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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1904
Page
35
Virginia Chairman en route to the Ninth District to survey the scene and bolster Democratic efforts. Printing orders for a million more campaign documents issued as the party shapes plans to contest closely contested districts. West Virginia nominees seek funds as Cowherd and leaders coordinate support and strategy nationwide.
Notice states that marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously in selected morning newspapers at no extra charge. It lists many papers including New York Times, Baltimore Herald, Boston Globe, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, and others.
Funeral notices span August 10 to 13 with names including Frank Noble Mary Blunt Carver Florence Lambden Theophilus Roessle and Michael Duffy. Addresses listed for residences and relatives. several notices request copies from Richmond Boston Manchester papers. Funeral times vary with private interments and matronly memorials noted.
An old notice lists J R Speare Undertaker and Embalmer at 940 F Street NW offering first class funeral services with telephone 340 and Joseph Gawler at 1730 82 Pa Ave NW and R F Harveys Sons at 1325 Fourteenth Street NW offering strict first class service at moderate prices and a spacious chapel with telephone North 379.
West Virginia Democratic congressional nominees have not received financial support from Congressional headquarters and may receive some campaign literature distribution in West Virginia towns. Cowherd plans to visit New York to discuss Northern district concerns and headquarters relocation. The piece discusses campaign strategy, New York based national committee influence, and broader cross state political dynamics. Representative Gaines of Tennessee pursues tobacco trust prosecutions and seeks Canadian feed on the issue. He criticizes the administration for downplaying his case and notes a Justice Department action followed his persistent requests.
Special to The Washington Post from Birmingham reports President Roosevelt has halted removals of deputy marshals and assistant district attorneys for political reasons. The White House letter directs district attorneys and marshals to retain subordinates on fitness, not partisan grounds, and bans political dictates to court officers.
West campaign work advances with Tawney and Jawney meeting President Roosevelt and planning a scaled back speaker deployment. National figures Cortelyou Babcock discuss strategy as 1904 approach looms. aims include a leaner speaker corps in the West, with emphasis on aggressive state campaigns.
The National Old Boys Fremont and Lincoln Club and a Washington local branch called the First Old Boys Fremont and Lincoln Club organized with about 150 names on the local roll. Hon. E. M. Marble elected local president. Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks praised. Officers include Dr. Reyburn, Edson, Romeyn, Honey, Blunt, and many vice presidents.
City dispatch reports the Populist party will place a complete electoral and state ticket in New York with notification speeches planned at Cooper Union on August 18. President nominee Watson to be informed by Judge Samuel W. Williams. VP candidate Tibbits to be informed by ex Senator William V. Allen. Also notes Republican factional talks on electoral tickets and ship movement updates.
A reliable observer reports Eastward Republican chatter over New York New Jersey and Indiana races. Roosevelt stays confident on Indiana while West Virginia and Washington spark internal party debates. Illinois aims for speed with Deneen and Sherman campaigns as Wall Street and nationwide figures shape the race.
In a series of dispatches from Constantinople and Smyrna, Turkish officials and American Minister Leishman negotiate a binding text to satisfy US demands for American citizens in Turkey. Germany’s potential advisory role is noted, and the State Department emphasizes concrete, enforceable promises as talks continue. The American squadron remains at Smyrna under orders, with cabinet discussions in Washington outlining possible actions if Leishman’s efforts fail.
In the British debate on the India budget, Indian Secretary Broderick said Britain would vacate Lhasa after terms are arranged and would not maintain a permanent occupation. Russia is said to be informed and in agreement with Britain’s plans. Tributes were paid to Lord Curzon as he returns to India.
Paris notes telegraphic condolences from the German Emperor and kings of England Portugal Norway and Sweden plus Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria after the death of former premier Waldeck Rousseau in Corbeil on August 10. Baron d Estournelies de Constant also sent condolences for the French arbitration group. Delcasse returned to Paris to attend the funeral in a private capacity. The family rejects state religious obsequies.
The French convention bill passed its third reading in the House of Commons amid cheers and was sent to the House of Lords which approved it at first reading. Conservative MP Thomas Gibson Bowles urged postponement until the French Deputies acted, but Premier Balfour rejected the delay. Bowles withdrew his objection.
The Tillikum, a two and a half ton dugout canoe carved from a single trunk by an Alaskan Indian in 1848, sailed from Ponta Delgada, Azores for London under Capt. J. C. Voss with one companion. The voyage began in Vancouver May 1901 and aims to circle Europe via Pacific islands, Cape Horn, and the Azores, having covered nearly 20,000 miles already.
Hamet Jaiya, principal secretary to El Menebhi the Moroccan minister of war, has been arrested and imprisoned in Tangier with his goods confiscated under the Sultan's orders. Jaiya, a British subject, has provoked indignation among European residents who fear for life and property. The British legation's protest to Morocco has been ignored.
News from Buenos Ayres reports rumors that Paraguayan insurgents captured Humaita Vila Pilar and Concepcion. They are said to have taken the steamer Villa Rica carrying the minister of the interior who escaped unharmed.
Seymour D Thompson former associate justice of the Court of Appeals at St Louis died of diabetes at his home in Orange New Jersey. Born in 1842 in Illinois he was Civil War veteran and author on legal practice. Roosevelt appointed him as delegate to the Union Congress of Law and Jurists.
In Defiance Ohio a Baltimore and Ohio crossing collision near noon kills three persons and injures three. The dead are Helen Reison Wetter of Cleveland seven years old Gerald Gaede five and Rollin Gaede three, sons of Rev. M Gaede. Wounded include Olga Gaede Earl Barnhart and Harold Fright, with Barnhart and Fright members of Company E Sixth Regiment Ohio National Guard en route to drill. The crossing on a curve hindered visibility and the crowded trolley with a trailer contributed to the tragedy. Injured are expected to recover.
Miss Clara Barton will be guest of the National Woman's Relief Corps during the Grand Army Encampment next week in Boston. Gov Bates issued a proclamation announcing state offices closed next Tuesday for the parade, urging business closures and decoration of buildings.
A fragment describes a woman clinging to her skirt as a dainty blue eating band lies broken on the ground. Peggy blushes in dismay while a fellow contemplates leaving his sweetheart, then decides to walk home alone after a single shot is heard in town.
The article lists political figures tied to the Democratic party, detailing birthplaces years, and roles. Notable persons include De Lancey Nicoll, George Foster Peabody, William F. Sheehan, August Belmont, Ex-Senator James Smith Jr, Col James M. Guffey, John R. McLean, Thomas Staples Martin, Timothy E. Ryan, and the Elkins brothers with a Gen Harrison campaign anecdote. It notes Nicoll heads a Nassau Street law firm and Peabody serves as national treasurer at Spencer Trask & Co. The Elkins tale shows a playful scene with a Democratic campaign club portrait and a Republican father reacting.
A collage of curiosities reports France’s low birth rate for Europe, wartime curiosities about the German army, flowering chrysanthemums, paper languages, forest acreages for rail sleepers, Russia’s blind population, sturgeon fragility, banana productivity, Atlantic fog estimates, and a peculiar tale of tramps in Selma North Carolina. The item describes strange natural phenomena, antique devices, and oddities from diverse regions with a didactic, catalog-like tone.
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