Trolley Line Franchises and Taxation Examined
District Commissioners report on street railways in cities over 20 000 population. Study shows wide variation in franchise grants taxation and transfers across twenty cities with common 5 cent fares and required street paving. New York and Washington differ. Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland and Indianapolis cited with specifics on receipts licenses and municipal ownership debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Engineer Department
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Steet
Ans
Tae
Acense
Chicago
Cleveland Mide
Oho
Cleveland
Ciincinnais
Tte
Board of Control
Sears
Indianapolis
Salaries of Firemen proposed by district bill
Commissioner Macfarland and the District law department draft a bill to classify fire department officers and members and set higher salaries. The plan lists annual pay for engineers pilots mariners drivers laborers clerks and supervisors, with chief engineers and the chief belt of the fire department noted. A separate report to the Commissioners details suspensions and dismissals of No. Chemical Company members for misconduct during quarter shifts. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is advertised for a sore or wound by a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
District Law Department
Distit Fire Department
Sufe
Tone Marine Engineers
Cass Nu
Staben
Chemical
Belt
No. * Chemical Company
WD Cantor
P WN Jeffries
C. C Weiz
Police Win Laurels For Rescue and Service
Three merchants from the District wrote letters to Maj. Sylvester praising police work. V Baldwin Johnson commended Officer McQuaide for rescuing his employees from assault and sent a $5 bill. Officers Raedy and Kerby of the Anacostia substation were thanked by H Kramer for saving him from a robbery. M Loveless lauded Officer Hagan who saved him from injury by a runaway horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. Sylvester
V. Baldwin Johnson
McQuaide
Raedy and
Kerby
Anacostia
H Kramer
M. Loveless
Hagan
Anti-Saloon Revival Meeting At Wesley Church
The Anti-Saloon League revival at Wesley Methodist Church drew many youths and elders. Rev D W Montgomery opened with prayer as the People's Mission male quartet performed temperance songs including The Saloon Must Go. Speaker Mr Wilcox told a children’s story How Davy Grant Signed the Pledge. Tonight another illustrated lecture Who Killed Joe's Baby? concludes the revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
D. W. Montgomery
People's Mission
Mallia
Mr Wilcox
Davy Grant
Joe
Destruction at Attorney Collins Office Claimed
Mrs Jennie Williamson wife of a colored lawyer is charged with damaging the office of attorney John B Collins at 60 E street northwest. Police report say she caused about 300 in damage before detectives arrived. She was jailed at the House of Detention and to be arraigned in Police Court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Wiliamson
John B Coillins
E Street
Williamson
Colling
Collins
Pratt
House of Detention
Mirage City Before Dawn Off Pribilof Island
Off Pribilof Island August 16 a whaling bark Gay Head sighted a gleaming city of lights on the horizon, like San Francisco, but as daylight rose the vision vanished leaving only ocean. Mate Pease and Captain Fisher were astonished by the phantom metropolis amid the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Gayhead
Pribtiof Island
Bering Bea
Mate Pease
Capt. Fisher
Goat Island
Fireboat Test Shows 12 MPH Speed and Pending Acceptance
Commissioner Macfarland and Chief Engineer Belt inspected the District fireboat after a trial trip along the District line and back. Pumps were tested, and the chief engineer ordered a thorough machinist inspection before formal acceptance by the Commissioners from the contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macfarland
Belt
Bertie Breaks Engagement at the Farborough Dance
Eva and Bertie navigate a broken engagement at a London party. Bertie plans to marry Maude Northam, while Eva grapples with jealousy and suspicion as social intrigue swirls around courtship, engagements, and dramatic revelations.
Cotton Yield Expansion Proposed by Edward Atkinson
Edward Atkinson proposes that inviting Italian peasants to settle 220000 square miles in Northern Texas Oklahoma Indian Territory Northern Louisiana and parts of Arkansas could yield 6000000 bales of cotton and 300000000 bushels of wheat for the United States, aided by rail and river routes and a broad education system. He notes two investigations are under way in England to test the feasibility of this plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Atkinson
United States
Washington Post
Baltimore
Boston
England
Alaska
Great Britain
Texas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Arkansas
Talgo
Red River
New Orleans
Tiverspool
Estate trustees face accounting in St Elizabeth case
Andrew Wilson as committee for the insane William Tolliver and Bertha Tolliver petitions the District Supreme Court to compel an accounting from trustees Isaac Neuman and Simon Oppenheimer. The deed of trust on Tolliver real estate at Windingham Place was foreclosed after default, with no accounting to date. Ethel Tolliver and James M. Tolliver, infants and William Tolliver’s children, are named co-defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Wilson
Waller Tolliver
Bertha Tolliver
Tvsane
St Elizabeth Insane Hospital
District Supreme Court
Isaac Neuman
Simon Oppenheimer
Wilson and
Barksdale
Gon and Widoaw
William Tolliver
Wndingham Place
Ethel Tolliver
James M. Tolliver
Vast subterranean channel near Glasgow Junction discovered
An immense underground channel near Glasgow Junction, Barren County, Kentucky, may surpass Mammoth Cave in size and beauty. Dr Hazen and John Thompson have explored seven miles of the main arm but progress stopped by a swift river. They plan to build a boat to ferry the river. William Jamies & Son’s senior member William Jamies, 71, married Elizabeth Rose, 65, in Hamilton Virginia, a lifelong city business figure in flour and feed trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barren County
Louisville
Glasgow Junction
Barren
County
Hazen
John Thompson
William James
Elizabeth Rose
Hamilton
William Jamies & Son
Virginia
Miles' Anti Pain Pills touted as household remedy
An advertisement claims Miles' Anti Pain Pills relieve headache nervousness dizziness indigestion and sleeplessness by soothing nerves and stimulating action. It asserts immediate relief with non injurious ingredients and promotes use at home and work, with price 25 doses for 25c and widespread effectiveness in thousands of homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mum
Miles
Legal Record docket highlights Supreme Court session details
The Supreme Court with Justices Harlan Brown White Peckham McKenna Day adjourned with cases for Oct 27 listed. Dockets include Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v ICC and California Reduction Company v Sanitary Reduction Works. Equity Court No 1 and No 2 assignments set for late October 1905 with numerous named plaintiffs, defendants, attorneys, and docket numbers. Criminal, probate, and circuit court items noted with verdicts, guardianships, and wills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Cont
Tos Chiat
Justice Harlan
Juatied Bravett
Jietics Brown
Justice White
Justice Peckham
Justice Mckenna
James Holmes
Justice Day
Hrenk D. Arthur
New York City
New York, New Haven and Bartford Railroad Company
Appellant
Inter- State Commmerce Commisston
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Randolph Harrison
Gt al
John W Daniel
John W Grigge
New York, New Haven and Hertford Railroad Company
Asulstan
McReynolds
California Reduction Company Etc
Sanitary Reduction Works of
San Francisco
R T. Harding
Sheldon G Kellogg
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court NO
Prinice Anderson
Benli
Beall
Complainand
JG. Bigelow
Spyuiars
H Adrinang
Birrans
Crowley
Com- Plainant
Millan & Smith
Walker Tolliver
Williamson
Lanéveight
Plainant
Jamacon Va
Jamason
HB Moulton
Shoemaker
Ye Bell
Lambert & Baker
D. McKenney
Equity Court
Justice Stafford
Attoreys
G. C. Aukem
Gia
Washington Beneficies Endowment Association
Commercial Alliance Company
Toss Perry & Son
T Thomas— Gordon & Gordon
Miller & Smith
H E Davis
Padgett & Forrest
Huggins Va Hagoodk
C. F. Carust
Monongahela Bridge
Company
Taft
Samus
Maddox
United States
Berger
Herger
Whitt
Woelloway & Balderston
Moore Ve Stewart
M. NW Richardson
J. H Stewart
Hariley
Wartley
W. A . Donch
W W Edwarde
J. L Pugh
Bulle +s
Butta Attorneyn
Wolf & Rosenberg
Lackie & Fulton
Cox
Morton Va
Columbia
Sand Dredging Company
Hamilton & Colbert
McCammon & Hayden
Shipleys, Shipley
BE. L Gtes
Bedekian
Sean Tobriner
Brandenburg & Brandenburg
Coteyva
Ralston & Siddona
Jones
B H Thomas
Blair
Modona
Wagner Va Wilkins
Datsh
Warren & Sholes
Ne & Wallerstein
Golden Attorneys
Hutty & Johnston
Southern Guilding and Loan Association
Mills
A H Bailey and Stetson
Brown Vs. Bavings Banks
Birney & Stewart
Robertson & White
Bel
Central National Bank
EH Burke
Turner
Quigley
WM OmMey
JJ Brosnan
JB Archer
Marshall
Washington Electric Vehicle Company
Donath
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company
Rolaton & Siddons
H Winship Wheatley
McKenney
Flannery
Henry
Baker
Hampbill
Real estate transfers in several DC neighborhoods
Real estate transfer notices show multiple deeds across areas including First Addition to American University Park Washington Highlands East Deanwood Cleveland Park Randle Highlands Bloodmingdale Ingleside and Dobbins Additions. Names include Mary L Twiteb vi James J Au kunius B Lulu T Omwake Sydney F Merehal James A Cumber H Rosier Dulany Richmond Bingham and U Realty Company with prices ranging from $1 to $2,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American University Park
Mary L Twiteb
James J
Aukunius B
Lulu T. Omwake
Biock
Washington Highlands
Charles G Taylor
Harry C. Bradley
Highteenth
Nineteenth
John W Filling
Atthue
Atthue A. Alexander, Part Lots 36 and 35, Edumre 182, $1,820 East Deanwood
Sydney
Merehal
James A. Cumber
Cliveland Park
H Rosier Dulany
Richmond
Bingham
Randle Highlands—National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
U. Realty Company
Bloodmingdale
Jammik “V
Everett G. Haymi
Deeds of Trust for Multiple Washington Blocks and Lots
A compilation of deeds of trust filed in various Washington areas listing parties, secured sums, terms, and property details. Notable entries include Alexander et al to Daniel W O Donoghue and H Pregentt Gatley securing 1070 for John W Pilling and Samuel Maddox trustees, and numerous other trusts across PROSPECT HILL BLOOMINGDALE and HOLMEAD MANOR with sums from 65 to 2000, several 5 percent semi annual interest rates, and terms up to 8 years. Also noted are lawsuits: William Salman v Land Filtration Corp of America for 20000 and Daniel T Birtwell ex rel v Board of Medical Supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Alexander
Maxwell Smart
Randolph W Lowe
Henry H. Lowrie
Prospect Hill
Joseph H. Shears
Randolph W Lowrie
Henry H Lowrie
Bloomingdale
Samuel D Harretux
Percy Metzger
Jacb Doermany
Goma V
Byerstt G. Haymaker
Pleasant Plains
Charles W. King, Jr
Datom Trust Company
District of Columbia
Edward L. Hulyer
Holmbad Manor
Robert H Warren
George U Rose, Jr
Henry W Sartel
Holmead Manor
Joseph W Little
Albert T. Sturtevant
Benjamin P. Davis
John C Spaulding
Lewis Brown
Dorbins
Washington
Joseph B Stanley
Harry B Willon
Percy H Runsel
George C Shoemaker
Solth Brookland
Chandler
James F Hood
Firman R Harner
McLachlen Real Estate and Loan Company
Block
Efa
William Salman
the Land Fiitration Corporation of America
Cho Byrne
United States
Daniel T Birtwell
Board of Medical Supervisors of the
Mandamus Plaintf
W E Ambroge
J Barton Miller
Robert “ Campbell
Bundy
Jesse H Whinon
Jesse H Wilson
Memorial meeting for late judges and counsel announced
The bar of the Court of Appeals and District Supreme Court will meet at 3 pm to honor Justice Andrew Wylie, Andrew Brown Duvall, and William John Miller. Duvall, longtime corporation counsel, died September 12 at sea near Liverpool from heart trouble. Funeral was September 20 at Metropolitan Memorial, with eulogies planned by prominent local figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Andrew Wylie
Andrew Brown Duvall
Wiliam John Miller
Duvall
Liverpool
Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
R Hoss Perry
J Hollsworth Gordon
Edward H Thomas
Justice Wylie
William John Miller
Walked out to liberty after concealed weapon charge
Robert J. Haines, jailed for carrying concealed weapons in Police Court, fled after sentencing. He left the dock, passed Bailiff Sweitzer, and disappeared. Officers have not recaptured him. Earlier he refused to leave a hotel, drawing a revolver to back his right to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Haines
Mulloway
Sweitzer
Uberty
Henes
Whisky Leads to Penitentiary for Lenner
In criminal court No. 4 Justice Gould sentenced Melville Lenner to four years for housebreaking and larceny. He broke a window at Simon Gordon’s Georgetown store on October 2 and stole whiskey bottles. Justice Wright ordered George Brennan alias George Miera held for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court No
Justice Gould
United Statess
Melville Lerner
Costigan
Gould
Melville Lenner
Lenner
Simon Gordon
M Street
Georgetown
Saengerbund Opens Dancing Season with Planned Events
The Saengerbund opened its dancing season at Catreet club rooms with over forty members and guests. The ball committee led by George L. Storm outlined a calendar of dances including a grand ball November 6 at the National Rifles Hall and a Thanksgiving Tanzraenzcen on November 30, with a two month hiatus after January 25. The season features concerts, oyster roasts, theatrical performances, and a final April 22 anniversary celebration marking the society's 55th year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saengerbund
Catreet
George L. Storm
A. O. Hatterly
Washington
National Theater
Carpenter Sues for 20000 Damages at Filtration Plant
Will iam Salzman sues the Sand Filtration Corporation of America for $20,000 alleging a January 9 accident at the new filtration plant near the Soldiers Home left him with a broken leg and permanent nervous impairment. Attorney Conrad H. Syme represents the plaintiff, charging the firm failed to warn him of the unsafe condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Filtration Corporation
Sand Filtration Corporation of America
William Salzman
Conrad H. Syme
Soldiers
Remarriage Effect in Ohio Widow’s Estate Provisions
A Muskingum county probate filing details H N T Harris’s 1905 will placing estate in trust for widow and children with income to widow during widowhood and to revert to children if she remarries. An exemplified copy of the 1905 will of Francis Moore names widow Eudora Moore as executrix and provisions divide estate among Robert L Moore Olive Moore and Lizale Moore Border if remarriage occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.N. T. Harris
Virginia
Eudora Moore
Robert L Moore
Olive Moore
Lizale Moore
Baum Wins $250 Verdict Against Hutchins Over Party Wall Damage
William Baum obtained a judgment for 250 dollars in Circuit Court No 1 against Stilson Hutchins. Baum claimed Hutchins tore down shared party wall adjoining 1231 and 1233 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to build present structures, damaging Baum's property estimated at 3000 dollars. Leon Tobriner represented Baum. Brandenburg and Brandenburg appeared for Hutchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baum
Cirurt
Stilson Hutchins
Hutchins
Pennsylvania Avenue
Baum
Leon Tobriner
Brandenburg
Hutching
Five Years For Theft In Baltimore and Ohio Rail Car
Justice Wright in Criminal Court No 1 yesterday sentenced William Gordon, convicted of larceny, to five years in the penitentiary. The indictment says Gordon broke into a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car on the outskirts of the hand stole was located in an alley in South Washington, displaying a quantity of ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio
Justice Wright
William Gordon
Gordon
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Washington
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Manly
Maryland
Bostani
School Chhildren
Will al
Bucklen
Bertie
John Worne
Eva
Hfe
Farboroughs
Lfe
Thurboroughs
Tle
Academy
Wagner
Maude Northam
Maude
Eve
Maude Noreham
Lord Daren
Creegey
Bere
Joseph
Mowlta
Mammoth Cave
Circuit Court NO 2
Clabaugh
Arnold Ye Booth
Lester & Price
Mugese A Jones Meloy Va Meloy
Tucker & Kenyon
John Ridout
Motone
Oberlin
Palmer
Cole & Donaldson
White
Rosa Ys Robbtha
Warren & Ridout
American Security and Trust Company
Hamilton & Browne—Boh Thomas
National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Washington Loan and Trust Company Vz
Meetze Ve
Attorneva
Thompsbn & Laskey
E H Thomas
H. P. Blair
Waeggamen
White & Mattingly
Brandenburg & Brandenbirs
Tendery
Charles H. Bax W
Henry I. Quinn
Churee Brennan
Tare Albert ¥. Wood
Willtess
Wood Guardian
Bond
J. B. Ayther
John Lewis Smith
William Nelson
Anzie B Nelson
George ©. Gertman
Catherine McGuinn
Henry J. Plair
Attornaye
Biaid & Tow
Thomas T. Crittenden
Gordon & Gordon
George H. Hoberts
Colé & Duhaldaon
Dleanore Batalfe
Francie H. Moore
Will Fied
Laura M. Fotterstel
Hell
Harry H. Hollander
Hatton
N. T. Hartin
Aled
W EK Quinter
Preston Wilamaon
Edward Landvoigt
Liberty
Wright
George Brennan
George Miera
Burale
Ma.ee
Pronidin Brooke
Munich
National Capital Brewing Co
Pines
Newcorn & Green, Pepe Subuday
F Street
Washington Brewery Co
Sthaw FN
R. P. Andrews Paper Co
le. Ava
H.W
D St. Co
Home Savings Bank
Itiehe
Cook Remedy Co
Masons Temple
Eaieage
Tse
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