Mortality in 1908 District Sees Decline Overall
The 1908 mortality toll fell to 6,126 from 6,128 in 1906 and 1907, with population growth offsetting deaths. White and colored death rates declined, pulmonary tuberculosis and pneumonia deaths dropped, typhoid cases rose slightly with more deaths, and diphtheria scarlet fever and smallpox showed varied trends. March had the highest deaths, September the lowest, while smallpox rose with 10 reported cases and no fatalities.
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Wata
Woodward
Health Office
Rewarded Old Employes in Edward N Richards Will
Edward W Richards probate file details a 100000 estate. five loyal employees receive stock valued at 12000. The business at 133 G Street and related Baltimore interests may form a new corporation. Widow Annie E Richards gets 250 monthly and her house while single. If she remarries, 100 monthly. upon trust end, widow gets one fourth and children three fourths.
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Edward W. Richards
Willam C. Prentiss
G Street
Busi
Baltimore
Annie E. Richards
Former Slave Edward Hubbard Dies After Yearlong Injury
Edward Hubbard, 84, longtime Treasury Department messenger and former slave, died at Garfield Hospital from injuries suffered in a fall over a year ago. Born into slavery, Hubbard pursued education and played a notable role when G W Fox, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, carried a Congress resolution to the Emperor of Russia. He served as a personal attendant and messenger in the affair, later refusing to leave the United States. Previously he served in the Civil War as a body servant to 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 Today to Review Navigation Laws
The supervising inspectors of steam vessel under the Department of Commerce and Labor hold their annual meeting today at the Building Exchange on Thirteenth Street north west. They will consider changes in navigation laws and general equipment rules for merchant marine vessels. The board includes George Uhler as supervisor and inspector general, with members John Bermingham San Francisco Iran Harris New York John Ww Onst Norfolk Eugene L Dorsey Louis Joseph J Dunn St Louis James J Cleveland C H Westcott Detroit John A Cotter New Orleans Daniel Dougherty Cincinnati and J J Sloane Dubuque.
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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 Escape From National Training School In Bladensburg
Six boys escaped from the National Training School on Bladensburg Road by tying bed cloths into a rope and dropping from a second story window. Authorities had not yet captured the escapees, identified as Albert Luckett James Harris Walter Bunyan Powell Walter Johnson and Dus Whe.
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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 restoration dispute
The District Court of Appeals heard arguments on an appeal by commissioners from a mandamus order restoring Sidney Bieber, former fire marshal, to the Baltimore fire department pension rolls. Counsel for the commissioners argued the relief fund is public revenue subject to congressional disposal and supported a required medical exam. Bieber’s attorney contended the pension is a vested right not to be disturbed. a decision was anticipated shortly.
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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 Overpayments in District Asphalt Contracts
Corporation Counsel E H Thomas will advise commissioners after receiving Brennan Company letter denying district officials overpaid for asphalt. The firm blames inspectors negligence for any measurement errors and asserts contract measures mirrored district standards. Markham Report also in counsel’s possession as courts may hesitate to require refunds.
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Corporation
E. H. Thomas
Brennan Construction Company
Thomas
Markham
Engineer Department
Brennan
Engineer
Brennan Company
City Bulletins Illustrated Battle Fleet Lecture
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 notes on cadman service contracts, groceries and a bank of local ads follow with varied items and notices.
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Hampton Roads
Golden Gate
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Public Library
William H. H. Smith
Navy Department
Rozenfeld
St. Ne
Northminster Brotherhood
W. M. Stewart
Bureau of the Census
Morthminster Presbyterian Brotherhood
Eleventh Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Central Emergency Building Proposed for Dist Charity
A district charity report urges a central Emergency Building or Reception Center to house temporary care for destitute and distressed persons. It would include an application office, facilities for intoxicated and sick, and lodging for the homeless, with cases triaged to homes or institutions as needed. The plan calls for downtown location and a night watchman, plus broader public charity centralization proposals.
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Minegdot
Bighg
Board of Charities
Chhildren
Hethanda
Ing
Petranent
Extension 18 Urged for Franklin Street Northeast
The draft bill to extend Franklin Street northeast from its eastern end near Twenty fourth Street to Bladensburg Road has been sent to Representative Smith with a request for enactment. Estimated cost is $6000. Property owners in Avalon Heights Langdon and Woodridge urged the extension after a hearing, claiming public necessity to improve access from Bladensburg Road.
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Franklin Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Bladensburg Road
Smith
Avalon Heights
Langdon
Woodridge
Bladensburg Roa
Opposition to Penny Transfers on Cash Strapped Transit
An unfavorable report on a bill by Rep Sims of Tennessee proposes requiring streetcar companies to provide transfers on all trips with the option to pay extra fare. Commissioners yesterday said there is no current demand for the measure and endorsed instead moving toward free universal transfers, a policy they recommended last year.
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Sims
Tennessee
Chairmanmith
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