Kidnapping Tale Unfolds With Threats And False Leads
Dover reports Horace Marvin Jr found near his father’s home proved false after detectives traced a month of inquiry. A skull and crossbones note warned Miss Killen, the Logan school teacher who overheard two men discussing the kidnapping. A NY letter directed the father to East Twenty-fifth Street for the boy, while a Munsey’s employee named William Brunner denied knowledge. Bayonne and New York police broaden the search amid the cryptic leads.
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Dover
Del
Horace N. Marvin, Jr
Kitt's
Marvin
Logan
Misa Lucy Kten
Miss Killen
Redvolvers
Miss Kitten
H. N. Marvin
East Twenty-fifth Street
Bruner
Brunner
Falad
William Brunner
Munsey's Magazine
Ano Uves
Brooklyn
City A Bower of Flowers Leads Easter Florist Boom
Washington florists report an Easter bloom surge with an unmatched display of roses azaleas hyacinths and Easter lilies. The season brings broad sales across varieties from orchids to potted plants driven by mild weather boosting consumer purchases.
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Richmond
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Anya
Women’s Clubs District Federation Meet Tonight
The District Federation of Women’s Clubs holds its monthly meeting at the Public Library with talks on local gloves and forestry law. John E. Lathrop speaks on The gloves of The City Beautiful Mrs Ellen Spencer Massey discusses The National Constitution and DC government Mrs Josephine Arnold Rich addresses Recent forestry legislation Reports on constitutional amendments and club extension run from 7 40 to 8 o clock Three new clubs will join the Federation and the Washington Colony of New England Women will be formally received into membership.
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John E. Lathrop
City Beautiful
Ellen Spencer Massey
District of Columbia
Josephine Arnold Rich
Federation
Charlotte Emerson Mains Chatt
Thomas Noble
Washington Colony
New England
Lace Curtain Fire Blazes Across Two Homes
Firemen answered two alarms last night. A lace curtain touched a gas jet at C. D. Parson's 49 Massachusetts avenue home causing a fire that damaged furniture and drapes. A lamp explosion at Willian Morse's 214 Brightwood avenue residence damaged furniture and oil. Missing boy alert issued for William Carroll, 11, last seen after leaving 226 Twelfth street northeast. Funeral for Mrs Wilhelmina Crews set for 1:00 pm at 1511 Eighth Street Northwest.
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William Carroll
Twelfth Street
Wilhelmina Crews
Wilhebalna Crews
Eighth Street
Despondent Frenchman seeks help after betting loss
Morris Lemoyne a mechanical expert with Western Electric told Inspector Boardman he came to race bets with 200 dollars and Alpenmarchen finished fifth. He threatened suicide but received funds to stay overnight and postponed action for a day. A second man John Munkhey cut his throat with a razor near Four-and-a-half Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. police hospital treatment, home in Philadelphia.
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Iit
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Western Electric Company
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Manhattan
Lady Vera
John Munichbey
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Lynch
Mai
Philadelphia
Browneville shooting witness questions guilt of Twenty-fifth Infantry
Lieut Greer testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee about the Browneville shooting last August. He now doubts the unit’s guilt, citing center-town firing, shotgun and revolver use, and the impracticality of cleaning rifles in darkness. Walker McCurdy testifies rifles in storehouse were unused in the incident. Committee recess set for April 6.
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Browneville
Tex
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Mecklin
Green
Foraker
Walker McCurdy
Company B
Heusen
Lectures on Far West by Woodworth Clum at church
Woodworth Clum gave a travel talk with 425 stereopticon views at the First Congregational Church last evening. He traced the Washington to St Paul route through Canada to Vancouver and Seattle. His audience, mainly Christian Endeavor Union members, will attend the Seattle convention. The talk covered changes since the Klondike rush and is the first of a three part spring series. The April 26 talk will cover Seattle to Salt Lake City via California, and the final talk will cover Salt Lake City to Washington with Yellowstone Park included.
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Canada
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Seattle
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Congregational Church
Salt Lake City
California
Yellowstone Park
Spencer Monument Fund Seeks Last Week of Appeals
A second appeal by J W Vonnelly heads a drive to raise funds for a monument to Samuel Spencer, late Southern Railway president killed in the Thanksgiving wreck. Employees across the system are contributing portions of their salaries, with donors alphabetically logged for a cornerstone vault. Contributions may be deducted from pay via timekeeper orders, and the fundraising books close at week’s end.
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Samuel Spencer
The
Southern Railway
Hood's Sarsaparilla Declared Best Spring Medicine
Marketing copy asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla is now taken by every family member in thousands of homes as a cleansing, energizing tonic that boosts appetite and strength during spring.
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Hood
Defend Their Queen Declares She Had Millions
Detroit dispatch reports followers of Mother Elinor Queen of the House of Israel deny ties to ex convict Dis de Bar. Trustees say Elinor left with cash from a Detroit Windsor stay, including a $2,000 piece of property, while Mrs Mason’s whereabouts remain uncertain and plans to acquire Zion City are discussed amid wealth claims and transfers.
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House of Israel
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Elinor
John R. Swinden
Flying Roller Colony
Mackay
David Livingstone Mackay
Edward Preston
Preston
Zion City
Linor
Windsor
Fox terrier wins home in Harlem Court dog case
Special to The Washington Post reports in Harlem Court Magistrate Walsh rules the fox terrier Baby belongs to Thomas Hamilton and his children Elizabeth and George after the dog performs tricks. Henry Kelly admits possible ownership doubt and is dismissed.
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New York
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Harlem
Thomas Hamillton
Hamilton
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George
Henry Kelly
Kelly
Jerry
Hamltons
Special Sessions Court
Swedish cook ousted by police at West 120th Street home
Special to The Washington Fest reports New York March 29. Police removed a Swedish cook from Mrs Charles L Holt's residence at 07 West 120th Street after a standoff. Attempts at moral suasion failed and officers then used a front porch ruse involving a so called perpetual employment contract to lure her outside before lifting her away.
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Charles L. Holt
West 120Th Street
Rock of Gibraltar
Holte
West 125Th Street
Butt
Armstrong resigns from Casualty Company of America
Robert B. Armstrong, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, resigns as president of the Casualty Company of America citing a recent bout of typhoid fever. He plans to travel abroad for several months rest after leading the company since March 1905 and had been a key figure in combating accident frauds.
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New York
Robert B. Armstrong
the Treasury
The
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Leste M. Shaw
Treasury Department
Treasury
the Casualty Company of Ameries
Andrew Freedman
Freedman
Asphyxiation in Philadelphia bedroom shocks city
A 20 year old Mexican immigrant Jose Rodriguez was found dead from accidental asphyxiation in his boarding house room in Philadelphia. He traveled from Chapultepec to study engineering and left with a letter from Florence Salad of Manchester England proposing marriage once he returned to Chapultepec. In Jackson Michigan a bank robbery at Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Hanover yielded $3000 after a blast alerted residents. Both incidents occurred on March 29.
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Mar
Jose Rodriguez
Chapultepec
Mexico
Rodriguez
Florence Salad
Manchester
England
End Swift court martial ends as Navy to review findings
Fort Monroe Va March 29 The court martial trials of Capt William Swift and Lieut Harry Yarnell over the Connecticut grounding at Culebra Harbor January 13 concluded. Witnesses said both officers did their duty at their posts and attempted to keep the ship on course. The case cites engine irregularities as a possible cause. The court's report goes to Washington for review before release by the Navy Department.
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Mar
William Swift
Harry B. Yarnell
Connecticut
Culebra Harbor
Capt Swift
Yarnell
Washington
Soul of condemned man ends during hurried execution
Leon Specter’s frightened soul departed this morning as he collapsed at the foot of the gallows. Warden Edgar, deeming the situation delicate, waved away doctors and ordered the execution to be hurried.
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Ban Frone
Leon Specter
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Arrest of Mrs. Cake in Norfolk on Blackmail Charge
Mrs. Mattie Cake of Norfolk was arrested in Washington on March 16 for blackmail but released after her cousin, Miss Margaret Dunning, refused to testify. She was detained again in Norfolk at the request of Washington police on a complaint by Morman Hines of 189 Ninth Street NW that Cake stole money and cashed $33 in checks using a woman of her appearance. Hines, a traveling man, had roomed with them February 3 to March 1, and noted checks mailed to him were cashed by Cake. Detectives transported Cake from Norfolk to Washington.
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Mattie Cake
Norfolk
Washington
Morman Hines
Ninth Street Northwest
Cake
Miss Dunning
Pick Struck Cartridge Explosion Fatal in Railroad Dig
Two Italian workers died after a blast in the Pennsylvania Railroad station excavation when a pick struck a forcite cartridge. Foreman Lug Toino and assistant superintendent Frank F. Cowithre were arrested on criminal negligence charges.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Lug Toino
Frank F. Cowithre
Weather Outlook From U S Department Of Agriculture 1907
The March 38 1907 forecast notes a northeastward moving western storm diminishing in intensity from Thursday. Friday’s rain covers the central valleys and Lake Region with other areas dry. Unseasonably warm in Virginia and North Carolina, cooler elsewhere. Saturday shows showers in Eastern Upper Lake Region and New England. Sunday mostly fair except North Pacific rains. Winds vary by coast. Lake Michigan brisk to high westerly.
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North Carolina
Northwest
Upper Lake Region
New England
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North Pacific States
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Chancellor Plans Test for Normal School Graduates
The board upheld no graduation exam for present seniors, while Supt Chancellor will personally examine graduates orally and in writing before diplomas. He says this does not affect rankings, but plans to verify abilities. Examinations run May 2 to 10.
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Committee On High and Normal Schools
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