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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
16
A sleeping girl reportedly jumped from a window prompting her mother to loudly call for aid. Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to assess injuries and provide assistance. The incident is under investigation to determine motives and circumstances.
Detectives arrested 23 year old Sinn Jathan Barbee for the larceny of seven from a cash drawer in a telephone booth at the Penverhamia station. Sinn claimed to be a telephone company representative and borrowed a screw drift to open the drawer. He was detained by headquarters detective Barbee after scene attendance by officers. Elizabeth Fairall, a 22 year old, survived a fall from a second story window at 1133 L Street Northwest. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for nervous shock and minor injuries.
Two weddings yesterday marked the mystic twenty third of the month as De J B McLaughlin performed his twenty third ceremony this month at 19 Fifth Street Northeast. Nacelus F Hoffman and Mary ford both aged twenty three from Greensboro were the brides and grooms in one pairing. George B Geagan and Jeanne E Martin, both twenty three, were married by Rey Colgar Rogers at 306 Catreet Northwest.
The First National Bank of Birmingham sues PG Smith of Birmingham and the Odell Stock and Grain Company to recover 820375 dollars after teller Alexander R Chisolm allegedly mislaid funds. Smith’s firm is charged with involvement in cotton futures trading that led to the shortfall.
Andrew J Hartzell of Hartzells Ferry and Sabra Dunham of Philadelphia were drowned while crossing the Delaware Rover. The boat took on water and sank rapidly as it tilted and went under. All others were saved. Hartzell was a ferryman and Miss Dunham a 24 year old artist.
Reports from Moscow warn famine across the empire as heavy rains hurt wheat provinces and peasants refuse harvest. Government may bar grain exports after German rye purchases, with 490000 bushels bought at lower Russian prices and aid efforts hampered by poor quality and damp delivery. Imperial officials focus on hunger amid political unrest.
Tokyo reports the Japanese consul in Vancouver cannot obtain a full report on the killing of Japanese poachers by Americans in the Aleutian Islands. The Japanese government will conduct its own inquiry and may dispatch the consul to the Pribilof Islands.
Fort Worth editor Clarence Ousley writes to President Roosevelt opposing abandonment of Fort Brown citing race tensions. Gen J Franklin Bell meets Roosevelt to discuss Brownsville issues as troops may be withdrawn. Army weighs replacing colored regiments with white troops amid nationwide prejudice.
In Wilkes-Barre area Sugar Notch Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co No 9 colliery exploded due to gas today. Miner Vincent, his son Villar Jr, were among the injured with one man dead and several others seriously burned as the blast damaged the shaft and surrounding workings.
Minnipeg Manitoba August 2. Prof Eubten Andree, well known in Winnipeg, Portage and La Prairie, returned with a handful of rough diamonds he says he found within the plain. Local jewelers pronounce them stones of first water. He has staked two claims and sent samples to New York.
Detectives arrested Edith R Robey and Mary Jane Cole in a F street department store after watching two women use umbrellas to conceal stolen lace, soap, buttons. The pair, with two children, claimed residence in Charles County Maryland and were later released after posting $20 bail. The women admitted stealing the goods found on their persons and in their umbrellas.
Dr Iron states the yellow fever situation shows no new cases, sanitary work progresses rapidly, but the source of infection remains undiscovered. Cr Tron, President State Board of Health, notes ongoing investigation and local measures.
Honolulu August 8 Agents of the Telephone Company visited the Manchuria to connect the steamer with shore by telegraph line. The Manning returned for coal and its cable parted during efforts to move the vessel from the reef. The steamship company says focus shifts to holding the wreck until Captain Metcalf arrives from San Francisco with salvage apparatus.
A touring car party led by Augustus Post arrives in Washington to study highway conditions from Norfolk to the capital. The Jamestown Exposition plans a boulevard from Norfolk to the grounds. Virginia officials target better roads by next summer with convict labor aiding improvements.
Mary H Green aged twenty one faced age doubt from Samuel E Henderson as they sought a license in Norfolk. They traveled to Washington and wed at Rev J B McLaughlin s home on Fifth Street NE then planned to return for the father in law s blessing, a point of conjecture as Green had not known of the match. A telegram about the banns was sent with no reply by nightfall.
The report notes the killing of a Cuban rebel leader amid ongoing hostilities. Narratives describe Bandera’s forces as hungry bands acting under the influence of local Spanish regimes, with the rebel leader depicted as a catalyst in a broader struggle between guerrilla factions and colonial authorities.
Oyster Bay reports no request from Cuba for eight rapid fire guns manned by American artillerymen. State and War departments have not advised any dispatch or formal appeal. Havana reports via Stepp er that insurgents threaten Santa Clara and Matanzas. officials expect Cuba to handle its own crisis.
The Platt amendment defined withdrawal terms from Cuba and allowed U S intervention to preserve Cuban independence protect life and property and maintain a government capable of meeting Paris treaty obligations. The clause required Cuba to permit U S intervention for these purposes and to assume treaty duties.
Cuban business leaders in New York, now American citizens, draft a petition to President Roosevelt calling for U S intervention to resolve the Cuban crisis. They propose an American supervised election and seek at least 200 signatures, arguing the Platt Amendment authorizes U S intervention to protect life and property and ensure a fair vote under constitutional law.
A historical statement urges the President to secure a majority vote and claim that all armed men in Cuba would lay down arms within twenty four hours. It argues such action would stop bloodshed, proving the war with Spain was fought for humanity, not interests.
Aug 3 Havensa province reports a man named Luis Morales, a Havana resident, confessed to attempting to shoot Gov Gen Nunez as he entered his home. Morales offered no justification and described riding toward the governor’s carriage with intent to fire if possible. Nunez, once a Gomez ally, shifted to Liberal Nationalists after Gomez’s illness and nomination dispute.
Charlotte Agnes Budlong sues Herbert A Budlong in Bridgeport for absolute divorce with alimony. She cites infidelity and alleges he assaulted her after she protested his conduct. He is noted as an official of the American Graphophone Company and a member of the Automobile Club, with recent auto speed-law violations.
Savannah police arrested C Tabb, C A Ruth, and Bernard McCabe along with A B La Roach on warrants charging thefts from Ocean Steamship Company wharves. John Rayenegro, held on shoe possession, provided no clear source. Accused officers allegedly opened cases at night for two years. other conspirators named. The Ocean Steamship Company runs Savannah to New York and Boston routes. The police force is under the chief of police. Dr Gengou reports discovery of whooping cough microbe in Antwerp.
Swept of Agriculture, Weather Bureau in Washington reports an area of high pressure and cool weather from the Upper Lake region to the northern Rockies, with a trailing low moving eastward. Rain and thunderstorms persist from the Rocky Mountain district to the Atlantic and Gulf states, then taper to the coast by Saturday. Cooler conditions spread across the Atlantic seaboard by Friday, with variable winds along the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts and fresher gusts along the Gulf and Great Lakes. Temperatures range from the mid 70s to the low 60s with humidity around 68 percent. River bulletin notes Washington, Aug 23.
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