Royal Scottish Rite Address by the Commander
The Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction opens its biennial session at the House of the Temple Washington with an impressive ceremony. Absent are Senate Henry M. Teller and Irving W. Prats as dignitaries attend. Representatives include lawyers doctors savants and business leaders from various regions in Masonry’s Royal Order of Scotland tradition.
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Southern Jurisdiction
Senate
Henry M. Teller
Irving W. Prats
Royal Order of Scotland
Washington
Supreme Council
Supreme Council For the
House of the Temple
Inaugural Session Marks 105th Anniversary Celebrations
The meeting drew officials including Senator Henry M Teller absent with a Denver death and W Pratt of Oregon. Attendees included Samuel C Lawrence and William Oman of the supreme council, with prayers by Ekehard Pardee Wall. The session highlighted calls upon the President and robed customs from prewar times.
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Willliam Oman
Supreme Council
Amiiteacon
Ekehard Pardee Wallidms
Trinity Episcopal Church
Qty
Retiring U S Congressman Shifts To Scottish Rite Service
In a Janes Daniel Richardsean address the grand commander announced that on March 4 he retired from the United States Congress after twenty years to devote himself to Scottish Rite Masonry. He called the move a radical shift from politics and vowed to propagate Masonry and advance topics within the Rite.
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Supreme Council
Janes Daniel Richardsean
Congress of
United States
Scottish Rite Masonry Session Recommends Committee Review
Martin Collins 33 Grand Chancellor of Missouri admits limited capacity for duties and asks for reevaluation. Special committee to separate allocution and refer to appropriate panels follows a lengthy allocution. Secretary-general and treasurer-general report strong growth and assets, with nearly a quarter million dollars received and over 200000 in United States bonds. Supreme Council adjourns at 6:37 until morning in respect to Royal Order of Scotland.
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Supreme Council
United States
Royal Order of Scotland
Royal Order of Scotland Holds Preparatory Session at New Willard
A b r r r r about the house of the temple marked a Royal Order of Scotland gathering last night as the provincial grand master James D Richardson presided. Candidates received the degrees of Horedom and Rosy Cross with a long list of names and home cities including Gustave Anderson Omaha William Andrews Hastings Nebr George Arnold Cleveland Ohio and many others across the United States and District of Columbia. The forthcoming annual banquet will be held tonight at the New Willard and officers conferred the degrees on a large slate of candidates.
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House of the Temple
Royal Order of Scotland
New Willard
Grand Lodge
Edinborough
James D. Richardson
Rosy Cross
Gustave Anderson
Omaha
Wiliam E. Andrews
Mastings
Nebr
George Arnold
Cleveland
Ohio
I B Baggett
William Beauchert
District of Columbia
Thomas Brown
Socorro
N. Max
B.C. Bryan
George F Carson
Philadelphia
Robert Cook
William ‘T Core
Norfolk
A R. Courtney
Richmond
Adkins Succeeds Mullowny in District Attorney Office
In a series of promotions District Attorney Baker elevated Jesse C. Adkins to the vacancy created by Alexander R. Mullowny becoming judge of the Police Court. Harvey Given was named assistant and chief clerk, succeeding Capt. Harry Bingham who resigned to join the District Supreme Court as assistant clerk. Changes followed in multiple court clerks with Bingham becoming clerk of Circuit Court No. 1 and S. McComas Hawken moving to Criminal Court No. 2 where Given had been assigned.
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Harvey Given
Atttorney
Jesse C. Adkins
Baker
Alexander R. Mullowny
Poice Court
Capt
Harry Bingham
District Supreme Court
Given
District Attorney's Office
Capt. Bingham
Circuit Court No. 1
S. McComas Hawken
Criminal Court No. 2
A Personal Way. Postmaster General Flitchcock Returns
First Assistant Postmaster General Flitchcock came back to his desk after a four day absence. He had traveled to New York and Boston on postal matters during the interim.
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Flitchcock
New York
Boston
Princeton Alumni Promote Local Princet on Football Cup and Army Navy Plans
The Princeton Alumni Association of the District of Columbia held its first smoker of the season at the University Club to boost Princeton athletics. They described the Princeton Football Cup to be awarded to a Washington high school champion who wins three times for permanent possession, and discussed attending the Army and Navy game in Princeton on December 2. Delegates were named for a Princeton alumni banquet in Nashville on November 9, featuring President Wilson, and plans to form an Al Washington Prep School team to play Princeton freshmen. A monthly smoker schedule, a prize of Wilson’s History of the American People, and a safety emphasis on academics alongside athletics were approved.
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Navy
Mashville
Pinceton University
Princeton Alumni Association
District of Columbia
University Club
Sixteenth Street
Wallace McLean
Washington
Princeton
Association
Army and Navy
University City
Al-Washington
Thomas Dunlop
Woodrow Wilson
Tennessee
Nashvile
Wilson
James M. Johnston
John H. Voorhees
Henry E. Davis
Sechary McLean
Wallace Neff
Reading of Brief Postponed at Special Board Meeting
The board of education held a special session to continue Miss Anna J. Cooper’s charges at M Street High School. Friends sought additional testimony, and three committees offered views on curriculum and administration. Resignation of BE. E. Stacy was accepted and Nissa Michaelsen named to first grade. numerous promotions were approved for many teachers with salary raises.
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Anna J. Cooper
M Street High School
E. T. G. Merritt
Miss Cooper
Anna Murray
A.M Curtis
A. M. Curtis
Jesse Lawson
Amelia Bakeman
Bianche Street
K. HE. Heller
L. G. Hart
B. M. Hipkins
Lillian Hoover
M. B Hilleary
B. A Higgins
Bertha Newhouser
Ida Doyle
Herrle
M. E. Clarke
J. C. Jackson
M M Bruce
Joseph Johnson
E. C. Jackson
J. M. Lind
France Receives Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria With Military Honors
Paris shows high ceremony for Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria arriving for a week long visit. He is escorted to the same quarters as King Victor Emmanuel and King Alfonso, and President Loubet and Ferdinand exchange visits, signaling France’s interest in a pacific Balkan settlement. The Temps urges France, free of territorial aims, to wield influence for a favorable Balkan arrangement, gaining friendship and trade.
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Paris
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Victor Emmanuel
Alfonso
Foreign Office
Loubet
France
Balkan
Hanton Not to Manage Baltimore Club Next Season
Baltimore news reports manager Ward Hanton’s contract with the Brooklyn club expired today and will not be renewed. Hugh Jennings or B. Miledon will likely lead the Baltimore club next season, with Jennings in charge if true.
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Hanton
Baltimore
Howard Hanton
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Baltimore’ Club
Biledon
Hugh Jennings
Albers Case Revived In Nicaragua Controversy
Chester Lomaidson of the Umyederates appeared at the State Department to discuss the Albers case, which centers on William B. Albers, an American sentenced to three years in a Nicaraguan jail for alleged resistance to federal authorities and remarks about President Zelaya. Donaldson plans several reports on the incidents while awaiting formal Washington briefing. He met Secretary Bacon briefly and will file informal notes after reviewing the case.
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Chester Lomaidson
Managua
Nicaragua
State Department
Donaldson
Albers
William 8. Albers
Zelaya
Bacon
Large Sun Spot Visible At Naval Observatory
Officials at the Naval Observatory report a large group of solar spots observed yesterday with the photonelro graph. The spot group has advanced about two days on the sun and sits in the southern solar latitude, visible to the naked eye and resolved into a dense mass of small grouped spots through a telescope, the largest since last spring.
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The
Naval Observatory
Armstrong dies after a cosmopolitan life and public service
William N. Armstrong former attorney general of Hawaii and world traveler who circumnavigated the globe with King Kalakaua died at Garfield Hospital Sunday night. Born in Hawaii to missionary father Rev Richard Armstrong he studied at Yale and practiced in New York before returning to Hawaii. He edited a leading local paper, lived in California and Hampton Virginia, and later in Washington where he joined metropolitan and university clubs. Survived by three sons and a daughter.
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William N. Armstrong
8. C. Armstrong
Hampton Institute
Garfield Hospital
Mr. Armstrong
Richard Armstrong
Pennsylvania
Yale
New York
Kalakua
Iawali
Ieland
California
Hampton
Washington
Funeral notices for John Poor and Anne Bailey in Washington
The obituary items report the funeral of John Caldwell Poor at his home on 1724 Connecticut Avenue with interment in Rock Creek Cemetery and services led by Rev Herbert Scott Smith, plus details of the will naming Mrs Ha Poor as sole beneficiary and executrix Anne E La Porte Bailey. Also noted is the funeral of Anne E La Porte Bailey at her Columbia Road home with interment in Glenwood Cemetery, and Hallie Maus Spencer's death at age forty with funeral in Rockville led by Masons. The final item lists officers elected for the National University law school post graduate class.
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John Caldwell Poor
Connecticut Avenue
Rock Creek Cemetery
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Poor
Arthur Brice
Seaton Schroeder
Charles Munroe
Randall Webb
Cary M Sanger
Richard Weightman
William B. Orme
Edward McCauley
Loyal Legion
Pear
Ha Poor
Anne E. la Porte Bailey
Columbia Road
Father Magee
Sacrell Heart Church
Father Smyth
St. Patrick's Church
Glenwood
Bailey
Josiah Read Bailey
J. F
Burmett Bailey
William
Eugene la Porte
Hallie Maus Spencer
Washington
Miles Mary Chapman
William H
Mary B. Spencer
Montgomery County
Rockville
Masons
National’ University Law School
University Hall
Claude Gilbert
A. L. Handy
A. la Kitchen
W. A. Coombe
H. M Mason
W. H. Gibbs
Dr Leon Arrested in Connection With Dead Infant Case
Dr Edward Leon was arrested at his home on a warrant charging him with responsibility for Sadie Voight, a nineteen year old, who gave birth to a dead child Sunday afternoon. The girl, a former cook at 1711 8 Street Northwest, is said to have been involved in criminal practice and will be held for inquest after the mother recovers.
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Edward Leon
Missouri Avenue Northwest
Sadie Voight
Dr. Leon
Eighth Precinct
Campbell Carrington
Bend
Con
Columbia Hospital
Nevitt
Aid
Miss Wolgnt
S$ Street
Baltimore
J. G. McKay
Iti
McKay
Miss Voight
Burlingame
Leon
Aé D Street
S Street
Feeny will probate sustains some charity bequests
Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court ruled on the Nora Feeny will case dated September 6, 1904 died October 7, 194. He voided the bequests to Father McGee and James Connor but upheld gifts to the Little Sisters of the Poor and St Ann's Infant Asylum. The residue goes to Rev. Joseph McGee.
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Little Sisters of Poor
St. Ann’s Asyltum
Sitafford
District Supreme Court
Nora Feeny
Little Sisters of the Poor
St. Ann's Infant Asylum
James Connor
Joseph ¥. McGee
Sacred Heart Church
Michael
John Feeny
Tulla Dunnigan
Stafford
Hey
Father McGee
Mr. Connor
St. Ann's Asyluum
Licenses Revoked for Fraud in Naturalization Papers in SF
Ten shipyard workers including mates, skippers, mas ters, and engineers in San Francisco had their licenses revoked by United States Steamboat Inspectors. Each revocation cited fraud in obtaining naturalization papers.
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San Francisco
United States
Horse Run Tramples Driver In Freight Yard Accident
A frightened horse drawing a wagon in the Pennsylvania freight yards at Four and a half street and Virginia avenue southwest yesterday afternoon threw driver John Fletcher from the wagon and both wheels ran over him. He sustained severe head and body injuries, was taken to Emergency Hospital, then sent to his home at 114 Francis Street Southeast.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia Avenue
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Francis Street
Counterfeit $10 Note Improved Since 1902 Discovery
Chief Wilkie of the United States Secret Service announced a counterfeit ten dollar note first found in July 1902 has been issued with marked improvements in color and the Treasury seal. The digits in the Treasury number now resemble those on genuine notes with slight back color changes noted since the first issue.
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Wilkie
United States Secret Service
United States
Treasury
Weather Conditions From Washington Report 1905
Weather digest from October 16 1905 notes a disturbance moving northeast into Colorado Kansas and adjacent states bringing rain snow and cooler temperatures. Forecasts call for rain or snow across the Dakotas Nebraska Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and the Mississippi and Ohio valleys with cooler conditions in the East and mild to fresh coastal winds. Local figures list midnight to afternoon readings and humidity with several cities reported.
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