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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1906
Page
3
Bishop Satterlee in a Lent dispensation rebukes Episcopalians for embracing ideas opposed to the New Testament teaching on marriage. He asserts those joined by God must not be separated and calls Christians to uphold the sanctity of wedlock, warning of moral degradation and a need for a consistent Christian standard in private and public life.
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service officials led by Gen Wyman report ongoing quarantine measures for yellow fever. Quarantine of ships and passengers from affected ports is enforced, with consular bills of health issued only after departure-country regulations are met. Recent inspections show no alarming conditions at major ports.
Veterans from the blue, gray, and other services will rally in Atlanta when the National Society of Veterans meets on March 28 and 29. Plans aim for a grand review before the President and a weeklong gathering expected to draw thousands of former soldiers and sailors.
A stereopticon lecture on fighting consumption to attack the great white plague will be held at Kellar Memorial Lutheran Church in Northeast, tonight at 8. Speakers include Edgar B. Copeland, Mrs. Mars C. Rigg, and Wallace Hatch. Public mass meeting aims to mobilize the community in an ongoing educational campaign.
A crowd heard Mme Norman of Cologne, pianist and mezzo soprano, at Goldenberg's yesterday. She offered to forfeit 100 for any readable music she cannot play at sight, featuring Chopin’s early opus. Her daily week schedule runs 10 39 to 11 30 am and 2 30 to 4 30 pm, with pieces supplied by attendees.
Jefferson City Mo February 26 the Missouri Supreme Court held witnesses must answer questions in the Standard Oil hearing in St Louis The ruling echoed in New York where H H Rogers refused to answer questions The St Louis hearing was paused awaiting the Missouri decision and an order to compel Rogers was to be signed by Justice Gildersleeve Kansas City February 26 Attorney General Hadley and Rash C Lake left for Oklahoma City to take depositions for the ouster case against Standard Oil and allied firms
In Probate Court Justice Stafford acts as vice regent for Cupid to permit Richard Taylor a near twenty one year old suitor to wed Annie M. Corcoran. With guardianship secured through Mrs Jeannette Cavanaugh the license is issued after a lawyer’s petition.
Washington police begin annual target practice at a new range adjoining the Northern Liberty Market. Captains and lieutenants fired on day one, with patrolmen and watchmen to follow. The piece notes skilled shooters among officers and describes the weapons as precise and deadly when used by competent hands.
Five new smallpox cases were found at a boarding house run by Mrs Cora Burgess at 718 Thirteenth Street Northwest. Victims, all white, had been treated for chickenpox before authorities moved to quarantine the home and send patients to the smallpox hospital. Names include Mrs Burgess, her son Livingston, Mrs Eyhma Hanby, Mrs J B Garatt, Millie Rocier, and S Long Spitzer. Spitzer first sought care for fever, triggering discovery and ward admission. Four other boarders were quarantined after exposure.
The Washington Readers' Club gathered last Saturday evening at president W. H. Saunders home 1453 Fairmont Street. Miss Marshall of Friends Select School delivered a paper on Expression, discussed by Mrs. Jaurden Reed. The program included member quotations and refreshments were served.
New York February 26 Kuhn Loeb & Co announce retirement from all railroad boards due to growing conflict with their own business duties. Jacob H Schiff leads policy with Wednesday resignations from Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Chicago and Alton Denver Rio Grande and other lines plus Northern Securities Oregon Short Line Pacific Mail and several subsidiaries. They remain on boards of banks and trust companies where presently identified.
Lent brings a mixed market with fish showing strength while poultry sales sag ahead of Easter. Lettuce and tomatoes stay scarce and pricier with tomatoes 15 to 30 cents a pound and lettuce 5 to 20 cents per head. Cucumbers hold 10 to 25 cents each, beans drop to 20 cents a quart, peppers to 60 cents a dozen, and mushrooms at 50 cents per pound. Apples stay 60 cents to $1 per peck. strawberries improve to 33 to 50 cents a quart. The market blames a vegetable shortage rather than capitalists, noting a short crop drives higher prices. Turkeys 20–22 cents, fowl 18–20, geese 18, ducks 20. Poultry dullness persists until after Easter with fowl scarce and of lower quality.
New York cotton traders watched March contract notices of about 30 000 bales trigger liquidation and a volatile session. Prices opened steady to down five points, edged higher briefly on new crop demand, then slid to near last Friday's lows amid renewed selling and ample supply from Liverpool and the South. Overall receipts and interior movement showed declines versus last year with large spot sales noted.
Market notes from Washington show eggs, butter, cheese, and live poultry holding firm amid light receipts and steady quotations. Dressed poultry and meats vary with fowl in heavier supply, while vegetables ease on plentiful arrivals and fruits remain steady with higher apple values and strong demand for top grades.
The Toledo market report dated February 26 lists oil region prices with North Lima at 4 and South Lima and Indiana at 89, indicating a mixed regional cotton price snapshot for traders and buyers.
New York prices list butter cubers flour and rice products with receipts and official price ranges. Included are potatoes, cabbage, and hay figures along with a note on Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company capital increase approved by shareholders.
Public auction to sell the southeast corner of Seventh and D Streets Northwest in Washington District of Columbia. The four story brick building at 319 Seventh Street Northwest to be offered under deeds of trust from June 20 1978 with terms including one third cash and two equal installments, 5 percent interest, deposit of 2000, sale on February 27 1906 at 439 PM, title examination at purchaser expense, possible resale if defaulted. CHAS. LINXINS Trustee. THOMAS DOWLING & CO Auctioneers.
Sealed proposals will be received until noon February 28, 1906, for furnishing 12 400 barrels of Portland cement to the United States Soldiers' Home in Washington D C. Information on applications from John Stephen affairs Captain Engineers.
Market reports from New York Chicago and Baltimore show slow to firm demand across cattle hogs and sheep. Receipts of cattle hogs and sheep are listed with price ranges from common to prime, including tonnage for exports and weekly totals for the week ended noon today.
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