Prison Plans Rush Under Way at Occoquan Workhouse Site
Surveyor Hazen completes plats for 21 1 2 acre Occoquan workhouse land as Attorney General prepares to investigate titles. Block plan includes stone crushers and site improvements totaling about 27 200 dollars. Inmates to build temporary structures, sealed bids to hire architects for permanent plans. Authorities expect condemnation unlikely. land to be paid from federal funds if titles are clear.
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Occoquan
Hazen
Tweedale
Attorney General
United States
Bso
Publi Han
Squire Tile
Laad
JL Dawson
Fairfax County
Department of Justice
Balleva
Commissionera
Secretary of the Treasury
LE Delves
Washington Architect
Alte
Alleged Horse Thief Taken in Brentwood Charge
Brentwood man Tarry Clark charged with grand larceny for stealing a horse and buggy valued at 40 from Sophia Tord, who runs a stable at 488 Virginia Avenue SW. Detectives Barbee and Vermoillion arrested Clark after he allegedly admitted taking the team and driving home. The horse and buggy were found later in Grays stable in Blytheville.
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Brentwood
Central Office
Barbee and
Vermoillion
Tarry Clark
Sophia Tord
Virginia Avenue
Clark
Third and
L Streets
Frank Hemmelricht
N Stiert
Southwest
Maryland
Clark 5
Grays Stable
Tlyatteville
Bozel Foundation meeting to promote industrial peace
The Bozel foundation executive committee will meet in Washington in October to devise ways to put the foundation on a no working basis. Attending are Arch bishop Ireland Marvin Hughitt Lucas Tattle Samuel Gompers John Mitchell Marcus M Marks Gimbee Jonstan and Ralph M Bailey. The foundation aims to settle labor capital disputes. it holds about 42000 with interest from a Nobel prize endowment.
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Boel Foundation For the
Washington
Archbishop Ireland Marvin Hughitt
Chicago
Lucas Tattle
Boxton
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell Marcus M Marks
New York
Gimbee Jonstan
Avanta
Ralph M Bailey
Theodore Raaseve
Ty Tim
Realty Company Wins Point in Gilfry Case
Judge Thomas Anderson dismissed a rule to show cause filed by Henry H Gilfry and former Senator William A Clark against the District Realty Company over alleged settlement delays in the sale of Joly at Gly View Halgets. The judge held the matter requires testimony to decide factual charges. Attorney C M Culton represented the Realty Company.
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Anderson
Gilfry
Henry H Gilfry
William A. Clark
District Realty Company
Thomas Anderson
Gilby and Clark
Really Company
Joly
Gly View Halgets
C M Culton
Realty Company
Permits Issued For Six Dwellings And Repairs In City
Six building permits were issued yesterday for new homes and repairs. G W Barkman receives three two story brick and frame dwellings at 315 to 319 Fourteenth Street NW and 32 Fourteenth Street NW with architect A H Beers and builder G W Barkman, total costs around 75. A separate permit covers a two story brick and frame dwelling at 16 Perry Street NW with same architect and builder and similar cost. John H Weisman secures a three story brick dwelling at Half Street SW with architect Frank B Essex and builder K P Whitty. Holore an Rosenthal gets a permit to repair a store at 124 Seventh Street NW with builder R Z Hasill and architect A B Mullett, cost stated as 100.
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G W. Barkman
Fourteenth Street Northwest
A. H. Boers
A. H. Beers
G W Berkman
Barkman
Perry Street
A. H. Beers Bailder
W. Barkman
John H Weisman
Half Street
Frank B Essex, Pulder
K. P. Whitty
Holorean Rosenthal
Seventh Street
A. B Mullett
R. Z . Hasill
Wall Up Old Wagon Yard and Sewer Orders by Commissioners
Commissioners ordered walling up the old wagon yard north of the blacksmith shop at the pumping station on Bryant Street with brick not to exceed 350 dollars. An order for a river catch basin at the southwest corner of Four and a Half Street and Maine was issued. A colored woman was involved in a street incident with a hack driver and passenger, leading to fines. Separate cases include a craps game dispute with Burgess fined ten dollars, a dismissal of a liquor case, a fortune teller arrest not appearing, a vagrancy arrest involving Dolph Herms from Newark, and a walking liquor shop charge against Grant Dison.
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Water Department
Ebenezer
Jackson Wahington
Ebenezer Knowiog
Maine
rIver Front
Fing
DOB
H Street
Fifteenth Street
Gemmen Freb
Jim Green
Della
Washington
Jim
Delia
Hackman
United States
Norris
Joe Barnes
Kidwara
Thomas Dorsey
Leat
Kimball
Robert Burgess
Richard Powell
Burgess
Powell
Bucgens
Newark
Flaherty
Rairoad
O Tudge Kimball
Helms
Gentry Bros Circus
Hia
Aisat
Strana
Lttie
Grant Dison
Percy Ellis
Ellis
Hits
Joseph Green
Kite
Oppenheimer & New
Green
Lester
Samuel J . Thomas
Police Court Filled as Fine Paid by Della
Crowds packed the police court as Della, a colored woman, paid her fine amid a lively scene. The judge, newly returned from vacation, commented on the collection of cases including a gambling setup and a liquor sale without license.
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United States
Mulloway
Two struck in street in Washington near Kelorama and Connecticut
Frederick Eckhardt, two, of 1143 Eighteenth Street NW, and Bran Calden, six, fell in the 1800 block of Birst Street NW. Eckhardt suffered epicepry attacks and was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment, Calden received a severe head cut and was also admitted to Emergency Hospital.
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Frederick Eckhardt
Eighteenth Street
Kelorama
Connecticut Avenues
Famergency Hospital
Brandis Calden
Birst Street
Calden
First Street
Millers Bid Bleaching Flour Seizures Still In Place
Court approved continued seizures of bleached Nour flour despite requests to delay until a test case is decided. Officials from Wade Trim Acting Attorney General and Dr Dunlop of the Pure Food Board argued the issue, while mills in Nebraska and the Northwest halt bleaching since February 1. Bleaching methods include electric and chemical processes, affecting white flour production across regions.
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Wade Trim
Gental
of Dunlop
Pure Food Board
Department of Agrculture
Impunty
Nebraska
Northwest
Middle West
Protect Indian Girls Disappearance Sparks Inquiry at Haskell Institute
Reports from Kansas City alleging four Haskell Indian Institute pupils ran away amid supposed trafficking in girls prompted urgent inquiries by the Interior Department. Acting Secretary Pierce voiced readiness to act decisively if facts verify the claim, ordering immediate investigation if warranted.
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Kansas City
Gars
Haskell Indian Institute
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Infan
Pierce
Indian Bureau
Kansas
United States
Twenty-fifth Annual Tournament and Dress Ball at Marshall Hall
The twenty fifth annual grand tournament and dress ball will be held Wednesday August at Marshall Hall. Citizens of Weahington and Alexandria and nearby Maryland and Virginia counties are invited. Prizes to successful knights, dining and amusements open, with a concert by Schroeder’s augmented military band and a dance orchestra in the pavilion. A steamer schedule is advertised under excursions.
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Marshall Hall
Weahington
Alexandria
Maryland
Virginia
Schroeder x
Charles Macalester
EH Williams Buried in 1930s Obituary at Oak Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for William Henry Williams, last charter member and former vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, were held at his residence on Thirty fourth Street Northwest. The Rev Edward D Stone and the Rev T C Grouse officiated. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Mrs Bla Hoover and Mrs George Bell.
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Wiliam Henry Willams
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Moon
Thirty Fourth Street
Edward D Stone
Congress Street
Girls Saved From Water at Colonial Beach Rescue
Miss Helen Donovan of Gas City and Miss Ollie Meyer of Huselt were rescued from a overturned log raft about 200 yards from shore. Sergi Charles P M Lord of the Third precinct received congratulations for bravery as he helped pull Donovan ashore and Thomas Welsh saved Meyer. Donovan regained consciousness after reaching shore. Meyer, a swimmer, stayed afloat until Welsh arrived.
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Sergi Charles P
Colonial Beach
Helen Donovan
Gas City
Misa Donovan
Allie Meyer
Huselt
Berst Lord
Losi
Miss Donovan
Carrie
Thomas Welsh
Miss Meyer
Donovan
Mss Meyer
Mr Welsh
Mrs Donovan
William J Donovan
Mrs Meyer
Marinn Street
Colantal Reach
City Bulletins Run Over He Sues for 10000
Charles I and William Corby bakers named as defendants in a damage suit for 10004 brought by James W Robinson in the District Supreme Court. Robinson claims that while riding a bicycle on Rhode Island avenue Northwest on September 10, a wagon owned by the defendants ran over him causing permanent injuries.
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Charles I
William Corby Bakers
James W Robinson
District Supreme Court
Robinson
Attor Hays
Ring
Bleyrle
Rhode Island Avenue
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