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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1905
Page
6
An Ottawa style feature lists aging clerks at the Pension Office with long service. It notes several veterans aged 66 and older and others with 22 to 45 years of service. The piece labels them the loyal legion and challenges other government clerks to match their endurance.
The man, born August 1822 in Westchester County New York, has served the Pension Office since 1861 and shares a remarkable seniority with Charles M. Tompkins. He joined under Lincoln, witnessed the bureau’s growth from nine to over 1,700 clerks, and recalls moves from the Patent Office to Louisiana and then Pennsylvania avenues. He notes serving under seventeen Commissioners and has seen every inauguration since Lincoln. He recalls the Bull Run moment as Washington’s most exciting episode.
The narrator recalls Wirly’s 1864 raid into Maryland near Linits and the Sixth Corps arrival that deterred him. He describes the swift progress of trained soldiers up the Avenue toward northern fortifications and the town’s daylong scare. Five individuals were presented loving cups to honor long service in the Pension Bureau.
A silver and gold cup on a fine ebony stand honors Mesars Moore Benton Hutton Merrifield and fellow board of review staff for forty years of continuous service. Mr Benton argues that he and Tompkins deserve dean status of the department after forty four and a half years in the Con eso Office and Pensions Bureau since 1861. He faced two pay related setbacks yet remained in service, optimistic at seventy six that he still renders years of Sears service, a view others share.
A sweeping railway update notes resignations and new appointments across major lines including Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Lehigh and Wabash Dispatch at St Louis Northwestern and Michigan Central offices in St Paul and St Louis. It also lists global mileage, earnings shifts, and regional rail actions from Rock Island to Pennsylvania and Missouri Pacific with several leadership changes and policy notes.
Secretary Woodward of the Automobile Board reports a busy year issuing 667 chauffeur permits to operate motor vehicles. He recommends a registration fee of $x and notes the need for standardized control and oversight across issuing offices.
Excursion notices describe steamer trips on the Potomac aboard the Charles Macalester and Charleston Macalester line with scheduled departures from Seventh street wharf and later return times. It promotes scenic views, meals on board, and invites ladies to join. Also included is a district motor vehicle rule update with a proposed $1 registration and permit fee. It notes court action in Montana regarding the Nipper mine case and advises on Old Point Comfort travel and connections from Norfolk.
Rev. Oliver Johnson of South Carolina will preach Sunday morning at Central Presbyterian Church and again in the evening at Eckington Church in Washington. His Leslie D C congregation, among the strongest in the seceder denomination, is building a new, handsome house of worship. The current church, enlarged twice, was built in 1822 to replace a 1790 log structure. Johnson came to Leslie eleven years ago after Princeton theological studies and earlier graduated from Erakine College at Due West.
The twenty first anniversary of the Central Union Mission will be observed with services at the headquarters and Hamline Church. Rev S M Newman will preach at 11 am with gospel wagon services on Market space at 2 pm and 6 pm. Percy S Foster will conduct music. An address by W B Andrews will close the day with ministerial council members and mission leaders listed.
Dr William Gerry Morgan recovering from appendicitis in New York and due back in Washington in about ten days. Thomas J Fisher leaves to attend the American Street Lighting Association meeting in Milwaukee with side trips to Pittsburg and Chicago to study city lighting. Bradford Rhodes of First National Bank of Mamaroneck attends New Willard and heads to New York City as a director in several banks, praising Washington bankers for surpassing all others in entertainment.
Sioux City Iowa October 18 W E Brown president of the failed Storm City National Bank was sentenced by Judge Reed in federal court to five years in prison for fraudulent banking actions. The case marks a major penalty in a regional banking collapse. Brown faced charges of misusing bank funds and misleading investors according to court records. Brown’s defense argued for leniency citing personal losses and cooperation with authorities. The sentence underscores intensified scrutiny of local banking failures and fraud prosecutions in the era.
The Post is promoted as the reliable vehicle for merchant advertising in Washington. Various local businesses are listed including an Idea Grocery Store at 9th and U Street NW, Perry P. Patrick proprietor, and a new Alexandria pier for the Alexandria Chemical and Fertilizer Company. Other notices mention Harrizon & Browning loaning at 7 G Street NW, Ella K. Grove millinery at 718 Eleventh Street, W. A. Thomas plumbers at 907 Ninth Street NW, and George L. Johnson furniture at 1207 H Street NW.
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