26 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
1
The article details a conspiracy to start a Cuban revolution, alleging New York capitalists funded the effort and naming Mesto Parra as the planned leader. It notes Parra’s prior exile, recent return, and the authorities’ intensified surveillance as rural guards and forces prepared to crush the movement within hours.
The text notes that Cuban insurgents were defeated during the war with Spain and that prominent Cuban leaders now back President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, and Governor MaKoon, undermining the insurgent movement's support and influence.
A Chicago society girl, Miss Julie Franklin, aided by Miss Wary Jenkins, rode a small canoe at Devils Lake near Yaaboo Mist when a squall overturned their boat. Both were saved, and William Peterod, a millionaire uncle, sent Miss Jenkins a $10,000 check and Miss Franklin a $1,000 check to honor the rescue and service to humanity.
New York September. James Hamilton Levy, ex Chicago counsel, aboard the steamer Magnetic after return from Europe, expresses belief Russia will seek an understanding with the United States to preserve interests in the Orient. Lawis travels to Russia to probe concessions tied to a plan by American investors to control f at Bering Straits. findings to be released in Washington.
New York Yacht Club members unanimously refused Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for the 1901 Americas Cup. They supported a deed of gift view favoring faster yachts under a ninety-foot limit, and rejected racing sixty-eight foot sloops. A special cup committee was formed to draft an official reply, with deliberations continuing past 4 AM.
In London at a Strand registry office a secret ceremony tied Enrico Toselli to Countess Montignoso, witnessed by three. The Countess, formerly Archduchess Louis Antoinette Marie of Austria, declared 37, while Toselli listed himself as 24. The couple left for Florence with Princess Anne in attendance.
Reported ceremony shows the princess and Toselli marrying at a registry office after a furtive dash through London. Witnesses include William Le Queux, Rob Witt, and Mrs Mary H Witt. The couple then left for Florence, with plans to return September 28 and take the child Princess Anne Monica Pla with them.
Thirteen Nebraska ministers form a jury to try Kev Wilbert P Ferguson a former pastor of University Place Church on charges of immorality. The trial begins at St Pauls Methodist Church before Bishop Hey Roberts. Prosecution from Mrs B A Cross of University and defense lawyers D W Couch and John Ferguson. Ferguson suspended since July 1. Previously a pastor in Los Angeles and Newark. The case follows an official investigation begun July 1 with details of the alleged improprieties and related proceedings.
Knox meets with Senator Murray Crane and Congressman Burke to map a strategy to block Taft and back Knox. Crane departs Massachusetts to push the plan as the Massachusetts line convention nears, aiming to influence the national ticket and conter Cadge’s moves.
In a Hert McKee divorce case a dramatic judge room scene unfolded as McKee pleaded on his knees for reconciliation. Mrs McKee testified of prolonged cruelty, while her father Col Baxter influenced her decision to proceed with the action.
Henry Floersheim, a Concordia Club member famed as a canal operator, sues John McCaffrey Torslander for 25000 alleging a joke led to an assault in a fashionable cafe. Floersheim, struck and shamed, says the incident left him bedridden. McCaffrey admits the remark but says it was a joke staged with mutual friends.
A bankruptcy petition is filed against Sarah Tyson Borer renowned for cooking and domestic science. She ran a restaurant from 42 Broadway to 65 New Street but her absence in New York left the business unable to continue. Maurice P. Davidson represents creditors. a meeting August 22 cited liabilities around 6000 with no watch. A receiver is appointed.
Special to The Washington Post reports on an alleged plot by foreigners to torture victims. Miss Pauline Buckner and Mrs FH Werner, a social leader, were jostled on a Boulevard Heights car before Miss Buckner shouted and clothes ignited. A white substance in a package burned when it hit the ground as attackers fled. A used alk ball bearing acts as a possible explosive cover was found on the car floor.
Mount Holly Sept 2 Burlington County grand jury indicts Edwin M Watson and Mary Watson for manslaughter alleging they caused their daughter’s death by failing to obtain medical care during her illness. The Watsons are prominent Moorestown residents.
A rear coach of a Cherbourg bound special traveling from Paris collided with a Rouen express in a tunnel near Mantes. Twenty injured on the Rouen line and eight to ten on the special, with one fatality reported. American passengers aided in rescue as crews worked amid smoke and wreckage. Names of victims and exact counts varied in early reports from Paris offices.
Passenger steamer Mongolian collided with freight vessel Hurona near the Straits of Belle Isle. No lives lost. Mongolian with 16 passengers returned slowly to Quebec. Hurona also returning to Quebec. Mongolian had sailed from Montreal for Liverpool. Hurona is India from Middlesbrough. Latest report says Mongolian carried passengers aboard, indicating it was the more seriously damaged vessel.
A hospital mix up sent Jim Smith to Bellevue to collect a dead infant from the ward but the baby began moving in his arms. He cried that it was alive, exposing that the wrong child had been identified for the morgue.
A U S Majestic voyage tale tells how a stoker armed with scissors and knife trapped Dr Riversdate French in his surgery. Pepper gas blinded the assailant and crew subdued him, with Carrick Sheehan captured and taken to hospital.
The president reached Washington last evening greeted by a few friends at Union Station. He planned three days at the White House with no cabinet meeting but routine work ahead. The mansion has been repainted and redecorated and the return was marked by a simple, citizenlike homecoming.
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