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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1906
Page
1
Deposition of Zion's leader reportedly determined by deacons after a secret meeting. The report notes actions to remove deweams and store goods in Union Trust fireproof warehouses for absolute safety of household items. Mrs Tate attended a meeting in May and approved the action.
A fatal multi-vehicle crash in New Rochelle killed two elderly women near a bridge abutment while a separate incident in Manhattan claimed a six year old boy. Police traced the car that fled after striking victims as bystanders tended the injured. An additional collision near West 56th Street injured several, including a mother and child, as two cars failed to merge properly and a passenger was trapped. The day highlighted dangerous conditions and prompted medical attention for multiple victims.
A Saturday procession by the Order of St Domine in Brooklyn met violent resistance from a Jewish neighbor group. A boy attacked a sister. detectives were assaulted as crowds pelted officers and the convent, with vegetables and debris, until reserves quelled the mob and freed a prisoner. The sisters plan to suspend pilgrimages until tensions subside.
A Boston hotel scene reports millionaire Mr Swift near death with doctors voicing little hope. His office boy sent a message from the Swift trust circle describes weakness and peril, while Mrs Florence Moore of Washington stays at the bedside. Family and associates plan arrival from Chicago as news spreads.
The Mayflower, renamed during the war, lands in Havana with Mrs Roosevelt and her children aboard. Archibald Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt’s secretary come ashore as Secretary Morgan, the American Minister, welcomes them amid official observations and arrangements for the visit.
The Chicago and Lexington derailment leaves only Holton of the Suthers Chicago group dead. Most other victims are reported as safe, with investigators still unable to explain the cause of the railroad derailment.
Dispatches report Western Pennsylvania operators granting the 1903 scale while mines prepare for a possible renewed shutdown. About 5,000 of 28,000 miners may join a broader slowdown. Mitchell Day is declared a holiday with all mines to close Tuesday. Robbins expected to sign early, others undecided.
Baer of Reading plans to refer the anthracite dispute to Judge George Gray for arbitration while miners report a slugging incident after a vow to continue work. Companies move to protect nonunion workers. 700 men are named ready to work, with trains arranged to rail in workers at dawn and keep names secret.
Special to The Washington Post reports coat dealers in New York anticipate a busy week for domestic anthracite. They worry scarce supply as coal carriers hold back, with speculators likely to dominate future supply. Rev Peter Roberts of Mahanoy City, a noted independent coal authority, supports an eight hour demand but warns against overloading the demand terms.
Philadelphia April 1 It was learned Judge George Gray president of the Anthracite Strickom mission and President Baer of the Reading Company met Saturday night at the Lome in Wilmington Del with Col Ho A Jiupum the powder manufacturer The meeting spurred rumors of a link to the Jabber troubles but authorities deny any arbitration plan only an imperative demand could draw Gray back to settlement talks Baer returned home today and declined to discuss the matter for publication
Miss Mary Luckerson, daughter of farmer Owen Nickerson, bled to death from a severe nosebleed in Kenton Delaware. A Wilmington specialist raced to Clayton but failed to reach in time, and a University of Pennsylvania expert arrived too late. Family believes Dr Pilegood could have saved her life.
Mrs Josephine Sticker of New York, a German immigrant, gave coins to neighborhood children on a Sixty eighth street block, then shot herself in the head after leaving a note for her landlady to claim her board. Despondent over poverty and desertion by her husband, she died at her rooming house.
Sensational Hartje divorce disclosures announce possible criminal prosecutions against high society figures in Pittsburgh. Augustus Hartje seeks reconciliation while wife refuses to listen. Hartje claims coachman Clifford Hoos perjured himself, vows not to bail him, and predicts vendetta against Mrs Hartje. Sloan's furniture sale also advertised.
Promoters plan a Venezuela expedition to expel Castro using 5,000 filibusters and arms. Three steamers are contracted to sail from Europe, carrying rifles, cartridges, shells, belts, swords, revolvers, machetes, and other supplies for a multi million dollar campaign supported by New York and European promoters.
Early morning clash near police HQ between Yale students and town residents escalated after women returning from a Hebrew charity fair were pushed into the gutter. Four Yale students were jailed, later released on bonds of one dollar each, with fake names cited and appearances set for Polo Court.
Detectives locate a woman known as Edna in a nearby town. About 25 years old, she had been living in New York and left when Turney was arrested. Investigators seek whether she received any of the 331,000 stolen from the National Bank of North America as Turney fostered her stage ambitions.
An obituary style note reports a woman’s tragic death attributed to her own actions. The item appears among other brief notices and editorials in the issue’s index, with concise phrasing typical of early 20th century newspaper summaries.
In Nacogdoches county near Woden Texas Deputy Sheriff Willadlers was mortally wounded while attempting to arrest attendees at a negro dance Moody his deputy was killed instantly Dave Taylor the dance operator who shot Adlers was killed by the wounded officer Moody escaped the scene
A German wife and Italian suspect drive fear through Greenwich Conn as Rev. John Kopp of St. Pauls Lutheran Church is attacked near the church. The assailant fled across the state line toward Port Chester after striking the pastor with a heavy weapon, leaving him unconscious and injured as the wife fainted at the organ. Police and local residents search for the Italian suspect and call for calm.
Detectives in Washington gain custody of Albert J. Van Horne, a private in the Seventeenth Regiment stationed at Fort McPherson, accused of robbing Pullman car conductor D. Turner of a $125 gold watch and $85 cash on December 12, 1905. Turner had registered at the Mount Vernon Hotel when lured to view the town by Van Horne and an unnamed companion. The robbers reportedly departed town after the theft, and Van Horne enlisted in the army since the crime.
United States Senator Russell A Alger of Michigan, staying at the Hotel Brighton in Atlantic City, is somewhat improved after a period of serious illness due to a weak heart. His two sons Russell and Fred Alger arrived today to be with him.
A Dickinson byline piece reviews George B. Cortelyou's handling of national campaign finance for Roosevelt's 1940s effort. It cites totals between 1.8 and 1.9 million, compares McKinley sums, and details Bliss as treasurer. It recounts large anonymous gifts, declined offers including a $20,000 check from a flamboyant New York scout, and shifts in funding as Parker's and Roosevelt's campaigns evolved.
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