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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
17
During a tense Pan American conference session reporters were barred from coverage when disputes risked heated diplomacy. Brazil and Argentina officials criticized the press while the United States and Central American representatives weighed new resolutions to curb international tensions.
The commercial committees urge a permanent commercial expert for future conferences. The Hague tribunal will be informed of conference conclusions via Brazil’s secretary of state. The Jornal do Brasil attacked renaming the St Louis Pavilion Monroe Palace to honor Roots. Root’s Chilean welcome includes naval reviews, banquets, balls, and races. EYERLYS OFF FOR EUROPE. Samuel Byerly and wife sail to Europe after a finance windfall from Panama bonds. They plan to visit Paris, Trien, Venice, and other cities, aiming to locate Mr Byerly's father’s birthplace, returning in October. Blanche Byerly accompanies them at the pier.
Railroads including Union sources refuse wage hikes of 3 to 10 dollars a month and plan to hire new workers as strikers are replaced. Freight moves from New Jersey and Staten Island to New York City are badly crippled, threatening losses and delays for perishable cargo unless the crisis eases. The Erie grants demands while other lines seek full operation by tomorrow.
Special to The Washington Post Oyster Bay Aug 9 The dispute over the waterfront pier ends with a truce as Mrs Elizabeth Courdert holds the pier and plank barriers remain undisturbed Highway officials stop work and both sides seek arbitration Townsend Scudder counsels that protests may end when the Court of Appeals clarifies dock rights He urges action by the town board and warns officials who interfere will be held accountable Public opinion shifts toward the pier owners as elections near and hostilities fade leaving battered piers in peace.
The steamship Frindale burning at its wharf in New Castile Ontario left the stewardess Mrs Constantine, recently arrived from England, dead. The crew escaped unharmed. The vessel valued at 320000.
Channing Pollock of New York and Washington, playwright, wed Aless Anne Marple, a New York newspaper writer, in Toronto as announced August 4. The ceremony joined two writers in a simple wedding, reflecting a literary union amid international attention.
New York August 9 Harry K Thaw receives a surge of charity meals including chicken, beef, stews, ragouts, soups, and pies as reports spread of a quarrel with his caterer and a note from Mrs Thaw. Thaw denounces any settlement of the Thomas suit and a tale about chorus girls visiting White's home surfaces, with Garvan noting no new developments.
Miss Simonton, a former newspaper woman tied by marriage to Congress man Goulden, plans a journey to Africa with Prof. R L Garnet to study monkey habits and language. They will navigate the Congo to tropical forests where chimps and natives live.
Six masked burglars broke into the Susquehanna Brewing Company office in Nanticoke pa shocked the night watchman Henry Schneider, bound and gagged him, and escaped with 600 dollars in money and stamps after blowing open the safe. Robert Leaguer, a friend, was seized and bound as the burglars cut telephone wires to delay the alarm.
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad yard switchmen in New Haven began a strike, spreading to Bridgeport as local switchmen joined in. The protest follows alleged unjust discharge of several train men union members for failing to pass tests deemed too rigid by the company.
Peter Souzon of 70 South Second Street Philadelphia accuses a jilted sweetheart of poisoning him with candy at a Broadway pavilion after a visit with his fiancée Doroth Goldberg. He was treated at City Hospital. police seek the young woman and evidence for possible self harm theory.
Alfred R. Goslin, a New York fugitive known for rapid-fire financial schemes, was in Paris where Deputy Police Commissioner Waldo sought help from French detectives. The Paris force refused outside channels, insisting requests must come through regular diplomatic channels. Goslin reportedly learned about extradition limits, noting France cannot extradite for larceny from an employer.
Bufkin Tex Auge us Trawyck and Samuel Chandler, both white, were found dead in their Angelina County jail cell with crushed skulls. John Wilson, held on a minor charge in the same cell, is charged with the killings. Wilson varied in statements, claiming to have separated fighting inmates earlier. An earthen cuspidor was found, believed to be the murder weapon.
A petition for impeachment of Judge John H Martin of the Oconee circuit Georgia was presented to the house. A committee was named to consider a report on the petition alleging abuse of office in restraining orders in a case involving the Commercial Hotel at Fitzgerald and delaying actions that caused owners to suffer a $3000 loss.
A collage of short items reports theft and extradition delays in Toronto and Pittsburg, a flood at Coalgate injuring 600 workers, a fatal collision near Lodi Ohio involving a Baltimore and Ohio train, grand jury probes into interstate commerce violations, Folk proposing liquor tax to fund highways, and a Macon manhunt related to an assassination attempt with pursuit and capture details.
Reports detail alleged neglect of bank precautions and extensive borrowing from small tradesmen and depositors. Stensland, president of Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, is sought by authorities as investigators and a prosecutor plan to file criminal actions. A co operative store linked to dissipating about 500000 in funds faces closure as reports place Stensland in Madison and Port Arthur with uncertain whereabouts.
Seymour Eaton secretary of the International policy holders committee resigns effective immediately. He cites righteous aims and public service, expressing frank views to chairman Richard Olney. Edwin Lethfr eed, treasurer, also resigns to allow transfer of finances to a successor.
A Montana senator and four colleagues held a meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver to form a committee overseeing the final disposition of affairs of the Five Civilized Indian Tribes in Indian Territory. They discussed plans for lands sales and prep for coal and asphalt lands, with a trip to Indian Territory anticipated to last a month to six weeks.
Jacob von Arx a 24 year old Swede testified in Hoboken Police Court that he and four others were hired by a New York agency to work at a turpentine camp in Buffalo Bluff Florida. He said four weeks pay amounted to 240 and the men endured poor food and unfit housing. He claimed he escaped twice and was beaten back to work before making his way to New York. He will be turned over to the Swedish consul.
Abraham Goldsmith a Cleveland garment manufacturer was killed in Erie when reboarding a westbound Lake Shore Limited train. He stepped from the car at Erie, the vestibule doors closed, and he toppled under a wheel as the train pulled away. He had been traveling from New York to Cleveland.
Movements of vessels include Hamburg line ships via Plymouth Cherbourg to Havre and Bremen, Nord America from Napier to Newfoundland, St Pal and La Bretagne in wireless communication with Marconi, Le Loreine arriving from New York area, Covic and Princece Irene departures toward Liverpool Genoa, and Baltic arriving in Liverpool after New York passage.
The piece discusses Speaker Joseph Cannon leading a campaign tour with a train and spellbinders including Adam Bede and Watson in support of Theodore Roosevelt and anti trust measures. It portrays the plan as a bid to unite Roosevelts and Cannon supporters against the Senate, while promoting inheritance tax and broader reforms.
Denver dispatch notes Speaker Cannon plans a Colorado visit with Tom Walsh to rally supporters amid shifting party loyalties. The piece discusses Democratic strength, anticipated Republican divisions under Fairbanks or Taft, and rising labor influence in Pittsburgh signaling broader electoral trends.
Special to The Washington Post reports Fay Templeton and her latest husband William J Patterson, a Pittsburg millionaire, leaving the Lafayette after a five day stay. Patterson paid a large bill with a draft and change amid rumors of his temper as reporters asked about love. Mrs Patterson reportedly brings twenty one trunks and their planned move to Springdale near Pittsburgh follows death of the first Mrs Patterson.
Ex Senator James K Jones and Barnesdale visit Sagamore Hall at Oyster Bay to discuss a Standard Oil matter with President Roosevelt regarding the Interior Department lease controversy in the Indian Territory. They arrived by tram, spent hours with the President, then returned to New York without stating results. The dispute has driven long congressional debate amid statehood legislation.
A large number of subpoenas were issued today for witnesses to appear before the federal grand jury, which will convene next Tuesday to take up the Standard OW Company investigation. The subpoenas target the same railroad officials previously called to testify. no new subpoenas were issued.
A late night rainstorm in Janesville Wisconsin caused extensive street and sidewalk flooding with damages reaching thousands of dollars. In portions of the residential area floodwaters are deep enough for boys to swim, and several factories were forced to close due to high water. Reports from rural areas note crop damage across the region.
Local followers of the Democracy rally around William Jennings Bryan’s peace message. Bride, a district leader, states factional strife should end with unity for Bryan’s nomination, notes 25 extra tickets for a Madison Square Garden celebration, and outlines committee appointments and ticket allocations among Washington delegates.
At a Bryan reception committee meeting in New York the lineup expanded with Col A C Drinkwater ex Gov Benton AlcMillan State Senator Thomas F Grady Father Ducey and Col Jacob Ruppert Also Thomas F Smith was named recording secretary as organizers plan to seat state delegations and host about 500 Nebraskans for the welcome back to America. A Columbus meeting Aug 21 will set attendance and fundraising details for the Ohio delegation to attend the New York reception.
Gratton West Virginia official John T. McGraw invites William J Bryan to a summer cottage visit at Deer Park New York. Bryan accepts the invitation and will be escorted by West Virginians to Madison Square Garden reception. The 1900 Deer Park visit is noted with no elaborate celebration planned.
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