Senate Debates Over Senator Mitchell Case and Procedure
Long debate in the Senate on handling the late Senator Mitchell’s death and the fate of his membership. Leaders argued for English precedent of waiting for court decisions, objecting to expulsion without due process, while others urged decisive action and criticized the committee’s handling of Burton and Dietrich cases. A conference on canal amendments followed, with Fulton, Spooner, and Bailey expressing varied views as the body adopted the committees and budget-related measures.
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Committee On Committees
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Spooner
Dietrich
Nebraska
Fulton
John H. Mitchell
Aliigon
Teller
Rebell
Texas
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Tie
Sevier
Congress
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Batley
Daniel
Agei
Tsme
Wen
Gullinger
Death of Navy Engineer Chief William H. Shock
William H. Shock engineer-in-chief of the U S Navy, died yesterday afternoon after a brief illness. A veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars, he served under Commodore Perry and Admiral Farragut and supervised machinery for the Merrimac. Interment in Greenmount Cemetery Baltimore with funeral services tomorrow at 10:30.
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William H. Shock
United States Navy
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Commodore Perry
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Maryland
Naval Service
Princeton
Tampico
Connor
Alvarado
Tuspan
Tlacotalpan
Vera Crag
Vera Crag, Under Commodore Perry
West Gulf
Gaines and
Morgan
Mobile
Thatcher
Boston Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard
Europe
Bureau of Steam Engineers
Vienna
Grant
Navy
Hayes
Baltimore
Marvnend
Knights Templars
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Aztec Club of
New York
Harry Canek
California
Alfred George
Wiliam Shock Boteler
Wham Shack Edmonston
Lily Edmonston George
Wilton G. Shock
Hats
Trom
Hev J. M. Schick
Grace Reformed Church
Greenmount Cemeter
Souvenir Theft Trial In City Court
Judge Kimball heard Miss Brooke Todd's plea after she confessed to taking a chocolate pat, a silver jug, and syrup from George Fogle's restaurant on Seventh Street Southwest after a supper with a friend. She said she intended them as mementos and promised to stop. the judge imposed a fine of a sum unspecified.
Hibernians Aid Jews Through Local Fund Drive
More than two hundred members of Division No. 2 Ancient Order of Hibernians met at 910 Pennsylvania avenue and re elected the entire board for the year. President Hartigan spoke of aid to suffering Jews in Russia and a subscription was sent to John J. Yaldson as treasurer. a similar donation went to St Joseph's Orphan Asylum. Officers elected included Chaplain Rev D J Stafford D D president Patrick J Halthgan vice president Joseph McEnerney recording secretary P H Gallagher financial secretary Wm B H McEvoy treasurer George H Malone sergeant at arms Roger Davis sentinel James Carroll and John J Dolan as committee chair.
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Division No. 2
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hartigan
Rossa F. Downing
Russia
John Jaylidson
Crawford Trial Opens in Conspiracy to Defraud Case
William G. Crawford, 19, on trial in Criminal Court No 1 for conspiracy to defraud the government in postal supplies, began arguments yesterday with District Attorney Baker leading for the government. A Worthington, defense chief, to answer. Holmes Conrad, government special counsel, to finish summing today. verdict expected this afternoon.
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William G. Crawford
No 1
Baker
Theovernment. Ie
A Worthington
Holmes Conrad
Stia
Willam Allen Wilbur Appointed Dean of Columbian College
Professor Willam Allen Wilbur is named dean of Columbian College by the board of trustees. Born August 15, 1864 in Mystic Connecticut, he graduates from Brown and later earns an AM. He has held roles at Howard Seminary and Columbian Universe and George Washington University, with 280 students currently enrolled and a promise of steady growth under his administration.
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Willam Alienwilbur
Columbian College
Theresf
Samuel H. Greene
Edward M. Gallaudet
Samuel W. Woodward
Eugene Levering
Theodore Woyes
John B. Larner
Thomas R. Jones
William 8. Shallenberger
David A Chambers
William Allen Wilbur
Mystic
Comn
Brown University
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Vermont Academy
Saxtons River
Howard Seminary
West Bridgewater
Mass
Columbian Academy
Columbian Universe
George Washington University
Wilbur
Sutton's Harbor Police Harbors Department Transferred
Commodore John Sutton reports the harbor force has moved from harbormaster duties to the Harbor precinct within the police department under the District appropriations act. The year’s expenses totaled 4316 with 815 deficiency funding. He notes increased duties and ice breaking in the Potomac River last spring.
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John Sutton
Police Department
Pollea Department
Potomac River
Local notices reveal city events and incidents in 1906
The Eckington Citizens Association banquet is set for January 16 at the Riggs House. Lectures continue at the Public Library with Mr Woodworth Clum on Obituary to the Klondike. District officials seek 5000 for snow removal. Stidham cites funds shortfall. A stabbing in Bludgen alley leaves Tara Barnes in serious condition. Charles Grant jailed.
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Saint Martin's Hall
North Capitol
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Stidham
Tara Barnes
Brenat
Charles Grant
Bludgen’alley
Hermeopathic Hosital
Grant
Employer’s Association
Fourteenth and & Streeta Northwest
Senator Wetmore
Rhode Island
Gen. Dodge
District Columbia Paper Mills
Horace Diggs
Georgetown
William Kimball
Kimball
Business High School Almnsi Association
Business High School
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
Opener
Packer
Customs Service
Willem Northridge
Fifth
D Streets
Catherine Prawley
Fourth Street
Phi Deta Theta
University Club
Seventeenth
K_ streets
Ideas
Uniden
Presbytery of
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue Church
W. H. E. Smith
Western Church
Fiie Puplis
New Business High Fchool
McKinley Manual Training School
M Street High School
Armstrong Manual Training School
Tha | ‘Y
WG Reed
New Papal Legation Planned for Baltimore Street
Plans approved for a new papal legation in Washington, costing about 100000 dollars, to rise at Baltimore street near Twentieth and Columbian road. Architect A Q Van Herbule to design a four story 60 by 90 foot building with a private chapel, reception rooms, dining room, libraries, offices, and luxury decor. Completion expected by spring 1907.
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National
Farley
Cardinal Gibbons
Ryen
Philadelphia
A. Q
van Herbule
Twentieth Street
Columbian Road
Legation
Chamburg
Receiver Sought for Puritan Life Insurance Stockholders Charge Irregularities
George B. Long and Gilbert W. Cave file in District Supreme Court alleging Puritan Life Insurance mismanagement. They claim capital stock impairment and salaries paid from surplus after policy holder claims, violating district insurance laws. Complainants seek sale of assets and distribution of proceeds to stockholders per their interests.
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Puritan Life Insurance Company
District Supreme Court
George B. Long
Gilbert W. Cave
Sergt Harry fined four dollars for neglect of duty
Sergt Harry was fined four dollars by the city commissioner after a review led by Commissioner West. The panel also warned him to be more attentive, and he is to remain on patrol duties. The case included contention from Commissioner Macfarlan over alleged misconduct to end in a scheme to undermine the police unit.
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Harry
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Macfarlan d
Secretary Bishop Goes to Boston for Panama Canal Talk
Joseph BR. Rishon secretary of the Isth mian Canal Commission left preddington yesterday for Heaton where he is guest at a dinner by the Meperanto Association tomorrow night and will deliver an address on the Panama Canal.
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Boston
Joseph BR. Rishon
Isthmian Canal Commission
Preddington
Heaton
Panama Canal
Escaped by the Subway Haunts New Trick Cabmen Describe
A New York cabbie recounts a recurring scam where riders lure him to Fourteenth Street and its subway, feigning a fare to restaurants then vanishing after a long pursuit. The tale recalls a blond woman and a tall man, with later notes of similar incidents near Times Building and Twenty-third Street, hinting at a rising hot spell on Forty-second Street.
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Bec
Hansem
Broadway
Forty‘fifth Street
Fourteenth Street
Brooklyn
Center Street
Times Bulding
Tom Burk
Twenty-third Street
Forty-second Street
Arctic Circle
Maebelle
Florence
Ian
Weather Conditions and Forecast From Washington Bureau
The bulletin reports cloudy unsettled conditions in the East and South with rain in the West Gulf States and traces of rain in the Ohio Valley. Light snows in the Take region and fair weather in the West except parts of California and North Pacific. Temperatures rise in the Middle Atlantic and New England, fall in Minnesota and northern Michigan and Wisconsin. A southwest storm moves east, bringing rain to the Gulf and South Atlantic states Tuesday, with snow and rain in the Great Lakes region Tuesday into Wednesday. Winds along coastlines vary. Local forecast notes bloom yarings on the Pacific coast. Includes local weather report with hourly readings and yesterday's temperatures.
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Middle Atlantic States
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West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
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Middle Atlantic
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The Haughty Saleslady in a Heston Transcript
A verse sketch depicts a Christmas shopping scene with a stylish salesgirl at a crowded counter. The poem highlights her indolent grace as shoppers rush by, while a weary customer imagines waiting and the clock ticking toward a late week finish. The fragment hints at Gwenevere being called from the third counter rear as the shop buzz continues.
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Wallace Irwin
Heston Transcript
Gwenevere
Trusts Specialists Invite Consultation on Estate Handling
Specialists in executing trusts invite scrutiny of methods and facilities for managing the delicate and important details of varied estates entrusted to them.
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