Real Estate Seized in District as Receiver Sought in Waggaman Case
In Washington the District Supreme Court heard three actions tied to Thomas E. Waggaman. Banks seek attachment and a nonresident equity case seeks a receiver to manage notes and secure assets. Marshal Palmer seized multiple Lincoln Hotel area properties and scores of lots in Wesley Heights as pretrial attachments.
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Aura
District Supreme Court
Thomas E. Waggaman
Equity
Mr. Waggaman
Columbia National Bank
Thomas FE. Waggaman
John Lenthal Waggaman
National Capital Bank
John L Waggaman
J. J. Darlington
B. F. Leighton
Clinton James
John L. Waggaman
James B. Nicholson
John L. Weggaman
California
Marshal Aulick Palmer
Lincoln
Tenth
H Streets
Ubi Twenty-third Street
Nineteenth Street
Twenty-first Street
R Street
Columbia Heights
Wesley Heights
M Agnes Gardiner
Annita FB Simms
B. Boarrhan
Emma % Bureh
J Cecilia Buren
State of
Maryland
Waggaman
Agnes Gardiner
William O'Brien
E.allen, Jr
Noyteatt
Samhi Vile
Laomas No Wagsaman
Negro Girl Accused of Theft in Police Court
Estelle Higgins a fourteen year old girl was arrested by Policeman Johnson and Detectives Fyser and Weelon on larceny charges. She allegedly stole a scarf pin ring and other jewelry from Louis Sutor of 716 Twentyfirst Street NW on June 2. A hearing was set in Police Court today.
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Estelle Higgins
Johnson
Fyser
Weelon
Louis Sutor
Twenty- First Street
Haul Of Stolen Bicycles Found At 222 L Street NW
Police recover a large cache of bicycles parts and tools from a vacated house at 222 L Street Northwest after a negro family moves out. Officers arrest John Robinson, 19, while searching for his 16 year old brother William Hobinson. Earlier owner identified a recovered bicycle and other items as stolen from a former employer.
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L Street
Red Price
Dunn
Carlin and
Brown
Twentythird Street
John Robinson
William Hobinson
Wires in poor shape flaws in fatal current
An inquest into the death of ten year old Robert Skidmore at the Mardi Gras Ferris wheel found testimony on 110 volts and 2,000 volt grounds confusing. Witnesses contended the wheel’s wiring and the Mardi Gras setup were defective. the jury returned an accidental death verdict with no clear responsibility.
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Ailen
Robert Skidmore
Walter C. Allen
Allen
Mr. Allen
Glazebrook
Lloyd
Casualty Hospital State
Potomac’Power Company
Circus Grounds
Perris
Adley Sd
W Oh Memier
Potomac Electric Power Company
Show Grounds
Memler
Frederick Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Frank Britton
Ch. Vanarsdale
Livingstone
Vanarsdale
Police Department
Nevitt
United States
Bingham
Skidmore
Wilton J. Lambert
Mardi Gras Company
J. Merrill Chamberlain
District of Columbia
Doctors put on rack in lunacy case trial
Marcie M Burrows, claiming both law and medicine credentials, conducted her own lunacy hearing before a marshal jury and was found by the panel to be of unsound mind. She denied the name Marcia M Burrows and refused to answer questions, asserting she was not the person named in the summons. The jury, without standing, declared her insane and she was sent to the Government Insane Asylum. Also noted were other inquest results and a few defendants deemed sane.
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Marcie
M. Burrows
Marcia M. Burrows
City Hall
St. Elizabeth's
William L. Hudson
Hudson
George
Mr. George
Miss Burrows
Mrs. Burrows
Dr. Hudson
Yue Burrows
Mareia M. Burrows
Fanny Moreland
Alhfred Johnson
John Downey
Complains to Commission Against Railroad Discrimination
The Media Coal Company of Ohio filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad of prejudice in coal shipments. The company mines near Bernesville Ohio say lack of side track connections favors rivals, seeking Commission orders to stop the practice. A separate police case reports Constance Lee Jones charged with housebreaking and robbery with bonds set at 600 dollars after recovered items. William Jackson, injured in a knife assault, sought hospital treatment and identified an unidentified assailant.
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Coal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Media Coal Company
Ohio Corporation
Fairmont
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Bellaire-Columbus
Baltimore and Ohio
Bernesville
Ohio
Child Knocked Down by Bicycle Rider in Play
A ten year old girl Bessie Woodward of St Missouri avenue northwest was struck as she ran across the street by an unidentified man riding a bicycle. She was taken to Emergency Hospital by her mother for head cuts. Medal to Dr von Hedin. Minister Thomas reports to the State Department from Stockholm that on the ith instant he presented to Dr Svep for Hedin at the department’s direction.
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William Jackson
Constitution Court Northwest
Jackson
Linger’s Court
Ricyuist
Bessie Woodward
St Missouri Avenue Northwest
Bliye
von Hedin
Thomas
State Department
Stockholm
Ith
Svep Vor Hedin
Amaerican
Geographic Society
Medal for district man at Fort Riley rifle match
At Fort Riley Kansas the national rifle meet concluded with two skirmish runs per competitor and a 50 yard rapid fire. Twelve top finishers received medals and prize money with Capt W H Hay posting the highest skirmish score. Many National Guard teams depart for the pistol contest set to finish the national rifle and pistol events tomorrow.
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Fort Riey
Kaus
Aug
Fort Riley
George Sergeant
Fifteenth
United States Infantry
Bergt H. Baptist
Marine Corps
Thomas Q. Donaldson, Jr
Eighth
Watled States Cavalry
K. V. Casey
New York National Guard
JF. Ring
Frank L. Graham
Berto Aleo Provisional Regiment of Infantry
D. ¢. Shaw
Twenty-seventh
George M. Jafts
Massachusetts
Natonal Guard
M. Schtiever
F. ©. Wilson
Georgia National Guard
W. H. Hay
United States Cavalry
National Guard
Morrow
Trouble in Choral Society over limited Hiawatha troupe
Internal dissension within the S Taylor-Coleridge Choral Society of Washington leads to canceling tour dates in Richmond and Norfolk. Plans to perform Hiawatha with a 20 member chorus from a 200 plus strong group sparked dispute, prompting cancellation and ticket refunds.
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Hiawatha
S. Taylor-Coleridge Choral Society
Richmond
Norfolk
Layton
Washington
the Post
Taylor-Coleridge Choral Society
Heavy New York woman jailed after weighty arrest at Coney Island
Agnes Daily, 31, rich with diamonds and money, was arrested for intoxication at Coney Island. She weighed 265 pounds and resisted transport, requiring an ice cream wagon and several policemen to moblize a patrol wagon. Bentence suspended.
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Washington
Washington Post
New York
Agnes Daily
Coney Island
Sone
Bentence
Burley Hanged for Rape in District Jail
John W Burley colored, the first man executed in the District for rape, was hanged in the District Jail on the scaffold after a nine minute process that began at 12 07 38 and ended with his neck broken. He ate two hearty meals that day and received last rites from Father McGuire before the drop. The trial record shows prior convictions and a 1901 indecent assault sentence. Roosevelt did not commute to life. The body was removed to Woodlawn Cemetery for burial after the execution.
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John W. Burley
Burley
Burly
Father McGuire
Harris
Warden Harris
Wiliam
Riley
Second Street
Woodlawn
Hilan Purner
Ward’s
Walsh
Leeraft
Prather
Albany
Pritchard
Burley Commutation Denied and Scaffold Deaths
The decision opens with the denial of John Burley's commutation. The scaffold built in 1679 for James Fevigns later saw only life sentences, and Burley’s execution followed on April 3. Since then, twenty seven men have died on the same platform, with Deputy Warden Urner presiding as Burley faced the knot.
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John Burley
Burley
James Fevigns
James
W. Grayson Urner
Burnley
Urner
Plans for Fish Hatcheries and Cross Border Regulation
State Department says no formal treaty with Great Britain on fish hatcheries shared by Washington and British Columbia. Officials sought uniform regulations and breeding methods across the waters, aiming to protect salmon and fisheries without a formal international agreement. Senator Foster of Washington leads discussions in hopes of restoring prosperity through common treatment of hatchery issues.
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Great Britain
State Department
British Columbia
Washington
Foster
Painters Withdraw from Local Building Trades Council
A special meeting of Local Union No. 368 painters voted to withdraw from the Council of Allied Building Trades. The move signals discontent with the central union’s building section and follows carpenters’ and other trades hints of forming a local branch of the Structural Building Trades Alliance. A committee will report back before final action, with another special meeting planned next Friday.
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Union of Painters
Council of Allied Building Trades
Council
Structural Building Trades Alliance
Alliance
HE Street
Carpenters
Connell of
Allied Building Trades
Central Labor Union
Basis
Council of al- Hed Building Trades
Indianapolis
Dele-Gates
Painters
Council of Alied Building Trades
Open Shop Backed By Master Bakers Convention
At Forest Park Highlands the National Association of Master Bakers voted to support an open shop policy and to join the Citizens' Industrial Association of America. Officers were elected. next year’s meeting will be in Washington D C. Also noted are drownings in Sault Ste Marie involving Herbert D Hill and James C Patterson. university presidents reshuffle in Illinois. cotton export to Russia. and Harvard scholarship for Yasunoshe Fukukita of Stanford.
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St. Louis
National Association of Master Bakers
Forest Park Highlands
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
Washington, D. C
Martin Simon
Cincinnati
Adolph Boettler
New York
H. R. Clifford
Chicago
Stanford University
Cal
Harvard Club
San Francisco
Yasunoshe Fukukita
Harvard University
Harvard
Victim of mobs bullets in Cedartown lynching
Joan Sexton a young farm laborer died at his Bestview home after being shot during the lynching of the Negro Jim Glover in Cedartown last Monday night. The mob’s reckless firing caused the fatal wound and it is not known if Sexton took part in the lynching.
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Cedartown
Nas
Joan Sexton
Jim Glover
Bestview
Sexton
Weather Bulletin Shows Mixed Conditions Across Regions
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports clear weather in Northwestern districts under a high pressure area near the Lower Lake region. South Atlantic States and East Tennessee see light showers, with a wavier pattern over the Eastern third of the nation and temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below average.
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U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lower Lake Region
South Atlantic
East Tennessee
Missouri Valley
Rocky Mountains
Florida
Lake Region
Mississipm
Atlanti
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Rainfell
Warned His Race from Gallows in Pickens
In Pickens jail Henry Jones, a Black man convicted of murdering Constable Caluum bus Jones, was hanged this morning before about 1,200 spectators, including over fifty Black bystanders. He delivered a brief parting warning to his race about possession and use of firearms as the crowd dispersed quietly. Savannah reports later list January 25 and 26, 27, 1905 as dates for the Interstate Sugar Cane Growers Association convention in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Charleston
D. C
Henry Jones
Caluumbus Jones
Pickens
Jones
Savannah
D. G Purse
Interstate Sugar Cane Growers’ Association
Montgomery
Ala
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