Beef Trust Indictment Defects Challenged In Chicago Trial
Attorneys for alleged packers seek to attack the entire indictment on grounds of defects and insufficiencies. Judge Humphrey sustains the demurrer to the plea in abatement, plans to draw a mid October jury, and rules on amendments amid objections. The case involves secrecy claims about grand jury proceedings and questions over transmission of transcripts to the district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beef Trust
Humphrey
Chicago
J. Otis Humphrey
United States
Morrison
Humphreys
Lkely
Frumphrey
Taimphrey
Bethea
Ponte i
Ho Bethea
Roonesait
Whch
C. C Kohlsaat
Godman
Agid
Atormey
Grand Jury
Ree Quesia
Seid
Liquor Dealers Seek Relief From Freight Rate Rises
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to lower freight charges on alcohol and whisky. A hearing is set for October 20 in this city involving AT&SF and about thirty railroads nationwide. The case challenges higher whisky rates versus other spirits, with increases noted in April 194. The coalition seeks relief from alleged discriminatory rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association of America
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
United States
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Decision Against Addicks Personal Property Sale Set
Judge Gray denies J Edward Addicks stay in the Hinchman judgment case. A $4,000 ruling triggers a sale of Addicks personal property on four Delaware farms October 11 and 12 to satisfy the judgment. Also reported, Baltimore structural iron workers strike amid wage demand talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wamington
Del
United States Circuit Court
Gray
J. Edward Addicks
Charles S Hinchman
Camden
N. J
Addicks
United States
Flinn
Structural Iron Workers Qnat
Baltimore
Structural Iron
Structural Iron Workers' Union
Floral gift to Public Printer from Spanish War Veterans
Oscar J. Ricketts, Public Printer, received a floral device from the Spanish War Veterans in the Government Printing Office. The gift, created by A C Oshmier, features immortelles and cut flowers forming the veterans badge, framed by American Beauty roses and a streamer reading To Our Public Printer. Dr Scott gave the presentation speech, and Ricketts thanked the group briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar J. Ricketts
Ricketts
A.C. Oshmier
Scott
Church Nears Completion At Immaculate Conception
The Washington parish prepares a granolite addi tion to its church including a seventy foot steeple extension and twenty two roof finials. The project costs about 15 00 and preserves the original Gothic style. Father J D Marr, born in Washington, leads the parish and marks a return to the city after years in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Father Marr
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Walter Marr
A. Walters
St Patrick’s Church
P. F. McCarthy
James Roosevelt Bailey
Baltimorr
Father McCarthy
B. F. Ryan
Father Ryan
Annie Smith
Monseigneur McManus
St. John’s Church
Baltimore
St. Howard’s Calverton Church
Church of Our Lady of Good Council
Locust Point
City
Not a wine supper wedding in Browne Hargraves case
A Chicago dispatch on the marriage of Lawrence Browne of Batavia Illinois and Miss Hargraves a comic opera singer is challenged by Miss Hargraves sister Miss Bessie M Brooks who insists there was no wine supper at Guthrie Oklahoma and that the couple were married in secret She says Miss Hargraves has opposed late supper environments and that Browne’s brother in law resigned over the report while J Joseph Wright a Chicago real estate owner pressed to partner Browne in business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lawrence Browne
Batavia
Indian Service
Interior Department
Hargraves
Bessie M. Brooks
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mr Browne
Roosevelt
Mr. Browne
J. Joseph Wright
Lawrence
Trustees Advertising Real Estate Sale In Washington Post
A real estate sale notice appears in the Washington Post announcing the trustees sale to occur the following morning. It highlights that the advertisement will be read before the sale and not after completion, signaling imminent action by bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Washington Post
Public Health Association approves mosquito theory and visits
Boston September convention of the American Public Health Association ends with calls to communicate with President Roosevelt. Resolutions uphold the mosquito theory of yellow fever transmission, oppose a New Orleans visit due to fever risk, and stress early epidemic defense. New officers elected, next meeting set for Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Public Health Association
Boston
The
Roosevelt
New Orleans
Committee On
Henry D. Holden
Franklin D Robinson
Brunswick
Marine Hospital Service
Robinson
Joseph J Kinyoun
Glenolden
Domingy Orvananos
Mexico
Richard W Lewis
North Carolina
Frank W. Wright
Connecticut
Juan Guiteras
Guba
H S. Ruseei
Wisconsin
Wiliam C. Woodward
Washington
D. C
City of
People Fond of Roosevelt in Indian Territory
W E B Johnson district attorney for the Southern district of Indian Territory visits Ardmore on Department of Justice business. He praises President Roosevelt and notes Ardmore as the Chickasaw Nation court seat and a leading cotton market handling 40 000 bales last year. He predicts Indian Territory will someday be the garden of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Indian Territory
W. EB. Johnson
Department of Justice
Kentucky
Republican Party
Texas
Ardmore
Roosevelt
United States
Flames to envelop city forewarned by Hoboken professor
Fire officials in Capital City received a letter from Gustave Meyer of Hoboken predicting a great fire in October and November. Chief Belt and city commissioners dismissed the warning, noting similar past predications did not materialize. The forecast also claimed Chicago New York and other Northeastern cities would be visited by fire before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Meyer
Hoboken
Belt
Fire Department
Gustave Meyer
N. J
Chicago
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Chief Belt
Woman Doctor for Insane Receives Government Hospital Appointment
Dr. Mary O'Malley, a Buffalo native, becomes the Government Hospital for the Insane's first and only woman physician on the medical staff. Appointed September 1 after Civil Service testing, she oversees all women patients, conducts surgeries, and previously cared for patients at Binghamton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O'Malley
Washington
Government Hospital For
O'Malley
Buffalo
NM Y
Buffalo Medical College
Hospital For the
Binghamton, N
Government Hospital
Civil Service Commission
White
Primary Sunday-school Rally at W C T U HQ
The annual rally of city primary Sunday schools gathered at the W C T U headquarters 622 Sixth Street NW for a pre quarter rally. Teachers reproduced Sunday school exercises led by Mrs Hollyday Mrs Coleman and others with an address on Organizing a Library League by Mrs Wilbur Crafts. The union meets Fridays at 4 15 PM. Accidentally Shot While Gunning in Virginia William Burke 20 of 494 Maine Ave SW was wounded in the right forearm. treated at Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Hollyday
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Coleman
Rhode Island Avenue
Four Mile Run
William 8. Burke
Maine Avenue
Refused Aid to Castro Alleged in Venezuelan Damages Suit
Testimony in Philadelphia and Reading, Pa, on the $11,000,000 Venezuelan government suit against Bermudez Co for alleged participation in the Caracas revolution. Superintendant Frank B Stevens said he never aided rebels and stayed strictly neutral. Drake testified he followed strict neutrality and discharged a director accused of plotting with Castro’s enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bermudez Company
Joseph Mellors
Edity
Rufus B. Coning, Jr
New York
Venezuela
John D. Lindsay
Frank B. Stevens
South Orange
N. J
Guanoco
Stevens
Reading
J. L. Drake
Asphalt
Caracas
J. . Drake
J Bertolez
Mr. Drake
John M Mack
Francis V. Greene
Greene
Mr. Lindsay
Manuel Clemente Urbeneja
Castro
Detroit Father Kills Boarder with Baseball Bat
William R. Harrington beat Charles Martin, a laborer staying at his home, to death with a baseball bat to protect his sixteen year old invalid daughter from an alleged assault. Another boarder Ernst Bloom was seriously injured in the melee at 386 Michigan Avenue Detroit. Martin reportedly attacked the girl. Harrington struck in defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Avenue
William R. Harrington
Charles Martin
Martin
Ernst Bloom
Harrington
Bloom
Indiana Synod Accepts Gift for University Named for Milliken
The Indiana Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church accepted a plan to raise 200000 toward a 900000 gift for a university named after James Milliken of Decatur. Milliken promised another million if 30000 more was raised by 1908, with the proposal deemed likely to succeed. Burglars Loot Cairo Bank. slight fire at Cook Bernheim Plant. local blaze caused 75 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Cumberland Presbyterian Synod
Martingville
Ind
Indiana Synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church
James Milliiken
Decatur
Cairo
I. Bank
Ill
C. B. Burnett & Sons
Hiderado
Cook & Bernheim Paper Company
South Capital Street
Maj Clements Named Chief of Indian Division
Maj Joseph Clements named head of the Interior Department Indian Division succeeding the late J T Fender. A 32 year Interior veteran born January 23 1826 in Dayton Ohio he served as captain and brevet major in the Civil War and has long held roles in the secretarys office guiding the Indian Division in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bender
Interior Department
Joseph
Clements
Saucetad
J.T. Fender
Mr. Clements
Dayton
Ohio
Quartermaster's Department
Augusta
Washington
Treasury D Thement
Rally for Building Fund at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
A three week rally starts tomorrow at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church in Washington to raise 8000 dollars for a new building. Prominent race educators participate, including Rev. John Gordon Howard University president, Rev. W L Taylor of Richmond, and Hon Samuel G Newsome ex-Senator of North Carolina. Rev Simon P Drew opens with a sermon and will preach several more during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
O Street Northwest
John Gordon
Howard University
W. L. Taylor
Richmond
Samuel G. Newsome
North Carolina
Simon P. Drew
Turret Test Satisfactory by District Fire Chief
Chief Belt of the District fire department submitted a report on Hart wagon turret tests at fifteenth and H streets last Monday. He details stream sizes and distances, noting advantages over hand handling and calling the turret one of the department’s best apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Belt
District Fire Department
Fifteenth
H Streets
Liquor License Refused by City Excise Board Protest at Ninth and West Capitol
Residents of Fast Washington protested the Pen and Pencil Club license proposal at Ninth and West Capitol streets. The excise board refused the license, deeming the residential area objections strong and warranting a cautious approach to licensing. Also noted: George A. Wood, Central High School graduate, passed Harvard entrance and joined Harvard freshman class, son of William C. Wood of Howard, Kansas. He aided Central High School publications and served on the class committee. quarters to be in Craigie Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excise Board
Pen and Pencil Club
Fast Washington
Ninth
West Capitol Streets
Wise
Harvard
George A. Wood
Central High School
Irl
J. Harvard Univers
William C. Wood
Howard, Kans
Review
Washington Post
Craigie Hall
Washington Retail and Shipping Notes Across Seventh Street
A sprawling advertisement row covers men and boys clothing at Hiseman & Sutton and Blum & Fishman, jewelry by Hillyard, and a raft of local businesses on Seventh Street NW. Mentions new stores, paint and harness shops, tide of goods from lamps to groceries, and cargo news including pine lumber imports and a barge coal delivery to Georgetown.
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Pagkers
Will
Immaculate Conception
J. D. Marr
Miss Brooks
Mary O’malley
St. Elizabeth’s
RAO Sunday-Schools
Matos
Bermudez
Sunday Post
Weahington
Maryland
Matthews
J. Frank Wright
New Hampshire
Santernton
Myrtle A. Hill
Mendon
Carolyn J. Barn
Maj. Clements
Rally For Building Fund
Washion
Rcniascow
14Th Street
N. W
Side Yard
Mass.ave
Bonton
Washington Heights
Mass. Ave
Thomas Circle
POST
Patent Office
Hiseman & Sutton
Hiseman & Sulton
7Th St
Hiva Streshley
Fredericksburg, Va
C. C. Holland
Hillyard
Korman
KR. E. Baker
C Street
Adams Keys
Goldstein
7Th St. Nn
B. M. Gruehl
1814 7Th St
Misses Byrne
Maryland Avenue
State of
Excelsior Market
Flitt
Harry Sprucebank
Virginia
Wiliam Cannon
Sonnoisseurs
James B. Anderson
Lerch & Littleton
Woman's Club
Kensington
J. Harry Cunningham
Geo. E. Croswell
Trist.an
Julia Langitle
Ilinois
Ontlo
Waldman
Charles Shaffer
Nomin
Lower Machodoe
Mghtsper Elgen
Edward A. Weise
Randall Line
Chesapeake Beach
T. N. Mohler & Co
Tih St
Grant
Seventh Street
W H. Michael
Anna Bell
James River
Abler & Co
Cor. 7Th
Este Sn
G F Snyder
Atlantic City
Jean Swart
Elizabeth
E. M. Skinner
Stecena
Floyd EK. Davis
7Th St. Sw
Philp McQueen
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, Pa
Muihnery
H. Abram
J. B. Homes
Olive Street
Bohn B “Uilder
A. C. Corlins
Emma
Georgetown
Morris Parker
Harry Randall
Westmoreland County
Wae
Kinsman
Len v
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