General Wheeler a Civil War hero and Yale era statesman
Confederate veteran turned lawyer and planter, Gen. Wheeler served Alabama in Congress from 1881 to 1899 and again briefly in the Fifty-sixth Congress. He led cavalry in the Santiago campaign, commanded brigades in the Philippines, wrote military histories, and held Smithsonian and military academy posts. He faced criticism over Las Guasimas and Shafter disputes, but Roosevelt vouched for his steadiness.
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Wheeler
Ala
Congress
Alabama
Smithsonian Institution
the Military Academy
McKinley
Gen. Wheeler
U S. A
Santiago
Las Guasimas
San Juan
Hin
Shafter
Sthoney
San Juan Hall
Roosevelt
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Tomas Mascardo
San Rita
Porac
Angeles
Mabalacat
Bambam
Tarlac
Guam
US A
Department of the Lakes
Socety
Kentucky
Cuba
Admiral Dewey
William McKinley
Stonewall Jackson
Theodore Roosevel
Gen Wheeler
Montank Pont
Thomas H Moncder
Aubeater
Lieut Newton D Kikpatick
First Cavalry
Wheeler as a Student and Confederate Officers
War Department records reveal Marcus J Wright studied Confed oon stars and correspondence for the Free n the Rebellion, learning of Gen Wheeler's death and details about Confederate cavalry ranks. The note lists surviving officers Simon Buckner Stephen Lee and Alexander Stewart as the highest ranking living Confederate leaders.
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Pier Marcus J Wright
Me Department
Gen Waeeler
Iren Worieas
Wwe
Iecoel
Ireland
Statens
Sersurge
United States Army
Wheeler
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Wally Martin
Preside Roosevel
Natchez, Miss
Stowe, Ot
Simon B Buckner
Kentucky
Stephen D Lee
Misssippi
Alexander P. Stewart
Tennessee
Public pride in schools through student self government
Wilson L. Gill told the Washington School City Federation at the Public Library that self governed student bodies, with pupils electing mayors, judges, clerks and lawmaking councils, form the basis of a successful public school system. He said the idea began about fifteen years ago to counter civil center decay and foster civil interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson L. Gill
Washington School City Federation
Mr Gill
Elders' Union Adopts Amendments At Annual Meeting
The Elders' Union of Washington approved several constitutional and by law amendments during the final session on Wednesday night. All ordained elders will now stand on equal footing with members whether active or not. Elected officers include Thomas F. Larrent as president and R. L. Ewing as vice president with Capt. W. A. Somerville as secretary and W. M. Terrell as treasurer. The executive committee comprises Judge Stanton J. Peelle, W. W. H. Smith, Lawrence O. Mallory, Ben F. Brockett, O. B. Brown,George H. Brown, C. H. Carrington, A. B. Gordan, J. B. Lenten, and Samuel F. Rynex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elders’ Union of Washington
Thomas F. Larrent
R. L. Ewing
W. A. Somerville
W. M. Terrell
Visions
Stanton J. Peelle
H. H. Smith
Lawrence O. Mallory
Ben F Brockett
O. B. Brown
George H. Brown
C H. Carrington
A. B. Gorardon
J. B. Lenten
Samuel F. Rynex
Allen asks for help as patent business expands
In his annual Congress report Commissioner F I Allen notes a sharp rise in patents and trade marks in 1905 with 30 270 patents issued and 1 806 758 14 receipts requiring more examiners and clerks. He cites District of Columbia leading in patents per population and calls for more space and funding to handle workload.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Congress
F. I. Alen
Patent Office
United States Treasury
Connecticut
Germany
England
Canada
Austro-Hungary
San Salvador
Allen
Feigns Death Attempt by Self Harm In Arrest Case
Margaret wativeless alias Adel Ray awoke to two policemen at dawn and fled locking herself in a bathroom. Police broke in to find her on the floor with a bottle labeled jaundanum but she had taken none of the poison. She later admitted attempting to obtain $20 from Mrs Tula H Lyles by false pretenses claiming her husband was jailed. The woman lives at 712 HH street northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Wativeless
Adel Ray
Tula H. Lyles
Tho Enghth
West Orders Inquiry Into Howgate Patient Handling
Commissioner West orders Maj Sylvester to probe alleged mistreatment of Mrs H W Howgate after a fall at Eleventh and G streets. She lay on the sidewalk for about an hour as a crowd gathered before an ambulance removed her. Allegations involve a hack driver’s impudence and a doctor delaying home care for $5.
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Commissioner West
Maj. Sylvester
H. W. Howgate
Howgate
Capt Howgate
Hough
West
Supt. Wilson
District Charities Board
Mrs Quiggle Recovered After Husband's Dual Slay-Suicide
Mrs W J Quiggle, shot twice by her husband last November, was discharged from Emergency Hospital as almost recovered. She plans to live at 928 G Street SE. The shooting occurred on the eighth floor of the Brunswick apartments near Thirteenth and I streets after the couple attended a theater earlier. Police attribute the crime to insanity.
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W. J. Quiggle
G Street
Quiggle
Brunswick
Thirteenth and I
Quigle
Railways in Philippines bids judged unsatisfactory
The Philippine commission will seek new bids after Scheyer & Co. fail to meet ad terms. The White syndicate bid to build about 300 miles across Cebu Negros and Panay with a 4 percent guarantee on 95 percent cost was accepted. Secretary Taft plans talks with Speyer & Co. to align their bid with requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Scheyer& Co
Lion
Foitpsine Commission
Cebu
Negros
Panay
Taft
Speyer & Co
Army and Navy Officers to Attend Cuban War Monuments Dedication
A high level party including Lieutenant Generals Young and Chaffee and Major General Betes will sail from New York February 8 aboard the Sumner to attend ceremonies in Santiago Cuba on February 14. The group will honor monuments at Hil Caney San Juan ridge Surrender Tree and La Guasimas with Cuban officials invited. A committee led by Gen Young Gen Mills and Col Webb Hayes will oversee the program. Cuba donated the land and supplied cannons for the grounds.
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Army
Navy
Santiago
Cuba
Hil Caney
San Juan Ridge
Palma
Washington
Senor Quegada
Gen. Young
Gen. Mills
Col
Webb Hayes
Crba
Jurisdiction Denied Over Isle of Pines Dispute
Edward P. Ryan in Washington denounces Cuban court orders on Isle of Pines chattels, citing Platt Amendment and Cuban authority limits. He alleges American residents funded schools and roads yet face jail threats, taxes, and no benefit from Cuban governance.
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Havana
James M. Steele
Pearce Transportation Company
Edward FP. Ryan
Washington
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Durban
Steele
Santa Fe Railway System
Dallas
Tex
Buffalo
N. Y
Grand Army of
War Department plans camps for drills across the United States
The War Department seeks Congress funding to assemble troops except coast artillery in about seven camps, with two on the Atlantic, two on the Pacific, and three in the interior. The plan aims for extended field time in sun, utilizing military reservations to cut costs, and housing nearly a full division at Riley and a brigade at other camps. No total appropriation is stated. Building permits issued for several new dwellings in Washington, including a two story frame home at 1229 Girard Street and three story brick houses at 19 Water Street Northwest and 1341 Girard Street. A man from Travilah, Maryland, had an eye removed after being shot in the face by birdshot while hunting in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Coast Artillery
War Department
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Riley
Ashford
William H. Hall
Girard Street
Walter ©. Braybeare
M. F Ruppert
Water Street
P. J Ned
A. P. Clark
Piper & Kenyon
Bb. C. Hughes
Traviliah
Hughes
North Carolina
Mrs McKinley Backing McCord May Secure Third Term
Mrs McKinley widow of the late President wrote to President Roosevelt in support of Frank McCord Cleveland internal revenue collector and third term candidate. She had previously urged reappointment and now backs John F Goldenbogen in Cleveland. McCord’s past support came after punishing a man for uncomplimentary remarks about McKinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCord
Internal Revenue
Cleveland
Kinley
Roosevelt
McCord
White House
Coolumbiana
Goldenbogen
John F. Goldenbogen
Senate
Cuyahoga County Republican Committee
Congress
Ohio
McKinley
Hanna
McTiinley
AS THE PRINTERS SEE IT
T C Parsons announces the Typothetae resolution as weak and intended to keep members united. He cites President Lynch’s speech and argues the open shop stance remains firm and permanent for workers. Parsons notes several nonunion hires shifted to the union after learning shop conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Parsons
Lynch
Parsons
Typothetae
Bridegroom With Five Names Applies For License
Henry James Frank Cain Alien Prather tells the clerk his many names when applying for a marriage license. The Atlanta born 22 year old from Georgia states he will use all names, while his fiancée Minnie Ashton of Portner flats confirms upcoming nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry James Frank Cain Allen Prather
Henry James Frank Cain Alien Prather
Minnie Ashton
Portner Flats
Refused Elephant Duke Seeks New Home at Zoo
The National Zoo refuses Duke, an African pachyderm, citing disruptive behavior. Philadelphia resident Jacob Hope offered to take him, but the management fears Duke's pranks could be copied by Dunk, the Indian elephant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Zoo
Duke
Jacob Hope
Ninth Street
Philadelphia
Dunk
The Little Widows Grape-Nuts Miracle Claim
A California neighbor credits Grape-Nuts with restoring strength after postpartum illness and with boosting a child’s appetite and skin health. The unnamed San Bernardino woman says she regained weight from 96 to 113 pounds in two months and that her nerves steadied. She promotes the product and mentions the Road to Wellville brochure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino Co
Cal
Postum Co
Wellvile
Bridge Tax On Bridge Use To Yield 3000 A Year
The Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway will pay a half cent tax on every passenger using the new highway bridge. An act of Congress from 1901 requires the tax, with Commissioner Macfarland pushing for collection from first use. Secretary of War Taft informed commissioners the law supports the plan. Daily traffic averages 1,600 to 1,800 passengers, totaling about 600,000 yearly, producing roughly $3,000 in revenue for the District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Alexandria
Mackenzie
Faw
Washington, Alexandria and
Mount Vernon
Ross School Dedicated With Flags Salute by Hundreds
The Ross School on Harvard Street was dedicated yesterday with hundreds of students, officials, and Columbian Heights citizens present. Lee Ross, son of the late John W. Ross, attended as remarks praised his father's public service and citizenship ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Heights
Public Schools
Stuart
Kate Bevard
Ross
Bundy
Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association
Coronssioners
Boas
Sioth
R. M. Fishburne
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Richard Kingsman
Rosa
Ie Bageboard
Grandsons to Pallbear Mrs Sheedy at 98
Four grandsons will be pallbearers for Mrs. Anne Sheedy who died Wednesday at her daughter Bridget McMahon’s home. The funeral starts at 830 from McMahon’s residence, with services at St. Aloysius Church and interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Mrs Sheedy, widow of Martin Sheedy, was 98 and had lived on I Street for 35 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Sheedy
Bridget McMahon
Teach School Boys to Shoot in Public Schools
The international board for the promotion of rifle practice held its annual session in this city to promote rifle instruction for schoolboys. Gen. Wingate of New York was made head of a committee to extend the program to other states. He has begun pursuing military rifles in public schools in New York and proposes that school boards use the Congress act authorizing arm loans to organize practice clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Board For
Wingate
New York
Pleads Insanity for Murder in newborn death case
Mary Graves, a young African American woman, pleaded epileptic insanity as a defense in Criminal Court No 1 for murdering her newborn by purging it in an ash heap on August 2. She denied knowledge of the tragedy while experts testified to her epileptic seizures. The case goes to the jury today with defense counsel J McD Carrington and Ss D Truitt and government assistant Turner present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graves
J. McD. Carrington
Ss. D. Truitt
Turner
Shows Endearing Letters in Circuit Court Case
Daniel Scanson faced a $10,000 damages suit for alleged breach of promise to marry Miss Sarah Agnes Galvin in Circuit Court No. 1 before Justice Barnard and a jury. The crowded court heard letters of an endearing nature and social visits. verdict expected Monday with James A. O Shea and George H. Calvert for the plaintiff and Michael J. Colbert and Michael J. Keane for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Scanson
Justice Barnard
Sarah Agnes Galvin
Madeline Pollard
W. C. BP. Breckinidge
Kentucky
Scanlon
James A. O'Shea
George H. Calvert
Michael J. Colbert
Michael J. Keane
Amendment Favored to Washington and Western Maryland Route
The Commissioners reported favorably on House bill 12086 to amend the Washington and Western Maryland Rail Company charter. The proposed route shifts to the canal’s north side near Canal road with a public bridge to cross a busy Virginia access road, while the original plan aimed to run along the canal’s southern bank to Aqueduct Bridge. No construction has begun though plans and grades were approved within a year or two after the 1889 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and
Virginia
Washington
Fort Myer Soldiers Accused of Insulting Daughters at Aqueduct Bridge
By presidential direction an investigation follows claims that five Fort Myer soldiers insulted the daughters of JG I Jordan of Ballston VA at the Aqueduct Bridge terminal. Deputy Marshal C H W Wilbert is accused of failing to protect them. Jordan says soldiers blocked entry to the waiting room and one sat on a young woman’s lap. A friend who intervened was threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myer Warrison
JG. I. Jordan
Ballston
Aqueduct Bridge
C. H W. Wilbert
Ailme
Weather Conditions Forecast From 1906 Eastern Seaboard
A 1906 weather bulletin notes a slight low off east Florida and high pressure over New England bringing northeasterly winds and rain in the Carolinas Georgia and Florida. Rain likely in Southern New England and Middle Atlantic soon with fair weather elsewhere and warmer zones in Missouri Mississippi Ohio valley and lake region. Winds vary by coast with brisk northeasters and squalls. steamers to Europe face northeasterly seas. Special forecast warns storm warnings from Norfolk to Charleston.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
East Florida
New Wingland
South Atlantic
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
North Pacific Coast
Nouthern
Middle Atlantic
New England
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
European
Grand Banks
Atlantic
Norfolk
Charleston
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Patent
Warman
Munyor
Telisves
Edward P. Ryan
Shipper
M’kinley
Aspollinaris
Table Waters
International Board
Miss Galvin
Daniel Scanlon
Asheville
Atlanta
Tovey
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Mass
Bufalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Davenport
Tow
Denver
Cole
Des Moines
Galveston
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Ind
Inn
Springfield
THE
Sunday Post
Lansburgh & Bro
Sik
Lansburgh & Bro., Ae
Seventh Street
F Street
RUB Furniture CO
E. Cor
D Ste
Tharp
Berkeley
Rge
N.W
Newport News
Thelma Graham
Louise Cobb
Stealmen& Watch
Christian Xander
900Th St
Peter Grogan
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Ave
Oppenheimer’s
Holland Mad King Co
CW van der Hoogt
Hollagi Medicine Company
Sald Company
W van der Hoogt
Wo van der Hoot
B Matthews Erastus L Hawks
Ellis F Frost
W van der Hengt
MW Flynn
Notary Public
New Yorke County
Queens County
Baltimore Sun
WM. Smith
Arthur Pl
Baltimers Sun Bureau
Washington Gas Light Company
10Th St Nw
William B. Orme
Miller
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Atx
J. & Eotisis
Shoomaker Co
Riakrdriver
Bond
Arlington
E. W Bush
Commercial National Bank
Wth
G Sts
Stiff College
Portsmouth
Clarissa BR. Tufts
Columbia
Binney St
White
Pa Ave
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