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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1908

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Funeral Pageant Through Lisbon Marks Mourning Rites

A grand Lisbon funeral procession for Portugal's monarchs unfolds from the palace to the Church of St Vicente. Envoys ride in historic coaches as guards, ships, and bells honor the late king and prince, while crowds line streets in solemn tribute and officials close shops along the route.

Lisbon St Vicente Sven Aoure Thase Portugal Praca Do Commercio Nelthee Amelie Maria Pia Manuel Alan Duke of Connacht Eresterick Fernanda Oporti

Tragic Fredericktown Murder Shocks Town

Mrs Jane Bowers of Pleasant Walk Fredericktown was found murdered in her home. Her body was mutilated into many fragments with a ring used to identify her. Her brother Thomas McPherson, visiting, is missing and suspected of mental instability. Coroner’s jury rules death by unknown hands. A purse with about $10 and a bloodstained ax were found at the scene. Henry Flock alerted authorities after a driver noticed no smoke from the chimney. The crime occurred between yesterday afternoon and 11 oclock this morning.

Jane Bowers Pleasant Walk Washington Post Fredvick Jane Gowers Sxty Frederck Geum Thoms McPherson Mageretown Clorkck

Coup for Foraker Ignored Taft Committee

Independent Republicans in Toledo are blocked from voting as Ohio election officials print a full slate of Foraker delegates, risking a split Taft delegation. Burton predicts Taft victory though legal challenges loom, while Toledo delegates hinge on Supreme Court rulings and secretary of state rulings on independent voters.

Burton Taft Toledo Washington Post Teveland Oth Washington Holcomb Beard pro-Taft County Election Board Tts Taf Faraker Supreme Court of Ohio pro-Taft Supreme Court Secretary of State State Central Committee Voraker Ohio Fab Walter Brown State Committee Varys Brown Lst Jenn Craig Campatena Samuel Jones Brand Whitlock

Thaw Release Opposed by District Attorney Jerome

Report from New York states District Attorney Jerome will oppose any petition to release Barry K Thaw from Matteawan Asylum. Jerome cites Thaw family insanity and his current presumed insanity as reasons to keep him confined. He says Thaw's behavior has been routine and unremarkable with no recent alarming incidents.

Bpeetal Washington Fes New York Gey Jerome Barry K. Thaw Matteawan Thaw Matteawan Asylum

Yale Professor to Wed as Williams President

Special to The Welhington Fe t New York reports Dr Carter a former president of Williams College and professor at Yale University obtained a marriage license today in Watertown. His fiancée, Mrs Milzaneth Sabin Leake, is 68. Carter, 70, has taught Latin at Williams 1864 to 1872 and German at Yale 1873 to 188, later serving as Williams president. He has learned credentials, writings, and a life of Mark Hopkins to his name. Leake is widow of Franklin Leake, and Carter is a widower. The couple proceed toward marriage under scrutiny of local officials and university circles.

Williams College Heake Ann. Leake Charles D. Sahin Inv West Lenin Curler Leake Franklin Leake Carter Sarah Leavenworth Wingsbury Or Cater Waterbury Williams Solleyc Willams Uerman Yale Willims Lie Taton Solleze Ceram Vale Pr Cari Ularious Mark Hopkins Wiligms Gosthe Unversity Chub John Callan O'Laughlin Washington Post Albany N. Y Charles E. Hughes New York Capitol Tose Ami

Beaten Off Three Robbers in Harlem Assault

Frederick R. Page, a Boston contractor, was attacked by three men in Harlem while returning to his lodgings on West 18th Street. He defended himself but sustained scalp wounds and was hospitalized after being found unconscious on the sidewalk by a patrolman near 121st Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

New York Frederick R.page Boston Harlem Page West 18Th Street 121Th Street Seventh Eighth Avenues

Bandits' Victim In Danger In Wake Of Slayings

Woburn Maass reports Edward Holland, target of a trio of highwaymen who terrorized Woluen and taursay night, was found in precarious condition today after the search concluded. Union Trust banking dept and associated firms say they remain under government oversight while continuing interest on accounts.

Woburn Maas Tetas Woluen Edward Lolland Banking Dept. of Union Trust

Western Pacific Railroad to Use Electricity for Power

A San Francisco despatch says the Western Pacific Railroad from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is to use electricity for motive power. The management hopes to implement this as soon as feasible. The note also mentions a coal promotion by Johnson Bros. at 1312 F Street.

Theasnington New York San Francisco Western Pacific Railroad Wivel Golt Salt Lake

Iron President Self-Slain In Illinois Capital

Frank W. Gould, 55, president of Union Malleable Iron Co and trustee head at Western Illinois Hospital for the Insane, killed himself in Watertown after heavy losses in private fortune and Illinois Straw Products Co. No charges of dishonesty. mind believed temporarily affected by financial setbacks. Gould’s son in law Joshua Hale of Newburyport, Mass, reputed millionaire.

Moline Frank W. Gould Union Malleabla Iron Company Western Illinois Hospital For the Insane Watertown Gould Illinois Straw Products Company Rock Falls Ill Mr. Gould

Toledo Morning Paper Sold to Daily Citizen Owner

The Toledo Times, city’s only daily morning paper, is sold by the Scripps-McRae Syndicate to George Dun, owner of the Daily Citizen. The Citizen will be discontinued with today’s issue, and Dun takes charge of the Times immediately. Muskegon Chronicle notes a price rise from 1 cent to 2 cents due to white paper costs.

Toledo Ohio Toledo Times Scripps-McRae Syndicate George Dun Daily Citizen Citizen The Times Muskegon Mich Chronicle News

Vassar Alumnae Rally to Oppose Move of House of Refuge

Vassar alumnae meeting at Delmonico’s denounces a plan to relocate the House of Refuge near Poughkeepsie within four miles of the college. President Taylor warned the move would endanger a $2,000,000 campus and alarm parents of students. Strong resolutions vow to mobilize members to influence the legislature. Addresses by Hamilton W. Matie and Prof. Sloan preceded new officers elected: President Mrs William Reynolds Brown, Secretary Miss Allen Howland, Treasurer Miss Turner.

Ington Prat New York Vassar Delmonice’s Handails Island New York Training School For Poughkeensia Vassar College Alum Taylor Association Alumae Association Hamilton W. Matie William Milligan Sloan Columbia Mra William Reynolds Brown

Counterfeiter in Pulpit Presiding at Wheaton Church

Convicted counterfeiter Rev. James R Kaye will lead morning and evening services at First Congregational Church Wheaton and supervise Sunday school despite federal conviction. Kaye recently found guilty in U S District Court Springheim and faces two years in Leavenworth penitentiary after release on bond and supersede. The congregation maintains his moral innocence while awaiting sentence and possible liberation.

Chicago First Congregational Church Wheaton James R Kaye United States District Court Springheim Kave Shoul Leagthworth Kans Kaye Springfield Grosscup

Kentucky Board Raises Southern Pacific Assessment to 10 Million

The Jefferson County board of tax supervision in Louisville Kentucky raised the Southern Pacific Company's assessment from 500000 to 10000000. The company, incorporated in Kentucky, maintains an office at Beechmont near Louisville. The report notes financial terms and real estate lending offerings.

Kentucky Board Louisville Jefferson County

Gries Day Defends Malefactors and Bank Deposits Policy

Chancellor James R. Day of Syracuse University denounces disloyal slander and defamation of commerce while warning that attacks on business risk a square deal. Gov. Hughes sends regrets to a bankers dinner as Representative Fowler advocates a $700,000,000 federal deposit guaranty and notes the need for a safer banking system amid calls for state guarantees and postal savings.

Gov. Hughes Albany Fowler James R. Day Syracuse University Group V New York State Bankers' Association Ten Eyck Troy New York Charles N. Fowler New Jersey Chancellor Day Daniel Webster Fibesedas Representative Fowler United States Treasury United States

Labor Head Dies of Wounds After Firing Incident

St Louis reports Frank Engleman of Ansac City fleeing the gunfire that killed John Wilson, president and founder of the International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. Engleman was rearrested, Mrs Wilson remains in custody on assault and battery charges, and the couple’s fifteen year old son, who leaped onto his stepfather during the quarrel, is detained at home.

St. Louis Frank Engleman Ofansac John “J. Wilson Presiient International Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

Crothers Denies Rumor He Plans Matrimony

Governor Crothers dismisses reports that he contemplates marriage during a stay in Bikton Maryland. He states there is no foundation for the rumor and offers no further comment.

Washington Post Bikton Crothers

Fleet Faces Danger Evans Reports Departure

A navy department cablegram notes the departure from Punta Arenas of the steamer Swift and its powerful currents. The vessel must navigate a passage between lofty mountains, creating a perilous route to the Pacific.ihini

Navy Department Punta Arenas Pacific

American fleet sails Magellan Strait toward Callao

Aethereal battle fleet and torpedo flotilla, accompanied by Chilean Chacabuco, depart Sandy Point aboard ships headed for Callao with a northern diverging route by Smyth Channel. Destroyers stay inside while a Chilean coastward leg precedes a passage past Evangelista toward Valparaiso and Callao.

Aémual Evans Navy Department Culgoa Glacier Panther Ajax Sandy Point Callao Talcumano Chacabuco Valparaiso Magellan Strait Cape Pillar Pacific Punta Arenas Cape Froward South America Strait Crapo Pili Valparaleo Cone Smyth Channel Ig Teacher Talcahunao Piice Punta Avenag Pittsburg Chile Ana Callas Peru

Frightful starvation case shocks Etna borough in Pittsburgh area

Special to The Washington Post reports in Etna borough two dire families suffered severe hunger with a boy eight found dead. Father Pratt Radmantz, insane, resisted deputies while the family begged for bread. The coroner’s party battered in, the scene described as brutal and alarming as doctors moved them to hospital for care. A separate Boston case involves a strong-box theft from Barton Elevated Railway. several suspects arrested and linked to a broader robbery chain.

Washington Post Pittsburg Etna Pratt Rodmantz H. W. Ochse Radmantz Ochse Radmants Matt Radmantz, Jr Tempel Boston

Hall guilty of fraud in land conspiracy case

Portland capitalized report states former United States Attorney John H. Hall was found guilty of conspiring with the Butte Creek Land Live Stock and Lumber Company to enclose 20000 acres of Wheeler County public land. Trial began January 13 and was vigorously contested with a potential fine up to 1000 and imprisonment up to two years. Counsel for Mail granted sixty days to file notice of appeal and until May 1 to prepare a bill of exceptions. sentence suspended.

Portland, Orer United States John H. Hall Butte Creek Land, Live Stock and Lumber Company Wheeler County

Hughes receptive admiring Roosevelt aide to not seek presidency

New York Governor Charles E Hughes says he did not ask for Sanders removal and cannot be blamed for Stevens' request being misunderstood. He will not push for the nomination or influence delegates, remaining focused on state duties and leaving the outcome to the people.

New York Sanders Stevens Nott New Yoke Ollock Republican Party Alepany Charles DB. Hughes Ae Delestates

Faction Struggle Over Delegates Tests Governorship

The governor faces a sharp intra party rift as Odell backed by Harriman and Brackett and allies clamor for influence while Parsons and others press for their own picks. The dispute centers on selecting delegates at large and tests the governor’s ability to differentiate supporters.

Woodruff Parsons Et al Maz Strugela Fta Odell Nachlye

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