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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1907
Page
5
Report shows Zeke Lewis acquitted as jury notes indicate he led a mob that hanged Min A, with state witnesses testifying to the circumstantial case. Judge Favors State as defense contends the evidence points to leadership and participation by the accused. Local patrons and witnesses described tense scenes with cars and crowd dynamics on the day of the incident.
Fragmented OCR text outlines a political notice involving Governor race, Allegany County Republicans, organizational activity, and local party structures. Names and clear actions are obscured, but the item appears to announce party organizing and support within a county chapter and a candidate.
Walter Estiniey shot and killed Preston Flinn after an argument at their Timber Hill workplace. The coroner declined to arrest Stanley, ruling the death an accidental shooting during a struggle at Stanley’s home in July.
Coroner Hav en investigates the death of Charles Donata who died at City Hospital after being picked up on the street. Patrolman Joseph Smythe faces a drunkenness charge and was held in the station house briefly. Hospital report suggests the man was about thirty years old and of German heritage.
Victims of a Clarendon accident filed multiple lawsuits seeking 57 000 each, with total claims surpassing 243 000. Attorneys for the Washington Arlington and Falls Church Transit Railway face a wave of suits from Alexandria area residents. several defendants and court actions are noted as the cases proceed toward possible out of court settlements.
Mrs Marantha Bisson died early Saturday at her home U9 North Fayette Street age mye years. She is survived by one son Wal abennett bog, former husband New Map of Gas Mais Trank, and Liliam superintendent of Tho Nbanuriy gas works. The notice also references amendments to the constitution and legislative sessions.
A woman attempting to cross a trestle was struck by a train and hurled about fifty feet into the river below, as distraught passengers watched. The incident occurred near Pant Rock NC during morning transit, with rescue efforts continuing as authorities investigated the crash.
A public session considered a Broadway moving platform project to ease crowd flow between Fourteenth and Huts streets. The Continuous Transit Securities Company requested a demonstration permit and fuller explanation of an endless belt system. The discussion highlighted potential benefits for theater crowds and foot traffic along the thoroughfare.
A list-like ran of ships departing New York bound for Liverpool, London, Hamburg, and Rotterdam with various routes and ETAs. The notices mention ships such as Queen Mary, Mauretania, Campania, Victoria, and St Louis with ports including Hamburg and Southampton, plus Plymouth and Newark service details.
Special to The Washington Post from Norfolk describes a government funded Jamestown Exposition pier system. Two 20 foot wide grand piers extend 200 feet with a long span concrete bridge over a water basin of 180,030 square feet. The project uses vast piles, walling, dredging, and a 150 foot reinforced arch at the outer end as the longest single span bridge in the country.
Special to The Washington Post reports Daniel Reid and William B Leeds cease daily office connections. Leeds reportedly clashed with the Moores, and Reid moved his office to Broadway's Realty Building. The Rock Island Railroad Company will also locate there, with the Moores to be involved.
Four armored cruisers West Virginia Colorado Pennsylvania and Marsland of Admiral Dayton’s Pacific Fleet are to depart Cavite for the United States within ten days or two weeks. Aiming to mirror the Atlantic fleet divisions, the ships may stop en route at Japanese ports but will likely return home via Honolulu. The move, ordered a month ago, forms a Pacific cruiser division to join Admiral Dayton’s fleet, with Magdalena Bay autumn target practice and Swinburne’s squadron follow-ons shaping further formations. The division’s departure will reduce American naval presence in the area and shift headquarters toward American waters.
Special to The Washington ast Providence reports July 19 that Frank McDonough, a 37 year old George Town College arts graduate of 1893, was sentenced to six months in the state workhouse for vagrancy caused by drink. He won honors in Greek Latin and English, but drank heavily after graduating and has since worked various odd jobs including a mill fireman and porter. He has not seen his mother in Elmwood for five years and told the court he is ashamed of himself.
Special to The Washington Post on July reports a Guayaquil uprising met by police with heavy casualties. In New York the Carnegie Steel board discussed leadership changes, considering Iv an Dinkey to replace Vr Cores and debating the retention of Marielle Gliman's husband as head of the company amid the board’s June 2 meeting.
Report from Put in Bay July 19 describes the first practical demonstration of wireless telephony aboard the yacht Cont radine Huntington Thelma and a shore operator three miles distant. Commodore Huntington and others witnessed rapid voice transmission with no skilled operator required, signaling a new epoch in long distance communication as signals reportedly traveled across the lake and to vessels.
Gen Crozier returns to Washington from the Pacific Coast to inspect the Benecia Arsenal in California. The visit confirms planned improvements funded by Congress and outlines steps to maintain a trained ordnance force and steady supply for the arsenal's enhanced value to the War Department.
Army orders list leaves of abvenea for Lieut Col Piavid and other officers. Various appointments assign officers to artillery, coast artillery, quartermaster duties, and depots with reports to the general staff. Invasions, detachments, and pending duties are noted, with several officers to report upon arrival and await further orders.
Naval records show 4 BW Hodges commended and assigned to duty with Gal. Multiple officers receive orders across ships yards and stations from July through August. Assignments include surgeons, warrant holders, boatswain duties, and Marine Barracks postings with several transfers to Virginia, Nebraska, and Washington DC.
A man named Green drowned while trying to save a dog off a pier. The dog was rescued but Green disappeared beneath the water and his body was recovered later while the dog swam ashore unharmed. Two witnesses and a bystander reported the events as Green and the dog swam together until Green sank.
On a Neshaminy farm near Doylestown a man named Stutz battled a wild bull for nearly an hour after an attack during a Saturday livestock incident. Despite aid from neighbors and help from a horse, he was fatally injured when the bull charged. Stutz held the animal by the horns to protect others but died from the exertion and injuries sustained in the struggle.
Mrs Katherine Clemens Gould will appeal a Supreme Court ruling ordering parts of her separation suit against Luxard Gould struck as scandalous. Her attorney Clarence J Shearn says the final effort aims to place the complete narrative before the court, citing alleged interception of her letters and associations with disorderly persons.
Five people from Philadelphia died and others remained hospitalized after the Elks parade incident. Authorities investigate the cause blamed on a form of illness or crowd-related hazards while hospital staff race to treat the injured.
A reader credits Grape-Nuts with restoring energy and improving health after a year of debility and flatulence. The letter notes clearer vitality, steadier sleep, and a lasting daily use, linking benefits to phosphate-rich nourishment and referencing Navy vessels, Fort Thomas troops, and a slogan claim.
Papers of requisition were issued today for Fred A Magill and his bride of Tree Rockos, confined in county jail in San Francisco. Margeret Magill, daughter of Fred H Magill of Clin, testified about her father and stepmother in a murder case involving the first Mrs Magill, a prosecution linked to an aunt who has long harbored hostility.
Miss Caroline Emmen daughter of Rear Admiral Daniel Emmen died at 11:20 last night at Garfield Hospital after being ill since Friday, age 13, at the family home on Cheyenne Chase. Arrangements not yet made for the funeral. Pedlar Palmer Gets Five Years for Death of Robert Cheat. London July 19. Palmer the English pugilist sentenced to penal servitude for causing the gas house stoker's death after an assault over singing.
An official report details Walter Hieston the broker, and creditors, reaching a settlement under bankruptcy law. Judge Hallam announces the agreement constitutes a composition, with creditors signing on. The court will likely dismiss bankruptcy, with Hieston depositing referee and receiver fees, and creditors accepting notes payable over two years. Assets of the brokerage business to be returned to Hieston.
Mrs Leonora Eisemann dies leaving her entire estate to her husband Jacob Eisemann who is named executor in a will dated April 19. Sophia Ade is named sole beneficiary and executrix of Alexis Adt whose May 30 will was filed for probate yesterday.
Zanesville July 18 a cloudburst over Cannelville a village eight miles south of the city inundated by a torrent. Nearly all inhabitants work in nearby mines. A noon cloudburst sent flood down a narrow alley washing dwellings from foundations. No fires or lives reported lost.
Wallace Warner, eleven, colored, held at Fourth precinct on charge of stabbing playmate Eugene Roane, twelve, in the abdomen with a shoemaker’s awl during a mumble-the-peg game near Four and Saint Lawrence streets. Police deem the wound accidental. Roane was taken from the station to Emergency Hospital and likely to recover.
Emil Simon of New York, arrested in Germany for allegedly causing a woman's death in a motor accident, has appealed to the State Department. Secretaries and diplomats were contacted in Washington and Berlin to secure assistance, with details scarce and no further specifics provided about the incident. The lengthy dispatch mentions ongoing naval and steamboat plans and local recreation notes, but the core item remains Simon's arrest and his request for protective actions from the U.S. government.
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