Need More Schools Compulsory Education Bill Debate
District of Columbia lawmakers discuss a compulsory education bill that would force attendance and build at least fifteen new schools with a $1,000,000 appropriation. Officials say many children 6 to 15 are working and 74 percent of non attenders are employed. others argue schools are full and room is scarce. A nonresident pupil tuition amendment is proposed to extend free access to those owning property or paying taxes in the District.
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District of Columbia
Hash Washington Citizens’ Association
Committee On Schools
Congress
Committee On the District of Columbia
Thomas
L. H. Wurll
Chevy Chase
Pruitt murder case ends in hung jury after long deliberation
The jury, after twenty seven hours of deliberation, was discharged by Justice Wright and the prisoner released on bond awaiting retrial. The court reopened the case to hear more evidence on whether the gunshot wound entered the hand from the back or palm. Dr Glazebrook testified the muzzle was eight to ten inches away and the hand likely near the body when fired. The jury then deliberated four hours without reaching a verdict.
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Pruitt
Justice Wright
Steele
Aged Washington bookseller James A Wineberger dies
James A Wineberger eighty two, longtime Washington bookseller and author of Social Life In Washington, dies at his home on Twenty third Street NW. He helped found early district literature, owned the Mibbitt House book store, and his Map of Washington and Its Environs was widely used. Funeral set for 2 PM tomorrow at J William’s chapel, 382 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. survivor includes a maiden sister.
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James A. Wineberger
Mr. Wineberger
Washington
Mibbitt House
Wineberger
Winerberger
J. William
Pennsylvania Avenue
Beta Teem
No Money Due Shipbuilding Firm Over Fireboat Contract
District officials dispute a $3,300 final payment claim by Harlan and Hollingsworth Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington Delaware for the Firefighter fireboat. Commissioner Macfarland says the district owes nothing, noting delays kept the boat incomplete until October 28 1995 and it was never accepted by commissioners on May 35, 1995. penalties are withheld for late delivery.
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Tdetrict
Harlan. &. Hollingsworth Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
Del
Macfarland
Negro murderer William Hamilton goes to death singing hymn
William Walter Hamilton, the negro condemned for the June 1904 murder of Mary Butler, was hanged at the District jail at 7 am. He faced the gallows with a hymn, with ministers and spiritual advisers present, and his neck reportedly broke instantly while his heart beat for 17 minutes. He will be buried in Payne's Cemetery.
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William Wallter Hamilton
Washington Court
Hamilton
Mary Butler
Lizzie Iyman
Eb.g. Benson
Government
Schaefer
Quiteau
Holt
Guiteau
Garfield
Payne's Cemetery
Republicans Gather for National Republican League Jubilee
Washington Republicans attend a conference at the New Willard Hotel ahead of the National Republican League jubilee convention in Philadelphia June 17 to 19. J Hampton Moore and others are present. Roosevelt and Cabinet members may attend. survivors of the 1856 convention expected. Lincoln service planned. Dr Heyburn to share reminiscences of Lincoln.
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Washington
National Republican League
Philadelphia
New Willard Hotel
J. Hampton Moore
League
Robert Reyburn
William 8. Odell
William C. Connor
G. A. Schuldt
Joseph J. de Kinder
Roosevelt
Eld
Lincoln
Heyburn
Prominent Piney Woods Inn Promises Winter Comfort
An informal city bulletin highlights Southern Pines North Carolina as a delightful winter resort with the Piney Woods Inn promising moderation in rates and a favorable climate. It notes a New Yorker managing the hotel and cites accessible excursion tickets, plus local bargains and merchant ads for everyday goods and services.
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Southern Pines
N. C
Piney Woods
Piney Woods Inn
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