Presbyterians in Washington Debate Race Overture
The Washington presbytery debated overtures on a racial segregation presbytery, voting 41 to 1 against a color line plan while endorsing union with the Cumberland Church. Led by Dr Grimke and Justice Harlan, the meeting urged upholding Christian equality and opposed separate presbyteries as unchristian. The Cumberland overture passed with an opposing minority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterians of
Washington
Westminster Church
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Winona
W W Radcliffe
J. F Grimke
Dr @Kmke
Christiana
Christ
South
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlanta
Great
Presbyterian Church
Grimks
Cumberland Presbyterians
S.t
Presbytery
Justice Harlan
John Mc Harlan
Yace
Tistice Harlan
Cloged
John_ Chester
John Gordon
Tor
Howard University
P RR Ramsdell
Theo Lorat
Bree Birdinger
W Wladfe
Int
Southern Presbyterian Church
Les
Gerral Assembly
George W Moistiraton Alexander
Rey J J Seirsaall
Ordk
Rey Edward Warren
Righter
MmMiselmers
John Woo Har- Yeu
Ote
Fragmented church meeting notes list leaders and charges
The text lists Southard Parker and H. P. Keene as alternates with the Woman's Board of Home Missions reporting year collections. It mentions permission given to BROY and outlines boundaries of the parish. W. Hert Dexter is in charge of the Takoma Park Church and Rev. T. B. Gay is in charge of the Gurdon Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southard Parker
H. P. Keene
Woman's Board of Home Missions
Wate
e_ribes
W. Hert Dexter Re
Takoma Park
Chur
Gerden Memorial
Bankruptcy rule issued against Union Outfitters Company
Justice Anderson of the District Supreme Court ordered Union Outfitters Company to show cause on April 28 why it should not be adjudged bankrupt. Involuntary bankruptcy petition by Freeman Brothers, Eling Brothers & Co, and Schottman Brothers alleges a deed of trust on March 28 to benefit creditors. The firm, recently formed by union labor leaders, operates a men’s furnishing store at 619 Seventh Street Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Outfitters’ Company
Justice Anderson
District Supreme Court
Union Outfitters To Men Company
Freeman Brothers
Eling Brothers & Co
Schottman Brothers
Wolf & Rosenberg
Charles Carr
Seventh Street
Petworth Citizens Call for School Space and Municipal Ownership
Eleven members of the Petworth Citizens' Association met at President Gude's home to urge larger school facilities and a vote for municipal ownership of street railways gas and electric plants. They also criticized current assessments as inequitable and pressed for fair mass appraisal across all property classes.
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Petworth Citizens' Association
Gude
Partella
Merritt
Oyster
District of Columbia
Lewis Shoemaker
Petition for a Receiver in Cahill Electric Suit
Thaddeus Cahill through Tucker and Kenyon began suit in the District Supreme Court seeking the appointment of an ancillary receiver for the Cahill Electric Typewriter Company. Defendants include Herbert D Lafferty William P Stearn and James L Achaaff. A rule to show cause why an arbiliary receiver should not be appointed was ordered for next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Cahill
Smt
Electric Typewriter Company
Tucker & Kenyon
District Supreme Court
Cahill Electric Typewriter Company
Herbert D Lafferty
William P Stearn
James L Achaaff
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Cahill
Stafford
Aged Men HURT in Separate Auto Collisions
A 66 year old man Myer Mis was struck on Pennsylvania avenue by a car driven by William Engle. He refused hospital care and went home. Howard Payne later collided with James Murphy near Fourth and O. Murphy was not seriously hurt and taken home. Payne was jailed. A Negro woman Mrs Lucy Quander died from heart disease after collapsing on a streetcar ride. coroner notes death after a Virginia arrival weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myer Mis
Pennsylvania Avenue
Third Street
William Engle
Second Street
Millis
Engle Howard Payne
Lyman Pierce
James Murphy
Fourth
O Streets
Murphy
Wighth Street
Payne
Lucy Quander
Seventh
H Street
Virginia
Rhode Island Avenue
Injured Worker Fractures From Dumped Earth Near Union Depot
James Spriggs a 25 year old colored man from 1538 Twelfth Street Northeast was struck by earth dumped from a car near the new Union Depot at First Street and Massachusetts Avenue Northeast. His left leg was fractured in two places and he was taken to the Casualty Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Spriggs
Twelfth Street
Union Depot
First Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Reading of Declaration Ends Trial of Soldier in Policeman Death
Testimony closed and jury to decide in Criminal Court No. 1 as Samuel R. Young of Troop H Fifteenth Cavalry faces manslaughter charges over Policeman John Jacob Smith’s July death after a July 4 incident at the Aqueduct Bridge. Witnesses described the night, the recovery scene, and a gun found in a catch basin after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Young
Fifteenth Cavalry
Criminal Court
John Jacob Smith
Justice Wright
Young
James W Wordell
M Street
Gsokiler
Smith
John M Ward
Joseph A . Fought
Isaac B Talbot
Capital Traction Company
Mellen
Young Mellen
First Precinct
Robert F Crowley
William Moore
Twenty-fifth
L Streets
J Fitzpatrick
Foreman Fitzpatrick
Lieut Boyle
Lieut Jordan
W W Jordar
Officer Smith
Sergt Schneider
Policeman Smith
Aqueduct Bridge
United States
Turner
James B Archer
Archer
Shallenberger
Rochester
Youngs
Samuel H Stride
Sharpsburg
John Lewis Smith
Soldier Young Trial Details at Fort Clash Over July Fourth Shooting
Testimony describes a July Fourth party near the fort with beer and a revolver and a blank-cartridge shooting at a corporal on the Aqueduct Bridge. Witnesses recount the incident, police actions, and Young’s claim that the act was jest. Defense and prosecution presented arguments on intent and manslaughter.
Mexican Ambassador Azpiroz’s Remains Sail for Vera Cruz With Honors
After talks between acting Secretary Loomis and Navy Commander Winslow, a formal transport plan was set for the late Mexican Ambassador H E Senor Azpiroz. He will depart Washington by train Saturday at 2 pm with Senor Don Federica Gamboa and Mexican embassy staff. The escort includes Navy and Naval Academy personnel. nineteen minute guns will fire at departure and the Columbia will carry the family to Vera Cruz arriving noon on the 22nd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis
Winslow
Navy Department
Vera Cruz
H E. Senor Azpiroz
Washington
Don Federica Gamboa
Snnited States
Annapolis
Naval Academy
USS Columbia
Standish
Standrell
Columbia
Death by gas and overdose in despondent widow
Miss Mary A Brown fifty four years old died by her own action at her home 1S Cincinnati street northwest yesterday afternoon. She turned on the gas and took laudanum causing death with an empty bottle beside her. Coroner Dr Nevitt located in the same block pronounced death from gas and laudanum poisoning. Found by a family member lying on her bed with the jet turned on. She had been in low spirits for some time and did not hint at intending to end her life earlier in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Brown
Mary A Brown
Cincinnati Street
Nevitt
Miss Brown
Sond
Negroes urged to join Jamestown Exposition effort
Giles B Jackson director general of the Negro Development and Exposition Company travels to Washington to rally colored citizens for the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. He urges stock purchase and congressional funding while noting Southern states already support exhibits. Rev George W Lee also speaks at Shiloh Baptist Church. further meetings are planned at Vermont Avenue Baptist and Virginia Avenue Baptist arches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles B Jackson
Negro Development and Exposition Company
United States
Washington
Jamestown
Shiloh Baptist Church
L Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Congress
George W. Lee
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
J. Anderson Taylor
John Smyth
Virginia Avenue Baptist Arch
Union Men Claim Victory In Paper Hanger Strike
Paper hangers report progress in a wage dispute as seventeen firms surrender to a $3.50 daily scale. Four more employers signed yesterday, bringing back 75 of the workers previously idle, with 20 members affected by the new rate, while insisting the 860 daily rate was promised by employers last September.
Post Office Circular Targets Illegal Newspaper Supplements
Third Assistant Postmaster Madden issued a circular to all postmasters outlining enforcement of second class laws against illegal newspaper inclusions. It targets calendars, sheet music, patterns, cards, dolls, and other “supplements” as non germane material. The order, effective September 1, will require regular rates for such material and underscores that only germane contents may ride at subsidized second class rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madden
Audh
Weather conditions and temperatures across the United States
The report notes low barometric pressure over the East with a second system moving from the north into Minnesota. Rain and unsettled weather dominate Atlantic coast districts and the Gulf states, with snow in mountain areas and cooler changes in the South. Winds vary by coast, from fresh westerlies to thundersqualls, with higher temperatures in the South and Rockies. A note mentions storm warnings across Great Lakes and lakes opening in mid-April 1906. Temperature readings through the day show highs near 82 and lows around 55, with numerous city readings listed.
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Keay
Washington
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Atlantis Coast
Gulf States
Colorado
New Mexio
Lower Lake Region
Texas
New Mexico
South
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Werner
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banke
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Clair
Erie Ontario
Pepin
Lake Superior
Sault Ste Marie
Ashevie
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Boston
Maas
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cheyenne Wye
Davenport
Iowa Ae
Denver Cole
Des Moines
Lava Bs
Galveston
Tex Aa
Heleng
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonvile Flats
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis Tenn
New Orleans
New York NY
North Platte
Nebr
Omaha
Taussig treated for dog bite at Pasteur Institute
John H Taussig son of Captain Edward D Taussig once a Cornell football end rush is in the Pasteur Institute in New York undergoing treatment for a dog bite. He resides in Germantown and killed the mad fox terrier that bit him before seeking care. The incident follows his move to New York for treatment after the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Taussig
Cornell
Pasteur Institute
Philadelphia
John H Taussig
Edward D Taussig
Massachusetts
New York
Mr Taussig
Germantown
Orientals Driven From Salmo Mill Amid Tense Transport
In Vancouver on April 11 a mob forced 33 workers from Salmo out of a mill site, including 10 Chinese and 23 Japanese. The party was shuttled to Nelson after whites blocked departure at the depot. The company insists it needs the Orientals and plans another landing attempt with provincial police support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Salmo
Kootenay
Nelson
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Dr. Radcliffe
Petworth
Myer Ellis
Union
Soldier Young
Fort Myer
Grocer
Humphrey Coffee and Taa Co
Paris
Diatk
Hiss
Diair
Frank Seer
Fat
Aquéduct Bridge
Eliot
Giiith
Sergt. Hall
Sor
Mt. Jordan
Turner i
Richards
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Charles
Williams-Rheeland
Mass
John Wealey
Church Street
Larshurgh
Laure
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventi Street
Sanders & Stayman Go
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St. N.W
Nee
Peter Grogan
al Washingto 3
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street
Pilgrim Light Lunch
F Street
British Columbia
Napoleon
Perrier Jouet Champagne
NEW York and Kentucky Company
Fifth Avenue
27Th Street
Rookwood Pottery
Buckingham’ S
Pa. Ave
St. N. W
Tal
Yose & Bon Upright
Nis Huntington Upright Bo Chickering
E. Proop & Sons F. C
Penna. Ave
Williams
pate'Store
G Street
N. W
Eagle
A. P. Andrews Paper Co
Louisiana Avenue
D Street
Lanston Monotype Machine Co
Callowhill St
Lanston Monotype Machine Companys
Fleischmann
Alexandria
Board of
Wilfred Bancroft
Fannie B Patterson
Edwin W Patterson
Macdonnalgw School of Phrehology and Psychology
Mme L Macdonnanl
Mt Vernon
Largo Bottis
Tennessee
Shoomaker CO
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
J. T. Walker Sons
Consultus Gaberin
A.W
McGill & Wallace
E Street
Patterson
Lidge
Charles HK
Gano
Clara A. Whestlaer
Brunéwivk
Aeichne
Pope
Mackenzie
Annerial Lami
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