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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1910
Page
14
Disrupted Managua reports Jose Estrada and his brother Jose Delos Estrada gain power as Madriz supporters and revolutionaries maneuver to place Jose Estrada in the presidency. Fights, arrests, and troops surge from Granada to Manigua as U S authorities monitor the upheaval and wait for formal recognition.
United States minister to Cuba John J Jackson intervened as hundreds of American colonists on the Isle of Pines protested the arrest of seven Americans on charges of threatened homicide and arson. A Cuban judge had refused to hear the case, then bail freed the prisoners after diplomatic talks. Several officials including Manuel Sanguily were consulted, and protests were lodged with the State Department as Americans vow further action if needed.
Prominent Washington surgeon Dr L L Taylor narrowly escaped death when his speeding car crashed on Capitol grounds and overturned, crushing his left shoulder and breaking the blade. Builder J H Parsons stopped to assist, his car then wrecked into a tree after being propelled downhill by a black dog. A taxi and bystanders aided, and Taylor was taken to George Washington Hospital for surgery.
Reports praise Gen Juan Estrada for his stewardship of American interests along the eastern coast and his role as head of responsible government. The department awaits a fair open election and hopes for a satisfactory assurance before recognizing him, with Olivares to deliver further details from Managua via Honduras.
Special to The Washington Post White Plains New York August 22 George W Burlinson former deputy commissioner of jurors of Westchester county was found dead this morning in a survey behind Joseph Smiths blacksmith shop with his head hanging over the carriage side apparently choked by a high collar he served as assistant secretary of the Democratic county committee for several years and leaves a wife and two children in Dunbogh Gunn
The issue reports a ship captain killed by pirates and a deadly forest fire with eighty deaths. Additional items include Taft's New York situation, a Roosevelt-appeasing Taft letter, and political notes. Also noted are a chauffeur-husband incident, a fall involving a girl, and detectives arriving with an accused Hoy.
Juan Pedro Didapo who served three years as Mexican consul at Norfolk and Newport News has been recalled by his government. He is ordered to turn over all affairs to his secretary and return to Mexico due to questions of state. The action was announced from Norfolk on August 22.
San Francisco August 22 A steamship buckman arrives from Seattle with George Washington Wise in irons after an attempted hold up by two desperadoes ends with Captain Wood killed. Wise says accomplice French West planned to murder officers and beach the ship near Point Blanco before he deserted his post. West fled overboard after a splash was heard, and the crew attempted to search the Buckman while Wise awaited interrogation.
Spokane dispatch reports at least 80 dead and more than 100 missing as forest fires devastate northern Idaho eastern Washington and western Montana. Roughly 750 firefighters battle blazes while towns like Wallace Coeur d'Alene Newport suffer severe damage and mass evacuation efforts struggle amid obstructed bridges and dangerous flare ups.
The Duke of the Abruzzi authorizes a denial of sensational reports that he renewed ties with Miss Kathleen Elkins. He states he did not leave Turn, except for occasional neighborhood drives, and was there the entire time the allegations claim he visited Mrs Hiitina and her daughter in France and Switzerland.
In Beverly Massachusetts on Aug twenty second the Associated Press reports speculation about future ties between the President and the Vice President. The New York situation has produced a break but most observers think Taft and Sherman will shape party unity rather than Taft and Roosevelt. The role of Mr Sherman in the coming readjustment remains difficult to determine.
A lengthy political exchange details Taft, Roosevelt, Sherman, and Griscom amid plans for party unity. Masonry of statements condemns any effort to defeat Roosevelt for temporary chairmanship. Journeys include Martha McClure, nearly 101, traveling 1,365 miles from Alta to Morgantown, with remarks on endurance and family.
Lloyd C Griscom releases Taft letter explaining no part in committee cabal to defeat Roosevelt for temporary state chairman. Taft deplores the result, urges full conference with Roosevelt, and says direct primary provisions under Cobb bill offer solution. Roosevelt welcomes Taft’s position while factions trade accusations of Old Guard manipulation and Tammany Hall ties.
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