05 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
1
Reported from a tense legislative session with Senator Cummins denouncing the measure and threatening to withhold support. The Sergeant at Arms was ordered to arrest members to force a quorum as clerks and stage hands scrambled to maintain order and complete the vote.
The Virginia primary race narrows to Mann and Tucker as supporters claim momentum amid accusations of machine influence. Polls hint at a close contest for governor with factions warning of a big fight and farmers boosting Mann while loyalty to the Prohibition party quotes and state tensions shape the final push.
In a tense Matteawan State Asylum habeas corpus proceeding, Justice Mills aims to close hearings by Saturday with a decision expected Thursday or Friday. Evelyn Thaw’s weekly allowance is at issue as prosecutors and defense present conflicting evidence on her status and Thaw’s mental condition. Caporale’s courtroom disruption by Jerome Caporale intensifies the court’s pace as psychiatrists debate paranoia and the influence of Stanford White’s circle.
The sergeant-at-arms brought absentees to the chamber as it struck eight. Senater Lodge’s entrance restored quorum and Mr Cummins took the floor discussing the steel schedule and higher structural steel rates. Mr Depew warned a steel insider claimed a duty below 300 dollars a ton would strand mills east of the Alleghenies. Cummins countered that he never spoke with a United States Steel officer, nor had New York independents profited in years. He noted iron and steel duty cuts would have brought similar relief to consumers. The Town senator assailed various schedules, deeming the bill as a whole unsatisfactory. the discussion continued on the third page.
Mr Morschauser plans to dismantle the state's case by exposing alleged delusions and presenting ten lay witnesses who will testify on Thaw's knowledge of White. The defense will conclude today’s reading from Nesbit and other murder trial witnesses, with a summation set for Saturday and possible closing remarks the following week.
Wheat slipped below the dollar for the first time in months in Chicago trading today. September fell from 102 44 to 100 28 while December dropped to 99 18 cents as large scale selling by shorts produced substantial profits without a rebound, driven by the Black Rust scare in North Dakota.
A chaotic platform document criticizes a Harrisburg platform for aiding manufacturers while offering little to consumers. It advocates a permanent tariff commission, broader income tax, and reform proposals tied to a Democratic convention. The text references a taxi bill, tariff debates, and calls for fiscal changes.
Irene Wright reports three men in a taxicab assaulted her in Central Park after leaving a home on Thirty Sixth Street. Curzon and Young, two suspected chauffeurs, were arrested after Wright identified them. Young described the alleged events including a ride from Coney Island to Sixth Avenue and the park where she was forced out. Prosecutors seek charges as investigators confirm taxi company ties and the suspects’ involvement.
Paris awoke to a public execution at the Sante prison front as crowds gathered outside the guillotine at 40 oclock. Officials blocked view while police and municipal guards kept crowds back. Parliament refused to abolish the death penalty despite broad opposition and the brutal motive emerged in a butcher named Duehemin aged. He had killed his mother in 1988 during a robbery attempt and was executed without commute.
Theodore Roosevelt and son Kermit arrived at Kijabe Uganda of East Africa on August 4 and laid the cornerstone of a mission church and school for white children. He urged the leading race to aid the backward for higher education and praised settlers’ schools before traveling to Naivasha for camp.
Mary Scott Cassel seeks mercy as Jefferson Market Court hears felonious assault charge against Craig. She recounts alleged advances and a pistol threat, while Craig refuses to drop the charge. The hearing adjourns to Friday as legal maneuvering continues.
Public officials merchants and others attend a large gathering in the sister city on August 12 to back the movement led by The Washington Post and the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Supporters express approval as leaders Macfarland and West receive strong backing while public figures and business interests pledge to travel to the event and advocate for the cause.
Admiral Schley is recovering in hospital from bronchitis and is expected to be out soon. The report notes recent illness and mentions family and medical care, with several references to attendants and a physician.
A tangled tale from Burlingon England reports a Sackville-West kinsman of Lord Mortimer Sack, former British envoy, missing after receiving 30 from Filard Mo Je. A reward of 200 is posted. warrants issued amid a Popular excursion with train plans from Union Station to Harpers Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and Cumberland returning the same day.
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