Guard Denounces Conditions at Occoquan in Anonymous Letter Claim
William H. Kearfott, a former Occoquan guard, asserts he faced high handed conduct at the prison and urges an investigation. He says anonymous letters to District Commissioners prompted by conditions would reveal further issues, but he denies writing any such letters himself. He praises loyal staff and seeks to serve the District government.
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Princeton Eyes Dabney for Princeton Presidency
Spevia reports Charles W. Dabney head of the University of Cincinnati and former Secretary of Agriculture is a leading candidate for Princeton University president. Other considered names include Benjamin Ide Wheeler of California and John Winley of the College of the City of New York. Dabney says he cannot tell if he would accept, calling it a great honor though not expecting an offer.
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Divine Sarah Bernhardt on Votes and American Drama
The famed French actress says women should not hold office but may vote, criticizes millionaire support for a national dramatic school, and urges more American plays. She praises Washington and hopes to meet President Taft, noting plans for future U.S. appearances. Norris attacks pampered poodles as a threat to the American home.
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L Aiglon the Eagle Son of Napoleon in Drama
Rostand's L Aiglon, written for Sarah Bernhardt, centers on Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt, imprisoned and heroic. Set in Austria 1232, the six act tragedy shows court intrigue, escape plots, and Marmont Metternich and Flambeau’s final stand, culminating in the duke’s death and echoed Napoleonic memory.
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Inventor in Police Cell Denies Misspending Funds
Caleb W. Moore, prospector and inventor, told reporters in Washington he faced charges of embezzling 31,300 from the Moore New Power Transmission Company, after being brought from Salisbury, Maryland. He described a life of hardship, claimed many inventions belong to the company, and asserted his impending release.
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Internal stock notes and patent trust dispute emerge
The speaker admits taking about 1800 from stockholders for personal use and promises receipts for expenditures over 2000. He notes a building by Fosburg's wharf and state engine assets worth 600. He says patents were held in trust by a Portland attorney at formation, later turned over to him, and ready for the company on demand.
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World Better, Says Clark Address at YMCA
Rep Champ Clark of Missouri told Springfield gathering the world is growing better. He urged optimism and said progress hinges on education andrefinement, praising America’s school system as a success and urging belief in improvement.
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Penny Lunch Opens At 5 Cent Price For Meals
Hungry newsboys and workers flooded to the Penny lunch room at 304 Fourteenth Street as H W Idine opened the facility offering meals for five cents. 66 patrons bought food at noon including beans and coffee with 6am to 7pm hours and a dormitory for 2 men upstairs at nominal rates.
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Plague Reaches Manchuria Driving Fear Across Cities
Reports from Harbin in Manchuria describe the plague spreading toward Transbaikalia with nearly 6,000 bodies burned or buried on Harbin's outskirts. Chinese residents panic as doctors and nurses succumb, while sanitation workers test locally made serum against imported vaccines.
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Escape from Siberia in a Forest Crossing Story
The New York World recounts Ivan Dann a New York department store worker who fled a Russian jail convoy in Siberia fought through guards and forests with 33 prisoners nine carbines and ninety cartridges captured or killed many recaptured. Dann reached the Trans Siberian Railroad worked as a section hand saved for passage to St Petersburg then New York where he has lived since.
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T. J. Henderson Dead Prominent Illinois Leader Dies of Pneumonia
Princeton Illinois resident Thomas J. Henderson, a Civil War veteran, former Illinois state legislator, longtime congressman from the Forty fourth to Fifty third Congresses, and current board member of the ordinance and fortification and director of the Soldiers Home, died at his daughter's home from pleural pneumonia. He was born in Brownsville Tennessee in 1824 and later moved to Illinois. He is survived by three daughters, all residing in Princeton or nearby. Interment set for Princeton.
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Weather diary outlines unsettled West and snow eastward
The central Rocky Mountain disturbance moved to northwestern Missouri bringing heavy snow to eastern Nebraska, northern Iowa, northern Illinois, and southern Wisconsin, with rain in the interior and southern areas. The East saw generally fair conditions, colder in the lower lake region, and a forecast of continuing snow or rain from the upper Mississippi valley to New England through Tuesday. Winds vary by coast, with brisk northeast on New England, and moderate to brisk north to northeast on the New England coast and Lake Michigan, while the Western storm shifts eastward with snow expected in the Upper Mississippi valley and lake region Monday. Temperature changes are not marked except a fall west and south of the middle West storm center.
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