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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1905
Page
5
Catalog-style listing notes Full Size Silkoline Comfort in white cotton with scroll quilting priced around 12 cents, extra weight option at 5.90, and a Our Champion White Wool Blanket made by Royal California Mills with blue pink and red borders priced at 5.90.
Unofficial reports from Panama Canal Zone officials in early January say yellow fever exists there though reports warn against exaggeration. Apprehension grows of a mass exodus of canal builders as tropical illness spreads. American women reportedly ignore precautions wearing light muslin attire at night and facing mosquito bites. Canal Commission rejects a $1 million lab, favoring practical sanitary measures and delaying 100 surgeons and a hospital for 12,600 patients.
Captain David B. Mulliken of the Twenty seventh Infantry at Fort Sheridan was convicted by court martial of duplicating pay accounts and making false statements about his marriage to a Filipino girl. Sentenced to dismissal, the sentence awaits President approval to take effect. Also, the Galveston cruiser, built by Witham BR. Trigg Co and finished by the government, should depart Norfolk Navy Yard around February 10 after crew assignment. Request for Colors Denied for certain Third Regiment engineers with Spanish War service.
Ten pieces of 2 inch guaranteed black taffetas valued at 680.d9C. Ten pieces of 27 inch guaranteed black taffeta valued at $100. Seventy two cents. Ten pieces of 36 inch guaranteed black taffeta valued at $1. .09C. Ten pieces of 36 inch guaranteed black taffetas valued at $1as.98C.
Special sale notices offer bleached German damask and Irish damask by the yard. Prices vary with yardage and width, highlighting extra heavy silver damask at 75 cents and 66 inch bleached damask at 65 cents per yard. Regular values are noted yet unclear due to garbled OCR.
After forming a new organization, a request was filed for the regiment’s colors. Judge Advocate General Davis believes only a special act of Congress can grant the request, since the colors are the United States’ property and not subject to disposal by the executive branch.
Newport News Va Jan 21 Commanded by Capt W G Melvin of the Coastwise Transportation Company and manned by 30 chosen mechanics from the shipyard force the armored cruiser Maryland sailed for Boston She will have her official acceptance trial off the Massachusetts coast Wednesday The Maryland is a sister ship to the West Virginia Colorado Pennsylvania California and South Dakota all designed for 22 knots The vessel is expected to reach Boston tomorrow night Guest officers include Capt Royall H Ingersoll and Lieut Commander W J Maxwell with other naval movements listed.
Orders to Army officers grant leave for Brig Gen Jesse M Lee and two other officers and transfer First Lieut John A Paegelow within Philippine service. Major changes include Col John L Chamberlain relieved and ordered to San Francisco. Also death of Joseph B Reid of Brentsville Va at Providence Hospital aged 71 with funeral to Manassas after services at Henry W Reid’s home.
W P Murphy was at the White House to discuss his trip to New York for the Lincoln Day reception and banquet hosted by the New York Republican Club. The President plans to depart early on February 13 and arrive in time for the afternoon reception.
The United States Historical Society committee led by Maj J H Sime Homer J Lockling Capt R H Wood and Capt Walter Mitchell met at 135 Carroll St SE to map events for a Lincoln birthday anniversary program at Waugh M E Church Third and A NE. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address will be recited by Capt Wood with musical and literary selections. Maj Stine to preside. Invitations to speakers will be issued this week. Also included are treasury receipts and expenditures data from National Bank notes redeemed and government revenues and expenses.
Secretary Taft has received Manila a cable from Gov Wright detailing Philippine tobacco. Exports for the year ended June 30 totaled 19,144,290 pounds with 20 percent wrappers at 20 cents per pound and 80 percent fillings and smoking tobacco priced at 10 and 7.12 cents respectively. European buyers took 13,200,000 pounds under a tobacco monopoly while wrapper demand declines and natives shift to poorer grades for local and Spanish markets. Cigar exports fell 42 percent over two years, and Oriental markets eroded as cheaper tobacco from other Orientals competes.
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