Napoleon of Finance Capt Williams Sought by Detectives
Private detectives pursue Capt William Plumb Williams a once well connected army officer and society figure now linked to numerous schemes and alleged frauds. He allegedly swindled hotel bills, floated phantom railroads and canal ventures, and used alias contracts as he moved between Washington Cincinnati and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
New York World
Philadelphia
William Plumb Williams
Army
Washington
National Capital
Williamela
Mayo
West Side
Long Acre
Willams
West Point
American Surety Company
Broadway
Williams
Bridgeport
Conn
Roger Wiliams
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Cambridge
Mass
Hannah Josephine Power
Boston
Sendera
Joseph A Hawley
O H Pistt
Connecticut
J. Fred Pierson
Army and Navy Club
E A Noblett
Wall Street
Wiliams
United States
Chester
Porto Rico
Fort Monroe
United States Contracting Company
Panama Canal
American Society of Chil Engineers
New York State
Col
J. E. Davis
W. P. Williams
United States Construction Company
Oakland Golf Club
Long Island
Capt. Williams
Col. Davis
Miss Day
Oakland
Obituary notices and funeral announcements from April 1907
A collection of brief death notices and funeral plans from various locales listing names such as Lily Chew Eleanor Chilton Mary Voales Annie Manning Rose Riley Mary Sefton and Margaretta Duncan. Entries note ages dates and church or cemetery services at Trinity Bethesda Oak Hill Westmoreland St Josephs and other venues with residence and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Margaretta I
Steven
Louisa Duncan
Oak Hill Cemetery
Johnson
Amanda
Ware
Ited
Westmoreland County
Kippen
Aera
Fairfield
New York
Manning
Eleventh Street
Annie E Manning
Mabel Schaefer
St Josephs Church
Saoom
Riley
Paris
Rosee
John F Riley
Jom McDermott Efton
Mary Elizabeth
William C Sefton
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Funeral Directors in Washington DC Area
Directory of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers across Washington DC. Listings include Hindle and Bayliss, Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, Mitchell's Son, Speare, Schippert, Costello, Riley, Geier’s Sons, Wright Co, Lee, Sardo & Co, Zurhorst and others, with chapel services and 24 hour call lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindle & Bayliss
R. Nalley & Son
Teleshone Kam
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
John M. Mitchell
Ndertaker
Embal
W. R. Speare
Adolph J. Schippert
Calla
S. Sergeon
R.A Cain
T. A. Costello & Bro
Conesetton
Frank Geier’s Sons
John R. Wright Co
J. William Lee
Modest Peters
WM. H. Sardo & Coc
Modara Chapel
George P. Zurhorst
Rockefeller Gift to Educate Chinese Reported
Rev Cary Helm Jones of Broadway Baptist Church in Louisville states John D Rockefeller plans a nearly completed gift of 60 million dollars for the education of the Chinese. He made the claim during a mission sermon and declined to provide further details.
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Rockefeller
Louisville
Caryer Helm Jones
Broadway Baptist Church
John D Rockefeller
Jones
Baptist Church
Ariel torpedo boat sinks after harbor collision
Special despatch from Valetta Malta April 21 reports the torpedo-boat destroyer Ariel sank after colliding with the harbor breakwater during a failed entry by six destroyers. Commanded by Lieut Torton the vessel approached at speed blinded by searchlights. The bow crashed through the breakwater masonry and sank. Only the coxswain Sneddon and Lieut Torton survived the wreck with Torton carried by the tide ashore.
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Washington Yost
Valetta
Malta
Ariel
Lieut Torton
Sneddon
Torton
Former Lieutenant Governor Taken For Smuggler At Hoboken Pier
Former Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff was detained by a customs official at the Hoboken pier when questioned about a black handbag aboard the Hamburg-American liner Amerika. He identified himself, and after a brief exchange they parted with a laugh. The ship later reached her pier, and Woodruff presented his wife with a large new automobile as a surprise gift.
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Washington Post
New York
Timothy L Woodruff
Hoboken
Amerika
Woodruff
Barillas Slayers Confess Ties to Guatemalan Police
A Guatemalan assassination plot revealing details of former President Barillas murder was confessed today. The assassins, linked to the Guatemalan police, implicate prominent Guatemalans both in Mexico City and Guatemala City. Prosecution offered no further comment as secrecy remains.
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Spreial
Washington
Mexico City
Barriles
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Edgar L Somers Dead Freight Traffic Manager
Edgar L. Somers longtime freight traffic manager for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad died at his New Haven home. Born May 5 189 in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio he joined the railroad in 1913 and had served in that role since 193? His death followed heart neuralgia at his residence. The report also notes a separate government action reducing raw sugar duty to 6 centavos gold due to price conditions.
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N. Y
Spelo
Washington
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Harvard Man Bowler Forgery Case Shocks Boston Society
Reynolds testifies Bowler used her fortune and declares love will drive her to free him. She reveals she will spend her last jewel to defend the prison fugitive, a Harvard graduate and Bowler relative, whose forgery indictments total sixteen thousand dollars. She details daily visits, lavish cost, and intent to salvage him despite a blossoming scandal.
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Reynolds
George P. Bowler
Harvard
Bowler
Bellevue Hotel
Beacon Street
Boston
Bis Man
Bowler in Forger Case Resembling Thaw After Arrest
The article describes Bowler, suspected of forgery, resembling Harry K. Thaw and linked to Edith Stevens Reynolds. It notes his provocative spending, extensive travel, and evasive behavior since an indictment. Details include debts, jewelry theft, and joint maintenance with Reynolds amid suspicion and notoriety.
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Edith Stevens Reynolds
Mr.Bowler
Richard W. Hele
Boston
Bowler
Depew
New York
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Bower
Normandie
Tenderloin
Flanders
West Forty-seventh Street
Longworths His Targets in Cincinnati Breakfast Controversy
In Cincinnati Rev. Robert Watson of Second Presbyterian denounced a breakfast at the Pillars honoring Nicholas Longworth and his wife. He criticized attendees including a congressman from Ohio and the President’s daughter, calling any man who breaks God’s law unfit to represent the state and a traitor to country.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Ohio
Robert Watson
Second Presbyterian Church
Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Ohto
United States
Commonwealth
Congress of the United States
Tariff and trusts issues. convention site debated
Detroit dispatch reports 28 Republican and Democratic state committeemen answering questions on presidential nominees, campaign issues, and city for the national convention. Chicago favored as the site. key issues include railroad and trust regulation and tariff revision. Republicans mostly back Roosevelt with Taft as possible second choice. Democrats favor Bryan as first choice, with Polk, Bryan, or Tillman as alternatives from Dr Treat. George P Hummer cites Mayor Johnson of Cleveland as a second choice.
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Detroit
Mien
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft Ag
Gard
Hughes
Col. Bryan
D L Treat
Adrian
Polk
Bryan
George P Hummer
Grand Rapids
Johnson
Cleveland
SHIPS OFFICERS FIRM DEMAND FOR CONFERENCE
General Manager Dow of Harbor No 1 reports two of seventeen steamship lines agree to meet over officers’ wage demands set to take effect May 1. Dow warns a strike would not be caused by the men but by failure to grant advances. Merchants and Miners Steamship Company of Baltimore refuses the demand and a conference, prompting its senior officers to quit.
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Washington
New York
Dow
Harbor No 1
American Association of Masters, Mates
Frst
Merchants and Miners Steamship Company
Baltimore
New York Leaders Arrive for White House Meeting
Former New York Governor Frank Black and George A. Moshey of Troy arrived late and stayed at the New Willard. They planned to confer with the President on the city’s political situation, avoiding reporters.
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Frank Black
New York
George A. Moshey
Troy
N. Y
Messrs. Black and
Moshey
New Willard
Naval officers return from Asia to Washington
Three United States Navy captains on the Japanese steamer American arrived in San Francisco last night. Capt. O Arnold Capt. R Ingersoll and Capt. T M McLean recently commanded the cruisers West Virginia Maryland and Colorado to the Asiatic station. They are en route to Washington for reassignment to other warships.
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San Francisco
American
United States Navy
0. Arnold
R.ingersoll
T. M. McLean
West Virginia
Maryland
Colorado
Asiatic Station
Washington
Grime Divides Community in Dana Gilman Case
In Dayton Ohio, April reports say the Gilman family linked to the death of Dana Gilman face grand jury action after the mother Leah Gilman and son Collins were bound over, and two daughters plus Mrs Gilman later arrested. The case has stirred deep local debate over possible miscarriage of justice and awaits the next grand jury impaneling in September.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cou
Holderman
Gilan
Dana Gilman
Montgomery County
Leah © Gilman
Collins
Wagner
Charles H. Kumler
Gilman
Kennedy's Body Found Near South Brooklyn Theatre Figure
The body of Peter J Kennedy, a prominent theatrical manager who disappeared in December, was found tonight in the water off South Brooklyn. His hat and overcoat were found on a ferry landing at Thirty ninth Street. His wife Elizabeth Kennedy had appeared in plays under his management. He previously managed John L Sullivan and later found success with Yon Johnson. His latest venture Mizpah with Mrs Kennedy failed, and investigators suspect he drowned himself after the loss.
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Harvard
Bowler
Joh P Bowler
Boston
Edith Stevens Reynolds
George P. Bowler
Reynolds
George R. Reynolds
Bath
Commonwealth Avenue
New York
Peter J Kennedy
South Brooklyn
Kennedy
Trade accord ends Macedonian gendarmerie dispute
Constantinople April 2 ambassadors of the powers signed a protocol accepting an 8 percent customs duty increase. The bargain settles a twelve year Porte dispute and links foreign commerce to Macedonia’s order costs. The Porte must seek assent from the United States and smaller powers, with Mr. Leishman preparing a push on the school question.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
United States
Leishman
Bremerhaven Court Finds Blame Shared In Collision
Paris April 21 The Bremerhaven Maritime Court ruled the November 21 collision between the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the royal mail steamer Grinito resulted from pardonable mistakes by both captains. The Kaiser captain misjudged distance and crossed the Grinco's course, while the Grinito captain, unaware of the German ship’s intent, ordered a starboard helm rather than stopping.
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Washington
Paris
Bremerhaven Maritime Court
Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Grinito
Invasion of Anarchists Targeting Russia Revealed
A Russian revolutionary, alias Kuwalof, travels from Stockholm to Copenhagen and on to London New York and Chicago. Danish police report plans for a grand invasion of Russia by anarchists and exiles, with the man identified as Yanoff formerly a merchant at Kiel Opensee.
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Copenhagen
Yanoff
Kic
Paris Strike Spreads To Cooks As Plungers Join
Paris reports a widening strike movement with restaurant staff and plongeurs leaving work. Cooks are reportedly planning to join, signaling escalating labor action in the city. The Washington Post wire cites Swift & Company beet prices, noting weekly averages at 7.67 cents per ?
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Paris
Specig
Washington Post
Swift & Company
Washington
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Napoleon
Finance
Harriman
Veberal
American Contracting and Dredging Company
Panama Cunal Company
Admiral Walker
Canal Commission
M H Sibbald
Chevy Chase
Sibbald
Hs Connecticut
Mra Sibbald
Judson . Davis
Panama Company
Capt Williams
Mary Day
F Street
Panga Canal
Ifie
Tie
New York City
Bs Express
Gude
Shaffer
Flo
Bond
Kalon Wine Co
St. NW
John
Customs-house
Timothy L. Woodruff
Black Bag
Barilla
Edgar L. Somers
Helth Stevens Reynolds
George Pendleton Bowler
George H. Pendleton
Charles Street
Batavia Street
Helen L. Bowler
Boston Country Club
E.R. Stevens
Jal
Mves
Hotel Normandie
Chandler
Kerr
Boston Police Coplen
Robert Pendleton Bowler
Bernard Bennett
Bennett
Poco
Watts
Hepd
Michigan
van Wyck
Robert A. van Wyck
Bien
Cannes
Nice
Black Sand
Dona Gilman
ROTH
Russia
Cooke
Waitera
Dishwashers
Washington Loan of Trust Company
Garking
John Joy Edson
Equitable Co-operative Building Association
Joy Edson
Frank Preside
Office Equitable Building
F St. NW
THE
Traders National Bank
Cor
10Th St. and
Pa. Ave
Tis Bank
Europe
Orient
International Banking Corporation
Gat
Uptown
Center Market
E.R. Chapman & CO
N. ¥. Stock Exchange
F St NW
G. B. Chipman
Ferhher
Washington Stock Exchange
First Co-Operative Building Association
Wisconsin Ave
Exchange
Riggs Bank
U.S. Treasury
Frank Kane & CO
Broeere
A. M Miner & Co
Omar
Chicago News
Omar Khayyam
Baltimore American
King of Siam
Port Said
Sachsen
E.& C. Randolph
Mempers
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Washington, D. C
G Street
N. W
F. Nesbit
F. H. Smith Co
N. Y. Ave
Ira
Seton Arthur Cowsill
Colorado Building
4Th and & Sts
District of Columbia
Booker
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Warner Building
Washington-Nevada Investment Company
Plumas-Mohawk Gold Mining Company
Orizabs Syndicate Mining Co
Giffee
Fredonia
Walter A. Brown
14Th Street
Hoyas Exchange Assurance Co
London
Chartered
Excalient
Eadizs
H. Crane &O
Public Stock and Grain Brain Co
Adelphia
E Sompson
E. H. Potts & CO
Chesley & Spence
Meio
Francis R. Dooley & Co
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