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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1907
Page
14
Kittredge and Gamble face a coin flip decision to determine state advantages as senators from the south contend for privileges. Rosevelt robs odds amid a political scramble while new terms reshuffle power and key figures navigate a shifting landscape.
A tangled Washington tale recounts Senator Gamble and Senator Elliott clashes over appointments amid a reelection bid and a presidential gambit involving a lottery style coin. The narrative touches on the White House maneuvering and a public sale of oriental rugs at 7 Bodook Street to cover debts and charges.
Veteran walker Edward Payson Weston, about seventy, travels from midnight to day, covering sixty nine miles to La Porte Indiana then toward Chesterton and Chicago. Crowds greet him. he rests briefly, plans to reach Chicago soon, aiming to beat his forty year old record.
A Lisbon dispatch says reports of unrest in Portugal are exaggerated a Vatican source notes that Queen Dowager and Duchess of Aosta kin are cited while efforts to destabilize Franco are blamed on opponents. Paris reports Lisbon officials deny agitation and insist no broad lines of revolt exist in the country.
Alamosa Colorado November 3. Lalite Rodriguez a government forest reserve agent from Espanola New Mexico opened fire at the Palma Hotel and attacked four men then tried to kill City Marshal John Baumesher who intervened. The marshal shot and killed Rodriguez. Reports say Rodriguez acted violently following a dispute with a local bank and treasury actions.
A chaotic report describes a fatal bank raid with 1,200 Algerians involved in a daytime hold up. later, battles near a French camp with heavy artillery, Spahis, and Arab forces, heavy casualties, and a prolonged combat that resumed with cannons. Additional notes recount a Clinton bank robbery, $8,200 seized, fatalities, and a hotel escape. a separate aviation and naval game teaser appears with travel details.
Police report a box manufacturer Frank Bach of 46th Street and Fourth Avenue South Brooklyn was shot near 96 Degraw Street early today. Officer Kelly saw a pistol flash and a man fled. Giovanni Pelleletti of 74 Van Brunt Street was detained as a suspicious person after being seen leaving a cafe near the scene.
While walking in Rome, Francis Aidan Saagnep, abbot president of the English Benedictines, revising the Vulgate, was jostled by a rough group. One assailant spat in his face though the abbot restrained his anger and walked on past the affront.
The Washington Post partners with the Retail Trade Committee to publish It Pays to Trade in Washington editions on Wednesday November 27 and Sunday December 1 Advertisers should submit copy to the office at least one day before. The paper notes its wide circulation in the district and nearby states.
Police respond to a woman's cry and find Louis Straus dying at his home after a struggle with detectives. The case centers on forged bills of lading for antimony ore worth about 7600 and a cyanide poison found near Straus, with prosecutors pursuing charges of forgery and a potential homicide attempt.
Populist leader Thomas E Watson will visit President Roosevelt at the White House on December 3 to press for action on banking reform and a guaranteed currency. He plans to urge Congress to amend the 1900 Act authorizing the issue of greenbacks and to oppose Bryan's plan for government guarantees of bank deposits, arguing for postal savings banks as the only safe path. Watson asserts civil war notes remain valid and criticizes Wall Street figures he blames for financial manipulation.
Siberia Nov 2 An errant switch on the Vladivostok to Moscow line near Chita narrowly failed to derail Secretary Taft and his party. A railway employee spotted the open switch one minute before the train passed, saving a possible collision with freight cars. Capr indesko and other passengers praised Taft’s courtesy at a dinner aboard.
Spaced text reports a Mexican leper, a 9 year and a half Europe cure attempt, returning through El Paso to visit his country home near Guayamas. He traveled with four of Ramon Corral’s daughters and once paid for state room accommodations, amid unclear details and damaged phrasing.
A Baltimore woman shot and killed Mrs Sallie Brown after a dispute over her husband John Maith a Baltimore and Ohio engineer. Maith had a troubled marriage and a pending divorce. After the killing the wife surrendered at the Southern police station crying, leaving Maith at large. Brown had previously aided by an insurer and provided clothes to the accused.
The Wellington Post recounts the 1837 formation of a Vineland night school by John W Crawford, who later served Admiral Dewey as secretary. Four students rose to prominence in Washington including Clarence York, B Frank Barney, Edgar Gay, and others, with York later linked to Justice Felix Frankfurter, Barney to presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, and Gay to War Secretary Elihu Root.
The San Francisco chief Dinan was reduced from sergeant to corporal and suspended pending legal action on conspiracy and perjury charges. In Baltimore, trial developments unfolded as Mrs Annie M Bradley faced expert insanity testimony linked to the shooting of Senator Brown. The defense presented mental condition arguments while the DA sought to reveal alleged letters and past intimacies, with Bradley displaying visible distress as the court weighed her sanity.
A newspaper report characterizes Mrs Bradley as suffering abnormal mental condition, citing expert opinion that her political participation proves impairment. Annie Adams asserts the letter suffices to unseat her for political reasons, with Dr Evans and Dr Hilts testifying today on her mental state.
Fragments of a torn letter found in a hotel room are said to be written by Mrs Brad Ley and allegedly by Mrs Adams, Maud Adams, and Annie Adams. The notes discuss love, defense of rash actions, and urge publication. Dr Wilfred M Barton provided expert testimony on the writer's mental state.
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