Chinese Commissioners Visit Library and Capitol in Washington
Imperial commissioners Tae Hung hi and Tuan Fang, visiting Washington as special envoys, sampled a Chinese dinner at the Le Baution and toured the State Department and Congressional Library. They exchanged gifts with Treasury officials, then departed for New York amid cordial farewells.
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Library of Congress
le Baution
Tae Hung -Hi
Tuan Fang
Washington
New York
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Mr. Woo
Mi Wan
Sir Liang
China
Dinhelo
Chong
Gui Luang
Enroys
Metropolis
Stock Exchange
Charter of Commerce
Sur Liang
Arlington Hotel
Commessioners
Pennsjania
Sir Jaang
Legation
Chita
State Department
Root
Department
Congressional
Senate
House of Representatives
Treasury Department
Ath Heida
Kington
Putnam
Spefford
Oriental visitors tour Washington Capitol on stay at Arlington
The Celestial Commission toured the Library of Congress and Capitol, inspecting the stacks elevators and reading rooms. They viewed the diplomatic gallery and heard Senator Gallinger read, then returned to the Arlington Hotel to pack as dozens of people gathered outside.
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Mbrarian
Capitol
Jay
Senate
Cajitol
Aes
Senale
Gallinger
SRP
Atone
Chinesinister
Houss
Ooe
Supreme Court
X ‘i
Martin
South Dakota
Landis
Indiana
Liang
Canton
Gen. Grosvenor
Glohn Sharp Willams
Dalgell
Pennsylvania
Esterday
Celestials
Arlington Hotel
Wan
Binglah
Husband at Home With Accused Con Artist Visit
A housewife answered the door to a man claiming her husband was jailed. He asked for rajon es for his collate to return home, but her husband sat inside. The visitor, Charles V. Richey, was detained and to be tried on obtaining money under false pretenses. Police note the scam has hit several homes recently.
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Charles V. Richey
Dike on This Side the Water Heart Health Warning
A Western State German descent reader details coffee's harm to the heart and nerves. After switching to Postum Food Coffee for three years, she reports relief from nervous symptoms heart trouble and asthma and now praises health regained. The letter endorses Postum and cites The Road to Wellville as a read.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Police Capture Cane Thieves in Anacostia Raid
Police nabbed Amila Norrington and Johnny Davis along with Lulu and Izzie in a bold Anacostia blacksmith shop raid. They admitted taking horseshoes and nails while the owner declined to press charges. Investigations traced a related automobile mystery to a found abandoned car and footprints, ending with the vehicle returned to owner Lefroy Parker after his breakdown delay.
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Andrew Koldenbach
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
Weber and
King
Johnny
Tor Station
Aunla Norrington
Johnny Davis
Ray
Weber
Lulu
Highth Street
Izzie
Ang
Kolgenbach
Anacdstia
Demartineit
Senator Clark's Fire Loss at Butte Plant
Fire of unknown origin caused about 500000 dollars in damage at Senator W A Clark's Butte reduction works. The concentrator building and the large elevator used for conveying concentrates were destroyed. The plant was only partially insured. It will be rebuilt.
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Butte
Mont
W.A. Clark
Pruitt testifies self defense in second degree murder trial
William R. Pruitt aged 55 testified in Criminal Court No. 1 that he shot William Steele on June 11 during a struggle for a gun in his home. He said Steele broke in drunk, assaulted him, and the gun discharged during the struggle, wounding Steele in the stomach. Prosecution and defense attorneys presented their cases, with the trial expected to conclude today.
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William R. Pruitt
Justice Wright
Pruitt
William Fr. Steele
Steele
Turner and
Given
J. A Johnson
J. A. Burkart
Water Meter Proposal Discussed by District Medical Society
Washington water use concerns dominated a Georgetown meeting at the Law School Building. A committee reported daily consumption averaging 918 gallons per person, urging meters in private homes at government expense and removal of reservoir sediment. Debate over meters ended with full report adoption.
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Washington
District Medical Society
Georgetown Law School
Great Falls
Mysery
Electric Workers Protest License Bill at Commissioners Hearing
Union secretary George A. Neal of Local 126 opponents a license requirement for electrical work as House Bill 10708 faces passage. The commissioners will consider the measure while Father Daniel P. Duffy protests Monroe street extension through Catholic University land, noting a 1903 pledge and partial compensation offered.
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George A. Neal
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Neal
Tte
Daniel P. Duffy
Catholic University
Monroe Street
Father Duffy
Seventh Street
University
Motorman Saves Boy Dragged Under Car Fender
William Reddy nine years old was dragged under the fender at 230 C street northwest. The motorman quickly stopped the car after dropping the fender and applying the brake, sparing the boy from fatal injuries. he was taken to Casualty Hospital with a head injury.
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William Reddy
C Street
Clarence Lynch
Casualty
President Roosevelt Meets Plumbers at New Willard Session
President Roosevelt praised the American Society of Plumbing Inspectors and Sanitary Engineers after a three day session at the New Willard. Charles B. Bell of Chicago warned of terra cotta pipe inside walls as a major plumbing deficiency and urged stricter regulations. Cleveland will host next year’s meeting. Henry B. Davis to arrange, date pending.
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Hoosevelt
Hoen
Anteritan Society
New Willard
Lim
Charles B. Bell
Chicago
Bell
Cleveland
Henry B. Davis
Push to obtain Congress charter for Washington Auditorium
Washington Auditorium Company plans a $1,000,000 capital, led by Commissioner West, with 4 B Brown and George D Hamilton drafting the bill. The stock will be 10,000 shares at $100 each, exempt from tax assessments, and the project aims to provide a premier meeting place and ornament to Washington.
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Washington Auditorium Company
Commissioner West
Congress
B. Brown
George D. Hamilton
Washington
Bayonet Stops Cars On Washington Street Car Line
A bayonet wedged in a Capital Traction trolley slot halted the Fourth to Fifth streets Southeast line for over an hour Tuesday afternoon. A boy’s toy blade lodged in the slot, the motorman failed to see it, and the trolley tore it loose and dropped it into the bottom of the slot. A wrecking crew arrived at 5:16 p.m. to clear the obstruction after 6 o'clock.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Capital Traction Company
Fourth
Fifth Streets
The Demand for Reliable Furniture
The Demand for Reliable Furniture offers furniture from a factory of Sohouely, a reliable manufacturer. Each item undergoes maker scrutiny and our own close examination before stock. We sell all grades of furniture carpets chinaware stoves and other house furnishings at plainly marked prices with accommodating service.
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Sohouely
Census official wants cotton data task dropped
Director North of the Census Bureau seeks relief from collecting cotton statistics amid criticism from President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Growers Association. He calls the work disagreeable and questions congressional funding, noting no errors found and no leaks since the system began.
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Director North
Census Bureau
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
North
Congress
Cerfaus
Inspector Ashford issues permits for three dwellings
Inspector Ashford yesterday issued permits to Benjamin and Mary F Scaggs for a two story frame dwelling at 44 Jefferson Street with an estimated cost of 2200 dollars. Ella Shone for a two story dwelling at 1226 Quincy Street Northeast costing 2000 dollars. Henry A Wiath for a frame attic house at Rhode Island Avenue and Twenty Fourth Street with an estimated cost of 1200 dollars. In a separate incident John J Casey of Fort Myer is in Emergency Hospital after a scuffle at a saloon on Sixth Street Northwest in which Frank Thomas allegedly struck him with a bottle. Casey could not identify the assailant.
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U. S
Mississippi
Missouri Valleya
Atlantic Coast
Reocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Miasoua Valley
Miasissippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Tennesee
South Atlantic States
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Benjamin
Mary F. Scaggs
Jefferson
H. ©. Jones
Ella Shone
Quincy Street
W. F. Shone
Henry A. Wiath
Rhode Island Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Spedden & Spedden
John J. Casey
Fort Myer
Mergency Hospital
Frank ‘Thomas
Tenth Street
Casey
Booker Washington to Talk at Manassas School Fund Event
Booker T. Washington will speak at First Congregational Church to aid Manassas Industrial School. The event seeks land for stock and garden use and funds to cover debt and shop equipment. Plantation songs and speeches are planned with a White House reception likely. Separately Washington Peach Bottom Slate Manufacturing Co. formed with $25,000 capital to mine and sell slate.
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Booker T. Washington
First Congregational Church
Manassas
White House
Slate Company
Frank M. Johnson
John Gardner
Harvey E. Heacath
Robinson White
Washington Peach Bottom Slate Manufacturing Company
Main 267 to be replaced by Main 6000 central station
Washington's police and fire headquarters will abandon its old magnet system today for a new common battery central station board with forty trunks to the central exchange. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co will furnish and maintain it under a recent agreement via electrical engineer Walter Allen. The upgrade promises improved service and notable district savings
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Washington
Battery Central Station
Central Exchange
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Walter €. Allen
Telehone Company
Sergeant Detailed to Guard Civiliana at Aqueduct Bridge
Maj. Sylvester informed Col. Hatfield at Fort Myer that four sergeants from the fort were assigned to duty on the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge to protect civilians from insults by soldiers returning to and from the city. The U S Marshal report on HL Jordan's complaint about his daughters being insulted by soldiers has been sent to the White House.
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Maj
Sylvester
Col. Hatfield
Fort Myer
Virginia
Aqueduct Bridge
United States
HL. Jordon
Jordon
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Ita
Senator Clark
William Steele
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Washington Post
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Lansburgh & Bro
Jacquard
al- Suk Black Peau de Soie
NORTE
Booker Washington
Will
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Quality House
American Security and Trust Company
Eenth
Pennsylvania Ave
Penn. Avenue
Goodyear Rubber Co
Tharp
Berkeley
F St.n. W
Bridge
Peter Grogan
Seventh St
H and I Sts
Washburn’s
Pillsbury’s
G. G. Cornwell & Son
Siegmund
Tee Sanders & Stayman Co
Pana
Leya
Oppenheimer’s
Oth
Nick Eliments
Witure CO
St. A. Gollins
Virgil Virgil Glavier
Piano School
N. E
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F. Ies
Georgia E Millmr
AK Virg
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Privave
Roulay
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Herndon Morsell
Francesco Lamperti
Milan
Boston
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Woen Studios
Viess
Katie Wilson-Greene
New Statia
Grimes’ Pians
Azoneld
Edith Pickering
Gachusetts
University of Music and Dramatic Art
Thomas Evans Greene
New Studie
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Oscar Garrissen
Rochambeau
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