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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
41
A period style ad extols comfort in motoring through proper clothing. It notes complete lines of automobile clothing and requisites, agency representation for major New York houses, and claims unmatched service and equipment in the department.
Commissioner Macfarland and West favor cancelling the annual police and fire parade until suburbs gain stronger protection and fire mains are reinforced. They argue the display risks in outlying areas and that the parade has largely served its purpose. The measure may be presented to the board today though inspections for John B. Wight and Henry B. F. Macfarland trophies will continue.
The health officer reports a week of increased deaths from kidney diseases at eighteen, plus fifteen from consumption. Bronchitis and pneumonia caused four and six deaths respectively as weather shifted from cold to hot. Typhoid cases dropped slightly, with forty new cases and sixty-three discharged, leaving 205 under treatment. There were 108 deaths, split between white and colored residents, and births totaled 131 with a white majority.
California Street Plaza site condemnation hearings continue in City Hall with commissioners William A. H. Church Thomas W. Smith and Samuel Bensinger hearing landowner testimony. adjourned until Monday at 1 pm. Government witnesses to follow. Attorneys A Leftwich Sinclair Julius I. Peyser F G Coldren R Golden Donaldson and T P Myers represent respective sides. The jury for Katerama avenue damages resumes today at 3 pm.
The Georgetown Citizens Association pushed for the Prospect Street extension from 38th Street west to Canal Road. After a setback, they were advised to seek separate legislation and prepare a bill to be introduced in Congress in the normal process.
Chief Gardener Brown states sequoias proved unable to adapt to local climate after two prior attempts in the District. He questions official plans to renew the experiment, noting repeated failures to acclimatize the trees in city parks. A separate notice lists Southern Hathway through sleepers to New Orleans and connections to Washington Atlanta with daily departures.
Charcoal is described as a safe cleanser for the body and a purifier for the stomach and bowels. Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are promoted as a tastier, effective form of charcoal that freshens breath, improves complexion, purifies blood, and may aid the liver. advised by physicians for gas, digestion, and skin benefits at twenty five cents a box.
A large circulated petition with many endorsements is viewed as a joke. The inspector of buildings advised the unsafe Ninth and E streets NW structure be removed last June. A later request for a demolition extension was deemed invalid as departments found no authority to grant it, and the building has since been torn down.
The Capitol will receive its annual washing next Friday weather permitting Chief Belt announced Capt C B Proctor of Engine Company No 3 with ten men and one of the new engines will wash down the walls the job will take about seven hours This custom has long preceded Congress meet and marks the end of summer dust and smoke in the marble building Also note Southern Ry will start a semi weekly Pullman sleeper between Washington and Asheville NC on Oct 27 leaving Washington 1045 pm Fridays and Tuesdays arriving Asheville 140 pm next day with low excursion fares
Hugh T Taggart president of the District Bar Association calls for a memorial meeting tomorrow at 3 p m. Committees are appointed to draft restitutions of respect for Justice Andrew Wylie former associate justice of the District Supreme Court Andrew B Duvall state corporation counsel and William John Miller the oldest practitioner at the local bar.
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