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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
47
Gen Wyman reports to Secretary Cottleyou the investigation ordered by the President shows disease causing agents in city milk supplies. The findings warn of grave dangers to urban populations and stress the need for improved dairy hygiene and pasteurization standards.
A 19th century health discussion reports extensive bacterial contamination in milk from New York London Washington and other cities. It cites 14 percent tuberculous terms among samples and epidemic links to typhoid scarlet fever diphtheria and sore throat. Remedies propose pasteurization and stricter inspections of milk depots with emphasis on public health authority and citywide supervision.
Lows Schmidt, longtime Washington restaurateur born in Germany, died at his home 702 Seventh Street NW after a week of illness. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 PM from the family residence with Rev James J Barher officiating and Masonic rites at Rock Creek Cemetery. Survived by wife, son Milton Schmidt, and daughters Maude Schmidt and Emma Hoete.
Samuel Moyer of the Department of Justice is urged for the United States Jail warden post if Warden Harris resigns He is a law student who led his class debate and is brother to William Moyer the current penitentiary warden at Atlanta He is fifty years old and would accept the appointment if made.
Catholics and Episcopalians filled churches for Ash Wednesday observances marking the start of Lent. Services across denominations emphasized penance and rest from worldly amusements, with many Washingtonians joining Mardi Gras festivities before Lent began.
James McLaughlin, once a famed jockey, recalls the 1889 Wellington Park race where Huntress edged Montrose by a nose after a fierce duel. He details Montrose owner wagers, the sprint to the finish, and a pivotal leg entanglement that decided the outcome. He praises Luke Tackburn and Lulu Blackburo as notable horses in memory.
G C T Warner and F J Ward linemen formerly with a local telegraph company were sentenced to nine months each after pleading guilty to sealing wire from poles. They admitted climbing poles on B street between Sixth and Tenth Streets, cutting about a dozen ties, accumulating 155 pounds of wire and selling it for 628 dollars to a junk dealer.
Mrs Mary C Carr a Government Printing Office employee sought an absolute divorce from Vincent C Carr of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania after fifteen years of marriage alleging his excessive drunkenness and eventual desertion. She also charged infidelity and named a correspondent.
Ex Governor Frank Black argues against betting bans, urging regulation over prohibition as the hearing on the Jockey Club's proposal to replace open betting with the English credit betting system proceeds in Albany. Louis Marshall recalls the constitutional frame, while threats allegedly affecting Gov Hughes surface amid testimonies from Slicer and local officials.
New York March 4 Tod Sloan once famed jockey vows to expose corruption on the turf. He plans a detailed indictment of racing, betting rings, and bookmaking to support passage of the Hart Agnew bill and prevent his reinstatement. He says the public must know how horses are kept from winning and how bettors are fleeced.
Special to La Waaninguen ros from Mexico City says the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church meeting in Baltimore will create a missionary bishopric for Mexico and that Dr J W Butler, presiding elder of the Mexico district, is slated for the post.
A Paris wedding links American society to European aristocracy as Mrs Waldorf Astor plans a Paris stay, Miss Alice Ney Wetherbee marries Count Rudolph von Talna, and American names stir gossip. The piece traces romances, divorces, titles, and the appeal of American belles in London society. It notes Mrs Gardner Wetherbee hosting, the bride in gray crepe de chine, and mentions Miss Foulke and Plausible future matches among diplomats and nobility.
A Sevres and Dresden china sale opened at Christe. The Countess de Kessel's lot, bought two years ago for 30, sold for 3915. In the Sevres group a Wallace collection like jar dialer sold for 6710. Three Morin 1779 vases with covers and paintings brought 16800.
At the home of Mr and Mrs Harriman, Miss Carol Harriman, daughter of T H Harriman, was reported improving. Dr William G Lyle said the mastoiditis operation was entirely successful and recovery was certain.
New York March 4 extradition hearings in the Caldwell perjury case, tied to the Druce affair, featured Britain’s representative Fox failing to recognize Justice Clark’s authority to commit Caldwell to a mental institution. Marshal Mrox warned that if more definite facts are not provided before March 18, he will seek to test the validity of Justice Clark's order.
Cambridge observers report a new planetary object seen on eight nights by McLotte of Greenwich and noted by Kiel Observatory in a cablegram. Harvard astronomers tentatively call it a satellite awaiting verification from large telescope data.
J J O Keefe plans remodeling of his grocery and tobacco store at Wat Fourteenth Street. He is clearing out high stock of wines and liquors at sacrifice prices with many well known brands available at substantial savings.
Officials estimate 6000 to 8000 telegraphers needed nationwide as nine hour work day begins. New York Central says it trained railroad telegraphers in advance. Pennsylvania Railroad adds 500 plus 344 more east of Pittsburgh. Lehigh Valley hires others who lost jobs in the recent strike. Some idle telegraphers numbered 2990 before the law.
Chicago Great Western president B Stickney told stockholders in London that unions caused financial trouble and losses of life by pressuring workers to assert rights over duties. He cited a 12 percent drop in gross earnings and a 12.5 percent rise in expenses in late 1907, noting maintenance costs rose due to poor workmanship and labor strife.
Eleanor Robson promotes two plays at National Theater Salomy Jane showcases California redwoods exterior scenes while Nurse Marjorie features supporting star J M Holland. Belasco’s Girls debuts satire on independent women, with Laura Nelson Hall and Charles Cherr s among cast. Caught in the Rain a Collier and Stewart comedy to be staged at the Columbia with a rain effect. Old Kentucky returns to New Academy for a week, preserving heart, humor, and a famous race track scene.
The Majestic advertises an extended run featuring George Ober in Rip Van Winkle. The new Catskills inspired version uses old Dutch costumes and scenography, highlighting Ober’s success in this popular piece and its warm reception among theatergoers.
Special to The Washington Fest New York Mark That forged notes bearing the name of CS Grant jr are in circulation warning pur chasers such notes are fraudulent and void Grant jr denies any such notes or obligations bearing his signature exist and a San Diego man says another Grant in the family knows nothing of the publication including a Brookline Mass relative named Grant Jr not connected to the warning.
A locomotive exploded two miles below Champion at Badlock this morning on a Southern Railway freight train traveling at about twenty miles an hour. Engineer Charles Nell of Port Valleys was scalded and internally injured. Two black brakemen were scalded, one fatally. The engine and four freight cars wrecked, track torn up for hundreds of yards. Cause of the blast unknown. Injured transferred to Fertvalle.
Lima March 4 The American torpedo flotilla will conduct maneuvers tomorrow off San Lorenzo Island with Navy students observing The flotilla commander Commander Sastres will host a dinner aboard the Peruvian transport Iquitos in honor of flotilla officers The American collier Arethusa with bow for the flotilla arrived today
The notice lists Lien Col Walter L Finley Thirteenth Dav Airy and Lieut Willam p Wolfer among officers appointed to a board at Fort Riley Kansas for examination for chaplain appointment. Also named are Maj Jom EH McMahon Sixth Field Artillery Capt Francis Beach Seventh Cavalry Capt Jom Wo kilbrether Sixth Field Artillery First Lieut Henry L Bonn First Clout Paul La Freeman and First Glest Alfrel Mo Hunter. Leave of absence for ten days granted with leave effective around March 4190.
Orders to naval officers include Lieut Com Tt Ritter assigned to Norfolk VA yard as duty ordnance officer Caetyn Ro OP Ingersoll detached duty Bureau of Ordnance. Torpedo boats Porter Blakely Thornton Delong and Tingley sail to Pensacola then St Josephs Bay for two weeks of target practice. Armed Tacoma at Fort de France Aretha at Calac Ball ed Alexander stam Cavite bound from St Kitts for Martinique.
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