Cabinet adopts merit rule for government promotions
The cabinet approved a general policy to appoint officers based on satisfactory service after forty years of active duty, extending the rule to all departments. The plan aims to limit promotions to experienced incumbents and to retire older brigadier generals, with a focus on uniform standards across federal agencies and potential reshuffles to fill vacancies.
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Conela Buel
Sora
Iles
Brigidwer
Toros
Bertie
Republican
Anderson Faces Senate Clash Over Colored Internal Revenue Collector
Opposition grows as the Senate Finance Committee weighs confirming Anderson, a Black nominee for the New York City district post, amid doubts and party politics. Reported friction suggests some New York and other senators may oppose the appointment, while others stay neutral or passive.
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Bers
Finance Committee
South
Anderson
New York
New York City
Internal Revenue
Senate
A S W Anderson
Bisconthrea
Ait
Alusau
Platt
Connecticut
Spooner
District Judge Nomination and Senate Confirmations
The President sent to the Senate nominations for District Judge Edward Whitson and Brigadier General Allen Smith with other army promotions. The Senate confirmed several ambassadors and secretaries of legation, including Anderson at Antigua, Chilton at Toronto, Sharp at Kobe, Moshes at Collingswood, Phillips in Massachusetts, Pletcher in Lisbon, Moore to Roumania and Servia, Wilson to Greece, Blumenthal to Paris, Einstein to London, Wadsworth to London, Ridgely Carter to London, Jerome Martin to Las Cruces, and more. Iowa Senatorial confirmation delay blocks George Dobson for Nottingham consul. The GOP protests Dobson’s nomination due to replacing Frank Mahin amid party politics. The Senate’s action traces Roosevelt campaign services and Woodson’s indorsement ambiguity.
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Senate
Judgie Edward Whitson
Washington
Col Allen Smih
Sixth Cavalry
Rdy
George E. Anderson
District of Columbia
Antigua
Robert Chilton, Jr
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Hunter Sharp
Serth
Greece
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Athens
William Blumenthal
New York
Paris
France
Lewis Einstein
London
Craig W Wadsworth
John Ridgely Carter
Maryland
Jerome Martin
New Mexico
Las Cruces
Iowa
George L. Dobson
Des Maines
Nottingham
England
Republican Organization of
Dobson
Frank W Mahin
Clinton
Woodson
Missouri
Roosevelt
Society at the Booths for Benefit of Working Boys Home
A St Patrick's Day event at Rauscher's features booths representing many nations to aid the Working Boys Home and Children's Aid Association. Prominent city women will serve. the American booth is largest under Miller, with Chaffee representing the army and Maxwell the navy. Meals, music, and native costumes accompany booths for France, the Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Germany, and China, with numerous ladies assisting and a vaudeville act in the German booth.
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Working Boys’ Home and Children’s Aid Association
Working Boys’ Home and Children's Aid Association
Rauscher’s
St. Patrick’s Day
Ass Editi
Miller
Miss Chaffee
Army
Maxwell
Navy
Dewey
Cowies
Thomas Gaff
Chaffee
Morton
Taft
Islands
North Pale
Rockhill
China
Booth
Lee Phillips
Chentung Liang Cheng
Herbert Wadsworth
France
Cleveland Perkins
Joh Poor
Clearing Sea of Derelicts From Atlantic Lanes
Navy faces task of locating and destroying twenty seven ocean derelicts endangering shipping from Brandiago to Newfoundland. Hydrographic reports note derelicts spotted by incoming vessels. Lebanon, a 3000 ton collier, may be fitted at Portsmouth Navy Yard for this service. Justice Anderson approves name change to Armstrong Hopkins for Rev George Franklin Hopkins and Dr Saleni A Hopkins to reflect wife’s maiden identity.
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Atlantic
Navy Department 1
Brandiago
Newfoundland
Hydrographic Office
Navy Department
Lebanon
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Hopkins
Justice Anderson
George Frank
Saleni A Hopkins
Burton T. Doyle
Arlington Fire Insurance Company elects officers
At a board meeting held at the company office on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, officers for the coming year were chosen: Thomas Brown as president, Herbert A. Gill as vice president, Edward McC. Jones as secretary, and Willam M. Beall as assistant secretary.
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Wustees
Arlington Fire Insurance Company
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Thomas Brown
Herbert A. Gill
Edward McC. Jones
Willam M. Beall
Funeral of Gen William Bate Bate in Senate Attended by Roosevelt
A state funeral for Tennessee Senator William Bate was held in the Senate chamber with Supreme Court members Cabinet and other officials present. President Roosevelt attended with Cabinet members as the service, led by Chaplain Hale and Dr. Greene, concluded with a prayer and a call for a special train to Nashville.
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Senate
Gev
William B. Bate
Tennessee
Prent Roosevelt
Mmpers
Cabinet
Supreme Court
House
Eix
Root
Hiintt
Carmack
Morgan
Procter
Alger
Daniel
Pettus
Foraker
Mallory
Spooner
Culberson
Scott
Chamber
Fairbanks
Hale
Samuel H. Greene
Calvary Baptise Church
PF. J. Prettyman
Mount Vernon Square Methodist Church
South
Supreme Cou Diplomatic Corps
Aroae
Justice
Harlan
Takahira
Roosevelt
Loeb
Hay
Morton
Magdy
Greene
Prettyman
Bate
Hns
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Washington
Senator Carmack
Buten
Diplomatic Corps
Allison
Senatore Carmack
Overman
House of Representatives
Sims, Brownlow
Gaines
Gorman
Senator Bate
Berry
Blackburn
Knoxville
Tribute to a Good Man Senator Bate
A reflective tribute to Senator Bate praising noble service and unselfish deeds. The piece recalls honor, memory, and the lasting impact of a civic life. Also notes Thomas Jefferson's Bible edition and availability through The Post Business Office with pricing details.
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Clea
Martha L. Gielooww
D. C
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
Normal School Garden Work Praised by Secretary Wilson
Secretary Wilson commends city normal schools for agricultural science training. A Department of Agriculture meeting reviewed greenhouse work at Normal School No. 1 and No. 2, highlighting garden methods, class study, and civic links. Greenhouses host weekly classes with direct access for students and visitors.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Normal School
Wildlett M. Hays
A. T. Stuart
Willett M. Hayes
Susan B. Lips
Washington
Normal School No. 2
Sarah W. Brown
Normal School No. 1
Orange House
Brads
Service summons quashed in Ricketts libel suit
Chief Justice Clahaugh quashed the service of the summons in Oscar J. Ricketts versus Sun Printing and Publishing Association. The $100,000 libel suit concerns an article about St Louis Exposition awards.
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Ricketts
Clahaugh
Oscar J. Ricketts
Sun Printing and Publishing
New York Sun
The
Sun
St. Lows
Oulahan
Thurston
D. W. Baker
Hibbetts
A. S. Worthington
Charles L. Fratley
Warner Named Respondent in Ossenberg Pension Suit
New Pension Commissioner Vespasian Warner substituted as respondent for James Davenport in the Ossenberg case. Chief Justice Clubaugh continued the rule to show cause to a future day. Ossenberg seeks a medical examination to verify alleged disabilities warranting a pension increase.
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Ossenberg
Vespasian Warner
Commissioner of Pensions
James Js. Davenport
Pensions
William _ Ossenberg
Clubaugh
Military orders and Navy movements dated 1905
Orders issued to army officers including leave and duty changes for Lieuts Clifton Brinkerhoff and Smart plus Maj Rees and Capt Grant. Assignments include Kinbry on Fort Sheridan board, Montgomery to Frankford Arsenal, and recruiting duty for retired officers Carter Barbour and others. Naval vessel movements listed with arrivals and a new commission for the Pennsylvania at League Island.
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Alfred T. Clifton
Signal Corps
Henry 8. Brinkerhoff
Fourth Infantry
Walter I. Baker
Nagasaki
Tokyo
Japan
Hobert Smart
Engineers
Herbert Deakyne
Corps of Engineers
George Montgomery
Ordnance Department
Frankford Arsenal
Frank S. Borr
Fifteenth Infantry
Charles Morrie
Artillery Corps
Army Ratiing Board
San Francisco
Edgar Rvesell
Tracy C. Dickson
Field Artillery
Frank A Grant
Seattle
Coupeville
Wash
Robert G. Carter
Birmingham
Ala
John L. Barbour
Parkersburg
W. Va
It. Tracy
A. A. Cotten
F. M. Russell
Naval Academy
Anpapoliia
Chadwick Case Heads To Jury In A Strained Trial
Cleveland March 10 the Chadwick trial will likely go to the jury Saturday after a day of closing arguments. Attorney Garry pressed her alleged unsecured loans totaling 157000 and 104000 on one day, while Judge Wing argued over conspiracy law. Carnegie left Cleveland after testifying not called, and other city notes followed.
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Garry
Cleveland
Ohio
Chadwick
Taylor
Thomas H. Garry
Judge Wine
J. P Dawley
Mr. Dawley
Wing
Spear
Andrew Carnegie
New York
Lake Shore Railroad
Carnegie
Sylvester T. Everett
Euclid Avenue
Divorce Helped Sell Property and Cost of Divorce
A Sioux City report details Thomas Melham securing a divorce to enable selling his West Fourth Street lot to the Great Northern Railroad at a favorable price. He sought the railroad to cover divorce costs and a future wedding, arguing the deed could be signed without his wife’s signature while she remained in Europe. The tale recalls multiple drafts and a convoluted effort to recoup expenses, with Melham stating the divorce cost him $75 and the railroad noting the eventual price advantage.
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Washington Post
Sioux City
Iowa
West Fourth Street
Thomas Melham
Great Northern Railroad Company
Melham
America
Europe
East Fourth Street
Gordon
John L. Snapp
Great Northern Company
Meiriam
Mr. Snapp
Great Northern
Alleged Insurance Plot In Cottage Grove
In Cottage Grove Oregon a letter purporting to come from John Fletcher urged suicide and led to discovery of Fletcher alive with a gunshot wound. Fletcher swore John Branton shot him to claim an $8000 life insurance payout. Branton allegedly borrowed Fletcher s revolver and then killed him, pressuring Fletcher to claim self defense.
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Cottage Grove
Oreg
John Fletcher
Fletcher
John Branton
Branton
Diamonds Seized and Forfeiture Sought by San Francisco Collector
The collector of customs at San Francisco seizes twelve thousand dollars worth of diamonds tied to Louis Hospidal, a French firm agent, who carried them from Havana to Mexico then to San Francisco. He was arrested, released after surrendering the stones to another agent, and immunity promised. The seizure proceeds to condemnation as smuggled goods. the case referred to Washington for instructions.
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San Francisco
Louis Hospidal
Havana
Hospidal
Mexico
Washington
Destructive Prairie Fire Strikes North Dakota Town
A major prairie fire sweeping from eighteen miles west destroyed hay in Husendale and burned hundreds of head of stock as it moved past the town. Many farm houses along the path were destroyed, with winds shifting to drive the fire south.
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North Dakota
Husendale
N. Dak
Two Negroes Hanged In Alabama Murder Case
Birmingham March 10 two Negroes Jud Brham and Alexander Robertson were hanged for the murder of their sweethearts. Robertson in his last hours identified a spectator Jim Williams as the murderer of Policeman Bennett killed two years ago. Williams denied the charge and was jailed. Alderman Acquitted of Bribery Chicago March 14 former Alderman Frederick Hart found not guilty of offering a bribe to gain a bank building height exception. Corry Train Wreck Pa March 10 passenger No 6 collided with a freight engine. engineer fatally injured, fireman seriously hurt, many bruised but no serious injuries. Toronto March 10 Alexander Martin hanged for murdering his child. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad text about fatigue and vitality ends with promotional line.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jud Braham
Alexander Robertson
Robertson
Jim Williams
Policeman Bennett
Williams
Chicago
Frederick “St. Hart
Hart
Corry
Evie
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsfield
Adams
Purinton Promotes Fasting and Kissing in New York Drawing Room
Edmund Harle Purinton, a New York speaker, tells a women audience at Mrs. Edward M. Schley’s home how to fast and kiss, claiming psychic soul surges and perfection through self denial. He recites poetry including The Kiss and suggests fasting for Roosevelt, praising self-control and love with ardent, provocative verses.
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Edmund Earle Purinton
New York
Edmund Harle Purinton
Edward M. Schley
West Seventeenth Street
Purinton
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeler
Dr Lust
New Jersey
Hernhart McFadden
Hall Caine
Roosevelt
Miss Davis Monument Inscription Change Urged
Mississippi urged to be recognized on the Richmond Virginia Davis monument. Mrs Margaret H Hayes daughter of Jefferson Davis wrote Confederate Veterans to press inscription changes. Also Princeton faculty reshuffle Lovett named astronomy professor succeeding Rockwood Jr. and other trustees named. In Chicago theater case venue change petition denied. Three foreign workers killed in a furnace explosion at the Cambria Steel Works Johnstown. Man shoots wife then commits suicide in Fort Wayne with wife surviving divorce petition pending.
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Jefferson Davis
Meridian
Miss
Margaret H. Hayes
Colorado Springs
Confederate Veterans of Mississippi
Mississippi
Richmond
Davis
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Edgar Odell Lovett
Charles
Augustus Young
Charles Greene Rockwood
Archibald D Russell
New York City
John Dewitt
Chicago
Marenio
Will J. Davis
Fudge Kersten
Johnstown
Cambria Steel Company
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Asan Gubard Hunt
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Speker
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Arlington Fire Insurance
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MR. Roosevelt
Warner
Whipple
Pensacola
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Port Townsend
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Newark
San Juan
Érethuts
Guantanamo
Cacear
Hampton Roads
Yanket
League Island
Mrs. Chadwick
Judge Wing
Mr. Carnegie
Somerville
Mass
Frank Burns
Scranton
Empire Theater
Hargis Brothers
Frankfort
Eky
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Breathitt County
Fayette Circuit Court
Cockrill
Jackson
Committee of
Cassie Chadwick
Wagoner
Akron
Aaron Wagoner
Akron Savings Bank
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Sapho
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Fort Wayne
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