Foraker's Mischief Defeats Herrick in Ohio Canvass
William E. Chandler blames Senator Foraker for undermining Gov Herrick's bid by injecting opposition to President Roosevelt's railroad rate reform. The article cites party tensions, local issues, and an appeal from Charles Dick urging support for the Interstate Commerce Commission powers. Chandler argues a united pro Roosevelt stance would have secured victory and warns of Republican danger without clear backing of the President's plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Ohio
w+ Commerce Commission
Glen
Rend
Anim
Roosevelt
Herrick
Senate
Gov. Herries
UEP
Hapnen
Concord
Campaten Funda Tom Corporation Treasuries
Geearatinwe
Intergate
Hemel
Perth
Fernker
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Republicana
Sour
Republican Party
Interstate Cashmores Commission
Chandler Heo
Charles Dick
Us$ S
Republic 4
Ghia
Taftate Otawell
Rood Coe
Cincinnati
Voecere
Kornker
Flerrick
Benate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Twain
House of Representatives
Senator Foraker
Bellefontaine
Union
Sen
Assal Dancy
Great Northern
Bryan
WM. EB
Chandler
Typhoid Rates Steady Despite Filtered Water Use
Acting Health Officer Henry McLean said there has been no marked increase in typhoid this month. From November 2 to 17, 1904, eight cases were reported versus 52 in 1906. 262 under treatment on November 17, 1904, vs 174 under observation yesterday. He noted filtered water reduced cases since its use, but many patients did not drink Potomac water. One young woman contracted typhoid despite two years of water being veiled. she never drank milk and oysters were blamed. About one-fifth of cases could not be traced to Potomac water, another fifth could not be accounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLean
McLean
Potomac Water
Croggon Funeral Monday for John Gardner Croggon
John Gardner Croggon former Washington City post employee aged decades died yesterday morning. Funeral Monday at 2 pm conducted by Lebanon Lodge F and A M No 7 with burial in Congressional Cemetery. He joined government service October 2 1884 and held several posts in the local office. Survived by his wife and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gardner Croggon
Washington City Posteier
Lebanon Lodge
F. Amd A. M
No. 7
Congressiannal
Officers Receive Orders Fixing Time of Military Faculty
War Department issued order setting the annual period for appointing army officers as professors of military science and tactics at private institutions. Inspections will be conducted by a four officer General Staff board. Separately, the District Supreme Court was urged to bar Thomas G. Hensey from selling or encumbering his stake in Dry Meadows on Broad Branch road to protect execution of a Decree in a Le Droit Park syndicate case. Attorneys Llorillat Richardson Carus represented petitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
General Staff
Hensey
District Supreme Court
Thomas G. Hensey
Dry Meadows
Broad Branch Road
Charles W. Hichardson
Equity
le Droit Park Syndicate
C. J H. Llorillat
M. N. Richardson
Eugene Carus
Remains of Col. Nelson Plato Reach City for Funeral
The remains of Col. Nelson Plato who died May 26 in Town City Iowa arrived yesterday. Funeral services will be held this afternoon in Arlington Cemetery. Mrs Plato widow accompanied the remains. Plato formerly lived in Washington and practiced law with Gen Betknap. He was seventy three years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Nelson Plato
Town City
Iowa
Arlington
Plato
Col. Plato
Washington
Gen. Betknap
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Cure for Salt Rheum
Advertisement claims salt rheum is a blood condition and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla fully cures even obstinate cases and offers testimonials and a book on the remedy from No 2 CL Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
CL Hood Co
Lowell
Mass
LAWYER IN THE TOILS: CHADSEY CAPTURED IN NILES MI
Brooklyn lawyer Benjamin F P Chadsey sought by grand larceny charges fled via Panama to San Francisco and faked death by drifting in a rowboat. Detective Orr traced him to Niles Michigan where he worked as a Chicago book agent under an assumed name Paul Hamilton. A body found later was identified as Chadsey, who had remained alive and working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
New York
Benjamin FP
Chadvey
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Panama
Niles
Mich
J. Edward Orr
Chadsey
Chicago
Paul Hamilton
Bia
Orr
Chadney
Chadeey
Coliseum Dances Continue Despite Crowley Suit
Justice Anderson ruled yesterday that the District of Columbia cannot prevent dances at the Coliseum near Lincoln Park. Patrick Crowley had sought to stop licenses for events due to noises from gatherings. The rule to show cause was discharged. the court suggested disorderly conduct should be handled by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Coliseum
Lincoln Park
Anderson
Patrick Crowley
Crowley
State Department to Review Critchfield Claim Against Venezuela
The State Department will consider the Critchfield claim related to a Castro era concession in Venezuela. Attorney Clark of New York presented the matter to Secretary Root as a dispute about outstanding issues between the United States and the South American republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unda
State Department
Venezuela
United States
South American Republic
Clark
New York
Root
Castro
Will Save on Advertising Through Unclaimed Letters
First Assistant Postmaster General Hithhecock probes unclaimed letters to curb waste. He finds 90 percent of advertised letters go to traveling persons and costs average 85 cents each, climbing to $1 in big cities. He orders disconti nuance of the practice and calls Congress to boost advertising funds or halt the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Famiar
Hithhecock
Keep Commission
Gea
Bea
Congress
Places Ban on Competition in Army Supply
Acting Secretary Oliver issues a general order banning army canteens and laundries from competing with civilian suppliers for hospital, organization, and post supply needs paid from public funds. Exceptions require showing no reasonable alternative and a benefit to the government, with a full factual statement on the voucher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Army
Coal Dealers See No Serious Coal Shortage This Winter
City coal dealers stated they do not anticipate a serious shortage in Washington this winter due to limited car availability. Railroads have been moving coal to storage in anticipation of possible miner strikes after the current agreement ends April 1. A Susquehanna official sought more cars in Baltimore, with relief possible in a few days. One dealer added there is no immediate cause for worry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reading
Fennsylvania Ronda
Susquehanna
Baltimore
Surgeon Braisted Recalls Russian Japanese War At Naval School
Surgeon W C Braisted USN told Naval Medical School students about his wartime duties in Japan during the Russo Japanese conflict. He described visits to Japanese warships Saikyo Maru and Kobei Maru, noted hospital ship preparations, and read action notes by Japanese Navy surgeon Tomura. He will lecture each Friday afternoon for eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Braisted
Yeaterday
Naval Medical School
Japan
Naval School
Brausted
More Brain Than Brawn In Delaware Fact Bulletin
A Delaware manufacturing bulletin shows 631 factories produced 41,160,276 last year, down 160,000 from 1900 and 1 percent fewer wage earners. Salaried officers rose 22 percent, with capital employed at year start up 31 percent to 50,025,630. Production value in Wilmington reached 30,290,029, led by leather at 10,284,842, up 800,000 in four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Wilmington
Justice Still Blind Woman Prays To Lord For Bandage Removal
In court, Bill Ross, confined in the prisoners cage, pleaded for mercy as he awaited sentence for disorderly conduct. He knelt and asked the Lord to remove the judge's bandage so the judge could see the prisoner's innocence, but was sentenced to three months in the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Bill Ross
Weather conditions and forecasts for U S regions May 17 1905
Weather bulletin notes minimal changes from 24 hours earlier with cloudy skies west of the Rockies and scattered rains Washington Oregon Lake region and eastern Lake Huron. Shallow lows in Western Oklahoma and steady Missouri Valley. Fair Saturday and Sunday except Lower Lakes Middle Atlantic New England may see light snow or rain. Winds vary by coast and area. Also lists fourth-class postmasters appointed including Fort Ticonderoga Mason Potter and Annie B. Clary Virginia Newville.
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Dept of Agricultura
Weather Bureau
Washington
United States
Rocky Mountains
Oregon
Britlah Yolumbie
Lake Regon
Nvar
Lake Huron
Oklahoma
Missouri Valley
Ohio Valley
Lower Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Mississippi Valley
Missispi
Lake Region
Wlnda
Bddie Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
IMS
New York
Fort Ticonderoga
Mason Potter
Virginia
Annie B. Clary
Newville
Social and Personal Notes from Washington Society
Social and personal notices recount Springfields visits by Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks, musicales at the Roosevelts, a bridge party for Misses Ellis, and multiple weddings in Washington. The piece lists guests, dinner details, and upcoming entertaining plans, with marriages of Miss Martha M Knott to William Clyde Hunt and Miss Mary Satterfield to Sergeant John Winterbottom noted among society events.
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Fairbank
Springfield
Ohio
Frederick L. Chapin
Ellis
Roosevelt
Francis Rogers
New York
Washington
Root
Ella. Stark
Bruno Huhn
Hast
Svegestade
Arne Cato
Bryaa Hohn
Mr. Rogers
Killarney
Ruastan
Rosen
Justice
Brewer
Brown
the Navy
Commerce and Labor
Bacon
Newberry
Edwin Tyler
Cowles
Timmons
EB. D. Morgan
Ritchcock
Nott
Eleanor Wayne Parker
Willam S. Sims
Rogers
U. S. Grant
Mount Tabor Methodist Protestant Church
Martha M. Knott
M. F. Knott
Thirty-ffth Street Northwest
William Clyde Hunt
Thirty-fifth Street Northwest
J. Ernest Litsinger
Wes
Ernest Hunt
Jessie Knott
Ella Halley
B. W. Woodruff
Isaac Birch
Ernest Knott
BE. Raymond Hunt
George F. Hunt
Bland Phelps
Norman Brooks
Theodore Barnes, Jr
Mr. Hunt
Altoona
Marine
Mary Satterfield
Baltimore
John Winterbottom
Marine Corps
Washington Barracks
City
Funeral for Henry C Towles at 114 Twelfth Street
The funeral of Henry C. Towles who died suddenly Wednesday morning will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock from his home 114 Twelfth street. The Rev Forrester Chick of Hopewell New Jersey will conduct the services and burial in Glenwood will be private. Pallbearers are Phillip F Larner Walter C Clephant George Spransy A F Fox W B Johnson and A H Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Towles
Twelfth Street
Forrester Chick
Hopewell
N. J
Glenwood
Phillip F. Larner
Walter C. Clephant
George Spransy
A. F. Fox
W. B. Johnson
A. H. Stevenson
Arlington Burials Considered for Distinguished Civilians
Secretary of War receives a report from Quartermaster General Humphreys urging Arlington National Cemetery burial for distinguished civilians and noting ample space. He requests 26000 dollars to provide headstones for about 6000 Confederate dead in national cemeteries, with the department ready to perform the work if funds are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Secretary of War
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Congress
Vital statistics report shows 621 births and 832 tuberculosis deaths
Dr William Woodward presents the annual vital statistics and sanitation report for the year based on police census. It records 6 221 deaths from pulmonary consumption and 6 21 births with 94 white and 223 negro births. The report notes higher overall death rates than the prior year but an improvement in smoke law compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ©. Woodward
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William E. Chandler
Xemaile Perueers
Te Penator
Patlows
Mber
Croggon
Continent
Cannes
England
China
Weihai-wei
Russia
Port Arthur
Far East
Chine
Fort Arthur
Great Britain
Para
Caoneul Ayme
Brazil
Speska
Gaina
Orgon
Asheville
N. C
Atlanta
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Nebr
Omaha
Pittsburg
Salt Lake City
Utah
Louis
St. Paul
Ming
Springfela
Vicksburg
Miss
White House
Bacons
Mme. Riano
Senor Rilano
Paris
Alice Ward
John 8. Ward
Connecticut Avenue
George Combscott
Lanter Dunn
Virginia Hot Springs
Beresford
Dunn
Mrrs. Scott
Willam Dunn
Thode Island Avenue
William M. Bremer
Milas Maurt Clifton Bremer
William
Carroll
Senator
M. J. Hunt
Oscar Baum
Old Point Comfort
Ninth Street
Christian Xander
Grippe
7Th St
the Quality House
Fred
Wheeler & Wilson
New Home
Oppenheimer
Ninth St
Gibler
Penna. Ave
N. W
Sutts
Costa, Schwartz & Peltman
Wsith Street
de Rael
Penn, Avenue and
Si Bany
Goodyear Rubber Colon
Ial
A. Collins
Peter Grogan
Gey
Bet. H and I
St. N.W
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street
John K. Magruder
Conn
Man
Goldheim & Sons
Seventh Street
405 Avenue
Ps. Ave
Georges
Ps J.J. Georges & Son
Foot Specialists
Furniture CO
Tharp
N.W
Connecticut
Vulcan Construction Company
Vulcan Construction Company I
McGil
Robert Preston Sheahy
Boston
Hag
Cantor, Law
Pa Ave
11Th St
Lin Young
Conault
Miller's
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
McGill & Wallace
Pclecte
Sts
Mt Pleasant
Jos. H. Moore
Eloctro-Therapeutics
Siva Sar
W. Oppastta
Batierson piNsTiTere M. Patterson
Teast
takParkcox
Bond Big
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