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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1908
Page
21
Senators fear a crisis as efforts to force him to drop a measure to reinstate soldiers provoke resistance. The move would block revelations of the presidents letters and curb executive rebuke, amid pressure on an Ohio congressman to withdraw his proposal. Indignation mounts among lawmakers over the epistles.
The Constitution grants Congress power to regulate land and naval forces while the President serves as Commander in Chief. Reports cite tense Senate discussions on executive supremacy, potential censures, and responses to military governance questions.
Announcement made yesterday at the home of the papal delegate, Rev. Tusreds Fucconin, that Auxiliary Bishop Muldoon of Chivazo has been recommended as bishop of Stockford Ti. Muldoon’s name has been sent to Rome, but the pope has not yet appointed.
Advertisement claims the Pyramid Pile Cure cures piles in days or weeks without surgery. It asserts relief from swelling, congestion, ulcers, and fissures, with no business downtime, and offers a free vital sample from Pyramid Drug Co at 148 Pyramid Bldg Marshall Michigan.
In a white African American quarrel at 58 Cedar Street during a confrontation involving Mary Thomas George Wilson and Walter Donalded, a lamp was overturned causing burns to Bryant, a 58 year old Negro woman who died at Freedmen's Hospital yesterday morning. The coroner will hold an inquest tomorrow.
Samuel W Waters, 31, a negro, was arrested last night by Central Office Detectives Evans and O'Dea charged with petit larceny. Waters had been employed by F S Lincoln, a stationery dealer at 612 Twelfth Street Northwest, and is accused of stealing from the store.
Miss Gertrude Clements, alarmed by a break in, called police as a gigantic negro burst into her kitchen. After a fierce fight with Lieut. Falvey and Officers McGrath and Conners, the suspect was captured, dragged to the hallway, and sent to Casualty Hospital for treatment after a fall in the patrol wagon.
The article details Bishop Brent's response to a cable from Manila about becoming bishop of Washington. It notes Charles H. Fallaway’s account of Brent’s work in Manila, the church’s early Philippines history, and Brent’s guiding principles as he contemplates the call, balancing duty and justice.
The Washington Readers' Club presented a recital at the Church of Our Father on Thirteen Kaeng L streets northwest last night for the benefit of Associated Charities. A large audience attended and the program featured J. Riley Stanton Miss Bertha Frances Wolfe Mrs Bertha M Tilden Prof Charlemagne Koehler Bliss Isabel Mathilde Pechiln W D McFarland Mrs Elizabeth R Walton Alfred Falconer Miss Emma J Ostrander Miss Grace Ross Walter Humphrey Miss Maude Belle Rice and Frederick H Barbour. Prof W H Saunders directed the program.
A District Bar Association event featured Justices Harlan Wright Gould Stafford and others playing a charity baseball game at Marshall Hall. Harlan's team won with three hits for the justice at bat and a notable fielding play by Wright from deep center. A rifle shoot and banter followed the game as 125 Blackstone adherents attended the court-side gathering.
A large attendance at the Ebbit Frou red parlor marked the annual district meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution last night. Mary Weox was re elected recording secretary Anna Hazleton treasurer Starriet Richardson chosen to succeed Mrs Beard as corresponding secretary Margaret White elected chaplain. The group approved by law revisions led by chairwoman William Oscar Roome and noted a Detroit speaker Emma Fox will discuss parliamentary law May 38 at the Willard. State regent Howard T Hodgkins presided.
Wu Ting-fang the Chinese Minister will explain why he became a vegetarian at Miss Richards' Current Tonic Class in the morning at Rauscher's. He has long abstained from meats and sodas and will refute claims that he drinks water only. The event will include members of the first Current Topics Class from Mrs. Job Barnard's home in 1895.
A large congressional delegation attended with Senators Daniel of Virginia Gulber son Texas and William Alden Smith of Michigan plus Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio and Minority Leader John Sharp Williams. Officials from Washington including Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commission General J Franklin Bell Weather Bureau chief Wills Moore Secret Service chief John Wilkie and Dr H W Wiley were present.
Miss Rosa B. Bevis and George B. Bray of Avalon Va came to Washington and halted their wedding as the minister began the service. Bevis, about eighteen, told friends she had changed her mind during the reading, delaying the ceremony. Bray appeared astonished. the pair then postponed the marriage and returned to Avalon on the same train after paying the fee.
Wisconsin paper makers propose switching to black paper with white ink to cut costs. They claim black stock can be made from reused fiber and would halve paper prices, with only the Sunday color section printed on white. The illustration shows legibility would be preserved with white ink on black paper.
Announcement of District Attorney Daniel W. Baker’s engagement to Nettie Wheeler Lewis of Hyattsville Md. wedding planned next month. Baker, a Germantown resident, earns congratulations from peers and family as the marriage draws near.
Reports describe a new 0-cent package with curative claims for various skin and sexual ailments. The offer promises 50-cent packages and a $2 jar available in Washington at Ogram's and O'Donnell's drug stores, with free samples by writing to Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Miss Annie Anderson and Miss Annie J. McFarland, Morton Avenue School teachers, apologized to pupils after riding a Chester Traction Co street car during a heavy rainstorm amid a strike boycott. They expressed sympathy with the strikers, pledged not to ride again, and both teachers are ill at home with possible transfer to another school.
The body of Van D. Canada, Glen Echo Md postmaster, missing since March 1, was found in the Potomac River near Glymont. A book in a pocket identified him. Authorities traced a sighting of a body near Bryan's Point and planned a river search.
The Weather Bureau reports low pressure off Maine, a western low from Manitoba to El Paso bringing cold air and rain across the Rockies, with snow in the mountains. Rain in New England Middle Atlantic Lower Lakes, warmer inland valleys, and possible snow showers Sunday in New England and western Plains. Coastal winds vary by region. Temperatures range from mid 40s to mid 60s in early morning and afternoon. Tide and river notes include high tides around 2:52 PM and 3:45 PM, low tides around 10:04 PM and 10:25 PM, with the Potomac river at Harpers Ferry very muddy May 9.
A long advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming 40 366 readers recommend it. It promises benefits for blood appetites fatigue rheumatism and a range of troubles and urges readers to start using a bottle today. The text also mentions products with terms like Sarsatabe and a pricing note of 100 doses for one dollar.
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