Congress at an End closes the Continental Daughters session
The final hours of the fourteenth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution saw routine resolutions and talks on Continental Hall funding. Mrs Donald McLean sat on the platform as president elect while Mrs Fairbanks presided, with Mrs Weed delaying a personal dispute. State regents and vice regents were announced and confirmed, including numerous appointments from Alabama to Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syneriu
Charles Warren Fairbanks
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Vssiin
Rew
Spelt
Fairbanks
Donald McLean
Lattorm
Thraucharts
oYmonisement
Continental Hall
Nwly
Teall Mitoar
Plebitt
Walter H. Weed
Mon- Tess LO
Ekowerves
Preston
Weed
Amos G. Draper
Congress
Draper .Trose
Draper Thin
Melewn
Lids
Vanks Ti Tike
McLewan
Mra Pai Hehe vii
Alle bLean Sunl
Pairbanks
Teagan
Miz Jleledan
New York ‘Ley
James FL Aldrich
A. J Stobinson
Catharine Brave
James W. Randell
Eorge Mo Sternberg
Geners
McLean
Draper
Montana
Montania
Une
A.sbama
J Morgan Smith
Rice
Mullelian Arka
Lucian Wray
Phillip B
Spore Avaona
Water Talbott
Lace
Don Smeth
Caliermna
Cameron E. Thom
Colorado
John Campbell
Oliver W Mallaby
Connecticut
Sara Thompson Kineney
Tracy Cronon Warren
Anita Newcomb McGee
Continental Hall Committee
Dr. McGee
President General
Daughters of Indiana
Daughters of the American Revolution debated admissions and polygamy stance
The congress continued discussing eligibility of Children of the American Revolution for DAR membership with a vote enabling transfer without initiation fees. Amendments sought interment of John Paul Jones remains at Annapolis or Philadelphia, but were tabled. A strong anti Mormon resolution was debated urging limits on polygamy and Reed Smoot's Senate role, amid calls for constitutional changes. Continental Hall finances, officer powers, and governance proposals dominated the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
William McCrackin
Walter Harvey Weed
Nebraska
Stephen C. Longworthy
Frank B. Hollenbeck
New Hampshire
John McLane
Frederick J. Shepard
New Jersey
Ellen McCum
E.G. Putnam
New York
Charles H. Terry
Henry L. Robert
New Mexico
L. Bradford Prince
North Carolina
John Robinson Irwin
la Terle Sherrill
North Dakota
Sarah M. Lounsberry
Ohio
James L. Botaford
Joseph B. Foraker
Oregon
Mary Phelps Montgomery
Pennsylvania
J. Lea Patton
Minuie & Mickley
Rhode Island
Swinburne
Stephen F. Fiske
Tennessee
Charles B. Bryan
Edwin
Gardner
Texas
Seabrook W. Sydnor
Thomas J. Grace
Stah
Mary M. F Allen
Vermont
F. Stewart Steananan
Clayton &. North
Virginia
Gleanor Washington Howard
Washington
Mary Montgomery Phetne
West Virginia
Baldwin D. Spilman
Martha J. Bliver
Wisconsin
Thomas H. Brown
Ogden H. Pethers
Wyoming
Frank W. Mondell
Henry D. Patten
Congress
Day
National Board
Elizabeth C. Williams
Maryland
John Paul Jones
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Fredericksburg
National Cemetery
Arlington
Pierre Charles 'Ntant
Murphy
United States
United States Senate
Reed Smoot
Utah
Allen
Richardson
South Carolina
Fairbanks
Burial of John Paul Jones Topic Dominates Congress
In Washington quarters of the Washington Loan and Trust Building the fourteenth congress laid to rest the burial debate for John Paul Jones. Mrs McLean led motions praising Ambassador Porter for locating the body, the congress adjourned after singing Auld Lang Syne. Admiral Dewey favored Arlington Cemetery for Jones remains over Annapolis.
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Washington
Elizabeth C. Williams
John Paul Jones
Arlington National Cemetery
Annapolis
Ebbitt House
McLean
Robert E. Park
Georgia
John A. Murphy
Ohio
A. A. Kendall
Maine
Sal He Marshall Hardy
Marshall
John Marshall
Louisville
Hardy
Princeton Alumni Smoker Honoring Undefeated Baseball Nine
Princeton alumni held a smoker at Rauscher's honoring the undefeated baseball team fresh from defeating Georgetown. Henry E. B. Davis presided as toastmaster and several speakers praised the squad amid songs and jokes. A $150 fund funded a high school visit to Princeton and a $100 cup for city public school teams, with contest rules to be set by a three member committee.
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Nassau
Rauscher’s
Princeton
Baseball Nine
Georgetown
Alumni Association
Wilson
Vassar
Wellesley
Henry EB. Davis
Wallace Neff
Hildebrand
Jim Robinson
Wallace D. McLean
Victor Kauffmann
G. W. Kelly
Messrs
James L. Norris, Jr
Henry Tulloch
F. Granger
F. A. Balloch
L. J. L. French
R. M
E. C. Heald
Henry B. Munn
Marty Munn
John L. Smith
Foster R Greene
Fred Kruse
FC Matthar
RS. Brinkerhoff
John Brewer
Frank Evans
H. M. Suter
Beavers Mandate Sought to Return Beavers for Bribery Charge
The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court clerk for a mandate to the New York courts ordering George W. Beavers indicted here for complicity in postal frauds to appear and be surrendered to district officers for bribery charges. The mandate is expected to be served tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
United States District Court
United States Circuit Court
New York
George W. Beavers
Jones Healing From Self Inflicted Wounds
Frank Jones, held by a coroner’s jury for the death of Miss IxXate Norbeck, is rapidly recovering at Providence Hospital. Doctors report no pain and a cheerful, talkative mood. He may leave in a few days as a police guard from the Fourth precinct watches him. he has not been told of the victim’s death.
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Frank Jones
United States
Latin American Diplomats Block Roosevelt Pick for Bureau Chief
Eight Latin American diplomats united to defeat President Roosevelt’s choice for chief clerk of the Bureau of American Republics. They backed William Wells, a Washington lawyer, over P Alastair Gordon-Cumming after exams and internal political pressure. Wells, 39, native American with Spanish fluency, was favored by several board members despite initial American assurances.
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Roosevelt
Bureau of American Republics
W. W. Rockhill
Bureau
China
W. C. Fox
Rockhill
P. Alastair Gordon- Cumming
United States
Civil Service
Governing Board
Gordon-Cumming
William Gordon- Cumming
England
Hay
Rockidil
Mr. Gordon-Cumming
Fox
Loomis
State Department
Wells
Senor Calderon
Senor Munoz
Honor Ferrera
Senor
Don Ignacio Calderon
William €. Wells
Washington
Senor Gatber
Mr. Leger
Senor Calvo
Senor Corea
Min- Walker-Martinez
Senor Triana
Senor Wither
Gordon- Cumming
Mr. Wells
United
South America
Best Way to Take Peruna In Teaspoonful Doses
R Hartman promotes Peruna with teaspoonful doses before meals and at bedtime for most chronic diseases especially in women and weakened patients. Strong men with nasal catarrh may use tablespoonful doses several times daily, while advised to adjust by the Dr Hartman guidebook. Peruna praised for safety, efficacy, and widespread endorsements.
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R. Hartman
Tle
Peruna
Dr. Hartman
Philadelphia broker arrested on mail fraud charge
Arthur J. Barry alias Edward T. Hunter, of Philadelphia, was arrested in this city on using the mails to defraud. Held in $1,000 bail before U S Commissioner A S Taylor, he is manager of Edward T Hunter & Co with Philadelphia headquarters. Warrant by Postal Inspectors Morse and Malone. Further hearing likely tomorrow for removal to Philadelphia for trial.
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Arthur J. Barry
Edward T. Hunter
Philadelphia
United States
A. 8. Taylor
Edoward T. Hunter & Co
Morse and Malone
Palmer
Meeting of War Nurses in Sixth Annual Spanish War Nurses Meet
The Spanish War Veterans of this city anticipate the sixth annual convention of the Spanish American War Nurses Association. The event runs May 1 and 2 with meetings at the Ebbitt House and a monument unveiling at Arlington National Cemetery. Dr Anita Newcomb McGee leads the association as president and former acting surgeon in charge of army nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
Arlington
United States
Army
Anita Newcomb McGee
Association
United Spanish War Veterans
United States Volunteers
Corps of Army Nurses
Buffalo Man Arrested for Mail Box Letter Theft at YMCA
James Wilcox twenty seven a YMCA member was arrested by Detectives O ri g n and Parham on charges of larceny after allegedly taking money from a letter Houghten of Buffalo left with Wilcox to mail at the YMCA writing room in the Seventeenth and G streets building. The two ten dollar bills never reached their destination and Wilcox confessed he feared he had taken the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilcox
O'rign and
Parham
Wilcox
Seventeenth
G Streets
George F. C. Houghten
Buffalo
Houghten
Houghton
Thief Nabbed By Robbery Motive On Thirteenth Street
Julia McChesney, of 1719 Thirteenth street northwest, reported her hand bag was snatched by a large black man who stepped from behind a tree on Thirteenth street between R and & streets. He asked for money, grabbed her wrists, and fled after she screamed, leaving only $1.25 and a railroad ticket.
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Miss McChesney
Julia McChesney
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Thirteenth Street
Maggie Fauntleroy
11 & Department Store
O’brien
Miss Fauntleroy
Babe on Grandfather's Hands Threat to Family Ties
Three week old babe left by its parents in care of R H Harrison and his wife is unwanted by the step grandmother. Harrison reports the infant was left at his Virginia avenue home and the mother failed to return a week ago. The grandfather seeks Maj. Sylvester advice while fearing job loss at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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R. H. Harrison
Virginia Avenge Southeast
Harrison
Virginia Avenue
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Maj. Sylvester
William W Herron Dead Real Estate Broker 67
William W Herron died at 142 Binney Street NW on Friday evening after a Brights disease illness. The 67 year old Newville, Pennsylvania born broker retired six years ago from Herron Reamy. He leaves a widow and daughter Mrs Harrison Nesbitt. Funeral in Newville with burial there.
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Bright
William W. Herron
Binney Street
Newville
Herron
Herron & Reamy
Harrison Nesbitt
Shellabarger
Pennsylvania
Nesbitt
Washington
Weather Conditions Report April 22 1905
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports fair weather east of the Mississippi with high pressure over the Lake region and a moving disturbance in New Mexico. showers likely in the Southwest and western Mississippi Valley. highs in interior valleys and northeast. winds vary by coast. Local readings list temperatures, humidity, rainfall 0.01, sunshine 84 hours, and tides.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Mississippi
Lake
New Mexico
Rocky Mountain
Mississippi Valley
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Asheville
Atlanta
moOne
Atlantic City
Biemarck
Boston
Mass
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleana
New York
North Piatte
Nebr
Omaha
Pittsburg
Pasé
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minn
Springfield
Til
Icksburg
Miss
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Neww York
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