Arrests in Pleasant Court Raid Prompt Disorderly House Charge
Police raided the home of James Robinson in 313 Pleasant Court Southwest. Robinson was arrested for keeping a disorderly house. Lulu Taylor Laura Jackson Samuel Conway and William Thompson were arraigned for vagrancy. Edith Foster forfeited $5 collateral and the others were fined $20 and jailed sixty days. Minors were taken to the House of Detention pending juvenile investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Court
James Robinson
Pleasant Court Southwest
Fourth Precinct
Robinson
Lulu Taylor
Laura Jackson
Samuel Conway
Wiliam Thompson
Edith Foster
Lula Taylor
Edith Erden
William Thompson
Wanted in Baltimore Steiner Arrested Here with Stolen Goods
William Steiner, sought by Baltimore police for housebreaking and larceny, was arrested by Detectives Flather, McNamee, and Helan in this city. He carried four revolvers tied to a Baltimore store theft and two more were found pawned under assumed names. Steiner says he is visiting from Philadelphia and denies the robbery. He will be sent to Baltimore today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Steiner
Baltimore
Flather
McNamee
Helan
Joseph Steiner
William Goss Steiner
Philadelphia
Steiner
Captured in Pittsburg William F Morgan Arrested on Bad Checks
William F Morgan, wanted locally on charges of passing bad checks to businessmen, was captured by Pittsburg police after detectives Parham and O'Brien located him. The forgeries ranged from ten to twenty dollars and targeted saloonkeepers. Morgan, an immigrant from England, previously lived at 503 Twelfth Street Northwest and in Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Morgan
May Sylvester
William F Morgan
Pittsburg
Morgan
Parham
O’brien
Eingland
Twelfth Street
Alexandria
Post Wants Ads and Quick Sales
The Post targets business readers with concise ads and notes that time is money. It promotes Burnett's Vanilla Extract as pure vanilla essence and urges readers to buy The Sunday Post, promising a better forthcoming issue as Washington's Favorite Newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Burnett
Sunday Post
Washington
Williams’ Drug Store
Epprben
The
District snow and ice ruling upheld by Court of Appeals
District officials say the Court of Appeals decision on the snow and ice law was not unexpected and that prosecutions under the district ordinance may proceed. Commissioner West argues the ruling blocks forcing citizens to clear sidewalks and urges preparation of a new police regulation with congressional authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Mr. West
Morris
Treasury
Congress
Morns
West
Paving Contracts Authorized by District Engineer
The District government awards paving contracts for multiple streets including L street First to Second NE and K street NE First to Second NE to Cranford Paving Company at 3608 and 2189 dollars respectively. Brennan Construction Company's sheet asphalt work on M Street NE First to Fourth and other streets totals 15820 2900 4800 dollars. Additional resurfacing orders and curb resets are issued for New York Avenue NW Mass Ave NW Fourteenth Street NW and Second Street NE G to H and H Street NE First to Third with material costs noted. Construction of a service sewer along Nichols Avenue NW between Morrisom and Franklin Street is ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Col Biddle
Cranford Paving Company
L Street
First
Second Streets
K Street
Second Street
M Streets
Brennan Construction Company
M Street
Fourth Streets
H Street
Third
New York Avenue
Fifth Street
New Jersey Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Fourteenth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
R Street
Third Streets
Nichols Avenue
Morrisom
Franklin Street
Fourteenth Street Extension Damages Award Report Filed
The board of commissioners appointed to appraise land for the Fourteenth street northwest extension filed their report and award. They state parcels 6 to 18 cause no damage as the remainder will be benefited. An award of 10 dollars each was made for parcels 3 2, 3, and 4 with added values for improvements on adjacent parcels, as parcels 7 11 and 16 added 1000 and 3600 respectively. The street opening will begin once the court confirms the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Thomas W. Smith
Joseph D. Wright
Frank E. Raymond
Justice Gould
Fourteenth Street
Jydeckes Avenue
Piney Branch Road
Assessor Darneille Responds To West Letter On Assessments
Assessor H H Darneille replies to Commissioner West regarding Kann v King. He says most inaccuracies occurred before his tenure and that making records perfectly correct would force the office to become a title insurance company. He notes older abstracts were error prone and outlines steps to weed out inherited errors while preserving usable notices for tax sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H Darneille
West
Court of Appeals
Louis Kann
Darneille
Recorder of Deeds
Register of Wills
Real estate assessment duties under court ruling discussed
The document notes the impracticality of the office maintaining daily abstracts of deeds wills and vital records for all DC property owners. It states the office aims to identify legal owners to assess property, and mentions Collector Davis and Mr Darneille replying to Commissioner West within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Davis
Darneille
West
Mrs Mary Church Terrell Lectures at Shiloh Church
Mrs Mary Church Terrell honorary president of the National Association of Colored Women spoke at Shiloh Baptist Church on the Berlin woman’s congress. She noted European aristocrats showed genuine interest in female education and in German character, drawing a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh Baptist Church
Mary Church Terrell
National Association of Colored Women
Berlin
Germany
Terrell
Geran
City Bulletin Track-laying Permit Granted in DC
The Pennsylvania Railroad won approval from DC engineer officials to lay a temporary narrow-gauge track along the north side of H street southeast from Second to New Jersey avenue, linked to the Virginia Avenue tunnel construction. The notice reflects official endorsement and details, with unrelated advertisements trailing in the same listing.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
H Street
Second Street
New Jersey Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Engineer Department of
District of Columbia
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Saks
Saks & Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
China
Japan
House
Herrmann
7Th and I
Eye
Sts. N. W
C. & P. Telephone Co
People’s Whiskey
McGuire
Platina
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
la. Ave
Selinger’s
Ljandoline
Uvarnul Aciuan Taco
Mrest
Justice Corr
Spriig
Patent Office
Department
City Bulletin
Havemner
Bbberly's
7Th St Nw
Harris
Waldman
7Th St
Joyce Engraving Company
Star
Ninth Provision Co
Datswell
Fogel’s
Fred
Tobias Bush
St. Aw
Wagner
Yeas, Chocolate, Inc
Navy Beans
J. T Pyles
Lousiana Avenue
Affieck
Radertalman
Aineok
Kaufman
D. J
Pa. Ave
Home Savings Bank
Yth and
Mass. Ave
Brostee
Seventh St
Ceres
Rollet
George E. Hebbard
Ninth Street
A. Have. Ee
Peice
Exvert Ag
Prites Moat
Corrales i Ioc A. Kahn
F Street
Mayer & Co
Vermont
John H. Magruder
Te Grocerico and Wines
Cor. Conn. Ave
K St
Castelberg’s
Jeweler
Optician
Elias Raff Liquor Co
7Th St. S. W
W. F. Andrews
Prizm
Adler
Mass. Ave. N. W
Victor E. Adler
Clothing House
Tth
St. Nw
Colonial Wine Co
9Th St. “MaUniers Fillet
Iiet
A. Kahn
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