Old Bait Lands Here Tenders Gold for Liberty
A dated Madrid appeal about a Russian banker, his 5,000,000 rubles, and a sweet sixteen daughter resurfaces in Washington. The familiar scam invites bankers to free the banker in exchange for a share of the hidden wealth, with references to a Madrid trial and inciting letter-writers. Local businessmen dismiss the ruse, noting prior letters and small recent contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Bienneil
Washington
S * Gorrows
America
Bladislableva
Manassanla
Madrid
Bladstableva Manassania
Spain
Virvun
Hadsky
Blad-Mass
Bladisiabeva
Kills Daughter Accidentally Near Umontown Pa
Umontown Pennsylvania June 1 Alex Boyd of Cool Spring near here accidentally killed his daughter Helen nine years old with a cleaning shotgun The charge entered the girl’s side causing instant death The father says he did not fire the gun was loaded A similar shooting occurred years ago in Berd home when Berd killed his grandmother He was tried for murder in that case but acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umontown
Alex Boyd
Cool Spring
Dau
Helen
Berd
Avhen Bi
Buralaf
Rainstorm cancels White House marine band concert
The Marine Band concert at the White House was stopped by yesterday afternoon’s heavy rain. Thousands of music lovers were disappointed. William H Santelmann had planned an excellent program and had expected a successful season opening. Future concerts will be held at 5 45 PM each Saturday afternoon at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Band
White
Taept
Willam H Santelmann
Mrs Armstrong Funeral to be Held This Afternoon
The funeral for Mrs Mary Weisel Armstrong wife of Capt William W Armstrong will be from her last residence 348 Thirteenth Street Northwest this afternoon at 4 o clock The final services will follow in Flameport Md upon arrival The remains came after a lingering illness Her husband Captain Armstrong is employed in the Pension Office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Weisel Arstrong
William W Arstrong
Thirteenth Street North
Flameport
Armstrong
Capt Armstrong
Hannis Taylor to Speak Before Three Bar Groups
Hannis Taylor former Minister to Spain and Wilshire attorney will leave the city early next week to address the joint Tennessee and Arkansas Bar Association in Memphis next Thursday. He will also address the Iowa Bar Association in Davenport on Wednesday July 12.
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Hannis Taylor
Spain
Wasniiston
Bar Association of Tennessee and
Arkansas
Memphis
Taylor
Bar Assauation
Towa
Davenport
Schiffer's Burns Fatal in Long Branch Fire
Walter A. Schiffer secretary of the United Cigar Manufacturers Company died from injuries from the fire that destroyed his home in Long Branch New Jersey last Thursday night. The death brings the fire’s toll to five including his two daughters Ruth and Marion and two servants Mrs Schiffer was severely injured but expected to recover.
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Long Branch
N. J
Walter A. Schiffer
United Cigar Manfacturers’ Company
Mr. Schiffer
Ruth
Marion
Snowstorm at Coney Island Darkens June Night
Special to The Washington Post reports a June night snowstorm at Coney Island. Lights failed at Dreamland and Luna Park as hail and high winds struck, damaging stands and forcing crowds toward trolleys. Nearly a hundred thousand visitors endured the chaotic delay before night ended.
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Washington Post
New York
Coney Island
Fred Thompson
Highlands
Coney
Dreamland Tower
Luna Park
Surf Avenue
Wholesale transfer of Chinese interpreters shakes immigration service
Secretary Straus orders immediate reassignment of every Chinese interpreter in the government service to new stations. Commissioner General Sargent is to investigate qualifications amid complaints of inefficiency and unreliability. Two top interpreters will tour stations to prepare independent reports.
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Chinese Immigration Service
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
General Sargent
Bureau of Immigration
Carrier Backs Away From Neckwear Policy Debate
The Postmaster General weighs a courier’s religious objection to wearing a dark tie with a shirt waist. He finds the Constitution silent on neckties, while postal rules require a dark tie, turn-down collar, and neat belt for carriers in shirt waists. Meyer warns the knotty issue may strike at vanity and sect beliefs.
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Satan
Uncle Sam
Meyer
United States
Driver Cruel to Horses in Police Court
Daniel Young, a coal wagon driver, was fined $20 or jailed sixty days after being convicted of beating two horses. Humane Officer Thomas testified Young lashed the animals with a heavy thong whip, causing bleeding on one horse during an incident on Brightwood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Young
Coien
Kimball
Thomas
Young
Brightwood Avenue
Ralston Found Guilty in Bank Misuse Trial
Pittsburg June 1 jury in the government case against George L. Ralston former bookkeeper of the failed Enterprise National Bank returned a guilty verdict on three counts charging misapplication of funds and aiding T Lee Clark. The jury found him not guilty on thirty nine counts alleging false entries in the bank books. es a Yoh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
George L. Ralston
Enterprise National Bank
T Lee Clark
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Clearance From Chronic Skin Ailment
The notice warns that many people are partly affected from childhood and may develop dyspepsia catarrh and consumption risk before skin eruptions or glandular swelling. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a radical permanent cure and urges choosing Hood's over substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Weather Man Plays Rain Card in June Downpour Forecast
A dramatic weather bulletin signals possible rain today with a partly cloudy warmer outlook tomorrow. The Great Lakes and Atlantic coast face storm warnings as June opens under lingering showers. Local temperatures run below normal, with May and April records marking the cold trend.
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J. Pluvius
Mississippi
Ohio
Middle West
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Hatteras
Nt York
Washington
Virginia
Bureau
Rocky Mountains
May
Weather Conditions Disturbance Overspreads Large Midwest Region
The Weather Bureau reports a central disturbance in the Middle Mississippi Valley now covering much of the region south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi. General rains occurred east of the Mississippi with fair weather elsewhere and higher temperatures in the Missouri Valley. Forecasts call for cloudy and rainy conditions Sunday in the Lake region and Middle Atlantic States with unsettled weather Monday. WInds vary by coast and special forecasts warn storm conditions on the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast. Local reports show midnight and morning temperatures around the low 60s, with a 54 degree maximum and 52 minimum in the record set.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Misssippi
Mississippi
New England
New York
Missouri Valley
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Middle Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Frank B. May Ends Life in London After Insolvency
Frank Boyd May, formerly of the New York Stock Exchange and noted sportsman, was declared insolvent on the exchange morning and later died by his own hand at his Marlow residence in London. His prior wealth and status were highlighted in the notice.
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Frank B. May
New York
London
Frank Boyd May
New York Stock Exchange
Marlow
May
Shonts Bids Farewell to St Pauli Passengers
Theodore P. Shonts president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company waves a handkerchief from the St Paul i as it leaves the American Line pier in New York He cannot recall the name of the passenger he bids adieu while denying knowledge of his daughterodosia s marriage to the Duce de Chaulnes The Baron von Quitzow a Russian railway project backer travels with H G Robinson and seeks an American engineer for a Russia line without revealing details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough Metropolistan Railroad Company
American Line
St. Pauli
Mr. Shorts
Theodosia
Duce de Chaulnes
Baron von Quitzow
Russia
St. Paul
H. G. Robinson
Indians at White House visit stuns officials in DC
Three large sightseeing autos carry buffalo bill Indians to the Interior and White House. Secretary Garfield greets each, while Indian Commissioner Leupp is away. Maj. Burke leads the delegation through the Green Room where Rocky Bear recalls dining with President Grant years ago.
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Buffalo Bill
Department of the Interior
White House
John M. Burke
Garfield
Rocky Bear
Leupp
Larrabee
Co. Cooper
Maj. McLaughlin
Wyoming
Green Room
President Grant
Architects Win on Turf at Washington Architectural Club Election
Members of the Washington Architectural Club at 729 Fifteenth Street NW held a rapid election using ballot cards listing candidates for president and officers. Six races produced winners Waddy B Wood, Hector McAllister, Frederick Reed, W W Stevens, I Rush Marshall, Louis A Simon, Erskine Sunderland, Frank Upman, Percy C Adams, and Warren W Youngs. The event featured bets, speeches, and a post election smoker with songs and humor.
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Washington Architectural Club
Fifteenth Street
District of Columbia
Percy Adams
Eugene T. Parker
George P Hales
Multan D Marriul
Frederick Reed
Szows
John F Wennell
Thin Weigt
F R. Hollingehead
Warren G. Nolt
C. Q Stevenz
W. W Stevens
Vor
Morris Letsenring
Speed J. Rush Marshall
Louis A. Simon
Erskine Sunderland
R A Tissington
Frank Upman
Oscar Aees
Auy Wey
Ets Peachuy
Waa
P Wenderath
Francis B Wheaton
Oscar Wenderath
Leo J. Weissenborn
Waddy B. Wood
Hector McAllister
Frederick Réed
W W. Stevens
Bingen
Rhine
Moore's Horses Win Exhibition at Philadelphia Show
June 1 Philadelphia reports Moore of New York won the Sweep Stakes Cup for three horses Pride o' Prides Menella and Forest King with reserve honors to Avondale Farm Rye NY entries Nala Lord Burleigh and Lord Brook. Crack-a-Jack jumped seven feet. blue ribbons awarded to Pride o' Prides Forest King and others with multiple classes won by Moore and Avondale Farm of Rye.
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New Yorker
Pride O’ Prides
C. L. Lewis
Crackajack
Avondale Farm
Philadelphia
C L. Lewis
Pontes
Don
Elizabeth Holmes
Pittsburg
Hamess
E T. Stotesbury
Laughing Water
Avonsdale Farm
Rye
Keyswick
Ednwin H. Weatherbo
New York City
Fleuretia
Lehman Straiies
New York
Pride O
Durham
L Patterson
Rufus J. Fatterson
Doctor Selwank
Reginald Vandertit
ET Stotesbury
Pride of Prides
Menella
William Moore
Razar Hunters
Westchester Farm
West Orange
N J
Hunters
Thomas J .Ferse
N. J
Jack Frost
the Best Hunter
Taronite
Judge Fines Lizzie Gans for Profanity and Disorder
Lizzie Gans claiming to be Joe Gans's sister was fined $20 or 60 days in jail by Judge Mulloway in Police Court. She fell asleep in an Anacostia street car Friday night and had to be removed by a policeman after the conductor summoned an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxer
Lizzie Gans
Joe Gans
Mulloway
Anacostia
Edmund Mallet and Martha Mathiot Bequeath Property
Edmund Mallet wills September 22 1896 bequeaths house and lot at Seneca and Porter to brother Joseph H. Mallet and wife on condition they pay 190 to niece Tellie Legault with remainder to niece at their deaths. Includes gifts to Carroll Institute Georgetown University Notre Dame Memorial Hall and Bishop Blancet letters. Executors named as Martin Lynch and Benjamin Franklin Mathiot. Martha E Mathiot dies May 18 1886 leaving bulk to sons Benjamin Franklin Mathiot and Harvey A Mathiot with Benjamin FF Mathiot as executor.
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Edmund Mallet
Martha Mathiot
Jeadmund Mallet
Joseph H. Mallet
Oswego
N. Y
Seneca and
Porter Streets
Tellie Legault
Carroll Institute
Georgetown University
John Gilmary Shea
Notre Dame Memorial Hall
Indiana
F. N. Blancet
Mallet
Edmunds
Louis N. Mallett
Martin Lynch
Martha E Mathiot
Benjamin Franklin Mathiot
Harvey A Mathiot
Benjamin FF. Mathiot
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Schiffer
Carrier Balks
Negktie
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Ralston
Pittsburg Bank
J. Plavins
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Newport
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Erie
Ontario
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River Bulletin
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Amphlet
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N.Y
Moore
Thornton
Oxfords
Gibson
Patent Colt
Kid
Reach
Vici
Fifth Avenue
Jundies
Vieldod
Ular
Ank
Oxford
Colt
Thornton’s Shoe Store
7Th Street
Christian Xander
Norton and Ives
Norton
Jan Lisle
Isc Soc
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Georgetown
Fourteenth
New York Avenue
Fr. D. McAuliffe
D Street South East
Oaklane
ELK Club
Gene
Daniel Doody
N. Cap. St
Fulton’s
Ninth Street
Berlitz
Weil
Pierce
Clase
L. G. Powers
Young People’s Religious Union
MAX Needle & CO
7Th St
Furnish
Car Drop Thomas
E. Morrison Paper Co
T. Ee
Elsmere
H St. N. W
Keely
IKEA
Anscostia
Somerset Ee Waters
Trist
Gov
Plaza Bank
Northwest
John
Nomi
Firay Cass
St. Alg
Eira Ee & Son
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