Debate Over District Reform Schools Under Commissioner Control
At the Board of Trade meeting in the New Willard the main issue was placing the District reform schools for boys and girls under the District Commissioners. Debate highlighted support for local control vs continued state oversight, with final action postponed to the next meeting.
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Board of Trade
New Willard
Reform School
District of Columbia
Committee On Charities and Ccorretions
3 Reform School
Girls’ Reform School
B. H. Warner
Walter (. Clephaune
Lephane
United States
Amfoo
Department of Justce Ht
Clenhane
George Truesdell
Charles 1 Neill
Board of Charities
Curriden
St. John I
Cromwell
Samuel W. Curriden
Midhivel
Weller
uCkt
W. W. Cox
Lincoln
Wilson
Byron
Adams
Waghingdon Typothetae
Apolumbia Typographical Union
Board of Jade
Typothetae
Alsc
M. I Weller
Warner
Mrs Swann Stricken With Paralysis In Street
Mrs Josephine Ward Swann widow of a former Maryland governor was stricken with paralysis in the street yesterday. She did not regain consciousness and her condition is precarious. Mrs Swann resides on Fifteenth Street near McPherson Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Ward Swann
Thamesan
Maryland
Swarn
Fifteenth Street
Mur McPherson Suvare
Miss Mayingon Sets World Typing Speed Record
Miss Mayington, a typewriter expert, broke the world speed record for copying with 243 words in thirty minutes at the Howard Street Armory. She now claims top marks in both copying and dictation writing, surpassing a prior record set last November in Madison Square Garden by Paul Man Carrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mayington
Howard Street
Wlindford
Miss Carrington
Madison Square Garden
Paul Man
Carrington
Liverpool
Tienry Ware Beecher
Fleeing Negro Shot to Death in Shaw Mississippi
An unknown negro attacked a white woman and tried to assault her in Shaw, Mississippi. Dr E B Grice shot the assailant after a party of negro field hands joined the pursuit and a hunt continued into the night. Salvation Army officer Charles R Gray claims a woman is impersonating a captain at 920 Pennsylvania Ave, police seek her.
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Shaw
Miss
B. Grice
Salvation Army
Charles R. Gray
Satevation Army Barracks
Pennsylvania Avenue
Shreveport
Geleman
Leesville
Kangaroo and Monkey Newborns Add to National Zoo
The National Zoo welcomed a baby kangaroo from a Rock kangaroo and a baby Javan pig tail monkey, bringing the tally to two infants monkeys and seven total since the zoo opened. The joey will stay with its mother for several weeks, while the marmoset-style monkey is a stout, husky youngster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
National Zoo
New Japanese Embassy Home Planned in United States
Plans are under way for a new Japanese Embassy building in the United States. The site is not announced yet but it will be the most magnificent embassy in Washington and surpass any foreign government building in the country. The change to an embassy follows a ministry reorganization, and speculation centers on who will be the first ambassador.
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United States
Washington
Japan
Hioki
Takahiri
Takahira
New York
Grieg
Moszkowski
Massenet
Saint-Saens
Humperdinck
Aeolian Hall
Europe
Avery
Walter R. Spalding
Harvard University
River Improvement Dinner Targets Missouri River Deep Waterway
At the New Willard Hotel a Business Men's League dinner in Washington gathered Missouri Senator Stone and House members to push for larger river improvements. Delegates urged an enduring Mississippi navigation project from the Lakes to the Gulf, linking river regulation to railroad rate control amid broad regional backing.
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Business Men’s League
Mound City
Washington
Congress
Stone
New Willard Hotel
Business Men
Llague
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Warner
Missouri
Anutther
T. E. Burton
Howse Rivers and Harbors Committee
Senator Stone
House
Mr. Welborn
William @. Rodenberg
George W. Smith
Southern
Mitnoi
J Smith
Business Men's League
Harry B. Hawes
St Louis
Hawes
Mississippi
Congressmen
League
Central West
Lakes
Gulf
Chicago
Lakea
Representa
Bartholdt
DeArmond
Redenbergis
Shartel
Clark
T. C. Powell
The
Southern Railway
Powell
New Orleans
Rivers and Harbors Congress Pushes $58 Million Annual Waterways Aid
Representative Bansdell of Louisiana as chair of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress issues letters to waterway and business groups inviting support for higher annual appropriations to waterways. He notes current bills average $19 million yearly, seeks $50 million to $60 million annually, arguing that war costs and related pensions already take over 40 percent of revenue.
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Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Bansdet
Louisiana
Waterway Association
Congress
Ransdell
Catarrh described as a widespread health issue
The passage explains catarrh affects nose throat stomach and other delicate organs. It is a discharge from mucous membranes caused by inflammation from impure blood.
Torpedo boat Winslow towed after engine failures
The Winslow left New York for Norfolk but suffered three engine breakdowns along the way. After a final complete failure near Cape Henry, the vessel drifted southward while the Yorktowne was notified and the Mohawk towed her to a mooring at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Lieutenant James A. Schofield commanded the ship during repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Winslow
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mohawk
New York
Cape Henry
Leader
Navy Yard
James A. Schofield
Delaware
Cape Charles
Chesapeake
Hazing Inquiry At Naval Academy Continues
Annapolis February 23 Congressional hazing hearings at the Naval Academy feature Lieut. Commanders B C Decker and A Wiley, Medical Director James Byrnes, and midshipmen Archibald Douglas and Luther Welsh. Witnesses discuss injuries and department duties as chairman Vreeland notes adjournment may come tomorrow with likely no further meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Congressional Committee
Naval Academy
B.C. Decker
A. Wiley
Department of Discipline
Academy
James ©. Byrnes
Archibald H. Douglas
Luther Welsh
Sirector
Byrnes
Midshipmen
Vreeland
Dry Dock Dewey to Undergo Repairs at Palmas
The United States dry dock Dewey was signaled off Palmas in the Canary Islands on February 23. Heavy seas near Bermuda caused strains aboard the vessel, and the dock will stay for a fortnight for overhaul and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmas
Canary Islands
United States
Dewey
Bermuda
Army Orders and Promotions On Naval and Army Assignments
Army orders list leave for Contract Surgeon Edward Bailey for four months. Maj. Lewis H. Strother is relieved from duty at VMI on July 1, to rejoin his regiment. 2nd Lieut. Deas Archer and 2nd Lt. Harry S. Malone are ordered to examination boards for promotion fitness. Capt. Courtland Nixon to relieve Capt. Wendell J. Simpson as commissary of the transport Logan for its next voyage to the Philippines. Maj. Frederick S. Strong proceeds to Fort Monroe for duty, Maj. Warren P. Newcomb is detailed as acting inspector. 1st Lt. Henry M. Bankhead is relieved from recruiting service upon Capt. Wilbur Dove's return. Midshipman S. A. Tinder orders revoked to Alabama. assignments to Asiatic station noted. Various naval transfers and ship movements listed, including arrivals at Guantanamo and Pensacola. Rear Admiral J Train’s cable notes Ensign M. Corning to home and midshipman B. G. Oberlin to engineering. Apprentices transferred to Newport and Norfolk. 423 naval apprentices moved to Columbia for voyage to Newport, part of meningitis-related relocation. Rear Admiral Asa Walker to succeed Chester as Naval Observatory superintendent on his retirement.
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Lewis H. Strother
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Virginia Military Institute
Deas Archer
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Kang
Harry 5. Malone
Fort Sim Houston
Tex
Courtland Nixon
Wendell J. Simpson
Logan
Philippines
Rederieck S. Strong
Artillery Corps
Fort Monroe
Warren P. Newcomb
Henry M. Bankhead
Wilbur BE. Dove
S. A
Alabama
Asiatic Station
Seattle
Wash
N. Wrenehall
Navy
Gordon
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Cable
J. Train
United States Asiatic Fleet
Manila
P. I
M. §. Corning
Midshipman
B. G. Oberlin
Crnginastl
Veterans Soundtaps at National Hotel Reception for Mexican War Vets
Sixty battle scarred veterans attended the National Association of Mexican War Veterans annual convention reception hosted by Camp Contreras Dames of 1846 at the National Hotel. Marine Band provided music and refreshments followed. President Roosevelt received the 49 veterans in the afternoon at the White House then the Capitol, with Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon later meeting them.
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Scott
Taylor
Buena Vista
Monterey
Camp Contreras
National Hotel
National Association of
Minutemen of the Revolution
Wgre
George B. Davis
Representative Garrett
Tennessee
Lee T. Beeler
Baltimore
Moore Murdock
Dallas
Murdock
Congress
Roosevelt
Mexico
Union
White House
Capitol
Fairbanks
Cannon
Boy Holds Key To Dr Brooks Robbery Mystery
Police rely on a boy who carried water and a diamond ring to a crime scene to identify the man who paid him a quarter and gave directions. Dr Philip Browne Brooks and Edna Russell were released after being questioned over the home robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Browne Brooks
Brooks
Boardman
Amos
Edna Russell
D Street Northwest
Higher Pay for Police Before House Subcommittee
Washington police seek immediate pay raises and faster promotions as Commissioner West and Maj Sylvester testified before a House District subcommittee. Bills by Babcock and Cooper would raise pay levels and set progression timelines, with the former granting the city authority to change sentences and the latter proposing instant increases. The panel considered fiscal limits amid highway, bridge, and city projects, while residents urged sidewalk improvements in Eckington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner West
Maj. Sylvester
House District Committee
Washington
Representative Campbell
Kansas
Cooper
Babcock
Mr. West
Union Station
Police
Army
Police Trial Board
Trial Board
West
Sylvester
Sickington
Eckington Citizens’ Association
Eckington Place
Florida Avenue
U Street
Platte River Flood Recedes. Bridge Damaged in Fremont
The Platte River, swollen by ice gorge overflow, is receding at Fremont Nebraska on February 2. A rise in the Loup River may keep danger alive. A bridge on the new Great Northern line has been damaged and is unusable.
Ex-Police Captain J Wilson jailed for extortion in reform crusade
Pittsburg Feb 23 Former Allegheny Police Captain James Wilson convicted of extortion tied to reform efforts is sentenced to six months in the workhouse and fined 100 dollars plus prosecution costs. Superior court sustained the conviction. Ohio man Oscar Ball 66 commits suicide in a South End lodging house. Guilty pleas entered by William Cotton and Park Wright for dynamiting a reservoir bulkhead in Wapakoneta Ohio.
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Pittsburg
James Wilson
Allegheny
Ohio
Boston
Oscar Ball
Freemont
South End
Ball
Wapakoneta
Wiliam Cotton
Park Wright
Jath S
Weather Conditions and Local Forecast February 23 1906
Unsettled conditions prevail with cloudiness across most regions. Showers expected in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys, Lower Lake area, and western Middle Atlantic, with rains and snows in the Northern Plateau and North Pacific States. Temperatures rise in the Lower Lake and Ohio Valleys, fall in Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri, with fair weather in the South and Central West through the weekend. Winds vary by coast and region, steamers to Europe face fresh easterly winds. Local report lists temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine for the night and day.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf States
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Illinoie
Indiana
Rocky Mountains
Lower
Lake Region
Ohia
Dakotas
Mississippi
WEA
Ohio
Lower Lake
Upper Lake
Middle Atlantic
Atlantic States
New England
Plateau
North Pacific States
Central West
Lake
British Northwest
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic
Tresti Asst
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banka
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Mrs. Swann Stricken III
Wassachusetts
Want River
Hood
Nan
Washington Post
Ihereby
wAllineray Ros
Edward Bailey
Arrivad
Dolphin
Alexandria
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Florida
O'Brien
Texas
Pensacola
Porter
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Columbia
Hampton Reeds
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Clekely
Mobile
Sailey
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Hongkong
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Lebanon
Lambert Point
Bradford
Hampton Rosés
Nanshan
Guam
Cavite
Callao
Canton
Newport
Wwere
Admiral Chester
M. Chester
Asa Walker
Naval Observatory
DAMES
Washington L. Parsons
Cassius M. Clay
William G. Haines
John Ransom
G. A. Canter
George Rushenberger
W.J. Mackey
J.C. Martin
George Spalding
John W. Barton
John Rutter
J. W. Davis
Thomas McGahon
John Bowers
John N. McGinley
John T. Power
William Nieweg
John
Dr. Brooks
Christian Xander
7Th St
Quality House
House Committee On
Columbus
W. WN. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Thurston & Cleveland
Bridge Combine
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Panama
Lansburgh & Bro
Seventh Street
Asheville
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Fla
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Memphis
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Ag 6
Weber
Kroeger
Everett
Tano Rooms
Haan
Park Row
General
Peter Grogan
Orchestrelle
OLD Colony CO
China
Royal Vienna
Chelsea
Dresden
San Domingo
Sheraton
Chippendale
OLD Colony Coo
H St. NW
John F. Ellis & Coq
John F. Ellis & CO
Pa. Ave
N. W
Stieff
11Th St. N. W
Tharp
Berkeley
F St.n. W
Sunday Post
Oppenheimer’s
9Th St
California
Collin Yaar
Munyon
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