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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1905
Page
10
Washington audiences enjoyed The School Girl at the National with Edna May and the comic trio Blakeley Leslie Wright. The Lafayette hosted The Princess Chic with Sophie Brandt and Gus Vaughn, while Primrose Minstrels at the Columbia drew a full house. Chase’s featured the Three Dundoms, Mille Carlotta, and Carlin Otto. Lyceum offered vaudeville and a Night at the Thoroughbreds.
Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army spoke to about 3000 Cornell University students in Ithaca on April 10, closing a red crusade with nine meetings in the city. President Schurman invited the event and former Ambassador Andrew D. White introduced Miss Booth.
A shopping district exhibit of Oriental wares opened at Had dad Bros, 115 G Street, as the store prepares to close before its owners depart for their Oriental home. The display featured carpets, antiques, brasses, tapestries and laces, with auctions slated twice daily until the stock is exhausted.
Brockton Mass April 10 The shoe firm of B Grover Co of this city that operated the plant where the March 2 a boiler explosion killed 58 and damaged property valued around 250000 has voluntarily assigned for creditors. Assignees include Charles P Hall of American Hide and Leather Boston Judge Warren A Reed and Fred B Howard Home National Bank Brockton. The move is to keep operations during the current season and does not affect legal responsibility for the disaster. The filing also shields the twenty two stores from attachments in potential suits.
David Belasco testifies that a group of six men including Al Hayman Charles Frohman Klaw & Erlanger and Nixon & Zimmerman controls first class theaters in the United States. He recounts paying Charles Frohman and others more than 100000 from profits of Zaza and The Auctioneer. Witnesses describe secret profit sharing and booking agreements with managers across major houses.
New Rochelle April 10 Rarely has an outsider been honored by the Roman Catholic Church as highly as Adrian Iselin banker who died last week. A large marble statue with gold background is to be placed in St Gabriel's Church, a 250000 dollar edifice funded by his wife. Father Kellner urged donations and prayers for Iselin who supported parochial schools. In his will Iselin set aside 190000 dollars for charitable enterprises at executors disposal, though specific beneficiaries were not named.
In Middletown New York on April 1 Mrs Bridget Fahey aged respected resident died after a fire in her room while her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Ryan slept nearby Neighbors smelling smoke alerted the home and Mrs Ryan fled to the mother in law's room as the carpet and bed burned and the gas stove overturned Fahey died shortly after and Mrs Ryan suffered serious burns to her legs
Special from The Washington Post Savannah Ga April 10 Charles Pearce Lord a millionaire publisher of St Paul Minn is said to have lost his mind due to an accident at Bremen Ga on the Central of Georgia Railway a month ago A hearing to determine his sanity will be held April 15 The collision threw him against a water cooler injuring his head He was brought to Savannah after two or three days and treated at a winter home Mrs Lord is with her husband.
Dr William R Harper who has been undergoing X ray cancer treatment in New York City departs for Chicago as his health improves. He will continue treatment in Chicago with Dr Frank Billings accompanying him on the eastern trip.
The Supreme Court affirms the circuit court decision dismissing a mandamus petition against the Lake Shore Railroad for failing to include data in report to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ruling clarifies limits on mandamus power and confirms the Commission’s reporting obligations require court jurisdiction to compel obedience.
Chief Justice Fuller delivered the court’s opinion in the Massachusetts case seeking writs to stop District of Columbia courts from trying Cotton v. The Secretary of the Treasury. The dispute concerns a 10 percent attorney’s fee on $1,600,000 paid by the national government. The Court refused original or appellate jurisdiction and dismissed the petitions, sending the matter back to the district courts.
The boll weevil outlook is bad says the Bureau of Entomology noting no injurious insect has ever been exterminated. Jim Jones plans to visit Miss Bibiona tonight while Leather Silver Bare shows a firm trend. A boom in American Writing Paper may be expected. Tom Jones and Mary Smith announce their engagement boosting demand for preferred stock blue and pink grades. Shorts are getting squeezed and market chatter runs high.
A fragmented narrative blends myth and literature as Yvangeline mourns a wasted journey while seeking guidance from Longfellow. Polonius, Nessus, and Romulus appear in quips about advice, fashion, and fame, ending with a wry meditation on era and dress.
In a breezy serialized skit, Patricia Parkpack and Bridget McGinty clash over Officer O'Toole, who drifts between romantic intrigue and danger as a runaway auto endangers a clutch of would be lovers. The scene shifts to a doorway and a dramatic rescue, revealing Patasoia Porkpack as the heroine and Mrs. O'Toole at last.
The Supreme Court held that Alaska is part of the United States and that the Sixth Amendment applies there. Congress had no authority to deny a common law jury of twelve for misdemeanors in Alaska. The Rasmussen case was remanded for a new trial. Justice White wrote the opinion with dissent from Justice Brown and a concurring opinion by Justice Harlan.
In the Supreme Court today the case of South Carolina versus the United States began hearings over the state’s claim to recover 30000 paid for retail and wholesale licenses tied to the dispensary system. The state argued federal taxation infringed state police power, while the Court of Claims ruled against that assertion. The appeal also considers whether partnerships associations and corporations are included in the statute defining license subjects, potentially forcing Congress to clarify who counts as a person under license laws.
The Supreme Court ruled Henry Muhlker against the New York Central Railroad in a conflict over property damage from widening tracks at Park Avenue and 115th Street New York City. The Court reversed a New York appellate ruling, restoring protections to easements of light air and access. Justice McKennan announced the decision with Chief Justice Fuller and Justices White Peckham and Holmes in dissent.
The text cites Justice Holmes on whether public passage rights exist where not recognized in Massachusetts. It argues against creating new street rights, stressing local laws limit real estate rights and must be followed by courts.
Justice Brewer yesterday granted Albert Heff of Kansas a writ of habeas corpus, freeing him from imprisonment for selling beer to a Kickapoo Indian in Horton. The Supreme Court held that when Indians are granted U.S. citizenship they become subject to state law and federal police power cannot reach them without consent of the Indian and the state. The Kansas district court lacked jurisdiction, and Heff must be discharged.
The Bureau of Statistics reports winter wheat condition on April 1 at 91.6 for the United States, with state readings including Missouri 95, Nebraska 95, California 100, Indiana 92, Ohio 92, Pennsylvania 92, Oklahoma 66, Texas 68, Michigan 84, and the ten year average 83.1. Winter rye stands at 92.1 with 1904 at 82.3 and 1903 at 97.9. A table on farm animal condition and deaths will appear in Crop Reporter April.
The Washington Homeopathic Medical Society decorated Samuel Hahnemann's statue on Scott Circle with laurel wreaths and immortelle shields to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth. Society members and guests gathered at the Palm Room later for talks on Hahnemann's legacy, including What Do Specialists Owe Hahnemann and What Do Women Owe Hahnemann.
A seven story apartment building is planned at the corner of Eleventh and N streets northwest with a $200,000 cost. Bates Warren and J L Warren own the site, formerly Theodore Sheckles’s landmark residence. Architects Ap pleton P Clark ip Hunter and Bell will use Elizabethan styling with white stone and terra cotta trim. The 110 by 100 foot frontage building will house fifty four to six room apartments and open on all sides with an English basement entrance. It is to be ready for rental in the near future.
Former Senator James K. Jones files with Secretary Taft a formal protest against the Soldiers' Home Board for rejecting a low bid and pursuing "percentage" bids with a few contractors. The dispute could delay the marble mess hall project, with bids ranged from 743000 to 856000 and a substitute plan at 782500.
Justice Stafford of the Probate Court issued a rule to show cause why certain Rotary Machine Company stock should not be delivered to the administrator of the late L. R. Flack. W. S. Nash is named in the petition filed by R. H. Mc Neill for the administrator, alleging Nash and the company withhold and conceal the stock from the administrator. The stock is valued at about a stated amount.
Michael P Canty prominent in labor circles dies at 519 H street northeast. His funeral will be held tomorrow at St Aloysius Church at 9 o'clock. Canty served as treasurer of the local Bricklayers Union and held offices in Division No. 2 Annetat Order of Hibernians, which will attend in a body.
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