Washington News Roundup: Hospitals Fire HQ and Reform Talk
Washington letters report the Municipal Tuberculosis hospital at Fourteenth and Variety Street with 120 beds and 40 in treatment, open air wards, and extensive facilities. The District’s new fire alarm headquarters moves to the District building, with complex apparatus and added gear. Roosevelt proposes ending the commission form of government and appointing a single District administrator, with a preferred annual salary of 10 000 to 15 000 dollars and an advisory citizen board favored by some. Decorative architecture gains prominence in new Washington buildings, while a bas-relief of the president is planned for the peace conference room at Portsmouth navy yard. The opium question spurs a three-man U S commission plus foreign counterparts, with joint meetings set for Shanghai January 1. Burke, Wright, and Tenney named to represent the United States.
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China
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Choice Miscellany Reveals Imperial Lineage in Vienna Garden
In a Vienna public garden a plain seamstress chats with another woman about family and frocks. The first reveals her husband is kind and the other discloses her father is Francis Joseph, identifying the speaker as Archduchess Gisela, daughter of the Austrian emperor and wife of Bavaria’s regent. The column then surveys varied notes on Alaska timber, a modern accident, tipping etiquette, Texas soil, and New York vice president links.
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Erie Barge Canal Project Size Compared to Panama
The Erie barge canal cost is put at 101 million dollars, about one third of Panama’s total. The Erie route spans roughly 350 miles with only 84 miles following the old path. The remaining stretches use a new route via rivers and lakes across the western part of the state.
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Horrors of War Told at Informal New York Dinner
A former Cleveland cabinet member hosts a small New York dinner about Grover Cleveland and war. Veterans discuss war’s horrors, property loss, and casualties, while a one legged man quips that war creates more heroes, prompting the group to agree he named the worst infliction of war.
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Ten Not Enough James Keene Advises Yankee Investor
James R. Keene, famed financier, tells a rural Yankee with $10 capital to return to Massachusetts and return only after amassing at least $25, noting that $25 is the minimum to begin speculation in New York. The exchange leaves onlookers unsure if a joke or earnest counsel.
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The Foreigner's Shots At Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill spoke to Kansas cavalry reunion on straight shooting. He recalled learning to shoot, noting he killed 4280 buffaloes for the Kansas Pacific railway in eighteen months. He claimed Americans are straighter shooters than others and recounted a tale of a French prince’s hunting.
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