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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1905

Page

5

Jones Body in Ocean as France Honors Jones Relatives

American warships sailed in a smoke-filled salute for John Paul Jones with Admiral Sigsbee leading ceremonies in Cherbourg. Cross of the Legion of Honor awarded to Sigsbee and several officers, while a grand pageant featured combined fleets, a cortege to the quays, and a solemn burial aboard the Brooklyn.

Sigsbee Legion of Honor Warrington Ameral Sigsbee Jeubn Paul Jones Sigsbee Wall Jobn Pal Jones Admiral Sigebee Cherbourg Columbia M Degson Maritime Prefel Sigslee John Paul Jones Jones France America Americana Bouvines Brookln Brooklyn Hrooklin Bayard Sigatee Post Loomis Charles D Sigsbee John M Hawley Alexander Sharp Chattanooga William G Cutley Galveston Reginald F Nicholson Tacoma Lisut Harry George Tacoms Marinea Bay Paul Jones Paris

Bonaparte Cabinet Wit Reveals Paul Jones Wake Timing

New Secretary of the Navy Charles J Bonaparte jokes about the John Paul Jones wake timing while discussing interment plans. He recalls a Harvard anecdote where a monument project turned out to be a sheep after a body was exhumed for verification.

Paul Jones Charles J. Bonaparte Navy Leslie M Shawag John Paul Jones Baltimore Torace Porter Harvard College Bonaparte Harvard Agagsiz

Columbia Defeated by Baltimore and Ohio in Eleventh

In a well played eleven inning game the Baltimore and Ohio team beat the Columbia Athletic Club of Washington to score the game’s only run. Fulcher pitched for the visitors and Matthews allowed six hits as Coggins delivered the eleventh inning hit after a batter was hit and a steal. Gibson starred for Columbia in fielding.

Baltimore and Ohio Washington Post Baltimore Columbia Athletic Club of Washington Fulcher Matthews Coggins Gibson Columbia

Midlothian Golf Club Wins Marshall Field Trophy

Midlothian Golf Club today won the Marshall Field trophy for the second time in a 36 hole contest at Chicago. The winning team finished ahead of thirteen rivals with scores led by Edward s even and Phelps six up, Potter six down, total near one down. Other teams posted varied down scores including Wheaton 13 down Exmoor 18 down Onwentsia 19 down Glenview 38 down and Chicago 62 down. Life is full of incidents but few events compare to Dan le Sam's speech on page 11.

Midlothian Golf Club Chicago Edwards Phelps Hunter Potter Comstock Wheaton Exmoor Onwentsla Glenview Kenosha Windsor Auburn Hinsdale Homewood Westward R Gown Jackson Park Ravenswood

Sale on 19c fabrics and merceized Voiles

Fabrics including 56c French Mercerized Check Voiles and 374 Seville Foulards and Fil de Spies will be placed on sale tomorrow at 19c per yard for choice.

Pongee Fabric Offer Half Silk and Linen In Stock

Fifty pieces of 29c for 50c pongee fabrics advertised as half silk and half linen. Colors include golden brown reseda green blue and navy. Limited quantities available at the stated sale price per yard while supply lasts.

Reseda Alice Bluz Soc

8ic For 124e Lawns in Varied Styles and Colors

Auction note describes 200 pieces of Batiste and Dimity Lawns in diverse styles and colors, including neat polka dot and ring effects. Entire lot offered at 8 cents per yard.

Batiste Dimity

Organdies discounted in floral chiffons sale

Beautiful French chiffon organdies with floral designs in many colors. Instead of 374c, these are now closed out at 25¢ per yard.

Bargain Sale of Light Colored Linen and Lawn Fabrics

A small lot offers 32 inch sheer lawns and grass linen lawns in light blue pink tan green red and more. The vendor notes it is a limited quantity so buyers must act quickly and be ready to share in the bargain.

Best Imported Dimities Cut to 1g per yard

Advertisement notes Best Imported Dimities offered at 1g per yard for quick clearance. Emphasizes quality never sold under 25c by others, matches 19c to 25c range and promotes dimities with neat designs and attractive patterns.

Igc Yard

Radical Reductions in Embroideries Sale Notice

Special sale of embroideries featuring Naingook edging wide and narrow at 1c and 12 1-2c. Includes fine nainsook and Swiss edging up to 8 inches wide with actual value 20c now yard at 14c. Swiss and nainsook edging 8 to 11 inches wide in select patterns offered at 5c and 3c per yard at special pricing.

Russia to Be Saved Darker Days May Intervene

London dated July 8 reports reactionaries foresee a strong ruler to curb liberal demands as Russia nears crisis. a general strike may paralyze the country while bureaucrats face a split between reform advocates and hardliners. speculation mounts of a Moscow assembly meeting July 28 and bank deposits shifting abroad.

Spociel Washington Post London Europe Nnt Russia St. Petersburg Black Sea Rusgid St Petersburg Exchange Telegraph Company Cray Treport Moscow Representative Assembly St.Petersburg Paris Berlin

War on Yellow Fever In Panama Is Urged By Gov Magoon

Panama July 8 Gov Magoon orders engineering and sanitary chiefs to accelerate all sanitation work on the isthmus. Several hundred men are added to drainage and water supply projects, building headquarters for Caval employes, hospitals, swamp filling, and clearing underbrush around Colon and the zone camps.

Panama Gov Magoon Colon

Keeps Laborers From Canal Amid Colombian Emigration

Special dispatch reports Barranquilla governor issued June 28 decree curbing inland emigration for canal work. Laborers must not bind with any firm, contractors must post bonds and pay passage, cover medical care, and register with a $3 gold fee. contract requires local official approval.

Interior of Colombia Washington Post Panama Barranquilla

Stevenson Way Here Chief Engineer Stevens Sails for Isthmus

James F. Stevens appointed Panama Canal chief engineer to replace John F. Wallace. He departs Chicago with Theodore P Shonts for Washington and will sail for the Isthmus in a few days. One fireman likely to die after Wing & Sons factory blaze. Frank Lennon badly burned. Horn's announces a large clearance sale with discounts on summer woolens and other fabrics.

Isthmus Chicago John FP. Stevens John F. Wallace Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Washington Theodore P Shonts Stevens Panams Iust New York Wing & Sons Frank Lennon Truck 5 St. Vincent's Horn’s P Street Horn

Forged Art Warns of Systematic Swindling in Global Market

A dispatched report cites rampant forgeries in galleries led by a Paris hub. Cases include a Corot allegedly bought by the Prince of Wales for Dublin Gallery, labeled a poor copy by Meszoly. Paris tribunal prosecutes ten forgeries of Corot and other masters, with Valletta noting widespread fakes. Wealthy English and American buyers fuel a network spanning Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, and St Petersburg.

Washington Post London Paris Prince of Wales New Dublin Gallery of Modern Art Meszoly Budapest Pang Correctional Tribunal of Corot Courbet Chintrent Dupre Diez Duaubkiynsley Willette Valletta France Vienna Berlin Rome St Petersburg

President to Reward Norwegian Master for Rescue at Sea

Karl Anderson, master of the Norwegian steamer Themis, will receive a pair of American made binoculars from the President for humane services in rescuing an American crew. The inscription will read From the President of the United States to Karl Anderson master of the Norwegian ship Themis for humane services to the crew of the American schooner Wal lace Ward wrecked at sea January 2, 19??.

Karl Anderson Themis Anderson United States Karin Anderson Tex W Wallace Ward See

Fighting in Africa German Forces Hit Natives Hard

Berlin reports a June 2 engagement near Kochas on the Fisch River in German Southwest Africa. Maj Greasser led three companies against about 200 Hottentots, storming a temporary trench and killing many. German losses were 2 officers and 1 man killed and an officer and man wounded.

Berlin Africa Narus Jone Greasser Kochas Fisch

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