Cocos Island expedition rumored arms and treasure drive
Reports claim Earl Frig Winote and party sought buried treasure on Cocos Island with Admiral Palliser aboard Verongque, while Panama authorities say grants existed with Swiss concessionaire. An explosion during exploration buried twenty workmen, four fatally injured. wounded evacuated to Ancon hospital. The expedition cost about $60,000 as officers receive leaves and assignments. Navy dismisses Boatswain James Matthews after court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Gatien
Panama
Cocos Island
Earl Frig
Win
Earl
Admiral Palliser
R N
Costa Rica
Issler
Ancon
Southampton
Clothing bargains listed for Monday sale items
Regular price quotes appear beside multiple fabric and dress items for Monday sales including 27 inch black Moire Velour at 98c and 27 inch, 2 inch dress chiffon taffeta pieces. Other entries note black basket Armure and Peau de Soie fabrics at discounted prices.
Navy promotions and assignments listed for 1903–1906
A compiled roster of naval promotions and new assignments including rear admiral Thomas, captains Nazro and Seara, lieutenants Horne Fletcher Comba Watson, medical and dental officers, paymasters, chaplains, and constructors. Entries reference ships, yards, dates from 1903 to 1906 and various duty stations such as West Virginia Nashville and League Island. The document notes detachments, inspection roles and retirement or transfer actions across multiple commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM ‘Thomas
A. P Nazro
W. ©. Eaton
B. Atha Company
Cructule Steel Company
Harrison
N. J
J IT Seara
F. I. Horne
C. H Flecher
Leutenants
Navy
Lieut
H. Butler
Bureau Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Washington, DC
West Virginia
A. Schofield
JR Comba
A. E. Watson
H. Wells
N H Drake
J Stepp
L W. Hishop
Naval Hospital
New York
Said Yard
J H. Blue
T. G Foster
J. C Sullivan
Navy Yard
League Island
Faymaster McG
R. Goldaborough
Norfolk
Peymaster H. A. Dent
Chaplin
Change in Office of Consul General at Shanghai Expected This Week
A change in the Office of Consul General at Shanghai is anticipated this week. It is understood that the current consul general, Gogdnoen, stationed in Shanghai, has decided to retire from his post. A successor appointment will be announced in due course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Gogdnoen
Ange | Sul Meral
President Likely to Name District Judge from New South Carolina District
President may appoint a district judge from the proposed South Carolina district after bill passage. Representatives Finley and Aiken discussed the plan with the President, who indicated willingness to consider recommendations from Congressmen, lawyers, and local residents. Treasury receipts totaled 99.5 percent in national bank notes redeemed, with internal revenue 778,965 and customs 81,730. expenditures reached 1,430,000. Postmasters appointed include Fred C. Toot in New York Rainbow, Raymond Coursen in Colesville New Jersey, and Harry Simpson in Hdgerly Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley and Aiken
South Carolina
House Committee On the Judiciary
Treasury
National Bank
New York
Rainbow
Fred C. Toot
New Jersey
Colesville
Raymond Coursen
Pennsylvania
Hdgerly
Harry Simpson
Dominican customs debate reverberates over pending arrangements
Government officials state no actions will proceed under the Dominican arbitration until the United States Senate ratifies the deal. Puerto Plata remains the only port under U S administration though receipts are weak, with calls to extend collections to Sanchez Monti Cristi and Samana as arbitration questions intensify. Oxzyn Balm touted by a demonstrator at 1423 Pennsylvania Ave NW, promising facial benefits without hair growth. Mrs. Forsberg, widow of Capt. Helge G. Forsberg, is seriously ill after her husband’s sudden death on January 23.
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United States Senate
State Department
United States
Puerto Plata
Abbott
Sanchez
Monti Cristi
Samana
Alffeck
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Oxzyn Company
New York
Forsberg
H. G. Forsberg
Helge G. Forsberg
Rheumatism cured by Botanic Blood Balm claims
An advertisement asserts rheumatism stems from excess uric acid and affects joints from ankles to shoulders and even the heart. It promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy that reaches the blood, dissolves the rheumatic poison, relieves pain, lubricates joints, and rebuilds the body, claiming success where other treatments failed.
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Mie
Innels
Srix
Arnold Taffetas
Arnold Mohair Lustre
E. Zie
Gocos Island
Wallister Barrett
Hood
Alfred § Frost
Earl C Carnahan
Fifth Infantry
Marion F Marvin
USA
William A. Covington
Llanal Corps
Baltimore
Artillery District
Fort Hunt Va
Fort Washington
Philadelphia
John McBroarty
George E. Pond
Winthrop 8. Wood
James Matthews
United States Navy
Massasoit
Bureau of Equipment of the
Atlantic
Mare Island Navy Yard
Venetia
Washington
India
Punjab
Oriental Waterproof
Newport News
Lamberts Point
Midvale Steel Works
Carnegie Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Arkansas
Key West
Leonidas
Rampton Roads
Wripple and
Slartford
Sennett
Urbana Wine Company
Urbana
New South Carolina
Dominican Customs
Senate
Basket Wave Orford
Montgomery
Alabama
Ala
Benator Pettus
Hilary A Herbert
South
Roosevelt
Merry
Northern Railroad of
Blood Balm CO
Atlanta
Georgia
Affleck's Drug Store
Pennsylvania Avenue
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