Tragic Wagon Ride Ends in Death of Two Neighborhood Boys
Ewald Fabritz ten, and Willie Geier seven, were playing in a neighbor’s grocer wagon when the horse bolted after a boy touched the whip. The wagon overturned after striking a tree, killing Ewald instantly and injuring Willie who survived with a broken arm. Coroner ruled accidental death. Fabritz family had previously suffered a sister’s scalding death.
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Ewald Fabritz
Willie Gefer
Ewald
Willie
Adolph Fabritz
Willie Hves
Gasper Geier
H Street
Seuchert Ives
Eighth
H Streets
Fabrita
E H Jett
Jett
Geler
Providence Hospital
Fabritz
Shoneberger
Glazebrook
Drowned Lad From Schooner Off Potomac
Eighteen year old Guy Ponton of Norfolk drowned after jumping from the schooner Emma Virginia near the Lighter wharf foot of Eleventh Street Southwest in the Potomac. He could not swim. captain granted permission on the third plea. Harbormaster recovered the body. coroner ruled accidental drowning. Norfolk authorities to arrange return of the body.
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Guy Ponton
Potomac
Eleventh Street
Norfolk
Harbormaste
Sutton
Boardman
Ponton
Glazebrook
Painter's Narrow Escape From Bridge Hit By Live Wire
Edward Davis a 35 year old painter on Rock Creek Bridge near Chevy Chase loop was knocked from a ladder by a live wire and hung half over the abutment with 130 feet of nothingness beneath. His eight year old son summoned aid and police rescued him as he slipped toward the creek. Davis lived at 13 E street northeast and insisted on returning home after a brief hospital rest. He works for the electric light company.
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Rock Creek
Chevy Chase
Edward Davis
Kelly
Elliott
Davis
Conseiguencia
Hig Ome
E Street
The
Electric Light Company
Son charged with assault as mother calls it accident
Emery Moore, nineteen, is held on assault charges after his father C T Moore, forty four, sustained a deep scalp wound and was taken to Casualty Hospital. Mrs Moore says the injury was accidental from a fall against a mirror. Police investigate the conflicting accounts.
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C T Moore
L Street
Fifth Precinct
Emery Moore
PoNceman Lucas
Moore
Unique Double Wedding at Hermon’s Chapel
Rev Nelson H Miller officiated a private double wedding for the Bodine and Redden siblings of Cropsey Maryland at 1975 F Street NE Washington. The couples Thomas H Bodine with Mary Olivia Redden and Charles F Bodine with Susan Frances Redden exchanged nuptial vows in a quiet ceremony due to the late death of the brides’ father.
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Nelson H. Miller
Washington
Bodine
Wall
Cropley
Cousin of Senator McComas killed in Atlantic City fall
Mrs Isabella H Leopold of Philadelphia, a former Washington official and longtime government employee, was hurled from a Reading Railway train vestibule at Magnolia NJ and killed. She served as secretary to Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith and worked for the Republican National Committee. Her death likely resulted from a heart attack followed by a fall from the moving train. Her daughter Nita is missing on vacation. Relatives include Senator Patterson of Colorado.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
Reading
Magnolia
Isabella H Leopold
Chestnut Street
United States
L. E B. McComas
Maryland
Leopold
Washington
Frazier
Ohio
Charles Emory Smith
Republican National Campaign Committee
Charles Dick
Post Office Department
Atlantic City
Nita
Machen
Senator Patterson
Colorado
Woman Refused Rescue At Fatal Track Crossing Tragedy
At a inquest in the new morgue, the death of Mrs Cecelia Mudd at the South Capitol street crossing was ruled accidental. Witnesses including flagmen Joseph Bulger Frederick Reese and Edward Lackey testified she ignored warnings and broke away when tried to be prevented from stepping onto the tracks ahead of an express train. The autopsy cited thoracic compression with broken ribs and head injuries as causes.
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New Morgue
Cecelia Mudd
South Capitol Street
Pennsylvaia
Glazebrook
Joseph HB Bulger
Frederick Reese
Edward Lackey
Mrs Mudd
Reese
Lack
New York Express
Mrs. Mudd
Baker
Funeral of Wright Curtiss at Woodside Maryland
Funeral services for Wright Curtiss were held at his Woodside residence at 2:30 PM. A large crowd attended and Floral tributes were sent. Rev William T Snyder led the rites at the Church of the Nearnation with pallbearers Cushing J Moyer E W Burn and Mas Garrett. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery with relatives Mrs B F Morris of Bridgeport Conn and Mrs R M Houston also arriving for the service.
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Wright Curtiss
Woodside
William T. Snyder
Church of the Nearnation
Messrs. Cushing
J.moyer
E. W. Burn
Mas. Garrett
Gren
Pay for Half Holiday, President Takes a Hand
Comptroller Tracewell rules that 800 Washington navy yard machinists are entitled to pay for half holidays, in line with prior decisions, following a conference with Secretary Loeb and Assistant Attorney General Robb. Machinists press Union resolution at White House and move to file briefs. outcome aligns with union stance.
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Tracewell
Loeb
C. H. Robb
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Department
Nots
Machiniets’ Union
Capt. Pendleton
Yard
Treasury
Machinists
Columbia Lodge
No. 174
International Association of Machinists
Roosevelt
Ema'mat TL. Adams
Samuel Elder
W. R. Adama
Navy Yards
Union
Attorneya Ralston
Siddons
Tracewel
Robb
Mr. Loeb
Foreclosure Motion in Carolina Northern Railway Case
Judge Pritchard in Asheville hears and continues a foreclosure filing in the Atlantic Seaboard Company versus the Carolina Northern Railway Company case. The action, involving about $600,000 secured by a deed of trust, seeks to intervene and obtain authority to foreclose and sell the railway, prior to a Saturday decision.
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Asheville
N. C
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Atlantic Seaboard Company
Carolina Northern Railway Company
Philadelphia
Carolina Northern Railrroad Company
Porte Leaves Loophole In Turkish Schools Note
In Constantinople the American Legation confirms it will receive the porte’s promise to treat American schools like the most favored nation but only after review by the ministry of public instruction and required permits. Delays may trigger renewed tensions. $25,000 compensation for a Staymeforland loss has been placed in Ottoman bank. London dispatch notes Marienbad mission for Prince Battenbury and potential good offices to end the war. International congress and Danish torpedo boat collision also reported. Earthquakes damage several villages on Samos.
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Constantinople
Leishman
Izzet Pasha
Nedjib Melhame
Porte
France
Ministry of Public Instruction
Legation
London
Angus
Cours of Battenbure
Marienbad
Edward
Great Britain
Prince Louis
Nicholas
Agassiz Elected President of Geology Congress
Berne Switzerland Aug 18 Alexander Agassis of Cambridge Massachusetts was elected president of the international geological congress now in session here.
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Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
von Densteinen
Boas
New York
Berne
Switzerland
Alexander Agassis
Cambridge, Mass
International Zeological Congress
Russian Navy Battles Togo Forces Near Vladivostok
Report from Jessen describes a fierce clash involving the Russian cruisers Askold Pallada and Diana, losses including Berlinsky and several officers killed or wounded, and the Rurik sunk. Admiral Withoft’s squadron fought off Japanese vessels, with heroism noted and the fate of missing ships unresolved.
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Advanta
Taly
Berhinsky
Alexieff
Jomzen
Withoft
Paliada
Diana
Vladivostok
Admiralty
Rurik
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Czarevithh
Wisthoff
Retvizan
Pobieda
Pereginet
Mongolia
Red Cross
V Vladivostok
Askold
Czarevitch
Transfers
Prince Ouktomsky
Asold
Novik
Pallada
Matsushima
Asama
Reltzenstein
Ghanghal
Relitsenstein
CARGOES FOR THE ORIENT ARRIVE AFTER INTERRUPTION
San Francisco reports cargo shipments to the Orient resume after danger. The Pacific Mail steamship Manchuria will sail August 23 with mer chandise for Japanese ports and denies carrying contraband. Doris sails today with 4600 tons cargo including flour and pig lead for Chinese ports. Germany reports no action on missing letters from Prinz Heinrich mails, downplaying significance.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Oriental
Pacific Mail Company
Manchuria
Doris
Orient
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Foreign Office
Prinz Heinrich
Nagasaki
Japan Urges Neutral Shanghai Ports Disarm Russian Ships
Shanghai dispatches from August describe Japan seeking to keep Shanghai neutral while Russian cruiser Askold and torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi may be disarmed or allowed to stay until August 23. Reports note repairs, potential Chinese men of war arrival, and international efforts to preserve neutrality.
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Shanghai
Motal
Askold
Grozovol
M. Ogagira
Tactal
Askveld
Customs Department
Japan
Tokyo
China
Yangtse
Peking
Russia
France
Germany
St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Gronovo
London
Seyond
To Ching
Great Britain
Grozovoi
AES
Tsingtau
Czarevitch
Berlin
Foreign Office
Tsingtan
Paris
STOESSEL'S DEFIANT NOTE ON SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR
The Japanese legation cites a Tokyo cable stating that on the 16th an officer bearing a flag of truce carried Emperor Meiji’s wishes for relief of non-combatants and a demand for Port Arthur’s surrender, with the enemy replying to refuse on the 17th. Russia buys steamers for transports in Antwerp, including the Tiberius and Claudius, while London Times downplays war losses.
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Takahira
Legation
Foreign Office
Russia
Transporta
London
Washington Post
Brussels
Antwerp
Claudius
Chinese Minister Seeks Hay Guidance on War Complications
Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng met with Secretary Hay at the State Department to discuss China’s neutrality and the Russian naval presence in Chinese waters. He avoided detailing instructions but sought US counsel for transmitting views to Beijing while noting Japan’s protest to the powers over Port Arthur and related tensions.
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Chentung Liang-Cleng
State Department
Hay
China
United States
Peking
King
Takahira
Japan
Port Arthur
Japan Refuses to Surrender Ryeshitemi torpedo boat
Tokyo informs Britain it will not give up the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshitemi captured at Chefoo on August 12. In St Petersburg the Chinese Minister met with ambassadors about the incident, with diplomatic circles noting Japan may still yield to a neutral custody solution to avoid further China related tensions.
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London
Japan
Great Britain
Chefoo
St. Petersburg
China
Hay
Russians Disarmed at Tsingtau as German Troops Guard
German authorities at Tsingtau report the Russian battleship Czarevitch and three torpedo boat destroyers fully dismantled with ammunition stored in a German magazine. Russians are confined to the port under parole until war's end, and officers still afloat are being entertained by German hosts.
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Tsingtau
Czarevitch
Russia's Note Issue Explains War Time Loan Choice
St Petersburg notes that a $50,000,000 state rente loan was issued for convenience, not necessity. Official Messenger cites May 18 figures showing $160,000,000 available for military use at war start, with August 18 spending at $128,750,000, and explains rente notes as a stable, widely circulated security for wartime cash replenishment.
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St. Petersburg
France
Russia Likely to Accept View on Contraband Foodstuffs
St Petersburg Aug 18 It grows likelier that Russia will share the United States and Great Britain view that foodstuffs bound to belligerents unblocked ports and shipped to private firms or individuals are not contraband if ship papers reveal no suspicion The Emperor's government seeks to settle flour aboard the Arabia confiscation by Vladivostok prize court and may appeal to the admiralty court to resolve the diplomatic issue.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
Great Britain
Vladivostok
Admiralty Court
Russian Gunboats Engage Japanese Near Shampoingtao
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo states Maya and Amagi witnessed Russian gunboat Gillak shelling Japanese ground forces near Shenshen. Amagi hit Gillak, which retreated to Port Arthur. Capt. Mathuoka's torpedo flotilla allegedly sank the Russian Pallada-class cruiser Pallada on August 1.
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Tokyo
Togo
Maya
Amagi
Shampoingtao
Gilisk
Shenshen
Port Arthur
Mathuoka
Weather Conditions and Forecast Aug 18 from Weather Bureau
High barometer area spans the Lake region and Upper Ohio Valley with an extensive low area over the Northeast Rocky Mountain Slope. Temperatures fall in the middle eastern states and rise in the Missouri region. rain in the Ohio Valley and South Atlantic States. Friday the Lake region high area moves to the North Atlantic. the Mid Atlantic sees rain, with fresh northerly winds along the coast turning easterly, and southeasterlies over the Great Lakes. Saturday shows rain in the eastern and southern states and fresh winds along coasts. steamers to Europe face northeast winds. Local report notes hourly temperatures and daily high and low, rainfall, sunshine, and tides.
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U. S Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain Slope
Dilddie
Rocky Mountain
South Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain Aistricts
Lake Region
North Atlantic States
Lake Regio
Missouri
Mississippi
Western Lake Region
Midle Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banks
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Wegro Lad
Painter
Isabella H. Leopard
Magnolia, N. J
Senator McComas
Horsford’s
Navy Yard
Carolina
America
Copenhagen
Haversten
Storen
Samos
Athens
Bamos
Breen
Agassiz
Jessen
Cowrmdan Sada Eragt Pats
Admiral Jessen
Reitzenstein
Far East
Kamimura
Dandroff
John
Taotai
Askor
Grozovael
Stoessel
London Times
Times
Department of
Lloyds
Rueaia
Harbor
Newton A. McCulley
le Cuverville
Caarevitch
Peresviet
Iua
Xia
Bt. Petersburg
St Petersburg
Mohammed el Torres
Tangier
Fez
Mohammed el ‘Torres
Sanders & Stayman Co
Horn. Com
Tailor
Geo. E. Hebbard
Irovesre
Hebbard & Wineman
Ninth Street
REGAL
Pennsylvania Ave
H. W
Agheville
Atlanta
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Buffalo
Poe
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Wye
Ove Davenport
Iowa
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Tex
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Via
Jacksonville
Fla
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Ark
Marquette
Mich
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Nebr
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Salt Lake City
Uieh
St. Louis
Pani
Mina
Springfeld
Bow
Vickaburg
Miss
Peter Grogan
Seventh Street
HUB Furniture CO
7Th and
D Sts. N. Ww
Tharp
Berkeley
St. N.W
Washington, DC
District of Columbia
Clark Davenport and Company
Edwin & Clark
4Th St
Gilbert Coblens
Bolton Avenue
Baltimore
Harry Weiller
Butaw
Harry Weler
Edwin
Clark Gilbert Acoelens
General Partners
Harry C. Weiller
Myer Cohen
Ballantine
Shoomaker Company
Edison
Phonograph
Capital Phonograph Co
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
A. C. Hutterly
7Th Street
McGill & Wallace
Wacshend
Il. T
Sraw Suone
Pope Pig
W. L
T. Blig
Newspaper
Bbceive
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