Death of Secretary T. Stephenson Affects Capitol Figure
Louis F. Patrick private secretary to Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin dropped dead from heart disease aggravated by heat as he attempted to enter E R Nichols Drug Store near 1901 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Patrick 70 had served Stephenson for 35 years and was a familiar Capitol figure. Three others prostrated by heat but expected to recover in separate incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Louis F. Patrick
Isaac Stephenson
E. R. Nichols
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Patrick
Washington
Capitol
Bancroft
Nichol
Senator Stephenson
Stephenson
Wiliam P Sander
Seventh Street
Iimergent Hospital
Lewis Muligan
Twelfth
Thirdtreet
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Black
TEST OF EXCISE LAW SUFFRAGISTS ASSAIL THE ACT
A test of the new excise law began in police court led by A W Scott for John Quail as he challenges the wording defining drunkenness. Quail was declared drunk by Judge Aukam and released to appear later for sentencing. Several men were fined, while women senators decry the gender discrimination in the law and saloon keepers seek guidance on licenses under the old versus new statutes. August Schmidt seeks exceptions for German clubs to sell beer after noon on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A W. Scott
John Quail
Pat Creaghe
Congress
Creaghe
Quail
Aukam
Joan L. Craig
Patrick McNelle
Michael McGary
John Green
Thomas McGee
William Kent
Representatve
Thomas
August Schmidt
Arion Singing Society
Ex~cie
Four Dead in Auto Upset in St Louis
Four dead and three others critically injured when the auto of David Sommers, wealthy president of Lt Sommers Furniture, veered off Live Street road near Creve D'Over Lake. His mother-in-law Mrs Albert Trey and two of his children perished. Sommers and two others were hospitalized in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Sommers
St Louis
Travid Sommers
Lt. Sommers Furniture Company
Live Street
Creve D'Oer Lake
Sommers
Albert Trey
Leo Drey
Obituaries From July 1913 Notices
Multiple death notices list names such as J Vincent Coughlin Albert M Ry an and Albert L Sturtevant with funeral details. The notices announce officiating churches and cemeteries, residence addresses, and service times from July 3 to July 4 1913, including Glenwood and Congressional Cemeteries and St Josephs Church.
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John
Seventh Street
Glenwood Cemetery
Brookes
George B
Dane Brookes
Church Street
Alexandria
Gouwhlin
Carroll Council
Knights of Columbus
J Vincent Coughlin
Tate
Tenth Street
St. Joseph's Church
William FJ McGhr
H J. Kan
Paceson
Latra
First Street
Congressional Cemetery
Sturtevant
Sixteenth Street
Albert L. Sturtevant
Walker
Richard A
Sophia R. Walker
P Street
Veterans Camp at Gettysburg Recalls War Bonds and Bonds of War
Wounded Confederate officer requests no word of his injury as a Union doctor recalls saving his life. Maj. Normoyle Capt. Dalton and other regular army officers praised. Gov Tener urges care for veterans facing travel fare losses. Gen Liggett oversees large veteran gathering with speeches by Burchard Funkhauser and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Union
Plainfield
N. J
Princeton
Lfe
Cowan
Maj
Normoyle
Dalton
Mae John B. Brooke
Pennsylvania
Serge
John C. Scarborough
North Carolina
Gov Burchard
Rhode Island
Barry Bulkley
Washington
Lincoln
Burchard
Sen
Funkhauser
Gen
Virginia
Hunter Liggett
Gettysburg
Pickett
Veterans to be reimbursed for return tickets nationwide
Pennsylvania will pay return fares for all veterans who lost their tickets regardless of residence. An event at the Bloody Anxie features the Philadelphia brigade and Pickett's division survivors forming on opposite sides of the stone wall where the charge halted. They plan to select a site for a 250,000 monument to be erected by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
United States
Philadelphia
Pickett
Congress
District veterans praise speeches at Gettysburg campfire
Gettysburg July 2 District of Columbia veterans enjoyed a day of patriotic speeches songs and stories of the second day’s fight at Gettysburg. Two men were hospitalized William R. George vertigo and Robert C. Cox gastroenteritis while others remained upbeat. Local governors and county officials attended and a resolution thanked Gov Tener and Rep Fowler for support enabling the celebration. Fifteen DC men returned home early fearing train conflicts and some urged direct return to Washington rather than layovers in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
District of Columbia
William R. George
Robert C. Cox
Washington
Gov. van Sant
Minnesota
Gov. Hanna
North Dakota
George C. Ross
H. C. Magoon
Arlington Cemetery
Bent
Gov
Tener
Pennsylvania
Fowler
Col
Thomas
Hopkins
Hagerstown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Desperate Pickett Charge at Gettysburg Ends
The July 3 1863 battle opened by the Twelfth corps and Johnson’s assault, with 14 000 men in Pickett’s division crossing 1400 yards of open ground under heavy Union fire. Armistead breached the lines but was repulsed. Pickett ordered retreat after 5000 losses as Union forces held. Lee withdrew July 4 with 73000 men. total Union 55000. Casualties: Union 9 ?. Confederates about 20 451.
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Twelfth Corps
Johnson
Wadsworth
Williames
Ptrommlie Johnson
Geary
Rock Creek
Culp
Seminary Ridge
Pickett
Pettigrew
Tts
Gibbons
Hays
Hancock
Armistead
Armiatesd van Killen
Wilcox
Perry
Grega
Custer
Stuart
Kilpatrick
Round Top
Toas
Gettysburg
Lee
Williamsport
New York Jewel Thief Arrest Follows Valise Gem Find
William Beck, 19, a clerk for Udall & Ballou on Fifth Avenue, is arrested in New Jersey after gems valued at 93,000 dollars are recovered in a valise at a Pennsylvania Station. Beck admits theft to fund fashion, previously claiming an Udall & Ballou official carried out the robbery. he later retracts, detailing a bold basement stairway he used to access the safe. Police hold Beck without bail pending further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Beck
Fifth Avenue
Udall & Ballou
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beck
Frank H. Beck
Pennsylvania Station
Poice
Dougherty
Udall & Baliou
City Seizes Ice Plant in Cincinnati Strike Crisis
Mayor Emory T. Hunt ordered the seizure of seven large non union ice plants to end the prolonged strike. The board of health formalized the move to operate them for the city, supplying ice to union dealers and selling from company platforms and fire houses.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Emory T. Hunt
Board of Health
Colpoys Withdrawn From Wow Excise Board Nomination
The President withdrew John P. Colpoys from consideration for a member seat on the District excise board after a Capitol conference with Senators Jones and Works due to opposition to the bill. District committee plans to report Lords and Smith as the remaining two appointees, while citizens seek a hearing against Oliver P. Newman’s confirmation as district commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wow Excise Board
John P. Colpoys
Capitol
Jones and Works
Colpore
Messrs. Lord and Smith
Citizens
Oliver P. Newman
Five Grantham brothers accused in Bishopville murder
In Bishopville South Carolina on July 2 five Grantham brothers were accused of murdering neighbor Mrs Mattie Grayney after she refused to leave the community. They reportedly shot her and then beat her daughter Elizabeth Grayney with a horsewhip leaving her in a dangerous condition. An inquest returned a verdict of murder and recommended trial. The men were arrested and jailed.
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Bishopville
S. C
Zetn Grantham
Mattie Grayney
Elizabeth Grayney
Thaw sends $1000 to aid Sickles for Gettysburg fund
Gettysburg July 2 Gen Daniel E Sickles receives $1000 cash from Harry K Thaw sent to Chairman Schoonmaker of the Gettysburg celebration commission. Thaw offers funds to start a debt payment fund for the veteran Union officer, who has faced financial distress in old age. Col Schoonmaker has not decided on action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Harry K. Thaw
Daniel E. Sickles
Matteawan
Schoonmaker
Pennsylvania Commission
Thaw
Col. Schoonmaker
Gov Sulzer calls breach suit a frame-up in Gettysburg
New York Governor Sulzer denounces Miss Mignon Hopkins breach of promise suit as blackmail engineered by Boss Murphy and political enemies. He alleges the action stems from family distress and his wife’s illness, saying he never consented to marriage or wrongdoing and that a prior settlement included a general release due to Mrs Sulzer’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Murphy
Gettysburg
Hopkins
Boss Murphy
New York
Mra. Suizer
Licensed Marriages Listed From Various Clergy Names
A fragmented list of marriage announcements shows numerous couples and clergymen, including Hoxh C McCully 22 and Nancy 4 Hobb 2%, The Rev M P Egan with Raleigh J Stanberry 88 and Lucy J Clarke, Myrtle K Garrett 19, and others of Washington, D C Baltimore and Virginia locales. The text contains multiple misspellings and garbled names but records several wedding pairings and officiants across Maryland Virginia and Washington areas.
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Hoxh C McCully
Nancy
Rey
Jenter Rebors J Greere
Washington, D. C
Anna Musselman
Baltimore
Breed
Morris Nickelon
Bertha Rathman
Lubsoun
George E Spousier
Bslthmore
Mal
Tudith Malcott
Kingston
C . Bundy
John H. James
Mary GL. Bunca
Johnean Johan Wight
Lillian C. Gurmmings
Koeth
Stafford
G. W. van Fosten
Joseph I. Buckles
Margaret T Moras
Herbert Buoyea
John T Mercer
Bluemont
Myrnea Stickels
Paris
Montgomery
George F. Harver
Ashool
Lusrvtia
V. Clark
Jetersville
Ud. Mur
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T. Stephenson
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank A. Speare
Phocee
Geo
P. Gurhorst
Capitol Street
Gurhorst
J. WM. Lee
Nodel
R. F. Harvey
North
Thosas
Sergeon
R . Cain
Seventh St. Aw
Thos M. Hindle
H. Sardo & CO
W. BR. Pumphrey & Son
Imbalmers
Rockville
Mido Rockvilla
Prank Geier’s Sons
J.B. Small Small & Fe Sons
Waldorf-Astoria and
Flowe
York
Funseal
Gen. Liggett
United States Army
Icena Gee
Daniel Sickles
Zouaves
Vorto
Tokalon Co., Inc
St. Hum
Coe
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Priday
Colpoys
Alvertompany
Henry Heath
Westery
Panama
Calvert
Horny
Bie
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Stern Island
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
H. M. Brown
Chestnut St
Sulzer
Miss Hopkins
National Electrical Supply Co
New York Ave
Bureau of Information
Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Office
Sts. N. W. Washington
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
F St
Universities of America
Emerson Institute
Txdowen Preparatory
Thomar -Toroknamaker
Mercersburg Academy
Mercereburg
Peterber
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