. Neighbors heard pistol shots and fled, leaving no trace of the intruders. It is noted Mrs Hederick can use a firearm, warning all would be trespassers.
President Roosevelt appoints Holmes Conrad of Winchester Va as special prosecutor in the government Post Office frauds. He will lead the prosecution. appointment followed Attorney General Knox consultation. Conrad, a renowned lawyer and former United States Solicitor General, serves as a Democrat from Winchester.
A visit by Rev. W. J. Maybee president of the Virginia Childrens Home Society to Winchester met strong parental protest. He planned to take several orphaned or unfit children to Richmond but relatives blocked the move, ending in a public scene.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court affirmed Justice Blanchard in overruling a demurrer by W. W. Rouss as executor. Lizzie E. Cowen seeks $39,250 from the Rouss estate from a promised payment of $50,000. Trial proceeds.
Mr and Mrs E B Spielman of Hagerstown Md announce the marriage of their daughter Enos Hager to Clarence Warner Hotchkiss on Wednesday July 8 1903 at their Frederick Street residence Hagerstown. Miss Spielman is well known and popular in Winchester having visited here as guest of Miss Viola Sumption. Mr Hugh K Green of Jas B Russell & Bro went to New York on business.
Mrs J H Herrell of south Market street is critically ill after sudden lung hemorrhages beginning about 2 am Monday. She had not been well for weeks and is under doctors care as her condition remains grave. Former county resident, now living with her husband in the city.
The Star reports a corrected death notice from Buoker Hill West Virginia naming Henry Weidman instead of John Weidman. John Page and niece Mrs. Charles Van Hook of Berryville were in Winchester yesterday.
A marriage license was issued today to E R McDonald and Anna M Cooley of Frederick County. He is from Hampshire County West Virginia and has lived near Winchester. she is the daughter of Smith Cooley. The ceremony is expected tomorrow. Mrs Rebecca Thomas and two children plus sister Aggie Baxter of Washington DC visit Miss Hannah Willis on North Kent Street. Mr W S Gray, former Shenandoah Valley Academy instructor, traveled to Brooklyn New York.
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