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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1904
Page
33
Woodward and Lothrop announces shorter weekend hours. The New York Washington Paris store will close at 5 o clock during the heated term, with Saturday closing time at 1 PM. The change affects shoppers planning weekend visits and midweek shopping.
Three lots of women’s shirt waists offered at reduced prices with embroidery and handwork. White Persian Lawn and India Fawn Shire Wier distiner and other styles priced at 1.90, 2.25, and 5.00 after discounts, reflecting new fashion details and Valenciennes trims.
Half price sale in the Boys Clothing Department highlights Sailor and Blouse items. Russian Blouse Suits, Linen Sailor Suits, and Blouses offered at about half original price with items listed from 50 to 75 cents and a few near two dollars. Sale notes emphasize low-cost, washable fabrics and strong values on summer wear.
Advertises sale of summer garments including dressing sacques and guicques in white lawn and dimity. Describes styles with collars, embroidery, trimming, belts, and ribbons. Promotions note August clearance on season's goods with prices from one to two dollars and locations on the third floor in the store.
AA small lot of ten dozen Royal Worcester Dorsets offered at special price. Good quality net straight front dip hip low bust sizes 18 to 30. Regular price 75c. Third floor Eleventh Street.
White India Dimity offered at a special value with yard pricing. New suftings natural color with special price 124 cents per yard. Also available better qualities at 35 and 40 cents per yard. Striped Etamine in green shades. English Long Cloth sold in 12 yard lengths for 1.50 to 1.75 per piece. English Nainsook in 2 yard lengths. Location noted as Eleventh Street store.
Cabinet orders Secretary Morton to study the advisability of a government independent telephone network linking all departments. The move stems from new rate schedules by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. Officials cite large annual government expenditures and existing wires as factors. If Morton favors the plan, Congress may be asked for funding to install lines.
Postmaster General Paine amends regulations to lift weight limits on first class mail to all foreign countries except Canada Mexico and Cuba effective immediately. Second class already exempt. Santo Domingo Venezuela treaties considered. Siam and Abyssinia not pursued due to no direct mail service. Extradition treaty with Haiti signed.
Secretary Loeb dismissed claims that the President or he declined to meet the National Association of Stationary Engineers in Richmond to avoid aiding Democratic campaigns. He said no such statements were made and noted Roosevelt follows McKinley era custom of receiving delegations only on public business.
Haitian Minister Leger told the State Department that reports of broad anti foreign sentiment in Haiti are exaggerated. He noted some foreigners were implicated in a national bank fraud, but denied general hostility, aside from Syrians who are disliked by natives.
Gen Greely reported the government wireless line from Nome to St Michaels working perfectly after a test message traveled 3 500 miles via wireline to Dawson and Seattle. The cable ship Burnsife laid 227 miles of Sitka to Seattle cable and is expected to reach Seattle soon. Army moves include transfers and leaves of absence for several officers and staff at posts from Manassas to Fort Ethan Allen. American ships salute King Edward in Gibraltar as the U S battleship squadron arrives and is warmly welcomed by British authorities.
Roosevelt committee inspects Great Lakes sites for a naval training station led by Capt. W H Reeder and others. Navy orders San Francisco home for overhaul at Norfolk. Endicott to award Pensacola Bureau of Equipment building contract for 116000 to Bates Delean of Atlanta. Admiral Taylor honored with thirteen gun salute at Charlestown Navy Yard. Damsgaard, a landsman, drowned at Shanghai harbor. others reassigned. Navy movements note ships arriving at Gloucester and Newport. Maybrick appeal for pardon echoed by London press. Porto Rican teachers sail to U S aboard Kilpatrick and Sumner, stopping in New York Philadelphia and Washington.
Washington society notes travel and visits among diplomats, senators, and notable hosts. Miss Dorothy Whitney sails to England with relatives, Miss Alicé Roosevelt guests of Countess Cassini at a buckboard picnic disrupted by weather, and Baron von Sternburg dines with the President. Automobilists from Illinois visit Great Falls, Newport society raises funds for tuberculosis, and embassy officials plan leave and arrivals in New York and Saratoga.
Gen Heyes and his winter hero Colombis are repeatedly noted in local society notes. Multiple social visits span from Efigehill to Na hant with families like Bayant Clymer Hirsthal and others traveling abroad, to attend events and ships sailing.
New York authorities report the 200000 dollar jewel set owned by Mrs Ogden Goelet was found today in her safe in New York City after she had left for Newport on June 21. A detective agency noted no robbery occurred and Mrs Goelet later discovered the jewels in her own safe upon returning to the city.
Cardinal Satolli will depart New York tomorrow aboard the Sardegna for Rome following an eight week stay in the United States. He toured major cities, voiced pleasure at his reception, praised the United States, and admired the church in this country. He lunched at the Franciscans monastery on Thompson Street with many callers.
An idle rumor sparked a run at Wilkesbarre Deposit and Savings Bank drawing about 300 foreign deposits. Two policemen observed outside while a foreigner claimed a robbery. Officials barred payouts due to sixty day notice law. most customers soon dispersed.
The article profiles Foster a self styled meteorologist in Washington who rejects sun spot based long range forecasts. He argues planetary magnetism and electricity link sun and earth weather and cites University and naval records as the basis for his planetary meteorology. He contrasts his approach with the Weather Bureau noting restricted access to public weather records and calls for using existing archives to forecast weather.
The record recounts a dispute with Chief Moore over access to meteorological records and a bold August 1904 forecast test. It also notes the funeral with military honors for Captain James R. Durham at Arlington and a reception for Secretary Wilson in Deadwood as part of a broader dispatch.
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