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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
19
Governor urges Maryland legislature to adopt a disfranchisement amendment tied to educational qualification and to support a corrupt practices act. He also calls for sale or reallocation of the Northern Central Annuity and outlines related political reform measures.
Maryland's first general assembly session features Gov. Warfield’s conflicts with lawmakers over executive criticism, print limits, and fiscal restraint. Reports discuss bigamy arrest, canal sale debates, and calls to curb legislative expenses from 1880 to 1906, with emphasis on salaries and extra compensation.
Special to The Washington Post from Charlottesville Virginia reports Mrs Ed Kirby wife of a county home assistant burned when her clothing caught fire at the poor farm residence last night The blaze consumed her garments as she stood with five children ages eighteen months to ten years nearby She died within four hours in the presence of her terrified family and in a room filled with panicked cries from onlookers and a young woman who fled in fear.
Washington Post reports supporters of a proposed town of Potomac fear Alexandria could be hemmed in if boundaries extend. District residents of St Elmo and Del Ray plan to ratify a charter tomorrow night. A future meeting will form a committee to prepare plans.
An explosion at the Standard Lime and Stone Company quarry in Melville West Virginia killed Henry Jenkins and badly injured Frank Medley and Frank Bartley. The workers were thawing dynamite when the blast occurred this morning.
Cardinal Gibbons predicts a fair 1918 year, noting past trials were followed by greater blessings and divine Providence. The report includes multiple obituaries and a hunting accident death from The Washington Post, with local notices from Harpers Ferry and Norfolk recounting recent deaths and a fatal incident.
George Midgets colored, confined in the Alexandria jail under death sentence for the murder of Charles T. Smith, to be hanged on a scaffold brought from Prince William County for the earlier execution of Joseph Thomas, whose sentence was commuted to life. Midgets declares innocence and readiness to die. City Sergeant Cox arranged to bring and erect the scaffold in the city next week.
W A Smoot elected president of Columbia Steam Fire Engine Company Alexandria with officers including W K Griffith as first vice president J L Duffey treasurer and J Frank Pettey foreman. Firemen chosen: F J Entwisle William Craven Everett Rogers Norman Treakle. Also notes on local deaths and incidents including Goodloe and McIntosh.
Darclay P. Bass of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Halfway Company and Miss Anna Irene Gultermuth of Charlottesville were wed yesterday. The ceremony took place at the parsonage of the Free Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. John B. Purple officiating. R A Gace, the groom’s brother, served as best man.
Ten thousand Black residents of Mobile Alabama celebrate Emancipation Day and adopt resolutions pledging support for Taft and Hitchcock while denouncing any presidential candidate or party aligned with the Lily White movement in the South. The group vows to inform Northern allies to vote against such candidates in primaries and general elections.
A call for a conference of representative Black leaders from across the United States was issued for April 7 in Philadelphia. Led by Rev. William H. Scott Bishop Alexander Walters and William Monroe Trotter, the meeting will pressure political parties on platforms and discuss which presidential nominees deserve Black support.
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Washington after a Boston trip with a two hour train delay and did not greet the President with other Cabinet members. He spent hours at his desk handling personal matters from his absence and later wrote Hartford Yale Alumni Association inviting a guest visit on February 7 pending any obstacles.
Rome reports a plan to erect a modern house beside the Oratory of Saint Bernardino in Perugia, risking partial hidden views of its 1460 facade. The piece notes the saint’s influence, the florentine sculpted pink marble facade by Agostino Ducci, and the moral tension between preserving art and commercial interests.
In a fight at a stable on 12% Ohio avenue northwest, Richard Watson a colored man, 25, was shot in the leg by Major Taylor, also colored. Watson walked to Emergency Hospital where the wound was dressed. Police were seeking Taylor last night. Former Washington Woman Dies in Cumberland. Mrs Sarah M Taylor widow of T Buckey Taylor died at 73, born in Lennalltown DC, lived in Washington and Cumberland during the 1800s.
In Rockville on January 17, Miss Susan Elizabeth Spielman sister of Rev. A E Spielman and John Jacob Price, a Keneington resident, were married by Rev. A E Spielman. Archie F Lightfoot of Washington and Mills Jennie Knott of Bladensburg Road were married in Rockville at the minister's home in the afternoon by Rev. Ernst L Woolfe.
David Jasse of 146 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, shot a burglar in his hallway after waking to intruders. Policeman Daehler pursued a second man, who fled but was later identified as Thomas Bayne of 141 Leonard Street. Jasse was arrested on homicide charges as the scene at the store became a crime investigation.
A six story lodging house at 58 102nd Street in the Jewish quarter, named Emeline Yorke Tyndall, aims to offer cheap lodging and meals to working girls. Rev H M Tyndall built it with his lands and will supervise with Robert B Tyndall as superintendent and his wife as matron. Only guests under 35 years old or earning under 12 a week may lodge, with lower rates 32.50 to 3.75 weekly for meals and lodging.
Two women were shot as New Year celebrations began in New York. Lena Hermas lies dying at Bellevue Hospital from a bullet to the chest, and Jessie Murphy is seriously wounded in the back at her home. Police detain Frank Razzo after a confrontation with a detective. Razzo’s brother Joseph says Frank fired shots.
A Brooklyn police blotter recounts New Year’s Day violence and accidents. An open gas burner suffocated Jacob Spriesterback and his wife on Ocean Parkway. An unknown burglar was shot and killed entering David Jaffo’s Meserole Street store, and Jaffo killed the burglar in self defense. Frank Fereso is wanted for the murder of Michael Schindelle after an altercation on Carroll Street. Hattie Shubert stabbed her husband after a dispute on Ocean Parkway, leaving him seriously injured. Archibald P Mitchell, who had married Augusta Herne, killed himself by gas at his West Seventy‑First Street home.
Pittsburg relief of enforcement on the pay as you enter rule ends after Mrs Hattie Fearen, shopper, swallows a nickel during boarding, then hospital reports breath pain. Across towns, bizarre incidents reveal crowd responses to thefts, odd fish sightings, and a purse snatching case with a lethal twist as a man dies in custody.
New York reporters describe a January first crowd around the Galilee Mission at 314 Twenty third Street. A man lying on the sidewalk endured horns, feathers, kicks, and taunts from spectators for nearly two hours while bystanders laughed and policemen intervened with a kick that failed to move him.
Joseph J. Roraff an altar maker aged thirty died from a head wound after visiting his cousin at 1038 Wrightwood Avenue Chicago. The body was found in the lake near Lincoln Park hours after leaving Fort Wayne. A clairvoyant had foretold his murder before the new year and the birth of his child is cited as part of the prophecy. Private detectives have been hired by the family.
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