24 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1907
Page
1
Survivors recount the sinking of an American bark off Terra del Fuego with four crew dead, two dying from exposure, and nine left alive after the night at sea. A boat cast off from the wreck reached safety with rescued sailors detailing the peril and improvised efforts to signal for help.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a rescue party with volunteers and a named individual, mentioning Slaten and Sw od, and a charged tone about plans or actions. Names and places are incomplete but suggest a local event or emergency response with tied individuals and a bond reference.
A newspaper item reports a man killed after being struck by a train on a West Shore line near Hackensack. The incident details include a bystander’s attempt to help and the victim identified as a local resident. Police and railroad officials investigate the scene for cause and safety lapses.
A riot near Bradenville as crowds gathered for a Catholic Church dedication turned violent. One man was stabbed through the head and likely fatally injured while about a score of others were wounded. Several injured remain in serious condition as clashes between Creek and Playish factions disrupted the event.
A pair of youths Guido Deangelis and Beatrice Punton embarked in the sloop Microbe amid a Nor’easter on Batardey. Rescue boats and a New Rochelle patrol launch scoured Long Island Sound, but the craft and crew remained missing as the storm raged and the schooner neared the tracks of a patrol steamer bound for New York.
The body of a 17 year old Virginia girl was found in a trunk near Seattle. She is identified as Agnes Brueman Combs Congton, linked to Frank Covington of Seattle who has been missing. Police investigate his possible involvement as relatives trace Covington and the trunk origin from Virginia to Washington.
Milwaukeee September 2. Sulla Sanderson ignored her father’s wishes and telegrammed Friday night that she would wed Ted Sloan. Albert Sackett, the father, says he warned Sloan and fears the match ends a famed jockey Jo. Sloan allegedly has about 1000 in stocks and a 4000 offer tied to marriage and leaving racing.
Samuel Pom eroy Colt, 3 col veteran and head of United States Rubber Company, was reported seriously ill at Maplewood NH. Colt was also chief executive of the Industrial Trust Company and the National Rubber Company, tied to the United Rubber Company.
National Commander Browne suspends Theodore Roosevelt Garrison over a dispute involving RC Galbraith’s appointment as district department commander. Browne orders the charter removed and books seized, triggering protests from garrisons including Theodore Roosevelt, Marty Porter, and Henry. The incident spurs planned appeals and potential legal action.
London dispatches report the former Crown Princess of Saxony, Countess Montignoso, vanished in Vienna circle hints she secretly married tutor Tonnelli in London and honeymooning abroad. The Countess’s daughter Helenica Montignoso also disappeared from Stresa with her nurse, while officials fear custody tensions.
Mrs Annie Cassidy of Camden commits suicide by jumping from the American Line steamer Westernland as it nears Philadelphia. She mourned for her twelve month old baby left in Ireland. The husband and passengers attempted rescue but she died after being pulled from the water.
In New York on September 23, Walter L Messer, a 62 year old veteran from Ewen Me, fights for marriage to Miss Elizabeth Haney of Lavern De Angel at 216 Sixteenth Street. Attorney De Angelli blocks the nuptials claiming drugged influence. Magistrate Kernochan hears the case as the couple contends for a prompt ceremony at Jefferson Market Court.
Washington dispatch says Independence Leaguers from several states plan a Friday meeting in New York to discuss ways to advance William Randolph Hearst for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1908. Sources claim the gathering will back a national convention to name candidates with Hearst at the top, ahead of the Democratic national gathering.
A strong Protestant protest at Sheffield education committee opposed including Charles Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth in evening school Merary classes. Dean Dolan led Catholics denouncing the novel as anti Catholic. The committee decided the work should remain on the reading list.
Telegraph companies report no word from President Roosevelt or Secretary Loeb on a proposed settlement. Earlier, Daniel L Rus sell and Percy Thomba denied visits to Oyster Bay. A conference was said to have occurred, with details kept quiet, as telegram workers await official confirmation.
Special to The Washington Post from Morelatown New Jersey reports Hungarian miners lowered into the Wharton Tron Mines shaft at Upper Hibernie. Two die and several injured after a car plunges to the bottom. emergency doctors arrive hours later as engineer Daniel Ryan collapses at the shaft house due to heart and stomach trouble.
Peter Clark aged seventy was arrested by Under Sheriff J Cunningham and jailed for the murder of his wife at their home five miles from Merrill. He claimed she had fallen and killed herself but investigators found the head beaten, with finger marks on throat and face, and a bloodied club with hair. Clark had a prior 27 year old incident involving his brother’s death.
The Washington Post reports the sensational New York case of Marguerite Carter, wife of Leigh Carter, who allegedly shot herself after a troubled marriage. The Lincoln Trust Company holding her will halted cremation as investigations began into prior papers. A friend says she was the daughter of a French countess, born in Paris in 1874, with a life spanning Paris, Philadelphia, and New York.
Chicago reports Joseph Leiter plans to sail October 1 to Paris to fetch his mother Mrs Mary Salter from the Hotel Ritz. He says she is ill but not critically, and will return to Chicago by mid October with his mother, who intends to winter in Washington. Sister set to join in Paris. Mrs Levi Leiter, staying at the Ritz, caught a cold but is improving and will go out tomorrow.
Delegates from three tribes accepted France’s peace terms in a Casablanca central conference. Hostilities to cease, arms to be surrendered, and tribes to enforce pacification under sherifian authority with reparations and hostage guarantees.
A Pacific Ocean cable break near the Midway Island relay station to Guam has not yet been repaired. Officials attribute the fault to an underground earthquake and note no word from Guam as attempts continue to resume transpacific service. The rupture disrupts the sole link between America and the Orient.
New York reports indicate Standard Oil seeks to control Tidewater outputs. John D Archbold denied plans for a reorganization conference at Fairhaven and pledged disclosure on earnings. The probe centers on Standard Oil holdings, Tidewater stock, and pipeline arrangements affecting refinery access.
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