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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1905

Page

11

Fight Builders Bill Meeting at the Riggs House

A large business crowd at the Riggs House organized to oppose the bill creating a district master builders examining board. Col James Taft leads opponents to a Friday public hearing as labor unions and civic groups join in protest. several officials and committees vow to press arguments against the measure.

Col. Tait Riggs House of Business Riggs Colt James ¥. Taft David Moore Ernest H. Daniel Senate House Tait James F. Taft W. M. Terrell James E. Taliaferro J. E Bradley T. F. Schneier Thomas R. Riley Mr. Glass F. T. Lanner Mr. Meram J.C. O'Donnell Mr. Brandon J. A Wynkoop M. I. Weller Emmons S$. Smith Samuel Ross Idairy Wardman T. E. Melton Carpenters’ Union Crocker Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners H. A. Martin Knights of Labor E A. M. Lawson Chaiman Warner Ro Vs. Warner Leenks Manter Builders Talaiferro Khim Som Wirner Col. Taft A. M. Lawson M. . Bass Walter EB Wright M J. Weller G. A. McCarthy Hichard Knight Frank Wunderly L. HH. Meyers H. A. Vieth J. W. Points Horatio Taplic J. A. Wynkoop J. J. Baker Wilkes Prathers A. Marton F. B. Butterfield Ernest H. Deatei H. B. Willson George M. She John L. Knapp H. A. Kite Charles B Fonda J. X. Melutose FC. Hese D . Morgan E .N. Richards Frank E Hopkins A. McIntorff Franklin T. Banner Galen L. Tait George Hughes F. P. Sherman James M. Greene Benjamin

Funeral of Edward G Niles Held at Residence

Edward G Niles died Sunday at 188 Massachusetts Avenue NE. Services conducted at his residence by Rev. Alexander Bieloski and Rev. John Bowers of Baltimore. Pallbearers included Charles T Havener and George F Shaw. Out of town relatives attended from Chicago Brooklyn and Medleesport. Harmony Lodge Knights of Pythias members attended. Interment at Congressional Cemetery.

Edward G. Niles Massachusetts Avenue Northeast Alexander Bieloski Baltimore Mud John ©. Bowers Charles T. Havener George F. Shaw Drv. HS. Medford William McCauley Harry L. Slye Lodges Hill Charles T. Burrs Chicago Ill A. Sprague Brooklyn Clarence Seles Medleesport Harmony Lodge Knights of Ivthis Niles Congressional Cemetery

Corbin Sues Car Company for Heavy Damages

Mrs. Marietta Corbin sues the Washington Railway and Fleets Company for 25000 damages claiming serious injuries from a March incident. She asserts she was thrown from a car at Seventh and L ire streets when another passenger started, leaving her with permanent harm. Counsel Forrest represents the plaintiff.

Corbin Car Company Marietta Corbin Washington Railway and Flease Company Lhesrd Campur Seventh and Lire Tof Nimth Street Louisann Mra Corbin Phi Seapee Werett & Forrest

Evening of Song and Story at Rochambeau

The program highlights Wisen presenting an Evening of Song and Story at Rochambeau. It notes a musical feature by Phe Ro copay i Recambeat and mentions audience interest in the performances and timing.

Bae Rochambeau

Fragmented Local Notice About Unclear Services

Ambiguous OCR text references missing context and unclear details about health remedies, individuals, or actions. Reads like a garbled public notice or commentary with likely misspellings and incomplete names.

Install Their New Officers at Metropolitan Baptist Church

Christian Endeavor ceremonies installed officers of the Metropolitan Baptist Church Young People's Society. Officers include President Daniel W. Chase, Vice President Susie P. Reb, recording secretary Hattie Lewis, treasurer Hattie F. McWiit, pianist Louise Clark, chorister Charles Brockenborough, and committee heads. The event was led by Joseph H. Lee and William Walker with music, recitations, and songs following.

Christian Endeavor Metropolitan Baptist Church Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor Daniel W. Chase Susie P. Reb Misa Hattie Winfield Hattie Lewis Misa Carrin B. Adams

Aunt Fanny Lomax Celebrates 104th Birthday in Rosslyn

Aunt Fanny Lomax, born in the Northern Neck, marked her 104th birthday at her Rosslyn home with visitors from 2 to 8 pm. She recalled life in Virginia and Georgetown, and greeted guests including Dr. A. W. W. Tancil who once treated her during typhoid fever.

Fanny Lomax Rosslyn A. Ww Tancil Fanny Buckner Virginia Fanny Jackson Wiliam Buckner Charlotte Buckner Jackson Ow Analestan) Island Georgetown Richmond Dr. Taylor West Street Presbyterian Church Meyers Louisa Luvenia Walker Solomon H

Will of Maj Henry B Looker Filed For Probate

The will of Maj Henry B Looker dated February 1893 names widow Katharine Earle Looker as sole beneficiary and Edward F Looker as executor with Thomas H Looker as alternate. It notes debts in Edward F Looker and Carl E Pelz hands with Pelz acting as advisor. A separate Becht will from April 11 1188 leaves estate to widow Margaret Becht for life with daughter Mary Helmus as heir and appoints executrix.

Henry 4. Looker Register of Wills Katharine Earle Looker Edward F. Looker Edward H. Looker Thomas H. Looker Edward FR. Looker Carl E. Pelz Maj. Looker John Becht Margaret ‘Becht Mary Helmus Justice Gould. Hutate Margaret Wood Elen S. Munsey Edward Sweeney Millen Sweeney L. A. Bailey William H. Sprague Caroline H. Sprague A. B. Duvall, Jr Magdalena Street Henry Louis Strep J. F. Scaggs Joseph J. Harvey Mary C. Shafer Carust Henry B. Looker John Bright Ann Blight George Francis Williams Diana K. Powell M. H. Head Wilson Cole B. F. Leighio

Minstrel Show by Holy Name Society Delights District

Monday night the Holy Name Society staged an excellent minstrel show at St Josephs School hall. Interlocutor M D Schaefer led a talented cast including end men Phil McCarter D E Connell R A Curetn John Gorman and featured singers Masters Paul Hines Joseph Cullen Robert J Green Pete Becker J Howard. The Knickerbocker Quartet performed and the second part offered a quaint burlesque titled The Troubles of a Manager.

Holy Name Society M. D. Schaefer Phil McCarter D. E. Connell R. A. Cure Tn John Gorman Paul Hines Joseph Cullen Robert J. Green Pete Becker J. ©. Howard

Dietz Sues Railways and Ice Company for Damages

Sydenham Dietz filed a 315000 damage suit against Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company and the American Ice Company for injuries from a collision near Sixth and B streets NW on August 45. He alleges a spine injury a fractured rib and brain concussion after being dragged by a wagon pole while a car passenger. James T. Cross aged 82 died at his son's home 319 Ninth Street SE. Five children survive. Funeral Thursday with Union Lodge IOOF pallbearers. City delivery chiefs of major cities met at the Post Office Department in Washington and recommended various reforms to delivery service.

Dietz Sait Sydenham Anacostia and Potomac River Railway Company American Ice Company M. J. Keane Railway Company Ice Company Sixth B Streets James T. Cross Frank E. Cross Ninth Street Capt. Cross Thomas E. Cross Margaret ¥. Griffith James G. Nicholson

Railroads Announce Numerous Appointments and Moves

Cyril Louisell named vice president of the Manistee and Reptan. M O Barnard named traveling freight agent for Northern Pacific at Pittsburgh. D W Cooke named assistant general traffic manager of the Erie. J C Bonnell Southern immigration agent for Rock Island based in St Louis. Numerous railroad leadership changes, new appointments, and planned meetings across U S lines in January 1905.

Cyril Louisell Manistee Reptan M. O. Barnard Northern Pacific Pittsburg D. W. Cooke Erie J. C. Bonnell Southern Immigration Rock Island St. Louis Southern and Southwestern Railway Club Tanta Frederick E. Sorensen Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago J. T. Sullivan New Orleans Siam Hangkok Wear Patchaburi Meklong River Bamsey Wabash Peoria Hit L. L. Thurber William Barclay Parsons Rapid Transit Commission New York New York, Westchester Boston Chaplin Edson Hamilton Dayton Cincinnati Traction Company F A. McBride Seaboard Air Line Railway Merchants and Miners‘ Transportation Company Philadelphia James Speyer Rock Island Company New Jersey Speyer & Go Ralph Peters Bryan Snyder San Francisco Ozark Land and Fruit Growing Company Arkansas H. Ewings New York Central Hudson River Lake Shore Philadel

Dr Agnew Catarrhal Powder Endorsed Cure

An advertisement touts Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder as a rapid, complete cure for catarrh colds and related conditions. It claims endorsements from eminent nose and throat specialists and asserts quick relief within minutes followed by full recovery. Sold and guaranteed by Affleck's Drug Store 1429 Pa. Ave.

Agnew Affleck Pa.ave

District of Columbia Sued For 66623.75 By Prentiss Estate

A suit naming the District of Columbia as defendant was filed yesterday by William C. Prentiss as administrator of John Jacoby deceased. The claim seeks 66623.75 on an account for materials and labor in sewer contracts between Jacoby and the District. Attorneys Mattingly and Prentiss filed the declaration. Citizens' Association Banquet at Freund's on Tenth Street will honor local figures with toasts.

District of Columbia William C. Prentiss John Jacoby Mr. Jacoby William F. Mattingly W. C. Prentiss Citizens’ Association North Canitel and Beckington Citizens’ Association Freund's Tenth Street Macfarland

Legal Record of United States Supreme Court Proceedings

United States Supreme Court presents a dense docket with many cases and adjournments. Names include Chief Justice, Harley, Brewer, Brown, White, Peckham, McKenna, Holmes, Day, and attorneys F W McReynolds, H D Donnelly, George P Fisher Jr, Austen G Fox, J A Birney, W J Lambert, A A Birney, J C Gittings, J A Toomey, J Darlington, and more. The record covers dismissals, argument continuations, leave to file brief, assignments for January 18 1905, and entries from equity and circuit courts including probate and bankruptcy matters.

United States Supreme Court Justice Harley Justice Brewer Justice Brown Justice White Justice Peckham McKenna Holmes Justice Day George Danworth Seattle Wash The Hertford Fire Insurance Company Connecticut John C. Per King Commissioner of Insurance Circuit Court of the United States District of South Dakota F. W. McReynolds Susan A. Ramsey Tacoma Land Company John F. Shafroth Warburton Hawe Scale Company St al. Peculonera Wyckoff Seamans & Benedict H. D. Donnelly Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict George P. Fisher, Jr Austen G. Fox Howe Scales Company Edmund Wetmore Wyck Court of Appeals District of Columbia Justind Morris Justice Buell William R. Hart United States Jean Rodriguez Bowyer A. C. Cole Appellees Burton Magoarea Appellant Darlington Vs. Turner Nathaniel Wilton Appellante W. G. Johnson Appellee Darlington Va. Turner Atttorneys Nathaniel Wilson Clarence H. Wilson William G. Johnson Swartin Juath Arthur Peter J. C. William Kon J. C. Gittings Hawley Va Columbia Railway Company Hamilton & Colbert C. C. Cale Phillips D. W. Baker J. 2B. Archer, Jr A. A. Hoehiing, Jr People’s National Bank Saville Pulton Lewis John Ricout Patterson Ocean Accident Guarntee Corporation A. A. Hacbling, Jr H. F. Woodard Hamilton & Calbert Crandeton Claesen W. H. Wallace T. Jeffords Rockwell Va. Capital Traction Company C. F. Carust Supreme Court Equity Court NG. I Anderson- Asbury Mission M. E Alexander Vivian Lewis Vivian Emily Topren Watson van Carver Joseph IH. Stewart Maar J. A.toomey McAdoo Va Wormley Harlan & Borner Rogerson Peles W. C. Balderston Mary B. Allen State Committee Clarke Walsh Justice Barnard Troy Buggy Works Company Stabler Holtzman Capital Construction Company J. J . Darlington Niles & Whitt J. Darlington R. BH. Behrend Channon

Real Estate Transfers Record Citywide This Week

Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Washington DC areas including Anacostia Dupont Circle Petworth Mount Pleasant and Capitol Hill. Transfers show buyers and sellers with parcel details square numbers lots and prices from $1 to $1 076 with dates unspecified and many life estates trusts and executors involved. Names include Mary A Suppea Ellen Sweeney J R Ritz Theresa M Cissell Robert Uhimen Henry D Gordon Lena A Shunk Alonzo W Shuck and Herman F Mandler among others.

T. Franklin Schneider Emmons Smith Anacostia Mary ‘A. Suppea William B. Swain Massachusetts Avenue Mary Sweeney Ellen Sweeney North Capitol First Streets Robert Uhimen Jolo Ritz Theresa M. Cissell Ninth Tenth Olive A. Fitzgerald Thomas B Hutehinnen LE Droit Park George J. Batterday Et al Marle Hastwood Petworth J. Harry Carnea Delbert M. Weltm Square Henry D. Gordon Trustes Isabel J. Gordon Mount Pleasant Eastwood George da Batterday Henry Calver Herman F. Mandler Capitol Street Alonzo W. Shuck Lena A. Shunk

Deeds and Equity Notices From Washington Area Listings

A sweep of deeds of trust and equity suits appears for several blocks and wards around Washington, listing numerous trustees, parties, and sums. Notable entries include Metropolis Building Association security for William E Swein et al and various mortgages ranging from 500 to 2,000 dollars, with properties across SQUARE 638 to Mount Pleasant. The listing also notes stockholder action at Lehigh Valley Railroad seeking an extra 1 percent dividend.

Anacostia William E. Swein Henry H. Bergmann George M. Emmerich Metropolis Building Association Square United States Sanitary Company Smith Thompson, Jr Andrew Y. Bradley J. B. Kendall George H. Snyder Benjamin F. Snyder Robert 8 Robert 8. Trimble, To Secure Samuel Artz Carnelius K Nelson Tt Boss Et al Thomas H. Montgomery Richard W. Tyler Robert Rutherford American Fire Insurance Company Woodridge Robert McQuistan Washington Loan and Trust Company Equitable Co-oparative Building Association Mount Pleasant Marle Tastwood National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company American Security and Trust Company Herman F. Mandler Charles F. Benjamp Hoger Mitchell Perpetual Building Association Harriet Caine Philadelphia The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company Norman B. Ream New York Thomas

Mother's Friend Promises Easing of Childbirth Pain

Advertises Mother's Friend as the sole remedy to reduce pain and danger of maternity. Claims nervousness nausea and distress are cured, with the system prepared for delivery and serious complications avoided. Priced at one dollar per bottle with free information sent on request to the Gradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta.

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Fight Builders’ Bill Riggs House Kien Alowera Northern Neck HENRY B._ LOOKER St. Joseph’s School Hall City Delivery York Washington Post Office Department Batiste May Manton News OF the Railroads Southern New Haven Hartford Kentucky Southern Pacific Company New England Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Terminal Railroad Association George ©. Evans Louisville and Nashville Milton H. Smith 8. C. Clarke Missouri Pacific Russell Harding American Express Company Parcel Post England France International Parcels Post Chesapeake and Atlantic Maryland Delaware Baltmore Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Eugene Zimmerman H. B. Hollins Southern and Western Railroad Company Carolina Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company Joseph A. Johnston H. C. Beattis C. T. Watkins Anton H. Tierman Deep Run Hunt Club Joseph Bryan Laburnum Avenue Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Company Bangor Aroostook Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Company Indianapolis Belt Railway Central Railroad of New Jersey Chicago and Western Indians Georgia Railroad and Banking Company Lehigh Valley Jacoby Estate Criminal Court NO. 2 Juatics Gould Jesse Farber P. W. Frisbie Luigi Palmitana Thompson & Laskey Thomas Jacobs William Dixon William A. Lannan Charles Walton Joseph Y. Wilson Criminal Court NO. 1 Justice Wright Aliee Diggs A. W. Scott Reuben M. Warthen Campbell Carrington Charles Healy Edward Reddington Edward Pure John Alten William Howard Francis E. Brown Edwardian Brown Divores W. E. Ambroge Frederick Rogerton Charles B. Pierce W. ¢. Balderston Walter Jones Matilda Jones Alvorce R. E. L. White George H. Gray FP. M. Brown Charlotte M. Conger Frank B. Conger A. A. Lipscomb Marietta Corbin Ve. Washington Railway and Electric Company Plain- Ui Padgett & Forrest Plaintif W. I. Mattingly W. ©. Prentiss T. Walker Benjamin F. Verpo Plainiifs Lester & Price Julius I. Peyser H. Torsche Charity A Manley Chase J. I. Peyser Sydenham B. Diets Anacostia and Potacmac Hailway Company William E. Lee San Francisco Bank Weallsfargo Company Bank Nevada, National Bank of San Francisco Wells Fargo Nevada Bank California Union Pacific Southern Pacific R. Tenprozce Broadway New York City Fort Myer Arlington Falls Church Aqueduct Bridge Hotels Cairo Q Street William Catto Tudor Nahant Izen Gordon Washington, D. C Sloan WM. P. Kenney Driscoll Corner Island Sts N. W U.S. Capitol and Grounds EM Street St. James Atlantic City N. J Haddon Hall Stee Ee Leeds & Lippincott Traymore N. 1 Traymore Hotel D. S. White Leeds Company ST. Charles Ocean Front Golf Newlin Haines Galen Hall Florida Resorts Roseland Mra Jacksonville Florida St. John’s River New Sanford House ST. Johns River Sanford Bookle G. Ackerman Algo Lake Placid Inn Adirondack Mts N.Y. Jal South Carolina Summerville 8. C Charleston Pine Forest Inn CO Virginia Hotels Hotel Chamberlin Old Point Comfort F. Adams Mgr Fortress Monroe the Sunday Post River Travel Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Co Norfolk Port Monroe Portsmouth Newportews Newport News Alexandri Ft Monroe Norfalk General Ticket Office 14Th St Caloyado Bridg 6Th garThrough OLD Dominion Steamship CO Minerb Colorado Callahan W. Pres W. H. Callahan Ocean Steamers American Line Plymouth Cherbourg Southampton Queenstown Liverpool Atlantic Transport London Direct RED Star Antwerp London Paris Dover Farls White Star Line Lenstow SL BOST Mediterranean Gibraltar Naples ULNOA Alexandria Cretic Neon Neon Republic Wosign Romanin Canopil Washington Otte F Street David Lindsay Cunard Line Liverpool Vila Flory North River Umbria Swansta Campania Euurla Gibraltar-Naples Adriatic Sultonia Slavonia Pannonta Carpathia Coard Steamship Co Ltd Matest NL Gates West Indies Orient Hanburg-American Line Washington College of Music Northwest Sydney Lloyd Wrightson Reginald DE Koven Deas Marstral Institution South Strayer’s Business College Cor Lth Washington School For Wisconsin Avenue Tennallytown LL. Hooper Jose DE Gomar Prin Frances Mann Hall A. M Gonard Princ Tess Mila V. Prud'homme Ind Ave Holy Cross Academy Hhbhlye
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