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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
1
Formal White House announcement confirms Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of the president, will marry Representative James Roosevelt Longworth. The engagement ties two prominent political families as social circles note the union.
A February ceremony will mark the start of a lengthy tour of capital cities of the Old World, with a June kickoff for the bridal pair who will reside on Eighteenth Street. Bishop Henry Yates-Satterlee will officiate the event.
Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati will wed Miss Alice Roosevelt in the White House in mid February. Announcement came from the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with plans for a Europe trip after the wedding and a grand reception across Washington and London society.
Special to The Washington Post from Cincinnati reports show excitement among Longworth relatives awaiting formal confirmation of his engagement to Miss Alice Roosevelt. Local friends say they have heard only newspaper announcements, with some denying immediate congratulations until personal notification arrives.
Gov. Chamberlain names John M. Gearin of Portland to fill the late John H. Mitchell's Senate seat. Gearin, a Democrat, received cross party indorsements and will join Congress on March 4, 1907 unless the legislature acts earlier. He was born August 15, 1831 in Umatilla and has served as Portland city attorney and Multnomah County district attorney.
In Amsterdam New York a group of ten skaters circled Kellogg's pond when a girl fell through. The others struggled to stop and four drowned as they plunged into the hole. A rescue effort saved the remaining children.
The schooner Florencia traveling from Bluefield Nicaragua to Port Limon Costa Rica was wrecked near Costa Rica. Frederick M H Wood British consul at Port Limon and two Americans John Tant and W M Rather both from Texas died. Three sailors perished while one passenger and two sailors were rescued.
United States Attorney General Moody directs the Philadelphia grand jury probe into rebating charged against R. D. Wood & Co. of Philadelphia for piping shipped via Baltimore and Ohio to Fairport Ohio then Winnipeg. Alleged contract undercuts tariff. $15 600 rebate claimed. Reading Railway and Baltimore Ohio subpoenaed. immunity promised to witnesses.
Special to The Washington Pitts reports Mrs. Morris Naftal wife of a clear manufacturer was found dead in her Asbury Park flat. A feather bed covered her head and her hands were tied as a gag lay in her mouth. Diamonds were stolen. The murder appears to have happened last night with burglars escaping via a rear door. The husband was in New York. Police suspect the absence aided access to jewels.
Charles H Neal of Baltimore Md jumped in front of a north bound subway train at Twenty eighth Street and Fourth Avenue in New York risking death. He was forty three and recently returned from a trip to South America. A fifty dollar bank check and a registry tag were found on him and linked to Charley H Neal of Baltimore. His friends say he went to New York to seek work.
A blast at the Dupont Powder Mills mixing house eight miles north of Birmingham today killed five workers in the upper punching department. The explosion, heard fifteen miles away, collapsed the building and left bodies scattered, including Dave Coghill Bud Wright Pyreg Wright John Dexon and Nat Knox. Parts were found in tree tops a quarter mile from the site.
San Francisco reports John R. Baird a local capitalist and club man killed when his automobile overturned near Twin Peaks. He was riding with Miss Ruby Nett adopted daughter of John Nell of Sonora who exited before the vehicle plunged over a cliff. Baird died at the scene. Miss Nett escaped unharmed.
National G A R encampment will begin in Minneapolis on August 13 after a decision at a local conference. The venue, dates, and travel details are outlined with fare information for railroad tickets to Baltimore and return, valid on all trains except the Congressional Limited.
District Attorney Jerome fears juror bribery in the Abrenam Hummet conspiracy case over the Dodge Morse divorce. The case centers on attempting to murder chief witness Charles F. Dodge, with Hummel accused of conspiracy and perjury. Dodge, Morse, and key attorneys figure in a tensely watched courtroom drama in New York.
In Rio de Janeiro the Chamber of Deputies announced no official communication from Brazil to the U S State Department about the Panther incident. The foreign minister said the Brazilian squadron sailed for maneuvers only, not a show of force. Names of florists and hotel listings included in dispatches.
Page overview lists items on Papen and Roosevelt nuptials, Hummel trial, Shaw on currency, Baltic revolt, Hearst ruling, naval expansion, House controversy, Senate actions, social notes, editorials, Leopold railway, hotel talks, sports, insurance profit, regional indictments, and trials including Louisiana battleship graft checks.
Buffalo December banquet speech by Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw urges adding automatic elasticity to currency. He argues against new note forms, supports releasing funds only when legitimate business demands rise, and warns that speculation rose with summer money influx. He calls for automatic expansion to meet seasonal needs and contraction to curb unwarranted speculation.
Luther Bynum sixty three merchant and cotton mill owner of Chatham County died in a Federal courtroom Raleigh from heart disease He was a character witness director of the State Hospital for the Insane at Goldsboro and on his way to a board meeting He also served as a director of the Metudeth Orphanage and was a Confederate veteran The notice also lists a sales ad for gemstones and a Washington holiday rail schedule via the Atlantic Coast Line and Pennsylvania Railroad With travel times to Cleveland and daily departures from Washington D C
Senate inquiry into canal affairs questions Secretary Taft, Theodore Roosevelt Shonts, D W Ross, and John Bucklin Bishop. Testimony focuses on construction funding and the role of Bishop as publicity chief, with President Roosevelt backing Bishop amid looming political tension and Press Agent Bishop’s salary details.
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