Royal Scottish Rite Address by the Commander
The Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction opens its biennial session at the House of the Temple in Washington. Notable absences include Senate Henry M. Teller and Irving W. Prats. Attending dignitaries are lawyers doctors scholars and business leaders representing various sections, celebrated for their loyalty and philanthropy in Scottish Rite Masonry.
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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
Steinway
Inaugural Session of United States Fraternal Council Marks 105th Anniversary
The ceremony in Denver drew active Supreme Council members Samuel C Lawrence and William Oman from the Northern jurisdiction amid illness and travel disruptions. President Roosevelt's request to the grand commander of the Southern jurisdiction limited attendance to active council members and deputies. Grand Commander James D Richardson and others led the reception as the organization marked its long historic ties to duties and unity.
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Willliam Oman
Supreme Council
Amiiteacon
Ekehard Pardee Wallidms
Trinity Episcopal Church
Qty
Supreme
Scottish Rite leader reveals retirement to focus on Masonry
In an address to the supreme council, Janes Daniel Richardsean, grand commander, announces his March retirement from the United States Congress after twenty years to devote time to Scottish Rite activities. He frames the move as a radical shift from politics to propagating Masonry and advancing Rite-related teachings.
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Supreme Council
Janes Daniel Richardsean
Congress of
United States
Grand Commander Admits Limitations in Scottish Rite Session
Martin Collins aged 33 Grand Chancellor of Missouri questions his fitness and requests reassessment by a special committee. The allocation reading spanned seventy pages. reports from secretary-general and treasurer-general praised Scottish Rite Masonry growth in the Southern jurisdiction. The treasurer-general noted nearly a quarter million dollars received and over $200,000 in United States bonds owned by the supreme council. The meeting adjourned at 6:37 pm in honor of the Royal Order of Scotland, to reconvene at 8:00 am.
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Supreme Council
United States
Royal Order of Scotland
Hood and Rosy Cross Session Honors at New Willard Banquet
The Royal Order of Scotland held a preparatory session for the annual banquet at the New Willard. James D. Richardson presided as provincial grand master and conferred degrees of Hodhood and Rosy Cross on many candidates from cities and districts across the United States, listing numerous members by name and residence.
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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 as Assistant D A in District Office
In a series of moves District Attorney Baker elevates Jesse C. Adkins to the post left by Alexander Mullowny’s appointment to judge of the Police Court. Harvey Given is named assistant and chief clerk, replacing Capt. Harry Bingham who resigns to join the District Supreme Court as assistant clerk. Changes ripple through circuit and criminal court clerks as personnel shift.
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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 Flitchcock Returns After Postal Mission
First Assistant Postmaster General Flitchcock resumed work after a four day absence spent in New York and Boston on postal matters.
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Flitchcock
New York
Boston
Princeton Alumni Smoker Promotes Princeton Athleticsand Cup
The Princeton Alumni Association of the District of Columbia held a smoker at the University Club to boost interest in Princeton athletics. A Washington high school loving cup named the Princeton Football Cup will be awarded to the local champion after three wins. Delegates were named for a Nashville Princeton alumni banquet to energize Southern interest, with President Wilson expected to attend.
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Army
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 Meeting on Miss Cooper
Friends aid Mrs Cooper after the board of education holds a special session to continue the Anna J Cooper principal at M Street High School in a governor inquiry. Testimony is heard from three committees including guardians mothers and colored women. Promotions and resignations are approved with numerous salary changes. The reading of Cooper’s defense brief is delayed to a following session.
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Board of Education
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 in Grand Welcome
Paris hosts Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria with military honors akin to royalty. He tours the foreign office alongside leaders and exchanges visits with Loubet, signaling France’s interest in a peaceful Balkan settlement. The Temps argues France’s lack of territorial aims positions it to shape Balkan affairs and win Bulgarian support.
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Paris
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Victor Emmanuel
Alfonso
Foreign Office
Loubet
France
Balkan
Hanton Not to Manage Baltimore Next Season
Baltimore readers learn manager Ward Hanton’s contract with the Brooklyn club expired and will not be renewed. The article states Hanton will not lead Baltimore next season, with Hugh Jennings likely or Billyon to return, under Hugh Jennings as the probable charge.
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Hanton
Baltimore
Howard Hanton
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Baltimore’ Club
Biledon
Hugh Jennings
Albers Case Revived In Nicaragua Dispute
Chester Lomaidson of Umyederates at Managua met with the State Department to relay details of the Albers case. Wil liam Albers, an American, is serving three years in Nicaraguan prison for alleged resistance to authorities, with Robert Zelaya criticized. Donaldson plans several reports on events, spoke with Secretary Bacon briefly, and the consul refused withdrawal of his harsh comments.
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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 photonegraph in south latitude. The group has advanced about two days in the sun's diac and is visible to the naked eye, though a telescope resolves it into a mass of closely grouped spots. This is the largest sun spot seen since last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Naval Observatory
William N Armstrong Dies After Noted Career in Hawaii
William N Armstrong former Attorney General of Hawaii died Sunday night. Born in Hawaii to missionary father Rev Richard Armstrong he studied at Yale and practiced law in New York before returning to Hawaii at King Kalakua's request. He circumnavigated the globe with the king and later edited papers in Hawaii California and Hampton Virginia. Survived by three sons and a daughter.
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Hawaii
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 Mr Poor And Mrs Bailey
The funeral for John Caldwell Poor will be at 2 PM at his home 1724 Connecticut Ave with services by Rev Herbert S Smith. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Will designates widow Mrs Ha Poor as sole beneficiary and executrix Mrs Anne E La Porte Bailey. Also funeral for Mrs Bailey at 2 PM yesterday at her home 1240 Columbia Rd with services by Fathers Magee and Smyth and burial at Glenwood Cemetery. Hallie Maus Spencer dies in Washington at age 40. funeral at Rockville conducted by the Rockville Masons. Law class at National University Law School elects officers led by Claude Gilbert as president.
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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
Mary Chapman
William H. and
Mary 3. 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
Doctor Leon Arrested Over Birth Tragedy in Northwest City
Dr Edward Leon was arrested at his 451 Missouri avenue NW home on a warrant claiming responsibility for the condition of Sadie Voight a 19 year old girl who gave birth to a dead child Sunday afternoon The case involves alleged criminal misconduct and the infant’s body was sent to the morgue for an inquest once the mother is able to appear The girl worked as a cook at 1711 8 street NW and the infant was located under a bed at the house before transport to Columbia Hospital The physician denied knowledge of the case and posted bond for appearance while a young man seen with Voight may figure in the investigation
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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
BO Board OF OF Directors
Chr
Heurich Brewing Co
Comany
Water Streets
Washington, D. C
Charles Mayer
Wareila Paave
Fiamies
OPAL
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Attlc
Te Sroomaker CO
Vion Wan Tidiu
Ata Tabs
Lanas
McGill & Wallace
Sosteopathy
W. Stanley Jones
Butte
Home Life
New York
Bond
Iain
Hawthorne
Arlington Osteopathy
Patterson
Feeny will dispute upholds charity bequests in will
Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court rules on the Nora Feeny will dated September 6 1904 died October 7 194. Bequests to Little Sisters of the Poor and St Ann s Infant Asylum sustain while gifts to Father McGee and James Connor are void. Contest by Michael Feeny John Feeny and niece Tulla Dunnigan centers on within thirty days validity.
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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
Many Licenses Revoked for Fraud in San Francisco
Ten mates pilots and engineers in San Francisco had their licenses revoked by United States Steamboat Inspectors. The action cited fraud in obtaining naturalization papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Horse Run Injures Driver as Wagon Wheels Run Over Him
A frightened horse pulling a wagon in the Pennsylvania freight yards near Four and a half Street and Virginia Avenue Southwest threw driver John Fletcher onto a steep embankment. Both wheels passed over him leaving him badly injured. he was taken to the Emergency Hospital and later to his home at 114 Francis Street Southeast.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia Avenue
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Francis Street
Counterfeit $10 Note With Improved Color Reported
Chief Wilkie of the United States Secret Service announces a counterfeit of the $10 United States note first found in July 1902 has a marked improvement in color and form of the figures in the Treasury number. The back color has slightly improved as well, though not matching the first issue.
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Wilkie
United States Secret Service
United States
Treasury
Weather Disturbance Brings Rain Snow Across Regions
A weather bureau notice from October 16, 1905 reports a disturbance moving northeast from the Southern Plateau into Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas. Showers fall in Florida and the Carolinas, with snow in South Dakota and Montana. Temperatures have fallen in the Ohio Valley and Dakotas, rising in the South. The system will bring rain or snow Tuesday into the Dakotas, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Mississippi and Lake regions, with colder conditions in the West and South. Local readings list midnight to 2 p.m. temperatures, humidity, and rainfall. The report also notes winds along coasts and for ships, and compares with temperatures a year ago.
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A. & Dept. of Agriculture, Weather Forest
Washington
Colado
Kansas
Kanena
Iowa
Missouri
Dakotas
Colorado
Hantera
Wyoming
Florida
North Carolina
Montana
East Gulf States
Lower Lake
Upper Lake Region
South Dakota
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
Hocky
Mountain
Middle Plateau
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Indian Territory
Mississippi
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley West Ward
New England
West Gulf States
Southwest
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
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Marti Collins
George F Moore
Alabama
Frederick Webber
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Frank Pierce
Nevada
Frank “Mo Foote
Hugh 5S Cunningham
John F Mayer
JW Morris
West Virginia
Chamberain
Charles E. Rosenbaum
Arkanses
Martin Collins
By Xan
Heredom and Rosy Cross
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St Louis
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Youngatown
H D Hartwell
Pammesville
William Homan
New York City
George E. Howard
HB. Johnson
Detroit
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J Russell Johnson
Dawson
Richard Lambert
New Orleans
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E J Lutg
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J Marshall
Rochester
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Kansas City
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Platte City
Wilkins
Newark
Mal Winter
Justrier
Columbia
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Tiver Pills
Sobi Gooee
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Friends Aid
Mrs. Cooper
M. Street
Balkans
Prince Ferdinand
Chester’ Doni
MR. Poor
F Street
Lansburgh & Bro
Shida
Valeta
Seventh Street
Feeny
Smith & Barnes
Steinway Square
Smithsonian
E. F. Droop & Sons CO
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Washington Post
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Potonia
Shenandoah
Christian Xaunder
7Th St
American Security and Crust Company
Fifteenth Street and
New York Avenue
Tarrant CO
Hudson Street
National Capital Brewing CO
Peter Grogan
Che
Dr. Georges & Son
Pennsylvania Ave
Piangs Players Music
St. NW
Tharp
N.W
Connecticut
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