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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
29
Denver Sept 6 1905 the Grand Army encampment parade drew about 15000 veterans led by Col Harper Orahood with George W Cook band and drum corps. Thousands watched from streets windows and roofs as veterans two miles marched in orderly formation amid cheering crowds.
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The parade drew nearly 2 600 men in line led by state delegations from Colorado Wyoming Illinois Pennsylvania Iowa Ohio and Missouri. Fifteen bands and many drum corps supplied music while one rider fell and broke a finger. John Donaldson of St Louis collapsed with heart failure and was taken to a hospital. A former Confederate in gray rode with the Stars and Stripes then marched with a Union veteran. The national encampment of the G R and the annual meeting of the Women’s Relief Corps open tomorrow morning.
Berlin reports thirteen new cholera cases and two deaths in twenty four hours, expanding the infected area along the Oder. Hamburg records a third case in the business district, traced to immigrant dance hall contact. Dr. McLaughlin praises sanitary measures and notes five to six day emigration detentions prevent U S spread.
A list of marriage licenses issued for pairs from Alexandria Virginia Winchester Virginia Burtonville Massachusetts College Park Maryland Upper Marlboro Maryland and other areas. Names include Murray Johnson with Annie Jones Adolf Krebs with Alice Beta Albert T. Sides with Lucy Lynn and many others.
Deaths reported up to September 6 list Richard D Batte Catharine Craven Ernest B Darrell Mary J Decker Thomas Dillon Infant of Bla M Fenton Christopher A Gill Burnet Gordon Idn W Hail Charlotte Keefer Josie Keyes Thomas B Lock Edward Mayo Joseph Mangum Verghent McClure Napoleon Parish Infant of Mary A Ring Sarah Williams and others. Died Without Regaining Consciousness reports Will D Stainback died in Wel don NC after coma following possible stroke. Suffolk physicians puzzled.
Secretary Wilson accepts the resignation of Dr. Daniel Elmer Salmon chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry to take effect October 1 1905. Dr Alonzo Dorus Melvin will serve as acting chief until a permanent appoinment is made. Salmon has served since 1879 and is a noted veterinary authority.
New Orleans dispatch reports seven Southern state governors and one Northern state invited by South ern Pacific officials to open the Louisiana and Texas products exhibit at Concord New Hampshire in September. Governors from Arkansas Texas Florida South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Maryland and Delaware will join directors in Raleigh North Carolina on September 9 before proceeding to Concord. Governor Blanchard of Louisiana cannot attend in person due to fever conditions.
Pensacola physician Dr Gonzales was arrested for opposing state health authorities and spreading rumors about yellow fever. Atlanta debates establishing quarantine at infected points after the state board warned the city to act within 24 hours. The Pensacola fever report shows New Orleans area cases and parish counts with ongoing totals and local updates.
Inspector Flood and West 47th Street believe confessions will come from Gus Disner and Agnes Renaud in the murder of baby Gertrude Renaud after blood stained razor strap is found in their flat. Renaud admits strap may have been used. Disner denies knowing it. Mrs. Amelia Twaller starts a fund among tenants to ensure proper burial.
Flin proposed convening a Seattle meeting in early November to organize Alaska District legislation. Nome's Chamber supports the plan, proposing delegate elections by locality with one per 500 population or fraction, credentials signed by officials and proxies if needed.
Dispatches from Baku and Kishenev describe desperate fighting between Armenian and Tartar factions with artillery, widespread arson, and massacres. Oil industry damage exceeds half in the Baku region as imperial troops struggle to contain the violence amid cut communications and urgent pleas for more forces.
Alexander Mayo a colored man from Virginia was captured in New Castle after Salem police advised arrest for the murder of Henry Anderson. Clippings about the case were found in Mayo’s pockets. The Salem crime involved Elenry Vender eon killed two months earlier at a resort kept by a colored woman following a quarrel between the two men. Mayo married thirty five and described as a cleaner.
The Harriman party from the United States led by E. H. Harriman arrives in Tokyo delayed in transmission. Guests of Minister Griscom at the American Legation include R. P. Schwerin and the Goelets. Planned entertainments feature dinners by Katsura Arasuke Mitsui and Griscom and a garden party by Baron Sawasuki.
In Athens authorities uncovered a depot of arms and bombs in the Armenian Church vaults. Police suspect the Armenian Revolutionary Committee aimed to trigger international intervention by initiating a series of outrages in Armenia. Several Armenians have been arrested as inquiries proceed.
London September 6 The Trades Union Congress at Hanley voted to support free trade. The tally stood 1,258,000 in favor to 26,000 against. The decision marks strong labor backing of Joseph Chamberlains fiscal stance amid the ongoing annual meeting.
The morning papers criticize the Anglo-Japanese treaty for disrupting balance of power in the Far East. Critics claim it makes Britain and Japan dominant and blocks Russia from the Pacific and open seas. Press opinions range from opposition to perceived German inclinations to caution on international progress.
Karlstad Sweden Sept 6 The Swedish and Norwegian commissioners held two sessions on dissolving the union. No official statement was issued but it is understood progress was made and Norway requested that an arbitration treaty serve as a basis for future negotiations.
Fred Walker of Pontiac Michigan was released by Panamanian authorities after alleged unjust imprisonment. Friends blame American financial interests in Panama’s mining regions. Representatives plan to present facts to the U S State Department. Walker, once a florist, went to Panama to manage mining leases for Pontiac Company. He disappeared, was found in a Veraguas prison, endured harsh treatment, and narrowly survived before U S intervention secured his release and repatriation.
A Sullivan County Albany report reveals a novel situation in a local school district with no American citizens remaining to qualify for district offices. Dr. Andrew Draper, state commissioner of education, has received a letter detailing the issue and its implications.
A Livingston Manor school commissioner reported that district No. 10 at Ellsburg had a population entirely of Jews who had settled there in the last eighteen months. With no legal voters to form a district, he sought guidance on maintaining a school. The matter was referred to Thomas E. Finegan, chief of law, who found no precedent, and there was a proposal to annul Fallsburg School district and annex it.
A proposal suggests consolidating the Fallsburg district with a neighboring area to establish a branch school for Fallsburg children. The plan would place the new school in the old district’s schoolhouse, serving local families.
A Madrid dispatch to the Sciiar asserts that despite denials, King Alfonso is likely to wed Princess Eugenie of Battenberg, niece of King Edward, continuing rumors of a royal match.
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