Easy Life in Striped Prisoner Suits at Blackwell's Island
Prisoner No 925 Abraham Hummel known as lawyer Abe Hummel is reported enjoying unusual comforts at Blackwell Island Penitentiary. He strolls with a tailored striped suit, silk stockings, patent leather shoes, silk cap, and daily meals from a Manhattan chef despite indigestion. Warden Fallon allows expensive delicacies as long as paid for, while others work.
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Blackwells Island
Washington Post
New York
New York American Today
Abe Hummel
Frowning Stone
New York American
Hummel
Fallon
L. Dorfmann
Little Lawyer
Dodge-Morse
Fifth Avenue
Abe
Manhattan
Imay
City Hospital
Jeunesse Doree
Rialto
No 925
Nimmel
Handkerc
Defends Colored Man Wilkerson Denies Philatelic Society Link
A letter from William H Wilkerson of 7 W Howard Ave clears up confusion over a report linking him to a movement against Cyrus Field Adams Assistant Register of the Treasury. Wilkerson states he applied for Washington Philatelic Society membership and was rejected for color reasons, but asserts he is not part of any campaign and does not know Adams. He asks readers to note he and Garnett Wilkinson are distinct individuals and urges no further implication of involvement.
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H. Wilkerson
Philatelic Society
Cyrus Field Adams
Register of the Treasury
Negro Leader
Garnett Wilkinson
Adams
Wilkinson
Wiklngon
Washington Philatelic Society
Garnett Witkinson
Mr. Adams
Antyone
Society
Mary Respec
Howard Avenue
Wage Scale Unequal At St Johns College Commencement
At the Columbia Theater yesterday St Johns College held its annual commencement with John J Nolan delivering the address. He urged education for all paths into work and warned that choosing constructive industry leads to rewards in earnings health and home life. Degrees were conferred including masters to Auguste J Lix and bachelors to Bernard P Hessler and J Joseph Farley with Hessler winning a Catholic University of America scholarship in civil engineering.
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St. John's College
Columbia
John J. Nolan
Nolan
Valentine F. Schmitt
St. Joseph’s Church
August J
Panama Canal
Testatius Joseph Carbo
William C. Daly
Joseph Bowden Duryee
Peter Joseph Hegan
Alphonso John Hughes
Francis W. Madigan
John J. Widmayer
Lawrence J. Daly
Lawrence A. Widmayer
John Shugrue
Charles Rébinkon
William Quinn
Read Bailey
William Madigan
Alexander Wilson
Francis Sullivan
Michael Cannon
Henry Hornig
Charles P. Maloney
Francis I. Donahue
Arsenius Harvey
Francis J. Becker
William L. Yates
George W. Boyd
Otto von Herbulla
Charles H. Clark
John E. Lynch
John J. Murray
Joseph F. Robinson
Suicide at Soldiers' Home in Judiciary Square
Charles Hentzi sixty two an inmate of the Soldiers Home died by self inflicted gunshot wound at a bench near Judiciary Square after purchasing cigars and a newspaper. He left two notes requesting his New York friend Charles Lemys be notified of his death and a telegram was sent awaiting response. Hentzi born in Berne Switzerland July 1838 immigrated as a boy and served twenty four years in the army including Indian campaigns and Alaska.
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Charles Hentzi
Fourth
Judiciary Square
Kiling
Hentz
Pension Bureau
Hentzi
Walter C. Murphy
Fourth Street
Pension Offce
Hentzl
Charles Hental
Washington, D. C
Charles Lemys
Second Avenue
New York City
Lemys
Berne
Switzerland
Fuel briquettes eyed for use by U S Navy ships at Norfolk
Government tests in Norfolk, Va aim to prove briquettes made from slack coal burn with minimal smoke and higher efficiency than standard coal. Trials follow positive results from St Louis plant, with hopes all cruisers and battleships will carry the fuel as emergency power. Admiral Evans cites smoke as a warning signal and favors exclusive anthracite control, a plan deemed impractical.
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United States
Hampton Roads
United States Geological Survey
Norfolk
Robley D. Evans
Deway
Manila Bay
St. Louis
Slaughter of Vagrants Urges Tough Prevention Policy
A paper at the National Conference of Charities and Correction argues that railroads suffer more vagrant deaths than combined passenger and crew fatalities. It calls for severe punishment for intentional vagrancy, hard labor for trespassers, and closer rail and city cooperation. Insanitary school rooms in major cities are blamed for poor hygiene and health education, with defective lighting ventilation and cleanliness harming millions of pupils. Richmond, Virginia, was selected as the next meeting site.
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Washington Post
Minneapolis
Minn
Orlando F. Lewis
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Lewis
Wood Yarra
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
W. H. Allen
New York
Committee On the Promotion of
United States
ABC
Boards of Health
Eweatahop
New York City
Richmond
Real Veterans Not Hit by Pension Ruling
The Department of the Interior explains a service pension ruling. Any veteran who served ninety days in the Civil War and was honorably discharged is eligible. Those who did not serve ninety days are not pensioned, even if they served in multiple enlistments, provided the total Civil War service meets the ninety day requirement.
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Department of the Interior
Mechanics’ Fusiliers
Ninots
Ohio
Wisconsin
Architects compete to design storage facility on Seventeenth Street
About 150 architects entered a competition sponsored by the Bureau of American Republics to erect a storied structure on the Van Ness estate on Seventeenth Street Northwest. Director John Barrett will oversee the contest with three judges and Secretary Roct. Fifteen local firms, including Wood Donn Deming and Hornblower Marshall, are among entrants.
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Nimg
Bureau of America
Did van Mesa
Seventeenth Street
John Barrett
Bureau
Bee
United States
Wood
Donn & Deming
Hornblower & Marshall
Eoe
Barrett
Roct
Jury Award Dismissed for Massachusetts Avenue Project
The District Supreme Court dismissed condemnation proceedings for extending Massachusetts Avenue from Wisconsin to Nebraska avenues due to inadequate congressional funding. An earlier jury awarded 10,000 in damages with 362,000 in benefits, but the appropriation of 95,209 was deemed insufficient. Similar dismissals occurred for a triangular ground near Sixteenth Street and Columbia Road where Congress provided no funds.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Wisconsin
Nebraska Avenues
Congress
Jimiica Barhand
District Supreme Court
Alea
Justice Barnard
Sixteenth Street
Columbia Road
Park Road
Watersie Drive
John A. Hamilton
Arthur C. Moses
J. .T. Hendrick
Charles Werner
W. F. Gude
Pierce seeks Supreme Court review of Missouri extradition case
Henry Clay Pierce president of Waters-Pierce Oil Company filed a habeas corpus appeal in the U S Supreme Court. He contests a circuit court denial of a writ directing extradition from Missouri to Travis County Texas where he faces an indictment for allegedly false affidavit claiming no price fixing conspiracy by his company.
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Henry Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Missouri
Divorces Awarded by Local Court in Two Cases
Justice Gould granted an absolute divorce to Mrs. Caine Hobson from Joseph H. Hobson and awarded the wife custody of their son Melvin Clay Hobson. The couple married in Baltimore in 1903 and lived in the District until Hobson left for Mobile, Alabama. An absolute divorce was also granted to Annie EB McNelly from Arthur McNelly, with Annie allowed to resume her maiden name and the husband ordered to pay her attorney fees.
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C. A. Hobson
Nelly
Gould
Caine Hobson
Joseph H. Hobson
Ork Court
Melvin Clay Hobsigis
Hobson
Baltimore
Mr. Hobson
Mobile
Ala
Annie EB. McNelly
Arthur McNelly
Annie EB. Jouea
District Court Vacation Notes and Cotton Leak Trial
District Court officials brace for a summer break after adjournment with Chief Justice Seth Shepard and Associate Justice Louis E. McComas taking leave. The cotton leak case with Edwin S. Holmes Jr. proceeds toward a mid July jury, while condemnation damages of 9574.08 are awarded in a Park Road to Water Street project. A thief faces six months for stealing cheap jewelry from a Pennsylvania Avenue store.
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Seth Shepard
District Court of Appeals
Washington
South Yarmouth
Stafford
Louis E. McComas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Court of Appeals
District Sureme Court
District Court
Daniel Thew Wright
Ull
Barnard
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
Edwin 8. Holmes, Jr
Bureau of Statistics
Agricultural Department
Justice Stafford
Yowng
Upon & F. Taggert
Taggert
Alvan Ainsley
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nock Divorce Suit Seeks Alimony in Supreme Court
Mrs. Theodore Cathcart Nock files for absolute divorce from Nicholas Norman Nock in District Supreme Court and seeks $362 monthly alimony. She says they wed August 1895 in Baltimore and has not lived with him since last Saturday due to alleged infidelity, with a co respondent named.
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Wits
Theodore Cathcart Nock
Nicholas Norman Nock
District Supreme Court
Cooper Sues Traction Company for 30000 Damages
Joseph Cooper filed a District Supreme Court action against Can ital Traction Company seeking 30000 in damages after a January 16 1907 accident. He alleges permanent injury caused by one of the firm's carts at the foot of South Street.
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Canital Traction Company
Te Tiistrict Supreme Court
Joseph Cooper
Cart
Cooper
Saterth Street
Beef Prices Rally As Weather Delays Grass Growth
Prices for beef rise from 3 to 5 cents per pound since month start amid weather that slows grass growth. Wholesale markets report steady first-class meat prices, while retailers notice modest increases. Grass-fed cattle are not expected until September 1, delaying supply and lifting feed costs.
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Smaldler
Claims Carman's Estate In Arlington Case
Katie MacAboy, ex wife of Frank MacAboy fatally wounded at the Arlington Hotel May 18, petitions Probate Court for letters of administration to W Preston Williamson for her former husband estate. William MacAboy also petitions to be administrator stating son has no heirs and creditors pursue claims. Estate valued at $435 left by the decedent.
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Katie MacAboy
Frank MacAboy
Clbman
Arlington Hotel
Gaston Philip
W. Preston Willameon
Mra. MacAboy
William ¥. MacAboy
MacAboy
Children to Get Property Under Boteler Will
Edward M Boteler who died June 6 last leaves his property to wife Edith E Boteler for the benefit of his children The estate is to be divided equally among the children if the wife remarries John Leckie died May 14 1907 wills dated December 1 1902 names daughter Gel a Susan Lockie executrix and directs 2000 life policy proceeds from Himira Masonic Relief Association to be shared among his children and grandchildren after a 250 bequest to Federal Lodge No 1 F A A M is paid
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Edward M. Boteler
Edith EH. Boteler
John Leckie
Gela Susan Lockie
Himira Masonic Relief Association
Federal Lodge
Condemnation and probate notices in 1907 DC court pages
The item covers a Supreme Court of the District of Columbia condemnation action for Bellevue lot 7 to provide municipal almshouse and burial grounds, with a June 12 1907 citation and publication orders. It also notes probate administration for Clarence M. York estate with July 15 1907 payment and distribution date, plus an assessor notice about license renewals due June 30 1907 for vehicles and related business licenses.
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H. Thomar
James Francia Smith
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbis
Bellevue
Jame Missionera
District of Columbia
Ptti- Hon Ang
United States
Anawer
Washington Law Reporter
Washington Evening Star
Washington Post
J. R. Young
F. E. Cunningham
Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia
Hig Ja
Clarence M. York
W. Scott Towers
Chas Poh
W. Taylor
District ‘of Columbia
Washington, D. C
Xnote
Washington Stock Exchange
W. W Griffin
D. C
Proposals for Carrying the House Mail Service 1907
Sealed bids due June 21 1907 for carrying all House mails to end at city post office and residences. Postmaster reserves right to reject any bid. Bids must show two reliable references. Address to Joseph C McHlroy Postmaster House of Representatives. Also stationery proposals for U S Senate due June 17 1907 to Charles G Bennett Secretary. District of Columbia invites sealed proposals June 26 1907 for sewer invert bricks sand and gravel.
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House OF Representatives United Sites
Washingt
D. C
House of Representative
House of Representatives
City
House
Joseph C. McHlroy
United States Senate
Washington, DC
Charles G. Bennett
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
D C
Henry B. F Macfarlant
Henry L. West
Jay J. Morrow
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Sués Capitel Traction
Carman
Jones Rubber Tire Works
Elmore
H. P
Chas C. Hughes & Co
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Ma Ave. Ve
David Moore
New York Avenue
E. Miller & Bro
Fourteenth Street
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Jackson Automobile CO
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Capitol Hill
ATLAS
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Tolman
TOR Hire
Rae
Cemete
MYER
Sains House
Phong Main
Jackson
Central Garagi
CIRE
Washington Post Co
U. 8
Sxiness
Washington Automobile Tire Co
Omics and Plant
Department OF Interior
Interior Department
Poetefics
James Rudolph Garfield
Jelb
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Street
First Street
F. H Hitchcock
Library OF Congress
Bernard BR. Seeen
Benetors
Weakington
Rockaways
Victoria
Brewster
Willa
Speedway
Prabey Carriage Co
Probey Carriage Co
Magnolia Farm
Barematt
Ar Andria
Merchant’ Transfer
Stow Age CO
Rat
N. J. Ave
Jarretown
Sunday Post
Canada
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