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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
47
Congress and District Commissioners advance a draft to rewrite Chapter IV on land condemnations to reduce litigation. The plan consolidates best clauses from existing laws and fixes jury verdicts to reflect net damages and benefits rather than separate damage and benefit awards.
A. W. Thomas files a long protest to commissioners against the new Washington filtration plant and urges preservation of the Franklin Square spring. He claims sanitary provisions for workers are lacking and warns residents risk Potomac water. Woodward concurs the supply is not endangered and suggests referral to the Washington Aqueduct for consideration.
A bill drafted by Representative Jenkins was referred to the Commissioners for report. It amends District law to prohibit verbally agreed interest above a stated percent and written contracts above another percent. Violations carry forfeiture of all interest and a fine up to 200 or six months in jail.
House bill 4220 relating to lectures in District public schools was referred to the commissioners yesterday and disapproved. They see no need to change the public lecture arrangement under the board of education and oppose separating this from the general system.
The editor answers a question about Willis Lucas Sr. being buried in a pauper's grave. He states Lucas, who served General Robert Anderson at Fort Sumter and cared for him, will receive an decent burial from his church and his children, not from the public or strangers. The paper thanks friends for sympathy but rejects rumors about the mother's statements.
Homer Davenport lectured at the Columbia Theater yesterday afternoon before a sizable audience. Senator Carter introduced him as the honored living cartoonist, praising his unconventional style and entertaining career tale filled with humorous anecdotes and caricatures of notable figures. The event drew Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks and many prominent officials.
Nearly 200 Georgetown businessmen and residents signed a resolution urging support for the Allen Bill to impose stricter Sunday observance in the District. The draft resolution was sent to the District Commissioners after a public hearing last week, prompting hundreds of protest letters with only a few supporting the Sunday closing proposal.
Mrs Anna Page Brown filed suit in local court for an absolute divorce from William H Brown whom she wed in Baltimore in February 1880s. She claims separation since October 193 and alleges infidelity, cruelty, and assault. She seeks alimony and custody of their seven year old daughter Carolina with a co respondent named.
A jury had been empaneled in Criminal Court No 1 for the case of Edward Ferguson indicted for murder in the first degree over the killing of Bertha West near Anacostia last June. The hearing was postponed to Monday morning at 1 o clock. The jury list includes George M Goce J Stuart Poole Reuben M Prank George W Offutt Clifton Lowe Moses Pach Sewall A Reeves Frank P ine Charles Verguson Samuel G Cranwell Wilson L Haker and Luther B Snyder. The other case of George E Green charged with conspiring to defraud the United States will not be called until Tuesday.
A collage of city items includes bottling ads for Herrmanns and a list of daily goods such as potatoes, butter, and canned vegetables from J T D Pyles stores. Grand Jury reports indictments in the Marine Hospital Service case along with various criminal charges. Local promotions, lectures, and shop specials fill the page with familiar Washington names and addresses.
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