Morton Nears Cabinet Exit as Navy Post May Open
The report says Paul Morton may quit as Secretary of the Navy this summer. He is said to have been offered the presidency of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and may accept a railroad top post. Santa Fe head Ripley indicated Morton could rejoin the railroad, possibly in Chicago next week.
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Atchisox
Topeka
Santa Fe
Roosevelt
Paul Morton
Morton
Worton
Moria
Hays
Joseph Ramsay Jr
Fupley
Atkison
Navy
Mr Newberry
Detroit
C A Darling
Thurneton
Washington
Darting
Sctven
Naval
Mettall
The
Tribune Today
P. Ripley
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
California
Mr. Ripley
Obituary notices from mixed 1900s Washington area entries
Fragmented death notices list multiple names and ages with locations such as West End, Connecticut Avenue, and Georgetown, including Judith wife of Captain Mote aged sixty seven, Caroline daughter of Joseph Helstad aged sixty six, and James Hedges James. Entries note funeral arrangements, interment, and hospital mentions, with scattered dates in May 1905 to May 1906 and references to several streets and residences. The text is noisy OCR of a longer deaths column.
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West End
le Droct Langdon
Leopardine Kathqua Fringl
Mranizi
Larber
Connecticut Avenue
Worthington
Wolon Worthington Davis
Proviker
Caroline
Joseph Helstad
James
Charles Hedges James Nooce
Ui Rit
Hannah Matilda Wer
Jesse C Weir
Kansas Avenue
Petworth
Ohio
Notice of Marriage and Death Notices Across Major Papers
A notice notes marriage and death notices appear across the Washington Post wildpom application in multiple morning newspapers including The New York Times Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Philadelphia Public Ledger Pittsburgh Dispatch Providence Journal Star Rochester Herald St Louis Republic San Francisco Chronicle and Pioneer Press Minneapolis Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
Spewig
1ORK Times
Boston
Elffalo Colrier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Recond Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsbl
RG Dispatch
Robester Herald
ST Louis Republic
SRA
Faul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Undertakers and Embalmers Active in City Listings
Local funeral firms advertise complete services from embalming to modern crematoriums. W Rt Speare 940 F Street N W and J William Lee offer rat-class funerals with livery, Chapels, and crematorium in connection. Harvey's Sons on Fourth Street NW and John R Wright Co with George P Zarhorst list undertaker services and parlors near Capitol X.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Harvey's Sons
Pourtmenth Street NW
North 57
John R. Wricht Co
New charges allege dummy directors in Equitable suit
A Washington dispatch reports May 19 that fresh charges accuse wastefulness and irregularities in Equitable fund management. The complaint names President James W. Alexander and Vice President James H. Hyde and reveals a full list of alleged dummy directors, with Hyde accused of nominating nonstock holders to control the board and then transferring shares to vote them.
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Equitable
Washington
New York
Mary
James W. Alexander
James H. Hyde
Hyde
Stork
Sald Hyde
Sr | Complaint Ag
President Roosevelt May Visit Harvard in June
Governor William L. Douglas received a letter from Theodore Roosevelt dated May 17 1906 thanking him for the invitation and expressing hope to attend Harvard University commencement in June as part of the courtesy extended during the president’s Boston visit.
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Harvard
Boston
Mass
Roosevelt
Commonwealth
Harvard University
William L. Douglas
White House
Washington
Gay
Douglas
Theodore Roosevelt
Netherlands approves twelve acres site for Peace Palace
The Second Chamber of the States General passed by 56 to 6 votes a 280900 appropriation to buy twelve acres in The Hague for the Peace Palace. Andrew Carnegie donated 1500000 for the building, and Premier Kuyper argued that funding should honor the Netherlands and Carnegie while inviting international cooperation.
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Netherlands
Hague
States General
Palace of Peace
Andrew Carnegie
Kuyper
Carnegie
Court of Arbitration
Bomb kills three as workman drops bomb during escape
A bomb in a workman's pocket exploded in Warsaw while fleeing a detective. The blast killed the man and two detectives, with twenty one more injured, five seriously. The suspect was believed aimed at Governor General Maximovitch as he was due to pass the area.
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Cabre
Washington Pest
Warsaw
Maximovitch
Kaiser Ignores Bad March Says Japanese Fight Well
Berlin May 19 Emperor William addressing officers of the 15th Regiment at Strassburg Officers Club said the regiment’s parade was not brilliant but noted the Japanese have shown they march and fight.
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Berlin
Emperor William
15Th Regiment of Infantry
Officers’ Club
Strassburg
Col. Gaedke
German mission to Fez leaves Moroccans unmoved
Berlin reports satisfaction with Fez mission results. Sultan refused French requests except allowing 2000 troops under French instruction. London notes Edwardian levee with diplomats. new American secretary presented. Court of King's Bench in Montreal sustains unfavorable ruling in Gaynor-Greens case. Maritime movements list ships arriving and sailing from Liverpool and Havre.
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Fes
Berlin
Fez
Morocco
Cologne
Edward
London
St. Jame Palace
Ambassador Cheater
Lowie E. Einstein
Ban Bey
Francis H. Leggett
New York
Divorce Rules Upheld and Sabbath Observance Urged
The Presbyterian General Assembly at Winona Lake Ind heard Judge Harlan named vice moderator and Moffatt praise unity with Cumberland Presbyterians. Committees urged bans on Sunday sports and newspapers, urged ministers to preach Sabbath themes, and detailed plans for church union and minister sustenance.
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Justice Harlan Nemed
Winona
Great Presbyterian
Washingtonians
Winona Lake
Ind
Presbyterian General Assembly
Bol
Dickey
Moffatt
Presbyterian Church
Cumberland Presbyterians
John B. Shaw
Chicago
John Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Davis
Moore
South Salem
Ohio
William Hicks
Lone
Cal
Matthew Rutherford
Washington
J. W. Jessup
New York
Committee On Church Co-Operation and Union
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Reformed Church
General Assembly
Billy and Overthree
Cleveland B. McAfes
Brecklye
N. X
Older members oppose possible union of two churches
Fort Worth May 19 The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly discussed uniting the Reformed and Presbyterian churches. A committee to confer with others was named and referred to a 13 member panel. Older delegates voiced opposition, while many expect steps toward closer ties with the Northern Church.
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Fort Worth
Tex
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Cleser
G. B. Stickter
Richmond
Plunkett
Thie
Work on New Constitution Governs Reformed Church Synod
Allentown Pa May 19 The General Synod settled the debate over Presbyterian or Congregational governance adopting a new constitution proposal. Dr G W Richards reported that church districts must consult affected charges before rearranging charges. Dr Philip Vollmer supported preserving congregational integrity in deciding classis actions.
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Reformed Church General Synod
Allentown
General Synod of
The
Reformed Church
G. W. Richards
Committee On New Constitution
Philip Vollmer
Synod Adopts Half of SNES Constitution Amid Vote
Report states a two thirds vote passed an amendment accepted by Dr. Richarda with near unanimous support. The synod has adopted one half of the SNES constitution and continues work on the remainder.
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Richarda
Snes
Missionary Union reports at Ninth annual meeting in St Louis
The American Baptist Missionary Union opened its ninety first annual meeting in St Louis with devotional exercises led by Rev J T M Johnston. President William M Muncee delivered the annual address as Rev Dr Thomas Barbour presented the foreign secretary’s report noting a 35000 year over year increase in offerings. Treasurer Charles W Perkins reported 418216 in donations and the year’s total receipts of 07, &9 with expenditures at 789,008 leaving a debt of 11,368 as of April 4, 1906. Delegates later visited John M Peck’s grave at Bellefontaine Cemetery, first Baptist missionary to St Louis in 1817.
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The
Missionary Union
T. Louis
American Baptist Missionary Union
Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies
Boards of
J. T. M. Johnston
St. Louis
William M. Munece
Massachusetts
Thomas & Barbour
Northern Baptist
Africa
Congo Free State
Christan Nation
Belgium
Charles W. Perkins
Orta
General Baptist Convention
Bellefontaine Cemetery
John M. Peck
Mundheim Dies Suddenly in New York at 45
Albert K Mundheim 45 of 704 M Street Washington died suddenly today at the Brooklyn Bridge entrance in New York from heart failure. For 25 years he worked in the Government Printing Office serving as foreman of the Record division and once headed the Treasury branch. A Baltimore native, he came to Washington as a boy and left a widow and five children. Several friends sailed to Europe yesterday to bid him farewell.
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Government Printing Office
New York
Albert K. Mundheim
M Street
Washington, D. C
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Mr. Mundheim
Dr. Mundhein
Mundheim
Baltimore
Washington
Old Republican
Gladden Says Church Will Refuse Wealth From Oppression
Dr. Washington Gladden, speaking at the state Congregational convention in Sioux City Iowa, declares no funds from oppressive or unscrupulous wealth will be solicited or accepted by the church. He warns financiers such money will be blacklisted and rejected when offered.
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Gladden
Sioux City
Iowa
Congregational Church
Washington Gladden
Railroad Tax Case Dismissed in Michigan Court
Grand Rapids May 19 Judge Wanty dismissed the bill of complaint by twenty three railway corporations against the Michigan auditor general to restrain collection of ad valorem taxes for 1902. The case valued at about 4.6 million dollars and includes accrued interest. The railroad companies contended unconstitutionality and discrimination but the court ruled against them. appeal to the Supreme Court expected.
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Grand Rapids, Incn
Sudge Wanty
United States
Auditor General of Michigan
United States Circuit Court
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Notable deaths in Morristown and beyond from May reports
Mrs Susan Elliott West aged eighty five died at Paxton House Morristown after long Savannah residence. She was half sister to Roosevelt’s mother and will be interred in Philadelphia. Mrs Louisa Southworth a suffrage figure died in Manchester New Hampshire at seventy four. J Howard Coffin a cartoonist and writer died in Minneapolis at forty five. Christiana Marchioness of Waterford mother to Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford died in London.
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Roosevelt
Morristown
N. J
Susan Elliott West
Hilborne West
Paxtom House
Manchester
N. H
J. Hdoward Coffin
London
Christiana
Marchioness
Waterford
Charles Beresford
Poe
Col
Charles Powell Lesil
Padden Released by St Louis After Rockenfeld Rise
Dick Padden, captain and second baseman of the St Louis Americans, was released after today’s game. Rockenfeld, newly acquired from the minor leagues, impressed at second enough to render Padden’s services unnecessary. Bobby Wallace becomes field captain. Osler sails for Oxford to assume a Johns Hopkins professorship. A Washington Post item notes an elopement to escape a husband in Columbus, Georgia.
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Rockenfield
Bt. Louis
McAleer
St.Lowis
Dick ‘Padden
Clule
Rockenfeld
Padden
Bobby Wallace
Washington Post
Columbus
Albert Hill
Harris
Jon McGhee
Meriwether County
Fs Hucherd
Catholic Summer School to Feature Athletics and Lectures
The Catholic Summer School of America opens its 14th year at Cliff Haven on Lake Champlain from July to September 5, with a four week Institute for teachers under New York education officials. James B. Sullivan of the Amateur Athletic Union will arrange weekly athletic contests as part of the program, featuring a diverse slate of lecturers from Monsignor Longhitn to Rev. Francis Sieafrind and others. A rural incident reported nearby notes a milking accident involving a turtle and farmer Edward Newell, but no serious injuries occurred.
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New York
Catholic Summer School of America
Cliff Haven
Lake Champlain
New York State Department of Education
James B. Sullivan
Amateur Athletic Union
Richt Rey
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Secretary of the Navy
Paul Morten
Mod Grenard
Coraly Smith
Perry J ‘Avon
Ethel Gordon
George Kresco
Lavinia Green
Health Office Record
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Providence Hospital
Sears Vite Freedmens Hospital
Jon
Ybalt
Undertakers
George P. Zarhorst
Capitol x
George J Gold
James J Hill
August Belmont
Harriman
Lev P Morton
Henry Frick
Alexander J Cassatt
Louie Fitagorsid
Wiliam A Wheetock
Henry C Deming
George H. Blaire
Charlee Stewart Bumnith
Valentine ¥. Sarfer
Alvin W Krech
James B. Forgan
C. Lodeyard Blair
Brayton Ives
Melville E Ingalls
Jacob H Sohlf
Alfred G Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
William 'C. Vanhorne
Henry Rogers Winthro
Marvin Hughitt
Marcellus H. Dodge
Bradt Johnson
Joseph T. Low
Derion O Mills
Robert T. Lincoln
Isha Sloane
George T. Wilson
Thomen T Eckert
William H. McIntyre
HC Haverstick
David H Moffatt
T Jefferson Coolidge
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Kaiser
Sustaina la Fontaine
Montreal
Full Court of King’s Bench In
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Gregory
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Colo
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Newark
E. Devine
A H. Famstock
Syracuse
John W. Day
Des Moines
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Temperance
W. C Alexander
Washington, DC
G. A. Macintosh
Mark A. Matthews
Seattle
Waph
Wilesge
George W. Wishart
Minneapolia
Robert Wantrop
Pittaburs
John M. Harlan
Presbyterian Church Union
Trea
Peetor
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Reo
Baptist General Convention
Albert KE. Mundheim
Wanty
Bill of
Michigan Railways
Susan FE
West
Dick Padden
Osler Saile
England
William Osler
Johns Hopkine University
Oxford University
Catholic Summer School
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Edward ©. Newell
Bordentown
Mr.Newell
Ser Sek At
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Civil Service Commission
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Order of Eagles
John Walker Babson
Osler
Raffles
Black Garden OF Eden
Island
Granada
John A. Howland
O. Sperber
Helen Oldfield
Delia Austrian
Dr. B. Hollander
Cullen
Gov. Herrick
James B. Morrow
Illustrated
Ethel Barrymore
Ibsen
Marshall P. Wilder
China
Sunday Post
Washington Merchants
Grissly
New York Mail
Apollinaris
Teable Waters
Holmesbury
Morton C. Stout & CO
F Street
Som
Atlantic & Pacific
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