Harris Trial Ends as Widow Testimony Barred in Murder Case
Harris murder trial moves toward verdict as Judge Turner bars widow Mrs Thompson from stating if the accused ever threatened her late husband. Court heard expert testimony disputes and intense cross examination as McCormick Byrd clash with defense. Prosecution closes as judge rereads instructions while both sides argue over prior statements and weapon details.
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Washington
Warrenton
Harris
Jeph
Hunt
McCormick
Byrd
Turner
Voend
Bradley
Harrs
Stan
Ympson Ld
Warner
Perent
Albert Metcher
Ur C & J
Commonwealth
Keith
Thompson
Questing
Grey
Diet Husbamd
Alpe Thompson
Steichen
Will Appeal Fee Decision In Parker Green Settlement
Counsel for the alleged agents of the State of Virginia in the Prout settlement announce an appeal of Judge Scott’s ruling in the city court. They argue Parker and Enter were named agents by the State for adjusting claims totaling over 1.7 million dollars with provisions for recent sums. The dispute involves loans and counterclaims dating back to 1812 and mentions Senators Daniels and Martin amid efforts for a full settlement.
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Swed
Washington Post
Fanmoud
Parker and Creen
Vegne
Sorgimi
Batil
Shin TV
Daniels
Martin
Virginia
Movements of Ocean Steamers Arrived and Reported
Arrived ships include the Preydent Lincoln from Yor to Liverpool, the Cherboon from New York to Rotterdam, and the Friedrich Wilhelm from New York to Bremen. The Monsoon, Touraine, and Lapland are listed with expected sails to New York or Liverpool. several vessels are reported for departures or arrivals around early spring dates with varying routes via Rotterdam, Naples, and Bremen.
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Preydent
Lincoln
En Yor
Iverbourg
Hamburg
Noordam Tram
Rotterdam
New Fork
George Washington
Tremroon Vork
New York
Touraine
Festa
Yek
Lapland
Anthen Foe
Lenk
Geltei
Ow York
Eirzen Erarbouy
Southern Pacific Fined For Rebating Action
Southern Pacific Railroad was fined zero dollars after pleading guilty in federal court to technical and unintentional rebating to the Penn Fruit Company and the Harris Newmark Company. The maximum penalty could have reached twenty thousand dollars. The case cited an old practice of half rate charges on shipments of fruit and other California products between local points in California.
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Sponial
Washington Fox
Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Pacific
Welborn
United States District Court
Penn Fruit Company
Harris- Newmark Company
California
Califorata
Wilson undergoes operation in Johns Hopkins hospital
Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson underwent a successful operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on October 1. He is reported in excellent condition and is surrounded by Mrs Wilson and medical staff.
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Baltimore
Huntington Wilson
Ieins
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Alexandria County Good Roads Rally and Death-Row Appeals
A Washington Post report outlines an October 18 rally at the Alexandria county courthouse on Fort Myer Heights with speakers including Senator John W Daniel Representative C C Carlin and Vir ginia Good Roads Association president Charles Lassiter. The meeting will form the Alexandria County Good Roads Association and discuss Go od roads bonds and road building. Also noted is an effort to seek a respite for Calvin Johnson sentenced to electrocution for a murder, with lawyers planning to appeal to Governor Swanson.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Wiliam Hodges Mann
Virginia
Alexandria County
Fort Myer Heights
John W Daniel
C c Carlin
Julian Wilson
Charles Lassiter
Virginia Good Roads Association
Alexandria County Good Roads Association
Imn
Killed on first saloon day in Bristol Virginia West
Bristol Virginia opened two saloons after a court ruling upheld a July 8 local option election. Ten carloads of whisky beer and other spirits entered the city this week. Charles Kenny a county merchant died after being struck by a wagon on his way home from town. it was reported he had not drunk alcohol in three years.
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Brstol Va
Virginia
Tennessee
Virginia City
Charles Kenny
Notables Seek Big Game on Northern Arizona Hunt
Postmaster General Dent A Lyon and Delegate Ralph Cameron lead a notable hunting party in northern Arizona within a day or two. Also joining are Count A Lyon, Frank H Uitchcoth, and Ralph Cameron as they travel from Flagstaff to Holbrook to search for deer. Ward Smith and the Arizona natural committee member may join the expedition in Holbrook.
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Dent A. Lyon
Cameron
Washington Post
Arizona
Frank H Uitchcoth
A Lyon
Republian National Comenttes
Fran Lexas
Ralph Cameron
Congress
Jat
Zachan
Flagstaff
Flolbrook
Woa Smith
Holbrook Deer
Dent
Arrest Diamonds Merger Buffalo Man Arrested on Fraud Charge
Buffalo, NY president of the Amsterdam Diamond Company was arrested today on a charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Miller appeared before a United States commissioner and bail was fixed at 400 dollars. Miller's business amounted to about 1000 dollars annually and he denied illegitimate conduct. Federal authorities allege he ran a lottery. A reward of 195 dollars remains for capture of the intruders who burglarized Mrs Bettle Mattley’s apartment.
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Buffalo
Amsterdam Diamond Company
United States
Wo Omer
Bettle Mattley
Thurstay
Mattley
Nannie Mattles
Fifth Precinct
Slayings probe ties revolver to exhumed victim
Bluefeld West Virginia October 1 detective returns from Hurley Virginia in murder case linking revolver borrowed by Little to Meadows son in law killed with ax and two gunshot wounds. Sheriff notes Little planned to flee with another woman and had cash on hand while Betty Justis kept money. Little’s sworn statement at Welch contradicts earlier account. he faces trial in Grundy Virginia.
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Washington Post
Little
Meadows
Juels
Littlie
West
Mia Justis
Welch
Grundy
Buchanan
Maryland WCT elects officers at Westrington convention
The Maryland Woman's Christian Temperance group at Westrington adjourned after electing Mrs Mary R Wastup as president and a slate including Mrs Paulhe W Helme, Mr An nie D Starr, Miss M Alice Wood, and Miss Frances A Csthem. Mrs Ella A Boole, New York, spoke, retelling a tale about Dr Frederick A Cook once a milkman who quit Sunday milk delivery after a church conflict.
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Westrington
Hagerstown
Maryland
WCT
Mary R Wastup
Paulhe W Helme
Annie D Starr
M Alice Wood
Frances A Csthem
Battimore
Ella A Boole
New York
General Missionary Society of the Presbytenan Church
Boole
Frederick A Cook
Methodiat Church
Brooklyn
Wand
Cook
Poisoning attempt at New York Avenue residence
Mrs Marte Smith of 1115 New York Avenue Northwest was rushed to Emergency Hospital after taking a suspected poison dose around 11 PM. Doctor Magader reported the case and police investigated. two daughters, aged 20 and 22, were at the hospital and refused access as authorities sought the substance involved. The patient remained semiconscious with the cause undetermined.
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Marte Smith
New York Avenue
Magader
Mos Smith
Folleomen Holmes
Cullmane Wer
Smuth
Southa
Smith
Miss Harriman to Wed in Quiet Society Match
In New York on October 1 reports indicate Miss Mary Harriman daughter of the late railroad magnate is poised to wed Robert Walton Goelet. Though not formally announced the engagement crosses family lines with expected nuptials soon a hush hush ceremony at Arden Castle seems likely and marks a second Harriman marriage to unite fortune with an American heir. Cornell Harriman Perkins sister to Miss Mary already joined the Gerry fortune through marriage to Robert Livingston Gerry.
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Washington
New York
Mary Harriman
Robert Walton Goelet
J ‘Cs Hartman
Goelet
Quande
Lesper
Hal Top
Arden Ard
Harriman
Mary x
Cornell
Robert Livingston
Gerry
Bryan's Silver Wedding in Tretr Nebr
Mariage Twenty fifth anniversary celebrated at Fairview with a reception. Mr and Mrs WJ Bryan observed their anniversary Oct 1 in Tancolm Nebraska. House decorated with flags flowers and messages from around the world. Three children and two grandchildren at home while neighbors called and joined the celebrations.
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Tancolm
Nebr
WJ Bryan
Fairview
Tretr
Bhe Bryan
Dan McAvoy Dies at 27 in New York Vaudeville Circles
Francis Peter Rear don known as Dan McAvoy, famed comedian and Hebrew impersonator, died early today at his apartment on Broadway. Paralysis afflicted him since mid summer, ending a career in vaudeville and stage with Marie Dressler and Georgia Kelley, after leading roles at the New York Theater in The King's Carnival and The Giddy Throng.
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New
Jeasie May
New York
Marie Dressler
Harry Bulger
Julie Mc Eee
Old-Time Minstrel Dead Lover of Diamonds and Charley Mitchell
Georgs W Moore founder of the Moore-Burgess Minstrels died at 90 in London. Born on Mulberry Street New York he earned the nickname Pony Moore as a child and rose to fame as an Ethiopian comedian. He joined traveling shows, performed pantomime, and entertained with the Christy Minstrels in London. He claimed diamonds worth up to 25000 and once received a ring from the Prince of Wales. He toured with his son-in-law Charley Mitchell the pugilist.
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Mr Moore
Mulberry Street
York
Tom Thumb
Little Fony
Pony Moore
Francoals Hippodrome
Halfway House
Broadway
London
England
Crocker
Christy Minstrels
St James Hall
Moore Dingoss
Moore
Prince of Wales
Edward Vie
Eighteen On Test Ride From Fort Myer To Fairfax Courthouse
Eighteen Army officers aboard well-mounted mules left Fort Myer at 72 o clock on a six hour test ride toward small towns in Virginia. The party, commanded by Col Robert H Bailes, travels via Alexandria Rosalyn Falls Church and Fairfax Courthouse, camping overnight near small towns with a route similar to a recent return expedition.
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Lighteen
Fort Myer
Aiden
Asall
Alexandria
Rosalyn
Palls Church
Fairfax Courthouse
Robert H. Bailes
Yollard
Mormon Coast Atollery Corps
Governors Toland
Fredereh W Sibley
Fourth Cavalry
West Point
Charles Walcox Medwat
Fort Totten
Robert S. Srmil
Pay Department
New York
Chauncey
Baker
Corps of Engineers
Norfolk
Charles T. Potter
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Frederick P Reynolds
Fort Monroe Va
Odus C Mornes
Ordnance Department
Picatsany Arsenal
Dover
Herbert Denkyre
Philadelphia
Wendell L Simpson
Nineteenth Infantry
Amos W Kimball
William Tschanmit
Picatin Uyarsonal
Dover SF
Retiring Col Pratt for Army Board Review
Col Edware Pratt of the Twenty third Infantry faces retirement board scrutiny at Vancouver Barracks Washington after transfer from Virginia in 18? He previously led the Thirtieth Infantry since 1801 and served as lieutenant colonel in the Forty sixth Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War era.
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Edware Pratt
Placeth Infantry
Vancouver
Pratt
Virginia
Twenty-third
Fifth Infantry
Fort-sixth
Flood Relief Donations Rise for Victims and Officials Sent
The American Red Cross, aided by state department funds, contributed 2009 7000 and 1 0 blankets to flood victims near Montecey Nevada. Clef Clerk Field, DOJ chief clerk, travels to Seattle on Alaska-Union-Pacific Exposition business. J R Gasking acts as chief clerk in his absence.
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Nes
Vontecey Mevica
Clef Clerk
Field
Seattle
I Field
Chasf
Department of Justice
Wash
Moors Attack Reconnaissance Force In Morocco
Madrid reports heavy fighting near Sok-i-Jemis as Moors strike a Spanish reconnoitering column. Fifteen Spaniards including Gen. Diez Vicario are dead, ten wounded, and reinforcements for the Rif tribes are described as arriving from the Maza region to aid the Rif revolt near Melilla.
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Zeluan
Sok-i-Jemis
Diez Vicario
Zoluan
Chasseure
Schneider
lGen Vicario
Yaagier
Morocco
Maza
Spain
Melilla II
Molal Hafid
McKim Will Bequest To American Academy In Rome
The will of Charlies F McKim, head of McKim Mead White, filed in the surrogate’s office, leaves the balance of a trust fund to the American Academy in Rome for general purposes or, if the payout to the academy fails, to Harvard University for New York scholarships in architecture for studies in Italy, Sicily, and Greece. Margaret McKim is named as the immediate beneficiary. The estate value was not disclosed.
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New York
Charlies F McKim
McKim, Mead & White
Margaret McKim
American Academy In
Rome
Academy
Harvard University
School of Architecture
Italy
Sicily
Greece
Wilson Mizner Arrested For Desperate Conduct
Special to The Washington boat New York Oct 1 Wilson Mizner, ex wife of Mre Charles T Yerkes, was arrested on a charge of deportment conduct. He pleaded guilty before Magistrate Finn and was discharged with reprieve. The incident ties to a dispute with Theo Gerard, a Broadway showgirl, and owner Edward Margolles over a sublease attempt and a locked apartment door.
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New York
Wilson Mizner
Charles T Yerkes
Finn
Jefferson Market Court
George F Bronson Howard
Theodora Gerard
Mizner
Edward Margulies
Gerard Ives
Knife Slash Tragedy In County Prison Cell
In Almensburg a quarrel over a loaf of bread led Anton Zachissh to fatally stab cellmate Pietro Crambrane with a razor. Zachissh claimed self defense saying Grambrane seized the bread for breakfast, guards reported the two then fought after razor distribution.
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Philadelphia
Almesburg
Anton Zachissh
Pietro Crambrane
Prisoy
Person resigns his post after senators oppose president
A high ranking official resigns amid sharp opposition from South Dakota senators that greatly embarrasses the president. The move signals mounting political pressure as the administration faces Senate scrutiny and allied criticism from regional lawmakers.
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South Dakota
Wellesley Hugger panic prompts revolver patrols at campus
The Washington Post report details a scare at Wellesley where hundreds of girls armed with revolvers patrol the campus after a mysterious figure dubbed the Hugger is blamed for political turmoil. Local authorities say they will search the wooded road area the suspect frequents as officials confirm the scare has unsettled residents and students.
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South Dakota
Presdent
Robert
Intener Department
Person
South
Kote
Wellesley
Sutingane
Jy Igen
Washington Post
James Akingon
Isabel Gradsell
Brooklyn
Forty kisses too many. Bluefield police judge urges separation
In Bluefield West Virginia on October 1 the police judge recommended Ed ward Schneider and his wife seek separation after a dispute over daily kisses. Schneider claimed four kisses daily while his wife allowed only two, and he threatened to kill her when refused. The court dismissed the case after advising a permanent break. Also noted are mint statistics showing 929,259 in month value with 16,085 swed coins minted and other items.
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Washington Post
Bluefield
W Va
Edward Schneider
Schneider
Census jobs attract western residents for civil service exams
Far West residents apply to the Listed States civil service commission to take the October examination for census posts. Officials expect about 1009 appointments nationwide from the exam. Terms range from six months to ten years with average durations near one year.
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Far West
Civl Service Commission
Cenius
Envil Service
Exarmaa
Postal Economy Conference to Reform Public Service
Post Office officials plan a high level conference in Washington on October 1 to discuss retrenchment and modernization. The meeting aims to determine where and how the service can be rendered more efficient and economical with expert input guiding potential reforms.
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Postatie 7
Alender Gantt Sapiint
Geralwa
Ser Ice Fg
Washine
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