Young Wife Death by Carbolic Acid in Snow Estate Park
Alma S Du Bois, twenty four, wife of Treasury Department clerk Charles F Du Bois, purchased carbolic acid and walked to the Snow estate grounds. She removed hat and jacket, lay among the grass, and swallowed two ounces of poison, dying later at Garfield Hospital after convulsions. She had been in poor spirits over a long illness and left a note linking her work to the Treasury Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma S du Bois
Charles F du Bois
Treasury Department
Shendon Avenue
Garfield Hospital
Los
Fourteenth
Fark Streets
Fourteenth Street
Snow Estate
Mrs. Snow
Sua
Garneld Hospital
Treasury
Peleeman Chen
Tragea
Sheridan Avenue
du Bois
Orima
Herselé Hl
Ringwalt Mystery Deep As Police Seek Clues
Deputy grand regent Arthir Ringwalt of the Royal Arcanum lay unconscious on a Washington street after either a fall or a strike. He remained in Emergency Hospital for more than a week with a fractured skull, while friends and relatives allege foul play and a sandbagging incident, though detectives have found no conclusive evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthir Ringwalt
Royal Arcanum
Receptions for Gen Browne By Brooklyn Garrison
Gen T Edwin Browne national commander of the Army and Navy Union and member of the national corps will be given a reception and entertainment by Gen George A Custer Garrison No 3 in Brooklyn Tuesday evening at seven o clock in honor of his visit to the city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browne
T Edwin Browne
Army and Navy Union
National Corps
George A. Custer
Brooklyn
Fires Keep District Firemen Busy Last Evening
Several alarms answered across Washington last evening. A basement blaze at the Potomac Electric Light and Power Co. on Fourteenth and B streets NW damaged waste and caused a minor fire. Battalion Chief Wagner received a shock while tackling the flames. Earlier, a woods fire at Florida Avenue and Penns Place NW started from a match in dry leaves and was promptly controlled. A chimney fire at 2105 California Avenue NW, owned by Dr. William Tindall, caused little damage. Old rag fire in a rain spout at 1733 Massachusetts Avenue NW, owned by Captain Fowles, caused about 16 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Electric Light and Power Company
Fourteenth
Maze
Wagner
Florida Avenue
Phesns Place
California Avenus Northwest
William Tindall
Massachusetts Avenue
Ted
Kentucky Republicans call for aid from Washington leaders
The Kentucky Republican Club met at Champion Council Hall on Louisiana Avenue with spirited discussion led by Congressman D C Edwards and U S attorney James H Tinsley. Freda N Webber Jr read a Kentucky State letter urging Washington officeholders to act for the party at home and urging a larger voter delegation this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Republican Club
Champion Council
Louisiana Avenue
D C. Edwards
Kentucky
James H. Tinsley
United States
Washington
Freda N Webber, Jr
Washington Colony
Jackson Morris
Wallace C Franken
Elnt
D. C. Edwards
J. B. Bennet
Put s Blame On A Woman George Canniff Charged With Embezzlement
George F Canniff a 52 year old salesman for W M Galt Co flour and feed was arrested on a charge of embezzlement after an alleged shortage of 4380 with police stating he admitted guilt and claimed the loss exceeded 800 dating back two years He cited a woman as responsible and was held at the First precinct awaiting a Police Court hearing scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Canniff
W. M. Galt & Co
Grant and Trumbo
Central Office
Canniff
Frm
Branson Arrested For Destroying Printing Shop Type
William Branson, a 31 year old black man, was arrested after allegedly damaging type in the printing shop of the Industrial Enterprise at 4 Fifteenth Street Northwest. He grew angry at his employer Thomas Leatherwood, pled the set up type, spoiled the yesterday scheduled paper, then fled before police were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Branson
Thomas
Leatherwood
Fifteenth Street
Branson
Arrest of Adolph Davidson for following Miss Chichester
Adolph Davidson a 23 year old Negro was arrested last night near Ninth and B streets NW for following and annoying Miss Georgie Chichester. He is charged with disorderly conduct and jailed at the First precinct station. His case goes to Police Court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Davidson
Georgia Chichester
Negre
Georgie Chichester
Ninth
Hood's Medicine Purity Promised in Advertising Claim
An advertisement proclaims Hood's Medicine as a pure and effective remedy. The claim centers on purity and reliable healing, urging readers to choose Hood's for consistent relief.
Ovation for Tanker at Grand Army Hall Welcome
Corp James A Tanner Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic was honored by the Department of the Potomac at Grand Army Hall. An enthusiastic reception featured a large turnout of Old Guard veterans, martial music, and heartfelt calls for higher pensions. Tanner urged monthly pensions of 12 dollars for Civil War survivors and 12 dollars for widows, noting the rising death toll and the nation’s debt of gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Potomac
Corp
James A. Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army Hall
Great Order
Tanner
N Street
Old Guard
Kit Carson
Department of the Fotomac
B. W. Bonney
Department
Woman's Relief Corps of
Cheyenne
S. 8
Burdett
Corp. Tanner
A. P. Tasker
Denver
John R. King
Tasker
Adj
John Tweed
John A. Joyca
Jim
America
J. H. Radford
LM. Kellly
Pension Bureau
Yast
Nathan Bickford
Arthur Hendricks
J. G. Kimball
B. P. Entrikin
Of- 3
Programme at Tuskegee features seventy five floats for president visit
Emmett J. Scott and Charles W. Anderson discussed Tuskegee Institute plans for October 24. The event includes a parade of 75 floats representing academic, mechanical, and agricultural departments, with 1,500 students marching before them carrying sugar cane stalks and cotton bolls from institute gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett J. Scott
Booker K Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Charles W. Anderson
Internal Revenue
New York
White House
Scott
Loeb
Tuskegee
Drummers Plan Convention for United Commercial Travelers
Flag Council No 266 of the United Commercial Travelers Association met to form finance and executive committees for the upcoming district convention in Charleston next May. E J Kelly chairs the finance panel while E B Bowle leads the executive committee and B M Mundell heads the entertainment committee. Attendees included grand jurisdiction reps from the two Virginias Kentucky Maryland and DC. Lodge officers listed: L O English senior councilor J F Sexton junior councilor F Maynard Jr past benector T BR Smith secretary treasurer A Bowie conductor L A Roberta page A J Baker sentinel. The initial gathering occurred in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Commercial Travelers
Flag Council
United Commercial Travelers’ Association
E. J. Kelly
E. B. Bowlé
B. M. Mundell
Grand Council
Virginias
Kentucky
Maryland
District of Columbia
Lodge
L. O. Engish
J. F. Sexton
F. Maynard, Jr
Bennelor
T. BR. Sraith
A. & Bowie
L. A. Robérta
Page
A. J. Baker
Zentinel
Charleston
Marine Bandsman Lucien Conen Shot, Not Expected to Live
Lucien Conen, a young Marine Bandsman, was shot by Mrs Jennie May and is in critical condition at the Naval Hospital. Doctors report little hope for recovery after an unsuccessful bullet retrieval operation. The case follows an earlier wound and operation. The article also notes a new forest reserve, the Tonto, established by the President in Arizona to protect Tonto Creek's watershed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Lucien Conen
Jennie May
Naval Hospital
Simos
Cowen
New Forest Reservation
Arizona
Tonto Reserve
Tonto Creek
Phenix
Government Annex Purchase Proposed for Post Office Site
The United States government agreed to acquire part of a square northwest of the Post Office building for 199,265 with the remainder to be condemned for an annex. Howard F. Schwartz brokered the deal. Secretary Shaw rejected a higher offer of 399,790 as excessive, stating the government would accept up to 360,000 if free of liens. Transfer details list multiple parcels and prices in squares 211 224 and 324 along Twelfth and Eleventh streets and C Street Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Howard F. Schwartz
Schwartz
Shaw
Hieventhasd
Frank Hume
Twelfth Street
Nortiiwes
Patrick” Hotlo- Tan
John J. Hogan Stux
Eleventh Street
Jacob F. Good
Trustes
Stephen Gatti Et Ax
Twelfth and
C Street
Weahington T. Naitor
Stolen Capitol Clock Outrage Nets Capitol Mystery
Senator Porter J. McCumber reported his French made mantel clock missing from his committee room in the Capitol wing after four weeks of closure. Capitol detectives scoured pawnshops and planned a 48 hour arrest of an employe. the unique oval clock, built in Paris by S. Martet Cle and prize winner in Argentina in 1889, was the handsome centerpiece of the Capitol rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter J. McCunrer
North Dakota
Senate Committee On Pensions
Senate
Capitol
Paris
S. Martet Cle
Elit
Millionaire Doctor Hart Held on Child Murder Charge
Chicago Oct 7 Dr Oliver B Hart a millionaire's son and husband of a sixteen year old wife was charged with murdering ten year old Irene Klokow whose mother is missing and whose father is an insane asylum patient The case was continued to October 17 Hart sat silent in court and claimed the girl swallowed morphine pills by mistake He admitted giving bromidia and eight hypodermic strychnine injections The will and a letter were called a joke by Hart as reporters noted his exhausted condition The case also touched the arrivals of his father and father-in-law from St Louis for developments and a physician described the bromide as knockout drops The report also notes a separate obituary item from Washington WV about W H Kaiffer of Dayton VA who died suddenly and whose remains were sent to Dayton for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oliver B. Hart
Irene Klokow
County Jaci
Hart
Mlatake
St. Louis
Former Pension Commissioner Ware Honored At Informal Washington Banquet
Eugens F. Ware, ex Commissioner of Pensions, was the guest of honor at a late night banquet in Freund's Washington, hosted by former bureau colleagues. Commissioner Warner praised Ware's leadership while Ware recalled two and a half years of service and received a punch bowl gift from clerks. Gen. Henderson acted as toastmaster as about sixty officials attended the informal gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugens F. Ware
Topeka
Kans
Freund
Ware
Sam Houston
A. Cuddy
T. D. Yeager
Warner
W. B. Bayly
Gen. Henderson
Mr. Ware
J. L. Davenport
G. F. Dennis
Review Department
G. A. L. Merrifield
Board of Review
Col
G. C. Raiffin
J. T. Wilde
Knoxville
Tenn
Houston
Bureau
Pension Bureau
John ‘T. Wilder
Trp House
Hansas
Tennessee
Davenport
Gen
Dudley
Dennis
Merrifield
Col. G. CG. Kniffin
Mr. Warner
Gen. Wilder
O. P. Hallam
Maj.awiggett
C. Neilaon
G. Stockton
A. K. Meek
John Dague
J. B. Algate
Col. John Hancock
William Campbell
H. Cilley
Warfeld
Charles Davis
A. D. Wiggins
L. P. Stine
Mr. McC
Dr. Swett
W. Bloser
A. Bussius
C. M Brrat
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Washington Notices
Obituaries list Rufus Merchant Postoffice official buried in Fredericksburg after death at his Washington home. Mrs Margaret Simmons, mother in law of the late John Darlington, dies after hip fracture and surgery, funeral at St Peter's Church. Ellza E Barghausen dies of tuberculosis aged about 70, funeral at 1515 C Street SE, burial in Grenwood. Military funerals for Sergt Toutwist and Private Henden held at Arlington. Morgan Geiger dies of heart disease, Catholic rites at 3 pm from Indiana Ave NW home, burial Prospect Hill. Miss Bessie Heider, 18, former Central High student, dies. funeral this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C. Simmer
Margaret C. Simmons
Providence Hospital
Simmons
Washington
John Darlington
Washington Post
J. Darlington
John
George
Will
Hd Fieishell
Darlington
G Street
St. Peter's Church
Father O'Brien
Sergt
W. A. Toutwist
Thirteenth Cavalry
Bernard A. Hendren
Corps of Engineers
Arlington
Pierce
Father Smyth
St. Stephen’s Catholic Church
Heaven
Morgan Geiger
Georgetown University Hospital
Anna B. Geiger
Gustav Geiger
Indiana Avenue Northwest
Weather Conditions and Local Forecast October 7 1998
Weather bulletin notes the Gulf storm near western Bahamas, with strong northerly winds along the Carolina coast. Showers expected in Florida and along the Gulf, warmer in East and South, cooler in the Middle plateau, with variable winds on coasts and Great Lakes. Local report lists temperatures, humidity, rain, and sunshine figures. quarantine update included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U 8
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Bahamas
Carolina
Florida
East Gulf Coast
Montana
Rocky Mountains
Atlantis
Kant Gulf States
Wyoming
FE Uistern Montana
Mexico
Hest Gulf Coast
Easatern
Utah
Mixcourt
Mississippi
Upper Lake Region
Colorado
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Plateau
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
D. m
Polluted City Reservoirs and Germ Contamination Dangers
A historical notice stresses polluted reservoirs threaten health and outlines safeguards for safe drinking water. It discusses how catarrhal mucous membrane conditions increase infection risk and the entry of microscopic germs through lungs and stomach.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alma S. du Bois
Coolly
Sharpe
James S Sharpe
Auditors Office
Post Office Department
Dumbarton Avenue
Maud Wiles
Rock Creek Cemetery
Ringwalt
Stevepar
Washington—Association Meeting
George Canniff
Whith
Hood
IG. A. R
M'Cumber
Yesteray
W. H. Keiffer
Eline
W. Va
W. H. Kaiffer
Dayton
Bayard
Democrat
Parsons
Wilmett
Dr. Lyon
LK Gor2idis
Warner Lands Ware
Prohibition
Kan Cae
Taggart Divorce Division
Wooster
Ohio
Pason
Mae. Me
Bt. Louis
Southampton
Cedric
Liverpool
Etruria
la Bretagne
Favre
Moltke
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Vaderland
Dover
Antwerp
Lecanix
Queenstown
Minnehahbs
London
Havre
Lagdavole
Friedrich der Ore
St Paul
Umbria
Celtic
Seilad
Campanis
Southemptes
Philadelphia
Rotterdam
Noordam
Boulogne
Ireland
Pretoria
Deutech
Soisenda Bt
J. H. Biocon Poe Co
Atlanta
Eugene F. Ware
Merchhant
Rufus
Post-office Department
Strait Northwest
Fredericksburg
Wiliam H. Harkamp
Eliza E. Barghausen
Ellza E. Barghausen
Barghausen
W. HB. Barghausen
Kate Barghausen
August Mathai
Martinsburg
Louis Mathai
Baltimore
Father Maguire
Church of the Holy Comforter
Grenwood Cemetery
Bessie Heider
George Heider
Central High School
B. J. Goodman
Wiothier and Haberdasher
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Asheville
N. Ga
Atlantic City
Bigmarck
Oston
N. Y
Uffalo
Cicago
Meningt
Cola
Herene
Mont
Troianapolis
Ind
Tarksonville
Kansas City
Mile Rock
Ark
Mich
Trelewsness
Catarhah
Peruna
Perupa
Knabe
Ivers & Pond
Poole
Webster
Briggs
Guild Square
Gua
Angelus
Juelg
Foss
M. Goldsmith & Son, Jewelers
Pennsylvania Ave
Bofiling
Ludin-Rayner-Bolen & Byrne
International Bureau of the American Republics
Jackson Place
McGill & Wallach
Miller’s
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Wiese Wainiidin
DR. White
W. Stanley Jones
Ava Telephone
C. A. Wentlake
Patterson
Emma DE Vries
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