Waggaman Bankrupt Proceedings Slow as Equity Case Advances
Justice Stafford heard petitions seeking a receiver for Thomas E. Waggaman, banker and real estate operator, amid claims of more than $500000 in securities listed as List No 1 and special liens. Attorneys for Second National, National Bank of Washington, and National Metropolitan Bank urged action to preserve assets. hearing delayed to allow examination and objections.
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Justice Stafford
Aclne
Mr. Waggaman
William K. Mattingly
John B. Larner
Arthur Peter
Second National
The
National Bank of Washington
Naettonal Mecropolitan Bank
Waggaman
Wagsaman
Aml
Just
Stafford
Mattingly
Daniel W O Donoghue
Michael J Keane
Justice Staffert
Mardngly
Justie
Irving Williamson
Wasgaman
Cere
Petitvacers
Wigwaman
Bar
Sditears Ali Aguir
Ida Burch
Sarah F. Gardiner
George I. Gardiner
M. Agnes Gardiner
Arst
Leonard J. Mather
W. Gwynn Gardiner
Trustee Removal Sough In Equity Case Between Waggaman and Maupin
Attorney Irving Williamson said the equity suit begun in fall 1881 between Busan W Edwards and Chapman Maupin may see a schedule of assets and liabilities completed today. The proceedings include efforts to remove a trustee in the case.
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Busan
Man Shot in Washington Seeks Wife in Domestic Dispute
William S. Goruem, 42, from Dicker son Maryland, arrived in Washington severely wounded from a gunshot to abdomen and arm. He says his father-in-law Samuel Yingling fired a musket in Park Mills Frederick County during a search for his wife Nettie, who had left him and returned home. Goruem, who works at the filtration plant, was hospitalized at Providence Hospital with the wounds, and doctors could not remove all the shot. The shooting marks a second attack after three years of wrangling between the families.
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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 Show Washington Eagles in Baltimore
About 250 Washington Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles members head to Baltimore for the fifth national convention September 12 to 18. The delegation, led by Ro. W. Downing, travels on a special train with band, ladies escorts, and a $250 banner to be carried in the parade. Events include open house, Annapolis excursion, illumination, bands, a crab feast, and various parade prizes for outfits and individuals.
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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 Weak At Washington Asylum Hospital
Judge W George O'Reilly former consul to Zanzia bar remains very weak at Washington Asylum Hospital after heat prostration near Ebbitt House last week His temperature is normal but he frets at surroundings and demands discharge hospital authorities have questioned him but he cannot provide information to locate relatives
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Washington Asylum Hospital
W. George O'Reilly
Zanzibar
Ebbitt House
Judge Oreilly
Robbed at the River Queen Wharf during river excursion
Etta Wolf of 26 H Street Northwest was robbed of a watch pinned to her breast by a man described as a negro while a crowd left the River Queen wharf. The watch was valued at 5 dollars. A nearby girl, Margaret Wells of 383 Seventh Street Northeast, fell while boarding a car and sustained bruises but returned home.
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Etta Wolf
H Street
River Queen Wharf
Margaret Wells
Seventh Street
Ruth Brooks Attempts Suicide Over Family Troubles
Ruth Brooks a 38 year old Black woman attempted suicide at her home on W Defrees Street Northwest by swallowing laudanum. She was rushed to Emergency Hospital by ambulance and at 1 o clock this morning was said to probably recover. She told surgeons only that family troubles inspired the act.
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Ruth Brooks
Defrees Street
Mysterious Fire At Mrs Mantegari’s Hotel
A targeted arson attempt at Mrs Catharine Mantegari’s hotel on S511 D Street NW was thwarted when she extinguished blazing bedding and tossed it from a window. Oil-soaked papers and matches found after the blaze suggest an incendiary entry via a back fence. Police vow a thorough investigation.
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Catharine Mantegari
D Street
Mra. Mantegari
Policeman John W. Robertson Committed to Asylum
Policeman John W. Robertson of the Eighth precinct was confined at the First precinct station and examined by surgeons who ordered his admission to St. Elizabeth's asylum. Reports say he claimed faulty locations, smoked during duty, and rode a bicycle away before surrendering. He resides with his wife and child at 28 Randolph Street NW.
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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 ENDS WITH BROKEN JAW
Jesse Page a Black porter at Sherman and Lenox apartment houses objected to riding in the elevator lower servant compartment. An altercation with elevator conductor William Burns fractured Page's jaw. Page treated at Emergency Hospital and Burns arrested for assault and battery.
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Jesse Page
Sherman
Lenox
Page
Wiliam Burns
Third Precinct
Rollins
Burns
Drowned in Cumberland River Near Washville
T C Stahlman, 32, vice president of Banner Publishing and Evening Banner editor, sank after diving to fix a stalled launch propeller while cruising nine miles above Washville Tennessee. His body was not recovered. he was 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 steamer ashore near Belle Isle
The Tyrian reports the Viking, en route from Halifax to Hamilton Inter Labrador, went ashore in fog near Belle Isle last Friday. It may be a total loss. Newfoundland government wires stations along Labrador coast to boost outside connectivity. Also, Henry Clarvoe fell from a scaffold at Fourth and G streets SE injuring his leg. transported to Providence Hospital by patrol wagon.
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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
Tragic Alexandria Inmate Fatally Burned in Lamp Explosion
A Black resident of Alexandria at Wythe and Pitt streets was fatally burned by a lamp explosion beside his bed at about 1 am. Rushed to Alexandria Hospital, doctors reported death likely. Inmates extinguished the blaze.
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Perry Holms
Wythe and
Pitt Streets
Alexandria
Alexandaria Hospital
Five Wounds on Queen's Head Seized in Street Attack
Frederick Queen a colored man aged thirty was treated at Casualty Hospital tonight for five severe head wounds. Edward Matthews another colored man is in custody at the Fifth precinct charged with 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 Officers Meet in Nortonville Conference
The Seventh-Day Baptist general conference in Nortonville Kansas closed its sessions with Dr. George W. Post of Chicago re-elected president and Earl P. Saunders of Alfred New Jersey chosen as secretary. The next gathering will be in Shiloh 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
Old Man Found Dead From Gas In Armchair Tragedy
Abram Sprucebank aged seventy five was found in a dining room chair with a gas jet open. His son James discovered him at noon after returning to the Southeast home from Front Royal. Coroner and doctor ruled accidental death. the family plans to bury him in Wheeling, West Virginia. Survived by a second son, Harry, in Pittsburgh.
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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 Urges Unity Across Christian Creeds
University of Dublin governor Dr John Pentland Mahaffy told the University of Chicago graduates that truths of Christianity trace to heathen origins and that Genesis may not be inspired. He said Trinity and incarnation stem from Egyptian, Indian, and Buddhist sources and urged broader ecumenism to avoid church narrowness and bigotry.
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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 With Morgan Attending
The Archbishop of Canterbury rests at Bishop Thorpe then tours sites with Bishop Dunn and hosts a supper in his honor attended by leading churchmen. He arrived with Rev Holden and Rev Eliison and was met by clergymen at the station before driving to Bishop Dunn’s residence. The archbishop preached at the English cathedral to a packed crowd.
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Quebec
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dunn
Mr. Morgan
Bishop Dunn
Fire in West Street dry goods exporter store
Four firemen were overcome by smoke and two injured after falling through a hatch during a West Street fire. Three firefighters were hospitalized but expected to recover. The dry goods exporter occupied the building and the multi compartment layout made suppression hard. Damage totaled 15000 dollars with nearby tenements on edge but flames did not spread.
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New York
West Street
Minister's Trial. Coffee Bit Him Hard Indeed
A minister testifies on Postum claiming decades of headaches ended after switching from coffee and tea. He details relief, improved health, and urges others to boil Postum properly, citing a Key West hardware merchant wife and a Michigan address promoting the product.
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Key West
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Opening Vaudeville Draws Big Crowd At Chase's Theatre
The opening show at Chase's vaudeville drew large attendance signaling strong ongoing interest. Highlights included Jewett's electric theater marionettes, Frank Bush's storytelling, Vera King as a monologist with catchy coon songs, and acrobats Meno Walsh and Melrose. The program featured Pictures from Life with Lew Bloom and Jane Cooper, Louise Agoust juggling, and Christopher Columbus reels as silent cinema returns.
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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. A moral drama with strong acting led by John J. McGowan as Dan Sherwood and Della Clarke as the wayward sister. The plot centers on a night of wine and vice ending in attempted murder and police intervention. Walter B. Gilbert provides comedy as Johnny, with Frederick Harris as the villain and Florence Weber singing in the wine-room scene.
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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 Murphy’s Masquerade at Kernan’s
The Kentucky Belles headline a lively two act farce at Kernan’s titled Murphy’s Masquerade. John H. Reid and Ella Reid Gilbert star as Mr and Mrs Murphy with strong Irish character acting by Siderman of the Ninth Ward. The show features fresh musical numbers and vaudeville turns including the Luigi brothers and the Hanna Quartet to conclude a night of merriment.
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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
Medal for Girl Lifesaver in Menominee Action
Gertrude Sawyer, a young heroine, will receive a gold medal funded by Menominee citizens for piloting five children across Green Bay during a fierce Thursday night storm. She rowed amid towering waves, saving the entire party as larger steamships stayed moored offshore.
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Menominee, Mich
Gertrude Sawyer
Green Bay
Menominee
Kappa Kappa Gamma Elects National Officers
The national convention in Columbia Missouri concluded with elections naming Elmie Warner as president Mary D Griffith as secretary Georgia Chandler as treasurer Cleo Clark Wheeler as registrar and Adele Lathrop as editor of the Key all representing various cities and states including Cleveland Philadelphia Madison and Lincoln.
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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 on August 29 Edward Tremaine twenty eight is jailed charged with fraud for falsely presenting as an agent of Curtis Publishing Company of Philadelphia and collecting unauthorized subscriptions under the alias G Millings. He is said to have collected considerable money.
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New York
Edward Tremaine
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
G. Millings
Balloon race balloonists land near Wyoming and St Louis
A telegram to Assistant Chief Percy Hudson reports George E. Tomlinson of Syracuse and Carl B. Meyers of Frankfort N Y had balloons in a race to Washington D C. Tomlinson landed near Wyoming Illinois after twenty four hours aloft and Meyers landed near Charles Missouri after about two hours. The contest runs until November first with a $5000 prize. Tomlinson already has 20 miles credited.
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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 talks open or closed shops as garment workers strike enters three weeks with about 1200 workers out. Employers refuse to sign last year's agreement, turning the dispute from workers versus contractors to a broader clash with clothing manufacturers. Over 1000 workers on strike, contractors cease work, and manufacturers ship work 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 Massachusetts to investigate the cotton mill strike at the request of philanthropic Boston men They will prepare a report and the next steps depend on the senders It was rumored they would test the legality of manufacturers agreement to keep mills closed and seek an injunction to reopen mills but Walcott denied that instruction
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Fall River
Mass
Charles Walcott
A. D. Hill
Boston
Walcott
Central Labor Union forms new organizing committee
A regular meeting formed a new organizing committee of the Central Labor Union with members A. Pfau J. A. Frahler L. Kearney John Loreh and BP. C. Parsons to lead union organizing efforts. The rest of the report notes tensions over the Amalgamated Carpenters Union expulsion and a bank project to open the merchants and mechanics labor bank at 709 G Street NW on September 1.
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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 forest fire rages in Bitter Root Mountains
Missoula Montana August 29 reports one of the fiercest fires on record burning southwest of there in the Bitterroot Range with a wide radius across Montana and Idaho. Vast areas of timber destroyed as numerous fires continue in the region marking the driest season in Montana history.
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Missoula
Mont
Bitter Root Mountains
Montana
Idaho
Chance for Bricklayers at War College Turret
Union bricklayers may gain work on the easterly turret of the War College building at Washington Barracks. Former workers on furlough will be recalled as construction resumes, with about three fifths of the turret finished. Delays due to limestone from Bedford Indiana are ending, and bricks should begin in ten days to two weeks.
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Union
War College
Washington Barracks
Wilmarth
Arsenal
Bedford
Ind
Engineers May Strike Over Long Runs On Erie
Erie Railroad engineers threaten a September 1 strike if ordered to operate passenger trains Jersey City to Susquehanna and Susquehanna to Buffalo without crew changes. Backed by firemen conductors and other trainmen after failed talks. Additional items note miners’ dispute in Kelloxville Tennessee and Rankin plant reopens in Pittsburgh after six months, plus a plague case on the Coptic and Postmaster General Payne’s travel.
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Erie
Susquehanna
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Port Jarvis
Buffalo
Brotherhood of Firemen
Weather Summary and Local Report for August
U S Weather Bureau reports no distinct storm center. High pressure moves across the Upper Midwest to Western New England. cooler from the Dakotas to the East. Little rainfall countrywide. scattered showers in Southern Florida, Middle Gulf coast, Iowa, and Northern Rocky Mountains. Tuesday and Wednesday expect fair weather with possible local showers in East Gulf, Rocky Mountain, and Plateau regions. Winds: New England and Middle Atlantic northerly, South Atlantic and Gulf southerly, Great Lakes easterly. Local data show midnight 60, 2am 63, 4am 52, 8am 33, 8am 62, 10am 12m 81, 2pm 86, 7pm 73, 8pm 72, 4pm 70. Maximum 85, minimum 62. Rainfall 0.00, sun hours 3, sun percent possible 3. Other cities show yesterday’s temps and twelve-hour rainfall. Paris note: Bishop Geay of Laval goes to Rome incognito to submit to Vatican after recent rupture with France. He has met 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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Thomas BE. Waggaman
Catholic Universty of America
American College At
Rome
American Toll
Wageaman
Slotsy
United States
Archbishop Farley
American College
Frentry Wy. Sohon
Ametcan College
Sieto
Elina Ve- Maco
Mer Waggariin
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Mist
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Mahon
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Judge O'Reilly
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Kernan’s
Organization of Employers
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G and
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Fourteenth Street
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Johnson
B. H. Warner CO
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Fistsaw
Heiskell & McLeran
District
Ofolumbia
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Ballantine
the Shoomaker Company
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Pa. Ave
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Tilt Street
Phonograph Co
Seventh St
McGill & Wallace
John H. Woodbury
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