Convicted lottery operator vows to starve for jail in Joliet
Louie A Gourdain of Chicago, a four year and a half Joliet sentence winner, appeals to the Supreme Court to set aside the writ of supersedeas. He declares he will not eat or sleep until imprisoned, and threatens to build a private prison if denied. He arrived in Washington seeking relief and caused a scene at the Hotel Raleigh with callers and cabbies tipped generously.
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Prizon
Louie A Gourdain
Chicago
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Grosscups
Gourdain
Joliet
Jn Joliet
Raleigh
Gillette Without Counsel in Grace Brown Murder Case
District Attorney Ward and Deputy Sheriff Ingraham returned to Herkimer from Big Moose after arresting Chester Gillette of Cortland for murdering his sweetheart Grace Brown of South Otselic. They search for a tennis racquet and umbrella tied to the crime as Gillette, arraigned before James H Higby, remains without counsel.
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Washington Post
Ullon N
Ward
Ingraham
Herkimer
Big Moose
Adiron+ docks
Chester Gillette
Cortland
Grace Brown
South Orseli
Big Moose Lake
Gillette
James H Higby
Moose
Gillettes
Painter faces bigamy charge with three wives in city
Columbus July 17 William Painter arrested on bigamy charges amid reports of three wives. He allegedly has wives in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Affidavit filed by wife No 2 Casmie O Reans on November 1, 1904 but served only last night due to his absence. Names of other wives are Sidney Zimmer and Edith May Kipp.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Painter
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Painter
Casmie O Reans
Sidney Zimmer
Edith May Kipp
Breaks With Belasco Prints Glass in Door at Theater
Broadway gossip centers on a rift between David Belasco and Mrs Lesle Carter Payne. She allegedly shattered a door glass during a provocative visit while rumors of a feud with Miss Norma Munro swirl. Payne claimed, Belasco stayed reticent at Asbury Park as contract talks and theater plans unfold.
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Washington, Post
New York
David Belasco
Lesle Carter-Payne
Carter
William Louis Payne
Belasco
Carter-Payne
Roeder
Shelter Island
Asbury Park
Oscar Hammerstein
Mr Belasco
Hartje divorce case defense outline disclosed by Miss Scott
Miss Ida Scott sixteen sister of Mrs Mary Hartje testified that envelopes addressed to Tom Madine the coachman co respondent and paper given to servants would account for a contested envelope among the love letters. The testimony aims to explain the single envelope in dispute and to connect the letters to the household staff. The judge urged less out of court discussion as the case continues.
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Hartye
Pittsburg Pn
Hartje
Ida Scott
Mary Scott Hartje
Nuuery
Beatt
Idae
Helen
Fia
Orly
Annie Lutz
Tan Scott
Miss Scott
Asrues Yarens
John F. Scott
Tovich
Susana Wagner
Scott
Susie Wagner
Wagner
John F Scott
Madine
Mary Slocum
Susie Tetter
Martie
Robert Jone
Slocum
Texan Robbed on New York City Street
Wham Preustedt of Waco Texas was pickpocketed on a trolley rear platform in New York City losing 176 dollars and a draft for 800. This marks a second robbery for Preustedt during visits to the city.
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William Breustedt
New York City
New York
Wham Preustedt
Waco
Tex
Bruentedt
Two Lives Lost In Fire At Hotel Park Pittsburg
A blaze at the Hotel Park on Second Avenue and Grant Street in Pittsburgh early today killed James Conway a city employee burned to death and Neal Conners the bartender who leaped from a second story window died after his removal to a hospital John Lawlor a policeman was slightly injured seven family members living at the hotel were overcome by smoke but carried to safety by firefighters the fire caused about 25000 in losses and smoke alarms were delayed until the department responded
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Pittsburg
Park
Second Avenue
Grant Street
James Conway
Jesui
Neal Conners
John Lawlor
Freman
Bryan Remembers Loyalty in Jersey City Visit Plan
Former Hudson County Democratic leader Robert Davis of Jersey City received a letter from William J Bryan dated London promising a Jersey City stop before leaving New York. Bryan says he will go to New Haven after speaking at a New York reception and notes he remembers Hudson County royalty.
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New York
Robert Davis
Jersey City
Hudson County
Wiliam J Bryan
London
Hodson County
Mad Dog Demonstration at State University Summer School
Dean J Downey presented a lesson on handling mad dog incidents for student teachers at the State University Summer School. A dog burst into the room through an open door as he lectured to a class of young women, and Downey fired his revolver, killing the animal.
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Minneapolis
Mion
Dean J . Downey
At the State University
Dean Downey
Couple on trial for murder of Farber mine owner
Edmund E Batley and his wife faced trial before Special Judge Alonzo Burns of Platte County for the murder of Jay Lawder, a wealthy Farber mine owner in Audrain County. Lawder was shot November 26 as he prepared to board a train, the wife claiming Lawder had been too friendly with her.
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Fulton, Mo
Edmund E Batley
Alonzo Burns
Platte County
Jay Lawder
Farber
wAudrain County
Bailey
Killead Lawder
Lawder
Mra Bailey
Dryden to resign as subtreasurer October first
Special to The Washington from Baltimore July 1. Subtreasurer A Lincoln Dryden will relinquish his office October 1 though his term would end January 2. The shift clears the path for C C Pusey as successor with intermediaries Bonaparte and Pusey friends influencing the move.
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Washington
Baltimore
Lincoln Dryden
Pusey
Friends
Bonaparte
Robert Garrett
Fred Lang Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Special to The Washington ost New Brunswick NJ July 17 after three hours deliberation the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree tonight against Fred Lang for the shooting of his niece Katie Gordon who rejected his offer of marriage He will be sentenced Saturday morning Judge Swayze said that in New Jersey nothing was known of emotional insanity unless Lang could be shown not to know right from wrong the jury must consider him guilty The fact that he ran toward the letter he wrote might be properly considered in connection with Lang will be sentenced next Saturday morning
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New Brunswick
Fred Lang
Katie Gordon
Marage
Swayze
New Jersey
Lars
Is Lang
Fell Dead on Wife's Grave in Flowers Act
Special to The Washington Post from Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania July 17 An elderly merchant Peter R. Meixell collapsed and died while placing flowers on his wife's grave, believed due to heart failure. In Boston July 17 Dr J O Howard head of USDA entomology plans federal moth control with a $30,000 appropriation for New England. A new fireproof steamer Jamestown sails 40 miles down the Potomac for weekend all day trips by the W Steamboat Co.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Peter R. Meixell
Boston
J. O Howard
Washington
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
New England
Jammestown
Potomac
No & W Stearbout Co
Page
Starving in mid ocean aboard a British steamer
Special to The Washington Port New York reports that on July 8 two swarthy seamen from the Swedish barkentine Eva signaled distress to the British steamer Vandalia in mid ocean. The crew had endured four days without food after a hurricane wrecked stores. The Eva’s lifeboat brought provisions and a sullen pledge of English plum pudding. The mate, barely able to stand, was hoisted aboard as the crew cheered the rescue.
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Washington
New York
Chine
Eva
Oskershamn
Sweden
Anderson
Montevideo
Havre
Bortswein
Brooklyn
Gibson in the Tombs Over Bond in Kinnan Murder Case
New York July 17 Burton W Gibson former counsel for Mrs Alice Kinnan murdered June 3 in the Bronx was committed to the Tombs in default of 25000 bail after a coroner's inquest found murder by a person or persons unknown and urged grand jury examination. Gibson testified he defended squatter actions, profited from the Stenton property sale, and provided alibis through several witnesses.
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New York
Burton W Gibson
Alice Kinnan
Bronx
GL M Stentor
Cormier McDonald
Gibson
Brooklyn
Patrick McGarren
Tombs
O'Rourke
Wines
Tragedy Near Salina As Father Shoots Daughter Then Himself
July 17 near Salina a farmer named Marty shot his daughter Rachel, twenty one, in the head. He then shot himself. He also fired at his married daughter Mrs Simpson, but missed. Rachel expected to recover. motive not known.
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Salina
Kens
Marty
Rachel
Mre O Simpson
Martin
Food Makers at Odds Over New Pure Food Guarantee
At Cheago July 17 manufacturers of various foods failed to form a National Feed Manufacturers Association at an informal meeting. They could not agree on a committee to draft a uniform guarantee under the new pure food law and will ask the National Pure Food Commission at Hartford to adopt rules ensuring nationwide regulatory uniformity. Terminal Storage Co advertises storage and moving services at 3414 F.
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Cheago
Natiional Feed Manufacturers’ Association
National Pure Food Commission
Hartford
Conn
Union
Higgin s to Meet President Roosevelt Over State Republican Rift
Albany July 17 Governor Higgins aims for a conference with President Roosevelt later this week to discuss the Republican split in New York. Details hint at talks on party rehabilitation as Platt Odell factions push harmony while Higgins fights for renomination amid doubts about who will lead the GOP in Albany.
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Wm Prospect
Oyster Bay
Platt- Odell Coshtion
Albany
Higgins
Roosevelt
Republical
United States
New York
Peace and Harmony
Republican State Organization
Senator Platt
Highland Malls
Ben Owell
Harmony Coalstoo
Newburg
Gov “Higaing
Platt Odell Coalition
Herbert Pargone
Fifth Avenue
Republican Party
Platt-Odell
Gov Higgins
Odell
Higgs
Tily
Newlight
Lemuel Ely Quigg
Quse
Platt
Highland Mills
Plate Em
Oden
J Sloat Fassett
Col
George W Dunn
Harmony Chorus
Rasseu Ang Vunn
Tt 4S
Ter
Ita
Guv Higgins
Frank
Black
Biagek
Guell
State Committee
Melvin Heads Elks as Grand Exalted Ruler Nominee
Judge Henry Melvin of Oakland, Cal, was unanimously elected grand exalted ruler at the Elks convention while Dr Hardland of Montana withdrew. Baltimore and Butte vie for next Grand Lodge meeting city as reforms push new constitution creating executive judicial and legislative branches with a new ritual.
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Hardland
Denver Cole
Henry Melvin
Oakland
Cal
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Montana
RL. Queisser
Zanesville
Ohio
Willac-Ciella
Board of Governors
Panic at Pawnee Bills Wild West Show in Bayonne
A July Bayonne thunderstorm wrecked the Pawnee Bills Wild West Show tents injuring May Lilly Pawnee Bill with a dislocated shoulder and wounding several others. Mothers cried for children as spectators scrambled to safety while cowboys, riders, and staff aided the injured and recovered wallets and jewelry from the wreckage.
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Washington Post
New York
Bayonne NJ
May Lillie
Bill
John T Lampert
Twenty-first
Bayonne
Collision Stirs Harbor As Guernsey Drags Anchor
A violent storm in Newport News drives the Norwegian turret ship Guernsey to drag anchor and collide with the Rhode Island, bending plates and denting a tramp. The Rhode Island resumes underway, possibly heading to Norfolk for repairs while the Guernsey awaits orders and overhaul.
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Newport News
Guernsey
Rhode Island
Nehor
Chesapeake and Ohio Pier
Anchorage
Norfolk Navy Yard
Two Boys Drown Near Chautauqua Lake
Special to The Washington Post. Jamestown New York July 11 two boys Edwin Mc Greand and F W Whysall ages twenty two and eighteen drowned while bathing at Midway Chautauqua Lake at 4 o clock in the afternoon They were members of the Boys Brigade Episcopal Church of Pittsburg camping at Midway The brigade had about thirty bathers in the water at that hour Mc Grew’s body was recovered but the other boy remains missing Both families are well to do in Pittsburg.
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Washington Post
Jamestown
Edwin McGreand
W Whysall
Chautauqua Lake
Midway
Episcopal Church of
McGrew
Pitteburs
Friends Defend Bartlett Name Amid Defalcation Claims
Treasury officials and friends dispute a $19,000 shortage alleged in the accounts of late disbursing officer May Bartlett, saying the figure results from misinterpretation of the law. Investigations into vouchers tied to James W Boyd and post office funds continue, with Bartlett exoneration hoped as authorities review the case.
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Ansel Bartlett
Treasury Department
Treasury
James W Boyd
Marine Hospital Service
Maj Bartlett
Bartlett
Poser
Travewell
Court of Claims
Trrcewell
Supreme Court
Wich
Court of Clams
Bartletts
Washington DC
George A Bartlett
Thomas Stewart
Waslington DC
Spaulding
May Bartlett
Tracewell
Vint Bartlett
Comptroller
Camptroller Tracewell
Pracewell
Wold
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