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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1910
Page
12
Mrs Rachel Hichberg, wife of a Danville merchant, attempted suicide by carbolic acid after leaving her family’s Christmas meal. She was found semiconscious with severe burns and rushed to Casualty Trust Fatal hospital. Her motive remains unknown as doctors say recovery is doubtful.
Special to The Washington Post reports 55 year old Dr Albert Reeder of Back Bay Boston arranged his own death to occur on Christmas Day. Morose and cynical, he disliked laughter and once said death should come when happiness is greatest. He left instructions for his housekeeper to call him late morning and was found by her. The dead man, a prominent Boston physician, lived apart from his wife.
Cleveland mother refused permission for a boy aged 10 to attend a moving picture show. He tied a skate strap from a woodshed beam, elevated his feet, and after crying for help suffered convulsions before dying later in the day.
Reports from Santo Domingo say a border engagement between Dominican and Haitian forces has produced several fatalities. A gunboat will be sent with troops to the affected sector to restore order.
Six sailors drown when the Belgian steamer Baltique sinks after colliding with the Finland off the River Scheldt. The Finland rescues ten Baltique crewmen and sails to Newcastle to assess damage. The Finnland, built in Philadelphia in 1893, is 12 760 tons and 560 feet long. The Baltique, 1 365 tons, 245 feet long, was built in England in 1833.
A Buenos Aires wireless reports part of the fire department building in New York was wrecked by an early morning explosion in the engine room. Several walls collapsed and all windows in the building, shared with police headquarters, were smashed. Twenty persons are seriously injured.
Pittsburg dispatch reports Mrs J Walton Cook, wife of a Pittsburg clubman, has moved to Reno New Mexico to pursue divorce. Her husband Mr Cook reportedly declined an invitation to bring their children to dine with her over Christmas. Mrs Cook, formerly Edith Soule of New York, was married only a few years and family say no reason for the divorce is public. Walton Cook is grandson of late coal king Joseph Walton. His mother declined to comment. Matinee of The Deserters at Columbia Theater today.
New York December 25 Dr Frederick A Cook counters Knud Rasmussen accusations that Eskimos misled him about Dr Cook s Arctic journey Rasmussen says Peary would be as credible as Rasmussen or Eskimos and defends his lack of direct Eskimo interviews He attacks missionaries who obtained Eskimo statements and accuses Rasmussen of seeking publicity by attacking Cook while denouncing Peary Rasmussen calls Rasmussen s accusations false and notes a past snub aboard the yacht Bradley that sparked ongoing hostility toward the Danish explorer.
Prime Minister Canejas and Minister of Marine Nicaja met to discuss the crisis sparked by opponents seeking to block the passage of seventeen ministerial bills. A council of ministers is planned for tomorrow where the premier may push decisive action to overcome opposition. Conservatives deny any crisis.
The Earldom of Ancaster, created in 1892, has lost its title holder Earl Earl of Ancaster died. Willam Henry Heathcote Drummon Willoughby, born October 1 1830, served as privy councillor and joint hereditary lord great chamberlain of England. His eldest son Lord Willoughby Deeresby married Miss Bloise Breese of New York in 196.
Foreign workers, mostly European veterans, who took part in last year’s Schoenville riot at Pressed Steel Car in Pittsburgh’s Woods Run area, acquire thousands of discarded U.S. army rifles. Police and detectives trace sales from a Wood Street store as strike rumors intensify with potential confiscations planned.
The Boston University faculty forbids the Equal Suffrage League from presenting a suffrage play on campus and prohibits announcing the league as the producer. The entertainment is postponed amid campus tension. Dr. Huntington cites expediency and clarifies the faculty does not oppose the league’s goals.
Special to The Washington Post reports a Mexican battle near Mulato with insurgent victory and federals retreating. Details describe horses fleeing to Texas at Ojinaga, heavy troop movements from Chihuahua, and a proclamation by Gov. Terrazas urging rural police to defend Chihuahua. Civilian refugees rise as Presidio reports distress along the Rio Grande frontier.
A 6 year old boy, Michael DeDiase, drank over a pint of whisky while his mother was at church. He collapsed in convulsions on the floor when she returned and died within a half hour despite a physician’s efforts. The incident occurred in New York.
A Christmas Eve bandit boards a Missouri Pacific train at Leavenworth Junction and robs over a dozen passengers from the Pullman to the day coach, taking watches and wallets while firing a warning shot at Capt. H. T. Newbold. He drops from the smoking car at Northwestern Junction and escapes. The bandit is described as small, well dressed in a brown suit, black cap, and a black mask.
The Washington Post reports Rev Clarence E McKelvey of Navesink New Jersey was removed after accusations by the church board that he misused church funds and complained of being underpaid while calling members and officers tightwads and old hens His family reportedly faced hardship and his oldest child is four Capt Nathan Averill the new military attach to St Petersburg arrived as successor to Maj Stephen H Slocum
A New York Herald report claims President Taft has won William Loeb Jr. away from Col. Roosevelt, making Loeb the administration’s eye for patronage in New York State. The tale hints a final break with Roosevelt, while Loeb dismisses the chatter as unimportant and says no change in position or quarrel exists.
A seizure and forfeiture action, by U S customs, targets the Havemeyer estate over a Stradivarius valued at $20,000 plus. The Kileswitter instrument was seized at Mrs. Havemeyer s home and handed to Collector Loeb. The case alleges smuggling involving a ship officer and a Boston agent before arriving in New York. The Havemeyer counsel says the suit rests on the statute of limitations.
In Rome Georgia on December 25, Russian violinist Alex Skibinski head of Shorter College music dep’t will never play again after a cannon cracker exploded in his left hand. He lost two fingers and a thumb. his wife Mme Skibinski suffered a ruptured eardrum and deafness in one ear.
Elaborate Christmas observances filled Washington including Taft family at the White House and services at St John’s St Matthew’s and St Aloysius. Diplomats and Supreme Court members attended Mass while charity drives and Christmas trees brightened orphanages as the capital enjoyed an unusually quiet holiday.
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