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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
34
The notice urges buyers to act quickly as crowds grow and stock depletes. It encourages leaving deposits for items not yet taken and cautions against missing the chance, noting thousands of goods remain to be sold.
In Riamond Virginia Aug 17 the race centers on two colored candidates Joseph R Pollard and Maj Johnson. Democratic nominee Congressman John Lamb seems assured of re election while Republicans face internal factional strife and an empty honor outcome. Negro papers back Johnson while whites oppose him and await national ticket support.
Gasile Drigef of Canton Ohio mounted the pilot of the Baltimore and Ohio express near here as it started. The train hit speeds of 40 to 60 mph and Drigef wedged between the cow catcher slats. He was alive but with little chance of recovery. his legs were ground off at the knees and his skull fractured. In Rockville Maryland the county commissioners named Harry Riggs of Goshen as trustee of the poor, replacing the late G. Fenton Enouffer.
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland reports a felonious assault on Elmind Wise seven by unknown white man about thirty five smooth faced coatless. He lured her with money and fruit into a cornfield claiming to help search for a last chain. The child fled home and described the assailant. A pursuit by armed residents failed as the suspect escaped to the northern suburbs.
Special to The Washingtons Newport News Va Aug 17 The Tidewater Railway Company has secured control of the old Farmville and Powhatan Railway giving a right of way from Farmville to Bermuda Hundred near City Point on the James River It is believed the line will run from the West Virginia coal fields to Bermuda Hundred freight may be barged down the James to Newport News and Norfolk Tidewater holds options on piers and terminal property and the Bermuda Hundred site could allow bridging the river bringing the line into Newport News
Richmond Virginia August 17 reports say the Interstate Tobacco Growers Association will seek to fix raw tobacco prices. Dealers doubt farmers will coordinate due to pre-harvest mortgages and early sales, predicting the move will fail.
The Insurance Herald attacks Virginia’s Corporation Commission as creator of wildcat fire insurance firms. Maj. A S Lanier replies that the commission arose from a constitutional convention, while accusing the legislature of failing to pass laws to curb these schemes. Cumberland report notes Richard De Wagen, 35, of Cumberland, tied to the item.
Near Little Capon West Virginia about twenty miles east of Cumberland a man was killed by a Bal toners and Ohio train yesterday evening. He was walking with a small boy when they stepped from one track to another to avoid an approaching train. De Haven was struck by a second train he did not see. The boy escaped.
Noted physician William Osler head of Johns Hopkins Medical School has accepted the regius professorship of medicine at the University of Oxford England. The appointment approved by King Edward will take effect next spring and Osler will reside at Oxford. He is in Canada visiting relatives and his departure is described as a severe loss for Johns Hopkins.
A man shot himself in the left breast this afternoon with a revolver. Physicians say an operation will be necessary, but Dozier’s condition was so critical tonight that surgery was deemed impossible.
Sommers of Washington waived a hearing before Justice Reading after being charged with stopping a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train by signaling with an explosive near Boyds station. Detectives Williams and Eagle traced the device. Sommers posted 250 bond for November court appearance, reportedly acting as an experiment rather than with criminal intent.
Max A. Smith a wealthy Cearfoss farmer aged about thirty was found dead at the Hotel Franklin near Hagerstown. A bullet wound to the right temple and a revolver in his hand were noted. Guests heard a shot last night. a note was left unreadable. He leaves a wife and child and managed farms for his mother. Relatives gave no reason for the suicide.
Special to The Washington Peat reports Willie Hillburton twelve-year-old son of John Hillburton a New York broker was run over and killed by a westbound express at Brunswick Maryland while attempting to jump trains from Berryville Virginia. The incident followed two companions as they rode from Berryville toward New York. Capt John N Opie announced plans to run as an independent for Congress citing unfair treatment by the Tenth district Democratic committee after the primary.
Reports from Statesboro Georgia describe white mobs roaming rural districts and attacking Black residents after a day of unrest. Militias threaten resignations, Judge Daley attempts to enforce law, and telegraph censorship by a military officer is noted amid growing fear of further fatal clashes.
Twenty two firemen including two battalion chiefs, two captains, and two lieutenants were overcome by smoke at a Cortland street engraving and printing shop fire. Ambulance crews aided the injured. only two were hospitalized. Captains Ruch and Higgins tried to reenter the blaze and were restrained until they regained consciousness. Financial loss deemed small.
The advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the best remedy for stomach derangements, liver and kidney issues, and a long list of ailments including heartburn, indigestion, insomnia, fever and ague, claiming 60 years of leadership and urging immediate trial.
Amanda Massey fourteen and Grace Gordon twenty two were arrested near Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW by Police man McCarthy for begging. Police say Massey claimed family deaths to raise funeral funds and that Gordon, from Brooklyn, is an aerial contortionist. They were held at the House of Detention and arraigned for vagrancy.
John Towles twenty nine of 410 Wilson street northwest died at the Emergency Hospital from blood poisoning after a gunshot wound suffered during a lodge excursion at Hamilton Virginia on August 9. He claimed the shooting was accidental and that he did not know who fired. Capt. Boardman will conduct a local inquiry and seek Virginia authority cooperation.
Constantinople has sent a formal note to the American Legation promising equal treatment for American schools and kin to that granted to the most favored nation, subject to usual formalities. Diplomats doubt a fresh crisis will follow if the agreement is loyally carried out, though some note incompleteness relative to France’s Mytelene settlement in 1901. American circles cite Minister Leishman securing what he demanded and awaiting execution.
Gen von Trothe reports Hereros fled panic stricken eastward after August 12 battle. Deimling and Muehlenfels divisions chased to Omutjatjeva, pursuit abandoned due to dispersion and scarce pasture. Estoria column drove bands from the north, defeating several at the Omuramba on August 16. Germans suffer five dead and seven wounded.
Emperor Francis Joseph and King Edward bade each other farewell in Marienbad as the Austrian ruler passed through on his way to Ischl. The brief stop lasted minutes with a formal salute and no public ceremony. The encounter was strictly informal and cordial.
Aug 17 dispatches report disastrous fires across Hungary with 15 to 20 deaths as drought roils villages and destroyed hundreds of homes. In Western Silesia a locomotive spark ignited a forest fire on Duke Ernst Gunther’s estate, burning Neuverwerk village in ten minutes and killing many deer while troops fought to halt spread.
Melbourne August 17 a new cabinet is formed with Mr Reid as premier and minister for external affairs. Other members include Treasurer Sir George Shaw Attorney General Sir Josiah Symon Minister for Home Affairs Mr Thompson President of the Board of Trade Mr McLean Minister of Defense AE Mec and Postmaster General Mr Molt ii.
An unknown Italian, alias James Flesh, allegedly tried to kidnap five year old Helen White in Allegheny. A mob gathered at a Robinson street tenement, shouting lynch him until police arrived and locked the suspect in Central Station. He will have a hearing tomorrow.
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