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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
32
New Haven tragedy centers on a bitter estate dispute after Mrs Abigail Hiller’s death. Allan Maxey Hiller, Charles A Hiller, and Mrs Edwards are linked to the quarrel over administration. Autopsy underway to determine if the fatal shot was self-inflicted or caused by another.
Six days at sea in an open yawl after the Nokomis foundered with a leak and heavy gale. Captain Borden and six crewmen endured towering waves, water, and near starvation, surviving only a gallon of water and a few cans of meat before washing ashore near St Andrews in a nearly unconscious state.
Jacob H. Schiff, head of Kuhn Loeb, urged New York Chamber of Commerce to back currency reform and favor a system based on commercial paper. He criticized Secretary Shaw’s plan as aiding speculation and called for action by Congress to remedy an inelastic currency. The speech triggered a market dip as Wall Street reeled.
Special to The Washington ros Pittsburg Pa Jan 4 Judges Brow Gollier and Macfarland of Allegheny County courts ruled there shall be no more secret divorces. All filings and hearings must be open so the court may inspect evidence firsthand. The decision disrupts plans for Mrs Laura Carey to sue W Bus ores in public courts amid pressure from friends and concerns over President Corey visiting Pittsburg to plead for secrecy.
A tornado struck a schoolhouse near Troy Alabama on January 4 collapsing the roof and crushing two boys. Aaron Lee Pittman age eleven and the twelve year old son of Albert Pittman were killed. Fourteen people were injured, Ramah Church and local residences suffered damage, while the post office and outbuildings were also damaged.
The Pacific Steamship Company steamer City of Puebla, bound for Puget Sound and Alaska connections, was towed into San Francisco harbor by the Chehalis and Norwood after a broken propeller shaft in a gale off the Columbia River. Over 200 aboard were saved with slight damage anticipated, losses not to exceed 40000 dollars. Detroit man kills himself in hotel room. J M Carnall, Kalamazoo traveling salesman for a New York firm, found dead with carbolic acid nearby.
Nine million United States stamps with face value 385000 dollars were destroyed today under an executive order by Secretary Tait issued December 3, 1904. The stamps destroyed have been replaced by stamps of the Panama republic.
Bluefield West Virginia dispatch reports twenty one miners, including eighteen Negro workers and three white men, killed by a fire damp blast at Coaldale Coal Company's mines in Coaldale. Only one body recovered to date, with rescue hampered by gas and smoke. blast felt for miles, rescue teams struggled amid risk. Names of deceased listed, explosion occurred about 11:30 AM in Cracker Neck area. cause believed gas but may be unrecoverable due to deaths.
The Coaldale operation west of Kikhorn Mountain suffers large expected damage from a mine incident with many experienced miners, while Charles A. Hiller a Salina attorney and long-time Kansas political figure is described as married and well regarded. He previously lived in Salina and had a Yale background and a notable observatory.
Eight miners burned in a mine accident at Hazleton shaft of Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Two men fatally injured after a keg of powder ignited by contact with an overhead trolley wire used for electric motors. Workers were en route to their shifts when the blast occurred.
Lawrence E. Van Winkle, 35, of A S Van Winkle & Co., a wealthy San Francisco figure, shot himself in Golden Gate Park. A revolver lay beside the body as Watson sues for 25000 damages alleging van Winkle alienated Mrs. Watson’s affections.
John McKay a lumber inspector died from a self inflicted bullet after failing to shoot his divorced wife at her home. His daughter Minnie helped disarm him but he used a second revolver and killed himself after the attempt. In Philadelphia Elsie Tinsdale stabbed Bella Accoe amid a quarrel over an overcoat. The killer was seized as she tried to flee in male disguise.
Fifteen detectives guard the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad four track rolling lift bridge between Cos Cob and Riverside as officials fear a blow up threat by strikers. American Bridge Company has hired thirty strike-breakers and a bridge crew has arrived amid reports of fireworks near the structure.
Prominent Harvard literary figure Dr. Charles Eliot Norton joins Miss Anne Hall of Cincinnati and Maud Ballington Booth in pushing for doctor assisted end of life in hopeless suffering cases. Norton’s letter to Miss Hall argues for mercy over prolongation of agony, citing cancer and incurable injuries as examples. The piece notes prior defeat of a related railroad wreck victims proposal and urges public discussion to ease misery. The text includes a brief bank advertisement at the end.
Mrs Morris sister of Representative Hull refuses to leave the White House executive offices. Secret Service and officers remove her after she resists, is examined by physicians who declare her sane, and she is placed in detention before being released. The incident draws character claims from her husband and political figures.
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