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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
2
An observer surveys Jamaica Panama Canal Zone labor scenes, contrasting lazy foremen with diligent crews. He criticizes political appointees, white and Black sheep, and Washington influence for hindering efficiency, urging firmer staffing and accountability to finish the canal.
A discussion on Home Rule is planned at the Columbia Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue NW. The meeting starts at 8 o'clock tonight with an appeal for all in favor of suffrage for the District of Columbia to attend.
Mary Hunt relates a struggle with a six foot tall negro near the Massachusetts avenue bridge opposite Rock Creek Park. Her companion Allen Harrison, eighteen, was knocked unconscious. both pursued by police and citizens with no capture. Harrison remains in Garfield Memorial Hospital. Hunt suffered a throat injury but no lasting harm.
A hotel blaze in Frankenmuth Michigan killed Henry Goetz Sr and L Hartner a farm hand while four others were seriously burned. Dining room girls Anna Snelling and Anna Reichle escaped by leaping from windows onto mattresses. Goetz wife was also burned. Firefighters reported smoke suffocation as the cause for the two deaths.
The affirmative won the fourth debate as A G Elston and Miss Anna M Anderson led the successful side on the motion Shall Capital Punishment Be Abolished The judges were Mrs Elen Spencer Massey Dean Miss Mary Wood and Harry A Hewarty A future public debate is set for May 17 on the eight hour question with Andrew B Evans and Miss Sarah Morrison for the affirmative and Ro Hult and Miss Mary O Toole for the negative Also noted is the Couden funeral for HWN Couden son of the Chaplain of the Mouse with services tomorrow at 2 30 in the Church of Ow Father Rev Dr Van Schalck to officiate
At the New York coroner's hearing for Albert T. Patrick a witness Dr. Albert T. Weston testified about what he would say if called. The district attorney pressed on whether Weston was hired by both sides and discussed the value of his testimony on chloroform affecting lung congestion. The questioning continued as the session adjourned to Monday afternoon.
Special to The Washington Post from Boston April 6. Lafayette College president Werfield summoned seniors and sophomores involved in hazing to announce indefinite suspensions. The three upper classes met and urged faculty to reinstate the disciplined students, setting a 9 o clock deadline to leave the campus.
John Daly, once the wealthiest gambler in the United States aside from Richard Canfield, died this afternoon at 12 Hast Fifty fourth street after a yearlong illness. Born in Troy, Minnesota in 1898, Daly built a gambling empire in New York on Broadway and later ran a Jersey coast club. He quit gambling four years ago and left behind a devoted wife who died in Saratoga. Daly will be buried beside his wife in Troy as his body is sent there.
Mrs Dowie wife of the ex head of the Christian Catholic Church visited her husband at Zion City Auditorium Annex. The reunion came amid tensions with General Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva and Dowie’s supporters claim the trip aimed to arrange Dowie’s return next Saturday. Dowie’s legal adviser Emil Wetter declined to detail the purpose.
In Columbia South Carolina April 25 two women were injured when a Templars Knights commandery train collided with freight cars near Swamgea twenty one miles from the city. Mrs Joseph Tr Baynes of Troy Wisconsin had an arm broken and the wife of Gen James H Lloyd of Troy was shocked. Governor Heyward welcomed the visitors who were then treated to a Southern barbecue before the party left for Richmond that night.
James R. Thompson accuses attorney John S. Whitt of embezzling 75 dollars paid to court for Thompson to remit to his wife as alimony. Police seek Whitt, last seen in Washington, with prior court actions highlighting nonpayment and contempt.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke in St Louis defending the protective tariff as it stands. He urged adherence to party principles and critiqued free trade, arguing a coherent tariff is needed to protect industries and curb immigration by arguing Democrats would end free trade policies.
George C. Whiting Lodge No 22 A M hosts a reception at Magonic Hall Georgetown next Thursday evening to honor the ladies. The program features welcome address by WH Harrison grand lodge greeting by XW A Brown solos by Mrs Aura Sinclair Noske Miss Bessie F Walker and James Cathell invocation by Prof A P Works addresses by Rev Dr Abram Simons and Rep Wiliam Sulzer and benediction by Rev T C Crouse.
Archbishops meeting at the Catholic University of America urged universal diocesan collections for California quake victims and planned a southern and urban home mission among African Americans. Cardinal Gibbons to draft a sympathy letter to Paris and four bishops to lead the Negro mission from Washington while others extend church work east and west.
Franklin Eyerhardt and Harry Samuel Simons, both Americans, were committed for trial at the Old Bailey by the Guildhall Police Court after being remanded on $10,000 bail. Authorities accuse them of conspiracy and obtaining large sums via forged shares and certificates tied to Alaska Oklahoma Cripple Creek and Manitoba mining firms in Juandon. One man claims Pennsylvania origin the other Illinois.
In Saloniki European Turkey a band of about sixty Greeks including some in Greek army uniforms clashed with Turkish troops on the road to Monastir near Kareferia. The fight continued into today with thirteen Greeks killed or mortally wounded on the field. Three Turks died and five were wounded. The Sunday Post notes its illustrated Half-tone Section is unusually attractive this week.
The twelfth annual Georgetown Convent Alumnae Association meeting opened with Mrs Carr presiding. Attendees came from New York, St. Louis, Dubuque, Salt Lake City, Baltimore, and Savannah as letters of regret and tributes were read.
Robert Gould Shaw, Brookline, declares the divorce obtained by his former wife Nannie Langhorne Shaw from him legal and questions why her marriage to William Waldorf Astor Jr. should not proceed. He argues the Virginia divorce was granted while he resided in the state, and notes he later married Mrs Converse and lives with her in Brookline.
Weather conditions describe widespread cold with no recovery from the normal pre-spring lull, except in the Northwest, with showers in the Lake region and Ohio Valley. Forecast calls for fair weather in the Lower Lake Region and Atlantic states, with increasing cloudiness and rain likely in the Mississippi Missouri Arkansas valleys Friday. Winds vary by coast. river bulletin notes rivers clear in-day and lists temperatures across multiple cities.
Holy Cross Alumni host a euchre party for San Francisco sufferers on May 3 at 2 3 p m in Garrell Hall on G street near Tenth northwest. Aimed to raise funds for relief and aid.
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