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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
3
The article reports a senator calling for keeping morale high to avert panic and disaster. It notes concerns about a forthcoming presidential speech and warns against pessimism while urging confidence in government actions and markets.
Fragmentary OCR lists dates and names of deaths and interments across communities. Entries mention Williams, Wood, Sittene widow of Capt Jares Sittene, Peter Wood aged, and locations like Saint Peters, Maryland, and Chicago. Interments likely follow funeral notices with dates in October.
Charles England, president of the Baltimore association, delivered the annual report noting Gov Harris and Mayor Dempsey detained to business and welcoming attendees. The address outlined dual upcoming moments and the association's ongoing duties.
Dr Hubeley Owen, formerly resident physician at Hirpisnopal Hospital, appointed chief police surgeon by Mayor Revburn. He was sworn in at city hall with Director of Public Health Clay and district surgeons present. Owen, son of Alfred Owen, previously served in the U S Navy and studied at the University of Pennsylvania.
A garbled license notice lists numerous names and ages pairing men and women for marriage across multiple locations including Philadelphia and Richmond. The OCR text includes names such as Henry Schmidt, Wa Weber, Elizabeth Holerick, Florence Venera, and Joseph Carmien among others, with scattered ages and partner pairings, but no coherent dates or finalized details. The fragmentary lines resemble a historical registry clipping with inconsistent punctuation and place names.
Fragmented health office record lists deportations and ages of numerous individuals, with scattered addresses and dates. Names include Margaret J Buckelew, Tyra Raymon, Francis Jobnet, Samle Dawson, Allee B Jenkins, Mary A Frances Deanwold, Abner F Joose, and others. Readable fragments mention hospitals, wards, and ages spanning infancy to elderly, with partial street addresses and place names.
The forty with triennial general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States convened in Richmond Va with two houses organized. Bishop Tuttle and Dr McKim were elected leaders, deputies seated at Bruton Church, and a procession marked by royal purple robes. Attendees included English bishops and dozens of U S clergy. The session opened with holy communion and formal addresses as committees formed for ongoing business.
Isidorio Bemi and his wife Vincencio were arrested on the Italian American line pier at West Forty fourth street for attempting to depart with a three year old without a proper account of the child. The child, Ida Stance of 108 Ninth street Philadelphia, was said to be under their charge with Rosa Stama of Philadelphia listed as the buyer of the passage ticket. Examinations in West Side Court were postponed to tomorrow.
A Washington dispatch in the Evening Mail reports President Roosevelt will not seek re election and will not state his position until New York delegates to the Republican National Convention are chosen. Indications suggest he will retire with his term, with many close to the President confident he will stay true to his plan for the country.
New York ironworker Carl Jensen of Astoria was blown from a high beam seven stories up on the Blackwell Inland bridge. He grabbed a beam with both hands and, after a brief struggle, regained his footing and climbed back to safety while colleagues cheered his survival.
Special to The Washington Star reports engineer Caarel Thompson was killed instantly when his Long Island Railroad passenger engine No 7 derailed near Dovena, upending the train and causing three coaches to leave the tracks. Fireman Perkins escaped as the engine toppled. Thompson perished beneath the wreckage while attempting to control the doomed run. The crash disrupted a NY and Brooklyn bound commuter crowd heading to College Point and Whitestone Landing. 200+ passengers were shaken but unharmed beyond minor injuries.
Lancasie reports avers interference by Stuart in delaying tomorrow's execution of Anthony Delend Stephen Carlos Siverso Rodel and Josep Cellone for the murder of Pinto Albamaze at Gap near here on August 30, 1908. Delero and Cellone uphold death sentences and claim the other two bore no part in the crime.
A Boston family links a New York murder suspect to the dead former hospital nurse found in a furnished room on Randall Island. The suspect, George Reamer, denies guilt as police seek motive and reconcile past separations between the victim and her ex-husband, William Quinn, now in New York. Coroner reports indicate death by traumatic injuries mistaken for weapon marks, and witnesses recall recent seeing the suspect with the victim. The case remains under coroner and police scrutiny with the suspect remanded for an immediate hearing.
The article details William D Haywood and the Haywood defense facing Bo rah under Looming pressure with Borah acting as general counsel for Barber Lumber Company linked to land deals along the Boise River. It outlines grand jury actions, alleged political meddling, and Borah's strategic handling of indictments amid the broader timber land litigation and state prosecutions.
In Philadelphia on October 2 a fire believed started by thieves endangered Samuel H Adams and his four children. The intruders fled leaving a loot box. The family woke to smoke and an infant was dropped to safety. The others escaped the second story with minor bruises.
Rear Admiral A. T. Mahan, a renowned naval authorities figure, underwent a surgical operation at a private hospital in New York. Officials said the operation was entirely successful and he is recovering rapidly.
Swarthmore College convenes December 9 to decide on Miss Anna T Jeanes gift terms. The inquiry panel includes Joseph Wharton, Charles F Jenkins, and Howard Cooper Johnson to weigh conditions affecting college finances and the future of collegiate athletics. The 19 member board may tilt toward keeping athletics with nine women, possibly giving men a one vote edge in favor of continuing athletic programs.
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