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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1905
Page
1
Testimony from Meriwether’s classmates and Naval Academy officers centers on alleged hostility by Branch toward Meriwether and a culture of fighting to settle disputes. Witnesses describe prior reports, personal enmity, and the debate over hazing practices. The Navy orders exhumation for autopsy as part of the case.
Testimony describes a campus fight at the Naval Academy. Witnesses say Commander Colahen defended the fight as proper only if needed, and Midshipman Porter recounts a severely injured midshipman treated at the hospital. Admiral Brownson allegedly warned no investigation would occur for frat sanctioned fights. Court adjourned.
Cadets Gaborne Riley McAlster Seibels Richardson Stewart of South Carolina and Cohen of New York are under arrest at the South Carolina Military Academy awaiting court martial for chastising Cadet Leysath of Orangeburg County. Leysath sought discharge after alleging repeated hazing by upperclassmen. Investigation continues.
Mrs James Birdsong fatally shot Dr Thomas Butler at his Monticello office after a failed suicide attempt and gossip scandals. Her husband Dr Thomas Birdsong, a noted dentist, faces accessory charges as an inquest is held. Butler, nephew of former Gov Longino, leaves a widow and four children.
W H Ranke a Kansas City street car conductor was shot and killed by a negro highwayman on a Roanoke line trolley car. The thief, who boarded as a passenger, demanded money and fired when Ranko refused to surrender. Motorman S C Hloun attempted to intervene as the robber fled into the darkness.
The North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church suspended Rev. W. W. Wadsworth of Hartwell for one year after finding him guilty on charges related to his conduct toward a married woman. The conference concluded no trial was needed, under the care of Rev. H. S. Bradley. Separately, Stratton D. Brooks of Boston was named superintendent of Cleveland public schools, to start January 1. An article mentions improved sleeping car service to Pittsburgh via the Pennsylvania Railroad, with a through sleeper run from Washington to Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Mary Crocker Harrison wife of former Congressman Francis Burton Harrison died after an auto wreck on Thompson avenue Long Island City The vehicle struck a telegraph pole and overturned tossing occupants from the rear seat The chauffeur Constant Revert sustained a shoulder injury while Mrs Harrison and others suffered injuries including a broken neck for Mrs Harrison and multiple bruises for the Scotts and Crocker brother The party was en route to meet Francis Harrison and visit Fort Washington with Congressman Bourke Cochran in November 1910 New York dispatch Special to The Washington Post
Inspectors in the collision between the steamers Esparta and Magnolia report Esparta caused the crash by starboarding and signaling with a whistle while Magnolia’s red light was visible. Magnolia’s captain is cleared. Esparta pilot Arroyo and British status limit inspector jurisdiction. Magnolia damage valued at 25000 dollars, suit by the United States district attorney proceeds.
A jury awarded damages of 20 733 to C G A Loder in a Sherman act case against the National Druggists Association Philadelphia Wholesale Druggists Association and Philadelphia Retail Druggists Association. Loder sought 100 000 and would be entitled to triple damages under the Sherman law. The case before Judge Hollinden noted the alleged conspiracy impaired stock supply and hurt business.
Des Moines Iowa November William McWilliams aged thirty is under arrest charged with killing his wife four of his children and one daughter at Independence Iowa on Friday Additional evidence has been secured since the crime was discovered The coroner s jury heard evidence today McWilliams proclaims innocence neighbors report unusual behavior since a sunstroke two years ago They say he should be examined for insanity Police allege he beat his wife and the children with a hammer and butcher knife leaving the bodies on the kitchen floor
United States District Attorney Morrison filed a reply denying the Packers claims that they were compelled to testify and that immunity from future prosecution was promised. He also rejects claims that documentary evidence was seized by force. Both sides expect factual issues to be tried before a jury.
Intercepted message places John Hammond a twenty four year old carpenter in Tucson Arizona as detectives extend the search for him in Montreal and other cities. Hammond is implicated in the murder of his fifty seven year old wife whose body was found in an old trunk in their South Fe street flat tied with a clothes line and covered with chloride of lime.
Secret Service agents have operated at the Schuylkill Arsenal for a week investigating charges of collusion between officials and contractors. President Roosevelt ordered the inquiry with Washington support. A board of inquiry led by Majs Galbreth Greble and Baxter examined departments and employees as inspectors shifted blame and calls for arsenal reforms culminated in Col Pope moving headquarters to the depot.
Special to The Washington Post New York Louis Dalrymple the cartoonist with a Baltimore wife was moved this afternoon from 188 East Twenty-ninth Street to a Long Island sanitarium and is described as violently insane. Friends note long anxiety over his divorce troubles from his first wife Letitia Carpenter of Brooklyn and subsequent remarriage to Ann Good of Baltimore. He wandered near his home and has since become altered by hallucinations.
Details of the American ship Susquehanna wreck off Solomon Island show Captain Watt and crew narrowly escaping massacre by local blacks who feared the ex-chief’s death linked to the shipwreck. Mrs Elwell and the sailors endured privations while natives menaced their hut before they fled by boat and were later rescued at San Cristobal.
Newark Nov 5 A murderer chained for a second time to be hanged attacked guards with a bar tearing his clothing and breaking away twice before being bound and carried off. He had earlier killed an Italian last summer and was tied and sentenced to hang after an appeal failed. Special excursions to Philadelphia Baltimore and beyond offered at 5 25. Washington to Philadelphia train returns for Dec 2 and 3 with multiple departure times.
Crown Attorney Currey laid information against more than 20 plumbers and supply house men in Toronto charging them with conspiring to defraud the public. Defendants expected to appear Tuesday alongside earlier accused. Convictions carry 1,000 to 10,000 dollars or up to two years in prison. The indictments allege unlawful price-fixing on all contracts, public and private, with overcharges estimated at 500,000 dollars annually from a 5 percent contract fee plus an additional 16 percent for price increases. Funds allegedly divided among conspirators.
In Chicago on November 21 Mayor Dunne faced about 1000 women from the Cook County Woman's Christian Temperance Union demanding Sunday saloon closures. He repeated that enforcing such a ban is not his to decide, while temperance members prayed and sang at Willard Hall during their annual self denial meeting.
Baron Mayor Des Planches the Italian Ambassador to Washington arrived at Moncalies en route to Rome. He was obliged to halt there due to indisposition and will proceed when able.
New York report says Mme Marcel Journet wife of the famed basso was robbed of jewels valued at 2000 dollars aboard the steamship La Lorraine. She and her maid Louise Lemon occupied room 14. warm night led to doors left ajar and the jewels disappeared after she awoke about an hour after retiring.
Senator Ralph Burton of Kansas was found guilty on all six counts in the U S Circuit Court of Washington charges he practiced before the Post Office Department to block a fraud order against Rialto Grain and Securities Co of St Louis. The two hour jury verdict follows a second trial with prior reversal by the Supreme Court. Burton to appear Sunday morning for bill of exceptions and potential appeal.
King Haakon VII and Queen Maud arrived in Christiania amid snowy fog and enthusiastic crowds. Crown Prince Olaf rode with them to the castle as diplomats and Norwegian Parliament greeted the royal party.
New York financiers consider forming a holding company to consolidate Vanderbilt properties including New York Central, Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Chicago and Northwestern, and other lines. Source claims Morgan Rockefeller Hollister and others discussed the move at William Vanderbilt’s country house last Thursday night.
Chicago May field bulletin reports Marghall Pield Jr. in grave prognosis after paralysis of bowels and legs from spinal injury. Doctors say condition improved slightly since last night, no pain, temp 98.6, pulse 78, respiration 16, but prognosis remains uncertain as paralysis may be transient or permanent.
A high tide swept away 40 by 160 foot ground at Barren Island near Rockaway, collapsing land and several warehouses. Workmen nearby escaped as the land crumbled into the sea, beneath storage buildings used by the New York Sanitary and Utilization Company. The cave-in was blamed on unusually swift water and tidal action.
Wealthy lumber dealer Wallace Philips dies after rescuing two girls from a railroad track near Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Jury finds Mine Inspector F W Cunningham not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the Harwick mine disaster case. Mercer University receives a $20,000 donation from R D Cole of Newman Georgia. California service resumes with a New Orleans route excursion priced at 8.50. Business notes include tailored menswear at 11 Pa. Ave. and new women’s fashions.
Mrs. G. Grissom of Spray, North Carolina, a woolen-mill official's wife, attempted to end her life in Washington’s Farragut Square after a quarrel at home. She was wounded in the left breast and back, identified later by Capt. Boardman, and a man seen fleeing may hold key to the case.
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