Baroness de Masa Charged in Murder Trial
New York April 3 Special to The Washington Fest reports Baroness de Masa charged with the murder of Gunray Simon smiles in court while defense hints at a plot. Witnesses numbered ten, defense aims to shift blame to a third party. Baroness bows to jurors and chats with a French consular officer as counsel arranges strategy.
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Washington
New York
Bayoness de Masa
Gunray Simon
Simon
Henry Clay McPike
Delphin Michael del
Inas
Death notices and court case details from Washington file
Obituaries and funeral notices fragment list several deaths including JOSEPH MURPHY 46, JOSEPHINE Owens widow, Mollie Wright Poole, Clara Dohne, Ruthorford, Robert G. Butler, Eugene J Tighe. Also a court scene reports Baroness de Messy accused shooter in a murder trial with witness testimonies and the baroness’s remark. Interments at Rock Creek Cemetery and Arlington noted. services scheduled or to be announced.
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Joseph W
Josephine Ott
Hartrecht
Seventh Street
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Rock Creek
Owens
Clara
Baltimore
Ruthorford
Robert G. Ruteere
ORD
United States Army
Eth
Tesneral
St Andrew's Church
Our Teenth and
Corcoran Streets
Arlington
New York
Philadelphia
Tighe
Eugene J
Mary Handcock
Chanteston
S.C
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Department Ad List
A dense list of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and contact numbers. Firms include John R. Wright Co, J William Lee, WM. H. SAR & CO, George P. Zarhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Mrs. Thos. R. Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, John M. Mitchell's Son, W.R. Speare, Adolph Schippert, Thos. S. Sergeon, T. A. Costello & Bro, William S. Riley, Frank Geier's Sons, and others. Various chapel on premises or modern chapels, day and night service, and livery connections noted.
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John R. Wright CO
Tenth St
Jue
North 47
J. William Lee
Modest Pricas
Proasylysnia Avenue
WM. H. Sar & CO
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol St
Hindle & Bayliss
5Th
H NW
Thos. R. Nalley
Fourteenth ST. NW
Commodiana Chapel
John M. Mitchell
W.R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Iain
Adolph J. Schippert
Crapel
S. Sergeon
R. & Gain
Ion
T. A. Costello & Bro
Riley
St. Ag
Frank Geier's Sons
Soventh
Patechehe Gall Norte
Embezzlement Taints Woonsocket Power Firm Leader
Lincoln secretary treasurer of the Woonsocket Machine and Power Company admits embezzling about 992000 by issuing notes up to 35000 each. He resigns from all posts, including two local banks, and faces no arrest despite forged notes and a 60 000 shortage expected to be borne by stockholders.
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Washington Post
Providence
R. L
Leyi Cook Lincoln
Woonsecked Machine and Power Company
Batabrook & Co
Lincoln
Woonsocket
South Malin Street
Estabrook & Co
Power Company
Estabrook & € 67S
George Bachelder
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Baltimore
George Batchelder
The
Jamestown
Canada Buys Buffaloes From Flathead Herd
Denver reports the Pablo herd of buffalo on the Flathead Reservation in Montana has been sold to the Canadian government. Bulls will depart for Canada around May 1 and cows with calves go north in July. The herd numbers 400 to 500, the largest in the world, with a price around 150000 dollars.
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Denver
Flathead Reservation
Montana
Canada
Licensed to Marry Names and Ages Across Multiple Parishes
A fragmented marriage license listing numerous couples and officiants from various towns and denominations. Ages range from early twenties to sixties, with many names and reverends paired with partners. The OCR shows scattered parish references and locales such as Meridian Virginia Lake View Potomac Mills New York and Martimora.
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Eugene R Dawson
Sarah Emig
James M O'Brien
Henry Chappell
Dinwsdale
Way
Eis Bholl
Meridian
J.” Mulr
Carmelo Lombardo
Francesca Tgutto
Nicholas Vassell
Robert P. Fleming
Horatie O. Goulding
R. H McKim
William E. Stionett
Ela R. Davis
Q. Freeland Pater
Aiayo D. Dickerson
Lake View
Susie E Reams
Potomac Mills
F D_ Power
Henry A Stein
Clara PE. Lindbeck
Martimora
Rabbi Bliverstone
Alexander Elliott
Genevieve Glenart
Thomas G. Smythe
Arthur
New York
N.Y
Leonari
Fork
Mary Noble
Paul Grimt
Eugena A Tasker
Mary ¥. Henderson
Shelton Miller
Richaya Dorsey
Martha Reed
George
N. Harris
Health Office Record of Deaths April 2 1907
Health office list reports deaths up to noon in Washington area. Includes ages from newborn to 72 years and notes residences such as 50 years 421 34 and hospital affiliations like Casualty Hospital and Soldiers Home. Colored section lists Georgn Beckman 33, Aleming Fowell 34, Ericate McClure 1 month in Gov Hosp Ing.
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Witliam H Dall
Ettyn B
Spellman
Bost
Rudolph A
King
the Alhambra
Lith
Natson
Amelia Henning
St. Ow
Aura M Colbert
St. Nw
Alfred B Richards
Casualty Hospital
Ellen Dunlop
James Walters
A. S
D. C
Samuel R Ireland
Kenesaw
Ervints Pw
Susan R .Hammond
Horp Tas
N.Y. Ave
James A Kelley
Myrtla
Roth Ryan
Ide Harris
Gibtey Hospits
Charley Hurley
Georgn Beckman
Aleming Fowell
Gov
Ericate McClure
Champlain Ave
Tragedy at Ol City Wedding Ends in Double Death
Miss Belle Stroup and Thaddeus J. Ross died in a murder suicide as a wedding planned for Miss Edith Samsell collapsed. Ross had promised to marry Stroup but planned to wed Samsell, prompting a fatal confrontation witnessed by a traveling sister and mother.
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City
Belle Stroup
Thaddeus J. Ross
Axa
Ross
Miss Stroup
Fred Bhret
Coal Hill
Hoss
Migg Edith Samsell
Mary Mable
Mise Samsell
Sampsell
Hoes
Miss Sampsell
Capitol Furnishings Fueled by Public Board Evidence
Testimony before the capitol investigating commission says the board of public grounds and buildings furnished the new Capitol with millions in metal and other furniture in violation of the 1893 act requiring department head requisitions. Sixteen department heads testified they made no requisitions or input. Subcontractor Clarke P Pond testified he supplied materials totaling 22 946 03 and Payne Co collected 36 703 40 from state oil invoices.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Board of
Clarke P. Pond
Mead Roofing and Cornice Company
Philadelphia
Payne & Co
Payne
Mead Company
Fought His Executioners in Alabama Hanging
In Gunnersville Alabama on April 25 Bob Waits white man was hanged after resisting with a knife. Ammonia was used to subdue him and he was dragged to the scaffold coughing and moaning. He murdered Confederate soldier Perd Winkles who had drawn pension money and was robbed and shot.
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Gunnersville
Ala
Bob Waits
Ammonia
Watts
Perd Winkles
Winkles
Mystery Fire at Graham Home Solved by Investigation
Investigation by Andrew B. Graham and Acting Chief Martin established that a smoldering match accidentally dropped on a dining room table set for dinner caused a late Wednesday blaze. The fire destroyed contents of the home at 1407 Sketeenth Street Northwest. A laborer Randas Ducante, employed by Drake and Stratton Company, fell from a beam at a nearby site and fractured his leg, was taken to Emergency Hospital.
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Andrew B. Graham
Sketeenth Street
Mr. Graham
Martin Lest Might
Randas Ducante
Drake & Stratton Company
Fourteenth Street
Maryland Avenue
Plot to kill Prince Albert shocks Brussels church
Anarchists armed with a dagger and loaded revolver were arrested in a Brussels church where Prince Albert of Belgium was to visit. A confessional box habited detainee triggered the raid, with three others seized nearby. French anarchists among them. Investigators believe a plot to assassinate the prince was under way. The Hof Church near Brussels drew crowds to a revered black wooden image said to perform miracles. Prince Albert, born 1875, son of the late Count of Flanders, is married to Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria and has two sons, Leopold and Charlies.
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Brussels
Albert
Belgium
Leopold
Hof
Prince Albert
Count of
Flanders
Elizabeth of
Bavaria
Prince Leopold
Prince, Charlies
Irish Council Proposed in Irish Bill Debates Begin
London April 25 Disagreements continue between the government and John Redmond head of the Irish Parliamentary party over the Irish bill to be introduced May 7. It would create a partly elective Irish council to administer domestic affairs excluding the army and navy with limited legislative power, far short of nationalist aims. Nationalists plan amendments during the debate and a May 6 dinner for colonial premiers to drum up support for self government of Ireland.
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London
John Redmond
House of Commonz
Ireland
Redmond
House of Commons
Irsh
Mr. Redmond
Eee
Kaiser’s son injured in Potsdam cavalry drill
Berlin April 23 Prince Estel Friederick second son of Emperor William fell from a horse during a cavalry drill at Doeblitz grounds near Potsdam and was severely injured. The horse reared after a bugle signal knocking him unconscious. He had a violent headache but doctors say no concussion and expects to resume duties soon.
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Berlin
Prince Estel Friederick
Emperor William
Doeblitz
Potsdam
Jeter
William
Eitel Friedérich
Edward's Cartagena Visit Declared Social Only
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports King Edward's Cartagena visit was merely social, at Queen Victoria's wish, with King Alfonso accompanying. No political talks occurred and the conversation stayed to general topics. The Correspondencia de Madrid claim of a Britain Spain alliance is denied.
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Edward
Alfonso
Washington Post
Cologne
Frankfurter Zeitung
Cartagena
Victoria
England
The
Zeitung
the Zeitung
Correspondencia de Madrd
Great Britain
Spain
Rebuild Spain's Navy With Eight Year Budget Increase
Madrid April 25 cabinet approves marine budget of 10000000 dollars up from 7000000 by 3000000. the plan spans eight years and funds decks fortifications ports and new warships. In Gripley Florida jail fire burns to death one inmate Henry Berry white as inmates believed to have tried escaping ignition spreads beyond control.
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Madrid
Gripley
Fla
Jall
Henry Berry
Disinfection Advice for Spring Household Care
A pamphlet urges fre quent disinfection this spring warning of hidden contamination. It recommends sprinkling a mixture of one part Platts Chlorides to ten parts water in basements closets and hard-to-reach spots to prevent odors and illness, noting the cost and need for extra diligence to avert sickness.
Sicilian Kidnapper Captured in Brooklyn Case Ties to Five Abductions
Ignazio di Leonardo, alleged ring leader of a kidnap gang, was seized after a hand to hand struggle in a Hamilton Avenue tenement Brooklyn. A six year old returned to his parents identified him, linking Di Leonardo to multiple abductions and prompting police to summon parents of other kidnapped children.
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Washington Post
New York
Ignazio di Leonardo
Poice
Ittle Salvatore Slatta
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Antonio Siatti
Bowery
Spring Street
Upper West Side
Harlem
DI Leonardo
Archiopoli
Micelli
Archionell
Black Hand trial hears threats to pay derision money
Salvadoria Scommoca of Dunmore testified he received Black Hand letters demanding payments totaling 24 60 in two installments and that he paid 0 before refusing 710. He could not identify any defendant as the money payer. Rose Cregonei testified she saved money and received threatening demands before fleeing to New York.
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Santa Boy
West 126Th Strest
Tanuary
Petrosini
di Leonardo
Cherry Street
Manhattan
Laita
Roosevelt Street
The
Bowery
Archiopoli
Micelli
Black Hand
Wilkesharre
Salvadoria Scommoca
Dunmore
Lackawanna County
Pittston
Rose Cregonei
New York City
Movements of Ocean Steamers Rived
Maritime notices list ships in transit and port calls with routes such as New York to Teutonic and Liverpool to Mesaba. Several vessels are reported bailed or expected to dock at specific times, including Germania from Naples, Deutschland from Hamburg, and Lucena from Liverpool. A feature advertises a travel story aboutAmericat and Other Barketigans Who Vinkt Rome in next Sunday's Post.
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Rome
Holy City
New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Mesaba
London
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Germania
Naples
Deutschland
Hamburg
Southampton
Cherbourg
Gera
Bremen
Furnessia
Harare
la Savoie
Ametike
Plymouth
Gallia
Marselfiea
la Provence
Havre
Chemnitz
United States
Christians
Americat
Mob Attacks Motorman After Boy Ground Under Car
A mob in Brooklyn swarmed a Coney Island surface car after a sixteen year old boy Howard Kelly was struck and killed by George Decker’s car on Franklin avenue. The mob beat the motorman back until police reserves intervened. The father of the victim was present, unaware of his son’s death until order was restored. The motorman was beaten and taken to a hospital where he may die.
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New York
Coney Island
George Decker
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Howard Kelly
Jorman
Feys
Will Honor Soldier Col Rutherford to Be Buried Tomorrow
Pell military honors will mark the funeral of Col. Robert Gedney Rutherford, A S 4 retired, who died at his home on 1811 Nineteenth Street. Services by Rev. Dr. George Calvert Carter will be at St Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, Arlington Cemetery to follow. An escort from Fort Myer of Uzkt artillery and Thirteenth Cavalry will accompany the body. Two sets of pallbearers, eight from the Loyal Legion and eight from Rutherford's army friends, will serve.
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Loyal Legion
Col. Rutherford
Bryan Leaps For His Life In Carriage Escape
Special to The Washington Post from Morrisville Wisconsin April 2 William J Bryan narrowly escaped a runaway carriage racing to the St Johnsbury Railroad station. Harness broke the team bolted down a steep hill the driver regained control near the depot and Bryan flew from the carriage a burst from a rapid fire gun but landed safely unhurt though shaken. He addressed local school children amid the excitement.
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Washington
Mr. Bryan
Kansas Scientist Aims Beekeeping War on Green Wheat Bug
Lawrence April 25 Prof J Unter of State University leads a campaign against the green wheat bug using a parasite bee. The bee lays an egg in the pest, killing it. each bee yields 500 offspring while the bug has 40. Bees are stored cold at the university and dispatched on roughly 200 calls daily.
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Kansas
Lawrence,Kane
J.unter
The
State University
Porto Rican Secretary Named to Succeed Governor Post
In San Juan Porto Rico April The selection of William F Willoughby of Porto Rico to succeed Regis H Post who has been made governor is practically assured Willoughby is now treasurer of the island and was recently elected president of the executive council.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
William F. Willoughby
Regis H. Post
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Health Office Record
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