Narrowing Streets Spark City Engineer Controversy
Northeast Citizens Association alleges district engineers overstepped authority in street narrowing near the new Union Station. They claim work was ordered by subordinates, halted after protests, and caused substantial expense. critics say the NE section was unfairly targeted and that officials were unaware until the project advanced.
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Northeast Citizens Association
Association
Washington
Union Station
Wig Kein
Aespetiti
Court of Vivers
Arancey
Speeding fine hit for Wolam Sharp at New Wallare Hotel
Wolam Sharp, a casuffeur for the New Wallare Hotel, was fined $1.80 yesterday for exceeding speed regulations. The arresting officer noted the speed at fifty-five miles an hour and cited the driver for improper control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolam
Wallare
Wuites
Harty
Ewims
Girl Murd ers Sweetheart on Stairway Tragedy
Corinne Wiliged shot and killed her sweetheart William Morrow on March 1, firing from a stair head. The bodies fell downstairs and into the street in a jealous domestic tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wofity Han
Corinne Wiliged
Wiliam Morrow
Morrow
Actress shoots herself and another in city hospital
Two actresses, One Actress Shoots Herself and Katie Hansome, with Mattie Lorraine, were hospitalized in critical condition after attempted suicides amid disillusion with theater. A separate Baltimore and Ohio express wreck near Smithton Pa injured Engineer Frank Cunningham and Freman Hang, with passengers escaping unharmed as a collision and derailment occurred.
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St Paul Waren
Katie Hansome
Mattie Lorraine
Hart Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Smithton
Ralls
Frank Cunningham
Freman Hang Arithtul
Funeral for James C Lightcap Held at Green Home
James C Lightcap died from asphyxiation Friday night and was buried yesterday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted at his father Res Samuel H Green’s home. Lightcap, twenty four, worked for Adams Express Company and died due to a gag in his room not turned off. Pallbearers were associates of his father.
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James C Lightcap
Samuel H Green
Tightcap
Adams Express Company
Board Passes On Claims of Komen Catholic Church Against US
The board of church claims evaluated damages related to churches and convents in the Philippines by mortars and soldiers. They found the claimed amount of 200 000 too high and recommended that the finding be submitted to Congress for confirmation. The board comprised Lieut Col John J A Hull, Alexander G Brodie, and First Lieut John Moore.
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Lnted
Mort
Board of Church
Congress
Casey
John JA Hull
Alexander G Brodie
Tirst Tieut John & Moore
Executive Committee Urges Congress Vote Against Measure
Washington Humane Society executive committee met at the Waller Building and urged members to influence Congress to block a bill extending the period a captive animal may be kept without food or water during transit. The current thirty six hour limit would be lengthened by eight hours under the proposal.
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Congress
Washington Humane Societes
Waller
Stromegl
Cutie Max
Bensen
Stiffman
American Humane Asociation
Edwin M True
William Wo Lort
Edward Woshaw
Charles Eo Kern
Mary L Bennett
Mnell
Snow
Florence Murray
Vrs
Crammond
Mary Wood
Knowlton
B & Richardson
Way Howe Loten
Kennedy
Topper
Duy
Printers Hear Arguments on Injunction Against Union
The hearing on an injunction against Columbia Typographical Union No 1 drew many printers and officials from No 2 and others. Attorneys argued to halt alleged interference with local employment and business operations. The judge deferred a decision to a later date after extended remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Typographical Union No 1
Typothetae
Immanity Comet
Andy
Leon Talermer
Joe Flannery
Jackson Ho Ralston
Fatal Crushed Under Bridge Wreck Injures McGee
In Washington two workers were severely injured when a crane or load collapsed near the Anacostia end of the 143rd Street Bridge. Derrick McGee, 45, was trapped and later died in Providence Hospital. John Wunderlich, 61, longtime city resident, funeral pending from 3% Fourth Street South.
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McGee
Neax
Anacostia
Derrick McGee
Fouania
Providence
John Wunderlun
Hhm
Dilbert
Fourth Street
T Wunderlich
Anta Reb Dent
Washington
Ces
New York
Frida
American Conditions Echo French Revolution Speaker at Arlington Hotel
Lectures by Mrs. Savage at the Arlington Hotel discuss parallels between American woes and the French Revolution era. She notes American impatience with distant sorrows and cites Susan B. Anthony as a balanced figure, while recounting past talks on European and Chinese women and the Empress of China. An upcoming talk on Mme Du Barry is hinted with plans for continued lectures. Also mentions telegraphers and station agents committee meeting details.
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Richard Henry Savage
Arlington Hotel
Yesterda
Sts Scope
Mrs Savage
Trench
Savage
Crete
Times
Whier
Vis Savage
Firth Avenue
New Yark
China
New York
Thal
Dre Savage
St Louis
Empresz of
Strike Averted as Southern Railway Adopts Sliding Wage Scale
A telegraphers and station agents committee on the Southern Railway accepted a sliding wage scale after hours of talks. The plan, explained by HR Spencer, sets no fixed minimum or maximum, adjusting pay based on individual merit and business volume at each station across many Southern states. The agreement, described as perpetual unless amended with 30 days’ notice, reflects a broad readjustment of wages with substantial increases anticipated by individual employees.
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Atrike
Southern Railway
Spencer
National Hotel
Inia
Perham Presidente
Whelnin
la Olina
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
H B Perham
Merery
The
Ins
Paper Product Increases, 1904 Production Rise Noted
The Census Bureau reports a material rise in US paper production for 1904 and a larger consumption of newsprint than any other paper class. Newspapers used about 9,090,500 tons, with four year growth near 38 percent, aided by wood, straw, pulp waste, and fibers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
the Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Anniversary Celebration for Washington Diocese Funds to Reach 300000
The tenth anniversary of the Washington Diocese and the consecration of Right Rev Henry Yates Satterlee will be marked March 25. A Bishop of Washington fund aims to wipe parish and institution debts, with nearly 100000 to be raised by then. Parish debts in Trinity Church, St Thomas, St Andrews, St Margarets, Pro Cathedral, and others total substantial amounts.
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Diocese of
Washington
Henry Yates Litteriee
Protestant Episcopal Church
Bishop of Washington
Phe Ashop
Bishop of
James W Clark
Charles Fo Buck Clement Brown Lai
Charles C Glover Chiles
J Bell Samuel L Phil Ime
John A Johnston
Melgill
W Tuller
John T. Chew
Thomas O Sdbridgee
Mordecai T Fndicott William Corcoran Hill
Henry M Hoyt
Trinity Church
St Thomas
St .Andrews
St Margarets
Church of the Ascension
St Stephens
Christ Church
George Town
Church of the Good Shepherd
Navy
End of Potomac oyster dredging shorts season
Thursday marks the last day of oyster dredging in the Potomac River with a dull season ending early. Dredging is halted. tonging for oysters only will be permitted after Thursday as police boats monitor beds. Officials report many seed species were taken this year for use on cluster beds along the Atlantic coast.
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Potomac River
Atlantic
Funeral of Mrs Hughes At Hughes home services for Mrs Hughes
Funeral services will be held for Mrs Hughes wife of Rear Admiral Aaron K Hughes at the Hughes home on Nineteenth Street Northwest. She died Sunday about 5 pm. The notice notes the family address and relation to a high ranking officer. A separate brief reports a burglary incident in Monongahela where a watchman shot and killed a suspect during a robbery attempt at the Elsworth Coal and Coke Company store.
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Hughes
Firton
W Hughes
Nneteenth Street
Monongahela
Joseph Sholashi
Slas
Jasper Freeman
Elsworth Coal and Coke Company
Kotashi
Freeman
Life of Anne Royall at Columbia Historical Society meeting
The eighty sixth Columbia Historical Society meeting in the Shoreham banquet room featured a Miss Sarah H Porter paper read by Dr Gallaudet on Anne Royall. It recounts Royall as a pioneering woman journalist, jailed in 1820 for satire and political defiance, with a life spanning from George III to Lincoln.
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Sarah H. Porter
Columbia Historical Society
Shoreham
Anne Royall
Sarah H Porter
Gallaudet Im
Mrs Royall
Washington
Potomac River
United States
Anne Royalls Ufe
George the Third
Abraham Lincoln
Our Republic
Anne Royall and the Union’s preservation remembered
The obituary notes Anne Royall’s fierce commitment to the Union, her tough stance toward overthrow plots, and her gradual rise as a respected editor despite poverty at her 1854 death. Col Wilson of Texas outlined the Calvert mansion project and its historical work.
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Anne Royall
Royall
Col . . Wilson
Texas
American Historical Congress
Calvert Mansion
Campfire to Commemorate Eighteenth Anniversary
Roosevelt Garrison No 74 Army and Navy Union reports membership growth since September 1905 with over 300 new members and plans a campfire April 2 at Army and Navy Hall 910 Pennsylvania Ave. Invitations will go to Gen William E Barry Admiral D D Porter Gen Guy W Henry and other military groups. New members added include Charles Bischof O R Wrom J W Fraber George Allen T H King Bur Hitton Thomas O Keefe C Spangenberg William R Haynes and C C Pierce. The event marks an annual reunion for District veterans.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Army and Navy Union
Army and Navy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Union the Union
Cincinnate
Filippine Islands
Sweck
Wuilliam E Barry
D D Porter
Guy W Henry Garrison
Newburg
J Wdwin Browne
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Bischof
Wrom
J W Fraber
George Allen
T H King
Hitton
Thomas O
Keefe
Spangenberg
William R Haynes
C Pierce
Explosion at Ananias gas well near Shreveport
A Producers Company gas well in the Ananias field twenty miles north of Shreveport blew out last night sending flame rocks and salt pieces to 200 feet. A rumbling preceded the blast causing the earth to tremble. The force damaged the well piping and four sightseers nearby were uninjured.
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Shreveport
Ananias
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Automobie
J. &. Lightcap
Samuel H. Green
Humane Society
Justice Stafford
Jim Scruggs
Savy
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Tam
Washigton Warr
Gramer Rey
Senator Clark
Pompadour
the Empress of
W A. Nesbit
A. L McDaniel
JW ‘Burgess
G Whitwoth
R. H Smith
Walnutta
Howard Nichols
Pacreto_ Trapiya Company
St Loms
Peoples Pharmacy
Washington, D.C
Fania
Fond
Pitte
Queen Olives
Elphonio Youngs Company
Holland Rush
Miersenger
Prrson
Saratoga
Elphonzo Youngs Company
Ninth Street
Newport
Malaga
DR. Gallaudet
Peggy O Neill
Jacksons
Paul Pry
Huntress
Anne Royalis
Garrison
Sexi
Jongu
Ark
Ary
Louisville
Dr. Bell
E. Gutherland Medicine CO
Padwce
Washington Post
Wim. Knabe & Co
Knabe
Charles M. Stieff
Stieff
Droop & Sons
Firai
F. G. Smith Piano Co
Bradbury
Apollo
Apollo Music
J. de Moll & Co
Fancy Washogany
Hardman
Church Edge
Truth
Secret Society
Schol
Dally
Dally and Sunday Post
Aix
Post
Washington Pr
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Wastin
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Call
Wnte
Washington, D. C
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Beekman
Sal
Toladies
Marvel
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Cook Remedy CO
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