Hay on Canal Inquiry as Caucus Chairmanship Shifts
Representative James Hay of Virginia launches plans to investigate Panama Canal expenditures and $20,000,000 in contracts awarded without competitive bidding. He cites little progress on digging the canal and favors fact gathering before canal bond considerations. Hay doubts substantial legislation this winter and signals potential committee referrals and leadership changes within the Democratic caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pregent
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 During Isthmian Visit at Oyster Bay
President addresses board of consulting engineers from the Isthmian Canal Commission in Oyster Bay urging swift, candid reports on canal plans. He stays neutral on lock versus sea level options while the board studies dam types and site suitability before a final conclusion after Isthmus inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Congress
Washington
New York
Negotiations for Commercial Treaty with Germany Begin Soon
The United States and Germany will start earnest talks on a new commercial treaty this fall as Secretary Root visits Washington for the winter. Negotiations are advancing, and within weeks of starting, the treaty should be ready for signatures and Senate submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Root
Washington
Ukery
Senate
Bucklen’s Anica Salve Debuts After Accident
An old product claim promotes Bucklen’s Anica Salve as preventing fatalities after injuries. The ad asserts it treats cuts burns and sores, sized at 26 cents, under the headline Fatalities Prevented. NuwsprengHRCHVE is listed as a source or tagline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Powell to resign as Haiti minister amid unrest
William F. Powell United States Minister to Haiti announced from his Camden home that he will resign to President Roosevelt citing revolutions riots and fevers in Haiti. He plans to return to Port au Prince in about eight days to await his successor. State Department officials had not yet received his resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loomis
State Department
Powell
State Artement
Powel
Brig. Gen. G. H. Weeks Dead at 81 in Washington
Brig. Gen George H Weeks a retired army officer and once quartermaster general died at 2215 Washington Circle NW after a two week illness. He was born in 1834 in New York and entered West Point in 1857. Survived by two sons Capt George Weeks and Capt Marion M Weeks and a daughter Mrs Polhemus. Funeral 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 of William Dade and notable figures in Maryland and D.C.
Obituary notices report the death of William Dade aged 78 at Mrs. Frank Pyles home near Dawsonville Maryland with details of his distinguished Maryland lineage including Col Robert Townshend Dade and Rev Townshend Dade. Other notices include funeral for George D Scott former chief of the redemption division of the post office, Arlington Cemetery interment, and death of John S Carter in Baton Rouge, a former Washington Treasury employee and brother of Thomas H Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Treasury Cash Counting Nears Completion Next Week
Count of sliver and gold currency in the Treasury should finish Monday or Tuesday as Charles H. Treat, incoming Treasurer, hands Ellis Roberts the closing receipt. About a million in bonds and securities guard the Treasury while currency stands at 468000000 in value. Twenty-two men were employed for two and a half months to count paper, securities, coin, and more, with several replaced as the strain of work told. The workers anticipate a week off after completion. most are paid and some rejoice at the end of the heavy toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Treat
Ellis
Secretary of the Treasury
Kula
Boycott Began in China Spurs Fear of New Anti Foreign Movement
Shanghai reports that the American boycott in China has grown into a major economic menace and a potential anti foreign agitation. Officials in Peking and local merchants shaped the drive, with placards and widespread pamphleteering fueling native press outrage and calls to revise U S immigration laws. Authorities note waning momentum, yet anti foreign sentiment grows in Canton and among Japanese and Shanghai goods buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Frese
Shanghai
China
Peking
Rockhill
Rogers
Congress
Conger
America
Boston
Japan
United States
Tokyo
New York
Singapore
Penang
Hongkong
Manila
Canton
Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department
Japan to Establish Steam Line to Reach Argentina
Reports to the Bureau of Manufactures from the Far East indicate Japan will run a steamship line to South America to secure cheap wheat from Argentina. The bulletin notes a shift from rice to bread in the Japanese diet and cites Japan’s 1904-05 trade expansion as evidence of global buying and selling. It adds that Japanese officials have tasked representatives in Brazil to assess and report on trade relations and potential ties with Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Bureau of Manufactures
Department of Commerce and Labor
Far East
Japan
South America
Bulletin
Ita
Brazil
International Waterways Commission inspects Niagara plants
The International Waterways Commission inspected the power plants at Niagara today in Buffalo New York. Manufacturers were asked to appear before the commissioners to present views on the lake level problem and the impact of water diversion from the Niagara River for that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 with a parade led by Gen William H Manning. The first business session followed the invocation by Rt Rev Leighton Coleman. Mayor Wilson welcomed delegates. Manning responded. Nominations announced for national and senior vice commanders, quartermaster general, surgeon general, and chaplain in-chief.
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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 Suit
Fields petitions to be made co defendant in Washington Beneficial Endowment Association versus Commercial Life Insurance Company. He accuses Andrew Lipscomb of receiving about 18000 of the fund, with 6000 repaid, and claims further documentary and witness evidence will prove Lipscomb’s deceit and possession of funds. He cites the Dear Andrew letter and a joint check used to obtain funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Golden Oak and Mahogany China Case Prices Filtered
Readable price list for Golden Oak and Mahogany china cases with multiple values. Includes Oak and Weathered Oak variants, cages, and cases priced from around 8 to 220 dollars across several line items.
Mahogany and Oak Sideboards in Various Finishes
Regular Gale Drice price list features multiple Mahogany and Golden Oak Sideboards in assorted styles. Items labeled Mahogany Sideboard show prices ranging from 57.00 to 145.09 with various codes and small notations in old catalogue fashion.
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Gale Drice
Mahogany and Oak Extension Tables Sale
Table catalog lists mahogany and oak extension tables with various finishes and sizes. Prices range from 9.50 to 3100 with several 10 to 60 dollar entries and multiple 8 to 12 foot options including Golden Oak and Weathered finishes. Details show regular and sale prices, dimensions, and material notes in a dense assortments.
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Paniah
Nto
Mate
Able
Rhea
Brice
Apartment House Debate at Epworth League Meeting
An Epworth League debate at Brightwood Park M. BE. Church Des Moines street and Elgeath northwest focused on whether apartment life is ideal. Affirmative speakers claimed economy and elimination of servant-girl duties, while the negative argued the life is not a true home despite potential conveniences. Judges were Rochester and Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Fifty-ninth National Council session closes in ritual revisions
The fifty-ninth meeting of the National Council United Order of American Mechanics will close today at the Typographical Temple G Street. Major business includes partial ritual revision and installation of new officers led by A F Bicknell of Woonsocket Rhode Island and others from New York Philadelphia Camden and East Liverpool. Dayton Ohio chosen for next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Will Fight Webber Bill at National Liquor Meet
The Jiuor Dealers' Association of Washington met to select delegates and alternates for the National Liquor Dealers' Association convention in New York. They aim to oppose the Webber prohibition bill for the District of Columbia. Delegates include I. C. Leonard Samuel G. Stewart and George S. Davidson with alternates Matthew Ruppert George F. Fogle and D. B. Riordan. Local officers named Myer Fisher R L Leonard M J Sheehan secretary George Davidson treasurer William McGuire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
New York
I. C. Leonard
Harrison Street
Anacostia
Samuel G. Stewart
Seventh Street Northwest
George &. Davidson
Matthew Ruppert
Seventh Street
George F. Fogle
D. B. Riordan
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Haiti
G. H. Weeks
the Army
John
Carter
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
Rao
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
Reilly
Andy 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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