Cortelyou Names Hitchcock First Assistant Postmaster General
George Bruce Cortelyou sworn in as Postmaster General with Robert Winne stepping down. Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts named First Assistant Postmaster General while H C Weaver of Ohio becomes Private Secretary. Ceremony in Cortelyou’s room attended by family and department officials.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
H. C Weaver
Ohio
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
Father John s Medicine Credited By Parish Priest
Rev Father Pontur of La Fargeville reports a parishioner once deemed consumptive has improved after using Father John s Medicine. The letter praises the remedy as free from opium morphine and other nerve altering drugs, noting fifty years of use and endorsements from specialists.
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Moiting
la Fargeville
N . Rey
Joseph Pontur
St Josephs Parish
Father Johns
Father Pontur
Johns
John
John QC Brien
Oath Taken by Cabinet Members in Routine Ceremony
Secretary Hay summoned William McNeil notary to administer the oath to the present Cabinet in Private Secretary Babcock’s presence. Taft paused en route to the White House, learned of the oath from Chief Clerk Schofield, and John Handolph the War Department notary administered the oath, after which Taft proceeded to the White House.
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President
Hay
William McNeil
Babcock
Taft
White House
Schofield
Oda
John Handolph
War Department
Secretaries Rise in Diplomatic Posts at London and Abroad
The President sent to the Senate nominations for high diplomatic posts including Charles H. Treat as Treasurer and Charles W. Anderson as New York Collector of Internal Revenue. Alston Grayton named district judge in West Virginia. John Ridgely Carter to London as Secretary of Embassy, with several other promotions and appointments in the diplomatic service. Carter, age 42, is a Baltimore lawyer’s son, educated at Trinity College, once private secretary to Bayard, and now a prominent figure in St James circles.
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United States
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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
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Las Cruces
New
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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 Named St John Gaffney
Mr St John Gaffney of New York is appointed consul general of the United States at Dresden Germany. A long trusted Washington friend, he preferred this post to a South American one and brings notable diplomatic and literary credentials, with a home in New York and a family active in social and professional circles.
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New York
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South America
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Limerick
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14Th St
Colorado
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OLD Dominion Steamship CO
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Reneral
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Aham
Gen Pat
Oh Cali
Negroes Look To President At Washington Conference
Closing session of the Washington conference on the race question was held at Metropolitan 4 ME Church. Bishop Abram Grant presided and urged cooperation of white Northerners, white Southerners, and Negroes to solve the race problem. The group debated if the South can solve it and proposed a committee to seek President Roosevelt views on a national commission.
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Metropolitan 4 Me& Church
Prof & A Johnson
Shaw University
Raleigh
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Bishop Grant
Robert Reyburn
Roosevelt
Indiana
Kelly Miller
Dedication Week At Calvary Methodist Sanctuary
Dedication exercises continue at the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbia Road between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets NW. Rev Joseph Dawson will speak as part of Dedication week with speakers from the city’s Methodist churches and Hon W Andrews of the Treasury Department. The Lord's Supper will be administered, Friday night features Sunday-school led services, and an eminent Methodist will give an address as the congregation receives its new church. March Term Call notes Equity Court No 1 Judge Anderson will call odd numbered cases at 10 this morning with continuances granted where counsel fails to appear.
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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's Rough Riders Reunion Delayed To April
Prolonged Senate session pushes back the Rough Riders reunion in San Antonio to April 7. President Roosevelt plans a revised itinerary from Washington to Texas via Louisville and St Louis, with stops at Dallas Waco Austin and Fort Worth, skipping Houston for a Fort Worth route and a planned jack rabbit hunt in the Panhandle. He will speak to the Texas Legislature and attend San Antonio festivities before heading to Colorado for a fortnight and return to Washington in late April.
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Denver
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First Cabinet Meeting Debates Roosevelt Policies
The first cabinet meeting of the new administration discussed policies and appointments with President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Cortelyou. Secretary Hay stayed later to review State Department matters including diplomatic and consular service appointments.
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Sesson
Roosevelt George B Cortegou
Robert J Wynne
White House
President Roosevelt to address Friendly Sons at Delmonico's
President Roosevelt will speak at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick annual dinner in New York on March 7 at Delmonico's. About 600 covers will be laid and over 2,000 requests refused. Speeches are expected from Justice James Fitzgerald Congressman William Rourke Cochran Justice Martin J Keogh and Corporation Counsel John J Delany.
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Delmonico’s
New York
Roosevelt
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Delmenco
James Fitzgerald
The
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William Rourke Cochran
Martin J Keogh
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Coungel
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Visitors at the White House Meet Roosevelt Inaugural Week
President Roosevelt greeted a large group of visitors including Gov Cummins of Iowa and 70 Iowa schoolboys headed for the inaugural parade. The Chinese Emperor sent felicitations through Chinese Minister Sir Liang Tung Chang. Petersburg City Council considers inviting Roosevelt on his Southern trip. Ballsplitters' Republican Club of Toledo to visit today with a drill on White House grounds.
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Free dollar remedy offer for rheumatism by Dr Shoop
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Shoop
Racine
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Roosevelt Kissed Bible Moment at Inauguration
Chief Clerk McKenney explained the Bible was opened at random for Roosevelt's inauguration, with the passage from St James 22 24 kissed by chance near the end of the book. The note of transmission contained no placement guidance. Hearing on the ticket broker injunction was continued to March 13.
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