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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1911
Page
6
A mangled, fragmented report details a violent death with a body found in a rough state. The victim’s clothing and a rope linked to restraints are mentioned, with little identifying information recovered. Police search for clues continues, and the scene is described in wary terms.
Memorial services were held yesterday at Prospect Hill Cemetery for members who died last year. Clergy from Zion Church and several local Reformed churches delivered sermons. The church, founded four years ago by seventeen families, featured a portrait unveiling by Fredericka Best and remarks from Rev William August Frey.
Mrs Flake of the Georgia apartments on Fourth Street Southeast escaped smoke and a collapsed doorway as a basement fire swept through two adjacent buildings. The cat remained inside until she returned through dense fumes to retrieve it, narrowly avoiding danger. Fire fighters contained the blaze and prevented spread to nearby units. damage estimated around 9700 dollars.
A blast from a large firecracker injures two boys, one severely, in a storeroom apartment at 13 Kenton Street Northwest. Roy Aula and another boy suffer leg and arm injuries, with furniture damaged and windows broken. Mrs Kuhn’s son is treated after the explosion.医生 Lexis Battle attends and ambos hospitals record severe burns and lacerations.
Dr William A Page, a long time Washington attorney and war veteran, died yesterday at his home in Giraré Street Northweut from infirmities of age. He was a member of the George Monde Fosto and Department of the Potomac. Survived by his wife Mia Ya J. Foye. Funeral services at 2 o’clock this afternoon at Geamily Howe. GAR comrades in Acinek will escort the cortege to Union Station for transfer to Buffalo NY for interment.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple names and ages alongside addresses and institutions. Entries mention Bealta Office Record Deaths, Mudrew Cavey and eight bowlers, Georgetown University, Mary U Bevien, Miyie Smith, Alelia Payne, Thomas Coleman, and Gray UDG with assorted ages and locations.
Washington aviator Pauli Peck broke the American endurance record by staying aloft for 1 hour 42 minutes at College Park though fuel concerns and engine trouble nearly forced a fatal descent. The light aircraft, weighing about 680 pounds, was a recent Washington team creation described as a hybrid biplane and monoplane. Peck, overcome by injuries, was revived at the hangar after landing. Army aviators and support officers prepared to depart for Augusta, Georgia, by train with four biplanes and associated military equipment aboard multiple cars.
Boston reports indicate defense lines in the trial of Reverend Clarence Richeson for the murder of his former sweetheart Avis Linnell. Dr Herbert Conner, ex-state prison official, says Richeson told him the engagement ended by mutual consent due to Linnell seeking a professional music career. He states he bore no responsibility for Linnell’s condition and had no knowledge of how she obtained cyanide.
Philadelphia pair Charles Stiles and Beasle Mat thewa of Upper Darby, both deaf, were legally divorced after a twelve year silent courtship and marriage conducted by a Deaf mute minister. The wife accused Stiles of attacking her. no effort was made to prevent her from obtaining a divorce.
Herman Bernstein through the American Jewish Committee releases a statement detailing an interview with U.S. Ambassador Rockhill at St Petersburg. Bernstein says Jacob H Schitt accused Rockhill and John Haya Hammond in a recent speech about passports. The interview suggests Rockhill viewed the passport issue as not an American question and questions Jewish eagerness for Russia in trade, noting Hammond had two commercial projects in Russia at the time.
New York dispatch reports Sylvester J Sullivan president and manager of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore died at his home after being found unconscious in a chair by his valet. His wife suffered fatal burns in a separate accident. No family at home.
A fragment describes Mildred de Veres and her three pound Pomeranian aboard a passenger voyage in the Adriatic late tonight. It notes her as creator of a “vampire fence” and mentions her husband William Tertian, an English actor. The dog is described as the smallest pomeranian ever brought to New York, named Money, weighing about three-quarters of a pound.
Washington police press for positive identification and new evidence in the Bennett case as they note Smith may hold crucial details. Detectives search the scene for buried money, question two women allied with Smith, and push Washington and Chicago authorities to confront suspect with possible matches to John Kabuata. The patient’s condition guides timing of any statement.
Henry C Beattie was buried in Maury Cemetery near Richmond after a secret funeral service. A Presbyterian minister led prayers at the penitentiary death chamber, then the procession moved to the graveside before dawn. Police guarded the scene as flowers and chrysanthemums hid the mound, and relatives and close friends served as pallbearers.
Lewngton Kentucky fire destroys Capt Williams stock stables killing Gov Gray and County Tax two famed racehorses valued at thousands. Gov Gray, second in the Kentucky Derby, and County Tax, a sprinter, were housed at the farm before winter tests. a small insurance covered both. Fire origin undetermined. horses valued in the thousands.
A political sensation swept socialist circles as Paul Lafargue and his wife Laura, daughter of Karl Marx, committed auticide at Gravel where they lived in a handsome home. Lafargue, once a Cuban born writer, left a letter to his nephew saying age prompted his death. Cyanide injection caused death. Laura reportedly shared his intention and chose not to survive.
The first Imperial Theater Sun symphony concert was held yesterday afternoon and evening to enthusiastic audiences. The stellar feature was soprano Misa Charlotte Lund whose singing in a classical series showed power, sweetness, and wide range. Other features included the Moores, the Forresta, Lester and Kellett, and the Imperial orchestra.
Moving pictures of every play from the Army versus Navy football game will be shown at Chad P Theater in Philadelphia this week. Navy defeated Army 2 to 0.
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