District rail disputes urged for DC fair access
A letter by Arthur E. Randle to the District Commissioners argues that DC residents face discrimination by street railways. He asserts suburban investment flows to Maryland and Virginia due to car changes and urges consolidation of DC lines to create uniform service for all residents and workers.
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Arthur E. Randle
Maryland
Virginia
Randle
District of Columbia
Tennallytown
Congress Heights
Brightwood
Randle Highlands
Laurel
Hyattsville
Berwyn
Alexandria
del Rey
Mount Vernon
Washington
Capitol
Washington Railway
Electric Lne
Capital Traction Company
America
Gen. Harries
Changes in church exits prompt outward swinging doors
Chief Belt of the fire department inspected five churches this week to assess emergency protection. The synagogues and churches at Fifth and I Streets NW, Eleventh and H Streets NW, Sixth Street and Maryland Avenues NE, 1120-22 Fifteenth Street NW, and New York Avenue Presbyterian Church were found to have main doors that swing inward. Commissioner Macfarland recommended trustees have doors rebuilt to swing outward to ease evacuation in danger.
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Chief Belt
Chev Sholom
Fifth
I Streets
St. Paul's English Lutheran Church
Eleventh
Eastern Presbyterian Church
Sixth Street
Maryland Avenues
St. Augustine's Catholic Church
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Macfarland
LUNG DISEASES KILL MOST IN DISTRICT MORTALITY REPORT
The weekly mortality report shows pulmonary consumption as the leading cause of death with 20 of 125 total. Heart diseases follow at 16, with 69 white and 56 colored deaths. Diphtheria cases rose by three while scarlet fever stayed the same. Births totaled 109, distributed as 63 white and 46 colored.
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Wedward
Will Ordain Priest At Church Of The Ascension
Rev J Henning Nelms rector will ordain Rev Robert Evans Browning to the priesthood at 10 o clock Friday morning May 15 at Church of the Ascension on Massachusetts Avenue and Twelfth Street. The service includes a sermon by Rev Dr McKim and ordination by Rt Rev Lewis W Benton. Clergy are invited and asked to bring vestments.
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Church of the Ascension
Massachusetts Avenue
Twelfth Street
J. Henning Nelms
Robert Evans Browning
Dr. McKim
Lewis W. Benton
Lexington
Carriage Company Trip Escort and Will Notices Summary
A Dupont Garage run car trip ended without incident except for a navigational hiccup by Mr Bacon of Detroit. Following return, Mr Jacobi and Mr Hamilton returned unescorted. A Mary E. Gennet will be probated detailing $1000 bequests and residue to Mary C. Baker and Ida Cooper. Other estates include Mary Bratton and Stewart Cessel with executors named.
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Dupont Garage
Bacon
Detroit
Ottol. Jacobi
Dupont Rarage Conny
Jaq ‘Cobs
Hamil
Mary E. Gennet
Bratton
Stewart Ceasel
Interior Department
Twenty-ninth Street
Mary M. Brewer
Zulu Smith
Huron
Gennet
Mary C. Baker
Tda Cooper
Caroline Bratton
L Street
George C. Glick
United States Capitol
Grace
Ethel Glick
Wiliam Brayshaw
Esther Memorial Chapel
Congress, Heights
William E. Ambrose
Stewart Cessel
Francea EL Cady
Harrison Replies to Wife in Alimony and Scandal Claim
Arthur W. Harrison patent attorney filed in District Supreme Court an answer to Mrs Mary W Harrison crossbill seeking limited divorce. He says charges are false. alleges Mrs Harrison had scandal with a married man and was dismissed from the Government Printing Office. He claims her boisterous street confrontations and demands for alimony disrupted his business and earning capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur W. Harrison
T Street Northwest
District Supreme Court
Mary W. Harrison
Harrison
Mr. Harrison
Gaston Philip Trial Set For May 28 in Murder Case
Gaston Philip, heir to a Washington family, stands indicted for first degree murder in the May 18, 1807 death of cabman Frank MacAboy at the Arlington Hotel. Trial before Justice Barnard in Criminal Court No. 2 begins Monday, May 28. Prosecutors McNamara and Turner lead. defense by Henry E. Davis and A. A. Hoehling. About twenty five witnesses for the prosecution and at least twenty for the defense are expected. the case may last ten days with Philip claiming self defense.
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Gaston Philip
Washington
Frank MacAboy
Arlington Hotel
Justice Barnard
Stuart McNamara
Charles H. Turner
Henry E. Davis
A. A. Hoehling
Philip
James J Burley Divorced by District Supreme Court
James J. Burley a mechanic of 465 H Righth street northwest obtained an absolute divorce from Julia Burley on grounds of fidelity after a decree signed by Chief Justice Clabaugh of the District Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Burley
Clabaugh
District Supreme Court
James J. Burley
Hrighth Street
Julia Burley
Man Arrested on White House Grounds Over Debt Claim
Thomas S. Jones aged sixty from Lincoln, R. I, was arrested on the White House grounds by Third Precinct Officer Seaman yesterday morning. Jones said the President owed him 150000 dollars and planned to collect the debt. He will be examined by police surgeons today.
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Thomas S. Jones
Lincoln, R. I
White House
Seaman
Jones
Lundy Sentenced in Assault Case After Streetcar Shooting
Louis Lundy, a Negro, found guilty of assault in Police Court yesterday and sentenced to seventy five days in jail for attacking Mamie Hickmen, an aged colored woman, in a street alley northwest on April 22. Funeral of Robert H Yeatman held at 1749 FP Street with Sons of the American Revolution delegation. Yeatman served in Civil War Army of the Potomac and later in the Navy Department, survived by wife and six children.
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Louis Lundy
J. Thomas Heflin
Jai
Mamie Hickmen
R. H. Yeatman
Robert H. Yeatman
FP Street
Henry Thomas
Hyattsville
Sons of the American Revolution
Yeatman
Army of the Potomac
Navy Department
Democratic Association Meets Tonight in Munsey Building
The District of Columbia Democratic Association holds its last regular meeting before the primaries on the Arth floor of the Munsey Building at 8 o clock. Prominent speakers from national and local circles have been invited to address the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Association
District of Columbia Democratic Association
Munsey
National
Jaces
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Saks & Company
Douglas Shoes
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Heywood
Herrmann
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Bebo Ud
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McConnell
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Pape
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Kuppenheimer Clothes
Panama
Rgsaer
Lois, PA
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Lacey & CD
Ay E .Rand
Ascension Church
Health Department
Chestnut Farms Sanitary Dairy
George M. Oyster, Jr
Connecticut Avenue
Springs
Buffalo Lithia Springs Water Co
Buffalo Lithia Springs
Murder Cage
City Bulletins
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Philip F. Gerry
Evening Star
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G .A. Lyon, Jr
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Lawrence and
Charles Gerry
Connecticut
Mercantile Society
Col. Mosby
John S. Mosby
K Street
Garfield Hospital
Ceol. Mosby
Mosby
Department of Justice
Heurich’s
Maerzen and Senate—brewery
Arlington Bottling Company
Same Old Place
12Th Street
Co. A, Muddiman & Co
Board of Medical Supervisors
Frank W. Romaine
Edgar Speiden
Thomas F. Smith
Lida T. Allen
Daniel L. High
George W. Davis
William BR. Dear
Frederick H. Monk
William Malcolm
Martin Schneider
Krouse
Chas. Kaufman & Sons
PRR
Conover Ice Cream Co
Twelfth St. N. W
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Lincoln
R. L
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Heflin
Man’s Store
D. J. Kaufman
Pa. Ave
Friedlander
Friedlander Bros
Morseel’s
Seeer
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Prop
Potomac
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th St. H.W
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Keeley Institute
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Rietruig
Columbie
Io Marriank
Oriental Rugs
Gallery of Foreign Arts Circa
Carl W. Tobolot
Prince Albert
Horn
F Street
Richmond 17Th
H Streets
Clifford M. Lewis
Tesla
Washington Gaslight Co
Tenth Street N. W
Burchell
N. W. Burchell
Lansburgh Furnniture Co
Inter-Ocean Building
Ninth Street
Munyon
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Sb Central National Bank
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Mehntz Brewing Company
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Rochester
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