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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
18
Washington Post reports Adeline Robinson and Lillian Talbot, two chorus girls, stranded after a musical company folded in York Pa and left them without passage or work. They describe lodging, police suspicion, and a raid on late hours, with judicial actions looming.
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A man fired at his wife in the home of Josepa Duvall and then shot himself. He died in jail after the botched crime and the wounded woman survived.
Frank Rutger, 47, of Baltimore, told doctors at St Joseph's Hospital he shot his left knee to end pain from rheumatism. He said he did not intend to kill himself, just to be cured, and that he may not have been fully sane at the moment. He described enduring suffering and involuntary unemployment due to the disease.
A quiet Pittsburg meeting among Baltimore and Ohio Pennsylvan ia and Vanderbilt interests failed to break a stalemate over the Little Kanawha Railroad holdings in West Virginia. The trio control 75 percent, with Vanderbilt 1 percent and the others 25 percent each. No deal was announced, but pressure to unlock the system grows as talks aim for a possible resolution by mid April.
Snow Hill Maryland April 1 The eightieth annual session of the Maryland Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church convened at Bale Memorial Church with large ministerial and lay attendance Rev J W Trout delivered the conference sermon and presiding officers were re elected Rev J M Sheridan as president Rev W S Phillips secretary and J H Straughn and G J Humphreys as assistant secretaries Tonight’s open conference will discuss Young Men and the Call to the Ministry Local ministers from Washington and area include Rev L O Crous Rev J M Gill Rev J B Litsinger Rev B R Shipley Rev B P Truitt Rev Co M Zipp and Rev T Humphreys
Gov. Glenn, after receiving a reply from President Finley of the Southern Railway, indicates willingness to adjust his stance if patrons press the issue. Finley says the mileage-book regulation is separate from rates and aims to regulate company operations and protect revenues. He offers a fair trial and possible further discussion with road patrons.
Special to the Washington Park reports Dr. T. J. McGuire, a leading physician of Darkersburg West Virginia, fought with Father William Walsh a Lewis County priest who entered McGuire's home and drew a revolver the doctor wrested it away and police later arrested Walsh. Walsh was fined in Police Court for carrying a revolver and rearrested on a state warrant charging felonious assault. Walsh formerly served as the land rector of St Xavier's Catholic Church here.
Elkemah Brooks a Louisa County farmer was held down robbed and attacked by three Black men. They dragged his body to railroad tracks and threw it into a cinder pit. Brooks lay in drizzle all night and later described head and back injuries plus a spine injury from being cast into the pit. They stole fifteen dollars a gold watch and remain at large.
In Greensboro, North Carolina, the Superior Court quashed the indictment against Winstead Fulton for slandering his wife, on motion by Fulton. The case proceeds to the North Carolina Supreme Court, relying on a 1886 ruling in State v Eaton that a man cannot be guilty of slandering his own wife. Fulton’s wife is the daughter of a prominent local citizen.
Special to The Washington Post reports an election set for May 12 in Prince George County on whether to permit liquor, a local option that could close every town in the county on September 2 if approved. Laure and Vansville will not participate, and Hyattsville Calum Kent Surralts and Aquasco districts will have voting restrictions.
In Asheville North Carolina Judge J C Pritchard granted a supersedeas bond of about 250000, stayed all proceedings pending appeal to the United States Court of Appeals on jurisdiction questions, blocking receivers from dispensary funds. Also notes a Rockville Maryland death, a Powder River fire damaging Hurt & Hurt store in Richlands Virginia with 5000 loss, and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal fleet opening with ten boats 1200 tons bound for Georgetown from Cumberland Maryland.
Mr Wu Ting Fang Chinese Minister to the United States spoke at the Current Topic Club in Baltimore on The Awakening of China During the Last Ten Years. He contrasted Chinese and American drinking laws and favored ending opium controls. Court of Appeals notes include affirmances and reversals in cases from Baltimore City and Prince George County with Chief Judge Boyd presiding.
Men and women of Gaithersburg Maryland met Tuesday evening to organize a permanent improvement association. Officers were elected: President J Frank Traxzare, Secretary Vernon G Owen, Treasurer Carson Ward. A ladies committee suggested The Citizens Association on Sanitation and General Improvement. Addresses by Mayor J W Walker and others. topics included extending the Rockville and Washington electric railway to Gaithersburg and potential street lighting.
Charles Miller alias Lewis pleaded guilty in Charlottesville to a baggage theft scheme that plundered railroads of about $200,000. Judge G Burnley Sinclair sentenced him to four years and six months, with other indictments dropped after a plea deal. Miller to penitentiary Friday. witnesses from major railroads testified.
Baltimore April 1 a divorce case ends in absolute divorce for Mrs Algero O Clark of 212 South Washington Street from James J Clark Judge Gorter Circuit Court No 2 on grounds of infidelity The couple ran away to ville Maryland on June 1 and separated in October after he admitted infidelity She claimed he failed to work or support her
Raleigh April 1 The Supreme Court ruled in editor King of Greenville who sold his newspaper's editorial columns to Norfolk and Southern Railway and then sued for payment that the sale is invalid under public policy and improper consideration. Chief Justice Clark delivered the opinion.
Raleigh April 1 The State against Williams from Barker County reports the Supreme Court ruling that the law making it a misdemeanor to bring into Barker County over half a gallon of whisky or brandy is unconstitutional. Chief Justice Clark filed a dissenting opinion with Justice Hoke agreeing.
President Roosevelt sends a personal one hundred dollar check to Governor Dawson for relief of Monongah mine disaster victims. The amount is forwarded to the general committee at Fairmont for distribution and relief efforts.
Eight persons bitten by a rabid dog in Boyd County have been sent to Chicago for Pasteur Institute treatment. The state covers all expenses.
A Paris correpondent reports on the Mme Gould de Sagan affair and de Ragan, noting a court judgment and odd discoveries in his apartment. Fashion advances include sleeveless braided coats in linen pique or silk. Miss Annie M Bevan marries Addison T Dishman in Arlington, Md. The Earl of Hanfurly, linked to William Penn, is praised for colonial service. A New York charity event at the St Regis draws sharp critique of the crowd and prizes as mercenary, amid a rowdy charity bridge scene.
Clemson College confronts a mass student absence as prank leaders face expulsion. The board of visitors may expel over 160 students while the faculty had warned against April fool stunts. A New Orleans report notes the Gelderland two-masted Dutch cruiser arriving at Canal Street with white-painted interiors and officers in white duck.
An advertisement claims Dr Miles Nervine restores sleep after nerve exhaustion. It asserts Nervine soothes tired nerves and revitalizes the entire system, with a testimonial from Mrs Eben sperger of Utica New York and a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
Members of St. Pauls English Lutheran Church gathered at J Grandville Meyers home in Mount Pleasant to plan a branch Sunday school. Rev J T Huddle presided and a committee on constitution and organization was formed. The location to be decided later with resolutions urging formation at the next congregation meeting.
St Pauls Church will celebrate its sixty fifth anniversary with appropriate exercises. The event honors its status as the oldest English Lutheran church in the city and a leading Maryland Synod congregation. A silver chalice gifted by the King and Queen of Prussia shortly after organization has been used at every communion service for 65 years.
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