Open Cut Tunneling Debate Slows Capitol Hill Project
Officials headed by Commissioner West resist rushing approval for the Pennsylvania Railroad to switch from boring to open cut for the First Street tunnel near Capitol Hill. Superintendent Woods and Engineer Commissioner Biddle weigh public comfort, legal authority, and safety concerns, with Congress likely needed for final action.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
First Street
Eliott Woods
Capitol
West
Col. Biddle
Bernard Green
Congressional Library
Woods
Macfarland
Mr. Woods
Capitol Grounds
Square 69
House of Representatives
Congress
House Committee On
First Streets
Union Station
Biddle
B_ street
Library of Congress
House Commission
New House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bigdie
Garfield Park
Virginia Avenue
Col
First
Pen See
Death of Dr Leroy Taylor Confederate Veteran and Traveler
Dr Leroy Mortimer Taylor a Confederate veteran and longtime Washington resident died at home 1133 Brown Court NW after acute Brights disease He was 66 and had traveled worldwide including California Cuba Puerto Rico and Japan Born in New York he served in the Civil War and later ran a drug store before turning to medicine He married Rosa Utermehl and they had a son Laroy now married in New York He owned a large estate and retired from practice His funeral and Masonic rites will be held at 43 Third Street NW once time is fixed
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Bright
Leroy Mortimer Taylor
Browncourt
Taylor
Washington
California
Cuba
Forto Rico
Indian Islands
Japan
New York
United States Senate
Interior Department
Seventh
M Streets
Rosa M. Utermehl
Laroy
J. Taylor
Third Street
Motorman Falls From Car on Thirteenth Street
James B. Cook, a motorman for the Washington Railway and Electric Company, was thrown from his car on a curve at Thirteenth Street and Massachusetts Avenue Southeast. He was seriously injured, taken to Casualty Hospital with a base of skull fracture, and regained consciousness later that afternoon. He is thirty, residing at 217 Fourteenth Street Southeast. His condition remained serious but improving. Elizabeth McGovern filed a maintenance suit against her husband Ferguson McGovern, alleging marriage in 1890 in Wilmington and desertion about ten years later. He served in government work in the Philippines, returned ill, now draws a pension, and is said to work in the Navy Yard. Mrs. McGovern asserts lack of support over the past four years.
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B Street
Capitol
East Capitol
East Capitol Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
First Street
United Kitates
Congressional Library
Green
8 Street
Capitol Grounds
L Fg
Orer
Thirteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
James B. Cook
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Cook
Fourteenth Street
Elizabeth McGovern
Lambert & Baker
Ferguson McGovern
Wilmington
Del
Philippines
Navy Yard
Tragedy at Rock Creek Bridge: James McKenzy Ends Life
James McKenzy, a Soldiers' Home inmate and Civil War veteran from Sixth Street Northwest, shot himself in a ravine near the old Massachusetts Avenue bridge after being followed by a mysterious stranger. A Blackwell, a Dr. Barrie employee, witnessed the scene, and police and the coroner reported the revolver used was a recent model. McKenzy left behind no papers and was identified at the morgue by comrade James H. Smith.
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James McKenzy
Thompson
Massachusetts Avenue
Rock Creek
Robert Blackwell
George Barrie
McKenzy
Blackwell
Sullivan
Tenth Precinct
Peck
Butler Blackwell
Nevitt
Schoneberser
Criswell
Sevanth and Tiskeeta
Washington, D. C
Sixth Street
James H. Smith
MaKenzy
Scotland
McKenny
Smith
McKenay
Highwayman Robes Woman Near Sixteenth and G Streets
Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, 1221 Four and a Half Street SW, was attacked by a black man who felled her and took a purse containing 51 dollars as she walked to pay for a tombstone. The assault occurred near Sixteenth and G streets SE. A suspect negro was arrested and held for identification. Street patrols swept the area and precinct officials logged the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mitchell
Twenty Years of Asthma Wife of Glenmont Citizen Recovers
Mrs. William Welch of Glenmont New Jersey after twenty years of asthma and confinement to a single room now walks travels and performs household duties. She credits a medicine sample from a drug firm and claims a cure though details are unclear amid damaged text.
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Welch
Birch
William Welch
Glenmont
Veteran Government Printing Office worker dies at desk
Albert E. Ingalls, 61, a Civil War veteran and longtime GPO employee from New York, collapsed at his desk yesterday afternoon and died instantly from heart disease. Coroner Nevitt confirmed the cause. Ingalls, a member of the G.A.R. post and a Masonic lodge, will be viewed at J. William Lee’s chapel before burial in New York. He resided at 84 Tenth Street NW and had a large circle of friends after twenty four years with the office.
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Albert E. Ingalls
Albert H. Ingalls
Government Printing Office
Nevitt
New York
Tenth Heglment, New York Volunteer Artillery
George G. Meada
Masonic Lodge
Typographical Union
Ingalla
J. William Lee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lee’s
Tenth Street
Delegates at White House greet Roosevelt in cordial reception
About seventy five delegates from the International Congress of Arts and Sciences, led by Prof Simona Newcomb and Prof Hugo Munsterberg, meet President Roosevelt in the White House Host Room after a St Louis session. The Cosmos Club hosted a cordial, informal reception with diplomats and guests mingling late.
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Roosevelt
White House
International Congress of Arts and Sciences
Congress
Simona Newcomb
Hugo Munsterberg
St. Louis
Prof. Newcomb
American Republic
Europe
America
Newcomb
Munsterberg
Cosmos Club
Otto H. Tittmann
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Club
Marcus Benjamin
Diplomatic Corps
Pickpocket Tools Contribute to Meyers Conviction
Harry Meyers faced Police Court after being arrested near the Episcopal Cathedral ceremonies. A pickpocket's lance and a black silk handkerchief helped prove guilt under the Vagrancy law, with Meyers fined 26 dollars. Fellow arrestee Joseph Reed pleaded guilty and was bound to leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Meyers
Episcopal
Meyers
Pugh
Weedon, Tyler
Helan
Archbishop of Canterbury
Rogues
New York
O'Neal
Joseph Reed
Riley
Campbell Carrington
Reed
Common cold dangers and Dr Pierce remedies urged
A historical column warns that common colds can be dangerous and may lead to fatal lung conditions. It promotes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as tonics and remedies, claims no alcohol, and advertises The Sense Adviser book mailed for 1 cent stamps or 31 stamps for a cloth-bound edition from Dr EV Pierce, Buffalo.
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Dr. Pierce
EV. Picsee
Buffalo
Deed of Trust Action Over Waggaman Held by Byrne Suit
In a suit filed by John T. Byrne for reinstatement of a deed of trust alleged released without consent, Samuel Waggaman and Irving Williamson filed separate answers. Waggaman claimed he acted in good faith under Thomas E. Waggaman’s authority while Williamson said releases were made under belief and after firm confirmation the remaining property secured the lien. Both asserted the note holders’ security remained intact and demanded disclosure from Thomas E. Waggaman on the list of holders and amounts. a title company review supported the belief that security was not impaired.
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Answers
John T. Byrne
Samuel Waggaman
Irving Williamson
Equity
Thomas E. Waggaman
John Ridout
Waggsaman
Thomas EF. Waggaman
Williamson
Woodley
Thomas E. Wageaman
Salvationist Impostor Arrested for False Pretenses
Detectives Muller and Cornwall arrested Hans Wachiler aged eighteen after Salvation Army members complained someone posed as a member to solicit funds. Complainants Oscar Wilkinson and D. L. Lamb reported giving $2 and 25 cents respectively, under the pretense of aiding the cause. Wachiler was jailed at the First precinct and faces Police Court to day.
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Hans Wachsler
Salvation Army Corps
Muller and
Cornwall
Hans Wachiler
First Precinct
Oscar Wilkinson
Cumberland Flats
Wachsler
Lamb
L Street
Wachiler
Freight Conductor Crushed During Boarding Mishap
Thomas Brady, a freight train conductor for Baltimore and Ohio, slipped between a moving car and the platform at North Capitol Street station yesterday. He suffered a pelvis fracture and was rushed to Providence Hospital where surgeons warned the injury could be fatal, though an eventual recovery was reported as possible.
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Thomas Brady
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
North Capitol Street
Providence
Brady
Jady
Weather Conditions From U S Dept of Agriculture Forecast
Weather bulletin notes a low pressure trough from the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Mountains, with showers forecast for Wednesday in the Missouri Valley and adjacent regions, cooler upslope areas, and warmer periods in the Middle Plateau. Special forecasts warn of rout warnings for Southern Utah, Western Wyoming, and northern New Mexico and Arizona.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Misalasippi
Rocky Mountains
New Mexico
South Dakota
Atlantic States
Ohio
Middle Mississpp
Pacific
Laks
Slope
Central Valleya
Siopa
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
Lake Region
Middle and East Gulf States
Middle Plateau
New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Kast Gulf
Weat Gulf
Arish
Great
Affleck
Juan
Passenger Sent to Asylum After Airport Outburst
Gallucci Pascual, age forty, caused a scene at the Baltimore and Ohio station by smashing an umbrella and jumping on his trunk. Police arrested him, held him for sanity examination, and he was sent to the Washington Asylum Hospital for observation. He appeared to be from Balem, W Va, en route to New York.
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Gallucci Pascual
Baltimore and Ohio
Hayes
Washington Asylum Hospital
Seuall
Balem
W. Va
Nework
Barbour Denies Desertion In Separate Washington Divorce Case
George D. Barbour answer filed in Circuit Court denies abandoning his wife or faithfulness claims. He asserts willingness to resume marriage and notes he has provided support. Barbour, a noted real estate dealer in Washington, appears at the Hotel Belvidere in Belvidere, Maryland. Also, Lynchburg police seek Pendleton for stabbing Mary Gillespie in Lynchburg on July 26. Pendleton to be returned.
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Washington
Washington Post
Baltimore
George D. Barbour
Harvey & Harvey
Circuit Court
Barbour
Bie Hotel Belvidere
Lynchburg
Lacy
Shepperd Pendleton
Lunacy Cases Set for Hearing by District Commissioners
Lunacy proceedings were instituted yesterday against Laura V. Whitney Cora Webb Charles O Kinckhahn James M. Wright Charles H. Frederick Edward Witters Theodore Buchanan Effie Eyene and William C Morrow. A magistrate will hear the cases at City Hall next Friday afternoon. Wife Beneficiary and Executrix. By the terms of the will of Francola Viboud dated December 19 1699 filed yesterday for probate the entire estate is left to his wife Leonie La Place Viboud who is named executrix.
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Laura V. Whitney
Cora Webb
Charles O. Kinckhahn
James M. Wright
Charles H. Frederick
Edward Witters
Theodore 8. Buchanan
Effie Eyene
William C. Morrow
Ciy Hall
Francola Viboud
Leonie la Place ii Boud
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Commissioner West
Capitol Hill
Congressoral Library
Ohrurive
Hastley
Leroy Taylor
James D. Cook
Butler
Congress of Arts and Sciences
Cathedral
T. E. Waggaman
Lansburgh É ‘Bro
Royal California Mills
Usi
Sanders & Stayman Co
F St
Salvationist
Peter
Grogan
Credit For All
Crockery
Peter Grogan
Seventh Street
Pa. Ave
N. W
Duffy
Rochoser
Aphoville
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Favre
Bismarck
N. Y
Varnee
Boston
Mass
Chicago
Cincinnati
Heyenne
Wyo
Tavenport
Towa
Denver
Colo
Des Moines
Iowa
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
End
Jacksonville
His
Naad City
Rock
Ari
Marquette
Mich
Memphis
Tenn
Semen
Pascuali
Barbour Files
Johnson Brothers
St. N. W
Water
DS W
Stodart
O. J. DeMoll & Co
G St
HUB Furniture CO
Tolman Laundry
Cor. Sixth and Sts
Dy Borlepets
Tharp’s
Berkeley Rye
F St. N.W
Will
Great Atlantic
Ee North End
Washington City Bible Society
Central Union Mission
Corcoran Gallery OF Art
McGuire
Nineteenth Street
Pennslvania Avenue
W. Linkims
Macdonnalil School OF
Phrenology
8Th St
Q St
Mme L Mardannall
Messrs
Eugene
Eugene D
Charles Francis Carusi
Columbian
van Doren
F Street
Cess
Gurley
Graunt Liver
Sory
McGill & Wallace
S. Robbin &G Bro
N.Y. Ave
U. S
Stieff
Chas. M. Stieff
Conlife
11Th St. N.W
Xandria
Mt. Vernon Depot
Tennessee
ER CO
Cail
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Ith
M Staam Edison Phonograph
Victor Talking Machines
Ling
Capital P
Hut
Osteopathy
Bond Building
14Th End
NY Ave
S. Baugh
Kenny
BallcGavigoman
Erra
Pope
Fosis
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