Irving funeral rites mark national mourning in London
Sir Henry Irving's burial at Westminster Abbey drew officials, ambassadors, and dignitaries from across England. Queen Alexandra sent a lily cross, flags flew at half mast, and Universal mourning underlined the tragedy as Reid, the American ambassador, conveyed condolences.
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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 faces suit for eleven rugs assets
A. G Basdekian sues A. H. Bakshian for accounting and settlement of their Armenian rug business. Basdehian claims he invested 20 dollars a year ago and has received no money or statements. He seeks a receiver to manage assets, alleged to be eleven rugs, while Bakshian’s father arrives from Armenia to possibly gain control. Claude D. Thomas appointed receiver and bonded for 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 by Japanese Forces
Under October 17 1905 date the American consul general at Niuchwang reports Japanese authorities have agreed to relax trade restraints as much as possible while maintaining precautions against plague. Three deaths are reported from the disease and military trains will be used to transport goods inland.
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Manchuria
Two Children Die In Fire In Bladen Nebraska
In Bladen Nebraska on October 2 two children of Fred Plel aged sixteen and four perished in a house fire that also badly burned their mother who cannot recover. The eldest daughter was pouring hero serum on the stove when the can exploded igniting the home.
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Bladen, Nebr
Fred Plel
Troopers to Drill for Charity at Fort Myer
A cavalry troop led by Capt Preston and a artillery battery under Capt Millar will stage riding-hall drills at Fort Myer next Friday afternoon to raise funds for the Army and Navy Relief Fund. The event begins November 24 with card admission only.
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Artilery
Fort Myer
Beneft
Army and Navy Relief Fund
Preston
Millar
Erisis
Work to Clean City Campaign for Housing Improvement
Associated Charities launches a housing improvement drive with two committees after years of citizen labor. A broad inquiry into poor living conditions has detailed unsanitary dwellings, and revelations will fuel proposed condemnation legislation as Congress reconvenes. District authorities seek to advance Washington as a model city with citizen help and more frequent reporting from inspectors.
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Associated Charities
Washington
Demar Held for Trial in Witness Influence Case
Philadelphia October 2 James B E Demar general manager of the National Automobile Company New York held in 1500 bail after a hearing on conspiracy to influence witnesses in the Stanley Francis mail fraud case related to Story Cotton Company William Byram Bradley Beach New Jersey lawyer and principal witness testified that he acted under Francis and Demar orders to urge witnesses to testify only to facts and avoid conclusions Francis connected 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 Blocked for New York Police in Crime Fight
Treasury official states federal help cannot be provided to New York police against Black Hand and Mafia groups unless detectives are hired and paid by the NYPD. Secret Service is powerless to assist without compensation. Prosini’s deportation attempt reportedly has no legal basis. Authorities say blackmail in the city stems more from individuals than the Black Hand.
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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 in Wreck
Nine cars of an east bound coal train derailed by a broken wheel toppled against a west bound express near Allegrippus nine miles west of Altoona Pennsylvania. The collision tore cabs from engines and damaged coaches. two trainmen hurt including Engineer H G Highberger with a crushed leg. passengers uninjured.
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Altoona
Allegrippus
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
H. G. Highberger
Pitcairn
Benjamin Kinkead
Hremer
Olga Nethersole Arrives for Labyrinth Rehearsals at National
Miss Olga Nethersole arrives in Washington with her London company to rehearse The Labyrinth at the National Theater. It is her first U S visit in over four years and she anticipates a strong reception on her Monday night debut. Advance seat sales have been nearly record breaking for the venue.
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Olga Nethersole
Washington
London
National Theater
Wnethersole
America
Sae
World gold and silver output beat prior estimates in 1904
Director of the Mint George B. Roberts reports 1904 world production of gold valued at 347 million and silver at 97 million in commercial value. North America totals include United States 80.7 million in gold, Canada 16.4 million, Africa 85.9 million, Australasia 87.8 million. Australia shows signs of reduced output while US gains about 7 million and South Africa about 18 million. Projections suggest 1906 output may exceed 1904 by 25 million.
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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 In Nashville Prompts Investments
President Stuyvesant Fish and other officials arrived in Nashville to inspect the Tennessee Central after its lease. The Standard Trust Company holds a three year option on the Tennessee Central and Nashville Terminal stock and bonds. The plan envisions direct operation for two railways and major spending on terminal facilities and shops in Nashville. A large land purchase on the northern outskirts is tied to Illinois Central plans.
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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 Verify line
Policeman James Tayman of the First precinct sprained his ankle while helping a prisoner from the patrol wagon to the station house on Monday night. He will remain home for several weeks. Lieut Daley of the Ninth precinct left the city for a short vacation yesterday, with Sergt William Falvey acting as lieutenant. Nesk Sergts Hester and Gray are studying law in their spare hours.
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James Tayman
First Precinct
Lieut
Daley
William Falvey
Nesk
Hester
Gray
Will Confer On Morocco At International Conference
The State Department has been given the Morocco conference program arranged by France and Germany for an event likely within two months. France and Germany align on key issues and plan a conference at the Sultan’s invitation, with the United States yet to name its representative. The talks reportedly include policing outside frontiers, a Moroccan state bank, public works funding, new revenue sources, and non‑pledging of public services to private interests.
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State Department
France
Germany
Morocco
United States
Frence
Line of Testimony on Private Line Car Contracts at ICC
Testimony resumed before the Interstate Commerce Commission on private car line contracts. H. M. Emerson of Atlantic Coast Line detailed exclusive agreements with Armour Lines for refrigerator cars and noted shipper losses due to car shortages for the North Carolina strawberry crop. Union for Armour cited $80,000 paid in claims and settlements with shippers totaling around $350,000 being investigated.
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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 with no corrupt motive shown
Navy Department reports court of inquiry found Pay Director Ring negligent and lax in duties at Boston Navy Yard but recommends no further proceedings. Department declines his restoration to duty, censures his actions, and admonishes officers over improper official correspondence. Leaves of absence and transfers noted for several officers.
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Navy Department
Court of
James A. Ring
United States Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Department
Ring
Navy officers orders and vessel movements detailed
The report lists multiple Navy officers reassigned or placed on leave in cities like Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, and Washington. It also notes movements of vessels Caesar Perry Yankee and others, plus troop movements for Fort Sam Houston and Brazos River Project approval by Secretary Taft.
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Caesar
Norfolk
Perry
Maroleland
Yankee
Kingston
Hercules
Wreck
Nero
San Juan
Scorpion
Monte Cristi
Santo Domingo
Nanshan
Cavite
Guam
Brazos River
Taft
Texas
Secretary Approves Initial Harbor Expenditure
The harbor project received authorization to spend 75000 dollars to begin work, with total costs expected to rise to several million depending on future legislative approval. The secretary’s decision allows the initial expenditure to proceed.
Naval courts martial report shows wide discipline cases
The annual report of Judge Advocate General Capt Diehl shows 12 commissioned officers convicted and 3 acquitted, 905 enlisted men convicted and 30 acquitted in general courts martial, plus 4,167 bluejackets convicted and 20 acquitted and 1,015 Marines enlisted men convicted and 77 acquitted in summary courts martial. Desertion, absence without leave, and fraudulent enlistment account for hundreds of convictions. Col Kelton has developed a high order discipline school at the Boston Navy Yard prison. Overflow from Asiatic Station led to Mare Island needing two prison ships, Manila and Nipsea at Bremerton are being prepared for overflow.
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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-Saloon League Speaker Forecasts Army Abstinence Demand
Edwin C. Dinwiddie of the New York Anti-Saloon League told a Hotel Majestic luncheon that the nation will demand total abstinence by U S army and navy officers. He cited Taft as saying the anti-canteen bill had not been fairly tested and noted battles over prohibition in Albany and in Congress.
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Anti-Saloon League
Army
Navy
The
Washington Post
New York
Anti- Saloon League
Hotel Majestic
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
Washington
Dinwiddie
Taft
JAP VICTORY A RIDDLE
Lieut Commander Newton A McCully former naval attache to Peking and to Russian forces in Manchuria has returned to Washington and will report to the Navy Department. He describes visiting Russian ships at Port Arthur last year and notes the mystery of Japan's rapid victory amid a disciplined Russian fleet that seemed formidable.
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Newton A. McCully
Peking
China
Manchuria
Washington
Navy Department
Port Arthur
McCully
Local Businesses Advertise Goods And Services
A collage of ads and notices shows shops offering toys from six cents to ten dollars, framing, clothing with labeled quality, and office supplies. A small fleet note mentions schooners, boatyard repairs, and harbor duties, while local patrons and auditors visit Penny Vaudeville and tailor shops.
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 focus on the West Gulf blockading squadron under Admiral Farragut from March 15 1863 to late 1884. He states Confederate naval records are fully presented for the first time and urges collecting colonial era navy papers for publication.
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Farragut
Charles W. Stuart
Naval War
West Gulf
Czar Will Receive Them Audience With Emperor Tomorrow
Brig Gen Thomas H Barry and three other US army officers who just returned from Manchuria will be received by Emperor Nicholas in St. Petersburg tomorrow, with forest attaches attending a dinner Saturday and Hoff and Cleman to stay briefly in Germany. The Twenty-fourth Regiment of Infantry is ordered to Mindanao for a second term of service. Smeeze and Blow. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a remedy for catarrh and blood purification with nonirritating Hood's Pills.
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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
Mindanao
Taft
Philippine Islands
Appeal in Gaynors Bondsman Case Reaches Supreme Court
The United States appeals in the case against William B Kirke of Syracuse an bondsman for John F Gaynor. The Second Circuit ruled for Kirke. Grover Guarantees Every Pound and Red Clover Creamery Butter advertised in the same item.
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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 in Several States
Fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include New Jersey at McKee City with Joseph H. P. Otter, New York at Craigeville with Miss Mary C. Hane, Virginia at Blackwater with Arthur T. Willie, and Glemox Gan and Deming R. Bishop in Blackwater.
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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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Tennessee Central Deal
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
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Hugh L. Walthall
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Third Infantry
Edwin P Andros
Third Cavalry
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University of Georgia
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Artelbert Cronkhite
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Naval Academy
Annapolis
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Naval Hospital
Washington, D. C
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M. W.baker
FE. L. Woods
United States Naval Medical School
Fort Sam Houston
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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
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Harbor
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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
Hood
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