Public Printing Waste Probed by Landis Committee
The Landis subcommittee on Printing opens hearings on nine years of public printing excess. Oscar J. Ricketts, Acting Public Printer, cites obsolete laws, huge reserves, and duplicate reports as waste sources. Proposes cuts in copies, abolishing document reserves, and major reform of printing practices to save substantial funds.
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Landis
Joint Committee On Printing
Capitol
Harles Landis
Indiana
Gorman
Maryland
Breck Perkins
New York
Mesars
Perkins
Oscar J. Ricketts
Ricketts
Rick~elts
Ricketts Gaid
Ricketts Wat
Prustine
Hicketts
Reelamas
von Service National Soldiers’ Home
House Wanual
Bureau of American Republica
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Labor
Civil Service Commission
Geological Survey
Weather Bureau
Arm shot with brick halts attack near Piney Branch
Bartly Armstrong, an aged Black man, was struck on the head with a brick by John Proctor, a 16 year old Black youth. Proctor was detained by detectives Trumbo and Brauner and Armstrong was taken home. Proctor claims self defense while a crowd gathers amid ongoing inquiry.
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Bartly Armstrong
John EB Froctor
Proctor
Piney Branch
Fourteenth Street Mead
Trumbo
Centra
Brauner
Woamewately
Patriotic Order of America Holds Third Session
The annual convention of the Patriotic Order of America closed its third and last session at the Music Temple. Officers were installed, laws revised, and delegates said farewell as many prepared to return home. Mrs. Alice Farr ing received a gold watch, and William H. Mumaw was presented with one as retiring officers. Next year’s meeting will be in Atlantic City.
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Uncle Sam
Washington City
Washington
Incleam
Bankers' Association
Cendal
Uncle Saui
Col Arthur & Randle
United States Realty Company
London
Thunderer
London Times
The
Patriotic Order of America
Temple
Tate
J. W. Thorne
Maryland
Alice * Farring
William H. Mumaw
Atlantic City
Miss Alice Roosevelt Returns Home From Orient Tour
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrives in Jersey City aboard Harriman Special after a three day journey from San Francisco. She is greeted by little crowd and proceeds to her aunt Mrs. Douglas Robinson at 10 East Seventy third Street. The party notes she was tired but not sick and expresses delight at nearing Washington and home.
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Mas
Douglas Robinson
Gillett
New York
E. H. Harriman
Alice Roosevelt
Jersey City
Bre
Harriman
Arden
N. Y
Miss Roosevelt
Boardman
McMillan
Congressman Gillett
Massachusetts
J. C. McKnight
East Seventy-third Street
Washington
Toatop
Bimba
Wooy
Miss McMillan
Miss Boardman
Roosevelt
Newlands
Representative Longworth
Orient
San Francisco
Longworth
Cincinnati
China
Japan
Korea
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
C R. Seckinger
Mr. Beckinger
Beckinger
Moore
Keyser Gets New Place at Post Office Dept
Paul V Keyser was appointed yesterday as assistant attorney in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office Department. Me R Keyser, formerly a law clerk in the same office, was named to the vacancy created by Mr Coyser. Edwin A Mie, a clerk in the office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, was promoted to fill Coyser's former post.
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Paul V Keyser
R Keyser
Edwin A Mie
Coyser
Chinaman Robbed as Laundry Owner Awakes to Loss
Detective Borlingame of the Eighth precinct investigates a Wednesday night theft from Lea For of a laundry at 1148 Seventh Street Northwest. While the proprietor slept, a thief abstracted $39 and the place was found open by Officer McGraw who awoke Lee to report the loss.
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Borlingame
Eighth Precinct
Lea For
Seventh Street
Lee Wis
McGraw
Lee
Fifteen Years of Torture Ends by Cuticura Cure
A consumer letter from B. Franklin of Allegheny Pennsylvania recounts long lasting scalp dermatitis. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks he reports his head fully cleared and his body healed. A cake of soda and a box of ointment accompanied the purchase.
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B. Franklin
Washington St
Allegheny
Four Bishops Speak at Conference on Urban Church Growth
Eminent Methodist bishops pleased with progress yet warn the field remains largely unexplored. On day two sessions in Foundry Church and a mass meeting at Metropolitan Church highlighted city church extension efforts amid heavy immigration concerns. Bishops McDowell Hamilton Moore Cranston Goodsell spoke on expanding churches and Sunday schools. reports from Europe and the United States showed growing membership and ongoing collaboration with the South to create a joint catechism.
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Bishops’ Conference
Foundry Church
Metropolitan Church
H. Fowler
New York
J F. Berry
Buffalo
Methodist Union and
City Church Extension Society
Metropolitan
F. M. Bristol
H. BR. Nagict
Cules
Perila
W. F. McDowell
McDowell
J. W. Hamilton
San Francisco
West
David H. Moore
Fortland
Oreg
Hart Cranston
Washington
Bishop Cranston
Brotyn
Goodsell
Boston
Hamilton
H. Warren
Denver
C .H. Fowler
J. A Fitzgerald
St Louis
L. B. Wilson
Chattanooga
T. B. Neely
South America
William Burt
Europe
Austria
Italy
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Bulgaria
Denmark
Russia
Burt
Finland
St. Petersburg
J. M. Walden
Cincinnati
Cyrus D. Foss
Philadelphia
Bowman
East Orange
N. J
Tts
Bowman, Merrill
Chicago
Vincent
J J. Taggart
Methodist Church South
North Church
South Church
College of Bishops
Board of Bishops
Louisville
Mitchell Cage
McCabe
Cone 23
Ohio
Moore
W. F. Malissieu
Massachusetts
Political Contest Draws Court and Civic Reaction
Fragmentary report outlines opposition to a tentative plan and a reception with speeches. Mentions candidates and local figures, with emphasis on civic process and public event scheduling in the city.
Busy bishops run the Methodist Church conferences
The article notes that busy bishops manage the Methodist Episcopal Church’s conferences, assign bishops to oversee regions, and handle extensive duties including church visits, dedications, and missionary support. It lists the twenty two board members, immediate assignments, and three bishops serving abroad while detailing superannuates and attendance.
Embezzlement Charge Draws Roxbury Man to Washington
William Hopkins of Roxbury faces arraignment in Washington after a grand jury indictment for embezzlement. Arrested September 12, 1903, in Boston on charges of retaining about $1,000 from a carriage maker Louis Poland. Hopkins bonded for $2,000, disappeared, then located in Boston. Detective Howlett to escort him to Washington today.
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William Hopkins
Roxbury
Mays
Washington
Boston
Howlett
Central Office
Grand
Hopkins
Louis Poland
Hopking
Capt. Boardman
Boy shot by companion during bird hunt near roundhouse
Sixteen year old Harry Diehl was shot in the abdomen by fellow sixteen year old Wille Wilson while bird hunting about a mile north of the Baltimore and Ohio roundhouse on the Metropolitan branch. Diehl is at Emergency Hospital in a serious condition after an operation. Wilson assisted by taking him to the hospital.
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Harry Diehl
First Street
Wille Wilson
Thirteenth Street
Diehl
Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse
Metropolitan
Wilson
Well Known Stockman E. B. Hawks Dies in Unadilla
Mr. E. B. Hawks father of Maj. L. Hawks of Washington died yesterday at Unadilla New York in his eighty sixth year. He was a renowned thoroughbred stockman and among the first importers of shorthorns in the country. Maj. Hawks left for the funeral which is set for tomorrow at 1 o'clock.
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E. B. Hawks
Maj. L. Hawks
Washington
Unadilla
N. Y
Maj. Hawks
Mr. Hawks
New York
Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestion and Strength
An advertising notice touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as the best remedy for weak stomachs and thin people. It claims the tablets supply peptones and diastase to digest flesh forming foods like meat bread and potatoes, improving digestion and restoring vigor. Sold by druggists in the United States Canada and Britain for 50 cents.
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Stuart
United Biptes
Canada
Great Britain
Charitable fraud and stage life intertwine in Brooklyn case
A Brooklyn woman posing as a charity collector and actress forged hospital credentials and stole from donors over three years. Police say Mildred Curren known as Mary Arrezon and Annete Smith forged certs, kept about $800 to $10,000, and had ties to Viola Allen and August Belmont. She was jailed for examination on a petty larceny charge as charity officials pursue forgery charges.
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New York
Wallington Post
Brooklyn
Bethesda Hospital
Wayside Home
Little Mothers’ Aid Sociery
Home Hospital
Belmont
Sheepshead Bay
Chante
Viola Allen
Mrs. Fiske
Mildred Curren
Mary Arrezon
Annette Smith
Frome
Miss Curren
Brooklyn Board of Charities
Isaac F. Garey
Little Mothers
Carey
Charity Organization Society
Putvath House
Charity
August Belmont
H. B. Claflin
A. Q. Spalding & Co
Etta Reed Payson
Joseph Haworth
Miss Marlowe
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Misa Curra
Flora Mather
Glenville
Ohio
Struggie
Fiske
Curren
Adai Street
Brookly
Organization Society
Brooklyn medium smashers plot against Mrs Pepper
The Brooklyn group, dubbed the medium smashers, formed an un named association with H D Byrne as attorney to pursue charges against Mrs Mary Pepper head of the First Spiritualist Church. They plan to accuse her of sleight of hand exhibitions for money under false pretenses if needed while Dr L K Funk defends spiritualism as susceptible to fooled investigators.
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Washington Rose
New York
Brooklyn
Mary Pepper
First Spiritualist Church
H. D. Byrne
Bye
Spanish cabinet crisis over naval head refused Legion of Honor
Madrid reports a clash within the Spanish cabinet as Senor Villanueva refuses President Loubet's Grand Cross and higher Grand Collar honors. Weyler threatens disruption. Villanueva argues navy precedence. French circles view it as anti French sentiment. Premier seeks to limit upheaval to the marine ministry. retirements loom, including the finance chief. Montero Rios unlikely to yield premiership until Moroccan conference ends. Loubet's Madrid visit ends without incident as he departs for Lisbon with King Alfonso.
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Madrid
Senor Villanueva
Marine
Loubet
Order of Legion of Honor
Gen Weyler
Villanueva
Navy
Weyler
France
Ministry of Marine
Finance
Senor Montero Rios
Alfonso
Lisbon
Prince Frederick Leopold in Transit Across War-Torn Russia
Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, the Emperor William’s representative with the Russian army in Manchuria, arrived in Berlin after meeting the emperor. He traveled from Warsaw by train, then on a special train escorted by fifty soldiers. American travelers seek routes to St Petersburg via Sweden due to rail uncertainties. Warsaw-Vienna Railway offers no guarantee of safety. A court train was dispatched from Berlin to meet the prince at the frontier.
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Kaiser
Manchuria
Russia
Berlin
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Emperor William
Warsaw
Biala
St. Petersburg
Sweden
St Petersburg
Warsaw-Vienna
Weather Conditions Report from Weather Bureau DC Oct 26 8 pm
Weather across coast to interior shows fair conditions in New England and central regions while the Northwest and upper Midwest face showers. Temperatures trend near normal with warmer Friday eastward. expect rain or snow in the Central Rocky Mountain region and variable winds from northeast to southeast along coasts and lakes. Temperatures and humidity readings for midnight to 9 pm listed, with sunshine percentage at 0.0.
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Dept of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
South Atlantic
New England
Upper Lake
Minnesota
South Dakota
Atlantic States
Northwest
Lolo
New York
Michigan Pan-insula
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Temprature
Insissippi
Loper Lake
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Sint
Middle Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Steamera
Grand Banks
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Ghia
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Menta
Methodist Church
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Ghana
Willam Burt
General Board
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F. W. Warne
J. B. Hobingon
W. Ji
Asia
J. C. Hartel
JH. ,Scott
Africa
M. C. Harris
Thomas Bowtran
M. Merrill
J. H. Vincent
Companton
E. B. Hawkes
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Brooklyn “Medium Smashers
Lansburgh & Bro
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Raine Fan
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Lawrie & Haynes
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Edroop
Penna. Ave
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405 Avenue
Pa. Ave
Peletote
Schwartz & Pelzman
Ith Street
Christian Mander
Geely House
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American Security and Crust Company
G Street
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Connecticut
Krocer
Earnshaw & Bro
McGill & Wallace
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Rome Life
Clarissa B. Tufth
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