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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
32
Miss Sarah Weed, a student at a fashionable Boston girls’ institution, escaped a sanatorium and with Miss Elizabeth Hardee, a presiding coworker, shot a coworker and died by her own hand. Housekeeper found both bodies. Both families are prominent.
The Washington Post reports a sensational murder plot involving Miss Weed and Miss Weed and Miss Harden connected to the Istinahla Taurens School. An apparent killing spree ends with Harden dead and Weed in custody after a night of intrigue in New York and connections to socialite circles.
Indefinite period order issued and girls sent home as Miss Susannah Hardee of Philadelphia is killed in Boston today. Willam P Hardee, a city attorney, is her father and Cosme Hardee, her brother, left for Boston. Mrs Silvia M Weed of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, mother of Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed, lives with daughter L W Taylor. The family withheld news from the ailing widow until a sister at Wellesley College could confirm details.
London reports unconfirmed that the crown jewels stolen from Dublin Castle were found at a pawnbroker and sent back to Dublin. Scotland Yard says no information available on the subject.
Police and churches report 200 shacks burned in Manila Samoplouic district on March 11. Damage estimated at $100. Fire likely started by a spark from a locomotive on a thatched roof. High winds drove flames through the area. No casualties but about 15 000 homeless natives are being assisted in churches and by police. no starvation or exposure reported.
Victoria March 11. Refusing to leave the freight steamer Windsor wrecked on a reef off Western Australia, Chief Officer Joseph Walters, Chief Engineer David W Jones and Chief Engineer Join Jenkins were drowned. The Windsor, bound from Paramata to Hongkong with sandalwood, had other officers and crew saved.
Washington mining engineer John Hayes Hammond, long ill and operated on, has fully recovered and will travel East in April. He is noted for his work in mining engineering and has been with the Washington field office. The recovery permits him to resume duties and begin travel soon.
Monarch Alfonso departs Barcelona to a joyous reception as crowds cheer. He thanks attendees for their warm welcome and recalls favorable encounters during his stay, expressing gratitude for the hospitality shown.
President Roosevelt plans a detailed message to Congress urging swift action on emergency currency labor law reforms and stronger federal oversight of railroads. He seeks measures to curb stock gambling, reform the Sherman act, and expand government power, while noting real chances vary and some bills may be altered or delayed. Analysts expect pushback from railroads and members wary of broad change. The Barcelona and Madrid reports touch on King Alfonso’s farewell and a bomb incident, with no injuries.
In Belhaven, Beaufort County, a race riot erupted over the replacement of Negro labor with Greeks by Interstate Cooperage Company. About sixty armed locals attacked Greek workers around midnight, driving them into a swamp. Several Greeks were fatally wounded. Belhaven lacks police, prompting county authorities to seek military protection from the governor. The Washington Light Infantry was dispatched, with more trouble anticipated as night fell amid poor communication.
White pupils drove away Black students in German Township public schools. Several injured as white youths attacked. county superintendent threatens expulsion if riots recur. An elderly Black man claimed his grandson was assaulted and whipped by white children. London and Berlin reports connect to a larger diplomatic note as American Ambassador Griscom departs Rome for Berlin.
Paul Morton urged federal control of all freight and passenger railroad rates at a St Louis banquet. He proposed declaring all transportation by rail interstate and subject to regulation only by a federal commission to protect shippers, carriers, and capital providers.
Seaman William Ruhlman recounts the long agonies of six survivors from the American ship Starbuck's sinking far off South America. Two crewmen died before rescue by the British steamer Cambuskeneth, and the others were taken to Valparaiso for care while one boat remained missing.
Hackensack New Jersey March 11 inquest resumed into the death of Walter F Baker a prominent Boston clubman who died in Bogota after an New York City evening. Dr William F Boos testified arsenic was found in the brain and that a fatal dose could be administered in solution. Surgeon McGrath reported normal organs except lung spots. Dr Underhill testified he had known Baker since 1880 and found no heart disease signs. The coroner pressed ex coroner A B Lees about his burial permit and Baker’s alleged railroad influence.
Anna Gould sails today from Cherbourg on the White Star Adriatic with her three children bound for New York. She had canceled earlier passage on the Bronco spring and secured state rooms on the Adriatic at the last moment. Prince Hella de Sagan reputedly sailed the same day for the United States, though confirmation is lacking.
Senator Foraker stunned the Senate by publicly admitting defeat in Ohio and signaling a return to private life and law practice. The May 2 admission followed Brownsville reports and sparked excitement among friends and foes, highlighting his fighting spirit and surprise at the Taft faction's ascendancy.
Rome reports from Italian Somaliland describe a tribe aided by Mutlab soldiers attacking a rival tribe under Italian protection. Thirty opponents were killed, cattle seized, and Italian troops pursuing the raiders left four hundred Mutlab soldiers dead in one engagement. Sajlans suffered one death and two wounds. Also noted is a Persian Rug Sale continuing at Sloan's, 1417 G Street, today.
In Paducah two First district Republican conventions elected separate national delegates and nominees. One group with Chairman W J Deboe chose Walter Blackourn for Congress and Edward Thomas for Presidential elector, with Adolph Well as a national delegate. The other group led by Dr Frank Boyd backed J M Porter for Congress and Frank Harris for Presidential elector. Both blocs endorsed Roosevelt policies and Governor Wilson administration.
In Oklahoma a pistol battle at Thomas Nichols home left three men shot two critically. Miss Bessie Nichols, sixteen, rushed in and threw herself between fighters Charles Nichols and Joe McClutcha, knocking up a weapon to save her brother. Two suspects were arrested amid a rural county dance clash between Nichols and McClutcha families.
News from Herkimer County reports that President electors may include Douglas Robinson as a delegate to the Republican convention. Henry Rabinen is named a potential personal representative and a special delegate supports the president’s campaign at the national gathering.
Cincinnati mayor Marblet faced backlash after remarks claiming only a sewing machine should be run by a woman. He apologized, admitting he was wrong and pledging no sex bias in the new driver examination ordinance, allowing women to obtain permits as readily as men. The incident spurred debate on women’s suffrage and driving rights.
The Senate Military Affairs Committee completed four reports on the Brownsville affair, with President Pine urging reinstatement of the colored Twenty fifth Infantry. Debate centered on authority to reinstate and on race politics influencing Republican loyalties before the 1906 elections.
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