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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1910
Page
1
Colonel's caution draws cheers in Kansas City as crowds greet the former president. He pleads for better citizenship and denounces corruption, winning shouts of approval and calls for unity in Missouri's city crowd.
In Kansas City Missouri on September 1 Theodore Roosevelt drew enthusiastic crowds as he spoke at schools and a luncheon. A song praising him as insurgent sparked debate calling him progressive. He rode through rain, met students, and advised boys and girls about honesty and behavior.
Newark Ohio Sept 1 The special grand jury report directed by the State attorney general on the lynching of Carl M Etherington an Antisaloon League detective July 8 lists 58 indictments including 25 for first degree murder 21 for rioting 10 for assault and battery and 10 for perjury Former Sheriff William Linke ex Newark mayor Herbert Atherton and former Chief of Police Robert Zergebiel are named responsible for not preventing the lynching The report faults the sheriff mayor and chief plus the electorate for failing to elect capable officials.
A Washington Port report explains a Madison Square Park spectacle as a 6-foot kite with green and red lanterns carried by Oliver Champion of St Louis for his son Vaughn. The kite, tethered by 3,900 feet of cord, drifted over New York and vanished after a gust snapped the line, leaving crowds astonished and lanterns aloft before the craft departed northward.
The Greater New York figure rises 3.87 percent since 1890, with Bronx leading borough gains. Borough counts show Bronx up 430,980 to 1,230,473, Queens 284,041, Brooklyn 1,634,361, Manhattan 2,331,542, Richmond 85,968. New York City now second largest in world behind London, ahead of several U.S. and foreign cities.
In New York on September 1 the Second district municipal court logged about 1100 eviction cases linked to the cloakmakers strike. Hunger misery and sickness haunt the East Side. an estimated 5000 women and children are homeless from today’s proceedings. Police detained 85 demonstrators after a clash on Fifth Avenue near strikebreaker housing. Some unions guaranteed rent for ill families, funds stretched by the strike’s toll. A separate item notes a $23.05 Montreal return fare offered by Pennsylvania Railroad for travel September 35 to 16 with a latest return by September 15.
New York City now trails a combined population total of several large cities by 164 649 people, illustrating a shrinking difference versus Pittsburg St Louis Newark Milwaukee Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo Washington Indianapolis Jersey City Kansas City Providence St Paul and Denver.
The data shows New York City housing 3,487,202 residents, Yonkers at 79,8083/ a8, Elmira at 37,176. Comparisons with 1900 and 1890 reveal decade increases: New York City up 31,872 or 6.65 percent, Yonkers up 47,941 in 1900 and 32,053 in 1800, Elmira up 1,504 or 42 percent. The figures reflect historic growth patterns and shifts.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, retired, visiting Bar Harbor, denounces Maine liquor enforcement. He says prohibition is unenforced, reports sailors obtaining disturbingly toxic spirits in ports, and says he would rather take his men elsewhere than to Maine. Evans plans a monthlong business trip, then returns to Washington and New York.
Diplomat Lord Kilmarnock, second secretary in the British diplomatic service, was wounded by four buckshot at Balmoral during King George's shooting party in Aberdeen Scotland. Captain Hood, a guest from a nearby courthouse, fired the shot but the diplomat was not seriously hurt and resumed shooting the same afternoon.
Pittsburg on September 1 endured a deadly electric gloom as black storm clouds and mill smoke blanketed the city. Gases choked the air, daylight vanished, and only electric street lamps and illuminated storefronts pierced the murk as residents, including long-time inhabitants, watched the pall of smoke and weather darken the town.
William Bearro aged 12 loses life when a shotgun discharged by his father during reed bird hunting in the Eastern Branch of the Potomac. The boy fell overboard from a flat bottom boat as reed birds rose near Beaming bridge. Despite efforts by his father, Tony Messino, and harbor police, the body was recovered two hours later 500 yards downstream near the Pennsylvania avenue bridge. Police later arrested Walter Barkley and Petro Emolino for violating game laws. The harbor patrol maintained river safety as reed birds sold at local markets.
Two transatlantic steamships, including the Cunard liner Lusitania, were held at quarantine after a steerage passenger fell seriously ill. The San Giovanni, inbound from Naples and Palermo with Italian passengers, was also detained amid reports of cholera, while Dr. Alvah A. Doty planned a bacteriological exam and investigation into a 14 year old girl’s sea death.
Kansas City dispatch reports the Hyde baby, a son born early today in the Forest avenue home, died a few hours after birth. Dr B Clark Hyde, jailed for Col Thomas A Swope murder, aided by physicians as Mrs Hyde remained stable. Hyde stayed at bedside before 3 pm when jailed again. martial law in Bilbao, Spain, amid siege.
Prominent patent attorney and Maccabees official D W Gall was struck by a street car at Seventh and Water streets. He suffered a compound skull fracture, internal injuries, and broken bones and was taken to Casualty Hospital where surgeons warned recovery was unlikely overnight.
Richmond September 1 a 24 year old English actor's daughter Marie Kieth daughter of Royston Kieth London killed herself by stepping in front of a suburban car near Union Theological Seminary She left a note asking her employer Mark Lloyd manager of the Virginia State Fair Association to notify her mother in Bayswater London and send her belongings A coroner's jury investigates while friends identify her from clothing and a locket Messages were cabbed to her parents for notification
Frank T. Tucker assistant attorney general of Wisconsin and Republican attorney general candidate was found dead in the Fox River at Oshkosh. Officials say health decline followed a report that state envelopes carried his campaign literature. A return trip special train departed Union Station at 8 am for a one day excursion to Harper’s Ferry Charlestown Summit Point Stephenson and Winchester.
Night flying aero becomes a public metaphor as Roosevelt’s stance is described. New York population figure cited. various items cover local events from Warrenton horse show to Alexandria council rows. Reports include aviation feats and political musings with brief notes on public debt and presidential figures.
Manila reports an uprising led by Simeon Mandac in Nueva Vizcaya with Solano occupied then abandoned as troops close in. War Department expects a quick suppression, with Col. Taylor leading constabulary from Bayombong and reinforcements to seal rebels. Mandac, a former Ilocos Norte governor, was convicted of murder and later released on bond before vanishing and resurfacing as the revolt unfolds.
Sir W. W. Thomson told the British Association meeting in Sheffield that he and colleagues expect soon to identify positive ions of electricity. He noted electrons are familiar but positive ions remain largely unknown, saying he could not yet announce a discovery but felt within reach. Also mention of Rockville Fair races today, including harness and running events.
A former Army prisoner from St Elizabeths eluded and duped Washington officers, marrying Miss Virginia Strouse in Rockville Md after cashing bogus checks. The pair, introduced to post officers, spent hours posing as a couple of high rank, entertaining officers, and drawing multiple payments from locals including a Rockville pastor and a hotel. The bride seeks annulment claiming the groom was not capable of a marriage contract.
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