Whitmore admits telegram forged in wife murder case
Ex convict Theodore Whitmore, jailed in Harrison New Jersey, admits faking a Christmas telegram to his sister in law Lena four days after his wife’s body was found. Prosecutors pressed him to explain contradictory statements as investigators pieced together movements before and after Christmas Day.
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Fleet's Colliers Set For Rio and Garden Events
In January 11 and January 13, American and Brazilian coal traders and naval club members plan visits to Rio de Janeiro. The U S collier fleet and allied teams aim to attend a Botanic Garden premier and a Crocevado garden party, with further arrangements by the Naval Club.
Muncie Car Rally Amid Martial Law And Music Concert
Report from Muncie notes hundreds gathered under martial law as street car routes run all day despite some stones thrown on city outskirts. Imported strikebreakers manned lines. no deputies or troops aboard. Marine Band led by Lieut. Suntemann to perform at Marine Barracks at 2 pm with pieces by Weber, Bela, Vanponcke, and others, featuring violin and clarinet solos.
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Vanponcke
Carnegie Pensions Woman Named Margaret Morrison Carnegie
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburg reports Andrew Carnegie ordered a pension for Margaret Morrison Carnegie, an elderly Indiana woman living in Littletown. He had her case investigated after a letter from Indiana claimed kinship, and found she was a needy Mrs. Margaret Morrison Carnegie. She is to receive weekly payments for life.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Relief Fund
Margaret Morrison Carnegie
Littletown
Indiana
New York
World’s Radio Future Forecast by Nikola Tesla
Tesla predicts wireless power and audio visual transmission over any distance within the coming year. He envisions wireless across the Pacific and Atlantic, speech and music reproduced anywhere, and new propulsion principles replacing propellers in ships. He also questions radium like elements and favors aerial dirigibles over heavy airplanes.
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Nikola Tesla
New York World
Pacific
Trans- Atlantic
Mme. Curie
Troops to Escort Crothers at Inauguration
A provisional Maryland National Guard regiment will escort Gov elect Crothers at the inauguration. The First Regiment battalion includes Companies M Annapolis A Frederick D Belair and FE Elkton with Maj M A Recohord in command. Col Charles A Little leads the provisional unit with several officers noted and civil leaders urged to decorate routes.
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Henry M. Warfield
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Camden Station
Baltimore
Claude
Cardinal Gibbons Hosts New Year Reception in Baltimore
In Baltimore on January 5 Cardinal Gibbons welcomed nearly 1000 attendees at the archiepiscopal residence including Mayor Mahool and city officials, lawyers, physicians, and society figures. Visitors moved from the red room to the green room where clergy gave greetings and the cardinal handed each guest a New Year card with his seal, autograph, and a verse.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Mahool
Red
P. C. Gavan
W. T. Russ Sul
William A. Fletcher
Portrait of Lewis Lindsay A Richmond Political Pioneer
Longtime Richmond figure Lewis Lindsay, a former slave who helped shape Virginia politics during Reconstruction, died last night. He served on both grand and petit juries that tried Jefferson Davis, helped form the Underwood constitutional framework, later joined the Virginia legislature, and spent his final years selling papers on Richmond streets.
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Underwood
Washington Post
Richmond
Virginia
Lewis Lindsay
Jefferson Davis
Lindsay
Davis
Richmone
Hebrew musician Dr Alois Kaiser dies at 68
Dr Alois Kaiser longtime cantor of Oheb Shalom Temple dies of heart disease aged sixty eight born near Vienna in Austria. He earned honorary membership in the Central Conference of American Rabbis and led the Society of American Cantors Hebrew Education Society and Alliance Israelite University among many roles.
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Alois Kaiser
Oheb Shalom Temple
Kaiser
Austria
Vienna
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Rochester
B. Felsenthal
Chicago
Benjamin Szold
G. Gotthell
New York
Society of American Cantors
Hebrew Education Society
Hebrew Ladies’ Sewing Society
Alliance Israelite Universelle
Jewish Publications Society
Jewish Encyclopedia
Preparation for Lee Banquet Honors Gen Robert E Lee Birthday
John Sharp Williams cancels speaking engagement for the Lee banquet to honor Gen Robert E Lee with arrangements at the hall on Vin ning street. Gov Swanson will speak along with Representatives Flood and Carlin while Williams withdraws from the event.
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Gov. Swanson
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Robert £. Lee
Vinncg Street
Robert B. Lee
Swanson
Flood
Carlin
Federal Court Cases Set for Alexandria Session
The United States District Court under Judge Wadthill will convene in Alexandria tomorrow morning with criminal docket including T. B. Berry for illicit distilling and R. W. Rains W. G. Bohr for liquor sales without a license and H B F Gore for brand and mark violations. Civil actions include R Hilton Jackson trustee vs R Matthews and FE 3 Wiley vs schooner Martha Davis. The January circuit term opens today with Martha Ann Mill suit for 135000 damages against the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company.
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United States District Court
Edmund L. Wadthill
Alexandria
T. B. Berry
Charles Dawson
R. W. Rains
W. G. Bohr
HB. F. Gore
R. Hilton Jackson
R. §. Matthews
Wiley
Martha Davis
Alexandria City
Martha Ann Mill
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company
Picture fractures skull in Alexandria injury
Noble Lindsey aged twenty five of 815 South Lee Street Alexandria was struck by a heavy picture that fell on his head while moving it. He was taken to Alexandria Hospital where doctors diagnosed a fractured skull but hopes for recovery are entertained.
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Alexandria
Alexandria Hospital
Wheeling
W. Va
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Frederick Hall
James K. Hall
Hall
Miss Bloch
John A. Howard
Halt
Young Hart
Miss Bloeh
New York
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Coronda
Bush Docks
Brooklyn
South America
United States
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Ge Sauteur
Bangswon
Erty
Dougherty
Thomas Rafferty
Baltimore
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Slays Enemy in Church at Mount Olivet
Special to The Washington Pest report from Boydton Virginia says Taylor Yancey was shot and killed at a Mount Olivet Church festival four miles south of Clarksville around midnight Friday by Frank Young. Young fired a .22 rifle through a church door, killing Yancey as the venue was filled with negro attendees. Young had earlier trouble with Yancey and has not been arrested.
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Boydton
Taylor Yancey
Frank Young
Mount Olivet Church
Clarksville
Young
Yancey
Haunted House Dare Ends With Embarrassing Skirt Trap
Port Jervis residents lure Beatrix Pomeroy to a haunted house with a hammer and three marked nails. She nails her skirt to the floor, screams, and is rescued as bystanders rush in. Also reports of a student saving a woman from a buck and related frontier hauntings and oddities.
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N. Y
Carrie Worthington
Lila Peacock
Ida Cameron
Flora
Fitzsimmons
Beatrix Pomeroy
Miss Pomeroy
Misa Pomeroy
Panic Strikes Your Capital With a Life Insurance Plan
A 40 year old with $40,000 saved sees assets fall to $20.00. By paying Equitable Life of New York a $460.20 premium, he would obtain $20,660 in life insurance. Upon death, executors would gain $60,000 in capital to divide: $40,000 in investments and $20,000 in life insurance. Gtu.c. Jordan, Washington Manager, 210 Bond Building.
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Equitable Life of
New York
Lfe
Stocks Rise on London Action Boosting Market Prospects
New York Jan 5 The stock market advanced last week with improving public interest and a renewed rise after a sharp early week reaction. A Bank of England rate cut to 6 percent supported the upturn, while Seaboard Air Line receivership and DOJ actions weighed briefly on sentiment. Reading’s rail policy and Hepburn law implications drew attention as investors priced in potential legislative relief and continued market resilience amid identified railroad concerns.
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New York
Seaboard Air Line
Washington
Department of Justice
Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
Bank of England
London
Seaboard
Congress
Reading
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Erie
Lakes
Northwest
Roxythera Pacific
Steel Corporation
St Paul
Duluth
Daniel Kellogg
Japanese Bonds Fall Amid Market Uncertainty
London reports a continued decline in Japanese four and three per cent bonds amid tensions with the United States. European markets show a global mood of caution despite easing bank rates. Berlin and Paris influenced by outlooks on gold, currency shifts, and German coal strikes.
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Stock Exchange
New York
Japan
America
Paris
England
Berlin
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Prussia
The
New York Times
Pensions Advice for Soldiers and Heirs in 1890s column
The pension column answers reader questions about rates for loss of leg and other disabilities, eligibility for increases, and how to file for widow or dependent pensions. It covers quarterly payments, desertion effects, and how dependents may claim when the veteran cannot. Specific cases cite names, places, and dates to guide readers.
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Cal
Ss .Es-Marine
Port Richmond
Philadelphia
Ralph
German Societies Unite Under Central Turnverein Link
Washington Saengerbund votes to affiliate with Central Turnverein unifying German societies in the capital. President Waldman cites opposition to prohibition as infringement on liberty and hinderer of progress. Choral Society set to sing at Concordia Church anniversary service Sunday at 11 a.m.
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Central Turnverein
John Waldman
Waldman
Saengerbund
Washington
Concordia Church
British exports decline from Huddersfield trade with US
London reports the Huddersfield consular district exported 325000 dollars to the United States in the last quarter, down from 410000 the year before, with a total annual drop of about 250000 dollars. The district’s trade with the US has been shrinking in recent years.
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Great Britain
Huddersfield
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