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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
2
A compact digest of recent happenings from home and foreign sources. The roundup covers political developments, social notes, and notable incidents from various quarters worldwide in a concise, neutral tone.
Federal officials label Moffatt allegations as evasions and accuse him of crime while noting leadership changes in the navy chief position and a surge of statutory actions. Proclamations add 78 000 acres to San Gabriel forest. protests over Goldfield troop withdrawals continue.
The U S battleship fleet sailed from Port of Spain toward Rio de Janeiro with Admiral Evans predicting arrival on January 10. In Trinidad the captains and staffs attended a luncheon hosted by Sir Henry Moore Jackson and later joined the governor at horse races. The crew enjoyed a series of festivities including a garden party and ball games after a Christmas dinner and regatta.
U.S. District Judge Robert E. Lewis freed 18 defendants and quashed most indictments over alleged illegal coal land acquisitions in Routt County Colorado. He ruled the government theory was wrong and that advancing sale of land before entry was not criminal. The case involving Yampa Coal Co. members valued at 500 000 is cited. The government plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
In Frisco under pouring rain before dawn Rev Jere Knode Cooke former St George's Hempstead pastor and 17 year old heiress Floretta Whaley fled with their infant son. They were tracked by a reporter and spoke of a troubled life, revealing he would face Sing Sing while seeking escape with his wife and child.
Elizabeth Tracy Dillingham lies gravely ill as Geoffrey, her husband, faces estrangement from her family. A Thanksgiving crisis brings her parents to the Dexter home where forgiveness and humility redeem old wounds. Elizabeth survives and forgives as Geoffrey reconciles with her father Ephraim Tracy at last.
New York City report confirms Mrs Agnes Young as the nude body found in a pond near Harrison New Jersey last Thursday. Mrs Frank Hull identifies the deceased and recalls Christmas day travels with Young to Jersey City and a luncheon with a man before parting in New York.
Prof. Henry A. Sanders of the University of Michigan announced a long lost saying of Christ from a 16th chapter of Mark found in Egypt. The fragment, dating to the Moslem conquest, accompanies an old Bible and describes Christ's appearance to 11 apostles in Jerusalem after his death.
The body of Thomas Charles Druce was exhumed at Highgate cemetery after 43 years. The coffin held human remains, refuting the claim that it contained a lead substitute as alleged by Robert Caldwell and others.
Carson Nev Gov Sparks called an extra legislative session to meet January 14 to tackle labor disputes at Goldfield and related turmoil in the mining district.
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