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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
3
McKee divorce defense resumes in Paris with Labon arguing intravene letters from Mrs McKee and others. Evidence includes coded messages and a long list of correspondences tied to gambling, health claims, and social clashes. The hearing touches on attempts to produce original trust deeds and a coded system linked to Mrs McKee’s fortune.
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A dense display of funeral homes and embalmers with modern chapels and livery services. J William Lee John R Wright Co R F Harvey’s Sons Spears Frank L Spears Sardo Co Thos S Sergeon Thos A Costello Frank Geier’s Sons Geo P Zurhorst and others operate in the city offering moderate prices and round the clock service.
Daniel R Delaney of 848 Lincoln Place Brooklyn pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the first degree before Judge Meione. He is sent to the Tombs for sentence in a week. Delaney, found in a Liberty cave, confessed to stealing from his employer after a friend offered a Carter Handicap tip. He admitted taking $50 then larger sums chasing losses in racing and Wall Street, ending with a substantial loss.
In Chelsea after the great fire a seventh death is reported Frank M Hank aged fifteen died after being kicked by a horse during the blaze Relief funds reach 140000 with rapid subscription and Boston proposes a 1000000 loan to aid prompt rebuilding City to borrow funds for reconstruction as relief efforts continue and more street railway service resumes
Special Cable reports the American Ambassador to Britain Whitelaw Held is seriously ill in London. After a recent automobile trip to northern counties and a YMCA dedicatory address his condition has worsened and he is now confined to bed with a severe chill.
Mount Vernon Ohio April 15 Difford Vernon aged 10 son of Thompson Vernon hanged himself in his father’s home. The suicide is believed to be influenced by the recent death of a youthful cousin whose fate may have affected his mind.
A long list of individuals from multiple towns including Roanoke, Graham, Attena, Hyattsville, and Fairmont are named as receiving marriage licenses. The record notes Rev Weston, Rev James E Stuart, and other clergymen officiating for various couples with partner ages ranging from early twenties to mid-sixties.
Health office records list sixteen deaths and an infant case as of April 15. Names include Magdalena Loehmann 83, Ada Murray 62, Kath H Fifout 24, Annie Hilton 67, Catherine Wallary 75, Mars B Barnet 67, Ganige Wo Landden 78, John W Stewart 65, Edward Rashard 32, John LU Giland 60, Edwin Foleman 11, and a 4 day old infant to William and Margaret Seiler. Locations cover N St SE, O St NW, Corcoran NW, U St NW, 10th St SE, Masa Ave NW, 7th St NE, 824 et uw, Md Ave EW, Pa Ave SE, Congress Heights.
Report from April 15 describes sixty whites and Indians employed in a Nicaragua Mosquito Indian conflict. Indians attacked Prinzapoica Ber and Cane Gracias. whites retaliated, many Indians killed or captured, some beaten and imprisoned. Troops and volunteers patrol, with treachery alleged on both sides. several skirmishes reported.
Dr A Curriden a traveling salesman for a New York tablet house and former Washington physician committed suicide in his Herkimer Hotel room Grand Rapids on April 16 He had lived in Detroit recently and his home was there for months He was about forty unmarried with a mother and two sisters in attendance and was known as a throat and nasal disease specialist educated at the College of Pharmacy Philadelphia His uncle Samuel W Curriden a prominent Detroit attorney spoke of his independence and his early introduction of antitoxin in tablet form.
Grace Logan asks Magistrate Connelly to release Billy Dusty, jailed 30 days for aiding a saloon wreck and policeman beating. She vows marriage on May 3 if paroled and kept in court every Saturday until May 7.
On April 1 Sir George Gibb was named receiver and manager of Underground Electric Railways Company by Speyer Brothers on behalf of holders of 300 000 secured notes and a profit sharing loan. The firm faces financial strain from motor buses and municipal street railways. The District Ratly, core to a Thernes scheme, has also lost money since electricity introduction.
A package received by Postmaster Wisener in Beaver Falls Virginia from Baltimore contained a gold watch a diamond ring a pearl ring two gold bracelets and felt identified as items stolen from E L Hutchinson. The accompanying note suggests the thief plans to discard more and hints at ties to a recent Salem Ohio policeman murder.
The late President McKinley home in Canton was formally transferred to Mrs Rose C lover at a price of 321000. Miss Helen McKinley elected to take the property under the appraisement at 20000. Personal effects of the late Se inane and gifts from the 1896 front porch campaign and White House years are being divided among five heirs.
Lincoln April 15 express firms The American The United States The Adams and Pacific Express today cut express rates 95 percent in Nebraska under the Sibley act. Attorneys for the firms told Attorney General Thompson they would renew efforts to block enforcement of the act.
In Chicago on April 15 Beatrice Schooler a young child model popular with artists in Chicago and New York skated with friends in front of her home. While skating a strap broke causing her to fall and a truck ran over her. She died within ten minutes.
Marion Grey, a young woman who ran a "matrimonial agency" at Elgin Illinois, was convicted of using the mails to promote a fraud and was today sentenced by Judge Landis to one year in the house of correction. The sentence was handed down in Chicago on April 15.
Chester Pennsylvania April 15 The street car strike remains tense as one car ran under police protection and was stoned by strike sympathizers. Officials then refused further protection, prompting traction bosses to threaten operating cars with their own guards. fear of disorder grips the city. In Pensacola Florida April 1 cars ran with state troops at first, then all engines were pulled to barns as torpedo blasts caused brief excitement but order largely held.
John E. Hall claims wealthy Washington relatives but withholds addresses to protect them. He is jailed in Detroit on a forged check charge against E Z A Weil, the business manager for actress Henrietta Crosman. Hall and Wes, formerly from Washington, allegedly cashed a $50 check deemed forged after arriving in Detroit from New York.
Brooklyn police say they solved the Giovanni Carello killing after his body with a sack hood was found in a vacant lot. They accuse bakery owners Giuseppe Bonzetti and Vito Bonzetti, and two other Italians, of involvement after Carello went to collect a $100 loan. Flour sacks matching the ones on the victim were found at the Bonzetti bakery.
Herbert E. Heyl, longtime treasurer of Franklin Institute, collapsed and died at his West Philadelphia home after reading news of alleged embezzlement totaling about 1500 dollars. He had served twenty two years and had just retired when a warrant for his arrest was issued.
New York April 15. Frank Durty an election district captain convicted of helping thirty men register falsely in the Seventeenth assembly district. Sentenced to two years and three months to four years and three months in prison despite more than two hundred forty petitions for clemency. Jury also recommended clemency for Durty.
Korean revolutionists grow active south of Seoul. Two cabinet ministers resign as the anti-Japanese movement intensifies. Military forces will be reinforced to meet the rising activity.
The eighteenth annual Societie des Beaux Arts show opens at the Grand Palais with President Fallieres officiating. The American section features panels by H. E. Abbey and works by Frederick Harrison Jules J. Stewart and Gari Melchers among a broad roster including Myron Barlow Adolphe Sporie Minerva Chapman and many others from across the United States in a tempered Impressionist tone.
Miss Nora Langhorne youngest of the Langhorne sisters hosts a house party at Mirador in Albemarle County honoring Lady Sybil Gray daughter of Canada’s governor general. Mrs Reginald Brookes of the Langhorne family acts as chaperone with plans for Miss Langhorne’s summer England visit to be hosted by Mrs William Waldorf Astor and introduced at court.
Judge Koehlsaar granted a temporary injunction in the United States Circuit Court restraining the Eastern railroads from advancing milk and butter freight rates by 100 percent. The roads, accused of conspiring to raise rates in violation of the Sherman antitrust law, would have taken effect today but the injunction blocks any change until the hearing set for May 4.
Detective T A Blake travels from Martinsburg to Hagerstown to probe the 13 year old Leslie Snyder disappearance. John B Snyder, a former sheriff candidate, alleges his son was last seen in Martinsburg after William Carl allegedly left him at the post office for two hours. Carl was detained and released to begin a search as Snyder suspects a railroad fall and hidden body.
Special to The Weebington East Wheeling West Virginia April 1 A dynamite bomb capable of destroying a block was found beneath the residence of Charles Roberts at Kingstown Wetzel County Roberts a pumping station engineer for the Philadelphia Gas Company received an anonymous letter three days earlier warning him to leave town or face death He is a prominent citizen and a lynching is feared if the perpetrator is caught.
Elbert A Shipley, aged 59, a longtime chairman of the First Tennessee Republican Congressional committee and campaign manager for W P Brownlow, died at his home in Jonesboro, Bristol, Tenn, on April 15.
Special to The Washington Post reports night riders raided tobacco plant beds in South Boston Virginia. damage was limited and there were no indignities to residents. widow of Gov Boreman dies in Parkersburg April 1 from illness. Japanese statesman Sakataani tours America aboard the Haga.
In a heated session at the Democratic hall, Bulger and McCarren clashed over the seating of Kings County delegates. The majority report passed 35 to 84, with McCarren and his allies exiting as delegates to Chicago were seated. a long list of delegates and alternates from each district followed.
New York April 15 The National City Bank took 1,000,000 dollars for Paris as the first gold engagement for shipment to Europe since the October panic. The shipment is due to set sail in time. A drop in sterling in Paris and lower exchange in New York are reported. Germany is bidding for gala in New York. It was expected that gold would go abroad in sizeable quantity. There is talk that Secretary Cortelyou may call on banks for government deposits if the movement grows heavy.
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