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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1908
Page
2
Rear Admiral Coghlan, famed for Hoch der Kaiser episode, dies suddenly at 41. Funeral services announced for St John’s Church and Arlington National Cemetery with military honors. widow Mrs Coghlan and family to receive condolences as Navy honors are planned.
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The Navy records Admiral Coghlan as a fearless and popular leader who served as commandant at Puget Sound and New York navy yards, and as second in command in the North Atlantic squadron. Born December 9, 1847, in Frankfort Kentucky, he rose from acting midshipman in 1860 to captain by 1898, with a Civil War service aboard several ships. Married Julia Barbour in 1868. they had a son, Graham Coghlan. He belonged to multiple clubs and veteran societies including the New York Yacht Club, Union League, Loyal Legion, and the Society of Foreign Wars. He was also a Knight Templar and past master of Solano Lodge. The incident involving alleged indifference to the Emperor of Germany was addressed by the Navy Department and allowed to drop, preserving Coghlan’s esteemed reputation.
Representative Al bert Douglas of Ohio eleventh district was struck on the head by a falling opera glass at the Metropolitan Opera House. A bystander woman seated above him dropped the instrument from the dress circle striking him and causing a scalp wound before he went to the Waldorf Astoria for treatment.
National Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials met in Pittsburg to develop plans to conserve fuel and structural materials and save lives in mines. Secretary Richard J. Humphrey cited Chief Forester Pinchot on rising lumber demand and warned the U.S. lumber supply may not last beyond a few years. Fire losses last year in the United States reached 321,500,600 dollars, six to seven times Europe’s.
WASHINGTON reports William Nedetta, late steel plant manager in Budapest, eloped with Countess Qubenth. They left separately to evade detectives, reached London where they wed, then returned to Budapest for maternal blessing. They plan to start anew in Los Angeles.
Der & William T. Murray of North Plainfield, a paying teller at Empire Trust Company in New York for many years, died by self-inflicted gunshot at Scotch Plains this afternoon. Police say no reason is known, and Murray was reported in good health with no obvious signs of distress.
Maynard Massachusetts December 1953 a unit of the American Powder Company plant exploded shortly before noon today killing two men. Thomas Cary and turning Waterhouse were the only workers inside the building. Both were employees of the powder company and the blast demolished the structure.
Dr TF G Wilson, an English specialist in diseases of women, arrived aboard the Lucania from Taverooo. He states America is ahead of all other nations in gynecology and that he is here to study methods. Past Want Ads Are Free. advertise to secure results.
Had Gough Misa Sophia Kittlesen of Evanston NL writes detailing long standing catarrh and poor health. After trying many remedies a brother advised Peruna and she reports full recovery, urging friends to try it. Peruna tablets present the same medicinal ingredients as liquid Peruna for those who prefer tablets.
The Metropolitan Surety Company of New York was found to have an impairment of 150000 in capital and surplus by State Superintendent Otto Kelsey. It has been ordered to take no further new business and has 30 days to stabilize its affairs. The company mainly bonded contracts for private and government use, including state and municipal deposits, and wrote burglary insurance with annual business around 1000000.
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