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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1904
Page
2
The Laurel No 409 trolley crash injured motorman Bright as brakes failed at end of line. Fire car debris and wreckage blocked the ravine slope, with a dozen nearby spectators aiding the injured and emergency crews securing the scene.
A funeral notice records the death of a wreck victim near Lon 10 miles northeast on Fos FAD PW. The service honors the dead, with floral tributes, and William Lee listed among attendees from Loyak.
A chaotic scene near Lusth Way ends with injuries as a streetcar collision sends several riders to the hospital. Dr Kings remedies touted as energizing while authorities investigate the mishap and its cause.
The Bakers Association of the District agreed to raise bread prices by one cent per loaf starting next Monday due to higher costs for wheat and flour. The Boston Baking Company confirmed the impending increase, with officials declining further comment.
Milk dealers in the city held a long conference at 34 B Street South weighing a plan for a conference tomorrow with farmers. They opposed a two cent rise per gallon, signaled possible contracts with New York firms, and discussed raising prices to the consumer amid calls by farmers for higher milk rates.
Suffering from dementia, Joan Tw McCarren shipping clerk for Copan Bros and Forschner contractors for the Connecticut avenue bridge, acted peculiarly and began an acute maniacal outburst. He fled along route and was chased by police, overhauled at Third and F streets northeast, arrested for fast driving, and later committed to St Elizabeths Asylum after police surgeons found marked delusions including nightly talks with George Washington and hearing dead friends. He lived at 12% Twentieth street northwest and came to Washington two months ago from Brooklyn. relatives there will be notified.
Zachariah F P Lyvers was acquitted yesterday after a trial in Grim inal Court No 4 on an indictment claiming he embezzled a test letter containing 200 from the city post office. Six U S witnesses testified for the government. eleven for the defense.
Creditors seek to vote on a valuation of one quarter of claims at the Waggartan meeting. Attorneys report the estate worth about 2.5 cents on the dollar and push to allow List No 1 secured claims to vote at 15 percent of their amounts. Proceedings postpone trustee election pending further testimony from appraisers and referees in the grand jury room.
The Supreme Court of the United States yesterday heard the case of B J Smiley versus the State of Kansas over the constitutionality of the Briley antitrust statute. Smiley was accused of forming a pool to fix grain prices in Rush County and was sentenced to three months in jail and a $100 fine. The verdict was affirmed by the state supreme court and the case was sent to federal court on a writ of error. Smiley is secretary of the Kansas Grain Desociation.
Samuel R Beach age twenty eight formerly released from prison was arrested at night and held to answer a charge of housebreaking. Police allege he broke into the stable of George E Ward in Springmums alley Southwent and stole one set of harness.
Charles W Doell a piano tuner and local figure walked along Pennsylvania Avenue and fell in front of 105 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest after swallowing poison. He died before reaching hospital. Coroner reports death by his own action. No relatives in city. last seen at 12% Thirty dev and Street Georgetown. Relatives believed in Baltimore.
The twenty first annual convocation of the Ancient and Commandery Knights of Malta closed at the local hall in Washington with elections of supreme officers and committee appointments. A secret College of Ancients meeting at 619 Eleventh Street NW wrapped the event, with officers installed and plans for next year announced.
Col Symons, longtime Corps of Engineers official, returns to Washington after northern assignments to discuss a vast canal plan. He notes the Erie Canal reconstruction commission aims to spend about 101 million dollars, with engineering contracts totaling 36 to 300 million to be let this fall and work starting next spring.
Rev Simon P Drew and two church members were found in contempt by Justice Stafford in District Supreme Court. Drew is to serve sixty days in jail while George Robinson and William Howard receive thirty days each. James Strothers was discharged. Contempt stemmed from orders to keep peace and order in the Metropolitan Colored Church amid disruptive actions and incendiary speeches.
Caopt Henry wiseeiey of Boston yesterday was appointed inspector of hulls and Theodore Mevsereannspector of balers in the Steamboat Inspection Service at New York. These appointments follow the Slocum disaster commission report and replace James A Dumont and Thomas H Barrett, removed for laxity.
Chief Justice Clabaugh ordered a writ of habeas corpus for Marcha M Burrows from the Government Hospital for the Insane. Wackey filed the petition for release after previous petitions were dismissed for improper papers. The case involves detention following arrest over alleged nonpayment of a board bill and lunacy court proceedings begun after her conduct while in custody. The writ is returnable next Tuesday at nine oclock.
Funeral services for William H Doolittle, who died October 17 at Rexford Falla Nd, were held at his residence 1615 Niustemih Street NW. Pallbearers included Dr J J Stephens and Maj a HG Richard atu, reflecting his service as former Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Civil War participation with the List Pennsylvania Volunteers. He practiced law in St Paul, returned to Washington to enter the Patent Office, and authored Inventions of the Nineteenth Century.
Patrick Hanrany aged years played near 26 First Street Sout West yesterday when a wagon wheel ran over his head. He was unconscious and later hospitalized in critical condition with a fractured skull. Two other children escaped with minor scratches. Detectives Flather and Bermano arrested Taylah Coates aged 23 at 12 Quaker Court Northwest, who claimed no knowledge of the incident. Coates works for Anderson Vrdsage and Slorags Company.
The weather bulletin notes slow moving fronts off the Florida coast and cooler conditions across the Great Lakes and Northeast with fresh winds along Atlantic coasts. A chrysanthemum show at the War Department gardens has been postponed to next Wednesday with about 200 blooms on display.
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