Mock War Drills Endure Ten Hours At Camp Ordway
District guardsmen spent ten hours in mock warfare near Harpers Ferry, repelling a wagon train with Colonel Brett and his convoy while Colonel Ross sought to block the route at Rattling Spring. The exercise emphasized field tactics, cover, and maneuvering as troops prepared for future assaults on Duffield and a two day march to Duffield and beyond.
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Washington Post
Camp Ordway
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Ltg
Ross Col. Brett
Reveille
Bedelia
Col Ross
Colt Henry May
Ma. Brooks
Field Artillery
Stephen M Foote
Fifteenth Cavalry
Kickok
Cordw
Hatuing Spring
Clas
Ross
Brett
Mammett Urell
Col Brett
Jeferson
Majtenmeyer
Bssi TenucUs
Tol Brett
Rattling Spring
Bolivar Heights
Tomight
Kifteenth Cavalry
Koester
Foote
War Department
Busness
Gal Brett
Colt Brett
Ordway
Col. Brett
Nipwera Peer fRikly Ey
Neumeyer
Col
Rossa
George H. Harries
Maj. W. Day
Duffield
Blue Army
Brown Southern
Potoman
Washington
Martinsburg
Shepherdtown
Brown
Shenandoah Junction
Hickok
Ninth Blue Infantry
Charles H. Qurand
Twentieth Blue Infantry
Marvyn C. Buckey
Fifth Blue Cavalry
Christian Briand
George C. Shaw
Blue Field Artillery
Davidge
Harries
Gem Harries
Willreak
Maj. Day
R. B. Brummett
Naval Battalion
Sidney Bieber
Maj. Averill
Brooks
Paradise
Fort Myer
Drowned Man’s Body Unclaimed Near Long Bridge
Police traced the drowned man James Harding to Washington with a telegram to Norfolk and a reply from Mayor A T Stewart of a North Carolina town directing burial. A second telegram confirmed burial instructions. The report lists unrelated theft and self harm incidents and an advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery for lung disease.
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James Harding
Long Bridge
Norfolk
Harding
Washington, D.C
A. T. Stewart
North Carolina
Attempted shooting at Haight saloon sparks pursuit on E Street
Warren Crowell sought revenge after being ejected from Haight's saloon on E Street. He fired at John Williams, narrowly missing after Williams shielded himself with a tin can. Crowell was chased by officers, captured, and charged with using a .32 caliber public safety item and carrying a concealed weapon. Williams escaped with a slight wrist burn and a fright.
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Haight
E Street
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Warren Crowell
John Williams
Mr. Haight
Willams
Poiiceman
J. H. Les
Crowell
Otto Statter
Statter
Firat
Lee
Tenth Street
McCauley
Williams
Reception to Mrs Terrell honors Berlin triumph
Mrs Mary Church Terrell headlined a reception by 100 colored citizens at the A M E Church in Washington praising her Berlin and Berlin French addresses at the International Congress of Women. She credited her family and husband for supporting her work and noted equal courtesy shown to her as the only African representative. She praised German hospitality and discussed European attitudes toward race while urging uplift through education and public service. A separate accident report noted Dudley Pendleton buried by a ditch cave-in and rescued. workplace theft case followed with three youths arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Church Terrell
International Congress of Women
Berin
Germany
Terrell
A. M. E. Church
Fifteenth
M Streets
Berlin
Eurafie
United States
Washington
Board of Education
Oberiih
Paris
Florence
Sterling N. Brown
J. R. Wilder
Count von Buelow
Charlemagne Tower
Maria Rohan
Countess of Warwick
London
America
Burglars Wore New Hats in Northwest Hat Store Theft
John Thomas age twenty one and Henry Jackson age twenty, both colored, were arrested last night for burglarizing a showcase at William Brodt s hat store at 9 Eleventh Street Northwest. Authorities say the suspects wore new hats bearing Brodt s label when captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas
Henry Jackson
Wiliam Brodt
Eleventh Street
Broidt
Firemen Push Union Stand Over Jurisdiction Battle
The American Federation of Labor faces a showdown as firemen press for control within their union to exclude stationary firemen from the Brewery Workers’ hierarchy. President Gompers urged action later, while a sympathetic strike by New York packing houses drew support. A relief fund and wage hearings were set, with next steps including hearings and a May 1 eight-hour limit pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labox
American Federation of Labor
Brewery Workers’ Union
International Brotherhood of Firemen
United Brewery Workmen's International Union
New Orleans
Boston
A. F. of L
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Messrs. Baush
Toledo
Carroll
New York
Conroy
St. Louis
Sheehan
Martin
Chicago
President Healey
Secretary of the Treasury
Healey
Convention Hall
Firemen's Union
Cincinnati
Robert Schoonover
Indianapolis
Mather
Milwaukee
Omaha
South Omaha
Sioux City
James W. Morton
International Organization
Gompers
No Danger Of Bakers Strike As Labor Panel Sifts Grievances
The Central Labor Union grievance committee met to review the quarrel between journeyman bakers and employers. An amicable adjustment is hoped as no wage or hour dispute exists, only where the labor ends and the journeyman begins. In separate incidents a hatchet injures Alexander Farning on Thirteenth Street NW, and Howard Thompson, 14, breaks his left arm after a fall from a tree near Seventh and Street NE. both treated at Emergency Hospital.
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Central Labor Union
Arievance Committee
Thirteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Alexander Farning
Farning
Fifth Street
Howard Thompson
Fifteenth Street
Seventh
Hetreetg
Fire from Gasoline Stove Burns Domestic Worker
An exploding gasoline stove caused a fire at 1309 D Street Northwest yesterday. Susie Payne, a African American domestic, was burned and taken to Emergency Hospital. Firemen from No 1 Chemical Engine Company extinguished the flames before significant damage occurred.
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D Street
Susie Payne
No. 1 Chemical Engine Company
Ihe Fames
Dewey Prize Money Paid to Officials and Parties
Checks totaling over 800000 dollars were signed by Chief Justice Clabaugh and delivered by Maj. L. P. Williams to the Secretary of the Treasury. The payments cover the captors share and naval pension fund share in the Don Juan de Austria prize money case with several other named recipients including John R.K. Youn, James G. Payne, the Attorney General, and Charles C. Binney among others.
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Justice Clabaugh
Maj. L. P. Williams
District Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Naval Pension Fund
Don Juan de Austria
Dewey
John RK. Youn
James G. Payne
United States
Willam B. King
Herbert & Micon
William
King
Herbert
Charlés C. Binney
Clobaugh
Soliloquy of a Warrior Poet in Kansas Satire
Anonymous poem circulated in Washington with Chicago postmark. Pension Commissioner Ware suspects the author, a Kansas figure, of political satire aimed at the pension office. The piece mocks office procedures and loyalty to Kansas, ending with defiant lines and a signature IRON GOOSH QUILL.
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Ware
Washington
Chicago
Jay
Kansas
Kansan
Woman Suffrage Picnic Honors Lucy Stone in Brightwood
The Equal Suffrage Association of the District plans a Saturday birthday picnic at Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille’s Brightwood home, inviting Washington Single Tax clubs and friends. John Z. White of Chicago will speak, and he will also address People’s Church congregation Sunday at Concordia Hall in the afternoon.
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Equal Suffrage Association of
Lucy Stone
Ida Finney Mackrille
Brightwood Avenue
Ontario Street
Brightwood
Washington
Woman's Single Tax Club
John Z. White
Chicago
White
the People's Church
Concordia Hall
Sixth
Io Streets
Weather Review Shows Showers and Warmer Trend Across Regions
The Weather Bureau reports a moving low pressure center across Ontario and the Upper Missouri Valley bringing showers from Ohio to New England with cooler, clearing conditions Thursday and Friday. Temperatures rise above 90 in parts of Montana, while Atlantic coast winds shift from southwest to variable. Local readings show midnight 63 to a high near 90, with rainfall trace and 5.2 hours of sunshine. Postmaster General Payne promotes W. M. Mooney to chief of the supply division at $2,400 yearly.
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Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Ontario
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf States
British Northwest Territory
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountain
Hocky Mountain
Montana
Middle
Ghia Valley
Missouri
Mississippi
Wester Lake
Atlantic Coast
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banks
Typographical Union approves stance on militia ban and strike pay debate
The International Typographical Union in St Louis resumes the laws committee's report amid a heated debate over amending section 14 to fund strike pay, and a later clash over itemized expense accounts for organizers. President Lynch wins reconsideration on the pay proposal as delegates vote to concur with the unfavorable laws report. The convention adjourns after approving attendance tributes and nominating next meeting sites.
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Bt. Louis
International Typographical Union
Committee On Laws
Lynch
Samuel Gompers
Washington, DC
American Federation of Labor
Walt
Committee of Laws
Executive Committee
Convento
Laws Committee
Toronto
Ontario
Columbus
Ohio
Herrick
International Typographial Union
United States
Anderson
Macon
Walter Scott
the Stars and Stripes
Executive Council
Lightning Strikes Flagpole At Overlook Inn
A thunderbolt hit the flagpole at Overlook Inn near Anacostia yesterday afternoon. Col A M Bliss and Miss Annie Toll were shocked but recovered. The bolt split the pole top, ran down the mast stump, struck the house roof, and ground, causing about $10 damage.
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Anacostia
Overlook Inn
Col A. M. Bliss
Annie Toll
Lost Boy Reunited After Baltimore Find
A Baltimore report reached Washington police last night about a missing boy named Miles or Myers. The child, last seen with his mother at 718 or 1718 Florida Avenue, was located with his father at 1718 Florida Avenue, and the family had been visiting Baltimore. The boy was taken to his mother after the Baltimore address was confirmed.
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Baltimore
Miles
Myers
718
Florida Avenue
Wiliam J. Myers
Hull of Discovery Lies Off Middleton Island
Seattle August 10 The hull of the Nome steamship Discovery lies on the inner side of Middleton Island near Valdez. Between 25 and 40 people perished when the vessel sank after its last port of Yukutat on the Nome run in mid November 1902.
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Seattle
Wash
Nome
Ratzel and Others Die Across Europe and America
German geographer Friedrich Ratzel dies in Leipzig after extensive U S travel. Noted for The United States of North America and The Political Geography of the United States. Also reports on Sister Mary Veronica and other notables last week. Armed men near Guantanamo reported without violence. government denies cattle thief bands in Eastern Cuba.
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United States
Berlin
Friedrich Ratzel
Leipzg
United States of North America
Guantanamo
Havana
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Gen. Harries
Bernardine Happ
Hartigan and
Baur
John H. Parker
Parker
Philip Anderson
Jackson Hal Alley
Mrs. Terrell
Dudley Pendleton
Lowell H. McKinley
Pendleton
Georgetown University Hospital
Arthur Cowsill
Eighteenth Street
L. W. Giles
Ninth Precinct
Reynolds
Richard Garnett
Robert Hill
Bakers
Central Labor Union Grievance Committee
Botong
Kansey
Payne
W. M. Mooney
Registry
Post Office Department
Merritt QC
Chance
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Mass
Buffalo
N.Y. Vey
HL Ad
Chic
Wya
Cheyenne
Ide
Davenport
Town
Denver
Golo
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapollo
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
TecraEcy
Lansburgs & Bro
Pallett de Sales
Washington Bay
Joseph Balsh
Providence
R. C
National Bank
District of Rhode Island
Connecticut
Barrows
Outhampton
Janprine Wilhelm
Cherbourg
Plymouth
Bremen
Sanders & Stayman Co
F St
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. N.W
West
Joseph L. Hornsby
Senator West
Union Station
Bellefontaine Cemetery
George
Alex. Vest
Sweet Springs
George G. Vest
West Cottage
J. O. Shackelford
QO. H. Morton
White Plains
Mary Veronica
Sisterhood of the Divine Compassion
Starr
New York City
Frederic Bateman
Norwich
Norfolk and Norwich
Huntington
L. I
Edgarton Smith
Colonial Dames of America
Lloyds Neck
Sherman M. Booth
Mid@ea West
Yale University
Tlinois
Trooth
Peter Grogan
Seventh Street
Tolman ‘Lau Cor
Fasy
Bucy
Sale Hub Furniture CO
Gov. 7Th and
D Sts. N. W
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
International Correspondence University, & Cooporation
Lins
Masmuch 49
International
Supreme Court
Intercontinental Cary
Tima
McGill & Wallace
Edison Phonographs
New Route
Ballantine
the Shoomaker Company
SN. W
Pa. Ave
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Penahman
C. Nanny
Breas
Pope
T. Rdig
Fata
Woodbury’s
John H. Woodbury D. I
Corner
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