Clyde Line Freight Steamer Onondaga Strands Off Orleans Beach
The Clyde Line freighter Onondaga grounded two miles off Orleans Beach near Chatham Mass after straying from its Boston to Charleston and Jacksonville route. With crew aboard, tugs arrived but no flotation attempted as cargo likely must be lightered. Vessel built in Philadelphia in 1905, 2155 tons net, 26 feet draft, crew of 28.
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Bar
Chatham
Mass
Clyde Line
Bunnell
Boston
Charleston
Jacksonville
Orleans Beach
Nansett Licshts
Pollock Run Shoal
Onondaga
Phiadelphia
Jacksom
Multiple Obituaries Mixed From January 1907 Notices
A garbled string of death notices lists several individuals with varied spellings and incomplete dates. Entries include Aiken, Brown, Boyle, Calkins, Cartwright, Johnston, Mason, Sullivan, and Wilson family deaths with funeral details, residences, and church interment plans, though many lines are partial or inconsistent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
W. J Aiken
St Dominic's Church
Mock Creek
Bunane
Hatite E Brow
Anhorat
Patford
East Cannol Street
Boston
Boyle
Wiret
Anna
Thomas Boyle
William W. Martha
Charles W. Boyle
St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church
Relathvea
Calkins
Delmont
Mary AC
Misa M. Hellen Calk
Cartwwiight
James Cartwright
Dallas
Tex
Johnston
Elizabeth Bryant
Tounston
Florida Avening
Mason
Fife
Wiliam H Mason
Congressional Cemetery
Sullivan
Joshphine B
Terrence D Sullivan
Ellen Sind
Patrick Fealy
Mat Khe
Mary Elizabeth
Charles C Wilson Notlee
Hineral
Notices on Marriage and Death Ads in The Washington Post
Notice states marriage and death notices can be inserted in The Washington Post with no extra charge for insertion or telegraphing. It mentions multiple newspapers and conditions for submission, highlighting the availability of notices to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Assails Roosevelt by Idaho Governor's Mining Critique
Special to The Washington Post. In Portland Indiana on January 13 Erick G Etrickland denounces President Roosevelt before his congregation. He condemns the president for alleged executive overreach and for ordering executions thousands of miles away in a charge linked to Idaho Governor Gooding's mining dispute remarks.
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Washington Post
Portland
Ind
Erick G. Etrickland
Roosevelt
American Christian Convention
Idaho
White House
Gov. Gooding
Doctor Evades Big Gains Promise in Bank-Run Plot
Dr Thomas J Kemp reported a scheme to defraud him of five thousand dollars involving Frank H Homans of Paris and David T Tanner of White Plains. They allegedly planned to use crooked card games to “break the banks” and win large sums in a New York gambling house out of business. Police seized two thousand in counterfeit bills and weapons during their arrest in the Hotel Raleigh lobby as Kemp spoke with a Post reporter detailing the ruse and its runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Kemp
Tella
New York
Washington
Raleign
Frank H Homans
Paris
France
David T Tanner
Townsend
White Plains
N. Y
G Street
Northwest
Tanner
Homans
Physican
Kemp
Post
Madagascar
New Willard
Willard
Ginner Tanner
Albany
Niagara
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
No 6 Precinct
Dr Kemp
New York City
Taro Banks
Arrests in conspiracy case stun city gallery search
A young physician enticed into a betting scheme recounts arranged financing and insists he was the loser. Detectives Evang and Cornwell with Dr Kemp file conspiracy charges, expect to publish mug shots today, and question adjournment for investigation. Prisoners Tanner and Homana held separately to prevent communication.
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Kemp
Eles
Evang and
Cornwell
Dr. Kemp
Polie Court
Tanner
Homana
Hearing Sues North American Company Over Fur Seal Lease
Prof. 7 H W Elliott of Cleveland seeks a Ways and Means hearing today on charges against the North American Commercial Company, lessees of Pribilof Islands seal privilege. He accuses them of cracked dealing and pelagic sealing, naming Herman and Isaac Stebes, Bloyd Davis, and D. O Mills, with Senator Stephen B Elkins also linked as lessee and theft figure. The hearing centers on a bill to end the case and strengthen seal protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Ways and Mean
H.W. Elliott
Cleveland
Pribilof Islands
Elliott
Herman and
Isaac Stebes
San Francisco
North Armorican Commercial Company
Bloyd Davis
D. O. Mills
New York
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Washington
Ways and Means
Eiliott
Flood brings disease as lowlands flood Pittsburg jan 18
Pittsburg, Jan. 18. A dangerous flood stage feared by the Weather Bureau did not materialize as water levels remained stationary after rising over twenty feet. Low lands flooded cellars, river traffic halted, and thousands prepared to move goods to safety. Health officials warned of potential typhoid risk from floodwaters and urged boiling water while broadcasts and notices urged precautions. The Weather Bureau later said the flood would recede by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
United States Weather Bureau
J. F. Edwards
Bureau of Health
Conference at White House with Roosevelt lasts two hours
Commissioner Judson Clements of ICC and Corporation Commissioner James H. Garfield met President Roosevelt for two hours. No one discussed the conference. Clements had just returned from Chicago where he and other ICC members held a hearing on Harriman matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson C. Clements
James R. Garfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
James H. Garfield
Roosevelt
Clements
Chicago
Renew Wreck Inquiry as ICC Questions Dutrow Today
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes its probe into the Terra Cotta wreck near Washington on December 3, where 45 passengers died and about 100 were injured. Witness William M. Dutrow, a Silver Spring operator, is to testify, following coroner's jury findings that named him responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intestate Commerce Commission
Dutrow
Interstate Commerce Commission
Terra Cotta
D. C
William M. Dutrow
Silver Spring
Foraker Faces Birthday Year in Senate Battle Over Brownsville Case
Senate leaders expect the Brownsville dismissal inquiry to stretch beyond March with five or six senators yet to speak. If Senator Foraker presses a presidential bid, Southern support could surge, influencing the 1908 Republican nomination and bolstering his standing in Ohio. A California-based former official reports growing pro-Foraker sentiment across the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Wich
Brownsville
Tex
Senate
Congress
Ohio
California
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arizona
New Mexico
Browneville Riot Probe Sees Plot by Negro Troops
Washington dispatch says after investigation into the Brownsville riot last August the author doubts a white conspiracy and asserts the colored Twenty-fifth Infantry started trouble and did much of the shooting. The piece critiques Stewart’s report and argues a conspiracy would have allowed quick retreat to barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browneville
Washington Post
New York
Momme World
Brownsville
Colored Twenty-fifth Infantry
Gilchrist Stewjard
Constitutional League Commission
Falea
Stewart
Washington
Fort Brown
Maj
Penrose
Maj. Pen~rose
Pont
Constitutional League
Gardner Backs Dryden In Senate Re election
Atlantic City January 3 Congressman John J Gardner a political power in New Jersey declares support for United States Senator Dryden praising his first term and integrity. He says party leaders can whip bolters into line and contends Democratic foes drive dissent within the GOP. Gardner’s open endorsement signals a withdrawal from any Senate bid and could solidify South Jersey backing for Dryden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolters
Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
John J. Gardner
United States
Dryden
Senate
Gardner
South Jersey
Honors for Stolypin and Chtcheglov toff named to empire council
Premier Stolypin and Minister of Justice Chtcheglovtoff are appointed members of the council of the empire while retaining their current posts. An imperial despatch to M. Stolypin expresses hope the ministry will remain active after Parliament convenes and notes measures ready for submission to Parliament. The Emperor praises Stolypin’s energetic actions restoring order amid revolutionary crimes and thanks the ministry for services, emphasizing cooperation with the new legislative bodies to secure lawful order and strengthen the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Btolypin
Chtcheglovitoff
Council of the Empire
M. Stelypin
Billa
Nicholas
Stolypin
Russia
Wellman Balloon Tested by French Aeronauts
Paris on January 13 Walter Wellman's enlarged balloon to reach the north pole was inflated for envelope permeability tests. Exhibited at Galerie Machines with noted aeronauts Santos-Dumont Dentech Contre la Veulx present. Wellman says the balloon is in perfect condition and plans proceed.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
North Pole
M. Santos-Dumont
M. Dentech
Contre la Veulx
Wellman
Cabinet's Fall Expected
Madrid reports indicate the ministry may fall within the week as liberal factions fail to conciliate. A key issue is the proposed anti clerical associations law. Despite a strong chamber majority, liberals may struggle to form a new cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Weld for murder of scab in Eureka street battle
Coroner’s inquiry into Albert Jenks’s death from a street fight between union and nonunion longshoremen is closed. Jury finds Jack Hayes James Smith F Sidelinger Elmer Gillis and twenty five others believed to be union men responsible for Jenks’s death. Hayes wounded, Smith missing, others in custody charged with murder.
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Eureka
Cal
Albert Jenks
Union
Jack Hayes
James Smith
F. Sidelinger
Elmer Gillis
Longshoremen’s Union
Jenks
Hayes
Smith
Narrow escape as youth dragged by street car fender
Eighteen year old Charles Moss narrowly escaped death when he tripped in front of a swiftly moving street car at H and Mighth streets Northeast yesterday. He was caught by the car fender and rolled about 350 feet before the motorman stopped. Passengers aided him and he walked home bruised. a family physician treated him there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Moss
Moss
Midget asphyxiated in Atlantic City incident
Richard Donan, a 42 year old midget about three feet tall, was found seated beside a heater in Atlantic City New Jersey today. Gas from the heater asphyxiated him while he rested in a chair. Donan was a well known figure in his rival circles and had traveled the world as one of the original Lilliputians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Richard Donan
Donan
Eclipse Visible Across Continents With Varied Observations
An eclipse of the Sun yesterday showed as visible on the Western Continent while 82 percent of the greater Asian region saw a partial phase. The path of totality crossed through Russia into Siberia. German French and Russian governments dispatched expeditions to Alberta to observe the event.
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Asia
Russia
Siberia
France
Alberta
Historical Society to Elect at Annual Meeting
At the Columbia Historical Society annual meeting in Tanase hall Shorehisma to-night at o o'clock officers for the ensuing year will be elected and reports presented. Fred Woodward will speak on With 2 camera over the old District Boundary lines aided by lantern slides. Chaplain Henry A Brown, former Rough Rider, addressed a large crowd at Central Union Mission 622 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
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Columbia Historical Society
Tanase
Shorehisma
Fred ©. Woodward
Rough Rider
Mission
Henry A. Brown
Fort Myer
The
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Central Union Mission
Pannsylvania Avenue
Northyeat
Woman Protest Against Army Canteen Abolition Sparks Outcry
A Monterey California army post letter signed as A Colonel's Daughter argues that abolishing the army canteen worsened vice. The writer claims saloons rose from five to about thirty after abolition, soldiers gamble and drink openly, and local merchants profit while safety and morality decline. She attacks W C T U women for meddling and urges retention of canteen to curb drunkenness. The piece condemns officers over canteen management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walter Mitchell
Congress
United States Army
Monterey
Cal
Neww. C. T. U
Canton
Thig
Sam
Earth
Presidio
Faculty to resign after reinstating lieutenant governor's son
Columbia Jan 18 faculty of the South Carolina Military Academy announce they will resign in a body after the board of visitors reinstated John T Sloan son of Lieutenant Governor Sloan who had been expelled for alleged intoxication. Sloan aged sixteen allegedly fell in formation and was found guilty by a court martial. The board's action follows Lt Gov Sloan's appeal and is linked to political influence. Sloan denies drunkenness claiming a banana eating dispute caused his trouble.
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Board of Visitors
Columbia
Board of‘ Visitors
The
South Carolina Military Academy
G. W. Heyward
John T. Sloan
Guv. Sloan
Sloan
Gov
Treat
Maryland Man Reports $800 Lost From Oxford Hotel Room
J Charles Jewell of Glen Echo Maryland told police money was taken from his pockets while he slept in his Oxford Hotel room Saturday night. He said the sum included four $50 bills and the remainder in tens fives and ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
J. Charles Jewell
Glen Echo
Mao
Oxford Hotel
Mr. Jewell
Italy and France object to Papal Vatican at Hague peace talks
Rome January 14 Italy remains firm on excluding papal representation at the Hague peace conference. Unofficial efforts to gauge Italy’s attitude yielded no encouragement as leaders note the 1889 principle barring the depacy from the first conference. France would also object to a Papal representative.
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Italy
France
Vatican
Rome
The
Hague
Turks Defeat Bulgarians in Turkish Monastair clash
Turkish forces at Tehsirly near Monastair routed a Bulgarian band of eight. Six were killed and two captured, both severely wounded. Turkish casualties included two men killed and several wounded. Also reported are joint installation ceremonies for Gen I M Schofield Garrison No 2 and Gen William F Barry Garrison No 30 with Katharine W Barry Auxiliary No 1 at the National Rifles Armory tonight starting 8 p m followed by dancing at 8 30 p m.
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Turkey
Tehsirly
Monastair
I. M. Schofieild
William F. Barry
Katharine W. Barry
Regular Army
Navy Union
National Rifles’ Armory
Grant Circle Installs Officers at Annual Installation
Grant Circle No. 1 Ladies of the A B install officers at the G A R Hall Tuesday evening led by President Mrs Dora B Hendrix and senior vice president Mrs Catherine N Bal Unger. Other officers named include junior vice president Mrs Mary Huhn and secretary Mrs Da M Laurence.
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Sie
Sarah Torn
Surveying for Baltimore Washington Boulevard Start Spring
Maryland Geological Survey highway division surveyors Christhill Dizon and Langford near College Park Md collect data for plans to build the Baltimore Washington boulevard section from Hyattsville to Beltsville five miles. Contract awarded and work to begin next spring. Proposals to avoid grade crossings with B&O tracks by rerouting the old turnpike.
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Baltimore-Washington
Fod. Christhill
R. H. Dizon
W. F Langford
Highway Division
Maryland Geological Survey
College Park
Hyattsmle
Beltsville
Baltimore and Washington Turnpike
Baltimore and Ohio
Contee
Baeltavtlie
Sugar Trust Defiant as Federal Action Expected
New York January 14 World reports the sugar trust and its top officers will face damages actions totaling 40,002,000. It alleges conspiracy and fraud causing the ruin of a competitor, the Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia, and the suicide of its president Frank K. Hipple. American Sugar Refining Co officers Havemeyer and John B Parsons are named. Legal actions under Sherman antitrust law are anticipated in federal courts.
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Washington Post
New York
Sugar Trust
Philadelphia
Frank K. Hipple
H. C. Havemeyer
John B. Parsons
American Sugar Refining Company
George H. Earle, Jr
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Barre
Washington
GROSSES COUNTRY TO WED IN TOWN WITH ALASKAN BRIDEGROOM
Miss E Hen Benson, 21, from Tacoma Washington, wed Charles G Van Hook 39, a mining man of Valdez Alaska, in a private ceremony at the bridegroom's sister’s home on Friday evening. The couple, who arrived separately, left for Baltimore afterward then planned to return today. Van Hook had spent ten years in Alaska and met Benson during business trips.
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New York City
Homans
Washington
New Willard
Tacoma
Wash
Ehen E. Benson
Charles G van Hook
Valdez
Alaska
J. Russell Verbrycke
Gourley Memorial Presbyterian Church
Middleton Smith
Nineteenth
van Hook
Baltimore
Smith
Miss Benson
Alaska Amalgamated Copper Company
Daniel Loughran Surprised On Seventy-Second Birthday
Relatives and friends honor Daniel Loughran at his home in Washington on his 72nd birthday. Guests enjoy dinner, photos at each place setting, and reminiscences. notable attendees include Capt. Gurley, W. A. Pierce, William B. Dyer, W. W. Wallace, Capt. Grimes, John B. Davis, W. R. Hah, and G. H. Markwood. New Orleans reports George J. Gould touring rail lines in Louisiana and Texas before heading to Tampa for a yacht cruise on the Atalanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Loughran
Listreet
Mr. Loughran
Mr.Loughran
W. A. Pierce
Charles Gurley
William B. Dyer
W. W. Wallace
New Orleans
George J. Gould
Louisiana
Texas
Tampa
Fla
Gould
Wil
West Indian
Woodward to Probe Washington Market Sanitation After Hays Report
Health officer Woodward orders a thorough inspection of Washington market houses through meat inspectors, aiming to verify alleged unsanitary conditions cited by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Vitlet M. Hay. He notes District markets show better sanitation than private ones, cites Seventh and streets NW market, and outlines police display regulations and planned corrective action.
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Washington
Vitlet M. Hay
Health Department
Wellington
Woolward
District of Columbia
Seventh
Streets
Center Market
Loulalana Avenue
Woodward
Reception for new secretary by W C A and Y W C A
The directors of the Women's Christian Association and the Young Women's Christian Association will host a reception at the Association rooms at Twelfth and F streets on Wednesday evening January 2 to honor the new general secretary Miss Florence M Brown. It will be for members of the two associations the board of rectors and the secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Assosation
Young Women’s Christian Association
Association Rooms
Twelfth
F Streets
Florence M. Brown
Young Men's Christian Association
Senator Platt Returns to Town After Christmas Absence
Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York returns to his apartment at Arlington after Christmas absence, arriving with his secretary at 3:90. He appeared stronger and went to his room without seeing visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Arlington
Senator Platt
United States Savings Bank to Open Interiors in Washington
Washingtonians will be invited to inspect the United States Savings Bank at Fourteenth and U streets today, a notable addition to the handsome local bank row. Officers include Charles A. Douglas as president and M. A. Winter as first vice president, with James L. Karrick as second vice president and James B. Lackey as cashier. Directors listed include James M. Baker, C. K. Berryman, Appleton P. Clark Jr., H. E. Cobleritz, M. D., and many others.
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NEW York Times
Alffald Lourita
Cwicard Decord-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pitishburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Pochester Herald
Louis Republic
Post-Standard
Paul Pioneer-Press
Minneapolis
Pria Cleveland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Undertakers
John M. Mitchell
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Smbalcer
Fommacias Chapel
Madarn
Fennavivanin
George P. Zurhorst
Jalmes Funeral
Hindle & Bayliss
Fourteenth
Commadinus Chaost ‘Telephone North
Comley Bros
Florists
Win
Ave
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Gude
Ewer
Pep
Indiana
Legrees
Carma
M. N. Hekimian & Co
13Th
Sts. N. W
Oriantal Reg
Mr. Foraker
Pe Mumm
Kalon Wine CO
14Th St
Czar
Fremier
Empire
Historical Society
W. 6
T. A
the Hague
Apenta
the Apollinaris Cq., Ltd
London
West Indies
Woman’s Christian Associations
United States Savings Institution
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