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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1905
Page
10
Report notes continued work on the Isthmus for the Panama Canal with five thousand workers. It cites engineering chiefs and commissions debating plant installation, labor flows, and the pace of construction while discussing railroad and shipping arrangements and potential government control.
The Weather Bureau weekly crop report notes a very favorable week for farming in the central valleys and Rocky Mountain areas, with cooler, frost-affected conditions in the Atlantic Coast and East Gulf States. Planting progresses vary by region, corn preparations active in the central valleys, cotton largely unplanted in southern eastern districts, and winter wheat prospects described as unusually fine. Oregon and Washington sowing advances, oats nearing completion, and peach prospects depressed by frosts in the central Gulf and lower Mississippi regions.
Governor Brady of Alaska replies to charges via cablegram after a secretary’s month‑old request for explanation of ties with a mining promo tion company. The governor’s secretary says explanations were mailed but not satisfactory. Rev Dr C R Janvier of Philadelphia will lecture on Crisis and Opportunity in the Far East at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at 10:30 this morning.
The Post Office seeks to appeal a Kansas City ruling that a fraud order cannot halt false pretenses in mail order whisky ads. Eighty percent of fraud orders may be invalid if the word other ties to preceding terms. If upheld, many get rich schemes using mail could resume, while an appeal advances to the St Paul court on May 1. Affected parties include Haydock Distilling Company Becker Brothers & Co and Conrad Lewin, with international lottery ties flagged in Oldenburg Germany.
The Soldiers' Home board of commissioners met yesterday to review bids for a proposed marble mess hall. No decision was reached. Gen Fred C Ainsworth said a decision date is unknown. Secretary Taft was notified of a protest by former Senator James K Jones on behalf of J C Robinson of Chicago. the protest concerns the bid-acceptance actions and the March 6 bid opening.
The Attorney General holds that for an American register of a foreign vessel wrecked in the United States it does not matter if repairs are done abroad before sale or by an American after purchase. The ruling reaffirms Taft 1891. In a separate opinion yesterday, the cost of repairs after two wrecks cannot be aggregated to gain register.
The civil service board of the War Department’s engineer department rules that a Pacific Coast chief clerk cannot marry a subordinate. They state it is not best for spouses to serve under one another in the same office and require either the groom or the bride to resign if marriage proceeds.
Sir Mortimer Durand the British Ambassador will sail on the Htruria April 29 for a fortnight's visit to London. He is a personal friend of Lord Landsdowne and will hold conferences with the foreign affairs minister. He aims to touch base with home and discuss embassy matters before returning to Washington to greet the President. Ends Headache's Torture.
Canadians press for inclusion of the St John River in the River and Harbor Bill of 1902 commission inquiry. Washington and London exchanges on scope continue as Ottawa pledges to press the point in Washington. Postmasters appointed in several states are listed, including Edinburg New Jersey and Bayard New Hampshire.
Commander Booth Tucker and EH Rider Haggard outline a program to move English poor to Canada and other colonies through Salvation Army efforts. They call for tighter U.S. immigration scrutiny to favor healthy, skilled Europeans and propose colonization as a solution to London crowding and the Boer War rearmament.
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief gags. The strip parodies social trends with playful snippets about tips at Pullman cars, fruit company moves, a banana slip in the city, and light social banter between characters.
A collage of wry maxims and literary snippets about perception art love and wealth. Characters like Argus Gainsborough Columbus Absalom Paris Venus and Damocles appear in short ironic lines and aphorisms about human folly and societal foibles.
A jumble of lost and found notices and quips from The Washington Post in 1905. Items include a mislaid engagement ring, a large pile of colored chips, and a green string of small losses. Names like Miss Fickleheart and Riverside appear. the tone blends humor with brief pleas for return and minimal rewards.
The item muses on animal intelligence and instinct with fragmented questions about elephants dogs birds bees and other creatures. It humorously contrasts human ideas of consciousness with natural behaviors while noting disorderly behavior as a social issue.
A letter to The Post describes Gray's Telautograph, an early telegraph handwriting instrument now produced by a New York firm and used in banks and stores. Invented by Elisha Gray, refined by Tiffany A Witherspoon of the Patent Office, it reproduces handwriting and drawings across miles via wire, with several units in use nationwide.
The third suit by Mrs Catherine Roth against the District of Columbia began yesterday in Circuit Court No 1 before Justice Barnard and a jury. She seeks $3,000 for alleged nuisances near her Fifth street NW property adjacent to the second police precinct station. She previously won $100 in the first suit and $2,200 in the second. Damages cover May 1899 to June of the same year. Attorneys Tevi H David and Joseph W Cox for Roth. Edward H Thomas for the District.
Secretary Hitchcock refers to the Attorney General the issue of railroad rebates on material used by the reclamation service. Comptroller Tracewell says such rebates could not be legally accepted. Interior officials argue the rebates are a reclamation act saving the government, while Hitchcock withholds comment on the opinion.
Burns faction files transcript of record in the Supreme Court appeal from a District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision on Knights of Labor. The opinion held the Equity Court lacked jurisdiction as the issue was title to office to be settled by quo warranto. Minister Morgan Lee s leaves for Korea. Dixey joins as private secretary aboard the Korea bound voyage. New cure for weak lungs Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption claims to cure coughs and colds with prices 66c and 1.00.
The Supreme Court declined to issue a writ of certiorari to review a Circuit Court ruling in favor of the heirs of the late Winfield Stratton. The case involved a $6,000,000 misrepresentation claim over a mine sale to a British company and its subsequent revaluation, with the lower courts affirming the judgment.
Probate court records reveal Walter F Rodrick estate left to widow and surviving relatives with executors named as A Carty Rodrick and C Burton Rodrick. Widow to receive household items and books of her choice, remainder to trustees, income for widow, then for Mary E Rodrick, with balance after two deaths to siblings or Methods Home of DC and Wesley Chapel funds for church use. Other wills by Poore, Thorn, and Pearson listed with various life interests and trusts.
A second suit for removal of Thomas and Waggaman as trustees under a deed of trust was filed in District Supreme Court by the American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States. The trust secures $5,000. Waggaman is rumored bankrupt and absent from jurisdiction, making him an improper fiduciary. Defendants include John W Piling as trustee and Anna O Brien, William O'Brien, John L. Waggaman, and H Romer Dulany in bankruptcy. Attorneys R Ross Perry & Son represent the college.
Emily M Ritchie McLean urges unity within the Daughters of the American Revolution over Continental Hall, noting New York City Chapter contributions and seeking an end to factional bickering while pledging to push Memorial Continental Hall forward. She signs as regent with Donald McLean, dated April 10, 1905.
Monsieur G de Leval a prominent Brussels barrister will address the large lecture hall at George Washington University at 630 this afternoon on international law. Members of the bench and bar and the public are invited. He will discuss questions arising from the Russo Japanese war and has served as counsel in many private claims involving international law. He is regarded as an authority in Belgium and speaks good English.
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