Riis Slum Lecture Praises Roosevelt and Warns on Third Term
Jacob A. Riis told a Wesley M. Church audience that he exposed New York slums for twenty years and, with Roosevelt as police commissioner, the worst tenements were stamped out. He showed dramatic slides of former dark alleys now playgrounds and homes for the poor, urging continued reform and immigrant goodwill. Riis also discussed his controversial third term remarks and his White House visit where he was warmly received as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformer
Roosevelt
Jacob A. Wiis
Wesley MM. i
Lear the Reformer
Mr.Rus
Mr. KR
New York City
Mr Bits
Riis
America
Bils
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Rus
West Washington Citizens Association Elects Leaders at First Meeting
The West Washington Citizens Association held its first meeting at the new Methodist church on Conduit road. C A Baker was elected first vice president and D T Botrads second vice president. A roads and highways committee including Tharp, Mevers, Baker, Bounds, and Walter M Brown was formed to coordinate with the Georgetown Citizens Association on opening a road from Georgetown to Conduit road. The group urged action on the rock obstructing the Cut and Conduit roads crossing, adopted a constitution, and appointed a committee to press the electric railroad to adjust its schedules to twenty and thirty minute intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington
Electric Railroad
Funeral cremation for Fritz Reuter amid financial strain
Fritz Reuter will be cremated this afternoon at 2 from the family residence at 1 John Marshall Place, with the body cremated at 3 in J William Lee establishment. His will requested cremation, initially opposed by family but later accepted. Armenius Lodge A B A M oversees arrangements, with Elks Shriners and German American groups also participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Reuter
John Marshall Place
J. William Lee
Reuter
Armenius Lodge
the Elks
the Shriners
Electricity in My Coffee Mystery at City Table
Rado Miletich, removed to St Wwhen Insane Asylum after claiming electricity was slipped into his coffee. He sought hospital care and medicine to counteract lightning-like effects. He described currents ripping through his system and an unseen perpetrator trying to feed him more potent stimulants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rado Miletich
St. Wheabeth's Insane Asylum
Minstrel Show for Charity at Carroll Institute Hall
A minstrel show last night at Carroll Institute Hall, under St Stephen's Institute for the St Vincent de Paris Society of St Stephen's Church, directed by J E Boyland, Lee Moxiey, and J W Clergey. Mezars Trodden, Sondheimer, Leonard Engel performed fine selections including negro songs and monologues.
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Carroll Institute Hall
St. Stephen's Institute
St. Vincent de Paris Society
St. Stephen's Church
J. E. Boyland
Lee Moxiey
J. W. Clergey
Mezars Trodden
Sondheimer
Leonard Engel
Rrghive
Petworth Citizens Push District Payment for Consumption Treatment
Petworth Citizens Association urges the district treasury cover incidental expenses for tuberculosis treatment. Resolutions call for stamping out TB and public sentiment for proper legislation. A committee prepares notices to Washington storekeepers urging disinfection and cooperation. Free Dispensary for Consumptives at 926 F St NW offers clinics and lectures. secretary Wallace Hatch cans office at 926 I St NW.
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Petworth Citizens’ Association
Petworth Citizens’Association
Washington
F Street Northwest
Wallace Hatch
I Street Northwest
Abbey Suffering Amputation After Street Car Crash
Charles S. Abbey, former star fielder of the Washington Nationals, was crushed under a southbound Bureau car at Fourteenth and E streets. His left arm had to be amputated at Emergency Hospital. Abbey, 39, recently employed at The Washington Post, saved himself from being crushed and walked to the newspaper offices before the accident. Police seek the motorman and conductor for statements.
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Charles S. Abbey
Washington National
Wagners
Senators
Fourteenth
E Streets
Abbey
The
Washington Post
Foreign Advertisement Department
Cuthbert
White
Washington
Columbia
Toshington
West
Abolish Usury Law Favored by Washington Group
The Washington Legal Aid Society plans to discuss repealing the usury law at its February meeting. President Robert J. Bennett says competition among lenders would rise, with cheaper loans for borrowers if prosecutions for high interest ceased. The group may also tackle a nonsupport law to compel delinquent husbands to provide for their families. Honorary vice presidents include George B. Cortelyou and H. B. Macfarland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Legal Aid Society
Robert J. Bennett
W.H. Baldwin
Society
Washington
George B. Cortelyou
H. B.F. Macfarland
William V. Cox
W. Woodward
Thomas F. Walsh
Fred A. Bengon
James E. Shibley
Florence A. Calford
Harold H. Morton
Edward C. Dutton
Helen P. Jamieson
Business Men Meet and Adopt By Laws in Washington
The Business Men's Association of Washington held its first meeting of the year at the Riggs House. New by laws were adopted after a decade without change, and President James F. Oyster outlined work including school law revisions, telephone service, and smoke law preservation and modification. New members elected were W. S. Burke, Robert Callahan, Louis C. Wilkowski, B. B. Earnshaw, Edward Sexton, and Robert F. Mentzel.
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Business Men’s Association of Washington
Riggs House
James F. Oyster
W. 8. Burke
Robert Callahan
Louis C. Wilkowski
B. B. Earnshaw
Edward Sexton
Robert F. Mentzel
Envoys Leave Today Cheer American Soldiers at Fort Myer
Imperial Chinese commissioners visit Washington dine with Charles Denby chief clerk and tour the Government Printing Office. They witness Fort Myer cavalry and artillery drills praised by the envoys as they tour Capitol and State Department before leaving for New York.
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Tuang Wang
Tae Hung Chi
Charles Denby
State Department
Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Woo Kwang Kien
A. Tse
Harlan
Supreme Court
Congressman McKinlay
California
W. E. Curtis
T. J. O'Loughlan
J. N. Snow
Capt. Harding
Marine Corps
Sir Liang
Washington
Congressional Library
Capitol
State Root
New York
Fort Meyer
Col. Hatfield
Celestial Party
Wan Bing Chung
Thirteenth Cavalry
Phillips
Orient
Fort
Col Hatfield
Capt. Phillips
Lieut. Merchant
United States
Fort Myer
Fort Thia
Government Printing Office
Charles A. Stillings
Oscar Ricketts
F. A. Collins
Chinese Visitors Tour Government Building Exhibit
Chinese visitors toured government facilities observing monotype machines bindery cutting and sewing equipment and other departments. They received souvenirs like slugs and lead matter examples while some photographed Treasury Post Office and Agricultural Department displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
Congress
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Agricultural Department
Fire at 1822 D Street Causes $500 Blaze
A lighted cigarette and lace curtain ignited a rear second floor window of a three story brick building at 1822 D street northwest last evening at 11 30. Six inmates were led to the street by Policemen Catts Ward and Klopfer after the blaze was reported. Engine No. 2 arrived and extinguished the fire.
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D Street
Catts, Ward
Klopfer
Resignation of St. Paul’s Choir Master and Assistant Rector
Ernest F. Winchester, organist and choir master at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and Rev. Enoch M. Thompson, assistant rector, both resign amid choir interference concerns. Winchester plans to leave March 1 to join Ascension Pro-Cathedral Episcopal Church, while Thompson departs to assist at Ascension Church on Massachusetts Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Ernest F. Winchester
St. Paul's
Episcopal Church
Twenty-second
Enoch M.thompson
Haa
Winchester
St. Paul’a
Harding
Ascension
Arrest of Boys for Improper Conduct at Carver Store
At the urging of his uncle Robert Carver fourteen year old Harry Rabbitt and companions Herbert Witte Charles Callff Charlie Senseney and Albert Senseney were arrested in front of Richard B Carver’s grocery at Six and a half and E streets last night and will be sent to Police Court today on a charge of improper conduct. Carver says the youths accosted people and caused disturbance and store efforts to disperse them failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carver
Harry Rabbitt
Herbert Witte
Charles Callff
Charlie
Albert Senseney
Richard B. Carver
Carver
The Dyspepsia Tablet Claim in Milky Promises
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for dyspepsia by aiding digestion. It argues nerves improve when digestion is strong, condemns tonics, and emphasizes rest for the stomach and nourishment for the nervous system, asserting broad health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Merita
Dr. Thomas F Gibbs Dead Prominent Washington Physician
Dr. Thomas F Gibbs a well known Washington physician died at his home 1214 Thirteenth Street northwest after years of illness starting with a 1902 stroke. Born in Massachusetts he practiced medicine after a stint in the War Department and later became a leading Mason serving as grand master and grand high priest. Survived by wife and two daughters, funeral arrangements to be announced by the Masonic Judge chapter.
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Thomas F. Gibbs
Thirteenth Street
Gibbs
Dr. Gibbs
Massachusetts
Bridgewater
Mass
Boston
Washington
Montclair
N. J
Wich Place
War Department
District of Columbia
Masonic Temple
Thomas F.ibbs
A. W Johnston
R.A. M
District of Columba
Agl Sonic
Phiursuday
16Th St
Wearcary
Itc
William BH
ORMR
Seary
Ors
Washington Jockey Club
Eitty
Calumbie
Hou Miller
Ancient Laws Discussed By Anthropological Society
Members of the Anthropological Society met at the Cosmos Club to hear Dr Casanovisez explain the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi. He contrasted it with Mosaic laws, noting differences in religious subjects and legislative intent. C H Robinson spoke on primitive customs and superstition, citing a phosphorus glow on a church steeple as an example of lingering past influences.
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Anthropological Society
Cosmos Club
Casanovisez
C. H. Robinson
Middle States
Hamilton to hang for Lizzie Lyman murder at District jail
William Walter Hamilton, the black man sentenced to death for Lizzie Lyman's murder, occupies the same District jail cell once used by Guiteau. Authorities say no death watch is needed as he preaches to fellow prisoners and spends time outside his cell. The gallows, tested and ready, looms while carpenters work, and Hamilton, from his cell, anxiously awaits execution.
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William Walter Hamilton
Lizzie Lyman
Guiteau
President Garfield
Hamilton
Mbertiss
Chinese plants donated to Smithsonian herbarium
Chinese plants of 70 species donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Dr. Stephen P. Barchet were installed in the herbarium yesterday. Barchet, a former medical missionary in China, collected them near Shanghai. The Barchet collection adds to the existing Henry collection of about 1,000 pieces. Dr. Barchet plans to gradually add to the collection before returning to China. Also offered at Marcus Notes salesrooms is a separate auction of about 250 pairs of fine lace curtains, with a selection of Brussels, Arabian, Renaissance, Swiss and Italian fabrics, to be sold at 11 o'clock without reserve. Wilson & Mayers Auctioneers, 1227 and 129 G St.
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Smithsonian Institution
Stephen P. Barchet
Barchet
China
Shanghai
Henry
Barchetti
Marcus Notes
Ninth Street Northwest
Brussels
Wiltons
Saxonys
Axminsters
American Orientals
Wilson & Mayers
G St
Shuttle passengers to New York by four miles per minute
Inventor Otto Rupperstein proposes a double canal system with water channels and steel ribbed carriages to shuttle passengers from Washington to New York in about 15 minutes. The device would strap travelers into velvet lined cars enter a canal, be carried by strong currents, then stop at New York on a smooth floor. He aims for breakfast trips and seeks financial backing, likening it to a Panama Canal scale project.
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Washington
New York City
Otto Rupperstein
Mr. Rupperstein
New York
Isotham
Rupperstein
Banquet Honors Indianapolis Star Editor A A McCormick
Indiana figures gathered at the New Willard for a banquet hosted by Senator Hemenway in honor of A A McCormick of the Indianapolis Star. Vice President Fairbanks Speaker Cannon and Indiana delegation attended along with John L Griffiths H W Marshall C Starr and A T Hart. The event emphasized friendship over politics as McCormick begins his editorship.
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Hoosier
Hemenway
Indiana
New Willard
A. A. McCormick
Indianapolis
Cannon
McCormick
the Star
Fairbanks
Hoosier State
Weather Conditions Report of January 30 1906
Weather Bureau report notes low pressure over the Lake region filling, approaching high pressure and colder air from Upper Mission Valley, Pacific coast fair except light rain on Washington Oregon coasts, warmer inDakotas and upper Mississippi Valley, snow in Great Lakes area. Local midnight temperature 27, highs and rainfall details, temperatures in other cities listed.
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Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lake Region
Missioniop
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Dakotas
Missiasippi Alley
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Onto Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Mississppi Valley
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Lake Michigan
Grand Banks
The Demand for Reliable Furniture
The Demand for Reliable Furniture presents its stock as produced by a thoroughly reliable manufacturer. Each piece passes maker scrutiny and additional in house checks before stocking. The shop offers furniture carpets chinaware stoves and house furnishings with plainly marked prices and willingness to accommodate customers.
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West Washington Citizens’ Association
Bureau
Legal Aid Society
Hood
Charlies Denby
Post-office Department
WissmisTay
E. F. Winchester
Dr. Casanovisez
William Hamilton
Dr. Barchet
Inventor
M'Cormick
Floosier State
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Tex
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Montrey
Ind
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Fla
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Little Rock
Ark
Mich
Marquette
Tenn
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Sete
Gmaba
Nebr
Puttaburg
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St. Louis
St. Paul
Mina
Springfeld
Vickeburg
Mies
Christian Xander
Qld
7Th St
Lansburgh & Bro
Panama
Cheviot
Broadcloth
Seventh Street
Washburn’s
Pillsbury's
Royal Or
Cleveland
G. G. Cornwel Wholesale and Reta
Penn. A
Son
Il Grocers
Children’s Accordeon
le Ya
Oppenheimer’s
Oth St
St. A. Collins
Gy Earev
DR. Bells
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
St.n. W
Sts
Special Department For the
American Security and Trust Company
Pennsylvania Ave
Washington Lodge
No 15
Bop
Miller
Earnshaw & Bro
Shoemaker’s
Tennessee
Geo. D
Wirkpatricnk
Yash York Ave
Gans A. Watace
Opposlte
Arlington
Shouw
Still College
Portsmouth
Ats
Mt Pleasest
Sunday Post
Newspapre Frehive
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