Ficht for Railroad Struggle Over Chesapeake Beach Assets
Legal actions in Washington and Baltimore set a dispute among principal creditors of the Chesapeake Beach Railway. David W Moffat prevails in a District Supreme Court judgment for 1,222,400 tied to promissory notes, while Charles Popper seeks a receiver in Baltimore alleging insolvency. The Chesapeake Beach line runs from near the District to the Chesapeake Bay via Prince George and Anne Arundel counties.
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Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake Beach Railroad
District Supreme C Oart
David W Moffat
United States
Charles Popper
New York
Moffat
Popper
Bea
David H. Moffat
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company
Corrierv
District of Columbia
Prince George
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Chesapeake Bay
Deaths Health Office Record July 1905
Health office record of deaths lists multiple individuals with ages from 10 to 29 years and months to years of illness or residence. Hospitals named include Asylum Hospital Homeopathy Hospital Wauhaeylum Hospital and McCollough. Notable entries mention Maggie Jutawen 27 years and Mary A Trico 62 years.
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Rafe Gurten
Montha Mars
Deur St Uw
Worfakettsworth
Letony
Janes Lari Week Asylum Hospital
Fagurl Harkum
Maggie Jutawen
Notice of Ingartra death and engagement across papers
Notice announces Ingartra death and related notices to appear in major newspapers including Washington Post New York Times Multon Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Post-Standard Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer and others.
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Ingartra
Washington Post
NEW Yopx Times Multon
Clare Hlffalo Courier
Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia
Public
Pitts
Dispatch
Providence Journal
Republic
Pall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undertakers advertise W R Speare and William Lee services
An old advertisement lists W R Speare Undertaker and Embalmer at 940 F Street and William Lee Funeral Director and Embalmer with a commodious chapel and modern crematorium. It notes livery in connection and calls for modest prices, with contact at 332 Pennsylvania and telephone 165.
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William Lee
Modest Priges
Pennsylvania
F. Harvey
John R. Wright CO
Tench St
Seven jurors rule against self defense in Berthe Claiche murder
Special to The Washington Post reports Berthe Claiche, a 23 year old Parisian embroiderer, indicted for first degree murder in the death of Emile Gerdron in New York. Coroner's jury split with five jurors saying she killed him, while a minority said self defense.
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Washington Post
New York
Berthe Claiche
Emile Gerdran
Scholer
Gerdron
Berthe Clatehe
Tenderloin
Moyne
Deon
Ailent
Ao Mch
Ga Ce
Bertha
Schuler
Berthe Cialehe
Tomba
Bandits in Alaska Prompt Miners to Seek Troops
Fairbanks reports a surge of robberies by armed bandits near Fair Banks Alaska spurring the Miners and Prospectors Association to request troops from the Secretary of War. General Williams orders an investigation as Nome Japanese element allegedly responsible for the trouble.
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Fair Banks Miners’ Association
Beattle
Wash
Fair Banks
Alaska
Miners and Prospectors' Association
Secretary of War
Fort Gibbons
Williams
Department of the Columbia
Fair Banke
Nome
President Abandons Work to Keep Cool at Oyster Bay
Special to The Washington Post reports President spends most of the day on or in the water at Oyster Bay LI. He told Acting Secretary Barnes to delay letters until 6 pm and no official visitors appeared. Also noted: high infant mortality in Cleveland and a oversubscribed Korean loan in Tokyo, plus maritime movement updates from New York and London.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
Barnes
Durkee Owned Bonds Dates Back Half Century
A long legal saga traces Charles Durkee’s bonds tied to the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways. The suit seeks dissolution of the Allied railroad combine, alleging Sherman Act violations and charter revocation. It recounts Durkee’s rise from Vermont to Wisconsin politics, Utah governorship, and control of first mortgage bonds used to fund the railroad alongside Credit Mobilier.
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Pacific Railroad Combination
Col
D. W. Wood
Charles Durkes
Union Pacific Road
Charles Durkee
Durkee
Col. Wood
Vermont
Wisconsin
Congress
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
United States
Senate
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Union Pacific Railway
Missouri River
San Fran
Cisco
Johnson
Utah
Morton
Indiana
Union Pacific Suit Chronicles Conspiracy Claims in Utah Case
In the United States Circuit Court of Utah a case files John A Kuykendall as administrator for Charles Durkes va Union Pacific Railroad Company and others. The suit accuses a broad conspiracy to fraudulently obtain bonds, alleging forged actions in Omaha to foreclose a mortgage. It questions good faith and federal charters, seeking accounting and potential charter revocation with wider implications for Pacific railroads.
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Penulug
United States Circuit Court of
Utah
John A Kuykendall
Charles Durkes
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Gordon Dexter
Oliver Anes
H. H Harriman
W. D. Cornish
Winslow A. Pierce
Chauncey M Depew
John F Dilion
George J. Gould
Louis Fitzgerald
Alva W. Ch
Alexander Miller
Jacob Schitl
T. Jefferson Conlidge, Jr. Kuhn
Loeb & Co
J. Pierpont Morgan
Southern Pacific Company
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
United States Circuit Court
Omaha
Oliver Ames
Union Pacific Railway
W. D Cornish
Alva W. Krech
Union Pacific Railroad of
Congress
Court of Claims
Charles Durkee
the Court of the District of Columbia
Harriman Roads
United States
District Supreme Court
Shew
Tressurer Roberts
Doubts Peace Pact and Russia's Demands
A Russian report discusses moderating Japan's terms in the peace talks and notes European stance. It cites Berlin London and Washington as potential moral supports, urges restraint on Sakhalin, and reports on M Witte and M Routkowski details as Russia prepares for Washington.
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Japan
Russia
Berlin
Berli
Washington
London
Europe
Germany
Cho Bvet
Sakhalin
Amur
Rusala
M Shipoff
Treasury Department
M. Shipoff
M. Muravioff
M. Witte
MM. Witte
Routkowski
M. Routkowski
Peace Commission
Renlinariea
Paris
Witte
Czar's Troops Mutiny In Polish City Reported
Jodz July 17 part of the Ekaterinburg Regiment mutinied today and killed an officer. Mutineers were arrested. Lodz citizens must contribute 21 600 daily for troop maintenance due to siege. Warsaw July 17 a detective sergeant was shot by an unknown man. A pursuing infantry volley killed a merchant. Saint Petersburg July 1 an attempt to poison railway workers at Tifila was reported as arsenic was placed in a boiler for tea.
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Jodz
Ekaterinburg
Lodz
Warsaw
By &m
Bt. Petersburg
Czar Banishes Cousin Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch
The Washington Post reports the Czar expelled his cousin Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovitch to the Caucasus for ties with revolutionists. The grand duke arrived at Stavropol under gendarme escort. Col. Timofeerem is ordered to closely supervise him and oversee all correspondence.
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Wanhington
Erlin
Grand Duke
Nicholas Constantinovitch
Caucasus
Stavropol
Col
Timoferem
Emile Arton Found Dead Amid Panama Canal Scandal
Paris reports Emile Arton, a key figure in the Panama Canal bribery case, was found dead in his apartments. Once sentenced to eight years for complicity with Baron de Reinach and Dr. Cornélius Hera, he allegedly killed himself after the scandal's collapse and related financial disappearances.
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Paris
Emile Arton
Arton
Baron de Reinach
Corneliua Hera
Panama Canal Company
French Dynamite Society
Soety
London
France
Reinach
To Stop White Slave Trade Treaty Adopted Abroad
Berlin reports a treaty among twelve European countries to curb the white slave trade. Bureaus will gather information on solicitations abroad and exchange data at railways and ports. Nations pledge aid for girls enticed abroad, with police scrutiny of ads and efforts to suppress trafficking extending to the Americas.
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Berlin
Reichsanseizer
Germany
Great Britain
Denmark
Spain
British Red Cross Society Organized Under Queen Alexandra
Queen Alexandra presided at Buckingham Palace over the first meeting forming the British Red Cross Society to unite empire organizations with similar aims. In peace the society operates separately from the war office and admiralty but will be under their control in war. An executive committee was authorized, with Sir Frederick Treven expected to chair.
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Queen Alexandra
London
Buckingham Palace
Red Cross Society
British Red Cross Society
Empire
Majesty
War Office
Admiralty
Theas Departments
Lord Rothschild
Frederick Treven
King Eeward
Crosses From Loubet Mark Brest Visit By British Squadron
Brest July 17 British warships visited Brest and exchanged salutes with French ships. Vice Admiral Caillard presented the Legion of Honor crosses to each British commander aboard the flagship after a luncheon hosted by Admire May. Crowds cheered as the squadrons sailed away.
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Brest
France
Caillard
Loubet
Japanese Control of Sakhalin Reported in July
A Daily Mall correspondent from Shanghai notes Japanese nearly complete occupation of Sakhalin and forming a government while a Standard correspondent cites landing engineers and 3,000 coolies. Gen Linevitch report dated July 16 states Japanese bombard Narbuchi on Sakhalin's southeast coast on July 14.
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London
Daily Mall
Shanghai
Sakhalin Island
Standard Saga
Sakhalin
St. Petersburg
Linevitch
Narbuchi
Mutinous Sailors Riot in Cronstadt Loot Public Buildings
Desperate rioting reported in Cronstadt where mutinous sailors attacked and looted nine public buildings. Police efforts failed. Many killed and wounded, exact toll unknown. Dispatch from Apacint Cable reaches The Washington Fest in London dated July 37.
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Apacint
London
Cronstadt
Constitution Approved for Baptist World Alliance
The London Congress approved the constitution of a new Baptist world alliance. The aim is to promote fellowship and cooperation among Baptists worldwide. Unions of Baptist churches can join. the executive committee will have seven members from the United States, five from Great Britain, two from Canada, and seven from the rest of the world.
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London Congress
London
Baptist Congress
New Baptist World Alliance
United States
Great Britain
Canada
London Traffic Plans Seek 120 Million Tramway Rail Project
A Royal commission report outlines plans for two main 140 foot wide avenues in London running four tramway lines on the surface and four railway lines beneath. The advisory board of engineers estimates construction costs at 120 million dollars.
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London
Royal Commission On Locomotive Transport
Advisory Board of Engineers
Withdrawn bill delays amid Lowther Redmond clash in Commons
London July 17 Speaker Lowther accepts Redmond demand to list each rent redistribution clause separately. Premier Balfour withdraws the bill, plan to reintroduce next session. Redmond and many Liberals doubt passage, party meeting called. dissolving Parliament discussed. Also Roosevelt appoints Winslow to command Mayflower with peace envoys. Dolphin to carry envoys to Portsmouth. US consuls Hurst and Peterson and Gen Pearson return from Venezuela by Caracap.
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London
Lowther
John Redgnond
Balfour
House of Commons
K. Redmond
United Irish League
Boston
Venezuela
New York
Dowager Queen Margherita to Tour Spain Portugal and Visit US
Turin reports Dowager Queen Margherita plans an automobile tour through Spain and Portugal in September before traveling to the United States aboard a German steamer. The autumn visit to America is expected to proceed from the overseas voyage.
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Margherita
Italy
United States
Turin
Spain
Portugal
Swamp-Root Praise Letter From Melrose Reader
A reader from Melrose Massachusetts writes of kidney trouble improving after using Swamp-Root. The letter claims a full recovery verified by a doctor and endorses the vegetable remedy. It offers a free sample bottle and a book about Swamp-Root, with mentions of available drugstore bottles.
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Cottage Bt
Melrose
Mass
Dr. Kilmer
N. X
Noted Washington patent attorney James L Norris
James L Norris a Washington patent attorney and prominent civic figure was born October 15 1845 and rose from Dickinson College to establish a noted practice at F and Seventh streets. He built the office at F and F Street NW, led the Jackson Democratic Association, and held posts in banks, insurance firms, and the Board of Trade while supporting hospitals and charities. He married Annie Virginia Robinson. five of seven children survived.
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James Lawson Norris
Dickinson College
Carlisle
James L. Norris
National Capital
Washington
Mr Norris
Everett Institute
E . Farley
Judge Graham
John Edmund Norris
Norris
Bélles Letters Society
Zeta
Phi Kapps
Psi
Columbian College
George Washington University
United States Patents Office
Albin Schoepf
William B Taylor
F and Seventh
F and Futh Streets
Jackson Democratic Association
District of Columbia
Tammany
United States
Mr. Norris
Oak Hi Cometers Company
Matthew W. Galt
Norris Wew
United States Electric Lighting Company
Board of Trade
National Bank of the Republic
National Bank of Washbington
Franklin Insurance Company
Mutual Protection Fire Insurance Company
Children’s Hospital
Providence Hospital
American Colonization Society
National Pure Food and Drug Congress
Cuba
McKinley
Convention Hall
Supreme Court of the
National Rock Creek Park
Cleveland
Annie Virginia Robinson
Col
Israel Robinson
Martinsburg
W Va
Edith Norris
Parker Phillips
St Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Alexandria
Grace James Norris
Arthur Pue Gorman, Jr
Maryland
Emma Virginia
Erskine M Sunderland
James Lawson
Rastus Rawson Norris
C Street
Scotty Ready to Loosen Money Spree Promised Serious Spending
The Washington Post reports Scotty, last seen at Herald Square Hotel, plans to begin spending money soon after returning smiling in a new suit. He claims four thousand dollars has been earned in town and aims for a “real serious” outlay. He says he left a roll of banknotes with a horse investor and will reveal his plan after a 8 o'clock appointment with a capitalist, hoping to “fly” greenbacks tomorrow. An unrelated note mentions an attempted murder near Naples involving Admiral Mirabello’s brother Magus investigation.
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Washington ‘Post
New York
Scotty
Herald Square
Gince
Death Valley
Bscatty
Waldorf
Beatty
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Pepper
William A Hutchings
Galveston
Tex
Ballo
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Cal
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Bossier
Virginis Greasy
Bubten Hin
Edith B Cosper
Rupy -Crivst
Lau
Louisville
Broadway Baptist Church
Carter Helm Jona
William Alfred Rui
Tlagel
Elmer Griest
Aptn Dschdin
Stonday
Atéscom
Frederick Carroll
Seyvan
Pradecick P and Roth EH Abendserein Fure
Albert Homper
Elizibeth Tucker
Simp
Moses Fuchal
Frodo
Gast Springs
Catherine le
Ellen Lae
James Cooper Rhea
Sexith
States Cavalry
Sthitung
Aceet
Franklin R
Heinie
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Furral
Revised
Mitre
Brightwood
Dco
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St Glen Md
Windom
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
F Street
M. W
Gorge P. Zurhcrst
East Capitol Et
East Ait
Bandits
Ohio
Tokyo
Minnetonka
Kurturst
Braman
Southampton
Weal
Nantucket
Nghimbip
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Pacific Railroads
Credit Mobilier
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John W. Kerr
Franklin H. Head
Civic Federation of Chicago
Gov. Durkee
Kerr
National Metropolitan Bank
Gov Durken
Harvey Durken
Union Pacific
George S Beney
Franklin H Head
Charles Folger
the Treasury
George S. Lenoy
Central Pacific
United States Treasury
Treasury
D. Q. Mills
W. O. Cornish
State Department
Meyer
Ruassie
Czar
Forth
Revolutioniata
NEW Red Cross Society
Baptist World Alliance
Roosevelt
Cameron McRae Winslow
Portsmouth
Uncle Sam
Capitol Building
United States Realty Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
United States Realty Co
Washington, D. C
A. E. Randee
Congress Heights
A. Wilson
Firemen's Insurance Company
D. C Brothers, Jr
East Washington Heights
GW. Howard
Diallonal Bank of ‘Shehington
WV Cox
Second National Bank
Wesh- Deingte
Ellwood
C. Jackson
Railway and Electric Bauipment Co
Firemen’s Insurance
7Th St
la. Aves
N. W
Norfolk
Real Estate Trust
Citizens’ Bank
Bell
Admiral Maples
al Mirabello
Admiral Mirabello
Portici
Bay of Naples
URE CO
Traliys
Tarrytown
New York Central Railroad
Montreal
Scarborough
Ee Empire Beate
Wales
Stout & Co
Holmes
Stout Ace Tailors
St.n. Ww
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