Pursuit After Two Murderers Ends In Tragedy On Ninth Street
A New York motorman saw a woman struck by a bag thief and strangler as a car passed. The woman was killed, passengers chased the suspects, and conductor Meehan led the pursuit to a West Ninety first Street stable and saloon. One man was arrested on suspicion. others fled. Police later announced three more arrests, including Morse and Lambert, as the hunt continued.
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New York
Thomas King
Amsterdam Avenue
Ninetieth Street
King
John Meehan
Trent
Nimetieth Street
Meehan
Philip Wagner and Sons
West Ninetieth Street
John Dunn
West Fwenth Street
Dunn
West 10Th Street
Westside Court
Shrady
Amsterdam
Columbia Avenues
Athan
Fred L. Morse
Boston
William J. Solon
Chelsea
Mass
Joseph F. Lambert
Curly Lambert
Judge Favors Sunday Liquor Sales in Jersey Resorts
Special to The Washington Post from Asbury Park New Jersey reports Judge Foster of Monmouth county court of common pleas testified the state should allow restricted Sunday liquor sales. He called enforcement impossible under existing excise laws and noted freight records show heavy daily liquor shipments into Asbury Park and nearby areas. A known antisaloon figure, the judge has closed many saloons, lending weight to his stance.
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Jersey
Washington Post
Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
Boardwalk City
Foster
Monmouth County Court of Common Pleas
Monmouth County
Death notices and funeral plans for eight local residents
Obituaries announce the deaths of Arthur Adams Curtis Ford Annie Pray M. B. Bol Luckett Emma Luckett Mary E Nussear Elizabeth Sousa and family funeral details. Services range from August 24 to August 34 with private and public rites at home chapels Grace Baptist Church and Congressional Cemetery, in Salt Lake City and Baltimore areas, including interment in Frederick Maryland.
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Adams
Arthur D Adams
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. D
Annie Adams
Hembay
Curtis
Garfield Hospital
John Lafayette
Clark E
Margaret B. Curtis
Sea Ord Bee
Lee
Baltimore
Ford
First
Annie Pray
William T. Ford
Bam 'M
Julia C. Golding
Pam
HO Litchfield
Halt Meeoe
Luckett
Rhode Island Avenue
Emma
William E." Luckett
Frederick
Nussear
Tenth Street
Mary EF
Edmund A
Clara L. Nussear
Seventh Street
Thenca
Congressional Y. Chapel
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Distribution
Aerified notice explains that marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously, at no extra charge, in multiple named morning newspapers including Cincinnati Enquirer Pittsburg Dispatch Boston Globe Providence Journal Buffalo Courier Rochester Herald Chicago Record Herald St Louis Republic Cleveland Plain Dealer St Paul Pioneer Press New York Times Syracuse Post Standard Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Washington Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
Pittsburg Dispatch
Boston Globe
Providence Journal
Buffalo Courier
Rochester Herata
Chicago Record-Herata
St. Louie Republic
Clevsland Plain Dealer
St Paul Pioneer Press
New York Times
Syracuse Post Standard
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Funeral Directors Advertised Services and Locations
A listing of funeral directors including J William Lee John R Wright Co R F Harveys Sons W R Speare Frank A Speare WM H Sardo Co Thomas A Costello Almer Frank Getzers Sons and Geo P Zarhorst with chapel facilities embalmers and contact details in various Washington DC addresses and phone numbers. The notice advertises open day and night service and commodious chapels with modest prices and livery in connection.
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J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
John R. Wright CO
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth ST NW
Cain
A. Costello
ALMER
Frank Getzer
Geo. P. Zarhorst
Capitol St
President Peters and Rep Cocks Visit Sagamore Hill
Special to The Washington var Oyster Bay August 94 President Ralph Peters of the Long Island Rail Road and Congressman W W Cocks were the day’s sole visitors at Sagamore Hill. Peters called for his annual visit to Long Island's most distinguished citizen. Gov Magoon of Cuba is expected to attend tomorrow for a conference with the President on Cuba politics and the election date. Secretary Wright is likely to join the conference upon request.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
W. W. Cocks
Sagamore Hill
Petere
Long Islands
Magoon
Cuba
Wright
Gov. Magoon
Decisions Against Railroads Uphold Safety Appliance Law
The United States circuit court of appeals reversed earlier court rulings in favor of the government on safety appliance law. Decisions against the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, and the Denver and Rio Grande, abrogate common law reasonable care standards and affirm congressional acts governing rail safety.
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St le &A
Mwach
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Denver
Rilo Grande
Court of Appeals
Horse Thieves Burn Towns in Dakota Raider Strike
Reports from Aberdeen Dakota say Lowry and Alaska on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Rail road line were set ablaze, destroying a bank general store and pool hall after a raid by mounted men. Authorities pursue the band as Walworth County sheriff probes the fires linked to horse thief activity. The blazes began around midnight at Lowry and around 2 30 a m at Alaska with residents seeing riders depart.
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Aberdeen
Dak
Lowry
Alaska
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Missouri River
Walworth County
Persian General Dismissed After Cossack Money Dispute
Teheran Aug 24 Gen Liakhoff military governor of Teheran dismissed Third Regiment Cossack commander Gen Kazimaga amid a quarrel over money from the emperor. Kazimaga claimed Elakhoff kept his share. the war minister named Kazimaga to a high post as tensions rise between Persian soldiers and Cossacks and the shah assigns Siakh to punish a plundering Persian regiment.
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Liakhoff
Kazimaga
Teheran
Elakhoff
Siakh
Vivisection Debate Splits Medical World Over Experiments
Helen M Roynton from Washington reports a sharp division in the medical world over vivisection. Many leading doctors oppose it, arguing results on animals mislead and fail to prove human outcomes, while some claim such experiments could save human lives if proven reliable. The letter questions the ethics and necessity, urging gentler handling and better anesthesia.
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Sey
Helen M Roynton
Washington
Aug
Thaw Hearing Delayed Again By Absence Of Counsel
In Fishkill Landing New York August 24 after many postponements in the case of Harry K Thaw suing Dr John P Wilson of Poughkeepsie for 600 for alienist services the hearing was adjourned as counsel failed to appear Thaw with deputy sheriffs walked about and Referee Schlosser adjourned again The case was reset for Saturday at 10 o clock This marks Thaws fourth appearance in the matter.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
John P. Wilson
Poughkeepsie
Thaw
Schlosser
Charles Morschauser
Leg of Missing Missionary Found in River in Cincinnati
The disap pearance of Miss Elizabeth Hansen, a Presbyterian Church missionary, is linked to a found leg in the river at Bridge street. A shoe and stocking fragment were recovered, and a brother and sister identified the shoe as hers. Her body has not yet been found and the family suspects self harm.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Hangen
Presbyterian Church
Bridge Street
Miss Hansen
New Play Algeria Opens at Apollo Theater in Atlantic City
A large audience saw the first performance of Algeria a new musical play by Glen McDonough and Victor Herbert at the Apollo Theater Atlantic City New Jersey Scenes unfold in a Sahara oasis and a palace near Algiers with Herbert style music Ida Brooks Hunt is prima donna and William Pruette portrays a governor general Harriet Burt plays a flirtatious physician Ernest Lambert Toby Lyons and Harry Tighe desertion from the foreign legion form a comic trio Florence Nash and George Leon Moore also in the company
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Atlantic City
N. J
Algeria
Glen McDonough
Victor Herbert
Apollo Theater
Sahara Desert
Algiers
Ida Brooks Hunt
Wiliam Pruette
Harriet Burt
Ernest Lambert
Toby Lyons
Harry Tighe
The
Foreign Legion
Florence Nash
George Leon Moore
Judge Denies Injunction Over Brand labeling of Imitation Whisky
In Cincinnati on Aug 4 Judge Thompson denied Union Distilling Company and others a temporary injunction to block the government's order branding imitation whisky. The decision mirrored a Clifton Springs Distilling Co case where courts barred branding spirits as alcohol under a known name.
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Cincinnati
Thompson
United States
Union Distilling Company
Auch
Clifton Springs
Ocean Liners In Race Across Atlantic
The ocean liners Kroonland from Antwerp and Statendam from Rotterdam raced 2000 miles to Sandy Hook. Kroonland led from August 16, gaining the advantage in the English Channel, and stayed ahead after August 17. Timers kept both ships in view until finish.
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New York
Aig
Yver Kroonland
Antwerp
Dover
Sandy Hook
Statendam
Rotterdam
Kroonland
English Channel
Plans for Rockefeller Institute Hospital and Annex
York & Sawyer, architects for John D Rockefeller, today filed plans for the main hospital building and isolation annex of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The site faces Sixty-fifth Street east of Avenue A and runs to the riverfront, with the Animal House and research laboratory occupying part of the lot. Estimated cost for the hospital and isolating annex is $50,000.
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Washington Post
New York
York & Sawyer
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Sixty-fifth Street
Avenue A
Naw
Railroads challenge ICC order on hours law in suits
Five railroads sue the Interstate Commerce Commission in federal court seeking to block or suspend a March order implementing the hours of service law. They claim no hearing was held and that sworn reporting of infractions could force self incrimination. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western also seeks to block a junction with Rahway Valley at Summit New Jersey on safety grounds.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Central Retlroad
New Jersey
Ontario and Western Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Rahway Valley Railroad Company
Lacktanna
Summit
N. J
Women Readers Learn Kidney Health From Swamp Root
Women are urged to consider kidney trouble as a common source of health issues. The ad claims kidney, bladder and liver health affect overall wellness and offers Swamp Root as a remedy. Readers are invited to request a free sample from Dr. Kilmer & Co. by mail.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Artillery Officer to Face Court Martial Over Club Accounts
Capt Solomon Avery, artillery officer stationed in San Francisco, was cited to appear next Wednesday before a court martial to answer charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The case centers on alleged shortages in the officers club accounts at the Presidio where Avery served as treasurer. Avery served in the Spanish American War, joined the regular army after, and rose from first lieutenant of the 23d New York Infantry to captain in the coast artillery. Presidio officers say the alleged culpability lies entirely in careless business methods.
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Avery
San Francisco
Solomon Avery
Presidio
New York Infantry
Coast Artillery
Gunboat Paducah Loses Propeller After Haiti Cruise
The U S gunboat Paducah left Port au Prince Sunday and lost one propeller in an unusual accident. Still moving toward New York with one propeller, it carries condemned ammunition for return to the Portsmouth navy yard for repairs. Also Boston reports Dakota nearing 50 percent completion at Fore River Shipyards with launch set for November 9 and completion likely by mid July 1910.
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United States
Paducah
Port Au Prince
Haiti
New York
New Yok
Portsmouth
CN H. Navy Yard
North Dakota
Boston
Mass
Dakota
Fore River
Equity and Court Notices in District of Columbia Record
Legal notices across equity, circuit, district and probate courts. Docket items include rule to show cause, appointments of examiners and attorneys, alimony and counsel fees, condemnations, bankruptcy hearing dates, property deeds, liens, and estate probates with names of parties such as Indian Protective Association, Treat, PoE, Berry & Minor, Lamont Street addresses, and various square and lot references in Washington DC.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court
Justice Stafford
Indian Protecors Association
Charles Pee
Berry & Minor
Indian Protective Association
Treat
Charles Poe
Brown
J J Darlington ‘van der Tann
Barnard
Filhiam
George H Calvert
Mattingly Butts
Butts
Rostles
H Adriaans Circuit Court
Justice Stafford Bterington
Montezuma Mining Company
Plaviti
W .A. Megrath
Peele
Charies Ho Treat
Traagmer
Et al
Deeds of Trusts and Mortgages Across City SQUARE Listings
A series of deeds of trust and mortgages filed across multiple city squares and additions. Businesses Metropolis Building Association and lenders Bergmann Emmerich secure properties with sums ranging from 250 to 36,030 dollars. Names include Mankin Bolger Linskey King Hartman and others with properties in Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains Barry Farm Pobbing Addition and East of 1298.
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Roward T Mankin
Henry H Bergmann
George M Emmerich
Metropolis
Edward D Bolger
Hoh Hergmann
Metropolis Building Association
William A Simpson
H. Bergmann
Robert B
Marion C. Bur
Harry Lamson
Alexander Th. Galt
Charles E. Ebel
Edward T. Linskey
Edmond Fitzgerald
John J ¥Egan
Tion
John Boyd
Woo Lester
Mr. Colbert
National Permanent Building Association
Barry Farm
Harry AL Hegarty
Wiliam J O'Donnell
Mary J. Heenan
Howard O Reedet
Frank X. Dieudonne
James Erry
Perpetual Building Association
Mount Pleasant
Pleasant Plains
Charles W King, Jr
John T. Arms
Samuel A “Drury
Les Brown
Pleasant
John T Armes
Samuel A Drury
Lee Brown
Mount Pleasant and
Charlee W. King
Jake, T. Arms
Mount F Pleasant
Charles W. King
St Wx
John T. Acme
Samuel A. Drury
Pobbing
Hte Cattell
B. Francis Seat
James F. Shea
Home Savings Bank
Charles A. Hartman
KB Jordan
George R. Linkin
Ecure
Harry J. Sweeney
Geisha Protests Stiffen Japanese Hospitality Norms
News from Tokyo reports Christian groups in Japan circulating petitions to curb Western influences on hospitality standards. American fleet visitors may face pressure to eliminate geisha girls from public entertainment to align with American ideals. Parades in Sydney and Pacific Fleet movements are also noted in this era
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New York
Adimgri Sperry
Geisha Girls
Young Men's Christian Association of Japan
Tokyo
Christian Religious Organizations of
Japan
Sydney
Mormon Women Detained After Immigration Hearing
Boston inspectors held a special session on August 24 to review about 100 Mormon women converts who arrived aboard the Republic. Forty were held for further inquiry, while Margaret and Catherine Roe were ordered sent back to their Liverpool father.
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Boston
Mass
Board of Immigration
Republic
Margaret
Catherine Roe
Liverpool
England
Fire destroys 2000 buildings in Constantinople blaze
A major fire in the Stamboul district of Constantinople, which began yesterday, was finally extinguished at midnight. The blaze consumed about 2,000 structures, leaving thousands homeless as relief efforts began and authorities assessed the extent of the damage. No further details on casualties were released.
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Constantinople
Fie
Honsea
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