Wife Testifies in Murry Case as Husband Glowers
Dr James W Simpson stands bound in courtroom as wife Julia A Simpson testifies about the shooting of her father Bailey T Horner. She recalls the event and says he aimed for the death chair while he shows no gaze toward her. The judge handles a brutal cross examination as an insane Polish boy witness refuses to answer. The defense seeks adjournment while the murder case remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Riverhead
S. 1
James W. Simpson
Julia A. Simpson
Bailey T. Horner
Simpson
Ella Horner
Manton
Papa
Waza
Undertakers Listed with Service and Telephones
A slate of funeral homes and embalmers is listed with addresses and phone numbers. W R Speare at 940 F Street N W offers test-class crest care and Phoxes-Main numbers. J William Lee at Ard Embalmer offers carriages for all occasions and crematoriums. Hindle Bayliss at 5th and N W, Thos R Nalley & Son at 1231 11th St SE, R F Harveys Sons at 14th St NW, John M Mitchells Son at 730-32 12th St NW are named with contact details and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Riley
J. William Lee
Ard
Pennsylvania
George P. Zarhorst
Saneral
R. Nalley & Son
11Th Street
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Fourteenth St. NW
Mneder Fommedisus Chapel
John M. Mitchell
12Th St
Puneral
Funeral Designs by Comley Bros Florists
Funeral designs and cut flowers specialty offered by Comley Bros Florists at 2304 Wis. Ave. NW with phone West 142. Also advertised are Funeral Designs of every description at moderate prices by Gude in 1914 Fat. Northwest with phone M. 43979.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. c. Shaffer
Comley Bros., Florists
Wis. Ave
Gude
Northwest
Gifts for Needy Acknowledgments From Local Charities
The Associated Charities and Citizens' Relief Association acknowledge numerous gifts to aid needy families in the city. Contributions include sums from Mary V. Clarke, G. William McLanehap, Anne Van Dyke, and others, totaling modest amounts toward food, fuel, and emergency relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
John Joy Edson
Castles C. Glover
Mary V. Clarke
G Willam McLapshan
Robert
Donaldgon
Guy Norment
Juline Gar- Ansis
D. I
Leman Tiffany
Nathaniel L. Francis
Philip K. Reily
A. P. Webster
John 3. Ward
E. J. Thompson
Helen Newell Garfield
Richard Wainwright
Anne van Dyke
Louise B. Hackeman
K. Galnea
Helen B. Tenner
Isaac Winston
Alfred C. True
L. D. Underwood
Citizens’ Relief Association
Corcoran Them
G. Wiliam McLanehap
Tsasc Winston
Tailors' Meeting Delayed by Late Congressional Train
The Administrative Council of the Merchant Tailors' National Protective Association of America postponed its meeting until morning due to the Congressional Limited failing to arrive in Washington on schedule. President Twyeffort and several members were expected on the train, and the council will meet at 10 o'clock before the convention opens.
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Merchant Tailors’ National Protective Association of America
Washington
Twyeffort
Licensed to Marry
A list of proposed marriage licenses including Felice D Amico aged 27 and Fulppine Perticone aged 20 of Baltimore and other couples across Virginia North Carolina and New York with various ministers listed. The report catalogs names ages and locales for upcoming nuptials with multiple entries and minor clerical attributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felice D'Amico
Fulppine Perticone
Baltimore
Edward James H. Houser
Manadie
G. Pritchett
Sunlight
H. Greene
James Wiliam Kinnler
Helen Haya Buros
Afton
Rey
D. C. MacLend
William B. Adams
Leesburg
Mary Blo
William Morrion Hoyle
New York
Lillian M. Cardea
Martin O'Donahue
Thomas Armatead
Elizabeth Lenfer
S. PW. Drew
William H. Jackson
Martha A. Warner
Hey. W. A. Janéu Prederick Johnson
Lucy Thompson
FL A. Armstead
Tease Osborn
Wille Jones
Gantga W. Les
Lewis
Williams
Janie Forrest
M. W. Clair
M. Newton
Rachel Middleton
Aquilla Sayles
Charles Wilken
Annie Jacknon
Her
Bishop Johnson
Frank King
Little Eaton
Deaths reported February 1907 in Health Office Record
A health office record lists numerous deaths reported in February 1907 with names ages and addresses such as Edward J. Anderson 81 Frank Olden 47 Elizabeth Willis 23 Rumasy H. Hipson and others. The list includes residents from St. Ne., Kalorama Rd., Harvart St., Va. Ave., Gov. Hosp., and more, with ages ranging from a few days to 82 years. A separate item notes Train Strikes Wagon and a horse killed on First and N streets northeast.
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Edward J. Anderson
St. Ne
Frank Olden
FE St
Elizabeth Willis
Rumasy H. Hipson
Wit Kalorama Rd
John G. Bright
Harvart St. Aw
James Stuart
Garnett Marpial
Mary J. Wood
Va. Ave
Olaf Christopherson
Hosp
Ins
Lucy Garnett
Sullivan's
Eunice M. Briant
Hamilton Hotel
K St
Hattie Smith
Ist St. Sw
Melicea B. Gorden
Preedman’s Hasp
Scott
Deanwood
Clara Hall
Poplar St. Nw
Margy Smith
Willow Trea Ct
Theodore T. Darton
Henry Twiege
Patterson Street
Baltimore and Ohie
First
N Streets
Twigce
Lottery leaders plead mercy as prosecutions press on
Government forces vow to pursue all cases against the Honduras Lottery Company after raids in twenty cities. District attorneys, secret service agents, and U S attorneys investigated prize lists, with Mobile yielding key evidence. The firm reportedly holds $10 million in stock, pays $100,000 yearly to Honduran authorities, and operates nationwide with agents from Boston to New Orleans. Officials seek full legal action and destruction of lottery machinery despite appeals for dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras Lottery Company
United States
Washington
Department
Mobile
Ala
W. H.armbrecht
Southern District of
Alabama
W. J. Demarest
M. O'Donnell
New Orleans
Joseph My ‘Lyons
Alford W. Cooley
Hoyt
William H. Armbrecht
J. P. Neilde
Delaware
W. H. Garland
District of Columbia
Secret Service
Wilkie
Sauter, Griffin
Donaghy
Louisiana Lottery Company
Boston
Brooklyn
Wilmington
Honduras Company
San Francisco
Chicag Oo
Cogent
Chicago
Cabell
Lottery Company
Dubingss
Express
Lottery
Washington Presbyterians dedicate Home for the Aged
Dedicatory exercises at the new Presbyterian Home for the Aged on M Street NW featured pastors from several churches delivering brief addresses. B H Warner presided. Rev. E Thompson opened with prayer. Mrs Emma E Jones serves as matron. three inmates have already moved in.
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Washington
Verita
S. Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue Church
Albert Evans
Metropolitan Church
Thomas €. Noyes
Sweet Home
Theodora North-McLaughlin
Board of Women Managers
Radcliffe
Hamlin
MacLeod
Cummins
Bailey
C. A. Smith
Warner
Thompson
Miss North
Miss McLaughlin
Hollyday
Miss Simpson
Miss Morse
Miss Gobls
Miss Boulter
Emma E. Jones
Union Alumni Dinner Featured Principal Address at Shoreham
President A V V Raymond of Union University Saratoga Schenectady delivered the principal post-prandial address at a banquet honoring Union alumni at the Shoreham Hotel. He recalled late leaders Col Weston Tilint Harvey Webster and Clark Brooks, noted Carnegie’s $100000 gift now assured, and 소개 speakers included James H. Davidson and others. A business meeting elected Joseph E. Ransdell president with Tim Wilcox and Franklin Hough as officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union University of Schenectady
Shoreham Hotel
A. V. V. Raymond
University
Timothy E. Wilcox
Franklin H. Hough
Norman E. Webster, Jr
Dana J. Wood
Philip J. Ryan
Briand Proposal Opens Room for Church Negotiations
Paris reports say moderate Catholic organs and lay observers welcome M Briand’s instructions to prefects on church parish relations, viewing them as a path to concessions and potential negotiations. Cardinal Richard gathers Paris priests to convey guidance, while Vatican agencies remain reticent awaiting Briand’s circular text on church property leases.
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Paris
M. Briand
Richard
Holland's New Constitution Proposal Reforms Monarchic Succession
The Hague report from the commission revising Holland’s constitution suggests shifting succession rules after abdication, enabling the States General to determine succession in emergencies. It recommends state approval for treaties, proportional representation, women's eligibility for election, and candidate qualifications for both chambers with the first chamber gaining amend and approve powers except on budgets.
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the Hague
Web
Holland
States-General
Alsc
Redmond Re-elected Leader of Irish Parliamentary Party
Dublin February 4 The Irish Parliamentary party unanimously re elected John Redmond as chairman of the party It was decided not to readmit Daniel D Sheehan who resigned his Cork middle division seat in protest over alleged party treatment and was re elected unopposed in May 1901 for that division
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Dublin
Irish Parliamentary Party Today
John Redmond
Daniel D. Sheehan
House of Commons
Cork
King and Queen Visit Fallieres in Paris Ride to Versailles
In Paris on February 4, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra met President Fallieres and Mme Fallieres. They did not appear publicly but toured in an automobile to Versailles where they were guests of Detaille at luncheon. They then toured the Versailles palace galleries and museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eline Edward
Queen Alexandra
Fallieret
Mme. Fallieres
Versailles
Detaille
Palace of Versailles
Dr Brown addresses Washington teachers on education progress
Dr Elmer RK Brown the new Commissioner of Education spoke to Washington teachers at Central High School. Introduced by Percy M. Hughes he reviewed progress in higher and secondary education, praised city and county supervision improvements, claimed sectarianism in public schools was eliminated without harming moral training, and noted expanded curricula.
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Elmer RK. Brown
Washington
Central High School
United States
Percy M. Hughes
Adoption Drama Highlights Peculiar Family Ties
Three adoption petitions were filed in the District Supreme Court by residents seeking to make adoptees legal heirs. Cases include Davis adopting grandson Herman C. Davis Jr and Belt adopting Pearl Milton from St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. Simonds seek to adopt Forest C Newcomb and rename him Forest John Simonds. Other items note the funeral of Mrs Harriet Leavenworth Gibson and pallbearers. a bakery wagon horse ran amok injuring itself, no one hurt.
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District Supreme Court
Frank P. Davis
Park Road
Herman C. Davis, Jr
Herman C. Davis
Rosa F. Davis
Illiam Belt
Q Street
Northwest
Pearl Milton
St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum
Baltimore
John W. Milton
England
J. Simonds
Forest ¢. Newcomb
Washington Hospital
Forest John Simonds
Schooner A. Catton Ashore Near Ocean City MD
A schooner named A. Catton is stranded four miles south of Ocean City Maryland after sailing from Norfolk to New York with a cargo of piling. The vessel is making a slight leak, and the crew reportedly refuses to abandon ship as a telegram from Ocean City station keeper reported to I Kimball of the seafaring service on September 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Norfolk
USA
Ocean City
I. Kimball
Gon A. Catton
Court To Resume Docket After Midwinter Recess
The Supreme Court met yesterday to hear argued and submitted cases and took the usual midwinter recess. The docket will resume on February 25.
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Supreme Court
Motone
Lecture on interior China at Vermont Avenue church
Dr W HDm of Forman Memorial Hospital Young Kong China will deliver a lecture on conditions in interior China at the Vermont Avenue Christian Church near an acre west day February at under 8 buetices at the Du Pot Columbia Christian Endeavor Union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hdm
Forman Memorial Hospital
Young Kong
China
Vermont Avenue
Buetices
du Pot Columbia Christian
Endeavor Union
Hand nailed to a pole in Maryland mystery case
Washington police probe a grisly Sunday morning discovery near Forrestville Prince George County Maryland a severed hand nailed to a Telegraph pole near Washington Marlborough road. Officials note red clay on the limb and a missing finger possibly to remove a ring while deputies recall a nineteen year old bearded head on a pole in Silver Hill now linked to a medical school relic. Authorities seek the stranger seen after a Chesapeake Beach train and compare the case to prior vandalism as they await District Maryland cooperation to locate vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrestville
Prince George County
Atwell Gray
Stansbury
Arthur Suit
Washington
Washington and Marlborough Pike
Chesapeake Beach
Richie Station
Smith
Luft
Silver Hill
Boardman
M. Hampton McGruder
Maryland
Sleuth in disguise arrests liquor violator
John H. Brown known as the hoofing barkeep was arrested Sunday by Seret O C Ryan of the Fifth precinct for violating the excise laws. Ryan, in disguise as a light colored man wearing overalls and a dirty slouch hat, tailed Brown to the corner of First and I streets southwest and made the arrest after purchasing liquor. Brown waived a preliminary hearing and demanded a jury trial in Police Court yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Brown
Seret
O. C. Ryan
Fifth
First
Sergt. Ryan
Ryon
Brown
Bryon
Imore
Houge
Hyon
Funeral of Judge Howard Lander in Washington
The funeral for Judge Howard Lander, who died at his home on 193 H Street, was held yesterday at 2:30 PM from All Souls Church, with interment in Arlington Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce officiated. honorary pallbearers included Frank W. Hackett and others. A note mentioned a gift from Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishers.
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Albrecht
Joan CG
Agnes Flinrick Albrecht
Evening Star
Barbarin
Jane Oliver
Dr. Francis
Sinclair Barbarin
George D
Mary D. Abbott
Christ Church
Georgetown
Becker
William M
Mary D. Becker
Tenth Street
Mars A
John W. Burroughs
Brockridge
Prince George County
St. Thomas’ Church
Croom
Marlboro
Crowell
Henry
Ph L. Crowell
Wilson Memorial Church
Foley
Sixth Street
Michael P
Bertha Woley
Glenwood Cemetery
Freer
National Homeopathic Hospital
C. Clifton
C. C. Freer
Brentwood
Lee
Rockville
Hall
George L
Lucy Senit Hail
Thirteenth Street
Ryland M. EE
Milwaukee, Wis
Mary
Thomas
Richard van Dyke, Jr
New York City
Sauther
Henry CC. Payne
Harriett Leavenworth Gibson
Horatio Gates Gibson
Twenty-third Street
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Hov
Alfred Harding
Rock Creek Cemetery
William Croster
Charles N. Hobbs
R. T. Rutherford
Benjamin Alvord
D. J. Rumbough
Eben Siwitt
Howard Lander
H Street
All Souls’ Church
Fourteenth and I Streets
Arlington Cemetery
Ulysses G. B. Pierce
Fierce
Frank W. Hackett
S. F. Emmons
Perciver Hall
BH. V. Wiley
John W. Davidge
Pickering Dodge
Seattle Post-Intergencer
City Education Talk and Local Incidents in February
Dr Elmer Brown, U S Commissioner of Education, spoke at Centnel High School on educational progress. A milk wagon ran away injuring no one, a man died at Viking dairy, a funeral for George Hall was planned, and Alpha Phi Prive Literary Society hosts a debate on strikes and productivity at Andrew Rankin Chapel. Local injuries include a coal chute fall at a Langdon yeast factory with Grey Stone awaiting treatment.
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United State
Elmer 5
Brown
Céntnel High School
Griffith
Atrest
Itfam ‘Graves
Alana
Seventh_atrest
Loulaiana Avotina
Joseph Pennate
Viking Dairy Farm
Bladensburg Road
John
Dormy
Langdon
St. Peter's
John Morgan
Ils
McCormick
George J. Hall
Rome
Ryland M
Hell
Tact MA
Tauer Tah
Camualty
Atbula
Thaw Case Adjourned to 10:30 A.M. Tomorrow
District Attorney and defense counsel clash over revealing first defense witnesses after an adjournment granted to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Justice Fitzgerald notes juror fairness and expediting the case. Handwriting expert David N Carvalho appears among defense figures beside Thaw, with no statement on his expected testimony.
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Attornay Jerome
Atterney
Délmas
Fitzgerald
Thaw
David N. Carvalho
Harry Thaw
Carvalho
Impressed by Young White in Thaw Trial
In the Evening Mail Homer Davenport lauds Lawrence Grant White son of the murdered architect as he testifies, noting Thaw’s fixation on him. Davenport praises White’s appearance, demeanor, voice, and perceived honesty while Mrs Carnegie listens with intense interest.
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Washington Post
New York
Evening Mail
Homer Davenport
Thaw
Fiarry Thaw
Lawrence Grant White
Barry Thaw
Mr. White
Stenford White
Thaw Juror J S Denee Lived Here Before Trial
Thaw juror J S Denee, No 16, formerly a Washington resident, once worked as a stenographer in Selma Alabama for John H Bridges and later for B S Miel. He followed Miel to Washington and New York as traveling freight agent for the Southern Railway. Friends say he will decide the case according to evidence.
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J. S. Denee
Washington
J. & Denee
New York
Denee
Selma
Ala
John H. Bridges
Southern Railway
B. 3S. Niel
Mobile and Birmingham Railway
Southern
Mt. Niel
Weather Conditions and River Forecasts Report
United States Department of Agriculture meteorology bulletin details a general snowstorm across southern New England and Middle Atlantic states, with rain in the South Atlantic and Gulf states. It notes flood pressures in Alabama and Georgia, snow extending to New England, and varying winds. River readings at Memphis Helena and other cities show falling stages, with forecasts calling for continued declines to midweek, and special warnings along the Atlantic coast from Cape Cod to Hatteras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi River
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Alabama
Georgia
Dakotas
British Northwest
Upper
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Upper Lake Region
Middle Mississippi Valley
Teniesdee
Atlantic Coast
Northwest
Gulf Coast
Steamera
European
Grand Banks
Minslenippi
Memphis
Helena
Eye
Arkanes City
Greenville
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Free Sample Offer
Readers may obtain a free sample bottle of Swamp-Root claiming to prove its kidney liver and bladder benefits. The ad lists symptoms of kidney trouble including back pain frequent urination and nervousness and urges sending address to Dr Kilmer for a sample and informational booklet with testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Bright
Kilmers
Dr. Kismet & Go
Amton, N
Washington Daily Post
Monument Fund Grows for Confederate Arlington Memorial
Rev Randolph H McKim treasurer reports progress in raising funds for a Confederate section monument at Arlington Cemetery. The Confederate Daughter and allied groups push to raise at least 60,000 dollars with pledges of 2,000 per year and appeals to Southern legislatures. Moore Hill attorneys record a five year lease at 123% G Street NW, with $13,000 first term and $15,000 renewal. firm to relocate to new offices upon building completion beside the Colorado Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph H. McKim
Confederate Monument Association
Arlington Cemetery
Sanodation
Moore & Hill
Wilton J Lambert
Recorder of Deeds
G Street
Charles E. Foster
Colorado Building
Fourteenth Street
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Mrs. Simpson
Father
Undertakers
Tailors
Health Office Record
William H. Selden
Mary A. Gallinger
Hotel Normandie
Sarah F. Johnson
4Th St. Se
Abe Smith
Govt. Hoop. Ins
Rosetta Childa
6Th St. Ow
Margarite L. Parker
10Th St. Ep
Yaer
Elizabeth Re Archér
Wisconsin Ave
Marat Callahan
Sears
Barah J. Moore
California Rd
Medford Costa
F St. Na
Anna Fiddle
George W. Sapdier
St. We
ST Fears
Jose I. Rodriguez
Ave. My
E_W.Grove
M.N. Hekimian & Co
13Th
G St
Orlestel
Honduras
Department of Justice
Home For Aged
Presbyterians
M Street
UNION
Briand
Redmond
King
Fallieres
Edward
Queen
Versailles Palace
DR. Brown
Corby Brothers
Brightwood Avenue
Luther Ellett
Girards Street
Elliott
Bf Life In
Judge Lander
A. G. B. Pierce
O'Donnell
Thomas O’donnell
East Capitol Street
Young White
Davenport
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weaver Burray
Muoodsy
Feb
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Hatteras
Bam
Damidtty
Mowry
Munshing
Atta le ‘Aasoets Ag
Binmarck
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Denver
Calo
Galveston
Tex. Helens
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Little Ark
Dana
Ork
N.Y
North Platte
Wis
Paul
Minn
Eran Uary
Salay Bf Waraltate
Ding
Twraten
Hsta
Monument Fund
Arlington
Heurich Brewing Co
Maerzen
Senate
Liege
Randle Highlands
Capitol OF
Capitol
Dupont Chole
U. Be. Realty Company
Ah Wvcords
Te Bresk
Man
Columbie
Glagow
Liverpool
Cevic
Bromet
Maine
Bareetoma
Minneapolis
Lome
Don
London
Uneeda
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