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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
15
Collector E G Davis filed the annual tax report noting nearly seven million collected in the fiscal year ending June 30. Unpaid taxes total 504 209 76 with some delinquencies dating back to 1877. The report awaits Treasury approval and details sales of old material and houses.
A leak over the District Health Office prompted a dispute with landlord National Capital Investment Company. After tensions over who pays, a compromise was reached with the District and landlord sharing the repair cost. Chief Clerk H C McLean reported frequent drips and soaked vital statistics when entering his office, prompting extended correspondence and a temporary workaround involving an umbrella.
Walter C Allen reports negotiations completed to extend the District gas contract at $18 per lamp per year. Washington Gas Company secretary William B Orme confirms willingness to continue, with two months needed to switch from flat flame to round burner mantle lamps improving street lighting.
Col W C Haskell submitted his July report as District sealer showing a record monthly total of 3724.98 dollars. The bulk, 2912.98, came from wholesale markets and related revenues with 812 dollars from market rentals. Improvements reflect careful administration and recent personnel changes. Building permits issued include repairs at 99248 F Street NW and additions at 2117 Mourteenth Street NW. Other permits cover Madieon Place, 33rd and Retreats NW, 1659 Wisconsin Avenue NW. Magnolia Avenue name change in Takoma Park to Haustern Avenue was approved. Signs will be updated.
Private A 8 Lucas, a temporary appointee, was dismissed from the fire department after an August 14 examination when caught using a memorandum book to crib. Chief Bert Lucas recommended, and Commissoner MacFarland approved, a temporary class 1 status for him on July 1, contingent on passing the civil service test. The examiner, R. Strattan, removed him from the room. civil service action followed with no further local action. Wagner was dismissed for failure to pass, Burger appointed temporarily to replace him, and L. A satellite named temporary private to succeed Lucas.
Commission revokes watchman Martin J. Hughes badge after police report finds he told officers I don t care a d n if I did shoot them and that the boys were a bad jot and ought to be shot. The shooting of William E. Roach occurred August 16 at about 11 p.m. as Hughes was drunk and resisted arrest on the viaduct near Second Street and Florida Avenue NE.
Stephen Russell a 45 year old hack driver died at Emergency Hospital after a run away accident on C street near Fifteenth. Two passengers Patrick Gillespie and Joseph Brown were seriously injured. Coroner Nevitt ruled death an accident and no inquest. Russell survived by brothers Clancy William and George. Guardian named for Otto L Trouland aged 15 with $10,000 legacy from William T Otto.
John L. Hines of 1216 Q Street NW was thrown from a bicycle on Fourteenth Street near Florida Avenue at about 7 PM last night. He was driven home by automobile and his condition is listed as serious. Odd Fellows conducted the funeral for James H. McChesney at his home on Third Street NW, with pallbearers from the fraternity. Burial followed at Arlington Cemetery. John G. Slater, ill for months, underwent jaw necrosis surgery at Georgetown Hospital and remains greatly enfeebled. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate advertised to relieve headaches from heat and overwork Readiness: not related to main event.
President Charles J. Bell returns to push the Greater Washington movement with renewed vigor. A special board meeting is planned to fill committees and finalize publicity plans while freight talks with Southern Railway seek concessions from Lincoln Green. Bell predicts public support and a victorious campaign as progress signals grow stronger in the city.
The Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg announces Miss Ida Catherine Stutz of Washington as instructor of English at the Margaret Morrison Carnegie School for Women. A graduate of local public schools she taught English in Washington for three years and has since taught mathematics and English at the Ethical Culture School in New York. Her appointment takes effect September.
Justice Stafford, presiding in the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday appointed Claude D. Thomas receiver of the grocery business conducted by John A. Moreland at 1124 E Street Northeast. The appointment followed creditors petition led by O. O. Spicer with attorneys James A. Toomey and W. B. Ambrose alleging Moreland owes about $3,000 and has admitted inability to satisfy demands.
Adam Frost, Helen M. Bostwick, Ezra R. Frost, and Charles D. Frost, slaters and brothers of the late John W. Frost, filed a caveat in probate court delaying admission of a May 16 1905 will. They dispute the document’s execution and claim Frost lacked mental capacity when signing. Flowers and clothing ads interrupt the page copy.
Eagle Tent No 2 of the Order of Rechabites sent resolutions to the District Commissioners asking for tighter police enforcement and humane handling of intoxicated visitors. The measure calls for taking intoxicated individuals to their homes or a shelter and strict enforcement against sale of liquor to intoxicated persons.
Police trap in a park at Nineteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue nets Robert Tyler, a colored tramp, for rifling a sleeper in Angell’s bench. Tyler admits the theft saying hunger drove him to the act. he was photographed for the rogues gallery and faces a Police Court hearing before Judge Mills.
The district received official word from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company that business service rates for extension stations will drop from $12 to $6 after September 1, and residence service will fall to $13 from $60 after October 1. Commissioner MacFarland approved notifying all municipal departments and officials with home phones.
Great crowds linger at Chesapeake Beach each week with Saturdays and the long shore thronged by visitors seeking shade from the heat. Excursions start most days for family outings, old folks enjoy salt-water baths, and children crowd the pier as crabs run well. Haley's Orchestra supplies daily music at the pavilion while dancing parties attract crowds from the city to the Beach and hotels hold festive evenings. The Belvedere hosted a notable event last week with guests from North Beach enjoying the fun after the city train departed.
The funeral for Bernard Kennedy, aged fourteen, who died Monday afternoon while bathing in the Tidal Basin, will be held at St Peter's Church on Second and C streets southeast at 9 o'clock next Thursday morning. Rev Father Fealy of St Joseph's Church will conduct. Local notices mention various ads and a federal court bail hearing for John Windolph on obscene matter charges.
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