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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1905

Page

31

Cortelyou sworn in first assistant Hitchcock chosen

George Bruce Cortelyou returned to the Post Office Department as head and Frank Hitchcock of Massachusetts named First Assistant Postmaster General. The oath was administered by longtime clerk T E Roach in the Postmaster General's room with several officials present. Weaver named private secretary.

George Bruce Cortelyou Post Office Department Cvierk Robert J Winne Mortelyou T E Roach Vir Winne Cortelyou Wass Hinds Grace Helen Cortelyou Elmer Dover Weaver W S Shallenberger Edwin Maddenshird John J Howley Charles Conrad Dover Cortelyuu New York Hitchcock Mionmeugu Jesteroay Frank IL Nitchcock Massachustis Senate J L Bristow F Teeter Thilipot Gay Hitchceck Flis Eriducuy Maryward Woaishingtia House Department of Commerce and Labor Cortelzou National Committee Washington HO Weaver Ohio Weaver White House Department of Commerce Gabor Cortelsou J Cantwell National Association of Letter Carriers

Saints Parishioner Boosts Hope With Father Johns Medicine

Rev Father Pontur of La Fargeville writes a parishioner once deemed hopelessly consumptive has shown marked improvement after using Father Johns Medicine. He notes the remedy is free from opium or morphine and has a fifty year history of use, contrasting it with dangerous narcotic cough syrups.

Moiting la Fargeville N . Rey Joseph Pontur St Josephs Parish Father Johns Father Pontur Johns John John QC Brien

Cabinet oath ceremony described in routine manner

Secretary Hay summoned William McNeil the assistant librarian and notary to administer the oath in the presence of Private Secretary Babcock. Secretary Taft paused during travel to the White House and, with John Handolph the War Department notary, repeated the oath, then proceeded to the White House.

Hay William McNeil Babcock Taft White House Schofield Oda John Handolph War Department

Nominations move Dayton. Carter joins London embassy

President yesterday sent to the Senate a slate of nominations including Charles H Treat as Treasurer, Charles W Anderson as Internal Revenue collector for New York’s Second district, Alston Grayton as Northern District of West Virginia judge, and John Ridgely Carter named as Secretary of Embassy in London. Promotions in the navy and army follow. Dayton aims to assume duties soon. Carter, aged forty two, is a Baltimore lawyer’s son and is noted for popularity in diplomatic circles.

Senate United States Charles H Treat New York Charles W Anderson Bulgaria Henry P Fletcher Pennsylvania Lisbon Thomas Ewing Moore District of Columbia Roumania Serva William Philips Massachusetts Peking Register of Land Office Jerome Martin Las Cruces New London White Italy Carter Wadsworth Louis Einstein Pari Parla Bernard Carter Baltimore Trinity College Hartford Thomas F Bayard England Court of St James Henry White State Treasury Department

Consul General at Dresden Appointee Well Known New Yorker

St John Gaffney of New York is named consul general of the United States at Dresden Germany. Born in Limerick in 184, he studied at Clongowes Wood, came to America in 1882, and was admitted to the bar in 1889. He has long enjoyed presidential confidence and has visited Europe annually.

Washington St John Gaffney New York United States Dresden Germany Saxony Gaffney South America T St John Gaffney Limerick Clongowes Wood America Europe Loubet Jules Cambon M T Delcasse Legion of Honor Rome Russia Riverside Drive National Council of Women of the International Congress of Women London Fon Higher Education of Republican Club of The American-Irish Historical Society Knights of Columbus Gaelic Society

Negroes Look to President at Washington Race Conference

The closing session of the Washington conference of negroes on the race question was held in the Metropolitan A M E Church assembly hall. Bishop Abram Grant presided and urged cooperation among white Northern and Southern groups and blacks to solve the race problem. A committee was appointed to approach President Roosevelt to seek his views on appointing a commission to study the issue, with members named from Indiana, District of Columbia, New Jersey, North Carolina, and New York.

Washington Conference of Negroes Metropolitan 4 Me& Church Prof & A Johnson Shaw University Raleigh Abram Grant Bishop Grant Robert Reyburn Roosevelt Indiana Kelly Miller

Dedication Week Services At Calvary Methodist Sanctuary

Dedication exercises continue at Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Columbia roads between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets northwest. Rev Joseph Dawson will speak, with Methodist pastors from other city churches invited to attend. Thursday features a Treasury official as speaker. Lord's Supper to be observed. Friday night led by Sunday-school. March term calendar call follows with Equity Court No 1 Justice Anderson to review calendar numbers.

Calvary Methodist Sanctuary Joseph Dawson Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church Columbia Roads Fourteenth Fifteenth Streets Tomorow W . Andrews Treasury Department F C Croxton Justice Anderson Equity Court No 1

Roosevelt trip to Southwest delayed for Rough Riders reunion

Prolonged Senate session pushes back the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio from the 21st to April 7. President Roosevelt plans to leave Washington in early April, skip a bear hunt in Texas, and instead travel via Louisville and St Louis to Dallas Waco Austin and Fort Worth with stops for speeches. The itinerary shifts to avoid Houston and includes a Fort Worth direct leg with a Panther hunt and a fortnight in Colorado before returning to Washington.

Rough Riders Roosevelt San Antonio Tex Washington Senate Texas Louisville St Louis Missouri Kansas Sherman Stascogee South McAlester I. I Dallas Waco Austin Capitol Eltizeria Loeb Colorado Fort Worth Houston Big Lyon Sloan Simpson Denver Panhandle

First Cabinet Meeting Deliberates on Pending Problems

The first cabinet session of the new Roosevelt administration yielded no major decisions. Postmaster General-designate George B Cortelyou, who succeeded Robert Wynne, received a warm reception as he discussed department affairs with the President and Cabinet members. Secretary Hay also lingered to review State Department matters including diplomatic and consular appointments.

Sesson Roosevelt George B Cortegou Robert J Wynne White House

President Roosevelt to Address Friendly Sons at Delmonico

President Roosevelt will speak at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick annual dinner at Delmonico's New York on March 7 The event will honor him with 600 covers and over 2000 requests refused He will be escorted from his brother in law's home by the Fifty ninth Regiment under Col Hidward Duffy with speeches by Justice James Fitzgerald Congressman William Rourke Cochran Justice Martin J Keogh and Corporation Counsel John J Delany

Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Delmonico’s New York Roosevelt Friendly Sons of St Patrick Delmenco James Fitzgerald The Society William Rourke Cochran Martin J Keogh Corporation Coungel John J Delany

Visitors at White House greet President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt received many visitors in the White House as Cabinet groups met him and Governor Cummins of Iowa paid respects before leaving Washington. A delegation of seventy Iowa schoolboys invited to the inaugural parade were congratulated by the President. Chinese Minister Liang Chang delivered felicitations from the Chinese Emperor. Petersburg city officials plan to invite Roosevelt to visit on his Southern trip, and the Ballsplitters' Republican Club of Toledo will visit the White House for a noon reception.

President Gov. Cummins Iowa Roosevelt Gov Cummins Washington Liang Tung Chang United States Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Republican Club Toledo Ohio White House Senators Ick and Foraker

Free Doctor Shoop Rheumatic Remedy Offer From Racine

A national advertisement promises a free dollar’s worth of Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy to any rheumatic sufferer with no deposits or risk. The maker claims the cure cleanses blood of poison and stops its formation to relieve pain, claiming years of research and a costly German chemical as core ingredients. Readers are invited to write for a free book and to request a dollar package order sent via their druggist.

Germany Andy Tailures Shoop Racine Wis S.S.S Woodland Ave Warren O. Mars Eazy S. S Atlanta

Roosevelt Kisses Bible Passage at Inauguration

Chief Clerk McKenney notes the Bible was opened at random for Roosevelt's inauguration. The kissed verses from St James were near the end, yet chance determined the location. The ceremony followed prior custom of leaving the Bible open to be displayed during the oath. Hearing on the ticket broker injunction continues to March 13.

McKenney Roosevelt United States Supreme Court White House Washington

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