Cornerstone laid for House office building in grand ceremony
In Washington on a sunny Saturday a large crowd witnessed the cornerstone laying for the new House of Representatives office building with President Roosevelt delivering the keynote. The event featured Masons, dignitaries, and performances as the structure rises on B street and New Jersey avenue.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Diplomatic Corps
Roosevelt
Star Spangled Banner
United States Marine Band
Masons
District of Columbia
Grand Lodge
Orette
Walter A. Brown
Walter F. Smith
J. G. Cannon
House
United States Engineers Band
Representative Hepburn
Iowa
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
Supreme Council
Scottish Rite Masons
George Washington
United
Fillmore
Masonic Fraternity
Grand Lodge of Masons
Knights Templar
B Street
New Jersey Avenue
First Street
C Street
Fire destroys 300 horses at Baltimore auction stables
A Saturday blaze in Baltimore gutted Moses Fox auction stables killing about 300 horses and mules. Damages are estimated at 35000 dollars. Firefighters also fended off a threat to the Perth Central railroad warehouse next to the stables.
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Baltimore
Moses Fox
Perth Central Railroad
Earthquake in Formosa Causes Greater Damage than Earlier
A violent quake struck southern Formosa on Saturday morning causing heavier casualties and more destruction than the previous temblor, reports from Tokio state. Authorities are assessing the extent of impact and rebuilding needs.
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Tokio
Formosa
Congressmen Clash Over Immigration Language
In Washington on a Friday session Speaker Cannon intervened as Mr Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Mr Williams of Mississippi clashed over a sentence from a Hopkins Kentucky speech. Acrimonious exchanges followed as they argued motives behind a joint resolution to waive immigration laws for an idiot. Cannon ordered them to sit and strikethe unparliamentary language, and the resolution was finally passed.
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Washington
Cannon
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Williams
Mississippi
Hopkins
Kentucky
Bennett
Finand
Bank with $50 million capitalization eyed in New York
Reported proposition to establish a bank with a capital stock of fifty million dollars to regulate money and exchange rates during financial stringency. It is under consideration by interests linked to the Stock Exchange and by the National City Bank of New York.
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New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
National City Bank
Battle between Mariavite sect and Orthodox Catholics escalates in Warsaw
Warsaw clash draws 3000 participants with two Catholics killed and thirty wounded. The pope reportedly wrote to the Polish archbishop denouncing Mariavite priests.
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London
The
Chronicle
Warsaw
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W. C. Davis
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Washington City
Minor Morris
Benjamin F. Barnes
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House of Detention
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GEO. A. Adams
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