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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
35
Keene's Ballot remains favorite amid a strong field in the Suburban Handicap as Easy For Melisande beats Field Mouse in the Castletown Stakes. Big Train with 142 pounds encounters misfortune early in the Journe-Simcoe opener, while Dur ing Early Part of Journe-Simcoe and Roseben show mixed results. Track records are noted as being broken amid the day's events.
A chaotic OCR fragment outlines racing results and participants including youths and men. Names such as Keerrar Gleastle and others appear with scattered scores and mentions of events and venues.
Hurry Fannel, local boy who starred for the defunct Washington Cinion reigie team, signed a contract with the Winston Selerg club. He will report on Saturday and is paired with Irwin clan as a rising star. Moreland, a well known figure in local circles, is considering an offer from the same club and may join on Saturday.
The feature event at Sheephead Park will run without public betting for the second time since its 1884 inauguration as Dorante is scratched. A large crowd is expected despite Dorante not starting.
The Suburban Handicap 20 enters at Sheepshead Bay tomorrow with Pontia in the mix and a strong crowd expected. Ballot trained by Keene stands as the main rival with odds around 8 to 1, while contenders include Fair Play Dandelion King James and Celia. The event proceeds under strict betting oversight and a $9,000 in fees and forfeit costs loom, with plans for full admission pricing and no professional bookmakers on track.
The first annual New York Yacht Club regatta on Long Island Sound featured twelve boats across multiple classes. Commodore Cottarins Vanderbijks, Aura, Pynchon, Ista len, and ROM Emmens led a tight finish in the larger division, with Avenger and Bennett Gap close behind on time allowances. Eclipse sailed solo in the big schooner class, while Smitar, Mili, Dorwina, Mimosa, and others contested smaller fleets. Vigrant did not start.
A reader reports a Hoboken mining note claiming gold in quartz samples from the Stevens Institute of Technology project. Professor Stillman and colleagues discuss tonnage estimates and ore value as they examine a sample set, with implications for large dreams of wealth if the assay results hold true.
A dense read of early baseball chatter covers Burns and the Tigers likely to clash again, player form and fitness for stars like Le Jeune, Felk, and Steinfeldt, team shifts, and Yankee confidence driven by Kid Gleibfeld. Includes notes on Seybold, Murphy, Stovall, and Crosstown moves across leagues with minor league hints and manager gambles.
Election of officers led by Hubert S Marshal of Civinat who was reelected president. Michael Roach of Bouton elected first vice president. Albert Miller of Indianapolis reelected second vice president. Jon J Peanes of St Louis elected vice president. Raady Kiennelan of Denver reelected secretary.
A newspaper editor, Wil Stewart, shot and mortally wounded a burglar during an attempted break in at the editor's home on June 1. The intruder escaped but was later found with a pistol in his stomach. the editor acted after surprising the burglar inside the residence. Arnold Daly, actor, bankruptcy filing noted with assets and debts. Several local baseball and league standings items listed from various associations and cities.
The jury in the damage suit by carpenter Sullivan against Capital Traction Company returned a verdict for the defendant after three hours of deliberation. Sullivan claimed he was thrown from a car platform at Capitol Hill on January 9, injuring his arm. The verdict absolves the company of liability in the incident.
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana State Senate voted four to sixteen to postpone the Cordail bill creating a state racing commission and regulating betting at race tracks. The body sent the Locke antiracing bill to a third reading, signaling faction strength and an expected final passage tomorrow after House approval and gubernatorial commitment.
Coroner’s inquest found Mrs Warian S F Jouy dead from suicide by carbolic acid at Olympia apartment house. Autopsy confirmed ingestion. Funeral plans pending. John H Gregory of Tennallytown filed for divorce from Viola E Gregory on statutory grounds, citing marriage in Baltimore in June 1897 and separation since February 1900, and he faces a juvenile court summons over support for two children alleged not to be his.
Reduced rate round trip tickets valid Saturday to Monday offered by the Norfolk and Washington Steamship Company. Weekend outings do not affect the main program. Combination tickets include boat expenses and Hotel Chamber Hill accommodation at Old Point Comfort, sold weekly on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets for Friday depart Friday, Saturday or extend to Tuesday morning at higher costs. Boats sail at 6:30 pm on listed days with daily sailings at the same hour. More details available at Seventh street wharf or 705 Fourteenth Street.
Commissioner Morrow said bids will be sought for land within territories around six existing and four additional schools to relieve Franklin and Thompson near Tenth and M streets and Fourteenth, Johnson near Sixteenth Irving and Fourteen, Park roads. Potomac near Ninth G Water and Twelfth Maryland, Morgan near 18th Kalorama Champlain Florida and V. and adjacent to Armstrong Mania Trading School Monroe School Lojoy Sebac and Philips School.
Evangelist William A Sunday of Chicago discusses plans to raise $100000 for a revival campaign in Chicago as business leaders back prohibition and religion as a business asset. He notes support from the Chicago Lawmans Evangelistic Association and mentions prior visits with President Roosevelt and a Decatur controversy over unpublished sermons.
Postmaster General orders strict action to curb anarchistic and subversive material circulated through the U S mails. The move follows earlier Department efforts to narrow and suppress publishing deemed against national security, with publishers and postmasters instructed to enforce new prohibitions.
Companies A and B of the Industrial Home School will hold their fourth annual competitive hall drill tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock on Wisco street avenue north street. Cadets under Vaz J B Webb of Ye Heh School will lead the contest. Edward L Klements is captain of Company A and Harry Martin of Company F.
Thomas Tole, seventy, of 1038 E Street SE, fell attempting to board an electric car at Ninth and F Street NW yesterday evening about 9 o clock. His right leg was crushed by the front wheels. physicians say amputation may be necessary. He is in serious condition at Emory Hospital.
Philadelphia June 18 A marine Peter G Hogan died after a boxing bout aboard the battleship Mississippi. Navy doctors say heart failure from exhaustion. sparring partner Johnny Hogan surrendered to police but wasn’t charged. A board of inquiry appointed by Admiral Pendleton sent its findings to the Navy Department in Washington.
Committees organize a parish outing for St Patrick’s orphans from St Patrick Academy and Sunday School with attendance by children. Prizes and refreshments arranged by named volunteers. excursion supervised by parish priests Rev William T Russell, Thomas McGuigan, and James Smyth.
Secretary Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution departs Washington for Bellon Mant with Le Buring as escort to cross and recross the Great Range between the Great Northern Range and North Kootenay Pass in British Columbia. The expedition aims to study the region’s glaciers and tribes while examining boundary questions of the forty ninth parallel, under Dr Wittman and Mr Walden.
Personal inspection of the streets cited in a recent hearing occurred yesterday. Brennan Construction Company’s P J Brennan approved the inspection on Engineer Commissioner Morrow’s recommendation. Inspectors also reviewed grade crossings in the southwest section and near the Lyon & station area.
The Protestant Episcopal diocese of Delaware through a special committee on notification received a letter from Prof. Fo hyneman of Nen rek stating he had accepted the honor of being elected to succeed the late Bishop Coleman. He will be ready to come to Delaware about November 1.
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