Speculation shifts from grain to cotton with wool trade high
Unseasonable cold and wet weather curtails retail trade across the northern half of the country as May ends with large, unsold stocks. Wheat and cotton prices rise on speculation while iron, coal, and wool markets show mixed strength. Boston wool sale and Western price dynamics highlight a broader shift in commodities and ongoing labor disruptions influence production and deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet’s
Burkes
San Francisco
Southern
Central West
Boston
Pras
West
Govers
Kiicus
Uwastern
Mastern
Diimary
Lvather
Birmingham
Wis
Atcultural
United States
Tve
Canada
Cannot Pay For Dog S Bite Case Across District
Counsel Thomas struck John Wells, a pound employee, after a mad dog bit him returning it to its owner. The dog died four days later from rabies. Heath Officer Woodward covered expenses for transportation and hospital. Corporation counsel says Woodward cannot be reimbursed. District government covers on duty injuries for police and fire, but not all cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Thomas
John Wells
Pound
April
Thecik
Baltimore
Heath
Woodward
Ar Caiint
Corporation
Police
Fire Departments
No Money to Remove Trees Halts Storm Cleanup
The District faces a funds bottleneck as an emergency $230 allotment is needed to reach the superintendent of parking and clear fallen trees from May’s storm. Damage is concentrated in the southwest, southeast, and northeast city areas. Commissioners refuse permit for Potomacs Electric Power to place poles on Carroll Street citing protest and alternate routes via culvert or existing telegraph poles. J L Mott Iron Works wins contract to supply 100 cast iron street sign brackets to mark streets at unusual angles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanham
G. ¢. Kniffin
Potomacs Electric Power Company
Carroll Street
Dr. Kniffin
Second Adventist
Kniffin
Baltimore and Ohio
Electric Light Company
Telephone Company
Carroll
Aquare
Charles T.grives
Samet Goldenberg
Charles KH. Bioran
Samuel O. Wendel
Thirty-fourth
P Streets
Ellaston Terrace
F. Robinson
Charles H. Stanley
George W.waters
Laurel Building Association
Liberty German-American, Building Association
Highth
John F. Lynch
Herbert A. Gill
Theodore N. Gill, Jr
Theodore N. Gill
Griswold
Anacostia
George Weitzel
Square
Oscar D. Clarke
Timon A. Cook
John J. Smith
Nils Molin
John J
Bertha Brennan
Leopold Baumgarten
Léopold Richard
Anton
Second
West Echington
Jessie McDaniel
Frank N
William A. Hin
P. Thompson
Harry Wardman
Samual Careret
Richard A. Ford
Walter G.davis
Columbia Permanent Building Association
U Pobbins
Washington
Francis J. Phillipe
Nox
William Kidmonston
Louis R. Peak
Wiliam L. Miler
Craven Terrace
Ariick Palmer Et al
Edward J. Stellwagen
George K. Bleming
Edward
Hillyer
Brookland
City committee reports on insanitary alleys improvement plan
A partial report on Blagden's alley Logan place and Freeman's alley, among the first examined by the special committee, recommends widening alleys to forty feet. Engineer Commissioner Morrow will inspect before action. cost estimates are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blagden's Alley
Logan Place
Freeman's
Sylvester
George S. Wilson
District Board of Charities
William P. Richards
Morrow
Blagden’s Alley
Tenth
North Capitol
First
Freeman’s Alley
Sixth
Seventh
Flour inspectors chosen for district duties
W C Haskell recommend Galt and Graves as flour inspection commissioners to fill vacancies caused by the deaths of Cissell and Mayer. Approved by the Commissioners to take effect immediately. With only Earnshaw remaining, the commission lacked authority to act on appeals, now restored with three members: a wholesale grocer, a wholesale baker, and a flour jobber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Haskell
R. L. Galt
Edward Graves
George W. Cissell
Theodore J. Mayer
District Tax Day Sparks Rush to Pay Taxes
District property owners rushed to settle their annual taxes on the last day to avoid a 1 percent monthly penalty. Assessor Griffin and Tax Collector Davis reported the week as the busiest ever with over 91,000,000 received from real estate owners and about 2,600,000 in by then. Last year on May 30 the office saw 3,000 visitors and 1,503,000 in gas taxes collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
Griffin
Davis
Assensor
Ethyl Alcohol Not Blend in Whisky Labeling Opinion
Attorney General Bonaparte sustains the earlier ruling that ethyl alcohol is not a like substance to whisky under the pure food law of 1906. He concludes blends and compounds involving ethyl alcohol do not fit the term blend for whiskey labeling and urges parties to seek judicial determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Bubfic
Congress
Will contest big verdict in Poling case against Capital Traction
Virgil Poling seeks a new trial after a Circuit Court No. 2 verdict awarding him 17 520 in damages against Capital Traction Company. Poling pursued two consolidated suits for 30 000 and 20 000. Jury allocations totaled 12 000 in the first and 5 500 in the second. Poling attended trial in a reclining chair. Attorneys Syme and Glassie represented Poling. Perry & Sons appeared for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Poling
Capital Traction Company
Justice Anderson
Poling
P Oling
Conrad H. Syme
Henry H. Glassie
Ross Perry & Sons
Custody Battle Over Fourteen Month Old Child
Justice Barnard signed a decree ordering Lonna Richardson to produce her fourteen month old child Mildred in court tomorrow morning. Griffen Richardson alleges the mother has willfully neglected the infant and left her alone for long periods without care or food. He seeks custody to place the child with the paternal grandparents.
District Court hears limited divorce petitions in capital
Mrs Jennie M Bovee of 618 Massachusetts Ave NW seeks a limited divorce from Frank M Bovee alleging desertion nonsupport and his fondness for a Baltimore woman. She claims he boasted of domestic neglect and threatened alimony refusal. also cites alleged infidelity and that he warned of jail if alimony is pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie M. Bovee
Massachusetts Avenue
District Supreme Court
Frank
Bavee
Bovee Aléges
Baltimore
Bovee
Ana
Irme
Europe
Tay
Eva. Lee West
Gould
Bove
Gustave Knee
Mamie Knabe
Emerson Street
Bridget A. McNeeley
Samuel McNeeley
John, Tlale
Ake Helen McéNeeley
Tribby to Appeal Divorce Case After Dismissal
Charles E. Tribby announces an appeal to the Court of Appeals from Chief Justice Clabaughs dismissal of his divorce bill against Katharine Tribby. The trial court had eliminated a conspiracy charge with Arthur Tribby, and Tribby seeks appellate review over the weight of the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Tribby
Katharine
Tribby
Court of Appeals
Clabaugh
Arthur
Hotels and guests listed across many cities
The article lists numerous hotel guests by city including Raleigh Boston Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburg Richmond and more with names of individuals and their spouses. It also notes that Most Rev Diomede Falconio will confer degrees on Mount St Agnes College graduates during commencement week starting June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. D. Downs
Raleigh
Hall
J. A. Huntington
Metropolitan
G. W. Taylor
B.D. Mechant
M. Marston
J. P. Dixon
St. James
J. H. ‘Langston
Thomas Jerome
Shoreham
J. S. Fulton
Ebbitt
Boston
F. A. Cook
H. H. Holmes
W. Lyle
H. L. Heminway
Arlington
Ra. & Nite
Chicago
C. W. Gilmore
D. E. May
E. R. Finhblate
Strauss
National
W. Jewett
C. H. Bohannon
New York City
Mortimer
W. EB. Werner
F. W. Taylor
W-Te
M. C._ Green
George Henderson
Isadore Krodsky
W. F.henry
Reieigh
C. H. Lush
W. Davis
F. D. Smith
T. Blessing
C. Riley
W. T. Backett
Alice Brooke
Kostkebeck
J. Shaughnessy
F. Seifert
A. C. Rollberg
A. Schwartz
T. Craveth
Harriet Dean
New Willard
Brow
W. C. M.isay
J. C. Demarest
Regent
Philadelphia
George C. Richardson
Jamison
I. D. Aubrehey
George F. Best
H. Strantz
A. F. Hammond
Fred A. Whitaker
Falconio
Diomede Falconio
United States
Mount St. Agnes’ College
Complex Equity Court Docket Lists Numerous Cases
District of Columbia equity and circuit court entries show cases including Snow vs. Stina, Bassett and others, with various receiverships, writs of habeas corpus, and judgments. Attorneys listed include Perry, Davie, Lambert, and others. notices cover restraining orders, probate, and bankruptcy actions, with numerous property and building associations referenced across multiple wards and squares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Cours
Fussioe Clétenst
Snow
Stina
Elena
Perry & Oma
Worthing
Kimball Sve
Reynovte
H. Hy
Davie
W UN
W. M. Offly
A. Shalley
H Montegue
Real estate transfers across Washington Heights to Barry Farm
Listing of real estate transfers in multiple districts including Washington Heights Bloomingdale Congress Heights Harlem and more. Transactions show buyers, sellers, lot or block designations, and prices ranging from 1 to 3600 dollars with trustees and partial lot descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Heights
Howard Etchison
Leo Simmons
Bloomingdale
Leona
Anger
Francis E. Alden
Square
Anna
Rownig
Otto
John M. Trant
Congress Heights
Lewis Gaa
John W. Brown
Barry Farm
James F. Smadt
Lucinda Clagsett
Henry Fi. Bergmann
Charles Schaefer
Jared F
Ada M. Sparks
Eighth Street
L and
M Streets
Harlem
John F. Boyle
Tillie V. Boyle
Griswold
Anacostia
Edmund B. Burke
George Weltzel
Brookland
Eaward
Stewart Et
John J
Michael J. Keane
George P. van Wyck, Jr
William Hannan
Whitehaven
Philip and
Jacob
Frank A. Harrison
Robert ©. Browning
William H. Exputa
Liability suit over Terra Cotta wreck questions act's constitutionality
Attorneys for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad challenge the employers liability act in the case of George W. Wines administrator for Burrell E. Legg killed in the Terra Cotta wreck. The suit seeks 25000 damages plus 10000 for death. Justice Anderson reserved decision after hearings. The act's constitutionality is also before the U S Supreme Court with mixed federal rulings. The James town Exposition trip by the National Geographic Society was canceled for lack of 260 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Anderson
District Supreme Curt
George W. Wines
Burrell E. Legg
Wings
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
John W. Yerkes
George EH. Hamilton
Baltimore and Ohio
Robert Cox
Anderson
United States Supreme Court
Evens
Louteville
McCall
Memphis
Speer
Georgia
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Barto
Nct
Griffen Richardson
Frank M. Bovee
California
W. D. McKar
Sacramento
Willam Janas
Oakland
RC. Fonte
J. M. Kane
Paula Fisher
Santa, Cruz
F. Lerusmit
B. Pearson
G. K. Cochran
Florida
J. G. Newell
B. Newell
A. E. Ginson
St. Jam
B. Georgia
B. F. Robinson
J. H. Themes
C. E. McDonald
Indiaka
Donald Bowman
Marton
C. FP. Naber
Kentucky
Herman
Mary. Dow
Juliet Bisncherd
E. W. Mathowa
Ebbite
Minnesota
Edgar Daizell
Mayes
W. J. Daniel
Record
J. E. Wilcot
A L. Belknap
Mississippi
Charles Fitzgerald
St. Joseph
Albert Merrill
New Jersey
George J. Helmuth
North Carolina
J. R. Passchal
H. W. Miller
D. R. Hill
H. L. Rigging
W. Buckner
Aqhio
Aqhio—Mrs. L. Landman, Toledo; Morris Shyer, Metropolitan. F. M. Pallagraff
Franklin
Pennsylvania
J. I. Sigmund
Salona
Louis Wells
Lacervile
M. Hardy
South Carolina
W. F. Dagan
B. Dargen
Louis A. Kein
Ider
Tennessee
I. F. Dale
Raleish
Texas
H. G. Hendricks
Fort Worth
Haneman
Marlin
D. Barry
W. B. de Jerhold
A. P. Marshall
W. J. Whester
Virginia
W. D. Tyler
Bristol
R. R. Stevens
Norfolk
J. di Howly
LD. Paszano
C. W. Shields
Richmond
Charles Hine
Vienna
A. J. Bell
Charlottesville
Metropoliten
T. G. Tribble
Wie
Natlanas
Mrs.Greene
Gt James
A. B. Hancock
Snoreham
West Virginia
Frank. Morgan
H. Bowen
J. B. Allen
J. Or Hlati
Frank Waterhouse
Suoreham
Legal Record
Equity ‘Court
M. J. Colbert
Union Trust Company
S. Hicks
G. I
Perry
G. H. Lamar
Dowling
Bundy
Mattingly
Eliison—Andrews
Kidd Ve. Wardman
H. Johnson and Carrington
Swartzell
Mastery
Atternay, Wilson—Giss
Cinctir Ccwkz
Justices Anderson
Green
Melntire
Xcepliaguitin
Heenan
Pidelicy and Deposit Company
Washington Vs. Reatis
L.J. Her H
J. A. Burkert
Criminal Court NO
Justicea Barnard
Ridenour ¢S
Chappien
Bentley
Key-Smiith
Washington Brewery Company
Sehay
Birney& Woodard
Banby-Smith
Justice Gould
Mary Smith
Ashburton
Wormley
James ‘Hetate
Mary B. McNaty
Padgett & Forrest
Hortense A
de Nouean Forbes
John L. Johingson
John M.clapp
W.C. Sullivan
A. 8
Worthington
Amen Mosher
Imre Harry B. Evang
M. Wits
Bettingeing
Wison ¢ Barksdale
Andrew Gleccon
Edward Burka
Justice Barnard
Mii Avenue
Columbia Heighta
Hempshire ‘Avenue
George
Hough
Salomon Behrend
Sherman Avenue
Agnes
Connsr
William-Gorget
Ilitoonoure Street
Henry
Miller
Gustave Knabs
Mane
Rothschild
Jennie M- Havasva
Frank M. Baveedivolte
I. Heideman
District of “Columbia Vs
Potomac’ Building and’ Loan Association
B. H. Thomas
Lien
Martin Wiegand
Aliee Gitterman
Brookland Ule G. Gemichteten
Brank
Wittie M. Hitler
Bouare
Riddle, Jr
Frank En
Tireen Bi
Arrests
Squard
Lawior
Guirty! Trostee
Louis W. Eee
Siring Street
Swann
Srightwood
Park
Joseph R. Ednon
Charles B. Baker
Ustees
Washington Pea Avenue
Truates
Samuel Car- Wardman
Jeasla
Harry Ward
Nannie B. Upton
Dobbins
Harriet
Francis J.J
John K.hepch
Adna Beckstein
Eulalia W. Thomas
Williem
Anne
Beckstein
Joe
Callan Street
Anacostia-Samuel
National Geograph. Society
Gingerville
National Biscuit Company
Grafter
O. Henry
America
Washington Sunday Post
the Post
the Sunday Post
W. L. Douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Manny
Alreays
The
Washington Post
Registry For
Post Business Office
FAS
W.parederick
D. G. Pfeiffer
Maneger
F Street
Duffy
Agiste End Grocers
Eckipany
Rochester
Shedd & Bro. CO
Ninth Street
Credit the Famous
Burchell
Hicks
Ceeren
Wen
Womze
Drugzicis
Emerson
Atrograe
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