Probe in Land Office sparks call for wider inquiry
Secretary Hitchcock contemplates a thorough probe into the General Land Office amid graft concerns and past promotions to clerks. Investigators may examine forest reserve management changes, grazing permit abuses, disputed letters and staff practices while noting prior clashes with commissioners Hermann and Sparks and ongoing calls for reform.
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General Land Office
Hitchcock
Sec
Mitchell
Hermann
Land Office
Land Office Administration
Congress
Department of the Intenor
Department of Agriculture
Department
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Combine
Tamoretti
Cleveland
Binger Herimann
National House
Hitchenk
Clack
Macey
Chik
Flo Im
Wedding present fund dispute at tablands meeting
Chief Clerk Metager denies soliciting contributions from clerks for a wedding present. Mr Macey says he did not collect funds though a present was bought. Chief Shaw recalls a meeting in the Assistant Commissioner’s office and confirms his contribution, noting the gift went to Mrs Metzger, not her husband.
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Land Office
Macey Simce
Macey
Hermann
Metager
Tark
Ey Ag
Hybas Shaw
Vinion
Judge Henry Foote Dies in Washington of Pneumonia
California jurist Judge Henry S Foote died at 1742 P Street NW at 2 40 PM after a week long pneumonia illness His funeral plans are unsettled with a likely Thursday service The interment may be in San Francisco or here He is survived by a widow and three sons born in Mississippi sixty two years ago A lawyer by training he served as California Supreme Court Commissioner United States District Attorney for the Northern District of California and later a Choctaw and Chickasaw Citizenship Court justice visiting in Washington at his death
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California
Henry S Foote
Foote
Mississippi
Stewart
P Street
Northwest
San Francisco
Cal
Judge Foote
Supreme Court
Cleveland
United States
Lost All in Speculation Aged Man Refused Surrender
Justice Anderson in the District of Columbia heard a bankruptcy case against Charles T. Barber of St Paul now Washington. The Home Fire Insurance Company and others seek adjudication for debts over 25000. Barber claims near 400 to 500 dollars in hand. He admitted bankruptcy and offered to turn over assets but was not ordered to surrender. Hearing to resume next morning.
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Justice Anderson
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Charles T. Barber
St Paul
Minn
Home Fire Insurance Company
Omaha
Neb
Charles L. Saunders
Marthena Saunders
Alvin Saunders
Edward Krug
Charlotte Martin
Nebraska
Barber
T. Percy Myers
Obermeyer
United States
William E. Ambrose
Washington
St. Paul
Wall Street
Insurance Company
Columbia Heights
Fire at Bathing House in Bath. Boarder Jumps to Escape
In Bath, a fire at T L Collins eating house at 718 Twelfth Street NW forced boarder Samuel Armor to jump from a second story window to escape smoke and flames. He escaped injury as firefighters battled the four story brick structure for about an hour. Collins estimated the loss at 800 dollars. the origin could not be learned.
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T. L. Collins
Twelfth Street
Samuel Armor
Mr Armor
Box 182
Eleventh
G Streets
Collins
Injured Boy Runs From Garfield Hospital
Allen Reed, thirteen, of 2714 Sherman northwest, rode with Ralph Van Horn on Eleventh Street when their wheel collided with A. H. Lockwood at Florida Avenue. Reed was bruised and taken to Garfield Hospital by carriage but ran from the building before care could proceed.
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Allen Reed
Sherman Avenue
Garfield Hospital
Eleventh Street
Ralph van Horn
Florida Avenue
A. H. Lockwood
Reed
Hospital
An & Carriage
Taft Honored At Psi Upsilon Dinner In Washington
The Psi Upsilon Association of Washington held its twentieth annual banquet at the Raleigh Hotel honoring Secretary Taft who was elected president for the coming year. Senator Spooner, retiring president, acted as toastmaster and named Taft for chief justice and Spooner for presidency. Officers were elected including Taft as president and Gilbert H. Grosvenor as secretary. Attendees included numerous Washington professionals and fraternity members.
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Spooner
United States
Psi Upsilon Association of Washington
Raleigh
Taft
Senator Spooner
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Benator Spooner
Ohio
Philippines
The
Benjamin Harrison
Supreme Court
Association
Barry Mohun
Lehigh University
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
Nicholas Luquer
Roland Cotton Smith
Gallaudet
Grace
Albert Evans
William H. Taft
Ralph W. Lee
Charles Q. Tirrell
Gilbert H. Groavenor
William H.taft
A. R. Serven
A. A. Fisher
A. N Tasker
George X. McLanahan
Charles Ray Dean
Blaney H. Ball
Clarence Barnard
Joshua R. Buckelew
B. B Bullerby
John O Colling
Albert Evang
A A Fisher
EM. Gallaudet
Kenneth M. Goode
A P. Greeley
Charles B Hay
S. I. Kimball
Hyland c. Kirk
H McGowan
Georges X McLanahan
Walter H. Merrill
Hamilton G Merrill
Barry Mobun
William J Quinn
A. L. Rogers
A. R Serven
Luther R. Smith
Roland C. Smith
John C. Spooner
Philip L. Spooner
J. Kennedy Stout
Arthur N. Tasker
David Whitcomb
A D Willard
Isaac H. Wing
Negro lawyer seeks white marriage license in Maryland case
William H. H. Hart, a colored lawyer, asked Maryland clerk R. J. Meigs to enter white opposite the color space in a marriage license record for his proposed marriage to Mary M. Onley. The license form requires age and color, and Meigs explained the color designation is set by law. Hart, age 47, is tied to Howard University law faculty and the Hart Farm for Boys. the scene involved Justice Samuel C. Mills.
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William H. H. Hart
Mary M. Onley
R. J. Meigs
Maizs
Hart
Meigs
Maryland Court of Appeals
Law’ Department
Howar@d University
Hart Farm
Maryland
Justice of the Peace
Samuel C. Mills
Doctors Defeat Joseph Reiss After Suicide Attempt
Joseph Reiss a 30 year old pattern maker swallowed laudanum at his home 2224 F street NW and was taken to Emergency Hospital where doctors used a stomach pump and he was reported out of danger. Police say this is his second suicide attempt and that he had been despondent after losing work.
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Joseph Reiss
F Street Northwest
Heiss
Foster father disowns New York hotel thief
James B. Cattell of Washington says he has no further ties to his foster son who used the names William Ellison and William Cattell and is linked to hotel robberies in New York totaling about 25000 dollars. Cattell recalls adopting the boy as a child, funding schooling and a stenography course, but the youth left seventeen months ago claiming a trip to New York. A pawnshop report places the suspect pawning a watch and chain to fund a trip to New York, with claims of Georgetown University student status.
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Cattell
New York
James B. Cattell
Hirat Street
Northwest
William Ellison
Lnter
John Calmus
Post
Washington Savings ‘Bank
Mr. Cattell
William Cattell
Pennsylvania Avenue
Georgetown University
Move in McCaully's case to seek Supreme Court review
Interest renewed in Benjamin F. McCaully's contempt case after a January sentence of six months. A habeas corpus writ was ordered and returnable, with McCaully released on bond as the case moves toward potential U.S. Supreme Court appeal. Proceedings seek to void the sentence on due process grounds.
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Benjamin F. McCauully
Justice Wright
MeeCaully
United States Supreme Court
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
McCaully
Warden Harris
Birney & Woodard
Mr. McCaully
Clark suit against McKay estate set for trial today
Francis B. Clark of New York sues Mabel Grace McKay and Henry F Woodard executors of Col Nathaniel McKay seeking $51,000 as assignee of Henry W Thurston. Case stems from a $90,000 claim tied to government awards in Santo Domingo, with extensive attorney representation. A concert event and Vatican salary cuts are noted in separate items.
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Francis B. Clark
New York
Mabel Grace McKay
Henry F Woodard
Nathaniel McKay
Clabaugh
Circuit Court No
Clark
Henry W. Thurston
Georgia
Col McKay
Thurston
Col. McKay
Treasury Department
Santo Domingo
Lambert & Baker
John P. Poe
Baltimore
Warship for Azpiroz to bear ambassador home
Mexico accepts a US tender for a warship to convey the late Ambassador Azpiroz’s remains from Oak Hill vault to Veracruz and then to Mexico City. The cruiser Columbia should depart around April 8, with full military honors and a Washington escort, as embassies and families attend the funeral.
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United States
Don Miguel de Azorez
Mexico
Columbia
Erland
Vera Cruz
Oak Hill
State Department
War Department
Senor Azpirog
St. Matthew’s Church
Chaffee
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Myer
Washington Barracks
Edward Burr
Engineer Corps
I Street
St. Matthew's Church
Father Lee
Don Roderigo de Azpiraz
Legation
John Foster
Gamboa
Senor Gamboa
Gaffaires
Torres
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fort Monroe
New York
Catafalque
Bureau of American Republics
Weather conditions and storms across the eastern half nation
Weather bureau report notes a large disturbance centered over eastern South Dakota driving warm rain and snow across the interior. Expect rain and thunderstorms Tuesday in the Missouri and Upper Mississippi valleys with high winds and rapidly falling temperatures. Frost warnings issued for Washington Oregon Idaho and interior California. Temperatures given for several cities and a note on arrestee Joseph L. Hagen in Philadelphia for fake pretenses with $600 bond.
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S. Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
South Dakota
Middle Atlantic
New England
Slope
Missouri
Upper Mississippi
Hike
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Atlantic States
West Gulf States
East Gulf States
Upper Lake Region
Missouri Valley
South Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
Nouth
West Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
Texas
Oregon
Idaho
California
Hogan
Philadelphia
Joseph L. Hogen
United States
Hagen
Rockefeller Gift Not Solicited by Mission Board
Secretary James L. Barton of the American Board states that John D. Rockefeller’s proposed $160,000 gift to the board was unsolicited and spontaneous. Barton recounts how Rockefeller initiated contact years earlier, and how meetings, a Montclair service, and a confidential introduction led to the pledge without pressure or letters seeking influence.
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Barton
Rockefeller
Boston
Mass
James L. Barton
American Board of Commissioners For Missions
John D. Rockefeller
American Board
New York
Amory H. Bradford
Montclair
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Escaped to Get Married Florence Jordan Fails Plan
Florence Jordan, formerly at St Elizabeths, fled Washington on Saturday to Baltimore to marry Howard Neagle. Authorities intervened with police, and Neagle advised postponement. Jordan agreed to return to the capital with physicians and a nurse, ending the plan.
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Florence Jordan
Washington Post
Baltimore
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington
Howard Neagle
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Howe
Refusal To Wed Sparks Court Case In Brooklyn
Madeline E. Gildersleeve Stewart, sixteen, says occult influence drew her to wed Edward W. Stewart who was arrested after the ceremony. In Butler Street court he denies coaxing the marriage and faces abduction and bad check charges with bail set at $500. Carrie Hardy receives nine months for defending her husband in a street knife incident at Good Hope Hall during a negro social gathering.
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Washington Post
New York
Madeline E. Gildersleeve Stewart
Edward W. Stewart
Butler Street
Stewart
Carrie Hardy
Kimball
Henry Hall
Good Hope Hii
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Fifteenth Street
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Elmst, NY
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