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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
1
Fragmented OCR yields a chaotic page with scattered political notes. The readable portions reference Taft era maneuvering, party power, and forthcoming meetings, including talk of real estate figures and travel offers, all within a wartime or political battlefield mood.
In a turbulent convention scene managers argued over seating both Taft allied delegations with half votes. Crane and Bradley pressed policy while Kentucky allies kept silent on compromises as Taft and President debated adjournment.
Washington couple Mr and Mrs G Green among nine dead after a head on collision wrecks a Washington Lasimore and Annapolis Bleak Rainha at Canin Park Md. Injured evacuated to Emergency Hospital and Annapolis morgue as investigators work. Relatives and officials cope with loss as details emerge from the Annapolis disaster.
Anthony Santo, fourteen, told Norwood District Court he killed two cousins in Brooklyn last March and a six year old in Dedham on May 11. Police say no such crimes exist in Brooklyn records and Santo’s confession is questioned while he awaits further investigation.
Reports from Hempstead indicate Belmont is showing favorable symptoms after an operation for appendicitis, offering doctors some cautious hope for a recovery. Oliver HP Belmont remains critically ill with peritonitis, while other patients show slight improvement. names and details are fragmentary in the scrambled update.
The renowned eye and ear surgeon Albert Jansen of Neri operated on two waifs from the tenements at St. Pike’s Hospital during a Chicago Medical Association gathering. Wealthy donors offered fortunes to witness the procedures as twenty five physicians attended.
A private audience with the Pope hinted at sending Mgr Stagni from the Servite Order to Washington as apostolic delegate. The discussion touched on his long service and the possible red hat, while a successor to Stagni is already being discussed with Vicar Leibering Stagni named as likely future delegate link to Chicago headquarters and Washington talks.
A telegraph report from Hitchcock Oklahoma says a posse from Alabama chased down Alf Munter and his band, leading to a house raid near Cleo Springs where six whites and a dozen blacks died. Sheriff Garrison oversaw the gathering as violence erupted.
Teheran reports a definite reconstruction of the Persian cabinet under premier Wushir Hs Sultaneh. Officials hope political turmoil will subside. Dispatches from Teheran say shops and bavars closed, streets deserted, and palace guard and fanatics fired on nationalists after news of Shalts flight.
Delegates of the Limited Irish League of Great Britain in Leeds banquet tonight honor O Connor with a portrait presented by John Redmond and a tribute to his twenty year presidency. John Dillon also spoke.
A Nebraska tornado ripped through South and Northern Ikmeas regions causing twenty one deaths and numerous injuries. Byron, Geneva, Franklin, Shickley, and Fairfeld reported fatalities and extensive property damage while towns faced washouts and communications cuts. Survivors fled to towns for shelter as hundreds became homeless and roads remained impassable.
London reports negotiations continue between Whitelaw Reid the American ambassador and Britain s Foreign Office over damage to trans Atlantic cables by trawlers along the Trich coast. The State Department urges Britain to act under the Paris treaty of the 1880s protecting cables in westerly waters. Also includes a travel notice for a $25.50 Chicago round trip on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from June 12 to 16 with through coaches and diners from Washington.
In Pittsburg on June 6 county detectives battled a gang of robbers near McKeesport. Thomas Manning was shot and killed, detective Inglert wounded twice, and Wolmer Patterson and kin held off a mob from a house with Patterson using his wife and child as shields before surrendering after reinforcements arrived. Police recovered stolen plunder and arrested Patterson’s father and brother.
Paris reports on the Dreyfus affair note doctors cannot locate a ball in May case and suggest wax pellets as a dueling pistol practice. Friends push the theory of wax pellets causing only skin abrasion. News say neither bullet nor cartridge was found after the Zola memorial ceremonies as Clemenceau’s government avoids reigniting the old issue.
Vienna reports an inquiry opened by a Viennese judge into the prince's actions during his tenure as German ambassador. Testsimony included Princess Pauline Metternich and German Embassy officials, plus staff of Baron Nathaniel Rothschild. Habrda, former president of the municipal police, said he never heard anything adverse about the prince.
An explosion at the Prestalite Company RX plant caused by stored Easin tanks today injures eleven workers. St Vincent’s Hospital and the city engine house adjacent were damaged. Four hospital employees and two others affected remain hospitalized. total cost to the plant runs $7742. This marks the third explosion at the works within a year.
Baron von Schlippenbach is transferred from Chicago by czar orders to serve as consul in New York. The appointment follows a telegram from St Petersburg confirming the commission.
The three contest managers Fairbanks Knox and Hughes vote to proceed with preliminary hearings by default and plan to appeal to the Credentials Committee and the convention. They intend to publish a statement outlining why cases will not continue before the national committee and discuss strategies with allies including Senator Taft and relations to the Fairbanks campaign.
A New York pathologist spoke at an annual Tuberculosis prevention association address, arguing sunlight harms blondes and may aid consumptives in some cases. He cited a survey of fifty physicists and contrasted brunette and blonde susceptibility, noting brunettes may be more prone in the temperate zone.
Amid a Roosevelt renomination push powerful business interests urge backing a third term not to unsettle markets. The Standard Oil and railroad factions argue only a Roosevelt renomination can avert mood declines before the convention and conserve financial interests. Delegates from West Virginia strive for direct representation and resist congressional boss influence.
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