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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
2
The narrative describes a man missing after climbing stairs to an attic cupola at a hotel. Locked doors and a broken gate hinder entry while friends pledge action and predict likely fatal outcome. Col Lester, a Confederate veteran, is cited among Georgia's nine surviving House members as physicians note slim chances of recovery within twenty four hours.
Seven Brooklyn residents were severely injured in a collision between a Tompkins Avenue car and a Grand Street car at the Williamsburg Bridge approach. Brakes failed to stop the Tompkins car, glass shattered across both cars, and Motorman Frank Bangin and Linus Beck acted to minimize casualties. Passengers were treated at Delancey Street station while officers controlled a growing crowd.
Daniel L Robertson, forty one, a navy yard employee, said he suffered years of pain and used a cloth saturated with chloroform to his mouth in his Thirteenth Street northeast home yesterday afternoon. Found unconscious by his mother, he was rushed to Casualty Hospital where Dr Hays revived him.
Wesley Gardner longtime U S Forestry Service employee died last night at Episcopal Eye Bar and Throat Hospital. The body was taken to Twenty Street Southeast for funeral services after his mother arrived from Montana. Gardner was a Yale and Harvard graduate and is survived by his mother and two sisters.
Sorfalk Va June 15 Charles H Treat Treasurer of the United States spoke at the Virginia Bankers Association at Old Point Comfort reviewing the department’s history since Skinner and urging more small denomination currency especially ones and twos He touched on scattered remarks about a fortune and a farmer but the main point remains a call for more small bills.
A banquet at the fifth Regiment Armory ends the convention with addresses by Secretary Learse M. Shaw and Secretary Charies J. Bonaparte. President Roose wishes are read via telegram. Topics include public sentiment, monetary policy, and a proposed Peacemaker battleship name. New officers elected include Mr. Fassenrless as president and Thomas P. Robbins as vice president. next meeting location chosen for Chicago.
Visiting delegates and local members of the General Society of the War of 1812 will gather at the Cosmos Club at 10:30 a.m. for a biennial meeting led by President General John Cadwalader. Delegates from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and the District of Columbia will attend, with Mount Vernon visits to follow and a Willard Hotel dinner in the evening. Panama foreign secretary Santiago de la Guardia resigns to pursue a bid for First Vice Presidency.
Vienna reports indicate strong probability that King Otto of Bavaria will be deposed soon. Discussions in court circles, aided by Prince Luitpold, consider ending Bavaria's rule under a presumed insane monarch. Otto, declared insane when crowned twenty years ago, has declined severely and is kept apart with minimal nourishment.
Defense for George E. Green and W D Doremus began presenting evidence in a bribery and conspiracy trial over postal fraud. Former Senator Thurston and Stanchfield testified Wynne denied, under Beavers, trusting Beavers on canceling machine orders. Witnesses contradicted Truesdell by detailing his hostility toward Green and desire for revenge.
After a war declaration the British Red fleet of 235 ships and the Blue fleet of 90 ships clash near Portsmouth and Sheerness. Nine enemy torpedo boats and a gun boat are reported lost. Blue torpedo boats and gun boats are captured near Alderney. Searchlights provide early warning of raid approaches.
Mexico City June 15 Guatemalan revolutionists claim their forces are increasing and Gen Toledo will begin a rapid march on Guatemala City within a few days. They report large ammunition shipments and favorable conditions for the campaign.
A Minden special reports Grover Cunningham and George Huff were struck and killed by a train at Spring Air early today. Cunningham faced embezzlement charges and Huff faced larceny charges from a recent grand jury indictment.
Lincoln Beachey, a 19 year old aeronaut, commanded the air ship over the Potomac in a display begun at Lane Park. Thousands of District children will witness the craft with Beachey circling the Washington Monument before a park return.
The gasoline schooner Argus, burned and gutted after an explosion off Destruction Island, arrived wreckage at Seattle as the crew of twelve is presumed dead. Capt. Bridget of the Asuncion suspects the crew perished in an explosion, and the loss of thirteen men is feared. The Argus, bound from Enay Sound to San Francisco with lumber, was owned by the Pacific Ship Company of San Francisco.
Weather and marine forecasts cover U S Department of Agriculture reports, regional temperatures, wind, and storm warnings from Jupiter to Key West. Local data include midnight to evening readings, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine, plus remarks on steamer departures for Europe. A historical note traces the first American passenger railway to New York City in 1831 and outlines early global lines from Boston, Philadelphia, Liverpool, and Paris.
A graphic tale traces Helene de Krebel, about thirty seven, linked to a Paris revolu tionary plot and a life of flight across Russia, America, England, and France. Her death by self harm at Liften’s Hotel in Pimlico triggers a sprawling inquiry and speculations about espionage and betrayal.
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