Jury told 10 act demand on evidence in New York case
Special to The Washington Post from New York March 26 Judge Thomas O Sullivan instructs the grand jury to review evidence on an 18000 payment by George W Perking vice president of New York Life Insurance and a political contribution to Cornelius N Best then treasurer of the Republican National Campaign Committee to determine if larceny occurred The judge urges the jury not to let the case be taken from them The proceedings reveal tension with Mr Jerome over how to proceed and questions about criminal intent and concealed uses of funds The grand jury considers obtaining evidence from the district attorney and awaits Jerome’s actions as he reportedly plans to address magistrate proceedings
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Washington Post
New York
Thomas ©. O'Sullivan
General Sessions
George W. Perking
New York Life Insurance Company
Politcal
Cornelius N. Bess
Republican National
Teele
O Sullan
Dir. Jerome
Jerome
O'Sullivan
Veapravan
District Attorney & Office
O'Sulivan
Grand Jury
O’sullivan
Mr. Jerome
Tillinghast
Seabury
Mr. Natt
Judge O'Sullivan
Nott
Perkins
District Attorney’s Office
Flo
Sullivan
Nothx
Olan
Huilting
Judge Sagan
New York Life
Terkings
Seut
STARTS CHORAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND MEN AT ST PAULS
Rev William J Finn has opened a choir school at St Pauls Church Fifteenth and V streets for boys seven to fourteen and men to study voice culture theory sight reading polyphony and liturgy. No fee is charged and training aims to form a Gregorian style sanctuary choir under clergy guidance by Rev Theodore Metcalf and Father Ernest T Winchester.
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Father Finn
William J. Finn
St. Paul's Church
Fifteenth
V Streets
Pope Pius X
Theodore Metcalf
Ernest T. ‘Winchester
Thomas Ryan Takes Acting Interior Secretary Duties
Acting Secretary Thomas Ryan assumes duties in secretary Hitchcock’s absence while Hitchcock vacationed at Atlantic City. Ryan met yesterday with W. B. Hoggatt, Alaska’s new governor, who may visit Hitchcock to receive instructions before starting his duties.
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Hitchcock
Interior Department
Atlantic City
Thomas Ryan
Ryan
W. B. Hoggatt
Alaska
Hitchcork
Burton's Brief Filed in Supreme Court Appeal
The brief in the Burton case from Kansas, a second appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, was filed yesterday. Senator Burton was convicted in St. Louis federal court of taking money to act as attorney in Post Office Department cases.
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Senator Burton
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court
St. Louis
Post Office Department
Transfer Alaska Capital Move From Sitka to Juneau
Gov Hoggatt plans to move Alaska’s capital from Sitka to Juneau by act of 190. Brady opposed the change while resident in Sitka and will discuss it with Interior Secretary. Senator Hemenway introduced the new governor to the President as Tuggalt prepares to depart for Alaska to assume duties and take the oath in Sitka.
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Hoggatt
Alaska
Sitka
Juneau
Brady
Secretary of the Interior
Hemenway
Indiana
Tuggalt
Revenue Cutters Busy Amid Coast Storms in March
United States revenue cutters were especially active during March storms. Apparice at Galveston Texas searched for a barge adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. Rosa Mueller was freed by Mohawk and towed into New Bedford Massachusetts. Woodbury at Portland Maine floated the stranded Kate Palmer ashore near Jonesport Maine.
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United States Revenue
Apparice
Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Rosa Mueller
New Tedford
Mass
Woodbury
Portland
Kate Palmer
Jonesport
Chorus Girl Unconscious After Gas Leak at Hotel
Miss Lilly Hart of the Ham Tree company at the Columbia Theater nearly suffocated by a gas leak in her De Atley’s Hotel room on Pennsylvania Avenue near Twelfth Street. She was revived at Emergency Hospital, then returned to chorus last evening. She had left the stove burning before retiring.
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Lilly Hart
Columbia Theater
de Atley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Twelfth Street
Miss Hart
Elks to Erect New Home in City Budget
Washington Lodge No. 1 of the Elks plans a new $100,000 clubhouse to be built within a year. An architectural competition has appointed Richard O'Brien as chairman with Lorenza Bailey secretary and Michael G McCormick as member. Louis A Sumon acts as adviser. Four Windsor architects and one from Philadelphia compete for the commission with a prize of 200 and 100 for the top two. The design размещ estimated for north side street between Ninth and Tenth streets.
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Washington Lodge
No. Wi
B. PF. O. Elks
Kaj
Richard O'Brien
Lorenza A. Bailey
Michael G. McCormick
Louis A Sumon
Wington
Philadelphia
Ninth
Tenth
Carriage Hit Train At Crossing Near Capitol Street
Mr and Mrs Thomas Grady of 1231 North Capitol street were returning from a funeral when their carriage was dashed into a moving train as horses fled a crossing at First and H streets. Driver Barritt Smith escaped unhurt and no passengers were injured. The carriage struck a passenger coach window. damage was slight.
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Thomas Grady
North Capitol Street
First
H Streets
Barritt Smith
Weeks Succeeds Brown as Public Printer at GPO
Public Printer Stillings announced the appointment of C. Weeks to supervise the Imagen service and stables of the Government Printing Office. Maj. J. M. Brown, promoted in 1597, moves back to the watch service at his own request. Weeks, 34, is a Casey County native with four years at the printery.
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Stillings
Weeks
United States College of Veternary Surgeons
Government Printing Office
J. M. Brown
Witch Force
Watch Service
Casey County
Brown
Man from Des Moines Requests Resignation of U S Citizenship
Otto C i Teggen of Des Moines Iowa asks President Roosevelt to accept his resignation as a U S citizen and seeks protection from kidnapping and imprisonment until he can leave the country for foreign crimes The State Department replies no statute provides for renunciation of citizenship in the United States and the matter is one of judicial competency The official note adds there is no mechanism to cancel his citizenship record through the executive branch and points to possible court action for annulment of the naturalization record.
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Otto C. i Teggen
Des Moines
Iowa
United States
State Department
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
United State
Union
Department of State
Local Odd Fellows Plan New Washington Branch
A Washington based Odd Fellows organ is proposed to unite members who live there while keeping home lodge ties. A temporary committee and officers were chosen at a Saturday meeting led by Gen. M. A. Raney with Col. George C. Ranking as president and J. R. Stephenson as vice president.
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Col
George C. Ranking
Illinois
J. R. Stephenson
Georgia
D. Chaffee
Nebraska
L. J. Kohl
Bradford
The
Dstrict
Benefit for famine fund at George Washington Hotel
A Japanese tea and musicale for famine relief will be held at the George Washington Hotel Wednesday evening. Native Japanese women in elaborate dress will perform music and songs and serve tea and wafers. The event is organized by Japanese students and city residents. arrangements are led by T Tamura S Sakurai and M Miyakawa with substantial anonymous American donations noted.
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Famine Relief Fund
George Washington
T. Tamura
S. Sakurai
M. Miyakawa
Master Plumbers Endorsed by Employers Association
The Employers' Association of the Building Trades District endorses the master plumbers in the journeymen forkout and pledges support. Notification received by Robert H Caverty chair of the master plumbers executive committee Samuel J Prescott president of the employers association and WH Gotlieb secretary.
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Employers’ Association of the Building Trades of
Robert H. Caverty
Samuel J. Prescott
Employers’ ‘Aetocation
WH. Gotitleb
Thieves are not so busy false-key workers visit
W H Zier reports a gold Masonic ring stolen from trousers sent for repair. Six silver forks vanish from Sherman flats per janitor R S Coates. A dark brown mink stole taken from Mrs Connor at the Hamilton Hotel. Other losses include a motorcycle, two pairs of shoes, an induction coil, and a slot machine contents. A suspected boy remains under police surveillance with no arrests yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Zier
Sherman Flats
Coates
Connor
Hamilton
Court Suspends Penalty for Four Youths in Larceny Case
In Criminal Court No 1 Justice Gould suspended sentences for four youths: John Howard, John Jackson, Henry Berry, and William Greenwell, who admitted guilty to breaking into a government warehouse on January 17 and stealing property valued at $57. He urged deterrence of idle loafing at poolrooms and warned that leniency should not mask the risks of ongoing misbehavior. Clemency also extended to Jesse Fues, indicted for grand larceny, who pleaded guilty to petit larceny. his personal bond was set and a future failure to curb drinking would trigger reappearance in court.
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Justice Gould
John Howard
John Jackson
Henry Berry
William Greenwell
Jesse Fues
Heart Cure promises relief for weak nerves and heart
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Heart Cure as a safe remedy to strengthen nerves and heart muscles. It cites personal testimony from Mrs A D Lamme of Dayton Ohio who reports improved spirits and disappearance of symptoms after use and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Miles
Dr. Mies
A. D.lamme
Dayton, Q
Five Dollars Goes Astray In Pasadena Letter
A five dollar note sent to Miss Alice Roosevelt in Pasadena California was opened at the dead letter office. No such recipient was found and the epistle was redirected to Pasadena. Postmasters may return the item to the dead letter office if the sender cannot be located and the money is credited to the Treasury.
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Alice Roosevelt
Pasadena
Cal
Indictment for Murder Returns Against Mercer and Gaskins
A grand jury returned a second degree murder indictment yesterday against John Richard Mercer and James Henry Gaskins in connection with the death of John Patterson Diggs in October. Other indictments named Alfred Johnson for housebreaking James Contee for assault with intent and attempt to rob Frank Williams for seduction Daniel B. Reiff for forgery James Arms and John Smith for house breaking William H. Young for housebreaking Louis M. Harrison for false pretenses Walter H. Ladick for embezzlement Isaac De Roy and Edward Boyd for false pretenses.
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John Richard Mercer
James Henry Gaskins
John
Allan Diggs
Patterson
Alfred Johnson
James Contee
Frank Williams
Daniel
Relff
James Arms
John Smith
Wiliam H. Young
Louis M. Harrison
Walter H. Ladick
Isaac de Roy
Sas Edward Boyd
Treasury speech contest crowns Dana White champ
A Treasury Department competition held yesterday in the superintendent's office tested typewriting speed. Dana White defended the superintendent and produced 13 words in three minutes to win the title, while T. B. Amos Jr. for the Supervising Architect wrote 1 word in the same time, highlighting a rivalry between offices.
Hermann’s trial set for April sixteenth in Oregon
The trial of Representative Binger Hermann of Oregon for destroying certain letter press copy books regarding the United States General Land Office affairs will open Monday April first. District Attorney Baker secured the date by motion before Justice Gould in Criminal Court No 1. Col J M Morgan, with a banking background, is named by the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia as their delegate to Philadelphia for Franklin’s 200th birth anniversary celebration under the Philosophical Society.
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Binger Hermann
Oregon
United States General Land Office
Baker
Justice Gould
The
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
J.M. Morgan
International Banking Corporation
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Philosophical Society
Col. Morgan
Fran
Society
Burns Hearing On Knights Of Labor Writ Of Quo Warranto
Hearing in Circuit Court No 1 on the Burns faction petition against the Hayes faction seeks to determine properly qualified general officers of the Knights of Labor. The hearing, postponed from yesterday, begins this morning. Government receipts show internal revenue $1 057 158 and customs $690 635, with miscellaneous $119 966. Expenditures total $1 729 000.
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Burns
Order of the Knights of Labor
Hayes
Ift Circuit Court
Theta Delta Chi Banquet Honors Ten Years at George Washington University
The George Washington University Theta Delta Chi chapter held a banquet at the Shorenam Hotel marking its tenth anniversary. Dr. James MacBride Sterrett presided, tributes to John Hay were paid, and guests from many colleges attended. Speakers included Gonzalo de Quesada and Frederick Stevens among others. the refrain of the evening echoed devotion to Theta Delta Chi.
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James MacBride Sterrett
Senor Quesada
John Hay
George Washington University
Theta Delt Chi
Shorenam
Gonzalo de Quesada
United States
Frederick A. Stevens
Columbia
Harvard
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Theta Delta
Chi
Theta Delta Chi
Fraters
Rev. J. MacBride Sterrett
Missister
Gonzalo de Quesadd
Frederick
Stevens
James McLachlan
Gordon T. Atkinson
Senor Carlos
Araseména
Papama Legation
Emory M. Wilson
Stanton C. Peelle
Lieut
Elliott J. Dent
Harry T. Domer
Gilbert W. Kelly
Mahlon Ashford
Frederick W. Alber Curtin B. Backus
C. H. Ferrell
Edwin H. King
W. H. Lee
Preeland C. Lyman
L. R. Mason
J. P. Menshaw
Dr. RR. Norris
Nathaniel B. Robinson
John A
Will of Mrs. Mina Strasburger Alters Heirship and Trustees
The September 1 WS will changes dated December 6 1903 leave Myer Strasburger 10 dollars and add Florence B. Strasburger wife of Joseph 3000. It provides 100 monthly to Bertha Hirsh and 100 yearly to Joseph Strasburger, with jewelry to Joseph and the residue to Joseph Tobriner and Leon Tobriner in trust for Mrs Hirsh. Upon Hirsh death trustees sell property and distribute 2000 to Florence Strasburger Myer and the remainder to Hirsh children.
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Mina Strasburger
Joseph Strasburger
Myer Strasburger
Bertha Hirsh
Florence B. Strasburger
Joseph
Hirsh
Leon Tobriner
Joseph May
Testatrix
Funeral for Mrs Amos R B Webber in Elyria Ohio
The funeral of Mrs. Amos R B Webber wife of Representative Webber of the Fourteenth Ohio district will be held in Elyria Ohio on Thursday. She died yesterday at Sibley Hospital after three months illness and an operation from which she could not recover. A native of Ohio she was married thirty one years ago and was active in temperance work and charitable and literary groups. The body will be taken to Ola today with her husband and two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos RB. Webber
Webber
Ohio
Sibley Hospital
Elyria
Ola
Chivalry and Spring Breath Through a Turbulent Night
Narrator recalls a night of pride and guilt as spring breezes blow. A florist speaks of costly American butterflies while the speaker, distracted by events, forgets a name and a location. A young girl with a missing friend returns with a monetary token, her gaze haunted by fear, as the narrator turns to chivalry and departure.
No Edict Against Rages Seen in Federal Departments
Government officials deny any habitual gambling on horse races among workers. Secretaries Wilson and Metcalf say there is no evidence or complaints of racing bets within Agriculture and Commerce and Labor. Census Director North questions edict impact, while Treasury, Post Office, and Interior echo similar positions.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Agriculture
Government Printing Office
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Metcalf
Commerce and Labor Department
N. D. North
Census Bureau
North
Enade
Treasury
Post-office
Interior Departments
Hearing on Barber Bill Public Comment Friday
District commissioners will hold a public hearing next Friday on a proposed bill regulating barber shops. Tonsorial artists and interested parties are expected to attend to present views on improving sanitary conditions in city barber shops.
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Cit
Tug Engenia Suit Dismissed Over Salvage Claim
Justice Barnard dismissed the admiralty suit by Micellants claiming $5,040 salvage from the tug Engenia and steamer Macalester after the ferry Columbia burned at the Macalester wharf. The defense argued the Macalester moved on its own and received no aid from the Engenia on May 18, 1903.
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Engenia
Library duplicate pay plan keeps fiction in reach
Librarian George F. Bowerman explains limited library funds force a duplicate pay collection for popular fiction. Some copies go to free circulation, others to paid reserves at five cents weekly, allowing more titles to be bought. He defends the scheme as benefiting all borrowers and denying graft accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sud
George F. Bowerman
Roads Improvement Demand Urges Better Rural Highways
The Post Office Department warns that rural mail carriers face delays as many country highways are in poor condition. It orders authorities to fix roads used for rural route deliveries or risk temporary suspension of delivery until improvements are made.
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Postoffice Department
President to Enforce Eight Hour Law and Labor Charges
The President vowed to enforce the eight hour law and ordered Commissioner Neill to thoroughly investigate charges filed by the American Federation of Labor. A long conference between the President and Neill discussed handling violators and establishing a permanent department mechanism. February internal revenue rose to 18,313.23 with an eight month fiscal year increase of 10,512,480.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Neill
American Federation of Labor
Neiil
Department of Labor
Internal Revenue
Every Little Counts A Bank Savings Beginnings
Wease urges careful budgeting and prudent use of resources as a bank promotes savings as the safest place. The message emphasizes starting well to end strong, highlighting the importance of where money is kept for long term security.
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Secretary of Interior
Mr. Hitchcock
Burton
Jake
Gia
Groves Eigneture
Miss Lilly Hart
ELKS
Weekes
Ayer
Lowell, Mans
Otto Heggen
Odd Fellows
Benefit For Famine Fund
Professional Men OF
Washington
Ln Hi
E. Oliver Belt
J. R. Mercer
J. J. Gaskins
John Patterson
Dana White
Hermann
Col. J. M. Morgan
Theta Deltas
Shoreham
Bim
Myer
A. R. Webber
Florist
Laddie
de Printz
Jeruselam
Library For Public
Bowerman
George T.bowerman
States
Commissioner of Labor
Peoples’ Savings Bank
14Th St. N. W
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