Prison suit seeks $20000 against District over Fairfax workhouse
Fairfax County man claims the proposed Occoquan workhouse and Belvoir reformatory ruin nearby farms and drive residents from homes. He charges property damage, terror among families, and cites ruin of land values, with protests to President Taft urging relocation.
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Fairfax County
Reformatory
Occoquan
Belvoir Howe
District of Columbia
Lorton
Washington
Lerten
Harriet C. Comegys
Mount Vernon
Come Lys
Eugene van Rensgelaer
Henry W. Rogers
J. J. Pringle
Charles H. Bat
J. Henry Rathbone
Buck Alexander jailed for life in government hospital raid
The multiple arrestee known as Buck Alexander was declared out of balance in police court yesterday. A physician recommended permanent placement in Government Hospital for the Insane, increasing the facility’s inmate count. Lt Sprinkle testified that many blotter entries cited interfering with arrest, reflecting a long history of confrontations with police. Attorney M B H O'Brien urged treatment.
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William
Buck
Alexander
Guardians of the Peace
M, BH
O’brien
Ten Cents Lost In New Style Car Fare Box
A Washington street car passenger lost a nickel in a pay as you enter box on a new style car and spent ten cents to recover it plus time from work. He details delays, extra fares, and the conductor’s inability to retrieve the coin. The District electric railway commission investigates and will urge the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt a cheaper method for handling excess money dropped into fare boxes.
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Railway Commission
Washington Street
Washington Railway and Electric Company
District Electric Railway Commission
Commission
Glover Building
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ex Gov Guild to Preside at Forestry Assoc Dinner
Former Massachusetts governor Curtis Guild will preside at the annual dinner of the American Forestry Association in the New Willard red room tonight at seven o'clock. Addresses by President Taft Senators Lodge and Overman Representative Mann Chief Forester Graves and Thomas Nelson Page.
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Guild
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild
American Forestry Association
Red Room
New Willard
Taft
Lodge and Overman
Representative Mann
Forester Graves
Thomas Nelson Page
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