Fear Outbreak Near as Warships Gather in Oriental Waters
State Department stays reticent while Secretary Root warns of a serious situation. Military movements spark talk of a clash, and ships like the gunboat Canoe push up the Yangtse as the United States braces to protect nationals. Oregon deterrent noted as other ships move toward Greece and the Suez, with authorities pledging vigilance in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Root
Oriental
China
Joot
United States
el Cano
Yangtse
Tiliue
Hrorgkang
Oregon
Brock Troma
Chattanoora
Eilkeston
Greece
Suez Canal
Ordeo
Stace Department
Hat for Miss Roosevelt in lavish wedding gift
The Washington Post reports a costly steamer arrival of a wedding hat for Miss Alice Roosevelt. An expert buyer picked a Paris crown with long plumes and empress Josephine lace, paying £500 for lace plus duties and travel expenses. Total cost about 1800 dollars.
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Washington Post
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Alice Roosevelt
G Kureman
Wyaos
Washington
Emething
Roosevelt
M. Wurzman
London
Hirszmann
Giese
Newport cottage for Miss Roosevelt proposed in Newport
A Newport business figure plans to present Miss Alice Roosevelt with a cottage for 1906 as a wedding gift. The move, funded by public subscriptions, aims to honor her Newport summers and long friendship network. Uncertainty remains whether the plan can be completed in time for her wedding season.
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Wassington
Newport
Alice Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Montis
Admission Cards Vanish At White House Wedding
Reports claim White House officials faced missing admission cards for the Longworth and Roosevelt wedding. One version says a Cincinnati recipient had no invitation card. another claims a card sold for 400 dollars. A unnamed insider cites no authoritative confirmation.
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White House
Longworth
Roosevelt
Cincinmati
Longworth Gift to Bride Featured in Washington Society
Washington society notes detail Congressmen Longworth presenting a diamond neck lace a silver ball clock a solid silver centerpiece two silver dinner forks and a brass water pitcher to his bride in Washington with other ornate pieces described as superb craftsmanship and elegant silverware amid Cincinnati gossip and social chatter.
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Speci
Washington
Cincinnati
Onis
Congressmanian Longworth
George B Cox
Kaiser Wilhelm II Tales of Tipping Frenzy on Voyage
Special to The Washington Fest reports the Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived with news that several stewards refused tips from a single generous passenger. He reportedly gave away 15,000 francs about $8,000 during the voyage and tipped lavishly to staff, causing protests and overflow of generosity on deck.
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Washington
New York
France
Paris
Cherbourg
Taney
Arrest of Heinrich Conried Sparks Sunday Concert Case
New York February 12 Heinrich Conried director of the Metropolitan Opera House was arrested for failing to render a Verdi Requiem last Sunday His arrest aimed as a test case amid protests against Sunday night concerts He was paroled with a February 20 hearing set J W Scullion of Wallack s Theater Management also faced a summons for a Sunday performance at Walack s Theatre alleged to include a blackface and tramp act for a Treasurers Club of America benefit with the same February 20 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera House
Conried
J. WH. Scullion
Wallack
Walack
Treasurers’ Club of America
Grace Thurston Wedding Plans Abandoned by Sudden Illness
Grace P Thurston daughter of former U S Senator John M Thurston died after an appendicitis operation ending wedding plans to Willard Barrows of Omaha Nebraska. Funeral at 2142 Wyoming Ave with Rev Frank M Bristol officiating, burial later in Omaha. Survived by father a brother Clarence L Thurston and sister Mrs Ernest H Coolidge.
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Grace P. Thurston
John M. Thurston
United States
Nebraska
Willard Barrows
Omaha
Nebr
Joseph H. Millard
Miss Thurston
Suffragists Adjourn After Nation Convention End
Baltimore convened the Woman's National Suffrage Association's thirty-eighth annual meeting with state president reports, a discussion on initiative and referendum, and remarks by global and local advocates. Notables included Huido bro of Chile and Lucila Ames Mead of Boston, with Shaw closing and a Beacon of songs as delegates disperse for Washington.
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Baltimore
Woman's National Suffrage Association
George M. Shibley
Anna H. Shaw
Senorita Huidobro
Chili
Argentina
Lucila Ames Mead
Boston
Pauline Steinem
Board of Education
Toledo
Ohio
Henry B. Blackwill
Harriet May Mills
Syracuse
N. Y
Anna Tk. Shaw
Isabella Beecher Hooker
Association
Washington
To Honor Miss Anthony Birthday Celebration at Church
Speeches and papers paying tribute to Susan B. Anthony will be heard at her eighty sixth birthday celebration in the Church of Our Father. Speakers include Rev. John Van Scharck Senator W P Hepburn of Iowa Senator Fred T Dubois of Idaho Rev Antoinette Brown Blackwell Frank W Mondell of Wyoming and Secretary Taft among others. Letters of congratulation from many national leaders will be read and souvenir programs with Miss Anthony’s portrait and handwriting facsimile will be given to attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Anthony
Church of Our Father
John van Scharck
Henry B. F. Macfarland
W. P. Hepburn
Iowa
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
New Jersey
Frank W W. Mondell
Wyoming
Taft
J. Warren Ketter
Ohio
W. A. Reeder
Kansas
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
President Roosevelt
Beveridge
Cushman
DeHiver
Town
Warren
Burton L. French
Fulton
Oregon
Seniator Patterson
Colorado
Payne
New York
Platt
Watson
Depew
Allison
Julius Kahn
California
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Miss Anthony
Walks Home After Car Crash Dies At House
William H. Rynex a 75 year old Lansbury & Bros. clerk was struck near Seventh Street and walked home to 6 1/2 Massachusetts Avenue where he died at seven. Coroner to hold inquest. police released motorman Bean and conductor Gibson after statements. Concussion or internal injuries suspected as cause.
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Seventh
William HH. Rynex
Massachusetts Avenue
Rynex
Lansbury & Bros
Seventh Street
Capital Traction Company
John C. Bean
Ira Gibson
Nevitt
Dax
Delays Mail Inquiry and Fortifications Debate in House
Texas Representative Gillespie sought a post office cost comparison between rail and express carriers, prompting a fight over spending and privileged motion. The House debated expenditures, naval station at Subic Bay and fortifications, with Smith urging detailed agency audits and a push to reform reporting. Adjournment came after long discussions on costs, policy, and the Philippines defense posture.
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Texas
Post Office Department
House
Gillespie
Wayne
Williams
AL Llucjock
Jferolhcations
Smith
Iowa
Avery
Congress
Alexander
New York
Tawney
Appropriations Committee
Philip Pine Islands
Fitzgerald
Sabic Bay
Cavite
Subic Bay
Longworth
Ohio
Batan
Crompacker
Indiana
Foss
Naval Committee
Olongopo
Subig Bay
Carhin
Wood
Naval Station
Philippines
Mississippi
Navy Yard
Oss
Gaines
Tennessee
Secretary of the Treasury
Nashville
Grosvenor
Treasury
Gilesme
Talks on City Gardens in Philadelphia Movement
R F Powell outlines the Philadelphia City Gardens effort at the City Gardens Association meeting in the YMCA Assembly Hall. He promotes small farms to help the poor earn a living, reduces reliance on charity, and notes plans to maintain 120 gardens run by about 100 families with variable plot usage and last year’s average profit of 340 per person.
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R. F. Powell
Philadelphia
City Gardens’ Association
Powell
Experts Count Coupons in Washington Post Piano Contest
City businesses and societies join a piano contest run by The Washington Post with prizes to be awarded in April. Voters gather at Post offices as experts tally ballots, while piano dealers’ showrooms fill daily. The paper reports rising circulation and growing interest as new competitors prepare with large stacks of ballots clipped from the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
the Post
Post
Funeral for Mrs Lelia Peachy Led by Local Clergy
Mrs Lelia Russell Neen Peachy died at her Wordley lane residence last night from complications of diseases. Funeral tomorrow at 11 a.m. at St Alban’s Church with Rev J G Neen and Rev G C F Bratenahl officiating. Burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. Born October 16 1845 in Suray Ve she lived in Washington 25 years. Survived by six children: William Douglass Eliza Lelia Carry Peachy and others.
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Lelia Russell Neen Peachy
Wordley Lane
Tla. m
St. Aloan's Church
J. G. Neen
G. C. F. Bratenahl
Rock Creek Cemetery
Andrew Russell Neen
William D. Peachy
Mount Ain
Post Office Department
Tlis
CAPT. SIMMONS EULOGIZED AT GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Wareroom employees at the Government Printing Office adopted resolutions mourning Capt. William J. Simmons their superintendent. They describe him as a true friend and brother, just in all dealings, and announce publication in a Washington newspaper with a copy sent to his family. ER. HALL, CLAUDE MORRISON, H. H. LA ELLE.
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Wareroom
Government Printing Office
William J. Simmons
Wiliam J Simmons
Qivision
Tola
Washington
ER. Hall
Claude Morrison
H. H. LA
ELLE
Naomi Chapter Celebrates Eleventh Anniversary Banquet
Naomi Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, held an informal birthday banquet at Freund's with over 300 attendees. Mrs. Walter P. Plumley presided. toasts were given by Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Mary A Lane, Mrs. Mary El. Hamill, Mrs. Mary E. Willis, Mrs. Helen B. Strait, Mesars Hunt, Ginn, and Walter Brown. A portrait of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, nee Roosevelt, is noted for next Sunday's Post.
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Naomi
Naomi Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Freund
Walter P. Plumley
Newton
Mary A Lane
Mary el. Hamill
Mary E. Willis
Helen B. Strait
Mesars. Hunt
L. R. Ginn
Walter Brown
Dr Penn Addresses Negroes at Metropolitan Church
Dr El Garland Penn spoke to a large audience at Metropolitan A M E Church detailing the work of the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress. He said the group aims to develop Christian life in young blacks, stress essentials in race building, and present every four years the true progress of the Negro to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Garland Penn
Metropolitan A. M. E. Church
Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress
Penn
Sons of Negro Progress
Probation Officer to Lecture on Juvenile Justice Topics
District probation officer Zed H. Copp will give three lectures on February Wednesdays covering The Juvenile Court The Probation System and The Reformatories. The talks are hosted by the Young Men's Christian Association in the association's assembly room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zed H. Copp
Young Men's Christian Association
Weather Conditions and Warnings Across Regions
Weather report from the Weather Bureau notes a southern disturbance off the New England coast and a strong high pressure in the northwest. Colder air reaches the Midwest and East, with rain or snow in the Lake region and Ohio Valley. Storm warnings on multiple routes, flood alerts for several rivers, and a detailed local temperature sequence are provided for midnight through evening hours.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Guerua
Ilindy
Iowa
Kaneax
Devils Luxe
N. Duk
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rockyountains
Texas Coast
Gulf States
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
Slone
Lake Region
Hio
East Gulf States
North Pacific
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
East Gulf
Europe
Grand Banks
Oaland and
Texas
Pacific Coast
Jurete
Cal
Marshfield
Tillamoox
Greg
Columbia River
Straits of Juan de Fuca
Ome
Mississippi
Mitsnurtvallers
Texes
Oklahoma
Indijan Territory
Minnesota
Tennessee
Aispama
Colorado
North
Caroline
South Carolina
At & Am
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Miss Roosevelt
Rhode Island
MR. Longworth
Bride
Christian Xander
Conreid
Frank M. Bristol
H. Rytiex
THE
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MR. Payne
Petition For Relief
Frank C. Drane
Bituminous Coast Trades League of Pennsylvania
Drane
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crane
Bikins
Tie
Pennsania
Virginia
Maryland
West Viginia
L. R. N. Peachy
St. Alban’s Church
Simmons
Nicholas Longworth
DR. Penn
Young People’s, Christian Congress
Wellville
Postum
Lansburgh & Bro
National Capital
Sanders & Stayman Co
N. W. Percy S. Foster
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bhig
Ashenlea
Noc
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Bismarck
Mass
Buta
Chicsgo
Cheyenne
Wye
Davenport
Lows
Denver
Colo
Dee Maines
Lown
Ceed Galverton
Tex
Felena
Mont - Indianapolis
Ind
Jacksonville
Fra
Kanasky
Little Bo
Ark
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tennew Orleany
North Platte
Pitteburg
Selt Lake City
Utah
St. Louis
St. Paul
Mina
Springfield
Vicksburg
Peter Grogan
OLD Colony CO
HH St. Av
Gabler Piano
Rudway & Co
Radway
Chas
Billings
West 17Th St
Druggieto
E.w.grove
Potomac Electric Power Company
Fourteenth St. N.W
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St.n. W
Adam A. Weschler
Ave
N. W
TNS
Selis
Pasaiad
M. Stieff
11Th Street
RMAC
Henry F.miller
John F. Ellis G Co
Dresser Pinking
Oppenheimer’s
Ninth St
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