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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
24
Debates over expanding the U S Navy dominate a session as Senator Hemenway predicts a $150 million rise in annual appropriations, while President Taft’s plan to build two battleships this year with a pledge for two more annually draws praise from naval policy allies and criticism from opponents.
The advertisement asserts the product strengthens the system and body, cures colds, drives impurities from the system, feeds tissues, builds strength, and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It emphasizes it is a pure wholesome tonic in use for years, not a patent medicine.
Twelve people drown when the show boat Marion capsized eight miles above the St. Francis River mouth while carrying carnival company members. Captain Joyce, in charge, returned to Helena with details. 62 passengers and crew climbed the hull, while an engineer and a black crewman died attempting a skiff. Ten foot waves swept the overturned vessel as survivors watched.
Utica April 27 A conference of upstate Democrats adopted an address condemning the Carnegie Hall convention actions and authorized a general home rule committee to preserve representation and party integrity. Senator McCarren denounced the Carnegie Hall cabal that seeks state wide control and warned of a looming September convention takeover.
Special to The Washington Post from New York April 27 describes Andrew Carnegie as guest of Jewett Wheeler at the Vagabond Club by Gramercy Square where he sang a song mocking class and race, while witty banter flew around the table and guests commented on his performance and timing.
Newport April 27 The management of an amusement company rescinds a two year old ban on admittance for men in uniform and declares no distinction will be made between uniformed and non uniformed patrons A Rhode Island general assembly bill seeks to bar denial of entry to naval service members in such places.
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe pure spring medicine that purifies the blood improves appetite and digestion and restores vitality. It claims compliance with the Pure Food and Drugs Act and notes its popularity in thousands of homes.
The New Orleans area reports a private pistol duel in Bernice Louisiana between C. J. Morton and W. F. Barham. Morton and Barham exchanged gunfire wounding Barham, Morton's son, T. C. Clark killed, Thomas R. Ives wounded, the train conductor injured, others lightly hurt. No arrests noted, duel ends as ammunition runs out.
Caracas reports isolation of La Guaira after Castro decree closes the port for fifteen days. Train service to Caracas halted and a military sanitary cordon guards the area. New daily cases and deaths from a deadly illness prompt burning of homes. government has not confirmed bubonic plague.
A long list of guests and travelers across hotels from Philadelphia to Texas including names such as Ken Manke Radoliz and J Br in Arlington and Hartford. The record enumerates guests by state with associated hotels and major cities including Connecticut Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Nebraska New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia Missouri Tennessee Texas and foreign entries in Cuba Nova Scotia and Santa Clara.
Paris April 27 Mrs Charles Levee formerly Miss Jennie M Hawley of New York says the attachment suit by her brother Alan R Hawley is an outrage and she denies any debt. She notes she married April 7 to French balloonist Charles Levee who came to the United States for balloon ascensions.
Despondent Long Wundo, a Chinaman prominent among New York Chinese, killed himself by leaping from a six story tenement on West Avenue. He belonged to Long Song Ti & Co., art curios dealers on Fifth Avenue, whose business suffered as demand waned amid a financial crisis.
A Tangier dispatch to Echo de Paris rejects rumors of Raisuli’s death. It confirms a Hikmes volley missed him while noting the tribe’s vow of vengeance against Raisuli for sheltering after Caid MacLean’s capture and denying ransom shares.
In Princeton New Jersey Judge George Gray of Delaware refused a offer of at least 200000 a year to become president of a major New York life insurance company. He argued no citizen should earn more than the President. The figure came up at Bray Club remarks by Judge David Marvel of Wilmington on April 27.
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