25 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
1
A chaotic scene surrounds Currys Club as Murphy claims a decisive victory amid crowds with revolvers threatening to disrupt police inspectors. Police remained busy throughout the day as candidates faced attempts to bar rivals from taking seats. organizers faced uncertainty over seating and eligibility.
Former President J T Harahan of the Singix Central Railroad accuses that 1,500,000 in company funds were loaned to himself and that director safeguards were inadequate. He claims no change in relations with Union Pacific and Southern Pacific and denounces recent charges as groundless.
A lengthy 1905 correspondence reveals allegations against Mr Fish and other directors tied to the Hiunols Central Railroad and a Trust Company of the Republic, detailing loans, inadequate accounts, and conflicts over control of the company. Prominent signers include J W Auchincloss J J Astor Robert W Goetler and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The Atlanta dispatch reports Charles Emory Smith denouncing trusts and urging action to curb corporate abuses. Bankers from across the country converge for the American Bankers Association meeting, with sections electing officers for Trust companies and Sayings banks and pledging to seek legislation limiting indiscriminate use of the term trust.
Roosevelt discusses hurdles between city growth and suburbs as five minute speeches address trust company conditions. Delegates voice support for government control and equal depositor protections, noting trust company assets exceed 200 million and only three failures last year.
Four men rushed to McCue’s saloon as raiders broke windows and a mirror, while bartender Tom Cleary was beaten. Police arrived after the melee. two attackers were later arrested. McCue claims the gang was sent uptown by Tammany Hull to target Sentry McClelan in Brooklyn contests amid Brooklyn primary excitement in the fifth and eleventh districts.
The discussion in the savings banks section covered postal savings banks with emphasis on federal supervision and reform proposals. A committee was formed to study the issue within limited territory and to evaluate a government savings bank commission as a safer alternative. The section includes 347 savings banks and 377 trust and commercial banks with savings departments.
In a sweeping denial Judge K M Landis rejects talk of accepting a Democratic presidential nomination as a reward for decisions. He warns such political motive would impeach his integrity and honor as a judge, stating clearly he is not a candidate.
A motorist named Feruma Mearaon on an Intergyn Meara trip struck and killed Rosa Carroll a five year old girl daughter of Dr and Mrs ML A Carroll of the city He picked up the child and rushed to the hospital but she died on arrival The Niagara Falls excursion train from Washington via Philadelphia and Pittsburgh offers ten day return tickets with a season sale advertised in the page.
Eulalia of Spain expresses support for Mrs A Hart McKee amid her divorce suit on grounds of extreme cruelty. The Infanta, and Col Baxter of Knoxville, attend a high profile dinner in Paris with Judge Shields and Senator Warren as guests. McKee plans to file in America within weeks, with proceedings likely in Tennessee or Pennsylvania. result pending.
President Roosevelt and party prepare to leave Oyster Bay at 10 a.m. for Washington. Secretary Loeb and executive staff accompany the President as he starts government business and then heads to the Middle West aboard a special train. Mrs Roosevelt and children join the party. White House awaiting fresh paint and decorations.
The Taft and Bryan camps lead state platform gatherings across Lincoln near Sept 4. Republicans back Taft for President while Democrats praise Bryan, oppose direct senatorial election, and urge tariff revision, income tax, and strict enforcement of criminal laws amid broad party turnout.
A Boston held primary for the Democratic State convention delegates resulted in Henry M. Whitney securing 1551 of 170 pledged delegates against Gen Charles W. Bartlett. The Springfield convention is set for October. Whitney led the party in the contested selection under the Luce Joint primaries law.
Private detectives traced Cincinnati manufacturer Seward Heidelbach reported missing since August 24 to a location near Los Angeles California. His brother in law Edgar Friedlander said a detective agency notified him the missing man had been seen and identified in Southern California and that San Francisco detectives were sent to investigate.
Mrs Mund strangled her three children Christopher eight Helen two and Freda eight months in Canton Street after they slept. She then told her husband and was arrested, saying she did not want them to grow up crazy. Authorities note she had recent nervous trouble but no prior derangement.
Nashville Arkansas September 24 The diamond boom collapses and work stops on Huddleston and Hem properties on an extinct volcano crater. No drills are active and owners cannot claim diamonds. Residents had collected crystals hoping for gems as a real expert confirms the stones are ordinary crystals lacking value.
Local reformer calls for schedule changes to curb monopolies and curb government ownership. He argues special privileges must be revised before efforts to suppress monopolies proceed, opposing attacks on state powers by executive or judiciary.
Nashville guests, including Geo Joseph W Folk of Missouri, attended a week of reunion and celebration. The Commercial Club hosted a banquet where Folk spoke on reform, law, and moral questions around privilege, monopolies, and graft.
A Newburyport dispatch reports Mrs Moseley Rasanguine stating her husband returned to his Interstate Commerce Commission secretary post earlier than expected. Moseley denies suffering a shock and claims he was simply postworked.
Miss Jeanes philanthropic Quakeress who gave 1 million dollars for Negro schools in the South dies in Philadelphia at the Friends Boarding Home aged eighty five. Estate estimated between 3 and 35 million dollars. Also a city collision in the park at Malsons Lane injured driver and two car occupants including Gaston Dreyfus and Gabriel Gates.
The piece argues for quicker tariff reform and warns against postponing relief for the people. It stresses states’ rights against federal overreach, condemns giving the president power to control all corporations, and cautions such power would threaten democracy.
Embassies and courts in Europe buzz over the Saxony countess once Crown Princess faced with divorce from King Frederick. Reports claim a secret marriage to her companion Toselli, with her daughter Anne Monica possibly placed in Switzerland. Various dispatches debate legality, succession, and potential prosecutions as the Countess seeks a discreet future.
Mrs James Laurence died instantly when a dinner bell rang loose from its fastening and fell on her head in Font Bellefontaine Ohio. The incident happened at noon while she rang the bell for her husband and son who were in the yard. An auction of household furniture at 1200 East Eighteenth Street followed later today.
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