Retirement of an Ex Confederate Dominates Washington Talk
Washington dispatch notes Col W J Talbert of South Carolina leaving Congress after five terms due to gubernatorial bid. It describes his pension battle strategy, his nickname Uncle Jasper, and clashes with Speaker Cannon. Also covered are East Room renovations at the White House, Van Ness mansion fire scare, and Alabama and Louisiana senatorial election timing under new constitutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. J. Talbert
South Carolina
Talbert
Mulbert
Jasper
Congress
van Ness
National Capital
New-York
Washington Monument
McKinley Window Unveiled at Brooklyn Church
A McKinley memorial window was unveiled at Central Presbyterian Church Brooklyn honoring the late president. Rev Dr John F Carson preached on The Men Who Made America noting McKinley’s honesty and character and stressing national strength lies in people not armament.
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McKinley
Central Presbyterian Church
Marcy
Jefferson Ives
Brooklyn
John F. Carson
America
Jefferson-ave
Christ
Gethsemane
Cerson
William McKinley
Lincolns
McKinseys
Carlyle
Lincoln
New Mexico prospers says Otero report
Governor Otero reports New Mexico is unusually prosperous with irrigation progress, new towns, and growing mining. The territory’s net bonded debt stands at 1,034.04 and assessed value of property at 41,108,745, far below its true taxable value of 159,000,000, according to the governor.
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Washington
Otero
New-Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Petty
New Mexico
Intruder at Mount Vernon House Believed to Be Spies
Mrs Peter Spies reported a late Saturday attempt to force entry into her Mount Vernon home. A chisel was used on a door, but the intruder fled after several minutes. Mrs Spies suspects her husband, recently returned from England, sought papers and a trunk contents now missing from the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Spies
Mount Vernon
England
Spies
Panther returns to Hampton Roads with 320 marines aboard
The auxiliary cruiser Panther under Commander J. C. Wilson docked at Old Point after a rough Atlantic voyage from Colon via San Juan. Two officers and 34 marines, all ill with malaria, were moved to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. most men are not seriously ill and may receive extended shore leave. Awaiting Washington orders.
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Tribune
Newport News
Panther
J. C. Wilson
Hampton Roads
Colon
San Juan
Capes
Wilson
Cape Henry
Navy Yard
Old Point
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
North Atlantic
Hatteras
Panama
Washington
Actor Johnstone Kills Actress then Commits Suicide
Barry Johnstone, an actor with ties to Keith’s Bijou Theatre stock company, shot Miss Hassett in the street in Philadelphia and then shot himself. He died at Hahnemann Hospital from peritonitis. Hassett, wife of Chicago businessman Everett Beckwith, had been set to become leading woman this season.
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Philadelphia
Barry Johnstone
Miss Hassett
Keith
Bijou Theatre Stock Company
Hahnemann Hospital
Syracuse
N. Y
Johnstone
Everett Beckwith
Chicago
Aurora
Ill
Mme. Modieska
Colny
Keen Defends Vivisection In Message To Senator Gallinger
Philadelphia dispatch reports Dr. William W. Keen cites animal experiments as essential to locating a brain clot in Midshipman Aiken after a football injury. He asserts his 1902 findings saved the patient and urges anti vivisection legislation reconsideration.
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Philadelphia
William W. Keen
Annapolis
Aiken
Keen
Gallinger
Europe
America
Mr. Aiken
Lorenz Advises Doctors At City Hospital Visit
Dr Adolf Lorenz visited the Hospital for Crippled Children in Baltimore today and advised the physicians on patient treatment. He did not operate but outlined methods to treat several cases seen. A drive through the city followed by a dinner at the city hospital brought together the faculty and his assistant Dr Mueller. Lorenz will hold a public clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital tomorrow forenoon.
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Bellevue Hospital
Frank Martilli
West
Joseph
Bellevue
Baltimore
Adolf Lorenz
Ity
Mueller
Lorenz
Johns Hop- Dr. Kins Hospital
Rough Weather Delays German Steamer on Atlantic Voyage
The German steamer Denhold arrived at St John s after seventeen days at sea from Hamburg with general cargo and 28 passengers. A hurricane and furious gale off the Newfoundland coast left passengers suffering and the vessel short of coal as the gale continued. Captain Ku and crew reported severe conditions during the voyage toward New York and Newfoundland.
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Denhold
York
Atlantic
Newfoundland
St. John’s
Replies to Hinsdale Civil Service Reform letter
Everett V. Abbot replies to Justice E B Hinsdale declining to join the Civil Service Reform Association. He claims the association bases its aims on experience, challenges the Black act as failing, and argues for practical common sense reform including veteran preferences and agency efficiency. He notes past Tammany influence, praises current government effort, and urges Hinsdale to study the association’s work.
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Everett V. Abbot
Civil Service Reform Association
E. B. Hinsdale
Court of Special Sessions
Board of Commissioners
Association
Civil Service Commission
Tammany Hall
New York
Civic Federation meets with Hanna to preside three day session
The Civic Federation industrial department convenes at Board of Trade rooms in Broadway with Senator Hanna presiding. Opening remarks by Mayor Low precede three days of arbitration conciliation discussions. Tomorrow covers output restriction and labor hours, Wednesday tackles union incorporation. Hanna declines to discuss specifics.
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Industrial Department
The
Civic Federation
Board of Trade
Broadway
Hanna
Low
Tribune
Hegeman Hosts Fireman Dinner for New Mamaroneck House
John R. Hegeman Jr plans a 4 dinner tonight to celebrate the Union Hook and Ladder Company moving into its new $7,000 home in Mamaroneck. Guests include C Oliver Iselin A C Bostwick Alfred Marshall J M MacDonough with uniforms and flag gifts from Bostwick and Iselin.
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John R. Hegeman, Jr
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Mamaroneck
Union Hook and Ladder Company
Fire Department
C. Oliver Iselin
A. C. Bostwick
Alfred Marshall
J. M. MacDonough
Hegeman
Hook and Ladder Company
Diamonds found on man in theft at Manhattan Club
Samuel B. Mann of Afkin Lambert & Co identifies uncut diamonds hidden with the accused Henry G. Marsh. Aikin notes the firm’s nightly stock and Marsh’s arrest follows a path of missing jewelry and a $1000 bail as examination looms.
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Samuel B. Mann
Afkin, Lambert & Co
Pris
Mr. Mann
James T. Aikin
West Twentythird St
Poughkeepsie
Mann
Marsh
Harry
Canfield Receives Missing Vase After Private Raid Return
Richard A. Canfield, owner of a $2,500 peach blow vase, has it back at his No 6 East Forty Fourth Street home after a private raid by District Attorney Jerome. A boy of ten delivered the vase to East Fifty first Street police, with a note claiming it was not stolen by police. Detectives later confirmed Canfield recognized the vase as his lost property.
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East Fortyfourth St
Jerome
Richard A. Canfield
Mr. Canfield
East Fifty-first-st
Sergeant Powers
Dinny’ Brennan
Sonny
Roger Meany
No. Third-ave
Powers
Canfield
Arraignment of a Lawyer For Intoxication in Jefferson Market
Charles Jackson a 25 year old lawyer of New ark was arraigned in Jefferson Market court on a charge of intoxication and fined by Magistrate Cornell. Mrs E N Tafler of Washington Square North described an incident where Jackson obstructed her carriage at Fifth Ave and Eighth St and later claimed to be taking her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jackson
Newark
Jefferson Market Court
Cornell
E. N. Tafler
Washington Square
Tribune
Fifth-ave
Zionism as a religious stance and assimilation proposal
The Rev Dr Joseph Silverman preached a second sermon on Zionism arguing that a Jewish national identity should fade and assimilation be pursued. He urged Jews to adopt American language and manners while maintaining distinct Jewish religious beliefs and practices, calling the ghetto a barrier to assimilation. Emanu-E
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Joseph Silverman
Temple
Fifth-ave
Forty-third-st
Palestine
Israel
Morosini Case Dropped After Burglar Mystery
Chief Foley announced the Morosini residence burglary chatter is over. He doubts a kidnap plot or burglar in Mount Vernon on December 4, attributing any disturbance to a sleeping servant and a possible nightmare. Witnesses, including Mrs Morosini and her mother, described a intruder though the chief remains unconvinced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attilio P. Morosini
Giovanni P. Morosini
Chester Hill
Mount Vernon
Morosini
Foley
Building Trades Lockout Heads to Arbitration Today
Seven men will arbitrate the two week lockout that disrupted about five thousand five hundred workers. The Building Trades Council and Builders Association agreed to a three man panel each plus a seventh to decide by majority. Fines of fifty dollars were paid by two plumbers who crossed the picket line, a point of dispute in the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Council
Builders’ Association
New Rochelle
Free Lectures on Tuberculosis by Local Charity Group
The Charity Organization Society committee offers free lectures at United Charities Building Fourth Avenue and Twenty second Street. Topics include causation and prevention, social aspects of warfare against tuberculosis, government and individual duties, and tuberculosis relations to bones and joints. Lectures feature Dr H M Biggs Edward T Devine Dr S A Knopf A Jacobi and others.
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Committee For the
Charity Organization Society
United Charities
Fourth-ave
Twenty-second-s
H. M. Biggs
Edward T. Devine
S. A. Knopf
A. Jacobi
J D
Roext
Automobile Apparel offers leather auto wear and accessories
A catalog of leather and fabric auto wear lists items for men and women including jackets, coats, caps, waterproof caps, loggins, goggles, and accessories. Prices range from $1.50 to $45.00 with sizes mostly 34 to 42 and coats up to 50 inches long.
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Dalzell
Uncle Joe
Dal 2
Pennsylvania
Keystone Tate
Payne’s
Littlefield
Mr. Dalzell
White House
Green Room
Alabama
Pet
Louisiana
Geatly
M'Kinley
Dr. Carson
Makers of
NEW York Telephone Co
West 1Sth
West 124Th Street
Mrs. Spies
DR. Keen
Senator Gallinger
DR. Lorenz
Hinsdale
E. V
Service Reform Association
R. Hegeman
Maroneck
John Fiske
Boston Transcript
New York Times
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Fiske
Montreal Star
the Macmillan Company, Publishers
Walking Jewelry Shop
W. & J. Sloane
Dr. Silverman
Lynch
Mr. Morosini
E. W. Grove
Saks & Company
34Th Street
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