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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1904
Page
3
Cabinet meeting discussed finance and politics as July expenditures totaled about 20 million above receipts, shrinking the working balance below 30 million. Secretary Shaw noted no call on bank depositaries is needed soon, with the Treasury holding 112 million in bank deposits.
Washington correspondent Arthur J. Dodge of the Milwaukee Sentinel returns to report on Wisconsin political cues. He notes questions about the regularity of tickets and the course of court actions may influence support for Roosevelt.
Marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously in listed morning newspapers at no extra charge. Papers include The New York Times Boston Globe Philadelphia Public Ledger St Louis Republic and others. text ends incoherently with several city names.
Notices of marriages and funerals dated July 1904 list Edwia Jansen Ida Mills and others in Frederick, Arlington, and Columbia. A July 27 wedding at Dorset Congregational Church in Wisconsin is recorded with Eloise Carhart as bride’s sister officiant. Obituaries include Sarah Yranzoni and Kate Eveleth with funeral arrangements announced for July and late July services at St Pauls and Oak Hill Cemetery respectively.
A health office record lists numerous deaths with ages and residences, including Mary Heatt 48 at Providence Hospital, infant Mary Burleigh at Freedmen's Hospital aged 7 days, Elen D Campbell 8 months, George D Evans 11 years, Patrick Finley 6 months, and many others. Entries cover addresses on 24th Street SE, 6th Street NW, N Street, E Capitol, Princeton Street, and more, noting hospitals such as Providence, Columbia, Garfield, and Wash Aaylum along with ages from 1 day to 80 years.
Senator Spooner and associates delay Supreme Court action on party tickets. Mandamus cases start before August 9 with a full presentation in September. Roosevelt remains popular in Wisconsin and Minnesota, with Gold Democrats and many Democrats likely to back Roosevelt over Parker. Regardless of court rulings, La Follette tickets stay on the Meld, and both factions will mobilize to maximize Roosevelt’s statewide and national support. Governor race uncertainty lingers amid voter loyalty questions.
President Roosevelt yesterday took Cabinet members Morton and Metcalf on a lengthy countryside walk from Oyster Bay toward the outskirts. The pace kept them in a dog trot as the president’s fitness showed, and Metcalf returned exhausted to the Arlington before later plans.
President Roosevelt opened Cabinet day with Senator Proctor of Vermont meeting in the Executive Offices. Proctor said Vermont’s Democrats are united, but the state will yield its usual Republican majority. General O O Howard planned to campaign for Roosevelt and arrange services with National Chairman Cortelyou.
Vice Presidential candidate Henry G. Davis spent a long day at Graceland in Elkins West Virginia not leaving his office until six oclock. He took a brief stroll then and skipped his usual ride on Billy. Davis appeared in good health and spirits and praised the campaign organization plans.
Justice Blanchard of the Montana Supreme Court today vacated a temporary injunction that restrained the U S Circuit Court in Montana from pursuing contempt proceedings against E Rollins Morse and others. The decision asserts the state court lacks authority to block federal court orders and removes the injunction.
A series of brief notices reports the deaths of F T Wyatt a former Kansas City Times editor and writer for Chicago dailies Frederick Goodall Royal Academy member born 1822 William McLennan noted Canadian author dies in Italy Henry T Nash auditor for Harris Co dies in Seattle aged 65 plus a Boston fragment on the Macdonough destroyer’s arrival in Charlestown Navy Yard for the Grand Army encampment and a minor collision with a barge amid tidal conditions
Rock Island Railroad wins a condemnation suit against the Wabash in a decision by Judge Wood. The ruling addresses land valued at 1.6 million dollars sought for terminal use. The case is one of five involving Rock Island and Wabash railroads in the dispute.
Millbrook dairy breeder C Howard Davison of Altamount Farm is seen as a leading candidate to become Assistant Secretary of Agriculture as President Roosevelt weighs several rivals. The White House and cabinet discussions focus on a practical farmer with livestock expertise, amid ongoing jockeying from New York Ohio Minnesota Maryland and Kansas contenders. Secretary Wilson heads to Denver for cattle raisers meeting, with appointment expected soon and official word pending from the White House.
A sprawling political canvas shows West Virginia Democrats shaping the Parkersburg convention, with hints of a Davis candidacy and a Dalley governor bid. In California and Texas, Bard supporters surge while Houston clashes over congressional nominee Ball and Holt, signaling a volatile party battle influenced by fiscal and railway interests.
New York news lists ships sailing and clearing ports on July 29. Arable sailed for Liverpool while Lucania Anchorra Vaderland Minne tonka Island Calabria and others cleared for European ports. Vessels arriving include Pretoria from New York and Fotscism from New York.
In Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys the coal dispute over check-weighmen and docking bosses drew scrutiny as operators issued an official statement. Umpire Carroll D Wright was asked to decide on whether all miners should fund check-weighmen, with Warriner of Lehigh Valley Coal Co citing a prior board resolution and noting firms oppose dismissing workers unwilling to back the checkman system.
Milne workers at Coxe Brothers Drifton meet and vote to ask anthracite conciliation board head to convene by August 2 for final settlement of the unloading rock dispute. Delegates from 5000 Coxe miners to attend Hazleton convention August 4. If board fails, strike sentiment and possible suspension of Coxe operations loom.
In a San Francisco Sunday column, an elderly man explains an inherited behavior guiding seating choices. He argues corner and wall seats offer protection and visibility, tracing the pattern to prehistoric cave-dwelling ancestors and the instinct to observe surroundings while staying shielded from rear threats.
The season brings caretakers from modest homes into aristocratic areas to guard houses for months. They live in basements, receive no pay, and rely on recommendations within families or friends. Quiet, orderly, and careful, they protect wealth and maintain neighborhood norms during the summer.
United States Steel Company announced the purchase of the Trenton Iron Company's wire plant in New York. The deal used 5 percent second mortgage bonds. about 107,000,000 of these bonds outstanding. The plant, founded by Peter Cooper in 1847, is capitalized at 2,000,000 with 600,000 issued. Officials offered no statement on the purchase’s purpose.
Judge Putnam in the United States Circuit Court today entered a final decree of foreclosure and sale against building plants in various parts of the country controlled by the United States Shipbuilding Company. The action was brought in equity by the Mercantile Trust Company of New York and the New York Security and Trust Company of New York.
A lovers quarrel yields two notes revealing modern social trends. Herbert F. Wright fears an appendicitis threatens a three week cruise and Muriel Acton declines, citing possible illness and family worry. The doctor reads both notes, transforming the scene into a drama of uncertainty and humor.
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