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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1906
Page
1
The Fifty-ninth Congress opens with expected heavy appropriations bills dominating the agenda. Priority likely to go to Mr Payne’s plan for consolidating customs districts, currency reform debates, tariff revision, and naval appropriations as well as stalled measures like the ship subsidy and Senator Reed Smoot’s eligibility case.
In Denver, Mrs. Sarah Gillette acknowledged fear over her son Chester's fate after church officials warned doom. The family, including sister Lucille, faces scrutiny as Chester's trial unfolds with speculation of a hidden sweetheart and alleged guilt. Mrs. Gillette avoids discussing the case with neighbors and only reads updates in the afternoon paper.
In Rome on December 2 radicals including chamber of deputies members and university students protested the continued imprisonment of Jose Nakens and Senor Ferrer in Spain. Deputies said they were persecuted for free thought and opposition to the papacy. A street demonstration followed and police dispersed the mob near the Spanish consulate.
In Huntsville Alabama today a policeman witnessed Caleb Brown a black man criminally assault a white woman on a street. The officer shot Brown and he later died at his home. Police continue investigation and search for any accomplices.
Herkimer N Y dec 2 strong public sentiment against Chester Gillette sparks orders to call out the National Guard if jurors fail to reach a verdict or if crowd unrest arises after the trial. defense lawyer Mills readies appeal to raise doubt, stressing lack of eyewitness and the defendant's youth and good name.
December 11 death and injuries reported after an open switch on the Coal Belt Electric Railway near Marton caused an electric car to collide with a steam locomotive. James Joyner is named among the deceased and brewery fire losses are cited elsewhere.
Governor Magoon informs about a forthcoming decree under Roosevelt authority to declare vacant the December 1 1905 congress seats and to hold elections by the provisional government. The decree preserves existing senators and representatives until replacements are elected while pending further guidance from Washington.
Miss Nancy McVonnell, an aged Westmoreland County woman, was killed by a train while carrying several thousand dollars to the bank for fear of burglars. Police found multiple wills valuing her estate near 11 million dollars, the earliest and latest will both naming the American Bible Society as beneficiary, with Dr John Van Voorhis as executor.
A. B. Sibley, a sheep buyer, was captured after a gunfight with officers in the Sanderson mountains. He is wounded and jailed on charges of murdering and robbing ranchers B. M. Cawthorne J. W. Ralston and another victim in Val verde County over three days. The killings followed stock deals at Del Rio with checks cashed before the victims were killed. The case began amid suspicion tied to revolutionary arrests.
In Valdosta Georgia on December 2 1913 Rev J G Rawlings condemned to death protests at dawn of hanging day after learning his lawyer will seek a pardon board commute on grounds of insanity He cites biblical references and insists a new trial is needed to prove innocence of the two boys and Alf Moore The defense argues for delays and further respite while Rawlings and accomplices face execution for the murder of two children in a feud related case.
Special Cable Dispatch from Madrid reports widespread displeasure as changes in the ministry trigger angry ferment. Prime Minister Moret and his colleagues are jeered in the chamber while ex-Prime Minister Dominguez is loudly cheered. King Alfonso reportedly impressed by Dominguez's Senate speech. A university student led demonstration in front of the royal palace today was contained by police. Political circles fear a dissolution of the Cortes could end Moret's government with conservatives potentially taking power under Senor Maura amid church tensions and the Biorecco dispute.
Paris December coverage reports an interview with a diplomat claiming a coming clash between the West and Orient. He asserts Japan may seize Indo China, warns conflict looms, but a Japanese American war is not imminent. Diplomatic denials are noted. tensions persist between France, the United States, and Japan.
The battle ship Ohio, flagship of the late Rear Admiral Train, arrived at Tompkinsville after a rough Atlantic crossing from Gibraltar. Storms and a hurricane force gale damaged deck fittings and gun port shutters, with water flooding the superstructure and a jammed starboard propeller forcing higher coal use en route through the Suez Canal.
William Jennings Bryan, addressing Lincoln Lodge No. 80 in Lincoln Nebraska, delivers a memorial oration on immortality. He reflects that death redirects thoughts to heavenly realms, urges acceptance as part of God's plan, and cites a line from an Irish poet about friendship and loss.
Special to The Washington Post Easton Pa Dec 2 Intelligence came today of the death at Vevey Switzerland of Rev Augustus A Bloomburgh emeritus Lafayette College professor of modern languages. He served Lafayette from 1867 to 1905 retiring in frail health. Born 1835 in Offenheim Bavaria he studied at Wurzburg and Princeton. He leaves a wife and a son Dr Horace Bloomburgh surgeon in the U S Army Covington Ky. Also reported Dec 2 Gen B Nicholson chief engineer of the Cincinnati Panthers Railway died today. Frank E Hyde formerly of Hartford died in Paris today.
New York dispatch reports on the steamship St Paul arriving with Miss Agnes Grey 61, a first cabin passenger from West London. She died suddenly of heart failure during the voyage. A stewardess found her unresponsive in her stateroom while she was enroute to settle an estate. A lawyer Julius Seymour was expected to meet her in New York, but no contact could be made. Authorities cannot locate relatives or friends to claim the body, and the London directory lists a different occupant at 13 Denbigh Terrace West.
Dr Baraduc lectured on the curative force of prayer from 60,000 Lourdes pilgrims. He claimed a rain of mercy formed tiny drops via photo chemical action on ten plates. Frascina and Paris fair plates showed different impressions, attributed to nonpolarized multitudes thoughts.
Mississippi report details the fatal shooting of W. Ge Grubbs by Wes Young a Black man in Valley Park. Mid dale a Chicago real estate figure was struck and killed. Young fled as a mob pursued him. Grubbs accompanied the victim at the time of the attack.
A London inspector’s report challenges Mr. Carnegie’s New York Banquet claim by detailing Scots enlistments: 3,842 in the regular army and 84 in the militia, clarifying Scottish recruitment figures.
A five minute railway silence marked the funeral of Samuel Spencer president of the Southern Railway. Vast crowds and dignitaries gathered at St John’s Church as officers of the Southern system and notable figures including J Pierpont Morgan and Fairbanks attended the service with tributes and flower offerings.
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