Pig Saves Six Lives in Hogstye Reef Wreck
An article recounts a Hamburg American liner crew wrecked near Fortune Island on February 22. A pig aboard the bark Annie Lloyd snorkeled a line to shore, enabling lifeboat rescue and all men to reach land as the vessel broke apart. The pig swam to shore, was hailed as a lifesaver, and natives helped haul ashore boats and gear.
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Hogstye Reef
New York
Annie Lloyd
Prinz Eltel Friedrich
Hamburg
Bark Way
Fortune Island
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Boatgwaln
Carpenter
Ifelines
Ike
Groom fined for insulting Morosini in New York court
Miss Giulio Morosini and brother had groom Hugh Gibson fined ten dollars in Morrisania Court on a protest over unpaid wages. Gibson claimed the horse Diva bolted and injured herself after he was dismissed, while Morosini’s party pressed for a separate assault complaint. Magistrate House rejected that claim.
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Washington Post
New York
Giulio Morosini
Giovanni
Hugh Gibson
Sixth Avenue
Morosini
Morrisania
24Th Street
Riverside Drive
Smorosini
Gibson
Morosin
Diva
Princeton Undergraduates to Honor Grover Cleveland Today
Princeton undergraduates plan to present an eighteen inch silver loving cup to former President Grover Cleveland in honor of his seventieth birthday. The Senior Council adopted a resolution of felicitations and admiration citing his long association with Princeton University and his noble character.
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Princeton
Byestal
Washington Post
Princetonian
Cleveland
Princeton University
Claveland
Grover Cleveland
Washington Club Elects Harvard Officers From D C Members
Special to The Washington Post Cambridge Mass March 19 the Washington Club of Harvard University met at Weld Hall to elect new officers including Farnham Bishop as president G A Wood as vice president Charlie V Imlay as secretary and HN Milile Brand as treasurer The club aims to unite Harvard men from the District of Columbia with other DC area residents for fellowship.
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Capital City
Washington Post
Cambridge
Mass
Washington Club
Harvard University
Weld Hall
District of Columbias
Harvard
Farnham Bishop
G. A. Wood
Charlie V. Imlay
Milile Brand
HL F Cooper
G. W. Offutt
H . Bradshaw
Third Jaw
J. L. Jr
Rough Riders in War Described Laughing Campaign Tale
Chaplain Henry Brown told Vermont State Association members of his Spanish-American War days with the Rough Riders at the Washington Club. He recalled meeting Col Roosevelt in San Antonio, the heavy mosquito flocks, a 24 hour hunger in Tampa, and the San Juan charge, with listeners laughing through the reminiscence.
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Vermont State Association
Henry Brown
Rough Riders
Washington Club
I Street
Northwest
Willard G. Davenport
Howard J. Temple
Holbrooke
Vermont
Chaplain Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Col. Roosevelt
Cuba
Tampa
Fla
San Juan
N. D Exnicles
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Elects Officers
At the twenty eighth meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Washington city held at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, officers were elected led by president Mrs Wallace Radcliffe and vice presidents including Mrs P K Noble and Mrs J P Kumler. Rev SM Jordan of Teheran spoke on new forces in Persia and education awakening Christians. Miss Young discussed John G Paton. prayers and a later meeting featured talks on Persia and mission work.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery
Washington City
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
P. K Noble
J P
M. Barnes
F. G. Wilkins
E. Smith
J. A. Travis
J. S. Chamberlain
D. HB. Wiber
Isaac Pearson
May B. Smith
Joseph S. Chamberlain
Paul W. Fishbaugh
D. Ht ‘Wiber
Amos G. Draper
Radcliffe
Fenelon B. Brook
M. Jordan
Teheran
Persia
Jorden
Miss Young
John G. Paton
Seasion
Christian Endeavor Society
Mr. Jordan
B. .J. Lawrence
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Washington
Jordan
Batdle Thyne Bearere’ Union
Big Schools to Debate Between GWU and UNC
George Washington University and the University of North Carolina will debate April 12 at Belasco Theater at 4 30 on the resolution that governmental ownership and control of interstate railways serves the public. GWU negatives will be led by F D Couden with Albert C Hindman in support. UNC supporters include a strong team.
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George Washington
University of North Carolina
George Washington University
Inters Atate
F.D. Couden
University of Cincinnati
Albert C. Hindman
C. W. A. Vedicz
Belasco Theater
Atlantic City
Delaware River Bridge
Washington
Funeral for James B. Law Held at East Capitol
The funeral for James B. Law longtime worker with W. B. Moses & Son was held yesterday at 629 Eighth Street Northeast. Rev Dr T C Meston of Eastern Presbyterian Church officiated. The Masons and Odd Fellows conducted their ritual at Congressional Cemetery with pallbearers from Magenenu Encampment Federal City Lodge and Harmony Lodge No 9.
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Odd Fellows
James B. Law
W. B
Congressional Cemetery
Magenenu
Federal City Lodge
Harmony Lodge
LO. Oo
W. H. McConnell
R. B. Guard
John E. Wilson
Wiliam C. Pee
L. Overstreet
H A. ‘Errel
White House Quarantine Raised Plan Hinted
Archie Roosevelt rapidly recovers from diphtheria as Surgeon General Rixey says the quarantine at the White House will be raised later this week to protect the other family members. An Excelsior Literary Club lecture at the Public Library by Mrs. J Finney Engle offered a vivid view of colonial society and pre Revolution history.
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Archie Rooseyart
Rixey
Whits House
Coontal Deorwaya
Excelsior Literary Club
J. Finney Engle
Death of Gen John Moore Leads Pallbearers at Funeral
Brigadier General John Moore former Surgeon General of the Army dies at 903 Sixteenth Street after three weeks illness. Funeral at St Matthew's Church today at 10 a.m. Pallbearers include Gen RM O'Reilly and Gen George Gillespie among other senior officers. Born August 16 1826 in Bloomington Indiana, Moore served in the Civil War and rose to medical director roles before retiring in 1890.
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Army
Sixteenth ‘Street
St Matthew's Church
Moora
RM. O'Reilly
U. S.A
Thomas M. Vincent
George M. Gillespie
George M. Sternburg
J. J. Coppinger
Francis M. Gunnell
US. N
Moore
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana State University
Medical School of
Louisville
New York University
Belleville Hospital
Fort Myers
Pla
Fort Independence
Mass
Cincinnati
Central Grand Division
Army of the Potomac
Department of the Tennessee
Atlanta
Hay
Department of the Mississippi
Forts Wadsworth
Columbus
New York Harbor
New York City
Department of the District of
Gen. Moore
Funeral for Smithsonian archivist William J. Rhees
Funeral services for William Jones Rhees keeper of Smithsonian archives will be held at his home at 2449 Columbia road this afternoon. Rhees long served the Smithsonian and was a charter member of multiple societies including the District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution and the Anthropological Society of Washington. All Smithsonian offices close at 2 o’clock to allow staff to attend.
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William Jones Rhees
Smithsonian Institution
Columbia Road
Bartel
Mr. Rhees
District of Colum
Bia Society Sons of the American Revolution
Anthropological Society of Washington
District of Columbia Library Association
Columbia Historical Society
Pennsylvania Historical Society
National Geographic Society
Walcott
Rathbun
Adler
Charity Appeal Faces Shortfall Amid Fundraising Silence
Secretary Charles F. Weller warns that any unpaid portion of the 33,000 goal must be met by cutting staff and closing offices aiding distressed families. Only 659 raised of 3,000 urgent appeal with diverse gifts from John Joy Edson to Henry Hoyt and others. list includes many small donations as efforts continue.
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Associated Charities
Charles F. Weller
Weller
Board of Managers
G Street
John Joy Edson
Urery
Alyco
Kidwell
Gardiner G. Hubbard
William H Bald
John A. Johnston
Henry M Hoyt
Thomas C Noyes
M. C Watson
P. W. Coleman
Mary T. Aldis
Henry P. Bintz
Rev
D. J. Mattom
Richard B. Nixon
Laula A. Bauer
Litter
AC le
Ken F. Knkom
Herman Feller
Gray
Ready for Post Contest Brings DC Area Voters to Jamestown Exposition
Washington Post voting contest to send 100 year persons from DC and nearby Maryland Virginia to Jamestown Exposition draws wide interest. Departments stores theaters and streets discuss it. candidates include a popular department store clerk and several pastors teachers. Alexandria residents show early enthusiasm with plans for canvassing and hopes for cash prizes.
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Washington Post
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Navy Yard
Saiiety Us
Jamestown
Avick
Fra Elbertus Lectures At Washington on Opportunity
Fra Elbertus says the greatest sonnet was written in Washington by Senator Ingalrg calling it Opportunity and then notes it is a lifelong persistence rather than knocking. He quotes Susanne Wesley praise, Maeterlinck on the bee, and a critique of collective intelligence. He cites John Knox’s exit and a counterfactual history sparked by a Catholic offer.
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Washington
Wibert Hubbard
the Columbis
Ingalrg
Fra Elbertus
Times
Susanne Wesley
Mr. Hubbard
Maeterlink
Tom Lawson
Hughes
New York
Seitgist
John Knox
Mery Stuart
Princeton
Dr. McCosh
Grover Cleveland
Bryce to Visit Chicago as Guest of Commercial Club
President Charles D. Norton of the Commercial Club announced that James Bryce ambassador to the United States from Great Britain will visit Chicago early next month as the club guest. A banquet will be given April 4 with Bryce as principal guest.
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Chicago
Charles D. Norton
Commercial Club
James Bryce
United States
Great Britain
Scich
Bryce
Money for Memorial Hall Move At Continental Chapter Meeting
Continental Chapter, D. 4. R. held its March meeting at the Ebbitt House. Regent Mrs M C Beach predicted a large appropriation for Continental Memorial Hall with plans to increase the gift next month. A new yearbook project and brief chapter history were discussed. Former regent Mrs George A Bacon attended.
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X. A.B
Ebbitt House
Mra. M. C. Beach
Continental Memorial Hal
George A. Bacon
Tessaine
Mascachesctee
John J Carr Gunsmith Dies After Long Career
John J Garr a seventy three year old gunsmith and locksmith in the city died Sunday at his son Burl B Carrs home on North Carolina avenue northeast. Born in England he previously lived in Portsmouth Virginia and worked in the Confederate Navy yard at Norfolk during the war. He is survived by sons Jesse John and Earl. One hundred Frat Tripa to the James town Exposition and Cash Prizes. Contest begins in next Sundays Post.
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John J Garr
Burl B. Carr
North Carolina Avenue
Mr. Carr
Fortsmouth
Norfolk
Jesse
John
Earl
Tribute to Dr Gatschet Ends With Interment in Philadelphia
Funeral services were held at the family home for Dr Albert S Gatschet of the Bureau of Ethnology who died Saturday His colleagues from the Geological Survey and Bureau of Ethnology spoke of his deep knowledge of Indian languages and charitable nature The remains will be moved to Philadelphia for interment at Mount Peace Cemetery with a brief grave side service led by Rev G Calvert Carter Honorary pallbearers included Charles Walcott W H Holt Gilbert Thompson James Mooney and others
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Albert S. Gatschet
Bureau of Ethnology, Geological Survey
Fifteenth Street
G. Calvert Carter
St. Andrew's Church
Carter
Dr. Gatschet
W. Holmes
Bureau of Ethnology
Gilbert Thompson
Geological Survey
James Mooney
Hotlines
Mgr. Mooney
Mount Peace Cemetery
Dr. Gatschat
Charles D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institution
W. H. Holt
Bureau of
Pease
Gilbert ‘Thompson
J. D. McGuire
Anthropological Society
Walter Hough
National Museum
F. W. Hodge
Francis Ia Flesche
Indian Office
BH. W. Henshaw
Department of Agriculture
Boston Symphony's farewell concert at National Theater ends season
Dr. Mack conducted the Boston Symphony in a modern program including Berlioz overture The Human Carnival Liszt from Faust and Tschaikowsky Fifth and Sixth Symphonies with no soloist. The performance praised for beauty and precision though some critic notes limited tragic impact. program deemed among the season's best.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
National Theater
Mack
Liszt
Lenan
Tschaikowsky
Beethoven
Philip Goepp
Washington
Trial Offer Promises Free Warner’s Safe Cure Sample
Benton Harbor resident M. D. Jennings recounts injuring his back while teaming in Colorado and finding relief with Warner’s Safe Cure. He previously distrusted patent medicines but purchased six bottles after reading an ad, and has remained free of back pain for years.
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Washington Post
M. D. Jenning
Benton Harbor, Mich
Warner
Colorado
Benton Harbor
Mich
Warner's Safe Cure advertised for kidney disease
An old advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure for kidney, liver, bladder, and blood ailments. It promises a free trial bottle by mail, claims relief from lumbago and rheumatic disorders, and urges readers to ignore harmful drugs. The blunted copy notes purchase through a retailer and cites Washington Post as a source.
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Warner
Arners Afe Cure CO
Rochester
Washington Post
Tran
Gossip on priceless antiques and royal layette work
The column surveys English collectors showing a mahogany desk and buffets, while Spanish royal birth preparations unfold in Madrid. It notes diary culture as a record of experience and recounts a London anecdote about using a diary to avoid folly. Spanish nuns craft cradle fineries for Alfonso XIII and Victoria's heir, with a vast layette project in Madrid.
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Spain
Alfonso
Victoria
Latafe
Madrid
Actors Mantell and wife visit Nations Park Seminary
Robert Mantell and Mrs. Mantell spent yesterday afternoon at Forest Glen’s Nations Park Seminary. Mantell performed scenes from Othello with shifts between Othello and Iago. They were greeted by Treasurer Leimbach and President Cassedy, enjoyed an informal college reception, and heard Mrs Mantell describe her first dramatic engagement and stories from the road. The visit concluded with dinner and warm remarks about future Washington visits.
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Robert Mantell
Jane Lynah Russell
Nations Park Seminary
Forest Glen
Singer Denies Waist Reduction Talk At Opera House
New York March report says world famed barytone Signor Mario Ancona denies a Hammerstein contract claim requiring waist reduction. He storms Hotel Martinique scene, calls report slander and mocks the idea of valet interference with his appearance. Hammerstein plans to explain the source of the tale at a later meeting.
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New York
Manhattan Opera House
Mario Ancoma
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Martinique
Oscar Hammerstein
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John L. Gullivan
Mr. Hammerstein
Washington Club lecture on the novel of society and a social hub
Dr Maurice Francis Egan spoke at the Washington Club on The Novel of Society A Retrospect and a Prospect tracing the form from Elizabethan times to modern fiction He said every city has its own society and Washington could become the national center noting women often dominate culture The talk contrasted Jane Austen with Edith Wharton and suggested a small New York coterie may not reflect America Senator Nelson W Aldrich and Mrs Aldrich arrived in Paris en route to an automobile tour of France
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Washington Club
United States
Dr. Egan
London
Paris
Washington
Jane Austen
Senator Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhodelisland
Aldrich
Tilley Youngest Admiral Dies At League Island
Rear Admiral Benjamin Tilley U S died from double pneumonia at League Island Pennsylvania Monday night He was the youngest admiral in the American navy having attained the rank five weeks earlier Captain J P Merrill at Newport War College will become rear admiral through Tilleys death Born in Bristol Kentucky in 18 He joined the navy as a midshipman in 18 He rose through the ranks serving in the Spanish American War command of the Newport and later the Iowa He also led naval stations at Norfolk and Samoa and commanded the Leas Island Navy Yard before his promotion to rear admiral The obituary notes his rapid ascent and long service with the navy
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J. P. Merrill
Benjamin Tilley
U.S
League Island
J. PB. Merrit
War College
Newport
Admiral Tilley
Bristol
Navy
United States
Norfolk and
Bare Island
Samoa
Iowa
Leas Island Navy Yard
Army Orders Listing Absences Promotions Transfers
Army orders list Tweaves of absence and multiple promotions and transfers across corps. Major Foulois and Maj Stark named for limited terms, various captains and lieutenants assigned or retired, duties include signaling, engineering and river works with transfers to Pittsburgh Seattle Puget Sound districts. Boards appointed across districts for enforcement and oversight.
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Benjamin D Foulois
Seventeenth Infantry
Alexander N. Stark
George H.R. Gosman
Ssalktent
William K. Moore
Signa Corps
Reve Deys
Albert J. Woude
Sixth Cavalry
Charles W Farr
Seattle
Wash
Puget Lood
Portland
Boston
Narragan‘nett
New London
New York
Dlerict
Delaware
Baltimore
Potomac
Chespeake
Charleston
Savayoxh
Key
West
Ola
New Orleans
Gal
Surgeons Kerr Dies in Chicago Navy Death Notice
Surgeon David B Kerr dies in Chicago yesterday while on duty at the naval recruiting station. Navy assigns numerous officers to ranks and stations, including ensigns and second lieutenants, with movements of vessels.
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Chicago
Navy Department
Surg
David B Ker
A Blakely
A. Canaga
Vermont
H . Curi
United States Naval Medical School
Washington, DC
FH. Brooks
Annapsis
Utley
HC Judepa
P A Capron
A.M. Sumner
W & Beran
J Potts
E P Rodker
E A. Osterman
HS Willing
J N Suttos
United States Marine Corps
Louistane
Hampton Ross
Calves
Tienteln
Dolphin
Havana
Engineers Hear of Current Meters at Washington Society Session
The Washington Society of Engineers met at 729 Fifteenth Street NW. E G Paul demonstrated current meters and John C Hoyt described measuring water flow. R B Dole outlined Geological Survey field analysis methods and showcased a portable chest for on-site testing.
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Fifteenth Street
E. G. Paul
John C Hoyt
R. B. Dole
Geological Survey
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