Tragic Death Linked to Georgetown Christmas Tree Fire
Ernest Snook, 21, riding a bicycle on M Street near Nash Engine Company, was struck by a moving fire engine responding to a blaze at Georgetown University. The collision caused fatal injuries. coroner to hold an inquest Monday. Fire originated from a Christmas tree in the main Georgetown College building, causing $100 in losses but sparing the main structure. Snook, from Lewinsville Virginia, had been visiting Washington for Christmas and died at Georgetown Hospital. The engine driver Jacob Oliver could not avoid the collision.
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Georgetown University
N Street
Nook
Votenauk
Utneyetown
Nash Engine Company
Thirkseon
Ettachs
Hnook
Nostreet
Oliver Wis
Wong
Snook
Cnd
Georgetown Isity Hospital
Morrtias
Thas Tree
von Basset
Nid
Georgetown
Reom
Bes
Gallege
Young Snook
M Plow
Snonk
Lewinsville
Kington
Washington
Morgie
Coronel Newitt
Ignest
Pinehurst to Host Midwinter Golf Tourney January 11 14
North Carolina Pinehurst club announces its annual midwinter golf tournament set for January 11 to 14. The event features multiple rounds, qualifying stroke play, and prizes including a sterling cup for low net score and medals for second net score and best gross score.
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North Carolina
Pinehurst
Priges
Rowil Pegramme
Senate
Ats CT
Fugitive Captured After Two Year Search
Frederick Heinecke, 38, was arrested yesterday by Deere Rawr on an attachment from the Police Court. He was accused of a New York Avenue incident near Tenth and Eleventh streets northwest and fled the authorities for over two years, remaining at large until being taken into custody at the SIXEN Utecine station for a hearing at the Potion court.
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Frederick Fivineck
Deere Rawr
Ising
Theodore Thomas III In Chicago Orchestra Illness
Theodore Thomas III director of the Chicago Orchestra was reported ill with pleuritic pneumonia. He remained in a dangerous condition with tense pain all day but showed slight improvement toward night after rest. Several physicians were called for consultation as he received care.
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Chiliago
Dev
Pheudore Thomas
Chlvage Orestra
Ig Huis
Pathans
Thomas
Nan Patterson Refuses Bail Offer Amid Murder Case
New York December 31 Nan Patterson, told that District Attorney Jerome would not accept bail for her new trial on the Caegar Young murder charge. She reportedly said she is friendless and would not run away, insisting she plans to live in New York to support her parents. Bail offers of 350,000 were reportedly made by May Irwin and three prominent citizens of West Virginia.
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Nan Patterson
Jerome
New ‘York
Caegar’ Young
New York
Tom
Good Bay
Miss Patterson
May Irwin
Ww, Va
Rose Equal Record Also Wins Handicap Dash
At Pastime Club games in New York Rose the Californian set a 24-pound shot mark of 38 feet 2 inches, besting prior records and thrilling 6,000 spectators. Seitz of Georgetown won both the 60-yard dash handicap and the AAU 60-yard championship, while Pilgrim and Bacon placed in the 100-yard run.
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Rose
New York
Wee H
Madison Square Garden
Ralph W. Rose
Michigan University
1Ivage Athletic Association
Tichyd ‘Sheldon
George Gray
New York Athletic Club
James D. Tightbody
University of Chicago
Ale
Athletic Association
St. Louis Exposition
Amuntour Athletic Union
Charles Bacon
Greater New York
Greater New York Trish Athletic Association
Paul H. Pilgrim
Rice
Seitz
Karies J. Seitz
Georgetown University
A. A
Suneble
Prige
P. Suil
Leduyerd Ron
Charles Avon, Jr
Decatur
Henry Chiers
St C
Burke
William KK
York
New Year gunfire leads to police arrests at multiple sites
Two men and a boy were arrested after celebrating the new year by firing pistols at midnight. One man drew a revolver and shot. another, 23, left the station to await court. A 13 year old fixed a pistol with blank cartridges near a church spot. Police intervened at Balls Alley and a third precinct. The second Southern Presbyterian Church opened a new building with morning service at 11 and an evening service at 7:30 with Rev. Dr. J A Quarles. Sunday school at 10:45 and a prayer meeting at 7:30 Tuesday.
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William Twentyethree
Johnson
Sagullajeral
Joseph Brew
Negra
Attos
Precinet
Balls Alley
Beauregard
Leary L. Jones
Second Southern Presbyterian Church
Twentycond
FP Street
Massachusetts Avenue
J. A. Quarles
Washington and Tee University
Girl Arrested for Larceny in Maryland Case
Mary Vermillion, an eighteen year old girl, was arrested yesterday on a larceny charge for stealing wearing apparel from Mr Edgar Baum at LG Twenty second street northwest where she worked as a servant. The theft occurred on December 19. She was captured about six miles from Boyds Maryland by Officer W O Embry and Third Precinct Detective Cox after riding from the electric road in a buggy.
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Mary Vermillion
Howorth
Edgar Baum
LG Twenty-second Street
Ofcer W. O. Embry
Third Precinct
Cox
Boyds
Inaugural Ball Plans Stir Congress and Hotels List
Inaugural committee work accelerates as Pension Office decision nears. A sharp debate on ball location looms while designs for souvenirs near completion. Fred D. Owen reports progress on securing plaster artworks for Avenue decorations. Subcommittees draft decor and bid specs to avoid duplications. Chairman Marshall leads decoration talks and hotel list plans for visitors with city maps to guide arrangements.
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Pension Office
Congress
Mei‘ing
Fred D. Qwen
St. Louis
Gen. Wilson
James Rush Marshall
Tragical New Year death from self inflicted wound
Dr Arthur Adams of 318 C Street SE died at Providence Hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound below the jaw during a New Year confrontation over drinking. He was about 50, left two children, and Byron Adams is his brother. Frederick C Shaw, longtime B&O Railroad employee, died of pneumonia at 316 Delaware Ave NE, survived by widow Mrs Kate M Devine and a daughter Mrs H Warfield. funeral in Leesburg, Va. Mrs Mattie Taylor, assaulted with a hatchet by her husband, recovered consciousness at Georgtown University Hospital. Addie Jones and Hidrey Woodrow wounded during a New Year gathering at Jones’ home.
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Arthur
Adams
C Street
Providence Hospital
William J. R. Thonssen
Jib
Thonssen
Ph Pimn
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Byron Adams
Frederick C. Shaw
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Delaware Avenue
Shaw
Wid
Dixfield
Oxford County
Kate M. Devine
Leesburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad System
Warfield
Gaithersburg
George F. Shaw
Taylor
Mattie Taylor
Fillmore Taylor
Twenty-sixth Street
Georgstown University Hospital
Addie ‘Jones
Navy Place
Hidrey Woodrow
Marks Alley
Fifth Precinct
Jones
Indictments Rise in Western Land Frauds Case
Secretary Hitchcock confirms indictments against Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann tied to western land frauds. He notes further indictments possible and says the Interior and Justice Departments will pursue the cases vigorously, with no higher officials beyond those indicted. The probe has hindered by obstacles. details of connections to U S Attorney Hall remain unclear. Commissioner Richards was away from Washington when the dispatch reached his home.
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Mitchell
Hermann
Hitchcock
Congress
Department of Justice
Interior Department
Department
Genator Mitchell
United States
Hall
Portland
Hail
Richards
General Land Office
Washington
Portland Dispatch
Roosevelt Orders District Attorney Hall Dismissal In Oregon Fraud Probe
President Roosevelt directed the removal from office of John H. Hall United States district attorney for Oregon amid land fraud investigations. Attorney General Moody announced Hall’s ouster after a White House meeting. The action follows inquiries alleging obstruction of justice and shielding of prominent figures, with Oliver E. Pagin aiding Oregon prosecutions.
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Roosevelt
John H. Hall
United States
Oregon
Hall
Moody
White House
Lang
Fulton
Mitchell
Hermann
Portland
Taok
Oliver E. Pagin
Chicago
Department of Justice
Removal Angers Hall In Oregon Standoff
Portland Oregon December 11 John F Hall United States district attorney for the district of Oregon expressed great surprise at his removal from office He said he had no Washington information and denounced government officers as personal enemies He intended to pursue the matter to prove his innocence and defend his good name under attack by “weapons of falsehood and misrepresentation.”
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United States
United States District Attorney
France Acts For Pope Maintains Orient Protectorate
Rome dispatch reports the Holy See delayed direct notice to the Porte about naming a new apostolic delegate to Constantinople. Instead Paris conveyed the appointment through the French ambassador, signaling no change in France's protectorate over Catholics in the Orient despite Vatican-France rupture.
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Orient
Rome
Holy See
Porte
Constantinople
Vatican
France
Dempsey Held as Suspect in Alexandria Assault Case
After a long chase by bloodhound Tramp and a posse, John Dempsey was arrested in a Brick Haven hut and taken to the county jail. Miss Ebaugh identified a tall white man as the assailant, though her certainty wavered. Dempsey denies the crime as officials weigh evidence and possible Washington transfer amid mob fears.
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John Dempsey
Negro
Miss Bbaugh
Ashington Post Bureau
Hing Street
Alexandria
Henderson
Latham
Palmer
William TE. Bbaugh
John Longstreet
John Loyingston
Negra
Dempsey
Jair
Wart Myer Heights
Mackey
Washington
Stolen Adams Express Gold Bond At Center Of Suit
The 1902 Adams Express 1,000 four per cent gold bond, No. 78, was stolen from W. B. Hibbs & Co. in summer 1902. Hibbs sues in New York to uncover the thief and how the bond moved through Brown Brothers & Co. and Alexander Brown & Sons. Hibbs aims to recover the value and press for the thief’s identity despite banking records showing only date, bond number, and face value.
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Adams Express Company
W. B. Hibbs
Mercantile Trust Company
Alexander Brown & Sons
Baltimore
B. Howard Griswold
United States
Brown Brothers & Co
National Bank of the
Metropolis of New York
Hicks
Adams Express ‘Company
Messrs. Guthrie, Cravath
Hibbs
Express Company
Brown & Co
Ike Brown & Co
Mutual Fire Insurance Company annual meeting notice
The annual meeting of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of the District of Columbia will be held on the third Mondays in January the 16th at 9 o'clock a.m. at 902 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. Seven managers will be elected. The annual statement will be ready January 14. By order of the Board, L. Pliarce Boteler, Secretary.
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Mutual Fire
District of C
Wastington
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Adge
Mana Operat L. Pliarce Boteler
Weather Conditions and a Market Park Assault Report
The Weather Bureau reports no major cold waves with fair conditions ahead for Sunday and Monday across most regions, noting variable temperatures and winds along coasts and the Great Lakes. In other city readings, temperatures and rainfall details are listed, alongside a report of Catharine Simms being assaulted near New Jersey Avenue and M Street southeast, suffering a scalp wound and hospital treatment.
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U. 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Plateau
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Quit Coast
Great Lakes
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Pinehur
Frederick Heinecke
Theodore Thomas III
Chicago Orchestra
Long Island
Treasury Department
Wrashington
Paris
Clarence Gray Dinsmore
American Automobile Association
Athletic Union
New Church
Hood
Arthur C. Adams
Wife
Co. G. Sloan , CO
Gat
Demark
G Street NW
Sloan & CO
Péverill
Miss Ebaugh
Colling
Montague
Paff
Young Branch
Norfolk Beat
Krafft
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Nicol
Miss Peveril
Seventh Precinct
Southern Railway Company
Duke Street
Southern
Rui
Grand Jury
Alexandria County
Commonwealth
Crandal Mackey
Barley
Corporation Court
Edgar F. Thompson
Thomas Chauncey
Terrence Sullivan
Sixth
Capitol Grounds
McCarthy
Farquhar
Equitable Purchasing Company
Fst. Nw
Mienneelanglotz
Women of America
Minnie Langlotz
Water Street
Menasha
Wis
Woman's Bowling Club
Menasha Star Cycling Club
Hibbs & Co
Adams Express
OAL Wertier
Catharine Simms
Quander Street
New Jersey Avenue
M Street
Atlanta
Ee Oy
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Boston
Des Moines
One
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Moat
Indianapolis
End
Jacksonville
Fla
Kansas City
Moaz
Little Reel
Ark
Emphis
Tenn
En Orleans
Omaha
Nebra
Pittsburg
Hristian Clow
Christian Clow
Tiarrison Street
Colorado Springs
Col
Martman
S. KB. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Calumpus
Hio
Fimerican
Charles J. Bell
Vose Pianos
Washingtonians
J. de Moll
Tharp’s
Berkeley Rye
St. N.W
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