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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1907
Page
14
A brave man dies after summoning lawyers upon realizing the situation. The widow is expected to receive 2,507,200 from Knickerbocker Trust Company. The man hoped the trust would not be embarrassed by his death or domestic troubles. Friends in time of need sought responsible action.
Charles Barnaby, former Knickerbocker Trust Company president, shot himself during an attempted operation. On the table he signed a will before anesthesia, leaving his widow the life insurance proceeds and directing most estate to discharge creditors. Doctors testified the act was intentional. investigators note large insurance and securities holdings. The piece covers creditor claims, bartered real estate, and the company’s fragile state after Barnaby’s death.
A Pullman car conference on the Southern Railway brought Tennessee and Alabama Republicans, led by Newell Sundere and others, to plan a Southward start for a Roosevelt third-term wave. Florida and Alabama conventions to decide on Roosevelt’s course, with a Tennessee push to be first state delegation instructed, awaited the outcome.
Fire at the Marconi wireless station in Siasconset Nantucket destroyed the kerosene engine and engine house, many wireless instruments, and operator lodging. The mast survived. repairs will take weeks while service shifts to South Weslket and Gann Cod with existing equipment.
New York November 15 Perry Belmont president of the National Publicity Law Association calls a Washington meeting at noon on November 26 to push a national campaign law. He says Congress will convene during a presidential election year and existing state laws are inadequate.
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin reports the death of Caris Koposki a longtime church sexton who collapsed while tolling the Presbyterian church bell. His body was found on the floor with one hand tightly gripping the bell rope. Koposki was elderly and this incident occurred during morning services.
Cowes Isle of Wight Nov 15 Great Britain on official trial Mohawk maintained six hours at a mean speed of 44 knots. The destroyer Mohawk, fitted with steam turbines and an oil fired water tube boiler, is claimed to be fastest fighting craft.
Washington Post reports Grover Cleveland as Democratic front runner with Johnson and Minnesota’s Gov. on ticket. Tips meetings at French Lick to head off Bryan bid. Ohio leaders push for a Cleveland path to the national convention while Bryan loyalists plan to block him.
Georgetown Ky November. Sixty three jurors summoned for Caleb Powers trial hearers for the Goebel murder case. Twenty three excused for preferring capital punishment or opposition. Seventeen voiced opinions, five temporarily accepted including a Republican. Two illiterate jurors presented. Powers ill with dysentery ten days. attended court with physician.
Emperor William III arrives in Windsor to foster English German friendship. He accepts Oxford University Doctor of Laws, praising the Rhodes scholarship as broadening mutual respect. A state banquet at Windsor Castle follows with royal family attendees.
Mrs Fannie Vitale of 230 East 109th Street collapsed and died of heart failure after joy upon Angelone Vitale, 12, returning home after three days missing. Principal Casey notified the mother at Public School No. 48 on Endt 11th Street, New York. The boy had been uncontacted for three days before appearing at the school.
New York on November 15 reports a 163000 bushel wheat shipment from Sulf ports direct to Oderaa. It marks a rare instance where the United States bans shipping wheat to Southern Russia, a region typically export hub for European markets.
Jonnsel defends his client, wife of a Milwaukee merchant, as being railroaded into prison after conviction as an accessory to burglaries carried out by a Black suspect. The lawyer argues she hurried to the penitentiary to protect others.
The Chicago board of education delivered an ultimatum to Superintendent William E. B. Chancellor demanding his resignation over the creation of Tat and German centers in graded schools. Chancellor refused to resign, vowing to remain in Washington to oversee reforms if removed, while the board pressed for his ouster.
Disputed school reform moves trigger clashes among Dr Chancellor Dr Everman and Capt Oyster. Officials discuss the purchase of Jenkins Physiology, removal threats, and staffing changes at the Omaha Neb school system amid public school upheaval and warnings from superintendents.
Lincoln Neb Nov 1 D E Thompson United States Ambassador to Mexico says Nebraska executive mansion is exempt from taxation due to sale timing. tax delinquency cannot be pursued. Melther willov Sheldon eviction noted. Attorney General Thompson issues opinion.
Oxford observers report a remarkable sun outburst at 5 Jule in the Radclite Observatory. A immense flame rose at about 10,040 miles per minute to 235,000 miles, then fractured into fragments and vanished. Prof Ambau led the observation.
The Navy League asks the Imperial government to provide two cruisers and four destroyers to be stationed at Esquimalt with Canada funding maintenance on the Pacific coast. The vessels would form the nucleus of a Canadian navy and reflect wartime naval ambitions.
Rock Island November 15 United States steamer Marino reached Rock Island this afternoon from Hennepin II completing the first trip through the newly opened Illinois and Michigan Canal The canal runs sixty miles linking the Illinois and Mississippi rivers Its cost was 97 600 004.
Four armed Italians robbed a Passaic New Jersey paymaster on the outskirts of the city. Three were captured after a gunfight. a fourth escaped with the satchel containing about 7,000 dollars. The paymaster William Knapp, of Worman & Aldrich, was unarmed.
George H. Brouwer of Brooklyn, once confidential manager for Oliphant & Co., was sentenced by Judge Rosalaky to 3 years and 9 months to 8 years and 9 months in state prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny. Investigators valued his embezzlement from the brokerage and Jay Carlisle’s office over $100,000 amid appeals for clemency from prominent figures.
Annie M Bradley, accused of shooting former Senator Arthur Brown, is described as temporarily insane by lawyer George F Hoover. He outlines a life story of abuse, mental strain, and a long relationship with Brown, aiming to prove she was not responsible for the killing as the government rests its case.
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