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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
27
New York April 19 Albert Walter faced Ruth Wheeler's mother as testimony opened in the murder case. Prosecutor Frank Moss stressed circumstantial evidence while detailing brutal injuries and clues such as a braid and jewelry linked to Ruth Wheeler.
Venezuelan Congress will elect a new executive next week. The event follows President Gomez’s term and includes attendance by government officials and foreign powers sending congratulatory messages amid Independence celebrations. The report notes the transition process and party dynamics within the congress.
In a disputed royal jewel matter the jewels of the Mane Hearetle are settled on Princess Louise as creditors urge settlement. Debts of a princess prompt a bid to heal family rifts, with negotiations demanded by the late king’s estate. The sisters offered to resume friendly ties only if a sealing agreement is signed and audited.
A boiler exploded at a Hungarian match factory in Szegedin injuring eighteen girls and a man. Eleven people were killed in the blast, with several workers trapped or unable to escape. Rescue efforts and investigations followed the accident as officials assess the factory conditions and safety measures.
Charles Lamson of Pasadena filed in United States district court to stop the Weight brothers from making and selling aeroplanes, claiming the box kite construction of their machine infringes his patented design. A Civil Engineers society meeting featured a lecture on the aeroplane by John W. Mitchell and Bernard Green.
Fire swept through the Hunter Store and another building in Detroit center, with both structures insured. Officials say defective wiring likely caused the blaze, which damaged interiors but left contents reportedly secured by insurance.
In Chicago, Mrs Wellie McNamara, wife of a captain in the fire department, killed her daughters Mamie 14 and Helen 12 and herself by gas. A coroner jury found temporary insanity. two other daughters were urged to stay in the room but fled for help.
Telegram from Belgrade reports the death of Col Maschin a key figure in the 1903 Belgrade palace massacre He led a band of officers who broke into the palace on June 20 1903 and killed King Alexander Draga and others defending them Maschin was married to the queen's sister and promoted the tragedy.
Reports from Tenzance and London recount Minnehaha survivors praising crew care and denying mass panic. Kenneth Grant of Harrisburg aided passengers as special train carried evacuees to London. some items like a valued violin were saved. Rescue craft stood by as hope faded for saving the wreck off Bryer Island.
Mrs Florence Mercier widow of Charles E Mercier of Leesburg Va collapsed on M Street Northwest yesterday afternoon and died shortly after. She was about sixty and lived at 1004 M Street Northwest in a boarding house since her husband died four years ago. Pedestrians summoned an ambulance but she died before it arrived. her body was sent to hospital then to an undertaker. She leaves a daughter Florence Marshall of Dunbar Pa and two sisters Mrs Edgar McTray and Mrs T H You Devanter of Leesburg Va.
April 19 reports Mark Twain remains weaker with Mrs Clemens noted as comfortable. Dr Robert H Halsey stays at Stormfield to assist. Sunday School Gives Concert in Odd Fellows Hall raises funds to pay parish house debt. Entre Nous Musical Choir performs two musical comedies The Pirates of Penzance under Mrs Alice Brewster Cassidy.
An old fashioned Vermont maple sugar party will be held Friday evening under the Vermont State Association. The annual affair attracts about 300 to 500 people. Committee in charge expect that President Taft, John Barrett, Justice Stafford, Justice Robb, and Judge Pronty of the Interstate Commerce Commission will be among those present. A Monument for Lieut Selfridge has been erected at Arlington Cemetery by A E Selfridge, father of Lieut Selfridge who was killed in the Wright brothers plane crash at Fort Myer. The shaft stands about 200 feet from the accident scene.
April 18 report of a federal investigation into a so called bull pool in cotton began with four company officials summoned before a federal grand jury. The hearing aimed to determine whether an illegal agreement to control cotton prices violated monopoly and restraint of trade laws, with several names subpoenaed and more expected to testify next week. The case drew comment from industry leaders alleging bears sparked the inquiry to depress cotton values while spinners and mills disputed the government’s intervention.
San Francisco learned Prince Tao Pay Tak brother of China’s regent will skip the planned San Francisco reception and proceed to Washington instead. The postponed events remove a bright, picturesque welcome for the foreign official as the city shifts toward new scheduling.
The fragment argues no firm claim that canals were human-made or natural. It notes no intention to imply habitation by Mart or authority, suggesting uncertainty about origin and observation in the era described. The text reads as a cautious opinion rather than a conclusion.
Mrs Provedence was a city resident who for two years received treatment for another illness at a hospital and mingled with neighbors. Health Commissioner Bi said the woman will be kept isolated and sedated as he doubts leprosy is contagious.
Frosty conditions sweep the valley and Blue Ridge as temperatures plunge toward freezing. Reports from Winchester Keyser Parkerabure Bristol and Hagerstown warn of potential crop damage with snow and ice, while orchardists fear a frost that could kill buds and ruin the fruit season. Northern Virginia fruit belts see a 45 degree drop since yesterday noon, raising concern across multiple counties.
A survey of guests and residents lists numerous individuals at hotels across major cities including Chicago Philadelphia New York City and others. Names accompany various localities with scattered associations to known venues and regions, indicating a wide roll of visitors or patrons.
The eighty fifth annual session of the Grand Lodge of Maryland Independent Order of Odd Fellows closed in Baltimore with election and installation of officers. Dr John S Green elected grand master. Howard P Hartman deputy grand master. Frederick A Groom grand warden. William A Jones grand secretary. James W Chapman Jr and William Grayson as representatives. Rev Martin L Beall grand chaplain. John F Mumma grand marshal. W H Withgott grand conductor. A O Q Gregor grand guardian. George M Righter grand herald. Grand Master William H Varney presented a past grand master jewel by Washington Lodge No 1. John B Goodwin made the presentation.
Rioting in Changsha has ended as a new provincial governor heads there. Americans in the disturbed area reportedly escaped to Hankow, with the Japanese consulate burned but the British consulate unharmed. Property damage is expected to be substantial, while American losses are small.
Dr. W. H. Richardson at Johns Hopkins Hospital reports a new kidney disease surgery method using a fine silver wire passed through the organ. Unlike traditional knife-based operations, this technique avoids cutting flesh and instead navigates vessels, reducing hemorrhage.
New York report shows Mrs. Margaret J. P. Graves left more than 6 18l.00 in estate. Charities receive excess over 200000, appraisers’ figures reveal. Widow of Robert Graves, she married a year before her death on May 20, 1908. Her first husband Henry B. Plant built the Plant railway and steamship lines. She inherited about 3,500,000 after contesting his will which offered her only 30,000 a year. Her second husband gets over 1,000,000, and two nephews about 200,000 each.
Corpl. J D Lehman of the sth company coast artillery on duty at Fort Rosecrans won the broadsword championship of the United States army and the world by defeating Maj. Duncan Ross in a two minute bout. Lehman twice disarmed Ross and claimed the title yesterday in San Diego California.
Pittsburg street car workers reject a small wage increase and push for a three year contract. They authorize their executive to demand a 12 cents per hour rise, with action threatened at the scale year’s end midnight Wednesday across the district. Albany reports Delaware and Hudson workers vote to strike unless higher wages are granted. Conductors and trainmen refuse the offered 9 percent rise. union officers confer with company officials.
Havens election signals a repudiation of the Payne Aldrich tariff and ties to Cannon. Leaders blamed for high prices faced a voter backlash as reformists claim a victory for free-market principles and consumer interests. Buffalo and Boston commentaries emphasize party machine backlash and tariff revision aims.
London April remarks by Chancellor Loyd George reintroduced last year’s budget show a current deficit of 12.24 million dollars wiped out by arrears collection, with an actual surplus of 14.6 thousand dollars. A surplus of 21 million was forecast had the budget passed earlier. He notes whisky consumption fell 1 percent due to higher duties, while spirits revenue fell short by 14 million dollars.
Lemuel Welch, president of the Berea National Bank, was killed by his son-in-law Grover Fish in a Berea drug store. A clerk witnessed the shooting after Welch entered the store. Fish surrendered later and admitted firing but gave no reason. Welch also held extensive business and financial ties and was a member of a Cincinnati grocery firm.
Edward Payson Weston arrived in Batavia amid a driving cold rain and fatigue to fulfill a program. He contributed soil to a memorial tree at the land office after Mayor Atchison presented him a gold badge bearing his four Batavia visits. He then headed for Rochester at 2 am.
Fragmentary OCR lists various ocean liner movements and departures including vessels with origins and destinations such as New York and Esbay, mentioning names like Kronprinseosin and Litvanle and routes to Merutania. The text is garbled and partial but indicates regular transatlantic passenger and mail service activity from New York.
Alexandria political moves center on a Democratic primary to pick one alderman and two councilmen per ward for the June election. With Republicans not fielding opposition, the Democratic nomination is effectively the election. Terms expiring include Aldermen Brill Marbury Curtin Summers and Councilmen Snowden Rishem Baader Birrell Evane Uhler. A meeting at the opera house aims to set plans. several incumbents may not seek re election.
Rev Dr Edgar Woods, a Charlottesville minister and founder of Pancopal Academy, died this afternoon. Once trained as a lawyer, he served as pastor eleven years and later led church work and education in the community. Survived by his wife Maria Cooper Baker, five children and 29 grandchildren.
Dayton source reports Senator Daniel will be brought to his home Monday morning after a time of limited sleep. The patient has improved somewhat but remains in satisfactory general condition following rest and medical care in Daytona.
Henry Lindenkohl of Schenectady married Miss Edith Eberbach in Garfield Hospital yesterday morning after contracting typhoid fever days earlier. Rev. John E A Doerman of Grice Lutheran Church officiated as the couple’s families witnessed the private ceremony.
Roanoke lawyers for the defense entered insanity as the plea in the murder trial of dentist Dr Caybill for the November shooting of Robert Smithers. Witnesses testified Smithers boasted of closeness with Conti's wife, defense argued hereditary insanity and prior signs of unsound mind. The State closed its case and the defense would finish with more testimony tomorrow.
Special to The Washington Post from Warrenton Virginia dated April 18 reports George White a married man and former DC policeman arraigned before Ball Commissioner Turner on a seduction charge. Bail set at 4000 for April appearance. Accusers are two daughters of local prominent families. White retired due to health and disability.
A 4 year old child of Charles Patterson of Pelham North Carolina was placed in a coffin for burial at Hickory Grove Church after being believed dead. While mourners touched the coffin, the body stirred and investigators found signs of life. A physician was summoned but the child died hours later, delaying the funeral by one day.
Special to The Washington Post. Atlantic City New Jersey April 1 Frank Beusel restaurant owner opened the oyster and found 54 pearls varying from small shot to palm size all perfect. He refused a large sum for the pearls and plans to set them in a brooch. A separable twin a mother. spacial cable to The Washington Fist. Prague Bohemia April 1 Two Blazek sisters joined Siamese twins entered a local hospital recently Roza reportedly gave birth to a son yesterday. Mary Mannering Gets Final Decree New York April 18 Actress Mary Mannering wins final divorce decree from actor James K Hackett in Supreme Court Justice Fitzgerald presiding.
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