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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1904
Page
11
Continuation of August sale highlights deep discounts on damask by the yard and table linens including seconds and damaged lots. Offers include all-linen damask from 50c to 60c per yard, bleached and unbleached options, napkins by the dozen at $1.50 to $3.00, bolster cases, lint linen, and damask cloths with substantial price cuts, appealing to families and hotels preparing for fall.
Mrs Gridley figure, mother of Admiral Dewey’s captain, travels with G A R entourage. Longworth kin in Bar Harbor and Pride’s Crossing summer. Consul Higgins arrives from Glasgow. Dr John Crayke Simpson to Fifteenth and E streets with family. Several Washingtonians, diplomats, and debutantes mingle in Newport and Saratoga society with dinners, visits, and travels noted.
The United States gunboat Dubuque was launched at the Gas Engine and Power Company yard in Morris Heights. Miss Margaret Treadway of Dubuque Iowa failed to finish the christening on the first try but succeeded on a second attempt after the vessel was towed to the dock. About 200 people, including naval officers and company reps, witnessed the ceremony.
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md Aug 1 The Naval Academy issued new officer assignments across departments Discipline midshipmen Lieut G R Evans H K Hines L C Bertolette R H Jackson J W P Pringle J W Greenslade Seamanship Commander W F Halsey department head Lieut B C Decker small boats Lieut G B Gelm steering Lieut W B Tardy in charge of gun boat San doval Lieut R E Pope Steam engineering department head Commander J K Barton Lieuts J R Brady H N Jensen L Sheffield W W B Wells Ordnance and gunnery Lieut C B Brittain general charge Lieuts J Y Tomkins L A Cotton W M Crose H G Sparrow Surgeon H S Bogert Jr in charge of physical training etc.
The War Department lists leave of absence for multiple officers, including Maj Hamill ton Rowan and Maj Garland N Whistler, with several dates around August and September. It details enrolements to attend Manassas maneuvers, Arizona militia encampment, and duty transfers among artillery and infantry units, plus reassignments of Philippine Scouts and naval personnel and arrivals at various ports and stations.
List of soldiers with injuries and illnesses among units of the Twenty third Infantry and Twelfth Cavalry between August 1 and 15. Angie pectofie Hugh G Hutter Company EB August 7 paralysis Joseph Tannehill Company H August 3 dysentery Teery Vatter Troop E August 11.
Secretary of the Navy Morton and Attorney General Moody head a Newport inspection of the training station and War College. Gen. Corbin joins the River and Harbor Committee tour of Fort Adams and torpedo plant maneuvers. Moody to relinquish naval secretaryship. Dolphin sails tonight for Boston with Moody and Morton aboard.
The Warepartment reports arrival on August 14 of the Sheridan from Manila with military passengers including Col. Lebo, Maj. Hunt, several lieutenants, captains, surgeons, and nurses. From Honolulu arrive 14 general prisoners, 12 furloughed, 4 discharged, 220 casuals and sick. Five remains of deceased soldiers and remains Quartermaster Sergt. Henry Heislee, died August 13, chronic amoebic dysentery.
Navy report from Commander Underwood states that Manua native chiefs signed a deed acknowledging United States sovereignty. Officials note U S ownership stems from earlier division of the Samoan group. He suggests naming the territory American Samoa and awarding medals to Manua chiefs.
London Aug 15 The Constantinople correspondent of the Standard says the porte is ready to accept the proposition to raise the American Legation at Constantinople to embassy rank but cannot yet appoint an ambassador to Washington for financial reasons. It is likely an American embassy will be established at Constantinople with a charge d affaires running the Washington embassy for now.
Rear Admiral Jewell commanding the American European Squadron sent word that the Olympia Baltimore and Cleveland departed Smyrna for Gibraltar. The move follows instructions from Minister Leishman at Constantinople, stating the squadron’s presence was no longer needed at Smyrna.
Minister Conger reports a Chinese imperial edict by the Empress Dowager Tai Hei condemning fiscal extravagance. It calls strict economy to fix finances, bans diverting revenues to household uses, reduces court offices, and orders yamens and princes to trim expenses and dismiss leaseholders.
Minister Powell cabled from Port au Prince that Haiti is quiet, despite unofficial reports of disturbances in Gonaives and Jeremie. The Navy has been notified of cruiser Denver’s sailing from Culebra toward Gonaives while Bancroft moves to Guantanamo via Port de Paix.
Disputed accounts of July riots in Ostrowicz and Potseveh yield lower casualties. Russian police report one death and twenty wounded at Ostrowicz with minor injuries elsewhere, while a separate Siddlits disturbance over a Jewish convert ends with no fatalities and light injuries after police intervention.
London reports a brief prorogation after a barren session with seven failed censure attempts. The King's speech touched on neutrality in Russia Japan hostilities, neutral commerce rights, and the Macedonian gendarmerie reform. He cited plans for Transvaal self-government and praised a Lhassa mission, hoping for peace terms on the northern Indian frontier and Somaliland stability.
The appointment of a minister of public instruction faced Emperor's difficulty due to friction over Jews and Poles admitted to universities and reactionary limits. Bozopeloff assassinated February 1901 by a student. Wannowsky served a year. Zenger dismissed in February. his assistant, Gen. Glazoff, now promoted.
Tangier Morocco Aug 15 The British cruiser Minerva arrived in connection with the arrest of Hamed Jaiya a British subject and principal secretary to El Menebhi the Moroccan minister of war Jaiya was arrested and confined there under orders of the Sultan The British Legation protested but the protest was ignored
London August 16 The White Star Line Celtic sails from Liverpool to New York Friday carrying the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Davidson Mia Davideon and Lady Yarmouth among passengers. Also aboard the Teutonic sailing May 1 from Liverpool are John Redmond Capt Anthony J Donelan and Patrick O'Brien Irish Nationalist MPs bound for New York for the Irish League convention on August 40.
Gov Wright issues an executive order to concentrate inhabitants in the Banos Cabalogan and Gandals River districts of Samar to quell disturbances, shelter and food for reconcentrados, and punish those involved in illicit treasury activities amid broader notes and receipts data.
William Geier of Alexandria Indiana, long estranged, rejoined his mother Ida and siblings at 1263 H Street Northeast Washington. He wandered through Mexico and the West after leaving home at about 21, living alone near Alexandria. He arrived Saturday and was greeted by relatives in a quiet reunion, with relatives hoping he will stay connected.
The Academy of Music opened for the season with Vance and Sullivan’s The Lighthouse by the Sea a strong comedy drama blending melodrama with a pastoral touch. Led by Reeves Bradely Haines Dunn and Wilhelma Francis the cast delivers sharp humor and earnest performances amid lavish scenery and fresh interior improvements.
The Parisian Widows, an American maiden troupe, perform burlesque and variety at the Lyceum Theater. The opener Down the Pike features Talk, Snyder and Buckley present instrumental and comedy, Rose Carlin sings, Nelson and Milledge perform, and Gladys Arnold with Milord Valmore dance and sing.
The Chevaliers and friends plan an excursion to Marshall Hall to raise funds for sending Canton Washington No 1 F O O F drill team to defend the championship title won in Baltimore last September. An entertainment program offers cash prizes donated by local businesses and includes races, games, a three legged race, wheelbarrow race, croquet, cracker eating, and a baseball match between the Brads and Browns captained by Brig. Gen. B W Bradford and Lieut Col. John J. Brown.
Col. Robert Ward Greer, veteran of the Civil War and longtime Washington figure, died at his home on Rhode Island Avenue Northwest. Born in 1839 in Clear Spring Maryland, he served through the Civil War with the First Maryland Home Brigade and later engaged in business at Martinsburg West Virginia. Survived by a widow and two sons in Washington, his remains will be interred in Clear Spring Maryland tomorrow.
Eva Gatton five years old was playing near Nichola avenue Congress Heights when a ladder fell on her head. She was taken to Providence Hospital for treatment.
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