Railway Payment Issued On Union Station Cost
Justice Barnard issues mandamus ordering the District Supreme Court to compel the commissioners to sign a certificate authorizing the Treasury to pay 1.5 million dollars to the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad. The railroad argued all act requirements were met and that occupancy readiness and connecting lines were completed, while commissioners noted grade crossing work remaining and debated discretion versus ministerial duty.
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Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
Philadelphia, Baltimore Land Washington Railroad
Railway Company
Union Station
Baltimore and Potomac
Long Bridge
New Jersey Avenue
McKenney and
Flannery
Railway
Navy Yard
Traction Company Sued In Two Passenger Injury Claims
Two suits filed against Capital Traction Company demand damages for injuries to Nelus A Brown who says she was hurled while boarding a car at Fourteenth and Riggs streets and Henry C Morton who alleges he was thrown while alighting at Seventh and O streets both in Washington. Brown seeks 15000 and Morton 5400 in damages.
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Capital Traction Company
Tucker and Kenyon
Nelus A Brown
Fourteenth and
Riggs Streets
Henry C Morton
Treasury Department
Sixth Street
RB F Downing
G A_ Berry
Seventh and
O Streets Northwest
Secretary Garfield cited to show cause in land bid case
Justice Barnard of the District Supreme Court orders Secretary Garfield to explain on August 44 why he should not be forced to allow Cora B Cain of Washington to bid on state public lands. Cain seeks a writ of mandamus claiming denial of equal benefits under land laws due to a recent secretary’s ruling contrasting earlier decisions. Also notes weekend rail fare promos from Baltimore by The Electric Line.
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Sigueu Groupsuay
Justice Barnard
Supreme Court of the District
James R Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Cora B Cain
State of Washington
Victor H Wallace
George G Thomson Resigns to Lead Chicago GOP Headquarters
City notices report George G Thomson, assistant Post Office Department chief clerk, resigning and departing for Chicago to serve as chief clerk at the Republican national committee headquarters. The piece notes long association with Heurich's beer and lists Arlington Bottling Co offerings and Gas Ranges by Luddiman & Co.
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National Committee
George G. Thomson
Post Office Department
Chicago
Thomson
Republican National Committee
Heurich’s
Maerzen
Senate
Arlington Bottling Company
Same Old Place
Luddiman & Co
12Th St
Long Term Workhouse Term For Melvin Guilty Of Disorderly Conduct
William Melvin was found guilty before Judge Mulloway in police court yesterday of disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons. In default of fines totaling 80 dollars he will serve four and a half months in the workhouse. Melvin was arrested Saturday night by Patrolman Jones of the Eighth precinct.
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William Melvin
Mulloway
Melvin
Pokceman Jones
Fireman Sues for 20000 Damages Over Injuries
Giovanni Bonanni a fireman with McMullen MacDermott and the Hoffman Engineering Contracting Company filed a 20000 damage suit yesterday against the Southern Hallway Company and the Washington Terminal Company. He alleges that on May 29 while his engine stood idle in railroad yards, a Southern Railway engine collided with it, crushing his right foot and causing permanent injury.
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Southern Hallway Company
Washington Terminal Company
Yesterdday
Giovanni Bonanni
McMullen ,& MacDermott
Hoffman Engineering
Bonanni
Southern Railway
Halls of the Ancients Gate Sold on New York Ave
R Golden Donaldson and associates closed a gate of Halls of the Ancients on New York avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets NW for 350000. The lot covers 14371 square feet with an average price of about 15 per square foot. Mr Consideon and Malcolm W Will bought 90000 square feet of land near the railroad at First and M streets NE to build a storage warehouse.
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R. Golden Donaldson
New York Avenue
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Fruit Vendors Arrest Warrants Sought for Unclean Stables
Health inspectors report eighteen fruit and vegetable dealers stored produce in damp unclean horse stables and lived above the stalls. Warrants requested for multiple addresses including rear of 217 D Street NW and 410 Second Street NW. Also seeks action against a Tunchicom owner at 503 I Street NW and poultry stand owner George C Hilleary at 906 Louisiana Avenue NW.
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District Health Department
D Street
Second Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jackson Hall Alley
Ik Street
Health Department
George C Hilleary
Lousiana Avenue
Paraphernalia from Forts Hunt and Washington Soaked
Thousands of yards of canvas and cots used by District militiamen during maneuvers at Forts Hunt and Washington were soaked by rain and spread on the Monument grounds. Lieut Duvall supervised recovery as policemen guarded the area. $1500 worth of signal corps instruments remained exposed due to movement delays.
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Forts Hunt
Washington
Monument
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Ma) Sylvester
Wilam A Duvall
Potomac
Sneut Duvall
Signal Corps
Funeral of Thomas Norwood at Family Home
Funeral services for Thomas Norwood will be held at the family home 1512 street northwest at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He died of hemorrhage of the brain at Monterey Inn Bhue Ridge Summit Pa and had lived in Washington for 18 years. He was 70. Body sent to Baltimore for burial after services at the Church of the Holy Comforter Fourteenth and East Capitol streets.
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Thomas Norwood
Norwood
Monterey
Inn
Bhue Ridge Summit
Washington
Baltimore
Church of of the Holy Comforter
Fourteenth
East Capitol Streets
Thomas Tole
Haast Capitol Street
Toledied
Ninth and
Minerva the Wonderful Handcuff Queen Dives From Bridge
Minerva the Handcuff Queen leaped from the New Highway Bridge into the Potomac with wrist restraints, released herself underwater, and was rescued by Pat Dempsey in a staged publicity stunt. Reporter F Hough Jr pressed for an arrest but a phlegmatic guard declined, leaving the event unpunished and sparking city talk about sensational publicity.
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Minerva
New “Highway
Potomac River
Pat Dempsey
Young F. Hough, Jr
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lana Park
Mr Hough
Mr. Hough
Cumberland
Cumberland Morning
Cuffa
Man Held for Grand Jury After Shooting at Home
James Blodgett arrested days ago on charges of shooting John Roys in the left leg at his home at Seventeenth and H streets southeast last Wednesday. He was held in 360 bond for the grand jury in police court. Charges include assault with a dangerous weapon. Judge Mullowny resumed duties in police court after a six week vacation at Asbury Park.
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James Blodgett
John Roys
Seventeenth and
H Streets
Mullowny
Judge Mullowny
Asbury Park
March Selections in Concert at Washington Greys Event
The program features overtures and waltzes including Light Cavalry and The Merry Widow performed by the Washington Greys with selections like La Danaeuse Faust My Old Kentucky and a final My Old Kentucky Fantasie. Landers Calyin conducts the interlude, presenting a varied musical lineup.
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Washington Greys
Light Cavalry
Faust
Waltz
Old
Kentucky
Woodlawa
Van Camp's Beans Debate the Competition Bloodline
A long sales pitch invites readers to compare Van Camp's beans with rival brands and home-baked varieties. It extols Michigan bean quality selected by hand, whole vine-ripened tomato sauce, and steam baking for nutty texture, digestibility, and full flavor, urging trial to settle which is superior.
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van Camp
van Camp’s
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