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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
2
A Washington discussion centers on enforcement of immigration law, the President’s handling of deportations, and the China textile boycott. Speaker questions whether a bargain or coincidence led to suspending the law and curbing the boycott, while urging strict executive enforcement and accountability.
Senator Arthur Pas Gorman dies prompting over 600 telegrams and numerous official visits to the bereaved family. Funeral services are private at 11 o clock from the 1432 K Street residence with official Congress representatives and close friends invited. Clergy include Rev Wallace Radcliffe and Rev Frederick D Power. Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale and Rev A Rich End will attend but not participate. The Senate delays its session until 2 PM.
The Arkansas State Democratic Convention at Hot Springs endorsed William Jennings Bryan for the 1900 Democratic presidential nomination amid wild enthusiasm. Jefferson Davis was nominated for the Senate, with a party slate including Devernor, auditor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, and other state offices. In New York, Gov Folk of Missouri was named chair of Bryan’s New York reception committee.
Chairman Olcott said the government hospital for the insane investigation likely won’t finish before Congress adjournment. Fourteen witnesses, mostly attendants, were heard. testimony favored the institution’s administration and offered no new features. The inquiry resumes today.
B Stanley Simmons, city architect, won the first prize in the Elks home design contest for a north side 31st street site between Ninth and Tenth streets. Four local firms entered. second prize awarded with 200 dollars. Harding Upman Wood Down Deming took third. The award committee included May Richard A O'Brien and others with Louis A Simon as adviser. The French Renaissance style building will be 55 by 45 feet with club rooms roof garden a swimming pool and other features.
Advertisement claims starving body is cured by Dr Kings New Life Pills with digestion relief and rapid rise, priced 28 cents, available at all druggists and in newspapers.
Indy dispatch reports the Indiana Democratic convention opens to set a State ticket and platform for summer canvass. Champ Clark in Indianapolis cites tariff as keynote. Pro Bryan conservatives realigned. anti Taggart sentiment denied. fiscal restraint and anti trust planks favored. sumptuary laws to receive attention as resolutions committee shapes platform.
At Yankton on June 6 the South Dakota Democratic convention nominated a full ticket and endorsed government ownership of railroads. Delegates applauded each Bryan reference as leaders like J W Elder of Lawrence and S A Ramsey of Sanborn spoke. The platform urges government ownership of rail, telegraph, and telephone lines, with C Boyd Barrett chairing and Samuel A Ramsey as permanent chair.
Paris band leader John Philip Sousa testifies at a congressional patent hearing that phonographs threaten vocal music and obsolete singing. He cites fewer live performances and a drop in mandolin, banjo, and guitar sales, blaming rising machine costs and piracy.
President Reyes of Colombia aims to retire fluctuating paper money by securing loans totaling 2.5 million dollars with the Savanilla Railway and Muzo emerald mines as collateral. Fiscal agent Nemesia Camacho reports plans to place European capital into El Banco Central shares and raise about seven million dollars in gold to back new bank notes.
J A Anadale a plumber living at 1013 Tenth Street NW died at 4 10 am after a three month illness He was born in St Marys County Maryland and had lived in Washington over forty years He was active in Gold Fellow circles a member of Excelsior Lodge Mount Nebo Encampment and Washington Canton He is survived by his wife and three sons Al Hoover Charles A and Harry D Anadale
Fourteen year old Frank Parry was struck by a delivery wagon while playing on 86 street southwest yesterday afternoon. He suffered a sprained ankle and a minor wound but refused hospital care and was taken home where a family physician was summoned.
North Savings Bank announced purchase of the northwest corner of Fourteenth and U streets from P. J. Neligan. The 138 by 20 foot property hosts a three ship brick dwelling and will become the bank’s permanent home, with current quarters at 2408 Fourteenth Street retained temporarily. Plans consider remodeling or building an eight story apartment block, the first floor to house banking facilities.
A bolt of lightning struck the cupola of the Concord apartment house at New Hampshire and Oregon avenues causing a panic among residents. Women fled the halls while porters and men felt uneasy. after an investigation, repairs showed only a few feet of roofing removed and inhabitants returned home relieved.
Maj Estes G Rathbone of Ohio, former Cuba posts director, requests a hearing before the Senate Committee on Cuban Relations chaired by Sen Burnham. The Ohio legislature urged reopening the case. Sen Dick sought a preliminary hearing so Rathbone could testify for Congress. Rathbone is ready to appear to explain charges against Gen Wood.
At the Oldest Inhabitants Association gathering in the Corcoran Bullring last night resolutions of regret were read for Thomas Kirby and Thomas A. Brown. Allison Nailor Jr presided. New members elected included Thomas E. Smithson, William Lunsford, Richard Harmong, Owen T. Edgar, Lexious A Wood, William Oleara, and George Willner. Crosby Noyes invited members to Alton Farm in Montgomery County, Md., for a future gathering scheduled next week.
Sir Chentung Liang Cheng left Washington for Cleveland to speak to the Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Taft plans to attend West Point graduation on June 12 and may present diplomas. Miss Ethel Stoddard Denison gave a reading at the Nichols home. Sigma Alpha fraternity Georgetown students hold an annual banquet at Rauscher's with opening and closing speeches. Lewis Lumber Company incorporated with 25000 dollars capital by S A Lewis I Lewis and J W Carnanan. Fire from hot ashes damaged a moonshed at Edward Gwinn s Twenty-fifth Street NW. Pennsylvania Club to honor President Wesley B. Andrews with a reception. Connecticut Republican Association of DC to hold smoker and joint meeting at Grand Army Hall. Building commissioners report central heating plant for the new municipal building may not be funded. Anne M C Weight will to probate bequests jewelry and silverware to relatives, residue to Harriet B F Wright. Wright named executor.
The father of the promoter's second wife allocates provisions for grandchildren and designates Valley View Farm as a summer home. Income from the residuary estate will be divided among heirs, detailing estate distribution and use of the farm.
Daniel B Clarke Waggaman Juliana Rachel Waggaman Daniel and Mary Agnes Waggaman receive shares in Firemen Insurance Company and People’s Fire Insurance. Valley View Farm and 18 Massachusetts Avenue furniture go to Mrs Morse. Trustees manage estate with three-year income trust for Waggaman children and Mrs Morse, then distribute remaining residuary estate.
Albert W. Purcell, a young man who allegedly disguised as a negro, was found guilty of robbery by a jury in Criminal Court No. 2 before Justice Barnard and sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Moundaville. He protested innocence, claiming shoe blacking on a cloth tainted his face. The case followed reports of similar negro hold-ups.
Harvard-educated lawyer Everett B Latham, alleged head of a one man operation in Bogota, Colombia, faced grand larceny charges after drafts linked to the International Exchange Bank of South America failed to pay. He testified that the bank was run by Dr Herbert Spencer Dickey and that his role as agent or correspondent led to the disputed funds and his arrest. The case, tied to drafts and mining ventures, was continued to June 13 due to unresolved bonds and further statements.
John W. Foster, former Secretary of State, is named by the Chinese government as its representative at the upcoming Hagau conference. The article notes only one similar instance since 1868 when Burlingame, then American Minister to Pekin, led China in treaty negotiations.
Health office records show eighty nine deaths in the week ending yesterday, sixty nine fewer than the prior week. Of the deaths fifty four were white and thirty five were negro. Births numbered seventy seven, including sixty three white infants and thirty eight negro infants, a slight rise from the previous week.
An elderly veteran recounts years of coffee linked illness including severe malaria relapses. A doctor advised quitting coffee for Postum, which improved his health within days. Now seventy two, he works hard driving sixteen miles daily and praises Postum, noting it rivals coffee when prepared correctly.
Weather Bureau report notes low pressure across the United States and Canada with showers and thunderstorms in northern districts while the middle and southern districts remain fair and warm. Forecasts predict warm, generally fair conditions in the east and south, with local storms in the middle Atlantic states and the West and Southwest. Winds shift along coasts, with squalls possible Thursday and Friday in the Great Lakes region. storm warnings posted for Superior and Michigan.
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