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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1908
Page
5
Special to The Washinsian Post New York Feb 2 seasonal winter warmth boosts business mood across much of the North though a sustained cold spell risks higher transport costs and weaker grain demand. Bank suspensions lessening impact. money markets show tentative ease with cautious lending by large institutions just ahead of the electoral contest.
London reports a cautious stock market with buyers favoring fixed interest securities and foreign bonds while Russians and Japanese attract native demand. Paris shows steady gains in government issues amid heavy mining stock activity, and Berlin's week blends optimism in government bonds with weakness in local iron and railroad shares.
The government reports January 1908 receipts at about 4.9 million less than January 1907, with December 1907 showing higher totals. Expenditures in January rose from December, driven by War Department, pensions, and civic works. National bank notes outstanding January 31 stood at 5,402,762 with yearly rise of 99,205 and monthly gain of 5,271.67. circulation secured by bonds and lawful money also showed increases. Mint coinage for January 1908 recorded totals for gold silver and minor coins.
Dr. Crawford of Yalé Sussex County identifies a 45 year old Russian mother of several in Sussex as leprosy. Dr. McCoy of the United States Marines Hospital confirms diagnosis after examination with local health board. There is no state or national legislation governing care. county may handle expenses. The case draws physicians from across the state to Sussex.
Miss Alice Bartlett of Pennisburgh West Virginia fears she was the victim of a fraudulent marriage to a Pineville, Virginia man. They eloped in Norfolk last September after meeting while she visited friends. A cleric and a so called license are suspected, and marriage records will be searched. The groom deserted her weeks later at a Roanoke hotel and never returned. Bartlett fears telling her father and has involved police as investigators review the case.
In Spencer North Carolina a two year old son of Mr and Mrs W W Duncan fell into a pot of boiling grease yesterday afternoon. The burns peeled skin from the body and the child is in critical condition. Mr Duncan is an agent for the Southern Railway Company at Spencer.
Two of five Negro jailbreakers, Barney Flarvey and Edgar Taylor, were detained last night by John Hanna and John Conway at gunpoint until a police officer arrived. Harver and Taylor face prior sentences or indictments for housebreaking, with an $8 reward posted by City Sergeant Tillett. The report also notes Sid Clark burned to death in Meherrin, and other crime items from Huntington.
Florence Imbalen, widow of Brig. Gen. J B Imboden, died in Briel on Wednesday at fifty five. A daughter of L F Johnson, she first married Eugene Crocket. her son Capt. Crocket Jr. was with her in her last hours. The obituary notes other local deaths in Harrisonburg and Mount Solon, with ages and survivor details.
The Montgomery County Good Roads Association backs a bill shaping county road policy. Delegates Blair Lee Andrew Cummings Preston Ray and Jr Dawson Williams discuss resolutions to transfer road control toward road commissioners and fund equipment purchases. White Quick Farmers Club protests debt for improvements unless toll roads are bought and tolls abolished.
The Washington Post reports the Flexner serum for meningitis shown effective at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Irving Hall of Waverly, admitted January 2 with symptoms, was discharged cured after serum treatment. Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute developed the serum and forwarded samples to Dr. Lewellys Barker at Hopkins for spinal injections.
A hold-up near the Episcopal Seminary in Alexandria ended with the robbers fleeing unseen. The victim, a local merchant, said the assailants failed to find a hidden sum and fled as one masked bandit dropped his guard. The case remains unsolved as police study the scene near King and Paine streets and nearby landmarks. Local funeral notices and civic updates follow, including Alexandria funerals, Confederate Veterans meeting, and Elks Carnival preparations. The report notes mislaid valuables and ongoing revival services across multiple churches as the city responds to the crime.
A morning fire in Buckhannon West Virginia damaged the Morrison Hotel and four other structures including the post office and a residence. Aid from Weston arrived to control the blaze, with losses estimated around 100000 dollars.
Severe winter conditions grip Western Maryland with temperatures at Elkins and Thomas around 12 and 5 below zero. Two feet of snow and fresh drifts slow travel as a passenger train crawls four miles in four hours. Winds knocked out lights and rail service faces hazardous delays with three Western Maryland engines stalled by snow.
Brisk leaf tobacco sales report strong prices averaging over 13 12 cents per pound with scrap and common darkings included. About 750 000 pounds marketed locally, with roughly 65 percent of the crop sold in the region and a planned half million pounds deposited at the Houston storage plant.
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