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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
8
Stock market uptick follows prediction of growth checks after a Provincetown speech next Tuesday. Analysts note administration signals to curb pessimism and view Hartman’s influence curtailment as a possibility, with trading activity reflecting cautious optimism and reassurances to investors.
A damaged OCR list records numerous names and vows related to marriages and licenses. The text includes multiple individuals with titles such as Rev and references to places, ages, and possible witnesses, but the legibility is poor and many details are uncertain.
A dense OCR of funeral directors and embalmers appears with numerous firm names and proprietor mentions. The list includes J William Lee Abdoemiree Laryia Sirey Crematorium Monete Bean Nann and WM H Sardo & Co among others, plus George Pearhorst Hindle & Bayliss and Frank Geier's Sons, with various city addresses and endorsing phrases and calls for reasonable terms.
Health office ledger lists infant Akylom Isaoa Tee Wood and Snephyne Sarton among deaths. Notable entries include Jennie Derry Waublngton Anslum 42, Willowy Magruder Vreedoom 32, Theodore Dake Georgeconn Hospital, Rachel Hares 34, Hele eB yearn, Samuel Clarke 42, Mary Boone Government Hospital for the Tewano, Malia A Ferma 30.
A Teutonic passenger, William Hodge a coal trimmer, leaped from the promenade deck in a heat exhausted frenzy. Passengers witnessed the plunge and a rapid lifeboat rescue as Hodge was pulled from the sea and brought to the ship's hospital in a delirious condition.
Trustees of the New York Life Insurance Company nominate an administration ticket for the trustees election set for April 8 next year. Most nominees serve on the parent board. new names include William R. Innes of Newark and Rowland G Hazard of Peacevale, with two exceptions among candidates.
Lee A Stubblefield sues his brother Thomas W Stubblefield alleging abuse of trust at Stubblefield Banking and Trust Company and Fourteenth Street Savings Bank. He seeks injunctions, an accounting, and a receiver to stop alleged self serving management, misappropriation of profits, and concealment of assets. He claims real estate transfers and encumbrances were made with company funds to benefit Thomas and reduce minority stockholders.
A Polish man, Andrew Kaprucich, arrested in Hoboken while fleeing to Europe with his infant son aboard Hamburg American liner Bluecher. Acting Chief Bel and Philadelphia detectives pursued the case alleging desertion of his wife and a combined charge. He claimed heavy drinking and planned to return to the country, aiming for permanent escape.
A court board examining the cult leader’s rental competency ruled out much evidence. Ber counse says the leader has abandoned high as concerting efforts. A phrase about Malkinys Amums Megnetam is noted as previously said, with a reference to a son.
In New York State a coroner and counsel discuss the term Central Incapacity used for Mrs Mary Baler G Eda amid questions of competency in a case involving an organ grinder named Cleclo Po. The episode on Floyd Street Corona ends with a violent death as the Italian man Spolsito is struck by a stone while fleeing after the organ grinder attack.
A trolley bound from Canavale to Brooklyn on Hamburg avenue saw a crowd of Italian passengers boarding overload cause. Richard OCannell of Liberty avenue Brooklyn was mortally injured when a worker was stabbed amid the chaos. Dominico Coreleo of 2a Pacific street Brooklyn was arrested on cutting OCannell. He was taken to Bradford Street Hospital in serious condition.
A passenger train from Sunbury to Philadelphia was attacked at Fulton station by a mob of about seventy to eighty foreigners armed with stones and clubs. The crew escaped injury as the train sped away, while the attackers shouted threats and cried in unison.
A Pennsylvanian, A Crow of Corneliusville, Pa, is to be elected commander in chief of the Society Army of the Philippines. The next year’s meeting will be at Galesburg. Other officers named include Paral Cxlongo, former first culture ... and Gen 2 Fracvna Bell, junior paymaster general, and TM Gratton, who was named judge advocate general.
A English homing pigeon named Winona owned by Harry Lathrope of Warsaw Indiana, stolen from Adams Express office at Randolph Texas while en route to Abilene Texas twelve months ago, arrived at the Lathrope home. Also, Ralph Hazelton of Fur Hills New Jersey died in a Bernardsville automobile accident, the third fatality in the wreck.
Court session debates whether Mary Baker Eddy holds delusions about spiritual forces and their effect on her business and family. Evidence focuses on alleged malicious magnetic influence and links to property matters, with a ruling allowing some testimony while excluding other depositions.
Nine year old Rose Moses sleeping with a younger sister in the same bed placed a pillow on a window ledge at about 3 AM and toppled over. She was found in the street with multiple injuries and is reported to be in grave condition. doctors fear she may not live.
A lengthy Commons debate focuses on the deceased wife sister marriage bill and church law. Opponents push back as peers argue for and against allowing remarriage in light of prior royal commissions and colonial implications. The legislative path remains fraught with amendments and stalled progress.
Workers led by the Carters strike and related disturbances in Belfast end after settlement aided by general employer concessions. The agreement allows employers to hire freely and resume work by 19 with wage increases likely, easing tensions though some violence from fall harvest disturbances lingers.
Aug 15 Branford Conn. A pet dog alerted occupants of the old Bivens homestead on Short Beach Road to a blaze early today. Mr Edward Riker and Mrs Katherine Staebert and Julius Per of New Haven along with a fourth resident escaped by leaping from second-story windows as flames engulfed the house within fifteen minutes. The dog Jot remained beside the flames as the fire raged.
The American bark Prussia from Norfolk met disaster in the Bay of Fladera. The captain and four sailors were drowned when the vessel wrecked in the straits near Port Townend.
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