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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
24
Col Lester, one of nine remaining Confederate veterans in the Georgia delegation, faces likely death after a fall from a hotel cupola. Doctors warned recovery was unlikely within twenty four hours as friends describe the hopeful storyteller’s fall and speculation about an air ship rumor at the hotel.
Early morning rush caused a collision between Tompkins Avenue and Grand Street streetcars at the Manhattan end of the Williamsburg Bridge. Seven Brooklyn passengers suffered serious injuries from shattered glass and contusions as brakes failed to stop the rear car. Motorman Frank Bangin and Linus Beck of the ahead car acted to minimize harm. crowds and police managed the scene while ambulances transported victims to Delancey Street station for treatment.
Daniel L Robertson, 41, a navy yard employee, told Dr Hays at Casualty Hospital he had suffered years and tried to die by inhaling chloroform at his home on Thirteenth Street Northeast. His mother found him unconscious and he was revived at the hospital with help from Fifth precinct officers.
Wesley Gardner, last five years with the United States Forestry Service, died at Episcopal Eye Bar and Throat Hospital at 1 o'clock last evening. The body moved to Twenty Street Southeast for funeral services. Survived by his mother and two sisters. his mother is from Montana. Gardner was a Yale and Harvard graduate.
Sorfalk Va June 15 Charles H Treat United States Treasurer led Virginia Bankers Association at Old Point Comfort. He reviewed the department history from its founding by Skinner and urged more small denomination currency especially one dollar bills. The rest of the text shifts to unrelated chatter about Flatman inheriting a fortune and seeking a country farm, with a misquoted anecdote about May and a farm move.
Baltimore Md June 18 the convention of the Nationall Association of Credit Men closed with a banquet at the fifth Regiment Armory. Secretary Learse M Shaw and Navy Secretary Bonaparte addressed the gathering. President Roosevelt sent greetings via telegram praising a strong merchant marine and arbitration.
The biennial meeting of the General Society of the War of 1812 will be held at the Cosmos Club starting at 10 30 a m with President General John Cadwalader and other officers expected to attend. Delegations from several states will be present. after the business session, delegates and DC members will visit Mount Vernon and dine at the New Willard. Panama Foreign Secretary Santiago de la Guardia resigns and plans to campaign for First Vice Presidency.
Vienna reports strong belief that King Otto of Bavaria will be deposed soon amid court discussions to end Bavaria being ruled in the name of an insane sovereign. Prince Luitpold's visit is said to have spurred plans approved by German and Austrian courts to install him as king. Otto, now isolated and neglected, is described as deteriorating and unapproachable, sustained only by crumbs and fruit.
Defense lawyers for George E. Green and W D Doremus began their case after the government rested in a postal fraud bribery trial. Testimony showed Thurston and Stanchfield swore Wynne denied statements to them about Beavers and the canceling machines. Several witnesses impeached Truesdell by detailing his hostility toward Green and desire for revenge.
Following a war declaration two fleets clashed as British Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson and Lord Charles Beresford led 235 warships against Sir William May and ninety enemy ships. The Blue fleet lost nine torpedo boat destroyers and a gun boat in attempts to attack Portsmouth Sheerness and Mersey. Two blue torpedo boats were captured and enemy gun boats taken off Alderney. searchlight service warned of raiders.
Mexico City June 15 Guatemalan revolutionists claim their forces are growing and General Toledo will soon launch a rapid march on Guatemala City. They report he has received large quantities of ammunition and matériel, and that his men are in excellent campaign condition.
A Minden Louisiana special reports Grover Cunningham and George Huff were struck and killed by a train at Spring Air early today. Both men had been indicted recently by the grand jury Cunningham for embezzlement and Huff for larceny.
Lincoln Beachey steered a gas bag craft over the Potomac as a 19 year old navigator, with crowds cheering and a tugboat whistle greeting the airship. Thousands of District children will witness the display Monday with Beachey circling the Washington Monument before returning to Lane Park.
Seattle dispatch reports the gasoline schooner Argus burned off Destruction Island with a crew of twelve believed dead. The wreck arrived at port gutted, with two rigging lines intact, suggesting an explosion. The Argus was en route from Eneay Sound to San Francisco carrying lumber for the Pacific Ship Company of San Francisco.
Weather and wind outlooks cover much of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with forecasts for showery conditions in parts of the central and eastern United States and temperate to cooler trends in the northern regions. A brief historical note traces the development of passenger rail, citing early American horse car lines in New York City and milestones in Boston Philadelphia and London.
A graphic serial reports the unknown woman Helene de Krebel who died by her own hand at Liften's Hotel Pimlico after a troubled life that spanned Russia America England and France. The tale alleges revolutionary ties and betrayal, with letters and trunks tied to a pursuit of identity and retribution.
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