Melrose Stakes Thriller Shows Narrow Finish In Rain
In a muddy Empire City mile and a half Melrose Stakes race 4000 spectators watched Moquette lead before Brother Jonathan surged past in the final sixteenth. Dugan’s Moquette faded. Burns drove Brother Jonathan to a neck victory as Gold Proof led early in the first race. Sir John, Dainty Dame, and The Wrestler also won their events, with Olden Stone capturing the last.
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Washington Post
New York
Empire City Track
George Woods
Moquette
Jonathan
Trash
Jugan
Honesty
Burns
Yankee
Mouwuette
Atretch
Dugan
Maquette
Brother Jonathan
Gold Proof
D'Qr
Lime
Densly White
P. J. Dwyer
Sir John
McCarthy
Garland
Olden Stone
Monocle
Summari
Wowerd
Wold Pinot
Tilt Norter
Ang Ont Owen: Sir Pordicgeon, LB (Sinklee
Owe
Skie
Ren
Bard Seine
Asmithh
Col. Wate
Waris
Woo
Macarth
Wid
Tame
Grimald
Sun
Alec
la Jon
Stoy
Pini
Sven
War” Bulle
Dugans
Prue
Fecha
Slasian
Lasata
Melrose Stak
Tate
Mr Suerte
Duganl
Plain
MD Rumestry
Brother Walhat
Implex
Button
To & & Anil
Dainty Fame
ICR
Sally
Mherti
Karma
Butte
Minneic
Dugani
Castlewood
Mwe
Gerd 'Stanhone
Jonathon
Joe Jones
RB. C. Doggett
Cont
Walt Doggett
Birg
Jones Ad
Jay O'Brien
George Wood
Mosquette
I ‘Wood
Mouquette
Saratoga
E. Dugan
Trant
Ben Hol
More Bookies Arrested at Empire City Track Scandal
At Empire City track Westchester bookies faced arrests amid betting irregularities. Joe Vering indicted earlier, bail set at 800, Heinemann jailed but later released on cash. others including Winters Gourlay Sherman and Melincry were taken into custody. Jockeys exonerations noted, and Keene ships yearlings to England while contemplating market conditions post antidating law.
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Washington
New York
Westchester
Empire City
Joe
Vering
Kings Onty Grand
Charles Heinemann
Met
Heinmann
Heinemann
Doe
Louis Winters
James Gourlay
Stephen Sherman
Wiliam Melincry
Winners and horses listed for Pimlico and Fort Erie
The page lists numerous horse names and connections including Cunning Delaby Fauquier Davidson Fancy Bird Helen Walker Garterman Bavideon Hatidame Nicholas Empire City Gold Proof Motter Aster DOr Sir John McGarthy Brother Jonathan G Burns Okenite Butler Goldshore Butler Fort Erie Dearle Troxter Economy McAtee Grenesque Glasner Annie McGee Powers Lady Martha Burton Harold Hall Powers Even 205 2 to 1 2401 ota 5 3 to 1 stot 7 to 6 Sto2 7 to & 6 to 5 Baron Esher Gullett 20 to 1.
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Pilmico
Cunning
Delaby
Fauquier
Davidson
Fancy Bird
Walker
Helen B
Garterman
Bavideon
Hatidame
Nicholas
Proof
Motter
Aster
D'Or
Smith
Sir John
McGarthy
Jonathan
G- Burns
Okenite
Butler
Goldshore
Fort Erie
McAtee
Grenesque
Glasner
Annie McGee
Powers
Lady Martha
Burton
Harold Hall
Baron
Esher
Gullett
Melrose Stakes Payoffs and Track Telegraph Change
Brother Jonathan earned 3060 dollars for first in the Melrose Stakes with Trash taking third for 3260 dollars. Coulter received 1460 dollars after the run-up. The Western Union telegraph service will be cut out of the Sheepshead Bay track starting Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan
Trash
Coulter
Western Union Telegraph Service
Sheepshead Bay
Halidame Captures Preliminary Hunt Club Team Race At Pimlico
Baltimore August 26 The Maryland United Hunts opening at Pimlico featured a six race card amid rainy conditions. Halidame and The Hen led a competitive preliminary Hunt Club Team Race with Halidame defeating Souvigny and Mystery, while Washingtonians cheered Fancy Bird winning the final race and High Flag finishing runner-up as winners dominated the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halidame
Washington Post
Baltimore
Maryland United Hunts
Patapsco
Green Spring Valley
Pimlico
Tmnt Club
Green Spring Valley Hunt
Leafs
Patapsco Hunt
Thes
Souvisny
Mystery
Mle
Fapey Bird
Walk
Art
Rio Grande
Welcht
Euripedes
Conlin
L. H. Woods
King of Rahan
Inn
Renault
Lady J. Spanker
Helen H
Walker
Bele
Jessamine
Delabys
Peter Tnight
McCabe
Sir Model
Little’ Be
Green Light
Bayon
Bobby Kean
Clover
Davidson
Burke
Malidame
R. Nicholas
Sitvigny
J. Spencer, Jr
George Nicholas
Tima
Jamk
Aloheilton Chie
Tae Mer Alsn
Nation May Aid Leper Taken Up Today
North Carolina officials consider a War Department request to take charge of John R. Early a leper who contracted the disease possibly while in the Philippines Army service. Dr. MacLean plans to interview Early and seek proof the infection stemmed from service, with no word yet on deportation or family news.
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Philippines
North Carolina
John R. Early
the War,Department
United States Army
Lean Materday
G. Gillett Thomas
State Board of Health of
Harry
War Department
MacLean
Early
Willis Johnstone Files Bankruptcy Petition
Willis Johnstone former member of Johnstone Bros files a petition in bankruptcy to settle the firm’s nearly eighteen year old debts. Principal creditors include Spreckles Sugar Company Philadelphia 5 308 809 Poller Co New York 4 553 6 Miller Miller Arbuckle Bros New York 2 003 Cissel Co Baltimore 2 439 Roche & Bro New York 1 272 50.
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Willis Johnstone
Johnstone Bros
Ers
Seventh Street Northwest
Johnstone
Maryland
Spreckles Sugar Company
Philadelphia
Poller & Co
Giby
Miller’ & Miller Arbuckle Bros
New York
G. W. Cissel Company
Sind Roche & Bro
Aeee
Police Crack Down on Tree Fans at Ball Park Disrupts Crowd
Fourteen men were pulled from trees at the baseball park after complaints of damage to branches. They were taken to the Eighth precinct with $1 collateral each, which was forfeited in police court. Officers warn fans will be arrested for climbing trees to gain admission, ending a practice that drew mixed crowds of white and Black attendees.
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Strturda
Eighth
Baseball Park
Datford Lanham
Ball Park
Lanlam
Sergt. J
Kramer
Florist Held by Police in Check Fraud Case
Nicholas I. Evans, once running a florist shop at Thirteenth and F streets NW, was arrested by Central Office Detectives O'Dea and Evans for passing worthless checks on William De Atley of De Atley's Hotel. Evans was taken to the first precinct in default of collateral amid multiple complaints from Washington residents. The florist formerly resided at the American House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas I. Evans
Thirteenth
F Streets
Central Office
O'Dea
Evans
William de Atley
de Atley
First Precinct
Many Liquor Dealers Quit Amid Prohibition Pressure
The July 1908 internal revenue report shows total collections at 22,029,316, down 2,899,508 from the year before. A major drop stems from spirits, with retail liquor dealers’ special tax down 216,149 as 8,646 dealers exited the trade largely due to prohibition legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Central detectives seek two men over imitation ring incident
Two men left an imitation three-stone diamond ring valued at 150 dollars as security for six dollars with cigar dealer S C Seibert at 408 Fourteenth Street NW. They attempted to borrow money. he refused. Detective Burbee investigates. Also, Dr J Russell Verbrycke Jr resigns as resident physician from Mount Sinai Hospital New York and returns home.
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Central Office
S. C. Seibert
Fourteenth Street
Seibert
Cigarman 4S
Burbee
Mount Sinai Hospital
J. Russell Verbrycke, Jr
New York City
Today's Empire City Racing Entries and Handicaps
A long list of racing card entries at Empire City featuring multiple races for three and four year olds and up. Notable horses include Langdon, Oxenile, Kilifecranile, Campeun, Lady Swift, Marian Yankee Daughter, Watch, Merls, and Bird or Wright. Handicaps show weights and odds across six or more races with 2 mile to sprint distances and steeplechase events.
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Empire City
Langdon
George C
Hall
Aster D'Or
Sir Toddington
Darke
rave—Maldens
Nedlim
Rackcastle
Campeun
Lady Swift
Nergy
Marian Yankee
Catherine Simpson
My Martuieh
Watch
Merls
Bird
Pinkola
Firestone
Don Enrique
Tony “Bonero
Gowan
Zlenup
Mulesey
Rowsden
King Cobalt
Jacobite
Moquette
Paytoufle
Spooner
al Aguiler Wreich
Magazine
the Square
L'Amour
Youlth
Lawson Wiggins
Billy Bodemer
Dander
Ross Fenton
Hammock Bos
Arondack
Orea
Whaer Boy
Rockatore
Lord Stanhope
Sir Teddington
Prizette
Crackabot
Cympbai
Sukera Son
Pure Food Law Victory Over Imitation Whisky Issue
Judge Thompson ruled in Cincinnati injunction hearings that the liquor product labeled Imitation Whisky is indeed imitation whisky. The decision supports new U S government rules requiring rectifiers to name spirits truthfully and align labels with Internal Revenue Circular No T, impacting how distilled spirits are marketed under the pure food law.
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Thompson
Cincinnati
Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Treasury Department
Treasury
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Tudge Thompson
Internal Revenue
Secretary Wright to inspect troops at Fort Leavenworth
Secretary of War Wright will begin a tour of inspection Saturday at Fort Leavenworth for the opening of the new military school on Tuesday. He will review regular troops during maneuvers at Fort Riley on Wednesday and hopes to return to Washington by Friday. September 4.
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Wright
Fort Leavenworth
Miliary
Fort Riley
Kans
Washington
Typhoid Fever Increase In City Health Reports
The weekly health report shows typhoid fever rising with forty four new cases and twenty five re ports closed. Seven deaths occurred in the week with forty two whites and one hundred fifty three births. Gen Carlos Garcia-Velez, son of Gen Calixto Garcia of Cuba, visited the War Department with Arte Padre EB Almedia to pay respects to Secretary Wright and praised Cuba’s municipal elections.
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Commissionera
Carlos Garcia-Velez
Calixto Garcia
Cuba
Arte Padre
EB. Almedia
Legation
War Department
Wright
Garcia-Velez
Outings Committee Gifts and Leadership Appointments
Andrew Parker treasurer notes contributions for the summer outings committee for general work. Donors include Dorothy Clark Mercedes Sariol Dudley Sariol Frances Face Catherine Pace Starr Lean and Cecil Lean with varied cash gifts. Brother Tobias named head at the newly opened Academy of the Christian at Hyattryiltle with three to four classes planned for the September term.
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Andrew Parker
Dorothy Clark
Mercedes Sariol
Dudley Sariol
Frances Face
Catherine Pace
Starr
Lean
Cecil
Fred T. Schneider
Omar
Jenna
Bernanon
Mra
Eghay Be
Hamim
Brother Tobias
Academy of the Christian
Hyattryiltle
Department Heads Sued Over Colville Indian Claim Funds
Litigants in Washington state sue Treasury officials including Secretary Cortelyou and Secretary Garfield to stop disbursement of funds from a Colville Indian claim. Plaintiffs Gwyder Edwards and Tait seek a receiver and restraining orders while alleging $10,000 each was due for work on a $1.5 million award. Robertson of Spokane also seeks payment for services in the same claim.
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Colville
Benjamin Miller
Gordon
Miller
Levi Marsh
Marsh
Frederick C. Robertson
Spokane
Hugh Gordon
Marlon Butler
Joseph Val
Cortelyou
Garfield
Treat
Robertson
Ito
Reforms Proposed for Ellis Island After Contracts Award
Ellis Island improvements worth 93242 dollars were awarded for the contagious hospital. A conference is set today in New York between Secretary of Commerce, Labor Secretary Straus, Assistant Wheeler, and Immigration Commissioner Watchers to push reforms at the Ellis Island immigrant station. Wheeler travels to New York for talks then returns to Washington Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contagious Hospital
Ellis Island
N. Y
Wheeler
Washington
Car Hits Melon Wagon in Southwest Washington
A Capital Traction Company streetcar struck a heavily laden melon wagon owned and driven by James Randolph of 102 M Street SW. As the car crossed Seventh and G streets, watermelons rolled onto the street drawing a dozen or more local children who dived for the fruit, scattering melons across a square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Traction Company
James
Randolph
M Street
Seventh
Washington Weather Projections Prompt Another Rainy Day
Weather Bureau forecasts continued showers in Washington with gray skies and cooler temperatures. Tomorrow should bring sun and warmth as highs reach around 61 with a low near 6. city records show a 59 reading last night at 10. Boston and Portland, Mo. posted lower minimums than Washington.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Boston
Portland
New England
Panama Cabinet Picks Arange as Foreign Affairs Minister
President-elect Obaldia selects Senor Jose Augustine Arange of Panama to be minister for foreign affairs with the Panama Cabinet to be announced by Minister Squiers. Other cabinet members had already been announced.
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Jose Augustine Arange
Panama
United Stat
Obaldia
Squiers
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