Pledge by Estrada Indemnity for Americans in Nicaragua
Consul Olivares describes the fall of Madriz government at Managua. He details the shooting of Grace and Cannon, the escape of the defeated president, and Gen Estrada's brothers taking command. Estrada vows restitution to American citizens as Nicaragua faces political upheaval and moves toward elections within six months.
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Olivares
Madris
Pittman
Consilate
Madriz
Managua
State Department
Saturdas Dt
Lexcal
Juan Estrada
Lullington Wilson
Kram
Gen Estrada
Hs Rablegram
Knox
Washington
Nicaragua
Niaragua
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Washington 1910
Several obituaries and funeral notices appear for August 1910 including John Wells of Virginia Johnston Bulk, Sylvester Tlach, Captain George Remey, Mary E Creecy, Davis Thprew, Charles P., Nellie C McCarthy, Joan O Connor and Denis O Connor. Notices detail church services, interments at Rock Creek and Payne Cemeteries, and addresses in Washington City with dates August 23 to August 31, 1910.
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Widpom
John Wells
Virginia Johnston
Trinity Episcopal Church
Tiuredlamk
Lokal Legion
United States Ceramariery
District of Columbia
Washington
Sylvester Tlach
Amal George
Remey
Navy
Uwlaford
Cook
Sea Isle City
N. Jey
Mary Adelaide Cook
Helen A. Cook
Sixteenth Street Northwest
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Mary E
AR Creecy
Hdenton
Creecy
Eleventh Street
Rock Creek
Kmeters Davis
la Plata
Mithprew
Claene
Hatta Davis
Nash M & Church
Payne Cemetery
Charles P
Charles J
Mars San Maria Pine
Hom
T Street
Phursdayy
Oita
St Alosas Church
Ipass
Wovelock
Menda Uied
Mcarthy
Fata
Jo' A Oni
Silver Siping
Nellie C
John B McCarthy
Oconnor
Joan
Margaret O'Connor
Denais
Mary O'Connor
Farranfore
County Kerry
Se End Street
St Miersius’ Church
Managua Prison Plot and Nicaraguan Political Turmoil
Officials at the Managua penitentiary reported a plot by the prison commandant to blow up the facility and use inmates during a Madriz downfall. Pittman the American engineer was moved to the consulate for safety as Madriz dismissed the prison commandant and the jail emptied into the streets. Estrada supporters discussed a provisional junta and expedited lese majeste peace plans while Jose Dolores Estrada recognized the Bluefields provisional government and set terms for a six month election and peace commission to end the civil war. The region faces continued volatility with barricaded departments and American naval observers nearby, pledging to protect interests.
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Juan J, Estrada
Managua
Madriz
William Pittman
Pittman
Madris
Olivares
Estrada
Washington
Senor Castrillo
Nicaragua
Leonard Groce
Zelaya
Groce
Leroy Cannon
State Department
Jose D. Estrada
Madria
Republic
Jose Dolores Estrada
Bluefields
Juan Estrada
Juan Hostrada
Rafael Cabrera
Galvador Castrillo
Hildebran Castellon
Jose Leon Castillo
Tomas Martinez
Unwritten Law Wins Freedom for Mamie McLoughlin
Mamie McLoughlin, 18, shot Hugh Smith Jr., a wealthy saloon keeper, while following him to his rival, and was acquitted in New Orleans district court. She testified life held no meaning after his promise to marry failed. The Era Club and other women raised funds and aided her defense, cheering at the verdict.
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Washington Post
New Orleans
Mamie McLoughlin
Hugh Smith, Jr
Era
Miss McLoughlin
Blake
Smith
St. Charles Avenue
Felicity Street
McLoughlin
Sith
Chub
TRACKMAN PREVENTS WRECK NEAR HUNTINGTON
Special to The Washington cam Huntington W Va Aug 22 A track walker uncovered an attempt to wreck Baltimore and Ohio train No 714 north of Huntington saving about 150 passengers from a plunge down a steep embankment. Spikes had been removed from the rail and wired to the rail top. Detectives have been dispatched to investigate.
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Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Petersburg's New Mayor Elected In Unexpired Term
In Petersburg Virginia at a joint city council meeting to fill the late Mayor Jones’s unexpired term, Col George Cameron Jr and E H Patterson were hard fought candidates with Pettit briefly in the running. Cameron led on the third ballot with seventeen votes to Patterson's sixteen and was elected unanimously. Cameron is president of the National Bank of Petersburg and has five years as a city council member along with three years as finance committee chair.
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Washington
Petersburg
Licensed to Marry Readers Note
Lenwood Burnett age 27 of Lynchburg Virginia to pursue Bi. Wash age 28 of Lexington Virginia James H Talbert 23 to Sadie Davia 18 Newton Zepp 26 to Maggie B Posey 19 Thomas Mooking 25 to Carrie Simmons Warren Coles 21 to Rosa Burgess 18 Carl Smith 21 to Mary Lumby 18 Charles Harrison 24 to Addie Willlama 2% John Cobbs 45 to Mary Collins 30
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Lenwood
Burnett
Lynchburg
Duate Bi. Wash
Lexington
James H. Talbert
Sadie Davia
Newton
Zepp
Maggie B Posey
Thomas Mooking
Carrie Simmons
Warren Coles
Rosa Burgess
Carl Smith
Mary Lumby
Charles Harrison
Addie Willlama
John Cobbs
Mary Collins
Health Office Births and Deaths in Washington Listings
Health Office records show births for riders Curtain Tyson Lacalle Landon Lee Essex Edwards Turco Dipeloppes Breeskin Norwood Brubbs Moten Eaton and others. Deaths include Barch Fitchner Miller Chick Hamilton Shaw Jackson Harris Berry Mearldith Toliver Bean Young McAbee and more with addresses cited. The Man in Black serial installments are promoted, noting previous parts and next publication.
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William G
Mary EB. Rider
George W
Pearle E Curtain
Yorsph V
Josephine M. Tyson
Julian M
Carmen M. Lacalle
Ernest E
Lottia W. Landon
Roland BE
Nora A Lee
Wiliam T
Margaret L. Essex
Samuel F
Katherine W Edwards
Luigi
Camilla Turco
Vito
Rosa Dipeloppes
Daniel
Rosie Breeskin
Albert Mr
Carrie Norwood
Wiliam
Sadie Brubbs
Willam Sod
Bertha Moten
Sylvester R. Barch
the 'Shemman Apts
William Fitchner
Govt
Hosp
Lucy A. Miller
Kenilworth
D. C
Sarah Chick
Lincoln
Edward Hamilton
Wash
Mary A. Shaw
N. J. Ave
Ruth Jackson
Sarah Harris
St. Aw
George Berry
Garfield Hospitel
Julian F. Mearldith
Wm OR Eaton
Asylum Hosp
Margaret Toliver
Ist
St Aw
Naomi Bean
Carrobhurgh
Pearl M McAbee
Poplar St. Aw
Narragansett Club gambling raid fuels social row
In Narrangansett Pier Judge Lewis overruled Arnold demurrer keeping the case alive. Subpoenas loom for social leaders amid rumors of wide open August gambling at the Narragansett Club while protests from property owners grow and investigators allege crooked roulette with a bellows device to tilt outcomes.
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Narrangansett Pier
R. 1
Narra-gansett Club
John 4
H. Cross
William E. Arnold
Nathan B. Lewis
Arnold
Lewis
Wakefield
Messrs. Cross and
Ivins
Rhode Island
Narragansett Club
New York
Dlay
Pier
Mineola
Kong Island
Cross
British Admiralty Plans Experimental Motor Battleship
Portsmouth Aug 23 local newspaper says authorities favor building an experimental battleship powered by an internal combustion gas engine. Naval engineers see this as the ultimate power for ships with no boilers or smokestacks and expect weight and cost savings to render present dreadnoughts obsolete.
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Portsmouth
England
Man chokes dog to death in bid to save child
In Edinboro Pennsylvania F M Slocum overwhelmed a vicious bulldog with his bare hands after the animal bitten his one year old daughter who is hospitalized with more than forty wounds. The desperate act ended the dog’s threat but left Slocum critically injuried.
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Edinboro
F. M. Slocum
Slocum
Bryan's Cousin Hurt In Runaway Farm Accident
T J Bryan aged 16 years and second cousin of William Jennings Bryan was fatally injured near Hooker when a runaway team crushed him against a stone wall during haying. His skull was fractured in the incident reported from Butler Pennsylvania.
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Butler
T. J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Hooker
Here
Bryan
Bar Harbor Horse Show crowns Thompson and McLean entries
Bar Harbor Maine hosts an annual show where Otto H. Kahn Edward B. McLean and Miss Anne Thompson secure most ribbons. Victoria class winner is Miss Thompson with Lord Stanton and Goto. McLean dominates harness runabout and cup events with Rifle and Snapshot. Lady saddle and saddle horse cups go to Antika and Sultan, with multiple second and third places for other owners.
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Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Otto H. Kahn
New York
Edward B. McLean
Washington
Anne Thompson
Philadelphia
Lord Stanton
Goto
J. L. Ketterlin
Otto EL Kahn
Edward Morrell
Philip Livingston
Glenoak
Mathilde ‘Townsend Goelet
Fergus Reid
Merry Legs
Thomas Ewing
Miss Maude Kahn
Edward Morrel
Henry Reed Hatfield
Miss Kahn
Adirondack squatters to be evicted from State land
Adirondack squatters rich and poor alike face eviction from state land this fall as the State Forest Fish and Game Commission conducts a hearing on Adirondack land affairs. Chief Counsel John K. Ward testifies that the main aim is forest protection, noting the rich camps can resist action for years while poor squatters are targeted. Names of squatters on Racquette Lake and Lake George Island are mentioned, including Joseph Laden, David C. Bail, and Col W D Mann. Buck Island is stated as state owned.
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Albany
Adirondack
State Forest, Fish and Game
James 5. Whipple
Adirondack Land Affairs
Hughes
John K. Ward
Whipple
Austin
State Department
Racquette Lake
Leake George
Indian Lake
Adirondacks
Ward
Joseph Laden
David C. Bail
New York City
Forest Inman
Amsterdam
Col. W. D. Mann
Lake George Island
Buck Island
Jotham P. Allds
Rich farmer held as thief in Martinsville burglary
Hugh M. Bercaw a retired farmer worth $250 000 was arrested in Martinsville Indiana on a burglary charge. Storekeeper Benjamin Pavey reported small items such as cigars and tobacco missing and said he watched his landlord use a key to gain entry and select from the cigar case.
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Washington Post
Martinsville
Ind
Hugh M. Bercaw
Benjamin Pavey
Bercaw
High Collar Kills Pittsburg Tailor, Coroner Rules
Pittsburg Pennsylvania, August 23. Charles Thompson, a 63 year old tailor on the North Side, was found dead in his shop chair with facial discoloration and a red neck ridge after dozing. The coroner’s verdict states he choked to death by a high collar.
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Pittsburg
Charles ©. Thompson
Auto Hits Car as Gates Rise Too Soon at Queens Crossing
Three people are killed and nine severely hurt when an automobile crashes into a construction train at the Merrick Road crossing in Springfield, Queens. The car, driven by Adolph Hirsch of Far Rockaway, drives under a lowered gate as a second train passes, dragging the auto more than 200 feet before it plunges down an embankment. Names include J. Berbon, Bertha Weiss, Rebecca Glass, and others injured or fatally affected.
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New York
Long Island
Merrick Road
Springfield
Queensborough
J. Berbon
New York City
Bertha Weiss
Rebecca Glass
Frances Glass
John Fido
Bella Hirsch
Far Rockaway
Charles Snyder
Adolph Hirsch
Mrs Stetson Gains A Point In Mitigation Case
United States Judge Hough declined to grant the preliminary injunction in the Strickler v Stetson et al suit over a coal lands deal in Arkansas. The request aimed to stop William H. Taylor from repaying his advances until promoters could verify actual funding. Defendants include Virgil Strickler Robert Adams and Enterprise Coal Company.
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Washington Post
New York
United States
Hough
Helen F. Strickler
Augusta EB. Stetson
Christian Scientist
William H. Taylor
Arkansa
Taylor
Mrs. Stetson
Virgil O. Strickler
Robert Adams
The
Enterprise Coal Company
Enterprise Company
Eagles Begin Sessions Contested leadership at convention
In St. Louis on August 23 the Fraternal Order of Eagles opened its convention with over 15 000 members and delegates. A leadership contest is reported between Thomas F. Grady of New York and Theodore E. Bell of California, as sessions run behind closed doors.
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Grady
New York
Bell
California
St. Louis
Order of Eagles
Thomas F. Grady
Theodore E. Bell
Cholera Gains in Italy
Trani Italy Aug 23 reports nine new cholera cases and twelve deaths in the past day. Barletta records eight cases and seven deaths, Margherita Savoia five cases and two deaths, San Ferdinando three cases and one death, and Trinitapoli four cases and three deaths.
Movements of Ocean Steamers in Transatlantic Routes
Shipping notes report severalliners are on the move from Bremen and New York to Liverpool Hamburg and Cherbourg with arrivals due in Plymouth and New York. Vessels include Kronprinz Wilhelm Lusitania and Sable Island Pennsylvanian and Majestic with dockings expected Wednesday and Thursday afternoon.
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New York
Hamburg
Brow Head
Majestic
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Southampton
Siakconist
Mesaba
London
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Washington Ont
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St Mary's County
Cool Springs
G. Thomas
Washington Gas Light CO
Tenth Street
K. W
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