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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
26
Frances McLean O Connor and her husband Thomas O Connor resisted arrest in a New York hotel siege. Post-office inspectors guarded doors and fire escapes while writs were sought. McLean faces charges of using mails to defraud investors in a reported get rich scheme tied to real estate interests.
Fragmentary report notes two residents near a village death. One elder, nearing 100, and another aged about 100 are mentioned in a brief notice with unclear details and scattered names. The piece references local timing and community responses without full context.
A long serving helper named Tawele receives a $23,500 bequest from a man he served for thirty years. The will, written by the deceased, honors Tawele for faithful service and assistance during illness and hard times. The article notes the executor and the estate’s final settlement details.
Eleven jurors are selected for Raymond Hitchcock's trial on a charge by a young girl. Assistant District Attorney Garvan will likely open for the prosecution. Hitchcock's wife may testify briefly. Hitchcock asks notable Samba Club figures to serve as witnesses, but they decline. The Lambs Club suspends him pending the case.
Miss Genevleya D Jones of Manhattan Avenue tried to end her life by poison after enduring daily harassment from patrons while earning a living as a manicure worker in New York. Richard Golding, a patrolman and her brother in law, forced milk to counteract the poison and arranged medical aid. Jones, who came from Games Michigan, said the city’s men were relentlessly intrusive and she hoped to die rather than continue facing this treatment.
New York dog Heath Baronet known as Spot died after sudden illness at the Gould home Georgian Court Likesood. An autopsy was ordered as Mr Gould suspects possible poisoning. Spot, a three year old white bulldog with black spots, was famed in London Boston New York. Duck Montague, a caretaker of valuable dogs, led Spot’s care and recently fell ill. The dog may have ingested rat poison. authorities to investigate.
Cleveland’s coroner ruled the Collinwood school fire caused by faulty construction rather than individual fault. Janitor Frederick Iirter was exonerated. he claimed he was at his post when the fire started and opened doors to aid evacuation. The coroner cited a partition blocking the stair and urged fireproofing and automatic safety devices in all schools. Rochester mayor orders third story of public schools abandoned.
A young woman known to artists as Margaret died of apoplexy on Broadway yesterday. Identified at the morgue by Penrhyn Stanlaws, the Vanderbilt governess claimed her past as a governess in the Vanderbilt family. Stanlaws recalls her tales of travels and a Paris cafe incident with a model named Marie Antoinette. She spoke English, German, French and Italian and was reportedly writing a travel book.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw sues Harry K Thaw in New York Supreme Court to annul her 1905 marriage on the claim Thaw was insane at contracting. Mrs William Thaw named as co defendant. service delayed by a technical error. Thaw’s attorney vows vigorous defense as Evelyn seeks freedom and support, while a settlement may provide for her maintenance.
Belasco Theater presents The Servant in the House by Charles Rann Kennedy with a strong cast led by Edith Wynne Matthi son Mabel Moore Walter Hampden Tyrone Power Galwey Herbert and others The play promises an uninterrupted five act drama centered on human brotherhood Seats go on sale for The Traveling Salesman with Henry B Harris presenting Thomas W Ross at the Columbia Theater next week.
Affidavits filed by the defense request a postponement in the murder case against Beech Hargis over the death of his father Judge James Hargis. The affidavits claim attorney J J Bach cannot proceed due to illness and that Flood Day, uncle of the defendant, was absent from court, extending the trial to a seventh day in the term.
New York March 11 The women's welfare committee formed by Anne Morgan J Borden Harriman and other city women rejects suffragette aims and backs cooperation with Civic Federation to improve conditions for workers The move favors conservative female leadership over professional reformers and notes early gains including support from McCormick Hanna and others. Timothy Healy announced a Chicago womens branch of the National Civic Federation.
Birmingham March 11 Arrangements were made for the transport of Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and a party of friends over the Alabama Great Southern. They will board the Alabama Great Southern train at Chattanooga on the evening of March 3 and pass through Birmingham shortly after midnight. Destination is not known but thought to be Vicksburg where the President's yacht will await their arrival.
Mrs Holth K Roosevelt wife of President Roosevelt filed her annual accounting as guardian of Kermit and Miss Ethel Roosevelt in the Surrogate's Court Mineola New York. The children each received five thousand dollars from their granduncle James Gracie's will. The guardian reports a free mortgage on 443 West Twenty fifth Street and that interest on each child's money, totaling seventy seven dollars, has been deposited in Seamen's Bank.
Italian authorities alert that the King of Italy has named Charles W Eliot of Harvard and a Massachusetts recipient grand officers of the Order of the Crown of Italy. The gesture honors Harvard’s reception of the Duke of Abrunzia and Massachusetts banking statutes aiding Han immigrant communities.
Poillon sisters, held at the Yomba for Starkwells Island penitentiary, depart New York at 3 PM under deputy sheriff escort. Warden Flynn says this will let him sleep again. Justice Fitzgerald of the Supreme Court had just dismissed their writ of habeas corpus.
Frederick Mudrak of 4 Barnaby Street Geneva Providence Rhode Island states Father John’s Medicine cured his severe cough and cold within a night and prevented bronchitis or pneumonia. He praises the remedy, notes fifty years in use with no opium morphine or poisonous drugs, and recommends it to friends.
Delegates arrive for United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis as John Mitchell predicts an inevitable suspension of mines after April. The Mine Workers Journal urges the public not to fear price hikes, noting coal stocks and operator agreements may prevent a long disruption.
Four Des Moines men led by Milo Ward Col John Superior Sheriff Polk County W M Heanon and Samuel Neidig challenge long odds in a seven year cribbage contest for one million points. They seek to show that a twenty nine point hand cannot occur in a million point game, a rare theoretical extreme in card playing.
Cordova L E Garmandia, a sophomore at Columbia University and roommate of Jay Gould, was severely injured while his troop of Squadron A practiced at the armory on Ninety Fourth Street and Madison Avenue. He fell from a horse during evolutions and was treated by Dr Frederick K Van Buren Jr before being moved to Roosevelt Hospital with concussion of the brain.
Police question a Wilkes-Barre teen who says she hired a man to kill Cameron Cool, the West Pittston horseman slain December 18. Officials note handwriting matches the girl, yet doubts remain as sisters and matron press for disclosures about the supposed killer and an unnamed $5 payment.
Stevens No 21 balloon ascended from Pittfield Massachusetts at 1109 am and landed near Hampton Falls New Hampshire at 215 pm after a three hour six minute flight. Pilot Lea Stevens and passenger William F Whitehouse, both of New York, traveled about 134 miles with an average speed above forty three miles per hour.
Dr Huarison Crook sues the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 6361 seeking damages for medical care of Terra cotta wreck victims. Letters from railroad officials were admitted to show the company delayed payments while claiming excessive medical costs. Testimony described the wreck horrors and physician arrangements, with witnesses including Dr L J Battle and Drs Brooks and Gunning. The trial progresses toward a jury verdict as the case hinges on payment arrangements and the railroad’s contracts with doctors. Separately, Wheatley named a director of Washington Exchange Bank to fill the term after Charles E Wood’s death.
Suanna Rocamora Marsh led a mixed program featuring grand opera arias, melodies in multiple languages, and popular tunes. Wilbur Howard Peter with strong bass supported the Wir Howard Peter group, while the guitar club and director Holt contributed to strong entertainment value.
Brady colored was held at the grand jury yesterday by a cor oners jury which inqured into the death of Wilford Carter. Brady mistook Carter for another man and struck him twice with a fence picket. Deputy Conner Glazebrook testified Carter died from a fractured skull.
George Crocker a quarter owner of a San Francisco Crocker estate will have stomach surgery on Saturday in New York. Dr William J Bull will perform the operation after a Pacific Coast consultation following Mr Crocker’s return to his East Sixty fourth Street home last Monday. His brother William Crocker of San Francisco and sister Mrs C Alexander of West Fifty eighth Street will attend.
An advertisement claims a homemade mixture with fluid extract dandelion and tinctures purports to cleanse kidneys and bladder, ease rheumatic pain, and restore strength. It urges readers to mix three ounces of a compound with syrups and drink one teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime, noting hospital tests support its efficacy.
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