Lisbon Not His Ideal 50 Declines Post as Envoy
Meredith Nicholson Indiana novelist declines the United States minister to Portugal post. He cites Lisbon as unsuitable for his children and says he has always been a consistent Democrat, noting he voted for Bryan in 1908. President Wilson had planned to withdraw the nomination but did not.
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Mumnuster
Saya
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Wilson
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Nicholson
Portugal
Lisbon
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Meredith Nicholson
United States
Washington
America
Death mars North Carolina Jewelers' Convention
The eighth annual North Carolina Jewelers' Association convention at Wrightsville Beach adjourned after the sudden death of Charles Steiner, a traveling salesman for a New York jewelry firm, from heart disease on the first day. Steiner attended and addressed the morning session before his collapse.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina Jewelers’ Association
Wrightsville Beach
Charles Steiner
New York
Five Hurt When Auto Upset Near Raleigh
Reports from Goldsboro state five persons were injured when the automobile they rode in overturned while fleeing a storm. Nine people were in the car and were thrown to the ground. The seriously injured included Mrs John B Borden and her two daughters plus Mrs AR W Miller and Mrs R Kennegay. Also noted is a report on sun spots disappearing since April, discussed by the Academy of Sciences in Paris.
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Raleigh
N. C
Goldsboro
John B. Borden
AR. W. Miller
R. Kennegay
The
Academy of Sciences
Obituaries and funeral notices from June 1913
Multiple death notices dated June 1913 from Washington area residences announce funerals for Georgiana V Lowe Helen Marie McAnally Robert Potts and William Penn Seville. Services set for June 23 to 26 with interments at Forestville Mount Olivet and Arlington among others. Notices specify residences church paths and obituary details for families Lowe McAnally Gschitts Seville.
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Lowe
Sarah L. Garratt
G Street
Georgiana V
Daniel C. Lowe
Ati P. m
Forestville
Marlboro
New York
McAnally
Mount Olivet
Gitts
United States Naval Hospital
Robert Potts
St. Matthew's Church
Arlington
Seville
Poom
Bevebin Street
William Pexn
Colonel to sail in October with Roosevelts tour
The United States leader Theodore Roosevelt plans to sail from New York in early October to deliver a series of talks in the Argentine republic on topics of international social interest. He will also visit Brazil and Chile, with a possible interior tropical trip, per a statement from his associates.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Chile
Roosevelt
Argentina
Munsey Sncral
Sorbonne
Paris
Indictments Loom Over Minnesota Railroads for 2 Cent Rate
In Red Wing Goodhue county grand jury indictments were issued against Chicago Great Western Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul for violating the 2 cent passenger rate law. Judge Albert Johnson urged indictments though the jury initially balked. Separate reports from St Paul and Kansas City note railroads agreeing to abide by Minnesota rate case decisions with refunds on overcharges and Missouri railroads moving to new rates following the Supreme Court ruling.
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Red Wing
Minn
Goodhue County
Chicago Great Western
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Albert Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Johnson
Kansas City
Missouri
United States Supreme Court Up x
Supreme Court Requires Actual Book Accounts of Rail Rates
The Supreme Court opinion, Five Hughes in the Arkansas rate cases, holds that railroads must present precise intrastate book records of receipts and expenditures to challenge state rates. General methods in separating intra and interstate operations failed to sustain the case, ruling rates confiscatory without proper documentation.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes
Arkansas
Bryan for a Treaty waits upon St Petersburg
Secretary Bryan informed Ambassador Bakhmeteff that he would be glad to begin negotiations for a new trade and commerce treaty with Russia. No negotiations have started and Moscow awaits instructions. Both nations maintain the pre 1832 attitude, despite talk of freer American citizen entry to Russia.
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Bryan
Bakhmetefy
America
Russia
St Petersburg
St. Petersburg
Wilson
Summer School Opens At University Of Virginia
The eighth annual University of Virginia Summer School opened in Charlottesville with features such as a musical festival and an Independence Day program. Highlights include an oratorical Fourth of July address, a Boy Scouts field demonstration, and a historic pageant. A Montessori method class starts June 27 and runs for six weeks.
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Washington Post
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Boy Scouts of Virginia
Gets five years for bigamy in Virginia court
J R Davis, a well known young man, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to bigamy in Suffolk circuit court Judges McLemore presided. Davis had married Martha Evans in February while claiming to be a widower, and his prior marriage was in North Carolina. Davis has two sons who will remain with his first wife.
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J. R. Davis
McLemore
Circuit Court
Davis
North Carolina
Martha Evans
Davis No
Davis No. 1
Petersburg
William Slate
Dinwiddie
Sarah H. Eanes
William H. Hanes
Ettrick
Chesterfield County
George
W. Retter
Maile Burnett
John A. Burnett
L. A. Johnson
A. P. Johnsson
Deadfron
Charlottesville
W. Harvey Wilkerson
C. J. Wilkerson
Fluvanns County
Lene Carter
Gordonsville
J. T. Ware
Amherst
C. C. Greiner
Orange
Election officers named in Rockville Maryland county list
Supervisors of elections in Rockville Md named registration officers for each district with a Republican and a Democrat in every pair. Each district precincts designate first and second officers who also serve as judges of election.
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Rockville
Laytonville
Luther M. Durell
Z. MacCubbin Waters
Clarksburg
William W. Dronesburg
Webster V. Burdette
Poolesville
Charles V. Willard
Joseph
Wilbur
Day
Rieorge P Henderson
John M. Mc Neagy
Claiborne H. Matnar
Colesville
Henry C. Chaney
Wilton G Johnson
Darnestown
J. William Garrett
Julian Grith
Bethesda
Lewis Keiser
Warren V. Magruder
Clarence E. Dawson
Jesse Nicholson
Omey
George H Jones
Francis Snowden
Charles R. Hartshewne
Leurason B. Rigas
Gaithersburg
John W. Case
Perry A. Glord
Potomac
John L. Ball
Carter
Maryland to abolish almshouses for insane
Governor Goldsborough told a meeting of the state lunacy commission and hospital boards that Maryland almshouses are feeding houses for insane hospitals and will be abolished. He urged replacing them with state sanitariums and many small hospitals across regions. The state now cares for about 3,000 insane persons at an annual cost near $600,000.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Goldsborough
Herring
Lunacy Commission
Goldeborough
Sunday Schools Parade Opens Allegany Convention
Cumberland Md June 4 The twilight parades of Allegany county Sunday schools crowned the largest city event in honor of the annual Allegany County Sunday School Association convention which opened this morning and continues tomorrow Four divisions moved with F W Burrows as chief marshal about 4000 in line The meeting at Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church featured an address by Representative David J Lewis who rode at the head of the parade with Robert J Hooper Baltimore state superintendent Harry L Donnelly president and William McL. Corn erville president of the Allegany County Sunday School Association
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Allegany County Sunday School Association
F.W. Burrows
Center Street Methodist Episcopal Church
David J. Lewis
Robert J Hooper
Baltimore
Harry L. Donnelly
William McL. Com.erville
Nuns to Found New Carmelite Convent in Wheeling
Seven Carmelite nuns from Washington D C including two daughters of Rear Admiral Potts will depart the Carmelite Convent here soon for Wheeling W Va to establish a new convent. Members include former Mother Superior Joanna Sisters Teresa Magdalena and Katherine. Sister Terese ranked as assistant superior. The Potts family will be represented by daughters and relatives in Washington D C. Former Mother Superior Joanna leads the move.
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Wheeling
Baltimore
Thomas N. Potts
Washington, D. C
W. Va
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Teresa
Roberta Potts
Magdalena
Frances Potts
Noe York Sun Panama Jungle Beasts Report
Panama dispatch describes rising Gatun Lake flooding driving animals into the high ground where tapirs deer lions wildcats and turkeys become common. Authors recount hunting difficulties with tapirs and deer plus encounters with venomous snakes in the jungle and trees.
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Panama
New York Sun
Gatun Lake
Gatun
Trinidad
Tragic canoe voyage ends with boa attack near Gatun Lake
A canoe party of three left shore to cross the river when an eddy upset the boat. A boa dropped from above and coiled around the four year old child, dragging him toward shore. Men on the bank killed the snake as the child’s body pinioned among bamboo stalks. Gatun Lake now spans about 50 square miles and is expected to rise to 164 square miles by November 1.
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Gatun Lake
Canal
Gatun
Culebra
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Chargres
Lighthouse Division
O. EB
Malsbury
Tomiga
Miraflores
Battle Over Painter’s Viscera in $1.1 Million Policy Case
Coroner C D Abbott of Florida and former Judge J A Stewart arrive in Baltimore to join a three party contest over the possession of the late E O Painter’s organs. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company seeks a receiver citing incomplete analysis. Judge Stewart argues analysis found no poison and organs should go to Painter’s family.
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C. D. Abbott
Jacksonville
Fla
J. A. Stewart
Deland
Fila
E. O. Painter
St. Johns River
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of
Painter
Stewart
Abbott
Florida
Train Plunges Into Severn River at Drawbridge
Annapolis Md June 24 An engine seven cars of the Annapolis Short Line Railway plunged through the drawbridge on the Severn River leaving only the caboose on track Five crew members collapsed but escaped injury Engineers Lew Thames and Fireman Andrew Smith had narrow escapes as they failed to clear before the engine went over The train lost control on the descent and the draw had just been swung open to allow a vessel to pass
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Severn River
Lew Thames
Andrew Smith
Train wreck collapses span into water after support failure
The train gained momentum and pushed the engine onto the draw within about two feet of closure. Lacking proper supports, the near end of the span collapsed, causing the locomotive and cars to plunge into about a foot of water.
Man charged with embezzlement over marriage promise
In Wheeling West Virginia John Davok was arrested on a complaint by Stella Cracks who says he agreed to marry her if she paid him $2. After receiving the money Davok allegedly backed out and is jailed awaiting a hearing on embezzlement charges.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Davok
Stella Cracks
Davok
Last Chance at Frederick Piano Co Sale of Grimes Stock
Washington homes gain choice pianos and player-pianos at steep discounts with brands and guarantees. New uprights and players range 215 to 475 dollars, with selling prices well below standard values. Limited stock, sale ends soon at Grimes' old stand 705 Toth Street, above G on the west side.
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13Th Street
West Side
Washington
Gotter
America
W. F. Frederick Piano Co
Grimes
Toth Street
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