An Aged Man's Death and Notes At The Bristol House
A 65-year-old Edward P Capron was found dead from cyanide at the Bristol House on Pennsylvania Avenue. A note addressed to Nellie and a pawn ticket for a watch link him to Washington and St Louis connections with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Letters praise his work as chief clerk in domestic exploitation for the exposition.
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Nellie
Edmund P Capron
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capron
Bristol House
East Belle Place
St. Tons
Washington
W. Johnster
O. F Hatch
Edmund P. Capron
Bimstel House
William Lewis
Caprons
First Precinct
Monroe
Linn
Nevitt
Tschiffely's
Tennsylvania Avenue
Walter B. Stevens
Exposition Company
Department of Domestic Exploitation
St. Lows Purchase
Cannon
Caplan
T Linuwis
Mr. Stevens
Theodore Hardee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Capron Tved
Weat Belle Plice
St Tous
Meet on Common Ground With Cross Border Sheriff Grab
A North Carolina sheriff and a South Carolina sheriff met at police headquarters to arrange custody of prisoners. A. C Welch seeks Jim Hinton alias Charlies Baker, who escaped in Charlotte while serving ten years for horse stealing. Hinton faces additional larceny charges and a court appearance. Chesterfield County’s Sheriff Douglas travels to Washington to reclaim Floyd Butts for a typewriter theft from Chesterfield Launcher Company, with detectives Howlett and Evans involved.
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Nort Carolina
Boardman
South Carolina
North Carolina
A. C Welch
Jim Hinton
Charlotte
Hinton
Charlies Baker
Missouri Avenue
Hag Ave
TM PF P Dnuglas
Chesterfield County
Washington
Floyd Butts
Chesterfield Launcher Company
Vay
Howlett and Evans
Death of Frederick E. Sherwood Post Office Clerk
Frederick Eugene Sherwood aged 63 was found dead in his room at 474 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest yesterday afternoon. He had long lived alone above a cigar shop and suffered heart disease, death pronounced by Waroner Nevitt. Sherwood, a Post Office Department clerk, was connected to a brother who once served as Washington postmaster. Interment of Sidney E. Rosenthal occurred Friday at Fifth Street Northwest residence with rabbinical officiants and wreaths. pallbearers listed. burial at Washington Hebrew Cemetery, family plot, private.
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Frederick E. Sherwood
Frederick Eugene Sherwood
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Waroner Nevitt
Sherwood
Post Office Department
Washington
Sidney E. Rosenthal
Fifth Street
Simon
Stern
Messrs.h. Franc
West
S. Auerbach
J. Buchbinder
W. Baun
Washington Hebrew Cemetery
White House Easter Monday Egg Roll Opens at 9 A.M.
Children and guardians may enter White House grounds at 9 a.m for Easter Monday egg rolling. Adults escorting kids only admitted. guards deter crowds. Mrs Roosevelt expected to view from south portico as Marine Band presents a program under Lieut Santelmann including marches and waltzes.
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White House
Venice
Morse
Friction Over Garfield Hospital Surgeon's Appointment
Dispute at Garfield Memorial Hospital centers on Dr. George Barrie's appointment. Medical staff refuse to assign him to duty, nullifying the board's action while factions align with Georgetown or George Washington affiliations, drawing in notable physicians and political backing.
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George Barrie
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington
Barrie
Henry D. Fry
James Dudley Morgan
Walter A. Wells
Georgetown Medical College
George Washington Medical College
Georgetown
George Washington College
Frank Wagner
Board of Directors
Georgetown Medical School
Johns Hopkins University
Cannon
Garfield
Judge Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Sternberg
Judge Worlan
Ford Thompson
A. A. Snyder
John van Renssener
G. Wrthesook
Taft to Rule on Bridge Permit for Street Rail The Mississippi
The Attorney General doubts War Department authority to grant a railroad permit to run over the Rock Island government bridge but suggests the Secretary of War grant the permit and let courts settle any dispute. Secretary Taft will act accordingly if the company contests the decision.
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Mississippi
Mississippi River
Rock Island
Secretary of War
War Department
Taft
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Health and Strength
Hood's Sarsaparilla is extolled as the greatest curative medicine, purifying and enriching the blood to vitally energize every organ bone and tissue. It urges consumers to choose Hood's and only Hood's, refusing substitutes.
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Hood
Nurse Mattie Hopkins Ends Life in Beltsville Tragedy
Miss Mattie L. Hopkins 28 a Columbia Hospital pupil nurse left Easter services and killed herself with a butcher knife at the Beltsville home of Mr and Mrs W H Hilleary after a period of despondency and overwork. The coroner ruled death by self inflicted wound during a temporary mental aberration. She leaves six brothers in Washington and Beltsville. Funeral scheduled Tuesday at Beltsville Methodist Church.
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Mattie L. Hopkine
Beltsville, Md
Mattie L. Hopkins
C@umbia
Beltsville
Washington
W. H. Hilleary
Miss Hopkins
Church
Mrs. Hilleary
Hilleary
Mr. Hilleary
John F. Burch
Berwynt
Charles A. Ricks
Thomas C. Taylor
E. M. Ye
John Smith
Eugene Brock
George 8. Parker
George W.W. Armiger
Fred A. Ulle
George M. Smith
Vern Wood
Kennedy Simms
Harry Ulle
T. A. Sellman
Funeral of Maj. James Stewart at Arlington
Maj. James Stewart U S A retired commander of Battery B Fourth United States Artillery, died April 19 at Fort Thomas Kentucky. His funeral with full military honors was held at the home of Gen. W W Dudley and at Arlington. Attending were Loyal Legion members and officers including Capt. W W Jones and others. The obituary highlights his long career from 1851 through Civil War service and role with the Iron Brigade, with Gettysburg noted for distinguished action.
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James Stewart
States Artillery
Fort Thomas
Kry
Arlington
W. W. Dudley
Columbia Road
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Episecopal Church
Tron Brigade
Battery B
W. W. Jones
John Cook
W. E. Brown
Jerome F. Johnson
W. W. Fldridge
W. E. Murray
B. W. Reeve
G. W. Harbaugh
John Johnson
Loyal Legion
Fort Myer
Ciildren
James, Jr
Madge
Thomas
Stewart
New York
Texas
Fort Brown
Utah
New Mexico
Nevada
Iron Brigade
Army of the Potomac
Augustus Buel
Gettysbueg
Absence of Mount Pleasant pastor due to illness
In the pastor's absence Rev. M. Ross Fishburn, Mount Pleasant Congregational Church services were led yesterday by Rev. H. P. Higley. A Sunday school service followed in the evening. Mr. Fishburn, suffering a grip, left for Atlantic City Thursday with his wife on doctor’s advice.
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Mr. Fishburn
M. Ross Fishburn
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
H. P. Higley
D. D
Fishburn
Races Rabbits Against Train In Minnesota Sport Novel
Crookston editor Norwood Davies trains jack rabbits to race trains as a new sport. Two rabbits run under command, claimed to reach speeds up to a mile a minute, with future plans to race against horses bicycles and motor cars in a dramatic local innovation.
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Minnesota
Washington
U. Crookston
Minn
Norwood Davies
Crookston Times
Davies
Nime
Mr Davies
Fights for Husband Fame Over Nippur Library Claim
Mrs. Haynes of Boston prepares to testify before a Pennsylvania University board to prove her husband Dr. John H. Haynes earned credit for the discovery of the twenty two volume ancient Babylonian library at Nippur. Her attorney says his mental decline stems from the dispute and she may pursue legal action to protect his prestige.
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Haynes
Nippur
Washington Post
Boston
John H. Haynes
Northampton
Fire reveals border gambling room on Albany Schenectady line
A building straddling the Albany Schenectady line on the Albany turnpike housed a room with horse betting paraphernalia. Firefighters led locals to discover a blackboard showing Nashville and Aqueduct race odds on the Schenectady County side and racing charts and phones in Albany County. The blaze, deemed incendiary, destroyed the structure.
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New York State
Schenectady
N. Y
Albany
Albany Turnpike
Nashville
Aqueduct Tracks
Schenectady County
Albany County
Weather conditions and local report from April 21
Weather conditions describe a high pressure region over the Atlantic and a moving Southwestern low bringing heavy rains to Texas New Mexico and Colorado with cooler interior valleys and fair northern and eastern districts expected Monday and Tuesday. Local report lists temperatures humidity rainfall sunshine hours and tides with a death noted of Nettie Green at Providence Hospital and an investigation planned by Coroner M Nevitt.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Region
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
East Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Upper Lakes
European Porta
Grand Banks
Honest confession by Texas doctor on Grape-Nuts remedy
A prominent Texas physician admits prejudice against advertised foods and recounts trying Grape-Nuts in Coro Christi. He reports rapid fondness, weekly use, and relief from nausea indigestion and fullness, noting improved strength and stomach comfort. The notice cites Postum Co. and promotes the Read to Wellville booklet.
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Texas
Coroua Christi
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Engine Jumped Track Crushed Engineer at Sixth Street Curve
A switch engine 5087 carrying empty cars derailed at the Sixth street Maryland avenue curve near the Pennsylvan ia station. Engineer Truman Beckett was crushed to death as the locomotive toppled through pavement and sidewalk. Conductor John Farmer and Fireman Charles Billingham escaped with minor injuries. The accident drew crowds as Yardmaster W. W. Gordon called a wrecking train and Coroner Nevitt prepared for inquests. Beckett, about fifty, had twenty years on the railroad and was survived by his wife and five children.
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Pennylvania
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Maryland Avenue
Sixth Street
Truman Beckett
John Farmer
Charles Billingham
Southern Railway
River Front
Beckett
Charles W. Hillingham
Fourth Street
William M. Eppley
Thomas’. Jerome
Eppley
Ferome
Ippley
W. W. Gordon
Farmer
Billingham
Gordon
Becket
Landau
Tenth Street
Matthews
Fourth Precinct
Nevitt
J. J. Ball
United States Express Company
Mohonk Conference to Address Arbitration Failures
The eleventh annual Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration will meet May 3 to June 2 at Mohonk Lake New York with Judge Gray presiding. Speakers include Andrew D White Oscar S Straus Justice D J Brewer and Henry B F Macfarland. Sessions will feature delegates from major business groups in New York Philadelphia St Louis Milwaukee Baltimore Scranton and Columbus. Also to be discussed is the failure of recently negotiated arbitration treaties in Washington.
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Mohonk Lake
N. Y
Lake Mohonk
Judge Gray
Delaware
Andrew D. White
Germany
Oscars. Straus
New York
D. J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Henry B. F. Macfarland
Washington
Merchants’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association
Trades’ League of Philadelphia
Merchants’ Exchange of St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce of
Milwaukee
Boards of Trade of
Baltimore
Scranton
Columbus
Ohio
Alsc
Republicans to Convene for State Nominations in Harrisburg
The Republican State convention in Harrisburg will nominate candidates for State treasurer and Superior Court judges. Likely unopposed: J. Lee Phimmer for treasurer and Charles E. Rice, James A. Bearer, and George R. Byers as judges. Wesley R. Andrews will open headquarters at the Commonwealth Hotel. Senator Penrose and Knox are expected to participate in shaping leadership.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
J. Lee Phimmer
Blair County
Charles TE. Rice
Wilkesbarre
James*a. Bearer
Bellefonte
George RB. Orisby
Huntingdon
Wesley R. Andrews
Republican Committee
Washington
Commionwealth Hotel
Penrose
Andrews
Durham
Knox
Allegheny County
Fatal Accident Aboard Iowa Near Navy Yard
Special to The Washington res Mobile Alabama April. The battleship Iowa caused a fatal accident while coal was hoisted from a barge to the ship at anchor in the navy yard. A heavy coal basket weighing about half a ton crushed Edward Daily, killing him instantly. Refurbishment plans noted include removing present guns and equipping an entirely new armament next winter.
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Washington Res
Mobile
Ala
Iowa
Navy Yard
Ior
Edward Daily
Off for the Philippines Ninth Infantry moves through Syracuse
Twenty seven officers and five hundred fifty seven enlisted men from eight companies of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry pass through Syracuse en route from Madison Barracks heading to the Philippines.
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Ninth Infantry
New Station
Syracuse
Madison Barracks
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Garfield At Odds
Columbia Hospital
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Howard Hopkins
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Nettie Green
Providence Hospital
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Sutley & Sons
Chelton Avenue
Insuranna Rhaarlein Moa Sun
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Sanders & Stayman Co
F Street
J. & W. Eiseman
Peter Grogan
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G St. N. W
Pa. Ave. N. W
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Es Droop & Pts
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
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American Security and Crust Company
Charles J Bell
Els
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Pa. Ave
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National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company
District of Columbia
Macdonnald School OF Y and Psychology
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B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
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