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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1907
Page
10
A chaotic Hoboken scene unfolds as Mrs Earle misses the departure and a crowd jeers at the couple. The husband, banker William Earle, is accused of orchestrating a staged separation. The article notes a looming divorce and hints at a grander personal drama ahead, with observers predicting court actions and public interest.
Special to The Washington Fast from New York reports Sylvester Cannon, foreman of a sewer gang under Forty-second Street toward the East River, saving twelve workers after toxic gas and dynamite fumes knocked them unconscious. He braved the fumes, ordered others to assist, and guided survivors to the surface before collapsing from exhaustion.
Special to The Warblington Post reports a tense session of the SiMnolm Central Railroad directors in New York on September. The meeting followed a prior clash between Fish and Harriman allies over accusations of mismanagement. Resolutions were passed amid quiet contention as Harriman directors anticipated a counterattack by Harriman ally Harahan. The board planned to issue a formal answer at next week’s meeting. Directors present included Harahan, Fish, Stuyvesant Fish, Sleckstut, Goelet, Cutting, Peabody, Vandertlit, Mo, Beagt, and Auchincloss. Harahan left for Chicago after adjournment.
Harriman arrived in San Francisco after a two hour delay from the North Stand. He said the money market would permit development work and expressed no uneasiness over conditions, predicting speedy improvement in the financial situation.
Secretary Taft learns the steamship Minnesota will depart Seattle on September 12 instead of September 10 delaying his trip to the Far East. The extra two days will cause him to miss the opening of the Philippine assembly session scheduled for October 14.
Fire at the Normandie Hotel in Columbus on September 6 driven occupants from a burning building. Fire suspected incendiary origin. All occupants escaped. several heroic rescues reported. Building owned by William Monspey slate. state marshal to investigate origins.
A grandmother of eight, Katharina Atonwitz, 80, sacrificed her life to save her descendants in a five story tenement at 2 East Ninety-Eighth Street. She reentered a burning hall after her grandson saved others, attempted to reach the roof, and perished amid smoke and flames as firefighters contained the blaze. Her daughter in law and a granddaughter managed to escape with injuries.
Alfonso the king of Spain faced ministers’ rebuke for personally driving the royal car at dangerous speeds and for secret motor expeditions into France. He reportedly traveled from Madrid to Bordeaux without authorities’ knowledge, prompting French police to claim no responsibility for his safety without notice of the visit.
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden left Buffalo at 10 o clock and traveled to Niagara Falls with stops at Clifton House in the Canadian side, dining privately. He then returned to Buffalo by 4, escorting the Swadian cruiser Fylgla from Sweven after arriving at Newport harbor. The trip spanned September 4 with mention of travel to New York and plans to sail home soon.
An article notes a September 1 price hike on anthracite coal affecting Manhattan homes and institutions. Wholesale prices climb by twenty five cents for steam coal and variations for buckwheat and rice, with retail adjustments spreading to office buildings and factories as demand surges.
A massive blaze at Antwerp destroyed nine sheds and damaged timber and cotton stores after arson by strikers. Two hundred Civic Guards and infantry protected the district as crowds gathered, while authorities hunted four suspected anarchists, two French and two German, believed to be organizing further raids.
Special to The Washington Post New York September 4 Magistrate Steinert at Jefferson Market Court urged that burglars be shot on sight calling them outlaws. Hermen Gaeger arrested at Ninth Street and Second Avenue for vagrancy faced magistrates with records of prior felonies and a recent release under a new vagrancy law. The magistrate demanded police drive burglars from the streets and told residents to relocate to Jeremy City.
A New Jersey report recalls Mary Roman aka trolley girl a nineteen year old from Poughkeepsie who rode free on regional trolleys since June after leaving Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Col Shelby of the Children's Society tracked her down, finding her father John Roman a stationary engineer on Taylor Street. She offered few reasons for leaving home and described years of nightly rides with male passengers, aiding conductors? in past escapades.
Special Cable reports the Kaiser reviewing a vast German fleet off Wilhelmshaven. The force totals 112 vessels with 19 680 crew, four battleship equivalents, and four torpedo flotillas, under eight admirals, valued around 15 million pounds. The Kaiser then boarded Deutschland, flagship of Prince Henry of Prussia, amid cheers and a thunder of salutes.
Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph commits Lieut Baron Prucuschen as the first permanent Austrian naval attaché in Washington. Cable dispatch from Vienna notes the importance of the American Navy and the appointment highlights growing naval ties.
A fire in a moving picture theater near the entrance caused a stampede of about 1,000 in Kankakes, Sept. 4. Smoke and fear sent women and children scrambling for exits while the performers sang to calm the crowd. No injuries were reported and the show resumed after extinguishing the flames.
Niagara Falls Sep 4 A night spectacle turning fall waters into a rainbow of beams ended in tragedy when an unidentified man leaped from the upper arch bridge during the lights display. He plunged 18 feet into the river and vanished in the rapids as hundreds watched.
Governor Swanson declares the Jamestown Exposition costs of the steamship Commodore Maury to be paid from the state exposition fund. He asserts that funds for the board of fisheries remain intact and not diverted to entertainment at the exposition.
Jerome says Thaw’s second trial could not be reached until October. Washington Post reports on a lengthy call between Martin W Littleton counsel for Harry K Thaw and District Attorney Jerame about the case and possible requests for delay.
Emily Carroll, 108 T street NW, faced a stranger’s hallucination alleging she planned suicide by drowning at Wisconsin Avenue waterfront Georgetown. Police detained Carroll for over an hour at Seventh precinct after the woman urged police to intervene, while Carroll disputed intent and questioned the officer’s actions.
A compact update of today’s issue highlights a mix of local notices and brief items. Mentions include a balloonist saved from the sea, a grandmother’s obituary, a murder arrest, and various society notes alongside sports and finance snips.
Boston aeronaut John J Maloney was tossed into the sea two miles off Swampscott when his hot air balloon collapsed in fog and a cold upper current. He clung to the partially inflated envelope for over an hour before life savers reached him near Fishermen Beach. He was rescued by Nahant and Swampscott fishermen, then revived onboard.
Roy Hughes was endorsed for the Republican nomination for the presidency at a Plaza Central Park Republican Club meeting in New York. Frank Hendrick led the failed bid last year, but the resolution endorsing Hughes passed unanimously amid a large turnout.
George Walker, 33, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, climbed into a freight car near East Twenty second Street in Bayonne while en route to Boston seeking work. A box fell, pinning him and breaking a leg. Det Willam Kenny opened the car after hearing moans. Walker was rescued, starved and near death but saved at City Hospital. The car was not due to reach Boston for several days.
A 4,000 mile journey to wed faces delays as the prospective groom lags behind the Oxex Spr team’s schedule.
Developments in the Cleveland murder probe show Mrs Philips, widow of John Philippa, taken into custody after a warrant charging second degree murder was issued by Justice Brown. She collapsed at the funeral and remains unconscious as deputies guard her bedside. doctors say her condition is serious. Police search the Phillips home for the murder weapon and other evidence, while the secretary notes life insurance policies may settle debts but the policies have not been found.
Lincoln Neb Sept 4 Returns from yesterday primaries indicate that Mr Reese of Lincoln secured the Supreme judgeship nomination in the Republican party by a majority of about 1600 over Chief Justice Sedgwick the candidate for renomination. George L Loomis of Fremont seems the choice of the Democrats for railway commissioner F A Caldwell of Clay County and Henry T Clarke of Douglas County are running a spectacular race with Caldwell favored.
Special to The Washington, New York Sept 4 reports Tammany district leader Sullivan is in Bellevue Hospital psych ward under examination by Dr Charles Pieming and Dr Graeme Hammord. Insanity feared. plan to hold him for observation then send to private asylum discussed. Also notes Putin Box House hotel blaze in Ohio with extensive fire damage and urgent evacuations.
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