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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1908
Page
2
A crowded morning scene outside the church shows President Roosevelt lifting his hat to supporters while a photographer with a large camera in blue HNL positions nearby. The President shielded his face in apparent disgust as the photographer started filming.
The document outlines an arrangement with the American government to settle claims involving Dominga property and related finances. It refers to a sum to be provided, administration duties, and seals related to the settlement, detailing how the money and claims will be managed by the U.S. side.
A feud between families in Virginia ends when Miss Nora Roberson and J Norman Blake marry after the judge bans visits and orders chaperonage. Police report says the couple, once forbidden to wed, proceed with a socially prominent ceremony in New York after tentative plans in Charleston.
Leon Delagrange, the French aeronaut, completed a three mile test at Milan with spectators including Henry Farman and coronet Fogfish watching. Despite several attempts he managed to glide about a mile and a quarter before circling the course at roughly forty miles per hour. His machine stayed about twenty feet from the crowded center as the crowd cheered and Larmar congratulated him.
Policeman George Thomson was slashed four times by a man disguised in women’s clothes during an attempted arrest on a misdemeanor charge. Thomson fired at the fleeing assailant, who turned and struck again before being killed. The dead suspect was later identified as a man.
Washington Post dispatch from Alexandria reports George Wright a Philadelphia traveling salesman pleaded with his wife Lillian Wright to return home after she disappeared with another man. Police retrieved a bottle of laudanum from the alleged lover, and the couple reconciled at police headquarters. The scene touched on fear of Sabbath violations and drug incidents as the city contended with social tensions.
A severe storm caused a street car collision on West Win Street when binding rammed the leading vehicle blinding the motorman. Passengers including many women and children were hurled from seats as both cars were damaged. Several were seriously injured and others bruised. The motorman escaped injury by jumping clear.
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburg reports the Pennsylvania railroad has begun storing abandoned stations in East Liberty yards. More than twenty structures, mainly two story offices for telegraph and ticket use, have been removed from their former sites and placed on cars for awaiting further orders.
The Financial Chronicle notes dwindling railway gross earnings with dividend cuts at Erie, Western Union, and others. It cites May results, large coal traffic impacts, and warns wage reductions are likely while crop prospects remain mixed and gold flows from Europe rise. The piece weighs political factors, monetary strain, and limited stock liquidity as prices hover and speculative activity seeks a bottom.
Global markets show a generally satisfactory undertone with nervousness in Berlin amid international politics. Taft nomination boosts sentiment in the American market though gains shrink. Berlin bank rate at 2 percent affects the money market. copper strength hints at broader rise in metallurgical shares. Madrid reports Tangier warship talks to protect foreigners. Morocco internal affairs to remain untouched.
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