Clerks Testify In Hooker Inquiry Postmaster Denies Overstaffing
Albany dispatch reports former Postmaster A R Moore testifying in the Hooker inquiry that four clerks were hired in January and five more were allegedly placed at his behest, with companions like Judge Maurice Hooker’s nephew defending the posts’ payroll. Evidence includes clerks’ payments and lack of actual service, plus testimonies from Caldwell and Clark about appointments and funds. Green of the Fredonia National Bank tied to notes indorsed by Hook family as part of the inquiry.
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Moore
New York
Albany
N. Y
A. R. Moore
Fredonia
Assembly Judiciary ‘Committee
Supreme Court
Warren B. Hooker
Hooker
John B. Stanchfield
Justice Hooker
Congress
Drew
Qra Caldwell
Dunkirk
Caldwell
Stanchfield
Maurice Hooker
Katherine K. Clark
Judge Hooker
Beavers
Miss Clark
Berounck Fo Green
Freaunts National Bank
Frank P. Batt
Atr
Etta
Green
Ball
Frederick KF
Perham
McKinley Memorial Plans Revised and Contract Let
Architect Maconigle reports to Secretary Hartzell that the McKinley monument redesign is complete and will be opened to seven contractors ready to report around April 1. Trustees meet in New York May 1 to let the contract, with work to commence by June.
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Canton
Univ
Mac Fonigle
Hartzell
National Memorial Assu Hy
McAkinley Memorial Association
New York
Flurtzell
Plead Guilty to Peonage Case In Savannah
In Savannah two prominent Georgians, William F. Crawley and Thomas J. McClellan, pleaded guilty in U S Court to causing citizens to be held in peonage. Judge Speer fined each $1 but remitted $500, notes say the fines were paid. Also reported plans in New York to add a new story to the Flatiron Building at Fifth Avenue and Twenty third Street.
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Speer
Savannah
United States
William F. Crawley
Waycross
I‘homas J. McClellan
Ware County
New York
Building Department
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Missouri War Claim Reimburses Governor for Civil War Expenditures
Gov Folk in Jefferson City received a United States Treasury check for 473 dollars to reimburse Missouri for expenses during Gov Gambie's Civil War administration. In St Louis Fred Schmidt woke from a nap speechless, likely motor aphasia, with no loss of hearing. In New Haven Howard H Hume of Yale will head the medical department of Yale College in Chungsha China.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
United States Treasury
St. Louis
Fred Schmidt
Schmidt
Hume
Medical School
New Haven
Conn
Howard H. Hume
Yale
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
New
Yale College
Chungsha
China
Work Wonders for Women with Electric Bitters
Electric Bitters invigorate the female system and cure nervousness headache backache and constipation or no pay. Available at all druggists.
Councilman Denies Baltimore Succession Report
Boston March 2 Dr William T Councilman of Harvard Medical School said there is absolutely no truth to a Baltimore report that he had been chosen to succeed Dr William Osler at Johns Hopkins University. He noted Johns Hopkins official Dr William Welsh visited him but no relevant talks occurred and he cannot be Osler's successor as his specialty differs.
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Qslef Gt
Johng
Hopkins
Boston
Mass
William T. Councilman
Harvard Medical School
Baltimore
William Osier
Johns Hopkins University
William Welsh
Johns Hopkins
Councilman
Osier
Wisconsin Assembly Debates Return of Battle Flag
Madison March 22. The governor of Alabama requests Wisconsin to return the battle flag of the First Alabama Regiment captured by the Fifteenth Wisconsin at Island No. 10 on April 7, 1862. Assemblyman Norcross, Wisconsin Grand Army department commander, introduces a resolution for return or compliance.
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Wisconsin
Alabama
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Island No. 10
Assemblyman Norcross
Grand Army
Lesson for bank clerks addresses Vanderlip on training
Former Secretary of the Treasury Frank A. Vanderlip, now vice president of National City Bank, urged Washington bank clerks to embrace technical training for employees. He compared French and German approaches, warned against lagging behind Germany, and cited Chicago’s First National Bank reorganizing staff to classify roles. Other speakers included George F. Huff, Milton E. Ailes, W. V. Cox, and W. Riley Deeble.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
the Treasury
National City Bank of
New York City
Washington
American Bank Clerks’ Institute
F Street Northwest
Treasury
Vanderlip
France
Germany
Vanderlp
First National Bank
Chicago
America
George F. Huff
Greensburg
Milton E. Ailes
W. V. Cox
Second National Bank
W. Riley Deeble
Charles J. Bell
New York Aldermen Ordered to Act on Railway Franchise
Justice Dickey in New York directs the board of aldermen to grant or refuse the New York Connecting Railway Company’s request to build tunnels to connect the four major lines near Hell Gate. The eight month-old application has seen no action. Meanwhile Irwin Pennsylvania reports a mine cave-in at Claridge near town, wrecking a church and stores as fears of further collapses rise. A book social to raise funds for veterans will feature patriotic songs and recitations, with admission paid by bringing a book to donate to the National Soldiers Home.
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New York
New York City
Hell Gate
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Irwin
Claridge
Auxiliary
Ladies’ Union Veteran Legion
Pythian Temple
Tanner
National Soldiers
Jackson City
Tenn
Carnegie
James Tanner
Nerves and vigor boost advertised tonic claim
Ad copy asserts Hood’s Sarsaparilla strengthens nerves and stamina. It promises improved digestion and assimilation, claiming the tonic helps those who tire easily, mentally or physically, with an implication of broad health benefits.
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Tian
Hood
Hoog
Labor Suit Reversed Dismissal in Knights of Labor Case
Justice Duell of the District Court of Appeals reversed dismissal of the Burns versus Hayes Knights of Labor dispute. The ruling leaves title to the offices and control of the organization to be tested by quo warranto, with possible appeal to the Supreme Court. Suit began June 27, 1903, costing around $30,000, involving Burns and Hayes factions over possession of the order’s property and records.
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Burns
Hayes
Equity
Supreme Court
Justice Duell
District Court of Appeals
Yestery
Knights of Labor
Supreme Court of the United States
District Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Simon Burns
Order
John W. Hayes
Pill
Justice Anderson
Court of Equity
General Assembly
Niagara Pass
Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Tustic
Train Wrecker Capt Hamlisch and Miss Roosevelt Terrier Tale
The article profiles Captain Joseph Hamlisch, famed Boer War dynamiter nicknamed the train wrecker, who arrived in Washington with a $2,600 reward on his head for train explosions. He recounts near-misses with Lord Kitchener's train at Kilps River and his service under De Wet, leading a multinational guerrilla company. Now aged, he tends to pet dogs including Miss Roosevelt's ailing Irish terrier, after a career spanning lions and war.
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Kitchener
Joseph Hamlisch
Hag
Washington
New York Avenue
St.Louis
Alice Roosevelt
Warrly
Great ‘Britain
Hans Diri Des Plantes
Paris
Great Britain
Kilps River
Lord Kitchener
Klips River
Pretoria
Thas
Hamlisch
Itchener
Phullota
Milandssalen
Spton Kop
Hamilisch
de Wee
Campeley
Traig
Miss Roosevelt
Mothers' Club Meeting on Parental Sacrifice Theme
The Mothers' Club of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a semi monthly meeting at the W C T U home on Sixth Street Northwest. Mrs. A A Birney spoke on how far parents should subordinate themselves to children, suggesting sacrifice hinges on teaching unselfishness. Other addresses, poetry, songs, and visitors from California and New Jersey followed, with plans announced for a March 29 talk by Boston lawyer J Johnson on temperance legislation.
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Mothers’ Club
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Sixth Street Northwest
Edward Hall
Southwest Union
D. W. Skellenger
A.A. Birney
District Mothers’ Congress
Emma Sanford Shelton
W. C
T. Uy Mts
Margaret Dye His
Fred T. Dibsis
Bidwell
California
L. Pp.’ Hyatt
New Jersey
Katharine “Fletcher
C. C. Ammerman
Helen Fridley
G. J. Harper
Ludwig
Sixth Street
Rey
Money for D A B Hall by Constitution Chapter
The D A B Hall Constitution Chapter met at Mrs Bella Van Nees’s home 1507 Twenty second Street Northwest. Regent Miss Elizabeth Pierce presided and the chapter voted $50 toward Continental Hall. The program covered continued study on George Pow and Congress. Members read papers, a reception followed, and the house was decorated with flowers.
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Constitution Chapter
Constitution
Bella van Nees
Twenty-Second Street
Elizabeth Pierce
A. Arhelgs
Belle. Farmer
H. Bi.Sperry
Wi Patterson
J. Enén
Jun Heon
Mouse
Smallvey
Boswell
Migd Wood
Helen Wood
Moa Wartar
Morgan D. Lewin
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East River Tunnel
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Bach
Manhattan
Laundry
Florida ‘Ave
N. W
North
Henry E. da
Donaldson
Bowr
Mothers’ Club Meeting
D. A
Hall
Geresshy
Cardiff
Lyman J. Gage
Icheock
Puta
Hurlington, Vt
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Keeley Institute
North Capitol Street
Washington, D. C
Merriane
Rer “Brug
Haraii
Peonsylvania Avenue
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