Balfour and Chamberlain Clash Over Tariff Reform Link
A heated exchange outlines differences within the party as Joseph Chamberlain endorses a tariff reform stance while not seeking leadership. The letter signals Chamberlain’s push to form a group, with Balfour remaining a potential bridge but not declaring a leadership bid. The discord centers on party unity and tariff policy amid ongoing maneuvers for a February meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fabe
A. J. Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Vuro
Chatmtariais
Chronicle Vat
Chomeericain
Bitael
Este
Lette
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
Tariff reform split over leadership and strategy
A British political dispatch reports Mr Chamberlain outlining three tariff reform views within the Unionist Party and disputing leadership relations with Mr Balfour. He argues for frank discussion, party reorganization, and potential parliamentary groupings to push a clear tariff reform programme.
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Mr. Balfour
Undertakers and Embalmers List in Washington
A period advertisement lists multiple funeral directors including W. R. Speare at 940 F Street N. W and John R. Wright Co with embalmers and livery. J William Lee offers a commodious chapel and crematorium with 32 dollar prices. George P. Zarhorst also advertises embalming services with general parlors at 381 East Capitol Street.
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John R. Wright CO
J. William Lee
George P. Zarhorst
Bee Ean Ae
Tienes
Five Years For Robbery by Santa Fe Agent Letts
M M Letts, agent and operator for the Santa Fe Railway at Princeton Kansas, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to stealing several thousand dollars worth of tickets and setting fire to the depot to conceal the crime. He was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after a sensational escape two years earlier. Arrested in Panama, he was brought back to the United States and married a St. Louis woman there.
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Kansas City
M. M. Letts
Santa Fe Railway
Princeton
Kans
Letts
Panama
United States
St. Louis
Connecticut Manufactures Show Rise in 1904 Output
The Census Office issued a preliminary Connecticut manufacturing summary for the year ending December 31, 1904. Excluding neighborhood trades, 4,477 establishments reported a capital of $373,283,580 and 181,849 wage earners earning $57,942,628 in salaries. Value of products reached $369,082,091, up 17 percent since 1900, with eight leading industries listed.
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Connecticut
German Move Over Morocco Dilemma Sparks Paris Debate
Paris reports German comments on Moroccan police control provoke ministerial interest as France vows to keep paramount influence. Berlin fears a failed Algeciras conference, while Sultan of Morocco may hold final say. German officers in the U S denied orders to return. an officer contingent visits Washington en route to Germany via Italy.
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Paris
France
Berlin
Memphis
Tenn
Morocco
Germany
Algeciras
Vrance
Feo
Hamburger Nachrichten
Turin
Italy
Gazetta del Popolo
Gayetta
Spain
Wiener Chic seeks reinstatement of second-class mail rates
Austrian publication Wiener Chic sues Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou to restore second-class mail privileges. Sigmund Reinach of Hoboken N J represents the Vienna monthly, which claims prior status and European and global subscriptions. The bill states Wiener Chic, a monthly periodical on dressmaking, was downgraded to third-class status under the third assistant postmaster general.
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George B. Cortelyou
Vienna
Austria
Wiener Chic
Sigmund Reinach
Hoboken
N. J
Europe
United States
Lost fortune in torrent shocks Mexican mining firm
Special to The Washington Post reports Guadalupe de Los Reyes Mining Company lost about 100000 in gold and silver bullion. A mule train bound for Mazatlan slid into a river gorge after rain softened the trail, and mules drivers and cargo vanished in the Piaxtia River.
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Washington Post
el Paso
Tex
Guadalupe de Los Reyes
Mazatlan
San Francisco
Piaxtia River
Demurrer Sustained in Harlem Railroad Bond Suit
New York Justice Fitzgerald sustains the demurrer in the case by Graham Blandy and others against William 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. Plaintiffs allege an accounting of 32 million dollars worth of bonds bought and disposed of for less than market value. It clearly appears Twombly was not a director at the time of the bonds issue. Plaintiffs have 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
Education Evidence Shows School Capacity for 5000 More Pupils
The Public Education Association joint committees report that district public schools can accommodate more than 5,000 additional pupils. They oppose a compulsory education bill, urging data collection and citizen support, and requesting early consideration of legislation to address child labor and schooling.
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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 Fire Destroys Stock on Seventh Street
A smoker’s carelessly lit match started a blaze at J. Herzog & Son dry goods at 1012 Seventh Street NW last night. Smoke appeared before 9 pm. two fire companies confined the fire to the main store, but most of the stock was lost. The two story brick building, owned by Henry Kraemer, suffered about $2,000 in building damage while stock and fixtures totaled around $13,000. Herzog estimated 47,000 of stock insured. Kraemer held $6,000 building insurance. Herzog suggested a cotton pile near the scene ignited the fire. the claim is based on a nearby purchase and a burning match-head drifting to raw cotton.
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J. Herzog & Son
Seventh Street
Henry Kraemer
Herzog
Nicholson
Washington
Relief Corps Election At G A R Hall
Seventeenth annual convention of the Woman's Relief Corps Department of the Potomac G A F adjourned last evening with committee reports and routine business. Eight corps in the District, over 700 members, saw slight member decline but strong gains in finances. Installation of newly elected officers will be public next Saturday in G A R Hall with G A R ceremonies. Officers elected 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 Isabel W Bell 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
Women suffrage meeting opens with calls for female commissions
Rev Anna H Shaw presides at the 38th annual Woman's Suffrage Association convention in Baltimore as Susan B Anthony cannot attend. Gov Warfield welcomes attendees and a joint tribute by Julia Ward Howe and Clara Barton closes the evening. Shaw urges Roosevelt to include women on commissions investigating social conditions affecting families.
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Anna H. Shaw
Susan B. Anthony
Warfield
Hev
Anna Howard Shaw
Edwin Warfield
Maryland
EH. Clay Timanus
William F. Stone
M Anthony
Julia Ward Howe
Clara Barton
Anne Monard Shaw
Roosevelt
United States
Mary Garrett
Gov
Mrs. Warfield
Cincinnati Under Probe by Senate Lexow Committee Formed
The Ohio Senate, blocked on a city investigation resolution, voted 19 to 18 to appoint a five member Lexow style committee to probe Cincinnati affairs. Republicans abstain, Independent Democrat Lamb declines. Drake replaces him. Committee to convene this month with hearings Fridays and Saturdays. chief attorney options include Cohen, Maxwell, and Smith.
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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 delegation led by Mrs. William Tindall, president of the District Woman's Suffrage Association, departed yesterday to attend the national convention in Baltimore. In the party are 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. The group plans to attend a February 15 public meeting at the Church of Our Father honoring Susan B. Anthony's eighty fifth birthday. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw called the thirty eighth annual national 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 Health and Birth Prospects Cast Shadow Over German Court
Berlin reports reveal the crown princess Ae will likely not bear a son, dimming hopes for a future German emperor. Court physicians warn her health may prevent motherhood, while crown prince Frederick William’s line could pass the throne to his younger brother William Eitel-Frederick. The Kaiser's era appears unsettled amid these revelations.
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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 Indoor Meet
A contingent of fifteen Georgetown and area athletes will compete at the Virginia Intercollegiate Club indoor meet in Richmond next Saturday evening. Feature events include Georgetown–Virginia Polytechnic and George Washington–Virginia one mile relays, with interscholastic sprints and distance races featuring Georgetown Preps, Washington School for Boys, Columbia Athletic Club, and George Washington participants. Law School Elects Officers. The National University Law School elected officers for the last half of the scholastic year, with Ww. B. Kerkam as president and a slate including Neale, Albert, Reynolds, Powter, Brohus, Woods, Mason, and Graham.
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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
Law School
National University Law School
Ww. B. Kerkam
T. M. Neale
Signor Albert
Philippine Islands
W.W. M. Reynolds
C. D. Powter
H. J. F. Brohus
Germany
J. M. Woods
Mason and Graham
Preacher Arrested in Obscene Mail Letters Case
Rev. Justin G. Wade of First Congregational Church of Waukegan Ill was arrested by post office officials on obscenity mail charges. He claimed handwriting resembled his own and noted family insanity. Letters were sent to Andrew Kehoe Bloomington Ill inviting a visit. The Boy was later detained in Chicago with the letters found.
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Chicago
Justin G. Wade
First Congregational Church
Waukegen
Lll
United States
Foote
Andrew Keho
Whho
Bloomington
Ill
Waukegan
A Sleep Talking French President and a Sugar Moment
From Harper's Weekly, a tale of M. Fallieres drifting into sleep at a Paris dinner and muttering Give me powder and balls. The President of the Senate urged restraint as Fallieres finally awoke and helped himself to sugar with his coffee. A Baltimore teacher recalls a pupil declaring Texas is the largest state.
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London Glens
M. Fallieres
the Elysee
Senate
M. F Pallieres
Victor Hugo
M. Loubet
M. Fallleres
Balis
The
Republic
Harper's Weekly
Baltimore
Texas
United States
The Crown Prince and A Popular Imperial Daughter
Reading like a vivid reminiscence, the piece describes a celebrated princess whose beauty and anticipated motherhood stirred public adoration. It notes the emperor's fondness for her plans, the court's transformed atmosphere, and a lightened palace tone following her marriage to the crown prince.
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Hnimperor
Oyal
P-Lan
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Foten E Conway
Wtos
Tom Ma
Virginta Pate Gaurdh
Yo Spetucuan
Matie de Wheeler
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Wilderness
Peart
Ron
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Uhr de Bela Roy
Louis
JF Dattupwond
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Health Office Record
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Pears
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Rost Om
Pew
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Howard
Penten
Lota Meer
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Galfour
Chamberlains
Undertakers
W. R. Speare
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Kaiser
America
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Baron von Werthen
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White House
Postmaster General
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To-Kalon Wine Co
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Relief Corps
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New York American
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Cluett & Sons
Weber
State Senate Names Committee
Stork
Newport
Java
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Tizaw Gang
Wake Room
Richard W. Henderson
Attanon
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