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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
17
The month shows a deficit of 5 710 037 and total receipts of 0 492 691, with customs and internal revenue rising and miscellaneous falling. Currency circulation rose by 8 055 009 for the year, and total coinage for the month reached 2 188 650, including gold and silver coin.
The monthly statement shows debt less cash in Treasury at 4 002 646 135 with a month rise of 6 HeSA16 due to higher expenditures. It lists interest bearing and non interest bearing debts, gold reserves, and funds held in various securities and banks, ending with a remaining on hand balance of 291 510 28.
The committ e on prevention of consumption and the housing conditions committee rally for a swift winter campaign in the capital. They seek 30 600 in aid via lectures and demonstrations, with a dispensary instructing over 200 tuberculosis sufferers and new sanatorium efforts expanding as conditions permit.
An unsigned will dated August 10, 19M was offered for probate. The document directs the entire estate to fund a monument and a private memorial tablet in Arlington. Augustus lay is named, with Private Company M First Vermont Cavalry mentioned. Wilson is asked to oversee cattle and carry out the will.
Commutes oversee a conundrum contest at W. coot with an evening program including The Midsummer Night Orchestra and readings by Mrs Reed. Judges from the audience will select winners on themes The Panama Canal United States Senate and The Peace Conference at Portsmouth. Prizes include souvenirs donated for top conundrums.
President Roosevelt examined how timber on White Earth Sioux lands in northern Minnesota is to be disposed of. Indian Bureau rules allowing a top bidder to erect a saw mill are challenged by Senator Clapp. Secretary Hitchcock Commissioner Leupp and Senator Clapp presented views to the President yesterday.
A mother writes to the Commissioners alleging sixteen year old boys, including her son, gather at night to drink beer bought for them in pool rooms. She notes minors can obtain liquor in nearby bars and hotels, reports no police response, and asks authorities to intervene to stop the practice.
Justice Gould signed an order directing a jury of five to appraise damages and benefits from opening an alley in block 4 north grounds of Columbian University and block 42 University Park. District Commissioners seek condemnation for public use and marshal to summon jurors Friday at 10. Also hearing on ground condemnation for go plaza around union railroad station with appraisers meeting after government evidence.
W V Perkinson appeals to commissioners to require shelter at Rhode Island avenue and Twelfth Street in South Brookland where riders wait five to thirty minutes in all weather. Women have had to return home to change garments after rain. Commissioners say they cannot compel the street railway to build a shed and point to the government property and charter implications. A suit against the company is suggested as a remedy.
At 4 o'clock yesterday the license-issuing deadline, 615 retail liquor saloons qualified for retail business and 13 wholesale places. This marks three fewer saloons and two fewer wholesale licenses than last year. Net changes show five new saloons and eight exiting business. General licenses totaled 240 and cigar licenses 202, with ell totals not yet finalized due to incomplete accounting.
Health department report shows 113 deaths last week, up 4 from the prior week and 16 more than the corresponding week of 1904. White deaths 70, colored 42. total rate 18.6 per 1000. Principal causes include consumption, heart disease, kidney disease, typhoid, diarrheal diseases, apoplexy, meningitis, and pneumonia. Three new smallpox cases discovered. Births numbered 98, white 91, colored 7.
Former State Senator George E. Green of New York, indicted for complicity in post office irregularities, failed to appear at City Hall. The U S Supreme Court ruled against his bid to delay trial in Washington. It was rumored he would bond before the District Supreme Court to be present when his case is called. The district attorney offered no reason for his absence, but said he might appear any day this week.
The Vaughn Class presents an eight o’clock concert at Calvary Baptist Sunday school house corner Eighth and H streets NW featuring local artists Mrs. Shircliff pianist Mrs. Barnard contralto Miss Heinrichs violinist Mrs. Reed reader Mr. McFarland tenor Mr. Humphreys bass Mr. Voster pianola George O Connor songs and Cullen banjo Also noted is Dr King s New Discovery for consumption billed as a sure cure available at 60c and 1 with druggists
In London a pastor’s wife becomes the city’s first lady mayoress while a bachelor, Vaughant Morgan, is elected lord mayor. The lady mayoress, Rev W A Hornby Steel’s wife, will oversee a year of receptions and banquets, with a need for lavish gowns and possible foreign language skills. A major Anglo American marriage is noted, plus a Paris orphanage bequest that lacks eligible orphans.
A vivid reminiscence of Paris history centers on Rue St. Honore and nearby landmarks. The concierge recalls executions, massacres, and royal intrigues from St. Bartholomew to Napoleon’s era, linking the old regime’s decay with the modern tourist quarter and the Elysee Palace’s shadow.
A Halloween dance by the Old Maids Consolation Club at Jennings Hall on Pennsylvania Avenue featured decorations and a guest list including Irene Hawkins and Catherine Wright. A trapeze accident at the Washington Boys' Club left a teen with a dislocated arm, treated at Georgetown University Hospital. The National Liberty League was incorporated by deed with a focus on social, educational, and political improvement, naming Felter Snell Wilson Dulin and others as incorporators.
A dialogue from the Detroit Free Press contrasts a pessimist and optimist over hard work and material proof. The pessimist complains, while the optimist notes some people work hard yet have little to show for it.
An elderly African American woman, Sarah Miller, collapsed and died last night while chatting with friends in her rocking chair at 1614 M Street NW. Coroner Nevitt attributed the death to heart disease and issued the death certificate.
The article previews upcoming Washington stage offerings. Nat Goodwin appears in Wolfville with Viola Allen at the National, under Charles Frohman. Belasco’s The Darling of the Gods stars Percy Haswell and Robert T. Haines at the Belasco. Other bills include The Education of Mr. Pipp at the Columbia with Digby Bell, and a mixed slate at Ker nan's Lyceum and the Academy, plus a Marine Band concert series at the Columbia.
A tentative reception for Bishop Satterlee on his return to Washington is set for November 8 at Rauscher's. The informal event will include clergy and church society members with the general public invited. Committee chairs include Rev. Alfred Harding and Rev. Devries with multiple clergy and lay leaders listed.
Visitors protected now as nickel plated railings are installed on thirty eight stair flights in the State War and Navy Building. The project won’t finish before Monday. A 1888 fatal fall of Keating, a department clerk, from the fourth floor prompted Taft to push for railings, with Congress approving $1,000 for the work.
Miss Tannie L Galt of Baltimore showed friends a rare photograph of Lieut Irvine Bulloch uncle of President Roosevelt and navigating officer of the Confederate cruiser Alabama and Shenandoah. The 184s Cherbourg shot was taken days before Alabama sank to the U S Kearsarge. Presented to Dr Francis J Galt of Baltimore chief surgeon of the Alabama. Roosevelt reportedly knew of no such portrait and may view it at the White House before Miss Galt leaves Washington.
The Mount Vernon steamer Charles Macalester begins its fall schedule with weekday departures from Seventh Street Wharf at 10 00 a m and 1 45 p m, returning to Washington at 1 40 p m and 6 16 p m. Passengers view the Potomac landmarks including the monitor Puritan Frederick the Great statue Alexandria Fort Foote and fortifications at Forts Washington and Hunt aboard a heated ship with an elegant cafe.
Lawerence Kansas dispatch reports Illinois foster parents of Emily Danwin the incubator baby at the World’s Fair fight to gain a third of a million dollars as jurists prepare to hear evidence next month. Mrs Bleakley contends she is the mother, citing Victor Hugo and Les Misérables for motive. The case includes a tale of a living baby substituted for a deceased one and a fevered quest to recover the child. An exhibit window at Mr Voigt’s 725 Seventh Street NW displays a six hundred twelve pannyweight silver miniature White House attracting notice.
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