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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
3
A Washington Post report details a murder investigation tied to Theodore Whitmore and his wife Tena in Jersey City. Prosecutors press for statements while Whitmore claims his rights were violated. Harry Hendrickson, linked to Whitmore, faces police scrutiny as officers pursue a theory that a Jersey party followed by Whitmore led to the wife’s death.
Bap Clarke and Albert Be Slater Clarke Alexander Clarke wed in Virginia on a Sunday. Notices invite relatives to private interment. Also listed are obituaries and funeral notices for Brown Cannon Carter Craven Cribb, Konner Korn, Marks Haly and others with dates around January 1908 and venues in Washington DC and nearby areas.
Seven men drown when a skiff overturns on the Missouri River near Kickapoo. Two rescued with great effort. list of the dead includes Frank Hill Ralph Till Charles Baker John Baker Elmer Hundley Grover Hundley and an Unknown Swede. Accident involved Kansas Natural Gas Company workers en route to the Kansas side. Current and wind drove the craft apart as it neared midstream. Bodies not recovered at press time.
A list of marriage licenses shows Jiufus I Beall and Florence Hibbs of Sterling Va among several couple pairings. Other entries include Charles Pate and Ethel Berry, James Irvine and Evie Bonnafion, and Lucy Macon with George Moffett, all from various towns.
A Health Office record lists numerous individuals with ages and addresses, detailing deaths or hospital reports from Sibley, Georgetown, Garfield, Providence, and other DC facilities. Entries include George Galleher at Sibley Hospital, Rose A Wheeler at 929 Est NE, Walter Riches at 35th and Prospect, and Mary J Leary at 221 Bth St SW, among many others with ages ranging from days to 98 years.
A dense listing of funeral directors and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers. Notable entries include Thos A Nalley Son 231 11th St NE and J W Lee 332 Pennsylvania Ave NW, with livery connections, and Frank Geier Sons at 13 Seventh St. Many firms advertise commodious chapels, moderate prices, and day and night service.
New York Alderman Little Tim Sullivan introduces an ordinance to bar women from smoking in cafes and other public venues with up to a $25 fine and ten days in jail for proprietors who permit smoking by women. The measure follows a Fifth Avenue cafe incident and faces committee review with a public hearing. Sullivan defends public morals and argues the rule would protect women and public respect, inviting suffragists to speak.
Canadian Pacific reports a steamer resembling the Mount Royal sighted 250 miles west of Fastnet. The Mount Royal left Antwerp December 7 for St John New Brunswick with 201 immigrants and a large cargo. Lake Manitoba dispatched to assist.
Rome January 6 King Victor Emmanuel made Nelson Gay of Boston Masa a Knight of the Crown of Italy for his historical writings on the resurrection of Italy. Gay has studied Italy's revolution period and recently presented documents about Italian affairs before historical and national societies.
Special report from Annapolis Maryland says the quarantine on the Marine Barracks and the Santee was lifted today after several diphtheria cases were reported in the past weeks.
Judges and lawyers continued the Thaw murder jury pick, with 9 talesmen examined and several excused. Jurors include Floyd S Stanford and William E Brower, each stating bias could be set aside while others held cautious opinions. Thaw’s night out at the Tombs marks a rare break from confinement as selection advances.
Americus Georgia physician Dr Crockett formerly at the Virginia State Insane Asylum received a request from Harry K Thaw's counsel to travel to New York at once for testimony in Thaw's second trial. It is noted that a Thaw family member was confined at the Virginia asylum during Crockett’s tenure, a fact his lawyers seek to prove with the physician as the officer in charge.
In San Francisco a deadly fire destroyed a two story laundry and power plant adjoining a French hospital, killing Michael Franco, his wife, and Jean Pons. The blaze caused over 350000 in building damage and threatened the main hospital, with patients panicked but quickly evacuated by nurses.
A speech asserts rising wealth with $78 878.23 more in banks than a year ago and higher land values. It claims more unsold cotton, more farmer income, and stronger cattle pockets. It urges debt avoidance and predicts a booming 1908 for merchants banks farmers and all.
London reports that the perjury charge against Herbert Druce, tied to the Duke of Portland estates dispute, collapsed after December exhumation of Thomas Charles Druce. Witnesses declared no lead in the vault and the coffin undisturbed, with Professor Pepper detailing a well preserved body identified by initials F. D. Public interest waned as civil actions proceed. In New York, Robert Caldwell, a key witness, is gravely ill and may not appear as his indictment moves forward.
Gossip from the capital reports that General Grosvenor, retired from Congress, may run as an independent for the Eleventh district if primaries are not conducted to his approval. Douglas insists on regular Republican methods and hopes Grosvenor backs him.
Helena Mont Jan 6 The St Louis Mining Co asks Federal court for injunction to restrain the Rothschilds owners of Montana Mining Co from operating the disputed vein between their properties The dispute has long held up ore extraction Former Senator Brown of Utah was in Washington when killed by Mrs Anna Bradley He had secured a 192000 judgment for St Louis against Montana later reversed and a new trial ordered Also ships and passenger movements reported from Antwerp Glasgow and New York with expected arrivals and sailings.
Birmingham Alabama voters approve a plan to annex sixteen suburbs and form a larger Birmingham. The measure passes by a 2,6 to remainder margin. The law takes effect October 1, and the population of the expanded city is about 125,009. The Post notes the full pocketbook size and the newspaper reach.
The twenty three year old son of C. H. L. Patten, a Palatine Ul banker, married Dolly Powell at St Paul's Church Covent Garden. Dolly Powell, a Romano's Strand barmaid, is famed among Strand habitués for her knowledge of Shakespeare and Herbert Spencer. The bride is several years older than the groom.
Berlin reports another mysterious ripper incident as a four year old girl is lured into a hallway and fatally stabbed. The assault mirrors last July’s series of child stabbings. No trace of the perpetrator has been found.
Christiania Norway January 6 M Gude named minister of Norway to the United States will assume duties on April 1 succeeding M Hauge.
The London Times passes from Walter family control after three generations. Arthur Pearson, a leading London journalist, becomes managing director of a new company, with Arthur F. Walter moving to chairman of the board. The Times keeps its price at three pence and its editorial character, while reorganizing management. court sanction is required for the change to take effect.
New York Jan 6 Hiram Maxim claims a new Motorite explosive power can drive torpedoes faster than a mile a minute and propel a submarine boat to 4 miles an hour. He says the system harnesses nitroglycerin and guncotton like gasoline, enabling controlled high-speed propulsions and even transatlantic liner speeds within future plans.
A New York prop appears as a collection of odd vignettes from the upper West Side and suburbs. youths, a medical student, and Dr Arthur Denchfield figure in a comic episode about curing dipsomania by immobilizing a limb. Other items include a haunting mystery solved by police, burglars looting a VeronA NJ house, a tiger cat aboard a freighter, elderly couples returning to pinochle, self milking cows, a horse that wants glasses, and a cat saving a family from fire.
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