Treaty Ratification urged by Uncle Sam Guardian
Senate debates early session actions on Santo Domingo treaty and how American administration of the island’s customs funds could settle debts and curb foreign takeovers. Mention of Cullom’s stance, reciprocity doubts, Japan and China treaty prospects, and a Santo Domingo incident with Morris wounded and a Dominican killed.
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Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
New York Bank
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Tus Ireily
Mnate
Santo Domingan
Santa Domurgans
Germany
Iituin
United States
Cullom
Japan
Russia
State Department
China
Cuslom
Nayba
David E. Morris
Dominicin
Rev Pe
Red tape trimmed by Navy Paymaster General report
Paymaster General Harris touts streamlined contracts and faster payments as the Navy bureau cuts red tape. He claims over 360000000 paid in a year with time savings of about 200000, aiming to boost competition and lower prices. The piece also notes pension anomalies for pay clerks and a coroner’s inquest into a stabbing in Chester Court Northwest.
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Harmis
Contractias
Department
Illess
Bureau
Hales Till
Henrio O 'Metis
Lfe
Kennington
John Patterson Diggs
Chester Court Northwest
John Mercer
Diggs
Henry Gaskina
Mercer
Grand Ry
Birner
Gaskins
De Graw Installs Shortest Telegraph Line In Office
The Fourth Assistant Postmaster General and his secretary use a four-station telegraph line inside a small office alcove to communicate with a stenographer. Observers note the rapid clicks and speculate on De Graws reasons from patronage to voice control while De Graw remains silent.
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de Graw
H. F. Allen
Congress
Mr de Graw
Washington
Historic Edifice Sells as Winter Residence for Mrs Ryan
The old Admiral English mansion at 1518 K Street NW sold for about 21 500 to Mrs Eleanor K Rixey daughter of the late admiral and wife of Surgeon General Rixey. The Johnston estate house at 1325 G Street was also sold to Mrs Ryan wife of Thomas F Ryan for winter use near Washington. Construction bids on the Fifteenth Street bank building ranged from 237 700 to 297 303 led by A B Stannard of New York. the seven story structure, brick and terra cotta trim, rises 7 1/2 by 116 feet with designers Gordon Tracy Swartout.
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Fifteenth Street
Treasury
Admiral English
Eleanor K. Rixey
Admiral
Rixey
Navy
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John S. Barbour
Joseph J Darlington
Harnet Lane Johnston
Thomas F. Ryan
New York
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Virginia
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Murray A. Cobb
Treasury Building
National Metropolitan Citizens’ Bank
A B Stannard
C A Langley
Norcross Brothers
J Presecott & Co
Camp & Co
Thompson-Starrett Company
George A Fuller Company
Wells Brothers Company
Gordon, Tracy & Swartout
Br. Simmons
Policeman Edward Mudd Receives Major Reward Share
Policeman Edward Mudd of the Sixth Precinct was awarded eighty percent of a $50 reward for capturing Edgar Garland a deserter from the United States Army. The remaining share will fund the clothing and helmet fund as usual deductions from police rewards.
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Edward Mudd
Edgar ¥. Garland
United States Army
Roosevelt Receives Rousing Welcome in New Orleans
President Roosevelt visits New Orleans amid a packed Lafayette Square crowd as 7000 schoolchildren wave American flags. He urges self restraint to avoid danger, thanks veterans and yellow fever workers, and praises Louisiana leaders for handling the epidemic and supporting national projects like the Panama Canal and levee system.
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New Orleans
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White
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West Virginia Flagship of North Atlantic Fleet
The armored cruiser West Virginia, carrying President Roosevelt from New Orleans to Hampton Roads on his return from the South, serves as flagship of the armored cruiser division of the North Atlantic fleet. The formidable ship signals strong U S naval force and presidential presence.
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West Virginia
President Roosevelt
New Orleans
Hampton Roads
North Atlantic
West Virginia to join North Atlantic fleet for reception with British squadron
The West Virginia, a 23 000 horsepower battleship, will join the North Atlantic fleet to participate in a reception for a British squadron led by Prince Louis of Battenberg. The ship displaces 15 138 tons, measures 602 feet in length with a 69 feet six and one half inch beam, drafts 24 feet. Forty one officers and 787 bluejackets man her, and she will carry the president homeward, with the dispatch boat Dolphin designated to take him from Hampton Roads to Washington.
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Prince Louis of Battenberg
United States
West Virginia
Dolphin
Navy Department
Washington
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Highland Light
Chesapeake
President regrets Cuba cannot meet Roosevelts Key West stop
A Havana telegram from Secretary Loeb says President Roosevelt appreciates Havana’s wish to greet him at Key West but regrets the itinerary omits a Key West stop. At a Havana meeting, Americans and Cubans agreed a large party will sail to Key West to pay respects when he arrives.
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Loeb
Roosevelt
Havana
Fla
Pedent Roosevelt
Executors of Cooper Estate Seek Recovery From Former Firm
Edith B. Bryce Lloyd Bryce John E Parsons and E T Fedell executors of Edward Cooper estate receive permission to sue Lawson Weidenfeld Co and George W Pepper receiver Bay State Gas to recover 171206 tied to securities held by the former fiduciary. The suit seeks satisfaction of a January 1904 judgment plus interest.
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Cooper Estate
New York
United States
Marshal Henkel
Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Death at Leesville Station After Slap Incident
Wilmer Mitchell, a Leesville man, shot and killed James Trotter at the local Union Station at 5 o'clock, in front of about two thousand spectators. Mitchell surrendered, citing an earlier slap in the face as the motive for the fatal attack.
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Wilmer Mitchell
Leesville, & C
James ‘Trotter
Union Station
Mitchell
Trotter
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