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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
5
In a Maryland legislature address Governor urges an educational qualification for voting rights. He backs the Corrupt Practices Act and a proposal affecting the sale of a northern central annuity, arguing reforms to curb corruption and expand fair governance.
A Washington Post report from Annapolis outlines the opening of Maryland's general assembly session. Governor Warfield faces caustic criticism from Senate leaders as lawmakers debate expenses and printing of bills while preparing for inauguration. The piece notes bigamy arrest, canal sale questions, and calls for reform in expenses and qualifications.
Special to The Washington Post from Charlottesville Virginia reports Mrs Ed Kirby wife of an assistant at the county home died after her clothing caught fire in the poor farm quarters last night. Despite cries of her children and a panicked escape by an accompanying young woman the flames consumed her outfit and she succumbed within hours. The tragedy unfolded as she stood before a nearby store, her five children ages eighteen months to ten years watched.
The Greater Alexandria movement grows as St Elmo and Del Ray residents vote to incorporate the proposed new town of Potomac. Boundaries eyed include the Potomac River and Four Mile Run to avert encirclement, with a meeting to discuss plans and form a committee.
An explosion at the Standard Lime and Stone Company quarry in Melville West Virginia during dynamite thawing killed Henry Jenkins and critically injured Frank Medley and Frank Bartley. The blast occurred this morning in the quarry workspace.
Cardinal Gibbons expresses cautious optimism for the new year, noting past trials have yielded blessings and urging faith in divine providence. The report also lists several local obituaries and brief notices from Harpers Ferry, Norfolk, and surrounding areas, naming individuals and families mourning losses.
George Midgets, alias William Johnson, a colored man in Alexandria Gary jail, awaits execution on January 17 for the murder of Charles T. Smith. The scaffold, brought from Prince William County for Joseph Thomas, colored, whose sentence was commuted to life, will be erected next week after City Sergeant Cox arranged transport. Midgets maintains innocence and says he is ready to die.
W A Smoot chosen president of Columbia Steam Fire Engine Company Alexandria officers elected for year include W K Griffith first VP J L Duffey second VP John Leadbeater treasurer William J Hoy recording secretary Charles Herbert assistant secretary J Frank Pettey foreman John Travers commander R L Merchant first assistant commander Walter Hughes second assistant commander Executive committee C J W Summers Charles Duffey Edward Leadbeater Engine firemen appointed F J Entwisle William Craven Everett Rogers Norman Treakle Also deaths of Paul M Goodloe and Harry McIntosh in Alexandria notes on local incidents and arrests. Alexandria Council officers installed by J L Wilmeth. Sailors from schooner Adelaide Barber involved in furniture incident on riverfront.
Darclay P. Bass of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Halfway Company weds Miss Anna Irene Gultermuth in Charlottesville. The ceremony was conducted yesterday at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church by Rev. Dr. John B. Purple with groom’s brother R. A. Gace as best man.
In Mobile Alabama on January 1 ten thousand Black residents celebrated emancipation day and adopted resolutions pledging loyalty to Taft ally Frank Hitchcock to lead Southern interests. They protest any presidential candidate or organization aiding the Lily White party and vow to alert northern allies to vote against such candidates.
Rev. William H. Scott Bishop Alexander Walters and William Monroe Trotter issued a call for a conference of representative negroes from across the country to meet in Philadelphia on April 7. The gathering will focus on demands of political parties for their platforms and determine which Presidential nominees deserve colored support.
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Washington yesterday after a Boston visit. His train ran two hours late and he did not join the Cabinet at the White House. He spent hours at the War Department handling personal affairs from his absence. Hartford Yale Alumni Association invites Taft to speak February 7 if feasible.
Rome January 1 Lovers of Italy's art face loss as plans to build a modern house near the Perugia Oratory of Saint Bernardino threaten its famed pink marble facade and six virtue figures. The piece recalls Bernardino's life of reform and charity and notes the conflicting pull between preservation and development in Italy.
In a stable fight at 12 percent Ohio avenue northwest Richard Watson colored, twenty five, was shot in the leg by Major Taylor colored. Watson walked to Emergency Hospital where the wound was dressed. Police hunted Taylor last night.
In Rockville on January 17 Rev A E Spielman officiated a quiet ceremony for his sister Susan Elizabeth Spielman and John Jacob Price of Kensington. Earlier Archie F Lightfoot of Washington and Mills Jennie Knott of Bladensburg Road were wed by Rev Ernst L Woolfe at the minister's home.
David Jasse of 146 Meserole Street woke to two burglars in his hall. He fired after being threatened, killing one man who collapsed in the hallway. Policeman Daehler pursued a second suspect, and Jasse was later arrested for homicide. the burglar identified himself as Thomas Bayne of 141 Leonard Street.
The Emeline Yorke Tyndall working girl's hotel opens at 58 102nd Street beside the People's Tabernacle. Rev H M Tyndall built it with his own lands and labor, offering lodging from $2.50 to $3.75 weekly. It houses 56 rooms across six stories, with strict age and income limits for lodgers and a restaurant for the general public. Robert B Tyndall, Rev Tyndall's brother, will supervise with his wife as matron.
Two women were shot during New Year celebrations in New York. Mrs Lena Hermas is dying at Bellevue Hospital with a bullet in her side. another woman is seriously wounded at home. Investigations tied to Frank Razzo and a rear-window shooting, with Razzo later resisting arrest and a younger brother Joseph stating Frank fired several shots. Jessie Murphy also wounded by a pistol shot as an alleged revolver sighting occurred outside her home.
A New Year's Day surge of crimes hits Brooklyn and Manhattan with multiple assaults burglaries and fatal gas asphyxiations. Notable incidents include a Brooklyn couple killed by gas leaks at Ocean Parkway, a burglar shot and killed at Meserole Street store, David Jaffo's confrontation leading to the burglar's death, a stabbing in Ocean Parkway, a serious stabbing of Hattie Shubert, and Archibald P Mitchell's suicide by gas at his West Seventy-First Street home amid news of his new business venture.
Pittsburg reports a public uproar over the pay-as-you-enter rule on streetcars. Mrs Hattie Fearen clung to a nickel in her mouth, swallowed it during boarding, and forced officials to abandon enforcement. The article chronicles chaotic scenes, street crowds, and a hospital visit for Fearen after the incident.
In New York on New Year’s Day a man lay unconscious on the sidewalk in front of the Galilee Mission at 314 Twenty-third Street as crowds jeered. Passersby blew horns, feathered him, and tugged his mustache while children teased his shoes. Police arrived, a kick failed to wake him, and the crowd dispersed without incident.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on January 1, Joseph J. Roraff an altar maker aged thirty was found dead in a Chicago lake near Lincoln Park with a blow to the left temple. A clairvoyant had foretold the death before the new year. Roraff had visited his cousin August Bchowsky at 1038 Wrightwood Avenue after leaving Fort Wayne. Private detectives are hired as the family pursues leads.
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