New York Chinaman Wife Fleeing Highbinders Shares Mysterious Tales
Mrs May Goon Sing Lucy Rosebury a West Virginia woman fleeing New York highbinders tells Washington Star reporter of opium induced marriage, four murdered American wives, a Japanese victim, and alleged police bribery. She blames Chinatown’s highbinders for brutal killings and disposals of bodies, claiming danger to herself if she returns to New York.
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The
Washington Star
May Goon Sing
New York
Washington
Dreas-Sult
Metropolis
Star
Boston
Baltimore and Ohio
Woong Goon Sing
Mott Street
Lucy Roseberry
Littleton
W. Va
Tom Lee
Chinatown
West Virginia
Ton
Whith
Duchead
Sheeny Annie
Motterect
No. 16
Express
Chicago
Mamie
Highbind
Lucy Rosebury
San Francisco
China
Town
Mma Wing
Willie Wing
Hongkong
Bayard Street
Sing
Dismissed from the Navy for Uniform Disrespect in Berkley
Secretary Bonaparte ordered J Allen Jones, a Norfolk Navy Yard employee, discharged after he refused to rent rooms to a machinist’s mate in uniform, citing local prejudice against sailors. Jones defended his action, saying he respected the flag but feared social discrimination.
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Bonaparte
J. Allen Jones
Norfolk Navy Yard
Department
Jones
United States Navy
Berkley
Norfolk
Allen Jones
Navy Yard
Naval Service
Tanner
Learning to Mark Ballots at Keystone Republican Club
A large Keystone Republican Club meeting near Silver Hill discussed voting education for the Maryland ballot amid a suffrage amendment fight. Col Ikey urged careful study of candidates and politics, while James W Poe of Washington urged voters to learn to mark the amendment correctly. A campaign committee was named and the club planned further meetings this week.
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Keystone Republican Club
George Count
Silver Hill
IL Or
HH. Key
Wesley Plater
Col. Ikey
Maryland
James W. Poe
Washington
Mey
Marlboro
Westey Plater
G. Sa. George Thomas
Frank Chew
Joseph Jones
G. W. Fayne
F. Hickman
Joseph Whitne
G. O. Freek
R. Hage Wahttney
J. W. Lynn
William Savy H. Holley
J. H. Warley
William ©Arley
James W. Holley
F. Holley
William Savoy, Jr
John W. Plater
George W. Reese
George Redman
Joe Miles
Col
Wrecked Enterprise National Bank faces suit over stock pledge
In Pittsboro on October 27, D L Patterson sues Lemari Cook and Enterprise National Bank over a 15 share Duquesne National Bank stock certificate pledged as collateral since February 1878. The suit alleges cashier T Lee Clark feloniously took the certificate seventeen years ago and delivered it to Lennart S Cook. A coroner's inquest and bank examinations follow as receivers assemble records and notify depositors. The United Presbyterian Women’s Association reports $3,000 of Orphans Home funds tied to the bank, with confidence that deposits will be repaid.
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Enterprise National
Allegheny
Clark
Pittsboro
Pal
E. P. Moxey
Enterprise National Bank
T. Lee Clark
D. L. Patterson
Lemari 5
Cook
Guarantee Title and Trust Company
Patterson
Duquesne National Bank
Pittsburg
Enterprise Bank
Lennart S. Cook
Bbank
Durjuesne National Bank
Cunningham
John Fy Klein
Tormai
United Presbyterian Women's Association
Reprieve at Last Moment Delays Rocky Mount Execution
Cephas Point dexter colored, under sentence to hang at Rocky Mount for the murder of U S Deputy Marshal Zach Wade, was reprieved for two weeks by Gov Montague to allow evidence for a new trial. The governor granted the delay at the last moment.
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Rocky Mount
Roanoke
Cephas Point Dexter
United States
Zach Wade
Montague
Brace for golfer's arm patented by Yale coach Camp
Special to The Wastington Post Walter Camp Yale advisory coach received patents for a golf brace to prevent slicing. The device keeps the elbow from bending, enabling the shoulder to drive. Goodrich and Camp plan to market it for spring 1906 opening. Spanish Cabinet Offers to Resign in Madrid cabinet meeting ministers unanimously offered to resign after discussion with King Alfonso.
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Mew Haven
Conn
Walter Camp
Yale
Europe
Mr. Camp
Charley Goodrich
Harvard
Atlantic City
Madrid
Alfonso
President Roosevelt Narrowly Escapes River Collision
President Theodore Roosevelt survives a river collision in New Orleans with the Esparta and Magnolia. The Esparta struck Magnolia on the port bow causing the Magnolia to be ashore and the President transferred to the Ivy before continuing to Port Eads. The West Virginia later greeted the President as he boarded for Washington safe and sound.
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Ivy
Pilot Town
Nairn
Magnolia
Esparta
Natra
Chalmette
Martin Bhhrman
Blancherd
New Orleans
Pheodore Roosevelt
Virginia
Louisiana
Washington
N. C. Blanchard
Rose
Hsparata
Wsparta
Keara
Narin
R. Wilmot
B. D. Wood
Maj
Craighill
Roosevelt
Loeb
Rixey
Port Eads
Gulf
West Virginia
West Virginia Safe and Sound
Roosevelt Still President Still on West Virginia Voyage
Legal authorities state President Roosevelt has not vacated office by traveling beyond U S territorial waters. They explain the Constitution allows a president to be abroad on a national ship, with the vessel’s deck treated as American territory.
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Roosevelt
Vfice
South
West Virginia
Agme
Legal Question on Presidential Inability and Extraterritorial Reach
The text discusses whether the President can be considered unable to act while abroad, with authorities debating extraterritorial reach and who can declare inability. It notes historical reactions to President Garfield’s illness and imagines similar issues during Roosevelt’s absence. The piece frames this as a novel constitutional question.
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District of Columbia
Chester A. Arthur
Garfield
Roosevelt
High Seas
United States
Wireless from President Roosevelt Aboard West Virginia Off Florida Coast
The cruiser West Virginia with President Roosevelt aboard was heard by wire today about 300 miles off Pensacola. Messages from Key West indicated the ship would reach that port by Saturday night as naval officials monitor wireless contact along the Atlantic coast.
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Pensacola
Fla
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Jeas
Pensacola Navy Yard
Key West
Navy Department
New Orleans
Wireless stations link Gulf to Hampton Roads for West Virginia
The article lists the wireless stations capable of communicating with the West Virginia, spanning from New Orleans and Pensacola to Key West Dry Tortugas Jupiter Inlet St. Augustine Savannah Charleston Diamond Shoals and Cape Henry, enabling communications at maximum sea distance.
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Gulf of Mexico
Hampton Roads
West Virginia
New Orleaans
Pensacola
Key West
Dry Tortugas
Jupiter Inlet
St. Augustine
Savannah
Charleston
South Carolina
Diamond Shoals
Cape Henry
Return of Miss Roosevelt to Washington
Miss Alice Roosevelt daughter of the President arrived in Washington at 4 40 p m completing her long journey from the Orient. She traveled from New York in a parlor car attached to a regular train. Maj Charles L McCawley of the Marine Corps and Miss Hagner secretary to Mrs Roosevelt met her at the station and accompanied her to the White House. Miss Roosevelt returned in excellent health.
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Alice ‘Roosevelt
Washington
Orient
Roosevelt
New York
Charles L. McCawley
Maurine‘Corps
Miss Hagner
White House
Miss Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt Denies Engagement Rumors With Longworth
Miss Alice Roosevelt, in Jersey City before boarding a train to Washington, publicly denies any engagement to Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio. She declares there is absolutely no truth to the reports and emphasizes her defiant denial.
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Nicholas Lonngworth
Jersey City
N. J
Washington
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Thera J
Mr. Longworth
President Roosevelts Train Returns After 2961 Mile Tour
President Roosevelt and party completed a southern tour traveling 2961 miles without an accident. The presidential train arrived in Washington yesterday except for one private car used by the Signet car during transit.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Presidents Journey Train Crew and Route Details
The President, Secretary Loeb, Dr Rixer and John McKhenny traveled from Memphis to New Orleans with most party members by a separate train. Assistant Secretary Mothan, Latta the stenographer, and three press representatives joined in Little Rock. Col L Brown led the four-car Southern Railway escort on a 2451 mile trip across thirteen lines with no accidents, aside from a near casualty when the train slowed to avoid a sleeping man on the track.
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Loeb
Dr. Rixer
John McKhenny
Memphis
New Orleans
Mothan
Latta
Press 25
Little Rock
Ark
Col. L. &. Brown
Southern Railway
Washington
Roosevelt Birth House Banquet Draws Notables in New York
Former Senator Thurston and several military and political figures attended a banquet at 23 East Twentieth Street New York in the house where President Roosevelt was born. The Roosevelts Birthday was observed quietly, with plans to purchase the home as permanent headquarters and a $10,000 anonymous gift pledged to fund the rest.
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Thurston
East Twentieth Street House
New York
Roosevelt
East Twentieth Street
Roosevelt @Home Club
William D. Murphy
Joan M. Thurston
Braske
J. van Hechten Ol¢att
Joseph B. Coghlan
James R. O'Beirne
William C. Church
Army and Navy Journal
Coghlan
Fire sweeps Central Cameriea Co building in San Francisco
Fire in San Francisco destroys the Central Cameriea Company two story building at North Point and Mason streets. Four firefighters rescued after four hours. loss put at $20000. Nearby California Ore Testing Company works damaged by flames. New York and other cities report separate blazes and fatalities.
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San Francisco
Central Cameriea Company
North Point
Mason Streets
Calfornia
New York
Desbrosses Street
Crown Cordial and Extract Company
Dexter Manufacturing Company
Thompson-Pettit Manufacturing Company
D. A. van Horn
Julius Cohen
California Essential and Distributing Company
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Manmer
Chaness Steuths
NAVY
White Plains
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Keogh
Sing Sing Pinson
Johnson
Slqin National Watch CO
Elging Ul
Royal ‘Baking Powder
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Behrman
Theodore Roosevelt
Craiger West
Wireless
Dendal
Connersville
Ind
Central Manufacturing Company
Salt Lake City
Utah Fuel Corpany
Gould Corporation
Sunnysile
Tad
Birmingham
Ala
Anderson Sheldon
Ed Alman
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
California Fig Syrup Co
B.H. Stinemetz & Son Co
Knox Mats
Hatters and Furriers
Ladies of Washington
Dimerican Losiery Co
American Hosiery CO
Franklin Street
Henry F. Jangs Miller
John F. Elis & Co
Penna. Ave
N. W
Haines Bros
Patti
Nilsson
Faimous
Solif
Hubbard
Mast
Neton
F Street
H.W
W. B. Rosen
Aemnerte
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