Pay in Army and Navy Viewed by Chairman Hull
Representative John A Hull says no likelihood of a pay increase for army navy marine and revenue cutter officers in the next Congress or the short session to follow. He urges retrenchment to meet deficits, citing potential reductions in army and naval appropriations and opposition to restoring Spanish war taxes while praising Secretary Wilson and his subordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan
Wilson
John A T Hull
Town
House Committee On Military Affairs
Congress
Army
Navy
Marine Corps, and Revenue Cutter Service
Hull
Cannon
Hall
Internal Revenue
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Virginia
Tull
Washington
Agricultural Department
Qld Dominion
Wadsworth
Iowa
Watson
Hospital work begins as Freedmen’s Building site staked
Dr W A Warfield drove the first stake marking the site of the Freedmens Hospital at the northeast corner of the square. George A Fuller Company of New York began excavation. Howard University trustees deeded the block to the government, with Congress granting 300000 dollars for the hospital. Bruce Price De Lebour of New York will furnish the plans after competing with twenty four firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warfield
Freedmens Hospital
W A Warfeld
George A. Fuller Company
New York
Pomeroy Street
Howard University
Congress
Bruce, Price & de Lebour
Willard Funeral Today At Church Of The Epiphany
Complete funeral arrangements for Caleb C Willard are set for 2 pm at the Church of the Epiphany in northwest Washington with Rev J D Muthe and Rev J Thompson officiating. Interment will be private at Oak Hill. Additional pallbearers include Maj Albert Akers and Col Arthur Herbert among others. Land offices at Eau Claire and Ashland, Wisconsin, are discontinued with work transferred to the Wausau office by executive order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb C Willard
Church of the Epiphany
G Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
J da Muthe
J Thompson
Oak Hill
Majj Albert Akers
Wright Rives
Mauchlin Niven
H GC Bureh
Robert Farnham
John B Larner
H. Rozier Dulany
Gorden
John Selden
Leighobinson
William B. Gurley
E. Ine
R .E. Lee
Arthur Herbert
Eau Claire
Ashland
Wis
Wausau
Metal Workers Convention Arrangements In Washington
International Amalgamated Association of Shear Metal Workers' executive board plans a special convention in Washington next Monday at Typographic Temple. The aim includes creating a funeral benefit fund and no officer elections are expected beyond those already chosen in 1904. Officers listed include Pattison, Frayna, Kennedy, Me Tigue, Kelly, Shulaker, Wingfield, O'Sullivan, Bray, with Gompers invited to speak at a preliminary meeting yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Amalgamated Association of Shear Metal Workers
Washington
Canada
Buffalo
Richard Pattison
New York
Hugh Frayna
Scranton
John H Kennedy
Toronto
John T Me Tigue
Nashville
Tenn
H J Kelly
Baltimore
S Shulaker
San Francisco
Cal
John H Wingfield
Somerville
Mase
M O'Sullivan
Kansas City
John E Bray
Natonal Hotel
Samuel Gompers
Federation of Labor
New Plantings in Streets Boost City Tree Count
Trueman Lanham reports to the Commissioners that 2,755 trees were planted in the past fiscal year, adding to a total of 89,387 street trees in Washington. The effort included Norway sugar and silver maples, elms and oaks, with a focus on avoiding overplanting and protecting trees with woven wire netting.
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Trueman Lanham
Norway
Tom
Geome
I Street
Virginia Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue Northwest
F Street
North Capitol Street
Washingtom
Forty Years in Service Honored by Clerks Testimonial
N C Martin chief of the quartermaster's division under the Treasury War Department received a floral tribute and engraved testimonial from his clerks on forty years in government service. He served in the Civil War with the 106th New York Infantry and afterward aided Secretary Seward after his wounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.C. Martin
N. C Martin
Treasury
War Department
Martin
F. S. de Land
106Th New York Infantry
Seward
Payne
Booth
Auditor’s Office
Illness of District Auditor's Office Clerk Frank H Loving
Frank H Loving audit clerk in the District auditor's office, long employed, is seriously ill at his home on Eleventh Street NW. He shows signs of nervous system collapse and his condition worsened after three weeks of illness. A Marine Band concert is scheduled at the White House this afternoon at 5 40 with a program including Mussorgsky and Wagner selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Loving
District Auditor's Office
Hileventh
L and
Loving
White House
Marine
Mussman
Carl Overture
Tannhauser
Wagner
Daniels
Bender
Jacques Louis Vanpotcke
Gur
Santelmann
Washington Police Stand Against Politics and Graft
The Washington police force, though small under 800, operates without political influence, unlike nationwide forces where ward leaders and graft pervade. A model of discipline and honesty, Washington officers are closely supervised, tenure on good behavior, and chosen after thorough examinations, with graft and polling manipulation absent from their duties.
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Washington
London
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St Louis
Baltimore
Leutenant
Weaver
Leager
Crook
Post
Pull
Bowery
Maj. Sylvester
Metropolitan Police Force
May Sylvester
Chinese Mothers Ignorant of Infant Care Says Missionaries
Special Washington Post dispatch notes Presbyterian medical missionaries in China stress teaching mothers infant care and proper feeding. Dr McCandliss cites high infant mortality due to ignorance. Reports from Hainan and Gairan show cultural barriers, plague impacts, and varied receptions to missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
China
H. M. McCandiss
Klungthou
Hainan
McCandliss
Hongkong
Henrietta Montgorry
amiHes
Gairan
Nodoa
New Frocks From Old Design by May Manton
Fashion note presents reusable frock ideas with yokes and sleeves to renew last season’s dresses. Illustrations show contrasting materials or all over lace for yokes and trimmed sleeves, offering multiple variations. Pattern No. 5697 for ages 4 to 12, mailed by the paper’s Fashion Department for 10 cents.
Internal Revenue Receipts Rise in 1905 totals 234 million
Commissioner Yerkes reports the Internal Revenue Bureau collected 234,187,976 during the year ended June 30 1905 a gain of 1 264 195 from 1904 Expenses were about 4 193 439 The breakdown shows increases across spirits tobacco fermented liquors and other taxed items with withdrawals by source and state contributions led by New York Illinois Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yerkes
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York
Alana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennnsylvania
Weekend Sun Prank at Atlantic City Ends in Humorous Fracas
The account recalls a Washingtonian who smacks a recumbent fellow on the beach while sand dwelling, causing a quick retreat and embarrassment. A Department of the Interior clerk recounts a hat swap with a thousand-dollar bill moment, then a comical domestic note from a separated husband writing his wife from a holiday scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Jack
Washington
Pasillon
Arthur Duffy
Department of the Interior
Pittsburg
Hmds
Tailor Max Needle Offers Half Price Pants for Spring Leftovers
Merchant Tailor at 315 Seventh St offers 60 spring pants patterns at half price to clear space for fall stock. Mr. Victor Haugaard and wife are traveling by sea to Boston and Portland, Maine. La Tinning and Heating, with roofing and spouting as a specialty, completes the notice. J. H. Simms at 1341 7th markets the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Victor Haugaard
Boston
Portland
J. H. Simms
Widespread Local Advertisements Highlight City Life
The page lists assorted notices from residents and businesses including dental services at Wunder & Leonard and address changes for Mohler & Co. It notes new stock in wall papers, local real estate agents, and a riverfront resort day for families, plus sales at Eiseman & Sultan and a painless dentistry promotion with low prices and free extras.
Unnamed shopper endures comic shopping misadventure
A humorous reminiscence recounts a man sent by his wife to shop for night robes and stockings, confused by the crowded department store. He awkwardly handles a ten dollar bill, tries to leave, then stalls as sales staff and other customers react with giggles at his awkward request.
Shopping Suspicions Amid Stocking Request
A man, in a low tone, asks a girl for three pairs of expensive stockings. Women shoppers smile at the scene, and the narrator notes the girls’ reactions and vows not to delegate future shopping duties.
Funeral of Clinton Smith in Conduit Road home
Funeral services for Clinton Smith of the Quartermaster General's Office were led by Rev Reese Murray of Union Methodist Episcopal Church at his Conduit road residence. The remains were taken to Middlebury Vermont for interment, with the family, after a week of typhoid illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Smith
Quartermaster General's Office
Reese Murray
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Conduit Road
Middleburs
Smith
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Sleep Enhancement Cure
Sleeplessness plagues readers as the ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens the stomach, improves circulation and digestion, and gradually brings regular refreshing sleep after many cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
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Epiphany
Metal Workers’ Convention
Lanham
Washington Force
Design BY
May Manton
Illinois
Jim
Max Needle
J. H. Humphreys
Asbury Park
Drs Wunder & Leonard
501
Seventh Street
Washington Dental Parlors
Lester Marx
New York City
C. C. Colison
George D Ashton
Colonial Beach
Wbimer O. Cole
George O Wilcox
The
Commercial National Bank
Valois
George BH . Croswell
7Th St. Sn
Nellie Middlehauf
J. W. Barker
William Levett
Ocean Grove, NJ
Lieut. Watt
No. 17 Engine Company
Fairfax, Va
Floyd HE. Davis
Mary Dowling
T.N. Mohler & Co
TMN Mohler & Co
Seventh Street Northwest
Mohler
Goumpr Ams
Mohler & Goumpf
H Street
Imperial Flats
Columbia
Mohler & Co
Mehler & Co
People’s Pharmacy
C W Buck
Brothers’ Place
Randle Park
Patent Office
Hiseman & Sultan
Eyseman & Sultan
Sultan
Eiseman & Sultan
H. Abramsom
M Stern
Thomas J Kesting
Thirty-first Street
Coronial Beach
Nauck & Nauck
7Th St
Fla
Mattie
Lillie Oettinger
Lilly and
Estelle Levy
Joseph Gray
Hame Ice Company
Georgetown
New England
A.H. Burdine
All Union Goods
W Burdine
7Th and
Va. Ave. Sn
Max Koboner
River View
Potomac
Hornung
C. C
Crendal Mackey
M Street
H B Gilbert
R H Darby
Maj. George Hill
Mobley
Grim
No 17 Engine Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monroe Street
William Cannon
Church of Our Saviour
Carmick
Newton Street
Rust Hall
North Capitol
M Streets
Brookland
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