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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
26
Trade and industry show improvement with spring demand expanding and shipments rising. Grain markets gain as wheat, corn, and oats advance on better export inquiries and South Atlantic optimism. Textile fabrics remain strong with steady demand for cottons and dress fabrics, while pig iron buying remains robust amid West and Midwest shifts.
An illustrated talk on The Wayward Boy will be held this evening at Salvation Army Hall 93 Pennerlyania avenue. Other items note funeral services for Bartett Mann Yost and Yost family connections, plus teaching council nominees and a boiler accident at the Pennsphanix Railroad roundhouse.
Secretary Shaw indicated a possible extension for returning public funds deposited in national banks. He described allocations: $25,000,000 distributed Sept 27 with recall around Feb 1, another $600,000 on condition of Jan 20 to Feb 1, then extended to Feb 1 and 15, and $12,000,000 with half due Feb 1 and remainder by Feb 15. The $29,000,000 has no fixed return date. No requests for more time have been made, but surplus receipts may allow banks to retain funds longer if conditions warrant.
January receipts show steers up to 10 cents higher with cattle steady to higher values. Hog and sheep futures mixed as buyers await exports. calves and lambs show varied price shifts across grades, with reports from New York and Chicago detailing domestic and export demand.
Baltimore markets show quiet mixed receipts across flour, wheat, corn, oats, and rye with steady hay and butter prices. Copper and tin rise in London while local metal quotes edge higher. cottons show World’s visible supply and regional tourism notes in New Orleans with voyage links to Norfolk and Jamestown areas.
Moses B Lewis, a colored laborer living on Fern street in Rock Creek Park, was struck yesterday by a falling timber while frames were being removed from the concrete formwork for new car barns on Fourteenth Street extended. He received facial injuries and was treated at Garfield Hospital.
The document lists admitted attorneys and ongoing cases before the United States Supreme Court and various courts. It records names such as John Francis Yanger and Wilhelm Af. Tomkina, officers including Chief Justice Clabaugh and Justices Wright and Barnard, plus numerous case numbers and adjournment notes. It also notes equity and circuit court assignments and pending motions with Monday January 28 deadlines and references to the District of Columbia courts.
Attorney General files suit to compel the St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway to forfeit its charter for ceasing operations after transferring assets to the Great Northern. Case seeks declaration of watered stock, halt to dividends, and dissolution of Manitoba interests, with the court to return on April 2. The Great Northern is named owner of Manitoba stock and the merger questions hinge on capitalization and subsidiary avoidances.
The District Supreme Court admitted twenty five new lawyers who passed the recent bar exams. Names include William W. Bew of Durant Iowa David D. Caldwell of Athets William F. Condon of Iowa Robert B. Crowley of Massachusetts Ralph H. Daughton of Maryland Frederick I. Devereaux of District of Columbia and others from South Carolina Pennsylvania Ohio New York Kentucky and more.
Cornelia G Corbett sues Frederick Fenning in the District Supreme Court seeking 1367 in value of personal property alleged taken while she and her mother were confined at Government Hospital for the Insane. She claims Fenning disposed of items including a piano valued at 450 and an oil painting valued at 1600 after appointment as committee.
William B. Cleveland as administrator files a $10,000 damages suit in District Supreme Court against Gen Georges H Harries William Ble o and Frank Durston officers of the District Militia over the drowning of Melvin L Cleveland aboard the naval reserve yacht Oneida on November 26 The suit alleges incompetence negligence and inefficiency by the officers and crew of the Oneida and that Cleveland was ordered to steer a small launch towed by the yacht leading to a capsize and his drowning in the Potomac River.
Charles B. Fletcher colored was yesterday convicted of murder in District Criminal Court No. 1 Judge Stafford presiding for killing his wife Della Fletcher last July. Fletcher remanded to jail pending sentence amid a defense of insanity and a jury verdict implying Flynn insanity questions.
Samuely Gassenheimer a hotel keeper was arraigned before Judge Kimball in Police Court for violating police requisitions by operating public hire autos without a proper license and soliciting patronage off a stand. He and two chauffeurs were convicted on all counts with $20 fines each the defense seeking appeal to the District Court of Appeals.
The Red Cross sent 445000 to San Francisco for January relief and manages funds through a New York corporation. After Kingston's earthquake, the society urged rapid shipment of 5000 dollars of supplies. China famine worsens with refugees driven back and smallpox, harvests delayed until next June, seed wheat scarce, yet public contributions remain weak.
Mrs Mary V Clasel daughter of Commodore Perry Brown who died in the Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Terra Cotta on December 30 filed a petition for admission of her father's will. The August 27 1883 document leaves all to his first wife Mary Ellen Brown who died January 29 1895. The estate reportedly includes a house and cottage at Washington Grove Md valued at 2000 and 800 cash with a claim against the railroad company. Perry Brown of Albany New York and William Brown of Washington are named as other heirs.
Attorney Frank D. Blackistone, examiner in chancery for the District Supreme Court, filed a mandamus suit in the District Supreme Court to compel admission to practice in the Department of the Interior. He notes admission in 1896 and his 1914 application rejection on grounds tied to his chancery post. The suit argues the objection is invalid.
The extension of Nineteenth Street northwest from Woodley road to Biltmore street faced jury testimony as government witnesses John A. Hamilton N. H. Shea Thomas W. Smith and Charles C. Rice testified on land value to be condemned and benefits to adjacent properties. The earlier verdict was set aside and proceedings resume Friday February 8.
William Smothers, a colored man, was arraigned in the United States branch Police Court before Judge Mulloway on charges of assaulting Special Officer Thomas Hayden in the Southern Railway yards and assaulting Jeanne and Sarah Blackburn on the night of January 5. He was found guilty on both counts, receiving one year for Hayden and six months for the two women.
John H. Tatypaugh sues New York Continental Jewel Filtration Company for 20000 dollars alleging health injuries to his family and depreciation of property value due to a tunnel and filtration plant built about forty feet from his New Jersey Avenue home. He cites noise dust smoke and noxious gases as the harming factors.
Free illustrated talks under the Game and Fish Protective Association of the District of Columbia will be held at the Public Library to gain public support for releasing water, game, and songbirds into city parks. The first lecture, Wednesday night, features John W. Titcomb, chief of the fish culture division in the Bureau of Fisheries. Titcomb, a longtime Fisheries official and author, has led in fish propagation and has served as president of both the American Fisheries Society and the North American Fish and Game Protective Association.
Southern Railway announces the Washington and Southern Limited is renamed the New York and New Orleans Limited. The train leaves Washington at 1 PM and reaches New Orleans at 9 46 AM on the second day, with sleepers to Asheville and Birmingham. Probate filed for Edward L D Morrill 1868 will. The will leaves stock in King Solomon and Barmer mining to Samuel D Morrill. widow Bellphine P Morrill inherits the remainder for life or until remarriage. Charles M Catlin named executor.
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