Bryce Tells a Story at New York Union League Banquet
The Right Hon James Bryce British ambassador was honored by a cordial welcome at the Union League Club in New York. Gov Hughes Gen Grant and Rear Admiral Coghlan attended as Bryce praised the American Union and recalled Oxford and Cambridge support for the Union amid warm applause.
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New York
United States
Gov. Hughes
Gen. Grant
Admiral Coghlan
James Bryce
Union League Club
Union
Army
Navy
Frederik D Grant
Joseph B Coghlan
Amiadier
St. James
Joseph H. Choate
George R Bheldon
Bryce
Choate
New York National Guard
Charles Beresford
Une Daig
Sheldon Gov. Hughes
Chauncey M. Depew
Sheldon
Bryes
Inter
Daya
Oxford
America
Cambridge
Union Leaguer
Americans
Lyne endorses preferential trade with Britain for Australia
London March 2 Sir William John Lyne Australian minister of trade and customs says Australia cannot adopt free trade with Britain without starving its people. He urges a one-third preference duty to help British manufacturers compete abroad. He notes rising Australian imports of American machinery and German trade growth and claims about two thirds of Australians favor the preference.
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London
William
John Lyne
Australia
Great Betain
Great Britain
Lectures on Psychology Draw Large Teacher Interest
Sept Chancellor began a six lecture series on psychology at the Business High School to a large audience of teachers. Demand surpassed expectations with over 700 teachers signing up, and classes planned for Mondays at 3 45 pm. A separate course for colored teachers at M Street High School was also arranged.
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Business High School
M Street High School
Mexican envoy Creel ineligible for Chihuahua governor
El Correo of Chihuahua City publishes constitutional extracts arguing Enrique Creel cannot be governor since his father was not a Mexican citizen. The piece notes Creel would wish to serve but the state constitution requires a native Mexican father. Juarez circles react as Creel enjoys popularity among supporters.
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Washington
el Paso
Tex
el Correo
Chihuahuhu
Mexico
Enrique €. Creel
Chihuahua
Creel
Jrarez
Juarez
Diaz
Campaign to secure pure milk supply for Washington
An appeal by the committee on the prevention of consumption urges dairymen to circulate instruction cards, allow plant inspections, and consider tuberculin testing. It favors pasteurization if needed but warns compulsory pasteurization may be avoided with quality certs, and supports receiving stations and certified dairies to safeguard public health.
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Committee On
Washington
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Police Vigil Over Wife Amid Threats From Husband
Ms Mathilda E Slumpner and her father John Citz are under police protection at 123% C Street Northeast after threats from her husband Joseph H Slumpner a Baltimore painter. Baltimore authorities reported he might come to the city but police say he may have altered plans and returned home. Slumpner’s abuse left Mrs Slumpner with a sprained wrist and facial scars. Ninth precinct Lieut Falvy ordered guards and patrolmen to watch for a stranger matching the husband’s description.
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Slumpner
Mathilda BE Slumpner
C_ street
Joseph H Slumpner
Baltimore
John Citz
Stumpner
Hilridge
Arrest Alleged Crook Held for Investigation in Scranton
Detectives arrest William Clark at the Benning track, holding him for investigation. Clark, once of Washington, has lived in Buffalo and southern cities. In 1998 he was convicted of housebreaking and burglary in Buffalo, served two years in Auburn prison, later acquitted in Cincinnati. His photo and measurements will be taken for distribution to Rast police departments.
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William Clark
Benning Track
Weedon
Burlingame
Clark
Washington
Buffalo
Auburn
Cincinnati
Bertloan
Lecture on German and U S Constitutions at G W University
Prof Dr Otto H Hotzach of the Royal Academy Posen will deliver a lecture tomorrow afternoon at 4 46 oclock at the George Washington University Ball Fifteenth and H Street NW The usual invitations have been sent by university members and faculty
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Germany
United States
Otto HG. Hotzach
Royal Academy
Posen
George Washington University
Grand jury to probe death of Mrs Kilpatrick after anesthetic
Investigators prepare for grand jury scrutiny into the death of Mrs Katherine Kilpatrick at Casualty Hospital on January 2 after an arm fracture. Witnesses include Drs C L Perry and Andrew Rietzel, nurse Irene McKelver and Mrs Sawyer, daughter of the deceased. Autopsy blamed unavoidable heart trouble, while relatives allege negligence.
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Katherine
Kipatrick
Central Office
Kilpatrick
James G Sawyer
Casualty
C. L. Perry
Andrew Rietzel
Irene MrcKelver
Mab. Thomas
Estelle Collins
Mra Sawyer
Casualty Hospital
Glazebrook
Sawyer
Congo Idols Exhibit At American Museum Of Natural History
New York March 25 Twenty Congo idols form part of a 1100 specimen collection recently presented to the American Museum of Natural History by three trustees. The collection, obtained via Richard Douglas back from Africa, is the largest of its kind in America and shows similarities between African industrial art and that of North American Indians and ancient Mexicans. The Congo collection includes war slaves clubs spears and war fields as notable ethnological exhibits. Some idols are carved in picturesque styles.
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New York
Congo
Africa
American Museum of Natural History
Richard Douglas
America
Western Lumber Rates Raised in Seattle Meeting
Northern transcontinental railroads met in Seattle to raise lumber rates 40 to 60 cents per hundred from Puget Sound to St Paul. Lumbermen blame the move on a reciprocal demurrage law passed by the Washington legislature.
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Western
Seattle
Puget Sound
St Paul
Washington
Good Natured Again and Boiler Explosion Kill Three
A boiler explosion on a locomotive drawing 2 Santa Fe freight near Onawa, Albuquerque, N Mex, today killed three men. The snippet also contains an old testimonial ad praising Grape-Nuts cereal for indigestion and nervousness, claiming health gains and improved well-being after use.
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Albuquerque
N Mex
Santa Fe
Onawa
Forced Marriage Doom ed
Fort Dodge Iowa reports a marriage ordinance deferral to tomorrow after city election. The committee plans to report against the proposal requiring marriage of residents aged twenty five to forty five. Miss Jennie Cameron leads opposition, mobilizing unmarried women to defeat the measure.
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Washington
Fort Dodge
Iowa
C. J. Crawford
Jennie Cameron
Castlewood
Police Club Room Raided Over Police Benevolent Fund Probe
New York police officials led a raid on the Fatrolmen s Benevolent Association headquarters seeking evidence about a reported fund of 125 000 raised to defeat a police reform bill. They examined books, found a mortuary fund vault containing 82 000, and questioned key officers, with mixed indications of irregularity.
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New York
Bingham
Jerome
Tinker
The
Fatrolmen’s Benevolent’ Association
Bhe
District Attorney
Offi
McLaughlin
Patrolmen's Association
Peter McHatee
Mexintec
Nhco
Schwab Tax Reduction Case Highlights City Personal Property
Special to The Washington from New York March 25 Charles Mach schwab will pay personal taxes on an assessment of 429000 though a Pittsburg resident His New York City personalty was valued at 1000 He visited the tax department with an inventory of furnishings for his Riverside Drive house and a list of horses carriages automobiles and similar personal property The valuation and assessment were reduced to 429000
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Washington
New York
Charles Machwab
Pittsburg
Tax Department
Riverside Drive
Engagement announced for Miss Corinne Montague
Special to The Washington Post New Egypt New Jersey March 23 May engagement announced by Mayor W P Montague of his youngest daughter Miss Corinne de F Montague to Lieut Henry B Machin USN The wedding planned soon Miss Montague sister of Mrs Basil Gordon and Mrs Charles Phillips Hill granddaughter of Capt Henry B Montague US Army and of Commodore Arthur Sinclair USN who served with Perry is noted as her great grandfather
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Corinne de F. Montague
Washington
New Egypt
N. 5
W. P. Montague
Henry B. Machin
Misa Montague
Basil B. Gordon
Wakefield Manor
Charles Phillips
Impossible From Boolian Theater Piece Discussed
In a theater exchange, a husband asks how the play ends and the wife replies she can guess it well. She notes only one seemingly unlikely point: the second act happens two years after the first, using the same servant as in the initial act.
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Boolian
Skidoo for the Nuree in a playful family exchange
Ulk Uleschen-Mother asks if angels can fly. Lieschen remarks papa called Nursa angel, so she will fly this minute. The mother confirms, hinting at a whimsical family moment with a child’s belief.
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Ulk Uleschen
Lieschen
Nursa
Papa
Fresh Bits From The City Page Juxtapositions
A collage of light fiction quips and social banter from a Chicago page. Tales of engagements broken by telephone and unlikely parental luck mix with streetwise humor about bananas and police. An educational contest notice invites entries by April first.
Opening Night at Capt. Brassbound's Conversion in Washington
Opening night review of Shaw's comedy Capt. Brassbound's Conversion starring Eileen Terry. The piece blends satire on law, navy, and religion with a brisk, witty plot and strong performances by Terry, Carew, Harding, Hiron, and a full cast. Despite its labored plot, the production is deemed highly entertaining and well acted with a lively period tone.
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Capt. Brasebourne
Shakespeare
George Bernard Shaw
Capt. Brassbound
Washington
Shaw
Ehen Terry
Cecily Waynflete
Sir Howard Hallam
Mogador
Mura
Cecily
Atlan Mountains
Sir Howard
Felix Drinkwater
Felix
Drinkwater
Ia Quita
Hila
Leslie Rankin
Bradshound
Duncan
Scotland
Brass Bound
Sidi HI Assif
Sidi
Menda
Brassbound
Genteman
Ladys
Cacily
Thi
Ehintail
Gordon
China
Jim
Axim
Ce‘ly
Terry
James Carew
Brasspourd
Rudge Harding
Howard Hallam
George Hiron
Frederick Wroyd
W. T. Lovell
Tom Paulton
David Powell
George Harlan
Lackaye Stages Les Miserables Styled in The Law and the Man
Columbia Wilton Lackaye presents a brisk melodrama drawing on Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables with Jean Valjean at center and a firm, heartfelt performance. Frederick Hamilton as Bishop Myriel and Jeffreys Lewis as Mme Thenardier deliver memorable turns while incidental music heightens mood.
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Vicwr
Hugo
Lackaye
Victor Hugo
Jean Valiega
Cossette
Victor Flugo
Jean Valjean
Mr. Lackaye
All Nations
Therardier
Garret
Frederick Himelton
Bishop Myarel
Jevert
Jeffreys Lewis
Mme. Thenardier
Mme. Frochard
Henrietta
Loulge
Wilton Lackays
Leckaye
Houdini Challenged by Washington Crowd in Packing-Box Test
Houdini returned to Chase's theater in Washington to refute Prof Maurice Joyce exposures and prove his honesty. He challenged Joyce to prove nonperformance of feats, pledging $8000 to GWU if he failed to escape a packing box by means chosen by Washington's leading bankers. The proprietor offered $400 for anyone who could duplicate the escape.
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Houdini
Chase
Maurice Joyce
Cmn
Qury
Prof
Joyce
Hou~dini
Mr. Chase
George Washington University
Washington
Bank
Inez Wittemes
Houdini Escapes on Stage and Minstrel Review Opens
Houdini appears in less than fifteen minutes and escapes from a paper bag on stage. Vogel's City Minstrels perform at Majestic with satirical French court dress, Tyrrell, Marseilles, and others delivering songs and vaudeville. Pat White’s Gaiety Girls play New Lyceum with Burlesque, jugglers and musical numbers drawing large crowds.
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Harry Evans
Snyder
Buckley
Bowers
Walters
Crocketh
Tumblers
Houdini
Vogel
City Minstrels
Majestic
Pete Detsel
W. Gossenz
James Emerson
Gage
Father Noah
al H. Tyrrell
Sam Harris
Tyrrell
Mone
Marseilles
Pat White
New Lyceum
Casey
Amos
Lewis and Green
Zéraldas
Washburn
Austin
Mail Service Woes Highlighted At Capitol Hill Meeting
At St Martin's Hall the North Capitol Citizens Association elected Postmaster B F Barnes and heard Baynes blame slow Washington mail delivery on rapid city growth and long routes. Carriers work eight hours and often finish late, prompting calls for extended service and more street lamps. A lawn contest for best kept grounds was planned for spring with prizes.
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North Capitol
Gdlin Sene Citizens’ Association
St. Martin’s Hall
B. F . Barnes
Baynes
Eckington
Washington
Soma
Maembeng
Ang
Ghia
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Mich
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Chicago News
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Miss Bright
Office of Publication
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Elbert Hubbard
Howard Watch Company
Hammer and South Sts
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Mass
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Vers
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Ith Holt
Difores
Tate
Christ Church
Seta Quebec
Montreal
Toronto
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Con- Cetholic University
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Rphees
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Richmond
Grand Canyon
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Ciseri
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Remi
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de Vinet
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Maritio
Ascension of the Virgin
Saint Agnes
del Sarto
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Tiberius
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Minstrels
Harry Leighton
Thomas Murray
Gaiety Girls
Edmonston
Citizens’ Association
Edmonston & Co., Inc
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