Cruelties on Chesapeake Oyster Fleet Prompt Government Action
Philadelphia dispatch reports escalating evidence of barbarities against Chesapeake Bay oyster sailors. Shanghaing and murders by boat officers spurred officials to act. Details include the deaths of Thomas Havanigh and James McCabe, with Mrs McCabe uncovering a brutal disinterment and body mutilation after seeking help. A daughter reports her German father Jacob Grenim was drugged and forced into a pungy.
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Philadelphia
Chesapeake Bay
Onondaga
League Island
Baltimore
Donaghy
Thomas Havanaigh
Lombard Street
Jams McCabe
Moyamensing Avenue
Deals Island
Che Sage
Roosevelt
Carson
Anather
Jacob Grenim
Druns
Sisen
Bills to Go to Congress City Road and Street Plans
Bills approved for submission to Congress propose establishing building districts and street paving on Columbria road east of Sireenth streets and Piney Fen between Sixteenth street and Hook Creek Bank. The measures include extending tenth street to connect highways near Rock Creek and creating new entrances to expand urban infrastructure.
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Columbrta Road
Sireenth
Ferest Rad Wessi Te
Tenth
Kenyon Teters
Woteraidy Duis
Park Road
Rock Creek Fern
Con-St Utnee
Piney Fen
Sixteenth Street
Hook Creek Baik
De Lane Probable Murder In Virginia Town
Virginia authorities suspect brick haver victim De Lane was killed after a Sunday mishap near Winekthiven railroad tracks. Detectives interview Captain Boardman and pursue movements of a missing Black man connected to the case as they rule out accidental train strike.
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Brick Haver
le Ray Va
Winek Thiven
Alexandria County
Alawwdia
Wierraton
Aryl
Capt Boardman
de Lane
Withis
Seth
Sheridower
Ana
Wee
Boardman
Palmer
Lane
Waskington
Banquet highlights clerks role in Benefit and Protective Association
Members of the Benefit and Protective Association gathered Tuesday at rhatt on G street for a monthly meeting and banquet. Reports from committees indicated progress, with speeches by Harding and others, songs and recitations by Hartin Wy Graft and W. mod saree Bomert, and echoed festivities as the group celebrated the association’s aims.
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Benefit and Protective Association
He Vitel Benefit and Protective Ass
Rhatt
Isc
Harding
Livsert
Eli Phunt
Ehh Hartin
Naval cadet faces charges in Annapolis boxing case
The Naval Academy court heard defense argue fighting is not a grave offense and that midshipmen were not adequately informed it was. Testimony covered gloves, bout in Bancroft Hall, rounds of two minutes, and minor fouls. Branch and Meriwether fighters received praise for sportsmanship, while Branch’s postfight care and brain injury concerns emerged as witnesses described medical treatment and Branch’s conduct.
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Naval Academy
Colvocor
Annapolis
Academy
Calyocorestes
Judge Advocate
Meriwether
Fire damages upper floor. residents escape in infancy of alarm
James G. Scott of 16 Sixth Street Northwest did not know his house was burning yesterday until informed by a passerby. An oil lamp explosion reportedly caused the blaze but Fire Marshal Nicholson found no lamp sighting. Policeman A. E. Smoot, residing in the home, was alerted by the patrol wagon and saved some personal effects. his loss stands at about $20. Meanwhile Thomas Donohue of Beat Pleasant, Ma. was struck by a locomotive near ice avenues on the Chesapeake Railroad and received a broken ankle and cuts, with non critical condition.
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James G. Scott
Sixth Street
A. E. Smoot
Eighth Precinct
Nicholson
Willam Berkley
Scott
Chesapeake Railroad
Beat Pleasant
Thomas Donohue
McLean
Joseph Burke
Benjamin Moulden
Kimball
Jape
Thorwarth
Parkford
George Rumbry
Charles Gray
Benning
D. C
Anacostia
Gray
Thomas E. Alexander
Georgetown University Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio ‘Railroad
Bunker Hill
Brookland
David A. Flannigan
Peck and
Warren
James B. Hunter
Twenty-third Street
Herbert Behn
Mulrowney
George Bailey
Spider Wood
Pallee Court
Thomas Brown
Galley
Virginia Avenue
Fifth
Eighth Streets
Eighth Street
William Jose
Fourteenth Street
Edward Smallwood
Massachusatts Avenue
F Street
Jose
West
Ashford
James ‘Hridgat
Water Street
Soutlwest
Fifth Pre
Tragic suicide at Columbus Ave station in crowded rush
Mary G McCarthy a 22 or 23 year old woman of 209 West Sixty fourth street leaped onto the tracks at Columbus Ave and Liszy six street as a Sixth Avenue train approached. She knelt in prayer before the car and was crushed. crowd reactions followed as doctors revived fainting bystanders. Relatives say she suffered melancholia from a nervous illness for two months.
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Mary McCarthy
Washington Post
New York
Mary G. McCarthy
West Sixty-Fourth Street
Columbus Avenue
Lizzy- Sixth Street
James
Royal Arcanumites Happy Settlement of Rates Question
Officers of the Grand Council Royal Arcanum District of Columbia visited District Council No. 149 in the Pythian Temple. Grand Regent Swaine noted member enthusiasm over the rates settlement. Present were Grand Vice Regent Beatie Grand Orator Tolson Past Grand Regent Blade Grand Secretary White Grand Treasurer Copen haver Grand Chaplain Cook Grand Guide Miller Grand Warden Britt Grand Gentury Mackenzie Supreme Representatives Brigham Zoppone and others.
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Grand Council
Royal Arcanum
District of Columbia
Pythian Temple
Swaine
Beatie
Tolson
Blade
White
Copenhaver
Cook
Veteran Receives Large Civil War Pension
A veteran confined at the Government Hospital for the Insane receives a lump sum pension of 8345 with 32 per month. The award funds will be used for maintenance during confinement at St Elizabeths, not for personal gain. Labor unions plan to push federal legislation to protect workers and define employer liability for injuries in service, citing New York's law as a model for the district.
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Warner
Offce
Ming
Legislative Committee of
The
Central Labor Union
Congress
New York
Poston Chinese
Canton Low
Pa. Ave
Pa Ave. Nw
China
Th St
Lin Young
Propriecor
St Wharf
Estine
Water St
Georgerana
White
Ave
H Markward
H. Markward
Markward
Inaugural Weather Study Chooses Best Parade Day
Weather Bureau data over 54 years favor an April inauguration date over March 4 or the last Thursday in April. The comparison shows March 4 brings cold, unpleasant conditions for parade crowds, while the other two dates offer balmy weather suitable for viewing the event.
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National Committee
Macfarland
Weather Bureau
Washington
Falls From Window Leave man critically Injured
John Duvall aged thirty two fell from a second story window at 588 Third Street Northeast yesterday afternoon striking his head on the brick yard pavement. He was unconscious and bleeding taken to Casualty Hospital with a fractured skull in critical condition. Police say he was intoxicated earlier in the day and the incident occurred at his home. He was employed as a motorman on a Seeing Washington automobile run.
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Third Street
John Duvall
Mary Duvall
Duvall
Washington
Iiquor
Anniversary of Garrison Celebrates 14 Years in Union
Arrangements are set for the Guy V. Henry Garrison No 9 Army and Navy Union anniversary. An anniversary sermon will be delivered at Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church at 7:30 P M by Rev M W Clair. A reception at G A R Hall Monday evening will host National Commander Eewin Brown and staff with other garrisons attending.
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Guy V. Henry
Army and Navy Union
Asbury Methodist Epicopal Church
Eleventh
K Streets
M. W. Clair
G A. R. Hall
Eewin 4. Brown
Horses Burned In Stable Behind Judge Kimball Home
Two horses owned by Stephen Frank, a grocer, burned in a brick stable behind Judge Ivory G. Kimball’s home at 6 North Carolina Avenue Southeast. Fire discovered late, stable nearly lost, sheds may have been in danger. Frank rents the stable. loss about $600, barn damage $000 with insurance.
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Stephen Frank
Ivory G. Kimball
North Carolina Avenue
Frank
Kimball
Tuition Fees Raised at George Washington University
Trustees unanimously approved raising annual tuition to 150 dollars from 100 and 125 dollars. The move follows a season of faculty expansion and campus improvements aimed at keeping the university at the front rank of American seats of learning.
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George Washington
George Washington University 4
Public Well Not Condemned Amid City News
Acting Health Officer McLean announced that no public well with pure water would be condemned. Police reports include assaults, a fatal railway incident, a banana slip injuring a man, a larceny arrest, a car speeding warning, and a street tunnel nearing completion. Also noted are a flooded avenue, a pedestrian injury, a small fire, a stroke incident, and an auction of paintings and art goods at Sagem Art Association.
Ban on Handbooks at Government Printing Office
An Acting Public Printer order from last September bans handbooks in the Government Printing Office. An anonymous tip prompted two or three men to secretly prepare handbooks on the Benning races. Ricketts warned the Ten to stop or be discharged. Printing of the Estimate Book for Congress is near completion in the Treasury Branch. Navy and State Department estimates remain to be printed, and Congressional Record comp drafting needs extra night comp for the last shift. Charles A. Stillings will become Public Printer next week, expected to qualify Tuesday.
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Ricketts
Benning
Charles A. Stillings
Washington
Donations Pledged At Florence Crittenton Reception
The Florence Crittenton Training School and Home hosted a 10 AM to 10 PM reception in the former building. Guests included Mrs. Kate Walter Barrett and F May Gordon with others, pledging donations for refurnishings and supplies. The two institutions run a 10-person family with 53 children, and a hospital staff of 25 nurses assisted visitors.
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Florence Crittenton Training School
Florence Crittenton
Kate Walter Barrett
Crittenton
United States
Foreign Lands
F. May Gordon
Washington
Jessie McAuliffe
Margaret White
Belle Johnson
Official map changes remove Isle of Pines from U S possession
The 1905 General Land Office map removes the Isle of Pines from United States possession. The land off Cuba, once labeled Pine Island with U S after the name, will be corrected on new maps. Frank Band, head of the map division, said the U S designation was an error made since 1900.
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Isle of Pines
United States
General Land Office
Cuba
Pine Island
Frank Band
Map Division
General Land Offer
U. S
Weather Forecast and Conditions Across Regions
The Weather Bureau reports a high pressure area over the Middle Atlantic States while a southwestern disturbance spreads rain from New Mexico to Nebraska Texas and portions of the Rocky Mountains. Fair weather continues in the East and Central. temps show little change with higher readings expected later. winds shift SW along the coast and NE on the Gulf. Special forecast notes widespread rain for the Dakota and lower Mississippi Valley by Thursday night or Friday with storm warm fronts on the Pacific coast. Temperatures from midnight to 10 p.m. range from 4 to 68 degrees with humidity and sunshine details listed.
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U.S Dept. of Agricultine
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lalo
Middle Atlantic
Misalosippi
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kenmas
Texas
Misaimippi
Hocky Mountain
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Graat Lake
Zureka Northwart
Siniraum
Clites
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Joseph Uo Sibley
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Biby
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A. W. Fitch
Churchill Humphreys
W. Magruder
Leigh Noyes
McKyttrick
Earl W. Prichard
Lee
Prichard
J. M. Finney
Johns Hopkins University
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Train
Royal “Arcanumites
Hood
Winton
Sagem Art Association
New Galleries
Benning Races
Orence Crittenton Home and Training School
Lansburgh & Bro
Seagonaine Mercnanaise
Win
Seventh Street
Tion
E. & Sons
C. Steinway
Penna, Ave
N. W
Reon Max
Aahavilla
Atlanta
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Minn
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Vickaborg
Stix
BO River Bulletin
Haerpera Ferry
Nay
Burgundy
Christian Xander
Phona
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
American Security and Crust Company
Goldheim & Sons
Washington’s
405 Avenue
Echwartz & Feltman Tailoring
Ald
Pele
Schwartz & Pelzman
Tth
Kneessti's
Peter Grogan
7Th St
Bet. H and I Sts
St. NL
Department
Slumphs
Lyseeg
Masanchuseite Avenue
Burea
St.n.w
John H. Magruder
Conn, Ave
K_ st
Ninth St
Tharp
Berkeley
Fst
N.W
Osteopathy
Patterson Ins
Waskinpion
Tous Sai
Same OS and Trust Co
Gsteopathy
Kirke Ateice
Bond
Hips
York Ave
Thamas
Wester
John 4
Brinkman
Webster & Br
Usith St. Nw
Webster
Thomas W. Webster
Brink
Lille F Sineott
W. F Sinnott
St. George
Washington Fertilizer Co
South Royal Street
Alexandria
John F. Wilkins
Louis Beyer, JR
Miller's
B. B. Earnshaw & Bro
Shoomaker GO
McGill & Wallace
1107
Amd
GO Ets
Coheas
Realdence
Portsmouth
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