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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
2
A fragmented account describes Canal Commission plans at Culebra, with Stevens critiquing administration and charges of government influence. It details laborers, jail scenes, and social tensions among workers including Jamaican laborers, while noting ad hoc ad campaigns and equipment shifts around the isthmus.
The Mu Horiventh annual excursion and planked shad dinner will be held at the Washington Tand of Kyde on Saturday. Steamer service will run to WW and from Binns. dinner includes fry and a cleanup. The event features baseball facilities and other amusements, with officers and a committee of arrangements listed.
The Shad dinner committee led by J T Simpson and N M West of Columbia announces the annual event at Merehall Hallam. The steamer Macalester will depart the wharf at 1 o clock.
Miss Arelender told police she was attacked yesterday afternoon on a quiet path by a man described as tall five seven, coal black, blue jumper and brown hat. The purse was recovered about twenty yards from the creek. a $1 reward was offered for the suspect’s arrest. She was taken to Dalston Clinic, and Capt Amiss led the investigation, with Detective Sergt Peck assisting.
Mrs Murphy a seamstress walking from Jocar Thomas Circle toward her home at 1310 Tenth Street Northwest was assaulted by a man who tore her purse and fled into a nearby alley. She reported the robbery to police and Detective Hirtigin was assigned.
Chiles Edgard Grant, a Black man, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury in Criminal Court No 2. The crime occurred in Elgia Barnes alley between 31st and Tenth streets northwest on December 1. The woman died in January. Grant claimed self defense.
A 14 year old, Charles Tarheits, is discharged from the United States Navy after enlistment on February 16 in Baltimore. He was recently transferred to the Washington Navy Yard, according to records. Jubilee Wright appears in Circuit Court in connection with the case.
W A King longtime Census Bureau vital statistics chief died after an operation at Garfield Hospital He will be buried at Rock Creek Cemetery in a private interment A May 7 birth in Luca Ohio He joined the Census Office in 1879 from Indianapolis and lived in Washington since then He directed vital statistics work for the Twelfth Census and aided Senate and House committees in its preparation Funeral service at St Marks Church Sunday at 2 00 pm with Rev Henry Thomas officiating Pallbearers include R C Lappin Willis Stewart and others
Police near Roch Creek west of Massachusetts avenue canvassed a case where Mary Hunt and Al Harrison could not identify a six foot assailant after an alleged attack by a Negro. Two boys Ward Hunt and Daniel Crump gave conflicting statements as detectives study developments while Allen Hartson’s condition improves. Arrests were made but suspects released as most provided alibis and the force vows to pursue leads to resolve the case.
Modern Woodmen of America District of Columbia will host guests May 1 with directors from Kansas and the supreme medical board, arriving for a capital reception. Senators Long, Burkett, Hemenway, and representatives Lloyd, Esch, Kod enburg, McCriths, and Dawson will attend. A dinner follows Wednesday at the Hotel Regent.
A meeting of Assembly Presbyterian Church members last night ratified the sale of their church building to a Jewish congregation. Transfer is scheduled for May 1, after which the Presbyterian assembly will scatter, though the parent body remains in New York Avenue.
Blood humors commonly cause pimples boils hives eczema or salt rheum or other forms of imp tion but may exist without outward signs. Hood a Sarsaparilla expels them renovates strengthens and tones the whole system This is the testimony of thousands enauah.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company attached the furnishings and belongings of Conrad Dodge of Louis Wine & Co. at 1304 F Street to cover a $165 debt for telephone rent. Dodge, about 30, a Washington business figure, has been absent over two weeks, with relatives unaware of his whereabouts. His attorney offered no comment. Dodge previously ran the firm and was active in clubs and sports. Relatives fear for his safe return and hope he contacts them soon.
A Vermont State Association banquet at the National Rifles Armory drew about five hundred Vermonters. The feast featured maple sugar from Green Mountains camps with biscuits cheese doughnuts pickles and spring water. Speakers praised Vermont heritage and the sugar supply while a dance closed the evening.
Rev John G Hagen of Georgetown University has been appointed director of the Vatican Observatory in Rome. He sailed a month ago and has already begun duties. Hagen has led the Georgetown Observatory for eighteen years and authored numerous scientific works in German and Latin, regarded as a leading authority on movable and fixed stars.
Grand jury yesterday returned indictments naming James Thomas alias Zip Bundy Oldridge White James Bell for three counts of assault one for grand larceny and seven for housebreaking Also named Alvert van Hornlaren Walliam Martin William Adame Joseph Wintrey Jesse Ford John Jennings Andrew Dep e John Moran and Frederick W Gruthe for housebreaking false pretenses and related charges An exhibition of Apolly Commander Knights Templars of Troy NY will be held on the White Lot next Monday at 430 o clock The corps will arrive in Washington Vorday morning and be taken in charge by local Masons A promotional program proclaims entertainment and dealer orders urged.
A group of patrons petitioned Sept T. Stuart urging retention of principal A. J. Gardner amid teachers charges. Spokesman Benjamin Edwards presented petitions from about 70 to 80 families, praising Gardner as capable and noting student and community support. Delegation asked the board of education to consider the matter with written recommendations.
The Patent Law Association of Washington held its annual banquet at Rauscher’s with President Melville Church presiding. Over 14 members and guests attended as speeches were given by Tustica Shepard and others including Allen Justice Duel and Maj Wr McIntyre.
A regent meeting of patriotic societies created a federation uniting the Junior Order United American Mechanics the Daughters of America the Daughters of Liberty the Patio Sons of America the Order of United American Mechanics and the Knights of Malta. The group aims to foster fraternal bonds education charity and patriotic work while remaining neutral in party politics. Officers elected include President Joseph M Thompson secretary treasurer Jesse Caylor and several vice presidents from multiple states.
The Washington Central High School debate team defeated Central High School of Philadelphia. The negative side argued that U S life insurance should be federally supervised. Judge panel included F Bowerman, S W Woodward, and W G B Pierce. Winning team members were F H Kogitz, A B Gilfillan, and B O Schreihar. Vanquished speakers were R J Arams, S Rosenbaum, and W Campbell. A luncheon followed hosted by the fourth year class.
Weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions with occasional showers and storms across the Mississippi River Valley, Ohio Valley, and Southeast. Cooler northwest to north winds expected along Atlantic coasts. warmer in the Central West. a mix of rain and snow in several regions, with variable conditions forecast through the upcoming days. Local river reports and city temperatures listed for several towns and ports.
Philp Wane, seven years old, is suffering a dislocated shoulder at his parents home 15 Heckman Street Death East. He was thrown from a horse on Thirteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Thursday afternoon after a ride through a crowded thoroughfare. His condition is not serious.
The May Victor release list includes Arthur Pryor Band intermezzos and marches such as Intermezzo Pas des Fleurs and La Sorelle March, with titles from the Victor Orchestra. It also catalogs opera arias and ballads by Enrico Caruso with prices, plus selections by Marcelle Sembrich and other artists.
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