Silent About Letters Angry With Queen Family
Covington people who declined to receive Mrs Smith declared to be related to her and the accused girl. Mrs Harriet P Lowell sister of Nan Patterson and Mrs J Morgan Smith refused interviews as reporters gathered at 1462 Howard Avenue Mount Pleasant. The family, tied to Nan Patterson’s murder case, kept quiet while questioning the letters signed IT found in Mrs Smith’s possession.
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Covington
Lowell
Patterson
Howard Avenue
Mount Pleasant
Harriet P Lowell
Nan Patterson
J. Morgan Smith
Mr Queen
Kesaneake
Ohio
Miss Mary Queen
Washington
Alwass
Caillsies
Rother
Sun
Bytun
Wrother
New York
Exhibition of Paintings by James Henry Moser at Morrey's Galleries
A large 4 by 5 foot oil titled Cleaning Up anchors an exhibit of James Henry Moser's oils and watercolors at Morrey's Galleries. The show, extending to April 15, features half new works from the last decade and half noted works previously shown in major annuals, with Moser's Berkshire study and related pieces drawing special attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry Moser
Morrey
Pittsfield
Mass
Washington
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Mr Moser
Fischer Gallery
Unusulnterest
Cmpete
Tully Maintin
Mer Moser
Reform Bureau Anniversary at Vermont Avenue Church
The tenth anniversary meeting of the International Reform Bureau at Vermont Avenue Christian Church opened with sharp attacks on Mormonism and other evils. President Charles Lyman of the Treasury’s appointment division presided as Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis and Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts criticized gaming, Sunday saloon closures, and religious teaching in schools. A report from Rev. Dr. B. L. Whitman highlighted bureau accomplishments, while Ellis denounced Joseph Smith’s alleged false testimony in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xts
Éymen
Vermont Avenue
International Reform Bureau
Wilbur F. Crafts
Bureau
Benning
Monte Carlo
B. L. Whitman
Philadelphia
George Washington University
Mormon Tabernacle
Washington
Outcry Over Rockefeller Gift Divides Congregation at Fifth Church
Sermon by Rev. David Wallace Montgomery denounces Rockefeller fortune building methods and the Standard Oil gift to the American Board of Missions. He argues the gift is morally suspect yet acknowledges the board cannot act as a censor and cites salvation as a personal internal change, not purchaseable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
American Board of Missions
David Wallace Montgomery
Fifth Congregational Church
Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Rockefeller
Series of small fires scorch city and a theft arrest
A gasoline stove caused a small fire at John Bader’s residence 727 Second street northeast with $25 damage after an alarm from box 67 at 9 22 a m. A shed blaze at 462 K Street southwest damaged about 25 due to hot ashes. hose car collided with a streetcar at Seventh and K. Sparks from brush set fire to Vincent Chapman’s home 104 Ridge Road near Benning causing about 25 damage. A defective flue sparked a fire in Sally B Watson’s home 900 Eleveth street southeast with $50 damage. J W Thompsons woods fire between Woodley Lane and Massachusetts Avenue caused no damage. Nettie Dixon charged with stealing jewelry from R A Fessenden’s home 177 Riggs Place Northwest. part of property recovered.
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John Bader
Second Street
K Street
Thomas Collins
Engine Company No. 13
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Seventh
K Streets
Vincent Chapman
Ridge Toad
Benning
Chemical Company No
Sally B. Watson
Eleventh Street
Chemical Company No. 3
J W Thompson
Woodley Lane
Massachusetts Avenue
Citizens' drive to raise funds for Young Men's Christian Association
A citywide effort aims to collect 550000 in 27 days to meet a 2000 gift from Woodward and Lothrop toward the Y M C A building fund. A 10000 club and ten groups of ten young men plan to contribute toward 30000 of the total. A business leaders' dinner at the Arlington Hotel launches a citizens' committee organized by Edward Graves and others, with women also active and a Friday luncheon to engage more help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward and
Lothrop
Messrs. Woodward and Lothrop
Young Men’s Christian Association
Washington
Association Gymnasium
Fairbanks
Dewey
Chaffee
Hitchcock
Cortelyou
Brewer
Foraker
Foster
Henderson
Higginson
Slater
Reyburn
Kibbey
Macfarland
C. S. Ward
Young Men's Christian Association
Ward
Association
National Capital
National Metropolitan Bank
Fifteenth Street
Draper Establishes George Washington University Scholarship
Gen William F Draper of Massachusetts, former Ambassador to Italy, endows a $300 annual scholarship in GWU's politics and diplomacy department. The award targets Massachusetts and Virginia students, with terms set by the dean, reflecting a push for better diplomatic training for future consular service, arbitration, and professorial careers.
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Draper
George Washington University
William F Draper
Massachusetts
Italy
Congress
Foreign Affairs Committee
Virginia
International
Fell Through Bridge Injures Man On Pier
Robert White, about twenty four, of 1200 Sixteenth Street Northeast, fell through a highway bridge yesterday and landed on a pier ledge. He was unconscious when rescued and taken to the Emergency Hospital with brain concussion. Detectives arrested Noah Hixon, 32, in Philadelphia for desertion and nonsupport of his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert White
Sixteenth Street
New Highway Bridge
Philadelphia
O'Brien
Parham
Noah Hixon
Phil Cinder
Roosevelt Club Opens New Quarters in Pythian Temple
The Roosevelt Club of Spanish War soldiers, sailors, and marines held a large meeting Saturday night in the Pythian Temple to dedicate their new headquarters. About fifty members attended as Capt Adolph Van Reuth presided and William A Hickey served as secretary. Five new members were welcomed and five others mustered in. The employment committee reported seven members hired in government departments over three weeks, while the finance committee declared the club financially healthy. The group discussed DecoratIon Day cooperation with the G A R, Easter week entertainment plans, and a military ball with a large talent program. over 100 tickets have been distributed. The club is in contact with the Legion of Spanish War Veterans and may join the national semi military body. A stirring address by Galore Nat Hill praised the 1888 veterans and noted a Theodore Roosevelt club could be a success.
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Roosevelt Club
Pythian Temple
Adolph van Reuth
William A. Hickey
Charlies E. Sikkum
John H. Lloyd
Samuel M. Yarbrough
Wiliam T. Carbourn
Robert C. Galbraith
Legion of Spanish War Veterans
Boston
Mass
Washington
Legion
Gal Ore
Nat Hill
Arkansas
Col. Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Old Soldier Ends Life With Carbolic Acid
Adolph Hechenberg a seventy eight year old hospital steward at the Soldiers' Home swallowed carbolic acid in the woods yesterday morning. He had threatened suicide before but prepared unusually this time buying a new suit and obtaining poisons from Williams drug store. Body found two hours later. he had lived in the District thirty one years and at the home two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Hechenberg
Rechenberg
Wiliams
Ninth and Streets
Arrest of Charles Lavender in assault on Minerva Bell
Police arrested Charles Lavender, a white man about thirty, on suspicion of assaulting Minerva Bell, an eight year old colored girl, in Goat alley. The girl and several witnesses identified him at the Second precinct. Lavender declined to speak. The girl was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. community anger runs high in the alley.
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Charles Lavender
Walker
Minerva Bell
Goat Alley
Lavender
Two Men In Sharp Stabbing Affray On Thirty sixth Street
Two colored men Waluimm Toney aged twenty seven and John Robinson aged twenty five fought with knives on Thirty sixth street between and P streets yesterday afternoon. Toney suffered a severe cut above the left eye and Robinson two stab wounds in the back. They were arrested but declined to prosecute each other and only affray was charged. Robinson worsened overnight and was moved again to Georgetown University Hospital for care.
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Waluimm ‘Toney
John Robinson
Thirty-sixth
P Streets
Toney
Robinson
Georgetown University Hospital
Seventh Province
Broken Motorcycle Record Set for Washington to Baltimore Run
Harry Park breaks the motorcycle record from Washington to Baltimore and back in 3 hours 37 minutes on a three horse power English machine. The route via Hyattsville and Laurel covered thirty eight miles to Gwynns Falls bridge in 1 hour 40 minutes, with a ten minute stop and return in 1 hour 47 minutes. Postal cards verified the record at key points. Park previously rode the distance in nine hours on a cushion-tare wheel in 1891.
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Harry Park
Baltimore
Washington
Hyattsville
Laurel
Gwynns Falla Bridge
Park
Little Boy Blue and His Horn Nourished by Grape-Nuts
A TWinois mother shares her experience with her delicate child Bessie's diet. She recalls her own boy Blue who improved after switching to Grape-Nuts, gaining weight and vigor, and notes both she and her husband benefited, urging the friend to try the product with a promise of results. The message cites Foster’s Co. and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Twinois
Little Bessie
Blue
Ewan
Boy Blue
Husband
Fostum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Second Unschuld Concert Draws Large crowd at Armory Hall
Miss Maria von Unschuld’s second Sunday concert at the National Rifles Armory Hall drew a full house with top fare at a 10 cent price. Soloist Miles von Unschuld and violinist Lucien Conen led a program including Chopin, Schubert Liszt, and Weber pieces, with soprano Sadie Gompers and flutist Robert E. Geel receiving strong notices. The audience lapped up recalls for the “Musical Box” and Reis number, while Miss Mildred Kolb and Miss Katharine McNeal impressed in accompanying roles. The next concert is planned for April 30 at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria von Unschuld
National Rifles’ Armory Hall
Vor Unsachuld
Gompers
Roberto O
Tu Che
Adore
Meyerbeer
Robert
Trottere
Heaven
Chickadee
Minnie Bailey
Nightingale
Chopin
Mildred Kolb
Conen
Wieniawsk
von Unschuld
Farmer kills two daughters then commits suicide near Poplar
Des Moines dispatch reports Michael Nelson, a farmer near Poplar in Audubon County Iowa, shot and killed his two daughters aged ten and thirteen as they slept and then died by suicide. The bodies lay in bed with rifle at Nelson’s feet. the motive remains undisclosed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Michael Nelson
Poplar
Audubon County
Nelson
Cup for Midshipmen marksman honor at Annapolis
The National Society of the Sons of the Revolution offers a cup to the Naval Academy to spur small Arms marksmanship. The graduating class top scorer will have his name inscribed on the trophy. Bapt. Brownson accepted the offer on behalf of the academy. Ohio Sails for Asiatic Station with the battleship Ohio under Capt. Logan, on a long Pacific voyage from Portland. Nineteenth Infantry Sails for Manila on the transport Buford carrying soldiers. Former Gov. Wilson of West Virginia is critically ill in St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, as Mrs. Wilson travels to be with him.
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Washington Rover
Annapolis
National Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Naval Academy
Brownson
Asiatic Station
San Francisco
Ohio
Logan
Union Eron
Pacific
Gov. Wilson Very
Jacksonville
Gov. Wilson
West Virginia
St. Luke's Hospital
Eighth Sunday Concert at Saengerbund Clubhouse
A large audience enjoyed the eighth Saengerbund program featuring choruses Zieh'maus and Die Austerwahlte, piano solos by Norman Daly and a range of vocal and violin numbers led by Henry Mander. The program closed with the Gridiron Quartet. a children’s masquerade ball was announced for Friday and the third theatrical performance next Sunday. Soldiers clashed on Northwest streets leaving several civilians wounded. two soldiers were detained but released. Conductor Richard A. Waiters, injured in a streetcar fall, improved and was moved to Garfield Hospital. Southern Baptists elect officers in Memphis. next meeting possibly in Florida.
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Saengerbund
Hmaus
Dregert
Samans
Henry Mander
Norman Daly
Sinding
McDowell
Leo Steffel
Gertrude Reuter
Soto
Mark
Herndon Morsell
Syner
Ancella B. Fisher
William T. Heed
Anton Kasper
John H. Nolan
Gridiron
Messrs
Nolan
Mosher
Morsell
Kaiser
Saengerbund Hall
Richard A. Waiters
Mount Pleasant
Grant Streets
Garfield Hospital
Weather conditions and temperatures across regions
The weather report notes high pressure over the Lower Lake region and Middle Atlantic, with a cold front in the Rocky Mountains. Rain and thunderstorms affect the Mississippi Valley and western Lake region. Texas sees rain, and Colorado New Mexico mountains have rain. Warmer in the south, colder in the Rockies toward the Pacific. Winds differ by coast and lake areas, with fresh northerlies in New England and Middle Atlantic, east to southeast along the South Atlantic and East Gulf, and brisk east to northeast along Lake Michigan. Local readings show midnight 62, 2 a.m. 49, 4 a.m. 45, 6 a.m. 42, 8 a.m. 48, 12 p.m. 52, 2 p.m. 67, 4 p.m. 58, 6 p.m. 67, 8 p.m. 64. maximum 68, minimum 41. Relative humidity 67 percent at 8 a.m. Rainfall 0.00, 127 hours of sunshine, 100 percent possible sunshine. Sun rises 6:40, sets 6:26. high tide 3:36 p.m., low tide 1:28 a.m. and 1:47 p.m. Temperatures in other cities noted with rainfall data through 2 p.m.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Hocky Mountain
Bestern
Nebraska
Kansas
Miselasippi Valley
Lake Region
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Interior
Galleys
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
East
Gulf States
Ilo
Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
New England
South Atlantic
East Gulf
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
Death of Nicolay Jensen Jewelers Former Lincoln Acquaintance
Nicolay Jensen longtime jeweler in Washington died suddenly of heart failure at his home on W Street Northwest. Survived by son C A Jensen and two brothers in Australia, funeral at residence with Rev W M Ferguson, interment Glenwood Cemetery beside his wife. Jensen, born Moss Norway in 1826, came to America, partnered with Henry Sempken on Pennsylvania Avenue, then joined the Pension Office. He belonged to the Oldest Inhabitants Association and Norwegian Society. Mrs Benjamin Harrison sails abroad with daughter for several months in Italy.
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Nicolay Jensen
Lincoln
Army Division
Pension Office
D Street
C. A. Jensen
Australia
W. M. Ferguson
Wesley Chapel
Glenwood
Jensen
Moss
Norway
America
Henry Sempken
Pennsylvania Avenue
Tenth Street
J A Hart
Oldest Inhabitants’ Association
Norwegian Society
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Massenet
Dimanche Matn
Dimanche Soir
J A Jaegle
W. B Judge
OQ Weber
Stest
Egoti
Obligato
Reform Bureau
Dr. Montgomery
Standard Oil
Mr. Montgomery
Kingdom of
Jesus
Pracinet
Burlingame
Nettie Dixon
R. A. Fessenden
Riggs Place
Hood
Y.M.C.A
Ariington Hotel
Citizens’ Committee
Edward Graves
J Whit Herron
C B Rheem
Ralph W Lee
C Rowe
S S Shedd
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Whit Herron
Tevening Star
Leslie M Shaw
North
Shaw
Wletcher 8 Brockman
Shanghai
China
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School OF Diplomacy
William Toney
Little Boy Blue
National Rifles
Mias Gompers
Lansburgh & Bro
Springers Fabrics
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Lupin
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Paris
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Sanders & Stayman Go
Midshipmen
Sons of Revolution
Nineteenth Infantry
Manila
Portland
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Philippine Islands
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Spring Street
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C Street
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Fourth
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Tenn
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T. J. Barton
Mississippi Baptist
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American Security and Crust Company
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Office OF the Commissioners
Washinngton
District of Columbia
Ban
Florida Avenue
R Street
Decatur Place
Kalorama Heights
Kall Tract
Phelps & Tuttle
First Street
Deaware Avenue
H Street
M Street
Delaware Avenue
Fourth Street
Henry BL F Macfarland
Henry L West
John Biddle
Macdonnallgl
Mme
L. Macdonnall
Osteopathy
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W. Il
Grace esRicx
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Reama
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Clara A Westlake
the Brunawick
Pope
Journeymen Plasterers’ Association
Ds Order of Association
CA Hines
Shou
Exandria
Mt. Vergon
Ising Grocers
HAW & Bro
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