Workhouse controversy fuels charged petition against managers
Henry E Brockson, former workhouse employee, announces charges of mismanagement against the District workhouse directors. He accuses officials of ignoring repeated reports, cites medical neglect and other abuses, and seeks a hearing before the Board of Charities with support from attorney Justin Morrill Chamberlin and Senator du Pont.
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Penal Institution
Board of Charities
Senator du Pont
Henry E Brockson
Hia
Justin Morrill] Chamberlin
Commissionera
Hrockson
Rudolph
Brockson
Mudolph
Fieorga S Wilson
Knights of Pythias Visitation to District Lodges
Grand Chancellor Willey leads Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge officers on a district visitation to Rathbone Superior Lodge at 30 oclock. William Andrews, Treasury auditor, delivers principal address as part of the events. Brussels reports the Smith Premier Newer from Syracuse wins the Grand Prix at the Brussels International.
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Knights of Pythias
Brussels
Syracuse
David B Parker Dead Ex Chief Postal Inspector
Jamestown New York Sept 22 David B Parker a Civil War era official died at his home in Ellsworthvale Cattaraugus County He led the mail service for the army of the Potomac and from 1876 to 1903 was chief of post office inspectors President Arthur offered him Washington postmastership but he declined He helped organize many Bell system branches and held senior posts at New England Buffalo and New York Bell companies A widow and two sons survive.
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Washington Postoffice
Wedslngton Post
Jamestown
N. Y
David B Parker
Eiihowvale
Cattaraugus County
Army of the Potomac
Arthur
Washington
American Bell Telephone Company
United States
New England Telephone Company
Boston
New York Telephone Company
Bell Company
Buffalo
Ferry Crash Scares 300 On East River Ferryboat
Special to The Washington Post reports a Pennsy ferryboat from Brooklyn to Jersey City collided with a freight float of the New Haven Railroad on the East River. The starboard wheel box was damaged and the cabin slide stove in. Passengers fled to safety amid splinters but were assured of no danger and later landed at Jersey City station.
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East Rivas
Washington Post
New York
New Haven Railroad
Haat River
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Deer Rescued By Sailors In Harborside Swoon
A 400 to 500 pound buck deer attempting the half mile swim from Pequot to Eastern Point was exhausted midstream and sank. Sailors lowered a dingy and then a launch, towed the deer to the Jolanda, hoisted aboard, and the animal died minutes later.
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Washington Post
New London
Jolanda
Bishop Loses Pursed Wallet Aboard French Line Liner
New York report says Bishop Mar Fouchet of Orleans nearly sailed home penniless when port worker Benjamin Jackson found his wallet containing 1500 francs and dollars on the French Line pier. Detectives halted Jackson as the ship Lorraine cast off. wallet restored and Jackson awarded five dollars.
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Orleans
New York
Benjamin Jackson
Mar. Fouchet
France
Lorraine
Montreal
Jackson
Mrs Julia Ritner Celebrates First Anniversary in New Haven
Mrs Julia A Ritner of New Haven Conn marked her first birthday anniversary with a 4 reception at St Pauls Episcopal Church Home. Born in Huntington Conn she moved to New Haven at 17 and married Michael Ritner son of a former Pennsylvanian governor. She is in good health and enjoys reading fiction and daily papers.
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Julia Ritner
New Haven
Conn
Washington Post
Julia A Ritner
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ritner
Huntington
Con
Michael Ritner
Gov Ritner
Pennsylvania
Inspectors Raid Silk Mill in Dover NJ Arrests 20 Weavers
Five government inspectors from the Department of Commerce and Labor with a Department of Justice agent raided a silk hosiery factory in Dover New Jersey. Twenty men were arrested on warrants from Washington charged with violating contract labor laws. Each conviction carries a $1,000 fine for the importer and deportation for the workers.
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New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Justice
Dover
Washington, D. C
Minister killed by trolley car in Connecticut
Special to The Washington Post from Cheshire dated September 22 reports the death of Rev Cyrus Pickett aged 65. He formerly led the First Congregational Church and had recently retired. He was struck by a trolley car traveling from New Haven to Waterbury and died instantly, leaving a wife five daughters and the son of a son.
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Washington Post
Cheshire
Conn
Cyrus Pickett
First Congregational Church
New Haven
Waterbury
Mr. Pickett
Fattened Oysters From Rockaway Under Scrutiny
Washington health officials warn of adulterated oysters from Rockaway beds in New York State now entering the capital. Inspectors will enforce the pure food law against fattened by water or iced shipments. A dealer notes much output is fattened, while Health Officer Woodward says enforcement will be strict and penalties apply for violations. The Food Board allows only clean cold water washing of shellfish and limits washing time.
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Rockalway
New York State
Beling
Health Department
Rockaway
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Woodward
Washington
Food Board
Board of Food and Drug Inspection
Washington Gas Light Company
Tenth St Nw
Washington City
Washington Tax Light Company
Tenth St
Washington DC
Sald
Mat Jees Shan Jpar
Carpan
Shell
Alr
Wageington Gas Light
William Borme
Dorsett & Oe
UO St
Reid S. Baker Photographic
Badger Case Figures in Heavy Bail Action in New York
Florence Burns Wildrick and Edward H. Brooks, a Brooklyn real estate salesman, were held to bail of 38000 each by Magistrate Corrigan on a grand jury charge of extortion. They waived examination after Mr Hurlburt, a lawyer, accused them of a badger game forcing him to sign statements and surrender 57 in cash and notes totaling 600 to Brooks and an accomplice.
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Washington Post
New York
Florence Burns Wildrick
Edward H. Brooks
Brooklyn
Corrigan
Charles W. Hurlburt
Hurlburt
Brooka
Kaiser as Matchmaker Seeks Archduke Union
Berlin reports during the Kaiser’s Vienna visit that Kaiser Wilhelm II is arranging a marriage between his daughter Victoria Louise and Archduke Karl Franz, eldest son of the late Archduke Otto. Karl would be heir to Austria if Franz Ferdinand’s line fails, but Catholic religious differences hinder the match.
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Berlin
Vienna
Victoria
Louise
Karl Franz
Archduke Otto
Archduke Karl
Austria
Franz Ferdinand
Girl robbed of $500 at Bowery and Stanton Street
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports Miss Laura Krause, a bookkeeper at a local factory, held up in a hallway and robbed of $500 after visiting the bank to pay employees. Tailors John Liberis and Peter Tentele were arrested. Mary A Crown Dies Suddenly at Emergency Hospital after an acute indigestion attack.
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New York
Laura Krause
Bowery
Stanton Streat
John Liberis
Peter Tentele
Mera
Mary A. Crown
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Double wedding in Ellicott City at Longwood
Miss Eugenia Gray McIntosh wed Dr William Henry Walsh of Washington and son William M. Walsh of Philadelphia, while Isabel Stinson McIntosh married Richard Spencer Pindell of Greenwood. The ceremony was by Rev. Dr. Joseph Fletcher. The McIntosh sisters led as maids of honor. Miss Estelle Stinson acted as Isabel’s maid of honor. Dr Daniel Maguire served as best man. The couple set to reside in Washington with the newlyweds’ families in Hood’s Mills, Md.
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Washington
Ellicott City
Longwood
Eugenia Gray McIntosh
William Henry Walsh
William mM Walsh
Philadelphia
Isabel Stinson McIntosh
Hichard Spencer Pindell
Grenwood
Richard C. Pindell
Fulton
McIntosh
Wirgin Page McIntosh
United States Marine Service
Baltimore
Joseph Fletcher
Eugeriée McIntosh
Mary Batelle McIntosh
Daniel Maguire
United States Army
Isabel McInt6all
Estelle Stinson
Charles Pindell
Fulton, Md
William Gray Knowles
Walsh
Pindell
Hood‘s Mille
3 600 Miles By Auto In Washington From Canada
Former City Engineer of Nashville Tennessee W M Leftwick and his family plus Miss Maria Dobbs arrived in Washington after traveling over 4 600 miles by car. They camped and cooked out most nights and slept in the open. The party visited Canada and several U S states, carried Tennessee air with them, and planned to return to Nashville after a Sunday stay in Washington.
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W. M Leftwick
Nashville, Tenn
Leftwick
William
Hunter
Marion
Washington
Canada
Maria Dobbs
Springfield
Tenn
Tennessee
Iven & Holt
Weather Conditions Report from September 22, 1910
The Weather Bureau reports a western disturbance moving east with widespread rain from the Western mountains to the Mississippi valley. Central and northern areas show 74 to 80 degree highs. cooler waves bring 62 degree maximums in Canada and the northwestern states. expect frost in the northwest corn belt Saturday. Winds shift along coasts with variable to easterly directions. showers in the Grand Bank area and Atlantic coasts later. Local readings list midnight 65 to 68, highs 76, rainfall none, humidity 58 to 20, and Potomac River and Shenandoah conditions noted.
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Dept of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington, DC
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Western
Lake Region
Corn Belt
Alaska
British
Manitoba
Seskatchewan
Alberta
Corm Belt
North Atlantic
Lake Auparitz
Esegnaba
Green Bay
New England
Middle
South Atlantic
Gulf Coxet
Grand Banka
May Arrest Parents Board Hears Castle Case
Attorney Balderston notified to present objection to vaccination tomorrow afternoon. Supt Stuart warns against crowding as enrollment rises to 46 068 though fears over vaccination and infantile paralysis persist. Castle case and truant actions spark debate on enforcement and legality.
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Atrest
Stuart
Publc
Washington
Hyena at National Zoo Slowly Dying From Self-Inflicted Injuries
A hyena at the National Zoological Garden is gradually dying from self-harm. The animal chewed its injured left hind leg and drank its blood after an attack by Dementia. Keepers fear euthanasia may be required as the hyena weakens and previous similar cases have ended in shooting.
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National Zoological Garden
Soa
Frederick Steinle Dies at 81 in Washington
Frederick Steinle, a retired merchant and 81, died yesterday at Emergency Hospital at 2 PM after a long illness from heart disease. He was born in Germany and came to the United States as a young man, once owning a city st erery store on the site of the Public Library. He is survived by his wife and a daughter, Mix Breitbarth of New York, with funeral services likely at his residence, 13 Rhode Island Avenue NE, tomorrow afternoon.
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Frederick Steinle
Washington
Mr. Steinle
Mix, Breitbarth
New York
Germany
Steinte
Rhode Island Avenue
Census figures show population gains in multiple cities
Thirteenth census data released by the census bureau highlights sharp population rises in Manchester New Hampshire Aurora Texas Elgin Illinois Fort Worth Texas Galveston Texas and San Antonio Texas with percentage and numeric increases compared to 1900 figures. Fort Worth posts a 17.7 percent rise to 73 212 and San Antonio jumps 81.2 percent to 54 614 amid broader national growth patterns.
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Aurora
Elgin
Fort Worth Tex
Galveston
Tex
San Antonio, Tex
Regent of Persia Regent Azad-ul-Mulk Dies in Teheran
The regent of Persia Azad-ul-Mulk died in Teheran. The young shah Ahmed Mirza, 18, ascended July 16, 1909 after his father Mohammed Ali. Asad ul-Mulk, former education minister, led the Ka ar family and served as regent.
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Teheran
Persia
Azad-ul-Mulk
Ahmed Mirza
Mohammed Ali
Asadul-Mulk
Ka‘ar
Germany to impose 420000 lockout in metal trades
Berlin reports a major industrial clash looming as employers union plans a 420000 man lockout on October unless a peace is reached with dockyard strikers. The move follows tensions between metal trades employers and workers amid broader labor disputes in Germany.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Germany
Union of Metal Trades Employers
Sultan of Sulu to visit Washington and New York reception
The Sultan of Sulu Haji Mohamed Jamal Kiram will arrive in New York aboard the steamer St Louis likely tomorrow and seek a Washington visit to meet the President. Maj Gen Leonard Wood handles arrangements. the sultan’s party includes 14 leaders and pearls valued at $500,000. Det. Vermillion and others arrest a man for grand larceny looting $400 in jewelry. Congressional Council in NYC welcomes new members and notes automobile report. Harold Nelson, brother of Charles J. Nelson, was killed in a Fort Wayne railroad crash. the reporter heads home to Bluffton, Ind.
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Sulu
New York
St. Louia
War Department
Haji Mohamed Jumabul Kiram
Brg
Edwards
Insular Bureau
Washington
China
War Dickingon
Leonard Wood
C. E. Nelson
Harold Nelson
Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles J. Nelson
Ctty
Bluffton
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David B. Parker
Bishop
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S. Goldheim & Sons
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W. M. Leftwick
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Charles Castle
Balderston
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Irom
Supreme Court
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Sohaista
H. 8. Maysey
James Oyster
H. P. Blair
Stanton C. Peelle
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C. W. Carr
Massachusetts
District of Columbia
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Sur. Stuart
Ayewa
Demen
Zoo
Manchester
As Census Bureau
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Lansburgh & Bro
BikSt
SILK
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Ivers & Pond
Sats & Stayman Co
Arne
Vermillion, Mullin
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Howard A. Peed
B. P. Morey
Lamont Street
Inspector Board
Police
Congressional Council
F. HE. Vergugon
J. E. Colton
Thomas Dawson
Committee On Automobilen
Deville
Minth ST
May Bourt
Virginia
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Topham
Ana Soardacer
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Entanasenmaneden
Boise
Lta
O'Donnell 'S
John F. Ellis & CO
Penna, Ave
Christian Xander
Manhattan
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EEA
Creat Aries
Evans Bullatge
Jaselli Brothers
St. N. W
Jack
Sku
St. Helle Myin
V Prud’homme French School
Tadiang Ave
the Young Men's Store
Chas, Kaufman & Sons
Selfriday Star and
Saturday Post
Milburn
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