Indictments in Post Office Fraud Case Under Review
District Attorney will decide Monday on the validity of indictments against George W. Beavers and co defendants for conspiracy and bribery tied to post office frauds. Arguments on abatement pleas concluded with defense counsel contending immunity and witness issues. prosecutors argue grand jury acted on general inquiry and could compel testimony.
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Justice Gould
George W. Beavers
George le Green
Willard Cbd
Doremus
Bistrit Attrorne
Laker
Worthington
Lhurston
Grand Pay
Ite
Penn
Green
Exiter Thurston
United States
Deremus
Alleged discrimination case against railroad over grain shipments
The village of Goodhue Minnesota files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Chicago Great Western Railroad. It claims a milling in transit rate on wheat from Minneapolis to Red Wing and other stations is higher for Goodhue, forcing higher costs on local buyers and mills. Similar grounds are raised regarding barley pricing.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Goodhue
Mima
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Toad
Minneapolis
Red Mung Minn
Red Wing
Chisago
Good+hue
Ivery
Tansil
Murder case tension rises over brigand blame in Chihuahua
American consul Mr Miulis in Chihuahua reports to the State Department on the killings of two Americans Rutherford and Murray. Ranch owner Pinstad, jailed for murder, claims brigands did the deed. Art Mills to monitor developments and relay updates to Washington. Also mentions Finehurst golf tournaments and Southern Railway travel options.
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Miulis
Chihuahua
Mesxeu
State Department
Rutherford
Murray
Pinstad
Hig Servanc
Art Mills
Doubt Cast On Charges In Bureau of Engraving Case
Evidence in the inquiry into Virgil Parks accusations against Captain William Meredith and foreman Joseph Sudsberger will not be released until Secretary Shaw reviews the matter. Receipts indicate Meredith bought and kept a carriage at his own cost, not as a government expense, and no private use of government carriages is shown since his wife's death. Stables workers say Sudsberger’s charges are groundless, praising his leadership while blaming Parks for arrogant conduct toward superiors.
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Meredith
Sudaberger
Virgil Parks
Wiliam M. Meredith
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Joseph Sudsberger
Shaw
Parks
Capt. Meredith
Bureau
Sudsberger
Stop to Unnecessary Blowing of Steamboat Whistles
Mrs. Isaac L. Rice of New York City urged the Board of Supervising Steamboat Inspectors to curb loud steamboat whistles in New York Harbor. The hearing weighed jurisdiction and possible actions including requests to engineers, Revenue Cutter Service involvement, or health department referrals. George Toulk of the New York Board of Health and others will present views, with Mrs. Rice likely to present to the National Masters and Pilots Association meeting in the city.
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Isaac L. Rice
New York City
New York Harbor
New York
Murray
Revenue Cutter Service
Health Department of
Gearge -Toulk
New York Board of Health
Rice
National Masters and Pilots’ Association
Lamar Named Register of Land Office in Mississippi
Hon L Q C Lamar Jr has been appointed register of the land office at Jackson Mississippi to replace Frederick Collins recently named collector of the port at Gulfport Lamar is son of the noted judge and statesman L Q C Lamar and his selection by President Roosevelt is welcomed in Mississippi Lamar spoke of returning to his native state and serving amid friends and relatives in Washington he held prior posts as private secretary to his father secretary of the interior and recorder of the general land office before this appointment
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Jackson
Mississippi
Lamar
Mississipi
Washington
Interior
Cleveland
Bliss
Haruson
Commercia Life
St. Louis
Senate
Gener Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Roosevelt
Register of the Land Office
South
Druce's Claim to Portland Dukedom Debated in London
The article details George H Hollanby Druce who seeks the Portland dukedom and estates. It notes the lack of direct evidence that he and the 5th Duke are the same person, cites birth and death inconsistencies, and discusses legal limits on disinterring remains. It also covers misgivings about investors in Druce's claims and a Berlin financial scandal involving Baron von Kramm Burgdorf and Baroness Konigswater.
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Druces
Portland
Duke of Portland
Herbert Gladstone
Horde Department
Pruce Tomb
George Hollanby Druce
Druce
Thomas Pruce
Lord George Bentinck
Welbeck Abbey
Berlin
Baron von Kramm-Burgdorf
Duchy of Brunswick
Brunswick
Federal Council
Baron von Konigswater
Portugal
Germany
Baroness Konigswater
Baron Kram
Baron Konigswalder
Konigswater
Brungwick
Baron Kopipswater
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Flags at Half Mast for John P Crowley
Steamship offices and steamboat fleets observed half mast in tribute to John P Crowley who died Monday at Garfield Hospital. A longtime treasurer for the Washington and Alexandria Ferry Company he later held a similar post with the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company. Known as admiral by friends, he was son of late Patrick Crowley a Washington contractor and Mason. Funeral services at 1011 Seventh Street Northwest this afternoon at 2. Burial in Congressional Cemetery.
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John P Crowley
Garfield Hospital
Crowley
Washington and Alexandria
Mount Vernon
Marshall Hall
Admiral
Patrick Crowley
Washington
Mason. the Funeral Services Will Be Held At the Undertaking Establishment
Seventh Street
Congressional Cemetery
Old Money Plates to Be Destroyed
The Inventory at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will finish about February 5. Obsolete green back plates worn by use and those legislated out of existence are being counted in the engraving division vault under Joseph E. Ralph. A special committee includes G. B. Young, William Hinds, and Eugene Ailes. After counting, plates go to the navy yard for destruction.
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Bureau of Engraving
Joseph E. Ralph
Shaw
G. B. Young
Wiliam Hinds
Eugene Ailes
Navy Yard
Chance for Americans in Brazil trade study says vast room
Lincoln Hutchinson, special agent, reports that Amer ican progress among Incamerian people in Brazil differs from public pictures and is far ahead of other nationalities. He urges proactive government lines such as reciprocity and improved consular and mail service to boost business. He favors establishing an American bank to capture the market with energetic efforts against foreign competitors.
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Brazil
Lincoln Hutchinson
United States
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Museum Reopens After Two Years Closed at Smithsonia
The archaeological museum on the upper floor of the Smithsonia Institution has reopened to the public after near two years of closure for repairs. Since 1903 extensive overhauling and specimen rearrangement by Prof. W. H. Holmes followed by arrivals from Porto Rico and other collections have refreshed the displays. The center features new vases and ceremonial objects from Porto Rican sites and pre Columbian Aztec carvings, stones, and pottery from Charleston, St. Louis, and Portland exhibitions.
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Archaeological Museum
Smithsonia Institution
W. H. Holmes
Fewkes
Porto Rico
West
Smithsonian
Charleston
St. Louis
Portland
Brave Women and Nervous System Remedies Highlighted
An early 20th century ad extols Dr Miles Nervine for women, claiming strong nerves cure headaches and loss of vitality. The text praises revitalizing nervous systems and notes various testimonials of relief from weakness and nervousness.
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Miles
Nervine
New York Papers Report Civic Reforms and Warbling Ghosts
A roundup from New York details a Albany bill to end the white wings for street cleaners with uniforms of dark drab or blue jeans and workers paying weekly for their outfits. Walter Scott aka Scotty claims a return to town after being attacked out West, chasing a lost yellow dog with wealth rumors. A public marble cleanup on Washington statue raises alarm as blasting reveals whitened marble. A 15 000 strong East Side march honors Russian workers from Bloody Sunday with revolutionary banners and chants, linking to 1776 and labor history.
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New York
George Waring
Albany
Hackett
Thirteenth
N. C
Walter Scott
Scotty
Death Valley
Ieraid Square
Scott
Marseillaise
Russia
Coar
Mherty
T Trade Union
New York Scenes of Strife and Odd Accidents
A chaotic Carnegie Hall gathering leans toward three cheers for the flag while the crowd debates Czarism and democracy. Brooklyn apprentice Valentine Lindemere recovers after a fall, and a London spectator finds relief in American health. Detectives nab a clothes thief amid a messy street corner mystery, and a New Jersey express engineer heroically saves passengers.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Tor
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Minnesota
Great Western Railroad
Merican
Finehurst
Southern Railway
Isaac Rice
Board of Supervising
MR. Lamar
Ayer
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George H Hollanby Druce
Hvesvof
Bruce Cage
T. Co. Bruce
Elizabeth Crickmer
King's Lynn
Thomas Cruce
London
Stret Bagnar
William Ferguson
Edmund Shaw
Thomas Druce
Welbeck
Ynomas Druce
Metropolitan Cemetery
Kensal Green
Tus
Thomas Drude
Home Department
Secretary of State For the
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Baker Street
Lord Lovat
Gordon
Board of Education
Macfarland
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Post
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John P. Crowley
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George Washington
Marie
Union Lakely
Stara
Stripes
Morris Hillquit
Stars and Stripes
Weill
Valentine O'Toole
Brooklyn
Nostrand Avenue
Eastern Parkway
Valentine
Ruddy
St. John's Hospital
L. Lindemere
Lindemere
Henry
St. Wolfray
Carnegie Hall
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Mark Twain
Mr. Washington
Mr. Clemens
Bosa
Moses
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Parkhurst
John W. Gill
State Episcopal Church
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M. Henri Garde
If East Ninetysixth Street
M. Garde
104Th Street
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Park Avenue
East Ninety-sixth Street
Wealab
William le Page
Crane
Central Park
Murphys
Seong
Amith
Cuba
West Indies
Howard Gould
Niagara
Belle O'Neill
Cape Hatteras
Cienfuegos
Mr. Gould
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Jamaica
Justice Fallon
Ninth
Solomon
Annie McQuade
Third Avenue
East Ka Street
Annie
McQuade
Fallon
Foster
Tremont Avenue Pole
Griffin
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Stephen Tollen
Grocer
171St Street
Bronx
Grifin
Eugene Briggs
Briggs
East 108Th Street
Magstrate Baker
Precnet
West Chester
Bay Chester
Tremont
Foundling Asylum
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
West Thirteenth Street
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Plainfield
N. J
Engineer Murphy
New Jersey Central
James van Natta
van Watta
Murphy
Easton
BP. A. Drury
Franklin T. Banner
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