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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1904
Page
2
A chaotic dispatch details a federal prison transport sending thirty five Black inmates from a district in one mass move. Prisoners, cuffed and guarded by lawmen including Harris and five deputies, are loaded on a train bound for a western penitentiary amid heavy crowds and tense conditions.
In Waycross on October 2 a large crowd gathers for the murder trial of Charles and Hilary Altman and Ivey Harvey. Supporters of the Altman family arrive from Florida as two state witnesses, guarded by deputy marshals, face jeers. Officials fear possible unrest and consider dispatching a military company to Putxsten if tensions rise.
Mr and Mrs William M C Dodge of 182 Thirtieth Street NW return from Haymarket Virginia and check a jewel box in a trunk to be delivered at 6 am Monday. The trunk arrives and opens to reveal the jewelry box missing valued around $600. Police urged to investigate after a transfer from Manassas to Washington Gate and routine checks failed to locate the box.
Mrs Henry Ackerman reported a break in at her residence on INS B street northeast while she was away from 10 am. Thieves took revolver and razor and a gold medal along with cash amounting to 23 dollars hidden behind a velure on the well in the bedroom. A duplicate key was used and neighbors saw no disturbance during the two hours of absence.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Haskell announced that lightweight bread from Baltimore cannot be sold in Washington. Retailers had discussed importing bread after a price rise, but inspectors will curb short-weight loaves. The report notes a slightly larger sale of bread yesterday and ongoing flour sales.
Phomay unylor Maegry was held on three larceny by trick charges after complaints by Greek street figures Harris Mantis Spelt Mannli ates and Peter Alex to Crossing Policeman Jones. In a separate case Joe Grant and Nicholas Munday, earlier charged with affray after a Washington Light Infantry Armory bout, forfeited five dollars collateral as they failed to appear for trial.
Maryland authorities arrested Beverly Hackett a 24 year old colored individual on a housebreaking charge. Sheriff Williams traced the suspect to Washington and Hackett was taken into custody in the Eighth precinct jail and expected to be sent to Rockville today.
The advertisement proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as the greatest and most curative medicine, a vitalizing blood tonic for overall health. It insists there is no substitute and urges insistence on HOOD'S AND ONLY HOODS.
Coroner Glazebrook testified death of Margaret Hale resulted from a criminal operation. Detectives Evans and Barr reported interviewing the defendant Dr Joseph C Ohlendorf, who is charged with causing Hale's death at Brentmar Sanitarium. Jury selection began as the case proceeded with autopsy findings and doctor statements outlining alleged patient examination and transfer to Brentmar Institute.
An Apricotture weather forecast covers a broad region from the Mid Atlantic to the Great Lakes with warmer and colder surges, possible snow or rain in the Upper Lake region, and storm warnings on the Texas coast. A half interest in the Coal River and Western Railroad was sold at a stockholders meeting to W C Boroul of Chester Pa, with the railroad running twenty five miles from St Albany through timber lands and now owned by Aproul, Watts, and J Morgan Olcott.
Twenty persons aboard the steamer Ionian face detention at the request of US immigration officers. They hold U S naturalization papers, with possible irregularities under review in Washington. Mitchell family of eleven and another headed by a man from Boston seek counsel to contest detention amid deportation suspicions and prior cases on similar descriptions.
Christopher D. Marsh, manager of the National Contect Company, was held under a 500 bond to await grand jury action for violating District gambling laws. The case centers on a guessing contest offering 25 cent chances to predict the total votes for the winning presidential candidate, with prizes up to 250,000. Prosecutors cited raids and confiscated literature as evidence.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train derailed west of Neal Kansas due to a broken rail injuring twenty six people, eight seriously. The baggage, smoking, and chair cars overturned as the train left the track. William Jackson and Philip Rideout were jailed on a housebreaking charge, alleged to have broken into the cant boat Anna Talwe on September 15 and stolen a shotgun and a razor.
A sketchy medical note warns typhoid germs contaminate water or milk and multiply rapidly in the body, stressing health, blood, and liver. It cites Dr. Pierce of Buffalo and extols Golden Medical Discovery as a dependable tonic and alterative, stronger than cod liver oil, for improving digestion and weight.
A long survey of patentees whose names echo their devices from plow springs to money boxes and rifles. It notes how inventors like Wheat Stone Hoard and Cynders Carver spurred similarly named tools, while even parent choices produced a parade of amusing given and family names across fuel, traps, machinery, and firearms.
Poetic line exalts Mr Tudwig Magnus Hans Marius Dabms, declaring him apart from others. The quotation mentions Mellen Bray, Love Straw, Sandy Pin, Silas Shawn, and Abraham Duck as secondary figures and expresses that words fail to fully capture the thought they evoke.
A New York World report notes an upcoming semi annual auction including John D Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie listed items. Unclaimed and abandoned goods from the United States warehouse include a reportedly empty jug attributed to Rockefeller and two paintings once intended for Carnegie.
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