State rests in Walter murder trial with key witness tests
New York April 21 The State rested and the defense opened in the Walter murder trial of Ruth Wheeler. Kate Mucker, a restaurant waitress and detained material witness, testified with inconsistencies amid dramatic courtroom exchanges. Walter’s attorney planned to call a second witness to dispute a stove removal claim and place his client away from the scene on Friday.
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New York
Foster
Albert W. Walter
Ruth Amos Wheeler
Kate Mucker
Walter
Ruth Wheeler
Moxa
Tate
Ruth
Wolter
House of Detention
Katie Mueller Weg
Germany
da Irvington
Doty
Genere Huisewark
Nan
Third Avenue
Alo
Wien
Cate
Thalr Bat
Wheeler
Janert Carvalho
Wolters Menor
Wellung Sof
Soult
Dory
Noatt
Leiter Coal Mines Sold to Reopen Zeigler Plant
The Zeigler coal mine in Zeigler NL is sold to Bell & Goldr who plan immediate operation. Joe Leiter reportedly lost $8,000,000 in his anti union campaign. eight miners died in the explosion that closed the mine over a year ago. Bodies remain underground and about 101 miners are missing. Zeigler town, once workers housing, lies deserted under a surrounding stockade.
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Zeigler
Scm
Washington Bost
Mount Vernon
Bell & Goldr
Joe Leiter
Leiter
Lst
Texas Society Celebrates Battle of San Jacinto Anniversary
The Texas Society of Washington held a patriotic program at the Pythian Temple to mark the seventy fourth anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Representative Gillespie of Texas presided with remarks by J W Collier of Mississippi and Rufus Hardy of Texas. Prof Charlemagne Koehler delivered a recitation and the music featured Miss Mabel Latimer Edward J McQuade and James Nolan with dancing to follow.
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Texas Society of Washington
Pythian Temple
C. W. Gillespie
Texas
J. W. Collier
Mississippi
Rufus Hardy
Charlemagne Koehler
Mabel €. Latimer
Edward J. McQuade
Jamea Nolan
Mine Victims Humber 45 Relief Parties Enter Shaft
At Birmingham Alabama on April 21 rescuers entered a gas filled shaft at Mulga mine after five charred bodies were recovered and several others found. Inspector Neill descended at noon and later said he doubted any more than five of the 43 remaining miners could be alive. Crowds gathered at shaft No 2 mouth while rescuers worked amid doggerel scenes and mourning families throughout the day.
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Birmingham
Ala
Milne
Neill
Princes in Big Trust Seize Berlin Omnibus Firm
Berlin April 21 The princes trust takes control of the Berlin Omnibus Company at the annual meeting. Prince Egon von Fuerstenburg and Prince Hohensohen Geringen quietly bought the controlling interest and voted 1.5 million to 3.123 million held by S Bleichroeder. The group aims to dominate surface and underground railways. Since 1907 they have invested about 350 million in city buildings and transport. Fuerstenburg is the empire’s wealthiest subject and a close friend of Emperor Wilhelm, noted for entertaining Roosevelt in Vienna.
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Berlin
Princes Trust
Egon von Fuerstemjbers
Hohensohen Geringen
S. Bleichroeder
Kia
Strust
Prince Fuerstenburg
Tiny boat to circle globe sails from Boston
A 20,000 mile cruise begins as the 4 foot auxiliary schooner Seafarer leaves Boston Harbor headed toward San Francisco. Built in Boothbay Maine, the vessel owned by L. S. Norris of San Francisco carries Mrs Norris, Miss Helen Wylde, and eight crew members. The voyage will cross the Atlantic, through the Mediterranean and Suez Canal, to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific to the Golden Gate.
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Boston
Seafarer
L. S. Norris
San Francisco
Night Riders fined as Kentuckians forced tobacco trader from home
Special to The Washington Post Covington Kentucky April 23 The jury in the Night Rider case brought a verdict tonight against six defendants John Riddle Alfred Colter Frea Galvin Charles Jones Frederick Authek and Jesse Allen small fines of 1.00 each. Frank Holler testified that they barred him from his bed room late at night and with pistols and rifles forced him from his home causing loss of his home and business in tobacco trade.
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Washington Post
Covington
John Riddle
Alfred Colter
Frea Galvin
Charles Jones
Frederick ‘AuHek
Jesse Allen
Roosevelt Guests At Embassy Luncheon And Dinner As Franco American Ties Emphasized
A Paris report notes tomorrow includes morning sightsees then a luncheon and reception for the American colony at the embassy. President Fulieres will host Col and Mrs. Roosevelt at a dinner and reception at Plyses palace. Foreign Minister Pichon's eulogy highlights Franco American friendship based on shared principles and aims.
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Frange
Justum Et Tenacem
Roosevelt Attitude on World Peace Not Attacking
The Washington Post reports Mr. Abbott traveling with Roosevelt will share his own views only when invited. Dispatches from Europe show keen interest in Roosevelt's stance on international peace and disarmament, yet he will not assume the role of public adviser. He will speak frankly at invited events and avoids unnecessary irritation. Comments should await the Nobel prize address at Christianshavn on May 1.
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New’ York
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Christiasile
Washington
Mystery of Port Elizabeth crime ends in revelation
Special to The Wasmagron reports hours by the coronet of Cumberland county mayor and police force lead to the conclusion that the dark crime was a mistaken mystery. An undertaker, Frans Smith of oben City, states the body was found in Undertaker Lake and not moved before discovery.
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Oben City
Mrs Gilfin Seeks Divorce Amid Fashionable Court Scene
Report notes Mrs Gilpin, famed for gowns, seeks legal separation from her husband. Court impounds papers. attorneys refuse discussion. City social leaders observed the event as a stylish, high society matter.
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Desperadoes Escape Leavenworth By Locomotive
The Washington Post reports inmates led by Hewitt Keating Gideon and Clarke escaped from Leavenworth Penitentiary seizing a locomotive and steel-backed gear. They forced the engineer to drive the engine, knocked down a heavy gate, then scattered toward the countryside pursued by Deputy Warden Lemon and 49 guards. Clarke was later captured and Hewitt Keating surrendered with farm help nearby. Three prisoners were later sent to prison for holding up a Union Pacific train.
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Lemon
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Prion
Sipe v Downey case delayed by missing witnesses in Fairfax
A sulk of Sipe v Downey in Fairfax County was set for trial but postponed due to absent witnesses. Other civil actions include a sale decree in Mason v Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company and a demurrer ruling in a personal injury suit against the same railway. Also note Joseph Dreifus dies suddenly in Alexandria at age 3, and masons inaugurate Queoquan Lodge No. 1 at Occoquan.
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Seminary Station
Woman Trapped on Train Warns Girls Traveling Alone
A Boston to New York train tale warns women travelers after a man tried to remove a woman to an asylum. He claimed she was insane and attempted to abduct her before the would-be captor fled at New York arrival, her husband present.
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Beecal
Washington Post
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Boston Everdog
New York
Warman
H P
Trail of Buried Gold Sparks Alaskan Treasure Hunt
A Washington Pa dispatch reports Dr Martin Damourette, an Alaskan explorer, pursues Otto Gresser with a map claiming buried gold in the northern Territory. Damourette says two twin fountain peaks, a crater and two streams mark the hoard site. The tale recalls two miners hiding wealth after Indian killings and a failed later search by Gresser.
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New York
Martin Damauratté
Nere
Otto Gresser
Darhourette
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Ainska
American Singer Fined for Sassing Hamburg Director
Berlin April 21 An American artist Edith Walker a fencing prima donna of Hamburg Municipal Opera was fined 25 by court after clashing with impresario Hermann Gura over acting instructions marked as nonsensical. The court upheld Gura’s view and rejected Walker’s bid to prove her remarks justified.
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Washington
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Gura
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Gure
Harvard Defeats Virginia in Fourteen Inning 1–0 Victory
Special to The Washington Post Charlottesville April Crimson pitchers Hicks and Brown duel in a 14 inning 1 to 0 win over Virginia. Hicks fans eighteen. Brown blanks Virginia with no walks. Long scoreless game ends with Harvard breaking through late in extras.
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Crimson
Mrs E L Kent Dead at Tuxedo Park After Operation
Emily Lorillard Kent wife of William Kent and daughter of the late Pierre Lorillard died after a surgical operation for intestinal trouble at her home in Tuxedo Park. She was 66 and survived by her husband and four children. A sister of Pierre Lorillard and of Mrs Cecil Baring of England, she was well known socially in New York and Tuxedo.
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Cecil Baring
England
Suffers Taller
New York
Kent
Landslide in Portugal Leaves Dozens Dead and Injured
A Lisbon report notes a convent destroyed and many deaths after a mountainside slide near Monresa barcelona area. Rescues total nine with serious injuries and numerous corpses reportedly severed. Ancona reports an aftershock in Italy felt in the afternoon lasting seconds, causing alarm.
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Jlisbon
Monresa
Ancona
Tuly
Fay and Harris Guilty in Richmond Postoffice Robbery
Fred Cunningham alias Madie Fay and Frank Harris alias Little Dick Harris were found guilty in a Federal court over the Richmond postoffice robbery the night of March 27. Each was sentenced to ten years in a Federal prison plus fines. They were captured in Grand Central Station New York while claiming the trunks containing most of the loot. a third man involved escaped.
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Postoffice
Richmond
Fred Cunningham
Madie Fay
Frank Chester
At- Hanty
Fay
Grand Central Staton
New York
Peru and Ecuador News Fragments Seen in Brief
Scant readable lines show garbled OCR style notes referencing Peru and Ecuador, with stray phrases about Lima and partial words. The fragment lacks a coherent story, names, dates, or verifiable events to confirm a concrete item or outcome.
Mrs Kellum Dead After Illness in Newport News
Mrs Kellum widow of Zarcheuble Kellum died last night in Newport News after months of illness. She lived with her daughter Mrs Harry Jones at 824 Potomac Avenue Southeast and with her son Franklin P Kellum in Portsmouth. The body will be brought to Washington for funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Renstone “Kellum
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Newport News
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Zarcbuble Kellum
Potomac’ Avenue
Franklin P.’ Kellpm
Kelliny
Bond Issue Official Says Riad Has Necessary Funds
Official states that Riyadh has the required funds for a bond issue after a recently negotiated deal. Details are limited but financing appears secured for the planned project.
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Miss Goldsborough a Bride in Maryland Virginia Link
Cambridge Maryland April 2 1 Two prominent Maryland Virginia families unite as Louise Dulin Goldsborough daughter of Dr Urea W Goldsborough and Burr Fowsl Harrison once of Leesburg now a Federal engineer in Baltimore wed at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church The bride descended from Robert Goldsborough Continental Congress and John Henry first US senator Her groom from Burr Harrison first Virginia house of burgesses lineage Civil era Pauntroy family linked The ceremony was led by Rev Thomas S Barlow rector of Christ Church.
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B. P. Harrison
Washington Post
Cambridge
Maryland
Virginia
Christ Protestant Episcopal
Mise Louise Dulin Goldsborough
Urea W. Goldsborough
Burr Fowsl Harrison
Leesburg
Baltimore
Robert Goldsborough
Jonn Heary
United States
Charles Carroll
Carroll
Burr Harrison
Virginia House of Burgesses
Third death by own action in family in Petersburg
Special to The Washington Post reports a Petersburg tragedy as Nathaniel P. Inge, 1, dies after ingesting carbolic acid, marking the third family suicide in eight months at Mrs. Charles Wells's home. Earlier, Wells's brother-in-law Charles Wells and Albert D. B. Tage died by self-harm via carbolic acid or drowning. Washington woman seeks divorce from Oscar W. Larman after desertion and cruelty.
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Washington Post
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Nathaniel P. Inge
Charlies Wells
Albert DB
Tage
Nathaniel Inge
Darette
Washington
Spectel
Washington Pont
Rockville
Roberta’ ‘Larner
Oscar W. Larman
Bethesda
Duty hastens Navy wedding of Pegram and Handy
Miss Jane Handy of Natchez Mississippi daughter of Mrs E G Handy and Lieutenant George Carleton Pegram U S N were married at the home of Mr and Mrs John Morbury Norfolk Virginia due to orders for the New York cruiser to leave for Asiatic waters the ceremony conducted by Dr Thornton Whaling of the Second Presbyterian Church The New York sails from Hampton Roads on Saturday the bride to join her husband aboard the vessel
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Handy
New York
Wesial
Wallington
Norfolk
Jane Hanay
E.G. Handy
Natchez
Miss
George
Asiatic
John Morbury
Thornton Whaling
Second Presbyterian Church
Hempton Roads
Peace treaty to be signed by See Sing Tong and On Loong Tong
In New York Chinatown a proclamation announced an upcoming peace treaty between the See Sing Tong and the On Loong Tong to be signed in the Chitexe conmu nate tomorrow. The event, witnessed by Dr Ou Shou tebun and Yang Yu Yang, was quickly torn down by gunmen. Secretary Wilson ruled California ports produce wines labeled as California products were inadequately labeled under food and drug rules.
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Chinatown
See Sing Tong
Four Brotherers Company
On Loong Tong
Chitexe
Conmu
Ou Shou-tebun
Washington
Yang Yu Yang
Des
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
California
Food and Drug
Fail to Settle Labor Dispute Between Rail and Telegraph Guards
Arbitrators in Washington yesterday failed to reach a settlement in the dispute between the Southern Railway and its telegraph operators. The labor disagreement remains unresolved with no agreement announced.
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Southern Railway
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