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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
23
A bill prepared by Representative Adam M Byrd prohibits intermarriage of whites with Africans or Mongolians in the District. It punishes violations as a felony with up to two years imprisonment or a $500 fine, and voids marriages conducted outside the District if brought in later. Commissioners will report on the measure within days.
Funeral services for Capt Joshua T Young of Fire Truck Company No 1 were held at his home on P Street Northwest. He died Monday night and will be buried at St Andrew's Chapel in Fairfax County Virginia. An honor detail from multiple fire companies attended, with many named officers and privates listed for the service.
Health Officer W C Wood will present a report to the Commissioners outlining regulations on plumbing and ventilation for all food establishments. He may urge Congress to grant the Commissioners direct supervision over markets and meat shops, with these sites included in the slaughterhouses bill. The document is not ready for submission for at least three days.
District notes report inspector P Crandall suspended fifteen days without pay from February 1 for violating departmental rules. Maj M Gray Zalinski seeks inspection of the War Dept building’s new electric lighting at 23 Seventeenth Street NW. Revised $100000 tuberculosis hospital plans for the Soldiers Home tract call for $80000 building and $20000 furnishings. Assistant Engineer Darwin to study harbor concrete methods in Annapolis and Baltimore to aid local harbor plans. Stone suppliers report over 75 percent delivered for the new municipal building interior. total furnishing costs projected near $50000. Real Estate and Improvement Co Baltimore seeks cancellation of assessments tied to the Washington Terminal upgrades. assessor Griffin cautions against setting a precedent. Druggists’ Velvet Kind dessert note appears at end.
The weekly health report to the Commissioners lists nine violence deaths from various causes including gunshot, formaldehyde poisoning, burns, chloroform narcosis, skull fracture and a steam engine accident in Virginia. Diphtheria, scarlet fever, and typhoid fever cases are detailed with new cases, discharges, and totals under treatment.
The deputy coroner is entitled to five dollars per day while acting, whether serving as assistant or as substitute in the absence or disability of the coroner. Corporation Counsel E H Thomas told the Commissioners that compensation applies in both capacities.
The Commissioners heard two appeals from the police trial board regarding Policeman J W Hall of the Eighth precinct and J H Leech of the Fourth precinct. Leech faced removal for sleeping on his post after sleepless nights, while Hall sought a reduction of a $49 fine for negligent revolver discharge in the squad room. Both cases were taken under advisement.
The city issued permits yesterday to Thomas Hyde for a warehouse at 1827 G Street NW with Marsh & Peter as architects and William S. Spencer as builder for an estimated $20,000, and to M. Burt for repairs to a store at 625 Pennsylvania Ave NW with Albert W. Hunt as architect and H Maddox as contractor for an estimated $5,000.
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