Spirit materialization claim fronts $25,000 suit in Brooklyn
In a defamation suit by Mrs Harriet Strickland against Rev Dr Hugh Moore, a medium, Col Charles MacArthur of Brooklyn says his dead wife revealed he fathered four children in spirit. He shows three tombstones for spirit triplets in a private room and denies Strickland's accusations, pledging to cross examine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar. T
Harriet Strickland
Hugh Moore
First Church of
Progressive Spiritualists
Charles MacArthur
Ga.r
Radford Avenue
Brooklyn
Andrew Macrery
Strickland
Col MacArthur
Moore
Mediaa
Earth
Spirit Land
Mra Strickland
Lfe
Col .MacArthur
Firit
Stewan
Stickland
Thal
Dr Moore
Uttle Pansy
Pansy
Ebtla
Ohio
University honors Saint at Feast of St Thomas Aquinas
Rev Dr B J Hanna of St Bernard's Seminary Rochester preached the sermon at a Catholic University feast celebrating St Thomas Aquinas patron of the philosophy faculty. Monsignor O'Donnell presided as rector and all faculty members attended in cap and gown. Dr Edward Pace and Jean of the philosophy faculty helped arrange the program as Dominican Fathers observed the feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B J Hanna
St Bernard's Seminary
Rochester
Catholic University
St Thomas Aquinas
Faculty of Philosophy
Hannas
O'Connell
Edward 4
Pace
Jean
Monsignor O'Donnell
Ainner
Dreae
Paintings Bring 47000 as Corcoran Buys Thirteen Works
Corcoran Art Gallery has purchased thirteen of twenty three paintings in a special exhibition by American artists opened February six. The total purchase price for the sold works amounts to forty seven thousand dollars. The exhibit has drawn record attendance with about ten thousand more expected before closing Sunday at six. Admission remains free Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran Art Gallery
Corcoran Art Galery
Charity Ball Draws Five Hundred Attendance at National Hall
About 600 persons gathered at the National Rifles Armory for a charity ball staged by the Ladies Liberty Lodge No 19 OS 3B to aid the Fifth and Sixth street temples. Mrs Seniller presided as chairwoman of the executive committee with Mrs R Lully heading the refreshments and Max Cohen Mark Stearman Albert Haas Louis Notes and others on floor committees. roughly $100 was raised. The hall featured palms and banners. Canadian Parliament deputy speaker Charles Marcil visited President Roosevelt in Ottawa to pay respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forbs Hall
National Rifles Armory
Ladies’ Liberty Lodge
No 19
Fifth
Sixth Street
Seniller
R Lully
Max Cohen
Mark Stearman
Albert Haas
Louis Notes
Will Ullman
Manuel Rice
Ben-jamon Livingston
Louis Steiner
Oscar Rebingon
Herbert Guggenheim
Joseph Altman
Will Levy
Anid
Lecture finale on Jamestown and Colonial Virginia joys
Rev Randolph H McKim concluded a series on Jamestown and Colonial Virginia at the Church of the Epiphany drawing a large audience. He highlighted colonial mansions and heroes, noting Jamestown Church as cradle of liberty and the phrase no taxation without representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Virginia
Tts
Randolph H.’ McKim
Church of the Epiphany
Nathaniel Bacon
Great Britain
John Smith
Jamestown Church
St. Luke's
Peter's
Christ
Lancaster
Old St. Paul's
Norfolk
St. John’s
Richmond
Patrick Henry
Old Christ Church
Alexandria
McKim
Westover
Old Stratford
Page
Montpelier
Monticello
University of Virginia
Shaler Contract For New Sheridan Circle Residence Awarded
Mrs S P Shaler widow of the Harvard University dean and geology professor has awarded a four story residence contract to H W Sandford of this city. Architect George Oakley Totten Jr designed a restrained Italian style home with Louis XVI touches and a roof garden. The irregular lot fronts about 57 feet on A street and 45 feet on the circle with a central decorative Italian fountain and evergreen terrace. cost about 40000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S P Shaler
Lawrence Scientific School
Harvard University
Sheridan Circle
BE Street
H. W Sandford
George Oakley Totten, Jr
Thia
Gealga
Tower's Firmness Liked by Berlin Officials
Berlin reports secretary of state for foreign affairs Herr von Ischirsky praised Ambassador Tower's firmness in representing U S interests. He noted Tower's strong personal and political standing in Berlin and his role in the Wireless Conference and Tart negotiations, stressing that firm American representation serves national interests. Emperor William entertained Ambassador and Mrs Tower at a royal dinner with several officers in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Herr von ‘Ischirsky
Tower
United States
Mr Tower
William
von Plessen
Col von Gontard
Maj von Friedeburg
Ig Majesty
Sulte
Rough Bay Trip Delights Congress at Fort Monroe
A congressional party traveled to Fort Monroe aboard the transport Sumner. rough seas kept lawmakers in cabins most of the voyage but the return to Washington marking a successful inspection. Notable attendees included Senators Scott Pettus Warren Warner and Representatives Hull Babsock Gillette Slayden Fitzgerald and generals Dell Crozier Murray Garlington Weaver Wright Gilmore Maglana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Fort Monroe
Sumner
Washington
Arthur Murray
Scott
Pettus
Warren
Warner
Hull Babsock
Gillette Slayden
Fitzgerald
Dell
Crozier
Murray
Artilery
Garlington
A. M Weaver
Wright
Gilmore
Maglana
Honor Retiring Commissioner William A Richards
A presentation by former associates in the General Land Office yesterday afternoon gifted William A Richards a fine Swiss watch with a gold chain and a diamond-studded pocket charm. The watch bears a Bougereau Europa painting replica on its back and an engraved Inver cap, with a goldengraved dial. G F Pottock opened with a speech, Judge J E Witten spoke, Richards reacted, and Ballinger offered remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A Richards
General Land Office
Europa
Bougereau
G F Pottock
J E Witten
Richards
Ballinger
Mrs La Follette Braved Four Miles to Aid Senator
Senator La Follette remains bedridden after a bad attack of grip and his wife Mrs La Follette walked four miles in the dark to Madison station to catch a train to Washington. Her presence is seen as easing his nerves and guiding political matters while he recuperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Xamatia
la Follette
Maple Bluff
Madison
Washington
Mrz la Follette
Mr. la Follette
la Pollette
Spooner
Mia Taolletto
Noted Men to Aid Fair Honor Fraternity Attendance
Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Uncle Joe Cannon accept invitations to the 1907 Masonic fair reception. President B F Smith reports mass correspondence from grand masters and dignitaries pledging attendance, with both houses and administration represented among honorary committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B F Smith
Board of Control
Fair
Fairbanks
Washington
Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Joe” Cannon
House of Representatives
Joe
Congress
William Losp, Jr
Maryland
Glenn
North Carolina
Swanton
Viginia
Smith
Virginia
Royal Arch Masons
Funeral for Rudolph Eichhorn Attended by City Priests
Clergymen from Catholic parishes gather at St Mary's German Catholic Church for Rudolph Eichhorn's funeral. A solemn requiem mass is led by Rev Frank A B Weunnenberg with deacon Rev Valentine F Schmidt and sub deacon Rev Charles Warren Currier. Several grandsons serve as acolytes while the choir, soloists, and organist perform. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named among community leaders and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eichhorn
Rudolph Hichorn
Thirdtreet
St Mary's German Catholic Church
Frank A. B Weunnenberg
St Mary's Church
Valentine F Schmidt
St. Joseph's Church
Charles ‘Warren Currier
St. Mary’s Church
Rudolph Biehar
Rudolph Sutton
Ernest Waldecker
William Waldecker
Tamme
Cecelia V Murphy
Rosalie Holberg
Edward Turpin
Frank A. Redstock
Bagso
Erle Rath
Jesu
Gounod
Reostock
Willam McFarland
Charles Meyers
Dana Holland
Frank A. Rebistock
Hichorn
William F Mattingly
Charles W Darr
Grimm Allison “Nalor
Joseph Howard
Daniel Hannan
Thomas W Smith
John R
Funeral for Frank L Freeman at Oak Hill Cemetery
The funeral for Frank L Freeman who died at his home on 1756 N Street was held yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock. Rev Dr Pierce conducted the services. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eugene A Byrnes Robert J Fisher Arthur P Greely William H W Yinkel Clerengo B Bheom H A Watson L L Bryant and A B T Hansmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L Freeman
N Street
Dr Pierce
Oak HU
Eugene A. Byrnes
Robert J_ Fisher
Arthur P Greely
William _HW Yinkel Clerengo
Bheom
H A Watson
Ll. Bryant
A.B T Hansmann
Connolly Leaves Navy After Short Term Service
James B Connolly once famed eco writer and U S Navy enlistee at Roosevelt's suggestion has been discharged after a brief two year term. He served as a yeoman second class at the Washington Navy Yard, helped log aboard the battleship Alabama, sailed to Guantanamo and sought material for future works under an assumed name. His identity became known among the crew and his mission was reportedly discouraged, yet he gained authentic naval life experience and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B Connolly
United States Navy
Tomake
Connolly
Named for West Point 1908 Appointments and Alternates
The President announces the principals and alternates for examination and admission to the United States Military Academy in 1908. Names include Burton Young Read, Allen Edwards, Dodd, Fechet, Lawton, Latimer, Pulford, Fraser, and many others, with alternates such as DeBuesey Hunt, John Hunter, Hautfman, Kauffman, Lockwood, W Stewart, West, Shigo Byerts, McClellan Chase, Johnson, Perrine, Vestal, Larrabee, Grimes, Simpson, Baker, and other sons of senior officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Military Academy
Burton Young Read
George W Head
Terry Ds la Mesa Allen
Majo A Allen Entom
Edwards of
Liew
Col
A. Edwards
Charles @ Dodd
A. Dodd
D'Alury Fechet
H . Fechet
A. Wallace
Cape Wallace
Manley Lawton
Lawton
Alfred Faxon Latimer
A. E Latimer
John Pulford
Donald W Fraser
John Fraser
Claude DeBuesey Hunt
P Hunt
John 3
Hunter
Edward Hunter
Andrew H Hautfman
Idcut
A. BH Kauffman
Benjamin
Lockwood
B C Lockwood
Frederick
Stewart
Stewart Arthur ‘West
Ligut
Frank West
William Shigo Byerts
Edward Hyerts
George McClellan Chase
George F Chase
John & Johnson
Capt
JK Johnson
Henry Pratt Perrine
Parving
Marlon F Vestal
Spt
P Vestal
Monitor Tests Satisfactory Says Florida Crew at Sea Trials
The Florida returned to Norfolk Navy Yard after sea trials off the Chesapeake capes. Navy reports show the experiments with the big guns proceeded satisfactorily and the ship faced no danger despite high seas and offshore winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Guna
Navy Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
Monitor
Chesapeake Capes
Minnesota Senate Votes 10000 for Silver Service
The Minnesota Senate passed a bill to appropriate 10000 dollars to purchase a silver service for the United States battleship Minnesota. In Newport News, the Georgia battle ship arrived at Hampton Roads from Boston and will move to Savannah to receive its silver service from the Georgia Militia. The War Department announced that district militia drills will next summer join coast artillery along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Senate
St Paul
Minn
United States
Newport News
Georgia
Hampton Roads
Boston
Savannah
War Department
Milltia
Coast Artillery
Atantic
Simply Swallow Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Digestion
An advertising piece extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a solution to indigestion and poor appetite. It claims one tablet digests a full meal, boosts gastric juice, and restores keen appetite, urging readers to mail for a free sample and purchase from drug stores. It cites hydrastis, golden seal, lactose, and aseptic pepsin as ingredients and notes wide professional endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
United States
Canada
A Stuart Co
Stuart Bidg
Marshall
Mich
Social Gossip Highlights Couture and Royal Happenings
Social chatter links American and European fashion trends with hats and girlish styles. It notes British diplomacy plans in Newport, a high society wedding of Nalica Rives and W P Burden, and references to the Gould family and Perry lineage.
German Budget Panel Approves Ambassador Salary Increase
Berlin reports the Reichstag appropriations committee approved raises for Baron Speck von Sternburg the German ambassador in Washington increasing his salary by 5000 dollars and the first secretary by 625 dollars raising the embassy’s personnel compensation amid cost of living concerns and parity with other capitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Baron Speck von Sternburg
Washington
Reich Stag
Foreign Office
Vor
Koerner
United States
Tarif
von Koerner
Roosevelt
von Kostner
France
Great Britain
Paris
Petersburg
Vienna
German embassy plans denied as purchase rumors spread
Reported talks of buying the Larz Anderson house at 2118 Massachusetts avenue as an embassy home were emphatically denied. The German government already bought a Kalorama Heights lot in July for a future palatial embassy costing about 250000 dollars, with ground acquired for around 150000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larz Anderson
Massachusetts Avenue
Kalorama Heights
Funeral of Army Nurse Adelaide Spurgeon
The funeral for Adelaide Spurgeon, an army nurse in the Civil War and later a member of the secret service, was held at the Church of the Epiphany. She served as a volunteer nurse during a Washington smallpox epidemic and joined hospital work despite frail health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Spurgeon
Secret Service
Spurgeon
Washington
Mra Spurgeon
Secret Service Commission
Kirkman Case Opens New Law Point In habeas Corpus
In Topeka Judge Pollock heard former Captain George W Kirkman seek habeas corpus from Fort Leavenworth. The judge will issue a written opinion on a novel point of law. Also noted is the Minnesota battle ship's status and Col Albert Towar's retirement after 32 years service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
George ‘W Kirkman
United States District Court
Pollock
Kirkman
United States Military
Fort, Leavenworth
Army Orders Move Officers and Sailors in Global Posts
Leaves of absence and station transfers for numerous officers and enlisted personnel announced. Assignments include First Lieut Frederick Koch Philippine Scouts and Col Edgar B Hobertson Ninth Infantry with extended dates through May, plus judge advocates and staff changes across Luzon, San Francisco, and West Point. Naval vessel movements list arrivals and departures along Atlantic and Caribbean routes, detailing ships like HaumiGal, Jena, and Rocket among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Post Amos
Frederick
Koch
Philippine Scouts
Edgar B Hobertson
Fantry
Augustus 7
Damnomiiier
Twenty-ninth Infantry
John McClintock
Bitth Cavalry
Teh Daye
Ble Artillery
Edward T. Donnelly
Field Artillery
Battary
George M Dunn
Tn Mania
Philippine
Gddersh Phiippine
Yeneva
Henry M. Morrow
Morrow
Weat Point
Albert J Towar
Charles I Bailey
Artillery Corps
Thin Sity
David C Shanks
Fourth Infantry
Fort Douglas
Utah
Obrlatian “Briand
Cavalry
General Hospital
Washington‘Barracks
Naval Officers Assigned and Medical Details Noted
Ordered postings list Lient and Gay commissioned in the Navy from June 7 1908 to duty at the United States Naval Academy Minneapolis Paymaster WL Wilton to treatment at the Naval Medical School Hospital Washington DC and related assignments for W D Leahy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lient & Gay
Navy
Lient
W. D Leahy
United States Naval Acatom
Aneapolis
Wilton
Naval Medical School Hospital
Washington, D. C
Dowager Empress Arrives in London with Royal Welcome
Mary the Dowager Empress of Russia arrived in London this morning and was greeted at the railroad station by her sister Queen Alexandria and other royals. Police say security is tightened as officials plan for possible anarchist threats while the party travels to Buckingham Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mary
Russia
Alexandria
Wailea
Theolien
Prizes for Painters at Carnegie Exposition 1907
Pittsburg announces the Carnegie Institute National Exposition jurors begin work on the 1907 show with about 1000 pictures entered from artists worldwide. Prizes total 3500 dollars with 1500, 1000, and 500 awards and at least one honorable mention. Final award decisions withheld until the exhibit opens. Jurors include Cecelia Beau Philadelphia Ruustcdiambreit Chase New York Pens Oliver Walker Lakewood NJ J Carl Melchers Paris Irving Ramsey Wiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bezan
Masa
Cecelia Beau
Philadelphia
Ruustcdiambreit Chase
New York
Pens
Oliver Walker
Lakewood
J Carl Melchers
Paris
Irving Ramsey Wiles
MISS FARRAR NOT TO WED HER EX PLIGHT
Special to The Washington There is no truth in the report I am to marry Zaltan Doehme the divorced husband of Mme Nordica Miss Geraldine Farrar declares at the Netherlands Hotel in New York Mar 7 She says Doehme is not in this country and she would not marry him or anyone else despite circulating jealousy driven reports of an engagement after the operatic season ends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Zaltan Doehme
Mme Nordica
Geraldine Farrar
Netherlands
Mmne
Allan Nord
Paris Carnival Parade Draws Huge Crowds Despite Accidents
Paris March 7 crowds filled the boulevards for a frost parade famed for sunshine and confetti battles. The Queen of the Carnival was received at the Elysee Palace. Rev Dr Nichols, a former Washington resident and Treasury clerk, died in Oregon at ninety five after a life in evangelistic and missionary work across the South and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Elysee Palace
D B Nichols
Treasury Department
Oregon
Nichola
Washington
Middle West
South Carolina
Harvard University
Florida
Minnesota
Magic Queen Loses $5000 Over Stock Contract Claim
Special to The Washington Post New York Mary Mme Adelaide Herrmann widow of Herrmann the Great and her niece Mile Adele Dew testified before Justice Blanchard in a Supreme Court suit by Alfred Beekman against stock broker Max Scheinberg. The judge ordered an inquest and ruled in favor of the women for about $5000 plus interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Mary
Mme Adelaide Herrmann
Herrmann the Great
Mile Adele Dew
Tie
Mme Herrmann
Milo Dewy
Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Alfred Beekman
Max Scheinberg
Rheinberg
Governor signs bill to guard Nancy Hanks Lincoln grave
Indiana Governor Hanly signs legislation to take charge of the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln. A commission will be appointed to manage the grounds and related affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary
Hanly
Qll
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
One Penalty of Bigamy from a Kansas City Journal
A youthful Lord Chief Justice Russell attends a bigamy trial when a friend asks the extreme penalty for bigamy. He smiles and replies that the penalty is two mothers-in-law, a humorous court-side quip from the Kansas City Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Journal
Russell
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Mr. Richards
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Nave
Wrnter
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Germany
Baron von Sternburg
Reichstag
Nice
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Princess of Wales
James’ Bryce
Newport
Lenox
Nalica Rives
W. P Burden
Mies Rives
Mr Burden
James A Burden
James A. Burden
William Douglas Sloane
Arthur Burden
Cynthia Roche
Frank Work
Gould
Ds Castellana
Josephine Stevens Perry
Norman McLeod
Boston City Hospital
Joseph Tripp Perry
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Commodore
Perry Belmont
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
Larz Anderson Mansion
Epectet
Albert S. Towar
Albert Towar
Army
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Wilmington
Philatelphis
Rhode
Tront
Santiago de Cuba
Santo Dowingo City
Rhode Island
Front
Lynnhaven Bey
Mampton
Queen Alexandra
Carnegie Institute
Wee Npl
Ariosa
Gentienst
Beitichem
Arbuckles
Anc
Asbuckles
Arbuckle Bros
CREMO
American Cigar Company
Bert Foster
Charles Hopkinson
John White Alexander
Rene Bislatte
Exile Clause
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Miss Farrar
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Magic Queen
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Nancy Hanks
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