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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
10
A long planned trip features President Roosevelt taking ten days for mental and physical recreation. The itinerary includes visits to locations across the region with speeches planned and speeches at various stops. The president aims to rest while engaging with civic duties during the Southern Tour.
Fragmentary notice reports a deadly plague event affecting Brederick Keedyasille and Hagerstows Return Teuve Tuttimore with scattered references to Washington and a Sunday in September. Limited readable text suggests a public health warning and possible event scheduling.
London dispatch states Sir Thomas Lipton sailed from Liverpool aboard the White Star liner Battle to New York. He visited Liverpool to bid farewell to a friend, Mr Smith of the New York Yacht Club who was a passenger. The Glasgow correspondent says Lipton merely intimates a race in autumn 18, with other considerations waived. Lipton holds the challenger should not lead with conditions.
Honolulu dispatch reports four ships from the Asiatic Station set sail for San Francisco. The squadron, including the Marsland Penny and Virginia, departed September 3 under orders to reinforce the Pacific coast. Weather conditions and speed details are not provided.
Taft leads the Republican straw poll with about ten percent opposing the Roosevelt progressive policy. Roosevelt drew significant support in several states, while many ballots favored other candidates or showed preference for a change in leadership.
The Franco Canadian pact, signed by high diplomats of France and Canada, creates reciprocal commerce provisions on many goods and commits both nations to a general reciprocal doctrine. It outlines tariff arrangements, favorable terms for certain sectors, and aims to stabilize future trade relations between the two countries.
Report from Mexico City describes a disastrous collision near Encarnacion and Aguan Calientes on the Mexican Central line. Thirty two killed and thirty three injured as trains, including a Pullman and passenger cars, derail and wreck near the Bolte area. No prominent victims reported. Special Pennsylvania Railways excursion package offered from Washington with ten day ticket validity.
Supreme Court Justice J Franklin Fort was nominated for governor at the Republican convention on the first ballot after wrangling over the platform and excise issue. He won 76 percent of votes. Mahlon Pitney, Frank Sommer, and Vivian Lewis were among other delegates noted. The platform endorsed Roosevelt’s administration and home rule in police matters, with the Bishop law mostly supported by the convention.
George K Kepies a 45 year old Southern Railway Company employee at Spencer ended his life by drinking laudanum. He was found unconscious in his bed with the empty vial by his side and died an hour later. Despondency and a spree with his wife allegedly troubled him. he leaves a widow and an estate valued at $91.25 to Baltimore and return, with a weekly Pennsylvania Railroad ticket.
Judge Shull of Perry County Court in Bloomfield rules the recent 2 cent rate law unconstitutional and void as applied to the Susquehanna River and Western Railroad, noting it infringes both state and U.S. constitutions. The decision cites potential confiscation of earnings and harm to stockholders, freight transport, and railroad property.
Des Moines Iowa reports that Misa Wilson studies opera in Paris under Jean De Resski, aiming to become a premier soprano. Her father Secretary Wilson reportedly opposes a stage career, seeking to preserve her duties and public service while she pursues vocal training in Switzerland and Paris.
Seattle reported that Jeak Simp King, sought as a prosecution witness in the William D Ingwood trial, was spotted by several people in Juneau Alaska. He vanished after being recognized and was linked to Harry Orchard, a key witness against Haywood. He was said to be in Caldwell during the Breunenberg bomb eruption.
Judge Swearingen of the Criminal Court nol pros Maj T L Harper former Ameri cas Club secretary and city politician who fired shots at broker Levi De Wulf. Case dropped at request of District Attorney Goehring and De Wulf. costs paid by Harper. Shooting tied to Americis Club affairs.
In Sulligent Sept 19 a gang robbed Thomas Guyton’s store in Vernon Ala, blowing open the safe and taking more than $1000 in cash and $6000 in papers. They also cracked J A Cobb’s ware, stole a sheriff’s horse, and escaped. A posse formed near Gatman Mills approached within reach as the horse was recovered. Battle expected.
A violent incident at Potts County Jail left Sheriff Smulzer's wife badly hurt after she was knocked down by an assailant using an iron bar torn from a bed. She crawled to the door to rouse help and delay eleven escapees, including Arthur Cummings and John Edwards, who faced grand larceny charges and were awaiting indictment.
Mrs Elizabeth M Holmes, removed from the White House in January 1906 after attempts to interview the President, was declared insane today by a Brooklyn jury impaneled by the lunacy commissioners. Her husband William M Holmes had earlier confined her in several institutions for the mentally defective, from which she previously escaped before her Washington visit.
Special dispatch from The Wansasetaleamn reports Alexander Stanton nephew of Lincoln's War Secretary, a Texas drover, found wandering in Nashua with aphasia after sixteen days. Rich and a millionaire, he could not recall his name or origin until a deacon and clergyman aided identification as Stanton. He recalled leaving Peristine Texas in August for Chicago to sell cattle, but memory vanished after police found him with $1000, watch, and all money gone.
A six year old boy, Medo Tomas, found near his home after more than two months in captivity, tells of a getaway via a bridge and a mysterious Italian kidnap gang. Police pursue leads while he describes candy lures, two other children held in the same house, and the captors’ caution around police.
At a New York hearing, disclosures reveal that the Standard Oil Company operated in Texas under Corsicana Refining Company names. Testimony shows Rockefeller owned a large stake and that executives like Folger and Payne controlled interests behind the Corsicana entity amid trust dissolution efforts and ongoing liquidation debates.
A white doctor tried entering a window to steal the corpse of Mraday Northstone who died from an undiagnosed disease. A watchful house dog alerted guards, and policemen fired shots as a negro in livery and others fled with an undertaker cart. Two prominent practitioners face information.
Mrs Frank Joy of St Louis, member of Congressman Longworths party, wandered about ten miles in Grand Canyon area. The power plant whistle prompted a search. she was found in Long Jim canyon around 9 PM, fatigued and frightened. A dinner party had been planned for Bore Longworths but was canceled as she was missing. the party later joined the search alongside hotel patrons, Indians, scouts, and others. Longworths departed eastward afterward.
Tokyo dispatches report Ito warned annexation may be necessary as Korea’s unfriendly stance could force a policy change. Insurgent bands around Seoul attack Japanese officials while roaming groups of Koreans, led by ex-soldiers, hide in mountains as Japanese troops close in.
Amherst Sept 9 A Wright of Adams entered the sophomore class from Colgate University and killed himself by cutting his throat in a local college room today. No reason can be ascertained. acute melancholia is cited as the sole explanation.
Shields Sept 19 The Cunard steamer Auretanis sister to the Lusitania completed three days of preliminary trials tonight. She came to anchor off this port and was tested at full speed. No performance details will be released until tomorrow. It is believed she developed capabilities beyond expectations.
Montgomery Sept 1 The War Department refused to allow the Confederate rank of the late Gen Joseph Wheeler to be engraved on his Arlington National Cemetery monument. The Wheeler daughters had urged the inclusion, but the policy prohibits Confederate titles on national cemetery memorials. Congress may be asked to overrule the decision.
William F Havens, an eighteen year old office boy, stole $73 from Independent Packing Company nine months ago and fled to Dakota. A court freed him, with company representatives blaming temptation, and offering him a rejob at higher wages. Havens planned to send for his sweetheart Miss Luann Ahren, daughter of James Ahren, but was captured as he attempted to return the money and property to the firm. The company representatives who pursued him reported their confidence in recovering nearly the full amount.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Bishop Joseph Berry of Buffalo denied making an interview claiming President Roosevelt drank alcohol at the Indianapolis Vice President’s home. The bishop repudiates the widely published statement and regrets the president’s denial of a charge he says he did not make.
Incumbent Mayor Tom L. Johnson appears set for renomination by acclamation at the Democratic city convention, with indications that his slate for council seats, including E B Hancrodt, will prevail. Spirited ward battles feature strong opposition led by County Clerk Charles P. Salen as contests for street railway policy continue.
A New York case reports a young woman’s persistent refusal to marry baker Henry Fischner and a related deadly incident. Fischner shot Misa Hoffman in a Tenth Avenue lunch room, then killed himself, leaving both victims fatally wounded.
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