Balfour Edges Chamberlain In Tariff Reform Rift
Balfour signals support for Chamberlain’s general unionist appeal while Chamberlain declines leadership, aiming to form a separate group. A noted letter from Chamberlain anchors tensions, with reports that Balfour may bridge factions but exact positions remain undefined as February 15 plans loom.
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Fabe
A. J. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Vuro
Chatmtariais
Chronicle Vat
Chomeericain
Bitael
Este
Lette
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Tariff Reform Debate Splits Unionists Over Leadership
A detailed letter from Mr Chamberlain outlines three tariff reform views within the Unionist ranks and argues for clear leadership under Mr Balfour. He critiques calls for inaction and suggests a parliamentary group for tariff reform proponents to express their stance while remaining within the party.
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Mr. Balfour
Mr. Chamberlain
Balfour
Chamberlain
Local Undertakers Offer First Class Service
A historical listing for funeral services includes W. R. Speare Undertaker and Embalmer at 940 F Street N.W. with Main 4280 4281. John R. Wright Co Embalers Directors and Embalmers with on premises chap and car 1237 Tenth. J William Lee Funeral Director Embalmer with chapel crematorium and modest prices. George P Zarhorst Embalmer General Parlors at 381 East Capitol and East 372.
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W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
John R. Wright CO
J. William Lee
George P. Zarhorst
Bee Ean Ae
Tienes East
Five Years for Robbery in Santa Fe Depot Fire Case
M M Letts of Princeton Kansas admitted guilt in criminal court for stealing thousands in railway tickets and then setting the depot on fire. He received a five year penitentiary sentence after a sensational escape two years earlier. He was seized in Panama and brought back to the United States where he wed a St Louis woman.
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Kansas City
M. M. Letts
Santa Fe Railway
Princeton
Kans
Letts
Panama
United States
St. Louis
Connecticut Manufacturing Totals Point to Growth in 1904
Census Bureau summary shows Connecticut with 4 477 establishments valued at 373 283 580 dollars excluding small trades. Salaried officials total 13 523 with 17 040 351 dollars in salaries. Wage earners average 181 849 paid 57 942 628 dollars. products valued at 369 082 091 dollars, up 17 percent since 1900. Major industries include ammunition rubber boots brass manufactur es cotton goods foundry and machine shop products hardware silk goods and woolens. Movements of Ocean Steamers. New York Feb 7 sailed Teutonic Nord America Noordam for Rotterdam Liverpool sailed Majestic for New York via Queenstown Sherbourg sailed Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from Hamburg and Southampton for New York.
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Connecticut
New York
Teutonic
Liverpool
Nord America
Naples
Noordam
Rotterdam
Majestic
Queenstown
Sherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm Ah
Hemburg
Southampton
German Move on Morocco Crisis Raises Paris Alarm
Paris debates German police control proposals in Morocco as France vows firm retention of influence. Berlin fears failure at Algeciras may damage prestige, while Sultan of Morocco may finally decide. German officers reportedly recalled though embassy denies order. Delegates discuss customs duties and tobacco monopoly, with conference adjourning to Saturday.
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Paris
France
Berlin
Memphis
Tenn
Morocco
Germany
Algeciras
Vrance
Feo
Hamburger Nachrichten
Turin
Italy
Gazetta del Popolo
Gayetta
Spain
United States
Baron von Werthen
von Aumbach
von Brosigk
Maj
von Below
United ‘States
White House
Wiener Chic Seeks Restore Second Class Mail Status
Austrian periodical Wiener Chic seeks reinstatement of second class mail privileges. Through injunctions, publisher Sigmund Reinach of Hoboken alleges Postmaster General Cortelyou withdrew the status, moving Wiener Chic from second to third class. The monthly publication targets dressmaking information with subscribers across Europe and the United States at four dollars per year.
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George B. Cortelyou
Vienna
Austria
Wiener Chic
Sigmund Reinach
Hoboken
N. J
Europe
United States
Lost Fortune in Torrent near Mazatlan
Special to The Washington Post from El Paso Texas dated February seventh reports the Guadalupe de Los Reyes Mining Company lost about 100000 dollars in gold and silver bullion when a mule train along a trail over the Piaxtia River collapsed into the river. Burros, drivers, and bullion disappeared in the flood.
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Washington Post
el Paso
Tex
Guadalupe de Los Reyes
Mazatlan
San Francisco
Piaxtia River
Demurrer Sustained in Vanderbilt Bond Case at NY Supreme Court
New York Justice Fitzgerald sustained the demurrer in the action by Graham Blandy and others against William K K Vanderbilt Chauncey M Depew Twombly and other directors of the New York and Harlem Railroad Company and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company The suit sought an accounting of 32000000 worth of bonds alleged bought and disposed of below market value It was shown Twombly was not a director at the time of issue Plaintiffs granted twenty days to file a new complaint.
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New York
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
H. Meek. Twombly
Graham Blandy
William KK. Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Twombly
New York and Harlem Railroad Company
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company
New York and Harlem Company
Evidence That School Buildings Can Accommodate More Pupils
The Public Education Association’s joint child labor and compulsory education committees report that existing District of Columbia school buildings can handle more than 5,000 additional pupils. They urge Senate and House committees to advance compulsory education legislation, H. R. 1243, and seek endorsements from citizens associations. Resolutions condemn lack of schooling for 6,000 area children and warn of moral and social harm if action is delayed.
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Senate District Committee
Public Education Association
Senate
Henry J. Harris
F. D. Foster
A. T. Stuart
Citizens’ Associations
District of Columbia
Public Education Assocation
Washington
House of Representatives
Herzog's Store in Washington Burns Losses Mount
Fire in J. Herzog & Son dry goods store at 1012 Seventh Street Northwest caused near total stock loss estimated at 13 000 with building damage about 2 000. Fire started near raw cotton where a customer lit a cigar. authorities suspect a smoldering match sparked the blaze. Herzog, in business over forty years, and his family were upstairs. no injuries reported.
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J. Herzog & Son
Seventh Street
Henry Kraemer
Herzog
Nicholson
Washington
Relief Corps Elects Officers At Annual Convention
The seventeenth annual Woman's Relief Corps convention for the Department of the Potomac G A R F concluded with committee reports and routine business. Eight corps in the district total over 700 members with slight member losses but gains in finances. Installing of new officers will occur next Saturday evening in G A R Hall in a public ceremony alongside the G A R installation. Elected officers include Vina M Calhoun president Julia Roberts senior vice president Julia West Hamilton junior vice president Gertrude Morgan treasurer Mannie G Davis executive board chair Mary V Noerr Annie E Cromwell Alice Cooley Nannie H Wyman executive board members Isabel W Bell and Jennie R Cusick national delegates Mary V Goundie Mattie E McClure alternates.
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Woman’s Relief Corps
Department of the Potomac
G. A. R. Hall
Vina M. Calhoun
Julia, Roberts
Julia West Hamilton
Gertrude Morgan
Mannie G. Davis
Mary V. Noerr
Annie E. Cromwell
Alice Cooley
Nannie H. Wyman
Isabel W. Bell
Jennie R. Cusick
National Delgates
Mary V. Goundie
Mattie E. McClure
Demand the ballot criticism of the president
The thirty eighth annual Woman's Suffrage Association convention in Baltimore opened with Rev Anna Howard Shaw presiding. Gov Warfield welcomed delegates as Susan B Anthony could not attend. the meeting featured music and calls to place women on commissions investigating social conditions. The president urged Roosevelt to include women on commissions affecting their lives and children.
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Anna H. Shaw
Susan B. Anthony
Warfield
Roosevelt
United States
Mary Garrett
Julia Ward Howe
Clara Barton
Gov
Mrs. Warfield
Cincinnati under probe Republicans and Independent refuse to serve
The Ohio senate set up a Lexow committee to probe Cincinnati city departments after a party line vote. Five senators were named. Republican members refused to serve, and Independent Democrat Lamb declined to participate. Drake replaced Lamb as chief inquiry begins with Fridays and Saturdays sessions this term.
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Washington Post
Columbus
Ohio
House
Cincinnati
Senate
Espy
Hamilton County
Queen City
Ident
Parris
Stites
Meek
Hapy
Schmidt
Lamb
Toledo
John R. Drake
Erie County
Alfred M. Cohen
Lawrence Maxwell
Rufus B. Smith
Women Suffragists Depart for Baltimore Convention
A District Woman's Suffrage Association delegation led by Mrs. William Tindall left for Baltimore to attend the thirty-eighth annual national convention. Among the travelers were Mrs. Mary L. Talbot Mrs. Carey Kent Mrs. A E Hendley Mrs. Belva A Voockwood Mrs. Clinton D. Smith Mrs. Ellen Spencer Massey and editor Mrs Colby. They will seek attendance at the February 15 public meeting in honor of Susan B Anthony's eighty fifth birthday at the Church of Our Father. Rev Anna Howard Shaw called the convention to order.
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Baltimore
Woman's Suffrage Association
Ana Howard Shaw
Imma Maddox Funck
Woman's
Marylland
William Tindall
District Woman's Suffrage Association
Mary L. Talbot
Carey Kent
A. E. Hendley
Belva A. Voockwood
Clinton D. Smith
Ellen Spencer Massey
Colby
District Association
Church of Our Father
Susan B. Anthony
National Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Crown Princess Visit Omitted Amid German Court Doubts
Berlin dispatch reports the crown princess Ae will not have a spring visit to her household as complications arise. Court doctors fear her health may hinder bearing a son, clouding the imperial succession prospects, with Empe ror William and crown prince Frederick William under scrutiny. The piece recalls royal marriage details and court tensions surrounding the Hohenzollern lineage.
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Berlin
New York
Wich
Ccella
William Eitel-Frederick
Lora
Frederick William
Cecelia Mecklenberg-Schwerin
Lutheran Church
William
House of Hohengolern
Hubertusglock
Anastasia
Bristol
Great Schloss
Imperial Palace
Local athletes to compete in Virginia intercollegiate indoor meet
A squad of fifteen Georgetown, George Washington, Columbia Athletic Club, G2 town Preps, and Washington School for Boys athletes will contest the indoor meet in Richmond next Saturday under the Virginia Intercollegiate Club. Key events include Georgetown Virginia Polytech one mile relays and George Washington Virginia one mile relay. Washington entries include sprints, dashes, hurdles, throws, and the Washington relay teams. Law School elects officers for the second half of the scholastic year with Kerkam as president and Neale as vice president.
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Georgetown
George Washington
Columbia Athletic Club
G2 Town Preps
Washington Schanl
Virginia Intercollegiate Club
Richmond
Washington
Blandin
Tilney
Bard
Britton
Johnson
Washington School
Sullivan
Staples
W. Orme
Lorando
Spalding
Watson
Connor
Maher
O'Gorman
Sterratt
Kelly
Mudd
Montgomery
Stevens
Fieming
Babcock
Wright
Lerands
Monroe
Gill, Connor
Hertring
Headley
Preacher Under Arrest for Obscene Letters
Chicago February 7 Rev Justin G Wade pastor of the First Congregational Church of Waukegan Illinois was arrested by post office officials on a charge of sending obscene letters by mail. He claimed the handwriting resembled his but could not recall writing the letters and noted insanity in his family. Two letters sent to Andrew Keho a Bloomington Illinois boy invited him to visit the writer. The boy was earlier arrested in Chicago with the letters found in his pocket.
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Chicago
Justin G. Wade
First Congregational Church
Waukegen
Lll
United States
Foote
Andrew Keho
Whho
Bloomington
Ill
Waukegan
A Sleep Talk by Fallieres and a Texan Pupils Point
A Harper's Weekly item recounts M Fallieres dozing after dinner and muttering powder and balls in dreams while M Loubet and guests react. The tale ends with Fallieres sipping coffee unaware. A Baltimore teacher recalls a pupil’s quip that Texas is the largest state in size among the United States.
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Harper's Weekly
Baltimore
Texas
United States
Imperial Court’s Popular Queen Sparks Transformation tale
A fragment describes a princess adored by the public as a beauty and future empress mother in spring. It notes the emperor’s fondness for his daughter and a palace atmosphere shift after her marriage, marking a perceptible metamorphosis in the German court.
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Hnimperor
Oyal
P-Lan
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Kaiser
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Relief Corps
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Maryland
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