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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1907
Page
7
New York reporters describe the Fifth Avenue Easter procession with crowding, color, and lavish floral hats. Women in Eton jackets stride past ornate dogs wearing violets and orchids, while hansom cabs and Benzine carts fill the avenue and the street scene becomes a moving garden.
W R Reed a traveling man based in Washington died in a Tremont Louisiana hotel fire early Saturday. A telegram to police noted Reed lost his life and that his wife had left their flat on March 2. Police sought Mrs Reed and attempted to locate her through Tremont residents. another victim, George A Tassins, also died in the blaze.
The United States Treasury Beneficial Association held its annual meeting at Grand Army Hall. Elected officers are Dr. Llewellyn Jordan president James N. Fitzpatrick vice president Lee W. Funk secretary and Henry C. Swan treasurer. Board members named are James A. Sample D.3. Firmin A. F. McMillan Chiia Storm and Mrs. Mary V. Heath. The secretary reported 1,604 members in good standing and 34 deaths this year. Established 1897 the group provides a $350 benefit payable immediately after death and has paid over $100.00 to beneficiaries in its 15 years of activity.
The Sharp family says their son Chester J Sharp from Cleveland Park is safe in Chicago with his father's partner after disappearing Saturday. James Sharp reports no sensational details and notes the boy left home wearing pants. Police were asked to locate Samuel Cunningham, 40, missing since Saturday from 507 Ninth Street Southwest.
John E. Pettis was arrested at 94 Eighth Street NW by Detectives Warren and O Day on the complaint of Mrs. Anna B. Taylor of 1009 Eighth Street NW. Pettis is charged with stealing a dress valued at 25 dollars sent to Pettis by Mrs. Taylor for use by a needy woman. The dress was allegedly stolen days after arrival and later sold to a second hand clothing dealer for 3 dollars.
The notice sets a strict deadline for all contest solutions to be submitted by 9 pm today. It specifies that every entry must be run and reviewed prior to the cutoff and alerts participants to adhere to the time constraint.
A reader letter endorses Senator Foraker over machine politics, praising his American character, leadership as Ohio governor, and experience as jurist and senator. The writer cites his relief efforts after Charleston earthquake and Johnstown flood, and notes veterans of 1861-65 speak for him. Signed J Fraise Richard.
The Corcoran Art Gallery reopened to a crowd of 2 709 visitors from 1 30 to 5 o clock. Old masters restored in place alongside twelve of fourteen new paintings from the recent salon. Notable works include Metcalf A May Night Dougherty The Lang and the Sea Redfield The Delaware River Shurtliff Mary Cassatt Shannon Bogert Horatio Walker Ava Maria Homer On the Terrace and pieces by Childe Hassan Lockwood Groll and Smillie. A loaned trove from William T Swans to the National Gallery awaits final disposition.
Edgar Sullivan, three, son of D J Sullivan of 1400 North Capitol Street, was knocked down by a Brookland streetcar. The fender threw him under the forward tracks and he was found wedged. He suffered a mangled leg, multiple cuts and bruises, possible internal injuries. He was taken to Homeopathic Hospital where surgeons worked to save his leg. Condition described as critical. full extent of injuries not yet known.
Winfield Halleck, inmate of St Elizabeths Asylum, is being held in Canton Massachusetts on order of Washington authorities. He gained attention in Buffalo and other northern cities by desertion claims. His father Maj Walter F Halleck is Interior Building staff. Halleck had permission to visit home but fled the city. His head wounds from the Philippines era are cited as a factor in his condition.
A gray horse hit panic after a large auto skidded by near the Post Office. The Barry stables horse plowed down Pennsylvania avenue, then plunged into the Commercial Hotel plate glass on Seventh Street. Attendants and police pulled the animal from the shattered window. the horse suffered cuts to the neck and shoulders. the coupe was only slightly damaged.
Winseppi Gavagon shot and killed Ficetta Gavagna and then killed himself today in Francisco Gavagna's home. The 20 year old woman was the wife of Gavagna's cousin. The killing was witnessed only by the woman's three year old daughter. No motive is known.
James Dunne, temperance worker, defended the New York Four Hundred against Henry Watterson’s charge that it is a flock of unclean birds. He praised members for charity work, recounting anecdotes and urging Catholic abstainers to unite under spiritual guidance to curb liquor.
President John Mitchell plans an April visit to Wilkes-Barre to boost the Mine Workers Union amid declining membership and dues shortfalls. Officials call a holiday commemoration of the eight hour day agreement as most anthracite miners idle.
Special to The Washington Post from St. Louis reports Patrolman Lemuel R. Boyce, 32, was shot and killed around 3:30 am while on his last day of duty after his resignation was accepted. The suspect reportedly fled after robbing William Relm’s saloon at 3201 Chateau Avenue. Boyce’s departure was to take effect after he was mustered for breakfast.
Riga March 21 Russian colonists in Brazil write to Lieut. Gen. Baron Moeller Sakomelsky, governor general of the Baltic provinces, complaining of harsh treatment by Brazilians and asking him to ban emigration to Brazil. Higa marks the start of a large emigration flow.
Three men were caught on the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad bridge at Turtle Creek near Pittsburg when a fast passenger train passed. Two clung to the rail as the train went over, while Samuel Cardiac was knocked from the bridge to the ground fifty feet below.
A described home remedy blends Fluid Extract Dandelion Kar yon and Syrup Sarsaparil to be taken after meals and at bedtime with water. The formula claims to purify the kidneys remove waste and acids, easing rheumatism bladder and urinary issues with no stomach distress.
A Riverhead Long Island Easter week erupts in a satire of local temperance politics. Rev W A Wasson of Grace Episcopal is accused by supporters of licensing liquor, while temperance groups brand him unfit. Town vote looms on whether to permit licensed saloons for two years amid pro and anti sermons and a temperance rally with stereopticon reels.
In Shelbyville Indiana on a Chicago to Cincinnati run passenger train No 4 was held up for about an hour by EB P McGue Fairland night telegraph operator. He brandished a revolver chased crew from the telegraph room and kept trains blocked until a day operator was dragged from bed to release the train. McGue was later arrested and jailed. The train carried US mail.
Mayor-elect John Reyburn announced his cabinet picks for the Philadelphia administration. Henry Clay becomes director of public safety, George B. Stearns director of public works, Dr. Joseph Neff director of health and charities, and Joseph Klemmer director of supplies. Stearns is the only appointee not long active in Republican politics.
In Boston a threatened general strike by team drivers was averted as most large firms granted union demands. About 500 workers may strike Wednesday if eight firms still on the old wage scale do not sign the agreement. The new contract adds a one dollar weekly raise and cuts the workday by half an hour. Unsigning firms told workers not to report for Wednesday unless notified by union agents.
A thwarted plot to wreck the Pittsburg Flyer failed when a shifting engine crew near Lowellaville removed a telephone pair across the rails secured with stakes. Seventeen minutes later the train, at about fifty miles per hour, sped by. Capt. Gastinger of Newcastle leads the investigation into suspected derailments of the Chicase Limited and the Keystone Express.
A former U S Navy acting master from Maine recalls Civil War blockade duty along the Atlantic coast from Virginia Capes to Florida. He argues the volunteer navy deserved greater praise for enduring storms and gales while keeping the blockade intact until war’s end. He says any skipper would not fear anchoring off the coast at daylight after night danger.
Special to The Washington East Cumberland Md March Don Targi Sartori of Grigno Austria appointed chamberlain of the pope's household. Former pastor of St Joseph's Catholic Church Midland this county he resigned three years ago and returned to Austria. Father Sartori is a distant relative of the Pope and led crusades against dancing at Midland, wrote a severe book condemning dancing drawing wide attention.
Col R C Clowry, president of Western Union Telegraph Company, says there has been no general rate increase. Several unprofitable special rates were raised to standard schedule levels, many previously discriminative toward many places. Costs for materials rose 35 to 1p percent, salaries and wages have climbed, but newspaper rates remain unchanged.
A freight train accident at Patterson Creek eight miles east of Cumberland involves a car of railroad torpedoes and carbonic acid gas tanks exploding. Wreckage scatters torpedo caps, rails torn up, wires down, and several people injured as crews clear the lines. rumors of a passenger blast spread through Cumberland.
Disturbance over the Carolinas yielded northeasterly winds and rain across the Atlantic and Gulf States from New Jersey to Alabama. Much of the country had fair weather, with colder temperatures east of the Mississippi and much warmer in the Northwest. Forecasts call for rain Monday in the South Atlantic, clearing elsewhere, with snow along the Lower Lakes and warmer trends in the Plains and Central valleys before a colder Northwest Tuesday. Winds along the coasts vary from northwest to northerly, diminishing Monday night. Special forecasts warn of steamers leaving Monday for Europe with fresh northerly winds and cool, partly cloudy conditions. Local report includes temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine data.
Pittsburg Pa on March 31 endured the coldest Hunter Day in years with temperatures around twenty five degrees all day. The mercury dropped twenty five degrees since midnight and Easter finery was obscured by heavy wraps and furs while officials urged education content submissions by 6 pm.
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