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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
26
A house proprietor settles a postage conspiracy case with a substantial fine. The matter centers on fraudulent activities linked to Mazl order and related parties. Official records indicate a zero-year statutory penalty with a finalized settlement and closure of the matter.
Springfield Lt June Gov Deneen, on recommendation of the state pardons board, decided not to intervene in the death sentence of Herman Bilick in Chicago for murder. Bilick, a Bohemian fortune teller, claimed perjured testimony led to conviction. He reacted emotionally to the announcement saying he would be ready to hang.
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Unclear OCR text outlines a voyage, with references to Manila and harbor actions. Details fragmented but indicates a sail and return trip with possible investments and a distinctive fleet movement. Names and places are obscured, leaving a terse summary of a sailing event and related actions.
Readable fragments describe a Washington trial of pigment durability for mailbox painting, aiming at general adoption. The text references a 12 case timetable, discussions of cost, and laboratory or field testing under various conditions to assess unitarity and long term wear.
President Roosevelt will visit sites in the Midwest and South during a two day tour. The trip aims to strengthen relations and showcase progress of administration programs.
A brown and white mongrel bit three men on the Inerts Third Street Bridge in Hoboken in the afternoon. Dr Ralph Reilly, the only one seriously injured, had his wound cauterized and then obtained permission to keep the dog at his Orange home for two weeks to observe rabies development. The dog was taken to the police station after the incident.
Famous automobilist turned aeronautical figure Charles A Glidden travels to Washington to secure hydrogen gas for a balloon ascent from Omaha. His companion will be the German balloon Pommern’s crew, aiming to beat the St Louis to Paris record with favorable autumn winds.
The government recognizes several new foreign consular officers. Perinaldo Walsh is consul general at New York for Great Britain. William Matson serves as consul of Sweden in San Francisco for California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. Alexander Finn, British consul general in Chicago, covers Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Wyoming. Damea Applewhite Donnelly is British consul at Savannah for Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Thomas Edward Erekine is British consul at St Louis for Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma. Gobart Fraser is British consul at Baltimore for Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Herzhe Iickinson Wagent is British consul at Galveston for Texas and New Mexico. Matthes is vice consul of the Netherlands at Portland for Oregon.
The Fassett telegram case heads to the grand jury with facts about a telegraph altered to include a word that influenced a vote. District Attorney Baker cites possible forgery and notes Julian Tymberiake at the Capital station admitted sending the message with the word inserted.
The Potsdam dispatch reports Germany ready to enter an arbitration treaty with the United States. Emperor and Ambassador Tower bid farewell after a cordial audience. US officials anticipate a formal treaty to be signed in Europe with Senate ratification sought by year’s end.
District government clerks will postpone annual vacations until after July 1 when department quarters move from Lowstana Avenue to the new Pennsylvania Avenue building. The transfer requires all staff, so leave policies prioritize readiness for the relocation in the upcoming weeks. Several officials and staff across Navy, State, Commerce and Labor, and the assessor’s office are planning travels or leave before or after the move, with multiple sends abroad and domestic trips noted.
Wealthy young man Robert Fettene enters a strange contest with a flying device resembling a bat wing. A witness, Valli Wright, describes the apparatus and the event as others from Boston to St Cloud observe. The scene unfolds amid early experiments with airborne gadgets and plans for further trials.
A garbled report claims Gov Magoon declined action on a provisional gubernatorial nomination to a Cuba policy commission. The text mentions a successor being cited and tied to political conditions, but details are unclear and dates are missing.
The Crop Reporting Board bulletin shows spring wheat planted area up about sixty percent from the previous year, totaling roughly 119000 acres more than last year, with conditions on June 1 above normal in key states Kansas and Nebraska and several others. Oats, barley, rye, and meadow conditions also reported near normal levels with area sown higher or lower per crop, as indicated by the bulletin.
Monday zone 5 items include Secretary Taft Metcalf Postmaster General Mayer Senator Bourne of Oregon Senator Warner of Missouri Representative Hepburn of Jow. Justices Victor H Dowling of New York Supreme Court Spencer Eddy and the secretary of the American Legation in Berlin noted in the record.
Governor Hughes called an extraordinary session to push a package of laws. He urges passage of anti gambling legislation for race tracks and measures addressing cattle diseases, notably tuberculosis. Forty five senators attended roll call. Senator Foelker was absent, a pivotal vote for the antigambling bill. The governor notes Agnew Hurt mills defeat by a narrow margin did not settle the issue.
William Emory Quinby former United States minister to the Netherlands and longtime editor proprietor of the Detroit Free Press died Sunday at Grace Hospital. Born in Brewer in 1835 he rose to managing editor in 1863 and acquired a controlling interest in 1872. He led the paper until his Hague posting and returned to head the Free Press in 1897.
Dimond testified before Justice Stafford about knowledge and use of alleged fraudulent methods in procuring public land applications. He described a 1901 Washington visit, Hyde docket cases, and his severance from Hyde on March 1, 1908. He denied knowledge of illicit methods and referenced relations with John A Benson.
A group of Vassar students and alumni held a suffrage meeting near the college grounds inside a cemetery boundary. Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Helen Hay, and Rose Schneider joined the gathering. Speakers urged women’s rights as the group, led by Miss Inez Milholland, sat in a circle and listened to speeches on the wrongs faced by women.
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