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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
12
Insurgent forces capture San Juan de Martinez as government troops retreat. Havana’s business leaders urge U S intervention and possible annexation while officials deny it, amid reports of arrests, resignations, and rising volunteer mobilization across Cuba.
Havana reports the death of Quentin Bandera, famed Cuban insurgent leader, after a night clash at Silveira farm near Punta Brava. Bandera and two followers were slain by rural guards who wounded and mutilated Bandera and his comrades. Bandera, a controversial figure among Havana’s Black communities, had long led daring attacks against Spanish troops and evaded capture for years.
Washington report details Adams, a former policy king, losing heavily in the Sage & Co brokerage failure. Assignee states liabilities at 329000 with 116000 assets while assets in process will be delivered jointly with United States Fidelity and Guarantee. Adams Jr says his father had no stake, only as creditor. Big equity loss and calls for funds led to suspension.
American residents on the Isle of Pines back the Cuban insurgents against the Palma government and provide substantial aid. The island is described as an important base of operations for the revolutionaries amid debates over annexation versus present conditions.
Reports say the steamship Esperansa bound for Cuba today carries a complete Cuban field battery. Capt Luis More of the Cuban artillery, recalled from leave, traveled with his wife to Havana aboard the Esperanse. A tug was chartered to reach the steamer after a rapid ride from Washington and a swift cab trip to the pier. Also aboard was a son of Gen Jose Miguel Gomez, detained for suspected complicity in the insurrection.
The old policy game profits centered on Al Adams and M J Sage & Co. A Western telegrapher was groomed to run a new stock exchange seat for $90,000, paid by Western interests. Washington patrons faced losses as Mog Sage & Co failed, with agents Wade & Hedges Lynn & Wall and Benjamin P Snyder seeking new connections while officials and clerks suffered financial hits.
New York Aug 28 Franklin & Enton members of the Consolidated Stock Exchange suspended operations due to inability to collect additional margin from customers after a market rise last week. A firm representative estimated assets at $40,000 to $60,000 and liabilities at about $14,000, with hopes to compromise with creditors and resume activities.
Kangay City reports that Harry L Burke secretary of the People s Ice and Fuel Company and Lyons president of the Central Ice Company were charged with conspiracy and perjury. Both were arrested and Lyons released on 1500 bond while Burke posted 500. Hearing set for October 15 as special commissioner W Flournoy presented newly gathered evidence to oust the firms from the state for maintaining a trust and fixing prices.
Torrential rains flood Elmwood Cemetery exposing nearly 200 bodies as monuments topple. Widespread damage hits railroads, wholesale houses and packing facilities in Kansas City and nearby towns. Firemen evacuate several families from flooded homes amid disaster conditions.
Fire sweeping around Toulon, France, on August 22, engulfed a large forest ore area. Incendiaries are suspected as the cause. Soldiers and sailors fought the blaze as three men were burned to death, six missing and feared dead, with all available troops deployed to contain the flames.
A passenger train derailed or struck a stage setup at a mountain resort near Azusa. One person, Mrs D Rhoden of Pasadena, died. Mrs Hunt of Santa Monica suffered a brain concussion and head injuries. her condition is serious. Other details describe travel rates to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad and a visit of King Alfonso and Queen Victoria to Spain.
Enthusiastic meeting at the Hirbitt House formed the National Joe Cannon Republican Club. Sixty two members enrolled from Indiana and other states to promote Uncle Joe for president in 1908 with branch clubs planned nationwide and headquarters to be opened in Washington.
Managers of railway and steamship lines south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi voted to comply with the new federal railway rate bill. The decision was announced in New York by 3 F Parret, vice president of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway, who chaired the meeting. The action follows a prior meeting of the law committee and urges fair faithful observance of the act.
Two grand juries probing relations between Standard Oil Company railroads adjourned today after a session of under an hour. Four witnesses from Chicago and Eastern Indiana lines testified, and indictments are expected to be returned next Monday. The final report is not due until then.
A colored man, forty four, was found dead in his buggy on Long Bridge near Jackgap City Washington with a bullet wound in the head. Park Watchman Battle reported the sighting and the body was brought to the city for an inquest. Police noted a trail of blood from the bridge, pockets contained water and about fifteen dollars, and there were letters to Jackson Honey at 707 Delaware Avenue. Suspect questioned as investigators seek unknown shooter.
Descendants of an Indian tribe known as the Red Bones incite mob violence after a railroad road through their land. In a camp near Slabtown and Oakdale, gunfire wounds thirteen workers. two killed, six mortally wounded, five lightly hurt. Injured include both whites and negroes. sheriff pursues the assailants as tensions rise in a sparsely settled Calcasien parish.
A mob in Dorchester County near St George hanged Willie Spain, a 21 year old North Carolina negro, after he allegedly attempted to enter S L Connor’s house. Connor identified the suspect to a sheriff. a posse secured the jail keys, but the mob took Spain to a tree and fired about 300 bullets, killing him. The governor was alerted but intervention came too late.
Joseph Medan, a fireman at Absecon Tamping station, was fatally scalded when several boiler tubes exploded. He ran a quarter mile to summon help for coworkers, collapsed, and died at a hospital hours later. His comrades escaped serious injury.
A northeast wind cooled Chicago by August 23, ending a heat spell that killed seven and caused seventeen prostrations by noon. In Cleveland the heat reached 80 degrees, with three deaths and several prostrations reported, and conditions remained torrid across northern Ohio.
A private in the Second Ohio National Guard, George Grazer of Hicksville, was found dead in a cornfield near Zeor Zoar after military maneuvers near Bolivar. The body showed multiple injuries and gunshot wounds.
Vice President Fairbanks spoke at Three Rivers fiftieth anniversary and first homecoming urging civic pride and local usefulness. He urged residents to aid native advancement while Senator Burrows attended and both were later hosted at an informal reception.
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