Hay On Canal Inquiry and Caucus Chairmanship
Representative James Hay of Virginia announced plans to launch a Panama Canal inquiry into expenditures and $20,000,000 in contracts awarded without competitive bidding. He warned Republicans may block probes while predicting little practical tariff relief and no major legislation this winter. Hay said he does not seek re election and discussed Democratic caucus leadership prospects, with De Armond and Williams as potential rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Hay
Virginia
Hay
Congress
Panama
Committee On
Committee On Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Iictle
Senate
Henry
Texas
Representative Williams
de Armond
Missouri
Williams
United States Senate
Senator Money
Vardarman
Judge de Armond
President's Canal Views Urge Quick Isthmian Study
President addresses the board of consulting engineers in Oyster Bay urging rapid study of canal plans. He avoids preferring a lock or sea level route and asks for candid reports. The board, returning to Washington, continues individual dam assessments until Friday with site visits to follow.
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Oyster Bay
Congress
Washington
New York
Negotiations for a German American Commercial Treaty Begin
Negotiations between the United States and Germany for a commercial treaty will be taken up in earnest this fall. When Secretary Root arrives in Washington for the winter he will likely begin work on a new commercial arrangement. Considerable progress has been made and the treaty should be ready for signatures and Senate submission within weeks of actual negotiation commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Root
Washington
Ukery
Senate
Salve Bucklen’s Agnica Prevents Fatal Injuries After Crash
An accident prompted use of Bucklen’s Agnica salve to treat cuts burns and sores with 26 cent price tag cited. The fragmentary notice mentions fatalities prevented and a Newspenger style tag.
Powell to resign as Haiti minister amid revolutions and fever
Willam F. Powell United States Minister to Haiti announced from his Camden home that he will resign to President Roosevelt due to the ongoing revolutions riots and fevers in Haiti. He plans to return to Port au Prince in about eight days to await his successor while officials say the resignation has not yet been received at the State Department.
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Loomis
State Department
Powell
State Artement
Powel
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
China
Shanghai
Canton
America
Brig Gen George H Weeks Dies at 2215 Washington Circle
Brig Gen George H Weeks a former quartermaster general of the army died at his home after a two week illness. Born 1834 in New York he entered West Point in 1857 and served through the Civil War rising to captain. He retired in 1899 as a brigadier general and is survived by two sons and a daughter. Burial is expected Saturday at Arlington.
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George H. Weeks
Army
Washington Circle Northwest
Arlington
Weeks
New York
United States Military Academy
West Point
Artillery
Quartermaster’s Department
Washington Circle
George * Weeks
Fourteenth Infantry
Marion M. Weeks
Fifth Infantry
Polhemus
Deaths and funerals in Maryland and Washington
William Dade veteran Maryland family descendant dies at seventy eight near Dawsonville after brief illness. Rev Townshend Dade and Col Robert Dade ranked among leaders. Confederate veteran and former teacher. Also funeral of George D Scott former chief of the Redemption Division attends post office staff. interment Arlington Cemetery. John S Carter prominent Baton Rouge citizen dies, formerly in Washington Treasury under McKinley. body to be interred in Georgia.
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Maryland
William Dade
Frank Pyles
Dawsonville
Dade
Robert Townshend Dade
Baltimore City
State Senate
Montgomery County
Townshend Dade
England
London
Old Christ Church
Alexandria
George Washington
Boyds
Walldene
William BE. Wall
New York
Robert Dade
George D. Scott
George D. Seott
Redemption Diyiston
Post Office Department
New York Avenue Northwest
J. J. Muir
Temple Baptist Church
Scott
Robert 8. Lytle
Alice Scott
John 8. Carter
Baton Rouge
Mr. Carter
Washington
Treasury Department
McKinley
Thomas H. Carter
Qomngvile, Gee
Counting Nearly Done in Treasury Work Next Week
The counting of sliver and gold currency at the Treasury should finish Monday or Tuesday. Incoming Treasurer Charles H. Treat will provide outgoing Treasurer Ellis Roberts with a receipt for the funds in his hands. The treasury holds about a million dollars in bonds, securities, paper, gold and silver, with currency around 4680000. Twenty two men were employed for two and a half months to count and assess all assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Treat
Ellis
Secretary of the Treasury
Kula
Boycott Begins in China Spurs Anti Foreign Sentiment
Shanghai dispatch details how an American boycott in China grew beyond economics to threaten foreign relations. Officials in Peking allegedly fathered the movement while merchants in Shanghai and Canton profited, spreading placards and sensational reports that fueled anti American feeling and calls for immigration changes.
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Peking
Boston
Shanghai
Japan
United States
Tokyo
America
New York
Singapore
Penang
Hongkong
Manila
Canton
Japan to Establish Steam Line to Reach Argentina
Reports to the Bureau of Manufactures from the Far East say Japan plans a line of steamers to South America to obtain cheap wheat from Argentina. The bulletin notes rice eating is giving way to bread and mentions Japan's 1904 05 trade efforts and a recent move to gather information on trade relations with Brazil for further development.
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Argentina
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Far East
Japan
South America
Bulletin
Ita
Brazil
Inspected Niagara Power Plants by International Waterways Commission
The International Waterways Commission inspected the Niagara plants today in Buffalo. Manufacturers were asked to appear before the commissioners to present views on the lake level problem and the impact of diverting water from the Niagara River for power production.
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Niagara
Buffalo
International Waterways Commission
Niagara Malle
Niagara River
Union Veterans Encampment Opens in Wilmington
The Union Veteran Legion of the United States began its twentieth national encampment in Wilmington Delaware. Gen William H Manning presided at the parade and opened business with invocation by Rt Rev Leighton Coleman and welcome by Mayor Wilson. Nominations followed for national and senior vice national commanders and other offices.
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Legion
Wilmington
Whlmington
Del
Union Veteran Legion of the United States
Wiliam H. Manning
Leighton Coleman
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Delaware
Wilson
Manning
Joseph W. Kay
Brooklyn
William A. Reilly
J. Park Posties
BH. M. Avis
Camden
N. J
George C. Clouds
Greensburg
Ind
Fields Accuses Lipscomb In Beneficial Endowment Case
In a district Supreme Court petition Thomas M. Fields asks to be made co defendant in the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association suit against Commercial Life Insurance Company. He charges Andrew A. Lipscomb with retaining about 18000 of the fund and falsifying accounts, citing multiple witnesses and written acknowledgments.
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Thomas M. Fields
Washington Beneficial Endowment Association
Commercial Life Insurance Company
District Supreme Court
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Tipscomb
Andrew
Jipscomb
David H. Mead
United States
Regular Sate price and Golden Oak China Case listing
A fragmented inventory of Golden Oak and Mahogany China Cases with varied prices. Items include Golden Oak China Case priced from 40 to 90 dollars, Mahogany China Case around 28 to over 140 dollars, and Weathered Oak items. Several entries mix prices and short notes, suggesting a catalog or sale listing with scattered figures.
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China
Rao
Mahogany and Oak Sideboards in Sale Prices
Various sideboards listed including Mahogany and Golden Oak models with prices such as 690 25.00 80.00 145 09 98.50 110 5.00 397.00 101.50 and 57.00. Some entries repeat styles like Mahogany Sideboard and Golden Oak Sideboard amid scattered numbers and descriptors.
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Gale Drice
Mahogany and Oak Extension Tables Price List
A catalog of mahogany and oak extension tables with various sizes and finishes. Items include Golden Oak and Weathered tables, regular and sale pricing, plus accessories like rounds and side tables. Prices range from a few dollars to hundreds, with several entries unclear due to OCR errors.
Apartment House Debate At Epworth League Meeting
An Epworth League gathering at Brightwood Park M. B. Church Des Moines Street and Elgeath NW hosted a debate on the resolution that apartment life is the ideal. Edith Claxton Homer Smith Allaire Woodson Emery Cox defended for. Heald Seth A Terry and Frank Shaw opposed. The discussion split into economy and the servant girl problem with the affirmative arguing savings in fuel and lighting and that servants under agents maintain cleanliness, while the negative contended apartment life is not a true home despite some conveniences. Judges Rochester Courek Taylor presided.
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Epworth League
Brightwood Park
M. BE
Des Moines
Elgeath
Edith Claxton
Homer Smith
Allaire Woodson
Emery Cox
Mr. Heald
Seth A. Terry
Frank Shaw
Claxton
Ant
Betty
Jugees
Mr. Gochester
To Fing
M. Courek
Misaig
Taylor
Mirlehewood Bark Church
National Council of United Mechanics Meets in Dayton
The fifty-ninth meeting of the National Council United Order of American Mechanics adjourns after morning talks at the Typographical Temple. Key items include ritual revision, installation of officers led by A F Bicknell of Woonsocket and others, plus a special Washington charter dispensation and orphanage fund proposal. Next gathering slated for Dayton, Ohio.
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National Council
United Order American Mechanics
G Street
National
A. F. Bicknell
Woonsocket
R. I
F. Z. Jones
New York
John Server
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Nanional
Joseph H. Shinn
Camden
N. J
Thomas H. Arbuchle
Liverpool
Ohio
William M. Quinn
Baltimore
C. Charles
New Jersey
National Hotel
Washington
W. O. Douglass
Tennessee
Dayton
Ghl
Jiuior Dealers Plan Delegates for Webber Bill Fight
The Junior Dealers Association of Washington met at 910 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest and chose delegates and alternates to attend the National Liquor Dealers Association convention. They will oppose the Webber prohibition bill for the District of Columbia, introduced in Congress, and seek its passage defeat. Names of delegates include I. C. Leonard, Samuel G. Stewart, George S. Davidson, with alternates Matthew Ruppert, George F. Fogle, and D. B. Riordan. Local officers and national representation listed.
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Jiuor Dealers’ Association of Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
National Liquor Dealers‘ Association
National Legislative Committee
Hugh F. Harvey
Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest
William McGuire
Thirteenth Street Northwest
W. T. Whalen
Eleventh Street Southwest
HB. J. Jordan
Ninth Street
New York
Madison Square Garden
New Orleans
I. C. Leonard
Harrison Street
Anacostia
Samuel G. Stewart
Seventh Street
George &. Davidson
Matthew Ruppert
George F. Fogle
D. B. Riordan
Myer Fisher
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Pregent
Haiti
G. H. Weeks
the Army
John
Carter
Associated Frese
Rockhill
Rogers
Conger
Osm
Union Veterans
Fields
Beneficial Endowment Association
Ak Iy
Palais Royal
Margaret E. Sangster
Relyea
Boys’ Henry Books
Usc
Shakespeare
Valpy
Johnson
Jared Epes
Harper Brothers
Edward W. Kemble
C. R. H. Russell
Edward Fowne
Tac C Cloth Binding
Cuba
Scribners
Annie Jory
al Jen
John Lotman Motly
Paniah
Nto
Mate
Able
Rhea
Brice
W. B. Moses & Sons
F St., Cor
Council
the Sunday Post
Webber Bill
Liquor Dealers
National Association
Ivery
Columbia
Nixon & Zimmerman’s
Opera Company
Simon Simple Eyes
Rick
Henry W. Savage
Pixley
Ludera
Woodland
Harry Bulger
National Theater
Louis James
Norman Hackett
Virginius
Richel Tellatinee
Ingoma
James K. Hackett
Mary Mannering
Alfred
Sutro
Walls OF Jericho
Chase
Wille Eckstemm
Paderewski
Walter C Kelly
the McWatters Tyron CO
Mark Murphy
Grace Leonard
Flying Ratbhuns
Baxter
Southwick
Kernan
Selie
Europe
Dida
Boteaux
Reilly
Wandy Wood
THE
Sunday Post
Opera House
Mason & Mason
Fritz
Snitz
Treasury
Oorce
Perlor
U. S. Marine Band
14Th St
New Wilara Hotel
Fulton’s
Minth Street
Charles C. Lancaster
Harbert E. Smith
Porto Rico
Lancaster & Smith
Law
Street
DE. C
Supreme Court
General Law
God Equity
Kate Wilson-Greene
Grimes
Ee Minna Heinrichs
Tescher
Jecquer Gran
Vienne
Roanoke
R. Tath
Sun
Thomas E
Evans Qreene Ie
Udio
St. nWw
Teres
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