Former Chief Engineer Highlights Rail Rate Misreadings
John F. Wallace, former Isthmian Canal Commission engineer, testified before the Senate Interoceanic Canals Committee this week. He contends press reports misrepresented his statements on rail versus sea transit rates from New York to San Francisco and the impact on canal construction and freight costs between New York and Panama.
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Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
York
John F. Wallace
Uimmission
Senace Committee On Interoceanic
Penetma
Walle
New York
San
Panama
Qolon
Freigie
Iail
San Praneises
Transsruuid
Yerk
San Francesco
Tae Isthmein Yeute
Lontiner
Conmenei
Transcent
Sin
Preventing movement of consumptives to other states
A central effort in various regions aims to stop sending consumptives to distant states where care is unavailable. The Associated Charities committee urges physicians and citizens in Washington to consider tuberculosis patients' needs, arguing housing, hospitals, and wages influence recovery and the safety of relocation.
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Associated Charities’ Committee
Washington
New York City
New York
Lear
Associated Charities
Columbia
Arizona
Coleraun
California
Tome
Trustees Appointed For Rose Gray In Gram Wir Will
Equity Court No 2 filed a petition by Rose H Gray to appoint H L Thornton and Eugene Douglass as substitute trustees for the Gram Wir trust. They must post bond of 8000 dollars. Court ordered sale of house 123 3 street northwest for 4730 dollars and accepted a 1300 dollar offer for the house on Less Twenty third Street Northwest.
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H. L. Thornton
Eugene Douglass
Rose B. Gray
Juistine Stafford
Equity Court
Rose H. Gray
Gottlob Gram- Wir
Trebar L. Thornton
Eugenes Douglass
Gray
Gerritt Smith
Gibson
St. Andrew's Hospital
Caroline Shippen
Arthur Terrys
Walter Jameses
Howland Davises
Allan Tucker
Frederick Eldridge
Wiliam Draper
Kenneth Frazer
McClure Peters
Robert Low
Amy Thurston
Misses Blagden
Misses Atterbury
Dorothy Roosevelt
Sarah Futler
Marion Armstrong
Langdon Geer
Frank Thurber
Cecil Llandale
George McCarter
Eckford de Kay
Lawson Riges
Noel Armstrong
C. T D. Wilams
Frederick H. Hoppin, Jr
Messrs. Willams
Hoppin
Anna Constable
Francis Pruyn
Wife Waddington
Beatrice Kinney
M. de Merfan
Mlle. Giroux
Bern‘hardt
Mile
Giroux
Fire Under Water Sparks Curative Claims Banner
A brief item notes a sensational claim that fire under water rivals the curative effects of Draga New Life Pills sold by AN druggists, with the newspaper imprint HHGHiE.
Beavers Trial Postponed for Reed Smoot Hearing
United States District Attorney Daniel W. Baker said the trial of George W. Beavers and George E. Green on conspiracy charges tied to post office scandals will not start Monday but will open a week later. Judge Gould grants the delay to fit A. Worthington’s Reed Smoot hearing schedule. The river of trials continues with Jon F. Reach charged with assault at Maring Barracks on September 9 and Edward Ferguson indicted for murder in Bertha West's death last June.
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United States
Daniel W. Baker
George W. Beavers
George E. Green
Justice Gould
A. & Worthington
Caritol
Tne
Jon F. Reach
Edward Ferguson
Reach
Ernest Gichner
Maring Barracks
Ariven
Gichner
Peach
Leckie, Fulton & Cox
Bertha West
Castro Prepares for War Report From Willemstad
A traveler from Venezuela says President Castro seeks war and massive enlistment across the republic. Generals are authorized, recruits called, and desertion anticipated as French blockade looms. Venezuelan troops lack training and modern firepower, while the navy concentrates at La Guaira. In Paris, Moroccan conference stalls Venezuelan resolution awaiting M. Talgny’s Paris visit.
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Willemstad
Island
Curacao
Venezuela
Castro
Republic
Coort
Puerto Cabello
la Guaira
Cast
la Guaire
Paris
Busserand
Foreign Office
Mr. Talgny
France
Caracas
M. Talgny
Alley Problem Discussed By District Charities Group
An Associated Charities committee met at 928 F Street NW to plan opening densely populated alleys and reduce slum conditions. Members including 8 W Woodward and Dr George M Kober reviewed bills on unsanitary dwellings and urged healthful reform to prevent disease linked to insanitary housing.
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Associated Charities Committee On
F Street
W. Woodward
George M. Kober
George M. Sternberg
Charles F. Weller
William
Baldwin
Col
George Truesdell
George 3. Wilson
Charles BH. Foster
S. R. Bond
Alan C. Clephane
Wallace Hatch
Washington
District of Columbia
New York
Georgetown College Freshman Gannon Case Dropped
An order of miscontinuance was entered by Attorney W J Lambert in the mandamus suit to reinstate W E Gannon in Georgetown University freshman class. A conference between Frank A Gannon and Georgetown faculty preceded the filing, aiming for amicable adjustment. Frank A Steele Granted Divorce.
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W. J. Lambert
Mandamus
Georgetown College
W. E. Gannon
Frank A. Gannon
Georgetown
Frank A. Steele
Justice Anderson
Edith B. Steele
Mr. Steele
Lambert and Haker
Death of Gen Eaton Civil War chaplain and educator
Rev John Eaton known as Gen Eaton died at his Washington home after a two day illness. A former chaplain and educator, he aided contrabands in 1862 under Gen Grant and rose to brigadier general by brevet. He led Freedmen's Bureau education efforts, chaired Marietta College and Sheldon Jackson College, and studied Mormonism for Utah education projects. Funeral set for Monday at Gunton Temple Memorial Church with Arlington Cemetery interment.
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Freedmen’s Bureau
Memphis Post
John Eaton
Gen. Eaton
Concord
Porto Rico
Sutton
N. H
Thetford Academy
Vermont
Dartmouth College
Toledo
Ohio
Andover
Mass
Presbytery
Maumee
Tennessee
Lincoln
Eaton
Twenty-seventh
Ohio Regiment
New York
Chaplain Eaton
Sixty-third Regiment of
Colored Infantry
Freedmen's Bureau
Washington
South
Lucius
State
United States
Alaska
Europe
South America
Japan
South Africa
Gen. Haton
Marietta College
Sheldon Jackson College
Sait Lake City
Utah
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Vicksburg
Lord Bute
Palestine
Jerusalem
Marquis of Hastings
India
Malta
Calcurtta
Flora Campbell
Loudoun
Scotland
Loudoun Castle
Marchioness of Bute
Norman McLeod
Bute
Marchioness of Hastings
Virgina
John
Lincoln Birthday Observance Planned by Department of the Potomac G A R
The Department of the Potomac G A R will mark Lincoln's birth with a ninety sixth anniversary program at the First Congregational Church next Monday at 8 pm. Noted speakers will headline addresses interspersed with music and recitations as the church is decorated for the event. Comrades of the Grand Army the Woman's Relief Corps and other patriotic groups are invited along with the public.
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Department of the Potomac
G A. R
Abraham Lincoln
First Congregational Church
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corps
Grewsome relics of dead peers and royal ties
Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart, brother of the Marquis of Bute, plans a high profile marriage to Hon. Ismay Preston daughter of Lord Gormenson. The piece traces family wealth, historical heart and hand removals, and tales of royal intrigues linking the Butes to Montrose and Hastings families.
Insurance as Commerce Debate Before House Judiciary
Ralph W. Breckinridge of Omaha testified before the House Judiciary Committee supporting federal regulation of insurance. He argued insurance comprises commerce, citing history and legal opinions, and noted broad public demand for federal oversight to curb mismanagement and fraud.
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Ralph W. Breckinridge
Omaha
Insurance
American Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
House
Congress
Breckinridge
Freckinridge
Eadtet
Law Courts
United States
Incorporated Law Society of London
Dryden
Meader
Peru
Cy Lishters
Narragansett Pier
Steckenridge
Supreme Court of the United States
Whitlock
Supreme Court
Virginia
Labrman Jenkins
Maren
Carpenter Sues for 316100 Over Construction Injury
Victor A Papa sues Ambrose I Stannard contractor in charge of new Department of Agriculture buildings for 316100 damages in the District Supreme Court. Papa, a carpenter, says in June he was directed to shore up an excavation and the wall caved in, injuring his right leg.
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Ambrose I. Stannard
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Victor A. Papa
Worthington, Heald & Frailes
Pope
Mr. Stannard
Moore and Hill Offer Edge of Business District Property
Moore and Hill advertise a four story brick house with large brick stable on over two acres, near 14th and at a busy business area. Asking price 10500 with rent of 870 yearly. Wires are rapidly enhancing the area. call for complete list of details.
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14Th and
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Whitney plans Tammany rise amid Sullivan link
Harry Payne Whitney rumored to back Timothy Sullivan for Tammany leadership and to seek a Albany return, with whispers Sullivan could replace Charles Murphy as leader. Whitney and Sullivan are longtime allies, seen at events and in social circles, while other reports hint at broader shifts in Tammany hierarchy.
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New York
Harry Payne Whitney
Tammany
Timothy TD. Sullivan
Congress
Sullivan
State Senate
Albany
Washington
Bowery
Statehouse
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
M Sullivan
Big Tim
William C. Whitney
Thormas ’. Ryan
Gertrude Vanderbilt
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