Waggaman Bankrupt Petitions Spark Receiver Bid
Thomas Waggaman faces a third involuntary bankruptcy filing by Columbia National Bank Francis Gardiner and John Walters in Eastret Supreme Court. Creditors claim unsecured status while seeking a receiver to protect assets, with hearings set to show cause why adjudication or appointment should not proceed.
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Thomas E. Wageatan
Eastret Supreme Court
Columbia National Bank of Washington
Francis H. Gardiner
John Walter S v
Waggaman
B F Leighton
J J. Darlington
H. W. Lohon
Oc James
Joseph D Sullivan
Justice Anderson
Catholic University of America
Wagraman
Waggamins
Bank- Luphiy
Columba National Bank
Thomas W. Wageaman
John Tenthal Wagaman
Columna National
Notm
Gardiner
Walters
Juxe
H. Winship Wheates
Ralston & Siddons
W. Gwynn Gardiner
Death of Joseph F. Saum prominent Washington merchant
Joseph F. Saum died at 5 p m yesterday at 107 M street from paralysis. A Virginia native who moved to Washington thirty years ago, he ran a commission business on Louisiana avenue near Tenth. He served as director of Citizens National Bank and elder of Vermont Avenue Christian Church. Saum helped build the church, was treasurer of the building fund, and his daughter Lilian recently wed Judge Peter C. Pritchard. He had been in fragile health two years and died peacefully, widely esteemed.
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Joseph F. Saum
M Street
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
Garfield
Building Fund
Saum
Lilian
Peter C. Pritchard
Stranger Killed by Train at Waterloo Virginia
In Waterloo Virginia a man identified as Charles Curry of Bradford Pennsylvania about thirty five was struck by a train and killed instantly near a station on the Washington Southern Railway. An inquest found the death accidental but apportioned burial expenses to the railroad. the body was given to an Alexandria undertaker.
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Railroad
Charles Curry
Bradford
Waterloo
Washington Southern
Virginia
Curry
Ashton
Alexandria
Held For Abandoning Child In Southeast Street Scene
Josephine Cwupaper was arrested by Policeman Patterson on a charge of abandoning her nine month old infant on Irena Thomas's doorstep at 183 Quander Street southeast. The Thomas woman reported the matter after recognizing the child. Police say the Cooper woman admitted leaving the child for the father. The man had been at the Thomas house but vanished after the baby was found. Mrs. Thomas took the child in. the mother, a 40 year old washer, was jailed at the First precinct.
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Josephine Cwupaper
Patterson
Fifth Precinct
Irena Thomas
Quander Street
Thomas
Girl Attempted Suicide Over Parental Objection
Seventeen year old Hatte Lowry drank carbolic acid after claiming parental disapproval of a favored suitor. Dr Boswell treated her at home before she was taken to Casualty Hospital where her condition was declared not in danger. A letter found in her room explained the motive as parental objection to the young man.
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Hatthe Lowry
Senator Newlands Loses Dog Collar Aids Police
Nevada Senator F J Newlands appeals to Metropolitan Police after his dog’s wide brass collar with name engraved and tag 4948 goes missing from his Woodley Lane summer home. Police await search as uniformed Sons of Veterans discuss forming a district uniform company after Boston encampment reports. John H Barnes and George Gardner, Treasury clerks, are mustered into Cushing Camp No 30.
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Newlands
Nevada
Senator Newlands
Tennallytown
Senators
Woodley Lane Road
F. J. Newlands
Sons of Veterans
Cushing
Ninth Street
Boston
E. R. Campbell
F. R. Cross
John H. Barnes
George Gardner
Treasury Department
Policeman Arrests William Jones on Watch Theft Charge
Policeman Barrett of the seventh precinct yesterday arrested William Jones, colored, eighteen, on a charge of stealing a watch from Charles A. Dorset. The theft occurred after Jones left a Rock Creek Church road and Spring street job at a building site where both men worked.
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Barrett
Venth Pre~ Cinet
William Jones
Charles A. Dorset
Rock Creek Church Road
Spring Street
Jones
Legless Man Found Drunk on Street Near Maine and Four‑and‑a‑Half
Police discovered Walker Washington, a colorfully described man, rolling in street dust near Four‑and‑a‑Half Street and Maine Avenue. After washing away dirt at Emergency Hospital, doctors deemed his condition intoxication rather than serious injury from a streetcar. John H Hooper and others sue Elizabeth J Frahme in ejectment over part of original lot I, square 784, on B Street between Third and Fourth Streets northeast. George Bailey fined $10 by Police Court Judge Mills for assaulting Robert Meredith, a would‑be loan collector, striking him with a brick and sending him to hospital.
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I Waggaman
Petidomrs
Wousgotrin
Prember & 1904
Con- Remins
Washgor
Syinsons
Troi Park
Meridian Hall
Sam
Atlenties
Waggamin
Hovey Lee Grier
Frank E O Brien
Squire
Nineteenth Street
Northwet
William Mo O'Brien
Frank E O Brier
Loty
Madison Street
Vo and
N Street
Ovn Avenue
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Walker Washington
Jstreet
Maine Avenue
John H Hooper
Attorneus Cole
Donaldson
John Tident
Elizabeth J. Frahme
B Street
Third
Fourth Streem
Mills
George Bailey
Robert Meredith
Bailey
Meredith
No Appetite Signals Decline In Vitality and Health
A fragment notes that loss of appetite means reduced vitality and tone and is described as a serious precursor to illness. The text emphasizes a need for action with phrases about seriousness and the best remedy.
Congress as a Babel at International Geographical Congress
International Geographic Congress opens at George Washington University with multilingual telegrams from observatories worldwide. Readings cover geodetic methods, position determinations, and topographic mapping topics while a Twin Oaks reception honors Mrs Hubbard and Bell.
Washington education center highlights and courts hold
The Sunday Post examines Washington as a premier educational hub with growing universities private schools and strong opportunities for a thorough education. A marshal's jury led by Deputy U S Marshal O G Stutler ruled several individuals unsound minded while cases against two others were postponed.
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Washington
The
Sunday Post
Wis
United States
O. G Stutler
Morris Ketcham
Frank A. Allmuth, Jr
Martha Baker
Wessie D. Crump
Alice Gooding
Isaac Summers
Catherine L. Gallagher
Elizabeth Hennessy
Milk Dealers Forfeited Collateral in Court
L. J. Butler of Twenty third and G streets NW and Bernard Walls of Eleventh Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE faced Po lice Court charges for selling milk below the standard. They forfeited collateral as part of the proceedings.
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L. J. Butler
Twentythird
G Streets
Bernard Walls
Eleventh Street
Massachusetts Avenue
PoHece Court
Held for Theft of Rings in Police Court
Charles Chase was held for the grand jury under a $300 bond on a charge of stealing two rings from his former employer Mrs. Mary B. Ludlow of 600 Twenty second street northwest. The case, before Judge Mills, was heard in the United States branch of the Police Court.
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Charles Chase
Mary B. Ludlow
Twenty-second Street
Workman Injured in Tunnel Accident
J W Garrett thirty years old of 303 Sixth street southeast had his seat smashed while working in the Virginia avenue tunnel at First street yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Providence Hospital by patrol wagon from the Fourth precinct station. Rubbish fire alarm at 38 Pennsylvania avenue southeast called out firemen. rubbish in the cellar of George W Green plumbing establishes caused the blaze. Damage placed as weight.
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J. W. Garrett
Sixth Street
Virginia Avenue
First Street
Providence Hospital
Fourth Precinct
George W. Green
Pennsylvania Avenue
Weasley Lewis
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Florida Avenue
Second Street
Lewis
Terminal Works
Freedmen’s Hospital
Resignations and disciplinary actions at Naval Academy
Midshipman George C. Logan of Charleston has resigned with Navy Department acceptance due to ill health. Midshipman Stuart William Cake of Pottstown has been confined to the prison ship Santee for thirty days and fined seventy five demerits for wearing civilian clothes and being caught in Annapolis. Midshipman Guy C. Freeman of Kentucky has resigned with a recommendation for acceptance, citing serious eye trouble and nervous prostration.
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Annapolis
Tll
George C. Logan
Charleston
D. C
Navy Department
Logan
Academy
Stuart William Cake
Pottstown
Santee
Naval Academy
New Fort Myer Garrison Swap Moves Cavalry Units
War Department orders shift second squadron of the Fifteenth Cavalry from Fort Myer Virginia to Fort Ethan Allen Vermont on October 20. First squadron of the Second Cavalry will replace them and march to Fort Myer after Manassas maneuvers. The Fifteenth Cavalry band will accompany the departure.
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Fifteenth Cavalry
War Department
Fort Myer
Fort Ethan Allen
Second Cavalry
Manassas
New Smokeless Powder To Be Tested At Indian Head
A fresh form of smokeless powder will be tested within days at the naval proving grounds in Indian Head Maryland. The government powder factory has produced this powder for several months, resembling the design once created by Admiral Makaroff of the Russian navy. The change in navy powder follows numerous serious accidents on ships, ordered by Rear Admiral Converse, head of the Naval Ordnance Bureau.
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Indian Head Grounds
Naval Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Government
Makaroff
Converse
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Army officers receive leaves and transfers announced
Orders list leaves of absence for multiple officers across artillery and cavalry units, plus transfers within the Fifteenth Infantry. Brig. Gen Weston to leave September 17 to 30, and detailed posts for Lieuts Kerfoot and Mitchell. Also notes professor assignment for Capt Winston and extended leave for Second Lieut Reaves. Transfers of Burr and Maabenshue and travel duties for Maj Cruse and Schull for artillery material and horse purchases.
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Henry W. Butner
Artillery Corps
Lewis S. Ryan
Cal
Daniel C. Pearson
Seventh Cavalry
Percy E. Trippe
Twelfth Cavalry
Hugh A. Parker
John F. Weston
Benjamin H. Kerfoot
Artilery Corps
James B. Mitchell
Alfred A. Sharbird
Fifteenth Infantry
Frank
Burr
Frederick Q Maabenshue
Thomas Cruse
St. Louis
Kangus City
Herman W. Schull
Ordnanee
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island
Orders to Naval Officers Headed to Sea Duties
Rear Admiral M Miller of the Pacific Naval District is detached for home. Promoted officers include Commander H M Hodges August 24 1904 and Commander W G Miller August 31 1904. Several Lieut Commanders and lieutenants reassigned or detached to ships and bureaus. A board will select a lieutenant colonel for the General Staff vacancy after Charles Shaler’s promotion. Battleship gun sight resighting planned. three to four hundred 3 inch sights requested. Steamer Hist towed to Newport News with damaged rudder post. Des Moines joins European squadron. Michigan arrives Detroit. Leucidas sails from Baltimore.
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M. Miller
Pacific Naval District
San Francisco
Cal
H. M. Hodges
W. G Miller
C. P. Eaton
Babcock & Wilcox Company
Bayonne
MN. J
Bureau of Equipment
Washington, D. C
W. 8. Nelson
Navy Department
H. G. Sparrow
Leutenant
Navy
N. H. Drake
Lancaster
Hancock
M. 3
Cincinnati
Sanfrancisco
F.B McCrary
Villalobos
C. Johanson
Cavite
E. Moses
Wisconsin
W. Laws
J. C. Beaumont
Marine Corps
Isabela Station
Yokohama Hospital
Means
Grant
Bell
Wint
Bliss
Story
Charles Shaler
North Atlantic
Bureau of Ordnance
Bell Routs Grant Continentals at Bull Run Reversal
A dramatic reversal near Bull Run sees Gen Bell’s Brown forces pierce the Blue center, turning the flank and driving Grant’s men back. Key actions include Berry and Regan flanking, Smith breaking through Wint and Price, and heavy casualties on both sides as the engagement ends with Brown victory claims. Corbin hosts a post battle banquet with notable officials and dignitaries in attendance.
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South Carolina
Florida
Grant
Wint
Bell
Corbin
Willard
Virginia
Gov. White
West Virginia
Vermont
Paul Morton
Navy
Terrell
Georgia
Bates
Massachusetts
Morton
United States
Jamestown
Spain
Col. Monte Verde
Manderson
Gen. Corbin
Ben
Brown
Lee
Little Bull Run
Gainesville
Bull Run
Barry
Regan
Wellington
Warrenton Turnpike
Poplar Ford
Price
Old Stone Bridge
Smith
Stone Bridge
Alabama
Ninth United States Infantry
Ninth Infantry
Biue
Historic Bridge
Browns
Gen. Bell
Blue
Gen. Grant
Yianeuver
Manassas
McDowell
Beauregardid
Sudley Springs
Stell
Crant
McDowells
Hunter
Heintzelman
Sudley Spring
Beauregard
Henry House
Stonewall Jackson
Old
Long Bridge
Bridge
Foote
United States Field Artillery
Henry House Heights
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Manassay
Joseph Wheeler
Editor’s Brain Fails From Coffee to Postum Switch
The managing editor of a leading Middle West newspaper credits Postum Food Coffee with restoring health. He admits heavy coffee use caused stomach trouble and dyspepsia, then quit coffee for Postum, noting better digestion and improved mental and physical well being. He urges others to try Postum, identified with Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Middle West
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Grant and Bell claim victory in Bull Run reenactment
Historic ground hosts a Civil War styled maneuver with Gen Grant and Gen Bell leading rival moves at Thoroughfare and Manassas. Fetish for the century old clash as both sides claim success amid spectator crowds and a grand finale review at Wellington. Gen Wheeler and staff oversee a closing parade while public notices report vagrancy sentences and a street injury from a telephone crew incident.
Husband offers home. alimony denied in court
Justice Anderson denied Lucy Eva Bernsdorff alimony and pendente lite fees, after her husband Elmore Embrew Bernsdorff tendered a suitable home in open court. The court discharged the rule, ruling the husband as head of the house may select the residence and has no obligation to support separately.
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Justice Anderson
Lucy Eva Bernsdorff
Elmore Embrew
Bernsdorff
Hernsdorff
Weather Roundup Shows Cooling Trend Across Regions
The Weather Bureau reports a low pressure system over the West with near record heat in the Slops region and a general cooldown across the East. Showers are forecast for New England, the Middle Atlantic, and Florida, with cooler conditions in the Ohio Valley and Lake regions. Frost warnings issued for parts of Oregon and Washington. downtown and other city temperatures noted with highs near 80 and lows around 60s.
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New England
Middle Attantic
Florida
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Westerm
Middle Atlantic
Pouthemnet
Amlock
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