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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1904
Page
22
Inquest opens at the morgue into the Teecreation sinking during the regatta. Deputy Coroner L W Glazebrook leads the probe with twelve witnesses summoned. Funerals for victims, including J Ferbert Coates and Will H Smith, planned Tuesday as Masons oversee services and church rites.
Mourning the loss of four Nobles of the Mystic Shrine from the Potomac regatta disaster, Almas Temple postponed its Christmas charity fund excursion to River View. Potentate Behrens and entertainment chairman Stinemetz led the decision. date to be announced later. The drowned were J Herbert Coates, William H Smith, Charles H Blumer, and J George Smith, all Washington Masonic figures with Columbia Commandery ties. William H Smith coordinated donations and prizes. Dr Charles A Stewart, a Recreation owner, was saved and also served on the committee.
Walter Hamacher twenty seven a ship fitter and amateur baseball player left Washington with William Schmidt. After midnight he stripped for a shore swim from the pier and vanished beneath the river. A day long search failed to find him. officials suspect a buried pier hit or cramp. Arthur Hamacher plans to go to Colonial Beach to recover the body.
Among Columbia passengers from Glasgow and Movile were J. C. Higgins United States Consul at Dundes and Judge Game of South Carolina.
The Republican campaign textbook of 49044, a complete guide for campaign orators, outlines tariff, trusts, Panama Canal, Cuba, reciprocity, expansion, postal frauds, rural free delivery, irrigation, and party records. It includes speeches by Hanna and McKinley, Roosevelts acceptance, and party platforms with historical context and statistical notes. Aimed at informing IV voters and repeaters traveling between campaign stops.
Ex-Comptroller of the Currency Eckels of Chicago has been elected chair of the Democratic finance committee of the Illinois state party, aiming to raise significant funds and enlist notable gold Democrats. The piece notes Republican efforts to register voters, organize labor-focused canvassing, and develop campaign clubs, while highlighting commentary on West Virginia and New York figures, and a Gold Democrat stance favoring sound money and tariff reform.
Judge Alton B. Parker Democratic nominee for President spends the night at Winnisook Lodge in Ulster County 2700 feet above sea level. He travels with Mrs Parker and party, greeted by Big Indian residents and Winnisook Club members. Bryan previously visited the club in 1896, which was founded about twenty years ago for hunting and social recreation.
Democratic National Committee chairman Taggart to open the party headquarters at No 1 West Thirty-fourth Street and devote two days to organization work Then he will go to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for the Davis notification ceremonies He returns to New York on Thursday evening The order to DNC employees is to report for duty at 7 o clock Monday morning with a brisk tone indicating a serious start to the operation
Chairman Cortelyou of the Republican National Committee met President Roosevelt in Washington and planned to return to New York today. Secretary Hay and Secretary Wilson were also at the White House, with Wilson just back from the West to brief the President on political and crop conditions there.
London Times notes no broad change in trade and industry in the past week. Grain markets show volatility with US crop concerns and optimistic Canadian fill, while cotton remains buoyant on the promise of a large American crop. Wool and iron sectors face routine activity and varied regional signals, with Australia foreseeing a slightly larger clip but more faults, and Manchester amid cautious conditions.
British mission struggles to secure grain in Lassa Tibet. One thousand troops and four guns moved on Daiping monastery housing 7,000 monks. Monks refused a letter demanding supplies but eventually provided 100 maunds of barley and flour. Abbot given four days to produce 3,500 maunds.
Mrs Florence Maybrick is aboard the Vaderland steamship from Antwerp under the alias Rose Ingram. She travels with attorney S V Hayden who arranged the departure. They stopped in Paris where she met Percy Barnard, and plan to reach New York where Dr Densmore will host her. her mother the Baroness de Roques plans to follow.
Davis, Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, will depart Elkins at 12 25 tomorrow for White Sulphur Springs, formal notification set for 1 pm Wednesday. He travels in his private car Graceland with family and political associates, including Col Tom Davis, Arthur Lee, John T. McGraw, and R S Kerens.
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports low atmospheric pressures across the U S, with disturbance energy causing showers in the Only Valley Southwest and rising temperatures east of the Rockies. Expect fall weather and moderate temps in New England and Lake regions Monday while central western districts see local rain. masses of warm air to Atlantic coasts with variable winds and fresh southwesterly winds toward Grand Banks for ships. Local midnight to afternoon temperatures range 71 to 85, humidity 68 at 8 am and 00 rainfall hours listed. other city temps and rainfall noted.
Mrs Lucy Howard refused admittance at Garfield Hospital and sat in the vestibule with her three month old infant from 6 PM to 10 PM. Authorities refused wards citing mental balance concerns and called police to remove her. She said her husband is in Virginia and her mother is at a Baltimore hospital. Police sought an uncle and relatives to arrange care and hospital admission.
London August 14 The Times reports the Titian portrait known as Portrait of Ariosto recently in the Lord Darnley collection has been bought for the national collection from Sir George Donaldson for £30,000. About £18,500 was privately subscribed with donors including W Waldorf Astor Alfred Bell Lord Burton Lord Iveagh J Pierpont Morgan and Lady Wantage.
In Shamirun, five hours north of Bitlis, Turkish troops strike at Armenians with Kurds accused of aiding. Two villages are reported destroyed in the August 14 incident at Constantinople.
Aug 14 Marana. President Palma orders reform of municipal tax collections in Eastern Cuba after city officials refuse to clean streets for lack of funds. New assessments will raise municipal revenues islandwide while budget limits prevent executive appropriations. Palma to appoint Carlos Ortez secretary of state and justice and Carlos Alberto Smith secretary of agriculture. Trans-Caspian frontier closed due to cholera prevalence in Persia and Afghanistan.
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