Roosevelt Hints Canal Commission Reform Plan
President Roosevelt forwards the Isthmian Canal Commission report and Taft letter urging smaller, more flexible governance for the canal project. He proposes a five or three member commission with one administrator serving as Panama minister, under cabinet oversight. The note details Panama relations, labor, taxes, rail and shipping contracts, and sanitation efforts amid chaotic Isthmus conditions.
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Panama
Taft
Canal Zone
Roosevelt
Congress
Panama Canal Commission
Board of Canal Commissioners
Hea
Senate
House of Representatives
Isthmian Canal Commission
Secretary of War
Engineer Corps of the Anny
Way
Piacda
Canal
Panam Thegdorh Roushved
Canal Company
United States
Jamaica
Porto Rico
Panamailroad Company
Canal Commission
Gen Davis
Canal Zone Commission into Canal and Panama Railroad
The commission evaluates health, hospital budgets, and a plan for Guire pay. It notes Panama Railroad ownership by the government and urges full government ownership if shares are offered. It supports reducing free transport abuse and enlarges steamship plans. It discusses the judiciary, land taxes, civil code, and land titles. Maj Gen. Davis's first annual report critiques telegraph and railroad rates and proposes a government railroad line and reduced steamship rates to cut costs.
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Panama Railroad Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
New York
Taft
Colombia
Panama
United States
Canal Commission
Canal Zone
Culebra
Christobal
Colon
Conditone
Ecommission
Alrecion
Guire
Qaire of LY Bye
Resoit
Commission Tatta
Bar
Supreme Court
Davis
Gen. Davis
Isthmian Canal Commission
Retired Undertaker George Harvey Dies Sud denly
George Aloysius Harvey a retired undertaker died suddenly of heart disease at 2:30 AM Thursday at his nephews home 1325 Fourteenth Street Northwest. Funeral from the residence at 9:30 AM and at St Patrick Church. Interment private Mount Olivet Cemetery. Pallbearers are boyhood friends Arthur Becker Edward Becker William Becker George W Dove J McQuade Archie Clark William McCloskey John Brown. He was sixty two, bachelor, son of George and Ann Harvey, brother of Richard F Harvey, and survived by sister Mollie Harvey of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. He was educated at Gonzaga College and lived in Washington.
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George Aloysius Harvey
George Aloysius Hervey
H. F. Harvey
Fourteenth Street Northweat
St. Patrick’s Church
D. J. Stafford
George and
Ann Harvey
Richard F Harvey
Mise Mollie Harvey
Bureau of Printing and Begraving
Harvey
Gohzaga College
Washington
Rumors Of Large Donations To Catholic University Stir Washington
A sensational set of rumors claims J P Morgan donated 10000 to the Catholic University of America and may give more or aid by buying the Woodley tract. Aldrich and Elkins are cited as recent donors and a million dollar loan possibility is mentioned. University officials could not confirm details. Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr O Connell weighed in with cautious comments. A Cabinet meeting yielded little, though post office appointments were discussed and Taft met British officer Lieut Col H G Burrowes.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Catholic University of America
United States
Aldrich
Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Woodley
Thomas E Wageaman
Catholic University
Waggaman
Mgr O'Connell
Cardinal Gibbons
Universality
Morgan
Morten
Moody
Wynne
Senate
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
District of Columbia
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Oclock
Udea
L. Pierce Boteler
Washington DC
Pennsylvania R R Co
War Department
Tidal Reservoir
Potomac Park
Washington D
Jium
Leach
Engrs
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Mth
Washington, DC
Jas
Lackey
City and Suburban Railway of
Lth
East Capital Sts
Jas Blacke
Peetre
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company
Fast Capitolets
Washington, D CC
Sp . Jas Blackey
Citizens National Bank OF
Washington City
Mnoh Moore
American Security and Trust Company
G Street
CI BL
James F Hood
Washington Jockey Club
Shoreham
HT Pelz
Macdonnall School OF
Phrenology
Mme L Macdonnall
Alexandria
Mt. Veroox
Shodmaker GO
Ellipse stand plan to shield White House grounds
Committee chief John B. Larner defends a circular amphitheater on the ellipse south of the White House to prevent property damage at Lafayette Square. He cites past stand fires and argues the layout would ease crowds, wind, and ticketing while allowing better parade flow and military exits. Senator Wetmore supports the plan despite dissenting petitions from Col. Staples.
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John B. Larner
White House
Lafayuette Square
Fifteenth
Seventeenth
Lafayette Square
Lafayette
War Department
Capitol
Seventeenth Street
Wetmore
Ets
Long Lst
Mr. Larner
Col. Staples
Rigel House
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Death of Col D W Glassie Washington lawyer veteran
Col Daniel Washington Glassie a Civil War veteran and long time Washington lawyer died at 2020 N Street NW after a brief illness. He served in multiple Civil War engagements and later built a prominent legal career here. Survived by his widow a daughter Ada and son Henry Haywood Glassie. Arlington burial planned with funeral at Col Glassie's home.
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D. W. Glassie
Washington
N Street Northwest
Col Glassie
Col Grassie
Arlington
Alfred , Herding
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Grand Army
Ada Boyd Glassie
Henry Haywood Glassie
United States
Post-office
Daniel Washington Glassie
Frankfort
Lima
N. Y
Kentucky Light Artillery
Antietam
Cedar Creek
Fredericksburg
Shenandoah Valley
Crock
President Heyes
Glassie
Nashville
Tenn
Minna Haywood Nash
Joseph Nash
Tennessee
Col
Cleveland
Union Veterans’ Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Unnamed Man Suspected After Fatal Fight on First Street
A rough fight on a vacant lot at First and L streets northeast left Edward Deeham unconscious with a crushed skull. Patrick Ganey is held on suspicion of assault. a blood stained brick was found near the scene. A six year old boy witnessed part of the affray. Deeham was taken to Homeopathic Hospital for emergency surgery.
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L Streets
Howard Deebnin
HK Street
Clarence Wett
Deeham
Homeopathic Hospital
Charles Watt
L Street
Watt
Deehain
Second Precinct
61H Street
Patrick Ganey
Ganey
Deehai
Hidward
Edward
Gan
Girl Foiled Robbers by Rare Nerve and Pluck
In Brooklyn on January 15 Mies Hien Denning a 23 year old ticket seller for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company faced two burglars attempting to force the office door. She locked the safe fired two shots in the air and police arrived. Porter William Young aided and was slightly hurt. The burglars were captured and held for trial. Denning was commended by the court for bravery.
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Brooklyn
New York
Mies Hien Denning
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Mise Dengning
Miss Denning
William Young
Young
Juror Influence Alleges Contempt In Court No 1
Justice Wright orders a show cause rule against Benjamin F McCaully over alleged attempts to influence juror Benjamin F Shaw in the Samuel Gassenheimer case. Affidavits by AUSA Busby-Smith and Turner detail messages and discussions aimed at Shaw regarding a forthcoming trial and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad embezzlement matter. News notes also report talks about John K Gowdy's successor and U S consul general postings.
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Samuel Gassenheimer
Justice Wright
Benjamin F. McCaully
United States
James &. Busby-Smith
Gassenheimer
Charles H .Turner
United States Attorney’s Office
Hasby-Smith
District Supreme Court
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
James H. Barnes
Shaw
Third Street
Benjamin F. McCauley
Benjamin F Shaw
Dia
Benjamin F. Shaw
McCaully
McCain
Lta
Six Arrests by Inspector in Knoxville Money Order Scam
United States officers arrest James Farr and Horace B. Hassey on charges of rotating post office money orders and plan March trials in Knoxville. Farr jailed locally, Hassey in Buffalo. Inspector Keyes says both confessed to fleecing Knoxville merchants. Also captured two suspects Willie Blair alias Ed Smith and Jim Burns alias John Wesley slated for future trials or sentences in Wilmington and Henderson respectively. They operated in Jacksonville Atlanta Savannah Knoxville and other cities.
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Knoxville
Tenn
James Farr
Horace B. Hassey
United States
Farr
Hassey
Buffalo
N.Y
Postoffice
Keyes
Willie Blair
Ed. Smith
Wilmington
N. C
Weather Conditions and Special Forecast Report
A detailed weekly weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau describes widespread below normal temperatures across much of the interior with rain and snow in the Southeast Midwest and West of the Rockies. It notes numerous storm warnings from Cape Cod to Jacksonville and across the Pacific and Gulf coasts. Local readings show temperatures, humidity, rain, and tide data for the period with sunrise and sunset times.
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D & Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Missouri
Galleya
Kansas
Middle West
Middle Atlantic
New England
Montana
North Dakota
Pacific States
California
Lower Lakes
Bacanabi
Chicago
Cairo
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Eastera
Tennessee
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alaberma
Minnissippi
Florida
Reintell, &Y. Mis
Pierce in Homeopathic Hospital After Fatal Wounding
In a second floor rear room at 08 Brooks Court Northwest, Joseph Pierce fired two shots at his wife Henrietta Pierce, wounding her fatally in the abdomen. He fled, leaping from a second-story window, leaving a bloody scene as neighbors and police responded. Henrietta’s operation revealed four intestinal perforations and a bullet lodged in the intestinal wall. she remained in critical condition early this morning. Pierce, described as younger looking than twenty six, fled toward North Capitol and O streets with his footprints in the snow traced by a neighbor. The weapon was a .32 caliber revolver.
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Brooks Court
Oseph Pierce
Henrietta Pierce
Pierce
Homeopathic Hospital
Uttle
Jeremiah Walker
Fannie Tallferro
Joe
Henrietta
H. Coffin
Joseph Hickman
Orce
North Capitol
O Streets
Merce
Betti
Iberty
Henrivita Pierce
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Department of
Undertaker
J.P. Morgan
Senators Aldrich and
Elkins
University
Foundation For
B. Holman
Connecticut
United States Senate
O. H. Platt
Holman
H. G. Burrowes
Royal Hele Artillery
British Army
Burrowes Tod & Pleasant Chat
Ae “Pro
Charles A. Boynton
Associated Press
Larner
Lafayette Park
Harries
United Spanish War Veteras’ Association
Russell B. Harrison
Indianapolis
George Powell
Champe E. B. Andrews
New York City
David Davis
Litchfield
James L. Anderson
J. L. Shulhafer
Louisville
W. S. Knox
New Willard
Pension Office
Gol
Hayes
W. W. Roosevelt
George W. Roosevelt
Berlin
Mr.Mason
Mr. Roosevelt
Brussels
Swat
Eream
Tolman
Lamp
Edward Deeks
Lansburgh & Bro
Open Uni
Pilard
Seventh St
Peter Grogan
St. Bet. H and I
B. F. McCaully
F. H. Mason
J. K. Gowdy
Charles B. Landis
Watson
Overstreet
John K. Gowdy
Paris
Gowdy
Paria
H. Mason
Gneral
Asheville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Boston
N. J
Cincinnati
Cheyenne
Center
Caio
Davenport
Lows
Omaha
Paverigorys
Bait Lake ‘City
Hea Ucomb
Seeaeeeies BS Bt
Saat Nevgneste Ak
Mighsvcoceeass
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Aia
F St. NW
Sandars & Stayman Co
Cafe Calvert
Castelberg’s
Jeweler
Optician
Pa. Ave
Dallas
Tex
W. G. Sterett
Fis
San Antonio
Dennis
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Consultus
McGill & Wallace
St. Osteopathy
Pope
Clara A. Westlaer Phanye Branawick
Ste. Ce
Winursmith
Ww. i
T. Bidi
Annn
Ahainalvantoni
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