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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
18
The President of Washington Railway and Electric Company in Acreping Apt announces the chairman’s approval and says every effort will be made to obtain additional subscriptions. Total subscriptions received reach $12,950.
Subscriptions acknowledged earlier totaled 14 490 with many names listed including Ellen Warder Mitton Alles Thoron and Lopolatment. The fund stands at 12 959 after recent postings and approval is sought for continued support, with plans to secure additional pledges and maintain the event’s aviation meet funding and organization.
Fragmentary text describes testing delays at a park grounds project with an aeroplane element and references to Wright not present. The readable parts indicate a postponement or absence causing disruption in the plan and timing for the activity. No clear names, dates, or places can be confirmed from the legible fragments.
A woman was injured aboard a liner arriving from Southampton with reports of a wave that struck the vessel near York. The accident caused a dislocated wrist and required medical attention. the injured individual is identified as Miss Hennng Hemming, daughter of Vb and oe Hemming of Soulstile, reportedly from New York.
Representative Tawney of Minnesota, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, returns to Washington to lead a delegation to the Panama Canal Zone next week. The aim is to review next year’s estimates, observe progress, and report on affairs to Congress. Other Senators and House members will join, with the Mann bill guiding governance and regulatory scope. the party sails from Newark on November 3 aboard the Castobal, returning by early December.
An OCR fragment reports on a government initiative in the Philippines to recruit bug experts and sanitary scientists from American colleges. It notes a new cell research facility under government direction, aims to control disease vectors, and mentions officials and a commission driving the program.
An interest day on the $7,000,000 note passes with note holders claiming patience for payment. Walsh, connected to the steel and railroad interests, faces ongoing court actions and possible appeals to the Supreme Court. A conference and legal maneuvers persist as banks consider awaiting payment details while Walsh challenges the proceedings.
The ad promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for constipation and indigestion. It claims the tablets digest food, reduce intestinal indigestion, and relieve constipation by correcting the root cause rather than using laxatives. It urges readers to request a free sample from Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Michigan.
Reports from Bluefields Nicaragua describe a secessionist move to form an eastern republic led by Chamorro with 606 men after Zelaya’s forces faltered. Dr Don Rodolfo Espinosa will represent the provisional government in Washington, while Bluefields reports state Managua is in a siege and revolutionaries lack ammunition.
On October 28 in Guayaquil Ecuador, Yhomag Larrea reported a rebel force planned to attack the Machala garrison. The government learned of the threat and halted the movement. The army remains in readiness for a campaign, but for now the situation is quiet.
Senior Qeta in the House of Commons testified that confidential plans for a dreadnought cruiser in Domitable vanished. The loss heightens fears of German seizure with the Invincible Blast and Mirabeau battleships cited. details include displacement and horsepower estimates.
The court rebuked Count Bont de Calellaveemamat and the Princesse de Suzay over their two eldest sons education. It ordered the boys to be resident pupils at the Lycee of Janson with guaranteed medical attention, effective May 27. The parents had disputed schooling, the princess delaying due to the boys alleged illness.
Chicago ost discusses dissolution and reorganization of corporations into partnerships as a method to dodge the corporation income tax. General counsel E More notes the tax may be unconstitutional for firms earning above 5.4 profit yearly and urges charters be surrendered to form partnerships to challenge the law.
A report says George W Whitehead president of Suspension Bridge Bank Niagara Falls NY may become Assistant Secretary of the Treasury after James Burton Reynolds resigns to join the tariff board. Whitehead, a 25 year Treasury special agent, has served as Porto Rico customs collector and Port of New York appraiser, and chaired a Treasury commission investigating import weighing methods.
The Waghington Post reports Oct 28 that Collector Leet vows to protect merchants who face graft by officials and pledges to personally oversee cases. The piece notes officials resent the suggestion that merchants must suffer while authorities dodge accountability and hints at broader anti graft actions within the customs department.
Gen Robert P Hughes a Civil War veteran and former colonel and brigadier general died Wednesday evening at his home. A veteran of two wars, he served in the Pyottth Pennsylvania infantry and rose to general of volunteers before retiring in April. His body will be taken to New Haven for burial.
A Paris opening day report describes the American Hospital built by American funds, with Ambassador White and officials attending. It notes Korean and Japanese political tensions, a cyanide dumdum bullet assassination claim tied to Seoul politics, and updates on Brig Gen William Cromer’s health as he recovers from typhoid fever.
Night Riders attempted to force entry at George Kreitz home in Mason counts near Lexington by Oct 25. After doors were beaten in with a ax Kreitz’s young daughter fired two shotgun blasts, causing the masked assailants to flee. Kreitz identified several attackers and arrests were planned. The group then targeted Fernyamin Longnecker’s farm, firing through windows as tobacco crops remained unsold.
Indian Miss Oct BW EH Palme reports that four negroes likely were lynched Tuesday in Kemper county following the murder of a peddler named hom Kalin. The victim was decapitated, robbed, and his body placed in a cart. White farmers find stolen goods in a negro cabin. Four suspects were charged. one allegedly confesses implicating the rest, and all four have since disappeared.
The article surveys fading unknown regions from polar hopes to vast continents. It notes Shackleton and others nearing the south pole, magnetic pole details, Himalayan ascent, and America's goal to explore peaks. It envisions a global push by explorers, railways, and nations to map the remaining unknowns by the century's end.
Army orders list leaves of absence and official visits for officers in infantry artillery and ordnance departments. Various officers including First Lieuts and Majors are instructed on visit frequency, locations such as Fort Pickcox Fort McMan Fin and South Bethlehem, and months spanning November to January 1910 with constraints on visits and duties.
Government statistics show large percentage jumps in imports for September year over year. Wool and cotton volumes surge, hides and skins nearly double, pig iron up, and sugar tea cocoa champagne and diamonds also higher, with notable gains in champagne and diamond imports.
A garbled OCR record lists numerous officer commissions and duties in the Navy from September 1902. It references cantains and captains, duty transfers, inspections, and naval movements across locations including Washington DC and New Orleans, with scattered dates and ranks. The text remains unclear but centers on commissions, postings, and ship movements.
Friends of Third Assistant Postmaster General Von Lawshe push him as a candidate to replace Gov Curry of New Mexico. Lawshe, after tendering a resignation due to health, remains temporarily in force at the request of Postmaster General Hitchcock. Taft might appoint him if Lindsay indicates support.
Commander Robert L Russell appointed to the post succeeding Captain Campbell as Judge Advocate General of the Navy. Campbell realigned to other duties. Russell to receive pay and rank changes as part of the transfer amid broader military personnel shifts and troop movements in the Philippines and domestic stations. A separate Navy contract for four gun carriage assemblies was awarded to Bethlehem Steel Company for use on Wyoming and Arkansas vessels at $80,428.
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