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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
5
Erwin J. Wider, cashier of the Russo-Chinese Bank in New York, pleaded guilty to stealing stock valued at 11,400 as part of losses exceeding 500,000 from the bank. Remanded for sentence, he denied salting away funds and described bear markets in cotton and his Wall Street speculation.
The Sargina Fruit Growers Exchange, including Virginia and West Virginia growers, has filed a complaint with the interstate commerce commission. They accuse Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, Western Maryland, and Cumberland Valley railroads of a 26 percent rate increase on peaches and apples effective August 1. They seek suspension pending investigation, citing Georgia’s bumper crop and marketing difficulties in eastern cities threatening continued operations.
In Wireling West Virginia a one year old Syrian girl named Katie Jo Joseph was killed by her brother in law Kallel Adams at the Wiest Verminta Garment Works plant. Adams opened fire causing chaos as workers fled. Police intervened and Adams had previously sold the factory to Mary Joseph.
In Newport News Virginia a family of three was saved from suffocation when a dog awakened Dr H Miller his wife and their daughter as smoke filled their burning home. The lower floor burned out before firefighters fully controlled the blaze.
Ernest B. Graham, assistant chief engineer of B&O Rail road maintenance of way, was knocked from or slipped from a railroad bridge over the Tygurta Valley River near the passenger station in Grafton West Virginia. He and his wife and two children were on the west bank when the accident occurred. Graham, in charge of improvements by B&O in Grafton and vicinity, will die from his injuries.
In Hagerstown Maryland on August 3 two Frederick Keys daughters near Indian Springs were accidentally shot by a hunter aiming at a bird. The younger girl under six suffered heavy shot to face and chest as the gunner John M Lucas of Four Locks and Ezekiel Shoemaker of Indian Springs fired. Lucas was arrested and held in Hagerstown jail.
A two story frame dwelling and store on Ellen street West Hoboken burned early this morning killing four family members including parents and two children. Two other children were badly burned and life was said to hang on by a thread. Fire began in the basement and spread rapidly arousing belief of possible incendiary origin. injured taken to North Hampton Hospital Union Hill. Names of victims not learned in the excitement.
Entry list shows four hundred participants and notes high quality in six prize classes. The Misses Dupont win much applause for grace and skill as prizes are awarded across half a dozen classes.
The thirteenth annual Orange horse show opened with about 3000 attendees and around 400 entries. Exhibits were strong with many fine horses and spirited demonstrations. Notable participants included Mrs. Allen Potts of Gordonsville and Miss Marion Dupont of Montpelier. Prize winners for the first day were announced.
The Hornet, a former naval yacht, may be protected by the U.S. government as it sails from New Orleans for Bluefields with a mixed cargo that could include guns for the Estrada faction. The Madriz gunboat Venus reappeared near Bluefields and Madrid’s representatives seek to block the departure, claiming the Hornet is an expedition. The State Department and the U.S. naval commander in Central American waters intend to deter interference while ensuring legitimate commerce proceeds.
Last night around 10 o clock a band of negro boys threw a shower of ripe eggs at southbound car 161 at Fourteenth and Church streets northwest as four youths boarded. Conductor E Schokey and George Cabbott of Baltimore were bespattered and dirtied, with officials noting ongoing trouble from negros boys boarding cars on Fourteenth Street. The night superintendent attributed the act to revenge amid recent conduct disturbance.
Mrs Alva Willing Astor arrives on the Oceanic from London, listed as Mrs John Astor, greeted by her ex-husband Col John Jacob Astor’s secretary and her son Vincent from Newport aboard the Norma. Rumors of a remarriage or an alliance with Lord Curzon are denied.
Miss Alice Hallowell of Washington and Montgomery County files a circuit court suit for $10,000 against Clarence L. Gilpin of Sandy Spring. She alleges false imprisonment and assault and battery tied to a carriage abduction claim last summer. Her father the late educator James Hallowell and sisters connected to Sandy Spring are noted in bios.
Dr George Murray Stuart, known in Pittsburg and Baltimore, was killed by Edue Wallace in Pittsburgh ten days before his planned marriage to Alice Pauline Simpson of Laws, Va. A simple Methodist service was read at the grave by Rev John Cline, the minister who would have wed the couple in August.
In Enschede Holland on August 3 a wage dispute between mill owners and cotton mill workers led to a complete lockout. About 10 000 operatives were locked out as the chief industry faced stoppage.
Col Edwin A Stevens of Castle Point Hoboken transferred all real and personal property to trustees Robert E L Lewis Frank S Tainter Edwin A Stevens and W Lewis Stevens. Trustees to meet obligations for 3800 to 6000 yearly and divide remaining principal among his children after death. Stevens at Carlsbad Germany. Stevens Institute of Technology options castle Point mansion for student hall.
In Johnston-Willis Hospital Richmond a man named Luther Brown suffers a serious knee injury after stopping a runaway horse hitched to a buggy carrying his younger brother Oliver. He vaulted into the vehicle to halt the run away rig but may have fractured the kneecap.
Dr Samuel A Austin indicted for Murder and malpractice. A court commission found him mentally unbalanced due to a long standing skull fracture from a train fall. He faces confinement in an insane asylum with further alienist exams before possible trial resumption. Austin, a once prominent Roanoke physician, will be sent to Marion asylum tomorrow.
Red Bank New Jersey August 3 Posses patrol highways near Maxwell after Daniel Taylor a 21 year old farmer shot and fatally wounded his wife who had been living apart from him Her age is twenty two with the wife one year younger Police and searchers moved through the woods where Taylor fled after the shooting, intending to compel the wife to return to him.
The Columbia Players present Soldiers of Fortune a four act comedy drama starring Robert Holeson with Blanch Hall in a new lead role at the Columbia Theater next week. The production features elaborate sets and includes Paul McAlister in the former leading role. Also featured is Academy's Three Weeks with Jeane Towler headlining and Friday through Saturday matinees announced plus a note on the Howe New York Hippodrome Travel Festival chronicling historic scenes. Cosmos Vaudeville and Arcade updates follow with new acts and summer improvements including Last Days of Pompeii at the roof theater and Haitian minister Sannon hosting guests Jocelyn and Ramaeu before their return to Port au Prince.
George Washington, member of a prominent Virginia family, dies in Alexandria after collapsing at a cafe table. He had just dinnered. doctors located seat, heat and heart weakness cited as causes. A 50-year-old bookkeeper and railway accident survivor, he was son of the late merchant George Washington. Funeral plans pending arrival of relatives.
In Constantinople on August 3 reports say more than one hundred Christians and Mussalmans were killed in three villages in Syria’s Hauran district by Druses. The government plans a strong military expedition to restore order as Hauran remains in revolt since the constitution’s adoption.
District of Columbia commissioners publish multiple notices in August 1910 inviting sealed proposals. Requests cover furnishing one straight eight gallon tank chemical engine for the Fire Department and related items. Details and specifications available from the Property Clerk in District Building.
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