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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1905

Page

9

Tribunals Question Due Process in Union Station Damages

Attorneys clash as a district court delays the swearing in three appointees to assess damages for property taken by the new Union Station project. They contend lack of notice taints jurisdiction while officials say notice is impractical. The case centers on a possible $1,000,000 plus impact on about 1,000 claims with hearings anticipated in the fall.

Union Station George W. Moss Charles A. Baker John H. Walter Justice Barnard Henry H. Davis Leon Tobriner William A Barnes Frederick W Sergman Darlington District Court of Appeals Justice Morris Messrs. Darlington Tobriner A. Leftwich Sinclair

Permission Granted for Canadien Regiment Visit to Providence

The Forty-third Canadien Regiment the Duke of Cornwall's Own has received passage consent from governors of New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts to pass through those states en route to Boston and Providence. Massachusetts law 1182 bans assemblies of visiting troops for drill or parade. The telegram was sent to the British Ambassador in New York and Lenox.

Duke of Cornwall’s Own Providence State Department Ottawa New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Hays Forty-third Canadien Regiment Duke of Cornwall's Own Boston New York Lenox

Chairman Keeps Will See the President at Sagamore Hill

Assistant Secretary Keep of the Treasury plans a Sagamore Hill visit to deliver the commission’s report on the Public Printer’s purchase of seventy two Monotype machines for the Government Printing Office. Fourth-class Postmasters appointed: Brockway Georgia M Sterting. Robinsonville Hedrick T Hill. Boothbay Pred Walsh. Aleppo Ingram Snyder. Le Mont Alverda E Brinnaldy. Northwest harvest aid urged as 10,009 workers sought with wages from 41.75 to 260 a day. towns list Grand Forks Fargo McHenry Jessie Sheldon Moorhead Hannaford Casey MD.

Keep Sagamore Hill Treasury Department Washington Commission Government Printing Office Gonnecticut—Brockway Georgianna M. Sterting Delaware Robinsonville Hedrick T. Hill Maine Boothbay Pred Walsh Pennsylvania Aleppo Ingram Snyder Virginia Northwest St Paul Minn Northern Ps Office Railroad Grand Forks Fargo McHenry Jessie Sheldon Moorhead Hannaford Casey

Cotton Plant Grows Two Stalks in Front Yard Experiment

Hugh Watson, former Advocate editor now living at 504 K Street NW, claims proper cultivation can yield full-maturity cotton in the Washington area. He planted seeds from Louisiana about May 1 and now reports two three-foot stalks with ninety blooms, attracting attention as he plans a larger trial next year.

Hugh Watson Washington The Advocate Louisiana K Street Watson Sunay South Mr. Watson

In Memory of Blackmar Oration by Col Keeler

Special services remembering Gen Wilmon W Blackmar commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic were held at Northeast Temple under Georges H. Thomas Woman's Relief Corps auspices. Col E A Keeler delivered the oration praising Blackmar for his clean upright life and strong army leadership.

Wilmon W Blackmar Grand Army of the Republic Northeast Temple Georges H. Thomas Woman’s Reillet Corps George H. Thomas Post C. Littlejohn Col A. P. Tasker the Potomac B. P. Ettrikin Department of the Potomac H. H. House Wm A. Keeler Lida J. Hart Woman's Relief Corps Julia Roberts Miria L. Jordan Littlejohn Mary W. 8 Thatcher Corps Blackmar

Police Court Moves to New Quarters This Morning

Police Court will move from the old Bureau of Statistics building on Fifteenth street to new quarters on D and E streets northwest after today’s session. The 27 year old edifice is to be demolished for a permanent courthouse at the same site. Furniture and fixtures are being moved today with setup planned for Sunday.

Police Court Joseph Potts Fifteenth Street D and D Street

Jeffers Named Postmaster at Hackensack After Months of Fight

William Jeffers was appointed Presidential postmaster at Hackensack New Jersey yesterday ending a lengthy contest. A former telegraph operator to the Vice President, he was initially preferred by Hobart though Roosevelt left him undisturbed while Fairbanks favored another candidate. Local Republican bosses had pressed for Judge Cummings then Thomas Barry before the President settled on Jeffers, a Washington figure well known there.

Hackenack William Jeffers Hackensack W. J Jeffers United States Hobart Roosevelt Fairbanks Washington New Jersey Judge Cummings Thamas Barry

Congress of Anarchists Chooses Boston as Meeting Site

Police report that Boston has been selected for this year’s international congress of anarchists instead of Paterson New Jersey. Lynn representatives are said to distribute circulars in the North Hud area seen by police as advance propaganda for the convention, with efforts suspected to block the plan.

Boston North Hind Paterson N. J International Congress of Anarchists Lynn North Hud

Secretary Root's North Sydney Arrival Report

Secretary of State Elihu Root arrived in North Sydney on Aug 4 after travel from Ottawa. The fragment notes his movement toward Labrador to observe events and participate in ceremonies, but details are incomplete and unclear.

Retary Root North Sydney Elihty Root Ryan A. Send Labrador

Manila bank gashier held in Manila fraud case

H B Mutford cashier and founder of the American Bank of Manila, arrested on charges of forging four notes of Chinese merchants totaling £1,000. Bank failed in May leaving many young Filipino businessmen and a Chicago engineer with losses. War Department officials note the institution’s collapse amid limited official information.

War Department Bank of Manila H. B. Mutford Mulford Philippines Nebraska Chicago Bureau of Insular Affairs

German Trade Policy Raises Alarm at Frankfort Assembly

Mr Bernstein of the German Reichstag warned that new commercial treaties will hurt German exports and manufacturing by lifting duties and shifting industry abroad. He argued tariffs would depress wages, raise living costs, and reduce employment while urging a pact with the United States and opposing a tariff war.

Frankfort-on-the-Main Bernstein National House of Representatives Germany United States Indus

Mental Health Rulings In District Supreme Court

Justice Barnard presiding declared Mia Myra A. Clancy and William H. Smith mentally sound and ordered discharge from the Government Hospital for the Insane. The case of Corsa IL Taylor continued. others named Archibald B. Campbell William Gierer Mark H. Kinney and Bertha Tolliver were found unsound. District Commissioners petitions represented by Gus A. Schuldt and Belva A. Lockwood attended. Richard P. Vans of the Medico Society was present but did not participate.

Nnesringe Yesternl Justice Barnard District Supreme Court Mia Myra A. Clancy William H. Smith Government Hospital Corsa IL Taylor Archibald B. Campbell William Gierer Mark H. Kinney

Sage Not at His Office On His Eighty Ninth Birthday

Special to The Washington Post New York Aug 4 Russell Sage celebrated his eighty ninth birthday staying from his downtown office for the second time in his career Since a long illness he has visited his office rarely and spent the day mostly at his Fifth Avenue home Mrs Sage joined relatives at Cedarhurst L I while well wishers were directed to his house rather than his desk

Washington Post New York Russell Sage Mr. Sage

Hotel tips revolt at Palmer House over house control

Thirteen Palmer House porters quit when management shifted tips to the house, claiming salaries would rise while tips were handed to the head porter. Hotel detectives guarded tipping money and a new force replaced the strikers within minutes, triggering widespread employee uproar.

Washington Chicago Palmer House

The Darrow Enigma ends with a fatal confrontation

In a physician's narration the Darrow murder unfolds with Maitland accusing M Godin of manipulation and Latour's confession. A staged crime, a missing chemist's poison, and a hidden handprint cast near the eastern window propel the trial toward Monday revelations. Gwen Darrow and Miss Darrow witness a tense parlor drama.

A Family Trait from the Chicago Journal

An excerpt features Mire and Oldcastle discussing Mrs. Binkleton’s new story and a hostes s remark about idio matic style. The dialogue ties a family trait to a niece described as half-witted amid a poetically phrased wartime refrain about keeping music alive.

Chicago Jourist Mire

Fink's Ice Cream Parlors and West End Notices

Local ad column notes Fink's Ice Cream Parlors at 2922 M Street with cool treats and evening music, plus Western Union service from Weillers Aqueduct Bridge drug store. Updates include residents traveling, bank president vacationing, summer trips to Virginia and Saratoga, and various local business notices, calls for home repairs, and moving sale promotions.

Fink West West End Western Union Weillers Aqueduct

Baltic Black Sea Canal Plan Moves Forward in Russia

A Russian organized company backed by imperial authority aims to build a Baltic and Black Sea canal spanning 1,460 miles without locks. Engineer Rukteschel proposes linking the Dnieper and Dvina rivers via a 20 mile feeder, with vast excavation and rock blasting, to cut shipping costs and shift Mediterranean to Northern European transit. Estimated cost near 112.5 million dollars for earthwork plus 10 million for rock, with projected 19 percent profit on a 30 million ton annual throughput.

New York Rukteschel Aimgie Pinsk France Jid Dvina Dnieper Dardanelles England Iran St. Petersburg Mediterranean Europe

Rowing in America compared with English prowess

Ralph D Petre argues American rowing lacks popularity versus England. Conditions shape differences, with American youth facing yearlong training and heavy coaching costs. Yale’s early January call sees few veterans among many raw recruits, highlighting the sport’s limited collegiate appeal.

England Ralph D Petre Yeethuds Doe Oxford Cambridge Yale University Shell St Paul's Groton America Cambri

Senator Depew Story Aims To Stir Public Interest

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Senator Depew plans to share a tale that may not be suitable for all ears but is expected to provoke public interest and discussion across the nation.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Depew

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