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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1904
Page
5
Rome reports Socialist agitation rising in the north with clashes between strikers and police in Genoa while Milan expresses indignation over perceived slaughter. Extreme party aims to topple the cabinet fueling unrest as troops are readied and strikes planned in Naples and other towns.
Paris dispatch reports that the Emperor of Russia opposes entrusting power to a strong man like Witte. He aims to rule without a dominating prime minister, fueling tensions with the late interior minister von Plehve and prompting Witte’s retirement. The note questions the Emperor’s grasp of statecraft.
A dispatch to the foreign office from Paris reports unrest across Chili Province threatening the Peking to Hankow railway, a French Belgian concession. The Minister, M Dubail, protested and urged Chinese peers to restore order, though he does not expect serious results.
In Peking on September 15 Italian soldiers clashed with two unarmed Chinese watchers near the Italian legation. Chinese soldiers were beaten. one was seized inside the legation, another fled to Chiang Kai-shek’s commander’s residence where Italians fired two shots. Chinese authorities protested to the legation. no reply yet.
Double Serge Belting price per piece. Needles of all kinds at sale price. All-silk Taffeta Seam Binding bale price 74¢. Silk color assortment for machine or hand sewing with sale price. Hooks and eyes extra and sale price per carton. Micro knitting silk in colors at sale price per spool. Belmont Hairpin Cabinets with assortments 5c. Derby Bias Velveteen for sale. High-grade scissors all sizes at sale price. Columbia Hooks and Eyes two dozen for sale.
Paris reports that the Dijon maneuvers reveal advances in scientific warfare since 1870. French shrapnel now bursts into 40 deadly particles, far more than 37 previously. Commanders stress concealment and daylight movement aided by searchlights and black powder curtains. American attache Captain T Bentley Moti lauds French troops.
The U S House of Representatives moves to request President Palma for records on the removal of Miguel Gener from Havana mayoralty and the appointment of Senor O Farrill. The action signals moderates aim to shift Havana control from Nationalists by reinstating Gener amid prior suspensions following a gubernatorial inquiry.
In Indianapolis today at the International Association of United Brewery Workmen convention, 3500 members voted to socialist propaganda. Brewery Firemen jurisdiction is still under study with no conclusion. A white infant’s body was found in the river opposite Georgetown by Joseph Nicholson of Twenty seventh Street Northwest. The body was sent to the morgue.
Mexico City reports Diaz's congressional address highlights friendly foreign relations, copper production rise, expanded railways and telegraph lines, strong national finances with $85 million revenue, and modernized arms. Mentions first Chinese envoy and yellow fever control, with no immediate monetary reform noted. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the piece.
Proceedings in Austin focus on education of colored South youth with reports from active workers. Officers elected for 1905 06 include E C Morris Helene Ark president and W T Candler Nashville secretary with about 30 vice presidents named. Also notes Knoxville suit against Atwater over labor agitation and Civil Mexican War veterans officers elected in St Louis. An optician's arrest in Dallas ends with 16 year old suspect detained.
Thousands of Eagles visited Baltimore for the fifth annual Grand Aerie convention. Prizes were awarded for display in the parade including a Homestead Pa Aerie silver cup, the best marching by Pitt sburg Aerie, and gowns and mortar boards by the New Haven Aerie. The largest delegation prize likely to Buffalo. The Sixty Ninth Regiment Band won best appearing. Edward Gilchrist and Denial Crossen cited for tallest and shortest men respectively. Washington Aerie hosted visitors. three thousand headed home to Washington by midnight. open house and entertainment kept all fed and amused at the Light Infantry Armory.
Uncle Sam favors oversized banners with new flagpoles planned for the State Department wing to fly a forty foot long flag. A 25 by 45 foot banner is noted at the Post Office Department, visible from seven floors. The Pension Office flag, sent to the Paris Exposition, is highlighted as the era’s largest American flag.
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