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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1904

Page

2

Metropolitan Citizens National Bank merger floatedshows stock move

A report outlines a proposed alliance involving Metropolitan Citizens National Bank and National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company with 3000 shares traded by Vice President Riggs. The plan would consolidate outside interests into a local Metropolitan Citizens Bank, reshaping local banking control and signaling a major financial alignment.

Metropolitan Citizens National Bank Riggs National Safe Deposit Savings and Trust Company Washington Fies Planes National Safe Do Ard Trust Company Metandothe Savings and Company Fui Cit- Noiteehel Jianh Abbus Parker Salional Mate Tepesit Savings Mitropelitan Citizens' Bank Loe Titi Fos Elbbs Hoses Mth Tin National Safe Deposit, Savings Ated T St Company Mesers Lyon and Picton Pmeo Boston Teorests St Cmundi Pictori Mutizens Esteraly da Iti Thinallowers Esterday

Roosevelt Not Hurt Despite Rumors Of Incident

Fragmentary report claims President Roosevelt was unharmed after an alleged incident last night. The garbled text mentions white house officials and public reaction, but the exact details remain unclear and unverified.

Balance in Treasury Treasurers Report Surplus for Relief Association

Treasurer Amy Erin Wane reports Citizens Relief Association shows a cash surplus. The board plans a meeting at Lincoln to review funds and discuss expenditures including relief aid, fuel, and dividends for the year. President Georg M Boo leads the meeting with Mis Elbo and Rev Teun among attendees.

Citizens’ Relief Association Amy Erin Beeeigrart Slobe Oeluck Georg M Boo Eb Babson Teun Phamim BT Banenes Jodi Wilkins Snl Charies Bin Che Fund Washington

Custody Dispute Among Union Veteran Paraphernalia

Jury asked to settle custody of Logan command relics amid a split union veteran case. The suit involves multiple parties and items said to include an imitation Bible and assorted artifacts, with references to court filings and Supreme Court certiorari.

Logan John Ahos Charles Supreme Court Tim Rebh Dik Voor Coremorad Mr. Fugitt Organi Robert Siston Bey

Widow of John D Defrees Dies in Prolific Public Printer’s Widow

The widow of John D. Defrees, M Morris Defrees, passed away at 1:15 PM at her daughter’s home, Mrs. James A. Sample, in Indianapolis. Funeral services are set for 1 PM tomorrow at Mrs. Sample’s residence, with interment in Indianapolis, Indiana.

John D. Defrees M. Wugcet Morris Defrees John Type James A. Sample Eulreet

Death at Fritz Reuter's Hotel Shrouded in Uncertainty

Willam O'Brien, 35, found in a toilet at Fritz Reuter's hotel with a bottle labeled carbolic acid beside him. Death deemed natural by the coroner, with further examination of the bottle solution planned. O'Brien, a Hyattsville bricklayer, had asthma and recent head injuries from a scaffold fall. his sister Magge O'Brien identified him.

Willam O'Brien Fritz Reuter Pennsylvania Avenue James Cole O'Brien Negitt O’brien Reuter’s O'Brren Magge O'Ben Off Street Hyattsville Flo

Girl Demands Liberty in Habeas Corpus Case

Sarah E. Hooff seeks release from detention claiming she is over eighteen. Habeas proceedings adjourned to await her mother's arrival from Fairfax County, Va. to testify on age while police contend she is under eighteen and in custody on a fugitive-from-parents charge.

Sarah E. Hooff Hooff Welock Justice Wright Fairfax County Washington Velition Orney Armand W. Scott United States Jam Easby-Smith Fre Nity States Attorney’s Office Lee Art Tinoff Astoria Mats

Coal at Bargain Prices Draws In Detectives

Detectives at headquarters traced a recent coal scam to an elaborate ruse. Lew Bailes, a War Department clerk, claimed cash from a boarder at his aunt's home on New Jersey Avenue. A stout man posing as Timury S. Wallhams offered coal, promising savings, but vanished after a $25 payment. A woman matching the same description was noted in Washington years earlier for similar thefts from boarding houses.

Tor Rapert Lew Bailes Celerk New Jersey Avenue B Street Hue Gina Lasiider Ure Regen Hewcomer Washington Me Bauley

Sues to Annul Marriage Over Husbands Prior Wife

Maud Brice known as Maud Thompson sues in the District Supreme Court for annulment claiming Augustus Thompson was already married on December 9, 1873 and that she was under sixteen at the 1875 ceremony. She asks the court to restrain him from asserting any claim to her alleged estate.

Mrs. Thompson Istrict Supreme Court Maud Brice Maud Thompson Seatrist Augustus Thompson Attor- Lean Tebriner Issi Cer Ganial

Relief for the Jews Twenty Years' Negotiation in Russia

The United States cites progress in easing discrimination against American Jews visiting Russia. A Russian commission, led by the interior minister, will revise passport rules, with Count Lamsdorff confirming a favorable approach and prompt presentation of U S views to the Russian government. The State Department notes persistent oppression of American Hebrews and hopes for relief through diplomatic effort.

St. Petersburg State Department Russia United States Department of State Count Lamsbory Wis Washington Count Lamsdarf Iount Lamsdorff

Teachers Examinations Dates Fixed by Board of Education

The Board of Education announced exam dates for teacher candidates in graded schools, requiring a high school education or equivalent. The Port Reno School will be dedicated November 4 at 11 o clock a.m., with speeches by officials. Supplementary books added and staff changes noted, including temporary kindergarten assistant Marie Erskine and new math teacher G We McDonald.

Board of Education Novemer Bonrand Mendelssohn Adentea Port Reno Tcelack A.m Henry B. Marfarland Board of Commissioners Snert le W Maile Connover

Lost Pay Envelope At Treasury Disbursing Office

Miss Julia G Jones, an employee, reported her entire month’s earnings missing from a pay envelope. The vase mystery arises as she claims not to leave the department after receiving the money until discovery. Officials J B Sleman and Theodore H Greene led the inquiry with no leads among those in the room.

Fay Julia G. Jon Miss Jones Cass W Sau J. B. Sleman Theodore H. Greene Auditor's Office Treasury Post-office Department Atta Department S

Shot Smashes Car Window On Seventh Street Line

A Capital Traction Seventh street line car numbered 395 traveling north through the Mall near Henry Park was struck by a gunshot that shattered windows and caused passenger William Nash to suffer a facial cut from flying glass. Police investigated with no arrests by early morning.

Seventh Street Capital Traction Company Wiliam Nash M Street Flying Flass Allen Barker Lleury Park B Street

Short weight bread found in one city case

Assistant Sealer Schoenthal weighed forty loaves in Samuel Cohen’s bakery at 701 Sixth Street SW and found them totaling seventy pounds, about 26 ounces per loaf, below the 32 ounce standard. Police and officers inspected seventeen bakeries. sixteen met district weight rules, with bulk checks showing most loaves just over one pound each.

George Schoenthal Samuel Cohen Sixth Street Haskell Mr. Haskell Sealer Schoenthal J. T. Newkirk

Mrs Dickinson Arrested in Embezzlement Case at Boston Office

Mrs. Earl Dickinson, local Lewando Cleaning and Dyeing Co manager in Boston, was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement of 50 dollars after a claimed chloroform robbery at her office in the Colorado Building. She was examined at police headquarters, hospitalized for hiccoughs, and held at the House of Detention pending a hearing in Poles Court. William K. Crosby of the Lewando Co testified about the missing receipts and discrepancies in the office funds.

Earl Dickinson Lewanda Cleaning and Dyeing Company Boston Colorado Dickinson Capt. Boardman Horne and Muller Philadelphia Horne Lock Washington

Sophomores Arrested for Disrupting George Washington Freshmen Smoker

Freshmen at George Washington University held a smoker at a New York avenue cafe when two sophomores disrupted the event by squirting water and throwing flour. The freshmen allegedly abducted the class president W Weidman earlier, and patrolman Bursey arrested the two sophomores on disorderly conduct charges after the cafe manager intervened.

George Washington University New York Avenue W. Weidman Maryland Bursey

Runaway Ice Wagon Run causes chaos in Georgetown

A runaway ice wagon drawing two bay horses terrorized Georgetown yesterday afternoon. At Twenty-fifth to Twenty-ninth streets the team struck three other wagons, injuring two horses and fatally injuring one after a pole pierced its side. Policeman F. Yurch stopped it with a shot. Three messenger boys avoided injury by narrowly missing the animals.

M Street Georgetown W. M. Weaver Twenty-fifth Twenty-eighth Street Twenty-ninth Street A. Reeves F Street Mr. Reeves F. Yurch

Quarrel over bill ends in hotel killing at St Louis

Hayden Loring, manager of the Loring Hotel near the exposition grounds, is shot and killed by Norman M. Vaughan, manager of the Elks Publishing Co. The crime occurred after a dispute over a board bill. Vaughan, arrested after an hourlong talk with friends, claims self defense. His sister Oma witnessed the shooting. Vaughan previously resided in Washington with his father W. A. Vaughan, publishing The Kilks Horn for the BPOE.

St. Louis Hayden Loring Exposition Grounds Norman M. Vaughan Elks’ Publishing Company Vaughan Oma Washington Norman Vaughan W. A. Vaughan Kilks’ Horn Fourteenth Street Pennsylvania Avenue Vaughans Council Bluffs Iowa Eller Vaughan

Fifteen Club Licenses Sought On Renewals This Year

Fifteen clubs applied for renewal of liquor sales privileges for the coming license year. Last year sixteen permits were issued but the Calumet Club did not apply this year. Retail licenses cost 800 dollars and wholesale 200 dollars.

Calumet Clap Freoquois

Weather Conditions Forecast From The Weather Bureau

Weather bulletin notes the Gulf storm near the Middle Gulf moving eastward with rain in Gulf States and Southern Tennessee and high winds along the Pacific and Gulf coasts. Temperatures fall in the rain areas, with cooler trends elsewhere. Rain expected in the South Thursday into the Middle Atlantic and New England regions, with fresh to brisk winds along Atlantic coasts and northerly winds on West Gulf and Great Lakes. Special forecast warns storm warnings from Norfolk to Galveston except Key West. Downtown readings and national city temps listed.

S. Dept. of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington Gulf Middle Gulf Gulf States Tennessee Midiia Gulf Ube Pacific States Nevada Middle Atlantic States New England Lake Region Middle Atlantic South Atlantic East Gulf Arisk West Gulf Great Lakes European Grand Banks Atlante Norfolk Galventon Key Went Wrather Ramtali Atlek

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