Art burglars craft crafty plunder valued at 350000
A historical report surveys art thefts from Europe and links to Gainsborough’s Duchess of Devonshire restoration. It details Libri’s manuscript heists, Wise black market sales, and Adam Worth’s infamous 19th century crime spree, noting amateur and professional thieves and the dangers of recovering stolen works.
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Scotland Yard
Wertheimer
Sargent
St .Gallen
Tours
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Tives
Libri
Florentine
Paris
France
Earl of Ashburnham
Lyons Tours
Troyes
Orleany
Pantzzi
J Barrola
Europe
America
Abtuseness
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Adam Worth
Pinkertons
Beo
Turkey
Worth
Oue
Agnew & Co
Chance
Jack Phil Iims
Bond Street
Art Gallery of Agnews& Co
Gameborough
Devonshire
Agnews
Christie'a
Stolen Gainsborough Portraits and Gallery Thefts Across Cities
A historical survey recounts art thefts from public galleries and private homes. It describes a Gainsborough mislaid for twenty years, the 1901 return through Pat Sheedy and the Pinkertons, plus other notable thefts in London, Dublin, and Wales. It notes methods like disguising paintings as copies, hiding works in trunks, and stealing miniatures and enamels, with attributions to Reynolds, Fortuny, and Morgan among others.
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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 Concerns in Philadelphia
Postmaster General Cortelyou orders denial of mails to fourteen Philadelphians connected to illegal medical practice. The inspectors investigated city offices advertising unlawful drug sales and legal procedures. Several have faced criminal prosecution or convictions, aligning with actions in Boston New York and Buffalo against numerous such offices.
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Cor‘telyou
Philadelphia
United States
Department
Boston
New York
Buffalo
New Bookkeeping System Ordered for Treasury
Acting on Keep Commission recommendations the Treasury Secretary orders a new bookkeeping system. The commission says the current consolidated method is incomplete and fails to show audited revenues and expenditures. It notes no way to confirm balances or prove correctness of accounts and that records do not reveal how Congress pledged public funds.
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Keep Commission
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Department
Congress
Public Outcry Over Harsh Winter Toll on West Stock
W C Stillman of Albany, president of the American Humane Association, appeals for relief as livestock suffer massive losses in North Dakota, Montana, and Alberta due to deep snow and freezing. He notes cattle and sheep face starvation while stockmen focus on profits. urges federal action and funds for investigators to document abuses.
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N. Y
American Humane Association
New York Evening Post
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United States
North Dakota
Montana
Rocky Mountains
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Lve
Helena
Ther
Rome
Johava
Congress
Roany Cattia
St Hemen
Triumph for devotees of illustrated post card craze
Devotees of the illustrated postal card craze gain an extra feature after a Postmaster General Cortelyou order allows messages on the same side as the address. The measure, signed four months ago, stems from a Universal Postal Congress agreement in Rome.
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Cortelyou
Reagan
Universal On Congress
Rome
Higgins Responds To Critics In Rhode Island Letter
Governor James B. Higgins defends remarks on Gen Washington in a Providence letter to a friend. He says he did not belittle Washington, noting Rhode Island legislature voted thanks for the address and the senate ordered 3,000 copies printed. He claims the speaker of the house was condemned for misrepresentation and rudeness, while his party majority rebuked him publicly.
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James B. Higgins
Node Island
Providence
R. L
Washington
Gay
Higgins
Senate
Lea
Grant
Sheridan
Sherman
House
Device to remove fuzz from cotton seeds praised by Ag Dept
The Agriculture Department reports a new machine that removes fuzz from cotton seed and separates light from heavy seed. Experts estimate a potential 20 percent saving in the U S cotton crop worth about 750 million dollars annually. If adopted, the government would license the invention to planters who use it.
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Department of Agriculture
America
Private Aids to Navigation Require Lighthouse Permission
Congress paused a law banning any Dergon corporation or municipality not under the lighthouse board from inserting private navigational aids in US waters after January 1. Secretary Straus issued a general order directing procedures for towns seeking authority to establish private aids. Private aids authorized by the board may not be discontinued without notice, and no private marks may remain in channels already marked to the board’s satisfaction.
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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 prominent 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 the Divot brothers of Buenos Ayres presented a lavish album of Buenos Aires scenes from Root's reception there last summer. The Secretary enjoyed meeting them and recalled Argentina’s cordial welcome.
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Yester, Gay
Root
Barrett
Bureau of American Republics
G. A. Puente
Alberto
Eduards Divot
Buenos Ayres
le Nacion
South America
Divot Brothers
Argentina
Root greets new minister from Guatemala Dr Donnie Herrate
Dr Donnie Toledo Herrate arrives as Guatemala's new minister and will meet President Roosevelt this week to present credentials. He succeeds the late Dr Munoz and is viewed as a top Guatemalan official and ally of the Guatemalan presidency. Herrate was a delegate at the last Pan American Medical Congress, signaling full Latin representation in Washington except for Chile and Paraguay.
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Guatemala
Root
Herrate
Roosevelt
Dr Herrate
Dr . Munoz
Republic
Washington
Chile
Paraguay
Postmaster Officials to Visit Ottawa for Treaty Talks
Postmaster General Cortelyou directs Second Assistant Shallanberger and H M Bacon to go to Ottawa to confer with Canadian postal authorities. They will depart Washington tonight, stop in New York for a day, and arrive in Ottawa on Wednesday to seek a satisfactory adjustment of treaty questions between the two administrations.
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Cortelyou
Shallanberger
H. M. Bacon
Ottawa
Canada
Postal Administration
Washington
New York
Post Office Demands Speed With Safety In Rail Service
Postmaster General Cortelyou advocates fastest feasible mail service but warns against forcing schedules that strain safety. He fears speed may overtax some railroads. Uruguay inaugurates President Claudio William, reported by American consul O Hara from Montevideo. Washington Post Book Catalogue lists educational contest titles, rice sold 15 cents at this office.
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Cortelyou
Post-office Department
Uruguay
Mr O'Hara
Montevideo
State Department
Claudio Wiiliman
Republic of Uruguay
Washington Post
Waahingten Post
Orloe
Stocks Fall Steadily as Harriman Inquiry Looms
In New York investors worry over stock declines amid a federal investigation into Harriman railroad management. The Chicago and Alton case shows bond issues funding a non existent line and asset shifts profiting holders, raising questions of legality. Prospects for the Aldrich currency bill and rail earnings add to market unease as Cortelyou's actions remain uncertain.
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Washington Post
New York
Mar
Standard Railway
Interstate Commerce Comisianion
Harriman
Pension column guides widows to seek pension advice
Letters request pension help from veterans and families in Roan Mountain and Baltimore. The Pension Editor explains whether lawyers are needed, how to file or pursue status, and how acts from 1890 to 1907 affect survivors of Civil War, Spanish American War, and later ages.
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G E Joes
Roan Mountain
Tenn
East
Commissioner of Pensions For
Baltimore
Spain
Emma
Pension Bureau
Atteins
Hagerstown
al Wlavw
Amanda
Civic Improvement Committee Discusses L'Enfant Plan Beautification
Members of the Civic Improvement Committee met to review the L'Enfant map of the District and learn why Washington was designed for beautification. Dunter read on Gov Shepherd's early city beautification efforts, Holcomb spoke on terraces for street parking, and Blackstone discussed indoor lawn plants.
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Dunter
Gov Shepherd
J L Holcomb
Z.D Blacktstone
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