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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1904
Page
11
Vacation days near with resort and railroad travel suggestions from The Post's Resort Information Bureau. Free information at the business office counter. Listings include groceries, electrical supplies, ice cream, and hotel rates at The Yorkshire in Asbury Park. Reservations urged. rates and details through H Duffield and Muddiman & Co. 12th and 6 Sts.
Plans for a new Police Court building were outlined as two stories with a mezzanine and a basement. Architects will be invited to propose designs around a $100,000 estimate, with detailed layouts for courtrooms judges rooms bailiff offices and prisoner facilities. A driveway around the building and separate prisoner entrance will shield arrestees from public view. Also included is space for the United States District Attorney and Juvenile Court facilities. Mrs Ballenger wins divorce from James Ballenger with custody of two children.
Wills of restaurateur Carl Hugo Ziemann filed in Probate Court include two versions dated April 1903 and June 29, 1914. They place the estate in trust for his widow for life and then distribute remaining assets to designated nephews and nieces, with loans to liquidate a restaurant mortgage at Tenth and Iv streets NW. Trustees and executors named Leon Tobriner and August Daetz. Additional probate petitions cite Charles R. Smith 1903 will, Charles M. Floyd 1904 will, and Thomas T. Keane probate petition with an estate stated at about $180,000, including $70,000 real estate in DC.
Silvano Janini and his next friend Baldassare Janini sue Charles G Smith and Charles G Smith Jr trading as Charles G Smith Son for 10000 dollars in damages claiming negligence caused personal injuries at the Smith quarry in Fairfax County Virginia on April 22 when a hatchet task caused tools to strike blasting powder leading to an explosion. Berry Minor and Hugh B Howland represent the plaintiff.
Robert Brann, a street preacher, was arraigned in Police Court on vagrancy after gathering a crowd on Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW. He pleaded his innocence, promising to leave the city. Judge Scott released him on personal bond. A separate note reports a violent incident at the Washington Asylum where Mark Watson struck a paralytic resident with an iron bar.
At an inquest into Frances Munroe’s death at Freedmen's Hospital a jury found George Webb her common law husband caused fatal injuries a week prior and ordered his detention pending grand jury action. Witnesses described a July 6 quarrel with Webb alleged intoxication and blows that led to her unconsciousness and hospital admission.
Mary V. Robertson filed for a writ of habeas corpus to recover her daughter Annie Robertson, aged under fifteen, allegedly unlawfully detained at 1501 Heostreet NW by Mary and William Minnis. Justice Gould ordered a writ returnable next Friday at 10. Wolf and Rosenberg represent Mrs. Robertson.
A detective arrested Charles Wolf for distributing ads on Seventh Street but Judge Scott dismissed the case, claiming Wolf stood inside a store not on the street. Maj. Sylvester sought guidance from counsel. the reply cited the same reason for the dismissal and questioned the regulation’s sufficiency. Nearby, a man named Robert J Simith was injured by a streetcar at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Other reports note Henrietta Cockerell breaking both arms getting water, Benjamin Berlin injured by a wagon, John Harnden charged with jewelry theft, and a lawn fete postponed due to rain at St Stephen's Institute.
A District committee on wharves urges immediate proceedings to gain riparian title along the Eastern Branch of the Potomac and Anacostia River. They propose dredging, rebuilding bulkheads, and stone wharves with a $2.50 survey appropriation to submit to Congress, citing high demand and obstructions along the riverfront. The report highlights deterioration along Washington channel wharves and calls for legal action to secure riverfront ownership.
Seven pianos sold opening day at Humber sale offering upright pianos from 117 to 298 dollars in burl walnut golden oak and mahogany finishes. Call to inspect bargains on pianos and organs. sale runs 12 days. T P Culley 523 Lith St and J D Young’s oll stand.
Testa of a withe engine sent to Washington from Minneapolis awaited yesterday. District officials praised the engine work and expect the city to award the new engines to the independent low bidder. Commissioner Macfarland will likely recommend hiring a first class naval firm to draft plans and supervise the builders for the 63000 fireboat project.
The excise board refused a permit for a Pennsylvania Club at 923 Fifteenth Street Northwest. A hearing had been held after objections from many women property owners and letters from at least two ministers. The board said it must respect community wishes and its discretionary license powers.
Twenty thousand pounds of ice have been distributed to the sick poor and mothers with infants from funds provided to Commissioner Macfarland by a philanthropic Washingtonian. Tickets for 2,000 more pounds, at ten pounds each, have been issued to physicians and nurses of the Inspect ive Visiting Nurses Society under George G. Weston. Ice will be supplied all summer, aiding recipients with blankets where needed.
Justice Gould sustained a demurrer to the divorce nullity suit filed by Jenny Pope McKay seeking to void Col Nathaniel McKay’s Oklahoma divorce. The plea by defendants including Philip Hichborn and Mabel Grace McKay lacked an answer, with the court granting leave to amend. The defense argued Jenny Pope McKay is not the widow. attorney Darlington for the plaintiff and Worthington and Woodard for the defendants appear. A separate item notes 14 year old John Collins ran away from Norfolk to see Baltimore’s burned district, was stopped in Washington, then Benning, after spending his passage money. His father, a shipping clerk, was informed.
Michae marine of K Street Northwest reported to police that he entrusted 25 in cash and checks totaling 40 to Ollie Winston, his employer, to deposit. Winston was arrested yesterday on a warrant by Mr. Ehrhardt for embezzlement.
Detective Tyler arrested Lem mond Miller alias Harry Wilson for posing as a paperhanger in Baltimore and stealing a diamond ring sapphire ring two watches and other jewelry. Miller is jailed at the Sixth precinct awaiting authorities. A BuckJen’s Arnica Salve ad accompanies the report.
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