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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1907
Page
32
At a Gridiron dinner Roosevelt and Senator Foraker sparred openly over the Brownsville affair and presidential intervention. The exchange lasted about an hour as Foraker rejected executive encroachment while Roosevelt pressed reforms and denounced Wall Street figures Morgan and Rogers, provoking a charged, public confrontation.
A Gridiron Club dinner led to a tense clash between Senator Foraker and President Roosevelt. Foraker delivered a fierce, pointed explication of the President, while Roosevelt listened and the toastmaster tried to ease the mood. The exchange, marked by dramatic rhetoric and lasting tension, highlighted partisan strains as the banquet ended unfinished.
An impromptu exchange at a Gridiron Club dinner in which President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker clashed over the Brownsville affair. Foraker argued the president erred by labeling the case discussion academic and warned of legal and constitutional breaches while citing sergeant Mingo Sanders and his pension prospects. Spectators cheered Foraker’s bold defense before the president retook the floor.
Berlin reports a massive explosion at the Boden coal mine near St Johann in the Saar region. At least 90 miners trapped, with the death toll feared to exceed 500 as a second blast halts rescue efforts. Fire, poisonous gas, and blocked galleries complicate a search that may take days to weeks. French officials send condolences to Kaiser Wilhelm while rescue crews battle flames and gas.
Special report from Jefferson City Maryland notes that within twenty four hours a resolution may be introduced to probe the gubernatorial campaign fund. State Insurance Superintendent Vandiver likely to be summoned to disclose contributions by John H. Carrell of Burlington Railroad. Telegraphed correspondence between Col Carroll and Vandiver may be revived. Carrell reportedly prepared to testify and claims a receipt for a $50 contribution, ready for exhibition to the rightful committee.
United States Senator Dryden visited Trenton New Jersey to meet Republican lawmakers over objections to his reelection, arranging a conference for next Monday at 2 PM with Hillery Barber and other GOP critics present.
Aust January 28 The Texas legislature debated allegations from press reports that Senator Bailey used wing women and money to influence his re election bid. A legislative investigating committee was formed in both houses, but no material facts emerged. Auditor Nandai questioned. B. Griet did not appear.
Reed Knox, son of Senator Philander C. Knox, and Miss Bessie McCook, member of the Fighting McCook family, wed last night at Christ Episcopal Church rectory in Alexandria Virginia. The ceremony was a sudden romance planned after a dinner with chaperones Dr and Mrs Shultz. The couple returned to Washington, where a late supper followed at the Shoreham. Reed Knox is an assistant clerk to the Senate Committee on Coast Defenses with a $1440 salary. Senator Knox advised taking the bride to relatives and returning home to discuss plans.
A sudden rain squall in Hongkong sank over fifty Chinese crafts within ten minutes, drowning more than 10 natives while no white casualties were reported. Shore launches rescued many occupants as wreckage flooded the harbor and the river steamer Paul Bean drifted free but remained undamaged.
A massive blaze swept the New York Transportation Company garage at Mighth avenue and West Forty-ninth street just before midnight. The fire damaged a costly electric charging plant, two private cars, and the garage itself, with explosions blowing out a section of the roof. Night watchman Nicholas Vandervoort escaped from the flames, his clothing on fire, as residents watched a dangerous inferno extend across Forty-ninth Street. Firemen contained the blaze after fifteen minutes, while nearby tenements suffered scorching and panic among residents.
Index to todays issue notes a nine thaw jurors and two suffers tell of ordeal in Townsend murder case. Army murder trial at Pittsburgh and funeral of Gen Alger are listed, with social and sporting items and several public notices.
The Washington Post reports Harry E. Oelrichs twenty-two of East Fifty-fifth Street served as elevator boy at the Flatiron Building. He was in charge to spare tenants the climb as the Fuller Construction Company faced a wage strike by his fellow elevator workers. After quitting, he treated the strike with indifference, remarking on life’s ups and downs.
In Cincinnati this morning Rev R C Jamieson, a district presiding elder, denounced parlor gambling. He said he loves fine horses and would rather bet on a horse race than play euchre for a prize, criticizing churchgoers who back the preacher and then gossip about cheats after losses.
In Pittsburg the divorced couple Mrs Della M Donner and Wiera Donner sat four hours at their nine year old daughter Margaret’s bedside without a word, as the child died. Afterward Mrs Donner, summoned from a hotel, left with no exchange of ceremony or sentiment, while her ex husband did not turn toward the door.
Special to The Washington Post New York Jan 2 Joan T Williams a Lincoln National Bank teller of four years was found dead in bushes near Bronx Park. An empty two ounce bottle labeled chloroform was near the body Williams had been sick since Thursday and confined to bed with pneumonia Bank cash was checked and correct Coroner's Physician Reigelman ruled death a likely self inflicted drug overdose using Laudanum
W. J. Connell, former Nebraska congressman, was found guilty of contempt by Judge Sutton after a multi day trial. Sentence reserved until tomorrow. The alleged contempt stemmed from actions by Connell, an attorney for President Howell of the Omaha Coal Dealers Association, in the coal trust case. Connell served in the Fifty first Congress, defeating J Sterling Morton, and later lost to W Bryan.
Special cable dispatch to The Washington Post reports Count Leo Tolstoi, famed writer and social reformer, seriously ill in St Petersburg. The condition is believed critical as inquiries come from literary men and members of the society to his Fasnata Palans residence.
The court adjourned with nine jurors selected to try Harry K Thaw for the Stanford White murder. Juror numbers eight and nine were Charles D Newton, a retired railroad executive, and J D Haas, a young candy maker. The panel faced a heavy backlog as 173 of 200 talesmen had been examined, with a new venire of 100 to be summoned for tomorrow. The day included a chill courtroom due to heating failure and featured actor Jack Barrymore as a potential witness for the prosecution and Countess of Yarmouth in court.
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