Art burglars and the Gainsborough theft saga unfold
London police scrutinize a high profile art heist linked to Adam Worth and an Italian criminal network. The piece recounts Libri’s manuscript thefts in Paris, tours of French depots, and the daring 1870s Gainsborough Duchess of Devonshire theft. It notes amateur vs professional thieves, markets for stolen works, and restoration efforts.
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London
Scotland Yard
Wertheimer
Sargent
St .Gallen
Tours
Labri
Tives
Libri
Florentine
Paris
France
Earl of Ashburnham
Lyons Tours
Troyes
Orleany
Pantzzi
J Barrola
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Adam Worth
Pinkertons
Turkey
Worth
Oue
Agnew & Co
Chance
Jack Phil Iims
Bond Street
Art Gallery of Agnew & Co
Gameborough
Devonshire
Agnews
Christie's
Thief Steals Picture Then Hidden Art Survivors
A London gang steals a Gainsborough from Bond Street and hides it in a trunk in the United States for years. The case threads through extradition, Pinkerton mediation, and restorations, with multiple galleries reporting similar historic thefts and safe returning of works.
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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 in Philadelphia
Postmaster General Cortelyou orders denial of mail to fourteen Philadelphia residents engaged in illegal medical practice. Mail addressed to them will be treated as fictitious. Investigations target offices advertising unlawful drug sales and operations. Several offenders have faced U.S. criminal proceedings, with actions echoing prior busts in Boston New York and Buffalo involving over one hundred offices.
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Cortelyou
Philadelphia
Sgme
United States
Department
Boston
New York
Buffalo
New Bookkeeping System Ordered by Treasury
Acting on Keep Commission recommendations the Treasury Secretary orders a new bookkeeping system for the department to begin July 1. The current system, a consolidation of several methods, is said to be incomplete and fails to provide audited revenue and expenditure accounts. The report notes the present records cannot prove balance accuracy or show Congress pledged funds by appropriations.
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Keep Commission
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Department
Congress
Relentless Winter Pounds Western Livestock Trade
W C Stillman of Albany leads an appeal by the American Humane Association detailing severe stock losses across the Northwest and Alberta. He cites two feet of snow, freezing, and the neglect of cattle and sheep by owners focused on profit, urging public pressure and legislative action.
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W. C. Stillman
Albany
N. Y
American Humane Association
New York Evening Post
Northwest
United States
North Dakota
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Alberta
Helena
Ther
Ttis
Rome
Congress
Cald
St Hemen
Triumph for Postal Card Devotees on One Side
Devotees of the illustrated postcard craze celebrate after Postmaster General Cortelyou issued an order allowing messages on the same side as addresses. The four month old order follows a pact reached by international delegates at the Universal Congress in Rome, easing postcard use.
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Cortelyou
Reagan
Rome
Higgins Defends Washington Remarks in Rhode Island Letter
Gov James B Higgins denies disparaging Washington in a Providence letter to a friend. He notes Rhode Island legislature’s thanks for his address and a unanimous printing order. He argues Washington surpassed Grant Sher idan and Sherman in some respects while noting a house speaker criticism.
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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 from Department of Agriculture device
A new cotton processing machine, perfected by Agriculture Department experts, removes fuzz from cotton seed and separates light from heavy material. It could save about 20 percent of the U S cotton crop, valued at around 750 million dollars annually, and would allow easier planting with a gravity drill. If implemented, government control could require royalties from planters.
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Department of Agriculture
America
Buoys Authorized by Law Pause Private Aids
Congress restricts any Dergon corporation or municipality not under the lighthouse board from establishing or maintaining private navigational aids after January 1 without board permission. Secretary Straus issues a general order directing procedures for towns seeking authority. Private aids authorized by the board must not be discontinued without notice, and none may be kept in waters already marked satisfactorily by the lighthouse board.
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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 met Secretary Root. G A Puente and Alberto and Eduard Divot of Buenos Aires presented Root with a photo album from Le Nacion showing Buenos Aires scenes from Root’s reception last summer. The Divot brothers are sons of a wealthy Argentine citizen who hosted Root during his Argentina visit. The secretary thanked them and recalled the cordial welcome he received in Argentina.
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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, Guatemala’s new minister, arrives and will present credentials to President Roosevelt. He is a close ally of Guatemala’s president, former Pan American Medical Congress delegate, replacing the late Dr Munoz. Chile and Paraguay are the remaining Latin states without ambassadors in Washington.
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Donnie Toledo Herrate
Guatemala
Root
Herrate
Roosevelt
Dr Herrate
Dr . Munoz
Republic
Washington
Chile
Paraguay
Postmasters to confer with Canadian postal officials
Postmaster General Cortelyou directs Second Assistant Shallanberger and H M Bacon to travel to Ottawa to discuss unsettled postal treaty questions with Canada. They depart Washington tonight, stop in New York for a day, then proceed to Ottawa for a satisfactory adjustment.
Postmaster General seeks safe speed for mail trains
Cortelyou outlines stance that fast mail service must not push railroads into unsafe schedules. He warns speed pressure risks overtaxing lines and calls for balance between expeditious delivery and public safety. Also notes Uruguay inaugurates Claudio Wiliman and a Washington Post Book Catalogue listing titles for an educational contest.
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Cortelyou
Post-office Department
Washington Post
Stocks See Record Lows as Harriman Inquiry Shapes Market
The Washington Post reports a widespread stock selloff pushing standard railway shares to year lows amid investor doubt. The Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on Harriman management reveal loose financing via alleged bond issues and a shifted treasury, while Aldrich currency reform and railway earnings trends dominate financial district talk.
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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
Pensions column offers guidance for widows and survivors
Readers seek help on how to claim pensions from Civil War and later wars. Letters discuss whether attorneys are needed, how to file, and how acts from 1880 to 1908 affect eligibility, with examples from Maryland Ohio and Philadelphia readers and officials in Roan Mountain Tennessee and Washington.
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Roan Mountain
Tenn
East
Commissioner of Pensions For
Civic Improvement Committee Studies L'Enfant Beautification Plan
The Civic Improvement Committee met Saturday evening to view the L'Enfant map of the District and receive lessons on Washington’s origination for beautification. J Dunter discussed Gov Shepherd’s city beautification work, J L Holcomb spoke on terraces for street parking, and Z D Blackstone described indoor lawn plant beauty. each paper was discussed.
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J. Dunter
Gov Shepherd
J L Holcomb
Z.D Blacktstone
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Republic of Uruguay
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Ps. Ave
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Washington Exchange
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F Nesbuy
New York Ave
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Utah
Lawson
Thomas Reinhardt
Exchange PL
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Alvin M. Ooar
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G O Watson
Jackson H Raletor
IO Kimball
Union Savings Bank
Fourteenth St
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Elliott & Camp
Stuart Ellis
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Richfield
Ivestors
Public Stock and Grain Co
South Fourth St
E. E. Simpson
Jenkins & CO
F Street
Washinton
Cella Commission Co
Missouri Corporation
Mechanics
American National Beals St Louis
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louie
Chesley & Spencecca Caliago
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le Croit
Frank Kane & CO
F St
Espondente BR
Miner & Co
Marshall & Foote
Joana Rrgkele & McLoram
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