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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1905
Page
2
Advance guard of visitors arriving as hotels fill and private houses offer rooms. Officials plan for thousands at the Roosevelt inauguration with tickets on sale Thursday while railroads boost crews and coaches for heavy traffic.
Inaugural committee issues permits for crossing the parade route for blue star passes for drivers, yellow passes for crossers, and restricted access for press, messengers, and public. Officials will sanction stand access before the procession, with photographers allowed inside limited distances, and wagons and carriers given specific crossing permissions.
A crowded gathering at the Second Colored Baptist Church in Washington discussed plans to entertain and honor the Ninth and Tenth regiments arriving for inauguration events. Attorney James Thay delivered a keynote on unity and civic pride, while community leaders, including Mittle Ro Bown, urged hospitality and organized a public mass meeting for Wednesday evening. The talk covered race, integration, and role of Black communities in national events.
In a letter. Anderson proposes preserving the President's inaugural address on a phonograph for future audiences. He suggests storing recordings in the State Department or public libraries so people years hence can hear the President's voice and the message.
A ten year old boy known as Percy Carter and Harl Kreeman was picked up by Policeman Saunders at Third Street and Penns Avenue Northwest. He confessed to riding in the city from Richmond with his uncle and was placed at the Sixth precinct, then moved to Eighth precinct and finally to the House of Detention. The theft involved a child’s tricycle belonging to Mrs. Pugh of 1333 R Street Northwest. He will face a hearing in Police Court this morning.
The funeral of Edgar Altemus was held yesterday at 3 p m at his residence 442 Kentucky avenue southeast Rev W W Nevins led the service attended by St Johns Lodge No 1 A A M members. A Masonic escort bore the casket to Congressional Cemetery where rites of the order were performed. Pallbearers from the Districts engineering department included Chomag Jones J W Dare O L Magruder L D Smoot J C Bailey Jr and Thomas Wootson. Altemus left a widow Mrs Zulem Altemus nee Thompson and three small children Elizabeth Forrest Altemus and Jewnes.
Sir Henry Irving shows improvement as Cortelyou visits the White House. The Hotel Johnson on Pennsylvania Avenue inaugurates a new cafe with a grand luncheon and reopens dining rooms from 122% street entrance. The project costs several thousand dollars and highlights New York cooks notable for their service.
Two large gatherings at the Lafayette and Columbia theaters honored Robert Emmet on the 127th anniversary of his birth. Speakers from Congress and civic groups praised Emmet as a martyr for liberty and urged monuments to Commodore John Barry. Flags of Ireland and the United States adorned the venues as music and speeches celebrated Irish independence and the American bond with liberty.
At a meeting the chairman announced a musical and literary entertainment to raise funds for famine relief in western Ireland. The event, under the auspices of the United Irish League and the Timmerlub, will feature recitations, violin and harp solos, and a talk by Rev Father Quill of Georgetown VT University on Tam Moore. William F Downy named treasurer.
Major Robert Clark who oversaw the laying of the Washington Monument stone in 1848 dies aged eighty one in Lasbon on February 26. Sir Martin le Marchant Thadie, British Minister to Portugal, dies of intestinal hemorrhage at Bussaco after returning from British fleet maneuvers. Mrs Medles widow of Sir John Medley of Canada dies, formerly a nurse in England linked to Florence Nightingale. Col J L Orr of Greenville and Co, leading cotton manufacturer, dies from illness. funeral to be held Wednesday. Hon George A AL Jennited States district attorney for Western Pennsylvania dies aged sixty. Albert Edmund Parker Ward Morriky, chair of committees and deputy speaker of Lords, dies aged sixty. Sir Wemyss Reid, editor and publisher, dies aged sixty-three.
Weather conditions report from Washington Sunday evening notes a low barometer off New England with a northwest wind. A disturbance has moved from Montana to Missouri with light snow in Iowa and South Dakota. High pressure covers the Northern High Mountain region and Upper Missouri Valley with falling temperatures near the lake region. Snow or rain forecast for Monday in the Osio Valley and extreme Southwest, with fair skies elsewhere except the Middle Atlantic and Upper Mississippi Valley where lower temperatures and possible precipitation are expected. Winds remain brisk along the coasts and toward the Gulf. Temperature readings and city summaries are listed, including notable highs and lows.
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