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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1910
Page
3
The report notes large trade volume and broad activity in cotton goods with price reductions and freer offerings of raw materials. Improvements in iron and steel are reported, but building operations are retarded. Shoemakers and leather trades show dull demand amid a generally subdued market.
Startling treatment claims quick relief for nerves and vitality with the Robinson Thermal Bath Cabinet. Advert reads miraculous improvements in energy, sleep, skin, and digestion, promising home use for any age or ailment.
Channing Ellery's Italian band performed a difficult program to strong acclaim at the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon.Selections included Tannhauser and Lohengrin excerpts and Faust prison scene, with soloists Croce and Giuli, Verd i Otello, Ave Maria, Jago Drinking Song, Les Patineurs, Mendelssohn Saltarello, Verdi La Traviata preludes, and a final encore In The Night. The next concert is Sunday at Zuclock, promising a refined program for Washington music lovers.
Grand jury testimony in Kansas City links Dr Hyde and Dr Stewart to typhoid evidence and traces the Swope estate. Witnesses report Typhoid germs borrowed and distribution of $4,000,000. Beneficiaries include Mrs Lo har O Swope and Thomas Swope with major bequests to Francis Fhle and Franek J Flunkett. charitable gifts noted.
A Norwegian minister aide refused to take an oath as a key witness in a car collision case. The nunne arrestee facing charges, with evidence centered on the machine that struck Hemun teis carriage near Fourteenth and Q streets. Judge Aukam initially balked, then allowed testimony with conditions, while Ritnee offered a defense about war rights and carriage blame, and Rinne sought personal immunity.
The engagement of Miss Julia Rowland Min to Arthur Howard Begit of Toronto Canada is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Rowland Min of New York. The couple plans a future marriage in the near term.
Raw market notes list produce items with price trends and movements. Entries cover butter, eggs, chickens, turkeys, pork, lard, tallow, cotton, oil, rosin, turpentine, molasses, sugar, coffee, potatoes, cabbage, peanuts, and other commodities. Several items show steady or firm tones with specific quantities and color descriptors in a dense, OCR-like ledger.
Market notes a steady wheat tone with premiums for No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern Duluth while futures drift after reports of cash demand and mixed outlook. Corn shows bullish export ban chatter and occasional upticks in May and July contracts amid limited cash transactions.
The final interlocutory divorce decree of Ava Willing Astor from Col John Jacob Astor, filed at White Plains, discloses custody terms for their children and allows the wife to remarry while the husband may not until her death. reports weigh possible annual income of $50,000 for Mrs Astor versus rumored lump sums, with details still unclear and the exact settlement undisclosed.
A Bible meeting held yesterday in Mount Vernon brought together members from various denominations in Waslington. Dr Berry of the Meal mission in Taria spoke, detailing 50 established stations and two traveling chapels aiding missionaries in the Seine and Loire valleys. Dr Joseph Kelly, pastor, gave the Bible lesson. Rev Dr D M Stearns delivered the closing address.
Secretary Strang, former Commerce and Labor chief, now US ambassador at Constantinople, has persuaded Sultan Gacar H Straus to postpone bids for several weeks to give American shipyards equal access. A budget of £5,000,000 funds two battleships two cruisers and ten destroyers. American firms urged to send representatives with financing power. cash deposits with an American bank may be required.
New Yorkers named to greet former President Theodore Roosevelt upon his Africa hunting expedition return. Mayor Gaynor and William Loeber lead a 100 member welcoming committee with figures like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Lloyd Griscom. Mrs Roosevelt and Miss Ethel Roosevelt sail for Alexandria to meet him in Khartoum. Miss Carow notes Roosevelt will visit Paris after two days at her villa near Porto Mauzi.
Opera bags and bronze desk weights signal a social shift as Col Astor reshapes his New York house for private affairs. Mrs Mackay backs home industries while Mrs Wilson circulates samples of American spices to compare with imports. A calico dance at Slerry’s showcases gowns, dances, and bridge tables, with a star turn by Billy Murray. A Philadelphia dinner ends with a theft of overcoats, a London club origins the Blue Bird for happiness seekers, and plans for an Adamless Jewish women’s club with selective guest dinners.
Special to The Washington Post from Brussels reports Princess Louise, eldest daughter of the late King Leopold, questions the throne’s estate rights and whether the nation’s property may have passed to a third party. She asks the government for clarification on property rights and succession, while sisters Princess Stephanie and Princess Clementine align with a court decision. the government refused to read the letter in the chamber.
The grand jury exonerated Mary Taggenmaker who had been held by the coroner as implicated in a quick pact with Jourdant, who killed himself December 1 in South Washington. Jourdant procured a pistol from Haggenmaker, who allegedly then changed his mind. Indictments named Carl Johnson, John Allen, Walter Willa, Samuel J Cook, George Blackwell, James Spencer, William Brooker, Marty King, and Frank Vernon for various crimes including housebreaking, larceny, and embezzlement.
Miss Ross Sliney of Clifton Street reported her brother Eugene Siltoy a year old draftsman with offices in the Battle Building has been missing since February 17 He carried a revolver when last seen causing family anxiety The event follows his recent depression and concern in the community
Special to The Washington Post. Mabel Pearl Chesnut and Cyrus Aylvester Johnston, both of Hancock, were married yesterday by Rev J P Feltner at the Methodist parsonage. Mrs Brubaker Dead at Berryville. Berryville reports the death of Mrs Vir a Mallie Brubaker, wife of Capt C W Brubaker, at her home this afternoon age 85. Survived by husband and one son, she was the daughter of the late William R. Alexander of Winchester, a noted criminal lawyer.
Former Vice President Fairbanks and his wife join the king and queen at a British court. Mrs Fairbanks wears white satin with pale blue velvet train and pearl ornaments. other guests include Mrs Winslow of New York, Mrs Goudy of New York, and Mrs Fox of Philadelphia in pale gowns and lace. The event features elaborate costumes, black and white ensembles, and a diplomatic circle with Russian ambassador’s wife Countess Henckendorff present in the absence of Mrs Whitelaw Reid.
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