Webster Davis Again Big Fund to Assist Boers
Former Secretary of State Reitz accuses Webster Davis of receiving £50,000 from the Transvaal government to fund antiwar propaganda in America. Van der Hoogt sues Davis in New York for $25,000 damages, alleging defamation and false imprisonment after a recent arrest of Hoogt and Pearson for alleged blackmail at Davis’s lodgings. The case centers on Davis’s alleged use of $250,000 in gold bars for speeches and campaigns supporting Boer intervention, with witnesses and letters cited in court statements.
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W van der Hoogt
New York
Webster Lavis
van der Hoogt
Gen
Samuel Pearson
Davis
Pearson
Reitz
Transvaal Republic
Toavis
South Africa
dIape Town
Charles Milner
Transvaal
Kruger
Pretoria
United States
Splon Kop
New York Harbor
Custom House
Washington
Ttation
Auanlaion
Cha~es
Symard
Thiltimore
van der Hoogel
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Bryan
Thekansas
Ven
Gyr Hinegt
Congress
Gen. Pearson
Orange Free State
New Orleans
Ftee
Mr. Davis
Mr.Davis
Baltimore
Tammany Hall
Republic
Paris
Heitz
Webster Davis
America
Saengerbund Nominees For Re Election And New Board
Saengerbund Society nominated present officers for re election with no opposition. Seven names were submitted for six director vacancies. Nominated: Frank Claudy president John Waldmann vice president Fred Carl financial secretary William F Meyers recording secretary Louis Faber treasurer William Hannemann Ibrarlin Henry Xander director of music A Jorss August Lohse William Berens Jr Hugo Schulz Rudolph Schneider Carl Kander Adolph Levy director though not yet a member of the board. A new constitution replaces monthly meetings with a board of trustees. Elections set for the first Sunday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saengerbund Society
Frank Claudy
John Waldmann
Fred Carl
William F. Meyers
Louis Faber
William Hannemann
Ibrarlin
Henry Xander
A. Jorss
August Lohse
William Berens
Hugo Schulz
Rudolph Schneider
Carl Kander
Adolph Levy
Boy May Die From Skull Fracture After Bicycle Crash
Herbert Smith a fourteen year old messenger boy was injured in a bicycle collision at First and C street northwest Saturday night. Surgeons at Casualty Hospital reported his condition precarious with a base skull fracture making an operation impossible. He was unconscious on arrival but revived briefly then grew worse and became delirious as night came. Stephen T Wells twenty four of 320 C street northeast surrendered to police after the crash and is held at the Sixth precinct pending developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casualty Hospital
Herbert Smith
First
C Street
Texas
New Jersey Avenue
Stephen T.wells
Young Smith
Sixth Precinct
Pickaninny Imprisoned in Melon Car Near Paradise
An eleven year old colored boy Jimmy Harrington from Columbia S C was found shut up in a car of watermelons at the Benning freight yards. He had crawled in at home against his father's will, endured three days and nights in the sealed car, and was rescued after a full meal at the House of Detention.
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Benning
Jimmy Harrington
Columbia
8. C
Jimmy
Cross
Woman Suffers Minor Injuries After Streetcar Fall
Mrs Mary C Carroll forty five years old of 1740 Corcoran street fell from a street car at Fourteenth and Corcoran yesterday. She was unconscious briefly but later returned home. Doctors report her injuries are not serious. Also a Portuguese inmate Frank Rodreguiez aged twenty three escaped from the Government Hospital for the Thsone yesterday afternoon. He was a trusty at the institution and is reported harmless. He was committed from Canton Ohio.
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Mary C. Carroll
Corcoran Street
Fourteenth
Corcoran Streets
St. Elizabeth's Asylum
Frank Rodreguiez
Canton
Ohio
Errors in statistics aimed to help Republicans
A Democratic Committee head dismisses Col Wright's wage and cost of living report as partisan. He accuses him of data manipulation, biasing retail prices to favor campaign gains. He cites railroads, building trades, and unprotected industries as leading to inflated figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Committee
Cowherd
Democratic Congressional Committee
Wright
Labor Bureau
Col. Wright
Republican Party
Railronds
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bureau of Labor
Coal Strike Commission
Widow Seeks Autopsy After Suspected Poisoning Death
The widow of Sydney Leftwich, a white man, asks Acting Coroner Glazebrook to perform an autopsy on her husband who died Saturday noon at 461 Missouri Avenue NW. A white man nearby allegedly offered to elope with her post death, but no poisoning evidence is found. Doctors cite Bright’s disease and alcoholism as death causes. funeral postponed.
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Glazebrook
Sydney Leftwich
Missouri
Leftwich
Cross
Missouri Avenue
Whitson
Bright
Ford Thompson
Weather conditions indicate showers and cooling across regions
A weather bulletin shows a barometric low over the interior Middle Atlantic states and a high over the northern Rocky Mountains. Temperatures fall inland in the South Atlantic and upper Midwest, with showers likely Monday in the Middle Atlantic and New England and continuing in the Southern states. Fresh southerly winds across coasts give way to northwesterly on the Atlantic. Continuous details include hourly temperatures, humidity, sunshine, and city readings.
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Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Middle Atlantic States
All States
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Mississipt
Ned River
North Valley
Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic
Upper Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
New England
Atlantic
Gulf
Grand Banka
Affleck
P. mi
Ordway Visitors See Quiet Camp With Handling of Sunday Duties
Camp Ordway, Harpers Ferry, hosts 3000 Washington visitors as guardsmen take a rare Sunday off from drills. A dress parade, religious services, and an officers drill mark a day of family scenes, with Gen Harries planning spring field maneuvers and a new life range to improve marksmanship. One artilleryman is injured. health overall is sound.
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Gen. Harries
Hurt
Washington Post
Ordway
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Washington
Hite
West Virginia
Charleston
Harries
Gardiers
Mess
Gen
Twarries
Sunda
Shenandoah
Dudley
Lieut
Holliday
Army
Adjt
Brett
Foote
H. A. Anderson
Ger Harries
Anderson
Field Hospital
Henderson
Hearn
Waodman
James H. Lehmer
Penrose Smith
Wallace
Fifteenth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Urell
Fifteenth
From Cone
District National Guard
James E. Bell
Root
War Department
New Life Range
Hillsdale
D.C
Harres
Camp Ordway Militia Life Described At Harpers Ferry
An army officer praises Camp Ordway for discipline and hard work while noting tension with regulars. Two sergeants are discharged for disobeying orders. Militiamen avoid mingling with regulars, preferring secluded areas and separate saloons. After dress parade, troops relax near Harpers Ferry amid a town welcoming uniformed men.
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Reveille
Ordway
Washington
William (. Herbert
Millayton M. Thomas
J. HW. Bean
Iesson
District Guard
Shenandoah
Harpers Ferry
Nattonal Guard
Mfcera
Camp Ordway
Malle
Bill Nye
North Carolina
Soon &S
West Virginia
National Guard
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Paradise
Shaw
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Asheville
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Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
N.Y
Chitazo
Cincinnati
Chiana
Heyenne
Wro
Davenport
Town
Denver
Cale
Des Moines
Iowa
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Tex
Mont
Helena
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Nebr
Omaha
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Springfield
Tae Sien Vicksburg
Miss. Uu
Quartermaster's
HE. Edwards
United States Cavalry
N. G.D C
Distriet Brigade
H.C. Edwards
Wayne Smith
Lftth Battalion
N. Oo. Dy
Wynne
Gen. Wynne
Henry Wynne
E. H. Neumeyer
H. Neumeyer
Conpany
Neumeyer
Posi
Hood
Lansburgh & Bro
Allsilk
Grenadines
HUB Furniture CO
D Sts
N. W
John H. Woodbury
Peter Grogan
Seventh
Tolman
Dendry, Fs
Tharp
F St. N.W
Washington, DC
District of Columbia
Clark, Daven
Port and Company
Edwin Clark
Washington, D .C
Gillart Coblens
Bolton Avenue
Harry Weller
Eutow Place
Capsital
Marr C Wenler
Fdwings Clark
Gilbert Coplens
Harry O. Weiller
Watress
Edison
Sud Wa
Capital Phonograph Co
Seventh Street
Hk. W
Ballantine
Shoomaker Company
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Pneumatic Water Works Co
Wash
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