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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
2
A Fortnightly tour will preach the city’s growth while Reach Maryland Tobaggd Raisers advocate growth and New York Merchants' Association pushes a reduced fare plan to bring merchants to the metropolis. A Freight Committee plans a meeting next week, likely Wednesday.
Maryland Tobacco Growers and Commission Man met at Hotel Rennett Baltimore. Copies of The Washington Post July 28 were circulated praising its article on Maryland tobacco crop as a factor in Greater Washington development. Post copies will be mailed to local press in Southern Maryland counties. August meetings planned to raise awareness. secretary to convey thanks to The Post for highlighting a matter of interest to Washington and Southern Maryland.
The Maryland tobacco growers association met in Baltimore to chart a two week tour through Southern Maryland aiming to strengthen membership and boost interest in the tobacco industry. The plan promotes Greater Washington as a center for factories to cut freight by local processing and cut Baltimore trade flows.
At Jamestown show grounds near Fea the association weighs September action on a Burnham Commission model exhibit and a local show house for Byert goods. The publicity committee will review these ideas after organization sets real work.
On a Chesapeake Beach excursion train a militiaman and two other men were stabbed during a post outing brawl. Gustave Anderson aged 28 of Mount Falner Md suffered five stab wounds, Charles Grimes 19 of Swining City received one stab wound. Dr Rama treated the injured at the Casualty Hospital. Police arrested Buck Talbert 20 of Bladensburg, a train news agent, and locked him in Marlboro jail.
James A Conner aged ninety nine of Rhode Island avenue died at 9 15 this evening. A West Virginian by birth he moved to Pennsylvania then operated stage routes before becoming a plumber. He retired twenty years ago and lived with his daughter Mrs Thomas Humphrey. He celebrated a golden wedding in 1831 and was a longtime Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church treasurer. Survived by three daughters ten grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. The funeral will be held at Hamline Church at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon.
Police from the Fifth precinct arrest William Eliott, 36, of 207 K Street Southeast, as a suspect in ongoing freight-car robberies. He faces a hearing in Police Court today. Several other arrests have been made in the case and some defendants are out on bail.
A man found floating in the Potomac near Three Sisters Island by Captain J J Kendrick aboard the Walter Meade is unidentified. Weighing about 150 pounds and five feet seven inches, he appears to be an Italian about 30 to 35 years old. He wore a coarse suit and carried a pocket with a photograph showing three men, one resembling the deceased. If not identified by this afternoon, burial will be in Potter's Field.
The text urges strengthening and toning the stomach as the sole remedy for dyspepsia, arguing the organ is weak and unable to perform its functions due to repeated improper use. It emphasizes a process of conditioning the stomach rather than alternative cures.
Four trains convey the District Guard to Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna where about 1500 officers and enlisted men will camp under General Frederick D Grant. Militia from Maryland Vermont New York New Jersey West Virginia and Connecticut join regulars for a week long training with special attention to army etiquette and transport details.
The Twenty seventh United States Field Artillery from Vermont and the Fifth United States Cavalry from Fort Myer Va are to join regulars for a state militia training school at Mount Gretna. The National Guard of the District of Columbia and the First Battalion of the Delaware Militia expected tomorrow. Gen Grant to bry to appoint a commission of regular army officers to observe maneuvers and assess damages on leased grounds between Colebrook and Lawn. The commission includes Capt Edward W McCashe, Capt Perry Miles, Capt Frank A Barton, and Capt Lawrence Miller.
Ice restrictions ease as the Kreger, Kennebec, and the Frank B Stinson load cargoes totaling about 3 000 tons on the Ninth Street wharf and more sea ice supply arrives. Mutual and Alexandria interests shift tonnage to American, restoring regular stocks for hot weather. Chapin & Sacks plant aims to reach seventy five tons daily, easing shortages. In Randle Park woods a sectarian camp meeting runs ten days with daily services at 11 am, 2 pm, and 7 pm led by Rev J E B Irvine.
A Zionist mass meeting on Ninth Street near Massachusetts Avenue Northwest will discuss practical work toward establishing a colony for Russian Jews in Palestine. New York speakers Rev Mr Orlansky and Mr Fromenshon will deliver principal addresses in Jewish and English respectively. The gathering, starting at 2 PM, is hosted by the Southeastern Council of Zionists of Baltimore and will include a report on the last convention of the American Federation of Zionists.
A man attacks a couple at Dr John Haley’s drug store on East Capitol Street at 8 PM. The smaller assailant pummels a six foot tall man while a woman, handsome in a dark dress, looks on. The attacker escapes as police pursue. The injured man needed stitches. the woman remains unidentified.
Commissioner West orders police to arrest residents after Health Officer Woodward lists eighty six insanitary properties found by inspectors during a campaign for a cleaner city. Prosecutions will follow in Police Court as investigations verify neglect of regulations amid weed growth at vacant lots.
A notorious con artist Lord Barrington, accused of murder and multiple bigamous marriages, receives a sixty day extension to file the transcript for his death sentence appeal. The Missouri case recalls his swindling career in the United States and England, marrying wealthy women to seize property and funds.
The Weather Bureau reports unsettled and showery conditions in the central valleys of Texas and the northern districts west of the Rockies, with generally fair weather elsewhere. Temperatures vary, with hotter readings in the Mississippi Valley and cooler in North Dakota and Montana. Showers expected Sunday in Atlantic and Gulf states, with thunderstorms in the East and South likely to cap high temperatures. Local readings list temperatures from early morning to evening, with a broad panorama of U.S. city readings and tide tables.
A parent describes how Cuticura ointment and soap cured his infant son's eczema after doctors failed. The letter praises dramatic improvement within one course, claiming full restoration by April 16, 1905, from Brooklyn, New York.
Four committees led by Prof T H H Teegan to gather exhibits for Dublin 1907 Exposition visited Washington yesterday. P J Lalty P P Galway and Lieut Col Hackett met leading citizens to discuss exposition details and arrange permanent representation in Washington.
Fragmented OCR records guerrilla of Gan James TF Lockwood organizing garrisons in Highwood Peoria and Columbus Ohio while John Trower is named supervising engineer for the Norfolk and Washington line. Funeral notices, memorials, and recalls fill the city scenes with scattered addresses and fraternal events.
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