Spring Textile Demand Boosts Trade as Weather Shifts
Irregular weather creates cross currents in retail trade but spring textile demand rises, led by cotton goods. Iron and steel markets show mixed signals. Northwest sees car shortages easing amid heavy snowfall. Textile sales stay strong with high prices for silk, worsted, and linen fabrics while imports and exports adjust amid global price drops.
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New York
Bradstreet
Tosparrow
Oro Valley
Northwest
Dakotas
Sor
Teathers
Ackine Mem
Wang
Hit
Public Debt Declines in January Statement
January monthly debt report shows total public debt at 927,442,295 dollars, down 7,629,571 for the month due to increased cash. The breakdown lists interest bearing debt 922,020.56 dollars, non interest bearing 1,322,1442 dollars, and certificates and notes outstanding totaling 1,134,200,869, offset by cash on hand. Cash in Treasury totals 406,686,004.417 with demandabilities of 1,241,356,211 leaving a net cash balance of 394,708,206.
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Treasury
General
Treasure of Philippine Islands
Treasury Receipts Grow Monthly Report
The January 1197 monthly statement shows total receipts of 55,237,499 and expenditures of 47,827,241, yielding a monthly surplus of 7,410,258 and a seven month surplus of 92,461,167. Customs receipts reach 23,195,654 up 2,600,000, internal revenue 20,075,805 up 306,000, miscellaneous 35,975,039 up 31,425,000. Expenditures match the prior year with a variance under 1,000, and canal-related spending totals about 111,200,000 this fiscal year.
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Panama Canal
Bank merger plans emerge for Bank of Washington
Washington stock market notes a mixed day with gains for Washington Gas and National Metropolitan Bank, while Mitchell Mining slips back. Bank of Washington proposes merging with Central National Bank, offering cash dividends and exchange of shares to equalize asset values, with potential retention of the Bank of Washington name.
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Btsck Exchange
Washington Gas
National Metropolitan Bank
Mitchell Mining
Washington Stock Exchange report details and bond quotes
Closing bid quotations list trades in Washington Railway and Electric stock and bonds. Includes Capital Traction, Washington Gas, Mergenthaler, National Metropolitan Bank, and numerous district bonds with prices and yields. Also notes certificates, rail and street railway issues, gas and telephone stocks, and miscellaneous securities.
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Washington
Capital Traction
Washington Gas
Mergenthaler
Etchell Mining
National Metropolitan Bank
United States
National City Bank
Philippina Land Purchase
District of Columbia
Washington Gas Company
Columbia Railroad
Metropolitan Rail-ford
Metropolitan Railroad
Washington Railway and Electric de
United States Electric Light
Potomac Electric Light
Norfolk and Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone’ Bs
Washington Market Company
Capital ‘Traation
The
Washington Railway and Electric
Norfolk and Washington Sterrnboat
Washington Gis
Gjeigstown Gas
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
stovka—Mergentheter le
Lansten Monotype
Greene Copper
Mitchell Mining Company
National Bank
Amer’ein
Capital
Central
National City
Columbia, Commercial
Farmers' and Mechanics
Lincoln
Metropolitan
Trust Company
American Security and Just
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Union Trust Company
Washington Loan and Trust
Washington Safe Deposit
Union Trust
Savings Bank
Home Savings Bank
Union Savings Bank
Washington Exchange Bank
Storks
Ariington
Columbia
Washington Market
Fiderty Storage Company
Washington Produce Market Prices and Conditions
Quotations show wholesale prices for eggs cheese and poultry with market influenced by weather. Fresh Virginia to North Carolina egg quotes around 22 24 cents, butter and dairy items varied with Western firsts at 23 24 cents, dressed poultry demand and prices mixed for hens turkeys ducks and geese. Vegetables fruit cattle hogs and calves listed with regional staples and current market notes ahead of the coming week.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Tigre
Provacs
Narhet
New York State
Wester Fatory
Celers
New York
Florida
Anti Tip Bill Angers Managers In Public Protest
Frank S. Hight of New Willard backs abolition of tipping saying it would benefit hotels and the public while Arlington Hotel manager Peter Taylor Jr opposes it as unconstitutional. Managers and waiters clash over the idea with critics arguing the move would harm service and wages, and tip-takers warn of heavy penalties if enacted.
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Frank S. Hight
New Willard
Arlington
Arthur Phillips Murphy
Missouri
Pike County
Peter Taylor, Jr
Arlington Hotel
Hight
Knights of the Plate
Taylor
Boniface
Murphy
Copleys Bodies Taken West After Double Tragedy
Bereaved husband William G Copley accompanied by his father and father in law received the bodies of Amanda M Copley and her baby at the 5 40 pm Pennsylvania Station train in Washington and took them to Walnut Iowa for burial. Authorities noted the wife’s melancholy temperament and Bright's disease led to the double death by self harm and the infant’s death.
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Walnut
Iowa
Amanda M. Copley
Rhode Island Avenue
Washington
Yeatenday
Iron Door Thefts Proved In Police Court Fines
Two men John Tutt John Hawkins and William Cole were charged with stealing three iron doors from the Washington Gaslight Company. In one case all three were found guilty and fined 75 dollars each with five months imprisonment as an alternative. In the second case Cole alone was found guilty and his sentence doubled. The doors were initially thought to be from the Washington Navy Yard but were identified as gas company property. Also included: Professor E G Lorenzen reports on Cuban courts and governance, noting lawlessness and the need for a generation trained to respect the law for stable self-government.
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John Tutt
John Hawkins
William Cole
Washington Gaslight Company
Mulloway
Colegione
Washington Navy Yard
E. G. Lorenzen
Law Department
George Washington University
Cuba
New Hospital Board Member Elected by Episcopalian group
Mrs Ixustsmuen of St Margaret s church was elected to the board of lady managers of the Episcopal Eye Ear and Throat Hospital at yesterday morning s meeting. St Mark s and Trinity churches, which led hospital collections, reported the results of their efforts with St Mark s chairperson citing a percentage and Trinity s chairperson reporting contributions totaling a sum.
Mrs Julia Moore seeks writ to freeze husband Moore holdings
Mrs Julia B Moore wife of inventor and stock holder Charles T Moore obtained from Chief Justice ClaLaugh an order restraining removal from the District of any stocks money or movable property in which Mr Moore has an interest until her claim to a half interest in his holdings is adjudicated Ralston Siddons represent Mrs Moore against Mr Moore Richard C Thompson of Washington J K M Norton of Alexandria Henry I Bryan and wife Marian Bryan of Washington the American Planograph Company the National State Deposit Savings and Trust Company and George R Cornwall of Rye N Y actions center on Moore health and separate property holdings with much stock said to be in the city at one time the company treasury reportedly 300000 Moore now at Front Royal Va where Mrs Moore has spent time with him amid claims of ill health.
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Julia B. Moore
Charles T. Moore
American Pianograph Company
ClaLaugh
Moore
Evans and O'Donnell Acquitted of Murder in Halloran Case
Evans and O’Donnell were acquitted of Maurice J. Halloran’s murder in Criminal Court No 2. They face new trials for robbery on the same charges after the jury found the confessions, claimed by police, were not freely given and thus excluded. The prosecution noted an exception and may seek appellate ruling.
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Messrs. McNamara
Perry
District Court of Appeals
Justice Barnard
Justice Stafford
Cardozo Case Postponed In Equity Court Hearing
Justice Gould in Equity Court No 2 delayed the injunction suit of Francis L Cardozo against the District board of education until Monday at 11 o clock because Assistant District Attorney Stuart McNamara was unavailable. Cardozo, supervising principal of the thirteenth division of public schools, seeks to halt the board’s trial, contending charges are vague and contesting the board’s legality and the act of Congress that empowers the District Supreme Court to appoint board members.
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Justice Gould
Francis L. Cardozo
District Board of Education
Stuart McNamara
McNamara
Henry E. Devis
James A. Cobb
Cardozo
Thirteenth Division of Public Schools
Must Serve Prison Terms In Claudia Parrish Case
Justice Stafford in Criminal Court No 1 sentenced Mrs Kate Maxey to ten years and Paul Meagher to four years in Moundsville penitentiary after their recent jury conviction for causing the death of Claudia Parrish aged sixteen by an illegal operation. They sought mercy after a denied motion for new trial. an appeal was noted.
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Justice Stafford
Kate Maxey
Paul F. Meagher
Claudia Parrish
Gittings and Chamberlin
Robert H. Mattingly
Grandfather seeks letters of administration in Terra Cotta wreck
John R Daily of Indianapolis applied to the District Probate Court for letters of administration to J Granville Adams on the estate of his grandchild Thelma Ward Daily born June 12 1900 killed with her father Rev Oliver Lewis Daily and stepmother in the Terra Cotta wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad December 30. The petitioner says the childs only estate is the right of action for damages against the railroad and the heir at law is her four year old brother. A separate petition asks Adams to administer the fathers estate seeking damages for the death. Caroline Hawkins widow of Miles Hawkins says she believes she has a right to recover damages from Adams Express Company. Citizens Association banquet set for next Tuesday at the Riges House.
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John R. Daily
Indianapolis
Ind
Iseue
J. Granville Adams
Thelma Ward Daily
Oliver Lewis Daily
Baltimore and Ohio
Falls Church
Dally
Mr. Adams
Caroline Hawkins
Miles Hawkins
Adams Express Company
Probate
Robert W. Brown
Express Company
Supreme Court and District of Columbia equity and criminal dockets
The record lists multiple Supreme Court participants and cases including The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company v Interstate Commerce Commission, Vicente Serre v Adriano Martiga, Empire State Idaho Mining and Developing vs Kennedy Hanley, and numerous District of Columbia equity and circuit court entries with adjournments, rulings, and upcoming dates. Also noted are criminal court entries with several United States prosecutions and verdicts, bail actions, and sentences.
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United States Supreme Court
Justice Harlan
Justice Brewer
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Juste McKenne
Juaties Holmes
Juatica Day
Justica Moody
M. Shaler Allen
Brooklyn
WN. Y
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company
Appellants
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward Colston
Maurice Kelly
Empire State-Idaho Mining and Developing Company Et al
Appellents
Kennedy
Real Estate Transfers Across Subdivisions and Squares
A statewide list of property transfers across Burrville Kalorama Heights Squanic and other districts shows numerous conveyances. Records note buyer names such as Frederick Sharp Jr and Slim L Philippe, with prices from 1 to 225 000 dollars and many lots and blocks involved. Several entries retain trust provisions and liens, including large sums tied to Union Trust and Storage Co and various square numbers, reflecting active real estate activity in multiple neighborhoods.
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Burrville
Mark M. Bellet Ax
Frederick Sharp, Jr
Kalgrama Heights
Hve BR. Barron
Slim L. Phillipe
Bick
Rubert T. Chatterton
Wilbur TF. Nash
John, EB. Cloke
Willam J. Dante
Sainé
Katherine Curtin
Charles E. Robson
James P. Dodson
Charles E. Dodson
Cleveland Park
H. Rogler Dulany
William H. Moora
Long Meadows
George C. Johnson
Martha C. Lavy
Brook
Hugh McDermott
James Dodson
Barrington Mills
Ten Buck Wendell
Fourteenth Street Heights
Morria ‘McDonough
Dorsey E. Nichol
Square
Charles H. L. Macdonald
Robert T. Charleton
Catherine Nolan
George
Benjamin J. Cohen
Charley W. Carr
Andrew
Dyer
John J. Smith, Jr
Joanna
McIntyre
John RF. Shields
Abraham L. Saltzstein
Thomas K. Saunders
The
Washington Real Estate Co
Samuel E. Stonebreaker
Petworth
Nennebunk Really Co
Bart H
Lilian HW. Hartshorn
Square 1
Bayard
Pat Tuckerman
Henry K. Porter
Union Trust and Storage Co
Trastee
Maurice and
Thomas C. Hamiller
Paris
Kalorama Heights
Allen E. Walker
Myrtte A. Gillam
Aldrich C. Wiley
Andrew W. Latenford
George F. Peck
Samuel W. Tucker, Jr
Marvin J. Atkinson
Charles J. Willismaen
George B. Cimbausa
Blanche W. Taylor
William G. Wang
Walter BE. Wright
George Iden
Michael C. Vetret
Clearence P. Staley
James W. Walker
Matilde A. Dawson
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Washington, D. S
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Atreat
Paar
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Penneylvanis - Cale
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Penna. Ave
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Raleigh
Tampa
Moblie
Pennacole
Sesboard Matt
Fis
Pinekurat
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Camden
R. H. Stansell
Pactenger
Norfolk and Western Railway
R. R
Norfolk and Western
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Lu Ann
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Newport News
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Porlman
Quantico
B. Duke
Celp
W. P._ TAYLOR
A. Kahn
Wellington
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