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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
1
A feud erupts as the head of the clan is slain, and his coffin was prepared a month before his murder. The widow reports the casket chosen by James Hargis, who is dead, amid a drunken frenzy by his own son. Hired thugs allegedly killed Bees in cold blood tied to a Cockerill connection.
A string of deadly feuds and political intrigue unfolds in Kentucky as Benjamin Hargis and others are implicated in ambushes and murders. Judge Harris faces questions over influence while James Harais and Jim Cockerill are killed or wounded, and legal battles with Marcum continue amid a county murder background.
A long running feud between Wirais and Cockrit factions erupts from a Yoewotha district contest. Judge Hargis dominates in one town, while Corkrin bay rivals clash in the mountains. Benjamin Hargis, a ranger and brother to Judge James Flair, faces a fatal nighttime confrontation as gunfire ends a dispute near Jackson.
Special to The Washington Post reports New York February 6. Polish countess Kasimir Luska stylishly dressed in Mack was found guilty of grand larceny in the first degree. Police call her a master criminal who has infiltrated high society in multiple cities and posed as a political refugee. She stole seventy dollars from two Palermo residents who had just sold household goods.
Armed highwaymen held up a wagon near Boston, exchanged fire with pursuers, wounded two policemen and a driver, and fled toward Woburn. Officers Welch and O Neil were wounded while pursuing. a barber Donoghue narrowly escaped injury as the robbers escaped. Militia and volunteers joined the manhunt, with orders to fire on resistance.
Dr Carl Kfull erst, once a minister of the Press Inan faith and expelled for heresies, died at the State Hospital. He had attempted to drown himself in a creek near Hullhorst after entering asylum ten days earlier with an attendant and one or two parents. He repeatedly went under, was dragged out, and again submerged before being carried to the hospital.
Rev. Gus Hoffman a retired Christian Church minister and Maplewood banker sues The Bible College of Missouri to enforce payment on a five thousand nine hundred dollar note. He claims he will not pay due to the college’s teachings on Eden and Jonah and says he cannot endorse what he views as heresy.
Crowds of Congress members and guests gathered at the White House for a grand reception hosted by President and Mrs Roosevelt. The event drew many dignitaries and a large presence of boarding school girls, with Mrs Longworth noted for her striking attire. The President and Mrs Roosevelt greeted attendees while delegations and diplomats observed in the Blue Room and East Room.
Boniface Florida February reports a man Strickland shot by his son after the mother allegedly urged him to kill his father for the mantle and boss. Sheriff and bloodhounds hunted the home but found no trail. the boy, twelve, confessed in private to the sheriff.
Mrs. Cleo A Walton of San Francisco, forty three, died by suicide after paying her bill and arranging cremation. She wrote letters to her physician and the coroner requesting no autopsy and asking the Frank Campbell Company to take possession of her remains.
Tangier February six Raisuli’s captivity of Catol Melean ends after British mediation. Sir Harry Maclean, Sultan’s bodyguard chief, arrives under Raisuli conditions with indemnity payment of one hundred thousand dollars and protection assurances. Negotiations shifted to Britain, leading to Melean’s release and terms, including governorship return in Faniser. The text notes related banking and transit adverts.
Receiver Hanna opens safety deposit boxes once boasted to hold eleven million dollars and finds them empty. The article notes Morse, a promoter of large ventures, sailed on Campania to escape mounting losses, while friends recall his 11 million claim and dwindling resources.
Charles W Morse, once a banking and shipping magnate, faces extensive legal and financial collapse. His holdings, including the American Ice Company and Consolidated Steamship, are in receivership or mortgage, with vast debts and emptied safety deposit boxes. Morse sails to Liverpool as grand jury probes banks linked to his National Bank of North America role, while counsel Boardman negotiates returns and defenses.
Foreign Minister Iswolsky afronts a murky diplomatic scene as Russia and Turkey edge toward a cautious standoff over Armenia and the Macedonian dispute. Diplomats doubt Iswolsky will head the Berlin embassy, with retirement rumors altering the lineup. Mme Iswolaky voices a Washington move but no current chance. Meanwhile a garbled rail schedule appears among unrelated lines.
Receiver Hanna revised reports on Erwin Morse and the Campania as Morse allegedly stayed in the city after a banking crisis. A Bank of North America claim was filed against Morse property at 149 East Fifty seventh Street. Boxes at New Amsterdam and North America banks were empty and Morse claimed 11000 in negotiable securities.
A Rome dispatch reports Ernest Douglas, found murdered January 16 in room 603 North at a street, is revealed to be Count Henrico Douglas Scott of Italian nobility. Douglas had worked as a bartender. a witness says Caulfield shot him, and Caulfield awaits trial.
Washington Pennsylvania February 6 William Smith a mine worker at Haze Kirk coal mine collapsed and died after touching a lightly charged electric wire as he stepped toward the mine entry. Coroner rules heart failure from contact with the wire caused the death.
Index lists pages and columns including banking, white house events, tariffs, peace talks, congressional items, naval topics, editorials, social notes, sports, finance, and public notices across multiple sections and pages. Highlights include Roosevelt boxing note, Takahira peace talks, Franco fear flight, and famine relief themes.
Florida Republicans opened their statewide convention in St Augustine with two parallel sessions. One side, the officeholders, endorsed Taft and Roosevelt policies while seating delegates. the anti-Taft faction named their own delegates. Police patrolled as delegates clashed over seating, with most uninstructed participants reportedly Black.
In Mason Michigan Judge Wiest ordains a grand jury to investigate three state matters. The inquiry covers alleged malfeasance by former State Treasurer Frank P. Glazier tied to Chelsea Savings Bank and a 1907 bank failure, bribe rumors about senators over a prison twin plant, and Gov Warner's claim of improper means in Arthur Bit's senatorial bid.
Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania emerges as a potential Republican presidential challenger with broad backing from West Virginia Delaware New Jersey South Tea and New England while his allies weigh regional support and Senate ties. The article notes his independence his record as Attorney General and his role in the Northern Securities case.
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