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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
1
Reports from New York indicate Russell Sage’s wife Mrs Sage will distribute the bulk of her late husband’s fortune to charities valued at about 40 million dollars. The will leaves 25 thousand dollars to each of twenty five nephews and nieces and portions to great nephews and others, with executors named and possible contest on Mrs Sage’s competence.
A fragmented travel and foot care note details a Sunday trip from Baltimore to Frederick Keedysville and Antietam via Hagerstown with morning departures and return times. It advertises Omega Ol trial bottle and an inviting day in court or court-like setting.
A fast northbound St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern train derailed on a sharp curve near Ironton Missouri. Engineer W J Edy of St Louis was killed, fireman George Ricard of De Soto seriously injured, others bruised. Baggage mail car and two coaches plunged into an embankment. passengers largely unharmed.
Springfield Missouri July 2 Thirty people were injured in a partial wreck of a west bound St Louis and San Francisco train. Two fatally injured were Ro J Thorp of Monticello Missouri and Mrs Kate Shelley. The crash was caused by a defective switch. Three coaches passed over safely while the fourth derailed and overturned. The smoking car stayed on track and most passengers sustained minor injuries.
American Secretary of State Root arrives in Rio de Janeiro to attend the Pan American Congress. Charleston with Root aboard is greeted by gun salutes and a royal barge landing. Root, Nabuco, and Griscom address crowds at Abrantes Palace amid florally decorated grounds and a grand reception.
West Iran Spain envy? Madrid journals criticize the arbitration between Guatemala and El Salvador via the United States. They say Spain should act as arbiter due to language ties and archives on Spanish America. The Heraldo warns the US move echoes the Monroe doctrine and urges a stronger Spanish policy to restore prestige in the hemisphere.
Amid turmoil in St Petersburg, six government spies lie dead as revolutionary factions clash with police. Across Poland and provinces, political assassinations rise while strikes spread. Groups urge armed action and a republic while authorities curb meetings. A manifesto to peasants soldiers and citizens calls for liberty as the regime touts rising revenues.
The reading of the manifesto in churches will not be followed by services as the Bishop of Poltava held a Te Deum for the dissolution. An observer says the Emperor shows high spirits after suppressing parliament and plans a reorganized cabinet with non-bureaucratic elements to push strong handed reform.
Former Congressman Charles P. Dorr of West Virginia was found senseless in a doorway at Twenty seventh Street and Sixth Avenue by a police officer. Rough men fled as investigators approached. A surgeon revived him after fifteen minutes, with hospital staff noting he had been given a powerful drug and pockets robbed of several hundred dollars.
Providence R L July 27 Dr Jerome B Greene dropped dead today while making a patriotic address at the annual outing of the Fifth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery of which he was historian. Dr Greene was seventy seven years old and well known as a writer on historical subjects.
A man writes his own obituary and designs a parade for his death detailing participants from Gen. Lyon Post to Phenix Engine Co and Masons. Funeral to be held at Thrall Park with Grand Army of the Republic services, cremation at Fresh Pond, Countess von Boss to perform music, and an urn presentation to two ladies per his will.
Grand jury indicts four House smiths and Bridgemen's Union members for felonious assault in the death of special policeman Michael Butler at the Play a Hotel. Defendants George M. Smith John Behan John Enright and William Kuren pled not guilty before Recorder Goff with Behan released on bail. Speedy trials expected as district attorney's office plans rapid disposition.
Special to The Washington Post Chicago July 27 Twenty five thousand dollars for seven days professional service billed to Marshall Field estate by Dr Frank Billings who went to New York when Mr Field was 11 of oneements last January This rate roughly 3522 a day and one of the largest fees for a physician in the United States where no surgical operation occurred Executors have not decided on the claim and rumor says it may go to suit A separate claim by Dr Janeway of New York has not been filed at this time.
Jefferson County lawyers face a rare habeas corpus action in the Williams case from Cullman. Judge Weaver granted the writ twelve hours before Williams’s planned execution for murder, while Gov. Jelks issued a respite to allow a sanity hearing. Ammonia fumes delayed transfer as deputies guarded the Birmingham jail.
Chicago July 37 Alderman Daniel Her uhy of the Twenty-eighth ward was expelled from the Steam Engineers Union for proposing a city council resolution urging the State legislature to punish assaults on women and girls with death. The union condemned outrages on women and children and denounced him as a traitor to the trades union movement.
Two bombs were dropped from a Third Avenue elevated train into a crowd of about 200 plumbers gathering for a union meeting. Six injured were treated at Bellevue Hospital and released. President Thompson of Local 430 blamed a rival union member, as police searched the area with no definite suspects.
About twenty five deputy sheriffs and many farmers armed with shotguns surround woods three miles south of Wading River to trap a tramp who shot Deputy Sheriff George Stillwell. The fugitive fled after a wagon stop, firing at Stillwell. Justice of the Peace H A Payne helped subdue the prisoner.
New Orleans July 27 A proposal backed by city health officer Dr Quitman Kohnke calls for releasing top minnows into stagnant pools to destroy yellow fever mosquitoes and prevent breeding He suggests petitioning the U S government to establish a breeding pond in New Orleans for stocking the waters with minnows.
George P. Brock former cashier of the Doylestown National Bank was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at hard labor by Judge McPherson in Philadelphia. An appeal was filed and Brock was released on $10,000 bond pending appeal. Harry Lear former bank president was convicted similarly and faces a five year term beginning August 2 unless appealed to the Supreme Court.
Plaquemine La July 7 Robert Poindexter a Black man died in a related incident here today. Poindexter and Black Diamond Rigsby, both Black, fatally struck two members of the Busto family last winter and, while being pursued here by train, Rigsby fatally injured Sheriff Petit and his guard before being killed by a passenger.
Warren Ohio residents react to the discovery of a headless body in a berry patch near Leavittsburg. The victim is Albert Kennedy of Hills Missouri, recently living in Mantua. A daughter is missing. police investigate if she accompanied him. Kennedy carried little money, was last seen in Kansas City, and may have been killed for his funds.
In Poughkeepsie a suspect in the January murder of Mrs. Arthur W. Gantry is to be released after her husband and investigators concluded the man in jail is not the Chicago killer. The husband, after meeting the prisoner, said he is not the man. A Chicago contact and height details supported the misidentification.
United States Commissioner Shields presided a peonage case against New York employment agent &. GH. Schwartz charged with forcing Benjamin Wilenski, a 50 year old man, to work in Florida turpentine camps. Schwartz claimed his role ended with employment and shipment. Schwartz held on 3000 bail. Also reported five Lettish revolutionists condemned to death by court martial in Mitau. Lumber trust notice lists stock boards at Libbey & Co.
Secretary Elmer Dover of the Republican National Committee arrives in New York to brief GOP headquarters and discuss tariff revision amid district by district sentiment. He argues a stand pat on tariffs could backfire in several districts and predicts Congress or Roosevelt will drive tariff inquiry before the next national campaign.
Houston July 27 Hope McAshan son of J E McAshan prominent bankers and ex president of the Texagy Bankers Association remains missing after leaving the University of Texas law school last Sunday search continues. Believed wandering the country temporarily deranged due to intense study, he is a nephew of Haka Smuth of Georgia. The notice also advertises Terminal Storage Co facilities and storage services with a separate shipping offer for California round trip via Baltimore Ohio.
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