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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1904
Page
10
Farmers associations expanded a milk price battle amid a wider effort to stabilize output. The dispute centered on proposed increases to butterfat value and per gallon milk charges, with votes failing to fix prices and voices from producers, dealers, and the agriculture department shaping the ongoing stalemate.
A report notes bakers suspected of short weight loaves and price signaling with a visible sign reading Bread Five cents. Authorities and municipal police investigate alleged offenses as smaller bakers press for price changes.
A new free dispensary for examination and treatment of consumptives opens next Monday at 65 Four-and-a-half street southwest at 2 20 PM, daily Monday to Friday 2 00 to 8 30 PM. The clinic, run with the Associated Charities, will offer free examinations to detect tuberculosis and its cure. Doctors Thomas, Holden, Lemon, O Donoghue, Dunaingam and Beall will volunteer without pay.
Rival exhibition of winter chrysanthemums at the Agriculture Department gardens opens next week after moving plants to the new facilities on fourteenth and B streets northwest. The display will feature white yellow scarlet and crimson blossoms with many new varieties introduced this year. Superintendent Byrnes and staff have refined blooms to under a half dozen stems per variety and promise a striking collection alongside familiar favorites. Commander Young discusses Panama conditions while Senor Corral thanks the President for hospitality during a San Francisco visit. Treasury receipts rise as expenditures and revenues appear in the latest figures.
Rear Admiral H T B Harris proposes that acting assistant paymasters must serve one year in the position and undergo board scrutiny before receiving commission. The plan includes rank adjustment, potential revocation rights by the Secretary of the Navy, and warrants for clerks. The Navy seeks $8 million supply fund growth and new storehouses and yard improvements.
The Navy plans a successful wireless telegraph system on Nantucket lightships to contact incoming and outbound steamers and issue advance orders to vessels along the Atlantic coast. Admiral Manney oversees installation after securing a German firm to supply the plant. Tests show communication possible to Newport and Navesink, about 200 miles away.
The United States plans to dispatch American army surgeons as observers attached to Japanese and Russian forces in Manchuria with diplomatic consent. Reports from the field indicate major changes in field hospital methods across both belligerents, guiding improvements to the U.S. Army Medical Department.
Secretary chaired a meeting of the general board with Admiral Dewey presiding. The talk covered ship types and numbers to request from Congress, likely favoring large battleships after the Eastern conflict. Also listed are naval officer appointments, vessel movements, and a Philippine Constabulary reduction to 6,000 men beginning next fiscal year. Surgeon General Rixey's inspection tour concluded in Boston with Charlestown Navy Yard visits.
Fragmentary wartime orders detailing transfers, leave extensions, and duty assignments for U S Army personnel. Mentions Captain George D Guyer and Chaplain Julien B Yates, plus officers Florence Homer Wowen and others, with movements to Fort Adams San Francisco and various stations.
Oscar J. Ricketts filed suit in the Dietrich Supreme Court against Sun Printing and Publishing Association seeking 100000 in damages for libel. The action stems from a New York Sun dispatch from St Louis about findings of the International jury of awards for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition machinery exhibits. Ricketts, foreman of printing at the Government Printing Office, serves on the awards jury and chairs a subcommittee. The article alleged a likely scandal in awards not yet announced, implying fraud. Attorneys are John M. Thurston and D W Baker.
At a Board of Education meeting last night, numerous changes in the teaching staff were announced. Resignations included M. L. Dodd and A. z Divier. promotions moved Milgrun Nixon and B. B. Dionk to higher divisions. several transfers and new appointments were made, including C. M. Crawford and Margaret Queen. The attendance report on the free lectures shows strong turnout and the next lecture will be by Charles P. Palitan on One Hundred Miles on the Towpath.
Washington Railway and Sleewie Company announced the purchase of a Cura steam turbine praised for compact size and high output. A turbine similar to one at the Ponomac Electric Plant cost 250000 and has operated about two months. Analysts say it uses less space and can produce 32 percent more output. Also reported: Melbourne firm bids. a Kit Carson Post event honored Edward Charles Stevens. Lincoln Camp 2 organizes a military company with available guns. Mrs Young sells her home at 2219 Masachusettes Ave NW for 2000 to Thomas W. Locke. Nevada sues United States for 470,4145 in Civil War aid claims.
The following fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday Maine Clarke Island Johnita Mamachese North Heath Arthur Wales ranks Pennysylvania Laughton AM Neileos Lucust Grove Howard Garland Virginia Occoquan Isabel Huck Sulphur Tines Howard Wi King.
Delegates to the annual convention of the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Baltimore conference meet for their closing session. Elections, reports, and next year's meeting place are on the agenda, with Mrs. W Brown as alternate delegate and Mra W H Wagner elected for the general board of managers in Indianapolis. Officers are re-elected, and a Rust Hall gathering focused on young people's work with papers on Denver and national topics, plus district secretaries reports showing increased activity.
The twenty third annual meeting of the board of managers of the Associated Charities will be held at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church on Friday November 18 at 3 P M. Hon Robert W De Forest will deliver the chief address on The Broadening Sphere of Greinized Charity Why It In trevsingle Emphasizes Preventive and Constructive Social Servce. Admission by ticket only with reserved seats free from the association at 81 G Street.
Japanese Minister Takama met with Mr Peirce at the State Department to arrange entertainments for Prince Fushimi. The prince will travel from San Francisco arriving November 14, visit Washington, St Louis, and West Point, staying about four days to present a message from the Emperor and inspect the Military Academy.
An order in Private Court authorized the sale of the Arlington Hotel furniture and fixtures to Nellie Taylor Hoessis widow of Cheophilus B. Roessie for 120000. Mrs Roessie must execute a promissory note. the sale is charged against her share of her husband estate. Edward N. McKinney, executor under Roessie’s will, is authorized to assign the hotel lease to Mrs Roessie.
Canada’s post office limits mail to letters and newspapers north of White Horse Yukon Territory due to winter backlogs. Forty nine Yukon post offices will only receive non-transmissible items sent to publishers or individuals. Halstead to edit Newsboys Magazine. Halstead elected president and editor. new magazine to launch early winter.
A morning auto crash near Riverdale leaves John B Waters with a deep facial cut and a frightened horse. William Campbell faces a police court appearance after Sergt Carlsson arrested him for alleged debris and collateral as security. Mrs Steele escapes serious injury, while Campbell’s companion Mri Haynes was thrown into a ditch.
An advertisement claims chronic liver and bowel issues cause eye specks and blurred vision. It asserts that Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills cleanse blood, alleviate bilious symptoms, and ease headaches and constipation, with a 25 cent price and W. F. Smith signature.
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