Oysters and fish prices soar amid severe winter shutdowns
Oysters and fish face higher prices during inauguration week as dredging and tonging are halted by freezing conditions on the river and bay. About 35 to 40 oyster boats remain trapped, with no port calls until ice clears. Norfolk remains a primary shipper while Baltimore sees scarce supplies, and prices reflect constrained supply despite some schooners delivering from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norfolk
Baltimore
Florida
North Carolina
Suit for Alleged Slander by Minor Plaintiff
James Garrison Lane by next friend Georgie Hicks sues William A. Sword in District Supreme Court for damages alleging a May 15 statement branding him a negro caused injury, including social repercussions with Plumbers' Association denial. Attorney Gwynn Gardiner represents the plaintiff. Crombie Committed to St Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane after a hotel arrest. doctors cite delusions of conspiracy against his brother’s children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
James Garrison Lane
Georgie Hicks
William A. Sword
Spedd & Bro Ce
Plumbers’ Association
Gwynn Gardiner
Plaintie
Crombie
St. Elizabeth's
Frank
James F Crombie
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
A Living Monument to Dr Miles Heart Cure
A testimonial letter from J H Bowman of Lebanon Democrat praises Dr Miles Heart Cure for curing heart trouble after shortness of breath and palpitations. The letter claims others have been saved from death and urges readers to seek the remedy, with Miles Medical Co guaranteeing the first bottle and refund if ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Miles Medical Co
Dr. Miles
Ruggist
J. H. Bowman
Lebanon Democrat
Nashville
Tenn
Elishart, Ind
Help for the city's poor funds acknowledged by charity association
The Citizens' Relief Association reports many donations toward its yearly budget. Treasurers John F. Wilkins and John Joy Holson list numerous donors and amounts, including Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, $25, Miss Catherine Simms, $5, Mrs Adams Foster, $4, and Washington figures like Washington Savings Bank, $90, and various individuals contributing sums from cents to hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Association
Citizens’ Relief
John F. Wilkins
Finance Committee
G Street
Wilkins
Washington Post
Theodore Roosevelt
Catherine V. Simms
Adams Foster
Romulus Adams Foster
Charles Newbold
Herman L. Amten
Charles A. Shields
Charles A. McKenney
Frances G. Mungraves
C. Shirley Carter
William Einbeck
Somers
W. S Bronson
John Joy Holson
Associated Charities
J. Ormond Wilson
H. M
D. S. Lamb
Walter Wyman
Willam H. Baldwin
William Knabe & Co
Della F. Botsford
T. Rothrock
Emin Feck
Herbert G. Ogden
George A. King
L. B. Lawrence
P. Austin
Spicer
Thomas H. Anderson
George N. Acker
Charles A. Langley
Alex B. Garden
Charles EB. Barrick
John H. Eliott
George J. Mueller
H. W. Blanchard
Frank Sewall
John McGowan
George N. French
J. R. Whelpley
Mr Whelpley
Sbrank KM. Cameron
Tiarry E. Rupprecht
E. Morton Chapman
Frank Q. Stetson
C. H. Fitch
CR. Watkins
Giffard Pinchot
Andrew ©. Cunningham
Walter Wells
le Grande Powers
John Leetch
William H. Seaman
M. W Baldwin
C. F. Shoemaker
Cyrus Bussey
Caroline Matthews
William F Peabody
J. Hien Foster
Gaegler & Caspari
Charles H. Turner
Elizabeth Lodge
Lester F Ward
William A. Heilprin
W Moffat
N. Freeman
Delia Freeman
W. XK. Stevena
Fearth & Co
D. Gilman
S J Higginson
Mra. Somers’ Shoal
Canvass the candidates at DAR caucus in Washington
At the District Chapter meeting in the Ebbitt House red parlor the Daughters of the American Revolution considered candidates for national offices. Speakers spoke for Mrs Sternberg and Mrs McLean with others praising Mrs Lippit and Mrs Horton. Ellen Massey was named for state regent and J D Croissant for vice state regent. Miss Virginia Miller eyed for vice president general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution Caucus
Congress
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ebbitt House
George M Sternberg
National Congress
Sternberg
Donald McLean
New York
Lippit
Rhode Island
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
Ellen Spencer Massey
J.D. Croissant
Virginia Miller
Martha Washington
Judge Advocate to Decide on Potomac Department Post
Interest grows in the Grand Army of the Republic over who will become senior vice commander of the Potomac Department after the death of Gen Llewellyn G Tistes. Disputes within the local G A R led to the issue being referred to the judge advocate general Gen Estes earlier elected senior vice commander but never installed. the post remains with Hiram Buckingham who declined reelection. The G A R constitution reportedly holds offices until successors are installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army
Department of the Potomac
Llewellyn G. Tistes
Estes
Hiram Buckingham
Injunction Sought Against Railroad Ticket Brokers
Five railroad companies operating into Washington filed in the District Supreme Court to halt a group alleged to buy and sell nontransferable inaugural tickets. Justice Anderson heard arguments on a temporary injunction with a decision pending. Plaintiffs accuse brokers of illegal traffic and fraud, with brokers discreetly seeking out others. Defendants named include Jacob Spliedt and Max W Sherman among others, with counsel Hamilton Colbert McKenney and Wlannery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District Supreme Court
Grand Army of the Republic
Hagner
Anderson
Equity Court No. 1
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
The
Southern Railway Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Washington Southern Railway Company
Hamilton & Colbert
Frederic McKenney
J. 8. Wlannery
Jacob Spliedt
Max W. Sherman
George May
Lewis Pretrick
Fred Schwab
F. H. Hable
Ernest G. Thompson
Marion Coreat
Joseph Benjamin
M. EF. Staub
William Fitzgerald
Tribute to Pitman Palsifer for Naval Expenditures Compendium
Senator Gorman praised Pitman Palsifer clerk of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs for a compilation titled Naval Appropriations 1883 to 1904. He called it the most complete statement on Navy Department expenditures and urged similar transparency for the Army and other departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Gorman
Gorman
Navy
Pitman Palsifier
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Naval Appropriations
Committee On Naval Affairs
Navy Department
Senate
Army
Arrested at Hospital Negro Accused of Housebreaking
Thomas White a 22 year old Black man living in Nolan Court Southwest was arrested after entering the fish house of John J Weisman at 1328 Half Street Southwest and being wounded by birdshot. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for chest and right arm shot wounds and later turned over to Fourth precinct police. He will face a Police Court hearing this morning, having given the name Thomas Lawrence at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas White
Nolan Court
Erref
John J. .Weisman
Half Street
White
Long Bridge
Thomas Lawrence
Smythe And His Megaphone At Roosevelt Rally
J Henry Smythe Jr of Philadelphia led cheers at the Chicago Roosevelt nomination scene from the convention floor using a megaphone and a silk flag. He later attended inauguration events in Washington and spoke at a Broadway noonday meeting before assisting state and city committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Chicago
J.henry Smythe, Jr
Washington
Smythe
Coliseum
Oyster Bay
Hastburn Academy
Philadelphia
Princeton
Washington City Kindergarten Club Meeting at Normal Institution
The Washington City Kindergarten Club held its monthly meeting at the Washington Normal Kindergarten Institution on Q Street. A Birthday entertainment and reception featured senior students with performances by Misses Ward French Minshall and Ward, plus a colonial children’s drill and papers on civic life and the nature of the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normal Institution
Washington City Kindergarten Club
Washington Normal Kindergarten Institution
Q Street Northwest
Susan P. Pollock
Normal School
Nannie Ward
Inez French
Bessie Sutter
Eleanor Wood
Reginald Boyd
Louise Carmen
Theodore Kiesel
Margaret Frevel
Archie Casanova
Thelma Scriviner
Halph Boyd
Annie Kiesel
Marie Minshall
Harry Barringer
Irene Couch
Majorie Brooks
Ida Willis
Octavia Green
Mistaken Identity Leaves Corpse Identified as Hawkins
The body found in the James Creek Canal was initially identified as John C. Hutchinson a white blacksmith of 1019 M street southeast but was later confirmed as Stephen Hawkins an aged black man missing six weeks. Coroner Negitt ruled death accidental drowning.
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James Creek Canal
John C. Hutchinson
M Street
Stephen Hawkins
Hutchinson
Hawkins
Negitt
Fight on Maryland avenue leads to assault charge
Srintam Gordon, 33, was struck in the face with a brick during a fight with Lena Cabbage on Four-and-a-half Street Southwest. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. Lena Cabbage was locked up on the assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Cabbage
Maryland Avenue
Srintam Gordon
Lena
Wee
Dr Cascaret Promises Pocket First Aid for Digestive ills
A vintage advertorial for Cascarets claims instant relief from heartburn indigestion and constipation. It touts small enamel boxes of six candy tablets priced at ten cents, emphasizing portable use, non-gripe action, and direct toning of bowel muscles with claims of health insurance and happiness promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascaret
Dr. Cascaret
Sterling Remedy Company
Three Boys Sent to Reform School for Petit Larceny
John Johnson Charles Heil and Frederick Hurd three black youths aged fourteen to seventeen faced Judge Scott after entering John O Donoghues saloon at Flint and Q streets NW through a window and stealing three bottles whisky valued at 1 each and three bottles wine valued at 50 cents each They drank and were found by Policeman Boyle who arrested them Heil the leader influenced the others Judge Beatt sent Heil to the Reform School until majority and placed Hurd and Johnson with the Board of Children's Guardians for six months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johnson
Charles Heil
Frederick Hurd
Judge Scott
Boyle
John O'Donoghue
Flint
Q Streets
Heizell
C. Beatt
Hizell
Hurd and
Johnson
Board of Children’s Guardians
Directory Conspiracy Case and Local Aiding Events
Hearing continued in the conspiracy to defraud citizens via a bogus directory scheme with defendants Jason W. Geist and Frank Richardson. Witness Willam A. Engel testified about signing a contract obtained by improper means. The directory evidence appeared late and the government's case was largely circumstantial. The case resumes today at noon. Also notes Union Outfitters opening at 619 Seventh Street NW offering union-made men’s wear with a labor-labeled guarantee and a musical program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The event excludes sales during these hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason W. Geist
Graham
Frank Richardson
Willam A. Engel
Union Outfitters To Men Co
Seventh Street
Big Book Suit Settled Over Dickens Illuminated Edition
A New York suit over a contract for a Dickens illuminated edition set valued at 230000 dollars was settled out of court. Purchaser Mrs Abbie B Blodgett of Fishkill on the Hudson had prior purchases totaling 18000 dollars and her son the estate executor had filed five suits to void her contracts. Two decades of payments were to run to 1917, and a canvasser had sent bouquets to the elderly collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Dickens
Abbie B. Blodgett
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson
Columbia Defeats Yale in Tight Intercollegiate Title Race
In New Haven on February 24 Columbia edged Yale 24 to 21 to tighten its hold on the intercollegiate basketball championship. The lead bounced between the teams, with Columbia scoring two late goals in the final five minutes. Misher starred for Columbia, eight field goals. Yale’s Rockwell Hyatt and Kinney were strong. Also reported, Emily Hembry, sixteen, a colored girl, was arrested on grand larceny charges for stealing a diamond ring and gold cuff buttons from Mr. A Johnson’s 1835 Twenty-second Street home. police recovered the items and she faced a Police Court hearing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Columbia
Yale
Misher
Nign
Rockwell
Hyatt
Kinney
Emily Hembry
Lacy
Winler
A. Johnson
Twenty-second Street
Troop Transport Godan Sails for Manila
Logan reports Godan sails today from San Francisco bound for Manila with many saloon passengers and listed troops. The Second Squadron Eighth Cavalry and Sixth Infantry are among those entered. Also 14 enlisted men of the Metine Corps and a hospital corps carry arms and supplies onboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Manila
San Francisco
Godan
Hors Lulu
Guam
Eighth Cavalry
Soxth Infantry
Metine Corps
Thepital
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Paige
Mr. Stone
Gitor Post
Lafayette
Jesus Christ
Church of Christ
John Timothy Stone
Albert Middlesworth
Albert Widdlesworth
Interior Department
Ballston
Arlington
A. B. Frisbie
Logan Post
G. Aa. R
Middlesworth
Fifth
Michigan Volunteers
Fenton, Mich
Paul Middlesworth
Indianapoli
Ind
Joseph Middlesworth
Spokane
Wash
Leonard Mayer
St. Louis
Virginia Avenue
John H. Knoch
Helpine
Enoch
Douglas Sherbert
Hartigan and Baur
Palsifer
United States
GEO. A. Kessler & C
Sate
Mporters
James Creek
Doctor Cascaret
Admiral Dickins
League Island Navy Yard
Pensacola
Hampton Roads
James Smith
Mississippi River
Honolulu
Joseph 8. Ferdy
Hilo
Koloa
Kauai
Southern Ry
Ninth Street
Hayner
Ee Aayner
T Hayner
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Sngseo
Hayner Distilling Company
Dayton, Chico
ST. Paul, Minn
Petg Sloan
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