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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
3
Roosevelt sends congratulatory note while Gov. Hughes and Gov. Fort speak at the Hoboken ceremony. President McAdoo and Oakman host the event as the first passenger cars glide through the longest subaqueous tunnel, uniting New York and New Jersey with a landmark transit link.
Projects describe a tunnel under the river with a cost of 70 million dollars upon completion, employing 6,500 workers. It would carry up to 10,000 passengers per hour each way during rush hours, with a three minute crossing and deepest point 90 feet below the river surface. Construction began in 1875, paused, resumed in 1901 under William G McAdoo, and faced repeated stoppages amid political and technical clashes.
Funeral designs of every description modestly priced. Gude and Shaffer florists advertise artistic arrangements at 14th and Eye streets with reasonable prices and contact numbers for orders.
A 19th century notice lists several marriages or engagements including Hetisad ih Roa, Core B Ratler, and Marguerite Ee O17 Found a1 bam th 1 8 Mo Bette 34 with Grace Moser, plus others such as Ada Ss Tee and Florence Smith. It appears to be a compilation of names and dates within a local marriage license docket.
A cluttered list of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and terms appears. Names include R F Harvey's Sons, W R Speare, Frank A Spalding, H Sardo & Co, Thos S Sergeon, Eleneal Dipletor, Geo P Zurhorst, J W D Wright, William Lee, and John R Wright Co. Details cover contact numbers, premises, and promises of reasonable terms and modern chapels.
In a trial of Levant Martougesstan, witnesses described threats by the Hunchaklat Revolutionary Party to extort $109,000 from Armenian merchants, including rug importer Miran Karajhensian. Harooum Gulbenkian testified that murder threats and a day of payment loomed, forcing merchants to call each other to confirm safety.
Ltlea Feb 23 Governor Wilford B Hoggatt wed Clarissa Eames Millard at her parents home. Rex E. Coley performed the ceremony. They will go to Washington on business related to the Territory of Alaska and plan Juneau as their future home. Millard, born in Chicago, has traveled widely with her family.
Special to The Washington roast Uttea NF Feb 2 Former Senator A M Mills Little Falls senior counsel for Chester Gillette awaiting execution at Auburn prison during the week beginning March 3 for the murder of Grace Brown announced he would continue to fight to save Gillette despite the Court of Appeals adverse decision The official copy of the opinion had reached him last night and plans would be formed for the final effort to save Gillette.
The Washington Post reports on Ah Foon, linked to the On Leong and Hip Sing Tong factions, shot on a dark morning. The case touches Chinatown politics, past peace accords, and questions whether a rival white man sought vengeance for a past romance.
James M Beck, general counsel of the American Antii- Boycott Association, says injunctions will continue against the federation and calls for federal action to stop cross state boycotts. He aligns with government intervention to end the boycott, arguing labor unions threaten commerce and liberty of contract.
Two fingerprints on the hammer used to kill Girolama Cella the rich Italian wine merchant and wholesale grocer at 28 West Broadway are a key lead for police. The prints, clearly outlined in blood, were found on the weapon after examination at Mercer Street police station. Coroner Harburger expressed keen interest and will have police obtain prints from those who handled the hammer for comparison.
A Maryland drive aims to form an auto corps of twenty machines under the Automobile Club of Washington Island to aid the U S government and Maryland for dispatches and officer transport in wartime or emergencies. The plan envisions testing practicality and realism with Army officers aboard and coordination with Quaker City Automobile Club offerings. Major Wahoot to Mayor for destination details. Also: Apostolic delegate to Cuba and Puerto Rico arrives in New York en route to Washington for church talks.
James Richardson colored was fined $20 in Polo Court for striking a pupil with a book strap and whipping the boy on the hands after a reprimand for alleged knife possession. The boy suffered facial wounds and bleeding, with testimony describing the incident as the result of anger during punishment. Judges said proper corporal punishment is allowed when administered correctly but not in anger.
Tee Pong a wealthy Chinese merchant in Baltimore who fled assassins seeks quiet transport to a secluded town. He claims a death sentence by a secret society after moving from Onineach Wa years ago where he owned a store and laundry. Local railroad agent Charles B Lewis arranges refuge while authorities weigh moves.
The American Iron and Steel Company restarted operations at its Reading plant, employing about 1,000 workers as activity in the iron trade shows improvement. The piece stresses brain health and nutrition, endorsing Grape-Nuts as a rebuilding food, citing its easy digestion and role in daily meals, and promoting the book The Road to Wellville.
Senior Wilson of Atlantic County urges New Jersey legislature to pass a bill protecting tombstone cutters by liens. The request aims to safeguard the few honest cutters who can be penalized if not covered by lien protections.
A garbled health office death notice lists numerous individuals with ages, addresses, and brief identifiers, including George Wooddings, Sarah M Tewell, Alice T Miller, Henry eter sate lec, Annie ME Parks, David R Brown, Eliza J Gundell, Benjamin F Egan, Thomas Callahan, William Booneberg, Acrie Lewis, Lucey H Dorsey, Rufus Sa, Wilitsm Reherte, and an infant of Arcturus I and Anna Sf Howard, with ages ranging from infants to 87 years and addresses in NW and NE districts.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules automobiles are distinct from carriages. William Doherty sued Ayre town for damages after his auto stalled in heavy sand on a road suitable for carriages but not for cars. Local court awarded $100. town appealed.
Rome reports former minister of public instruction Nunzio Nasi, just sentenced for embezzlement from the state treasury, collapsed under the strain of the trial. Two eminent physicians advised against moving him to prison, citing danger. Sicily notes demonstrations but no disorder.
London feb 25 foreign secretaries warned that the Macedonian question has reached a critical pass due to port obduracy. Sir Edward Grey and Lord Fitzmaurice said the government will press Turkey toward reforms while preserving the concert of powers, noting the issue could spark a European war. They also stated Austria’s Berlin treaty right to build a Vienna Saloniki railway line rests on treaty terms, not a breach of concert.
The Russian Emperor will host a private audience for 260 Douma deputies from all parties except constitutional democrats radicals and Poles at Tsarskoe Selo. They will travel by special train to present themselves to the Emperor and Empress by imperial request. The event aims to be nonpolitical unless the Emperor raises navy or related topics.
The Count and Countess Szechenyi will remain in London for at least another week staying quietly at Clandge Hotel and meeting only close relatives. Tradesmen are turned away and jewelers present offerings but are not seen. The countess has shopped personally in the West End and shows no recognition of shopkeepers.
Feb 25 reports a full accord between King Leopold and Premier Schodlaert on the Congo annexation treaty. The agreement, to be laid before the Chamber of Deputies, follows Leopold’s swift return to Brussels and talks with Scholaert.
Berlin authorities confirmed Emperor Wilan approved an invitation for the international copyright conference in Berlin on October 14. Paris accords in 1996 set Berlin as host, but diplomatic shifts later moved the date to 1908.
Paris reports Gen Amade commander of French forces in Morocco pledged to resume operations against tribesmen. A dispatch notes his message to the French government as of February, signaling renewed military effort. Also mentions Soegsel seeking full pardon and other diplomatic notes from St Petersburg and Paris.
New York February 25 A temporary injunction restrained the Delaware and Hudson company from paying dividends already declared. Justice Platzek granted the order on behalf of minority stockholders. The injunction covers dividends declared last December from earnings for 1907. Four quarterly dividends of 2 1/4 percent each were payable at various times. The company’s last report shows earnings insufficient to cover the declared dividends. The facts hinge on whether earnings justify the declared distributions.
A New York court awarded $1000 to a plaintiff in a breach of promise case against Theodore Roosevelt Pell and Alma Robert, with Judge O Gorman directing procedure. Separately, Byron Strasberger & Co face a $2,000 fine for Swiss watch import frauds, with duties and penalties totaling around $45,000.
The thirteenth anniversary of the uprising ending Island independence was celebrated in Havana with parades, patriotic speeches, and a strong anti government mood. Police guarded the crowd as banners glow and music filled the plaza amid calls for national sovereignty and a shift away from previous regime influence.
The will of Wa ree Seigman filed for probate provides the widow control of the three sons until they reach adulthood. It states the widow may veto marriages and governs inheritance until the sons turn twenty one, with provisions for emancipation and the estate’s early administration.
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