Rector Vanishes with Ward as Bishop Sees Sanity Hint
Long Island rector of St George's Hempstead with seventeen year old ward Floretta Whaley disappeared after expressing deep unhappiness and brain storms. Bishop Burgess contends the rector was sane, while church officers fear unsound mind. The letter to Burgess is withheld. revelation could reshape the case. August Belmont and Nassau County officials react as details emerge.
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Washington Post
York
Frederick K. Burgess
Long Island
Episcopal Church
Als Knode Cooke
St. George's Church
Hempstead
Floretta Whaley
sVariance
Belmont
Cooke
Bishan Burgess
Nassau County
Elis
Cst
St. George
August Baiment
Mr. Belmont
Long Island City
Vermont
Audrey Townsend
Dean
Audrey
Jere
Floretta
Died James Oodonnell two-year-old son of James and Emma
A notice notes the death of James Oodonnell aged two on Thursday May 2 1997 with funeral plans at his parents residence 171 Sixteenth Street. The text includes other obituary lines for Mrs Mary A Shiles and references to local church scandal coverage in Hempstead and Nassau County court prospects regarding a minister elopement case.
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James Oom
James
Emma O'Donnell
Sixteenth Street
M. S
Mary A. Shiles
John W
Irs
E. Lynham
Delaware
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Advertising Listings
Local funeral directors and embalmers advertise services, locations, and contact numbers across Washington area addresses. Entries list firms such as T. A. Costello & Bro, John M. Mitchell, R. B. Cain, George Zurhorst, Thos. R. Nallley & Son, Harvey's Sons, and others with chapel facilities, livery connections, and 24 hour calls.
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John M. Mitchell
Fleventh Street
Cain
T. A. Costello & Bro
Paine East Lavery
Riley
2D St
Frank Geier
Seventh ST. Nw
Teleon
John R. Wright CO
Tenth St. Nw
T. William Lee
Fune
Pennsylvania Ave
Llth Street
RF. Harvey’s Sons
W. R. Speare
Adolph J. Schippert
20Th St
Pa. Ave
Phone West 151
Kuroki Voices Hope for Japanese Children in U S
Gen Baron Kuroki spoke in Seattle on May 3 about Japanese children learning in the United States. He praised their reception, noted Seattle’s role as a gateway for future arrivals, and expressed faith that prejudice against them is fading. Gen Fred Grant discussed plans with Gen Bell to entertain Kuroki, who will attend the Jamestown Exposition with Lieut Gen MacArthur.
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Seattle
Wash
Japan
United States
Baron Kuroki
Gen. Kuroki
Fred_Grant
Gen. Bell
Army
Kuroki
Yalu River
Washington
MacArthur
Gen. Grant
Metes Out Swift Justice to Negro Attacker in New Jersey
Edward Gibson, a colored man, was sentenced in Woodbury New Jersey to twelve years in prison and a $3000 fine for assaulting 19 year old Dorothy Parts of Wenonah. Miss Parts, a Friends School student in Philadelphia, was attacked while crossing a vacant Wenonah lot. bystanders heard crying and Gibson was captured.
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Woodbury
N. J
Edward Gibson
Dorothy Parts
Wenonah
Gibson
Paris
The
Friends’ School
Philadelphia
Shooting Follows Quarrel as Husband Kills Self
New York May 3 John Wagner fired a shot at his wife wounding her slightly. Believing he had killed her he rushed from his Ridgewood home and then shot himself in the head, dying instantly. Mrs Wagner will recover. The tragedy followed a quarrel.
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New York
John Wagner
Ridgewood
Licensed to Marry Names and Ages in Waiver Notices
Andrew H Degses 21 of Hyattsville Maryland and Daisy V Clark 18 of Brentwood D C. Rev Westy Bruner. David C Wyman 87 of Boston Mass and Isabel Shand of Manchester N H 31. Rev Weowa Brauer. Joseph Blackwell 4 and Ema Buchanan 19. Rev R A Armstead Ephraim Gaines 28 and Mattie Thomas 25. Rev Logan Jobson Lane
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Andrew H
Degses
Hyattsville
Daisy V. Clark
Brentwood
D. C
Westy Bruner
David C. Wyman
Boston
Mass
Isabel Shand
Manchester
N. H
Weowa Brauer
Joseph Blackwell
Ema Buchanan
R. A. Armstead
Ephraim Gaines
Mattie ‘Thomas
Logan Jobson
Lane
Health Office Record Deaths Reported Through May 2 1907
List of deaths from Casualty Hospital and assorted addresses with ages ranging from 21 to 82 years. Notable entries include Fred Walter 21, Mary Swaney 75, Patsey E. Williams 82, and Henry B Robinson 32. Other names: Vincent L. Adamis 61, Charles H. Hinton 40, Amanda Richmond 4 years, Sarah E. Jasper 75, Elizabeth Johnson 17, Kate Williams 2, Gracie Thomas 33, Tda Johnson 25, Mary A. Gibson 70, Helen R. Mitchell 3, Hazel Harper Ud days.
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Fred Walter
Casualty Hospital
Kate Williams
Gratie Thomas
10Th St. Aw
Tda Johnson
Patsey E. Williams
Pierce Place
Henry EB. Robinson
Ith
St. Aw
Mary A. Gibson
Helen R. Mitchell
Hazel Harper
Old Medford Rum Advert Draft
An old advertisement touts New England aged rum as a rare, purer beverage. It promises soft mellow flavor and guarantees high quality in pints and quarts for Balon Wine Co.
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Medford
New England
Seeress Vitous Estate Claims Reach 108000
Sixty claimants seek 108000 from Mme Marie Vitous estate. Executor refuses to act as money and papers aid the case. Lawyers plan probate petition for her will naming daughter Ottilie Kommerous, Moravia, as heir and temporary administrator to inspect the safe contents under public administrator guard.
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Washington Font
New York
Mme
Marie Vitous
Mme- Otillie Kommerous
Moravia
Weiner
Borah Replies to Beatty in Idaho Indictment Reply
Senator Borah of Idaho, under challenge over a grand jury indictment tied to timber land frauds, replies to former Judge James B. Beatty saying Beatty took favors from litigants and used his court for political advantage. Borah questions Beatty’s dignity and notes Beatty’s move toward Egypt.
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Boise
Idaho
Senator Borah
Washington
James B. Beatty
Federal District Bench
Beatty
Borah
Barber Lumber Company
Grand Jury
Judge Beatty
Sigypt
Death by own action of C J Steedman in Paris hotel
Charles J Steedman of New York and Philadelphia son of the late Rear Admiral Steedman committed death by own action by shooting last night at the Hotel de Potient Paris. He arrived April 30 from Italy with his wife daughter of former Rhode Island Governor Lippitt. They toured with Senator Aldrich and Mrs Aldrich. Steedman had become despondent and was found with a revolver in his mouth. death was instantaneous. Embalming and shipment to the United States planned. He had been a longtime Metropolitan Club member but had ceased visiting recently and resigned at the start of the year.
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Paris
Charles J. Steedman
New York
Philadelphia
Charles Steedman
Hotel de Potient
Mr. Steedman
Gov. Lippitt
Rhode Island
Italy
Senator Aldrich
Mrrs
Aldrich
Aldrich. Since His Arrival Here, Mr. Steedman
United States
Metropolitan Club
Mayor Reyburn Fires Cyrus D Foss In City Service Post
Philadelphia May 3 Mayor Reyburn summarily removed Cyrus D Foss secretary of the elite service commission. Foss, son of Bishop Cyrus D Foss, was appointed after a political upheaval and earned 3000 yearly until 1911. He had asked the new filtration chief to take an examination for qualification.
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Philadelphia
Reyburn
Cyrus D. Foss
Elite Service Commission
Foss
Methodist Episcopal
Reform
Weaver
Jone
Frederick C. Dunlap
Count Otto von Whidsten Dies In California
A fragmentary report recounts the death of Count Otto von Whidsten, an Austrian nobleman who left his homeland after a love affair. He fought in the Boer War, wandered to America, worked in reclamation service, and died near Willows while walking toward San Francisco after quitting a Placer County job. The piece mentions relatives, including Mary FitzGerald of Oakland.
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Waldstein
Austria
Wartem
John Marcovich
Oakland
Otto
von Whidsten
America
Tien
Réclamation Service
West
Placer County
San. Francisco
Confessed Triple Murder Motive and Robbery in New York
Charles H H Rogers, charged with the murder of the Olney brothers and Alice Ingerick near their farm, was brought to Middletown N Y after a Los Angeles capture. He admits a complete confession, says he acted alone, and found only 16 dollars on the victims. He attacked the housekeeper and her daughter during the crime.
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Middletown
WN. Y
Charles Hh.’ Rogers
Olney
Alice Ingerick
Rogers
Los Angéles
Cal
Qiney Brothers
Ingerick
Alce Ingerick
L. M. Shaw Predicts War Over Pacific Control
Worcester speech at the Worcester Board of Trade banquet warned that war for Pacific dominance is inevitable. Leslie M. Shaw, former Secretary of the Treasury, said the region faces a potential conflict due to lack of wartime materiel and ships. He claimed two nations can contest the Pacific and warned of an awful cost.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester Board of Trade
Leslie M. Stdlw
the Treasury
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Bome Addy
M'Kinely Model Dead In Chicago Room Mystery
In Chicago on May 3 a five days notice to move was found on the door of an untidy top floor room at the Otis Building in Madison and La Salle streets. A note from an artist requesting posing for a picture accompanied the notice. D P C Stockel aged sixty five, once well to do, was found dead in his room by two policemen. Heart disease is the suspected cause. Stockel had occupied the same room since 1986, twenty one years, and was said to have posed for statues of the late President McKinsey. The statue in McKinley Park is reported to have modeled after him.
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Chicago
Otis
Madison
la Salle
D. P
President McKinsey
McKinley Park
Realism in Wild West Show Fatal for Clyde Haynie
Washington Georgia May 3 In a high school wild west performance Clyde Haynie son of Dr W I Haynie was fatally wounded when a six inch dissecting knife hidden in his waistband was driven into his chest while stooping to pick up a handkerchief A realistic staging and quick injury caused a fatal wound in the act with medical examiners to report the case as an accident.
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Washington Post
Washington, Ga
Clyde Haynie
W. I. Haynie
Death of S N Field in Columbus Ohio
Silas N Field died today in Columbus Ohio from Brights disease. He long served as sergeant at arms for the Republican State conventions over the past twenty five years and held the role for Ohio’s delegation to national conventions. He leaves a life marked by public service and a notable career in party affairs.
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Columbus
Silas N. Field
Bright
Ohio
Irish Progress Home Products Chief Show
The Irish International Exhibition opening tomorrow in Dublin aims to showcase Irish development and progress. Funds near 1.9 million are raised, with strong involvement from many classes and nations including France Italy and Japan. The site near Balls Bridge features grand Central Hall and Palace of Industries with Irish, Italian, Japanese, and New Zealand exhibits. Canada and France have pavilions and a 2,600-seat concert hall is noted.
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Dublin
Marjais-of-Ormond
Ireland
France
Italy
Japan
Royal Dublin Society
Balls Bridge
St. Paul's
Entral Palace
Palace of Industries
New Zealand
Palace of Mechanical Arts
Palace of Fine Arts
Canada
Balfour for Protection Signals Primrose League Shift
Former Premier Arthur Balfour, addressing the Primrose League in London, endorsed protection by preference urging rapid move to imperial trade within the empire. He said Unionists’ fiscal reform differences were narrowing and expected preference policy to be adopted, urging Canada and colonies to grant preferential trade terms before imperial strength wanes.
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Primrose League
London
Unionist Party
Balfour
Canada
Executed 1 144 Persons In Russian Martial Law
St Petersburg May 3 newspaper statistics published today show drumhead courts martial outcomes. 1 144 persons executed, 79 sent to the mines for life, 710 condemned to minor terms, 71 acquitted. Baltic provinces 324 executions, Poland 212, Caucasus 196, Yekaterinoslav 103.
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St. Petersburg
Baltic
Poland
Caucasus
Yekaterinoslav
Russo-Japanese treaty text agreed at St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on May 2 Russian and Japanese delegates agreed to the text of a commercial treaty along with a protocol and diplomatic notes detailing mutual concessions. Formal signatures are expected soon.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Ministry
Admiralty Review Teaches Dreadnought's Firepower in Fleet Visit
Portsmouth reports a royal visit as ten battleships cruisers and thirty seven destroyers of the home fleet are reviewed by colonial premiers. The Dreadnought impresses with its united gunfire tests delivering 246,782 foot tons energy and revealing complex gunnery coordination challenges.
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Weshington
Portsmouth
England
Admiralty
Talieawee
Hindus Attack Europeans In Punjab Turmoil
Widespread unrest erupts in Lahore after the conviction of a native newspaper editor and owner accused of inciting hatred against the government and British community. Crowds threaten reprisals as authorities patrol Rawalpindi and demonstrations of Muslim support denounce anti European actions.
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Lahore
Spanish Liberals Refuse Senate Election Participation
Madrid May 3 The Liberal party will not take part in the May 5 senatorial elections arguing that Maura government actions prevent a fair expression of the people’s will. They accuse the dismissal of 150 mayors and the suppression of many municipal councils as coercive and reactionary, predicting Parliament cannot legislate under such conditions.
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Madrid
Maura
Guatemala Apology Over Assassination Plot Extradition Pending
Mexico reports Guatemala apologized for insinuating the Mexican legation harbored suspects in the assassination plot against President Cabrera. Extradition of Jose Lima remains pending. Two Americans Cooke and Wilkinson, a railroad contractor, were arrested in Guatemala City with explosives and blasting equipment. Wilkinson’s liberty is expected soon.
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Lima
Mexico City
Guatemala
Cabrera
Affairs Mariscal
Gamboa
Guatemala City
Jose Lima
Manuel Barrillas
Cooke
Wilkiniéon
Seehen
Wilkinson
Brazil's Parliament Opens with Penna Address
Rio de Janeiro May 3 The Brazillian Parliament opened today with President Penna addressing the Assembly. He referred to the Pan American Congress of the year the visit of Secretary Root to Brazil and the settlement of frontier questions. Penna reviewed the financial situation noting bonds and a conversion fund stabilizing foreign exchanges and offering security to foreign trade.
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Rio de Janeiro
Assembly
Penna
Pan-American Congress
Root
Brazil
Pénis
Queen Victoria Walks With Alfonso in Madrid Park
Queen Victoria accompanied by King Alfonso walked in the royal park this morning before an expected presentation at the residence. Earlier she entered with Princess Battenberg and later met the King in the afternoon.
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Madrid
Royal Park
Queen Victoria
Battenberg
Alfonso
Five Killed On Ship Forty Eight Survivers of British Steamer
A British steamer suffered catastrophic loss with five dead and forty eight survivors reported. The incident occurred at sea, with authorities investigating the cause and ensuring all passengers are accounted for. Local officials coordinated rescue efforts and maritime officials prepared a full inquiry.
Lich Names New Governor as Sir Alexander Retires
May 3 report notes Sir Alexander retires from the post of governor of J A to his residents remain. Bottine is named the new governor, with indications of continuing leadership and local policies.
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Sir Alexan
J. A
Es Bottine
Belasco Only An Artist French Plaight Sues
Paris writer Jean Richepin sues David Belasco in New York Supreme Court claiming royalties for the play La Du Barry. Belasco testifies he wrote the production himself and cannot recall opening night receipts. Interrogations reveal Belasco says his manager knew revenue details. case adjourned to next Wednesday.
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Washington Post
New York
David Belasco
Supreme Court
David May
Justice Amend
Jean Richepin
Paris
Richepin
Belasco
Ln du Barry
Pu Barry
du Barry
Dittenhoefer
National Theater
Washington
Mr. May
Benjamin Roeder
Daughters of the Revolution Elect New York Meeting Lineup
The annual meeting of the General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution ends in Wheeling with New York chosen to host next year. Nine board of managers members are elected for two years, including Susan Plomimier and E W Ireland. A proposal to boost smaller state societies’ representation fails.
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Wheelin
General Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
New York Society
LW8
New Yek City
Folowing
Board of Managers
Susan Plomimier
Massachusetts
E. W. Ireland
Long Island
W. 3. McCarty
Kentucky
Oliver Mayhew
New York
Mary ‘Butterick
Mertin Perrine
Ohio
Mary ‘A. Chapmain
Louise Creer
Pennsylvania
Louisa S. Abeel
Mary
Ward
New Jersey
Compasses Set Awry By Brooklyn Yard Steel Build
Large steel usage at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the collier Vestal and nearby structures has disrupted ship navigational compasses in the East River. Lieutenant Churchill from the equipment department is assigned to correct the sensitive needles as tugboat compasses struggle amid steel girders, bridge ingots, foundries, and gas tanks along the riverbanks.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
Vestal
Churchill
Equipment Départment
Navy Department
East River
Williamsburg
Long Island City
Astoria
Compass Deflection Fix Tightens Tide of Navy Yard Tugs
Scientists at the Brooklyn Navy Yard traced compass needle deflection aboard navy tugs to excess steel in the collier Vestal. Lieut Churchill later adjusted the Pontiac’s needle, confirming true azimuth after relocation away from Vestal’s steel.
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Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Vestal
Churchill
Pontiac
Clemency petitions reach President Roosevelt for Michigan bank robber
Mrs Jean Allison of Moline Illinois joins her husband in seeking clemency from President Roosevelt for a Richland Bank robbery conviction. Allison, convicted of complicity and sent to Jackson prison, escaped and later married a respected local before arrest. Also, Charles B Curtis of New York arrives in St Petersburg as diplomatic secretary to prep for a post in the American Embassy.
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Laporte
Ind
Jean Allison
Moline
Richland
Mich
Warnock
Michigan
Roosevelt
Allison
Jackson
St. Peteraburg
Charles B.curtis
New York
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