Pardoned Man Delayed to July 19 1907
Kansas City inmate Valjean January alias Charles W Anderson, who escaped from prison, is granted a three month delay before final pardon to show he belongs behind bars. The Attorney General urges restraint on escapes and notes public policy favors reform. Wife sobs at the news. January reacts with quiet disappointment.
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Kansas City
Jean
Ialjean
John Willam
Allny Charles W. Anderson
Anderson
Department of Justice
Army
Navy
Oklahoma
Axton
Nead
Whch
House of Representatives of
Missouri
Will Photograph Mars By Lowell Expedition CamerA
Chicago reports a camer a designed for Lowell expedition to photograph Mars canals and polar caps. The device features a multiple exposure plate holder and a concave lens to enlarge the image, enabling up to many exposures per plate. Each image on the negative is about one eighth of an inch in diameter.
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Chicago
Lowell
Andes
Mars
Selentinc
Preparation to try Hargis and Breathitt feud case
Officers from this county journeyed to Scott county to summon MO special veniremen for a jury to try Judge James Hargis on a charge of conspiring to murder James Cockrilt during the Breathitt feud troubles. Veniremen were ordered to report in court on Friday. Prosecution and defense are summoning about twenty five witnesses each.
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Lexington
Scott County
MO Special Veniremen
James Hargis
James Cockrilt
Breathitt
Five Chosen for Chamber of Commerce Reorganization
President Harper appoints Allen Albert Jr Ernest D Deniel I Ganns Norman Galt and John Weaver to a new membership committee. The group will meet Saturday at 1214 F street NW to review applications as the Chamber of Commerce revival gains momentum despite questions about initial dues and continued membership.
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Chamber of. Com
Harper
Washington Chamber of
Commierce
Allen D. Albert, Jr
Ernest Mi ‘Deniel
I. Ganns
Norman Galt
John Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
Arlington Hotel
Chamber
Willem F. .Gude
Washington
Liners Almost Collide Off Nantucket In Dense Fog
Passengers aboard the German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II claim a near collision with the protected cruiser Bremen in fog off Nantucket yesterday. The Kaiser backed engines and veered as the Bremen also altered course to avoid contact. The Bremen arrived in Boston from Jamestown, Va., reporting the close call at sea.
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New York
May
Europe
Hner
Bremen
Nantucket
Kaiser
Boston
Jamestown
Nantucket South Shoals
Bonaparte Denounces Critics as Falsehoods and Speaks on Baltimore Vote
Attorney General Bonaparte contests claims that his department is languid and ineffective calling them bald falsehoods. He notes increased department work, defends staff dedication, and jokes about headlines while commenting on Baltimore election results and urging allies to pursue better luck next time.
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Bonaparte
White House
Abres
Washington
Questier
Attornney
Baltimore
Mahool
Timanua
Timanus
Adriatic Sets Sail From Liverpool for New York
The White Star Line liner Adriatic departed Liverpool today bound for New York. Launched in Belfast last September, she measures 723 feet in length with a gross tonnage of 26,600 and can carry about 3,000 passengers plus a crew of about 20. The $3,750,000 vessel features new passenger accommodations and is described by builders as fully actuated for its class.
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Liverpool
New York
May
White Star Line
Adriatic
Belfast
Trained nurses strike at Zanesville City Hospital
May 3 report from Zanesville Ohio states nurses walked off their posts after a clash of authority between the matron Mrs Mary Jamison and Dr J G Holston, prompting the matron’s resignation and eight society women joining the nurses to care for patients.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Mary Jamison
J. G. Holston
City Hospital
All Run Down to the Spring Health Condition
Thousands suffer as winter impurities clog systems causing pimples eruptions dull headachy and weak tired feelings. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as the remedy trusted by thousands yearly to restore vigor and vitality.
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Hood
S. Brespartia
Savings Bank Cashes Forged School Check Mystery
Mrs Moore, a district school teacher, claims indorsement forgery after a $60 salary check she never saw was cashed at a Fourteenth Street Savings Bank. Disbursing Officer Rogers reports two checks stuck together and paid to a school employee, with central office detectives investigating the disappearance from the superintendent of schools office on May 3.
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el United States
Miss Moore
Franklin, m
Rogers
Treasury Department
Treasury
Fourteenth Street Savings Bank
Thore
Miss Moors
Lees
Franken School
Central Office
Married couple jailed over vagrancy charge in Washington
Mary Cahill tearfully testified that husband Thomas forced her to street work and report to him each hour at Ninth and G. Judge Himball fined Cahill the maximum $500 or 11 months and 29 days in the workhouse. Mrs Cahill's bond was accepted and Prisoners' Aid Society to aid return to Cumberland Maryland. Police officer Messer testified to overheard talk between pair near Winthrop and G streets on arrest eve. They married in Cumberland a few months earlier and came to Washington about six weeks ago.
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Ife
Mary Cahill
Thomas Cahill
Pollece
Cahill
Winth
G Streets
Cumberland
Washington
Stolen Watches Recovered and Juvenile Court Dates Set
Detectives Burlingame and Weedon recovered two watches reportedly stolen from Mrs. Alice G. Bateman of 1418 Rhode Island Ave. Richard Payne, under John Adams alias, and Lester Johnson, both colored youths, face Juvenile Court as Leo Thomas testsifying. another suspect, Theodore Noyes, is linked to the second theft. William Peachy of Peachy & Hagner plans a two month Europe trip beginning in New York. A London rapid typing record by a Newcastle youth is noted, contrasting Miss Ross L. Frith's earlier Chicago feat.
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Burlingame and Weedon
John Adams
Richard Payne
Alice G. Bateman
Rhode Island Avenue
Payne
de Lacy
Lester Johnson
Theodore Noyes
Leo Thomas
Thomas
Johnson
William Peachy
Peachy & Hagner Real Estate
Europe
Mr Peachy
New York
British Isles
Naples
Europa
England
London
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Ross L.frith
Chicago Coliseum
House, to be fair the President had no idea
A fragmented line suggests a quotation about the President lacking awareness or understanding. The readable portion hints at political context without naming dates or actors, implying a dismissive or critical stance on leadership.
Grant Club refuses to hear Foraker in Iowa meet
Des Moines May 8 The Grant Club once hosting Vice President Fairbanks has refused to cheer Senator Foraker. Liston McMillan Asks to speak on Foraker and peace but the club declines politely. Members say they would hear Foraker but not as a Grant Club speaker, causing unrest among old soldiers.
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Washington Post
Des Moines
Iowa
Grant Club
Fairbanks
Jhas
Senator Foraker
Liston McMillan
Sollater
Foraker
Polk County Republican
Newlands Predicts Bryan Victory in Democratic Days
Senator Newlands of Nevada said Bryan would be the Democratic nominee and likely elected. He contended that Roosevelt Taft Folk and Bryan are all Democrats and a Democratic President will emerge regardless of the winner.
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Newlands
Nevada
White Mouse
Bryan
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Taft
Folk
Sherman Seeks Patronage For Patent Post
Representative James S Sherman of New York met with the President at the White House to press patronage matters in his district and urged appointing E B Moore, currently deputy commissioner, as Commissioner of Patents stating he is eminently fitted for the post though not from his state.
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James S. Sherman
New York
White House
E. B.moore
Patents
Moore
Cooper Quits Race in Wisconsin Senate Ballot Battle
Madison Wisconsin May 8 Congressman H A Cooper withdrew as a candidate for United States Senator on the fifty eighth ballot. Ballot results showed Fisch 22 Watton 23 Stephenson 27 Sanborn 5 Hudnall 7 McGregor 7 and 12 scattering votes.
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Atest Im
Cannon Addresses Illinois House on Prosperity
Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U S House, spoke in Springfield at the invitation of Illinois legislators. He praised national prosperity and democratic government for about thirty minutes and was greeted with cheers as he entered. He warned against surrendering state duties to the federal government, urging states to exercise their own jurisdiction.
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Illinois House
Springfield
Lil
Joseph G. Cannon
National House of Representatives
Ilinois House
United States
Shurtleff
Cannon
Mr. Cannon
New Tax Bills Cause Washington Property Confusion
District tax bills for 1907 mislabel property thanks to new city squares and lot numbers. Old identifiers do not appear on the notices, leaving property owners unsure which parcel is referenced. Real estate dealers report no plat books yet, and a call exists to map old numbers to the new system.
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Washington
Bank transfers building to Bank of Washington for 210000
The Central National Bank building at Seventh and Pennsylvania NW was conveyed yesterday to the National Bank of Washington for 210000 by order of Central National Bank directors. Clarence Norment, president, signed the transfer. The banks recently consolidated under Bank of Washington and operate from the former Bank of Forty-Nation building at Seventh Street and Louisiana Avenue.
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Central National Bank
Seventh
Streets
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Beak of Washington
Clarence ¥. Norment
Bank of Washington
Bank of Washingdon
Bank of Fvee Tynaton
Seventh Street
Srid
Louisiana Avenue
Option on downtown site drives sale near Thirteenth Street
An option on a valuable property in the Thirteenth Street area has been sold through Blundon O'Brien Belt to a Washington association. The price is reported as 52,000, with a sixty day option period and potential further action pending. The deal involves a corner business site in the northwest neighborhood.
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Washington
Thirteenth
Blunidon, O'Brien & Belt
Tifa
Aged Veteran Leaps to Death by Gas in Room
An elderly veteran identified as Donaldson planned his death by pouring gas into a second floor room after locking the door and stuffing a handkerchief in the keyhole. A whisky bottle and pension papers reveal service in Missouri infantry and a pension for head injuries. Dr Sutton certified death by suicide. coroner Nevitt notified. body sent to morgue. Officials in Springfield, Missouri, and Berryville, Arkansas, were seeking confirmation of identity.
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Washton
Secabo
Lockei
Thomas
Sheridan
Donaldgron
Dallas G. Sutton
Coronuer Nevitt
Donaldson
Missouri
Tragedy Victims Funerals Across Cities Set Today
Funeral rites are held or planned for six of ten deaths in four days including suicides and murders. William Alvin Rice to be buried in Monocacy Cemetery Maryland after killing his wife and himself. William A Mottsn to be buried in Rock Creek Cemetery from Wise's undertaking. John G Koeliter faces services at 1682 New Jersey avenues northwest with burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. James Leslie buried in New York after exposing himself to protect a sister during a pistol tragedy at the Soldiers Home. Burial plans vary for Lillian Ries and other victims with services in southeast and at family homes.
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James Leslie
Paula
New York
Allen Griffith
William Barks
Leslie
New Jersey Avenues
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Wiliam Alvin Rice
Monocacy Cemetery
Bellesville
Serricks
Hindle & Bayliss
Lillian Ries
Heckman
Glenwood
William A. Mottsn
Wise
Rock Creek Cemetery
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau May 8
Showers remained mainly east of the Mississippi with heavier falls in Arkansas and Texas. Temperatures rose in the Northwest and were generally fair elsewhere. a mix of showers expected in the Atlantic states and Lower Lake region Thursday followed by fair weather Friday and Saturday. Winds varied by region. special warnings issued for Black Warrior and lower Arkansas rivers. River report notes clear condition at Harper's Ferry.
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U. 8
Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi River
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Arkansas
Louisiana
Upper Lake Region
Atlantic States
Ohlo
Northwest
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantie
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Wince
Grend Banks
Nine Residences Sold by Moore & Hill Firm
Moore and Hill Incorporated sold nine colonial plan houses for Harry Wardman on Quincy and Eckington streets in northeast Washington. The two porch design, valued at 2600 dollars each, attracts buyers seeking outdoor living in a city with long summers. Prof HE Rosa of the Bureau of Standards purchased a Newark street lot in Cleveland Park formerly owned by John Savary, planning a fine residence near Connecticut Avenue with a 71 foot frontage.
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Prof
HE. B. Rosa
Bureau of Standards
Newark Street
Cleveland Park
John Savary
Prof. Rosa
Connecticut Avenue
Equitable Closes Deal On New Fourteenth Street Site
The Equitable Industrial Life Insurance Company has closed a sale for a west side Fourteenth Street lot between H and J streets NW. The unimproved parcel, 25 feet frontage, sold for about $40,000, higher than the $28,000 paid three years earlier by Hugh Reilly to the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Stone & Fairfax handled the transaction. The company plans a five story modern office building with first floor offices and Appleton Jr. as architect.
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Equitable Industrial Life Insurance Company
Fourteenth Street
Hugh Reilly
Stone & Fairfax
Reilly
Chesaneake and
Potomac Telephone Compaany
Appleton Ie Clerk
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Lansburgh& Bro
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William Alvin Rice
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Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street N. W
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Virginia
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R. M. Brown
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Tharp
Maryland Casualty Company
Stcority Storage Company
Fifteenth Street
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Geo. E. Hebbard
Tzitor
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