Professor Langley Dead After Stroke in South Visit
Prof Langley secretary of the Smithsonian and famed aeronautics pioneer died from paralysis after a stroke at a hotel while recovering in the South. He will be brought to Washington for burial. his niece Miss Herick of Cincinnati was by his bedside.
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Miss Herick
Cincinnati
Riley
Touemoerrew
Pittsourg
Pal
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Allegheny Observatory
Rejee
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Langsey
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
War Department
Army
Congress
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Roxbury
Mass
Boston High School
Harvard College Observatory
Uoted States Naval Academy
Annapoli
Pittsburgh
United States
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Rotory
Dia
Formit
Notice of Marriage and Watch Notices Across Newspapers
Notice states marriage and watch notices in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously at no extra charge in multiple moving newspapers including AEW YOUR TIMES Boston Globe Courier Chronicle Chicago Record Herald etc.
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Washington Post
Your Times
Boston Globe
Local Undertakers and Embalmers Services Listed
Directory listing multiple funeral homes in Washington noting services prices chapels and contact numbers including W R Speare F Street NW F Harveys Sons 145 Fourteenth St NW John R Wright Co 1387 Tenth St NW J William Lee 232 Pennsylvania Ave NW George P Zurhorst 201 East Capitol St All offer open day and night service Livery in connection and cremation facilities where noted.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth ST NW
John R. Wright CO
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Ave
George P. Zurhorst
East Capitol
Prison Bride and Cake Plot Nets Boston Al and Charlie Howard
In New York Boston Al and Charlie Howard escape Suffolk County jail with a wedding cake concealing tiny saws. May Coyle, 18, alleged accessory, is captured in Boston. Warden's suspicious kindness aids a staged wedding and theft as guards sleep, exposing a dramatic jail break and a spree of bold moves across two cities.
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Washington Post
New York
Charlie Howard
Boston al
Charlie
May Coyle
Hahn
Watts
Boston
Oscar Nigrein
Suffolk County
May
Finmilton Street
Police
Mercer Street
Howard
Oscar Higrein
Anxiou
Teailiv
Oscar
Russia as Mediator at Algeciras Boosts Hopeful Tone
Russia presses Berlin to avert war between France and Germany amid Algeciras talks. Paris fears German refusal to concede. Cassini cautions conference may be fruitless yet war avoided. Witte backs Anglo-Russian understanding, signaling possible power realignment. Britain cautiously hopeful but uncertain.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Berlin
France
Germany
Paris
Rouvier
William
Algeciras
Count Cassini
Witte
London
Spain
Sidi Mohammed el Mokhri
Casablanca
Saff
Atlantic
Morocco
Crueset Company
Tangier
Deutache Reichs Correspondenz
Karlsruhe
Vor Buelow
Gambetta
Great Britain
ASK ORDER AGAINST ROGERS IN OIL INQUIRY
Jefferson City Mo Feb 27 Attorney General Hadley announced plans to ask Judge Gildersteen of the New York Supreme Court to compel Mr Rogers to answer questions he has declined to answer The decision may lead to requiring officers of the respondent companies to testify The testimony is nearly complete except for evidence on common stock ownership and the aim is to hasten the case conclusion.
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Hadley
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Gildersteeve
Supreme Court of New York
Rogers
President to Decide on Capt Curtis Court-Martial Case
The case of Capt Arthur F Curtis of the Coast Artillery at the Presidio San Francisco has been reviewed by Judge Advocate General Davis and his report sent to the Secretary of War for presidential action. He was tried by court martial on charges affecting his moral character and reportedly sentenced to dismissal before resigning his army commission.
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Arthur F. Curtis
Davis
Secretary of War
Curtis
Coast Artillery
Presidio
San Francisco
Nice Point
Freezing Threat Hits Georgia Peach Bloom
In Moultrie Georgia the 7 PM temperature is 40 degrees and dropping with a sharp northwest wind. Frost is likely by morning endangering peach and plum blossoms widely. In Detroit a Pere Marquette stockholders meeting authorized a special committee to probe the 989 year lease by the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad and report at the May annual meeting.
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Moultrie
Pere Marquette
Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette Railroad
Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton
DATES AND HEROES IN MOURNING ACROSS NATION
Major Joseph M. Kennedy of Cincinnati aged seventy two died at his Middletown home. He served on Gen. Fremonts staff in the Civil War and earned promotion after a famed Springfield Missouri charge. Also Henry Austin a noted electrical engineer who designed Chicago Worlds Fair illuminations died in Florence Nebraska. Alfred H Bel of Belo & Co Dallas president died at thirty two, son of H Belo Jr. founder of Dallas Galveston News.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph M. Kennedy
Middletown
Fremont
Springfield
Kennedy
Omaha
Nebr
Henry Austin
Chicago
Buffalo
Florence
Dallas
Tex
Alfred H. Beld
A. HW. Belo & Co
Intel
Sequel to Hotel Thefts at St Regis Aimed by Thelma Paulsen
In New York on February 27 a woman named Thelma Paulsen using a recommendation from Mrs Caroline Flower secured a chambermaid job at the St Regis Hotel. After dismissal she sought linen theft from the hotel. Detectives traced linen bearing St Regis marks to Flower’s West 83rd Street apartments and linked Paulsen to Flower. Jewelry worth about 1000 and marked linens from several hotels were seized. Paulsen admitted her identity and was taken to police headquarters.
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Washington Post
New York
St. Regis Hotel
Caroline M. Flower
West Eighty-third Street
Thelma Paulsen
Walter H. ¥Ouog
St. Regis
Ser
Thirtyfourth Street
Ex Police Chief Kiely Goes On Trial In St Louis
Suspended St Louis chief Mathew Kiely faced a police commissioners panel on charges including deserting his post during a crisis, tolerating gambling houses, graft, and instructing a subordinate to file a false report. His lawyer urged delay while a temporary injunction blocked today’s proceedings. the board was ordered to show cause why it should not be permanently enjoined.
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Kiely
Wiliamw .H. Saunders
Reugen
Saunders
Klely
Ill Philadelphia man Durham Missing in California
Los Angeles reports attempt to locate Israel W. Durham of Philadelphia who is said to be ill and staying at a Southern California health resort. He and his brother Thomas W. Durham checked into Arrowhead in San Bernardino Mountains and left abruptly, asking mail and telegrams go to the senders. Previously at Hotel Green in Pasadena, he refused contacts, prompting inquiries from Philadelphia. In Texas, a cotton compress fire at La Grange destroyed 2,486 bales and lumber, with losses around 200000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Israel W. Durham
Philadelphia
California
Durham
Thomas W. Durham
Arrowhead
San Bernardino Mountains
Green
Pasadena
Hima
Vengeance VICE HUNTER Evidence Ties Bertha to Policeman Morton
Bertha Clarche trial testimony implicates police sergeant Harry Morton of the vice squad in close dealings with the defendant. Witnesses Lennon and Bilaffer describe Morton's association with Bertha, including repeated meetings at Becker's apartments, while mother Mime Dean accompanied Bertha on some occasions. A crowd of women filled the courtroom as testimonies described threats and alleged assaults by Gerdron, and a maid named Titine testified Bertha claimed Gerdron struck her for intimacy with another man.
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Gerdron
Washington Post
New York
Bertha Clarche
Harry Morton
Vice
Claicie
Edward J. Lennon
George M. Bilaffer
Tenderloin
Morton Awas
Lennon
Lulu Becker
Ely
Becker
Bertha
Dean
Abraham Levy
Rosalsky
Bilaffer
Marie Zimmerman
Fiorentine Lesage
Arthur Pryor
T —Darby
Mu. Saure
Victor Orchestre
Waitz
Victor Orchestra
Vienna
Peter Lewin
Gay Gossoon
Wes
L Ossman
Cal Me
D'Almaine
Lyons
D'Almaina
Lyons Tee
Harry Mardonough
Magmie
Richard J. Jose
Nellie
the Winno
Katey Dear
Richard Jose
Harry Tay
Harry Tally
Sula
Byron T Balan
Yong Charme
James McGool
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Ada Jones
Lonesome Town
Billy Murray
Arthur Collins
Old Brigade
Stanley and
Macdonough
Dan W Quinn
Pal
Grace
Mary
Miss Corie Morgan
M&le
Collins and
Harlan
Cohens
Miss Jones
R. Spencer
Spencer and Holt
Jolly Blacksmiths
Haydn Quartet
Elaine Macdonough
Hicking
Dinstrol
Berli
Emit Muench
Peter Piper Sousa
Turkey
Biily Golgen
The
Blaine Macdonough
J. W Myers
Melba
Weeping Angels
Erin
Auld Lang Srne
Reforms for Domingo President Caceres Recommends Revisions
Santo Domingo February 27 The Dominican Republic marks Independence with a palace reception for the diplomatic corps and the crew of the American gunboat Dubuque. President Caceres submits a Congress message urging constitutional revision tax reform road improvement agriculture laws and free administration of justice. He praises peace and favorable progress of the modus vivendi noting higher customs yields.
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Caceres
Congress
Santo Domingo
Republic
Diplomatic and Consular Corps
Dubuque
American Senate
London Returns Balfour to Commons Majority 11340
London reports Arthur J. Balfour elected to the House of Commons for the ally of London by a 11 340 vote margin over Liberal Free Trade challenger Thomas Gibson Bowles. The result was a strictly party vote with fewer total votes than the general election.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
Thomas Gibson Bowles
Mr. Balfour
Guildhall
Balfour
Battle at French Church in Le Puy Riots
Serious disturbances erupted during the inventory of a village church near Saugues Haute-Loire as a large crowd armed with sticks and stones attacked gendarmes. The gendarmes fired, wounding fifteen rioters, two fatally. the officer in charge and the government commissioner were badly injured.
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le Puy
France
Saugues
Haute-Loire
Roosevelt Cup Race Rules for Kiel and Boston Boats
Contests to begin in September with three yachts from each country under Kaiser Yacht Club and Eastern Yacht Club. Trials close July 16. August races. Yachts must be built in their country, limited to 32 feet overall, 550 square feet sail area, crew of up to three natives, helmsman an amateur. Five races with possible sixth, courses alternately triangular and windward. Awards by Eastern Yacht Club.
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Boston
Marblehead
Kaiser Yacht Club
Kiel
Eastern Yacht Club
German Yacht Racing Association
Windward
Leeward
Health Office Record Deaths Reported Through February
A health office list records numerous deaths with ages and last known addresses, including Dorothy V. Bronaugh 2 years, Mary Brown months, Caroline Cook 76, Samuel W. Carter 43 at U S Soldiers Home, Catherine Levy 76, Henry Ross 88, Norman L. Stagle 1, Mary Shields 78, Elizabeth Dimms 36, Maggie B. Smith 1, Mary Stilcup 80, Margaret R. Thomas care of Twining City, Inez E. Taylor 42, Harrison Weeks 26, William Wright 8, Hattie Wright 38, Bernard Warren 9 months, Rebecca Wiggington 52, and George Wooldridge 63, among others listed with various streets and institutions in the District of Columbia.
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Dorothy V. Bronaugh
Ave
Mary Brown
Ball's
Audrey B. Barker
First St. Nw
Caroline Cook
Third
H Sts
Samuel W. Carter
U. S. Soldiera’ Home
Mary J. Ehret
Ashby Gray
Deanwood
D. C
Catherine Levy
Tenth St. Nw
Wm. P. McCullough
Normandie
Daeyld ‘Mueller
St. Joseph Asylum
Henry Ross
Florida Avenue
Ernest Stewart
Wiley St. Ne
Norman L. Stagle
Ninth St. Ow
Harrison A. Weeks
William P. Wright
Hattie Wright
Bernard F. Warren
Rebecca Wiggington
F St
Charles W. Werden
Eleventh St
St Yrs
George Wooldridge
C R. Se
Second Assignment in the Senate Office Boy Voices
A vivid, slangy reminiscence of a busy Senate afternoon told in a voice full of dialect. The narrator recalls workers, teachers, and jokes as lawmakers draft laws, while crude humor and classroom comparisons color the scene and hint at reform discussions.
Married Couples Listed Across Regions In Customs Column
A jumble of licensed marriages is shown including John A. Poirier and Celia Mensing in Rochester New York, along with names tied to Chicago Martinsburg Port Mum. The document also lists several other pairs and an and a long item on ocean steamers arrivals with specific ships and routes from Rotterdam Antwerp and New York in February.
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Celia Mensing
Rochester
Eugene la Mont
Chicago
Mamie Ayres
John H. Hall
Jeneve Dyson
Robert van Metre
Martinsburg
Adelaide N. Meyers
Jain P Cooney
Julia J. Murray
Newport
New York
Rotterdam
Bremen
Kalaer Wihela
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Antwerp
Kroonland
Dover
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Hyde Rose
California Resort
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Victor Records
Meiba
Victor Talking Machines
Rise
E. F. Droop & Sons CO
Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore
M. Charles St
Health Office Record
R Carter
R. P. Andrews Paper CO
la. Ave
D St
Senate
United States Senate
Clay
Raftes
Laura Gardner
W. R. Hughes
Atkins
York
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