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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
21
Narrative of a perilous escape where Arn sustains a broken collar bone but secures medical aid and vanishes, later captured near LondonGate and then again pursued by detectives. The sequence includes a window leap, a fatal sprint, and police actions in Fort Worth and Denver.
Attorney General Bonaparte says the government will not run trusts and that receiverships are a temporary relief measure. He notes legal questions but argues analogies support the approach to dampen unlawful features while protecting legitimate interests. He questions Sherman law sufficiency and cites lack of data to judge effects.
The Washington Post reports Secretary Lord announced Frank A Leach as Director of the San Francisco Mint to succeed George L. Gout as Roberta becomes Chicago bank president. The account notes Hepburn of Iowa and a Sagamore Hill conference with the President, plus a ceremonial luncheon lineup and a shipboard anecdote involving Archie Roosevelt and a captain.
A double murder occurred early today in Buffalo. Suspect George Hodson, alleged jealous motive, was arrested minutes after the crime. Victims Peter Forrester a noted saloon keeper and sportsman and Florence Smith, a waitress, died from stab wounds. Forrestel died at the scene and Smith died on the operating table. Hodson, covered in blood, claimed amnesia.
Fragmented OCR lists names and ages for marriages and notices across multiple localities. The readable items reference Leslie Uptullough and Anna Sperm, plus Geboit or marriage notes with several other individuals and locations, but concrete details are unclear.
A former attorney general argues that centralizing authority under a national movement improves control and efficiency, framing opposition as undermining peoples reserved powers. He warns against monarchical law and contends that power should remain with states, criticizing broad reform as a single decisive step to consolidate authority.
A political note contends a long campaign against the governmental plan of the faberation has united a historic leader with large national backers. It claims major interstate companies and insurers align with a centralized authority, arguing it is easier to handle one government than many.
Hendersonville NC July 11 4 plea for State rights against federal centralization by Judge Alton B Parker before the North Carolina Bar Association treads on common law foundations of independence and state sovereignty He argues that only by upholding common law can states retain authority while criticizing federal overreach and the push for centralized power by major corporations and government actors.
Thaw heirs sold 1000 acres of coal lands to Mount Pleasant Coke Company for about 2 million dollars, signaling urgent need for cash. The Thaw estate had withheld land sales per William Thaw's will, aiming to hold assets until an optimal time, while nearby Rhine region vineyard owners planned a July 21 meeting amid industry pressures and protests.
A health office record lists multiple individuals with varying ages and notes. Entries mention Catherine Fo Lioyd, Panabaker, McLeon, Derham, Arthur, Lary, and others with ages described in years and months, suggesting a census or welfare roll from an earlier period.
London July 11 King Edward expressed pleasure at the kindness of the Irish people and praised the Irish exhibition for its craft and industries. In Dublin the same day King Edward and Queen Alexandra attended Leonardstown races with a large, formal crowd welcoming them at the course.
Ambassador Whiterfield unveiled a parish church tablet in Ware Hertfordshire to memorialize Charles Chauncey a Cambridge professor who fled to Ware in 1627 and became Harvard College’s second president in 1642 Reid praised Chauncey for his educational work in America during the brief ceremony.
London July 11 A jury in Lenington Coroners Court found death of Mrs Hancock due to natural causes from appendicitis. Suspicions of poisoning by her husband Walter Swinhuene Hancock were explored. expert testimony suggested possible poison but no evidence remained after exhumation.
Important edicts issued from Peking announce reforms to provincial courts police and industrial tangibles and modern courts of law. The changes will begin in Manchuria and the provinces Pechili and Klang Sur as officials and the people prepare for a constitutional form of government.
Rome reports strong political significance in the forthcoming summer visit to London by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. The announcement notes the visit will occur during the season, reflecting heightened diplomatic activity and regional influence.
A July 11 report notes a push in Germany to require sight tests for motor car drivers. Promoters cite medical and official support, contrasting with current free certificates for chauffeurs based on driving ability alone. They urge testing for vision, color perception, and related issues.
New York Commissioner of Charities, Robert Hebberd, opened a field investigation into two Kings County Hospital physicians, G B Lawson and CR Frown, for performing a June 8 vivisection on two puppies without proper authority. The dogs were chloroformed after four days. doctors claim aims were scientific, to study blood transfusion and grafting. The case remains unsettled, with possible prosecution if cruelty or legal violations are found.
Berlin July 1 Bernhard Denoburg secretary of state for the colonies will leave for Naples then sail to German East Africa to study agricultural and commercial prospects. He has induced several cotton industry representatives to join the expedition to assess growing high grade cotton for the German mills. It is noted that Egyptian quality cotton can be grown there. A movement to organize a company with $259,100 capital to develop large scale cotton production in the colony is under way.
A report by Hose Nau Lumsden and Joseph Kastle of public health and hospital service links typhoid in Washington to Potomac water and hot weather. It notes no major change from recent sedimentation and filtration efforts and stresses water purity, food, and environment in disease control.
Special to The Washington Fasc Providence reports Miss Beth Sully daughter of Daniel J Sully, president of Buchan Soap Co in New York, wed Douglas Elton Fairbanks of New York at Kenneth Ridge summer home Watch Hill. Ceremony by Rev Percy Grant and Rev William Williams. 240 guests from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and elsewhere. Bride in empire satin gown with duchess lace. reception in living rooms amid green and blue decorations.
The thirtieth triennial encampment of Knights Templars in Saratoga ends with officers chosen for three years led by Henry N Rugg as Grand Master at Providence and Henry W Pugg as rector. Chicago named as 1920 meeting site. crowds fill Congress Hall and hotels as parades and drills proceed amid weather and crowd challenges.
Santa Fe system officials in New Orleans disclosed plans to connect their Texas line from San Angelo to the Gulf Coast, creating a new transcontinental route to the Pacific. A preliminary traffic arrangement with Gould interests aims to have Santa Fe and Texas & Pacific into New Orleans by September, shortening the Pacific route by about 300 miles.
The Olympia exhibition’s success leads directors to make the International Horse Show a permanent annual event with two successive London shows and a Paris show planned next. Debates over venue and the French proposal are noted as thousands were turned away. Lawyer Frank Brant of Manhattan is convicted of subornation of perjury in a related civil suit, with his wife Mae Herbert and her husband Wood also implicated and sentenced. Public notice invites employment seekers to The Washington Post help columns.
Justice Maddox in Brooklyn orders a commission to determine Edward Ward Vanderbilt's mental state after his marriage to Mrs. Pepper. Minerva Vanderbilt accuses Pepper of duress via a spell. Pepper contends she is a real medium with spiritual powers. Witnesses claim Bright Eyes influenced Vanderbilt with letters and spirits to fund Pepper’s European expenses.
A July 11 filing outlines exceptions to Judge Chamberlin's rulings in Mrs Mary Baker Eddy property accounting suit. Streeter and Holts for Eddy and Baker trustees challenge appointers as unqualified and seek master or referee changes. Appeals target court decisions on deed validity and trust actions.
Antona Grand Jury to Investigate alleged kidnapping of Manuel Sarabia in Douglas Arizona. Mexican consul Antonio Maza was held to the territorial grand jury of Cochise County under bonds of 1000. Ranger Samuel Hashurst, Policeman Lee Thompson and others bound over on the same offense.
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