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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1905

Page

24

Temperance Union plans new crusade against officers in army posts

The thirtieth annual District Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention at Calvary Baptist drew 200 members. Mrs. Clinton Smith urged continued reform, praising gains in education and anti-canteen laws. She urged replacing excise and assessors boards to curb liquor licenses, citing Gen Daggett and the Taggart case while urging sobriety among soldiers and weeping for reform.

Clinton Smith Taggart Crip. Taggart Board of Assessors Dnto Excise Board

Congressmen and the canteen debate in national politics

A New York Commercial article suggests the W C U U influenced national legislation as Congressmen voted to abolish the canteen against personal convictions. The speaker defends representatives, noting their deep convictions and urging respect for their integrity and choice.

New York Congress

Vaccination Resistance on Italian Steamer at Colon

Gov Magoon reports a disturbance at Colon when 575 passengers from Martinique and 300 Colombians bound for canal work refused vaccination. The French consul persuaded 75 to vaccinate. others resisted, officers intervened, police used clubs without serious injury, all evacuees were vaccinated and returned to Corozal.

Magoon Isthmian Canal Commission Colon Martinique Panama Zone Corrozal

Roosevelt the Peace Victor Song at White House Concert

The Marine Band performed the new patriotic song Roosevelt the Peace Victor at the White House reception for President Roosevelt. Composed by Irvin J. Morgan of Philadelphia, the piece arose from the moment of the Russia Japan peace announcement, with Morgan noted as an American-born composer and former organist of the University of Pennsylvania.

White House The Marine Band Roosevelt Washington Irvin J. Morgan Philadelphia Russia Japan Theodore Land of the Red Marinas Mr. Morgan University of Pennsylvania St. Louis Exposition

Humane Society Seeks Drinking Fountain for Animals

Brightwood residents petition for a public drinking fountain at Brightwood avenue and Quincy street. The executive committee ordered review with the water department and city installation at no cost to the city. Monthly cruelty and examination figures show widespread animal abuse cases and humane euthanasia totals.

Brightwood Avenue The Humane Society Society Warder Building Allison Nailor, Jr J. Edgar Smith A. &. Davis Quincy Street Water Department Hu Aane Society Rabbitt Haynes Wright Morris Johnson Pallas

Finishing the Capitol Hill tunnel top drift

The Capitol Hill tunnel near Capitol Hill will be bored through today or tomorrow, with less than twenty feet of earth to cut before daylight at the northern end near First Street northeast. Work on the new Union Depot and two large House and Senate office buildings proceeds behind barriers with little public notice. The tunnel runs from Canal Street southeast under First Street to near Catrest northeast, with the depot at its northern terminus. Ground conditions vary from made soil to hard clay and pudding stone, causing occasional subsidence and street repairs near the Congressional Library. Marble blocks for the House building are rising on B Street front, and contractors expect to finish two stories by Christmas.

Capitol Hill C and First Streets Union Depot House Senate Httle Canal Street B and First Street Catrest Fliat Street Congressional Library B Street Teast House of Representatives First C Streets New Jersey Avenue Capitol Hill Tunnel C Street A. Herrold B. A. & G .N. Williams Post Dover WN. Y New York City Herroki Mary M. Hudson New York Washington Littlefield & Alvord Georgetown Delaware Avenue B, C First’ Streets Capitol Grounds

Senate building to be U shaped with courtyard plan

The Senate building will form a U shape facing First Street with a courtyard between the arms along Delaware avenue. Foundations to start next week as ground is nearly stone making pile driving unnecessary. Iron frame of the Union Depot rises on the east half and marble walls reach the third story on two sides, while northern viaduct and wall work continues with substantial tasks unfinished.

Representatives Union Depot

Night School Assignments Open Next Monday

Public night schools set to begin with new director B W Murch announcing staff. Assignments cover Witte schools Franklin Jefferson Wallach Corcoran Gales and colored schools Stevens Randall Garnett Armstrong with split sessions Monday Wednesday Friday nights. manual training and cooking offered. admission tickets issued Friday and Saturday. Armstrong to host steam engineering class.

Franklin School B. W. Murch Witte Night Business High Firet Street E. M Wilson A. W. Miller A. L Howard L. W. Mattern Hw, Draper M P. Wannery Misa B. Forrer Miss Baldwin Franklin Thirteenth K Streets C. K. Finckel M. A. McMahon K. B. Rawlings BE. R. Vose M. 8. Howell L M. Drennan C. B. Ulrickson M. Stockard Jefferson Virginia Avenue C. N. Thompson E. H. Stacey 5. Welsh M. Arecht M. M. Donovan Raymond W. Pullman E. J. Dakin M. A. Burns Wallach Pennsylvania Avenue Seventh Street E. C Wertcott HL. H. Burroughs Mulford Mise Glenn Gales G Street Charles Hart M. E. Compton M. R. O'Brien B. L. Fullsue J. Hodgkins Bi. M. Helms Stevens Twenty-first Street A. B. Thompson Randall I. I. Russell Garnett J. B. Walker Armstrong Manual Training School First Third A. A. Craig Jefferson School Hi Street Northwest E. J Dakin Armstrong School Randall School Steam Engineering

Roosevelt Camp relates war veterans addresses at Garrison event

A U.S. Army and Navy Union camp fire at Col Theodore Roosevelt Garrison 174 on S14 Ninth Street NW drew riders from Indian civil and Spanish War service. Speakers included Elliott Block Longstreet Hickey Bunting Lake and many others with Prof Joyce performing a cornet piece before taps.

Theodore Roosevelt Army and Navy Union Ninth Street Northwest Union Teran Union John G. Quigley Edward G. Burch J Ewin Browne Edward J. O'Connor Edward M. Hetne M. A Maloney John J. Strain L. J von der Miller Antonio Lauletta Noah W. ‘Tyron A B. McKensie Thomas A .Taylor James A Joyce Joyce

Cleveland Man Dies By Aconite After Quarrel

Robert G. Cameron of Euclid Heights Cleveland died in Washington Park after drinking aconite. He had quarreled with his sweetheart who lived at 1061 Third Avenue. Notes on his body blamed his sweetheart and their separation.

Cleveland Detroit Mich Robert G. Cameron Euclid Heights Washington Park Cameron Third Avenue

Winona Assembly Transferred to Winona Lake Management

Miss Helen Gould chaired a conference with Winona Assembly directors leading to turning over the New York Bible Institute on Lexington Avenue to Winona management. Gould contributes 30000 dollars annually for maintenance. D W W White remains head of educational work at the institution.

Winona Lake Ind Miss Helen Gould Winona Assembly New York Bible Institute Lexington Avenue New York Miss Gould

Linthicum School Opens Thirty-First Year in Georgetown

Linthicum Institute Georgetown begins its thirty-first session as a free night school for working boys. The program runs Monday to Friday with subjects from drawing and bookkeeping to arithmetic and geometry. Instructors include R. Clinton Ballinger Nathan Weill Frank J Wissner James H Taylor and Walter G Peter. Zed Hetzel Copp will lecture on Success in Life and prizes totaling $50 $25 and $20 plus tools are offered to top students. Trustees include William A Gordon Charles H Cragin James H Taylor Walter G Peter and Henry S Matthews.

Linthicum Institute Georgetown Edward Magruder Linthicum Linthicum O Street R. Clinton Ballinger Nathan Weill Frank J. Wissner Jamey H. Taylor Walter G. Peter Zed Hetzel Copp William A Gordon Charles H. Cragin James H. Taylor Henry 8. Matthews

School Fight Near Close on Textbook Equality in Schools

Charles W. Needham of George Washington University explained to a Post reporter the dispute between Hughes the director of high schools and Mrs. A. J. Cooper principal of M Street High School. The board will resume discussion tomorrow night and a decision is expected Thursday night with emphasis on equal study plans and same textbooks across white and colored schools.

Charles W. Needham George Washington University Board of Education Post Hughes A. J. Cooper M Street High School President Needham White North Carolina Cooper Needham M Street Mrs. Cooper

Lion Attacks Woman in Circus Cage

Miss Aimee Blondel, a lion tamer, was mauled during a circus performance in Gilman on Oct. 3. An enraged lion leaped on her, ripping her arm from its socket. cavalry troops protecting the show fired on the animal to save her. The condition of Blondel was described as grave, with hopes of recovery for the liontamer.

Aimee Blondel Gilman Roosevelt Miss Blondel United States

Abeel's Sentence Stands in Goelet Impersonation Case

The Court of Appeals affirmed the 193? conviction of James N. Abeel of New York for forgery in signing the name of J. B. Van Every to a letter introducing J Ogden Goelet to a Western Union employee. Abeel used the letter to win the trust of telegraph operator Eleanor Anderson at the Grand Hotel and is serving a sentence at Elmira Reformatory.

J. Ogden Goelet Albany N. Y Court of Appeals James N. Abeel New York Abeel J. B. van Every Western Union Telegraph Company Mr. Goelet Mise Eleanor Anderson Grand Hotel Elmira Reformatory

No Secrets To Hide From Ayer’s Almanac 1806 Ad

An 1806 advertisement vows no secret formulas in medicines and promises to send the almanac with full recipes upon request. It urges readers to consult their doctor about the remedies. The swindle-themed line ends with a garbled “Mase.” penultimate.

Ayer

Guam women plead for funds to fix hospital care

Urgent appeal by American women of Guam calls for aid to improve sanitary conditions for Chamorro women and children. It notes hospital facilities are lacking for women, proposes endowment of 20000 dollars, and requests contributions via the governor of Guam care of the San Francisco post office. Capt Seaton Schroeder provides context on Guam’s health situation and naval support.

Guam United States Seaton Schroeder Navy Department Agana Eovernor San Francisco Cal Susana Hospital Chaf Washington, D. C George L. Dyer

Vacant House Looted In New York Heist Worth 610000

Police report a burglary at George P. De Lacey residence on West 1824 Street in New York. Looters took silverware bronzes tapestries pictures jewelry and furs valued at 610000 while family away during summer vacancy. Meanwhile fugitives Gaynor and Greene prepare for extradition from Montreal with warrant not yet issued.

George P. de Lacey New York 1824 Street Montreal Gaynor Greene

Dynamite Mill Explosion Kills Two Men at Aetna Mill

Crown Point Indiana October 3 Two men died in an explosion at the Aetna powder mill near Iter station caused by nitro glycerin. The victims are Willem Grimmer and Louis Nicholson.

Crown Point Ind Aetna Iter Station Willem Grimmer Louis Nicholson

Rumors of Panama Costa Rica Union Denied

The Panamanian minister in the United States, Senor Obaidia, said a telegram from President Amaor of Panama calls rumors of a Panama Costa Rica union false. He noted Colombia may face pressure to settle its foreign debt with Panama as its finances falter, with Dr. Cores in London and likely to return to argue the matter in the fall.

Panama Costa Rica Senor Obaidia Amaor Panama Republic Colombia Rma Perama Cories London United States

Dr. Stamford Arrives in Washington for Welcome

Rev. D. J. Stafford and Rev. Father O Connell arrive from Havre France by the Pennsylvania Railroad and will be met at the depot by a church committee. A reception at Carroll Hall from 8 to 10 tonight will welcome Dr. Stafford, with Catholic and non Catholic friends anticipated to attend.

D. J. Stafford D. D St. Patrick’s Church Washington Pennsylvania Railroad New York Father O'Connell St. Vincent de Paul Church Havre France Stafford Carroll Hall

Pen Women Hold Meeting and News of Members

The League of American Pen Women held its first post summer meeting at Mrs Susie Hoot Rhodes home. Mrs Carl Smith was admitted to membership. Delegates to the National Editorial Association convention at Guthrie reported a 600 attendance and noted works by Grace MacGowan Cooke Alice Hegan Rice and General George Pickett. Reports covered library accessions and member activities including travels in Europe and journalism work. A murder in Sonora Mexico is reported as John C Sanger of New York was killed, his brother also slain.

League of American Pen Women Susie Hoot Rhodes Whitney Avenue Carl Smith National Editorial Association Guthrie League Serreces Virginia Clay Hhanthy Hhanthy ‘Sta., Democrat League of American Paymen Orress Associations Grace MacGowan Cooké Alice Hegan Rice George Pickett Christine Walton Dunlap Ibrarian Asa Pipetown John Philip Sousa Haroblin Sears League Morgan Japan Helen H. Gardener France Italy Stella Marie Btutenroth Watertown Public Opinion Cisco Tex Texas Woman's Preassociation Veads Rebekah State Assembly of Texas Texas Woman's Press Association St. Louia Aurelia Hadley Moh Association Kate Alma Orgaia Moore Murdoch Lida Briggs Browne Teague Ly Dale L. Adela Harris Times Missouri Valley Iowa Marguerite Lindley Sand Virginia Ein, Frye

One Building Ready Weimley Hall Under Way

C C Glover describes plans for the American University in Tennallytown road area and corrects impression that the corporation is doing nothing. He notes two buildings cost about 400000 and that McKinley Memorial Hall is underway with about nine to ten months remaining to completion.

C. C. Glover Charles C. Glover Riggs National Bank American University Freas Wilkesbarre Hennett Heirs United States Catholic University Tennallytown Road Priscilla Bennett M. E. Church Pennsylvania University Bishop Hurst Pennsylvania Hall McKinley Memorial Hall Fras Bennett

Mary Martin Dying After Park Suicide

Philadelphia report says the unidentified woman known as Mrs. Mary Martin who shot herself in Fairmount Park is dying from septicaemia. She refused to reveal details of her identity, claimed Chicago origins, and said she had no relatives or friends. A clergyman spoke to her privately a week earlier, but police and hospital efforts to learn more failed.

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Washington Post Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Tnion Frederick D. Grant Philadelphia Mary Martin Fairmount Park Chicago

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