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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
1
A grand reception at Washington features Mrs Taft and guests in rich uniforms and lavish displays. The event, described with period voice, highlights ceremonial splendor, dining, music, and the presence of notable figures amid a bustling, formal atmosphere.
In Pittsburg the Episcopal diocese splits after Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead is quoted endorsing a Lent ban on newspapers to avoid scandal. Several clergy including W Arundel Pantor and David L Ferris reject the notion, calling the bishop's stance rot and ridiculous.
A New York audience of about 4000 at the Metropolitan Opera House heard Commander Peary praised for his polar achievement. A fundraising push raised over 12 000 with proceeds to aid future expeditions, while speakers urged Congress to recognize the feat and support related exploration.
Captain and crew of the bark Calcrum were rescued near Hatteras after distress signals prompted an investigation. The vessel, bound from French Guiana to New York with phosphate, leaked in a storm, pumps ran all night, and after rescue the bark was set afire and sank. Nearby ships rescued the crew and carried them to Halifax.
Miss Keller nurse and doctors testified in Kansas City about Col Thomas Swope’s death in Independence. The inquiry explored alleged drugging with a three gram capsule, possible administration by Dr Hyde, and traces of strychnine in Swope’s liver and stomach as the coroner examined motives and circumstances surrounding the philanthropist’s final minutes.
Special to The Washington Post Worcester Mass John A Hall former treasurer of the Southbridge Sayings Bank confessed to defalcations from the institution. He revealed a long pattern of losses tied to real estate investments in Boston and New York brokerage dealings. Hall described efforts to trigger an audit and his subsequent two year exile while banking losses mounted.
John A Stewart, president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs, says Roosevelt will not seek office. A nationwide nonpolitical reception is planned with a special committee meeting Roosevelt in New York harbor between June 25 and 28. Taft may skip the event pending his Alaska trip and dignity considerations.
Alexandra Louvina daughter of Sir Henry Knollys elopes with an English staff officer. They reach Marseille and stay at the Terminus Hotel before heading to Barcelona. Police pursue them, while rumors tie the affair to Kaiser era intrigues and royal honors.
A witness recounts a sequence around a patient Col Swope who suffered convulsions and near death after a medicine dose. Dr Hyde and others discuss the cause, with expressions of concern, failed treatment, and a death reported as Uncle Thomas’s passage.
Elmer Swope of Martinsburg appears to claim descent from Col Swope in a tale tied to a fortune. He asserts a hidden war era paternity and a missing heir story, with old family names and a California upbringing shaping a claim to the Swope mill fortune amid ongoing intrigue.
John A Stewart president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs tells The Washington Post Roosevelt, before his African trip, would not be a candidate for New York senator or New York mayor or President in 1912. If his mind changed in four weeks he would back Taft.
Police pursue Horton Simpson former Horton School principal linked to the death of Miss Abbie Coultry a Washington teacher in January 1909. Detective Evans in Chicago has chased leads from agents and a traveling salesman as the hunt shifts across cities. Simpson left town after the death. investigators hold him responsible and press for answers as crews and circulars spread nationwide.
Caspar Limbach, a decorator, shot himself after years of persecution over alleged remarks about McKinley. Repeated expulsions from Pittsburgh neighborhoods ended when a bullet ended his life. authorities say fear and obsession with enemies followed the 1901 incident and the Buffalo attack.
Dr Rohrbach, cited by The Berlin correspondent, says China will repay U S diplomatic support by granting concessions to United States Steel. He claims to hold a secret circular to American consuls promising promotion judgments based only on district trade increases.
Creditors seize furniture and bric brac from Prince Miguel of Braganza’s Vienna residence and move items to an auction room as a large crowd watches. Prince and wife Anita Stewart, now in Paris, face unsettled claims and possible further legal action. Negotiations continue over disputed debts totaling under $1,000,000 amid plans for auctioning belongings.
Austen Chamberlain plans an amendment to the address to test the Liberal National alliance on tariff reform. Irish electors and Redmondites influence the vote as the budget’s reintroduction looms, with Asquith conferring with cabinet and the king about Friday’s Brighton meeting. Premier awaits likely budget passage within a fortnight.
Gallinger leads a Senate resolution to form a seven member investigating committee on the cost of living. The plan targets taxes earnings and prices of meat grain and clothing among other items, and aims to draft legislation to reduce living costs with a broad remit and fast tracking.
Judge George Gray of Delaware did not attend the Rochester wedding of his son to Miss Heien Gallagher, formerly of a Buffalo millinery shop. Severe weather delayed rail travel, two Gray brothers attended, including Andrew Gray, Delaware attorney general. The ceremony occurred at a San Francisco rectory with a later reception, noting the groom's ties to the National Sporting Department of a Philadelphia club.
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