Convicted killer John Burley to be hanged in DC next Friday
John Burley, a 53 year old Black man condemned for felonious assault on a child, awaits execution in Washington DC. He shows no remorse or belief in a possible pardon, insists he is innocent, and says he wrote to the President without reply. A death watch is kept as he refuses a pardon.
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District of Columbia
John Burley
Burley
Father McGuire
Catholic Church
Warden Harris
Maryland
Gurley
Annapolis Junction
Albany
Gas Leak Triggers Series of City Fires
A gas leak sparked explosions and small blazes across the city as households and sheds caught fire. L. A. McCanaty at 1427 EB Street NE lit a candle to find the leak, causing a strong blast and fire in the lower woodwork. loss estimated at 15 dollars. Ada Hull at 73% Thirteenth Street SE suffered burns. the stove explosion caused minimal damage. At 1530 Thirty-second Street NW children playing with matches started a fire at the Rosenbush residence. a loss is listed but not specified.
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L. A. McCanaty
EB Street
Thirteenth Street
Ada Hull
Thirty-second Street
T. Rosenbush
B. W. Harvey
Washington Woman Killed in Cleveland County
Cora Lane an eight year old Washington woman, referred to as Lane alias Taylor, was shot dead near Cleveland Ohio by West Taylor, a Black man. The killing occurred at 9:30 a.m. near a colored camp just outside city limits. Taylor was arrested and charged with murder. authorities in Cleveland and Washington are exchanging details.
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Cora Lane
West Taylor
Cleveland
Ohio
Lizzie Lane
Factory Hill
Georgetown
Cora
Taylor
Mystery surrounds shooting at Davis home
John H Davis a 30 year old coloren at Providence Hospital with a serious gunshot wound in the abdomen. William a Edmunds a 39 year old negro is in custody at the Fifth precinct station after a dispute at 325 K street southeast yesterday evening. Davis claimed Edmunds shot him while a woman named Eleanor Collins 18 said Davis said he shot himself. Davis remains badly wounded but resting quietly at the hospital.
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John H. Davis
Providence Hospital
William A Edmunds
Fifth Precinct
Davis
K Street
Edmunds
Eleanor Collins
EK Street
Old burglary tale and a runaway boy reach the record
Police uncover an old two year old robbery at a vacant I street NW house, with gas fixtures and copper bath tubs stolen. Separately a Prince George County boy, James H. Johnson eight, ran away after a whipping and was found begging near the House of Detention destined for his father.
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Detective Headquarters
I Street Northwest
James H. Johnson
Prince George County
Mas
Washington
Deaf-mute convention draws Washington crowd to St Louis
A Washington Deaf mute colony travels to the St Louis exposition for a national convention and international congress. Delegates, including Gallaudet alumni and teachers, gather with Missouri leaders for Gallaudet Day and related events as many residents vacation or attend the meeting.
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St. Louis
Washington
Washington Colony
Gallaudet
Mutop
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Moylan
Baltimore
Trinola
East St. Louis
Exposition Management
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
America
Missouri
Missouri State Building
Kendall Green
B. M. Gallaudet
American Association For the Promotion of
Alexander Graham Bells
Hea
Elk Calves Attract Attention At Zoo Showings
Visitors miss the new elk herd born this summer across Rock Creek at the zoo. Thirty six in the herd include thirteen calves born late June to early July and four on July 4. Keepers note the lively youngsters, their spotted coats, and plans to trade most calves off as the herd grows. Twenty-six other species and ninety six total animals add to the season’s gaiety with births including a buffalo calf and Solomon the pig tailed monkey.
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Zoological Park
Ackburn
Rock Creek
National
Goa
Plains
Solomon
Animal Society
Body Recovered From Potomac In Drowning Case
The body of Charles Cable, fifty five, identified by witnesses Saunders and Newman, was found in the Potomac at Ninth Street. Cable, a coal handler, disappeared from Pleasant alley and may have fallen overboard at an empty wharf. Coroner Nevitt found no injury. police seek relatives and await death certificate unless witnesses reveal another cause.
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Charles Cable
Potomac
Ninth Street
Wiliam Thomas
Seventh Street
Fourth Precinct
Thomas Saunders
Third Street
Julia Newman
Gracecourt
Cable
Pleasant Alley
Nevitt
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claimed To Cure Rheumatism
Promoters claim rheumatism can be conquered by correcting the blood’s acid condition. They say Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured thousands, implying relief from long standing symptoms.
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Hood
Fort Stevens and Lincoln’s Narrow Escape at Battle of Washington
Historic Fort Stevens near Washington, north of the city, played a key role in defending the capital on July 12 1864. President Lincoln stood on the parapets as Confederate sharpshooters fired nearby, a soldier mortally wounded within three feet of him. The article recounts the fort’s origin as Fort Massachusetts, its renaming for Gen. Stevens, the defense by McCook Frazen Wright and the 25th New York Cavalry, and the grave sites in the National Battle Ground Cemetery including an unknown Confederate rider. It notes Major Mother Betsy Thomas’s long-pending relief bill and the enduring memory of the battle amid ongoing interest and restoration.
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Washington
Fort Stevens
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Jubal A. Harry
Gen. Early
Lincoln
Emery Chapel
the Pike
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Old Fort
Fort Massachusetts
Old Bay State
Isaac I. Stevens
Seventyninth Regiment
New York Infantry
Chantilly
Bert Stevens
Harry
Veteran Reserve Corps
Alexander McDowell McCook
John N. Frazen
Horatio G. Wright
Earry
Betsy Thomas
Senate
Sixth Corps
Wright
The
Union
Battle Ground
Httle
National Battle Ground
Atrow
Unknown Soldier in Gray Marked by Marble Monument
An account describes the unknown Confederate soldier buried near his fallen post, with a marble monument marking his grave. Hornets fire upon advancing Blue in retreat, as comrades struggle and fall, the mysterious hero's identity remaining unsolved.
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Pan
Gray Corps
National shoot opens at Fort Riley range
Junction City Kansas August 21 everything is ready for the national shoot at the new national range on the Fort Riley reservation starting at 8 o clock tomorrow morning. Fifteen states represented by National Guard marksmen plus cavalry infantry navy and Marine teams compete in three matches over several days using carbines rifles and army pistols in events with sighting shots and ten record shots per range.
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Junction City
Kans
New National Range
Fort Riley Reservation
United States
National Guard
Kansas
Alabama
Connecticut
Iowa
Florida
Maryland
Georgia
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Ithode Island
Washington
Army
Cavalry
Infantry
Navy
Marine Corps
SICK SAILORS AT TRIESTE EXPECT FULL RECOVERY
Trieste Aug 21 The United States cruiser Mayflower has sailed with most officers and sailors of the battleship Kearsarge still in hospital for typhoid fever treatment as Rear Admiral Jewell's squadron sailed. Only three officers and four sailors remain hospitalized, with expected complete recovery in a few days.
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Trieste
Mayflower
Kearsarge
Jewell
Killed Over Open Bedroom Door Sparks Fatal Quarrel
In Atlanta on August 21 a quarrel over an open bedroom door led to the killing of traveling salesman Frank E. Brett by Andrew A. Walline superintendent of the Florodora Tag Company. Walline says the shooting was in self defense. Brett, formerly a Mercer College baseball coach, had a habit of leaving his door open while undressed, provoking prior remonstrances.
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Atlanta
Frank E. Brett
Andrew A. Walline
Florodora Tag Company
Brett
Walline
Macon
Mercer
Storm strikes Minneapolis and St Paul with 110 to 180 mph winds
A severe local storm swept across Minneapolis and St Paul Saturday night causing property damage and injuries. Wind gusts reached 110 mph at Minneapolis and 180 mph at St Paul before instruments were swept away. The system, part of a broad trough, moved northeastward with cooler air following. Showers and thunder, cooler temperatures, and brisk winds were forecast for the region, with varied conditions along the coasts and across the Midwest. Local weather reports noted temperatures from the upper 60s to mid 80s, rainfall 0.00, and noted tides and sunshine hours. Two people, John Sweeney and Mamie Anderson, were wounded in a separate incident in a daytime altercation.
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UL. B. Dept. of Agricultuce
Weather Bureau
Washington
Torgadia
Minneapolig
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Nebraska
Lake Superior
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Middle Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Atlantic Coast
Kansas
South Dakota
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
Haat Gulf
South Atlantic
New England
Guilt
Ypper Lakes
Lower Lakes
Grand Banks
Rainall
Asheville
N. G
Atlanta
Atlantia
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wyo
Daversport
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Fla
Kaneena City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mion
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Novik's evasive retreat amid Russo Japanese naval chase
The Novik escaped Port Arthur and docked at Teingtau for under a day before slipping away. Reports say it was damaged but not sunk, with no casualties aboard. The cruiser then moved toward Vladivostok via southern Japan and Sakhalin routes, avoiding the Tsugaru Strait.
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Pac Tsushima
Port Arthur
Teingtau
Tsingtau
van Dieman Strait
Japan
Vladivostok
St. Petersburg
Korsakovsk
Sakhalin
Kirile Islands
Laperouse Strait
Tsugaru Strait
Vladivoatok
Russian fleet fights Kamimura off Tsu Island desperate battle
Vladivostok dispatch details a fierce morning clash as the Russian squadron under Rear Admiral Jessen and the ships Rurik and Gromoboi attempt to delay Japan's Kamimura fleet. The Rurik is crippled, the Gromoboi heavily damaged, and Japanese cruisers press the assault while larger ships disengage toward Port Arthur.
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Vladivostok
Tsu Island
Kamimura
Associated Press
Hessia
Gromobol
Russia
Port Arthur
Korean
Jessen
Maany
Kamimuna
Jegsen
Rosala
Withoft
Kamlimyra
Korean Gulf
Vica
Togo
Port Arthor
Admiral Jessen
Tokiwa
Nitaka
Roasia
Gromoboi
Russian Naval Battle Casualties Told From Vladivostok
Reports describe ships bombarded by heavy fire with shells causing multiple holes as crews worked to hold lines and prevent collision mats on the way to Vladivostok. Two cruisers reached port August 15 amid severe Russian casualties among officers and men with 21 killed and 12 wounded on Hessia and 2 officers plus 192 men wounded on Ogramobof.
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Vladivostok
Ing
Clash at Chefoo Feared in Quiet Port
Aug 21 Chefoo reports the US cruiser Cincinnati and gunboat Frolic remain in port with landing parties ready. Local Japanese and Russian torpedo-boat destroyer Ryezhuitelnt at the Russian consulate provoke fear of clashes, but foreign consuls and authorities say no trouble has occurred and the scene remains quiet.
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Chefoo
United States
Cincinnati
Frolic
Associated Press
Reasen
Diana Out of the War In Saigon Arrival Confirmed
Paris reports the Russian cruiser Diana has arrived at Saigon in French Indo China. France will observe neutrality laws, aiming for smooth relations with Japan despite the Russia alliance. French Minister Harmand in Tokyo says Russia protested the Rye shitemi seizure to Japan on August 20.
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Paris
Diana
Saigon
France
Japan
Russia
F. J. Harmand
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Chefoo
Japan Differentiates Chefoo Capture From Florida Case
Tokyo replies to Florida analogy on the Ryeshitomi capture near Chefoo. It notes Brazil’s perfect neutrality in Bahia and argues China’s is imperfect causing proximity to hostilities. Russia’s aggressor role is cited, with implications for future engagement rules and neutrality enforcement.
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Japan
Tokyo
Chefoo
Florida
Bahia
Brazil
United States
Brasil
China
Russia
Armstrong
Anne
Lieut McCully at Tientsin and port Arthur patrols
Lieut Newton A. McCully A N Observer who left Port Arthur August 14 arrived at Tientsin via Shan Hai Kuan. He escorted three French women from Port Arthur and planned to travel to Vladivostok. Maj Hoffman German attache reported others departing Port Arthur August 17 by junks and the Yaeyama then carried him to Tsingtao after a junk mishap and baggage loss.
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Port Arthur
Yaeyama
Jer
Nisshin
Mirai Togo
Mikasa
Maj
Hoffman
Tsingtao
Chefoo
Maj. Hoffman
Largest American Vessel Minnesota Reaches Port
The Minnesota, built at New London Connecticut by Eastern Shipbuilding for Great Northern of New York, arrives off the harbor as the largest American built vessel afloat and fourth largest by tonnage. She measures 630 feet long with 72.2 feet beam and 13 grand net tonnage, destined for Tacoma Seattle and the Far East with vast cargo potential beyond passenger service.
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New Pacific
Connecticut
New York
New London
Conn
Minnesota
Great Northern Steamship Company
Eastern Shipbuilding Company
Tacoma
Seattle
Far East
Pacific
Rea protests over Allanton seizure by prize court
R W Rea of Glasgow owner of the steamer Allanton asserts the vessel was seized while carrying coal from Japan to Singapore and condemned by a Vladivostok prize court. He warns Britain faces widespread seizure risk if the judgment stands and calls for a strong government protest. A separate report notes a Russian cruiser near the Mediterranean coast and rumors that M von Pichve the interior minister's assassin died recently.
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London
R. W. Rea
Glasgow
Vladivostok
Fin
Japan
Singapore
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Gen. Jubal Early
Lincoln’s
Markemen
Fort Riley
John Sweeney
Mamie Anderson
Jackson Hall Alley
Sixth Precinct
John H.woodbury
D. I
Comera
Novik
Viata An
Lansburgh
Bro
Lansburgh & Bro
Parment
HUB Furniture CO. Cor
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D Sts
N. W
Lieut. McCully
Tientsin
Athens
Herrick
Gen
United States Army
George Waugh
Columbus
Price
Lester Scott
Ray Dixon
John Thomas
Charles Clark
Newcombe
Fourteenth Artillery
MR. Rea
Saya Allanton
Mediterranean
Cette
Franse
von Piehve
Rt. Petersburg
M. von Piehve
Interior
Peter Grogan
Hebbard
Gall Erie
Geo
E. Hebbard
Hebbard & Wineman
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. N.W
Interview Corporation
Edison
Capital Phonograph Co
Ek. W
Ballantine
Ught
the Shoomaker Company
Ain
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Pa. A. Ave
B. B. Earnshaw G& Bro
A. C. Hatterly
7Th Street
McGill & Wallace
E St
Baughman
Isrranes
Pope
Alice M. Paterson
Wilbur L. Smith
T. Blig
Tolman Laundry
Cor
Phony East
Munyon
Ea ‘S. Oa Grod
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