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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1905
Page
1
A sweeping probe targets the Department of Agriculture and a New York broker profit scheme. The report implicates Edwin Holmes and alleges advance leaks that influenced cotton prices. Hyde denied involvement. bureau may reorganize to curb future speculation. Holmes’s status and secrecy around the report drew heavy public attention.
Darlington Trust Company in Charleston announces temporary suspension due to financial troubles. Lido, cashier, reports the bank with $50 000 capital and $12 000 paid in. R Keith Dargan heads Independent Of Company. Williamson elected bank president two weeks ago and reportedly named receiver by a judge. directors held a special session yesterday.
July 7 report describes an obstruction on the Westbound Overland Limited near Owensboro. Engineer and fireman spotted debris on the track, applying brakes to avert disaster as the pilot struck the obstruction. No fatalities. incident halted the train just as the obstacle was encountered.
New York reports Grover Cleveland refutes retirement rumors stating no plan to quit the Equitable Life Assurance Society trusteeship. Local agents push for a statement on solvency. a three member committee sent the notice to Superintendent Hendricks. Berlin demands details on reserving German policy funds by August one, affecting 700000 and 250000 dollars respectively.
Thousands of Methodist workers in Denver attend sunrise and forenoon sessions at Trinity Church and various assemblies. Afternoon mass meetings hear preachers discuss the Sabbath, foreign populations, and the churchless ages. The next biennial meeting place may be Columbus or Birmingham. Robert L. Reamy condemns tobacco fumes as moral poison and urges smoke control in public spaces.
Two Swedish visitors, Miss Maggie Thorin and Miss Elin Olson, guests of Mrs. Perrin of Embreeville Iron Co., drowned while wading the Nolachucky River near Embreeville Tennessee. Olson stepped into fifteen feet of water dragging Thorin. a ferryman arrived too late as Salma Johnson cried for help. Both bodies recovered after hours.
Chicago July 7 John Wicher 22 was arrested charged with drowning his six month old boy in the Chicago River. The body was recovered and identified by the mother Anna Wicher Sherard who said Wicher left home after a quarrel saying I take care of this kid. He was arrested on the mother’s complaint for failure to support the child.
In Milwaukee on July 1 the General Paper Company case saw further complications as F T Harmon refused to answer if he would bring company hooks and records to court. Attorneys for the government seek a show cause order from Judge Seaman. The day focused on the pricing arrangements between the General Paper Company and its affiliates. Separately in Milwaukee, Michael Dan, former city building inspector and ex-sheriff, was sentenced to eighteen months for taking a $1500 bribe from Pabst Brewing for a special permit. the Supreme Court denied a new trial on appeal.
Amos Holmes was executed for criminal assault on a white woman in Averys Island last February. The sentence was carried out at the parish jail at 2 PM in front of about forty witnesses. The method used was the trap, resulting in Holmes' neck breaking under the 91,00 Frederick, Antietam (Keddysville), Hagerstown and Return, Baltimore and Ohio R R.
Oyster Bay July 7 1903 Elihu Root accepted President Roosevelts tender of the Secretaryship of State with the oath to follow in about two weeks He will resign his law practice and not go to Washington permanently until September The President honored John Hay describing his life and service as exemplary and noted Roots personal sacrifices for public duty He urged Americans to value leaders who place high ideals above money making and praised Roots readiness to serve the nation.
In a cabinet reflection the President notes that true service may require sacrifice and urges a national sentiment that honors such work in public and private life. Roosevelt returns to Oyster Bay after Ocean Grove, meeting Baron Kaneko and discussing peace negotiations as Elihu Root prepares to retire from the State Department.
Secretary Root appears likely to gain control of Panama Canal administration, with Taft ready to relinquish canal duties. The move would place both Magoon’s US minister post and the isthmus governorship under the Secretary of State, though no final decision has been made. Sale of furniture and gram ac at Sloan's, 107th Street, today.
Charles C May former president of the Big Bend National Bank at Davenport Washington was arrested in Boston as a fugitive from justice. He faces an indictment in Washington for misappropriating about 28 500 lent to a mining company without director approval. May was arraigned in Spokane and held on 45000 bail pending hearing.
Eleven fog drivers lost control of a batteau and drowned as it swamped on the Chippewa River near Little Falls dam in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Sixteen other men had previously crossed the river safely before the accident occurred.
New York reports the arrest of Grove Collins on a green goods mail fraud charge with bail set at 2500 dollars. Oklahoma postmaster tests an express shipment tied to the scam and federal prosecutors seek further testimony at the next hearing. Also in brief are bankruptcy filing by Mrs James Brown Potter and a tale of hidden gold pieces in potatoes in Cleveland. A Baltimore and Ohio weekend rail pass offers travel to Atlantic City and nearby resorts.
New Jersey Governor Stokes dined with Dr Horace Norton and found no funds to settle the bill. The clerk refused to charge, the governor demanded payment, and Walter stepped up to cover the cost, with the incident described as a joke on the governor.
A blaze destroyed the upper floors of a seven story factory on Hudson Street and Ninth Avenue. About a score of firefighters were seriously burned or overcome by smoke. Lieut Noth and foremen Fred Werner John Findley Robert Johnson Lawrence Hasley Frank Lennon and Neil Donohue were among the most seriously injured and were rushed to hospital after a back draft explosion on the fifth floor hurled them down the stairs.
Scandal swirls around the Allison clan of Philadelphia as John C Allison and Irene B Allison face charges of marital infidelity with William C Allison. The matter, heard before Squire Brook at Ardmore, had bail set at one dollar for trial in Norristown. Separate reports note the divorce of Mare Joseph J Wooldrop, daughter of a late political figure, on grounds of desertion after secret proceedings.
Private deposits valued at about 50000 vanished from the defunct Commercial Bank in Hagerstown Indiana. The missing funds emerged after a safe contents examination following cashier Joh Bowman s suicide on July 3. The bank doors remain closed and authorities appoint J A Spekenhler as receiver for the troubled institution.
Government Official Removed President's Praise of Root Plot to Dethrone the Czar Warning to Army Officers Teachers Listen to Roosevelt Kangag Of Fight Paul Jones Remains at Cherbourg Spanish Treasure Ship Found National Guard Affairs Virginia Educators in Session Editorial Comment King Alfonso Paris Visit Talks with Washington Visitors Social and Personal Nationals Lose Two Games New Players Join the Team Racing Results and Entries LHstriet Coal Contract Investigation at GPO Ambassador Rosen Here Differential Ruling Attacked Reaction is Wall Street Summer Trade Quiet Story of Church Chair Rabbi Simons Tribute to Hay News Notes from London Reviews of New Book The Legal Record Seeing Tour at Trivial Cost Tips and People Who Give Them
Secretary Taft visited military posts around San Francisco Bay aboard the tug Slocum and spoke at the University of California Berkeley on Chinese exclusion urging keeping out coolies while admitting merchants and students He emphasized education in the Philippines and the coast institutions' role in guiding Filipino schooling Alice Roosevelt suffered in the heat but recovered to attend a reception hosted by Mrs Eleanor Martin in the evening.
Chief Pierle of the Bureau of City Property resigns at Director Potter's request. Potter's letter cites sixteen city property bills approved with certificates by police lieutenants as potentially improper, signaling negligence and threats to the department’s integrity. Pierle has been a notable figure in local politics since 1881.
The French and German salvage tugs raised the submarine Farfadet, sunk at the entrance to Sidi Abdallah harbor, Tunis. Air and provisions revived the incased crew. the vessel hung upright, towed into shallow water. An Italian tug aided in rescue as Thomson went to Bizerta to probe the sinking cause.
Stockholm reports Sweden enacting precautionary frontier measures to counter Norway's alleged threat. The Swedish treasury borrowed 8 million dollars for extraordinary expenditures. Rumor of two Norwegian officers arrested at Christiania over loyalty to King Oscar circulates without confirmation. Merchants verify capital withdrawal from Norwegian banks by financiers.
The American protest over the mistreatment of A A Gargiulo, first dragoman of the legation, led to swift action. The Sultan dispatched Guil Bey to Lelshamn to convey sincere regrets and announced the instant dismissal of the offending official, ending the incident.
A Vienna Chronicle report claims Russian reactionaries plot to dethrone the Czar choosing Grand Duke Alexander or Grand Duke Michael as successor. The tale notes palace revolution risks, possible move to Ilyinskoye near Moscow, and tension across the fleet as Potemkin mutiny rumors unfold amid Black Sea operations and Ottoman coastal rumors.
A black man named Lon Beard, arrested for assault, was lynched at Normandy while being transported from Taylorsville to Shelbyville. A mob of about twenty five entered the day coach and shot him as he sat down, ending the tale of the attempted safe-keeping transfer.
In Georgetown area last night three men fired a stick of dynamite at a picnic party of eighteen to twenty. The device fell short injuring two relatives, Louis Connor and his daughter Mary, neither seriously. Suspects fled and police search continues. Bail denied for Gaynor and Greene by Judge Quimet in Montreal. Baltimore and Ohio rail fare notes and Grand Lodge convention details wrap the fragment.
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