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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1908
Page
8
Keene, the odds on favorite at 1 to 3, won the Demoiselle Stakes for two-year-old fillies. Woodcraft, at 5 to 1, took the second event, beating Tony Benero in the handicap race.
James Keene captures two victories at Empire City with Velsande and Footpad. Otto Dugan saddles multiple runners as Campeon and Golden Shore place. Notable finishes include Queen Waguet and Lady Baldur among a long field in the seven race card.
Dr Gardner’s horse Great Horse collapsed during the mile race at Empire City. He had previously been treated with nerve therapy and training under Jim so, but the horse faltered near the stretch and could not be saved. The crowd faced a day of betting trouble as deputies arrested bettors and associates tied to the incident.
Reported struggles in the late stages as James B Brady cannot clinch the second race while Rockstone shows limited chances in the final event. Dr Gardner’s absence shifts support to Armonth II filly with E Dugan guiding. Woodcraft Doggett and Yorke keep Wine fraternity hopeful. Comedienne wins at one point. Rockstone’s odds dip then surge as Gardner falters on the track.
Fort Erie card shows Boa Dua winning the five furlongs ahead of Rose Bawenntdey evn Se and Rumbely with Pik ent second. Time 1 05. Lads Nila Ro Anile Delly Ballman and M Marton Moore Alba ran. Third went to Griffon and Th Vissug.
A cluttered ledger lists Empire City races with detailed entries for each post. It covers first through sixth events, specifying horse names, weights, distances, and competing connections across sprint to mile distances, with numerous contenders and provisional odds.
Assistant Secretary Robert Bacon arrived from Porto Rico aboard the San Juan and said the dispute between the government and the Catholic Church over church property used by insular authorities has been adjusted satisfactorily. Congress will be asked to reimburse the church. Dr Charles W Vogel, aboard the same vessel, had been in Venezuela studying bubonic plague and reported difficulty obtaining clear facts from Puerto Cabello.
Frank La Porte of the Red Sox will be moved to cover second for Elberfeld's team in a completed deal for Harry Niles of Newark. The exchange includes cash, with Laporte to join New York likely tomorrow. Laporte has been thriving at second in McConnell's absence.
The eight game world championship match between Emanuel Lasker and Siegbert Tarrasch began in Dusseldorf. After four hours, the first game ended at move 32 with near equality. Lasker opened with the Spanish, queens traded on move six, and positions remained balanced at adjournment.
New York reports publisher T. J. Rains describes Hains as a quiet, steadfast man amid a tragic family crisis. He cites a six weeks old letter asking him to visit, and notes the public misperception of Hains as a wild West figure is mistaken.
The Hains brothers faced Magistrate Gilroy after a week’s adjournment while the district attorney weighs an October grand jury and a possible September supreme court session. Witnesses including Harvey Rockwell and Mrs Annis are lining up, with coroners hearing about letters and threats connected to the shooting of William Annis and a festering Bay Side scene near Fort Hamilton.
Ware Department officials weighed military action versus civil jurisdiction in Capt Peter Hains's shooting case. Historical precedents show mixed outcomes under military law, while New York civil authorities proceed. Friends recall Willam Annis’s life from Annapolis Naval Academy to Johns Hopkins and later army service.
Harrison Wesbitt, chief clerk of the Department of Commerce and Labor, resigned yesterday to accept appointment as special national bank examiner. He will be stationed in Pittsburg. Nesbitt has long served in Washington and is a friend of Lawrence Murray, the new comptroller of the currency and former assistant secretary of the department.
A governor urges gathering fleeing African Americans to shelter in Springfield stating the state offers protection and aid. Soldiers patrol key routes while businesses suffer losses from the unrest. A refugee family recounts fleeing through darkness to safety as militiamen maintain quiet and lockdowns persist.
The body of Capt James W Broatch, chief marine officer at Cavite, arrived in San Francisco aboard the Buford and will be buried in Nebraska. Before his suicide he telephoned a friend to say he would end his life, gave no reason, and was found with a bullet wound in his temple.
Post's popularity contest shows standings for professionals with over 500 votes. Voters are urged to cast ballots by noon Monday to influence final results and determine finalists in this ongoing civic feature.
Special to The Washington Port reports Oscar Hammerstein in New York at the West Thirty fourth Street Opera House directing throat examinations for aspiring chorus members. A specialist checks vocal apparatus including larynx, tonsils and adenoids as 100 candidates line up and 22 are found to have perfect vocal mechanism.
Special to The Warning and Richmond. Wilam Krause, caterer at the Masonic Temple for over 25 years, shot himself early this morning dying instantly. Illness had paralyzed him for three months. His wife summoned for water when he fired the revolver. Dr Joseph W Eggleston will oversee funeral arrangements from the grind sodge room tomorrow afternoon. Born in Hesse Germany August 1841, Krause lived in Philadelphia Mobile and Virginia before settling in this city. Survived by his wife and two sisters in Germany.
The Gloucester courthouse area saw a blaze on Aug 17 that destroyed Judge Lyons Taliaferro’s historic home near Church Hill. From 1663, the estate valued relics and furniture, with a $5,000 monetary loss dwarfed by irreplaceable silver, china, and family heirlooms.
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