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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1906
Page
5
A Cecil House resident in Baltimore awakens with a thief at the door demanding cash. Mrs Strauss hands over money after the intruder checks for jewelry, then compels them to search rooms and march about the apartment with a pistol. He leaves with a dollar but takes no jewelry.
William Hennett, a traveling salesman from New York, telegraphed Savannah police to arrest his wife Catherine Bennett for robbery aboard a Southern fast northbound train. She was jailed overnight, Bennett later withdrew the charges, and the couple departed for New York.
Roanoke Va Oct 7 an authoritative source says the Norfolk and Western Railroad has abandoned the planned additions known as the Big Stony Rediway the Interior and West Virginia Railroad and the Virginia and Potta Creek Railroad from Interior Giles County to West Virginia state line. The action is attributed to difficulties securing rights of way. Meanwhile in Rockville Md Oct 7 the town council and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co resolved differences over rights to install new lines and provide improved service.
An advertisement claims rheumatic pain arises from blood acidity and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure. It asserts the medicine reaches affected spots, neutralizes acidity, ends pain and stiffness, and mentions billousness clearing with Hood's. The ad encourages sending The Post to family addresses for 28 cents.
Special to The Washington Post lists Hagerstown fair racing entries by day. Tuesday features 2 pace events with a $250 purse and 7 entries. Wednesday has 12 trot entries for $500. Thursday offers 13 pace and 224 trot events with $62 and $500 purses. Friday lists 9 pace and 7 trot or county races with purses up to $260. Named horses include Flinch, Corbin, Duckett, Keefe, Bell, Thomas, Clara Wilks, and others.
Winchester Oct 7 TheState of Virginia sues West Virginia for about 20 million dollars claimed from Internal improvements after state separation. Virginia's chief counsel is William A Anderson with Maj Holmes Conrad, while Maj Coyrrad represents certificate holders. A demurrer is expected. if overruled, trial on merits. if sustained, case ends.
David Brown a well known Alexandria resident was found sitting against a street post near Prince and Union streets by John Lucas. Police and Coroner Moore investigated and autopsy by Dr William M Smith cited valvular heart disease as the cause. Brown aged about forty, unmarried, had worked at Luna Park until its closure and was seen at the Marine Railway and Coal Company plant early yesterday. His body was moved to 10% North Royal Street to remain with George W Brown, his brother-in-law.
A morning blaze at the Marine Railway and Coal Company and the National Electrical Supply Company in Alexandria caused heavy damage estimated at up to 10000 dollars. Fire crews struggled two hours as a new engine could not connect to a plug due to thread size, with minimal insurance cited by Park Agnew. Chief Petty and Fire Warden Summers explained testing errors and worn equipment contributed to the delay.
The Plains VA gets a new branch of Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust, built by Messia A Davis Jr and Son of Alexandria. It will open next Monday with directors from Alexandria greeting patrons. Robert Murray of The Plains named cashier with capable assistants. Swiss design, solid concrete walls and portico columns, pebble dashed, one and a half stories, slate roof, a modern safe and well arranged offices.
West Virginia commission to the Jamestown Exposition will ask for 65 000 to build and display a state exhibit led by former Governor McCorkle as chairman. The panel includes ex governors White McCorkie Atkinson and Senator H kin a, seeking support at the next session.
The Orthodox Friends of the Sandy Spring and Ashton neighborhoods gathered last evening at the Ashton meeting house for a regular quarterly meeting expected to continue through Monday. A number of ministers from a distance and other organization leaders attended.
The Bartholdt steam launch did not run on Sunday from King Street dock to the ark off Jones Point while reports say Judge Bailey may bring the matter to the next grand jury. No official explanation given, but police jurisdiction in Alexandria is under consideration.
Yesterday afternoon a gust snapped the masts of infant Charles McKenney s oyster schooner off The Dyke at Al Harlins near Harry Evans houseboat on the Virginia shore. A number of young men aboard a nearby power launch rushed to assist. No one was hurt and the schooner remained anchored for the night. Meanwhile Charles Le Hew was named night ticket agent at the joint Southern and Washington Southern railways office in Alexandria Union Station, replacing Earl McDonald who resigned to work for the Southern in Washington. A separate incident reports Joseph Green, a colored bootblack near King and St Asaph streets, fell from a second story window fracturing his left leg. Mrs Mary Ester Cater, wife of Treeling Carter, died yesterday morning at 40 South Lanes after a brief illness.
Baltimore report on Cardinal Gibbons’s Cathedral sermon likening the presidential race to a quest for the kingdom of heaven. He cites six Washington statesmen as potential candidates, warns of vituperation and family-record scrutiny, and argues earthly success lasts four years while heavenly honor is eternal.
Pastor Wallace Radcliffe of New York Avenue Presbyterian urged a return to the old-fashioned faith arguing rapid transportation and modern progress distract people from religious duties. He blamed both clergy and laity for sensationalism and urged ministers to focus on core Christian truths amidst a fast-changing era.
Richmond Virginia October 7 The two week event fills the Horse Show Building with tanbark scent and thousands of lights. Already more than 5 000 tickets sold plus private boxes taken. Mr and Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt expected with their fine horses.
Head of the Order urges greater love for native land and American patriotism by Irishmen in the district meeting hall. More than 600 members attended to honor Matthew Cummings of Boston, new national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Speakers from Maryland and beyond urged loyalty to Ireland and the United States, education, and reading, with a strong note on citizenship.
Ekion Greenland of Bear Mount Dalian was killed while hunting squirrels when his gun discharged after he paused to eat chestnuts. The weapon’s butt rested on the ground as the accident occurred, reported in the Washington Post copy dated October 7.
The twenty ninth annual session of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Baltimore Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church South, convened at Braddock Street Church Winchester with Mrs Wilson presiding. About 21 delegates and visitors attend from Baltimore and Washington. session through Tuesday evening.
Local members of the order declared yesterday's meeting the largest and most successful of its kind ever held in the District. James F Sheehy, president of Car roll Institute, and Rey Patrick Quill of Georgetown University attended. Musical numbers were provided by J Harry Maxwell, T F McNulty of Baltimore, Thomas Mc Ginn of Philadelphia, and William F. Hart of Washington.
The twentieth anniversary of Rev Valentine F Schmitt as pastor of St Joseph's Catholic Church was celebrated with a solemn high mass. Rev Timothy Crowley spoke on the pastor’s zeal and the parish’s gains, noting the church, school, and rectory built during his pastorate.
Secretary Metcalf awarded four firstclass steel steam lightships to New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden New Jersey at 115 900 dollars each. Total bids reached 393 000 dollars. New proposals were sought for a similar lightship for Astoria Oregon. Moran Brothers of Seattle submitted an informal bid as the only response.
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