Lover Kills Himself After Failing To Shoot Sweetheart
William Sefton, about twenty five, shot himself in the temple after attempting to shoot his sweetheart Josephine Ricker at the Harvard Laundry on Seventh Street Northwest. Jealousy caused the tragedy. Ricker was unharmed as Sefton fired at her, then turned the gun on himself and died at emergency hospital ten minutes later. Neighbors recall Sefton had pursued marriage, but Josephine declined. a prior threat had prompted fear and the family shielded her. Sefton, once a photographer's assistant, died in the fall from the cellar door after the burst of gunfire.
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Josephine Ricker
Sefton
Wiliam Sefton
Temple
Josephine Rucker
Harvard
Themth Street
Josephine
Wil
Josipna
Jom
Sti
Mergency Hoesi i
Owas Lake
England
Washington
Seton
Ted Rean
Tracy Salhouo
WL. Hinds
Homer Collins
Capt. Hinds
Collins
Capt
Hinds
Stillings
Susan B. Anthony is Here and Talks to Reporters
Mrs Kate Gordon, secretary of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association, discusses the fight for woman's suffrage and the sixteenth amendment at a New Orleans event honoring Anthony. Gordon urges voters to demand education and taxpaying qualifications, arguing men who do not vote should not have franchised power and women deserve equal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Gordon
Anthony
Shoreham
Sintons
Anthons
Lerself
Caders
Aos
Kate M. Gordon
National Armerican Woman's Suffrage Association
Gordon
New Orleans
Saul Miss Cardon
Buingul
Lds
Tne Boards
Educaand Lealtler
Miss Gordan
I Blao
Dusa
Board Revokes Denial for Cadet Washington Birthday Visit
At a school board meeting in Franklin the request from Alexandra citizens to include the high school cadets in their Washington birthday celebration was reconsidered and approval granted. Other routine items covered salaries promotions and a schedule shift. A separate dispatch notes Eugene Mitchell accidentally wounding William Inge in Virginia while handling a revolver. In Berlin, Hottentots ambushed a German patrol in Southwest Africa killing Lieut. Bender and six troopers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Infanklin School
Alexandra
Washington
Alexandria
Wednes
Washington Post
Chatham
Eugene Mitchell
William Inge
New Design Church
Hottentots
Berlin
Sendoorn
Africa
Lieut
Bender
White House denies sale of invitation to prominent wedding
White House officials deny reports that an invitation to the Longworth Roosevelt wedding sold for 490 dollars. Secretary Loeb says such a sale is practically impossible and that any invited guest would face social ostracism for bartering an invitation.
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White House
Loeb
Bacon's Father Dies in Boston Tragedy
William H. Bacon known as Robert Bacon Assistant Secretary of State died in Boston yesterday afternoon after visiting his father. He was in his eighty third year and had earlier worked as a merchant in the Chinese trade and later as an agent for Baring Brothers of London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bacon
Robert Bacon
Boston
Mr. Bacon
Washington
Baring Brothers
London
Sixty Women Suspended as Public Printer Reshapes Office
A wave of disruption hits the Government Printing Office as sixty bindery workers are orally suspended for lack of immediate work while Foreman Hay resigns citing intolerable conditions. Public Printer Stillings issues orders curbing office activity and directing stricter discipline, with new chief inspector Brown empowered and passes required for on site access.
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Stillings
Nixty
L. C.ay
Toom
Hay
Charles 5
Brown
War Department Plans Arlington Fort Myer Highway
War Department plans a new road from the bridge to Arlington and Fort Myer via a proposed highway bridge. Gen. Humphries and Alexandria County supervisors reviewed the ground and a survey line was chosen. The route runs south from the bridge to near the old race track, then northwest detours, through the island and Dodge estate to the cemetery entrance, with a railroad syndicate reportedly negotiating for an electric line to connect with city lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Arlington
Fort Myer
Gen. Humphries
Board of Supervisors
Alexandria County
Alexandria
Dodge Estate
Death of Frank Robinson in Northwest Room Reported
Frank Robinson a 35 year old Black man was found dead in his room at 2723 M Street Northwest last night. Heart failure is listed as the cause and the body was taken to the morgue pending an inquest by Coroner Nevitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Robinson
M Street
Nevitt
Rose Collins
Negreas
G Street
Florist Wedding Ties Walter Watson and Mabel Jones in Bloom
Walter Watson and Mabel Jones of Brooke Va were married yesterday afternoon in a florist shop at 423 M Street. Rev Stanley Hillheimer officiated with George Leissler as witness. The couple obtained a license from the florist who acted as witness and arranged a sudden ceremony amid blossoms. The new Mr and Mrs Watson left together, possibly to surprise families in Brooke.
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Cupid
Walter Watson
Mabel Jones
Brooke
Slory
George I.cisster
M Street
Stanley Hillheimer
Billheimer
Watson
Miss Jones
Washington
Love
Leissler
Booker Washington Speaks at Pen and Pencil Banquet
OBSERVE DOUGLASS DAY. The Pen and Pencil Club hosted a Douglass Day banquet in Odd Fellows Hall with President H. P. Slaughter and board members receiving guests. Menu featured shad, beef, vegetables, desserts and drinks. Booker T. Washington gave remarks on Douglass, while toasts were offered by Ix Beard, Kelley Miller, Archibald Grimke, and W. O A. Joiner read a poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker Washington
Pen and Pencil Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Douglass
H. P. Slaughter
L. G. Gregory
J. H. Paynter
W. L. Pollard
F. M. Simms
Joseph H. Stewart
Booker T. Washington
Ix Beard
Kelley Miller
Archibald H. Grimke
W. O A. Joiner
Qur Douglass
Mrs Blair Fell Dead Sister Of Gen Lew Wallace
Mrs Aaron Blair of Indianapolis and sister of the wife of Gen Lew Wallace died suddenly in her Cochran Sides room of apoplexy aged sixty eight. She spent winters in Washington with husband and sister Mrs Henry Lane. Senator Beveridge and friends expressed sympathy. remains sent to Indianapolis by private car with Mr Blair Mrs Lane and niece Miss Helen Smith.
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Aaron Blair
Indianapolis
Lew Wallace
Cochran Sides
Henry 8. Lane
Mr. Blair
Blair
Lane
Henrys. Lane
Indiana
Senate
Cochran
Blairs
Eighteenth and
Istresta
M Blair
Senator Beveridge
Negro educators shape rural Manassas School drive
Booker T. Washington told a large crowd at First Congregational Church that rural farming districts offer the best promise for Negro uplift. The gathering included Justices Brewer and Day, Dr Hale, Indian Commissioner Leupp, and ex-Gov Pinchback. Washington cited Tuskegee graduates finding work and emphasized education as essential to progress. Roosevelt hosted Manassas School colors at the White House, praising self education and Miss Dean's leadership. A banquet for Washington was planned at Prue Reformers Hall in Washington.
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Booker T. Washington
First Congregational Church
Manassas
Tuskegee
Washington
South
Tuskegee School
Georgia
Edward Everett Hala
Senate Colors
Manassas Industrial School
President Roosevelt
White House
Miss Dean
Mas School
Booker ‘T, Washington
Roosevelt
Southwest
Prue Reformers’ Hall
Twelfth
U Streets
Washington Business League
Weal
National Business President
Obewnieh
Amateurs Present Captain Rackett for Daughters of Confederacy
The Criterion Players staged Captain Rackett a three act comedy at Carroll Institute Hall under Stonewall Jackson Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy to raise funds for a new Washington home. Proceeds to benefit the D C home. new meeting place needed. Committee included Mrs Bradley MacDuffie and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Confederacy
Captain Rackett
Carroll Institute Hall
Stonewall Jackson
Daughters of the Confederacy
Criterion Players
Washington
Dance
Bradley MacDuffie
C. J. Fred
Virginia Frey
Badell
Fennell
Fairfax
Thrown From Their Buggy At Penn Avenue Accident
Leonard Acker and wife of Madeira Place were thrown from their buggy at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest after their horse ran at mad pace. Mrs Acker was slightly injured about the head, Mr Acker unhurt. They walked home, horse startled by a barking dog, reins jerked from him, buggy overturned. Acker helped his wife up. no medical aid sought. Last night Knights of Columbus fair at 606 I Street NW drew large attendance. Tonight Hibernian Night features Dr Stafford of St Patrick's Church.
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Leonard Acker
Madeira
Seventeenth Street
Pennsylvania Agenas
Crowidell
Acker
Twents- TilLh Street
Pennsylvania Avenas
Pennsylvana Avenue
Knights of Columbus
I Street
Carroll Institute
St. Stephen's Chub
Aloysius Club
St. Anthony's Club
Knights
Hibernian
Stafford
St. Patrick's Church
Charcoal Lozenges touted as safe health aid
A Buffalo physician praises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges for absorbing internal gases, whitening teeth, clearing complexion, purifying breath, and aiding digestion. The ad claims daily use improves health and blood purity, noting a 25 cent price per box and recommending the product for gas, mouth and throat cleansing, and general well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Buffalo
Plan to standardize city accounting across nation
A second day at the Arlington Hotel conference on uniform city accounting resulted in a resolution favoring a national uniform system for reporting to the Census Bureau. The plan, backed by the Census Bureau, calls for lectures nationwide and a formal form for annual city reports, with a permanent organization to be formed in Chicago next August.
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Census Bureau
League of American Municipalities
Arlington Hotel
Bureau
Committee On
Harry B. Henderson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harvey 8. Chase
Boston
M W N. Baker
The
Engineering News
New York
Joseph T. Tracy
Bureau of Inspectors
Ohio
L. G. Powers
Department of Commerce and Labor
Chicago
North
Weather Conditions Forecast for February 14 1906
The U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports cold tonight from slope region to the Appalachians with temperatures 10 to 23 degrees below normal. Northwest pressure falls as temperatures rise, general snow and rain east of the Mississippi, except in South Atlantic states. Pacific coast storm brings widespread rain, with cold fronts and wind shifts along coasts and over the lakes and Ohio Valley. Snow is forecast in New England and the Northwest through Thursday into Friday with some clearing later. Winds shift from northwest to south in the Great Lakes region as warnings are issued along Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Appalachians
Missisippi
South
Austic
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Pacific States
Middle Plateaus
Atlantic States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Northwest
West
Mississioni River
New Eagland
Rocky Mountains
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Delaware
Eastport
Pacific
San Diego
Fire stops telegraph service at Penn Avenue building
A cigar stump dropped into waste paper in the basement of the Postal Telegraph building at 145 Pennsylvania Avenue sent dense smoke through the four floors, routing thirty operators and halting Washington’s telegraph service for over an hour. Firefighters, hindered by smoke, flooded the basement with water to control the blaze. damage was slight. A messenger boy, carrying an overcoat and hat, was cheered as he fled the smoke. Police traced the cause to careless disposal of the cigar stub in the basement.
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Postal Telegraph Building
Penn Sylvania Avenue
Gooch and Prosser
T Heir Corps
Keys
Washington
Soldier’s death at Soldiers’ Home mystery ex inmate
Morr J. Halloran, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home, was found unconscious on a wood pile with a fractured skull and died at Barnes Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage two weeks after the injury. An inquest will be held at the morgue as detectives Hartigan and Baur trace his movements the night of the assault but no witness has been found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers’ Home
Morr J. Halloran
Barnes Hospital
Hartigan and
Baur
Association Elects Officers for University Alumni DC
The University or vamormsa Alumni Association of the District of Columbia elected officers last night. Morris Bein was named president, T F Palmer vice president, and W Tv Shaller secretary and treasurer. The class years are noted as 79 and OB respectively. a 2% smoker is mentioned in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
University Or
Vamormsa Alumni Association of
District of Columbia
Morris Bein
T. F. Palmer
W. Tv. Shaller
Retiring sale auction of J. Kars Sons jewelry stock
Silverware at Your Own Price. Auction today at 11 and 2:30 for the Jewelry Stock of J. Kars Sons, 1225 F St NW. City listings show multiple locations and dates, with a focus on this sale and the shop's address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karr
J. Kars Sons
F St
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Wilson
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