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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1910
Page
1
Illinois state senator D W Holstlaw admits to receiving 2500 dollars to vote for Lorimer in the United States Senate race. Lorimer denies bribery charges as Gov Deneen counters the claims. Broderick is sought on indictment with a bench warrant issued. immunity deals linked to Holstlaw’s statements emerge amid a broader furniture deal investigation.
State's Attorney Burke questions Holstlaw who admits voting for Lorimer and accepting 2500 dollars plus 700 for his vote. He recounts meetings with Chicago figure Broderick at the St Nicholas Hotel and in a Chicago saloon, notes a promised 1500 later and outlines a June 1908 trip. Governor Deneen rebukes claims of a Tribune conspiracy and defends his actions in the press episode. Detective search for Broderick continues after Springfield police telegram requests arrest.
Senator William Lorimer of TuJnuls denounced bribery charges against his U S Senate seat in a lengthy speech to the Senate. He blamed the Chicago Tribune and Gov. Deneen for the attack, detailed his election, and accused opponents of colluding to ruin him and a Chicago banking venture. He referred to a Tribune story and to a banking issue, defending Browne and denouncing a paid witness and forged allegations.
A Negro servant, Nannie Clarkeon, is jailed after Florence Barrow and her daughters Mary and Florence fall gravely ill from suspected rat poison in coffee at 5 Dupont Circle NW. Detectives traced a poisoned coffee can to Clarkeon, who denies placing the toxin. authorities say Miss Mary Barrow bought poison weeks earlier for the Clarkson servant, amid threats over unpaid wages. Prof. A P Bourland of the Rockefeller worm commission and Mrs. Rose, a visitor, are connected to the case as doctors rush to treat the Barrows.
Wilkes Barrr Pa May 28 two passengers were killed and ten injured when an Lehigh Valley Railroad accommodation train derailed at Stull 26 miles from Wilkes Barre The rear day coach jumped the track while the smoker plunged down an embankment crushing it Dozens of wounded were treated on scene and by local physicians The fatalities were John Pollack 35 and Jacob Epley both residents of the region The wreck occurred at an abandoned lumber yard switch operated by Albert Lewis Lumber Company involving three cars including a smoker and baggage coach.
Halley's comet watch meets police stakeout as John Strosnider known as Big Jack is captured on Cambridge Bank embezzlement charges. He faces $25,000 bond for $400 theft from National City Bank and aiding George Coleman in a $20,000 looting. Strosnider, long linked to crooked races, had been missing at Flatbush home before arrest after a comet sighting. The case ties Ayreaether and Keltther to Coleman’s theft, with prior prison and trial history noted.
In Rome on May 28 Pope John G. Hagen, director of the Vatican observatory, noted the comet’s appearance has provoked far more stir than it warranted. The pope expressed subdued disappointment, saying the spectacle scarcely justified the global commotion it sparked.
A local couple attempting to elope to Baltimore to wed were pursued by the sister’s brother and a slater. The man refused to reveal their destination, the youth and sister attacked him with stones, leaving him bruised and bleeding. The pair were escorted back by pursuers toward Baltimore where the incident occurred on the road near Blue Ridge. The report notes the episode in a 1900s style Washington Post wire service manner.
A court injunction bars striking miners from marching or gathering near Irwin field. The restriction, granted on the petition of New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, targets the miners and officers of the local union in the region. Riots have occurred around the company’s mines in the past as tensions rise.
Topaks Kan May 28 Kansas will need 20000 harvest hands this year, about 2000 more than last year, says Charles Harris director of the state employment bureau. Harvesting will not begin before June 20 and possibly not after June 30, based on reports from across the state.
George Beckett, 31, a bricklayer from Georgetown known as Thitch, performed a 90 foot dive from a bridge railing into the river. Onlookers watched as he stripped to swimwear, donned clothes again, then leaped and emerged unharmed. Beckett calls the rush like flying and aims to become a high diver. police caution his dangerous stunts.
Prair i and Philadelphia report heavy fighting in Bluefields Nicaragua as Madriz forces push Estrada back. Gen Lara’s defender s suffer high losses while Estrada claims victory and captures prisoners. US orders move of marines and ships to Bluefields as tensions rise and treachery suspicions grow.
The General Assembly adopted a deliverance reaffirming Presbyterian doctrine after exoneration of New York Presbytery and Synod. The statement upholds the church’s governing polity and the cardinal theologies, reflecting a return to founders' tenets amid charges previously held.
The account records the death of a 92 year old Mason, with details of a church meeting and votes, including Rev Fr B Mac Cayley of Trenton reading the declaration, and Rev J J Wilson of St Paul opposing. It notes the assembly adjourned with family ties and a final vigil.
Special to Tae Wee Dragten reports Cardinal Gibbons was invited to Wilmington to dedicate St. Thomas Catholic Church, recently purchased, after enlarging the property. He was made vicariate for North Carolina by the Baltimore council, and funds were raised to acquire adjoining ground. The old church remains, later purchased for a black congregation by Mother Catherine Drexel as the new church nears dedication.
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