Fatal Harlem wreck tested train made up like disaster
New York March 3 coroner's inquest into the Harlem division wreck of February 16 that killed twenty three and injured over a hundred heard a remarkable test. Officials including President William H Newman and Vice President William J Wilgus witnessed a replica train run the fatal curve at speed with all key officers aboard. Newman claimed broad responsibility while Wilgus said he had no role in electric road operation since 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wowman
New York
Harlem
New York Central Railroad
William H Newman
Newman
Ume
Smyth
William J. Wilgus
Wilgus
Wilgun
Mr. Wilgus
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices In The Washington Post
Public notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously in selected morning newspapers without extra charge. List includes Cincinnati Enquirer New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record-Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburg Dispatch Providence Journal Rochester Herald St Louis Republic Syracuse Post Standard St Paul Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cincinnati Enquirer
NEW York Times
Doston Globe
Buffalo Courte Q Micago Record-Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bassett custody case ends with day of testimony
In Omaha the Bassett custody fight concluded with Bassett on the stand for much of the day. He claimed Mrs Bassett said in Atlantic City she planned to marry Rev Lawrence Hunt after a divorce. The judge will issue the decision Saturday amid emotional scenes as Bassett spoke with all children.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Mar
Bassett
Atlantic City
Lawrence Hunt
Dr Hunt
Gleason Hotel
Lattle Rock
Jameson
St. Louis
Fanny Rice
Washington
Tae Jameson
Hunt
Casualties of the Deep Report From Marine Underwriters
Special to The Washington Post New York March 1 196 casualties on the deep are quantified by the bureau veritas tallies show 28 sailing vessels and 9 steamships lost last year across nations. Stranding and collision are prominent causes with American losses leading among sailing vessels and steamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Pst
New York
Bureau Veritas
Seven Seas
Eishteen
Aeap
Licensed to Marry Faces Odd Pairings in List of Parlous Names
A scanned notice lists multiple potential marriages with pairs spanning Baltimore to Virginia towns. Names include Fantasin Hatch aged 4 and Anclo Brunett 23 of Baltimore, Walter Miller 35 and Ida Morgan 3 of Charlestown, W Va, and others such as Joseph Shuman 34 with Rhoda Fash 23, Seth of Richmond, Rev Weston Bruner 1, Charles Pennington 23 with Nettle Bowers 20, and more couples tied to Leesburg Culpeper and surrounding counties. The garbled OCR presents unclear ages and relationships but centers on marriage licenses across several locales.
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Fantasin F Hatch
Anclo Brunett
Baltimore
Wey
George A Miller Walter
Ida M Morgan
Charlestown
Rey J B. Nebeughlin
Joseph A Shuman
Rhoda C Fash
Seth
Richmond
Weston Bruner
Charles D Pennington
Nettle L Bowers
Bo McLaushire
Guy L Starcup
Chesterbrook
Inox
E Jenkine
Leesburg
Charles Alvin Smith
John H Washington
Culpeper County
Phyllis Date
J I Loving
Deaths in Health Office Record February 28 1907
Heaths Reported names and ages across multiple DC addresses including Percy Rich 10, Sarah Mertheimer 49, Joseph B Fenton 43, Laura Stafford 71, Samuel Pollock 68, Mary E Gray 10, Lucy Lea 47, Ellen Tuchanan 1, Leroy Smith 1, Lucy Marshall 36, Wm Somers 68, Wm Creek 64, Philip Wink eld 60, Leroy Smith 80, others listed with ages and residences in early 20th century district records.
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Heaths
Percy Rich
Cutton Pt. Nw
Sarah Mertheimer
10Th St Ne
Jom F Galvin
Post
Sears
Daniel Wooth
Tnnane
Joseph B Fenton
Samuel Pollock
Laura N .Stafford
al. Aw
Toher
Artist Crichton Dies by Own Hand in Washington Home
James Crichton, a Washington and New York miniature portrait painter, was found dead by his brother-in-law at 539 Theatre Street after shooting himself. Once warned by a physician that his heart condition required a new climate, Crichton had recently traveled between New York and Washington, leaving a life of travel and artistic fame behind. He was 27, born in Baltimore, and survived by three brothers and two sisters including Dr. Macpherson Crichton and Mrs. Snowden Ashford.
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New York
Washington Fort
York
James Crichton
Weshing
William H. Clark
Clark
Franz van Laar
Mr. Crichton
Crichton
Mr. Clark
Washington
Crichton Clark
Baltimore
Germany
Italy
India
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Macpherson Crichton
Malcolm Crichton
Snowden Ashford
Crichton Clarke
William Crichton
London
Harriman Comments on Alton Traffic and Panama Canal
The article reviews Alton Railway fixed charges and dividends for 1898 and 1906, noting large rises in traffic and ton miles while disbursements grow slowly. It cites Harriman on Panama Canal, saying it can be built in a businesslike way with clear movement and logistics challenges.
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Alton
Harriman
Panama Canal
Panama Road Directors Seek New Leaders in New York
Panama Railroad Company stockholders will meet in New York on April 2 to select successors to President Shonty and W Leon Fapper man who retire March 4 to join Interborough Railway Company. A deferred quarterly meeting discussed policy and the steamer Mine and urged reconstructing the Alliance with greater cargo and passenger capacity and cold storage. The board backed expanding railroad and terminal facilities for through billing on all ships, Atlantic and Pacific sides.
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Panama Railroad Company
New York
Shonty
W. Leon Fapperman
Interborough Railway Company of
Alliance
Siip
United States
Panama
Rule against Harriman in ICC inquiry week
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans to decide this week whether to petition a court for an order compelling EB Harriman and Otto H. Kahn to answer questions they refused to reply to in the Harriman railroad coalition inquiry in New York. It will also consider referring the testimony to the Justice Department for action under the Sherman act.
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Imonday
Interstate Commerce Commission
R Cornze EB. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Harriman Coalition of Railroads
New York
Aso
Department of Justice
Union Pacific official cites looming panic from rail legislation
Vice President and General Manager A. L. Mobler of the Union Pacific Railroad warned in Omaha on March 1 that late anti railroad legislation will soon trigger a panic. He said the agitation has slowed railroad construction and the company will undertake little new work for some time.
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Omaha
Neb
A. L. Mobler
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Harriman Aids, Says Bryan Hit Rail Rate Greed
William J. Bryan faults H Harriman and other railroad magnates for backing government ownership. He claims mismanagement and wrecks, caused by greed, drive higher rates to expand profits, forcing the public to bear extra costs while dividends rise amid railroad prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Omaha
Neb
Wiliam J. Bryan
H. Harriman
Shonts Sets City Transit Plan With Cooperation
Theodora P. Shonts, president of Interborough, says New York transit can be vastly improved within a year with cooperation. He cites overbuilt downtown skyscrapers, crowded elevated lines, and the need to third track Second and Third avenues. He urges more subway cars and better door placement to collect fares.
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Washington
New York
Theodora P. Shonts
Interborough
Presa
Norld
Second
Third Avenue
Shonts
Murdered Woman Found Choked During Robbery in Ohio
In Upper Sandusky on March 1 investigators announced Mrs Annie Pausch, wealthy and aged, was killed sometime since Sunday. A post mortem found she was strangled with a necklace chain and robbers likely removed part of her vault money. The body was seated in her chair, partly decomposed.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Annie Pausch
Rhodius Back In Custody After Duress Marriage
Indianapolis millionaire George Rhodius arrives from Pennsylvania under sheriff protection after Elma Dare allegedly forced a marriage in Louisville. Court action to test Rhodius sanity proceeds as Dare faces kidnapping charges. property and person guarded to prevent further elopement.
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Apedal
Washington Post
Indianapolia
Ind
George Rhodius
Indianapolis
Elma Dare
Louisville
Pennsylvania
Rhoding
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Irvington
Chela Park
Rhodius
Dare
Rhodiue
Hima Dara
Dian
Geumen Ia
Dare Woman
Western Railroads Fight 2 Cent Passenger Rate in Courts
Chicago March 1 Western railroads plan to seek injunctions against state laws setting a maximum passenger rate of two cents per mile. Attorneys from major lines met to align litigation tactics to block enforcement, arguing the rate would cause heavy losses and force trains to operate below actual expenses while fixed charges and obligations remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railroads
Chicago
Anh
Savant Advocates Polygamy in Ethics of Sex
Paris dispatch reports Dr Antoine Wylm, an approved savant, proposing polygamy under state control with marriage permission only when a man can maintain wives and educate children for the nation. A Chamber proposal by Deputy Courant suggests reducing income tax for married persons in proportion to their number of children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Cable Dispatch
Washington Post
Paris
Antoine Wylm
Deputy Courant
Unwritten Law Defense Shocks Lyons Jury In Gilpin Case
In Vidalia a not guilty verdict was returned for William T. Gilpin, charged with murdering prominent attorney W. W. McDonald. The defense centered on unwritten law, with Gilpin hiding in a closet and firing at McDonald after he entered the room. Mrs Gilpin, only sixteen, testified, resembling Evelyn Thaw in dress and bearing, as the trial highlighted her influence on the defense strategy.
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McDonald
Gilpin
Bonins
Evelyn
Fire damages Moore Building office in Oyster Bay
Fire on the second floor of the Moore Building caused heavy damage to the Roosevelt administration offices. Officials believe the blaze started in a partition where mica may have carried a spark, while a bucket brigade prevented spread to other parts.
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Oyster Bay
Moore Building
Roosevelt
Mica
Weather Conditions Downdraft and Rain Across Regions
The Middle West disturbance moved to Lower Michigan with increased intensity. Rainfall exceeded in Western Alabama and Eastern Mississippi prompting flood warnings. Temperatures near normal in Mississippi and Missouri valleys with colder swings near mountain ranges. Saturday rain expected across Middle and South Atlantic States and the Upper Ohio Valley, with fair weather Sunday except New England. Winds fresh to the Grand Banks for eastbound steamers.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Waskington
Middle West
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
New England
New York
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Pacific States
Missouri
Great
Mountain Ranges
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake
Astern
Upper Lake
East Gulf States
Oble
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
Mae Jelesippi Valley
Steamera
Grand Banks
Sunday Church Services Near Dupont Circle and Downtown
Sunday religious activity list across churches including St Thomas near Dupont Circle with holy communion for adults and children, Grace Church Baltimore and Epiphany on G Street with sermons, Baptist and Congregational notices, Sunday-school times and special meetings, and Rev John Richard’s hospital visit report. Names include Rev Wilttam J Cox, Rev Dr McKim, Rev Hichard, Rev J Richard, Dr Weeton Bruner, and Rev James H Taylor with events at Fifth Baptist, Salvary Baptist, Central Presbyterian South, and Metropolitan Memorial.
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ST. Thomas
Dupont Circle
Holy Communion
Wilttam J Cox
Frnest Smith
Hey Arthur Chilton’ Powell
D. di
Ector Grace Church
Baltimore
G Street
McKim
Ae Arete
Ec Baptist
John Richard
Rehobota Baptist Church
Sreedpoem's
Slaware Avenue
I Gremeh
Hichard
Everrs
Central Presbyterian
Southern Assen. Bi
Atrests
James H. Taylor
Peator
Twenty-Second Street
Overmans
H. Weddell Pratt
Wiliam Kor
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Gister
Melissa
Fleming
Thomas T
Margaret H. Fleminginee Holohan
New Jusey Avenue
Mount Olivet
Go Olson
Runyon
South Orange
Wendel Phillips
Wiliam Lloyd
Helen Benson Garryon
Halshy
Orange County
Joseph J. Hausey
Ithaca
Ghorge
Thirteenth Street
Rock Creek
Harrisburg
Tata
Andrew Lauxman
Joha A Lauxman
Teneral
Galea Street
Thomas
First Street
Aires
Clarksburg
Winnifred
Willam
Frances Rolin Whipper
Beaufort
Jonie” Ro
Leigh Ro Whipper
Charleston
Sergeon
R & Cain
T. A. Costello & Bro
WM. S. Riley
Frank Geier's Sons
Seventh ST NW
John R. Wright CO
Lee
J. William Lee
Connegtion
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Hist
Modern Chapel
Phono East
George P. Zarhorst
Evbsalmer
East Capitol
Hindle & Bayliss
Nalley & Son
Eydalmerg
Eam
R. F. Harvey
Commoedious Chapel
John M. Mitchell
Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
Feneral
Phon
Geo. c. Shaefer
AIST
Health Office Record
To-Kalon Wine CO
14Th Street
EDWARD_HL-HARRIMAN
Via
Railroad King
Tames Crichton
Chicago and Alton
Consolidated Company 4
Consolidated Company
Panama Road Directors
Pepperman
Merce Commission
Bryan
Pausch
Toledo
Tharp
Ae Rye
Savant
A. and P
Congressional Coffee
Seraic Vsyurree
Congressional
Great Atlantic & Pacific Teaco
Fourteenth St
Seventh Street
H Street N. E
M Street
Georgetown
D. Sc
N. Liberty Market
O Street
Center Market
Western Market
West End Market
Eastern Market
Evelyn Thaw
Loes
Reinfell
Roheville
Atlanta
City
Beaton
Maxey
Buffalo
Old Denver
Colo
Dea Moines
Galveston
Tex
de Helena
Mont
Jacksonville
Vicksburg
Mies
District of Columbia
Congress
United States Trust Company
Pare
Morgan
Bigs
Douglas
GAN
Daniel N
RIXEY
Daniel N. Mia
A Midvette
Sete
Owen Owen
D.C. Teles
Witten I. Penfield
Franklin Schneider
Bene
Trimble
Bary Eardman
M AL Winter
Pharres E. Wood
Episcopal
Fifth Baptist
Seventh Southwest
Weeton Bruner
R. A Ford
Curdy
Me Mercer
McCauley Mission
Miss Baelman
de, Bruner
Salvary Baptist Church
Eighth and Atreetn Northwest
Samuel H. Greene
D. D
H. Hristan
First Congregational Church
Tenth
G Strests
Fer Tscap Clark
D. D. Nusi
Chatz
J. W Biechot
Sundey-zabodl
Christian Badesvor
Southern Presbyterian
Metropolitan Memorial MY
Frank M Bristol
Longfellow
Epworth Lesgus
ALL Souls
Fourteenth
T Streets
Ulysses G. B Plerea
Teligi
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Fifteenth and
R Streetn
Traders’ National Bank
Tenth Street
Pennsylvana Avenue
Northwest
Evangelical Christian Science
Evangelical Christian Science Church
Oliver C. Sebin
Sabie
Wednenia
Secular League
Henry Oldys
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
Macfarland
Pwolith
Ered
Waldensian Society
Washington, D. C
Armus Presbyterian Church
Sinc J Wasley Bovee
Florence Caney
Ravi Nardi
Q Street
Seaton
J . Phelps Sloxes
Masone Temple
Ninth and
F Streets
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