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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
3
Gen Baron Kuroki hosted a luncheon at the Hotel Astor for American and Japanese guests. He placed a wreath on Grant's tomb, expressed gratification at the formation of the Japanese Society of New York, and praised Japanese courtesy shown through floral arrangements and refined table settings.
Brelsford family notices mark funeral from 41 Tenth Street Northwest on Monday at 3 PM with interment in Congressional Cemetery. Separate items list Virginia Clarke Lewis, Sarah J Lewis, MacAboy, Martha E Mathiot, Peverill, Reiser, Rupprecht and Saur obituaries with funeral times, places, and interment details.
A dense directory listing of Washington funeral homes and undertakers. Includes W R Speare, Adolph J Schippert, John M Mitchells Son, Thos B Sergeon, Costello & Bro, Frank Geter Sons, John R Wright Co, Wm Le, Wm H Sardo & Co, George P Zarhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Thos R Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, and others with addresses and phone numbers. entries note modern chapels, livery connections, and open day and night service.
Gen Kuroki dines with Gen Grant and a mix of American and Japanese guests led by Capt Tanaka translating. A new Japanese Society in New York is announced to foster friendly ties, with Viscount Aoki as honorary president and Dr Finley as president. Afterward, the party visits Grant's Tomb where Kuroki lays a wreath and pays respects before departing for New Haven.
Baron Gama and Baron Oza, leaders of Japan, visit to convey thanks for the famine aid from the United States. Gama, a Japanese general, will travel to Philadelphia then return to Washington. The gunboat Yorktown has arrived at Punta Arenas after a voyage from Corinto via Costa Rica.
Eva Clarkson an eighteen year old girl of Patterson Park avenue Baltimore died after taking carbolic acid in the early hours the day after writing a farewell note to her mother. She had been moody lately but said she bore no ill will toward anyone and hoped God would allow her to die.
Vienna reports the May elections under the new universal suffrage law reconstituting Parliament at 516 seats with 233 Germans 107 Czechs 82 Poles 33 Ruthenians 24 Slavonians 13 Servo-Croatians 19 Italians and 6 Roumanians. Clericals Agrarians and Poles expected to hold the majority. several ministers lost seats triggering reb bulots and dissolving Pan Germanic aims.
About 180000 people gathered in Perpignan on May 1 to press the government to address distress from overproduction and widespread sale of wine made from grapes, sugar, and illicit fermentation. Attendees arrived by rail and other transport. some refused fares. After a parade, a meeting urged immediate government action to curb illegal wine operations. Infantry and cavalry were on standby, but crowd calm. soldiers not required.
In Brest France May 19 the president and officers of the French Steamship Line inspected port facilities and likely suggested transferring their terminus from Havre to Brest. The harbor depth is thirty feet and a major dry dock nearing completion will handle an 800 foot vessel at any tide. In Liverpool May 19 a Cunard Line official denied Brest as a port of call.
Madrid May 19 Queen Victoria has given up nursing the Prince of Asturias due to many duties and a nurse from Santander has been obtained to care for him.
In Shanghai a mixed court trial of thirteen ringleaders from last May's outbreak saw Gov. Blennerhasset and two wardens wounded. Prisoners received sentences of five to twenty years while they urged that decapitation be preferable to imprisonment, with force used to remove them from the courtroom.
Ohio Republicans wrestle with Taft prospects as they fear rifts will hinder his bid. Indiana Illinois and Pennsylvania boosts unlikely until harmony returns. La Follette Cummins Hughes and land policy opposition shape Western views ahead of Denver policy talks. Senator Oraker Dick eye nonalignment as Taft seeks party unity.
Havana May 19 Gen Carlos Roloff Cuba's late treasurer and senior general of the liberation forces was buried today after lying in state at City Hall. The funeral featured military honors accorded by Magoon decree. The body entered Colon Cemetery under guard.
Six Japanese girls were found confined in high boxes aboard the steamer Cania in Victoria. Supposedly imported for immoral purposes, they were nearly fatally harmed by sulphur fumigation during the voyage. The boxes contained food and water, and the girls pleaded to escape as authorities prepared to send them back to Japan on the Canfa.
New York May 19 The annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers opens at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel with chief addresses on railroad legislation consular service foreign trade and child labor. Banquet speakers include Oscar S Straus Admiral Charles D Sigsbee Maj Gen J Franklin Bell U S Senator J B Toniver and Dr Joseph Dunn Burrelle with topics The Revolt of the Unincorporated and The Era of Work.
Special to The Washington Four reports William T. Root a thirty five year old former Chicago Stock Exchange member and Board of Trade figure held at Sheffield avenue police station as leader of a band of forgers burglars and counterfeit passers. Police say the group could have netted about twenty five thousand dollars. A woman calling herself Mrs Glenn Hoot posed as Root s wife and a man named Jim the Penman is among the gang members. Detectives recovered clothing cameras photographs and forged checks valued at about fifteen hundred dollars at a capture scene and more arrests followed. Root is described as the son of a former millionaire William Root once connected with the United States Secret Service.
President and Mrs Roosevelt and Archie spent a calm day near Charlottesville Virginia. They breakfasted at Plain Dealing then visited William Wilmer’s home near Glendower. They attended Christ Church services, greeted worshipers, and Archie attracted attention for his frail look. Two curious tourists later glimpsed Pine Knot in a sparsely furnished guest cabin.
Georgia prepares a public unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue of Gen John B Gordon near the State Capitol. The project cost about 25000 dollars with 10000 raised privately and 13009 allocated by the legislature to complete the work and appoint a commission as state agent.
A Shenandoah County jury ruled that a public press may abuse a public official without libel. Woodstock Mayor W G Campden fined a man for intoxication, then the mayor denounced drunkenness in print. The cited libel case ended with the defendant Roe acquitted on appeal in Harrison's court.
Boise May 19 witnesses for the state in the Haywood assassination case arrived to testify. Former Sheriff Angus Sutherland identified Harry Orchard after Gov Stuenenberg was killed. Jury selection slows with remaining challenges. city remains calm as proceedings continue.
Chicago unions aligned with the AFL largely ignored the Moyer Haywood demonstration, aiming to stop followers from joining. Despite desertion, about 400 marched, including Socialist ward clubs and IWW affiliates. The parade mixed anarchist and socialist symbols, with red banners visible despite police bans. A West Side window scene echoed Barbara Frichelle as a red banner flew aloft.
A lively procession garners cheers as historic names including John Brown and Roosevelt era leaders are invoked by banners. Honore Jaxon faces criticism from rival leaders in the Haywood Moyer conference while several long-deceased national figures are humorously cited as if present.
A May 1 report from St. Petersburg notes President Roosevelt’s letters quoting him calling certain individuals undesirables. The Novoe Vremya comments the remark could push Orama and ward to condemn Russia’s perceived pernicious acts and terrorism with courage.
Dr Alexander Graham Bell arrived in New York with his wife aboard the Amerika after a Europe trip to Oxford where he earned a doctor of science degree. He praised English motor cars and recounted visits in England, including Braunton and epitaph samples, before detailing plans for kite experiments at Bras d Or Lake and Cape Breton. He remains confident in heavier than air flight for future aviation. Kaiser Orders Heine Statue Removed. Heine statue to be moved from Corfu villa gardens per Berlin dispatches.
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