Rates on Isthmus Says He Was Quoted Wrong
Former Chief Engineer John F. Wallace testified before the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals this week. He claimed press reports misrepresented his remarks on rail versus canal freight rates from New York to San Francisco and to Panama, stressing cost reductions tied to canal construction and the impact on transcontinental shipping.
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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 removal of consumptives to other regions
A national effort to keep tuberculosis patients at home by preventing their shipment to other climates. The Associated Charities committee seeks medical and public support to restrict to cases with secure employment and funds, arguing climate changes worsen outcomes and strain host communities. Dr. D. Percy licking and Gen. Sternberg sign the note urging doctors and citizens to act.
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Associated Charities’ Committee
Washington
New York City
New York
Lear
Associated Charities
Columbia
Arizona
Coleraun
California
Tome
Two Trustees Named for Rose Gray Trust Fund
In Equity Court No 2 Juistine Stafford appointed H L Thornton and Eugene Douglass as substituted trustees for the Rose H Gray trust under Gottlob Gram Wir will. Bond set at 8000 dollars. Court orders sale of 123 3 Street NW for 4730 dollars and acceptance of 1300 dollar offer for house on Less Twenty third Street NW.
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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
Beavers Trial Is Delayed As Reed Smoot Hearing Looms
United States District Attorney Daniel W. Baker reports the Beavers and Green conspiracy case tied to post office scandals will begin a week later than planned. Judge Gould approved the delay to accommodate A. Worthington at the Reed Smoot hearing in Washington. Meanwhile Reach and Ferguson trials proceed. Reach faces assault charges at Maring Barracks on September 9 and Ferguson stands indicted for murder in the Bertha West death.
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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
Castroprepares for War in Venezuela War Rumors from Willemstad
A traveler from Venezuela reports President Castro mobilizing across states with generals commissioned and recruits called. Citizens allegedly oppose Castro as French blockade looms, with desertions feared and limited armament. Venezuelan navy strength cited at La Guaira and La Guaira. Paris awaits Moroccan conference outcomes and ambassador reports.
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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 on Washington streets discussed by Associated Charities
An Associated Charities committee meeting at 928 F Street NW addressed improving housing conditions and opening densely populated alleyways. Members including 8 W Woodward and Dr George M Kober endorsed federal bills to condemn unsanitary dwellings, arguing health risks from insanitary houses exceed waterborne typhoid fears.
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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
Gannon Case Dropped and Georgetown Freshman Row
An order of miscontinuance was entered by W J Lambert in the mandamus sale to reinstate W E Gannon as a Georgetown freshman. A conference between Frank A Gannon and Georgetown faculty aimed at amicable adjustment. Frank A Steele Granted Divorce. Justice Anderson grants divorce to Frank A Steele from Edith B Steele with custody of two children awarded to Mr Steele.
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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 Feted as Civil War Chaplain and Educator
Rev John Eaton known as Gen Eaton died at his Washington home after a short illness. A chaplain in the Twenty seventh Ohio during the Civil War Grant named him to care for contrabands in 1862, later rising to brigadier general by brevet. He organized freedmen schooling, led the Freedmen's Bureau, and served as US Commissioner of Education before presidencies at Marietta College and Sheldon Jackson College. He studied Mormonism and advocated Christian education in Utah. He leaves a widow Miss Shirley and three children. funeral Monday at Gunton Temple Memorial Church with Arlington interment.
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Freedmen’s Bureau
Memphis Post
John Eaton
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Concord
Porto Rico
Sutton
N. H
Thetford Academy
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Dartmouth College
Toledo
Ohio
Andover
Mass
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Tennessee
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Twenty-seventh
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New York
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Sixty-third Regiment of
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Freedmen's Bureau
Washington
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Sheldon Jackson College
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India
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Flora Campbell
Loudoun
Scotland
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Norman McLeod
Bute
Marchioness of Hastings
American Paper and Pulp Association
Seasion
Waldorf-Astoria
John Daniel
Virginia
Nne
Charles F. Moore
Moore
Allen
Biuphan
John B. Chidwick
Maine
Sirvana
John A. Wade
Tombs
Chidwick
Mrr. Wade
Wade
Inclinah
St. Ambrose’s Charentiny
New York Protestant Episcopal City
Sorciety
McClellan
Lincoln Birth Anniversary Observed by G A R
On Lincoln's birthday the Department of the Potomac G A R marks its ninety sixth anniversary with a program at the First Congregational Church next Monday at 8 pm. National figures will give addresses, with music and recitations. Comrades of the Grand Army, the Woman's Relief Corps, and patriotic groups are invited.
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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 chronicle Bute era unions
The article recounts Lord Ninian Crichton Stuart, heir to Lord Bute, his marriage links to Lord Gormenston's daughter Ismay Preston, and the Bute clan's wealthy and storied past. It details heart and body burial curiosities from the Bute and Hastings line, including Montrose relics, family intrigues, and the engaged Marquis of Graham.
Insurance in Commerce Debate Before House Judiciary
Ralph W. Breckinridge of Omaha, head of the American Bar Association insurance committee, urged Congress to regulate insurance as commerce before a large House Judiciary Committee. He cited global and domestic insurance scales, noted federal supervision demand, and referenced Elizabethan law and Paul vs Virginia to frame insurance as commerce.
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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 31600 Damages Over Construction Injury
Victor A. Papa sues Ambrose I. Stannard the Department of Agriculture contractor in charge of new buildings for 316,100 damages in the District Supreme Court through attorney Worthington Heald frailes. Pope contends a June accident occurred when Stannard directed shore up work for a building foundation, a faulty shoring allegedly caused a cave in that buried his right leg and left him unable to work earning 2,000 dollars annually.
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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 Space as Investment Property
Moore and Hill advertise a four story brick house with a large brick stable and over two acres of ground. Renting for 870 dollars yearly, the property sits near 14th Street and a busy business district edge, promising a good buy for investors. Call for the complete list.
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14Th and
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Whitney Sullivan plan fuels Tammany leadership shift
In New York politics Harry Payne Whitney is linked to a plan to nominate Tim Sullivan for Congress while Sullivan eyes a return to Albany. The dinner for The McManus touched off talk of a leadership change at Tammany Hall with Whitney and Sullivan as central figures.
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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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