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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
30
A chaotic report details leading figures in New York party politics during the mayoral nomination process. It notes absentee Tammany leaders, expected endorsements or denouncements, and the contested strategy surrounding Hearst and Gaynor as factions maneuver for support and policy alignment ahead of the convention.
RF Longenecher sues Lindford under recent state statute prohibiting rental refusals to families with children. The lease renewal dispute will be heard in the principal county on October 20. Detroit Gazette notes the case amid local theater listings.
London reports nine percent of recently imported Chinese hog carcasses inspected by the city sanitary committee show tuberculosis. A shipment labeled free of disease sparked low retail demand, forcing retailers to raise prices on American and European pork to clear Chinese stock.
Washington Oct 7 special cable reports a break in tradition as Sir Gerard Lowther the British ambassador and C W Fitzmaurice chief dragoman attend the Ramadan banquet at the residence of the Sheik ul Islam in Constantinople. The event marks an unprecedented display of hospitality to foreign officials.
First attack by haters repulsed as William R Cowieson, a freshman from Pittsburg, defies class rules being soaked under a cottage pump. Later 200 undergrads subdue him as four students face warrants for assault, three fined, one discharged. details of arrests and fines follow, with freshmen’s cap and button ritual noted.
Mayor Oliver Ingledue of Wasshalltown and Deputy Sheriff Charles Nason along with Samuel Wenger and Fite Wonger, saloonkeepers, and Assistant Chief Michael Clath faced federal charges with three patrolmen and a bartender accused of conspiring to block a U S Indian service officer from his duties. They were ordered to Des Moines for trial. bonds set at 1000 dollars. An Indian and a minister were arrested with the officer in Marshalltown during liquor probe efforts tied to temperance conflicts.
Members of the Lambda chapter gathered at Rangoher flat for a tenth anniversary celebration with attendees from Columbia, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Yale, and other units. Henry Tobias acted as rogalmaster and led an engaging program that held diners’ attention late into the evening.
President Taft and party travel from El Portal to Yosemite with naturalist John Muir guiding. They tour Bridal Veil Falls and Halt Dome, discuss glacier origin of the valley, and greet schoolchildren before lodging in a temporary White House bungalow. Cavalry guards are stationed at El Paso for Diaz Taft meeting.
A suffragette delegation pursued Prime Minister Asquith to Balmoral Castle Scotland, staying nearby and threatening to invade the royal residence if needed. Detectives and royal guards protected the king’s staff while demonstrators gathered in St Albert to bid farewell to Mrs Hawkhurst amid protests over hunger-strike arrests. Donations to the campaign fund moved toward 250000 dollars, with 16000 added within ten minutes. A resolution warned government repression could spur stronger action from the women.
President Taft and party will cruise down the Cape Fear River from Wilmington on November 9 aboard the revenue cutter Seminole. The trip aims to show conditions along the river while Wilmington residents plan waterfront decorations and a large marine parade.
The Rhode Island Democratic State convention denounces Gen Charles R Brayton as a boss who held the state in scorn and attacks his influence on state politics. It blasts the Payne Aldrich tariff, calls for popular election of US senators, supports a federal income tax, and urges constitutional revision to curb Brayton’s dominance with a Republican redistricting plan. State officers are nominated: Governor Olney Arnold, Lieutenant Governor Thomas A Carroll, Secretary Frank E Fitzsimmons, Attorney James A Witham, General Treasurer Edmund Walker. Resolutions mourn representatives Grasger and Johnson.
Reports to the War Department recount renewed Maya Indian ambushes in Quintana Roo. Two soldiers killed and several wounded near Hodopich. Indigenous forces have disrupted government telegraph lines and salvaged copper bullets from the wire.
Postmaster seeks authority to stop clandestine correspondence between young girls and men at general delivery windows. Eight cases of underage girls using fictitious names were found. Officials restrict deliveries to girls under legal age and may limit window access to days until satisfactory homeward communication is shown.
Government agent J W Hetman, overseeing the Southwestern States, reports killing over 780,000 prairie dogs in eight months. Holman aids supplying strychnine for bait, planning a second expedition to kill at least 1,500,000 more in the next eight months as burrows threaten riders and damage ranges.
Mexican authorities in Guanajuato report sending 200000 bushels of corn to the United States as relief after a cold spell killed crops. George W Bryant notes Guanajuato has less than two weeks of fuel and urges urgent action to ease the famine situation.
Grand Admiral von Koester of the German navy lauds New York’s arts, sciences, and transit as rival nations exchange compliments at a Waldorf Astoria reception. Speeches from Sir Edward Seymour Mayor McMillan and others note German industry, duty, and the Hudson Fulton celebration. Taft telegram authorizes beacon fires to close the event.
Oscar Dryer, charged with embezzling 10 000 from the New York State Hospital fund, escaped from the Denver jail after a companion sawed through a jail bar. Dryer and two fellow prisoners allegedly held three men at gunpoint as they left the cell via the window. Police suspect Dryer boarded the Rock Island train at 1 30 a m bound for Ray Brook New York.
Gen Leonard Wood praises joint maneuvers of regulars and militia in the East noting unusually good health, minimal sickness under severe conditions, and small total costs. He cites cooperation between the regular army and National Guard and states only about five percent of militia were dissatisfied.
U S Senator Stephen B Dikins of West Virginia advocates promoting American shipping by subsidizing the merchant marine. He vows to work vigorously in the next session to pass a bill encouraging imports on American bottoms, arguing such a policy would avert treasury drains and revive a strong mercantile marine. He notes prior talks with the President and aims to offer inducements to importers to use American ships.
New York vet from Maj J G Beresford of the Seventh Hus sare in Bokland was received by Alfred Vanderbilt president of the National Horse Show Association, showing several crack British military riders entering for the Macon Mauere Garfen show from November to November 15. Capt Was Shart of the Thirteenth Cavalry U S A notified that five Sparry Oiloars and other officers will compete in the classes entered.
New York October 7 A score of four in hand teams led by amateur whips of the coaching club brightened Fifth Avenue as they set out on a semi circular drive to Newport Rhode Island to be guests of Alfred G Vanderbilt over Sunday The run is among the longest ever taken by the toned Jog club Members of the party are guests of Oliver Gould Jennings at Fairfield Connecticut tonight Tomorrow's run will be to New London where C Ledyard Blair vice commodore of the New York Yacht Club will entertain the party.
In a downtown San Francisco office, former English golf champion and local broker T W Tetley apparently killed himself after writing a note to his friend Dr EB Birdsell. Tetley had left his wife earlier and did not return, prompting Mrs Tetley to locate him. Birdsell rushed to the office but could not prevent the tragedy.
Elida Eggleston of Chicago sues for custody as Elida Todtman, a Buffalo hairdresser, is held for the grand jury on kidnapping charges after concealing the child. The judge hands the girl to a matron for safekeeping while the case proceeds.
A Washington report from Col Host wrgen as Fort Lawton commandant argues for a civil military split in the southern Philippines. He urges a military government for Mindanao Sulu Palawan, warning pure civil rule would bring misery and independence agitation. Moros reportedly lack concept of representative government and a word for independence.
In San Francisco Judge Murasky ordered a recount of ballots claiming Francis Heney did not receive proper Democratic district attorney nomination. The move stems from Charles M Rteker’s challenge alleging the nomination was misawarded amid a case involving Michael Coffey and a Ruef-era bribery suit.
Managers confident of victory as opening clash looms. Jennings says his team won’t lose. A record crowd of 46 000 expected to witness the struggle. The two games should net over 80 000 dollars.
The lineup shows Pittsburg and Detroit players listed with positions including 1b cf rf and outfielders. Entries include Byrne Jones Lenech Ranh Clecke Crawford Wagner and others, with scattered initials and typos. The text appears as a rough roster fragment for a game preview or box score.
Pittsburgh and Detroit prepare for a historic world series opener with Clarke confident of a Pirates win and Jennings certain Detroit will triumph. Odds fluctuate with bets on Wag ner outbatting Cobb, and Clarke naming Camnitz or Willis to start if Adams isn’t ready.
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