Canal Commission bids on coolie labor for Panama Canal
The Isthmian Canal Commission invites bids to hire Chinese laborers for the Panama project. Requirements include a ten hour day with overtime, strict health and domicile provisions, a $10,000 bid deposit, and liability limits on disability. Families may accompany workers, and up to 15,000 laborers may be employed under current rules, with a July 7 1907 deadline.
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Paname Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Canal Commission
Januirs
Congress
Panama
Canal
Jawaitan Islands
Commission
Canal Zone
United States
Shonts
Canal Comminsion
Public Printer to Rule on Bookbinders Row Settlement
Stil lings investigating amid an amicable settlement between bookbinders union members and Acme Foreman Ashton. Public Printer Stilings will act today after suspending A J Tanner sparked calls for a thorough inquiry by the connection division led by Charles Moores. Witnesses including L. Feeney of Local Union No 4 testified as the probe widens, with no strike anticipated and prints chief promising a careful review for a timely decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nism
Acme Poreman
Ashton
Stilings
Saindiy
A. J .Lanner
Soreman Ashton
Swing
Thorogrom
Charles Moores
JL. Feeney
Loukbinders
Astion
Stillings
Bookbinders Union
Tanner
Fubbio
Death of Emerson Alexander deemed natural causes
Coroner Nevitt ruled the death of Emerson Alexander thirty five year old attendant at St Elizabeth's Asylum as natural causes after inspecting his berth aboard the steamer Washing ton of the Norfolk and Washington Line. No inquest was required. The body lies at the morgue awaiting relatives from New York on the Seventh street wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Alexander
St Elizabeth's Asylum
Washington
Norfolk and Washington
Seventh Street
Nevitt
New York
Grocer M M Vance assigns assets in debt settlement
Milton M Vance a grocer of 101 H Street NE recorded an assignment for the benefit of creditors yesterday. He assigns to Walter P Plumley as assignee, listing debts and groceries, horses, and collectible bills worth about $2,500 against a $2,000 indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Vance
Milton M Vance
H_ street
Walter P Plumley
Vance
New Catholic Church Dedicated at Colonial Beach Virginia
A new Catholic church at Colonial Beach Virginia was dedicated to Saint Elizabeth on Sunday morning by Rev Father Coleman of St Patrick's Fredericksburg. The service featured a solemn procession, High Mass, an organ and orchestra, and a grand anthem. The Washington singers and Prof Harry Hall led a well-received choir to celebrate the dedication with pious pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Beach
Elizbeth
Father Coleman
St. Patrick's Church
Fredericksburg
Choi
Ua Hasche
Kyle Elelson
Gloria
Cherubini
Washington
Frank J Mulhall
Denis A O'Brien
Joseph Duffy
L Gannon
Kendall
Dwyer
Qitbert J Gannon
George Rollins
Harry Hall
Samuel
L.E Gannon
Withdrawal of Colored Troops From Fort Brown Brownsville
Acting Secretary of War orders the withdrawal of three colored companies from Fort Brown after a race clash that killed a civilian and wounded the Brownsville chief of police. One company from the Twenty-sixth Infantry will move to Fort Brown’s vacancy, with dispatch requested. Major Penrose reports disturbances, gunfire, and suspected insider access to munitions, while noting few soldiers implicated and civil authorities alleging abuses toward soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Department of Texas
Fort Brown
Brownsville
Fort Ringgold
Tex
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Citizens’ Guard
Fort
Tge Military Reservation
Bailey
Culberson
Texas
War Department
Penrose
Maj Penrose
Customs Office
Tate
Newton
Newton Rose Tate
Lene
Lipscomb
Ma Ponrose
Combe
Evans
Appropriations Reach Total of 879508185.16
Detailed figures by Senate and House appropriation clerks show a net increase of 59.4 million since the last session. The 1907 total appropriations reach 879,589,185.16 with contracts for future Congresses adding 20,587,200 and a 1,649 net increase in offices and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Congress
Cannon
Mesara
Thomas P. Cleaves
James
District of Columbia
Army
Fort Mason
Cal
Brttary Academy
Weat Point
Baltimore
Mght
Alessis, Cleaves
Fire
Police
Library of Congress
Department of State
Treasury Department
Office
Treasurer of the United States
Independent ‘Treasury
War Department
Navy Department
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Government of
Almshouse
Military Prison
Diplomatic and Consular Service
Military Establishment
Naval Establishment
Postal Service
Public Service
House of Representatives
Interior Department
Department of Commerce and Tabor
Diplomatic
Consular Couvier
Acta
Agriculture Act
Isthmian Canal
Tethnnian Canal
Man Steals Clock Graphophone And Records From Home
Charles E Tribby reported to the Tenth precinct yesterday that while he was away on vacation someone entered his residence and stole a valuable onyx clock a graphophone and about forty records. Detectives Pratt Howlett and Estes are investigating from headquarters and precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E Tribby
Tenth Precinct
Pratt and Howlett
Headquarters
Estes
Washington Boomers Urge Bold Publicity Drive for Jobs
Washington businessmen form committees and plan publicity campaigns to attract manufacturing and shipping jobs. A message from Jobbers and Shippers Association urges aggressive outreach, Jamestown Exposition display, and targeted folders to lure skilled workers, citing advantages of wages, schools, and quality of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greater
Charles E. Howe
Jobbers and Shippers’ Association
Yeaterday
Mr. Howe
J A. Bunyan
Wartern
Drowned Newspaper Carrier Dives at Tidal Basin
Bernard Kennedy a fourteen year old newspaper carrier son of BB Kennedy of Pennsylvania Avenue SE drowned while swimming in the Tidal Basin yesterday afternoon. Two companions Keith Hall and Nelson Turner tried to rescue him, but he disappeared from the boat amid a struggle. Hall and Turner alerted the harbormaster and others as a search began, with a coroner to hold an inquest after the body is recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Kennedy
BB Kennedy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Keith Hall
Pennsylvania
Hall
Turner
Kennedy
C. E Allen
Retair
Nobs
H Wilkerson
Eugene Green
Ife
Hathhing
Lont
Nevitt
Divorce Suit Details Cruelty and Residence Split
Mrs Lulu Wood Hemingway petitions for a limited divorce from Charles B Hemingway a Pension Bureau clerk in District Supreme Court recounting October 3 194? marriage end September last due to alleged cruelty his inviting an aunt and sister to live with them and later coercive credit denial flowers and letters tempting a return she left for her son and daughter and seeks an injunction while the case proceeds Justice Stafford set Monday as show cause date Laborers' Building and Loan Association Incorporation with 10 000 capital and eight incorporators.
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Lulu Wood Hemingway
District Supreme Court
Charles B Hemingway
Pension Bureau
Hemingway
Slater
Iowa
Leckle, Fulton & Cox
Stafford
Tug Coronet Robbed Report At Police Headquarters
Captain W. W. Coleman said the tug Coronet was entered while he was away Sunday, with two suits of clothes two pairs of shoes and two razors stolen. Detective Parham was assigned to the case.
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W. W. Coleman
Parham
Erse
Washingtons Parks and Lighting Rival Old World Cities
Commissioner Macfarland returns from Europe praising Washingtons parks and potential, noting Paris and London as ahead in street lighting and water fronts. He urges park expansion south of Pennsylvania Avenue and outer-city parkways, and supports higher power gas lighting trials to rival European brightness while stressing sanitation and urban beauty as business assets.
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Bre
Ff Macfarland
Europe
Simplons
Milan
Florence
St Gothard
Luzerne
Interlaken
Berne
Territet
Paris
London
Neighhirkoad
Stoke-Pegis
Eton
Windsor
Oxtford
Warwick
Kenilworth
Stratford
Avon
Liverpool
Buttis-Cheaumont
Rack Creek Park
United States
Versailles
Fountainbleau
Palace Parks
Potomac
Anacostia
Washington
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
City of
Union Station
Capitol
Congressional Library
Treasur
Washington Monument
Eutaya
Macfarland
Wettington
Macfarlang
American cities urged to adopt taxi metering abroad
In streets and public places Mr Macfarlane argues for Pars style taximeter cabs and automatic distance and fare registry. He notes Paria has profitable cab companies and calls London Paris transport good but street railways weaker. He compares American telephones and railroads favorably and cites Commissioners Biddle and West departing Friday and yesterday for vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Macfarland
Paria
Paris
Biddle Lett
Commissioner West
Weather conditions and temperature departures across regions
The Weather Bureau reports widespread rainfall and thunderstorms from Laval to the Gulf coast and the Rocky Mountain region. Temperatures run above average in most areas, with notable departures in the Lake region. Expect cooler, showery conditions in the Northwest and Southern states Tuesday through Thursday, with variable coastal winds and a shift to southwest winds offshore. Local temperatures and sunshine percentages are provided for the previous night and daytime hours, along with historical highs and lows.
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Lake
Witl
Counns
Wednesay
Cowan
New England
Middle Atlantic
Atlante
Gulf
In City Notices and Miscellaneous Local Items
Probate filings show Marie Louise Grynstead estate proceeding dated February 5 1903 seeking letters testamentary for heirs Aues and John Grinstead. A kindergarten entrance exam is scheduled September 11 at Franklin School. A tailor Robert Greenwald was arraigned for embezzlement and detained awaiting grand jury. Funeral for Capt Jamies Gillin set. burial planned in Newark NJ. Walter Nelson found dead at a lumber yard. autopsy awaiting relatives. Rebecca Camphor stabbed. Benjamin Proctor detained. Brother Adam of Emmanus Institute celebrates graduation with Catholic parish ties. Brother George planned succession.
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Marie Louise Grynstead
Br Cn Tre
Aues
John Grinstead
Grinsead
Ase
Franklin School
Robert Greenwald
Mminle
Yeater
South Capital
Siren
Aitou Af
Rebecca Camphor
Homeopathic
Benjamin Proctor
Nallor
Proctor
Brother Adam
Emmacus
Nema
George
Washington
Chicago
Fin
Adam Ners
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Coolie
Stillings Investigating
St. Elizabeth
Secretary of War
May Penrose
Hood
Laborers’ Building and Loan Association
John W. Lewis
Thomas B. Mann
W. A. Bowle
Lazarus B. Williams
W. A. H Colden
Estella E. Jordan
John W. Stayly
Moses Payton
Commissioner Macfarland
White Goods Dept
8Th St. Annex
Lansburgh& Bro
Sanders & Stayman Co
m.G.doom
Amlek
Ed Sa
Raime
Asheville
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Chasenne
Davenport
New
Orleeda
North Pistte
Pittburg Pa
Louis
Paul
Springtieia
Son Maat
Arpers Ferry
W Vas
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
Columbia Graphophone
Columbia Phonograph Co
Massachusetts Avenue
Soren
Carleton Vaughan
FF Street
N. W
Mea Ee
Wilkens- Sheiry
Wilkens-Sheiry Printing Co
Virginia Port
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Si.n.w
Sses
John Wedderburn Co
H.W
Wood
T. W. Wood & Sons
Ismen
Rishm
Howard Nichall
Pacific Traping Company
St. Louis
PEG@PLES PHARMACY
D.C
Price &R
Mlines Oll Aate
Poe
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