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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1904
Page
12
A chronological tour of inaugural balls from Washington’s second election in 1793 through the mid 1800s, noting venues like Lang’s Hotel and Carusi’s Saloon, attendance by Presidents including Madison and Monroe, Mrs Madison’s primera dance absence, and the evolving splendor of these state occasions across generations.
A historical survey describes inaugural balls from 1873 fiasco under President Grant through later events. It notes huge crowds, elaborate decor, and logistical flaws such as hat checks, with key figures like Horace Greeley and Grover Cleveland cited, and mentions the Pension Building as a favored venue for many Olympiads.
The eighteenth annual performance of Handel's The Messiah was heard on Christmas Day at Chase's with a strong chorus, refined soloists Miss Marguerite Hall Anita Rio Nicolas Douty and Frank Croxton, under Yosef Kaspar and the Washington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hermann Rakeman. The ensemble delivered a dignified finale to a day universally regarded as special.
Edward Bacon a 25 year old resident of 629 Gordon Avenue Northeast is hospitalized with a knife wound near the heart. William Howard, 19, is in custody at the Ninth precinct station charged with the injury. A blood-stained knife was found in Howard’s possession.
The Dawes commission report on allotments for the Five Civilized Tribes notes delays caused distress but defends them as necessary for accurate rolls, property inventories, and surveys. It details examinations of over 200,000 citizens, 600,000 land tracts, and efforts to protect occupancy and improvements amid speculator schemes.
Joseph Thomas held at First precinct station for robbing David Rynex of a pocketbook containing 32 in cash at 615 Louisiana Avenue Northwest. A crowd surrounded the arrest as Thomas was found after a chase near the Agricultural Department grounds. He admitted tossing the pocketbook while fleeing and will be arraigned in Police Court this morning.
Joseph P. Thompson, 25, of 2718 N Street NW, was taken to Georgetown University Hospital after knife wounds to the back. Walter Robinson, 27, allegedly stabbed him and remains at large. The two men, once friendly housemates, were drinking and arguing before the assault. Thompson’s injuries are not serious.
Genuine Christmas fare graced a holiday meal at the Working Boys' Home, 220 C Street NW, as boys enjoyed turkey, cranberry sauce, and English plum pudding. Matron King praised the care put into the home like feast and a Christmas tree event with Santa Claus was planned for the evening, with presents to be distributed to the boys.
Elihu B Getchell aged 70 was found dead in a third floor room at 415 Massachusetts Avenue NW. A gas jet was burning and an open door revealed the body. Coroner Nevitt ruled accidental death. Born August 15 1834 in Wассelboro Maine he served in the Nineteenth Maine Infantry in the Civil War and moved to the city about ten years ago to live with his brother Harvey C Getchell a War Department clerk.
Early yesterday a series of falls and slips on slick pavement left several injured. Sexton B Wright 619 Three and a half street northeast suffered two fractured ribs after a fall near his home. David Kerr 42 of 323 Thirteenth street southwest broke an arm entering his residence. James Carroll an inmate at Soldiers Home fractured hip and required weeks at Freedmen s Hospital. Howard Duffey 55 of 604 K Street northwest sustained a fractured hip and was treated at Casualty Hospital. Robert Fraser 19 of LeDroit Park fell from a bicycle at Fourth and Hatred northwest and left the Emergency Hospital later. A collision occurred between a Columbia road car and Dr F J Kemp s automobile at Second and C streets with no major damage. Pennsylvania Railroad Train No 3 from Baltimore collided with a mail car at Sixth street near Missouri Avenue. the car was damaged but no injuries occurred.
Capt. Baldwins airship California Arrow, driven by Roy Knabenshue, completed a successful test in Los Angeles. From Chutes Park it sailed eight to ten miles with the wind then two miles east, returning into a twelve mile gale. One landing near Pico and Stanford Streets was made safely after an hour thirteen minutes of flight. The craft reached heights over 3000 feet as Knabenshue steered with the rudder, adjusting bow to rise or descend.
A December 25 weather bulletin reports a North Pacific coast disturbance moving into Eastern Colorado with heavy precipitation in the Rocky Mountain region, colder air in Montana and the Dakotas, and brisk northeast winds in the Northeast. The forecast calls for rain from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf and snow in the Lake and Middle Atlantic regions, with a first cold wave spreading from Montana into the central and southern plains and Mississippi Valley.
Two young visitors from Washington State, a bright boy and girl about twelve or thirteen, spend weeks in the capital. They arrive daily before guards and leave after the four-throated bells. With fresh notebooks they sketch and note each exhibit, earning praise for their quiet studious approach and fascination with the museum's wonders. They plan to write school compositions about their experiences for a year. The piece also notes President Roosevelt enjoying Alabama syrup on buckwheat cakes, and reports on quail and partridge flocks during a heavy snowstorm. A zebra named Dan at the National Zoo was found to have a large French wall removed from his forefoot, restoring his limp.
A mother’s lifelong hope for a Methodist son is tested as he falls for another church’s gin and forgets his mother’s teachings. Also from Philadelphia Preas a note on a man who dislikes hunting and fishing and is described as the most matter of fact arson in the world.
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