Three Years Chase Ends as Tolley Gang Leader Captured
Irving Tolley, alias Harrison, the noted counterfeiter once dubbed the coon with the gold teeth, was captured in Baltimore after a long pursuit across several states. Charles Jackson, accused helper to Tolley, was arrested in Huntington West Virginia, while Secret Service officials confirmed Tolley’s capture and ongoing trials for raised notes and related crimes.
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Charles Jackson
West Virginia
Irving Tolley
Huntington
W. Va
Wilkie
Secret Service Bureau
Tolley
United States
Frank Tyree
Secret Service
Jackson
Virginia
Tennessee
Carolinas
Kentucky
Memphis
Toley
Mnarcum
Cave City
Glasgow
Care City
Marcum
Sheppard
Luke Ray
Ray
Harrison
Chicago
Nashville
Agen
Baltimore
Hull Boy Forger Arrested in Buffalo on Embezzlement Charge
Joseph Hull known as a boy forger and confederate of famous crooks was arrested in Buffalo for embezzlement from the St Prescott Company where he last worked as a bookkeeper leaving a $300 shortage. Detective Weedon went to Buffalo and Hull faces possible charges including passing a worthless check. Dr W E Salmon formerly of the Bureau of Animal Industry will organize Uruguay's Bureau of Animal Industry and will leave for South America in December with a $36000 gold salary plus expenses.
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Buffalo
Joseph Hull
St. Prescott Company
N. Y
Weedon
Tor Gay
Hull
Hut
the & J. Prescott Company
Mareh
Prescott Company
Salmon
Uruguay
WE. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Indus
Scientife
Montana
Animal Industry
South American
Dr Wiley Studies Freezing Effects on Chickens and Fruits
Dr Wiley of the Department of Agriculture reports freezing experiments with 150 broiler chickens placed in cold storage half of them drawn for study. After six months he will assess outcomes. He is also investigating the effect of freezing on fruits.
Body of Cecil Fuller Recovered Near Clark's Boathouse
The body of Cecil Fuller, who disappeared Sunday night in the Wastern Branch, was found yesterday afternoon a few feet from the spot where his young son disappeared. The funeral is set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence.
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Cecil Fuller
Wastern
Clark
Patent Gazette Delayed by Funds and Law Changes
The Patent Gazette could not be issued on its usual date due to delays in Treas ury funding for the appropriation and changes in how the publication is produced. Lithographs were not ready as outside firms will plate sketches and printing shifts to public printers. The delay is also tied to amended copyright laws altering publication method. The issue is now expected by week’s end or early next week.
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Patent Office
Government Printing Office
Niagara
Rafia
Virginia Fies
Great Falls
Wilkens-Sherry Printing Co
Quiet Night Before Fourth Seeps Through Rain and Police
Rain and strict police enforcement kept celebrations quiet in the district last night. Seventy arrests for violating regulations were reported, with youths and adults cited for firecrackers and explosives. Precautions barred sales to minors and restricted certain devices near hospitals.
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Voice
MIX-UP IN COLLISION AT STREET INTERSECTION
A collision occurred between an electric car and a wagon driven by T Jones of 253 Q Street NW at Thirty fourth and streets NW last night. Jones suffered slight facial bruises. The wagon swerved into a car owned by Dr W Gwynn of 38360 Street NW. Gwynn was uninjured. Police say the motorman miscalculated distance between wagon and track.
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T. Jones
Q Street
Jone
W. ©. Gwynn
City Notary Appointed. Local Obituary and Post Office Shortage
The President appointed Henry W. Samson as a notary public for the District of Columbia. Walter J. Hungerford, formerly of this city, drowned near Boston while canoeing last Sunday. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery after a St. Paul’s Catholic Church funeral. Post office inspectors probe a $10,000 shortage by Charles Mac Whorter, assistant cashier at the city post office, with book checks across eighty four stations and substations.
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Henry W. Samson
District of Columbia
Walter J. Hungerford
Boston
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Feather James F. Mackin
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles MacWhorter
City Post-Office
Great Falls by trolley through cars today
Early morning last wire is strung on Washington suburban electric line to Great Falls. Through car service begins with a celebration at the falls and a dance in the pavilion facing the Potomac, after steam service and test runs from New York City.
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Great Falls
Old Dominion
Washington
At & O
Ned
Potomac
Theodore J. King
New York City
Stars and Stripes
Falls
Georgetown
Ines
Old Dominion Railroad Company
Great Falla
Alexandria
Fairfax Counties
Aqueduct
Alexandria County
Fiest
Mackay's Road
Park Lane
Pearce
Dominion Station
Cherrydale
Harrison
Livingston Heights
Heights
Summit
Rock Spring
Chain Bridge Road
Hortons
Chesterbrook
el Nedo
Pimmet Run
Chen Ingleside
Lewinsville
Langley
Virginia
Thrat
Siinks
Hustlers Sought to Boost Washington Boom in Local Trade
Three hustling young men are sought to establish boot and shoe, hat and cap, and dry goods jobbing houses in Washington to lure country merchants from the South. The effort aims to create a complete local supply line, boosting banks and regional commerce as part of a broader Greater Washington boom. Rail rates and dock facilities are cited as major barriers, with river transport nearly non existent and freight costs favoring distant competitors.
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Washington
Shippers” Association
Shippers’ Agsbulation
Baltimore
Shippers’ Association
S Lang
Greater
Greater Washington
G. ¥. Attee
Potomac Terra Cotta Works
Ohio
New England
Great Falls Resort Promises Rustic Luxury and Restful Tours
The draft plan describes a resort hotel perched above Yellow House Hill near Great Falls. A rustic bridge and electric lighting would connect to the canal and ruins of an old mill, with a scenic path to the falls. The setting aims to soothe the tired and nervous, offering tranquil views, natural velvet grass, and a tonic atmosphere for visitors.
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Yellow House Hill
Washington
Great Falls
George Washington Canal
Grgam
Potomac
Greater Washington booster letter to The Washington Post
Editor Pogt receives reader praise for The Washington Post leading efforts to promote Greater Washington. The letter urges continuous campaigning to publicize the city, calling it the nation’s pride and a model for civic promotion. Signed by Rignal d Beall, second vice president of Moore & HIM.
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Pogt
Greater
Rignald W
Beall
Moore
Him
Georgetown Mills and Washington Trade Growth Outlook
The piece discusses river shipping decline via the Water route, Washington's shipping costs, and Baltimore’s rail and steam lines aiding trade. It highlights the District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company in Georgetown producing about a quarter of a million dollars annually, employing eighty and paying salaries. Local figures argue for Potomac River industrial expansion with ample water power and tidewater, noting dockage as a future cost, and urging more wholesale and building material businesses to support the region.
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Washington
Baltimore
Erm
District of Columbia Paper Manufacturing Company
Georgetown
D. C
Capitol
Potomac River
Frank _ Hume
Boots Aga Shoes
Minister Cortez's Career
Enriquel Cortez, newly appointed Colombian minister at Washington, has a long diplomatic and legislative history. Former secretary of the Colombian Legation in the 1870s, he came to the U.S. as special envoy to President Reyes, and has served as foreign minister and as a senator during the Hay Herran treaty debates. He is a banker with homes in Bogota and London and is currently in London. He has written histories and educational books.
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Enriquel Cortez
Washington
United States
Reyes
Bogota
London
Cortez
Colombia
Naturalization Reform Brings High Paying Chief Post
The new naturalization law creates the Division of Naturalization chief position under the Secretary of Commerce and Labor with pay up to 24000 and possibly 4000 more. Judge R K Campbell, immigration bureau expert, is likely to be appointed. The Bureau of Immigration is replaced by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, with changes effective from October. Admissions to citizenship will be suspended for three months starting October 1 to cover the election period.
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Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Division of Naturalization
R. K. Campbell
Bureau of Immigration
Congress
Campbell
Herbert Knox Staith
Fis
Bureau’ of
Wiless Potato Scheme Banned by Post Office Dept
Missouri and Kansas farmers faced a fraud involving a Chicago man selling “vineless” potatoes grown in sawdust and bottles at high price. The Wineless Potato Company and W D Darst were barred after investigations showed the method produced no real harvest, with claims of rapid growth lacking sunlight and valid starch.
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Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
W. D. Darst
Wineless Potato Company
Darst
Post-office Department
Wise Men of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Concert in Capitol Grounds by The Brarine Band Tonight
The Brarine Band led by William H. Santelmann performs at Capitol Grounds tonight at 6:08 p.m. The programme includes Marth, The Sisrs dod Stetpet Pore a Sousa overture Jubilee von Weber Reminiocences of the South Chambers acia for comet Columbia Beltineon and other selections plus The Debutante Armoresate A Comical Cantent Gottrey and A Trip on the Linked The tar pengled Banner.
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Capitol Grounds
Wiliam H. Santelmann
Marth
von Weber
Chambers Acia
Columbia
Beltineon
Rdnard B. Llewellyn
Welts
Santelmana
Armoresate
Gottrey
Small Hope Entertained for Recovery of Mary Popkins
A fourteen year old girl Mary Popkins was assaulted Monday at her home 1% Eighth street northwest by her uncle John Popkin. Doctors at Freedmen s Hospital reported skull fractures and a severed artery but she remains alive. The assailant Penkins is recovering from a wrist cut at Washington Asylum Hospital and will be arraigned on assault with a dangerous weapon once recovered.
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Phyemany
Freedmen'’s Hospital
Mary Popkins
Eighth Street
John Popkin
Penkins
Washington Asylum
Weather conditions from U.S. Agriculture Weather Bureau briefing
Weather Byte from Washington reports general showers east of the Mississippi with cooler air in the South Atlantic and Gulf regions. Temperatures will be high over the West but moderate near the Mississippi while winds vary along coasts and lakes. scattered showers expected Wednesday and generally fair conditions Thursday across the Atlantis States and Lower Lake region.
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U. &Dept. of Agriculture
Washington
Tuesdas
Atlantic
Atlantis States
Lower Lake Region
Southweati Gine
Missanippi
Rocky Mountains
Mareat
New England
East Gulf
Nghe Northwear
West Gulf
Ugat
Stkamere
European Porta Wit
Grand Banka
Senators to Probe Priftery Printing Delay
Senate committee on Pritting plans to meet this week to investigate delayed bill printing during the opening days of Congress. Senators Elkins are set to attend. Senator Platt may be absent.
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Senate Committee On Pritting
Congress
Elkins
Platt
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