Art Burglars Crafty Plunder Valued At Three Hundred Fifty Thousand
A long, illustrated account traces major art thefts from Libri’s staged recoveries to Worth’s Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire heist. It notes amateur versus professional thieves, the challenges of moving paintings, and how famous works become targets.
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Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Adam Worth
Pinkertons
France
Turkey
Worth
Oue
Agnew & Co
Chance
Jack Phil Iims
Bond Street
London
Art Gallery of Agnew & Co
Gameborough
Devonshire
Agnews
Christie's
Stolen Gainsborough Portraits and Gallery Thefts Across Years
A historical survey details art thefts from Britain and America, tracing a Gainsborough portrait recovered after twenty years in storage, later art galley robberies, and the risky fate of stolen works. It notes Fortuny, Palm, and other cases, including misappropriations and recoveries, with emphasis on clever thievery and recovery by authorities.
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France
Worth
Phillips
Bond Street
United States
Gainsborough
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Pat Sheedy
Sport and Gambler
Pinkertons
Rheedy
Cyrot
Isabey
Zlem
Jacque
Daubigny
Fortuny
Philadelphia
Academy
National Portrait Gallery
London
Baron Dimsdale
Primer
Agor
Dublin
Richard Burke
Bone
National Ry of Ireland
Ascoli
J Pierpont Morgan
Wertheimer
Park Laye
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Dumont
N Lawrence
Pwilhell
Wales
Reynolds
Ban on Medical Concer. 15
Postmaster General Cortelyou orders denying mails to fourteen Philadelphia residents involved in illegal medical practice. Inspection of city offices selling drugs and performing operations leads to prosecutions, aligning with actions in Boston New York and Buffalo against numerous such offices.
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Cortelyou
Philadelphia
Sgme
United States
Department
Boston
New York
Buffalo
New Bookkeeping System Ordered by Treasury Secretary
Acting on Keep Commission guidance the Treasury Secretary orders a new bookkeeping system for the department with accounts of audited revenues and expenditures. The July 1 start is recommended and the current system is criticized for poor balance checks and lack of clear linkage to Congress appropriations and public funds.
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Keep Commission
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Department
Congress
Stock losses blamed on cattle greed in west and northwest
W C Stillman of Albany, president of the American Humane Association, appeals for relief from severe winter stock deaths across North Dakota, Montana, and Alberta. He describes two feet of snow, ice, and starvation reducing 75 to 80 percent of cattle and half a million sheep doomed to perish, urging public sentiment and nationwide press action to curb humane abuses and fund field investigations.
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W. C. Stillman
Albany
N. Y
American Humane Association
New York Evening Post
Northwest
United States
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Montana
Rocky Mountains
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Rome
Congress
Cald
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Triumph for post card devotees on both sides
Devotees of the illustrated postal card craze gain a new allowance after an order by Postmaster General Cortelyou dated four months ago. The directive permits writers to place messages on the same side as the address, stemming from an agreement among nations at the Universal Congress in Rome.
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Cortelyou
Reagan
Rome
Higgins Answers Critics on Washington Speech
Gov James B Higgins denies intending to belittle George Washington in a Providence letter to a friend. He notes the Rhode Island legislature praised his remarks and the senate ordered 3,000 copies of the address printed for state distribution. He argues Washington exceeded Grant Sheridan and Sherman in some respects, while the house speaker faced condemnation for misrepresentation and discourteous reply.
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James B. Higgins
Node Island
Providence
R. L
Washington
Gay
Higgins
Senate
Lea
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
House
Boon to Cotton Culture by New Agriculture Device
A Department of Agriculture device for removing fuzz from cotton seed and separating light from heavy seed could cut losses by about 20 percent. The two year development promises easier planting with gravity drills, precise hill placement, and bidirectional tiling. If adopted, production could be taxed as royalties to pay for dissemination.
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Department of Agriculture
America
Private Aids to Navigation Require Lighthouse Board Permission
A new law bans any private entity from establishing or maintaining navigational aids in U S waters without permission from the lighthouse board. Secretary Straus issued a general order detailing procedures for towns and corporations seeking authority to place private aids. Private aids already approved by the board must not be discontinued without notice. No private marks may be placed in waters previously marked in a lighthouse board satisfactory manner.
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Congress
Lghthouse Board
United States
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Lighthouse Board
Gift to Secretary Root by South American visitors
Three young South Americans arrived in Washington and were presented to Secretary Root by Mr Barrett of the Bureau of American Republics. G. A. Puente and Alberto and Eduards Divot of Buenos Ayres brought a photo album of Buenos Aires scenes from Root’s reception there last summer. The Divot brothers are sons of a wealthy Argentine citizen who hosted Root as his guest.
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Washington
Yester, Gay
Root
Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
G. A. Puente
Alberto
Eduards Divot
Buenos Ayres
le Nacion
South America
Divot Brothers
Argentina
Root Welcomes Guatemala’s New Minister Dr Herrate
Dr Donnie Toledo Herrate arrives as Guatemala’s minister in Washington and will meet President Roosevelt this week to present credentials. He succeeds the late Dr Munoz and is noted as a top medical figure, a close friend of Guatemala’s president, and delegate to the last Pan American Medical Congress. With his arrival all Latin republics are represented in Washington except Chile and Paraguay.
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Donnie Toledo Herrate
Guatemala
Root
Herrate
Roosevelt
Dr Herrate
Dr . Munoz
Republic
Washington
Chile
Paraguay
Postmaster Generals Plan Ottawa Visit for Treaty Talks
Postmaster General Cortelyou directs Shallanberger and H M Bacon to travel to Ottawa to confer with Canada on issues under the postal treaty. They will depart Washington tonight, stop in New York one day, and arrive in Ottawa Wednesday for a satisfactory adjustment of the disputed questions.
Postmaster General Seeks Speed With Safety On Mail Trains
The Postmaster General Cortelyou urges fast mail service but cautions against schedules that burden railroads or endanger passengers. He warns against overtaxing lines with excessive speed while aiming for expeditious delivery. Uruguay Inaugurates President O Hara reports consul dispatch on Claudio Williman becoming Uruguay's president. A Washington Post Book Catalogue lists educational contest titles and many others, rice sold at 15 cents.
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Cortelyou
Post-office Department
Washington Post
Waahingten Post
Orloe
Stocks Fall as Investors Scale Back Confidence at Market
The Washington Post reports a broad stock selloff sending standard railway shares to new low levels for the year amid investor liquidation. The Harriman management inquiry and potential bond issues by the Chicago and Alton raise questions over legality and asset adequacy as the Aldrich currency bill looms, while railroad earnings face pressure from high costs and uncertain relief through policy shifts.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Standard Railway
Interstate Commerce Comisianion
Harriman
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Alton Road
Aldrich
the Tressury
Secretary of the Treasury
Pension column explains widows and survivors pensions
Readers inquire about eligibility and procedures for Civil War and later pensions. The Pension Editor outlines when lawyers help, how to state soldier details, and which acts grant or restore benefits. Notes on McCumber law, June 27 1890s acts, and advice for specific cases follow.
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Roan Mountain
Tenn
East
Commissioner of Pensions For
McRendres
McCumber
United States Service
Hagerstown
al Wlavw
Amanda
Mattam
Civic Improvement Committee Discusses L'Enfant Plan
Members of the Civic Improvement Committee met Saturday evening to view the L'Enfant map of the District and learn why Washington is suited for beautification. J. Dunter read on Gov Shepherd's work, J. L. Holcomb spoke on terraces for street parking, and Z. D. Blackstone discussed indoor lawn plants.
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J. Dunter
Gov Shepherd
J L Holcomb
Z.D Blacktstone
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