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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
1
Theodore S Whitmore, a former convict, is held as police pursue a murder tied to a woman identified as Mrs Whitmore. Witnesses, including sisters, confirm the victim’s identity while letters purporting to be from the deceased surface. Investigators note conflicting statements and suggest possible romantic jealousy and a bitter quarrel as motive.
After a stormy session the Bristol board of mayor and eldermen refused to endorse or assume responsibility for lawsuits filed in the Interstate Commerce Commission against Virginia and Southern Railway Southern Railway and Virginia Iron Coal and Coke Company. Coal mine operators claim a conspiracy to restrain trade and manipulation of freight rates harming Tennessee Kentucky districts. Alderman Engish led the opposition to ratification of city actions linked to August board resolutions.
Mrs John Van Ness Roberts, once known as Katherine Stuyvesant Roberts and a Wall Street financier, died after morphine poisoning at Riverside Drive. Investigations loom over a Massachusetts deal involving several thousand dollars and her claimed heiress status. Her death follows creditors pressing for money and a district attorney inquiry into her financial dealings. Roberts had claimed wealth from the Schoonmaker estate and had connections to Wall Street promoters, insurance circles, and social sets.
Circuit Judge Wiest ruled that Armour & Co must stop selling sausage mixed with cereal and water, calling it adulteration under the State pure-food law. He said the public’s understanding of sausage as chopped meats seasoned should prevail over a manufacturer’s process.
Georgetown Ky Jan 3 Caleb Powers faces a fourth trial for accessory before the fact in the Goebel murder. Jurors worked long hours, retired at 730 pm without a verdict. Train notice: Baltimore and Return $1.25 via Pennsylvania Railroad every Sat and Sun, tickets valid through Sunday night. All regular trains except Congressional Limited.
Pittsburg reports reveal Mrs Mary Copley Thaw mother of the Countess of Yarmouth suffered a breakdown after learning of her daughter's annulment suit against Earl of Yarmouth. The couple wed April 27 1908 in Pittsburg ending his stage career and sparking family tension amid a volatile scandal linked to the Thaws.
London report covers Countess of Yarmouth Alice Thaw seeking annulment from Earl of Yarmouth as Harry Thaw's second Stanford White trial nears in New York. Public hearing ordered in camera due to medical evidence. Earl elusive, Hertford family heritage noted. Countess stays at Park Hall while turmoil unfolds in English and American circles. Sloan's sale in progress adds local commerce detail.
At a largely attended Champaign County convention in Champaign Illinois on January 3 Republicans declared unswerving loyalty to Joseph G Cannon of Illinois as the GOP President candidate. Congressman W J McKinley of the Nineteenth district chaired the committee in charge of Cannon's campaign and was warmly greeted.
Special to The Washington Sea from Chicago reports Bishop Samuel Fellows, head of a new Christian psychology cure for diseases, flooded with about 100 letters daily seeking aid. He says his workload has surged about 100 times and he has to open numerous letters, with requests arriving from prominent figures nationwide.
The National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers adopted a constitution and elected officers led by President Henry W. Savage and Vice President Charles E. Blaney. About sixty managers representing 200 shows, valued around $5 million, attended to curb piracy, prevent contract jumping, unite labor concerns, and seek arbitration for inter-manager disputes.
Janesville Wis January 8 A coroner's jury remains puzzled over Maude Odell Lanayette's death with two men claiming to be her husband Frederick J Lanauette and a Fond du Lac suitor awaiting jury testimony. An inquest adjourned as toxicology found no poison.
A fire at Waverly Hall in Brooklyn driven by a blaze on January 3 forced about a hundred Daughters of Liberty members to flee in their night wraps. A janitor’s family on the top floor faced tragedy as a mother and infant perished and a woman leaped to the sidewalk to her death. The lower floors housed business tenants and total losses reached around $10,000.
In McAlester Oklahoma on January 3 the Pittsburg County Republican convention elected delegates to the Congressional convention and commended Roosevelt as the greatest living statesman. They declared against instructing delegates to vote for Taft as Roosevelt’s successor, and the overall sentiment of the convention was decidedly anti rough rider.
Five Butte union labor leaders received three month jail terms in Helena after failing to purge themselves of contempt for disregarding an injunction against interfering with nonunion workers on the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company’s new building. Baltimore and Return fares noted, with schedules and prices.
Special to The Washington Post Richmond January 3 1908 claims Goulds and Wabash backing John Williams to regain Seaboard Air Line control through receivership The plan envisions extending Seaboard tracks from Richmond to Washington with a Wabash connection and a Goulds Seaboard alliance Williams seeks presidency post receivership with substantial stock held by Williams Middendorf and Ryan Blair factions cited as key players and counsel appointed for the receivers Judge Pritchard orders Braxton Lewis Untermyer Hunton as receivers counsel in the Seaboard case and Warfield Williams named as chief executive officer for the receivers at Norfolk. Untermyer disputes Williams statements and notes past management objections. Blue Moon branch schedules show changes January 6
Messrs Ryan Blair and associates invested over 12 million in a property using precarious securities. Williams offered criticism while Byrne and I supported a court arrangement including the Williams interest in receivership, hoping for peace and vindication of the property’s development.
First Assistant Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock may join Taft’s bid for the Republican nomination. Taft’s aides expect Hitchcock to assist in Southern outreach, leveraging his deep state connections, while remaining in the Post Office. The arrangement aims to coordinate Taft’s campaign with Ohio manager Vorys and target key Southern Republicans.
Akron Ohio January 3 United States Senator Joseph B Foraker denounces the Republican state central committee primary call as cumbersome and unlawful He argues delegates must be chosen by voters not petition and predicts potential contesting delegations He pledges to stand with Senator Dick who opposes the early primary and March convention claiming the rules limit voter choice and press candidates.
Rescuers dig below seventy five feet in the Alpha shaft aiming to reach three entombed miners. Progress runs about ten feet per day. Officials say release may take four weeks. Prisoners reported in good health and cheerful as news comes.
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