Chandler Vision for Government Rail Ownership Warns Colleagues
Former Senate Commerce Committee chairman William E Chandler writes to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee urging Esch-Townsend rail rate reform and government ownership if Congress fails. He warns Republicans of a Democratic shift led by Bryan and La Follette and describes a plan to place government directors on railroad boards to approve rates. He argues Congress may move toward direct government control rather than court-recited rate rulings.
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Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Willam E. Chandler
New Blampshire
Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Chandler
Channer
United States
Democratic Party
Walliam J. Bryan
Bryan
All
Roosevelt
la Follette
Republic
Afr
Judge Parker
Firyar
Letoilette
Senate
Transpartacen
Cme
Rairoml Manets
Mapute
Pri
Freiight
Union To Railroad
Sovernil
Chadwick Case Recalled Petition Seeks Bank Deposit Protection
Representative Weber presented a House petition from Oberlin Ohio officials seeking immediate national bank deposit protection. The measure would empower the Comptroller of the Currency to levy banks to cover depositor losses after a failure and call Senate review of bank examination practices amid alleged excessive loans. The petition links the Chadwick case to Oberlin’s bank collapse last year, noting no prior bank failures in seventy years.
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Congress
House
Weber
Oberlin
Ohio
Senate
Lly
Ths Bank
Chadwick
Virginia War Claims Bills Introduced In Senate
Senator Marin yesterday introduced three bills to settle Virginia war claims. One bill would pay 2906.50 for the estate of George P. Loehr of Henrico County. A second would provide 1500 for the vestry of St. Pauls Church Haymarket for destruction by Federal troops. The third would grant 1900 for Lebanon Union Church Lincoln Fairfax County for wartime destruction.
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Marin Yrsteraay
Virginia
George P. Loehr
Henrico County
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
Haymarket
Lebanon
Union Church
Lincoln
Fairfax County
East Washington protests grade crossing plan urged by critics
Thomas W. Smith of the East Washington Citizens Association sent a letter to Congressman John W. Babcock opposing a proposed six grade crossings and a dead man's curve in Southeast Washington. He cites costs, safety risks, and loss of New Jersey avenue for a railroad bridge, urging Congress and the District to reject the plan and preserve canal streets and park space.
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Thomas W. Smith
East
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New Jersey Avenue
Fourth
Capitol Streets
Capitol
Ufe
Third Street
Fourth Street
United States
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Hailroad Company
Washington
Garfield Park
Congress
Com
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge
Water Street
Anacostia
Credentials of Hemenway Declared Defective Yet Accepted
Senator-elect James A. Hemenway of Indiana had his credentials debated in the Senate after Mr. Beveridge presented them. Some members argued the papers showed an election to fill a vacancy that did not yet exist, since Fairbanks’s resignation took effect March 4. Despite differing views, the credentials were ultimately accepted.
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Senate
Beveridge
James A. Hemenway
Indiana
Fairbanks
Bailey
Tiemenway
Fie
Hemenway
Burrows
Platt
Connecticut
Hawley on the Retired List and Senate Bill Action
The Senate passed the Military Academy appropriation bill totaling 677 978 dollars with an amendment by Mr Ehitt of Connecticut adding Gen Joseph R Hawley to the retired list. The measure awaiting March 4 entails the retirement of Hawley as his term ends. The Corcoran Cadet Corps of the National Guard District of Columbia marked its 22nd anniversary with a reunion and dance at the National Rifles Armory led by Gen George H Harries and including speeches, solos, and a Koester Trio performance.
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Military Academy
Senate
Ehitt
Connecticut
Joseph R. Hawley
Corcoran Cadet Corps
National Guard
District of Columbia
National Rifles
George H. Harries
CB E. Edwards
George FH. Harries
Frank Trebstock
Koester
Raphael
Karl Paul Koe
Mr. CT. Daly
Mabel C. Liutimer
W. V. Cox
Board of Trade
Emery
Frank W. Yoder
Central High School
The
Georgetown University
C. C. Coleman
Yoder
Buchanan School
Nevins
C. T. Yoder
Buchanan
Byram
Tower School
Twenty-fourth
G Streets
John W.douglas
Henry W. Samson
Washington’s memory honored across District public schools
The District observed Washington’s birthday with ceremonies in all public schools from kindergartens to high schools. Programs included patriotic songs, addresses by prominent citizens, and remarks by Commissioner West at McKinley Manual Training School, linking Washington, democracy, and liberty to global history and Jewish exodus.
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West
McKinley Manual Training School
George Washington
George Truesdel
Central High School
F. M. Bristol
Eastern High School
George H. Harries
John ©. Chaney
America
Business High School
Rufus H. Thayer
Margaret Allen
Irving Boernstein
Elmer Gill
R. Golden Donaldson
George F. Bowerman
Carnegie Public Library
M Street
Assembly Hall
Abram Simon
W. 83. Montgomery
God
Washington
Nellie Ford
Helen Moss
Rabbit Simon
Lincoln
James Russell Lowell
S. W. Woodward
Commissioner West
Mr. West
Moses
Europe
Wherry
Koseiusko
Poland
Russia
United States
Dollar's Worth Free to Rheumatic Sufferers
A promotional claim offers a full dollar’s worth of Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Remedy free to any rheumatic sufferer. The speaker argues rheumatism stems from poison in the blood and kidney failure, promising to remove poison and stop its formation. He cites extensive testing, a German chemical ingredient priced at 4.90 per pound, and asserts the remedy can relieve pain and swelling.
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Germany
Dr. Snoop
Jolson
Free Rheumatism Remedy Offer From Dr Shoop
The advertisement offers a free dollar package and a free book on Rheumatism. It instructs readers to write to Dr. Shoop of Racine Wisconsin for instructions and to have their druggist bill sent to him. No conditions or requirements are stated beyond writing today.
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Dr. Shoop
Racine
Wis
Washington Event at St. Patrick's Academy Honors Father Stafford
Children at St. Patrick's Academy gathered in Carroll Hall for a patriotic program honoring Father Stafford. About 350 students cheered a Washington portrait and flag display, while hearing a sermon on Washington the Greatest American. The pastor urged virtues from Washington’s life and led a hymn of thanksgiving.
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Father Stafford
St. Patrick's Academy
New Carroll Hall
Washington
United States
Stafford
Religion in the Schools Brings Diverse Committee of Fifteen
A Monday morning New Willard meeting led to forming a fifteen member committee to pursue a non sectarian religious moral instruction in public schools. Dr Merrill Gates chairs. members include ministers lay leaders and educators from the citys faiths and institutions. Aimed to assess resolutions by Rev Dr McKim and report to Hilary A Herbert with plans for a public meeting.
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Frifary A. Herbert
New Willard
Randolph H
Mr Kim
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany
Merrill
Gates
Wallace Radcliffe
James E. Gilbert
Earl Cranston
Charles W. Needham
Frederick D. Power
Wayne MacVeagh
J.G. Butler
Edward Everett Hale
John Joy Eason
Louis Stern
H. ¥. Satterlee
W. W. Prescott
Mer. O’connel
RK. H. McKim
Merrill BE. Gates
Board of Indian Commissioners
Rutgers
Amherst Colleges
George Washington University
John Joy Edson
Dr. McKim
Hilary A. Herbert
French Bust Unveiling at Capitol Today in President's Room
A bronze replica of Washington's bust by David de Angers, a gift from France, will be unveiled at 11 o'clock in the Capitol rotunda. The ceremony includes brief speeches with Sen. Frye presiding and Speaker Cannon present, then moves to the President's room for further remarks.
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Capitol
Washington
David de Angers
France
Library of Congress
Senator Frye
Traffic halts on Georgetown line after car drop
Last evening the Georgetown line of the Capital Traction Company was at standstill for one hour eight minutes as a motor casing dropped to the ground near Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast. A slight fire was reported on Fifth Street at 1342 Northwest, extinguished before major damage occurred. Mardi Gras limited train service to New Orleans, Mobile, and Pensacola promises through Pullman sleepers and dining cars at extremely low rates through March 6.
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Georgetown
Capital Traction Company
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifth Street
Emory Jones
Mardi Gras
Southern Ry
New Orleans
Mobile
Pensacola
Fraternal Banquets Highlight Zeta Psi and Sigma Chi Gatherings
Judge Darling presided at Zeta Psi in a Shoreham banquet with delegates from Zeta Psi and Sigma Chi exchanging greetings. Notables including Maj. B. P. Runkle and Rev. Wallace Radcliffe attended, as did Representative-elect Henry C. Allen. The Sigma Chi event, praised as the most successful Washington banquet yet, featured Grace by Rev. Radcliffe and speeches by A B Duvall and Gen. Runkle, with invitations extended to prominent figures like Booth Tarkington and Grover Cleveland.
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Zeta
Pei
Sigma Chi
Shoreham
B. P. Runkle
Wallace Radcitle
A. B. Duvall
Zeta Psi
Gustavus Renak, Jr
Philadelphia
Joseph Nimmo
New York
Denny Bangs
Waterville
C. H. Darling
Zeta Psi Association
Tufte
John Ball Osborne
Yale
Robert J. Fisher
Pennsylvania College
William H. Morse
New York University
Walter C. Emerson
Colby College
Morris Hacker
University of Pennsylvania
W. Parker Jones
Tufts
Charles L. Bartlett
University of Virginia
Nicholas Longworth
Harvard
William R. Hearst
Judge Darling
Ienry C. Allen
Paterson
N. J
Walter C. Allen
University of California
John W. Bennett
Edward B. Cottrell
Lafayette
Charles H. Darling
Edward W. Donn, Jr
Cornell
Waller
Joseph Nimmo, Jr
John Russell Werbrycke
Rutgers
Ernest G. Walker
Dennis M. Bangs
Colby
Isaac R. Davin
Asher C. Hinds
Marshall L. King
Alexandria
George B. McClellan
Brown
Honolulu
Gustavus Remak, Jr
Anthony W. Robinson
J. Somers Smith, Jr
Radclffe
Gen. Runkle
Psi
Army
Navy
Dr. Radcliffe
Andrew B. Duvall
Dr. Pilebrown
E. J. Makee
N. W. Winter
E.G. Vans
A H. Willams
Ff. L. Biscoe
Ki. P. Garges
M. F. Frey
Joseph Coldwood
Baltimore
R. M. Packard
Moffit
Mr. Heindel
PL Wi
Founders' Day Banquet Celebrates Phi Kappa Psi Anniversary
Sixty five Phi Kappa Psi alumni gathered at the Highlands to mark the fraternitys fifty third anniversary though Sunday date shift. Toastmaster Prof J P Earnest led remarks by Chief Justice H M Clabaugh and several clergymen and professors. Delegates discussed Grand Arch Council preparations for Washington in April 1906 and greetings to Sigma Chi at the Shoreham.
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Phi Kappa Psi College
Phi Kappa Psi
Highlands
Atlantic
Pacific
Minnesota
Texas
J. P. Earnest
George Washington University
H. M. Clabaugh
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
W. C. Alexander
West Street Presbyterian Church
Aldis B. Browne
F. D. Power
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
H. L. Hodgkins
J. B. Gregg Qustis
Charles W. Richardson
Harlow Lewis
Arthur V. Snell
William Sneeringer
Aaron N. Skinner
United States Naval Observatory
J. B. Gregg Custis
Sigma Chi
Shoreham
Washington
Washington Alumni Association
Wa, Alexander
W. S. Shalienbarger
H.L. Hodgkins
W. A. Vance
J. B. Greeg Custis
Advertising tablet survey in a Pittsburgh restaurant
An advertising agent from a New York magazine, traveling west, noted Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets advertised in a Pittsburgh eatery. He interviewed 23 diners, finding nine regularly used the tablets after meals for relief from indigestion, gas, and irregular meals. Patents and several named figures from Alexandria, Baltimore, and other firms are listed in the ad distribution.
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New York
Pittsburg
Stuart
Rei
Engineers Dinner Hosts Washington Officials Banquet Night
The Engineer Department Banquet Association held its third annual dinner at the Colonial Hotel with about fifty guests. Attendees included officials from the Office of the Chief of Engineers and several Washington military and engineering institutions. An after-dinner program featured Mr G A McCarthy presiding and multiple speakers on themes tied to Washington’s birthday, plus songs by a quartet and piano accompaniment by L Q Rousseau.
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Engineer Department
Colonial Hotel
Chief of Engineers
United States Army
Washington Barracks
Washington Aqueduct
United States Engineer School
War College
Board of Engineers
G. A. McCarthy
Washington
Tf. O. Nash
Gustave Bender
George Washington
Messrs
W. T. George
Joseph von Glumer
H. I. Davis
H. M. Adams
G. M. Hiseman
G. C. Potwin
Mess
H. B. Cutler
John €. Dolphin
W Morgan Davis
J. William de Grange
P. J. Dempsey
Pickering Dodge
J. T. Biker
John E. Fenwick
F. D. Fletcher
J. K. Frederici
D. E. Garges
F. F. Gilien
Albert Grimes
T. Hind
W. B. Irvin
A. J
Third Bischof f Concert Enthralls Capitol Hill Audienc e
The third Bischoff concert of the twenty fourth season was held last evening at the Congressional Church. Mrs H Clry Browning soprano with Lept cellist and pianist and Mr Anton Kaspar violinist gave a program praised for Browning's clear coloratura and elegant high tones. The Maint-Saens quartet and Smetana trio finale showcased the ensemble. Kaspar Lent and Mrs Lent delivered solos with warm tone and precise technique. An lecture at Bethany Chapel follows tonight by Samuel R Perry of Boston on The Hand of God in History with pictures, no admission.
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Hclry Browning
All Souls’ Church
Lept
Anton Kaspar
Cantor
del Riego
Stern
Schumann
Bohm
Mr. Kaspar
Vileuxtemps
Wubay
Czardas
Italy
Lent
Smetana
Bethany Chapel
Thirteenth and
C Streets
Samuel R. Perry
Boston
God
Perry
Reduced Beet Crop Despite Increased Acreage Reports
Consul Hossfeld at Trieste reports to the State Department that the sugar beet crop for the year ending September 30, 1904, will be about 26 percent smaller than last year. Europe produced 6,772,000 tons of raw sugar last year, but this year’s output may not exceed 4,650,000 tons, with some authorities predicting even less. World sugar production for 1904-05 would total about 32,977,000 tons, against a consumption near 18,000,000 tons the previous year. Also listed are the recently appointed ocean-class sailors for various states, including Hugh O Roche, Richard F. Foote, Elmer B.D. Penwarden, James Carrick, Franklin Porter, Arthur E. Brainard, William H. Smith, and Adam K. Wyant.
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Consul Hossfeld
Trieste
Austria
State Department
Hossfeld
Europe
New York
Salisbury Mills
Hugh O Roche
Pennsylvania
Archoald
Richard F. Foote
Carier Brock
Elmer BD. Penwarden
Elvama
James Carrick
Rhode Island
Portswouth
Franklin Porter
Connecticut
Somervile
Arthur E. Brainard
Virginia
Reception for Gov McLane party announced for inaugural week
New Hampshire Association members heard plans for Gov John McLane and staff attending the inaugural ceremonies. A party of forty five will stay at the New Willard from Friday to Monday March 3 to 6 with a reception set for Friday night at the Yah at Pythian Temple.
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McLane
The
New Hampshire Associaton
Tenth Street
George B. Wheelock
Keene
E A Duncan
Pension Office
Frank H. Bassett
Treasury
Russell G. Abbott
John McLiane
New Willard
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
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Fred_B. Pyle
J. Clarence Price
W. W. Grier
Horace H. Custis
J. R. ‘Tubman
J.’ Collins
W. W. Curtiss
Paul Graham
E. L. le Merle
FE. F. Burchard
Clarence W. DeKnight
H. T. A. Lemon
John Sherman, Jr
W. A. Frankland
Preston B. Ray
Dixon H. Bynnum
E. W. Spalding
D. E. Jones
Samuel J. Butterfield
P. W. Smith
Arthur W. Snell
Mr. Kyte
Messrs. Bagger, Machen
Bischoff
Statillo
Massachusetts Avenue
Home Savings Bank
Rth and
Mass. Ave
Asters
District Supreme Court
Franklin H. Mackey
Jesse H. Wilson
Bar Association
Clabaugh
Gould, Anderson
Barnard
Wright
Beecham
Newaepa
Rae
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