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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
41
Turmoil grips Lodz Poland after Col Yatka Andrieff gendarmes chief is shot on Poludniowa Street. A fleeing assassin wounded several bystanders as troops seal the area. Police hunt revolutionaries amid reports of explosives and threats against officials. A separate notice lists local obituaries and funeral details.
St Petersburg reports note ongoing enmity from revolutionists toward Vice Admiral Doubassoff due to his crackdown on Moscow disorders. Multiple plots to assassinate him were thwarted, with two attempts in 1905 causing injuries. Also dated Jan 10, Pavloff’s Slayer Hanged after court martial, the czar endorsing the killing as the death of a valued official.
At a city council meeting in Cleveland the Cleveland Electric Railway Company proposed to continue operating the lines whose franchises expired after last Monday's Supreme Court decision. President Andrews outlined a plan to set fares at three cents for cash and ticket trips with all proceeds singling to the city if there is any surplus after operating costs.
Special to The Washington Pest reports a quantity of old silverware found today on Capt. N. P. Hand’s premises near a new fence. A teapot and sugar bowl bear 1766, with coins dated earlier. The area, near Meeting House Hill, is linked to Revolutionary War era deposits by occupying British troops.
A Nassau County summons and complaint filed in Mineola names Howard Gould and wife Katherine along with A R Whitney Jr Co and Barwell Caullin Co. as defendants in a $2415 claim by Charlee W Copp contractor of Lawrence Long Island for cement lime plaster and materials used in building a stable and kennels at Castlegould Sands Point. The complaint alleges the defendant Barwell Caullin Co agreed to furnish the materials with the Goulds' knowledge and approval in spring 1905.
Special to The Washington sess from Chicago reports Joseph Leiter denying a published story that he lost a large sum playing roulette in Havana. He states there is not a word of truth, calling the tale a fable and noting he has never been in Havana in his life.
New York Jan 10 Col Silas W Burt was unanimously elected president of the Civil Service Reform Association to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carl Schurz He is the fourth president in thirty years succeeding Rev Henry W Bellows George William Curtis and Carl Schurz Samuel H Ordway was elected chairman of the executive committee.
Fire at the former Millburn residence on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo badly damaged the building. The site, linked to President McKinley’s death, suffered near total loss with an estimated $25,000 in damages. The property had recently been sold to Philip M. Shannon.
A list of marriage licenses issued to individuals including Roy Kelly 24 and Lilla E Kiser 21 Lew is J O Neal J P Sandy P Suthard 49 Aden Va and Saltte , £ Lyon 20 Kopp Va John D Dosche 59 Wilmington NC Annie Dird 38 Vickuburg Biss H Schroa der Frank Andrews 53 Mary V Owens 52 Charles Bowman 1 Ela Forrest 21 and others in the region. include names ages and locations as shown.
Health office report lists numerous deaths with names and addresses across Washington area. Entries include ages from several months to 88, with a broad mix of streets such as Sherman avenue northwest Sherman, 13th street northwest, Canal street, Mt Ver and 7th streets.
Edward J. Russell, confined in Dannemora as criminal insane, forced former Gov Odell and two Supreme Court justices to sit for hours as he alleged vast conspiracies. He claimed Odell and others plotted to overthrow politics with influence on Roosevelt and Murphy. The day featured Russell representing himself, reading letters, and calling his mother as the only witness. Odell listened in as Russell prepared to call him to testify next day.
Special to The Washington Pen reports a New York office serving as a sanctuary where Mrs. J Alden S4y ford and Rev Dr Henry Marsh Warren conduct daily telephone prayer and praise for brokers and stock exchange members. The morning service includes scripture, a brief prayer, and a blessing for Mr Warren, with Amens over the line.
Reports from twelve Pennsylvania counties indicate the state was violently shaken by subterranean disturbances early this morning. Shocks were felt in Williamsport York and Rockville with windows rattling and dishes moving as distant thunder rumbled. Similar tremors were reported in Maryland Michigan Sweden Norway and Russia. No seismograph records confirmed the Pennsylvania event.
Special cable dispatch reports the Mokuwewee volcano erupting with flames and smoke visible for hundreds of miles. Streams of lava cross snow fields while nearby Kilauea remains in a monthlong minor eruption. No injuries reported as a large dynamite stockroom escaped damage and $2000 loss estimated for the Standard Company.
Boston January 10 Rev Father Henry A Barry pastor of St Mary of the Angels Roxbury died today at Carney Hospital after appendicitis operation He was 50 and a leading archdiocesan clergyman author of several religious works praised by Pope Leo XIII who named him a doctor of sacred theology and awarded the grand medal of the Academy of St Thomas Aquinas New York January 10 Emanuel Lehman senior partner Lehman Brothers cotton brokers died today He was linked with many industrial firms New York January 10 Mrs Almira M Berry widow of Maj Gen Hiram G Berry Union army killed at Chancellorsville Civil War died today in Brooklyn aged 82
The Rev Theodore Ledyard Cuyler D D LL D celebrated his eighty fifth birthday at 176 South Oxford Street Brooklyn. His study piled with letters and telegrams from admirers around the world and from notable figures including President Woodrow Wilson Seth Low Robert C Ogden and J Edward Simmons. Visitors arrived steadily bringing flowers and congratulations as he prepared to read through the messages and may be unable to respond promptly.
San Francisco bishop George Montgomery died at Adler Sanitarium after an appendicitis operation. He was ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore in 1873 and consecrated in 1894 to Los Angeles as coadjutor. He later served in Monterey and Los Angeles and then in San Francisco, beloved for his zeal in church work.
Special to The Washington Post from Wilmington Delaware notes a grip outbreak with about 15000 cases in a 90000 population city. Physicians cite weather changes fueling the spread and warn the epidemic is mild yet widespread and dangerous due to vulnerability to pneumonia and other illnesses.
In Philadelphia on January 10 Albert Lindsay died after being frightened to collapse during an explosion of molten metal at Baldwin's Locomotive Works. Frank Sakalowsky and Patrick Datan were severely burned by flying hot metal. Lindsay, aged 48, died en route to hospital with the injured men.
At Horrell Station the Standard Powder Company plant suffered a massive blast early today. Six thousand kegs of powder exploded, destroying twelve of sixteen buildings and shaking Willamsburg four miles away. A belt fire spread to a warehouse overnight, with residents fearing a second blast as flames raged and emergency access was blocked.
United States Senator Thomas C. Platt, who had a mild grip illness, grew much better in New York today. He left his hotel rooms briefly for a park drive, and his physician predicted a full recovery in a few days. A hotel clerk said he plans to travel to Washington on Sunday.
Knoxville Jan. 10 John Thomas colored was hanged in Knox County jail for the murder of Ernest Perkins, killed over a crap game. His neck did not break. he delivered a fifteen minute speech from the scaffold, urging members of his race to observe the laws.
New York reports reveal Ella Rawls Reader dubbed Copper Queen of the Andes and her husband Athole B Reader facing perjury charges. Deposition claims she tried to coerce an engineer into falsely attesting James Haggin slandered her. The couple are tied to a $250,000 mining commission suit and a $12,000,000 Peruvian copper venture.
The Readers press claims in state courts against Haggin for slander connected to Cerro de Pisco mining litigation. Damages sought total about a large sum as the case follows Reader’s federal litigation and perjury indictment. Haggin reportedly left town before trial could start.
An excited crowd of West Side residents forcibly occupied the Chicago council chamber and pressed a committee to flee. Protestors opposed widening Halsted Street and forced a postponement of action until June, amid cries of Coward, Thief, and Robber as members exited.
Justice Fitzgerald signed an order in New York for a special 20 man jury to hear the Harry K. Thaw murder case. The panel will appear Monday January 4, ending rumors of a postponement due to differences with the district attorney. Earlier the judge refused a similar DA request before the order was completed.
New York dispatch reports two men found dead in a bed at a lodging house room on 222 East Eleventh Street. One victim is printer Seumas McManus, 25. the second man’s identity unrevealed. A bottle labeled whiskey or wood alcohol was on a table. No other evidence of suicide or accident found. the pair had not been seen to leave the room since Tuesday.
Philadelphia reports P A B Widener traction magnate remains seriously ill at Elking Park. Condition described as much improved though age keeps prognosis cautious. Impatient outlook suggests possible recovery if no adverse developments and his age noted as seventy two.
Governor James O. Davidson asks the Wisconsin legislature to extend powers of the railroad commission and to adopt an income tax. He notes public service firms must be controlled to provide better service at fairer rates and urges action against inflated capitalization by the Chicago line companies. He emphasizes states supervision on inheritance taxes and warns against issuing more stock at par to favored holders.
President Vreeland of the New York City Railway Company announced that horse cars will be replaced by electric traction. The board authorized contracts and material orders to speed the conversion, promising major changes to Manhattan surface traffic and relief on overcrowded cross-town lines on Twenty‑third and Thirty‑fourth streets, with electrification improving Nyack midtown links on Twenty‑eighth and Twenty‑ninth streets.
At a special UW faculty meeting in Madison resolutions urged President Van Hise not to take the Smithsonian secretaryship. Van Hise said he has not received any offer and no committees have approached him.
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