Epidemic of meningitis threatens cavalry horses in camp
Génjaburg Pa July 2 An epidemic of spiral meningitis imperils about 170 horses at Fort Myer and state militia camps. The Fort Myer veterinarian called in the state vet for help as three horses, including Dixie prize horse, are pronounced incurable and shot. Washington horsemen worry over horse losses and camp morale rises and falls with each new dispatch.
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Génjaburg
United Sates
Fort Myer
Dixie
Washington
Harries
Pennsylvania
Second Infantry
Cal Richard
Gettysburg Maneuvers Show Delux Camp Life For Guardsmen
Officers oversee a well supplied encampment with underground water, hydrants, ice wagons, fuel, electric lights and near universal telephones. Thousands of regulars and militiamen swarm Gettysburg as souvenirs, shops, and vendors flourish along the routes to the camp amid preparations for active field drills next week. Prominent residents arrive to observe while chaplains and officers assume duties as wartime style maneuvering begins.
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Gettysburg
United States Army
George H Harries
Briz
Herries
Washington
H. C. Gahn
W. S&s. Hedges
C. H. Bowker
Eagle Hotel
Lloyd Douglas
Luther Place Memorial Church
Imaade
First Infantry
George F. Dudley
St. Stephen's
District National Guard
Washington Boys
West Virginia
New Jersey Cavalry
Essex
Maryland
Wotherspoon
John Doyle Carmedry
Harry Weir
Second Infantry
A H. Snow
Charles Henry Butter
O. H. Tittmann
A. D Shippey
R. A. Curtis
C. A. Lofier
Margaret Loeffler
Target Fleet to Be Demolished in Hampton Roads Test
A mock hostile fleet will be towed into Hampton Roads today as five shore batteries with 10 and 12 inch guns attempt a landmark firing test. About 30 Coast Artillery School graduates will oversee the defense of five batteries while the imaginary battleship fleet travels four miles off shore. Maj. Gen Wood and Gen Buist join Col Batley to observe the exercise amid formal military scrutiny. In a separate case, Private Thomas Carroll was fined $1 after being convicted of entering a Virginia militia camp illegally. charges of drawing a revolver on a sentry were dismissed. The War Department received the court martial result yesterday.
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Hampton Roads
Washington
Coast Artillery
Coast Artillery School
Fort Monress
Wood
Army
Bilg
Tasker H. Buiss
Charlies J Batley
Thomas Carroll
Regular Army
Virginia Miltia
Gettysburg
Virginia
War Department
Agnew Estate Probate Leaves $300000 to Four Children
The will of Park Agnew dated April 2 1908 was admitted to probate. Widow Laura Agnew serves as executrix with bond. estate valued at about 300000 with Virginias real and personal property around 182000 and Washington investments 120000. Upon death of his wife the estate to be divided equally among four children. Frederick Mertens to supervise business interests in Georgetown and Alexandria ventures.
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Washington Port
King Street
Alexandria
Park Agnew
Laura ¥. Agnew
Agnew
Washington
J. P. Agnew & Co
Georgetown
Sromis Law Brick Company
Frederick Mertens
Cumberland, Md
Mourn Lieut Smith as Police Board Attends Funeral
Police commissioners pass resolutions noting Lieut James Smith’s death and plan to attend his funeral at 6 pm from 221 North Fairfax Street with Rev Harry M Canter presiding. Board adjourns to elect a successor next Wednesday. Also, a rule requiring medical certificates for ill officers is adopted amid dispute over wording.
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Board of Police Commissioners
Fisher
James Smith
Paff
New York
Lieut. Smith
North Fairtex Street
Harry M. Canter
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Arthur Snowden
Thomas S. Gibson
K. F. Bettis
W. A. Ferguson
The
Police Department
W. A. and
C. Haddox
Front Royal
Weather and obituaries brief from July 20 issue
Weather conditions show a broad area of high pressure easing with fair to warm conditions across most of the nation. Scattered showers reported in the South Atlantic and east gulf states and in the Rocky Mountain region, with 100 degree heat in the southern plateau. Winds shift coastal and gulf regions with variable patterns. Luther Carter burial noted in Alexandria with local funeral services and pallbearers.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Wedneaday
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Rocky Mountain
Eastelt
New England
Middle Atlantic
Plains States
Racey Mountain
Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Jakes
European
Grand Banks
Invitation to de Fonseca to visit the United States
State Department dispatched a message to Paris urging Brazil's President-elect Hermes da Fonseca to visit America before returning to South America. A Rio de Janeiro note cited his ill son as a reason to cancel the U S trip, though Taft and the nation hoped he might still come.
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State Department
America
Hermes de Fonseca
Brazil
United States
Europe
South America
Paris
Mio Janeiro
Senor de Fonseca
Taft
de Fonseca
BE Ae
Funeral for John A. Gross at 1038 Kearney Street
Funeral services for John A. Gross, noted newspaper man, will be held at his home at 3 pm with Rev. J. M. Long officiating. Harmony Lodge No. 17 F A A M will conduct burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers include AP staffers E. Payne, C. D. Sheppard, F. E. Raver, R. Sherwood, Faber Stevenson, and Samuel West. National Press Club board yesterday adopted resolutions on his death.
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John A. Gross
Kearney Street
J. M. Long
Harmony Lodge
Rock Creek Cemetery
E. Payne
C. D. Sheppard
The
Associated Press
FE. E. Raver
Sherwood
Faber Stevenson
Samuel West
National Press Club
Mr. Gross
Thieves active in city target several homes
Police linked a string of recent burglaries across Ninth precinct to a suspected organized band. Agnes Kinsey reported a late Tuesday break in at 327 A Street Northeast with a $25 pocketbook stolen using a duplicate key. Charles Abell also lost a gold trimmed vase at 1036 Sixth Street Northeast via a duplicate key. William Rockwell at 1007 East Capitol Street saw a second floor ring and cash stolen, entry again by duplicate keys. Evidence points to coordinated, sectional robberies and a possible suspect crew in the city.
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Boardman
Agnés Kinséy
Ninth Precinct
Talen
Charles Abell
Sixth Street
William Rockwell
East Capitol Street
Helen Fields
Treasury balance drops amid July fiscal year start
The working balance in the Treasury fell to 38,950,112 while combined with banks, the Philippine treasury and related funds, the general fund total reached 97,545,281. The drop compares to Tuesday and the prior day, reflecting new appropriations for the month as the fiscal year begins.
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Treasury
Philippina Treasury
Labor Pact Seen As Path To Harmony In Labor Strife
DoJ declines comment on the Cincinnati accord between Buck Store and Range Company and the American Federation of Labor and its unions. Samuel Gompers arrives in St Louis to attend federation events amid ongoing contempt cases, stressing that the Cincinnati settlement does not halt legal actions.
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Department of Justicy
Stove Factory
A. F. of L
Gompera
St. Louis
Department of Justice
American Federation of Labor
Buckle Brave and Range Company
St Louis
James W. van Cleave
van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Bucks Company
Bucks Store and Range Company
America
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Cincinnati
Gomperas
High Rates Suspended by Eastern Railways
Eastern Railways voluntarily defer freight tariffs until November 1 amid new rate disputes. A committee representing carriers and Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission arranged the pause to aid tariff consideration, with similar action anticipated in Western territories. The commission ordered reduction for yellow pine lumber shipments from Louisiana Texas Arkansas and Missouri to Nebraska Colorado and Wyoming to be in effect by October 1, 1910.
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Eastern Railways
Eastern Classification
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western Trunch Line Association
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Plans for federal railway economics bureau announced
Plans to establish a bureau of railway economics at Washington DC were announced in Chicago. The bureau will collect and diffuse accurate information on railroad rates, their relation to commodity types, and transportation matters. The steering committee includes W C Brown E P Ripley W H Finley Darius Miller Daniel Willard and B L Winchell.
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Chicago
Bureau of Railway Economics
Washington, D. C
Railway Bureau
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
W. H. Finley
The
Southern Railway
Darius Miller
Burlington System
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. L. Winchell
St. Louis
Shooting at Fifth and W playground alarms city
Yesterday afternoon a shooting occurred at the Fifth and W playgrounds as a group of youths allegedly harassed children. William Winslow, 18, was shot in the right arm and Samuel Stitt, 19, was arrested at the Eighth precinct for assault with a dangerous weapon. Winslow received non serious treatment at Freedmen's Hospital. The playground, used by negro children, has faced ongoing disorder and calls for action by the Howard Park Citizens Association, which may protest to district authorities and the city playground group.
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Fifth
Wiliam Winslow
Samuel Stitt
Eighth Precinct
Winslow
Freedmen's Hospital
Howard Perk Citizens’ Association
Washhington Playground Association
Temperatures Yesterday At The Kiosk Weather Readings
Readings show temperatures from 70 to 78 degrees across the day with several time stamps including 9 am 4 pm 12 noon and 7 pm. The Weather Bureau notes highs around the mid to upper seventies and describes conditions as clear or unsettled with minor changes through the afternoon.
Hotels Atlas List of Guests at Shoreham and Other Hotels
A long byline of guest names and wives in various cities such as Boston Philadelphia California Connecticut Georgia Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Missouri New York Ohio Rhode Island Texas Virginia and other states appears as a hotel guest list. The item ends noting classified ads are free and the post invites use of the columns for results.
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Calafornea
W Wickson
Lomangeles
Besonfecticut
Dent Hammond
F. M. Murdoch
Agritora
Riggs
Georgia
R R Hicks
Duplin
J Chase
Atlanta
St James
Datton
J J. Reynolds
Waynesboro
Raleigh
G OM
Bennett
Urbana
J . M Ford
Campwood
St. James
Indiana
Well and
Indianapolis
James
Hermen
Fort Wayne
Marietta
Salt
Pennsylvanea
J. A. Cowan
Mount Flenstant
Jere S Black
C C Finch
York
Milton EB. Thompson
Ridgway
F. Witcomb
Norristown
Rhode
Iqland
James G. Down
Providence
JEXAR
Goldstein
Austin
Willard
McKisson
Dallas
Rginia
Ware
Richmond
John Watson
Portsmouth
Willard J G Meats
R- D Ferguson
Norfolk
James C
Shoreham
Americans Slain in Peru by Spanish Gunman
Gustave A. Rist of Bloomfield New Jersey was shot through the neck in a Peruvian mining community where he worked as an engineer. The governor reports a Spaniard killer who fled. Rist Jr. was murdered, and a letter arrived in Bloomfield confirming the death and stating the motive is unknown. The body will be returned to the United States once Peruvian authorities permit.
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Maryland
Firat
Washington Monument
Jam
Gustave A. Rist
Bloomfield
N. T
Spasiard
N. J
Dey Felling
Gustave A. Rist, Jr
Peru
America
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Dulles
Gettysburg Camp
Alexandrian
Gardner L. Boothe
Robinson Moncure
Samuel G. Brent
Possibis
Luther Carter
J. Pollard
J. K. M. Nor Blamarck
N. Dakotatton
Lewis H. Macheee
E. L. Payne
C. B. Marshall
Chicass
Devery
Bethel Ceme
Chayemme
Wye
Davenport
der Sales
Galveston
Ter
Martha Grove
Pem-Helens Moxt
Bington
William Graney
Pene Ie
Kansas City
First Baptist
Little Rock
Ark
W. J
Lee Atssien
Watron
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Laa
N. Y
Dent
British Columbia
St. Paul
Minn
Toledo
Ohio
Winnipeg
Vicksburg
Mt . Forks
Jaffray
Baynes
Canden
Kootenay District
Kaslo
Apnea Kinzey
Morrison
Lansburgh & Bro
Skhorts
SK. Worth
Plan Railways Bureau
Adartak RB
Kramer
Prev
Bam
Wea
Mess
Sn. Maree
Pam
W. m
Boston
M L Walker
Shicago
Walter J
Raymer
Stephen Laskey
William G. Laskey
J Young
A B Lytle
Miss H Stephen
Mina” McCarthy
W Backton
Tate H Majer
Malcolm Ewen
Wits
W A Edger
Winer
Ec Fiung Orford
F G Ewald
York City
T D Costens
T James F Zapp
Charles F Harrison J C Ptander
J F Cowan
B. K. Ball
Nathan Byer
Willard “‘Tromas Darlington
George Hof
L. Venesl
Mark Sulliven
Schiller
M Willems
Eflaworth
Shoreham F
Pitt
J Leon
John J Moyers
Bruen H Perry
C. Murphy
Mer
Shelven, &c
Mayer & CO
Young Men’s Store
His Kaufman Joan A
StGeorgen
St. Georges Island
Bor Parfitt
Trice & Hobbs Strisgei Island
Steinway
DROOP
Christian Xander
7Th St
Berens
Bricelayers
Costello's Hall
Ovclode
GHO
W. Elliott
Byrov
Adams
Biz
Reid S. Baker
Gallantine
Doren Shoemaker Co
Colburn Bros.co, Inc
Ratory
Itlsemvice Examinationa
COL Photo Supply Co
New York Ave
Fachlye
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