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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
In a cramped rear office, Andrew Carnegie discusses railroad rate regulation with a visitor for The Post. He critiques rebates and Senate power, defends reform, and muses on spelling changes while noting the broader push for language simplification.
The Washington Post reports a claimed reconciliation and remarriage of Capt. George C. Broome and his wife formerly Miss Barber from Washington. Mrs. Broome states there is no truth to the report and a reconciliation is impossible.
A major fire at the Penn Copper Company’s smelting and processing complex in Grand Encampment, Wyoming, nearly leveled the plant. Estimated losses reach 30,000 dollars, with half covered by insurance. the smelting building was saved and the cause remains a mystery.
The Board of Trade adopted a comprehensive district wide plan to encourage manufacturing in Washington without dissent. It cites census data showing Washington as a growing industrial center with higher wages, outlines a permanent commerce and manufacturing subcommittee, and features education efforts to counter misperceptions about industrial growth. The meeting also debated Reform School oversight, fire safety bill implications, and a pending court records storage request.
Dr John A Houston a 47 year old manager of a private sanitarium at Northampton Massachusetts was struck by an eastbound streetcar on Fourteenth Street Northwest while stepping in front of a second westbound car. He suffered skull base fracture and brain concussion and was taken to Emergency Hospital in serious condition after being knocked several feet from the tracks. He had been visiting friends at the Capitol and was en route to a dinner party when the accident occurred. Police notified after his friends waited for his arrival.
Judge Bondy introduces a resolution urging Congress to pass Senate bill No. 5201 to buy 160 acres along Tuck Creek. President Wilson notes the Board’s push for park expansion, broader water service, and deepening the Potomac Channel between Alexandria and Washington, arguing founders’ parkway vision should guide suburban park development.
The estate of Josephine Evaent, who died recently, will be sent to her mother Mrs. STulda Kent in New York. Kent, unable to travel due to illness and funds, asks for a deed to the Rock Creek Cemetery lot where Miss Evaent was buried. A $400 life policy and personal effects were left behind.
In Dumblane near Tennallytown a city block was bought by the Order of The Staters of Providence of St. Marys of the Woods for 36372.20 dollars. The 4.78 square foot parcel was bought from Patrick J. Brennan, who had acquired it from the Misses Patten and Corbin. R W Walker & Son handled the negotiations. It is not yet known what will be done with the land, but a school is likely to be built there in the future.
Special to The Washington Post details a sea rescue seen by the Sehren crew near the Atlantic equator. A distant mirage showed a four masted bark. later the same craft passed near, with crew aboard and a life boat taking a man from the water. Cadet Bradshaw's court martial sentence was disapproved and he will be released.
The Council of Jewish Women plans an April 15 coupon event at Abe Eighth Street Temple offering admission by coupon. A 1.06 prize goes to the lady with the most coupons. two thousand extra prizes are promised by a wholesale merchant. Mildred Wallace is among notable contestants in the piano contest, with supportive letters urging recognition of Letter Carriers’ Relief Association and a call to boost votes for local contestants.
Messrs Miersch and Gichner and Miss Schade presented a German lit society program at 1012 Ninth street. Miersch played Beethoven and Schubert selections, Gichner delivered a vivid recitation, and Miss Schade gave Ulland’s The Minstrel's Curse with piano support. April will bring Ludwig Fulda's Under Four Eyes at Carroll Institute Hall.
Mrs Calling, who swallowed Jaudant on Tuesday, showed some improvement yesterday. She resided at 407 Sixth Street Northwest, reportedly in a despondent mood for some time. Owner Mrs Devlin ran the house.
London dispatch reports the Red Star Line steamer Kroonland after leaving New York on March 17 reached Dover at midnight in heavy easterly gales. Engines failed briefly, coal ran low, and speed slowed to about thirteen knots late in the voyage. A separate note from Palermo mentions the Italian steamer Inia arriving ashore leaking badly and needing discharge and repairs.
The Washington board of education refused to hear Mrs. Anna E. B. Murray on alleged irregularities in negro kindergarten management and discrimination. A subcommittee recommended dropping the charges, and the request to be heard was denied. The session also discussed normal school eligibility, playground space, spelling reform, and teacher raises and transfers.
Police reports show ongoing thefts across the District by sneak thieves and alleged false-key workers. Incidents include a pocketbook with $40 and a $100 note, a $6 money drawer at a telegraph office, stolen laundry contents, a 40 pound chest of tea, a sleeper’s coat and gloves, a diamond pin, a gold watch, a shirtwaist, and four bicycles from several apartment buildings.
Former Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck married the divorced wife of John Hertle in Broadway Tabernacle with few witnesses. The couple sails to Europe for a honeymoon aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II and plans to reside largely in Paris. The bride, 47, has three daughters and had a secret divorce process earlier in 1905.
In Lockland Ohio a white thief stormed Mrs C Bechmidt's bakery and seized an $800 cash and $2,000 in gold bonds. After a struggle the thief escaped with the box. Mrs Bechmidt had planned to rely on bank funds kept in safekeeping. The report notes the bold daytime robbery and the suspect's escape.
Weather Bureau bulletin notes clear to partly cloudy nationwide with heavy rain in the Gulf and South Atlantic, warnings of river stages. Forecast calls for continuing rain in East Gulf and South Atlantic regions, fair elsewhere with moderate temperatures and variable winds along coasts. Local readings include midnight 51, noon 61, high 61, low 4, humidity around 49 percent.
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