DIVIDE ON CANDIDATES FOR DAR PRESIDENT GENERAL
The District D A R faced a split field for president general at the congress to begin April 17, with Mrs George M Sternberg facing opposition from Mrs Donald McLean. Delegates elected a new district regent and vice regent as local chapters assessed two rival nominations for national offices amid ongoing factional divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cii
Dar
Babbitt House
George M. Sternberg
Donald McLein
Charlotte Ihmeicu
Main
D A R
D Afl
D. R
America
Sternberg
National Organization
Charles W Fairbanks
George M Sternberg
Virgina Miller
Ney Otis Winston
Army and Navy
Amos G Draper
Mbiriam Danforth
Donald McLean
New York City
Howard I. Hodgkins
Lucy Holcombe
M A Ballinger
Maner House
Ihs
Congress
Wose
DACR
Mary Deshu
Miquo Taimeson
Mount Vernon
Avexindas Wai
J Eakin Gadsby
Mars
Mars Washington Chapter
Charlotte Emerson Main
Virginia Miller
District of Columbia
Hillen Spencer Massey
Charlotta Emerson Main
Katie Kearty Henry
Death of Joseph F Brown Prominent in Washington
A dispatch from Indianapolis reports the death yesterday of Joseph F Brown aged eighty five. Once a prominent Washington municipal figure, he moved to Indianapolis about twenty five years ago where he had since lived. Born in Clermont County Ohio on 28, he studied at Union College and moved to Washington as a clerk in the House of Representatives. An intimate friend of President Lincoln, he aided in carrying the wounded president from the theater and later helped organize the Washington Gas Light Company, serving as secretary for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Joseph F Brown
Washington
Judge Brown
Clermont Scanty
Ohio
Llonover College
Washoa
Lincoln
Metropolitan + we
Washington Town
Alderon
Mr Brown
William English
Washinston Gas Light Company
Willam H Braund
Ford
Congress
McDowell
Carrington
Eaght
Long Bridge
Buchanan
Col Stone
United States
France
England
Confederacy
Fall From Ladder Fatal at Star Laundry
Winter Hughes, a colored man, died at Emergency Hospital after a ladder fall at Star Laundry, 1317 Fourteenth Street NW. He suffered a fractured skull and a broken shoulder. death occurred at 1 30 this morning. Hughes, 28, last resided at 448 Twenty first Street. Manila Electric Line Opened for Traffic.
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Winter Hughes
Star Laundry
Fourteenth Street
Aughes
Twenty-first
Norianat
Presbytery in Session Opens With Revival Call
The Washington Presbytery met at Westminster Church with Rev Dr Wallace Radcliffe delivering a sermon urging a return to the old revival and evangelism. Moderator Rev Dr Albert Evans was elected. New members and a corresponding member joined, and interest grew in plans for a Presbyterian cathedral in Washington.
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Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue
Albert Evans
Metropoltan Church
Titus C Davis
Morris and Orange
John D Allison
Abingdon
S Gilson
Pillsbury
Washington
Demand for a bounty loyal in the dark days
Surviving volunteers of 1861 gathered at St. Joseph’s Hall to seek a government bounty for losses before muster, recalling Lincoln era guard duty and potato suppers. President J K Ford led the District Voluntary Association as members urged Congress support, while plans announced for a April Mason Temple gathering and celebration.
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Volunteer Association
Lincoln
St. Joseph's Hall
Fifth
H Streets
J. K. Ford
District Volunteer Association
W. L Phillips
JUDGE WELDON DIES. LINCOLN ALLY AND DAVIS FRIEND
Judge Lawrence Weldon of the United States Court of Claims died at his Hamilton apartment after a ten day pneumonia illness. He was born in Ohio in 1820s, served as Illinois legislator and U S attorney, and was appointed to the Court of Claims by President Arthur. He was a close associate of Abraham Lincoln and David Davis. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of his son Lincoln H. Weldon. interment in Bloomington is planned. The White House is expected to fill his bench seat with ex-Senator McComas of Maryland.
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O'Meara
Fowler
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Masonic Temple
Macfarland
Lawrence Weldon
United States Court of Claims
Hamilton
Lincoln H. Weldon
Bloomington
Ill
W. ©. Hanna
Peoria
Ohio
Judge Weldon
Madison County
London Academy
Wittenberg College
P. H. Moore
Mary Jane Howard
Mra. W. C. Hanna
Weldon
Clinton
de Witt County
Illinois
Cullom
United States
Southern District
Lincoln
Arthur
Mving
David Davis
Davis
United States Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Vespasian Warner
Pensions
Congress
Warner
Court of Claima
Senator McComas
Maryland
McComas
Reception to Delegates in National Council Women Sessions
National Council of Women of the United States opens its meetings with a social reception at Shoreham Hotel and an executive session. Notables from Washington and women of international reputation attend. Anna Shaw to speak. officers discuss upcoming business, with changes to schedule and Thursday morning officer elections.
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National Council of Women of the
United States
Shoreham Hotel
Shoreham
Washington
Council
Kate Waller Barrett
Alexandria
Mary Wood Swift
Susan B. Anthony
J. Ellen Foster
Barrett
Cummings
May Wright Sewall
Hannah Solomon
Joel Hillman
la Ferra
Anna Shaw
Frederick T. Dubois
National Woman's Suffrage Association
National Christian League For the Promotion of Social Purity
Elizabeth B. Grannis
Universal Feace Union
Amanda Deyo
American Federation of Nurses
National Woman's Relief Society
Emmeline B. Weiss
National Association of Business Women
Rayer
Alexander Kent
Swift
International Suffrage Association
International Council of Women
Canadian Council of Women
Robert Thompson
Hts
N. Coe Stewart
Edwin Markham
Ferguson pleads guilty to perjury in highway robbery case
Roy J. Ferguson pleaded guilty in Criminal Court No 1 to perjury after admitting his testimony in the defense of George Hardy Bernard Weismueller and William Tobin was a fabrication. Justice Wright postponed sentence for one week to allow further investigation by Assistant United States District Attorney Easly Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Roy J. Ferguson
Justice Wright
United States
Easly-Smith
George Hardy
Bernard Weismueller
William Tobin
Weismueller
Tobin
Hardy
Hasby-Smith
Vote Against M'Kim Idea Sparks Schools Debate
The Northeast Washington Citizens Association debated religious instruction in public schools. A Foster resolution urged moral teaching rooted in Christianity without dogma, while Sowerbutt proposed keeping churches and homes as sources of religious training and keeping schools for mental and physical education. After heated discussion, the Sowerbutts resolution opposing religious instruction passed by a viva voce vote, with debate continuing on the Foster proposal. The group also sought an injunction to stop district roadway narrowing and noted Chi Omega's Mount Vernon tree-planting ceremony with George Washington University involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeast
Washington Citizens’ Association
F. D. Foster
Committee On Schools
W. G Lang
Starr Parsons
Publc
Foster
Association
Sowerbutis
L. D. Walter
Sowerbutts
Josiah Millard
Conquterel
Millard
Dunn
J. B. Burke
Loring
Walter
Harller
Washington
Mothers learn to quit coffee for milk and health
A Kansas City mother describes years of dizziness heart pain and sour stomach worsened by coffee use while nursing. She stopped coffee and found Postum Coffee safer for her baby and herself improving milk flow. Her husband also recovered from dyspepsia after switching. Now they all drink Postum. Bat tle Creek Mich. Get The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Kansas City
Baby
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Httle
Wellville
Trial of Young Over Aqueduct Bridge Shooting
Samuel FR Young a Troop A Fifteenth Cavalry trumpeter faced manslaughter charges in Criminal Court No 1 regarding Policeman John Jacob Smith's July 7 death after a July 4 incident on the Aqueduct Bridge. Prosecution says Young fired blank cartridges at Smith causing fatal injuries. defense claims jest. Witnesses including Fort Ethan Allen soldiers described the event and delays in medical care.
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Aqueduct Bridge
Dore
Samuel FR. Young
A. Fifteenth Cavalry
Justice Wright
John Jacob Smith
Young
Smith
Washington
United States
Charles H. Turner
James B. Archer, Jr
John Lewis Smith
Fort Ethan Allen
Fifteenth Cavalry
Turner
Policeman Smith
Glazebrook
G. T Vaughan
William C. Gwynn
Vaughan
Roy 3. Adams
Folkeman Smith
Mr. Smith
Gwynn
Adams
Walter D. Weir
Thomas H. Graves
Weir
Graves
Wneither Graves
Weit
Stewart E. Hall
Charles J. Littlefield
Hyland
Corporal Shaw
Fort Myer
Shaw
Hall
Littlefield
Alley
Metal Workers Suspended From Federation
A letter from Samuel Gompers announced the suspension of the United Metal Workers International Union from the American Federation of Labor. The reason was alleged nonpayment of per capita tax and failure to obey the San Francisco 194 convention mandate. The mandate ordered coppersmiths charters revoked and jurisdiction shifted to the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Union
United Metal Workers Internatonal Union
San Francisco
Executive Council
Federation
Boston
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International Union
Weather on April 10 1905 shows cold fronts and storms
The Weather Bureau reports a trough from New England to Texas with thunderstorms from Missouri to New England. Unseasonably cold in the Middle Rockies with recent snow in Wyoming Colorado and Western Nebraska. Temperatures and wind patterns described for numerous regions. storm warnings resume mid-April for Great Lakes and Lake Superior. Also notes rainfall, sunshine, and tides data. Widow’s troubles multiply as son is injured and family misfortune continues after burglary and a death.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Ohio Valley
Texas
Missouri Valley
Missouri
Middle Atlantic
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Middle Plateau
Morntern
Mississippi Valley
South Atlantic
Ohia
Kansas
Louisiana
Atlantis
Gulf Coast
Lower Lakes
Grand Banka Note.The Display of Storm Warnings On Lakes Michigan
Huron
St Clair
Erie
Oatario
Pepin
Lake Superior
Sault Ste Marie
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Donald Wlean
Lin
Joseph
Manila
Presbytery
Dr. Radcliffe
Capital
Ilinois
National
Officers of Women’s Council
Justice Stafford
Savilla Avise
M’kim
Sowerbutt
Sount Vernon
Chi Omega
Vuw
de Eigue
National College
Washington City
Phi Alpha
George Washington University
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Sanders & Stayman
Curtis Clagett
Curtis
Twelfth Street
Maryland Avenue
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
N. Jo
Bismarck
N. Dak
Masa
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Iowa
Denver
Des Moines
Tow
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Ind
Jacksonville
Pla
Little Rock
Ark
Ou Marquette
Michan
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
New York
N.o
North Platte
Nebr
Omaha
Pittabure
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. Louis
Paul Minn
Springfield
Vicksburg, Miss
Peter Grogan
American Security and Trust Company
Charles J. Beal
Ww. A. McKenney
Upright Verse & Son
E.F. Droop & Sons Co
Pa. Ave. N.W
Tharp
Berkeley
F St. N.W
Williams’ Pare
Rogue’s Gallery
Evans
Louis Shultze
Georgetown University
Edward Evans
Bureau of Identification
Police Department
Rogues
Shultze
Boardman
Detective Bureau
Ouse
Apenta
Liebreich
Berlin
Bogostowsky
Moscow
Althaus
London
Lancereaux
Paris
Lapponi
Pope
United Agency Co
Fifth Avenue
Juels
G Street
N. W
Underground Waterworks Co
7Th St
Washington, D. C
Lanston Monotype Machine Co
Callowhirst
Philadelphia Pa
Lanston Monotype Machine Company
Fleischmann
Wilfred Bawncroft
Dae Ati Er Ee
Llerry
German-American Building Association
Hugo Kuerschner
Ape
Fannie B Patterson
Edwin W Patterson
Macdonnall School OF
Phrenology and Psychology
St. Aw
L. Macdonnall
OO Eee
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
J. T. Walker Sons
McGill & Wallace
E Street
Coe
Alice M Patterson
Wilbur L. Smith
D. Oo W. J
Bond Building
F. Rooma
Charles H. Gano
Vriermet Et Stein
St. Pope
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