Fought the Officer Over Rock Creek Bridge Fight
Washington news recounts an assault clash on Lovers Lane Bridge over Rock Creek. Watchman John Hall, a U S A special officer at the Aqueduct, faced charges after a Friday altercation with James and Francis Robinson, with both sides claiming injuries amid a broader police court dispute.
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Uncle Sam
Rock Creek
Lovers' Lane
John Hah
Washington Aqueduct
Hall
Georgetown
James B. Robinson
Fancis Robinson
Biall
Robinson Brothers
Government Bridge
Hock Creek
Massachusetts Avenue
Nong
Seventh Precinct
Lose Lane
Robinsons
Violent Disorder After Street Confrontation In North Side
George T. L. Dunn and Lewis C. Jones clashed near a new land room run by Jones. A shot was fired from outside, injuring no one but Dunn’s shirt. Police arrested Dunn and Jones for disorderly conduct while Thomas Calloway faced a discharge case. The incident caused much crowd excitement.
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Thirteenth
D Silver Northwest
George TL. Dann
Lewis C. Jones
Jones
Dunn
Thomas Calloway
Bulkley’s Dog Rabies Confirmed by Bureau Experts
The dull terrier that bit Robert W. Bulkley of 174 Fo street northwest last Thursday tested positive for rabies by microscopic exam at the Bureau of Animal Industry. Bulkley, bitten in the hand, fears exposure and visits the Baltimore Pasteur Institute daily for three weeks as a precaution.
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Robert W. Bulkley
Fo Street
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Sam Wekstein
Bulkiny
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Woman Killed Crossing Train Tracks at South Capitol
Mrs Cecelia Mudd an elderly Black woman was struck by the New York express No 43 while attempting to cross the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at South Capitol street about 10 am She died an hour later at Emergency Hospital Autopsy and inquest planned to decide if fault lay with the railway or the victim Observers noted crossing gates were out of order and two watchmen were stationed nearby to warn pedestrians.
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Half Street
Cecelia Mudd
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Capitol Street
New York Express
Bouthn Capitol Street
Express
Mrs. Mudda
Glazebrook
Banquet Honors Negro Orator Who Praises Roosevelt
Baltimore’s Hamy Lythe Cummings lauds President Roosevelt as the colored race’s charm for every woe at a dinner in his honor. Speakers stress vigilance against threats to rights, praise Cummings’s past political strides, and urge strong support for Roosevelt’s re election to defend liberties for African Americans.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Hamy Lythe Cummings
Baltimore
M Street
Roosevelt
Cummings
Maryland Law School
Elty
Washington
Robert Reyburn
Richard M. Toomey
Kelly Miller
Howard University
Anda
Chicago
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
New Jers
Theodore Rooseveltt
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary Pities Treasury Cats For Sunlight Sand Pile
Secretary Shaw expresses pity for cats living in the Treasury building as he contemplates installing a sunlit sand pile for them. The clerks doubt the idea will catch on, noting the cats prefer a dark, sunless life in the lower vaults and corridors. A separate item notes a two year old boy run over and injured by a wagon on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Shaw
Treasury
Masons Bury Victims at Potomac Disaster Funerals
Columbia Commandery Knights Templars led multiple funeral services for Dr. Charles H. Blumer, William H. Smith, and Harrie L. Atchison, who died in the Potomac disaster. Ceremonies and interments occurred at Christ Church Navy Yard, Rock Creek Cemetery, and Congressional Cemetery with numerous floral tributes and Masonic participation.
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Columbia Commandery
Charles H. Blumer
William H. Smith
Harrie L. Atchison
Bright
Potomac
Knights Templars
Jena
Masonic Temple
Harris L. Atchison
J. Harry Cunningham
Atchison
D. H. Fenton
Dr. Sumer
Christ's Church, Navy Yard
Arthur S. Johns
Columbia
Harmony Lodge
No. 17
J. J. Harrower
H. C. Easterday
Alexander
C. BE. Baldwin
W. B. Pettus
J. KE. Burns
R. C. Williams
Highth Street
Blue Lodge
Almas Temple
Mr. Smith
O. W. Hammond
Hammond
New York
Ida M. Beaton
Katherine
Rose Smith
Rock Creek Cemetery
G. Redman
J. F. Blair
Thornton Silcott
Charles Long
C. B. Matthews
W. H. Waters
J. L. Fox
Navy Yard
Masons
Almas Temple Patrol
Ladies of National Hive
Knight T. Herbert Coates
George Ohm
Callow Avenue
Baltimore
Templar
Monumental Commandery
No. 3
Cunningham
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington Centennial Lodge
Mount Vernon
Commonery
J. George Smith
Grant Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Dr. Doermann
Washington
Smith
Samuel Stinemetz
J. D. Sullivan
Ferris
George Harlebaus
J. C. Addison
J. E. Mattern
Hazel Hizer
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Georgetown
J. F. XM. Mulvaney
Robert Hudson
William Clark
Otto Niemeyer
Percy Smith
Charles Staub
Robert Summerville
Mount Olivet
Inventor Bullitt Will Appointed Executors In Philadelphia Probate
Exemplified copy of the will of Joan C. Bullitt, Philadelphia lawyer and financier, filed in Probate Court. Executors named: son William C. Bullitt and friends Richard C. Dale and H. Gordon McCouch. Bequests include $200 to four clerks, $100 to two others, shares of Washington Gas Light stock to Thomas W. Bullitt and Tiny Speed Rodners, and trust provisions for descendants. Residue to executors with 21 year trust for grandchildren. Will dated August 19, 1899.
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Joan C. Bullitt
William C. Bullitt
Richard C. Dale
H. Gordon McCouch
William Drost
Walter C. Harris
William M. Katzmiller
James McMullan
Andrew J. Peabody, Jr
William McMullan
Testator
Samuel Dickson
Washington Gas Light Company
Thomas W. Builltt
Tiny Bpeed Rodners
Washington, D. C
Bullitt
Philadelphia
Desperate Bowie Knife Man Disarmed by Plainclothes Cop
John L. Perkins a Richmond tobacconist armed with a Bowie knife was subdueds by a plainclothes First precinct policeman after threatening pedestrians and pursuing two men. Perkins surrendered when a bystander woman restrained him. he was jailed awaiting a police court hearing for carrying a deadly weapon.
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John L. Perkins
Richmond
Samson
First Precinct
Perkins
Kept Money He Saw Full Arrest in Petit Larceny
Richard Young, driving an ice wagon, found a purse on a street corner and took $33 from it before returning the bag to owner Mrs. Carrie Harrington of 1407 Corcoran St NW. Detectives Parham and O Brien arrested him. he confessed to taking the cash after the bag slipped from a passenger.
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Richard Young
Parham and
O’brien
Carrie Harrington
Corcoran Street
Thirteenth Street
New York Avenue
Young
Casper Morgenweck Killed by Train in Hancock Md
Casper Morgenweck a 31 year old saloonist was struck by a train and killed while traveling near Hancock Maryland Monday night. His body was brought to his home at 12 Fourth street northeast leaving a widow and two small children. He had been in charge of a Fourth street saloon for about three years after working as a bartender at the Home Club. He had been vacationing in Cumberland with companions Prat Kirschner and R Blelfus when his condition worsened and he leapt from the train before another came.
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Washington
Hancock
Casper Morgenweck
Fourth Street
Surive
Morgenwerk
Cumberland
Prat
Kirschner
R. Blelfus
Morgenweck
Crank Crashes White House Visit and Train Torpedo Arrest
Dr. John P. Baird of Greenville Texas was detained by Secret Service at the White House after seeking an interview with President Roosevelt to urge reforms for local society. He was handed to police for possible charges. Separately Roy A. Summers, 20, was arrested for placing a torpedo on a Maryland rail line near Rockville causing a train to stop and was sent to Montgomery County sheriff for action.
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Dr. Baird
Roosevelt
John P. Baird
Greenville
Tex
White House
Secret Service
Taylor
Baird
Lula Baird
North Wright Street
Hartigan and Baur
Roy A. Summers
Williams
Montgomery County
Summers
Rockville
Maryland
Two Men Arrested After Night Horse Chase Through City
Police pursue a recklessly driven buggy with a horse through streets and suburbs from Fourteenth and Q to Lyon's Mill Road. Officers Dunn and Officer Wilson are assaulted with a whip as the horse is recovered near a wooded area. Burns Orrison and Otto Plumber, aged 22 and 23, are arrested. the horseowned by the District Engineer's office. They face charges of assault and battery, cruelty to animals, and taking property.
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Palicegen Dunn
Duval
Fourteenth
Q Streets
Fourteenth Street
Circle
P Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Lyon's Mill Road
Dunn
Sergt. Wilson
Lyon’s Mill Raad
Aterday
Third Precinct
Burns Orrison
Otto Plumber
Young burglar captured after alarms at 1717 I street
A 19 year old Lexington, Kentucky man identified as J C Pearce was captured yesterday afternoon after burglar alarms rang at an unoccupied house and stable at 1717 I street northwest. He admitted to one local burglary and four in Baltimore and confessed to stealing jewelry and clothing valued around ten dollars from Dr. H H Hawxhurst of 1412 Massachusetts avenue northwest. Detectives recovered clues from the suspect and will press for more details to trace further crimes.
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I Street
Baltimore
Mutual Telegraph and Messenger Company
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Elwood Phelps
The
Telegraph Company
Mr. Phelps
Policeman Dunn
J. C. Pearce
Lexington
Dr. Hawxhurst
Pearce
Washington, DC
District of Columbia
Clark, Davenport and Company
Edwin S. Clark
Kithst. Nw
Washington
Gilbert Coblens
Bolton Avenue
Ald
Harry C. Weiller
Eutow Place
Harry ©. Weiler
Edwin
Clark
Gilbert Co- Plenseneral Partners
Harry C. Weilligr
Er Cohen
Paul
Adironss
East Washington Heights Traction Rairoad Company
Lester & Price
Columbian Building
Fifth Street Northwest
Washington, D
Slate Trust in Vermont Forming Granite Slate Company
Manchester Vermont August 16 a coalition of leading slate producers in Vermont and Northern New York plans to limit output to 300000 squares annually for five years, totaling about 1250000 dollars in business. Major firms include Morton Brothers Edwards Slate Owen Sons Vermont Slate Co Poulton Consolidated Auld Conger Griffith National Rising Nelson. New York chartered American Pea Green Slate Company.
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Manchester
Vermont
New York
Morton Brothers
Edwards Slate Company
Owen Sons
Granville
N. Y
Vermont Slate Company
Poulton Consolidated Slate Company
Auld & Conger
Griffith National Slate Company
Poultney
Rising & Nelson
Pichet
American Pea Green Slate Company
New Railroad President Elected for Vera Cruz and Pacific
Thomas Milan of Mexico is elected president of the Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway Company, succeeding R. B. Pegram who resigned for health reasons. Three new directors join Manuel de Azpiroz, BE, C. Henderson, and Capt. W. G. Raoul, with a board including McLane, Jenkins, Walters, Marbury, Crawford, Randolph, Brown. The road, tied to Maryland Trust’s collapse, is to receive $5,000,000 in funds under a Mexican government backed bond plan, with bonds dated July 1 1934 and now signed in Mexico City. Mr Milan serves as superintendent of motive power for the National Railroad of Mexico, aligning with Mexican government wishes.
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Baltimore
Thomas Milan
Mexico
Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway Company
R. B. Pegram
Allan McLane
Milan
Manual de Azpiroz
United States
Be, C. Henderson
New York
W. G
Maryland Trust Company
McLane
Mifilan
National Railroad of Mexico
Trolley wreck kills Camden conductor near Delair
One person died and seven were slightly injured when a Camden and Trenton trolley car overturned at Hatehs Corner near Delair New Jersey. The brake chain broke on the sharp curve as the car neared the turn and Conductor Robert Holloway was crushed beneath the vehicle.
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Camden
N. J
Trenton
Hatehs Corner
Delair
Robert Holloway
Congressman Hitt Improves. Bar Harbor Report
Bar Harbor Aug 16 The condition of Congressman Robert R Hitt of Illinois was satisfactory with no reason for alarm according to his physician. Doctors Hyatt and Morgan held their last consultation today and expected to return immediately to Washington.
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Congressman Hitt
Bar Harbor
Robert R. Hitt
Illinois
Dre. Hyatt and
Morgan
Germans Defeat Hereros In Southwest Africa Campaign
Berlin reports Gen. von Trotha’s forces struck near Hamakari on August 11 and fought through August 12, inflicting heavy losses on the Hereros. Five German officers and nineteen men killed, six officers and fifty-two men wounded, two missing. Thousands of cattle captured. Chief Samuel Maherero led about 5,000 fighting men in Waterberg region. Von Trotha expects follow up in Waterberg campaign. A prior patrol under Lieut. Baron von Bodenhausen was ambushed, eight men killed.
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Berlin
Hamakari
Africa
Count von Arnim
Baron von Watter
von Trotha
Swakopmund
Samuel
Waterberg
Nasses
Baron von Bodenhausen
Leutenant
Reform in Russia Signalizes Abolition of Corporal Punishment
St. Petersburg August 10 reports a forthcoming ukase to abolish corporal punishment throughout Russia as a sign of the heir’s birth. Emperor William may serve as podfather. christening slated for August 23 with liberal measures announced. Peasant courts in villages have long carried such punishments, though recent ten years show dwindling whippings to drunkenness and belly offenses.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
William
Krestjanskoie Soslovie
Crete Residents Threaten Revolution Over Protectorate
In Crete inhabitants demand annexation to Greece and accuse Prince George of Greece, the high commissioner, of misrule. They petition Italy, citing Crete under Italian supervision with Russian French and British ambassadors present. They threaten revolution if denied. Prince George reportedly plans a visit to the protective powers capitals.
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Rome
Crete
Prince George
Greece
Protective Powers
Italy
Banner Week in Coal Receipts
The weekly coal pier records were smashed with 78 435 tons dumped last week surpassing earlier marks. Newport News Virginia engines and schooners fill the harbor awaiting the piers and a record month may be broken this August. Abundant Virginia crops in Southside counties boost corn and tobacco prospects. tobacco quality and corn yields praised amid favorable season. Trinity College Durham plans a law department within its Charlotte campus.
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Washington East
Newport News
Virginia
Washington Post
Petersburg
Monarchs Exchange Visits At Marienbad And Vienna
Emperor Francis Joseph arrives from Vienna to visit King Edward at Marienbad. The two monarchs greet warmly and tour to the Hotel Weimar and Villa Luginsland. A formal dinner at Weimar for nineteen notables is interrupted by a brief lights outage. Bolivian politics and Osler Oxford appointment noted amid broader European affairs.
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King Edward
Emperor Francis Joseph
Marienbad
Marienbag
Sonemia
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Edward
Ixing Edward
Weimar
Luginsland
F. R. Plunkett
Austria
Count Mensdorf
Great Britain
Duke of Teck
J Might
Gov Odell Sprains Ankle At Newburgh Rail Station
Newburgh New York August 16 Gov Odell sprained his left ankle this afternoon at the railroad station. As he was leaving his carriage his foot slipped and he fell. Dr Townsend said he would likely leave for New York City tomorrow morning.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Odell
Townsend
New York City
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