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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
2
The crew of several ships celebrated crossing the equator with initiations and grooming rituals while near a risky near-miss during maneuvers off Pernambuco. Reports describe the fleet’s progress, weather, and eventual sighting of land as the voyage continued toward Cape Frio.
The article extols Rio de Janeiro as a beautiful, modern metropolis with wide avenues like Avenida Central, grand promenades, and a harbor view rivaling Paris and Chicago. It highlights a cost of construction around 506,000 and notes electric lighting, bridges, and orderly streets shaping a bustling urban image.
The narrative extols Rio de Janeiro as a modern planned city with decorative gas lamps, broad avenues along the bay, and notable buildings including the National Library and the Monro e Palace. It notes extensive parks, trams, waterworks, and a booming commercial life. Brazil’s 1966 foreign trade totals and a busy port with thousands of vessels are cited alongside favorable sanitation and health metrics for the Tropics. The piece portrays the city as a thriving metropolis with cultural and economic heft on par with major world centers.
Dispatches from Pernambuco report torpedo boat sailors clashed with police while on shore. Dozens, including Lett, Com, Cone, faced drunkenness charges as authorities ended further trouble. Lawrence died after falling from a ladder into the sea during the incident.
Jan 12 from Washington Park, NJ reports letters from friends of a chief electrician with Evans fleet state that wireless telephones to replace the fleet’s wireless system are a failure. Connections between ships are noisy and frequently broken, forcing abandonment of wireless devices for practical use while the fleet relies on wired telegraph. The War Department hopes the invention will be perfected.
Mrs Frank Gibb of the Warrenton Hunt Club was operated on at Providence Hospital after a pistol discharge injured her near the heart. Doctors say the bullet passed through the liver and emerged behind, with no immediate forecast of outcome. Her husband Mr Gibb disputed rumors, saying the injury was accidental during a ride when the pistol discharged.
Ernest D Blackwell a 40 year old broker and contractor of Boston is held at the Second precinct station after being brought from Jacksonville Fla by Detective James A Dennesy. He faces a larceny charge for stealing 152 dollars worth of bonds and notes from Ernest A Merrow, a Boston broker, with Blackwell claiming innocence. He is married with two children and was among Boston’s wealthier brokers. They depart for Boston shortly to await trial.
Jefferson McCoy, a colored man shot in the back at Petersburg, Virginia, while resisting arrest, was brought to Washington last night by Central Office Detective Berman Hein and locked up at the First precinct. He is expected to be arraigned in Police Court this morning. He admitted formerly working for Miss Mary Coster but denied stealing silver spoons, claiming he bought them from a boy for 25 cents.
A Chronicle-Washington report states Charlies Washington, a 40 year old Black man, was shot in the back by an unidentified white assailant late Saturday night near Sixth and G streets NW. He was taken to Diver gency Hospital in critical condition. Dr. White said surgery was likely. Washington cannot identify the attacker. The incident occurred as a dispute between saloon patrons escalated. Police pursue leads while the Concordia Lutheran Church marks its seventy-fifth jubilee with German Ambassador von Sternburg and embassy staff in attendance. The Kaiser plans to present a Bible to the congregation next Sunday. A strong service program featured the Washington Sungerband and Marine Band members. Street violence and church celebrations unfold in a single day’s report.
Jonn W Averine of 24 Eleventh Street Southwest awoke to a message at his bedroom door and confronted a negro burglar who fled downstairs after seeing Averine. The intruder ransacked the house and stole several minor articles and $1 in change.
Edwin D Mead spoke at St Pauls Episcopal Church on The Higher Patriotism, urging that true patriotism aligns with peace and unity. Former Senator William K Chandler introduced him, noting war costs and the need for restraint as they reviewed Tolstoy and Hague talks.
Financial brief notes 84,000,000 capital and surplus and 2 percent interest on checking accounts. Northwest Corner at Fifteenth and Pennsylvana Avenue. Charles J. Bell serves as President.
Louis Gordony Hammersley fourteen and his sister Katherina thirteen, nephews and niece of the late Hooker Hammersley, learned they stand to inherit about 100000000 dollars from their father and uncle. They reside with Aunt Sarah E Lowrie at Fifth Avenue and 84th Street. A Newsboys Lodge House concert in New Chambers Street entertained 300 newsies tonight, ending with surprised, joyous guests.
A published copy of Andrew Carnegie’s reply to Richard T Crane of Chicago defends technical education and Carnegie’s vision for schools. The letter discusses education progress, cites successful tradesmen, and argues that investment in education rises to right path, with revival services and sermons noted in Pittsburg and other cities.
Olgie King discovered a white female baby wrapped in a blanket in the vestibule of 918 H Street Northwest early yesterday. The infant began crying as Mr King opened the door and picked up the bundle into the house. The baby was turned over to District nurse Mrs Franey for care.
David Windsor a nineteen year old colored man of 287 F street northwest is jailed as the suspect in multiple pocketbook snatchings. He admits stopping two women including Miss Tacie Fawkes of 1884 Fifteenth street northwest and Miss Letitia Tyler of 1937 L street NW. A linted description matches, a black slouch hat noted, and Windsor allegedly confessed after being moved to headquarters. He previously escaped reform school, with one prior conviction for slot machine theft. Weather Bureau reports a Texas storm now moving toward New York with mixed precipitation and widespread cold across the eastern half, warnings issued for several states.
George S Loftus of St Paul president of the Minnesota Shippers Association files with the Interstate Commerce Commission to probe the Pullman Sleeping Car Company. The petition alleges unjust rates and unfair railroad contracts, citing $7,009,000 annual revenue on $125 million capitalization and calls for rate cuts including 25 percent reduction for lower berths.
John Ballard reports a robbery in Lafayette Square in front of the White House. Four black men assaulted him early yesterday, beating him, taking 17 cents and a pocket knife, and left him semi conscious as he neared Fifteenth Street. Ballard walked to the Third precinct seeking help.
Bishop Henry G Satterlee of the Episcopal Church and Policeman O H Coffin of the Second precinct, with two servants, organized an improvised fire brigade last night. They extinguished a third floor blaze at the bishop’s home, 1497 Massachusetts Avenue, where curtains and upholstery were damaged to about $20. Coffin discovered the fire while on rounds at 1045, rang the bell, and the bishop joined in hastening up the stairs. Wind is believed to have blown a curtain over a study lamp, starting the fire.
Rome reports that Abyssinian King Menelik expressed sorrow and regret over the Lugh incident. He promised to withdraw Abyssinians and abandon occupied towns, while denying prior knowledge of the act and urging the status quo be maintained. The note seeks reparation and satisfaction for Italy.
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