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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
2
G L Hay, once renowned handwriting expert and lawyer, held national acclaim. He was a witty speaker and devoted his later years to advancing Washington's interests and public service.
Col Edwin B Hay longtime Washington resident dies at his home 1512 Corcoran street northwest at age 92 after illness of a week. Survived by wife two sons Edwin B Jr and Paul F and a daughter Fin tain. Funeral likely from St Paul Episcopal Church with Gridiron Club plans to attend. Hay known for honesty, public service, and wit. he served in law and handwriting expert with national reputation.
Col Hay died after a long life as an active member of Washington Lodge No 13 and the Grand Lodge. For thirty years he served as a gestry man of St. Pauls Episcopal Church. He held the honorary title of colonel and was a Democrat delegate from the District to the St Owls convention. He belonged to the Board of Trade and the Business Men's Association.
Charles Rueben Rouzee, 59, a noted merchant long with Royce & Marean and later National Electrical Supply, died yesterday at Garfield Hospital after a carriage mishap on Twelfth Street and Florida Avenue two weeks prior. He leaves a widow and six children, plus elderly parents, with funeral to be held tomorrow at the family home on Thirteenth Street Northwest.
London June 11 Ambassador Reid and Congressman Nicholas Longworth attended the House of Commons gallery to hear a debate on education. Mrs Longworth and Mrs Reid toured shopping districts before visiting the Alhambra Theater tonight to view the new ballet Lamon. The party's entrance was met with applause for a performance praised for music staging and costumes.
Superintendent Stuart says Western High School cadets properly apologized for displaying the flag won by Company H in victory. Director Hughes to restore the flag today or tomorrow. Officials note parade noise will be forbidden in future drills and celebrations will be restrained.
Fannie Lomax known as Aunt Fannie, a Colored woman who claimed to be nearly 106, died yesterday at her home near the Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge. She lived with son Solomon Lomax and celebrated her 104th birthday on January 15, 1906. Reverend J. G. Butler of Luther Place Memorial Church once served as one of her carters. Born in Virginia, she was mother to twelve children, eldest now eighty-five.
Officers erected for the ensuing year at the Young Peoples District Association of the Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting held last night at the home of Dr and Mrs Frank Bristol 320 C street NW are Miss Helen Ferguson president Miss Weille Hawke vice president Miss Annie K Swett recording secretary Mrs George Linking district corresponding secretary and Mrs Braumbaum treasurer Mrs Earl Cranston wife of Bishop Cranston described her trip to Porto Rico and Mrs D B Steel district secretary spoke of What the Young People of Washington Are Doing for Porto Rico
Fire razed an ice plant in Hopkinsville on Thursday but did not halt manufacturing. Investigators found 16,000 pounds of ice produced during the blaze and 359 freezing pans lowered into a tank beneath the floor. each pan held a block of pure ice.
In Chipley Georgia on June 11 T T Murrah a prominent merchant was shot and killed allegedly amid a feud with Ab Hasty a farmer. Hasty was arrested after the shooting but escaped from jail during the night and has not been recaptured, fleeing the vicinity.
Associate Justice Wendel Phillips Stafford addressed Georgetown Law graduates recalling the ideal lawyer combines intellect and morality. He warned wealth has monopolized top legal talent, urging more lawyers to defend the poor and uphold justice amid a demanding courtroom battlefield.
The Court of Appeals of the District announced prizes for top essays and debates. Charteau Bnetish of Pennsylvania won a forty dollar faculty cash prize and a Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure set for best fourth year essay. Robert J. Kennedy of Pennsylvania earned Smith's Leading Cases for best combined third and fourth year essay. Chavien Mattingly of Maryland and E M Gallagher of DC received wold medals for best individual debaters in public debates. Additional prizes recognized top averages in recitations and exams across first to third year, with names listed for each class. Degrees conferred include Bachelor of Law and Master of Law recipients, among many graduates.
Fifty members of Georgetown University's graduating class attended a banquet at the Raleigh Hotel. William P. F. Xx. Geoghan served as toastmaster. Respondents included Nehnel Leahy Rudolph Yeatman W Thomas Doar Robert Kennedy Wolflan Ghield McGundlian and Isaac I.
A long roster names George and others along with present officials including Rev David H Buel SJ president of the university Hon Harry N Clabaugh Hon Seth Shepard Hon Ashley M Gould Won Daniel Thew Wright Hon Wendell Phillips Hon Michael Colbert D W Baker James Henry Babcock fr Paul Carter Samuel B Crandall Frederick L Devereux Morates Ygnacio de Your Y John Duggan jr Hugh Connid Fisher John J Flanagap Willem F Ceoghan Alexander C Gibbs Werner Gibson Stephen Sylvester Grogan Louis Laval Hamby James H Hamill Berard I Heleman John F Hennessey Josegh G Hitman Charles Jo Kane William C Lonahan Paul Lesh John Loos James Bernard Malone Charles A McCarthy Charles McCullough Charles Colden Miller John Molloy John A Murphy Lawrence F Nolen Albert Osterman George Pasghal Philip Aloysius Slattery Jack Pendleton Stirewall Richard Z Taggart Reymond HH Van Nest John Douglas Wade Harry F Walters John F Zable
Post graduates at Georgetown University held a informal dinner at the Shoreham Hotel last night with J Garret Carter as toastmaster. The guest list included Judge L E McComas Hon Bath Shepard Hon Allin Browne George E Hamilton Frank T Cunningham and many others.
Mrs Lila S Pavey testified before the special House committee investigating the Government Hospital for the Insane describing cruelty and poor care. She recounted a patient with a broken hip kept in a cold foul smelling room with loud nurse quarrels and a young in competent attendant. Others reported spitting at dinner over tainted beef while some inmates recounted good treatment from a contracted surgeon’s son. The inquiry into conditions at the hospital continues.
John Brown, a New York hostler, faces trial for the Greenwich masked burglary and shooting of Mrs Antoinette Morrill. Damaging evidence was presented, including Brown's pawn of a revolver hours before the shooting and jailhouse claims about a gun he feared exposing him. Verdict to be sought by Wednesday as court recesses tomorrow.
Thieves entered the city post-office substation through a basement window at Otis H. Wood’s store in Stoneleigh Court and stole $72 from the cash register. Henry Moten, a 14 year old Black boy, was arrested on suspicion and will be held pending investigation.
Cross examination in the George E Green and W D Doremus postal fraud trial reveals Herbert J Truesdell denying receipt or recognition of a forged signed paper referred to by defense. He contradicts insinuations of payments and schemes, confirms discrepancies in ledgers, and notes that several witnesses may be called by the defense.
Eighteen passengers on a Cleveland and Southwestern electric car were injured when it derailed on a curve between Elyria and Grafton while speeding. The wreck left the car badly damaged with several serious injuries. most victims lived in Elyria Lorain or Grafton.
Hubert Ginsperger and his wife with four children fled San Francisco after the earthquake losing possessions. They stopped in Pittsburgh, failed to find work, and as their funds ran out the wife and children were admitted as lodgers at the House of Detention while the father sought lodging.
Father A P Doyle welcomes Catholic missionaries at McMatok Hall as Bishop Donahue chaired the session. The gathering, rooted in noncontroversial methods, heard praise for the Paulist movement and the goal to advance missionary work without religious disputes.
Due to damp, unhealthy conditions in the White House stables, Roosevelt’s personal horses have been moved to a distant stable. Several died from influenza and others were gravely ill with the disease. Congress has failed to secure funds for new stables, and only government horses remain on site. If no appropriation is approved next year, the remaining horses will be moved elsewhere and the White House stables closed.
In Detroit at the recorders court coroner Otto L Torpel was found not guilty after a third trial on the charge of obtaining money from the state under false pretenses by collecting fees for an alleged case. Jane Connolly reported the acquittal in Detroit, Mich on January 11.
A special train carrying members of the American Halfway Master Mechanics and Master Car Builders associations departed Chicago on a Baltimore and Ohio line at 1 o clock noon yesterday. The train, touted as the finest in modern construction, includes a baggage car, composite car with lounges, a dining car of exquisite pattern, four new Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars, a first time used bar car, an observation car Louisiana, and an engine battery of Pacific type. It left Grand Central Station and will reach Washington this morning for a two hour sightseeing stop before continuing.
Weather conditions from the Weather Bureau report on Monday evening outline a southern storm near the East Gulf with light intensity, high tides at Tampa, and rainfall in the South, Western states, and parts of the West. Temperatures are below average east of the Mississippi, with warnings of rain Tuesday in the East Gulf, South Atlantic, and Pacific regions, then generally fair midweek, and variable winds along coasts.
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