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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1905

Page

20

Elder's report stirs few Methodist students in Baltimore

Baltimore session of the Methodist Episcopal Church heard Rev Dr M F B Rice object to Presiding Elder Richardson's report which noted low Methodist affiliation among Girls Latin School students. The conference considered West Virginia territory, memorialized ministers who died, and met the President after sessions.

Baltimore The Methodist Episcopal Church Foundry Church M. F. B. Rice South Baltimore C. Herbert Richardson Latin School West Virginia W. T. McDowell Frederick White House Warren Denver Coto Haworth League H. 8 France East Baltimore Epworth Epworth League East Bartimore Rice South Hichardson Woman's College of Baltimore John @. Goucher Goucher Richardson Woman's of Woodrow Wilson Princeton University Cranston, Burke Hobinson Moore Bt Sldy Montlion J. A. Price C. D. Smith W. S. McKenney Robert J. Nicholson William Carden Guy A. Luttrell Arthur H. McKinley D. McDowell W. 8. Edwards W. A. Koontz Joel Brown D. G. Miller Eller McDowell C. T. Coombes Hyndman Charles D. Smith Durbin G. Miller George W. Feelernger John L. Walsh Shakespeare W. L. Davidson American University

Death of Elbert Clagett longtime District official

Elbert Clagett, born February 20, 1835, died after a yearlong illness at 9:10 p.m. at 201 KE Street NW. Assistant superintendent in the District Street Department, he resigned due to illness with district officials’ regrets. Survived by siblings and nephews, he will be buried at Rock Creek Cemetery. never married.

Elbert Clagett Darius and Providence Clagett Otho R. Beall KE Street Clagett Mr. Clagett District of Columbia Eleventh Street Woodward & Lothrop Dry Geoods Darius Clagett Maurice Clagett Mr. Clagatt Wiliam H. Clagett Rock Creek Cemetery

Monorail Work Stopped by Takoma Council

Takoma Park Maryland officials meet with Baltimore and Washington Transit Company president E I Mellen to discuss granting a permit for the American Monorail Company to build and test a monorail on the old branch line to Wildwood. No agreement reached. work suspended until council investigations finalize next Tuesday.

Takoma Benjamin Davis Merven Counil Mel Jen

Col G H Higsby Injured By Falling Scaffold

Col G H Higsby was struck by heavy timber from a falling scaffold on F Street in front of the Sun Building. He refused hospital care, was attended at the Albany apartments by a physician, and survived with severe head and body contusions after gale force winds caused the accident. He is about seventy years old.

F Street Sun Building G. WH. Higsby Albany Col. Higsby First Precinct

Lafayette fete postponed as statue not ready for July 4

Equestrian statue of Lafayette by Paul Bartlett will not be finished for the fete planned by the Lafayette Memorial Commission. The unveiling by prominent figures is delayed. the statue will be cast in Washington this year and 15,000 unsold souvenir dollars are being returned to the Treasury to protect early buyers. Other local items include Mrs. Julia A. Anderson vs Capital Traction for 16000 damages and a judge’s carriage collision with a street car.

Lafayette Paul Bartlett Lafayette Memorial Commission State Hay Loubet France Roosevelt Washington United States Treasury Paris Anderson Justice Clabaugh Julia A. Anderson Capital Traction Company Pennsylvania Avenue Madison Place John &. Whitt Charles Poe R. Ross Perry Publc District of Columbia Congress Board of School Trustees United States District Ofolumbia Th Board OF Education William W. Conner Med Eaton Bricklayers' Hall Ninth Street Union H. M. Shoow Ld4th Corcoran Ste Mary Lancaster & Smite Attorneys Gostow Charles C. Lancaster Herbert 2. Smith

Decline to Help Mother and Daughters in Lodging House

A telegerm reports Mas Byiven who informs Hon about Mrs Angen and her two daughters lodging at 612 Louisiana Ave NW. The sick mother, claimed to suffer dropsy, refuses aid, medical care, or relocation. Police and charity workers visited. the women refuse charity and will not leave. A charity plan to move them to a quieter country place near the city next Sunday.

Mas Byiventer Angenane Louisiana Avenue Northwest Maj Sylvester Warrenton Washington New York W. Shirley Board of Charities

Apartment House Robbers Get Five Years Each

Justice Wright fines five year penitentiary terms to Eugene Cole and Amos Scott after guilty pleas to housebreaking at Chapin apartment house. Additional defendants include Russell Bowers who gets six months in the workhouse for robbery and Maire convicted of receiving stolen goods awaiting sentence. Wendon Nowlin also receives five years for robbery after pleading guilty to striking Leonard Payne with a brick and taking $40.

Cole Scott Justice Wright Eugene Cole Amos Scott Chapin Russell Bowers Bowers Jackson Lindsey Maire W. Baldwin Johnson Wendon Nowlin Wright Nowlin Leonard Payne

Southern Railway Promotes Ackert to Fourth Vice President

General Manager H. Ackert is named fourth vice president in charge of the operating department. T. C. Powell becomes fifth vice president in charge of traffic and the St. Louis Louisville routes. H. B. Spencer succeeds Ackert as general manager. Additional promotions include L. Green, G. R. Browder, Randall Clifton, W. H. Paxton, I. Graves, and C. P. Cooper, all advancing within the railroad structure.

Ackert Southern Railway H. Ackert T. C. Powell Freight Trae St. Louis Trafic St. Louis-Louisville

Prominent New York Man Taken to Washington Hospital

Hon Elliott Danforth III of New York City was moved from the New Willard Hotel to Providence Hospital after about a week of illness. His wife and son Dr Edward Danforth are with him. Dr G Lloyd Magruder said Danforth is progressing nicely but has a continued fever, a mild typhoid form. The move to the hospital was for better care, not a worsening condition.

New York Washington Hospital Elliott Danforth New York City New Willard Hotel Providence Edward Danforth G. Lloyd Magruder Danforth

Weather conditions and forecasts from the Weather Bureau

The Plateau storm easterly progress slows with rain and snow in the plains and cooler temperatures. Western regions face cold waves and frost warnings while much of the East remains fair Friday and Saturday. Temperature readings, wind directions, tides, and regional notes are provided alongside city temperatures and a late cable note on Gen. Davis's resignation from the Panama Canal Commission.

U.S Eust Mississippi River Rocky Mountains Upper Lake Missouri Upper Mississippi Upper Lake Region West Gulf State Middle Atlantic States New England Rocky Mountain Middle Atlantic South Atlantic Gulf Coast West Gulf Coast Lake Michigan European Grand Banks Colorado Nevada Pacific Coast Asheville N. C Atlanta Atlantic City N. J Boston Buffalo Chicago Til Cincinnati Cheyenne Wio Devonport Denver Colo Des Moines Laws Galveston Tex Helena Mont Indianapolis Ind Jacksonville Frs Kansas City Little Rock Ark Marquette Mich Ag Memphia Tenn New Orleans Lacy New York N. Y North Platte Nebr Salt Lake Wien St. Louia St. Paul Minn Springfield Vickaburg Milas

Rights to Copy Records Trigger District Clash

Attorney George Sullivan protests district employee refusal to copy records in a special assessment case. Commissioner West orders that Sullivan may copy only after complying with existing rules including an affidavit of necessity. Sullivan says the district obstructs justice and urges judicial review. A separate report notes Italian worker Pacquarie de Palazies injured by a blasting accident at Smith stone quarry near Chain Bridge, hospitalized with a fractured leg and contusions. condition serious.

George Margaret Handley Square 700 Sullivan West Pacquarie de Palazies Smith Stone Chain Bridge Virginia

Tragic cartridge accident injures ten year old girl

Katherine Jenkins, ten, living at 123 Reeves Street Northwest, was playing with loaded cartridges in her yard when she struck one with a hatchet. The explosion lodged a bullet in her side and cut her foot. At Freedmen's Hospital an operation was performed but the bullet could not be found. doctors warn of possible complications if inflammation arises.

Katherine Jenkins Reeves Street Northwest Freedman’s Hospital

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Elder Dr. Rice Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society A. H. Eaton Society T. J. Scott Bareilly Theological Seminary India W. L. Lynn Bradbury Memorial M. B Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Bareilly Raipur H. B. Stevens Harriet HE Eaton Hall Board of Education G W F. Swartzell W. §. Anderson Spencer Arnold Huxley Jesus Christ Pee Sondevenes Woman's Home Missionary Society W. G. McDowell J. C. Nicholson D. D W. P. Thirkield J. ©. Spencer the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw Glen Echo Edward Bradley Giles Milton Stewart Andrew Stewart Steve Richardson Roeville George E. Russell Marine Corps Kimball Russell Harald H. Hill James McKnight Bessie Johnson D Street Ruppert James A. Toomey John H. Ruppert Justice Anderson Stuart Col G. H. Higsby Lafayette Fete Charles F. Scott Rinney Street Fourteenth Street Euclid Place Richard Ford Hope Aoyenne South Capitol I Streets Providence Hospital Fifth Precinct Sunday Post Amn Elliott Danforth III Gen. Davis Cables Admiral Walker Panams, Canal Commission Gen. Davis Commission Lansburge & Bro Ward Lansburgh & Bro Seventh Street Schatzen Hope Colombia Reyes Long Island North Pole Peary Japan Iolanthe the Sunday Post Peter Grogan Credit For All F Droop & Sons CO Commissioners OF Pharmacy National College of Pharmacy Henry A. Johnson Phar. D New Jersey Avenue American Security and Crust Company Charles J. Bell Igog G Street G St. N. W Pilgrim Light Lunch Tharp Berkeley St.n.w Alexandria Mt. Vernon Shoomaker CO B. B. Earnshaw & Bro 14Th St Coberth Steve Idth Osteopathy Sis Rssmes W. L T. Blég Bond Building 14Th Charles Clara A. Westlake Brundwick Pope
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