Waggaman Suit Hears Petition on Securities List 1
Bankruptcy actions against Thomas E Waggaman treasurer for the Catholic University of America draw wide bar attention. Justice Stafford postpones action as banks seek a receiver to preserve assets while creditors press claims tied to List No 1 securities valued over 500000. Intervenors seek a stake with promissory notes secured on List 1 assets.
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Justice Stafford
Thomas BE. Waggaman
Catholic Universty of America
Washington
American College At
Rome
American Toll
Wageaman
Slotsy
United States
Archbishop Farley
New York
American College
Frentry Wy. Sohon
Ametcan College
Waggaman
Irving Williamson
Wasgaman
Cere
Petitvacers
Wigwaman
Bar
Sditears Ali Aguir
Sieto
Elina Ve- Maco
Mer Waggariin
Waggame
Thomas E. Waggaman
Mist
M F Riley
Sade
CM Tinghtin
A. KE Mullan
M. Coughlin
MF. Riley
Mahon
Wassaman
Wraggaman
Ida Burch
Sarah F. Gardiner
George I. Gardiner
M. Agnes Gardiner
Arst
Leonard J. Mather
W. Gwynn Gardiner
Mr. Waggaman
Trustee Removal Sought in Equity Proceeding
In the equity case Busan W Edwards v Chapman Maupin begun in fall 1881, a trustee removal was proposed. Attorney Irving Williamson said the schedule of Waggaman assets and liabilities should be completed today.
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Busan
Man shot while seeking wife after trouble with in laws
William S. Goreum, 42, from Maryland, arrived at Providence Hospital after being shot in the abdomen and right arm in a dispute at Park Mills Frederick County with his father in law Samuel Yingling. Goreum, a filtration plant worker, says Yingling fired a musket loaded with shot. Goreum named his wife Nettie, who had left him in Washington days earlier amid long family wrangling. this is the second shooting incident in three years.
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Wiliam S. Goruem
Washington
Dickerson
Providence Hospital
Gornem
Gerntown
Park Mills
Frederick County
Samuel Yingling
Yingling
Drs. Btonestreet
Taylor Darly
Barnesville
Goreum
Nettie
Goruem
Eagles Convention Plans Parade List of Prizes
Washington Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will send 250 members to the fifth national convention in Baltimore from September 12 to 18. The group will travel by special train, with a $250 banner presented to the local aerie. Activities include open houses, receptions, excursions to Annapolis, a North Point illumination, a Maryland crab feast, and a parade with various prize categories for uniforms, appearance, and distance traveled.
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Washington Aerie
Order of Eagles
Baltimore
Widch
Ro. W. Downing
Eagle Band
Charles Schofield
Eagles’ Club
Grand Aerie
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
North Point
Federal Hill
Maryland Theater
Warfield
Maryland
Timanus
J. Albert Cassidy
Eagles
River View Park
Electric Park
Woodland Beach
Washington
Aerie
Judge O'Reilly Struggles At Washington Asylum Hospital
Judge W George O'Reilly former consul to Zanzi bar was admitted to the Washington Asylum Hospital after a heat episode at the Ebbitt House He has regained normal temperature but remains very weak and frets at surroundings He demands discharge and cannot provide information to locate relatives through hospital staff
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Washington Asylum Hospital
W. George O'Reilly
Zanzibar
Ebbitt House
Judge Oreilly
Robbed of Watch at the Wharf During River Excursion
Etta Wolf of 26 H street NW reports a theft aboard the River Queen wharf crowd last night as a negro snatched her pinned watch valued at five dollars. A nearby passenger, Margaret Wells of 383 Seventh Street NE, fell while boarding a car and suffered bruises but returned home.
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Etta Wolf
H Street
River Queen Wharf
Margaret Wells
Seventh Street
Woman Attempts Suicide at Northwest Street Home
Ruth Brooks a 38 year old Black woman attempted suicide at her home on W Defrees street northwest by swallowing laudanum. She was taken to Emergency Hospital in an ambulance and, as of 1 o clock this morning, likely would recover. She gave family troubles as the motive.
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Ruth Brooks
Defrees Street
Mysterious Fire At Hotel Endangers Mrs Mantegari
A deliberate blaze was started in Mrs. Catharine Mantegari’s hotel on S511 D Street NW. Firemen extinguished a bedding fire discovered by Mrs. Mantegari after she saved herself, finding oil-soaked papers and matches nearby. Police probe the arson bid, noting entry via window and back fence route. Loss valued under $25.
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Catharine Mantegari
D Street
Mra. Mantegari
Policeman John W. Robertson Admitted to St Elizabeths Asylum
Police officer of the Eighth precinct was confined last night at the First precinct station and examined by surgeons who certified him for admission to St Elizabeths asylum. Robertson, married with one child at 28 Randolph Street NW, displayed erratic behavior including misreporting fires and ignoring duty, leading to temporary home surveillance before his voluntary confinement.
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John W. Robertson
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Biesele
Eighth Precinct
First Precinct
Robertson
Highth
Rollcall
Schilling
Randolph Street
FIM CROW IN ELEVATOR FIGHT LEAVES PARKER WITH BROKEN JAW
Jesse Page a negro porter at Sherman apartment house objected to riding in the servants elevator and clashed with William Burns the elevator conductor. Page suffered a fractured jaw and was treated at Emergency Hospital. Burns was arrested on assault and battery charges.
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Jesse Page
Sherman
Lenox
Page
Wiliam Burns
Third Precinct
Rollins
Burns
Drowned Newspaper Man in Cumberland River
Washville Tenn August 29 T C Stahlman vice president of Banner Publishing Company and news editor of the Evening Banner drowned in the Cumberland River after diving from a gasoline launch to fix a propeller problem. He was thirty two and a son of Maj HE Stahlman of the city.
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Washville
Tenn
T. C. Stahlman
Banner Pub Fishing Company
Evening Banner
Associated Press
Cumberland River
Stahlman
Viking ashore near Belle Isle likely total loss
The Tyrian reports the Viking sailing from Halifax to Hamilton Inter Labrador went ashore Friday near Belle Isle in fog and may be a total loss. Newfoundland authorities expand wireless stations along Labrador coast. A man fell twenty feet from scaffolding at Fourth and G streets southeast, fracturing his leg and dislocating the ship. He was taken to Providence Hospital.
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St. Johns
N. F
Tyrian
Belle Isle Strait
Viking
Halifax
Hamilton Inter
Labrador
Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Fourth
Henry C. Clarvoe
Fifth Precinct
Providence Hospital
Alexandria Fire Fatality In Lamp Blast
A colored man named Perry Holms, age about years, living at the corner of Wythe and Pitt streets in Alexandria Virginia, was fatally burned by a lamp explosion beside his bed at about 1 am. He was taken to Alexandria Hospital where doctors said he could not live. The fire was extinguished by house inmates.
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Perry Holms
Wythe and
Pitt Streets
Alexandria
Alexandaria Hospital
Five Wounds on Queen's Head Head Injuries Reported
Frederick Queen a 30 year old colored man received five severe head wounds at Casualty Hospital last night Edward Matthews, colored, is jailed at Fifth precinct on charge of assault Queen resides at 113 Sixteenth Street Southeast.
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Queen
Frederick Queen
Casualty Hospital
Edward Matthews
Fifth Precinct
Sixteenth Street
Seventh Day Baptist Conference Adopts New Officers
The Seventh Day Baptist Church closed its general conference in Nortonville Kansas with Dr George W Post of Chicago re elected president and Eart P Saunders of Alfred New Jersey chosen secretary. Addresses were delivered by Dr C Randolph of New York and Rev Garroe B Shawnfield of New Jersey.
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Nortonville
Kans
Aub
Seventh-Day Baptist Church
Shiloh
N. J
George W. Post
Chicago
Eart P. Saunders
Alfred
C. Randolph
New York
Garroe
B. Shawnfield
Found Dead In Armchate Gas Tragedy At Home
Abram Sprucebank, seventy five, was found seated in a dining room chair with a gas jet open in the room. His son James Sprucebank found him noon yesterday after his trip away, death ruled accidental by the coroner. Survived by son Harry in Pittsburg. body to be buried in Wheeling.
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Abram Sprucebank
James Sprucebank
Sprucebanks
B Street
Front Royal
Charles Luce
Nevit
Dan
Mr. Sprucebank
Harry
Pittsburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Mahaffy Denounces Creeds and Bible as Inspired By Heathen Docs
Professor John Pentland Mahaffy of Dublin delivered Chicago's convocation sermon arguing that the Trinity and incarnation trace to Egyptian and Indian writings and Buddhism. He challenged Genesis as inspired and Moses as not writing from direct observation, calling for broader Christian unity beyond sectarian bounds.
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Chicago
John Pentland Mahaffy
University of Dublin
Universality of Chicago
Mandellan
Mahaffy
Moses
Garden of Eden
Mantafty
England
America
Archbishop of Canterbury Visits Quebec Dinner At Bishop Thorpe
The Archbishop of Canterbury rested in the morning then toured sites with Bishop Dunn in Quebec Aug 20. A large gathering of church leaders attended a dinner at Bishop Thorpe's in his honor. He preached at the English cathedral to a packed crowd. Attending were Rev Holden, Rev Eliison, and J Pierpont Morgan of New York. The party arrived the prior day, meeting clergy at the station before heading to Bishop Dunn's residence.
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Quebec
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dunn
Mr. Morgan
Bishop Dunn
Firemen Overcome in West Street Exporter Fire
Four firemen were overcome by smoke and two injured by falling through a hatch during a fire in a West Street dry goods exporter building in New York. Three firemen were hospitalized and will recover. Damage was set at 15000 dollars. Tenants nearby feared spread but were reassured no flames reached neighboring tenements.
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New York
West Street
Minister's Trial Coffee Bit Him Hard Indeed
A minister testifies that Postum cured years of headaches and stomach troubles once coffee and tea were given up. He reports no headaches for six months and praises Postum as a superior beverage. A Key West hardware merchant also found relief after switching from coffee, and readers are urged to boil Postum fully for best flavor.
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Key West
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Opening Chase's at Theatres Show Keeps Vaudeville Alive
Large turnout marks opening night at Chase's with renewed interest in vaudeville. The show features Jewett's electric theater marionettes, Lew Bloom and Jane Cooper in Pictures from Life, and a Columbus life film series. Performers include Frank Bush, Miss Vera King, Meno Walsh, Melrose, and Mile. Louise Agoust with Charles I. Weston. acts display acrobatics, magic, comedy, and song.
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Chase
Jewett
Electric Theater
Frank Bush
Vera King
Meno
Walsh
Melrose
Lew Bloom
Jane Cooper
Morton
Elliott
Vitagraph
Christopher Columbus
Why Girls Leave Home at the Academy this week
Vance and Sullivan present Why Girls Leave Home at the Academy as a moral drama with strong acting. John J. McGowan stars as Dan Sherwood alongside Della Clarke as the sister, with Walter B. Gilbert and Frederick Harris delivering clear character work. The plot follows a wayward girl drawn into a wine scene, a strained family effort to reclaim her, and a dramatic confrontation ending with danger, escape, and justice.
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Vance and Sullivan
Academy
John J. McGowan
Dan Sherwood
Della Clarke
Adventuress
Walter B. Gilbert
Johnny
Sherwood
Frederick Harris
Florence Weber
Kentucky Belles Star in Kernan's Lively Bill
The Kentucky Belles headline a lively bill at Kernan's with a farce Murphy's Masquerade by John H. Reid and Ella Reid Gilbert. The cast features Mr and Mrs Murphy and their entangled Irish farce with Chauncey Mulligan, Nelie Elmer, Rosie Mulligan, and Teddy Flynn. An Irish medley, Wise Old Owls, and a Barbados Night chorus please the audience. The act ends with a dancing mission and acrobatic feats by Allene and Hamilton.
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Kentucky Belles
Blue Grass
Murphy
John H. Reid
Ella Reid Gilbert
Dennis Murphy
Murphy & Muligan
Walla Halla Hall
Siderman
Tinth
Reid
Mulligan
Nlazel White
Nellie
Luigi Brothers
Messrs
Thomas
Kirby
Reynolds
Chappell
Rehanna
Terry
Elmer
Milwaukee
Gilbert
Allene
Hamilton
Girl Lifesaver Gertrude Sawyer to Receive Medal
Gertrude Sawyer the youth hero who steered five children through a fierce Green Bay storm will be awarded a gold medal funded by Menominee citizens. She battled with oars amid towering waves, saving the entire group as ships stayed in port that night.
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Menominee, Mich
Gertrude Sawyer
Green Bay
Menominee
Kappa Kappa Gamma Elects Officers At National Convention
The national convention of Kappa Kappa Gamma in Columbia Missouri concluded with elections for officers. Elmie Warner of Cleveland was chosen president, Mary Griffith of Philadelphia secretary, Georgia Chandler of Madison treasurer, Cleo Clark Wheeler of Minnesota registrar, and Adele Lathrop of Lincoln editor of the Key.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma
Columbia
Kappa‘ Kappa Gamma Greek Letter Society
Elmie Warner
Cleveland
Mary “D. Griffith
Philadelphia
Georgia Chandler
Madison
Wis
Cleo Clark
Wheeler
Minn
Key
Adele Lathrop
Lincoln
Nebr
Agent Charged with Fraud in New York Case
New York August 29 Edward Tremaine aged twenty eight is jailed on fraud charges for falsely presenting himself as an agent of Curtis Publishing Company Philadelphia and collecting unauthorized magazine subscriptions under the alias G Millings. Tremaine is said to have collected considerable money.
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New York
Edward Tremaine
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
G. Millings
Balloon Race Continues at World’s Fair Contest
A telegram to Assistant Chief Percy Hudson reports George E. Tomlinson of Syracuse and Carl B. Meyers of Frankfort both landed near Wyoming Illinois after long flights. Meyers also landed near Charles Mo. The race runs to November 1 with a $5,000 prize. Tomlinson has 20 miles credited so far.
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St. Louis
Percy Hudson
Department of Transportation
George E. Tomlinson
Syracuse
Carl B. Meyers
Frankfort
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Meyers
Charles
Ben
Open Shop Contest in Boston Garment Strike
Boston on August 29 reports the open versus closed shop dispute in the garment workers strike. About 1,200 workers walked out over grievances with agreements signed last year. The conflict now pits workers against clothing manufacturers as contractors halt work and larger manufacturers divert orders to New York.
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Boston
Mass
Thouand Garment
New York
Look Into Cotton Strike in Fall River
Boston attorneys Charles Walcott and A D Hill arrived in Fall River to investigate the cotton mill operatives strike. They came at the request of Boston philanthropists to assess the situation and plan a report with future steps by the sponsors. Rumor suggested reviewing the legality of closed mill agreements and possible injunctions to reopen mills, though Walcott denied this was his instruction.
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Fall River
Mass
Charles Walcott
A. D. Hill
Boston
Walcott
Central Labor Union forms organizing committee
A new organizing committee of the Central Labor Union was formed at last night’s meeting. Members include A. Pfau J. A. Frahler L. % Kearney John Loreh and BP. C. Parsons. The merchants and mechanics bank labor bank will open September 1 at 709 G Street NW in the building being prepared.
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Central Labor Union
A. Pfau
J. A. Frahler
L. %. Kearney
John Loreh
BP. C. Parsons
Amalgamated Carpenters’ Union
General Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners’ Tinion
Carpenters
Council of Allied Building Trades
Merchants and Mechanics' Bank
Labor Bank
G Street
Fierce Montana Bitter Root fire roars across ranges
Missoula Montana August 29 one of the fiercest forest fires on record rages southwest of there in the Bitter Root Mountains. The blaze has burned over a wide radius into Montana and Idaho with much fallen timber. Other large fires burn across Montana as timber destruction mounts in the driest season in state history.
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Missoula
Mont
Bitter Root Mountains
Montana
Idaho
Chance for Bricklayers at War College Turret
Union bricklayers may regain work on the easterly turret of the War College building inside the Washington Barracks enclosure. Former builders on furlough will be recalled when the job resumes. Superintendent Wilmarth reports advancement after removing an old arsenal, with about three fifths of turret work done and limestone in transit from Bedford Indiana expected within ten days or two weeks.
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Union
War College
Washington Barracks
Wilmarth
Arsenal
Bedford
Ind
Engineers May Strike Over Long Run Proposals
Erie Railroad engineers threaten a September 1 strike if crews are not changed for long runs from Jersey City to Susquehanna and Susquehanna to Buffalo. Backed by firemen, conductors, and trainmen, talks with company officials have failed to reach an agreement.
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Erie
Susquehanna
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Port Jarvis
Buffalo
Brotherhood of Firemen
Weather Summary United States August Outlook and Readings
Weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture shows no defined storm center, a high pressure area moving across the Upper Lakes and Western New England, with cooler temperatures in the Dakotas to New England. Local showers occur in Florida, the Middle Gulf, Iowa, and the Northern Rockies, with generally fair conditions ahead Tuesday and Wednesday except in the East Gulf coast Rockies Plateau regions. Temperatures rise in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Upper Lake regions while cooling occurs in the Lower Ohio Valley, Tennessee, and southern Middle Atlantic states. Winds along coasts are mostly fresh to fresh easterly or northerly, with northwest winds for ships to Europe. Local weather report lists hourly temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and tides. In Paris, Bishop Geay, a recalcitrant who refused to go to Rome, departed for Rome incognito to submit to the Vatican, meeting the Pope and Cardinal Merry del Val.
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U. S
Dakotas
New England
Virginia
Florida
Plateau
East Gulf Rays
Rocky Mountain
Ohio Valley
Citie S
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