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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
1
Post office inspectors question employees after receipts and money disappear from Henry Johnson’s desk in the main post office. Packages registered to money orders vanish after delivery and absence. officials refuse to disclose totals. Investigators trace items to substations with no clear clue to theft.
SomackoD announces Mirk Thompson as the new United States senator appointed by Governor Frhe to fill the unexpired term of Svrlater Johnson who died. Thompson, a Democrat from Tower county, has been active locally as a town finersisor board member and county dodge, and is described as a longtime personal friend of Gov Burke. The appointment follows a divided Senate and yesterday’s conference noting his birth in Scotsville, 1880. The President says the term lasts four years.
Nov 10. Reports of an organized lynch effort against Wi James a Black suspect of murder led to secret removal from town. Bloodhound tests from Harrisburg, Wickliffe, and Charleston traced the suspect to Lovey Green’s cottage and James’s feed factory before reaching the jail site.
New York notice reveals Walter Wisely, long time head waiter at Delmonico's, saved $500000 through prudent investments. On his recent death his widow applied for letters of administration to settle the estate. James Thielman, also associated with Delmonico's, was noted as the investor who wisely put the savings to work.
At the first annual Railway Business Association banquet in New York, leaders and lawmakers discussed federal rail control. Representative Hepburn urged government oversight on capital raises and competition, while George A Post urged public support for railroads and equal rights for shippers. Brown of New York Central proposed better vocational training and stronger farming education to support industry.
The Washington Post reports Commander Robert Peary honored at a dinner by the Peary Arctic Club in New York. He described his polar trip amid liquor toasts as the lone riot speech while scientists and notable figures listened. Separately, Morse seeks a new trial arguing juror misconduct and government involvement during his 1907 banking case proceedings. The petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court follows.
Boston November report outlines a family settlement involving Mary Baker Eddy and her son George W Glover. Glover receives 245000 and Eddy’s adopted son Ebenezer J Foster Eddy gets 945000. Eddy relinquishes all present or prospective rights to Mr Badys estate. The arrangement also notes 215000 to Glover’s family and 45000 to Eddy.
Syracuse November 10. Detectives and guards foiled an attempt to rob the New York Central Express between Lyons and Syracuse. Two men, George Williams and Frank Brown, 18, of Buffalo, were arrested at gunpoint. A third man reportedly fell under the tram and may be dead. The trio planned to seize silk and valuables aboard the Express, which runs nightly with armed guards on the Buffalo to Syracuse route. The suspects refused details about their partner.
Jamaica swept by a storm disrupted land connections and cut cable links to Kingston with floods and damaged bridges. Reports from Nova Scotia and New York describe continued interruptions and speculate on an undersea quake affecting the system. Kingston and nearby areas faced severe outages as government telegraph lines failed.
Paris Nov 1 The Steinheil murder case courtroom scenes escalate as magistrate de Valles presses to reveal truth. Witness contradictions emerge including Mariette, Nurse Vogler, and Alexander Wolf while defense highlights alleged coercion. Accused’s ties to powerful men and alleged debts to witnesses fuel tense proceedings as judges challenge testimony.
New York November 10 Palladino the Neapolitan medium who influenced Cesare Lombroso has arrived aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Princess Irene. Palladino will sit for tests before William James of Harvard, Queckenbos of Columbia, Hyslop of the American Society of Psychical Research, and other scientists.
Margaret Ilington Frohman wife of Daniel Frohman New York theatrical manager was granted an absolute divorce in Reno. The hearing lasted minutes with one witness besides the plaintiff testifying on the ground of nonsupport. A document accepting service and waiving all rights to answer was read during the hearing.
The gyroscope driven monorail car, 49 feet long and 22 tons, demonstrated on war office grounds in London, carried 49 passengers at 23 miles per hour with stability and safety. Inventor Tom Brennan predicts 150 mph and major rail disruption as the system matures, asserting future vehicles will be larger and faster with self-contained petrol power and gyroscope stability.
Mrs Grant wife of a son of former President Grant died in San Diego after a long illness of apoplexy. She was about five years married to Chaffee Grant and leaves several children, including Mia Mauser Julia Dent Grant and Fannie Grant, and is a daughter of former Colorado Senator Chaffes.
A runaway timber car on the British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban line crashed into a crowded passenger car near Vancouver. Fourteen people were killed, including the freight car’s motorman and conductor, and seven were injured, some fatally. Most aboard were workers bound for New Westminster. The lumber car broke loose on a heavy grade.
Edward Hulls, vice president of First National Bank of Plainville and Connecticut legislator, disappeared Tuesday. His body was found in the Gilsey House New York room registered under another name with a woman present. coroner cites natural causes likely heart disease. Wife reports him missing and police search continues as details unfold.
The Washington Post reports Confederate veterans seek removal of an Arlington National Cemetery inscription referencing negroes. A Sons of Veterans committee will pressure Congress and circulate petitions across the South signed by veterans and descendants. The Arlington inscription has long been a sore point among Confederate veterans.
President Taft ends a thousand mile journey from Beverly and is formally welcomed by a Chamber of Commerce delegation at Union Station. Crowds cheer as Taft, in good health, greets officials including Secretary Carpenter and Col Cosby before departing for the White House for a two day stay before travel to Connecticut.
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