Young Woman Forger Saved Arrest by Father
James W Hendley reports his name forged on fifteen checks drawn on American National Bank and passed at city businesses by his former clerk Mabel Florine. Her father, John H Florine, paid the funds to stop police action. no arrest followed. The checks totaled about $10 each, matching Florine’s weekly wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Hendley
Mabel Florine
American National Bank
James W Hendley
Couplan
P Street
Hendley
Mabel Fiortre
Florrie
Capt. Boardman
Detective Bureau
Mr Hendley
Florine
Howlett
John H Fborine
A Hendley
Enlistment Opens Three Year Term for Cavalry Troop
The Capital City Cavalry Troop elected officers and admitted ten new members to reach fifty on the roster. Ex cavalrymen with honorable discharges may enlist for three years. uniforms and drill rules align with the regular army. Next meeting set for Friday. Joseph A C Fought named assistant chairman. Separate note: lawyers at the Court of Claims met to plan memorials for Judge Welldon to be held April 17 at 2 pm. Educational Association convention plans for Asbury Park July 27 196 with a Hudson River trip and New York visits via Columbia University arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reguda
Joseph A C Fought
Oden H Lake
Hes
Court of Claims
Pradt
Judge Wedont
Cpurt
Wilde
Educational Association
Thm Johnson
National Educational Association
District of Columbia
Asbury Park
Ocean Grove
Columbia University
New York
Hudson
Injunction Restraining Tax Sale In Perpetual Adoration Society
Justice Stafford granted an injunction restraining District Commissioners from selling the Society of Perpetual Adoration property over a disputed tax bill. The society says the tax was wrongly levied during charitable use of the property, though title is in a third party’s name. The injunction remains pending final hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
Society of Perpetual Adoration
D A R Congress Appointment and Delegates Arrive
Mrs. W H Weed of Montana is named acting chairman of pages for the Daughters of the American Revolution Congress due to absences. Rhode Island delegates arrive and will stay at the Abbitt House. Mrs. Crosman leads the education committee campaign for president general Sternberg, with several officers and state regents arriving for the event. An interview with Mrs. McLean and other congress details appear on page 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Arival
W. H. Weed
Montana
Congress of the Daughters of the Revolution
Charles W. Fairbanks
Robert E. Park
Atlanta
Franklin E. Brooks
Colorado
Continental Memorial Hall Committee
Society
George Washington
Rhode Island
Abbitt House
J. Heror Crosman
New York
John N. Carey
Indiana
Willam W. Liggett
Minnesota
Lucy Heneberger
Virginia
Elroy M. Avery
American Monthly Magazine
Cleveland
Ohio
Lucian W. Coy
Arkansas
Charles H. Deere
Tenois
Sarah M. Lounsberry
North Dakota
Orlando J. Hodge
McLean
Congress
Plan for Big Auditorium in Washington Proposed
At a meeting of boards and business groups in Washington the committees outlined a plan to build a large auditorium with an estimated total cost of 500000. Commissioner Henry L. West announced a Washington Auditorium Association and invited 100 citizens to join. The discussion examined example venues in Indianapolis New York Cincinnati Des Moines and other cities for funding structure and capacity. A proposed site and steel from the St Louis Exposition would total 500000, with 300000 for erection and 200000 for site and transport. A one hundred member committee and a Washington Auditorium Association were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Business Men's Association
Washington
Henry L. West
Washington Auditorium Association
West
George Truesdell
James F. Oyster
John H. Magruder
W. H. Moses
W. J. Gude
L P Shoemaker
C. D. Glover
Tomlinson
Springer Hah
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Iowa
St. Loui
Committee of
One Hundred
Maurice Joyce Anims a Rise From Printer to Engraver
The career of Maurice Joyce, born in Ireland in 1838, details his emigration to Halifax and Boston, a shift from printing to shipbuilding briefly, and his pivot to engraving. In 1863 he joined the Government Printing Office in Washington, patented a new engraving method, then founded a small shop that grew into the Maurice Joyce Engraving Company by 1894, renowned for skilled craftsmen and advanced equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Joyce
Joyce “Eagraving Company
Ireland
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Boston
Joyce
Donald McKay
Ogton
Washington
Government Printing Office
Seventh Street
Phi Psi Elect Officers At Washington Alumni Session
The Washington Alumni Association of Phi Kappa Psi elected officers for the year including President John Paul Harnest and vice president Arthur E. H. Middleton. A biennial Grand Council meeting is set for April 19 and 20, 1906 in this city with delegates from all chapters attending. A. Snell named district council delegate for Morgantown April 26 and 27. Committees on auditing, entertainment, banquet, and fraternity affairs were appointed. Supper followed the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New Willard
A. ¥. Snell
Third District Council
Morganstown
W Va
Harnest
S J. Butterfield
H .L. Hodgkins
E. L. LeMerle
John Sherman, Jr
J. E Jones
J. B. Ecker
The
Association
Messrs. Preston
B. Ray
W W. Curtis
J EB Jones
E. H Spaulding
A. V. Snell
J. B. Jones
Humble Home Request From Pension Claimant in Fort Wayne
A brief letter from a veteran who served in the Spanish War and National Guard asks the Commissioner of Pensions to investigate his claim and to provide a modest home in Fort Wayne. He notes employment as a daily clerk and appeals for government aid. The letter is dated and signed by Ella Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Pension Bureau
National Guard
Commissioner of Pensions
Fort Wayne
Pensions
Heart Cure Ad Claims Powerful Cardiac Support
A promotional notice extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a safe remedy that strengthens nerves and muscles of the heart to supply energy. It cites nerve weakness from exertion and stress as causing breathlessness and palpitations, endorsing the product with a Boston physician testimonial and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney
Dr. Miles
C. F. P. Burchmore
M. D
Mass
Ave
Boston
Havana Fracas as Nationalists Seize City Papers
Six Nationalist congressmen forcibly seized papers detailing fifty allegations of misconduct by Havana councilmen and city officials. The incident arose from party strife between Moderates led by Palma and Nationalists who control city governance. Governor Nunez ordered investigations. six congressmen overpowered a governor's clerk and hid the documents. The affair prompted official reports to Secretary Andrade and the court of first instance. The Senate accepted Vice President Estevez’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Moderate
Palma
Nunez
Gen
Andrade
Interior
House
Court of First Instance
Senate
Esaver
Senor Estevez
Court martial finds Capt Curtis liable. demoted
The War Department reports Capt Arthur F. Curtis of the Artillery Corps was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman and neglect of duty by a Washington Barracks court martial. He is reduced fifteen files in rank and reprimanded, with embezzlement charge dismissed. sentence mitigated by the Department of the Army commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Arthur F. Curtis
Artillery Corps
Washington Barracks
Department of the Host
Curtis
Army orders grant leave and retirements of officers
Seaves of absence for First Lieut. Ralph Caldwell and extension for Second Lieut. Harry Simons, retirement of Brig. Gen. Charles Hobbs, and relief of Col. Stevens Norvell from Florida militia duty. Lt. Gouverneur Parker to Washington Barracks for observation, Lt. Walter Penfield limited visits to Cowdrey Machines Works. War Department reshuffles general officers and artillery transfers detailed. Marine Hospital Service promotions and appointments, Sigsbee’s flagship sails, other vessel movements, and a women’s reform delegation visit to Commissioner Macfarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph ©. Caldwell
Seventh Cavalry
Harry H. Simons
Philippine Scouts
Charles W. Hobbs
U. A
Col
Stevens T Norvell
USA
Cowdrey Machines Works
Fitchburg
Mass
War Department
Samuel S. Summer
Southwestern Division
Pacific
Arthur MacAr Hy
Frank D Baldwin
Department of the Colorado
Sumner
William S. McCaskey
Philippine Islands
Denver
Colo
Janes A. Buchanan
Philippines
Tasker J. Bitss
Manila
Albert ©. Blunt
Thirteenth Battery
Field Artillery
10Th Company
Coast Artillery
John JT Martin
Hightieth Company
Rock Island Arsenal
William P. Pence
W40th
Eightieth
Arthur F. Curtis
Forty-seventh
Seventeenth
Eugene T. Wilson
Seventeenth Company
Navy officers receive orders for training in hygiene school
A lists multiple officers and enlisted personnel detailed to shipyards stations and medical facilities from Guam to Philadelphia and Washington. Each is detached for home or duty and ordered to the Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical School for instruction between April 1903 and April 1908, culminating with a report to the Surgeon General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R B. Stone
Naval Station
Guam
L. 1
J. T Burwell
Marblehead
Solace
EB. P. Swart
Walt
R. A Dawes
Chicago
W. G. Farwall
Naval Recruiting Station
Philadelphia
E. M. Shipp
Naval Hospital
New York
Washington, D. C
Naval Museum of Hygiene and Medical School
J 0. Pryor
Narragansett Bay
Washington, DC
J. F. Leys
Naval Museum of Hygiena
Medical School
L W. Bishop
Southern
Navy Yard
Portamouth
N. H
J. H. Iden
R. 1
Naval Museum of Hygiene and Mailea
N. Benton
H. O. Shiffert
Pranktin
Norfolk
CG. N. Fiske
Boston
Mass
Washington, D C
J A. Murphy
Washington
Quick Rich Scheme Nipped by Post Office
The Neptune Company of Philadelphia advertised a plan promising 300 percent profits on a $5 capital and $250 monthly income for working only a few hours monthly. It entailed recruiting 500 families to pay for monthly medical services and arranging a physician contract for 250 dollars monthly to handle 600 families, claiming large net profits. Post office inspectors investigating the operation found no actual investors and halted the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neptune Company
Philadelphia
Post Office Dept Fraud Order Targets Neptune Company
The Attorney General for the Post Office Department urged a fraud order after an individual realized a $2 gain in a scheme. Postmaster General Cortelyou issued the order yesterday, listing Neptune Company among prominent get-rich-quick schemes shut down by the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Cortelyou
Neptune Company
Civil Service Upholds Coachman Selection Issue
Secretary Shaw requests a list of eligible drivers from the Civil Service Commission under new rules. Three candidates are submitted, including a grave digger from St Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane who has not driven a vehicle in thirteen years. Secretary Shaw plans to give him a trial nonetheless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
St. Hilgabeth's Hospital
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Capital City
Weldon Memorial Service
Bernice Plair
Brightwood
Freedman's Hospital
Conference of Health Officials
Conference of
State Boards of Health
Public Health
Marine Hospital Service
New Willard Hotel
Baltimore and Return
Pennsylvania Railroad
D. Adr
Harry Morningstar
Twelfth Street Northwest
Grant
First Precinct
Capitol Terrace
Capitol
Tur
No. 4 Engine Company
Ethel Grant
Q Street Northwest
Alma Herbert
Ninth
EK Streets
Carlisle
William J. Gordon
de Bruce
George W. Cooper
Franklinton
Elmer Hallenbeck
Tribea Hill
Peartey J. Gordon
Virginia—Reward
James A. Angle
Straightstone
W H Hubbard
Zendaa Steward C. Lawson
Count Cassini
Bar Harbor
PHI Psis
Commissioner Warner
Roanoke
Ella Law, Coloren
Eigeveen
Pratt
G. B. Bell
Justice Barnard
Leonard Scott
Henry A. Herrell
Eighteenth
B Streets
Mr. Herrell
T. D. Berry
A. J. McLaughlin
Mary A Ierasl
Manfie
P. J
Sigsbee
Brooklyn
Puerta Plata
Santo Domingo City
Samana Bay
Detroit
St. Thomas
San Juan
Prairie
Monte Cristi
Hagle
Texas
Nevada
Florida
Key West Prairie
Puerto Plata
Stalied
Pensatola
Hampton Roads
Puerto
George €. Cole
West Virginia
Cateul
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Mothers’ Congress
Macfarland
Ottage
W. B. Moses & Sons
F Street, Cor
Bray
Priestley
Cravenette
Oige
Gralee
F Street
Goodyear Rain Coat Co
F St. N. W
Wastincron
Hearne Eaaenne Meher Teoe
eBir Caclinas
White Chemical Co
Thos. E. Ogram
Carter
Arter
Iver
Palais Royal
Eleventh Streets
Columbia
Mat Tomday
Primrose Minstrels
James H. Decker
Charles B. Dillingham
Frank Daniels
Sergeant Brue Hy
Klaw & Erlanger
Blanche Ring
Lafayette
Opera House
TALL
Princess Chic
Sophie Bran
Towboy
Sears
Donna
Pittsburg
Emil Paur
Mme. Gadski
Washington Festival Chorus
St. H.W
Fla. Ave
Lindsay Rubber
Mig. Co. Inc
Su Diwan
Yessure
Goodyear Rubber CO
Nation
Phaetne
Eranies Rune Pree
Edna May
London
Charles Froh- Maude
3. M. Barrie
Lik Mar
MMA
Are i
the Girl
York
Adams
Frederick Fean
Richard Bryce
Chase
Valdeville
Carlotta
Sam Elton
Stanley
Brockman Delmore
Oneida
Jules Hickey
Amy Nelson
Carlin
Otto
Annie Abbott
Academy
Shepard
Merny, Petras
Matinee Daily
Kernan
Frank B. Carr
Anita Newcome McGee
Miriam Danforth
D. AR
Arthur Smith
Noetter Carey
Martin Schneider
Mery Yard Exchange
Eighth
Lst
Ladies’ Comfort Capeca
Fulton’s
Ninth Street
H.W
Wareden
Diamonda Jewelry
Elverwara, &A
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