Man shoots at would-be suitor amid family tragedy
Amos Brown a cab driver fired at Mrs Joachim and her daughter after failing to win marriage. Mrs Joachim was struck in the body and in the neck of her daughter as they clung to Brown. Both women were hospitalized with critical injuries to the lungs and kidneys and a second daughter remained under observation. Brown was captured nearby and faces charges as police investigate motives linked to repeated proposals.
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Bath
Hackman Amos Brown
Joachim
Fredericka Joachim
Amos Brown
Brown
Tnes
Mss Joachim
Ata
Mrs Joachim
Miss Joachim
Robert Miler
Alt Street
Stephen Oday
Willee
Leighbors
Mack
Tarut Daley
Jim
Pole
Nellie Stuttel
H Sureet
Wail Against Cars Triggers Committee Plea to Congress
A Nass meeting at the Masonic Temple denounced Washington street car service. A committee was formed to approach Congress and secure legislation to compel the Washington Railway and Electric Company to fulfill obligations. Speakers included William G Headletsst, Leo P Farlow, Charles C Lancaster, and others from citizens associations. Letters of sympathy were read from unions and federations. West offered support for the crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G Headletsst
BUG UP MAN'S SKELETON FOUND DURING EXCAVATION
Workers unearthed a human skeleton yesterday while digging under 9.7 G Street Northwest for a remodeling project at Percy H Russell Real Estate. The old residence, long used as an A&A dwelling, was owned by Amelia Clagp for twenty five years. Neighbors could not account for the discovery. The annual meeting of the Predential Building Association elected Robert N Harper as president Maurice E Miller as vice president and Lows H. Stabler as secretary treasurer with a slate of directors including J. Hulton Jackson Henry E Bittinger William F. Gude Harry C James A H. Line John Servener Thomas M Stearn John C Weedon.
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Percy H Russe
A&a resiGgere
Amelia Clagp
Predential Building Association
Robert N Harper
Maurice E Miller
Lows H. Stabler
Hulton Jackson
Henry E Bittinger
William F. Gude
Harry C James
A H. Line
John Servener
Thomas M Stearn
John C Weedon
National Bank
Washington, DC
Poard of
Seventh Street
Geograte
Board of Directors
Washington Post
Wrshington
Cox
John
Eckloff
Deldid&s
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Copany
Pidrch Botdler
THL
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Capitol Streets
Washington DC
Jas Blackty
Alot
Norfolk Inquiry On Missing Mr McCormick
A Washington DC resident Mrs John F McCormick’s Norfolk holdings are not being pursued. Townsend and Jaynes report no contact from or knowledge of her husband. Beds of real estate in Norfolk and a coat found on the Bay Line steamer Alabama raise questions about his whereabouts.
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Washington F
Norfolk
Townsend & Jaynes
John F. McCormick
Washington
McCormick
Darding
Bay Line
Alabama
Missing Baltimore broker McCormick feared to have drowned
John F McCormick real estate broker and contractor vanished after boarding a Baltimore to Norfolk steamer. Friends and family report financial embarrassment and a plan to go to New York to recover money. Clothing found in his stateroom and notes to Riley suggest he faced heavy debts. Discrepancies about a dress suit case and Norfolk ties complicate the case as police pursue leads.
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John F McCormick
Baltimore
Norfolk
McCormick
James N. McCormick
Capt Boardman
Park Street
Sheridan Avenue
Miss McCormick
Post
Wither
Capt. Loardman
LeMore & Cloworthy
Continental Trust
Thomas F Riley
Riley
New York
T Riley
Old Point
Cheasapeake
Vanload of Prisoners in Collision Near Pourtenth and B
A police van collides with a street car near Pourtenth and B streets northwest. The car traveled at high speed, sending prisoners in the van flying about and panicked. No injuries reported.
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Pourtenth
Mme. Bishop Will Sing In College Musicalat Carroll Institute Hall
The Washington College of Music presents the second musicale this Friday afternoon at 3:30 at Carroll Institute Hall. Soloist Genevra Johnstone Bishop, soprano, will perform with accompanist Miss Margaret O Toole.
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Washington College of Music
Carroll Institute Hall
Genevra Johnstone-Bishop
Margaret O'Toole
Rey
Ohio Senators Oppose Ratification of Glasgow Nomination
Ohio Senators unite to block Richard Austin's nomination as American consul at Glasgow Scotland in place of Samuel McArthur Taylor. Foraker and Dick press full conference on Ohio patronage and warn of breach of understanding with the Roosevelt administration. Speaks and Mannington candidates eyed for Columbus port surveyorship as parties seek a compromise.
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Glasgow
Taylor
Ohio
Pordkeer
Roosevelt
Richard Austin
Tennessee
Scotland
Samuel McArthur Taylor
Ate
Senator Jack
Senator Foraker
Senate Committeee On Commerce
Mr Austn
Taylor Taylor
Foraker
Root
Mr. Austin
Austin
State Department
McKinley
Sherman
Sherman Republicans
House of Representatives
Committee On jCommerce
J B. Speaks
Columbus
Howard Mannington
Charles Pierce
Gen. Speaks
Weight Of Coins Examined By Secretary Shaw Commission
Secretary Shaw appoints a commission to test the weight and fineness of coins held at the United States Mint, listing members from army, universities, and industry. The panel will meet at the Philadelphia Mint on February 14 to begin proceedings under the Revised Statutes.
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Shaw
Bevaral
Secretary of the Treasury
Francis S Dodge
United States Army
Augustua St Gaudene
Windsor
A & Hewittt
Princeton University
J . Ames
Johns Hopkins University
W A Noyes
Bureau of Standards
University of California
George S Graves
Bennington
G Chase
Providence
John Kennedy
Mich
Stevens
Toledo
Ohio
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Durand Intercedes as Lydia M Thompson Is Admitted
Lydia M Thompson an Englishwoman deemed insane by New York immigration authorities was admitted to the country by order of Secretary Metcalf. Sir William Durand the British ambassador visited Secretary Root who arranged immediate action. The incident sparked indignation among the English colony in New York while Dr C L E Dana attributed her condition to nervousness from rough seas. She stayed with her nephew at 110 East 60th Street during the proceedings and travels stem from an invitation by Mrs Ella Skull of Overbrook Pennsylvania.
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Lydia M. Phompson
New York
Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Root
W. M. Durand
C. LE. Dana
Bur- Sell
East Sixty-Second Street
Kbb Skull
Overbrook
Honor Dr Fletcher’s Eighty Third Birthday Celebration
Dr. Robert Fletcher, chief compiler of the U S Army medical and scientific library, was toasted at a banquet on his eighty third birthday. Prominent attendees included Dr William Osler and Dr J Bulings with tributes praising the library’s global impact on medical research. A silver loving cup was presented by Dr W W Keen, and poems and toasts celebrated Fletcher’s indexing work and the Army Medical Library’s stature.
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Robert Fletcher
United States Army
England
William Osier
Regius
Oxford
King Edward
Waugh
Marine Corps
Ogier
Osler
Fletcher
Gratitttde
Surgeon General
America
Yarrow
J & Bulings
U. S
W. W Keen
Philadelphia
J. S. Billings
Army Medical Library
N. 8. Thayer
Baltimore
W. D. McCaw
Army
J. C Wise
USN
Naval Medical Corps
G. G. Tully Vaughn
Marine Hospital Service
H. N. Wyse
A. F. A. King
New City Post Office Sited Adjacent to Union Station
Postmaster General Cortelyou plans to ask Congress for an appropriation to acquire four acres beside the new Union Railroad Station for a modern post office to serve the Division of Supplies and mail bag repair. The project aims to reduce wagon service and prepare for pneumatic tube mail and faster outgoing mail from the rail hub. First Assistant Hitchcock backs the plan after study.
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Congress
Cortelyou
Union Railroad
Hitchcock
Raiload
Union Station
United States
Indiscreet Consumption and a Michigan Farmer’s Cure
A Michigan farmer’s wife describes severe illness in spring 1902 with weakness and insomnia. After avoiding medicines and coffee, she used Grape Nuts with sugar and cream, gaining strength, resuming housework for a family of six within six weeks, and remaining well for two years. The ad ends by naming Postum Co. and urging readers to read The Road to Westville.
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Michigan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Westville
Indiana struggle over Beveridge surveyor post and party control
In Indianapolis the Overstreet Beveridge feud widens over the customs surveyor post. Allegations claim James A. Hemenway and Joseph B. Keating helped Beveridge lose patronage a year ago. Fears grow Republicans may bow to Beveridge to gain Indiana control, as Goodrich and Shideler contest the state committee. Telegrams flood Overstreet’s office pressuring action, with party loyalty and upcoming elections shaping shifts in House campaign leadership.
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Overstreet-Beveridge
Indianapolis
Overstreet
James A. Hemenway
Joseph B. Kealtting
United States
Indiana
Fairbanks
Beveridge
National Administration
State Committee
Fairbanks-Hemenway
Gerstreet
Senate
Hemenway
Joe Keating
Leopold G. Rothschild
Washington
Mrosevelt
Seneiier
Keating
Goodrich
George H Shideler
Canaléate
Shideler
Supreme Court hears Chicago street railway franchise case
The Supreme Court began hearings in Chicago on six cases challenging streetcar charters extending from downtown to North and West Chicago. The city argues charters were never valid or expired in 1883, while the companies say they remain in effect until 1957. Arguments extended past usual time. proceedings continue next week with Brainard Tolles and others for the street car interests and Tal man Plumb and Darrow for the city.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Out
United States
Chicago
Brainard Tolies
Joseph S. Auerbach
John &. Miller
John G. Johnson
Dear B. Tolman
Glen E. Plumb
Clarence 5. Darrow
Judge Holt Rules Countess Not Liable in Slaughter Privilege Case
New York January 11 Judge Holt of the United States District Court dismissed Donna Frantesca O Reilly Decamara countess of Buena Vista suit against Maj Gen John R Brooke to recover damages for revoking her hereditary slaughtering right in Havana Cuba The judge held no legal remedy against Brooke but said she may have a valid claim for damages against the United States or Cuba based on treaty obligations, noting Brooke confirmed the order revoking the right and transferred revenue to Havana The countess asserts generations of ancestral slaughtering rights and Havana revenue supported by the Brooke administration and Secretary Root actions
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New York
Holt
United States District Court
John R. Brooke
Donna Frantesca O'Reilly Decamara
Buena Vista
Brooke
Havana
Cuba
United States
Gen. Brooke
Guba
Ludlow
Root
Gen Brooke
Spain
France May Please Castro With Venezuela Ties Severed
The State Department informed yesterday by French Ambassador Jusserand that France and Venezuela have severed diplomatic relations. Secretary Root and Jusserand discussed the Venezuelan issue in a half hour conference. France will not resume ties until Castro recognizes M Taigny, the French chargé d affaires, who Castro does not recognize. If recognition is given, M Taigny may be withdrawn.
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State Department
M. Jusserand
France
Venezuela
M Jusserand
Root
M. Taigny
Castro
France 18
M Taigny
Weather conditions and forecasts across regions
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau reports high and low pressure systems moving across the United States with rain in the South Atlantic and West Gulf States and snow in the Upper Ohio Valley. Warmer than average temperatures east of the Rockies, rain indicated for Friday in Atlantic districts, generally fair Saturday with near seasonal temperatures, and various wind directions along coasts and the Great Lakes. Temperature readings and humidity levels are listed for midnight through 10 pm with several city observations and rainfall notes included.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
New England
Lake Superior
Florida
Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
West Gulf States
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Pacific
San Francisco
Atlantic Coast
Rocky Mountains
Atlantis Coast
Lake Region
Otlo Valley
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European Porta
Grand Banks
Pactte
Wrather
Bunabina
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Combined Citizens’ Associations
Amelia Clapp
Building Association
Mrs. Morris
White House
New Willard Hotel
Morris
Alice H Marris
Affleck
Pennsylvania Avenw
Him
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McCormeck
Bay Lane
Mme
Bishop
Durand Saves
Mrs. Thompson
Honor DR. Fletcher
Government Medical Library
Dr. Osler
New City
Postmaster General
New Union Railroad
Division of Supplies
Pregilent Pendleton
Maritime Exchange
Tidenela
United States District Attorney
Congressional Campaign Committee
Ita
Butterick Publishing Co
Flatiron
Countess of
Lansburgh & Bro
Melton
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Ave
Schwartz
BO ' Pelzman
Strean
Taigny
HUB Furniture CO
Cer
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Ashevilla
No C
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Wes
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Iowa
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Utah
Yefield
Tit
Ickeburg
Mie
Connecticut
Martin M Smith
Annapolig
Reperal Lodge
Washington B Willams
Glenwood Cemetery
Joseph R Fague
G. J .Y Atleer
Isth Stand
Waslington
Bustwood
J Bell
Jawls F Hood
Gane
Miss Whith
Eighth Street
Th. Giottome Weta
Arlington, Osteopathy
winGtumpu
Baltes
Mt. Pleasant
Phoné North
Bond
Ave
London
Shanghai
Morning Post
Hupeh
Lysholm’s
Throndhjem
Aquavit
Christian Xander
Peter Grogan
City and Suburban Railway of
Fourteenth
East Capital Streets
Ashington DC
Jas Blackey
Jnd
Amacosta
East Capitol
I Poman
D. White
Baltimore Sun
Arthur Plann
Fhone Eiffle
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Atcom Omfees
Commercial National Bank
Spit
Poraboth
Rhc Hiye
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