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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
16
President Cabrera asserts eighteen ringleaders in a conspiracy against him have been executed. He warns more will die, says the army controls Guatemala City, and business activity has paused as revolutionary sentiment remains strong despite surface calm.
Rubén Darío, Nicaragua's minister to Spain, announces in London a government loan of £1,008,000 to fund Atlantic Coast railroad construction. He says payments from the Nicaraguan Pisto llers and Tobacco Companies will secure the loan and notes recent progress in Nicaragua over fifteen years. He denies reports of mass arrests under President Zelaya and advocates Central American union.
The summer home of Paul D. Cravath, between Locust Valley and Tattingtown, burned this afternoon around 3 o'clock. Furnishings were saved, but the loss ranged from 60000 to 190000 dollars. The Cravath family had moved out ten days earlier. origin undetermined as firemen struggled with water shortages.
Mrs Annie Bryan aged 48 of West 6th Street is fatally injured at Gouverneur Hospital after an automobile collision on the Williamsburg Bridge. The car was being driven by her son Thomas Bryan without the knowledge of chauffeur Thomas Lenane. Passengers included Mrs Bryan’s daughters and Margaret Armstrong. A tire burst near the Manhattan terminal caused a sudden stop, ejecting Mrs Bryan.
Milwaukee April 21 The possible sale of the Wisconsin Central Railroad to the United States Steel Corporation emerges amid plans to link Milwaukee with Gary Indiana and Rockford Illinois. The line would provide a connection from Joliet Gary and Milwaukee to Duluth linking to Minnesota Iron Range mines, with W H Bradford of Cincinnati as president and strains with the St Paul road.
Florence April 22 foundation stone of the Clerk of St James an American Episcopal church to be erected there under Rector Herbert Venable was laid this morning by Lloyd Griscom American Ambassador to Italy Griscom came from Rome for the ceremony accompanied by J Pierpont Morgan and other well known Americans
London April 25 Walter Runciman the new minister under Asquith was re elected for Dewsbury by a majority of 1148 over opponent W Boyd Carpenter Unionist. He is president of the Board of Education.
Republican senators push a compromise that would appoint three retired lieutenant generals as judges to determine innocence or fitness for reinstatement of discharged 25th Infantry soldiers. The proposed trio would be Chaffee, Young, and Corbin, with a one year window for restoration. The Warner and Foraker resolutions face likely vetoes, leaving the compromise as the practical path.
Washington April 23 Senator Lodge is regarded as almost assured to be temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention. He would also sound the keynote for the campaign. Taft supporters favor Lodge for his tact and ability shown in his Massachusetts convention speech. A Beveridge rumor is dismissed as baseless.
Christopher Cuddeback aged nine of 562 Park avenue was struck by Bainbridge Colby’s car at 6th street and Park avenue while skating. His right leg broken in two places. Chauffeur Stephen Dale of 129 East 63d street took him to Presbyterian Hospital and turned himself in to Patrolman Ryan before being bailed out.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland issued a brief statement saying Mr Cleveland is doing very nicely and there is no cause for alarm. He has been recovering from stomach trouble and rheumatic gout since March 16 at a Lakewood hotel with Dr Bryant nearby. his birthday was on the 18th and he may leave for home soon.
Charges of reckless waste were brought at a Republican district committee meeting alleging the city paid 18 cents per cubic yard to dump garbage on its own land near 171st street and Riverside Drive. The Washington Heights Taxpayers Association says annual bills total around 40 000 dollars, with Charles Conway identified as the landlord and ex-policeman linked to Tammany Hall.
A caravan of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and other city dwellers converged on Westchester County for the Briarcliff Cup auto race. Thousands camped along a 30 mile course amid grandstands and crowded lodges, while motorists paid farmers for parking and meals and endured a long, festive vigil despite logistical challenges.
Testimony before the Commissioners of Accounts in the Borough President Haffen inquiry was submitted to the grand jury yesterday. Assistant District Attorney Nott said the testimony warranted action. Several city payroll employees in The Bronx were questioned and the investigation will continue this afternoon.
A Cape May Point blaze driven by a stiff sea breeze damaged six structures, including the Lankenau villa used by the German Hospital of Philadelphia and the Surf House. The total loss reached about 75,000 dollars as several other homes and a church suffered damage or destruction.
A Vienna committee arranging Emperor Francis Joseph's jubilee pageant has insured his life with a British company for 1 750 000 dollars until June next. The policy covers preliminary expenses if the emperor dies before celebrations begin.
Prince Hélie de Sagan fled his hotel in Naples and rented a new apartment under an alias to escape reporters chasing him for coverage of Mme Anna Gould aboard the Friedrich der Grosse. He complained the steamer’s delay worsened his plight and sought a trusted chauffeur after telegraphs and signals between cabbies and reporters. He later found theater seats blocked by journalists and noted America had treated him no better. The prince secured Bertolini’s Palace Hotel apartment overlooking the gulf, likely for Mme Gould, as journalists pursued him.
Governor Hughes served Borough President Bermel with certified copies of charges from the grand jury with two additional counts dated April 17. Bermel must appear or answer by counsel by April 27. Bermel was in Washington Wednesday consulting with Congressman Willetts.
Telegraph dispatch from Sedalia Missouri April 23 reports the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway shops employing over five hundred men closed until May 1 with no reason given. The Missouri Pacific shops employing about seven hundred men have been closed since February 2 and workers do not know when they will reopen.
Willow Branch surged through Joplin rising fifteen feet in thirty minutes as a cloudburst drenched the town. Water reached two and a half feet on Main street with hundreds of clerks seeking refuge on counter tops. two hundred business houses were partly under water.
The United States transport Sherman, absent from this port since February, arrived yesterday from Manila after a sixty two day voyage. Major General Leonard Wood, who boarded at Manila, left the ship at Gibraltar for a brief tour of Europe. The Sherman carried fifty six bodies, including three American school teachers and the remaining enlistees.
H M Myers of Kansas City swallowed a toothpick causing blood poisoning after an accident claim with Continental Casualty. The company balked, arguing no accident occurred. Kansas State Superintendent of Insurance ordered payment or bar from Kansas business.
William Waldorf Astor presented the Chesapeake flag captured by the British ship Shannon on June 1, 1813 to the Royal United Service Museum in London. He also bought the Balaklava bugle and Crimean medals at auction and donated them to the same museum.
Fritz Perugia, brother-in-law to Leopold de Rothschild and linked to the Anglo Jewish Association, committed suicide at the Grand Hotel in Paris. He faced heavy losses from speculations in companies connected to Henri Rochette, who was arrested for large scale swindling. Perugia had a banking career in London and formerly lived in Trieste.
Democrats in Auburn New York reject William B. Harper as state committeeman and authorize Charles F. Rattigan to act for Cayuga County. Speeches by Thomas M. Osborne C F Rattigan and City Judge Richard C S Brummond attracted a large crowd.
A brass band of about fifty boys from the Catholic Protectory Band of New York serenades Governor Hughes in the New York executive chamber after Assembly sessions. The Governor praises truth and upright life and promises to visit the boys. Later the band serenades Mrs. Hughes at the executive mansion.
A noon tornado 20 miles north and 9 miles west of Bancroft Nebraska kills a one year old girl, the daughter of Samuel and Mrs Mangleson. Father Samuel Mangleson injured. all buildings on the Homestead wiped out along with Richard Waacker and Glover homes. Henry Grissman and Henry Schaffer’s houses destroyed. livestock losses widespread.
A cyclone hit Deport in Lamar County near Paris causing the destruction of 25 houses and two churches and injuring several people with one fatality. Elsewhere in Fort Smith Arkansas a tornado cloudburst and hail damaged buildings.
A cloudburst in Shawnee Oklahoma today caused the drowning of an entire Kickapoo family of five. Rescue efforts followed but all members perished. The incident underscores sudden flood dangers in rural areas and prompts local relief actions.
A cloudburst at Newark, Texas, damages the Rock Island Railroad right of way and heavy rains push rivers to rise nearly three feet an hour. The area experiences flood levels not seen in years as continued storms persist.
A Tennessee storm near Rice, ten miles south of Ennis, killed three Black residents and injured three white people. Several houses were destroyed by the event occurring late today.
London report says the Russian government, per a trade journal, has ordered five warships from a Clyde shipbuilder, each vessel to exceed the size of the Dreadnought. An advertisement promotes Great Bear Spring Water as pure and famous.
Albany report describes adjournment after 2 pm as Governor Hughes orders an extraordinary session for May 11 to push anti gambling measures and public service law amendments. It notes race track gambling battles, a Niagara Orleans Senate seat vacancy, and looming campaigns with indicting meetings in Ithaca and Troy.
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