Witness Threatens Arrest Over Subpoena Refusal in Hermann Trial
Justice Stafford orders A King of Seattle held in contempt and taken into custody to compel testimony in the Binger Hermann case. Dr Loomis, a former Land Office agent, testifies about letters with Hermann and alleged payments. Immunity talks surface but no promises proved. affidavits show varied dates and noted correspondence with Secretary Hitchock.
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Justice Stafford
A. G. King
Washington
Telly
Commissioner
District Supreme Court
Star House
A & King
Seattle
Wash
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
United States
Charles B .Hopkins
Stafford Marshal Hopkins
King
Chow
Ty Clark DC
Loomis
Oregon
Looms
Baker
al Mfermann
Land Office
Harrison
McKinley
Cleveland
Hermann
Her Mann
Tand Ofice
Serra
Tand
Puter
Worthington
Hardy
Mitchell
Guike
Pater
Decidron Ag
Port- Jona
Oreg
Bir
Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
Blue Mountain
Geological Survey
Potomac School Incorporates and Estate Divisions
Articles of incorporation filed by the Potomac School propose to teach primary branches. Incorporators named include Hetty Pattfax Harmazon and others. Adeline N Chalker died February 4, 1907 and probate was set for the will dated July 9, 1906. Property divided among her brother Alphonzo N Nicholls, sister Ellay B L Tingley, and nieces and nephews. Educational contest details note eligibility and back-number catalogues available at the publication office.
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Potomac School
Hetty Pattfax Harmazon
Ellen Warder Thoron
Eleanor Clark Murray
Margaretta Crozier Reyburn
Grace Davis Lee
Edith Draper
Adeline N Chalker
Alphonzo N’ Nichollds
Ellay
Lawyer Defends Soldier in Supreme Court Argument
During a Supreme Court session on Homer & Gratton, a Twelfth Infantry private who was acquitted by a court martial and sentenced by Philippine civil courts to twelve years for killing two Filipinos who rushed him on sentry duty faced the government’s suggestion that fear drove the shot. John H Atwood recalled the soldier’s official record as “honest and faithful,” praising it as a standard any justice might be proud to have.
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United States Supreme Court
Homer & Gratton
Twelfth Infantry
Philippine Civil Courta
John H Atwood
LeavenwWorth
Grafton
Weeds Must Be Cut Down in District Property
District residents face enforcement for vacant lots with weeds reaching four inches or more. The District Court of Appeals ruled on Galen E. Green’s challenge to Congress’s act of March 1, 1899, upholding the law’s validity and sending the case back to Police Court for proceedings not conflicting with the higher court ruling. Chief Justice Shepard noted nonresident provisions may be unconstitutional, but the section under which Green was charged can stand independently and be enforced.
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District Court of Appeals
Galen E. Grean
Green
Acts of Congress
Shepard
Penitentiary Sentence For Clerk In Fraud Case
James W Boyd, former clerk in the Office of the Surgeon General, pleaded guilty in Criminal Court No 2 to filing false claims against the United States for 1200 dollars. The claim alleged coal supplied to the government in New Mexico. Justice Barnard sentenced him to one year and one day in the penitentiary citing ill health.
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James W Boyd
Surgeon General
The
Publi Health and Marine Hospital Service
United States
W P Thompson
New Mexico
Boyd
Justice Barnard
Allegheny Seeks Divorce as Court Grants Writ
Justice Moody of the United States Supreme Court yesterday allowed a writ of error to review the consolidation case involving the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny Pennsylvania. The Allegheny city government originally sought to set aside the consolidation. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had sided with Pittsburgh, prompting Allegheny to petition Moody to bring the case to the federal level. The matter was presented by former Gay Stone of Pennsylvania.
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Justice Moody
United States Supreme Court
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Theity of
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
People of
Moody
Federal
Supreme Court
Gay Stone
Pennsylvania
Daughter Receives Property Under 1905 Will
Mrs Stuart Murray died March 1 and her will dated April 4, 1905 named her daughter Mrs Frank E Buckland as sole beneficiary and appointed her daughter as executrix. If she dies the husband Frank E Buckland is to be executor and if he is dead the Washington Loan and Trust Company is to be executor. If the daughter dies without children and her husband dies the Washington Home for the "Encurlables" is to have the property.
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Stuart Murray
Frank E Buckland
Frank E. Buckland
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Washington Home For
How to Read Aright and the Century Dictionary Boom
Keen readers are urged to observe closely and describe details accurately rather than skim. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia praised for clear, usable classification, with a Washington boom and a Woodward & Lothrop promotion offering easy access at low price. One hundred free trips to James Town Exposition start next Sunday with cash prizes.
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Washington
Woodward & Lothrop Book Department
Legal Record Admits Farquhar and colleagues in multiple appeals
The record notes admission of Chief Justice and several Justices from multiple states, proceedings in the Court of Appeals District of Columbia, and numerous case numbers across civil, equity, and circuit courts. Adjournment until 12 o'clock. lists cases 401 415 402 472 1697 1727 1738 1728 1760 1787 1744 1762 1753 and more. Proceedings include bond allowances, writs of error, and bankruptcy notes with extensive docket entries.
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Justice Brewer
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice McKenne
Justice Holmes
Justice Day
Moody Guy E. Farquhar
Fottaville
Charled E Berger
Pottsville
Alexander Cumming
New Haven
Conny Wallace R Lane
Des Moines
Iowa
James W_ evans
Washington
Dot
Henry W Prouty
Chicago
Noah Homer Gratton
Pistothy
United States
Solicitor General
Hoyt
Johe H Atwood
Will D Gould
Teo
Youngworth
Marshal Fc
Lee R' Myers
US Marshal
Will D. Gould
HL. J George
Sanford
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Heth Shepard
Louis
McComas
Charles H Robb
Green
Chist
Rhepart
Macfarland
Va Berber ‘Aephalt Paving Company
J. F Smith
Munster
Ashworth
Real estate transfers in diverse DC squares and streets
A compressed ledger of property deeds listing transfers in blocks and squares such as Washington Heights Ellabton Terrace Takoma Park Bloomingdale Garfield Edgewood Le Droit Park Lanier Heights University Heights and Fairmount Heights. Notable buyers include Elisabeth Brandenberg George Dageotroy and Ida Doyle with prices from 10 to 3200 dollars, many subject to trusts and multiple lot transfers.
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F .Walter Grandenberg
Elisabeth W. Brandenberg
Washington Heights
Charlotta H Crocker
Alvin M Lothrop
Ellabton Terrace
Willam Copley
Marvin J End
Wilford J. Nevine
Aid Jiber
Square
George Louis D A Dageotroy
Loules F Enwin
Takoma
William A Grice
Charles Hertig
LE Droit Park
Witham J" Johnson
Charles Cornell
William M Loren Et
Georgiana Wallen
Rlizebeth T Little
William H. Alten
A . L. Leckie
United States Savings Bank
Finehurst
Loutte Magee
Daniel K Jackeun
Bart Lot
Countylime H
Dobbins
Lanier Heights
Archibald M McLeechten
Robinson White
Trustess
George H Dana
Margeret E’ Murphy Et Vir
Wiliam
Howard M Gaylord
Alois Pani
Thesera Paull
R’ Carter Shinn
Auguste
Mata
University Heights
Caffeld
Mary H Johnson
Samuel H. Wethmeyer
Theodore SB Palmer
Julius H Vierinichen
Susie Ote
Edward C Basvers
Schuetzen
Wilikdnese
Mary B Muler
Fairmount Heights
Hobinson White
John Bosneer
Lost Lens Arrest Report For Lens Theft
Wade D Alter a photographer helper living at 310 C Street Northwest was arrested by Detective Horne on a complaint by Harda and Ewing Photographers at 1 F Street Northwest alleging he caused the disappearance of a valued lens worth 250. Alter, a 2 developer's assistant, was in charge of the lens during enlarging and the lens went missing after business hours.
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Wade D Alter
Lving
C Street Northwest
Horne
Harda & Ewing
F Street Northwest
Alter
Despondent Clerk Drinks Carbolic Acid. Wife Left Him Weeks Ago
Earl Dean a 26 year old forestry bureau clerk in Washington district drank a carbole acid solution in his room after his wife left him three weeks ago. His nurse, Risa Johnston, compelled him to drink more alcohol and carbolic acid before doctors treated him. He was removed to Emergency Hospital and is recovering. his condition had included nervous breakdown and irrational moments. His wife took their baby to Baltimore amid marriage trouble.
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Sali
Earl
Dean
Eleventh Street
Bureau of Forestry
Risa Johnston
Bureau
Baltimore
Ife
Wever
Pension Office Clerk says adopted child not his daughter
John C F Gordon a Pension Office clerk claims Mandy Gordon an actress is not the mother of Dorothy Turner Gordon. He and Mandy allegedly took the baby from an Oakland orphan asylum in 1898 and never legally adopted her. He says he treated her as his daughter until Mandy left in 1900 and seeks habeas corpus relief, arguing lack of jurisdiction. Hearing postponed to April 2.
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Wafe
John C. F. Gordon
Mandy Gordon
Dorothy Turner Gordon
Gordon
District Supreme Court
Oakland
Cal
S'Wes
Julian Gordon
Justice Wright
Digestive woes solved by Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets promise
A sensational promotional piece extols Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal cure for stomach trouble and its mental and physical side effects. The ad claims the tablets digest 3,000 grains of food, relieve loss of appetite and indigestion, and even promise wealth and happiness, urging readers to order a free sample by mail.
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Eriman
Stuart
Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Open to All Jamestown Exposition Contest Entrants
The contest invites all persons over fifteen to send friends and colleagues to the Jamestown Exposition. Clergy, teachers, and workers are urged to participate, with many DC residents entering courtesy of The Washington Post. Send ballots and subscriptions to Jamestown.
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Maryland
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Washington Post
Jamestown
Jamestown Exposition
Alexandria
Maryia
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Dehvasea Crea
Cartier
Washingto Post
Opportunity to win trips at historic U.S. Exposition
Readers are urged to join a popular contest with chances to win free trips to a historic United States exposition and cash prizes. Start early and enlist friends to increase chances of winning.
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