Glanders Victim From Stafford County Farm
EF M C Combs, a prosperous Stafford County farmer, is near death at the district quarantine station after his wife nurse cared for him despite the danger. A calf on his farm was found to harbor glanders, and he contracted the illness, with his eyesight failing and blindness following late yesterday. Eight tenants on the lease were quarantined, and health officials insist on strict isolation as surgeons general and district officers monitor the case with little hope of recovery.
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C Combs
Combs
Behrend
Georgetown University Hospital
Mr. Combs
Flynn
Woodward
Fowler
District Health Department
Dtaulet
Case of glanders in Mr Combs leaves him blind
Doctors report Mr Combs has advanced glanders with inflamed eyelids and little pain but no hope for recovery. He is already blind and likely to remain so. Household residents are quarantined for two weeks as officials race to contain the rare disease.
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Combs
Bietriit
Wrotward Yeaterday
Mr Combs
Prynn
National Capital Horse Show Considers Fall Repeat
Promoters oppose a fall repeat, fearing financial risk and drawbacks to next spring’s international event. The official committee may discuss October or November timing this week. notable figures include Melvin C Hazen, BP V DeGraw, Blair Johnson, and Eewin Stotesbury among others.
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National Capital Horse Show
Nothng
Melvin C Hazen
BP. V. DeGraw
de Graw
Blair Johnson
Warrenton
Washington
Virginia Melvin
Hazen
P V. DeGraw
Road Drivers' Association
Philadephia
John Gheen
Police Trophy Presented to Fourth Precinct
The Fourth precinct of the Metropolitan police department was awarded the John Wight trophy at a St Dominic's hall ceremony. Commissioner Johnston presented the trophy to Capt George Williams, praising his squad's strong performance. The flag was handed to Ma Sylvester by Capt Mulhall of the Fifth precinct, with fourteen years of the award history detailed.
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Metropolitan Police Department
St Dominic's Hall
Sixth
F Streets
John ©. Wight
Maj
Sylvester
Johnston
Col
Burton Ross
S. H. Vandergrift
George Willams
Capt Williams
George Stewart
Ma. Sylvester
Mulhall
George Williams
BE. EB. Flather
Sergis Theodore Kaucher
J. L Kilmartin
T .S Lake
B Klamdienst
A. BE
Jackson
J M Keathcock
R. O Klemdienst
J .M
Haitian unrest reaches Port au Prince with French relief
Henry W. Furnise, American Minister at Port au Prince, says Haiti's government has sent troops and artillery aboard the French steamer Montran to quell rebellion near Fort Liberty. The secretary of war commands the forces and Port au Prince remains quiet.
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Haiti
Fort Liberty
Henry W . Furnise
Port Au Prince
State Department
Montran
Weather Forecast Reports Warm Midweek Across Regions
Weather conditions from the U S Department of Agriculture show southerly winds and rising temperatures across the central and southern states with the warmest weather in the northern plains. Local reports note clear to mildly cloudy Potomac River conditions and a shift to cooler weather later in the week across the eastern slopes of the Rockies and Midwest.
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U. S
North Dakota
Middle West
Rocky Mounains
Kansas
Oklahoma
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Upper Lakes
Michigan
Huron
Superior
European
M A Tappan Dies After 23 Years in Treasury and War Service
Myron Augustus Tappan longtime Washington merchant and civil war veteran died at his home after two weeks of rheumatic fever. He served 23 years in the Treasury Department, enlisted in the Forty-seventh New York and later the 108th New York, rose to captain, then joined the War Department secret service before moving to a sewing machine and arms venture in 1867. He was a 32nd degree Mason and G A R member, survived by wife Catherine and funeral set for St Stephen's Church with Masonic burial at Rock Creek Cemetery.
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National Sporting Goods Company
Monroe Street
Tappan
Washington
Treasury Department
Kingston
N. Y
Mr. Tappan
Kingston Academy
Mechanics’ Institute
New York City
Forty-seventh New York Regiment
108Th New York
Secret Service
War Department
Col. Baker
Treasury
Lullin Juarez Battle Narrative and Mexican Skirmishes
The report outlines leadership remarks by Lullin Juarez regarding recent hostilities. It details a skirmish near Juarez, a delayed ceasefire attempt, and a renewed offensive amid vague Diaz promises. Separate dispatches describe heavy fighting at Saltillo and Concepcion del Oro with multiple casualties.
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Diaz
Juarez
Aredo
Tex
Saltillo
Coahuila
Concepcion del Oro
Concepcion
Smith Promoted to Isthmian Canal Commission Chief
H A A Smith, formerly assistant examiner of accounts, is promoted to examiner of accounts for the Isthmian Canal Commission succeeding Walter W Warwick. He sails with his wife and three children from New York on May 12 aboard the Advance for his new post in Empire Canal Zone.
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A. A. Smith
Isthmian Canal
Smith
Canal Zone
Washington
University of Colorado
Empire, Canal Zone
Denies Shooting in Vermont Trial for Painter Murder
Florence M. Dodge testifies in her murder trial at Guildhall Vermont denying she shot William A. Heath. She recounts going to the kitchen before the fatal shots and says Heath moved to warm varnish while she checked on him. She denies making statements about going up for the crime and admits her role as treasurer of the Woman's Relief Corps. The cross examination resumes tomorrow.
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Painter
Kitchen
Ber
Guildhall
Florence M. Dodge
William A. Heath
Heath
Irving Silby
No Bears for T. R. in 1912 Arctic Trip Hope
New York May 9 Captain Bob Bartlett says Theodore Roosevelt prefers game hunting over politics. Bartlett led Peary's Roosevelt in the Arctic voyage and believes Roosevelt will join next year. A telegram asked Roosevelt to join this summer. his reply was brief No nonsense.
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New York
Bob" Bartlett
Theodore Roosevelt
Bob
Peary
Roosevelt
Col. Roosevelt
Koenig Heads Committee In New York GOP Race
Samuel S Koenig former secretary of state of New York was elected president of the New York Republican county committee this morning after a late night contest over the Lidjda successor Griscom who had resigned defeating State Senator Joseph T Newcomb
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New York
Samuel 8
Koenig
Republican County Committee
Lidjda
Griscom
Joseph T. Newcomb
Uncle Joe Cannon Dances At Willard Banquet Hall Stirs Slogans
Former Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon takes center stage at an lithographers convention banquet dancing a cakewalk while declaring that woman suffrage should be obliterated and free traders banished. Philadelphia Mayor John E Reyburn and others praise his vitality as hundreds applaud the unexpected spectacle and list of attendees includes Col. L. G. Davidson and numerous named guests.
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Joseph Gurney Cannon
House of Representatives
New Willard
Dr. Osier
Mike
Uncle Joe
John E. Reyburn
Philadelphia
J. Adam Bede
Chautauqua
J. Hampton Moore
Regburn
Cannon
Edison
Col
L. G. Davidson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Col. Davidson
Terpsichore
Speaker Cannon
Templars Elect Officers After 16th Annual Conclave
At the close of the sixteenth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templars of the District of Columbia, officers were elected including Robert Cook grand commander and Alexander Grant deputy grand commander. Retiring Grand Commander George C. Ober received a jewel, leather chair, and vamp as tributes from five commanderies.
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Knights Templars
District of Columbia
Robert Cook
Alexander Grant
Henry K. Simpson
Charles T. Lindsey
Edwin B. Hesse
Lem Towers, Jr
J. Russell Verbrycke
George Gibson
Arvine W. Johnston
William §. Parks
William F. Gude
Charles H. Baldwin
Fred S. Dawson
George C. Ober
Anderson May Enovy to Berlin Name Linked to Taft
A Berlin cable to the New York Times identifies Larz Anderson of Boston as the latest contact connected with the United States ambassador in Berlin. He is described as an intimate friend of President Taft and his prior visit to Berlin occurred a year ago.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Times
Berlin
United States
Larz Anderson
Boston
Anderson
Taft
Berila
Miss Louise Schneider Dies at 87 in Washington
Louise nosine Schneider, longtime Washington resident, died yesterday at her niece’s home. She was nearly 88, the last but one of the original Schneider family who emigrated from Wurttemberg, Germany in 1832. Survived by sister Catherine G. Rheem. Also reported: Sidney Bamberger, Salt Lake City railroad executive, died in Baltimore after arriving for an operation.
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Louise Nosine Schneider
Washington
Alexander T. Hensey
Miss Schneider
Schneider
Wurttemberg
Germany
Charles Augustus
Catherine J. Schneider
Catherine G. Rheem
Sidney Bamberger
Baltimore, Md
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake and Ogden
Hamberger
Falconio Praises Nurses at Providence Hospital Diploma Day
Mer Diomede Falconio the Apostolic delegate praised nurses as always ready to give in a spirit of charity and kindness. He presented eleven graduates at Providence Hospital training school on its roof garden, with remarks by Rev J W Melods and Dr Co. Marbury on the duties of nursing and care of the sick.
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Mer Diomede Falconio
Conin
Mgr
Falconio
J W Melods
Catholic University
Co. ¢ Marbury
Helen A. Flanagan
Connecticut
Bertha A. Grace
Virginia
M. Agiemenz
Pennsylvania
Clara M. Burke
Missouri
Irene A. Jennings
New York
Elizabeth Murphy
Hazel Sanderigan
Massachusetts
Mary F. Reese
Mary T. Wells
Maryland
Mary V. Smith
Elsie A. Thompson
District of Columbia
Judge Embry, Noted Kentucky Lawyer and Friend to Justice Harlan
James Howard Embry, 84, former Richmond County Ky county court judge and Washington lawyer, died after a long illness at his niece’s apartment in the Brunswick NW. A native of Kentucky and prominent Republican orator, he moved to the District forty years ago and argued mainly before the United States Court of Claims. The body will go to Lexington for interment. Washington funeral services will be private.
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Lexington
James Howard Embry
Richmond County
Washington
Justicea Harlan
A. G. Goddlett
Brungwick
I Street
Judge Embry
Capitol
J. Lawn Thompson
New York Avenue Northwest
Bruce Webster
Neww York
Embry
District
United States Court of Claims
Polo Cup Defenders Hold Pony Trial Practice
Westbury on Long Island May 9 Polo cup defenders held pony trial practice as three weeks remain before the international series. Rockaway Dark Blues leaders Foxhall Keene Malcolm Stevenson and J Phipps assisted, using Westbury private field. Meadow Brook grounds preferred for later game. British challengers ponies arrived from Lakewood New Jersey and are quartered at Rockaway Polo Club near Cedarhurst.
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Westbury
Long Island
Foxhall Keene
Malcolm Stevenson
Rockaway Dark Blues
Cedarhurst
J. &. Phipps
Meadowbrook
Lakewood
N. J
Rockaway
Aid Sent to Labrador Coast Settlers
The Grenfell Association reports 5000 to 6000 Labrador coast settlers suffer food shortages due to a harsh winter. Telegram from Battle Harbor to Dr. W. T. Grenfell notes Dr. John Grieve’s winter travels. The association will send $500 to St Johns to purchase and forward supplies.
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New York
Labrador
Grenfell Association of America
Battle Harbor
W. T. Grenfell
Grenfell Association
John Grieve
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Philadelphia musician charged after alleged church attack
A Philadelphia artist and choir singer Hanley Parker, 41, was arrested after a girl, 18, accused him of attacking her at St Stephen’s Church. The incident allegedly happened on the sixth floor of the Pennayivanig building where she works as a stenographer. Parker remains in city hall seeking bail as police investigate.
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Philadelphia
Washington Post
Helen J. Tuttle
St. Stephen's Church
Hanley Parker
Pennayivanig
Parker
Begin Highway Work Today On Washington Leesburg Route
Washington business leaders press through plan as Good Roads Association prepares to start work today. The Washington Leesburg highway will cost about 2000 dollars per mile with total construction near 30000 dollars, most of which is already subscribed.
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Washington
Robert N. Harper
The
Good Roads Association
Leesburg
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