Georgetown Citizens Association Debates Street Renaming and Justice of the Peace
At a Georgetown Citizens Association meeting the group endorsed renaming Thirty-second Street to Wisconsin Avenue and discussed harmonizing street names with Washington. They supported Lt. Bergt Henry Behnelden as lieutenant of police of the Seventh precinct, urged one-name branding for the throughfare, and approved Reservoir Place and Reservoir Road designations. A push to secure a justice of the peace for Georgetown met with mixed views, with debate on district redistricting and staff implications.
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Schneider
Jordan
Georgetown
Metropolitan Police
Leutenant
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Bergt
Schneller
Georgetawn
Uvorgetown
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William M Dougal
George W Wood
Wisconsin Avenue
Otter Arrests
Tatreet
New Cut Road
Thirty-second
Prof Bell
Alexander Volta
Peat Wight Named to Republican National Committee
Postmaster General Cortelyou announced the appointment of Powl Wight of New Orleans as a Republican National Committee member for Louisiana. Wight, a leading New Orleans businessman, is cited as a broad party asset rather than representing any faction. A concert and program followed at Judiciary Park featuring a marching band and selections by Wagner, Suppé, and other composers.
Jury to Condemn Alley Land in Block 6 Opening
A jury sworn by Chief Justice Clabaugh of the District Supreme Court will assess damages in the condemnation of land for an alley opening in block 6 bounded by Mount Pleasant Lowill Eighteenth Streets and Howard avenue. The panel includes John E Herrell Thomas P Stephen von George Wo Moss Eugene J Tighe and William M Somerville. The jurors will convene at 4 o clock Wednesday afternoon. Cortelyou left yesterday for Champaign to address the University of Illinois graduating class and may visit Canton, Ohio on return. Lieut Gen Chaffee presented Thirteenth Cavalry officers to the President at Fort Myer with cordial greetings.
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Thomas P Stephen von
George Wo Moss
Eugene J Tighe
William M Somerville
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
Ingresdie
Mount Pleasant
Lowill
Eighteenth Streets
Howard Avenue
Cortelyou
Dinois
Peaterday
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Cortélyou
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Galliher Brothers Lumber Leader of Washington’s Board
W T Galliher of Galliher & Brother lumber firm, born Port Deposit Maryland, built a long Washington career from clerk to manager at a grocer, later Post Office appointee, then bookkeeper for George A Shehan. In 1899 he formed the firm with his brother at 13th and B, serving as director of several banks and companies, and active in many clubs, orders, and civic movements incl inaugurations and the Admiral Dewey reception.
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WW. T. Galither & Brother
Washington
Port Deposit
Cecil County
Maryland
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Fifteenth and
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Guatemala Pressed For Ends To False Guatemala Rumor Spread
Official Guatemalan representatives in the United States criticized repeating unfriendly statements about Guatemala. Minister Leslie Combe praised improved political and industrial conditions. Guatemalan Minister Jorge Muñoz voiced regret over rumors, affirming tranquillity under President Estrada Cabrera, enforced laws, and growing railroads and trade with the United States. He urged closer U.S. relations and invited Americans to visit to see Guatemala’s progress firsthand.
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Leslie Combe
Washington
Europe
Jorge Munoz
Estrada Cabrera
Itema
Ministera
Consula
Calura
Millionaires invest near United States Realty control
The interlinked wealth group including Senator William A Clark and the Havemeyers invest in land near the United States Realty Company. They expect large returns as the Realty Company plans consolidation and controls the local electric railway. The firm offers free autos to invite investors to inspect the property with no purchase obligation.
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United States Realty Company
William A. Clark
Havemeyer Suger Trust
Immon
Chauncey
Depew
New York
California
Distri
Colored Delegate Wins Second Vice Presidency In District Christian Endeavor
At Gunton Temple the Christian Endeavor Union of the District of Columbia held its annual meeting. A bid for a colored representative failed as Joseph H Lee defeated white candidate J F P McCurdy for second vice president by a solid majority. Delegates, many colored, objected to excluding a colored officer, urging broader representation amid a largely white assembly.
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Christian Endeavor Union
District of Columbia
Gunton Temple
FP Hellar
Page L. Zimmerman
John Lee Altinon
Gunton Temple Church
Baltimore
Tarring
New York Avenue
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Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society
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Lee
D B Rickes
Brother Garner
Plymouth Colored Congregational Church
H. C Matealt
Gurney Presbyterian Church
H Clyde Grimes
Congress Street Church
Alice M Meynes
J FP McCurdy
Whitney Avenue Christian Church
Joseph H Lee
Lea
McCurdy
Indian patents challenged by Interior approval dispute
Attorney General Moody hired U S District Attorney Wilkins to seek a court order restraining Choctaw and Chickasaw governors from delivering patents to tribesmen not approved by the Secretary of the Interior. The government contends such patents are invalid, amid ongoing allotment disputes with the two nations.
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Secretary of the Interior
Moody
United States District
Wilkins
Booth Macalester
Secret of the Interior
Hitchcock
Deges
Oak Hill Cemetery Officers Elected at Georgetown Meeting
The Oak Hill Cemetery Company in Georgetown held its annual meeting at 6 p m at the cemetery office. The old board of directors was re elected: James L Norris Adler William A Gordon and Henry Mathews. The officers re elected were President James L Norris Secretary Henry F Matthews Treasurer and Superintendent Fred N Sommerville. Before closing your house purify the waste pipes drains closets sinks and cellars with.
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Oak Run Cemetery Company
Georgetown
Mesara Jamies L. Norris
Mr. Adler
Willgm A. Gordon
Henry Mathew
James L. Norra
Henry F Mathewa
Fred N Sommerville
Sowing the Wind at Columbia Theater Receives Warm Reception
The Columbia Theater opened week four of its summer run with Rodney Grun dy's Sowing the Wind. Mr Standing showed tender depth beyond typecast roles while Mira Charlotte Walker impressed as Rosamond. Supporting cast including Dean, Jeffreys Lewis, Louis Galloway, and Malcolm Duncan delivered solid performances as Ned Ansley, Mrs Fretwell, Maud Fretwell, Watkins, Lord Petworth, Bridget, and Sir Richard Carlator. Wane Women and Song at Kernan's Lyceum praised for strong performances by Bonita and Thebe company with Howe Scott and the Toreador trio delivering humor and musical numbers.
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Columbia Theater
Rodney Grundy
Aa Brabston
Standing
Mira Charlotte Walker
Rosamond
Mr. Dean
Ned Ansiesley
Jeffreys Lewis
Mrs. Fretwell
Louis Galloway
Maud Fretwell
Fuller Meluish
Watkins
Mr Gaston
Lord Petworth
Ina Hammer
Bridget
Malcolm Duncan
Richard Carlator
Kernan
Lyceum Theater
Bonita
M M. Thebe
Raymond
Clayton
Husband
Howe
Scott
Toreador
Tasts to Editor Chase Twenty-Fifth Bee Anniversary Banquet
The Washington Bee marked its twenty-fifth anniversary with a banquet for editor W. Calvin Chase at Odd Fellows Hall on M Street Northwest. Prominent men including P. B. Pinchback Judson Lyons and O O Howard attended as speeches urged race solidarity and criticized parasitic elements in the black community.
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Washington Bee
W. Calvin Chase
Odd Fellows’ Hall
M Street
Pinchback
Louisiana
Judson W. Lyons
Register of the United States Treasury
John P. Green
United States Ardmp
O O. Howard
Oscar J. Heatt
John T Layton
Baltimore
John Turner
United States Pension Examiner
E. M Hewett
Simon P . Drew
Armand W Scott
Steels
Bee
Perugeal Diberty Lesgus
Bios
Death of Michael Dietz proprietor of Capitol Hill restaurant
Michael Dietz, 44, proprietor of a Capitol Hill restaurant, died at his home on New Jersey Avenue Northwest yesterday morning from typhoid fever. He leaves a widow and two children. The funeral is set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Concordia Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Mensel presiding. Dietz was born in Hamburg, Germany, and moved to Washington in January.
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Michael Diets
Michael Dietz
Deaths in the Philippines report to military secretary
The military secretary is informed of deaths of U S Army personnel in the Philippine Islands from malaria dysentery wounds and other causes with dates ranging from April to May. The notice lists several names in various regiments and details transfers leaves retirements and disciplinary actions affecting officers and enlisted today in the Army order.
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Philippine Islands
Cure for Eczema Illustrated by Baby Heal Story
A grateful mother recounts her four month old baby's brutal eczema, doctor said it was eczema, medicines failed, then Cuticura Soap and Ointment rapidly improved the skin. After a bath and ointment, a week brought relief and a month left no sores. Mrs Mary Sanders of Camden, N J signs the letter dated Aug 14 1904 urging mothers to trust Cuticura for relief.
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Cuticura
Mary Sanders
Camden
N. J
Navy and medical staff updates and vessel movements listed
The bulletin notes officers detached for duty at Washington in 1905 1906 and 1966 including Assistant Surgeon L W Bishop and Pay Director J A Frailey. It lists naval yard postings at Mare Island and Annapolis with ships and voyages to Guantanamo Hong Kong and Newport plus the Atlantic coast squadron preparing for army and navy exercises and midshipmen aboard vessels in Annapolis Roads.
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Chicago
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P Parker
Ala
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Fla
C. Boyle, Jr
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Mare Island
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ING
Annapolis
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Battle ships sail for drill grounds from Norfolk
The first division of the battle ship squadron under Rear Admiral RD Evans, including Maine Kearsarge Kentucky and Missouri, sailed from Hampton Roads for southern arm grounds for two days of sea evolutions before heading to New York and then dispersing for repairs. The gunboat Princeton left Mare Island Navy Yard and anchored in San Francisco Bay to sail to Pangma and relieve the monitor Wyoming, under Captain H Sherman, heading to the Isthmus station.
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Berlioz lament and a call for national penance
FANNIE EDGAR THOMAS writes of Berlioz as emblem of genius thwarted by poverty and neglect. The piece urges national days of penance and humility to honor great dead and neglected artists, contrasting lavish tributes to Mary and Jim with Berlioz’s struggle for basic shelter and instruments. The Danish West Indies quarantine update follows.
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Faust
Trevail
Mary
Jim
Susan
Berling
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