Roster of criminals aims to unify identification system
Superintendent Sylvester, head of the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, requests a congressional bill to fund a national crime bureau under government control. The plan includes psychic research into causes of criminal behavior, centralized anarchist data, and shared intelligence with federal agencies. It envisions national cooperation across police departments and immigration services to track offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Natonal, Ao
Psychical Research
Congress
National Bureau of Criminal Identification
France
Germany
England
Austria
Italy
May
House Judiciary Committee
Secret Service
Treasury
Post-office, War, and Navy Departments
Special Immigration Agents
Army
Navy
Railroad adopts smoke consumers for engines entering union station
Commissioner Macfarlond received a communication from Samuel Rea third vice president of the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company stating the company will adopt smoke consumers on their engines in line with the Senate District Committee promise. Rea notes the devices have proven highly satisfactory and will be used on all engines entering the new union station. Macfarland expressed appreciation in a letter to Rea for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarlond
Samuel Rea
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Senate District Committee
Two saloons to close in residential wards amid renewal refusals
Excise Board rejected Patrick J. Redingtons renewal at 2001 Ki street NW as unnecessary in a purely residential area and Michael Harringtons renewal at 11 G Street SW. Several protests were filed, while a will left all Leaves Property to his wife to Mrs Lucy Mary Neal, executrix named in probate after Asbury Neal died February 18. Building permits issued list multiple brick dwellings and repairs across Northwest DC with costs from 1,400 to 15,600 and arrangements for architects and builders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excise Board
Patrick J. Redington
Ki Street
Excises Board
Michael M Harrington
G Street
Asbury Neal
Lucy Mary Neal
Neal
Ashford
George F Huft
Flags House
Corcoran Street
Borthweet
Adiitted
Horace ‘Tramhauer Puitiers
Newman & Smith
HH Bryant
Mt Sor
Randolph Steed
NOT Aller Company
Ceorgs
Hovigh
XT Haller Company
George C. Hough
Virginia Wier
P Street
Blethyn
John Hirsch
Harrison Streat
J. Gearmmiller
Home Ice Company
George J Storker
S Oppenheimer
Atrot
J Germindler
ET Cullison
Terminal Storage Company
First
K Streets
Ap ‘Marlett & Co
Terminal ‘Storage Company
District notes on weights measures and water department actions
Sealer Hash el inspected local ice cream manufactories to enforce standard box size of thirty two ounces of cream and to ensure 32 ounce bottles are used in dairies with one exception noted. Engineer Commissioner Morrow urged J T Fink to travel to Washington Waterford Wyoming to purchase inspection of a forty two inch water gate. Wilord M Stewart promoted to chairman of the sewer division with compensation of 650 dollars per year replacing G T Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hashel
Morrow
J T. Fink
Water Department
Washington
Waterford
W. Y
Wilord M Stewart
G. T Jackson
Resi Ad
Berlin style billboards urged for District public ads
Attorney W C Dodge of 700 Ninth Street NW urges the Commissioners to adopt Berlin's public advertising system. Berlin bans billboards, uses tall pillars for notices with government approval and free posting rights, yielding about 95200 annually. Commissioners consider public opinion on esthetic impact before acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
W. C. Dodge
Ninth Street
Germany
Dodge
Mounted police to perform reserve duty at home
Superintendent Sylvester proposes amending regulations so mounted police may perform reserve duty from home rather than at stations. The change aims to improve horse care, physical condition, and response readiness, with failure deemed neglect. Commissioner Macfarland approves, praising the benefit of home time for mounted officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Macfarland
Indicted for Murder in First Degree Otto Seelhorst Charged
Otto Seelhorst was indicted for first degree murder in the shooting death of Frederick von Iterson, a National Museum employee, during office hours. The grand jury also reported indictments including Josephine Simpson for obscene mail literature, and several cases of housebreaking, larceny, and robbery involving multiple defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Seelhorst
Frederick von Iterson
National Museum
von Merson
Othr
Josephine Simpson
Robert Blake
Vitela Paquette
Frank Girton
Daniel Hurley
Matthew McNeil
Frank Paget
Joe Piggot
Arthur Greenough
Two Years for Manslaughter in Restaurant Stabbing
Johnson Eilis, a colored cook, was convicted of manslaughter for fatally stabbing Andrew Silvia, a waiter, on December 12 in a restaurant at 180 Gireet Northwest where both men worked. Jaathe Burnard sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary, with the jury finding Silvia the aggressor and Hollis the stabbing party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Eilis
Andrew Silvia
Johnson Eililz
Jaathe Burnard
Silvia
Gireet Northwest
Hollis
Mrs Lulu Mouden seeks absolute divorce from John R Moulden
In District Supreme Court yesterday Mrs Lulu Irene Mouden Moulden petitioned for an absolute divorce from John R Moulden alleging desertion and infidelity. She names a co respondent and asserts the couple lived at 090 Sheet SW until about a year ago when he left and said he never intended to live with her again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Irene Mouden Benan Sult
District Supreme Court
John R. Moulden
Moulden
New
District Exposition Exhibit Not Officially Authorized
Pou Goren head of a special committee of the District Knights of Labor told the Commissioners the society would tender an engrossed copy of the original eight hour law with signing pens for the District exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. Commissioner Macfarland expressed appreciation but informed Mr. O'Brien that the District of Columbia will have no official exhibit at the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pou. Goren
Comarman
District Knights of Labor
Macfarland
O'Brien
District of Columbia
Witness Refuses to Answer in Land Frauds Case Hearing
Joost H. Schneider invoked constitutional privilege to refuse questions about his alleged confessions to Special Agent Holsinger regarding Oregon land frauds. Judge Stafford ruled he need not testify. letters tying Hermann to the scheme were shown, but Schneider stayed silent to avoid self incrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joost H. Schneider
Halsinger
Oregon
Bingar Hermann
General Land Office
Holsinger
Schneider
Sehneider
Pty
Baker
Justice Stafford
Hermann
Queston
R. Golden Donaldson
Hyde
Benaon
Dimond
Mr. Baker
Land Office
A. S. Worthington
Contsel
Land
Mr. Worthington
J. A. Zabriskie
Tucson
Ariz
Therm
Zabriskie
F. A. Hyde & Co
Zablinskie
Willis C. Hewley
Salem
Oreg
Congress
Hermann Sill
Hawley
Special Service Division
Department
Secretary of the Interior
McGee
Richards
Alenaander Britton
Britton & Gray
Hermann Thoat
Hermano
Court Grants Two Divorces In District Court
Chief Justice Clabaugh granted George T Brashears an absolute divorce from Mrs Lester M Brashears and signed a decree for a limited divorce for Mrs Mary F E Luscombe from Charles H Luscombe. Mrs Luscombe is awarded custody of her children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Brashears
Luscombe
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
George T Brashears
Lester M. Brashears
Mary FE
Charles H. Luscombe
Must Issue Land Patent Choctaw Nation case decision
Justice Wright sustains demurrer in Mrs. Frost land patent suit. Secretary of the Interior argued discretionary delays in issuing a patent for forty acres near Mint Creek. Frost, a enrolled Choctaw, claims selection and improvements justified the patent. cabinet counters that land was reserved for urban occupants and remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Justice Wright
District Supreme Court
Demusyer
Mra Helle Frost
Mint Creek
Wright
Rappler & Merrillot
Children Divide Property In Eichhorn Will Probate Filing Ends In Daughter’s Favor
The will of Rudolph Eichhorn dated October 9, 1908 names his children as beneficiaries. Daughter Mary E. Waldecker receives the grand piano and $300, Barbara F. Handy $200, plus a similar amount for massed prayers. Executors auction remaining estate and split proceeds among Mary Waldecker, Barbara Handy, Aloysius B. Eichhorn, Margaret Eichhorn, Ann C. Sutton, Hedith M. Donovan, and John J. Eichhorn trustees, with prior payments counted toward shares. Deeds filed transferring parcels at Third street and F streets northwest to Margaret Eichhorn Eva Donovan Ann Sutton and Aloysius B. Eichhorn. John J. Eichhorn trust at 62 K Street northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Eichhorn
Mr. Eichhorn
Mary E. Waldecker
Barbara F. Handy
Aloysius B. Eichhorn
Margaret Eichhorn
Ann ©. Sutton
Mary Waldecker
Barbara ¥. Handy
Aloysius B. Hichhorn
Ann C. Sutton
Hdlth M. Donovan
John J
Eva M. Donovan
Geta
Third Street
John J. Eichhorn
Home Owner Wins 1500 Damages Over Adjoining Erection
Circuit Court No 1 awarded Mrs Eten Stiers and her children from 313 H Street Northwest 1500 damages after a judgment against George S Cooper who built and formerly owned the Jefferson adjoining their property. Plaintiffs sought 6000 for injuries to their house caused by the erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eten Stiers
H Street
George S Cooper
Sillerses
Criminals Given Sentences In Criminal Court
George Wayne, charged with destroying private property, was convicted in Criminal Court No 2 after testimony he tore copper piping from two bathtubs on 1 C street northeast and remanded to jail. Justice Barnard sentenced Arthur Perry alias Curry and John Lewis to three years each in the penitentiary for housebreaking and larceny. George Brown received a two year penitentiary term for housebreaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wayne
Wayne
C Street
Barnard
Arthur Perry
Alias Curry
John Lewis
George Brown
Criminal Court NO
Justice Stafford
United Stated
Bloger Hermann
Econ Goa Reg. US
Anwignicent
United States
Binger Hermann
Justice Barnard
Johnson Hilla
United States Va
Benjamin Langston
Woman Fagin Called Insane in Court Action
Mrs Santa Anna Lusby dubbed the female Fagin, convicted of larceny in Criminal Court No 2 on March 1, faced Justice Barnard again. A colored lawyer sought a new trial and a petition to appoint a commission to determine her mental condition. The judge took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Anna Lusby
Barnard
Undue Influence Charged In Will Probe
Mary Z L Higgins filed a protest in Probate Court against admitting the will of her father J Howard Larcombe dated July 7 190. She alleges he was subjected to undue influence by executor Burton McCatee or others and that he was not mentally qualified when the will was executed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Z. L. Higgins
J. Howard Larcombe
Burton Mccatee
Supreme Court calendar and cases heard in March 1907
United States Supreme Court calendar listing cases in error and against decisions across multiple dockets No 248 79 215 3 1 2 and more with arguments by Hogan Egeby-Smith Gittingn Bradford Bayard Campbell Gane and others. Equity Court assignments circuit court dockets and criminal court verdicts noted with adjournments and upcoming dates March 15 1907 and March 25 1907 referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Prevent
Justies Harlan
Justies Hrewar
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice McKenns
Justice Holmen
Justies Day
Justice Moody
Andrew Pattercom
Plein Fm Error
Isham Taylor
Jesier
Thomas M. Fields
United States
Frank J. Hogan
Pleintista
J. B. Egeby-Smith
John C. Gittingn
Charles T. Cherry
Pldellty and Depoart Company
R. M. Campbell
Edger H. Gane
Thoreday
Real Estate Transfers in Multiple City Squares and Additions
A historical listing of property transfers across numerous city blocks and squares. Entries name grantors and grantees such as Laura VY Appleman, Allan Mel Abert, James A Andrews, Gun die T Long, Mildred G Bryan, Earl T Regan, and others, with parcel identifiers, block numbers, and monetary totals including sums like 10, 20, 3,000 and 5,695 dollars. The notices cover Lincoln Heights, Takoma Park, Meridian Hill, Mount Pleasant, and De Soto Park areas, reflecting a broad real estate activity snapshot with trusts and multiple sublots and lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura VY. Appleman
Allan Mel Abert
Linwood Heights
James A Andrews
Gundie T. Long
Kennedy Campbell
Georgianus Meilliere
Cautinett
John
Wagner
Harry B. Carter
Jessie O. Carter
Moore
Barbour
Davidson
William J. Browning
Hudolph Blehhorn
Aloysius B .Blehhorn
Rudolph Eichhorn
Margaret Eichhorn
George I Fleming
Annon
Taylor
George C. Sholes
Gwynn Gardiner
J. Ddwart Lewis
LE Dhoit Park
Joseph W Gillessile
Charles L. Green
Park Lot
Johan W. Glenman
John Menderson
Anna F. “Briniaman
Meridian Hill
Mary F
Henderson
John B
Menderson
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Platne
John B Henderson
Mary F Henderson
Mreels L. Keppier
William A Rector
Charles M. Woolf
Stuart McNamars
George D Barr
Alexandre
Joseph W. Reynolds
Percy H .Rumcell
LE Deoit
Joseph W. Reed
A Mealy
Carty
Walter F. Rodrick
George H Judd
O Burton Rodrick
Thomas J
Joh I. Lane
Mary V. Lewis
Adeline Eppley
Lillie
Jane
West Eckington
Capital City Improvement
Concentrated oil of pine promotes healing says Philadelphia specialist
A Philadelphia lung and throat expert touts Concentrated oil of pine as a soluble form now prescribed by doctors. He reports rapid cures for severe coughs within a day and endorses its use at home with a mix of concentrated oil of pine glycerine whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quitclaim Deeds and transfers in early 1900s land sales
A garbled set of deeds and assignments references quitclaim deeds to Laura VY. Applemat for $1 and various transfers in Land and Farms including Barry Farm and Mount Pleasant areas. The text shifts to New York Iron Age market data noting February coke and pig iron output, steel mill activity, and demand, with futures on foundry iron and pipe trade pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iron Age
Steel
Central West
South America
Japan
New England
San Francisco
Navy Secretary Enjoined from Paying Ricketts Claim
Court halts Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and Ricketts Engineering from paying 84 to the Portsmouth contractor. Interstate Printing, asserting judgments of 100 and 800, seeks a receiver. Hamilton and Harlow represent the printing firm, alleging insolvency. Judge Clabaugh set show cause for March to sustain the injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricketts Engineering Company
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
The
Ricketts Company
Navy Department
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Interstate Printing and Engraving Company
John J Hamilton
Leo F. Harlow
Printing Company
Ricketts
Purity of the System and Cascarets Health Claim
An advertisement urges complete health through internal cleanliness and Cascarets Candy Cathartic tablets. It likens the body to a precision engine, warns of internal obstructions from poor habits, and promotes Cascarets as a mild vegetable bowel cleaner with claims of broad health benefits and mass sales.
Health tonic advert urges Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey use
An old promotional notice claims regular tea spoonfuls in water or milk thrice daily keep one fit and vigorous. It touts fifty years of purity and medicinal value, offers a medical book set and testimonials, and directs readers to write to the Duffy Mak company in Rochester for free materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy
Dusty Mak Company
Rochester
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NJ Wera
Berwick Supply Company
Semmes-Kelly Company
RP. Andrews Vaper Company
Havenner Baking Company
Fourteenth and Park Streets
Mount Pleasant
RP. Andrawa Paper Company
Bargenner Enking Company
Yale Laundry
St. Toth St
Frederick W. Pilling
James B. Lambie
Wiliam H Hooke
Thomas P. Morgen
Norval L. Burchell
Arthur Burt
Rudolph Kauffmann
Union Station Grade Claims Commission
Second
Third
Latreeta Northeset
Theodora Brancalion
Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company
Ninth
E Atreats
Watkers H. Williams
Jennie Hawkins
Williams
Hawkins
Whem
District Court
Interior Department
Legal Record
Court of Appeals
Fresent
Seth Shepard
Louis
McComms
Shastie H. Robbie
Haikbar & Co
Chester Bradford
F. Bayard
Commissioner of Patents
Fatont
Suprame Cout
Equity Court No
Justion Dinbaugh
Dean Va
O'Donnell
Truet Company of America Ve
Cridler
Harriton
Butler
Roxsale
jeConnell
Foster
Tristes
Rigleau
Singleton
Lantels Ve
Daniela
Equity Court NO 2
Justina Gould
Circuit Court
Sllers
Cooper
Poste Ve Rushy
Durham Va
Hurst
Miller
Galway Va
Baltimore and Potomac Rallront Company
Sislers
Aled
Morris
Closk & Co
Cave Va
McDermott
Flannery
Georgetown
National F Co
Va Affleck
Hawlings Va
Redfern
Brick Manufacturing Company Ve
Smith, Executor
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Workington Railroad
Chappel Et al Ve
Orient Insurance Company
Shaner Va
United States Electric Light Company
Barker & Ross Ya Kimmel Et al
Bartlett
Pennsylvania Balirosa Company
Juatfos Anderson
Iulame
Woodward & Lothrop
Scribner Et al
Madison
Cook Va
Cowalll Et
Farron
Fletcher, Adminiatratrix
Anacostia and Potomas Raffroud Company
Thames Vs Weatington Railway and Electric Company
Catholic Union of America Ve ‘Waggaman
Phippsya, Washington Railway and Electrlc Company
Semente
Gare Aguets
Pleasant Plains
Harry Wardman
Jesse L. Webb
Diock
Lanier Heightsdowen
Wilson
Clarence E. Darwin
Barry Farm
William F. Westiner
Rachael A. Edetin
Barry
William H Brown
Laura VY
Grant
Dr. C. Bouvier
N. H. Shea
Washington, Dc
Washington Hotees
Isine
St. James
Orvoe
Nature
Phien Bradfield
Atlanta
Duffy’s
Bethe Ay Das Soress
Dies
Lateanoos
Sunroute
Maske Cron
de Lateance
Rid i
Icepieon & A
Bend
Finnie
Cook Remedy Coo
WSS
Masoe Tegple
Chicata
U.S
Marvel Sues
Jax Tourdecsurt Fort
Ifhs
Wer Vel CO
New Yoas
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