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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1906
Page
2
Cabinet dinner chatter hints Roosevelt may be receptive to a third term and could influence 1908 dynamics. Report notes muckraker speech impact on public mood, rail rate reforms, party faction tensions, and possible vetoes shaping next year’s contest.
A local event will focus on children with adults advised to attend only with kids. The Mirime Band hosts a postconcert program following the main show, creating a family friendly evening and reassuring anxious spectators about the scheduling.
President directs south grounds opened Easter Monday April 4 1806 for children only with guardians allowed for small children. Marine Band concert on the Ellipse North side 332 to 520 pm. Thousands of children await the event with various features planned at the Presidents Park and White House grounds.
Delegates debate a Montana matter and the need for a parliamentarian at the Continental Hall congress. Mrs McLean and Mrs Weed figure prominently amid internal disputes over leadership, constitutional questions, and the national report’s handling.
A Sunday session of the House heard eulogies for the late Benjamin F Marsh of the Fourteenth Timers District. Clerk McDowell called the body to order with J Warren Keifer presiding. Representatives from several states delivered condolence resolutions and remarks.
Mrs Dreadick J Shepard of Milford is lauded as a founder and regent in D A R circles. The piece notes NH Daughters at congress, mentions Mrs John McLane and Mrs Frederick J Shepard as leaders, and recalls Pittburgh DAR founder achievements, the Free Kindergarten project, and the era’s civic activism.
In a Chicago event a candidate declared his candidacy was not born of corrupt bargains. He resisted claims of disinterest and asserted readiness, while an older farmer challenged him with a blunt interruption as the exchange grew heated.
Funeral processions honor John Kelly a long serving Metropolitan Police lieutenant who died at 1233 North Capitol Street The last surviving veterans Anderson and Eckioff will follow his casket from St Aloysius to Mount Olivet as fellow officers recall his forty five years of service and courage The department orders a police escort and memorial duties with a note from Acting Major Boardman praising his character vigilance and trustworthiness.
The standing of leaders in the Post plano contest will be published tomorrow as final results cannot be known yet because coupons are due by Sunday noon. The office has received a flood of votes and the outcome depends on late filings. Contestants have pressed on for victory as spring rewards tempt many Turners to speed final efforts.
Worship at Wilson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church featured a morning and evening service with a chancel of palms and red roses. Rev E Holmes Latta preached on Jesus sending his disciples and the doubt of Thomas, arguing strong proof of the resurrection through apostolic testimony and the living God.
Two unnamed young women were thrown from a carriage during a mad pursuit by a spirited horse on Benning road near the Eastern Branch Bridge. The horse charged through busy traffic, the driver guided it skillfully, and at the end the animal leaped into a buggy injuring two men while the riders and others escaped. Both women were slightly bruised.
Weather conditions show a northeast storm center near Lawrence Valley with above normal temperatures east of the Rockies. Moisture fell in the Great Lakes and Ohio valleys, followed by clearing trend in the South Atlantic states. Report notes warmer temperatures in the Central valleys and Lake region, with chances of showers from the Colorado to Midwest areas. forecast includes higher western temperatures and cooling along the Atlantic coast, with seas warmer on the Atlantic, Gulf and lower lake regions. Local data include tide and humidity readings and sun hours.
Zion Church observed Easter with a 6am prayer and praise service led by Rev G W Clinton of North Carolina who preached on the Enlargement of Life Through Death. An afternoon Sunday school program supervised by Miss Jantier featured a students’ sermon parts and the evening sermon by Dr L Carrothers from Res 118 stressed that Christ holds keys of time and eternity and urged preparation for the life to come.
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