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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
2
A new tuberculosis hospital at Fourteenth and Varnum Streets is celebrated as the finest of its kind. Dr Percy Smith heads the facility with medical men inspecting the building and grounds. The opening includes patient inflow and a reception attended by physicians, businessmen, officials, and board members.
The widow of the late Brazilian president travels to Rio de Janeiro. The journey follows an intended royal plan announced by the king for Brazil’s leadership. Details remain unclear as the party departs today amid formalities.
About three hundred ninety of the thousand or more furloughed workers at the Washington Navy Yard were discharged effective July. Names will be struck from the rolls after the end of next month, ending any chance of reinstatement. Some have found work in other government departments or private firms, while others have been assigned to new posts by agencies such as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Robert McClusky sixty five, a Soldier Home inmate and Civil War veteran, slashed his throat with a comrade’s razor amid delusions that imaginary enemies would hang him. Comrades present. he died briefly but expected to recover at hospital.
The Weather Bureau reports general fall weather with showers in the south and northwest, snow in the northwest by weekend, and warmer conditions in the northeast and southern Atlantic coast. It notes variable winds, possible storms, and a detailed local report with temperatures, humidity, and sunshine hours for the Grand Banks region and nearby cities.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor denounces the Chicago Republican platform as intolerable and un-American. He says injunctions are a statute enabling coercive orders and insists on equality before the law for labor and nonworkmen alike, while refusing to discuss Democratic or Denver convention specifics.
The final committee meeting in New Carroll Hall outlined events for St Patrick Sunday school and academy boys and girls and for St Josephs and St Vincents orphans. Activities include races, sack races, tug of war, and a paired nine contest with prizes offered. Jonny Allen chairs with Dennis Connell Nathaniel Hill Albert Kearney Frank Milavick John Merking FJ Mirra Frank Jones and Harry McKenna as members.
Work on a 20000 ton battleship for Florida is slated to begin around mid summer at the New York Navy Yard. Plans mirror North Dakota and Delaware ships built by Fore River and Newport News yards. The Florida will be longer than those ships, feature flagship status, and likely use Parsons turbines for engine comparison with Curtis and reciprocating options. The North Dakota is expected to launch in fall while Delaware may slip into the water next spring.
Alonzo Herris found guilty of grand larceny for stealing a diamond pin and watch worth $140 from Mrs John F Dryden wife of former Senator John B Dryden. He was sentenced to ten years in prison after refusing to confess what happened to the jewels. The incident occurred during a reception at Mrs John Dalzell’s home in Pennsylvania where Herris worked as a doorman.
Two longtime city residents and Civil War veterans died within days of each other, both members of Barry Garrison Army and Navy Union, Potomac Post GAR, and both former city officials. Roubard Towler, who enlisted with the District of Columbia volunteers, died January 23 at his home on Monitelio avenue northeast. Lars Stanley Rathbun, Army of the Tennessee veteran, died Thursday at his home on Decatur Street, aged seventy nine. Funeral services for Towler were set for this afternoon at 3 o clock at Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church with George L Martwell officiating. Rathbun’s rites were to be held at his home at 1 oclock, conducted by Rev Mushall, with burial in Arlington.
A police unit faced gunfire as a rescue was attempted. Capt dn. Schneater of the Seventh mre Inet was struck near the eye by a bullet while guiding responders toward the station. The injury was described as slight. The event occurred amid ongoing orders to marshal responders to be in gaol order and maintain alertness. Meanwhile in Mexico City President Diary accepted an invitation to the Fourth of July celebration with President Ramin Comat also set to attend.
Bishop Connell conferred crosses and diplomas on 25 promoters at St Aloysius Parish Northwest. The ceremony, led by Rev Willam Kean and aides, celebrated devotion to the Sacred Heart and spreading the gospel. Recipients included Amanda Stewart, Margaret Hab, Elizabeth Healy, Mary Sherwood, and others from the parish’s 90 promoters within 6000 members.
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