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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1908

Page

17

Congress urged to act as riding tests push reforms

President Roosevelt ordered Gen. Bell to compare U S cavalry riding tests with France Germany and Italy. Bell reports European officers face harsher drills and stricter discipline with daily hours in the saddle. Mounting demands prompt calls to update U S remounting and officer training stations to keep pace.

Bell France Germany Italy United States Roosevelt Europe

Died and funeral notices scattered across January dates

A page of obituaries lists Virginia Wilson Emma Buckley Rebecca Hood and others with funeral details. Messages note private interments, church services at St Stephen's All Saints Georgetown and St Matthew's, and memorials for figures including Allison Natler and Rear Admiral F. Me Ramony.

Ander Twelfth Street Northwest Virginia Wilson Edward F. Alexander Thomas Crawford Margaret Campbell Wilson Ickley Weer Ao Emma B Fr. B. Buckley American University Park Htockreek Tler Rebecca Hood Jem A Batles Acevices China Street Northwest Liam Yareall Mae ER BO Darrall Congress Louisiana Ap. m Twelfth Street Fates A Latives Dodge Arlington Twenth-ofth Street Pennsylvania Ayrentiy David KK. Tlackman Niety Peenlay Muirkirk Annie I Motors Mary C F Hood Glenwood Cemetery Zanesville Ohio Koen Charles L Carrie Korn Punecal Ninth Street Southeast Spom New York Martin Millard Fillmore Joseph S Sarah Martin Wineral Wilkins Hodges Catawissa Altoona Baltimore Frances Monroe Samual M Mary F. McKean St. John's Church I Mitceeli Georgetown D. C Susan Thomas Walter A. Mitchell Fun All-far Church Charlotta Blail St. Mary County T. C Church of the Ascension Massachusetts Avenus Allison Natler Brow Reiss Ramsay N Street Anna McMahon F. ME Ramony St Matthew's Church Montasy Pnsate Richey Walter VT Annia Richey Seymour Nineteenth Street Northwest Anna J Charles Seymour USN Commodore John Guest St Paul's Church Fiftierth VW Streets Welok Coternoent Philadelphia Sheckells Sarah M Richard M. Sheckels Sarah E Richard N John EB. Sheckells Mra Ghh Zellers Center Street Loudon Park Stafpof Carroll Council Knights of Columbus Carroll Fall Ninth Denis J. Stafford Arrost Cornell T. Kolb G. K. Wol Cleishell Harry S Canon Venn Walmer Kent England Maria Garrett Elizabeth Gallagher Francis Gallagher Washington New Hampshire Avenue St. Stephen’s Church Mount Olivet Cemetery

European Tests Train Mounted Officers For War

Major General Le Rankin BISLL reports European armies keep mounted officers in constant readiness. French German Italian and Austrian systems involve daily riding tests and endurance drills with extensive cross country and obstacle work. Officers face rigorous courses and maneuvers with promotion tied to horsemanship and battlefield fitness.

France Austria Germany Italy War Department X LE Ranklin Bisll Start Mus White House

Thaw Case Chronicle Reflects Murder Trial Timeline

A scanned calendar traces Harry Thaw's murder case from the 1906 Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White through indictments and trial dates. It notes Key dates, lunacy hearings, and evolving legal questions about Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony and its impact on the proceedings.

Harry Kendall “Thaw William Thaw Pittsburg Stanford White New York Madisen Square Thaw

French Army Horsemanship Tests Highlight Long Paris Contest

A Paris contest for the French army’s champion cheval d armes drew many officers including captains majors and colonels with one colonel around sixty. The event covered a school day a forty five mile cross country march a two mile steeplechase and obstacle jumping. The colonel impressed peers and superiors with his form and was praised for matching younger officers. Roosevelt urges remount depots and mounted infantry through letters to Secretary Taft and Representative Hull urging legislation to improve army horsemanship. Funeral directors listings follow in the latter portion of the same passage.

Congress Theodore Roosevelt House of Representatives Bell Bella War Department Washington Europe Drilia Syumar War College Majora Paris Mdieval D’armes Mage Hannover Italy Cer Taft White House Secretary of War Senate House Tutt Representative Hull House Committee On Gen. Bell Hull Bic

Thaw Trial On Today Law To Bar Her Testimony

Criminal law experts tell Jerome that Evelyn Thaw’s evidence is inadmissible. Precedent set at last trial may affect a vital principle. A jury is likely to be needed for the long proceedings.

New York Harry Thaw Victor Dowling Supreme Court Jerome Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Wood Jersma Mra. Thaw Evelyn Thaw

Cold and Grip Cure Promises Quick Relief

In a crowded city scene the ad touts MINYON Cold and Grip Cure as swift relief for colds flu and influenza. It claims to stop nasal discharge sneezing throat and lung inflammation fever and exhaustion with a dosage of a few cents a vial through local druggists.

Thaw Case Moves On With New Psychiatric Scrutiny

The Thaw case shifts to renewed cross examination as Justice Dowling weighs admissibility and the potential impact of abroad travels on evidence. District Attorney Garvan seeks fresh confrontations about European trips and expert witnesses who labeled Thaw insane, while Jerome fights limits on cross questioning and maintains Thaw’s current legal insanity as the core defense.

Thaw Paris Jerome Virginia Wood Fitzgerald Straightway

Sugar Trust Official's Fall From Fortune and Family Strife

David P Morgan, former sugar trust treasurer and son-in-law of John E Parsons, lost his fortune amid stock losses and debts to Harriman & Co. He signed away his equity in Chicago real estate to satisfy a $149,516.65 liability, while his separated wife Edith Parsons Morgan retained a $4,000,000 fortune. The divorce case in White Plains revealed alleged misusing trust funds and a past kidnapping of their three children, with custody later secured by the mother.

Herbert Parsons New York David Percy Morgan Treaurer Sugar Truet John E. Porsong Chicago Harriman & Co Broadway Herbert E. Parsons Republican County Committee President Foosevelt Mamaroneck Sound Colony Pennsylvania Mr. Morgan Manhattan Sugar Trust Morgan West Gard

Man Stabs Wife and Attempts Suicide in Pa Home

Jenston Pennsylvania January. Frank P. Smith, 28, attacked his separated wife Mary Smith in her home, stabbing her in the heart and then slashing his own throat. He survived, later tried gas. The four year old daughter slept nearby during the murder attempt.

Washington Post Jenston Frank P. Smith Mary Smith George Stem Laura Stem Smith Molly Cheeter Smith

Little Egypt Dead Coroner Seeks Murder Cause

New York police investigate the death of Katherine Devine known as Little Egypt found in her West Thirty-seventh Street apartment. Coroner Harburger orders autopsy amid evidence suggesting coal gas asphyxia. detectives report no signs of struggle and list prior health and smoking as factors. the case stirred long fame from burlesque tours and sensational raids.

Washington Post New York Herbert Barnum Seeley Cept Chapman Sherry West Thirty-seventh Street Harburger O'Hanton O'Brien Waxman West Thirty-ninth Breeere Little Egtnt Katherine Devine the Bowery New Orleans Philadelphia Sin Roosevelt Hospital Frank Connel Little Egypt Ideac Juniter Cou Bas Clathes Little Egypt United States Europe London Berlin Paris Budapest Httle

Forged Order Stops Train at Corning

Louis A Flynn of Sayre held on $200 bail in Wilkes Barre for forging the name of Supt C J Phillips to a telegram order that halted a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western express at a way station in Corning. The conductor was discharged after headquarters refused authorization. Flynn offered no defense. case to go before the grand jury.

Washington Post Wilkesbarre C J. Phillips Buffalo Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Louis A Flynn Sayre Justice Johnson Flynn Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Express Corning O'Dea Patrick Gorman Grand

Congo Crisis Drives Belgian Premiership Offer

Brussels reports suggest the vacant Belgian premiership after M de Tries’s death may go to M Schollaert but only if King Leopold accepts Congo concessions. The king’s gout worsens with a feared bone decay. a separate Brest cable notes the Argentine steamer Imperatrice blew its boilers off Ushant, crew saved by a fishing smack.

Brussels M de Tries M Schollaert Chamber of Deputies Leopold Brest Imperatrice Ushant

Safe placement of funds and high capital surplus

The notice emphasizes placing current and surplus funds where they are absolutely safe and accessible on demand. It notes 84,400,000 in capital and surplus and mentions 2 percent interest on checking accounts.

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