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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1909
Page
32
A fragmented transcription reports on a New York Aldermen reception for Peary ally Whitney, with years of questions about polar expeditions. The interview touches on Peary rivalries, Whitney’s story, and details of instruments and travel, including Cape Thomas Hubbard and Copenhagen.
Peary arrives amid wedding crowds at Stellarton and Truro as seven brides aboard a railcar parade greet the famed explorer. Citizens along the line cheer, while at Bangor and Eagle Island revelers plan ovations and a possible statement on Cook’s pole question. Roosevelt's coaling at Sydney signals a New York return next week.
President Taft's Western tour includes Colorado Springs and Denver amid talks on conservation and Roosevelt era reclamation. A Senate panel plans funding via new debentures to finish Roosevelt projects, while Taft stresses legal method and private investment.
The American waterways commission in Paris will not accept all Roosevelt projects. It favors a much modified internal improvements program and rejects a 14 foot channel from the lakes to the gulf. An inspection of European waterways will begin, with two weeks in France, a fortnight in Britain, then sailing from Philadelphia on October 16.
Pueblo Colo sept 2 The President and his party left Denver for Walhurst the Walsh estate. Snow covered foothills and muddy roads hindered autos. At Walhurst a breakfast and reception followed with two brass bands. Guests included Gov Shafroth Senator Hughes former Gov Peabody Dr Bartlet Denver Chamber president Mayor Speer Senator Warren Ballinger and J F Vivian. The estate, once Welburn, was renamed Clonmel for Mr Walsh’s birthplace in Ireland. A tablet unveiling occurred at the gate.
Ex Gov Panine, returning from San Clemente Island with Gifford Pinchot, comments on the Taft letter vindicating Secretary Ballinger. He cites documentary evidence of the Reclamation Service resisting restoration orders and notes Pinchot’s refusal to discuss the President’s stance as he heads to Washington.
The American armada to represent the United States at the Huntington Fulton celebration sailed into New York Harbor with a German commander present. The British and German ships slowed on approach and delays shifted arrival times. The Italian cruiser Remy entered the harbor ahead of the rest, anchoring in the North River near Thirty Ninth Street, later joined by the Etruria from Bridgeport.
Reports from New Orleans detail a tropical hurricane sweeping Sunday into Monday, with at least fifty five confirmed deaths plus four missing in Terrebonne Parish. Entire communities suffer leveled dwellings, gins, mills, and ruined crops. rail and telegraph lines are damaged, isolating the city.
Fragmentary note expresses pleasure at being chosen to represent the empire at a Hudson Fulton celebration. Mentions September, Ohio, and unspecified ceremonies. text is garbled but conveys honors and regional ties.
Refugees swarm Jackson as flood toll rises after a tidal surge from Lake Mancha. Rescue ships recover eight bodies including the station agent, his wife, and children. telegraph lines south of McComb are down and a passenger train’s fate remains unknown.
Admiral Charles Clark commander of the Oregon during the Spanish American War is seriously ill at Col Webby Hayes's Grove home. He came to deliver an address at the dedication of the gateway of the French and Indian raid trail of 1775 and the Harrison military trail of the war of 1775 tomorrow and planned to attend the Twenty Third Regiment Volunteer League reunion linked to Presidents Hayes and McKinley.
A bomb was found tonight at the rear of the custom house in Juarez Mex near the platform for the Taft Diaz meeting scheduled for October 36. The incident led to more than 30 arrests across the border in Memicen.
In Hurley near Buchanan County an aunt, her son, daughter in law and three grandchildren are found murdered and burned. Police say robbery is likely after a large sum of money vanished. Evidence includes bullet wounds, scorched remains, and footprints of three men. A posse pursues suspects as citizens arm themselves for possible lynching.
A beleaguered sect forecasts a cataclysm as the crust of the earth will peel away tomorrow. Believers from Rhode Island and other areas congregate in a wooden chapel between Boston and Flymeth in Line town Maine for prayer, songs, exhortations, and baptismal rites.
Special to The Washington Post. In Atlanta on Sept 2 Mrs Branyom paid money to send her husband back to South Carolina to regain sobriety. The Branyons had moved here months ago. in Judge Broyles court the husband, previously sober in South Carolina, faced drunkenness charges. She bought a railroad ticket, gave him the fare, and sent him home by train.
Post Office inspectors probe alleged broker commissions and questionable dealings tied to the National Trust Company of Washington. Investigators examine records, noting no dividends paid and capital claims disputed, with brokers in New York and Delaware urged to explain.
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