Bryce Tells a Story at New York Union League Banquet
British Ambassador James Bryce was the guest of the Union League Club in New York for a reception and supper. Gov. Hughes Gen. Grant and Rear Admiral Coghlan attended as Bryce praised the United States and recalled Oxford and Cambridge support for the Union.
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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
Australian trade gain amid preference plan
London March 2 Sir William John Lyne Australian minister of trade and customs visiting London said there has been a sharp rise in American machinery imports to Australia especially agricultural implements while German trade is also increasing He argued Australia cannot pursue free trade with Great Britain without starving its people and a one third preference duty would aid British manufacturers He claimed two thirds of Australians favor the preference.
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London
William
John Lyne
Australia
Great Betain
Great Britain
Cecily
Brassbound
Gordon
China
Jim
Axim
Capt. Brassbound
Ce‘ly
Terry
James Carew
Brasspourd
Rudge Harding
Howard Hallam
George Hiron
Frederick Wroyd
W. T. Lovell
Tom Paulton
David Powell
George Harlan
Lectures On Psychology At Business High School
Sept Chancellor opened a six lecture series on psychology yesterday at the Business High School before a large audience of teachers. He agreed to offer the course if a class of forty could be organized, but over 700 teachers expressed interest. Classes will meet Monday afternoons at 345, with a parallel course for colored teachers at M Street High School Thursdays. An influx of outsiders joined both classes as the opening lecture surveyed theories of the human soul.
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Business High School
M Street High School
Creel Ineligible For Chihuahua Governor Says Mexican Paper
El Correo of Chihuahua City claims Enrique Creel cannot be governor because his father was not a Mexican citizen. The editorial cites the state constitution requiring a Mexican father for the office. Juarez residents react as Creel remains popular with Ambassador status.
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Campaign to improve Washington milk supply through dairies
A Washington health committee urges dairies to post instruction cards and allow plant inspections and tuberculin testing. It favors pasteurization if necessary but hopes certifi ed dairies reduce costs. A public education drive and a milk receiving station plan are proposed with a certification system for sanitary compliance.
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Committee On
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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Police guard over wife as feared husband threat echoes city
Mrs. Mathilda Slumpner, living at 123% C street northeast, remains under police watch after husband Joseph H Slumpner a Baltimore painter threatened to come to this city and harm her. Officers, led by Lieut Falvy, keep watch for a stranger matching his description as relatives support the victim who bears scars from a prior beating.
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Baltimore
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Arrest Alleged Crook Detained by Washington Detectives
William Clark, known to police, was arrested yesterday at the Benning track by Detectives Weedon and Burlingame and held for investigation. Once a Washington resident, he has lived in Buffalo and southern cities. In 1998 he was convicted for housebreaking and burglary in Buffalo, serving two years in Auburn prison. His photo and measurements will be taken at police headquarters to check for other wanted charges. Special to The Washington Post. Mar 25. Richard Mansfeld, suffering nervous indigestion and grip, was unable to perform at the Lyceum Theater after arriving by private car. He consulted an osteopath and then Dr John O Malley, who advised against tonight’s show.
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Cincinnati
Bert Lean
Washington Post
Scranton
Richard Mansfeld
Lyceum Theater
Mansfield
John O'Malley
Mansflela
Lecture at George Washington University on German and U S Constitutions
Prof Dr Otto Hotzsch of the Royal Academy Posen will lecture tomorrow afternoon at 4 4 o clock at the George Washington University Ball Fifteenth and H Street NW The university invites members and faculty to attend and cards of admission have been issued
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Royal Academy
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Grand jury to hear case on Mrs Kilpatrick death
Central detectives prepared to summon witnesses including Drs. Perry and Rietzel and nurses from Casualty Hospital after Mrs Katherine Kilpatrick died on January 2 during anesthesia for a wrist fracture. Her daughter Mrs James Sawyer said she warned doctors of a weak heart, but anesthesia was given and the patient died about 30 minutes later. Autopsy cited unavoidable accident with heart trouble not detectable in casual exam. The family, especially Mrs Sawyer, accuses hospital surgeons of negligence.
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Mab. Thomas
Estelle Collins
Mra Sawyer
Casualty Hospital
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Sawyer
Congo Idols Exhibited At American Museum of Natural History
New York officials report that twenty idols from the Congo district form part of a 1100 item collection donated to the American Museum of Natural History by three trustees. The collection, from Richard Douglas who just returned from Africa, is the largest of its kind in America and highlights similarities between African industrial art and that of North American Indians and ancient Mexicans. The Congo exhibit includes war slaves clubs spears and war afields and is noted for its carved idols.
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Congo
Africa
American Museum of Natural History
Richard Douglas
America
Lumber Rate Hike By Northern Railways In Seattle
Northern transcontinental railroads met in Seattle and voted to raise lumber rates from Puget Sound to St Paul by 40 to 60 cents. Lumbermen say the increase stems from Washington state approving a reciprocal demurrage law.
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Western
Seattle
Puget Sound
St Paul
Washington
Good Natured Again and Boiler Deaths
A boiler explosion on a locomotive pulling a Santa Fe freight train near Onawa, Albuquerque, New Mexico, killed three men. The text then shifts to an advertisement praising Grape-Nuts cereal, claiming it restored health and nerves for a Montana man and promoting Postum Co. products with the slogan There’s a reason.
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N Mex
Santa Fe
Onawa
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Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Forced Marriage Doom in Fort Dodge Council Move
Special to The Washington Polls from Fort Dodge Iowa March 25. The marriage ordinance requiring all residents aged twenty five to forty five to wed was deferred until tomorrow due to a city election. The committee plans an adverse report led by C J Crawford while Miss Jennie Cameron heads the opposition organizing unmarried women to defeat the measure.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
C. J. Crawford
Jennie Cameron
Castlewood
Police Club Room Raided Over Fatrolmen Fund Inquiry
New York police and prosecutors raided the Fatrolmen s Benevolent Association HQ seeking evidence on a reported 125000 fund aimed at defeating a police reform bill. They examined books, questioned President McLaughlin and aides, and found 82000 in a mortuary fund vault while noting mixed precinct notes on officers’ finances.
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Tinker
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McLaughlin
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Peter McHatee
Mexintec
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Schwab's Taxes Reduced After City Assessment
Special to The Washington from New York March 25 Charles Mach schwab will pay personal taxes this year on an assessment of 429000 though a Pittsburg resident His personal property in the city was assessed at 1000 He visited the tax department office with an inventory of furnishings for his new Riverside Drive home and a list showing his horses carriages automobiles and other property The valuation shown led to a reduction of the assessment to 429000
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New York
Charles Machwab
Pittsburg
Tax Department
Riverside Drive
Engagement of Corinne de Montague to Lieut Henry Machin
Miss Corinne de F. Montague, youngest daughter of Mayor W P Montague, is announced to wed Lieut Henry B Machin USN. The wedding is planned soon. Miss Montague is connected to Washington society and related to Basil B Gordon, Charles Phillips Hill, and Capt Henry B Montague U S Army, with historic naval links to Commodore Perry and Gen Scott era.
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Washington
New Egypt
N. 5
W. P. Montague
Henry B. Machin
Misa Montague
Basil B. Gordon
Wakefield Manor
Charles Phillips
Impossible. From Boolian. Husband and wife discuss a time jump
In a theater exchange the husband says the play is impossible. The wife agrees and notes only one unlikely element: the second act occurs two years after the first with the same servant remaining.
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Boolian
Skidoo for the Nuree in a quirky家庭 exchange
A surreal dialogue from Ulk Uleschen-Mother about angels flying and a child Lieschen. The mother confirms if Nursa can fly, referencing the father calling her angel. The tone is whimsical and cryptic, implying a family in-joke or fable.
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Lieschen
Nursa
Papa
Couldn’t Land Him Fran Ficgom4s Blavuor
A collection of quirky quotes and snippets from a Chicago News page including a misfit engagement tale and banter between characters. The piece blends dialog on fate and misfortune with light, humorous exchanges about engagements and bananas reserved for police.
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Chicago News
Capt Brassbound's Conversion lights Washington stage
Opening night review praises Ethel Terry in Capt Brassbound's Conversion by George Bernard Shaw. The piece satirizes law, navy, and religion through witty casuistry and brisk comic turns, with strong support from James Carew and a robust ensemble. Terry dominates, delivering period polish and a lively performance as the magnetic Lady Cecily Waynflete.
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Brass Bound
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Sidi
Menda
Brassbound
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Columbia Wilton Lackaye in The Law and the Man
Columbia Wilton Lackaye stages The Law and the Man a brisk melodrama adapting Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Lackaye trims philosophical heft for direct pathos and heart focus, while Jeffreys Lewis as Mme Thenardier delivers striking villainy and the cast sustains the play's tense sentiment from start to finish.
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Victor Flugo
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Therardier
Garret
Frederick Himelton
Bishop Myarel
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Jeffreys Lewis
Mme. Thenardier
Mme. Frochard
Henrietta
Loulge
Wilton Lackays
Leckaye
Houdini Triumphs in Washington Refuting Joyce Claims
Houdini returned to Chase's to demonstrate his skill and refute Prof Maurice Joyce's alleged expose. He defended his honesty and challenged Joyce on stage while pledging an $8000 prize to George Washington University if he could not escape a packing box using only mechanics chosen by Washington's leading builders. The crowd applauded as Chase announced the offer and a $400 incentive for tomorrow's escape attempt.
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Maurice Joyce
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Hou~dini
Mr. Chase
George Washington University
Washington
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Wittemes
Houdini Escapes On Stage Amid Minstrel and Vaudeville Acts
Houdini performs a staged escape from a paper bag on stage within minutes, as Vogel's City Minstrels and Pat White and his Gaiety Girls tour. The revue blends minstrel, vaudeville, and burlesque, with standout numbers by Tyrrell, Marseilles, Leighton, Emerson, and Murray, drawing large crowds.
Mail Service Poor At North Capitol Citizens Meeting
At St Martin's Hall North Capitol Citizen Association elected Postmaster B F Barnes and heard Baynes blame slow delivery on rapid city growth. He said long routes and eight hour days leave mail unfinished, noting new service and wage boosts. Committee urged more street lamps and a spring lawn contest with prizes.
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