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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
1
Amid ruin and downpour, civilians endure hunger and exposure as soldiers restore order in a burned and looted city. Descriptions root the crisis in Jefferson Park and western districts with refugees, makeshift shelters, and tense streets.
Special Cable Dispatch describes France’s crisis as law defiance spreads from Paris to mining districts. Weak internal administration and clerical strife fuel agitation led by labor, royalist, and socialist factions. The Courrières disaster aftermath sparks strikes, sabotage, and fears of insurrection as Clemenceau faces a volatile, growing rebellion.
Rioters ignore pleas for restraint destroying rail and telegraph lines, shops, and houses while attacking troops with bricks and stones. Firemen from distant France suppress the disorder as Clemenceau walks with revolutionaries and red flags appear. Great strikes now blaze at Brest Toulon and other seaports with May Day expected to ignite wider unrest.
Secretary of War Taft urged Yale students to study local politics and civic needs. He cited the Post Office Department as government intrusion into business, cautioned grads against cranks, and urged active participation to secure better government for less fortunate citizens.
All defendants in the Life Chemical Company conspiracy case were discharged by U S Commissioner Ridgway. The hearing covered charges of defrauding the company and named officers including Vireil Neal former president Dr William W Harley medical director A H Williams treasurer and Laura M Wilson stenographer. A special train to Annapolis and interment details followed the proceedings with trains and schedules noted for attendees.
Special to The Washington Post reports H C Tilden, a Pardee administration aide and Red Cross volunteer, was shot and killed by members of the San Francisco Citizens' Patrol while returning from aid work with a Red Cross badge. The auto was hailed as carrying wounded. guards said they fired when the vehicle approached. Three young patrol members were arrested as investigations followed.
President Roosevelt sent a greeting to Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Wohney president of the Mothers Congress as it opened in Atlanta at the Georgia congress. The session began with strong Southern attendance and speakers including Governor Terrell and Jon Horsple Graves addressing the crowd.
Philadelphia April 23 Warry Willer a member of the city detective force and a son of the late Captain of Detectives Peter Miller killed himself today in Fairmount Park by shooting himself in the head. His body was found on the river drive. Miller had been in local service about five years.
In Havana on April 23 Freyre Andrade late secretary of the anterior was nominated for speaker of the House by the Moderate Congressmens caucus. Other Moderates withdrew. Elections set for tomorrow. Fernandez de Castro named vice speaker and Manuel Govin second vice speaker. Senate ratified extradition treaty with Spain. Joint session May 4 to canvass votes for President and Vice President.
Special dispatch claims Georges Gapon, famed for Bloody Sunday, was hanged on April 1 in a hidden act amid political turmoil. The report notes Gapon fled Russia after January 22 events, misled revolutionaries, and was executed by what are described as witnesses who were judges.
New York girl Georgine RB Wilde wed Count Carlo Dentice de Frisso of Rome at the Brompton Oratory in April. The church was crowded and Mrs Henry Siegel hosted a wedding breakfast at Claridge’s after the ceremony. Patrick Hearing Postponed: Albert T Patrick’s murder trial motion resumed date moved to Wednesday.
Representative Nicholas Longworth and his wife will leave Washington next Monday for Cincinnati to attend the Max festival and visit his brother in law Wallingford Winle. He will study the police situation as it relates to renomination and will return with and promote a strong Republican slate. He plans a speech this week urging $000000 to buy homes for ambassadors and ministers abroad and to push quick passage in Congress to support officials overseas.
In Philadelphia Mrs Mary Fahm killed herself and two children by releasing gas during a dispute. Her husband Kraft Fahm awakened to save himself and the two surviving sons Alois and Harry, while two other children Annie and a 15 year old died in the night. Police say the woman had threatened family harm for years and may have planned the tragedy.
Ohio Republicans argue the keynote must come from a House member. Possible speakers under consideration include Theodore B Burton Cleveland Gen J Warren Keifer Springfield Col Robert M Nevin Dayton and Gen Charles H Grosvenor Athens. The temporary chair should avoid discord and not contradict the party platform.
Royal prerogatives entrenchment is described as a government aim to sit in battle with parliament. A high commission at Psarskoe Selo operates under the emperor with temporary laws and modifications to preserve prerogatives. Recruits and revenue measures are cited as actions limiting the lower house.
The Belgian training ship Count de Smet de Naeyer foundered in the Bay of Biscay on April 1 during a violent voyage to Australia. Thirty killed including the captain and officer in command. twenty-six survivors rescued by the French bark Dunkerque. Survivors’ names and further details were not released. the vessel 270 feet long was a tall rigged sailing ship.
London reports Ambassador Reed and Mia Reid began a motoring tour from Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. A 15-year-old cyclist collided with their car at Ivion, causing a crash that left the boy injured and taken to Luton Hospital after first aid at a nearby surgery. Mr Red expressed distress and arranged care for the boy, providing new clothes and a wetcle.
Pueblo April 3 B K Coffman a traveling salesman from Fort Worth arrived in Pueblo from San Francisco last month with nothing to eat or drink from Tuesday night to Thursday morning. Looking over the city he saw bindings failing and flames rising into the sky. He fell on his hands and knees and bent his face in the sand believing the end of the world had come. As a result the strain has whitened Coffman’s hair almost completely.
New York April 3 Willam Ol utes a Brooklyn lawyer and former assistant district attorney of Ruamgs County was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine for conspiracy to defraud. His clerk Charles WL Wells received an equal sentence. Damages claims totaling $2,000 were in Wells’s possession at arrest.
Two Danish trawlers with forty men aboard are said to have foundered in a gale off Iceland. A third boat with a crew of thirty is also feared to have been lost, according to news reaching Copenhagen today.
French consul M Leconte Parrell de la Rocca is feared dead after the April quake. The vice consul and staff linked efforts prove futile, floors at the consulate on Post Street collapsed, and no trace of Mr Santos, Ecuadorian Consul General Saintes Elias Santos, has been found.
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