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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
70
A chaotic dispatch cites Sir Shentung denying any planned revolt. It notes foreign agitation aims to dethrone the dynasty and mentions internal trouble in Emote with claims of differing meanings. The report flags assurances from Pekin officials that the situation is under control, while foreign travelers are warned.
New York surgeons at Harlem Hospital study William Murphy a 27 year old horseshoer after he fires two bullets into his forehead from six inches away. He collapses at a saloon, recovers, and walks to an ambulance claiming the bullets did not hurt him. The first bullet lodged in forehead flesh flattening, the second was deflected causing a wound.
Moses Ellis Wooster testified as agent for pads and hancies at the Col William Mann hearing in New York February 16. John Terrel, a Milwaukee handwriting expert, linked questioned letters to Mann’s known writing, with the case adjourned until Monday morning.
Cincinnati Ohio February 16 Rose H Enner a seventeen year old inmate of Bethany Orphan Home Euphorical orphanage burned herself while attempting penance and despite efforts died from extensive burns. A three year old inmate Jillian W had a minor arm cut from the incident and a nurse readjusted bandages when a kettle spilled, scalding the child. Enner was seen with her arm over a grate fire and flames enveloped her clothing before help arrived. She never recovered from the injuries.
Special to The Washington & New York reports James W. Alexander former president of the Equitable Safe Assurance Society was brought back to the city and underwent a severe surgical operation. He is at his home on Hast Sixty-fourth street in a serious condition though the operation is said to have been successful and hopes are held for Mrs. Alexander's recovery.
Essie Joinson, a Black man, was hanged in Dawson Georgia for the murder of Hhza Banks an elderly Black woman. His neck broke from a seven foot fall after he asked the preacher to tighten the noose. He maintained innocence until moments before confessing to the crime. Another item notes a car rider fatally injured in Michigan and a railroad accident involving an engine caboose. An advertisement promotes a Sunday Post souvenir featuring Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and shopping at Sloan's in Washington.
Cincinnati banker Rudolph Kiegholte files a federal suit to probe the Miami and Erie Transportation Company known as the electric mule. He charges Cleveland financiers promoted $7,000,000 in bonds and $5,007,000 in stock on $1,000 paid-up capital, enriching themselves and harming creditors. The petition seeks recovery of stock and bonds issued without payment and a court-ordered receiver to collect sums for creditors.
Readied at the White House for the Longworth Roosevelt wedding guests gather, gifts arrive from Paris and Lima, and a large security detail watches over the mansion. The ceremony is noon with Bishop Satterlee officiating as Miss Roosevelt and Mr Longworth wed and depart for their journey, amid crowds and formal gates at1 pm.
A wedding gift of real Irish point lace crafted by Miss Marion Daly of New York will reach Miss Eleanor Roosevelt. Daly supervised the lace used for Princess Beatrice and sends cuffs and collar in the same design to the President’s daughter. Daly notes the piece as a token of esteem from the Irish people, and the gift marks her first work since arriving in the United States.
London reports great public interest in the Longworth Roosevelt wedding. Descriptive cables and photographs of the bride and groom fill today’s papers. Curiosity centers on a potential present from King Edward and the king’s sister reportedly traveling to Washington.
New York police hid in a twelve by fifteen foot ice box for thirteen hours as they arrested Giacchino Napoli, the alleged Black Hand leader, after he collected extortion money from Pietro Miano at 211 Bleecker Street. Napoli was tracked to 173 Bleecker Street and arrested by detectives, with Miano cooperating by writing a ransom letter.
Sydney, February 16. In a deliberately set blaze near Dominion coal mine ten miles from Sydney the bodies of Antone Stetka, his wife, and two children were found charred. The children’s skulls show ax blows while the man’s head was severed, suggesting a murderer's handiwork. A list of unrelated travel rates from a florist and railroad fare appears in the same report.
In Omaha on Feb 16 Pat Crowe was acquitted by a jury after twenty nine ballots and seventeen hours of deliberation in the Pat Crowe kidnapping case. He was immediately re-arrested for two Council Bluffs streetcar robberies. Businessmen condemned the verdict predicting a carnival of crime and possible vigilantism. Crowe claimed prejudice against the beef trust and Cudahy’s Chicago trial influenced the outcome and issued a statement defending his actions.
Pittsburg Ia February 16 two men were slightly burned and forty workers escaped death by a dive as Nell Seiburg Co office fixtures plant burned. Three adjacent houses were damaged and flames forced a panic to the street. The engineer jumped from a window injuring an ankle and an unidentified worker assisting the firemen was trapped under a falling roof but rescued. Loss estimated at $30000.
Edward Bruce a half-breed Indian who married a prominent Easton girl was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for brutal treatment of his wife in Fastan Pennsylvania. Bruce hailed from Coupeville Washington where his forebears owned much of the district and his grandfather left him most of a large estate.
In Columbus fourteen miles away, Miss Maud Kile was killed instantly and Miss Georgia Robinson fatally hurt while crossing Ohio Central tracks in a buggy on the way to school. The collision occurred as the buggy was struck by a train. Robinson was found half a mile on the engine pilot. Tomorrow's Sunday Post promises a portrait supplement of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth.
Herbert L Bridgman of Brooklyn spoke to the National Geographic Society at the National Rifles Armory on Africa from sea to center His stereopticon lecture covered Britain Egypt relations and the Red Sea railroad as an engineering feat A brief history of the Soudan and praise for Kitchener and Gordon closed the address.
Traverse City Mich Feb 16 Two children died in a farmhouse fire that destroyed the Rod farm three miles from Summit City Unis county The mother was in the barn when the blaze started and rescued one two year old from the kitchen who was badly burned The two other children aged four years and ten months died in the flames Authorities believe the fire was started by the children playing with matches
Final attempt to reconcile fails and Count Boni de Castellane will push for an early conclusion. The countess retains her title unless a divorce is granted after three years. The court hears the separation bill under French law terms separating bed and property with no decree for remarriage.
Joseph Leslie, locomotive engineer on the Susquehanna division of Trie Railroad, was found dead at his Wellsburg post after reaching out of the cab at Corning to take orders. The train, running at about a mile a minute, caused casualties among semaphores and gates as crew halted the engine. The fireman remained unaware of the death until Wellsburg.
Desperate power struggle in the Russian government pits reactionaries against progressives. Witte or interior minister Durnovo likely to resign as Count Witte denies reports of his departure. Kutler's resignation expected over land expropriation policy amid repressive measures cited by authorities. A Vladivostok freight incident injures several when a box car exploded during unloading.
Austro-Hungarian consul reports securities discovered in a false bottom trunk brought from Antwerp are proceeds of a January 20 1965 burglary at the royal Hungarian tax office in Budapest. The stash includes Austro-Hungarian bonds Budapest city bonds and bank and street railway bonds worth about 50000 dollars. Carrier Isaac Heitzler says he carried the bonds for a friend named Moses Greenberg who cannot be located.
Frank Castor of Canton Ohio, condemned to die in the electric chair on April 6, argued today that the Ohio Legislature should not abolish capital punishment for murderers. He said abolition would bring a terrible state of affairs in Ohio despite facing execution.
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