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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1904
Page
2
Community observers and bakers discuss why bread remains five cents as wholesale flour costs rise. Officials caution against profiteering while shopkeepers, manufacturers, and fuel expenses influence prices. A possible further advance looms as stock markets and canal costs press bakery margins.
Conductor J C Lamb of City and Suburban Line No 405 remains in critical condition at Emergency Hospital after injuries from Thursday morning crash. Reports say he is slowly recovering from surgery to repair fractured skull bones. Other victims include John F Larcombe and AMloyams Senirt, with varied prognosis. officials consider the case serious and continue monitoring.
The Court affirms the practice of enforcing dormant judgments and dismisses Samuel C Raub’s appeal from a decree in Henry Hurter’s favor. Raub’s property sales proceeded after a 1897 judgment of about $750 plus interest and costs. Raub’s defenses were struck and the appeal deemed frivolous as no valid defense existed despite multiple answers. The appellate court held the judgment dormant not dead, and Raub failed to present a defense that could have been raised if sued at law.
A drifting rowboat found at the forks of the channel in Potomnester Womiiy caused alarm after it struck a man’s soft hat and debris. William Holmberg reported the boat and authorities feared a drowning. Local fishermen later confessed the boat belonged to them and produced proof.
Report from police notes a Black man, 40, charged with robbery after snatching a pocketbook from Mrs Woot Edle near the corner of Ch feath s meet and New York Ave. Three men followed him to his home before 8 oclock last evening. The incident led to arrests and a held suspect, with results pending union confirmation. A stolen bicycle was recovered as part of the sequence.
Hundreds gather at Foundry M E Church as Bishop Earl Cranston arrives to lead Methodist Episcopal efforts in Washington. He urges renewed work toward a national university under Methodist auspices, recalls Lincoln era openness, and stresses unity across North South East and West while highlighting prior help to education in the Northwest. Local officials ministers and the laity welcome him. the event includes a formal reception and remarks on education and unity.
A Hungarian mill worker aboard a Baltimore and Ohio train fell prey to a con on the way to New York. He received a letter and a cash envelope that proved empty. the thief vanished at Baltimore, leaving the victim distraught and back in Washington as police were alerted. Detectives toured Washington seeking the sharper but made little progress by nightfall.
A four day trial in the United States Police Court produced a guilty verdict against Harry Thiel, a South Washington man, for assaulting Policeman Leach. Harry Donaldson faced a joint trial with Thiel but the jury could not reach a verdict on him. Testimony described Thiel being restrained after leaving Halls saloon, with Donaldson and Wood among those named. Judge Kimball ordered a retrial for Donaldson as jurors could not agree.
Four alarms sounded between 12 20 and 5 01 yesterday morning as fires broke out in multiple locations. A boy with a match sparked the first blaze at Sixteenth and Park in Mont Pleasant, with about 90 in damage. A second alarm at Twelfth and V found no fire. A third blaze at 215 Box 217 Ninh ana F streets threatened Mrs A Snuth’s home, about 10 damage before suppression. The final fire at 102 Nineteenth Street NW in Mrs Mary Robinson’s furnace room caused smoke and damaged cellar woodwork, totaling roughly 6 in losses.
An Orphans Court in Washington Baltimore meets to settle an estate valued at about 90 dollars after claims by two widows and their children. John Kernes, who left his wife and child in Ireland in the 1870s, is cited as the deceased. The Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland stands liable to the executor for the estate and accumulated interest. The case spans years of distribution and appeals amid family claims.
A young horse thief looted two buggies in rapid succession near Thirteen Street and G Streets NW. He fled daring pursuers in a jumping horse and buggy, outrunning officers and a detective before vanishing near Ninth Street as night crowds joined the chase. Police later recovered the exhausted horse.
Army and naval officers receive extended leaves and reassignments. Major and captain level moves span infantry, artillery, and coastal units with transfers to Vancouver, California, and the Philippines. Navy officers see academy appointments and detachments while ships report arrivals and routes across Atlantic and Pacific theaters.
The report details vigorous storms along the Atlantic and Great Lakes coasts with heavy rain and showers in the Ohio Valley and Lake region. Forecasts call for lingering unsettled weather into the weekend with variable winds, cooling temperatures, and sporadic rainfall, plus naval committee activites and officer appointments in Atlanta and Washington.
A historical note states that corps members who served in the ch il war and retired before the naval appropriation act of April 2 are not entitled to advance rank. The list contends the act benefits apply only to active marine officers, many of whom were later retired.
The joint army and navy board sets a meeting for October 23 to plan next year’s jet era maneuvers to defend Washington. The Armored cruiser Pennsylvania will conduct its official trial on November 22 off the Cape Ann course after construction at Cramps and Sons shipyard in Philadelphia.
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