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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1904

Page

17

Adams seeks recount and open ballot boxes in Denver

Denver December 28. Gov elect Alva Adams asks Colorado Supreme Court or a court-appointed commission to open all 214 Denver ballot boxes and scrutinize contents. He argues that extensive fraud must be unearthed and that voters deserve their ballots counted without tainted seats. He calls for a bipartisan panel to hear evidence and report findings.

Denver Col Charles 5. Thomas Samus W. Belford Supreme Court Alva Adams Gov. Adams Republican Organization Adams Ada Colorado Adama

Notice of union of notices across major papers

Marriage and death notices in The Wacbington Post may appear simultaneously in listed papers such as The New York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Empire Post Standard Bryant Post Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer and more at no extra charge.

Wacbington Post NEW York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Buffalo Colrier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsbuug Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald ST Louis Byraclsh Post Standard BT Pall Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer

Licensed to Marry Across Counties and Cities in 1904

A list of marriage banns and nuptial announcements notes couples from Orange County Virginia to Maryland and Washington area, including Walter LL Milter and Mattia E. Hume and James E. Cowllrg with Elfeon A Smith, plus multiple other pairing names and locations. The text also includes obituaries and funeral notices for Allen, Lynn, Nalle, and Nalle family relatives, with dates December 1904 and various local hospitals and homes.

Walter LL Milter Mattia E. Hume Orange County James E. Cowllrg Elfeon A Smith Joseph L. Moore Manchester Georgana Apple Richmond Jesse J Parsong Mildred B Crown Omer Robinson Aleen Jackson John W Heilly Manassas May Hyattsville Mad David Lynn Nalle Foot George Washington Hospital Thomas Nalle E. P

Jackson to Contest Seat over Trick Ballots in Maryland

Congressman William E. Jackson Republican serves notice to Thomas A. Smith Democrat that he will contest the First district Maryland seat in the Fifty-ninth Congress. He alleges trick ballots were counted and seeks deduction of 1,688 votes and challenges the constitutionality of the election law and 1904 amendment.

Baltimore Dee Willam E. Jackson Thomas A. Smith Maryland Jackson Smith

Thinks Ekerens is the Man in Missouri Race

Representative Cowherd of Kansas City reports a lively Missouri senatorial contest. He favors ex National Committee man Richard C. Kerens to win, with Niedringhaus as the main rival and administration opposition to Kerens. Maj Warner may pick up some votes, but Kerens and Niedringhaus are seen as dividing most Republican strength in the legislature.

Cowherd Missouri Representative Cowherd Kansas City Washington Richard C. Kerens Kerens Niedringhaus Maj Warner

Slain Woman Had Money in Mount Cutler Case

Colorado Springs detectives reveal Mrs. Bouton of Syracuse received $600 from family and stayed in the city late October with a man posing as her husband. A Chicago cigar man is suspected as a traveling representative. New York Chemical Co. denied any agent. Dentists in Syracuse may be contacted to inspect Bouton’s teeth. In Buffalo, Grace Sullivan, 8, was fatally shot by her brother, 12, while showing how a Christmas air rifle worked.

Colorado Springs Colo Bouton Syracuse Mount Cutler Colorado Chicago New York Chemical Company Bessie Bouton Cutler Mountain Reynolds New York Buffalo N. Y Grace Sullivan Daniel

Wright on the tariff freer trade in the future

At the Philadelphia AAAS opening, ex Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright, retiring president, urged science and economics to guide tariff policy. Dr Spitzka argued bigger brains will emerge in America amid mixed races and criminals. The meeting included remarks by Dr Farrow, Provost Harrison, and others, with a later review of the Anthracite Strike Commission.

American Association For the Advancement of Science Spitzka America Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Carroll D. Wright A. Spitzka Columbia University Varloua Gpitzka Anthracite Coal Strike Commission W. H. Taylor St. Clair Coal Company Pennsylvania Lewis Haunt Monace New York Harbor Sandy Hook Coney Island Rockaway Inlet Manhattan New York Bay

Large apartment house loans recorded on Rochambeau and Cairo

Two substantial deeds of trust were filed with the recorder of deeds securing 250000 on the Rochambeau and 150000 on the Cairo. The lenders are Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, with Amzi Dodd and Edward L. Dobbins as trustees. Duehay and wife on Rochambeau. Darlington and Fleming on Cairo.

Rochambeau Cairo Recorder of Deeds Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Newark N. J Amzi Dodd Duehay T. F. Schneider City

The Value of Charcoal for Health and Beauty

A general treatise on charcoal as a safe purifier for the stomach and bowels, improving breath complexion and teeth. It endorses Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges, claiming gas relief, clearer skin, purer blood, and no harm from continued use. A Buffalo physician testimonial supports daily use priced at twenty five cents a box.

Stuart Buffalo

Warrant Requests Tied to Chadwick in Extradition Case

New York awaits the Hamburg America line steamer Pretoria with Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick aboard as sheriffs in Ohio seek forgery warrants and a $90,000 note suit. Gov. Gladell approves extradition papers and a corrected requisition is sent to Cleveland authorities.

New York Pretoria Leroy S. Chadwick Sheriff Barry Cleveland Ohio Dr. Chadwick Chadwick Herbert D. Newton Boston Albany N. Y Guv. Gdell Barry New York City Joyce

Riverside Drive Woman Found Dead After Nightclub Visit

Coroner reports death from a broken neck in a Riverside Park case once thought to be starvation and exposure. Police investigate roadhouse companions while witnesses place a large man with a conductor's cap near the scene.

Eugene G Blackford Dead President and Ichthyologist

Eugene G Blackford president of the Bedford Bank of Brooklyn and noted ichthyologist died of apoplexy at his Brooklyn home. He served as New York State fish and fisheries commissioner in 1879 and authored numerous papers on fish.

Bedford Bank Brooklyn New York Hugens G. Blackford Bedford Bank of Brooklyn St. Mark’s Avenue Blackford

Inland Water Routes Five States Represented

J H Chadbourn of Wilmington and E B Clark of Columbia were elected to lead the Inland Waterways Association formed at a national gathering in Washington. Delegates from five Atlantic states discussed a chain of inland waterways linking Chesapeake Bay to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, with Congressman J H Small urging cheap freights to boost commerce and Coastwise trade. The group plans annual meetings and favored a Chesapeake Bay Beaufort Inlet route as the first project for Congress.

North Carolina Congress Beaufort Inlet Columbia D. C The Inland Waterways Association J. H. Chadbourn Wilmington N. C J. H. Smail New York Great Lakes Atlantic Ocean Hudson River Corps of Engineers Chicago Small Atlantic Seaboard Maine Florida Cape Cod Boston Long Island Sound Raritan River Delaware River New York City Philadelphia Chesapeake Bay Ocean Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Atlantic Nature Beaufort Harbor Fernandina Jacksonville Fla Peninsula Gulf Cities Straits of Florida South Atlantic North Atlantic Diamond Shoals

Murder charge surprises New York patrolman in court

Frank McLaughlin, a New York patrolman, faced a murder in the first degree charge without bail upon an indictment for assaulting newspaper reporter James P. Robbins. District Attorney Jerome said a grand jury would return a murder indictment for the May Patterson case, detailing a fatal strike with a club followed by gunfire. McLaughlin was taken to the Tombs as the case unfolded. Movements of ocean steamers note arrivals and departures including Cevic from Liverpool and Majestie from New York.

New York Frank McLaughlin James P. Robbins Jerome McLaughlin John W. Patterson Patterson Mr. Jerome J. W. Patterson

Death by own action explanation in Cecile Moss case

New York December 2 1928 police believe Cecile Moss who used the name Cecile Hall died by her own hand after leaping from a third story window at a Forty sixth Street hotel Jockey John J Hoar said he met her in Washington and they lived under the Hall name He sent her to live at the Forty sixth Street house then went to Jersey City after which he learned of her death Their statements to the coroner do not reveal why she took her life and her body was sent to Lancaster Pennsylvania the mother did not come to the city

W. H. Arnold Arnold Edward F. Phillips 112Th Street Ludwig Hoffman Hoffman Phillips Adolph Spaeth Sender John W. Goff, Jr Recorder Goff Riverside Park Mr. Goft Theresa Hart Mabel Jockey Hoar New York Des Cecile Moss Cecile Hall Forty-sixth Street John J. Hoar Jockey Miss Moss Hoar Washington John Hall Jersey City Libbie Moss Lancaster Washington Fort Wheeling W. Va Charles W. Swisher West Nan Patterson Miss Patterson Fairmont Cate Tombs New York City

Nan Patterson Bail Offers Spark Hope for Release

Telegrams from Fairmont and Wheeling pledge bail for Nan Patterson, aiming to prove her innocence. Doctors say she is in a highly nervous state requiring constant care and companionship not available in prison, with trial likely delayed for months.

Tombs A. Deveny H. J. Brich Edward Slack W. Swisher Cretary Miss Patterson Rand Nan Patterson

Masonic Elections Across District Of Columbia Lodge Officers Named

Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia elected and installed officers for the Masonic year at St Johns Day and the fifty seventh annual communication. Names include J T Layton as grand master and J T Benson as deputy grand master with several senior and junior officers elected and proclaimed. Also notes reception of communications from foreign jurisdictions including the Mississippi Grand Lodge. Honduras Pays American Claims To Honduran Government, aided by American Minister Mr Combs. Two claims totaling 78 000 and 92 000 Mexican are resolved after long pending.

Grand Lodge District of Columbia St. John’s Day Lartin R. Ginn Walter A. Brown Francis J. Woodman A. B. Coolidge A. W. Johnson James A. Sample Thomas H. Young D. W. Skellinger Joseph Dawson Sistant Henry K Simpson W. C G. Bickford A .P. For R. Bond Alex. McKenzie J. T. Layton J.T. Benson W. A. Warfield John 8. George Henry Coleman William H. Myers E. W. Lampton M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge Mississippi Honduras Mr. Combs W. Reuten Victor Balz

Residence Looted at Midday

Thieves broke into the home of John Dennison at 306 I Street Northwest at noon yesterday and carried off clothing, knives, stockings, a lady's hand satchel, and a small amount of money. Postmasters Appointed: Wills N. Hallock for New York Hontonkoms. Jacokh W. Relany for Adewna, Pennsylvania.

John Dennison I Street New York Hontonkoms Wills N. Hallock Pennsyvania Adewna Jacokh W. Relany

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