Man SLAIN. Son HELD in Chester Hotel Murder
John J. Evans a Chester hotel proprietor was found murdered in his bed with a gaping wound behind the left ear. His son, a youth with a history of mental illness from a football injury, was arrested and held at Media jail after being traced to Elwyn. Police say the son acted strangely and the killing may have occurred during a temporary insane lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
John J. Evans
Edgemont
Sen
Fica
Media
Evans
William Nickerson
Lvant
Evang
Earch Wen
Elwyn
Ilwyn
Brite Chatat Ia
Wounded fighters arrested in Washington incident
A chaotic scene unfolded as combatants were detained after a clash near the Washington area. Reports describe injuries and ongoing police action with unclear motives and multiple individuals involved in a confrontation tied to a dispute at a local rail route.
Pie and Beans Race Dominates Connecticut Meet
A fragmented report notes a tense race influenced by prepared foods and officials as the event in Connecticut and nearby states drew attention. The piece mentions the Medical Association and local figures, detailing alleged procedural emphasis and rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hepee
Aimee Ieong
Connecticut
Aged Man Aboard Embezzlement Charge Shaped in Court
An elderly man faced embezzlement charges in a Richmond County case. He was arraigned in his own room as court records indicate the bank involved was the York County Savings Bank. The defendant remained in custody as proceedings continued with family present, and trial dates noted by the court clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olatud
Richmond HH
Rhothe Alletead
York Country Savings Bank
Opal Todas
Iis
Suit to Oust Editor Tangles Odd Fellows Meeting
A civil suit alleges the defendants conspired to retain control of funds property and offices of the order seeking nullification of a temporary secretary election and restoration of officers and editors of the affiliated journal the case proceeding at Atlanta as the next meeting site.
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Pattie
Atlanta
Subpoenas Issued Against Meat Packers in Antitrust Probe
Washington reports reveal 150 subpoenas aimed at packers and workers tied to the beef trust. Officials seek testimony from witnesses, noting some have fled to Europe to dodge proceedings in the government’s anti trust case against ten prominent meat concerns recently indicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. Chiase
Europe
Gold Theft Charge In Seattle Seizes $14435 From Mine Boxes
Laborer Johan Tibers arrested in Seattle today on charges of stealing $14,345 from Pierce Mining Company's sluice boxes at Neme Alaska. He had been under suspicion last summer after arriving from Nome. He allegedly sold $4540 in ore at the U S assay office and exchanged a received check for a $9,000 draft and $845 cash at a Portland bank.
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Seattle
Wash
Johan Tibers
Pierce Mining Company
Neme
Alaska
Tiberg
Nome
Stemmer
United States Assay
Portland
$100 Loose in Treasury Causes Quick Panic
A $100 bill slipped from Slaughter Jackson at the Treasury as he traded small money for a crisp note. The bill fluttered to a hallway floor and was quickly recovered and returned to the vaults before the messenger could rush back from the Pension office.
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Treasury
Pension Office
Slaughter Jackson
Innstead
Slaughter
Pension
National Commander Manshower Leads G A R Encampment
Atlantic City N J Sept 16 Commander in Chief Van Sant and staff with families arrived to ready the annual G A R encampment A rousing reception. Union Veteran Legion adopts resolutions condemning Virginia statue of Gen Lee in the Capitol at Washington. Officers elected National commander Nathan Manshower Columbus Ohio senior vice commander Willam P Griffith New York junior vice commander Joseph McCabe Beaver Falls surgeon general C H Gardner Philadelphia chaplain Rev N H Holmes Pittsburgh quartermaster general Frank E Blair Pittsburgh executive committee members named Thomas H Carter Baltimore David W Bonsteel New York BE Caldwell Philadelphia James Lynn Washington Det 1 H Hint Columbus Ohio.
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Atlantic City
N. J
van Sant
Union Veteran Legion
Virginia
Gen. Lee
I ,Washington
Nathan Manshower
Columbus
Ohio
Willam P. Griffith
New York
Joseph McCabe
Beaver Falla
C. H. Gardner
Philadelphia
N. H. Holmes
Pittsburg
Frank E. Blair
Thomas H. Carter
Baltimore
David W. Bonsteel
Caldwell
James Lynn
Witrhington
Det
H. Hint
Montrose Merchant Enjoined From Paying Loan
A Rockville circuit court grant ed a temporary injunction against Charles F Windham a Montrose Md merchant from paying Laura Cramer 5000 dollars loaned to her brother to buy a farm. The suit led by Lee M Hurd grandson of Ienton J Hurd is connected to funds traced through Hurd and his grandson in efforts to recover assets.
Pauline on Her Way to the White House Dairy
Pauline Wayne, a high grade Alderney cow chosen by Wisconsin Senator Stephenson, heads to the executive mansion as the next dairy animal. She follows Mooley, whose tenure ended abruptly, and her arrival stirs White House staff and dairy caretakers as they prepare her habitat and polo of troves for her stay.
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Panine Wayne
Pauline
United States
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Mooley
White House
Autocar fashion bonnets echo Paris in Philipsborn window
Philipsborn's Eleventh street shop presents an Autumn motor bonnet display led by Migs Madeline Miller. Parisian silk beaver and velvet hats mimic colonial styles, with bathing caps and Priscilla caps in gray, gun metal, crimson, brown, and emerald shades. Two miniature touring cars add chic.
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Philipsborn’s
Eleventh Street
Motors
Smart
Migs Madeline Miller
Philipsborn
Priscilla
Ike Priscilla
Philips- Born
Mulliners
Fia
Dresden Aiks
Skylight Sunken After Collision With Enola Off Hollowing Point
Rivermen report the two masted bugeye Skylight rammed by schooner Enola last Saturday night off Hollowing Point has slipped to six fathoms and may become a navigation menace. Wreckers declare it a total loss. crew took refuge on Enola. The Skylight carried watermelons and was en route to Washington when collision occurred. Nearby watermelons drifted on the Potomac as pleasure boats fished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alesandria
Enola
Hayden
Hollowing Point
Gunston
Patrick Moore
Washington
Potomac
Alexandria
Virginia
Miss Conrad Sent Home After Union Station Arrest
Miss Beatrice Conrad, 17, held at Union Station with Clyde Carpenter, a newspaper vendor, was released from detention and sent home to Harrisonburg Va. by the Board of Charities. Carpenter was released later. Miss Conrad said she would wed him at the first opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Conrad
Union Station
Clyde ‘J. Carpenter
Harrisonburg
Board of Charities
Miss Conrad
Carpenter
W. B. Dolan
Jes Ninth Street
Believing Friend Dead L V De Birney Files Probate
Louis V. De Birney, believing Victor Anderson is dead, filed for probate of Andersons will dated August 9 1910. He seeks sole beneficiary and executor status and has been appointed temporary receiver of the estate after furnishing a $1000 bond. An affidavit from attorney Claude W. Owen states Anderson died on or about August 18 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. V. de Birney
Victor Anderson
Louis V. de Birney
Anderson
de Birney
Supreme Court
Claude W. Owen
Missing Girls Sought by Mothers at Detective Headquarters
Mrs Emma Brooks and Mrs Rosie Holmes report their daughters Odea Brooks age 13 and Edith Holmes age 16 missing since Thursday morning. Both reside at 131 F Street Northwest and asked Inspector Boardman for aid after unable to locate them despite prior efforts.
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Emma Brooks
Rosie Holmes
F Street Northwest
Detective Headquarters
Inspector Boardman
Odea Brooks
Edith Holmes
Yale Graduate Killed by Train at Altoona
Leo J. Phillips aged 22 years a Yale graduate class of 1910 was instantly killed near Altoona Pennsylvania when struck by an express while studying the railroad block system. Phillips home was New Milford Connecticut. He stepped in front of the oncoming train while avoiding a freight train.
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Yale
Altoona
Leo J. Phillips
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phillips
New Milford
Conn
Chippewas to gain 2.9 million if timber sale bids succeed
Government may assign 2,900,000 to Chippewa Indians from timber lands in Minnesota as bidders at Cass Lake offered 2,800,000. The Cass Lake sale drew strong competition, with details reported to the general land office yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Cass Lake
Minn
General Land Office
Commerce Body Defers Interstate Commerce Meeting
The first conference of the interstate commerce commission members after the summer recess, set for Monday, has been postponed for two weeks due to the necessary absence of several members from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Rockville clerk receives request for marriage certificate
Deputy clerk J Darby Bowman records a letter from Edward Frank, the former patient of St Elizabeths who escaped, claiming to have married Virginia Strouse in Rockville around 4 am. He asks for a certified copy after losing the certificate and says unpaid checks scattered in Rockville will be reimbursed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Darby Bowman
Rockville
Edward Frank
St. Elizabeth’s Asylum
Virginia Strouse
Philadelphia
Frank
Express Messenger Robbed of 2350 Dollars in Stroudsburg
Stroudsburg Pa Sept 16 It was learned today that while W H Graham a United States Express Company messenger was placing 1000 on a Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger train here for New York on Thursday a thief took 2350 in cash There is no crew.
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Express
Stroudsburg
W. H. Graham
United States Express Company
New York
Eleven Cars in River in Grafton Railroad Crash
In a year end collision on the Grafton and Belington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Cover Run, twenty head of export cattle were killed. Twenty cars were wrecked, eleven plunging into the river. The crews escaped by jumping.
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Grafton
W. Va
Belington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cover Run
Musical Fragments and Reminiscences by Meyerbeer Era
A fragmented list of musical works and reminiscences featuring pieces attributed to Von Blon Mosart Bolte Demerasemann and Waltz titles like Bel uns d Hacs and Cavalleria Huostiiann. Intermezzo and Grane March appear with Kaisermarsch and Star Spangled Hanver references. Godfrey.
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Waltz
Hacs
Meyerbeer
Cavalleria Huostiiann
Kaisermarsch
Strauns Rea
Godfrey
Shoemaker Company Rent Raised by Court Decree
In the District Supreme Court Justice Barnard signed a decree granting the Shoemaker Company a higher rent after appraisers valued the property at 103,652 dollars. The annual rent is fixed at 6,219 dollars, up 2,219 dollars from before. The case, brought by Frank A. Munsey, dates from a ten year lease ending, with 1909 arguments claiming renewal terms.
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District Supreme Court
Barnard
Frank A. Munsey
Henry B. Davis
Shoemaker Company
B. F. Saul
William A. Hil
Frank A. Harrison
Messrs
Saul
Hill
Harrison
Wilton J. Lambert
Mun- Bey
Dr Willcox testifies on poison in Crippen case crowd reacts
London September 16 Dr William Henry Willcox scientific analyst to the home office testified that the deadly drug found in Dr Hawley H Crippen s home caused death. He stated a quarter to a half grain could be fatal and two sevenths of a grain remained after months. He found no other cause and said the victim likely died within an hour. Spectators, mostly fashionably dressed women, removed hats to follow the proceedings as Miss Leneve and Crippen faced the court. Inspector Walter Dew testified briefly for Miss Leneve. The case adjourned until September.
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London
William Henry Willcox
Home Office
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Clara Leneve
Willcox
Augustus J. Pepper
Walter Dew
Scotland Yard
Newton
Funeral Private for Rear Admiral Dickins
Funeral services for Rear Admiral Francis W. Dickins U S N retired who died in New York will be private at 3 PM at his father in law Frederick W Pratt 015 Columbia Road Rev Wingate of St Margaret s Church will officiate Burial in Arlington National Cemetery no military ceremonies and eight bluejackets will be pallbearers The body arrived from New York and he had lived in the city at 138 Nineteenth Street since retirement He spent summers in Danbury Conn His first wife Marguerite Bates died from a naptha explosion in New York in 1900 He is survived by his wife Edith Pratt
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Augustine Gordon Trist
Harry R. Burke
Seminary Hil
Ivy Hill Cemetery
Alexandria
L. F. Kelley
St. Mary's Catholic Church
T. Burke
J. T. Burke, Jr
Arthur Hershert
Francis W. Dickins
New York City
Frederick W. Pratt
Columbia Road
Wingate
St. Margaret’s Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Dickins
New York
Nineteenth Street
Danbury
Conn
Marguerite Bates
Charles Bates
Edith Pratt
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Old Dominion
Masonic Temple
J. Cleveland Hall
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Elks’ Hall
South Royal Street
Helme
Sisson
Edna Helms
Harvey Sisson
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
P. P. Phillips
Alexandria Corporation Court
L. C. Barley
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Harvey L. Allen
Richard Gray
Thomas Johnson
R. D. Brumback
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Braddock House
Fairfax Street
Viola Mumford
Viola M. Mumford
Frederick Mumford
Commerce Street
Sweatheart
George German
Ruppert German Ome
Good Hope Read
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Bedl
White
German
Berlin
Nalley
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Isaac A. Kline
Mr. Kline
Whitedeer
Union County
Lewisburg
Annie E. Kline
John I. Hardie
William E. Copenhaver
Harvey T. Winfield
Mildred D
United States Marine Band
William FH. Santelmann
Marek
Core
von Blon
Mosart
Eee Bolte Demerasemann
Shoomaker
Doctor
Miss Leneve
Arlington
Eva Gibbs
Sixtieth J
Loven Vv. Atkins
Marine Building
James M. Rainey
Rainey
Atkins
Joseph Ingram
Atkina
Post
Adu
Ise
Webster
Pabst Milwaukee Beer
Pabst
Pabst Brewing Company
Capitol St
Lincoln
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