Court suspends fine on support case for payments
David Mendelson faced a police court arraignment on a charge of failing to support his seven year old son taken from New York to Washington by his wife. He promised to pay 12.50 monthly. Judge Mills fined him 25 but suspended execution while payments continue. Attorney Plumley argued against forced payments if the boy is removed from Washington.
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David Mendelson
Washington
New York
Mills
Mendelson
Plumley
Death of Former Policeman P. J. Lally in Brooklyn
P. J. Lally a retired Metropolitan police officer died at his Brooklyn home. He served in the regular army at Fort Randall and Fort Lally, then as hospital steward at West Point. Later he moved to Washington and joined the police force, serving mainly at the First Precinct before retiring and returning home to Brooklyn where he was elected to the board of aldermen.
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P. J Lally
Metropolitan Police Force
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Randall
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Lally
Weat Point
Ufe
Washington
Lally
Board of Aldermen
Train crosses new Potomac bridge in opening run
The first passenger train crossed the new Potomac railroad bridge yesterday morning, using the south bound track while the north bound line was prepared. Full completion is expected by Sunday when the Long Bridge service will end.
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Potomac
Southern Road
Long Bridge
Mount Savage typhoid outbreak linked to Potomac waters
Health officers warn Mount Savage Maryland with 2 445 residents near Cumberland has 120 typhoid cases this month and that surface sewage drains Jennings Run to Wills Creek then Potomac. Officials urge drinking only boiled water as outbreak concerns rise district wide while noting the pattern mirrors a past Cumberland linked epidemic.
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Mount Sevage
Potomac
Woodward
Mount Savage
Cumberland
Maryland State Board of Health
Macfarland
Jennings Run
Wills Creek
Potomac River
Wis Creek
Fulton
Maryland Board of Health
Br. Woodward
sale of japanese stamps by vermont avenue church youths
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church sent Commissioner Macfarland five dollars for a portion of Japanese stamps received from Japanese schoolboys in Kii Japan. The youths said they want only a few stamps to aid widows and children of soldiers killed in the war.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Macfarland
Vermont Avenue
Vermont Avenue Church
Life on canal strip: Col Biddle returns from Isthmus
Col John Biddle, engineer commissioner, arrived in Washington after a month with the Panama Canal Commission. He toured the Isthmus with the commission and returned alone. He reports good conditions, noting less sickness and moderate temperatures, and says the canal commissioners expect to be back in about three weeks.
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John Biddle
Commiestoner
Washington
Panama
Traveler reports weather and health on isthmus trip
The visitor recalls temperatures from four to ninety degrees and notes mild heat compared to his climate. He praises the isthmus for low sickness, citing a single yellow fever case for a period. Workmen’s drinking led to illness, and strict shore quarantine plus rapid hospital care kept outbreaks rare.
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Ture
Marine Band to Play in District Day Celebration at St Louis
President Roosevelt orders the United States Marine Band to participate in District of Columbia Day at the St. Louis World's Fair on October 19. The band will remain ten days afterward under the government board, used only for official duties at the Government and Missouri State buildings with events at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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Roosevelt
Macfarland
United States Marine Band
United States Government Board
Government
Government Board
St. Louis
Exposition Management
District of Columbia
Missouri State Building
Extension of Eighth Street Condemnation Court Notice
Justice Stafford ordered all interested parties to appear in court by September 20 on the condemnation of ground for extending Eighth Street northwest or Wright's road to Irving Street through Todd Brown subdivision lot 4 block 1. The ruling follows a petition by District Commissioners under a Congress act of April 22, 1900, with damages to be assessed as benefits to neighboring property.
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Justice Stafford
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Corporation Counsel
Hughth Street
Wright's Road
District Commissioners
Irving Street
Todd & Brown
Congress
Encampment Of Spanish War Veterans In DC Held August Then September
The District of Columbia United Spanish War Veterans announce their annual encampment for August 31 and September 1. August 31 focuses on officer and committee reports while September 1 covers elections and installation of officers. Council appointments include C. C. Weeks H J Zimmerman McKinley Camp Joseph Murray Richard R Harden Camp Cherise J Grimsley George Dewey Naval Camp.
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Department of the District of Columbia
United Spanish War Veterans
Council of Administration
C. C. Weeks
H. J. Zimmerman
McKinley Camp
Joseph Murray
Hichard
Cherise J
Grimsley
Eralorge
Dewey Naval Camp
Widow Julia Clifford Follows Husband to Grave in Chicago
While in Chicago for Major WH Clifford’s funeral, Julia Merwin Clifford widow of the Government Printing Office cashier died. believed her death stemmed from grief over her husband’s death. She lived at 1324 Yale Street with no children and leaves two brothers and two sisters. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery beside her husband.
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Chicago
Julia Merwin Clifford
WH. Clifford
Government Printing Office
Clifford
Yale Street
Ll. D Williams
Rosehill Cemetery
Ban on Exposer of Fakes and Fraud Orders Issued
A fraud order was issued by the Post Office Department against the United States Investors' Guardian and Bureau of Publicity, alleging that circulars mislabelled legitimate concerns as fakes and swindles. Articles of incorporation appeared for Electric Volt Soap Company, Royal Portland Cement Company, Realty Investment Company, with multiple named individuals. Meanwhile a worker, Richard Coleman, died after a heat incident at Thirty-second and O streets NW, and Nathan Truatt admitted to stealing from the Washington, Gdowanglia, and Mount Vernon Railway station, with a judge sentencing him.
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United States Investors’ Guardian and Bureau of Publicity
Street
Northwest
Post Office Department
Electric Volt Soap Company
George EB
Gerry
G. J Dittman
Edmund ‘Brand
Royal Portland Cement Company
P di. Kennedy
M. ‘Grogan
William
Clinton
Delaware
P. H. Kennedy
M. Grogan
O Streets
Richard Coleman
Georgetown University Hospital
Brukes
Nathan Truatt
Washington, Gdowanglia
Mount Vernon
Jpdgs Mills
Italians Aim Farm Settlement Reform Amid Mafia Rumors
Washington discussion on an Italian reform movement led by Ignatius Geraci and Scipio Buonini proposes farm homesteads in the South and Southwest for Italians to escape city tenements. Plan includes an Italian association, member tax, a weekly newspaper, and ambassador approval before formal action.
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Lfe
Mayor Des Plancaes
Ignatius Geraci
Scipio Buonini
Washington
United States
Geraci
Society
Unionee Fratellanza Italiana
Mayor Des Planches
Black Hand
Mr Geraci
Mr. Geraci
Hfe
Proctor Promoted as Assistant U S Attorney in Police Court
James M. Proctor named assistant in the United States attorney's office effective September 1. He will serve at the Police Court, with salary adjustments reallocating funds from Hugh T. Taggart’s position. Alexander R. Mullowney moves to the U S attorney's office. Ralph Given to succeed him. Proctor replaces Given as Mullowney's assistant. Proctor has been Justice Gould's private secretary and is a Columbia University law graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Proctor
Gould
United States Attorney’s Office
Mr. Proctor
United States Attorney's Office
United States Attorney
Hugh T. Taggart
Proctor
Given
Mullowney
Justice Gould
Law Department
Columbian University
Sequel to Robbery Mystery Arraigns Two Men and Reveals Victim
Addison J Briggs alias Mathison and James Holden were arraigned in Police Court for robbery related to a puzzling downtown heist. The original complainant was J J Barry, a Fourteenth and V streets grocer, with another man named Brooks. Brooks admitted being victimized and the money involved was about 200 dollars.
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James Brooks
Addison J. Briggs
Mathison
J. J. Riggs
James ‘Holden
J. J Barry
Fourteenth
V Streets
Marshal Colbert Exonerated Statement Declares Charges Not Proven
Special Assistant Attorney General Hassell said the Department of Justice investigated charges against Marshal Colbert of the Southern district of Indian Territory and found them not established. Also notes Montgomery County Fair today with racing on a half mile track. Financial items include Treasury receipts and disbursements, and various government revenues and expenditures. A sale at Moses August Floor Covering includes carpets rugs and mats in a clearance event.
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Charles W. Hassell
Department of Justice
Marshal Colbert
District
Indian Territory
Montgomery Co
Tickets, Co
Fought Over Supposed Pocketbook on East Capitol Street
Armstead Bailey and Daniel Dangerfield, both black men, chased a false pocketbook on East Capitol Street at 1 am. Bailey reached it first, but Dangerfield insisted on a share, attacked with bricks, then fired at Bailey as he fled. Dangerfield arrested. judge set $300 bonds to answer before the grand jury for using a dangerous weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Capitol Street
Armstead Bailey
Daniel Dangerfield
Bailey
Dangerfield
Mills
Secret Service Denies Divorce Evidence In Chicago Case
Acting Chief Moran of the United States Secret Service denied a Chicago dispatch claim that Mrs Lawrence C Phipps was aided by agents to secure divorce evidence. He said there is no truth and the Service is never used for private persons. In a separate police case William Sullivan was convicted for assault and disorderly conduct after throwing water on his wife. fined 15 or 45 days.
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D. E. Conroy
Eleventh Street
St. Elizabeth’s
Secret Service
Chief Moran
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Lawrence C. Phippss
Government Secret Service
Moran
Government
William Sullivan
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Kluckhulin brothers dissolve partnership appoints receiver
Justice Stafford signs an order in the case of Charles P. Kluckhulin against his brother Frederick G. Kluckhulin appointing the latter as receiver of their electrical business and dissolving the partnership. Also notes bankruptcy petition by Ebenezer N. Middaugh and various local notices and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Stafford
Charles P. Kluckhulin
Frederick G. Kluckhulin
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Life ON Canal Strip
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Tanner's Shorthand and Business College
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Cole &Donaldson
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George W. Driver
House of Representatives
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Rufus H. Darby
Hickory Hill
George Beverly
Mattle Hicks
Hayworth Publishing Houvre
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