Power of Cortelyou Controversy Over RNC Authority
Washington gossip centers on the acting chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. Some claim Cortelyou has full authority to name a vice chair, as Hanna was empowered in 1900, while others dispute the scope of his power. Senator Scott raised the issue with party leaders, but declined to discuss it publicly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
National Committee
Washington
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Chicago
Scott
West Virginia
Notice on Marriage and Death Notices Distribution
Notice states that inserted marriage and death notices in The Washington Post will be published in multiple morning papers upon application, at no extra charge, across a list including New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boston Globe
Buffalo Courier
Cinchel Enquirer
Chicago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Fittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
ST. Louis Republic
Syracuse Post-Standard
ST. Paul Pioneer Press
Miapolis
TIBU
Cleveland Plain Dealer
LICENSED TO MARRY AND FUNERAL NOTICES COMPILED
A garbled array of marriage licenses and funeral notices from early 20th century notices. Entries include Achard, Bates, Cole, Corby, Genella, Lemon, Lockwood, Potts and others with dates around March 1905 to March 1909. Each item notes names, residence, and funeral or marital details with occasional ages or locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Advo m
Laura Comstock Bates
James Allen Bates
Uroline Samantha
Henry Tracy Comstock
Cole
Charles Cleaves Cole
St John's Episcopal Church
P Street
William B. Genella
Emily T. Genella
McNerhany
Vicksburg
Miss
Lemon
Maryland Avenue
Fhumphrey BR. Lemon
Eliza A. Lemon
Lockwood
Buffal
Sontie’ Q. Lockwood
Potts
Wilton Wagner
Fred H
Susie M. Potts
Seventh Street
Saurday
Winchester
Health Office Record of Patients and Admissions
Report lists numerous individuals with ages and addresses from Washington area facilities including Columbia Hospital Sibley Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital. Notable entries include Adeline Hender 33, Maggie Buckley 57, Maurice Jackson 40, Elizabeth Mage 14, John H. Pratt os years, and an infant of Helen and George Ringaid. Followed by entries for Farnt Lyles and Maurice McCullough with hospital wards and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Hender
Witam
Bladen
4Th and
Frankfort Sts
Broghand
Maggie Buckley
Columbia
Henry C&iiler
Champlaingave
Nivela Gaff
Moses Dutch
Ontario Ave. Nw
George M. J. Gray
Maurice Jackson
Farnt Lyles
John F. Mathews
Chartes AL Mevere
Wilery
Maurice McCullough
Elizabeth Mage
John H. Pratt
Sibley
Ameta Queen
Helen
George Ringaid
Garfield
Herbert Robinson
Lawy
William Smith
Georgetown Univ. Mesp
Augustua A. Taylor
Sheridan Ave
Billsdale
Wilson K. Walk
Inonihs
Dames
Worshingtoo
Irregular tension between Irene and committee over vice chair
Fragmentary report notes the dispute as Irene and the committee clash over appointing a vice chair. Mr Cortelyou is described as insistent on naming the nominee within the next day or two, highlighting the urgency of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene
Aturuae
Cortelyou
Publishers Acquire Big Paper Firm in New England
Articles filed in Augusta Maine announce the Publishers Paper Company with 6 million dollars in capital. Directors include William A Hall James A Burnet Frank B Noyes and others. The firm aims to acquire the assets of Eastern Timber Company and its Maine New Hampshire properties tied to large pulp mill interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Augusta
Publishers’ Paper Company
William A. Hall
New York
James A. Burnet
Frank B. Noyes
Victor F. Won
Chicago
Calletsr
Thorn
Cne
Ried
outHned
Eastern Timber Company
Bar Mills
White Mountain Paper Company
United States
Portsmouth
N. H
Maine
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Eastern, Timber Company
North American Trust Company
American Newspaper Publishers' Association
Unfrocked minister Cordova visits jail mate
Julia Bowne visited J Frank Cordova in a New Jersey jail to request permission from Sheriff Carman for the meeting. Cordova, awaiting a three year sentence, declared he has found his intended mate and professed enduring loyalty as they spoke through the iron grate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New Brunswick
N. J
Julia Bowne
Carman
J. Frank Cordova
Cordova
Julia
Jule
Ubfrocked
Frank
George Sergert
New Street
Julian
Philadelphia Detectives Track Miss Diamond in Stage Money Swindle
A Washington D C police alert says Evelyn or Tingle Diamond swindled an elderly man of 180 dollars and fled toward New York. Detectives aboard the Washington express identified her among passengers, noting she laughed at the description, but she confessed to possessing counterfeit and stage money amid her winnings. Magistrate Kuchersperger held her for Washington authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Evelyn
Tingle Diamond
New York
Washington Express
Broad Street
Miss Diamond
Washington
Kuchersperger
Trixey
Augustus Krouse
Krouse
D Street i
Massachusetts Politician Talks Tariff and Roosevelts Role
Ex Representative John R Thayer of Worcester Massachusetts weighs tariff revision and Roosevelt influence in the presidential race He predicts Roosevelt backing for a likely Republican candidate and notes Emerson Bates Douglas Moody and Curtis Gulla as potential future contenders The interview touches on Bryan Eastern Democrats and Massachusetts political dynamics amid a shifting tariff debate A Philadelphia forgery suspect Rupert C Rossin aged 22 is arrested in Portland Me for forgery charges and will be sent to Philadelphia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
John R. Thayer
Worcester
Massi
Congress
Roosevelt
Thayer
Levdé
Bryan
White House
Massachusetts
Douglas
Bates
Grangers
Grand Army
Gov. Bates
Gov.Bates
Moody
Reviefors
House
Burt
New York
New England
Ola
Rupert C. Rossin
Philadelphia
Hartigan and Baur
Rossin
Oyama Enters Mukden After Victory Claim
Cable Dispatch reports from London and Washington say Japanese forces, confident of a Mukden victory leading to peace, entered Mukden with General Oyama and staff at the south gate. Thousands of Russian dead are cremated. Japanese troops display battle flags as Chinese officials welcome Marquis Oyama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Mukden
Deservnas Bleid
Gyama
Oyama
No Plot Against Czar Reported in Court-M martial
In St. Petersburg on March 18 the court martial of officers and several sailors from the Neva blessing firing squad concluded. They admitted neglect of duty for firing the galate on January 15 and failing to inspect or count cartridges. No evidence of a plot against the Emperor was found, and the verdict will be announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Neva
Hull clarifies remarks on Philippines and navy
Des Moines March 17 Congressman J A T Hull chairman Military Affairs Committee says he was misquoted in an allied interview. He stated the United States needs a big navy to protect island possessions and that Japan might in the future demand Philippine Islands. He never referred to any sale of the islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
J. A. T. Hull
Miliary Affairs Committee
Allies Ed
Imastern
Philippine Islands
Japan
Hull
Philipine Islands
American Officers Report From Manchuria In Cable
Lieut. Newton A. McCully, a U S navy observer with Russian forces in Manchuria, sends word after three months. He notes Capt. Judson and Col. Havard may be captured while Maj. McComb is reported “all right.” Message dated Romyna, location unclear, around the Mukden Harbin rail area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCully
Manchuria
Newton A. McCully
United States Navy
Port Arthur
Vladivostok
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Harbin
Russia seeks new internal loan of ten million dollars
St Petersburg March 17 internal credit loan of 10,000,000 dollars at 5 percent is being negotiated by the ministry of finance. It will be floated soon with an issue price likely 93 to 95. The loan is independent of French negotiations. Domestic rates will rise but not be tied to foreign loans. Interest and principal to be paid in gold and probably taxed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uyae
Ana
St. Petersburg
Ministry of Finance
Associated Press
Gripenberg
Kuropatkin
Linevitch
Mukden
Dragomiroff
Nicholas
Gen. Linevitch
I Kuropatkin
Trans-Baikal
Ldnevitch
Armies Reach Ninety Miles in Two Weeks Front
The forces opposing the Japanese left Armies pressed toward Me Pass, marching about ninety miles in a fortnight through continuous combat. Russians retreated north in disorder after torching a railroad station and supplies. The operation ends as the greatest military movement in modern history, with a likely absence of Russian resistance south of Harbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusan
Me Pass
Harbin
Witte to Resign and Abolish Ministers Committee
The report states M Witte’s recommendation to abolish the committee of ministers is accepted and he will be relieved of duties the move described as onerous and distasteful. Other items note a Russian fleet departure from Madagascar reports and a fiery Gapon manifesto issued in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. ‘Witte
Committee of Ministers
Nmpiteror- Nicholas
Orb
Fiery
Gapon
Washington
Sparig
Apie
Tha Atussian
Russia Relieves Kuropatkin in Favor of Linevitch Command
Tsarist orders announce General Kuropatkin dismissed with disgrace and General Linevitch appointed to lead all Russian land and sea forces in the Far East. The decision follows Mukden defeat and shifts aim to salvage the campaign as Japanese pressure grows. Linevitch faces a desperate task withdrawing 350,000 troops from Harbin amid mounting French-like retreat fears and possible new armies forming for the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Ines Witch
First
Japan
Europatkin
War Council
Mukden
Nicholas
Dragomiroff
Sakharoff
Tie Pass
Linovitch
With
Harbin
Kawamura
Nogi
Oku
Napoleon
Moscow
Kutusoff
Demand for Representation in Zemstvo Speech Debated
Zematvo leaders claim the ukase guarantees freedom of speech and assembly and press discussion, urging the formation of clubs to debate political questions. Moscow and Petersburg zemstvos have pushed for representation on the rescript commission as the liberal drive grows. The Moscow Exchange endorsed an address to the Emperor on reform, with only two of forty-six members opposing the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zematvo
St. Petersburg
Dournan
Wes
Pwas
Alec Freedom of
Moscow
I.”Petersburg Zemstvos
Lieut Mohn Repeats Charges Against Officers
Second Lieut Albert J Mohn who faced court martial for slandering fellow officers writes to President Roosevelt alleging conspiracy by his superiors including Col Anderson of the Fourth Cavalry. The letter, sent to the Department of Missouri at Omaha, names charges and is under review by the Judge Advocate General and the army chief of staff before going to Taft and the President for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. Mohn
Roosevelt
Col. Anderson
Fourth Cavalry
Department of Missouri
Omaha Sident
Mohn
Judge Advocate General
Army
Taft
Booth pistol sold in Philadelphia as genuine relic
A Philadelphia buyer purchased a claimed genuine Booth pistol used in Lincoln’s assassination. The War Department notes the only authentic Booth firearm is kept in a safe under the Judge Advocate General. Capt William Kendree Heath of Philadelphia sent a letter March 10 asking if the weapon in question is the one the War Department holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Booth
Judge Advocate General
Army
Secretary of War
William Kendree Heath
Capt. Heath
Dog bites off boy nose in dog attack incident
Fifteen year old William Strauss living on SL Twenty third street NW was bit by a dog while viewing puppies at a playmate’s home on Twenty third street NW. The end of his nose was torn off and he was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment with no further injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Strauss
SL Twenty-third Street
Charles Money
Wenty Third Street Northwest
Deaths Across the Nation Mark March 17 in Brief
Notices report multiple prominent figures dying on March 17 including former Iowa congressman Lot Thomas of Storm Lake Sioux City and Yuma Arizona seeker of health. Denver professor George Pollock and St Joseph banker John Lemon also pass away. George W Shannon Cripple Creek official dies in Colorado Springs while broker George Carhart, longtime NY financial leader, dies in Brooklyn. Surviving son A S Carhart noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sioux City
Lot Thomas
Yuma
Ariz
Los Angeles
Thomas
Storm Lake
Denver
Colo
George Pollock
Denver University
Colorado Springs
George W. Shannon
Cripple Creek Central Railroad
New York
George B. Carihart
Na‘tial Bank
New York, New Haven ,and Hartford Railroad
Brooklyn
Mr. Carhart
Clinton
N. J
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
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Gortelyou
Wocal Fimma
Josephine Joseph Werrest
Beulah Ruber
Richard Sturtevant
Roberts Glasgow
Byron T. Chiselm
Platte Clart Lewis Gorlon Walther
Wa Rton
Ana Tinar
Emporia
Vic
Maitre
Health Office Record
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
Undertaker
Eraetety
F Street
N. W
A. William Lee
Ang Embalmer
Commodiouy
Pennsylvania Ave
Joseph Gawler
Ave
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
John R. Wricht
Tenth Street
North 47
George P. Zarhorst
East Canitol
Cine Dart
Browhead
Sylvania
Boston
Queenstows
Liverpool
Ibrattar
Carpathia
Naples
Trieste
Flume
Genoa
Konig Albert
Gibraltey
Pannonis
Sardegas
New’ York
Eisard
Rotterdam
Aed York
Odaep
Philadelphia Police
Portland
Allan Lice
Glasgow
Bian
Spa Wie
Uxsundyy
Icl
Af Food
Bute
Maeden
Czar
MR. Hull Explains
Russia
Ananan
Hama
M. Witte
Agnor
Dis
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Befineens
Ite
Shin Matio
Bygzar
Rojestvensky
Togo
Betmg
Mestchersky
Grachdanin
Lieut
Dog
Boy
St. Joseph, Mo
John
Tootle-Lemon National Bank
Bright
Warner
Freek
OE J. Conway
Atlantic Ave
Rochester
N.Y
Lord Anglesey
the Sunday Post
San Francisco
Agricultural Department
Sunday Post
Quintus Oakes
Gelett Burgess
Will Irwin
The
Victoria
Rage
Helen Keller
Sre
Art of
Whistler
H. Rider Haggard
America
Shop of All Nations
East Side
Clarence L. Cullen
Greenhut
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