Honest Elections Committee Attacks Judge Over Election Dismissals
Cincinnati February 19. The Honest Elections Committee submits a formal reply to Judge Littleford’s dismissals of election and registration fraud claims. The document accuses the judge of bias and praises the committee’s own investigations, noting thousands of votes prevented and several indicted individuals now fugitives. It labels the judge a dangerous obstacle to clean elections and demands recognition of the committee’s “good work.”
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Littleford
Honest Elections Committee
Hamilton County
James N Gamble
No Investigation Pending In Interior Department Report
Interior Department officials stated the Sunday Washington press report alleging fraud in land deals in Indian Territory is based on an old proceeding and no further investigation is pending by the Department of Justice or Interior. The matter is a closed incident with no active inquiries or conclusions forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Justice
Indian Territory
Lars of the Interior
A¢ Trembent
I Mi Issington
Iisten
Department
Nurse Contracts Smallpox at Garfield Hospital
Health officials report a nurse and a colleague transferred to the smallpox hospital with a developed case. A young woman contracted the disease from a negro patient, who later died from smallpox. Quarantine is to end if no new cases arise by Monday. funeral services set for the deceased undertaker George W. Morgan. Also notes on lectures by Capt. W Douthat at Confederate Hall and Ion Perdicaris speaking at the National Geographic Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Morgan
Second Street
Guayaquil Cheers Alfaro Arrival in Ecuador
President Alfaro arrived from Quito to a massive ovation in Guayaquil. Crowds gathered from midday, a sinking landing raft caused no drownings, and troops plus flags lined the route to his residence as celebrations continued. Felicísimo Lopez named Ecuador’s consul in New York.
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Guayagquil
Ecuador
Alfaro
Quito
Duran
Guayaquil
the Cristo del Pueblo
Garcia
Feliccisimo Lopez
New York
Bonaparte Alumni Duty Of Catholic Church At Albany Convention
The Catholic University of America Alumni Association elected officers at Albany New York with Rev John Maguire as president and Rev George Leahy Rev John W Melody as secretary treasurer and Rev F P Dutty as historian. Bonaparte addressed the banquet urging Catholics to lead civic life and noting the church is at home in America and strengthens liberties. Other speakers included Archbishop Keane and Lawrence Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
The
Catholic University Association
John Maguire
N. Y
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
Joan Maguire
Lawrence O Murray
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
George W Leahy
Boston
John W.melody
Dp OD
Washington
F. P. Dutty
New York
Wiliam A. Pletcher
William T. Russe
Baltimore
John Do. Crane
George Flickey
Cincinnati
Otvo
T. M. McGuigan
Bonaparte
Association
Charles J . Bonaparte
Navy
Cathoe
America
Republic
American Republic
Archbishop Keane
Dubuque
Iowa
University
Mer, O'Conneil
Alumni Banquet Plans Tied to New School Dedication
Representatives from fifteen Business High School classes meet at 1819 F Street to finalize details for the annual reunion next Tuesday evening. The event coincides with the new school dedicatory services starting at noon led by the board of education. Curtis Ogden of Wanamaker will keynote, introduced by H B F Macfarland, with a noon gymnasium banquet planned for about 300 to 400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business High School
Charles A. Jones
F Street
New School
Board of Education
Curtis Ogden
New York
John Wanamaker
H. B. F. Macfarland
No Pigs Prohibited In Agana As Guam Sees Curbs
Executive orders issued in January by acting governor L McNamee ban pigs within Agana limits with a 32 fine per animal and impose new vehicle tire width rules. Other measures abolish court officer fees, set salaries, and ban dynamite for fishing. Johnson held for grand jury on a $30 theft from Cephas Johnson as his father attended church.
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Agana
Island of
Guam
Government House
Atteches
L. McNamee
Heutenant
United States Army
Virginia Seeks Supreme Court Battle Over West Virginia Debt
Attorney General Anderson seeks leave to file a bill of complaint in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Virginia against West Virginia to adjust accounts tied to state indebtedness from before the split. The filing revisits long-running frictions over debts and internal improvements, citing Missouri versus Illinois over Chicago sewage in the Mississippi as a precedent, with Justice Holmes noting the case's magnitude and the need to avoid premature judgment. The court also dismissed Kentucky’s insurance cases for mootness after licenses expired, and other rulings involved Dresser & Co. bankruptcy claims and Rector bankruptcies in Ohio banks.
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Missouri
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Anderson
Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
West Virginia
Illinois
Chicago
Mississippi River
Justice Holmes
St. Louis
Desplaines River
Illinois River
Mississippi
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
Louisiana
St. Lewis
Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
Binghamton
N.Y
Travelers’ Insurance Company of
Connecticut
Peckham
Justice Peckham
Circuit Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Edward B. Whitney
Dresser & Co
New York
Emma
Dresser
Dregger
Abig Court
Justice White
Supreme Court of Ohio
Fred C. Rector
Reinhardt& Co
Chio Deposit Bank Company
Columbus
Ohio
Rector
Commercial National Bank of Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Brewer
Circuit Court of the United States
First National Bank of Ottawawa
Theodore R. Converse
Mirnnesota Thrasher Manufacturing Company
Minnesota
Ottawa Bank
Thrasher Company
Brown
Two Mechanics Die Within Hours in Navy Yard Area
John Wesley Bradbury seventy three year old machinist died at his home 821 1K street northwest from heart disease while talking to landlady Mrs Mother Naley. He leaves three sons two in government posts in Washington and one in Jersey City. He was a Knights of Pythias member and G A R veteran. Funeral arranged by Knights of Pythias and G A R. Georges W Patterson fifty eight, an engineer in the Police Court, died from apoplexy at 8 am leaning over a heating stove. A Civil War veteran, he belonged to Lincoln Post and the Regular Army and Navy Union. He left three sons George W Patterson Edgar Patterson and Charles R Patterson. Funeral plans not yet made.
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John Wesley Bradbury
Navy Yard
Mother Naley
Bradbury
Washington
Jersey City
Syracuse Jodee
No. 10
Knights of Pythias
Potomac Post
G A. BR
Georges W. Patterson
West
Mr. Patterson
Lincoln Post
A. R
Regular Army and Navy Union
Baltimore
George W. Patterson
Edgar Patterson
Charles R. Patterson
Sixth Street Northwest
Oil rate probe targets Kansas producers' complaints
The Kansas Oil Producers' Association leads an Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into alleged railroad rate discrimination in oil shipments from Kansas and Indian Territory. Testimony March 12 in Kansas City will involve carriers including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Union Pacific, with opportunities to present evidence from producers and shippers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Kansas
Indian Territory
Kansas Oil Producers’ Association
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Siligouri Pacific Railway Company
Misouri
Kansas and Texas Railway Company
St. Louis
San
State of
Parkie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil Company
Praific Oil and Gas Company
Court Affirms Rulings in Government, Rail, and Land Cases
The Supreme Court upheld the lower court in United States v Detroit Lumber and Martin Alexander Lumber v United States. It freed New York and Cuba Steamship Co from stamp duties on Cuban exports and reinforced rulings denying land claim recoveries on old railroad grants. It also addressed Bitter Root timber charges and a Texas death penalty appeal, with mixed opinions on mining and bank liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Detroit Lumber Company
Martin Alexander Lumber Company
Justice McKenna
New York and Cuba Steamship Company
Cuba
Cyreuic Court of Appeals
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Central Trust Company of New York
Railroad Company
Atlantic and Pacific
Congress
Brewer
Supreme Court
Bitter Root Development Company
Marcus Daly
Monténe
Peckham
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Rufus Martin
State of Texas
Martin
C. AL. Swackhammer
Fort Worth
Harlan
Green's Trial Opens in Historic Criminal Court
George E. Green of Binghamton faces a conspiracy indictment in the Post Office clock purchase case. Beavers pleaded guilty, leaving Green to be tried alone. trial could last a month with vigorous defense by Worthington Thurston Stanchfield and Tuttle. Government attorneys include Baker McNamara and special counsel Madam Holmes Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Green
Binghamton
Old Criminal Court
Charles J. Guiteau
Garfield
Miss Pollard
Col
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Green
George Ie Beavers
Beavers
United States
Post Office Department
Willard D. Doremus
A. S. Worthington
John M. Thurston
Stanchfield and Tuttle
New York
Daniel W. Baker
Stuart McNamara
Mad. Holmes Conrad
Post Cities
Scotland Forever Program At Eastern Presbyterian Church
Scotland Forever will be the evening topic at Eastern Presbyterian Church on Sixth Street and Maryland Avenue Northeast. Members will recite and sing poems from Burna and Scotch authors, with bagpipe selections and readings like Tam o Shanter. Participants include Devine, Stanley, Irving, Meyers, McKay, Messis, Hansen, Gulick, Lacrey, Hunter, Hyer, Myers, Woodhead, and McConnell with Prof Oates' orchestra providing music.
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Scotland
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Sixth Street
Maryland Avenue
Burna
Messrs. Devine
Stanley
Irving
Charles Meyers
John McKay
George Messis
Bertha Hansen
Gulick
Lacrey
Nina Hunter
Mise Hyer
Myers
Woodhead
Ines McConnell
Prof. Oates
Honor Lincoln Celebrated by D Vetch Lincoln Tent Meeting
The Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent No 1 Daughters of Veterans held a Lincoln tribute at Washington College of Law. Comrade O H Oldroyd spoke on Lincoln life, McCabe recited an original poem, J D Bloodgood addressed the gathering, and one new member was initiated. Attending members included Misa Anna M Roberts Parker M S Lincoln Bessie Beach and others from G A R UW V V U Army Navy Union and W R C.
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Ellen Spencer Mussey
Daughters of Veterans
Washington College of Law
Abraham Lincoln
America
Mary L. Tryon
Misa Anna M. Roberts
O. H. Oldroyd
Lincoln
Pocahontas Bell to Tower for Jamestown Exposition
The Pocahontas Bell Association formed to place a bell in the old chapel tower for the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs A G Green of Culpeper chairs, with Mrs Wilson Cary as speaker. The chapel symbolizes the first colonial church and will be ready May 13, 187, for the exposition opening. A three member committee will ask Congress for historic metal to mold the bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Bell Association
A. G. Green
Culpeper
Green
Wilson Cary
John Smith
Turday
Congress
Stillings Urges Unity to Push Economy at Government Printing
Public Printer Stillings met the foreman of printing and many subordinates at the Government Printing Office. He urged that factional strife and personal animosities be set aside and that all workers rally to reorganize and support an economical administration.
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Stillings
Churches Join The Battle Against Tuberculosis
Thirty five churches in the city join a campaign to prevent consumption. Nine thousand circulars for housekeepers have been distributed in churches and one delivered to each householder. The committee notes growing cooperation and plans more public lectures and wider outreach to reach every household.
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F Street
Audubon Society to Meet For Winter Birds Talk
Audubon Society of the District will hold a public meeting this evening in the west lecture hall of the Public Library at 8 o clock. Dr Paul Bartsch of the United States National Museum will give an illustrated lecture on Winter Birds.
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W Douthat
West Virginia University
Gettysburg
Confederate Hall
Eleventh Street
Douthat
Pikett
Lee
Ion Perdicaris
Morocco
National Geographic Society
National Rifles” Armory
Audubon Society
The
Audubon Society of the District
Paul Bartsch
United States National Museum
Grip Sickness Praised By Dr Miles Remedies
A patient describes severe grip symptoms and relief after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. The testimonial from Geo B Hall of Jackson Tennessee claims rapid recovery and increased appetite. The advertisement promises money back if not beneficial.
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Miles
Geo. B. Hall
Jackson, Tenn
Will Honor Robert Emmet Memorial Demonstration Set
Announcement from the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division No 2 at 310 Pennsylvania Ave NW describes a memorial demonstration for Robert Emmet to be held at Columnz Theater on a Sunday in March under the auspices of sixteen Irish American societies. Proceeds benefit St Catharine's Home Sisters of Mercy debt and the St Patrick's Way celebration will include services at St Patrick's Church with AOH and Ladies Auxiliary.
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Ancent Order of Hibernians
Pennsylvania Avenue
Robert Emmet
Columnz Theater
P. 2
Jugan
Mcmeynan
Jams D. Flynn
Donahue
Pestel Clerks’ Associates
Rosser F. Downing
Robert Emmet Entertainment
Bourke Cochran
Clapp
Flint
Driscoll
Sisters of Mercy of St Catherine’s
St Patrick S Church
Order of
Jilbernians
St Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
Honors John Paul Jones First Flag Made from Silk Skirts
Representative Frank O D Currier gave an address at the New Hampshire Association meeting in Portsmouth praising John Paul Jones. He noted the silk skirt flag by Portsmouth girls, Jones’s naval role, and the flag’s salute by foreign powers. He recounted the Serapis battle, George Roberts’s daring grenade, and Jones’s lasting impact.
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John Paul Junes
Frank 0D. Currier
Canaan
N HW
New Hampshire Association
Sixth Street
John Paul Jones
New Hampshire
Virginia
Portsmouth
Jones
Flag
Currier
Pea
Continental Congress
Holland
England
George Robert
Middletown
France
N. P Meyer
C W. Endwell
A C Clough
B.A. Linebach
Contributions Reported for Charities and Relief Efforts
The Associated Charities announce funds raised for the general fund and relief supplies. Donations include individuals such as John Joy Edson Col Archibald Hopkins and many contributors like Mrs Jennie K Evans Theodore W Noyes and President and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt with varied amounts to support urgent needs and indigent families.
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Associated Charities
John Joy Edson
Col
Archibald Hopkins
George Otis Smith
Thomas P Stephenson
Mima M Jane Shaw
Susie D. Biddle
H. M Harvey
Jennie K Evans
Walf Nordlinger
J B Kendall
Theodore W. Nayex
Kate Kearney Henry
Charles W Lattlefield
W Pond
E. C Heald
Alpheus H Snow
Sarah Mc May
W G Fischer
John W Thompson
Martin A Knapp
John Ho Benton
K F Dickinson
Citizens’ Relhef Association
John F Wilking
Catéoran Thom
Charles © Glover
Grace Coburn Smith
Theodore W Noyes
Theodore Roosevelt
Ivi
Charles W Littlefield
H Lichitter
H E Hunter
John H Benton
M C H Newcomb
Helen Keller Not a Physical Wreck Says Friends
A Washington letter from John Albert Many refutes rumors that Helen Keller has become a physical wreck from overwork. It states a recent fainting spell was minor and that she needs rest and three square meals. He adds she is in good health and will follow her physician and considers her condition not serious.
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Helen Keiler
Washington
John Albert
Miss Keller
Dr McKim to Lecture on Colonial Virginia Tidewater
Rev Randolph H McKim will lecture tomorrow at Raucher s Connecticut avenue on Jaenestown Colony and Tidewater Virginia. He will discuss colonial homes churches and Revolutionary heroes and statesmen with views illustrated. Proceeds aid settlement work in South Washington. Fourth class postmasters named Lorenzo W Morane Appleton Fred C Parker Hartfield Clarence P Dudley East Montpelier David H Perry Charles Mill Spring Joseph C Walker Okeswemee Charlie Snead Virginia
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McKim
Randolph H. McKim
Rauacher’s
Connecticut Avenue
Jaenestown
Tidewater Virginia
Old Virginia
South
Washinga
Folttone
Lorenzo W. Morane
Appleton
Fred C. Parker
Hartfield
Clarance P. Dudley
East Monther
David H. Perry
Chearies
N. C
Joseph C. Walker
Mill Spring
John F. Boling
Okeswemee
Ghariea Snead
Vay
Birth Registry Measure Aims for Prompt Reports
A proposed birth registry bill by the health officer seeks stricter data on births in the District, including name and address of data sources and relationship to the child. It targets fictitious or altered reports, imposes cumulative penalties, and restricts access to records to interested parties while preserving parent privacy and data needed for the Census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babcock
Tae Trict Committee
House
Abandons Pen to Buy Gold Mine in Goldfields
Misa Ogan quits the mine of knowledge and buys a gold mine near Goldfields after moving to New York. A former newspaper writer, Miss Ogan rose from Ohio origins to wealth amid Wall Street fluctuations, noted for her daring in the bulls and bears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Ogan
Mine of Knowledge
New York
Spenus
Wall Street
Robert Morris
Congress
United States
Ohio
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Miss Saunders
Will
Bonaparteto Alumni
Secretary of Navy
Indiana
Will Sing
Ellen S. Mussey
Colonial Dames
Pocahontas Association
Ayer
Lowell
Nae
Mr. Currier
Helen Keller
Ang
People’s Savings Bank
14Th St. N. W
Niewesraper Nl
Lhlye
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