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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
12
An Oyster Bay conference reveals President Roosevelt’s blunt judgment on party leadership and the 1908 race. The talk centers on Speaker Joseph Cannon, Taft, Root, and the potential candidates shaping the Republican field.
A political preview argues for a Cannon Fairbanks showdown in the middle west as delegates tilt. Cummins wins Iowa shaking Taft allies. Shaw is sidelined, leaving Root as potential second on a future ticket amid touring South America.
Danville August convention of the Nineteenth District Republicans renominated Joseph Cannon for an eighteenth term in Congress and endorsed him for U S President. Cannon praised party unity, urged victory in November, and defended the Dingley tariff while challenging Gompers on labor policy amid a broad campaign tone. Train schedule note follows with Baltimore and Ohio return fare details.
A crowded scene in Greenwood South Carolina ends with Bob Davis a negro who attacked Miss Jennie Brooks being lynched near her home after Gov Heyward’s appeal to the mob to uphold law fails. The governor urged reason and restraint while the mob shot Davis after removing him from the Brooks residence.
Reports from Plotsk near Warsaw describe a coordinated attack where police were killed or wounded as revolutionaries flood the streets. Across the region, authorities struggle to curb violence, while outbreaks of banditry, looting, and targeted killings escalate in Tiflis, Shusha, Dagestan areas.
A police commissary and assistant foiled a villa looting plot in Yalta on August 16. Two conspirators were shadowed. one was shot, the other blew himself up with a bomb after lighting the fuse with a cigarette. His last words were You see we know how to die.
Reports from Penza state M Vragoff a former parliament member has been arrested on charges of complicity in the murder of Lieut Petroff a rural police officer and the wounding of a sergeant. Disorder followed his return from St Petersburg as villagers clashed with authorities and ringleaders were detained.
Aug 16 dispatch describes Nelka Smirnoff, related to Representative James W. Wadsworth and Speaker Wadsworth, as facing alleged indignities in St Petersburg after a sarcastic remark about Chevaliers. The report notes her prominence in Washington and America and cites State Department inquiries. The same issue notes the Ropp commission indictments against Port Arthur commanders Lieut Gen Stosssel and Lieut Gen Fock and others.
Elkhart Ind August 16 the Huchart Mutual Life Association was placed in the hands of receiver Arthur B Darling. Total assets are less than $1,000 and receivership was requested by Belle Shinberg of Syracuse. Several hundred policy holders volunteered to reunite with the Marquette Company, which did not take over assets or liabilities.
A Paris Temps dispatch says William J. Bryan is the American candidate most craving public notice as he tours Europe. It notes his focus on personal glory over policy, cites his world travels from Turkey to England, and mentions Madrid reception as he heads to Cordova.
Ex Summit County Ohio treasurer accused of missing funds. Judge Pardee examiners report a shortage of 76538 dollars. Prosecuting Attorney Hagenbarger to demand repayment. Also notes climbers Dr William Hunter Workman and wife Fanny Bullock Workman ascended 23000 feet in the Nunkun river region and camped at 21000 feet.
Gov Harris of Ohio requisitioned Carlisle Pa native John P Pischatta for extradition to Cleveland to face bribery charges tied to a juror in the murder case of a Cleveland policeman. Pischatta fled after forfeiting $3600 bail and was found in Carlisle where he runs a fruit business. The alleged crime occurred in 1903.
In Birmingham today M. James superintendent of the gas works for the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by W H Rogers a prominent firm owner. Rogers struck James on the head with a heavy iron wrench inflicting severe injuries both men are in the hospital.
Brownsville reports say 150 armed Texans guard the road from Fort Brown to the city as fears of trouble rise. Gov orders Rangers to preserve order after reports of rioting by Negro troops and a militia threat. Four hundred rifles sold. residents lease homes near the fort. officials seek federal and state troops.
Assistant Surgeon Theodore N Pease and Assistant Surgeon Harry L Brown were court martialed and found guilty of cheating in a promotion exam. Pease was dismissed, Brown reduced by fifteen numbers. The findings go to the President for approval. Bonaparte may allow resignations. Both officers, New York natives, served on the Columbia and Texas respectively.
Three convicts Alonzo Goodwin Hammond Wilson and George Kenny of the chain gang feigned illness at the sanitary and drainage commission stockade near Astley Junction seized guard H C Stelle after water request, cut his throat, overpowered two trusties, escaped in civilian clothes into the swamps, guards not chained, alarm raised as posse and bloodhounds search the woods.
Kermit Roosevelt and John Steard arrived in Deadwood British Columbia to visit Capt Seth Bullock. The group will travel overland by Belle Fourche to President Roosevelt's old ranch near Medora on the Little Missouri River, with camping gear, for a week to ten days.
Atlantic City Jersey City men John G. Barrett and William Moody are reported dying after an auto accident near Hemmington when steering gear failed. Barrett is internally hurt Moody sustained a broken leg broken ribs and severe bruises. In New York Central Park a Panhard tourer overturned injuring Harry A Weston and leaving four others missing after the driver was found pinned beneath the car. Weston is a clerk and may die.
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