Irving burial in Westminster Abbey honors Sir Henry Irving
London observes universal mourning as Sir Henry Irving is laid to rest in Westminster Abbey. dignitaries including cabinet ministers ambassadors and the Prince of Wales attend. Queen Alexandra sends a cross of lilies and tributes flow from officials and the public while flags fly at half mast across London.
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London
Liles—Reid
Lonlon
Garrick
Shakespeare
Henry Irving
Westminster Abbey
England
Edward
Bir Digenton Frobyn
Prince of Wales
W H. P. Carrington
Whitelaw Reid
Scotland
America
Poets’ Corner
Sir Frederick Bridge
Chopin
St. Faith
Wight
Duckworth
Westminster
Welldon
Wilberforce
Hensley Henson
Coriolanus
Lady Irving
Sir Henry Irving
Squire Bancroft
Earl of Aberdeen
Lord Tennyson
Lord Burnham
Alexander Muir-Mackeanzie
Beerbohm Tree
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
James Dewar
Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Burdett
Coutts
M. P
Charles Wyndham
John Hare
George Alexander
J. Forbes Robertson
Irving
Queen Alexandra
Reid
Sir Henry
Armenian partner in rug business faces suit for eleven rugs
A. G Basdekian sues A. H. Bakshian in a partnership dispute seeking accounting and settlement and requests a receiver to manage the business assets pending action. Basdekian alleges he invested $20 a year ago and has not received money or accounts. Claude D. Thomas appointed receiver with bond 60. W E Ambrose represents Basdehian.
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A. G Basdekian
A. H. Bakshian
Basdehian
Bakshlan
Hns
Bakshian
Armenia
Claude D. Thomas
W E Ambrose
Basdelaan
Relaxed trade restraints in Manchuria loosened by Japanese
Under October 17 1905 the American consul general at Niuchwang reports Japanese authorities will ease trade restrictions as much as possible while guarding against plague. Three deaths from the illness are recorded and military trains may be used to move goods inland.
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Manchuria
Two Children Die in Fire at Bladen Nebraska
A fire at the Fred Plel home in Bladen Nebraska claimed two children ages sixteen and four and left their mother critically burned. The eldest daughter reportedly poured kerosene on the stove causing an explosion that ignited the house.
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Bladen, Nebr
Fred Plel
Troopers to Drill for Charity at Fort Myer
A cavalry troop and artillery battery will give a riding-hall drill at Fort Myer next Friday afternoon for the Army and Navy Relief Fund. Capt Preston's troop and Capt Millar's battery participate. Regular Friday riding-hall drills begin November 24. Admittance is by card.
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Artilery
Fort Myer
Beneft
Army and Navy Relief Fund
Preston
Millar
Erisis
Work to Clean City Housing Campaign Beginnings
Associated Charities launches housing improvement drive with two committees. Long effort by prominent citizens seeks condemnation legislation for unsanitary dwellings. After summer investigations into conditions of the poor, forthcoming revelations will inform a new congressional push. District officials aim to make Washington a model city, awaiting greater citizen participation and inspectorate reports.
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Associated Charities
Washington
Demar Held For Trial In Witness Conspiracy Case
Philadelphia on October 2 James B E Demar general manager of the National Automobile Company New York was held on $1500 bail for trial after a hearing on charges of conspiring to influence witnesses in the Stanley Francis case Francis was yesterday convicted of using the mails for fraud in connection with the Story Cotton Company William Byram a Bradley Beach lawyer and principal witness testified that under Francis and Demar orders he urged government witnesses to testify only to facts and avoid conclusions Francis is linked to the firm Demar manages
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Philadelphia
James BE. Demar
National Automobile Company
New York
Stanley Francis
Story Cotton Company
William ©. Byram
Bradley Beach
N. J
Francis
Demar
Federal Aid Denied to New York Police in Mafia Crackdown
Treasury officials state federal aid will not be provided to the New York police to combat the Black Hand and Mafia outfits. Secret Service would assist only if detectives are specially engaged and paid, with no current word from Detective Prosini. Deportation efforts lack legal basis, and authorities see blackmail cases driven by individuals rather than a unified Black Hand network.
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New York
Secret Service Bureau
Crusade
New York Police Department
Treasury Department
Prosini
Washington
Black Hand
Lberty
Department of Commerce and Labor
Secret Service
Trains Crash Sidewise Near Altoona
Nine cars of an east bound coal train derailed by a broken wheel at Allegrippus nine miles west of Altoona toppled onto a west bound express. The collision tore cabs from two engines and damaged a coach. All passengers escaped unharmed. Two trainmen injured. Engineer H G Highberger of Pitcairn crushed leg may die. Engineer Benjamin Kinkead of Altoona slightly hurt. Fireman of damaged engines unharmed.
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Altoona
Allegrippus
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
H. G. Highberger
Pitcairn
Benjamin Kinkead
Hremer
Miss Olga Nethersole Arrives in Washington for The Labyrinth
Miss Olga Nethersole the eminent English actress arrives in Washington with her London company to rehearse The Labyrinth at the National Theater. This marks her first American visit in over four years and she is expected to receive an enthusiastic welcome when she appears Monday night. Advance seat sales at the National are breaking records.
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Olga Nethersole
Washington
London
National Theater
Wnethersole
America
Sae
World Gold Output Jumps in 1904 Says Mint Director
Director of the Mint George B. Roberts reports 1904 world gold output valued at 347 million dollars with 168.5 million fine ounces of silver and 97.7 million in silver value. United States gains about 7 million in gold, South Africa about 18 million, and world production is forecast to rise further in 1906.
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George B. Roberts
Mint
North America
United States
Mexico
Canada
Africa
Australasia
South Africa
Australia
Homestake
Black Hills
Treadwell
Cripple Creek
Engineering and Mining Journal
Colorado Springs Mining Stock Association
State Bureau of Mines
Tennessee Central deal linked to Illinois Central control
Nashville observers report a Tennessee Central Railroad lease sale as the Illinois Central gains a three year option through the Standard Trust Company. Officials arrive to inspect the line while plans include spending about two million dollars to expand terminals and shops in Nashville and acquire land for Illinois Central use.
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Nashville
Tenn
Stuyvesant Fish
Welling
Harahan
Hackstaff
Charles M. Beach
John W. Auchincloss
W. M. Griswell
John Jacob Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. M. Dickinson
Illinois Central Railroad
Tennessee Central
Southern Railway Company
Minnocis Central Railroad Company
Standard Trust Company
New York
Tennessee Central Railroad
Nashville Terminal Company
Illinois Central
Among the Bluecoats on Duty and Off Duty
Policeman James Tayman of the First precinct sprained his ankle aiding a prisoner from the patrol wagon to the station house Monday. His doctor says he will be home for weeks. Lieut Daley of the Ninth precinct left the city for a short vacation, with Sergt Falvey acting in his absence. New sergeants Hester and Gray are studying law in spare hours.
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James Tayman
First Precinct
Lieut
Daley
William Falvey
Nesk
Hester
Gray
Morocco conference planned by France and Germany
The State Department has been given a draft programme for an international Moroccan affairs conference arranged by France and Germany, likely within two months. The Sultan invited U.S. participation, but details and American representation remain undecided. Proposals reportedly include international policing outside frontier zones, a state bank, public works funding, new revenue sources, and limits on pledging public services to private interests.
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State Department
France
Germany
Morocco
United States
Frence
Testimony reveals shipper protection gaps in private car line
At ICC hearings, H M Emerson of Atlantic Coast Line cited exclusive refrigerator car contracts with Armour Lines as necessary for serving the North Carolina strawberry crop, while insurers said shipper protections against unreasonable charges rely on contractual terms and tariffs.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
H. M. Emerson
Traffe
Atlantic Coast Sire
Armour Lines
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line
Union
Armour Ones
Onion
Emerson
Commissioner Prouty
Mr. Prouty
Mr. Emerson
Court Censures Ring Without Indictment of Corruption
The Navy Department released findings of a court of inquiry on Pay Director James A. Ring, Boston Navy Yard. It cites negligence and lax administration but rejects further proceedings while noting no corrupt motive. The department intends to admonish and deny restoration to duty. Other officers face censure for improper official correspondence. Leaves, transfers, and staff reassignments follow.
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Navy Department
Court of
James A. Ring
United States Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Department
Ring
Navy orders and vessel movements in 1910s era dispatches
Navy officers receive leave and duty reassignments including Lieuts Stanworth Bierer Vincent Signor Schofield Wettengel Bullock Kessler and surgeons Elmore Hull Baker Woods. Vessels Caesar Perry Yankee and Scorpion arrive sail to Hercules Nero Nanshan and other ports. Troop movement details note Company H Twenty sixth Infantry at Fort Sam Houston Texas and Brazos River project approval by Secretary Taft.
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C. Stanworth
BB. Bierer
Navy
Kansas City
R W, Vincent
Lancaster
Navy Yard
League Island
M H. Signor
St. Louis
Omaha
Nebr
J. A. Schofield
Wettengel
Wolverine
R. H. Bullock
Naval
Newport
R. W. Kessler
Naval Academy
Annapolis
B. Elmore
Naval Hospital
Washington, D. C
Washington, DC. C
H. F. Hull
New York
N. Y
M. W.baker
FE. L. Woods
United States Naval Medical School
Caesar
Norfolk
Perry
Maroleland
Yankee
Kingston
Hercules
Wreck
Nero
San Juan
Scorpion
Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Nanshan
Cavite
Guam
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Secretary OKs initial harbor work funding
The harbor project received authorization to spend 75,000 dollars to begin work, with total costs projected in the millions pending future legislation and full approval. The Secretary’s decision permits this initial expenditure to start the project.
Naval courts martial tally and prison overflow at Mare Island
In the annual navy report, Capt Diehl notes 12 commissioned officers convicted and 3 acquitted, 905 enlisted men convicted and 30 acquitted, plus sums for summary courts. He cites 422 desertions, 147 AWOL, and 8 fraudulent enlistments. Col Kelton leads a discipline school at Boston Navy Yard. Overflow from Asiatic Station prompts two prison ships at Mare Island and preparations at Manila and Nipsia to relieve shore facilities.
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Oce
W. B. Diehl
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Diehl
Col
C. Kelton
Naval Prison
Boston Navy Yard
Asiatic Station
Mare Island
Manila
Nipsia
Bremerton
Wash
Anti Canteen Law Urges Army Abstinence by Officers
Washington Post report covers New York Anti-Saloon League luncheon at the Hotel Majestic with Edwin Dinwiddie asserting the army and navy officers should be total abstainers. He cites Taft, Europe inspection, and politics of prohibition bills, noting past votes and future stakes in Albany.
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The
Washington Post
New York
Anti- Saloon League
Hotel Majestic
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Washington
Dinwiddie
Taft
Japanese Victory A Riddle Says McCully Report
Lieut. Commander Newton A. McCully, former naval attache in Peking and later in Manchuria, has returned to Washington and will brief the Navy Department on Japan’s swift victory. He says Russian ships impressed at Port Arthur last May to August and Russian discipline was solid, yet the reason for defeat remained a riddle to observers.
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Newton A. McCully
Peking
China
Manchuria
Washington
Navy Department
Port Arthur
McCully
Various commerce notices and local business ads in early 1900s
The item compiles a string of local business promotions and notices from 7th Street and nearby avenues. It features toy shop offers, framing and tailoring services, clothing guarantees, a boatyard update, ship arrivals, savings bank expansion, a church renovation, medical tonics, penny vaudeville promotions, and multiple misc retail ads with prices and addresses.
Navy by the Civil War records nearing completion
Charles W. Stuart reports volumes 20 and 21 of the Union and Confederate navies in the Civil War nearing completion. The West Gulf blockading squadron under Admiral Farragut covered March 15, 1863, to late 1884. Confederate navy records are presented here for the first time, detailing ironclads cruisers torpedoes and torpedo boats. Recommendations urge collecting American naval records from colonial to Mexican War periods.
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Farragut
Charles W. Stuart
Naval War
West Gulf
Czar to Receive Barry and American Officers in Audience
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Barry Maj. Montgomery M. McComb Capt. Sydney A. Cleman and Capt. John Van R Hoff arrive in St Petersburg from Manchuria and will be received by Emperor Nicholas with forest attaches. Hoff and Cleman to stay briefly in Germany. Twenty fourth Regiment to Mindanao for second term of service. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as catarrh cure with purification of the blood.
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Barry
St. Petersburg
Thomas H. Barry
John van R. Hoff
Montgomery M. McComb
Sydney A. Cleman
United States Army
Manchuria
Nicholas
Fol. Hoff
Cleman
Germany
Appeal in Gaynor's Bondsman Case Reaches Supreme Court
The United States appeals a ruling involving William B Kirke of Syracuse a bondsman for John F Gaynor after a Second Circuit decision favored Kirke The case was filed yesterday in the Supreme Court Grover Guarantees Every Pound and Red Clover Creamery Butter is mentioned amid the text as a brand note
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Gaynor
United States
Wiliam
Kirke
Syracuse
N. Y
John F. Gaynor
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Grover
Postmasters Appointed Across States
Fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include Joseph H. P. Otter at New Jersey McKee City and Miss Mary C. Hane at Craigville New York. Virginia entries list Arthur T. Willie Glemox Gan and Deming R. Bishop for Blackwater and related offices.
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New Jersy
McKee City
Joseph H. P. Otter
New York
Craigeville
Mary C. Hane
Virginia—Blackwater
Arthur T. Willie
Glemox Gan
Deming R. Bishop
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Poets’ Corner of Westminster
Niewspaperi
Tennessee Central Deal
Hiew Southern
Illinois Central Railways
Bluecoats
W. 4. Winburn
Central Georgia Railway
Central Georgia
Knapp
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Arthur E. Randle
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Choate
Great Britain
Horace Porter
Col. Randle
Levi P. Morton
John Wenamaker
Charles M. Schwab
Charles & Cramp
Elijah W. Halfori
Frazier A Boulelle
William B Wheeler
Twenty-second Infantry
Hdward L. King
Second Cavalry
Robert G Peek
Robert J. Elinford
John A Brockman
Robert W Adams
Sheldon W. Anding
Willan G. Murchison
Hugh L. Walthall
Joseph A. Patter
Seventh Infantry
Georges B. Pond
Third Infantry
Edwin P Andros
Third Cavalry
Fort Slocum
James M. Kimbrough
University of Georgia
Athens
Harold C Fisxe
Fertinand Wiliams
Corps of Engineers
Washington Barracks
Artelbert Cronkhite
New York City
Dover
Ohio
Brazos River
Texas
Anti-Saloon League
Army
Hess
N. Hess’ Sons
Penna. Ave
POST
Geo. B. Croswell
Goodwin& Son
Adams Keys
7Th St
Alice
Cumberland
R. H. Harris
Europe
Y. C. Corliss
Maid of the Mist
Alexandria
S. W. Corner
Home Savings Bank
Seventh Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Cannon
Bessie Ford
Kattelman
7Th Street
Pansano
Harbor
Atlantic City
C. C. Wheeler
Hiseman & Sultan
Patent Office
Elgeman & Sultan
Uwhier & Co
Corner
Ideal
Brin
Lerch & Littleton
T. M. Mohler
Kenilworth
Ernest Distler, Jr
Brooklyn
Exnat Geratenberg
Distler
Niagara Falls
Callaghan’s
Sis
N. W
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bennett's Boatyard
John Quinn
St. Sw
Lemuel Kirwin
Haerl Biscoe
Biscoe
Proctor Hagan
Baltimore
Czar
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Hood
Jeweps
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