District reports 1908 mortality and disease trends
The district reports 1908 deaths totaled 6,126, down 21 from 1907, amid rising population. White mortality fell to 14.6 per thousand and colored to 19.45. overall rate dropped to 10.06. Pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia declined. typhoid cases slight but deaths rose. Measles and whooping cough up. diphtheria deaths fell. smallpox rose with no fatalities. March had most deaths, September fewest.
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Wata
Woodward
Health Office
Will of Edward N Richards Disposes 100000 Estate
Edward W Richards leaves stock worth 12000 to five loyal employees for their faithful service. The business valued at 100000 continues until the youngest child is 30. Trustee Prentiss to organize a corporation to take ownership at 133 G Street and possibly Baltimore business. Widow Annie Richards receives 250 monthly and the southeast house while single. upon remarriage 100 monthly. On trust end, widow 1/4 and children 3/4.
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Edward W. Richards
Willam C. Prentiss
G Street
Busi
Baltimore
Annie E. Richards
Former Slave Edward Hubbard Dies After Long Treasury Service
Edward Hubbard, a former slave who served 44 years as a messenger in the Treasury Department, died at Garfield Hospital from injuries suffered in a fall more than a year ago. Born a slave, he earned a practical education and later aided G. W. Fox, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in 186? delivering a Congress resolution to the Russian emperor after escaping assassination. Hubbard declined to stay in Russia and had served as a body servant during the Civil War under Surgeon Robleson of the New York volunteers.
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Edward Hubbard
Treasury Department
Garfield Hospital
G. W. Fox
Navy
Russia
Congress
Hubbard
Robleson
New York Volunteers
Inspectors Meet to Review Navigation Law Changes
The supervising inspectors of steam vessels of the Department of Commerce and Labor meet today at the Building Exchange on Thirteenth Street NW to discuss amendments to navigation laws and vessel equipment standards for the merchant marine service. Board members include George Uhler, John Bermingham, Iran Harris, John W. Onst, Eugene L. Dorsey, and others from major ports across the country.
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Department of ‘Commerce and Labor
Buildgre’ Exchange
Thirteenth’ Street
Merchant Marine Service
George Uhler
Superviesor
John Bermingham
San Francisco
Iran Harris
New York
John
Runaways From National Training School Evade Capture
Six boys escaped from the National Training School on Bladensburg Road by shredding beds and tying a rope to reach the ground from a second story window. Escapees include Albert Luckett and James Harris. others named Walter Bunyan Powell and Dus Whe. No arrests reported as of last night. details volg unclear due to damaged text.
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Liz
National Training School
Gover
Bladensburg Road
Thore
Albert Luckett
James Harris
Walter Var Bunyan Powel
Bieber Case Heard Over Pension Rights In Court
The District Court of Appeals heard the Bieber pension appeal. Commissioners contend the relief fund is public revenue under Congress control and that Bieber’s refusal of a medical exam forfeits his pension. Bieber’s attorney argues a vested pension right cannot be disturbed. Decision anticipated soon.
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District Court of Appeals
Thermandamus Grant
Clabaugh
Sidney Bieber
Wex
Baltimore
Fire Department
Thomas
Policemen and Firemen’s Relief Fund
Congress
Bieber
A. A. Birney
Com
Missioners
Brennan Construction Denies District Overpayments
Corporation Counsel E H Thomas to review a letter from Brennan Construction Company denying excess payments on asphalt contracts. The company blames district officials incompetence or negligence for any measurement errors. A Markham report is also in counsel’s possession as the district weighs court action.
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Corporation
E. H. Thomas
Brennan Construction Company
Thomas
Markham
Engineer Department
Brennan
Engineer
Brennan Company
Illustrated Battle Fleet Lecture For Old Inhabitants
An illustrated lecture on the voyage of the battleship fleet from Hampton Roads to the Golden Gate will be given to the Association of Oldest Inhabitants at the Public Library tomorrow night by William H. H. Smith of the Navy Department. Also notices on local services, groceries, and a receiver appointment for Capital Auto Sight-Seeing Company are included.
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Hampton Roads
Golden Gate
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Public Library
William H. H. Smith
Navy Department
Auto Company
Justice Barnard
Rudolph B. Behrend
Capital Auto
William Anderson
Belrend
Rozenfeld
St. Ne
Northminster Brotherhood
W. M. Stewart
Bureau of the Census
Morthminster Presbyterian Brotherhood
Eleventh Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Central Emergency Building urged to aid distressed
A District report urges a centralized emergency building or complex to shelter the destitute and coordinate care. It would include an application office, temporary housing for drunk, sick, or homeless, and a reception center for all distressed people in the downtown core. It cites lodging-house gains, night-watch needs, and calls for a six month night watch.
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Minegdot
Bighg
Board of Charities
Chhildren
Ing
Extension 18 Urged for Franklin Street Northeast
The draft bill to extend Franklin Street Northeast from its eastern end to Bladensburg Road has been sent to Representative Smith with a $6000 cost estimate. The extension was requested by local property owners after a hearing showing it as a public necessity for Avalon Heights Langdon and Woodridge to gain access from Bladensburg Road.
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Franklin Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Bladensburg Road
Smith
Avalon Heights
Langdon
Woodridge
Bladensburg Roa
Oppose Penny Transfers in Tennessee Transit Bill
An unfavorable report on Representative Sims’s bill in Tennessee proposes requiring streetcar companies to grant transfers free on all rides. commissioners say there is no current demand for enactment but favor universal free transfers if any change occurs. They recommend moving toward free universal transfer in line with last year’s views.
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Sims
Tennessee
Chairmanmith
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