Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01

gaming Inc jury disagreed anu "efe
! There was added one more noted trial
| to the already long list OF celebrated
cases in Criminal Court No. L. Mrs. An
ME M. Bradley was tried in the historic
courtroom for the alleged murder OF
former Senator Arthur NJ. Brown Of
Utah. Who she said although the father
OF two OF her children. had refused to
marry her and give them name. In
sanity was Mrs. Bradley's defense. The
jury rendered a verdict of not guilty
The last case of general interest to be
! tried was that Of manslaughter against
Henry II. Hildebrand. Frank F. Hoff-
meier. Ira c. Mcclellan and Ralph Rutter.
| who were in charge Of train No. 2120 De-
| cember 90, 1906. when 1t was in collision
with train No. Go at Terra Gotta. result
| ing In the death Of forty-three persons.
| The jury. after celebrating nineteen
| hours, acquitted the defendants.
| As a result Of The Stars fight against
gambling. Eugene c. Wilson is awaiting
| trial, under bond. for misunderstanding
and Frank Kane. Thornton Chesley. T.
| Browning Spence. Percy Wade. Jesse II.
Hedges and Allison C. Jenkins are also
awaiting trial charged with violating the
gaming laws in setting up what are COM
J monty known as bucket shops"
| Other items OF interest decided during
the past year or now pending for deter
mination in the courts include the sale of
Analostan Island and the Three Sisters in
the Potomac river; the application Of the
Georgetown Gas Light Company and the
Washington Gas Light Company for per-
| mission to increase their capitalization;
the petition OF the United States for
receiver for the Capuzaya Mining Com
| pany and the proceedings recently fnsti-
| tuted against Secretary Cortelyou to pre-
vent the issuance OF the Panama canal
bonds to certain persons and banks in
| pursuance OF allotments which had been
announced.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany was named defendant in a number
Of suits growing out Of the Terra Gotta
disaster, aggregating 100000. No case
has been tried before jury, but nearly
all have been compromised. 1t Is stated
that almost 100000 has been paid out by
the company in settlement Of claims OF
wreck victims and their heirs. An at
tempt was made by two taxpayers to pre-
! vent the civil service commission from
holding examinations at the request of
the District Commissioners: An injunc-
| ton was denied and an appeal noted,
which is now pending. The District Com
misioners entered suit against both the
local gas companies to enforce a provi-
sion for a penalty for alleged failure to
| furnish gas of the requisite purity and
candlepower. The case is awaiting its
! turn on the calendar.
! The District Supreme Court sustained
the right OF the judges to name the board
| of education and denied its Jurisdiction to
review the action OF the board in remov-
ing. after trial. Francis l.. Cardozo. col
| ored. supervising principal. whose REIN
| statement from a discharge before trial
the court has ordered. After his REIN
statement on mandamus Cardozo was
| given a trial and dismissed. Mary E.
| Nalle, a colored teacher, vino had been
deposed. sought reinstatement through a
| petition for mandamus. The writ was re-
fused and Miss NAlle Is now prosecuting
an appeal.
Death invaded the District Court Of APP
To- ,t~or
Associate Justice Louis K. McComas after
q brief term OF service on the appellate
| bench. The justices of the Court Of APP
peals and Of the District Supreme Court.
as well as number Of the members OF
the local bar accompanied the remains
| of Justice McComas to Hagerstown Md.
where the interment took place Me-
mortal services were recently held and
| resolutions of regret and sorrow adopted
and ordered spread on the records Of all
the District courts. The President APP
pointed. former Assistant Attorney GEN.
eral Josiah A. Van Orsdel to succeed
Justice McComas. and he was sworn in
December 10. There has been no other
change in the personnel Of the Appellate
Court or Of the District Supreme Court.
| The grim reaper also caused a vacancy
in the office OF the clerk Of the District
Supreme Court in the demise Of Frank
l.. Williams, an assistant clerk. James
! A. c. Palmer was appointed to fill the
| vacancy.
Lewis l. o'Neal, Justice of the peace
died during the year, and the President
appointed George c. Aukam his successor.
The only change of the stan OF United
States Attorney Baker was the resgrla-
| ton of his private secretary, Rudolph H.
Yeatman to enter upon the practice OF
| law and the appointment of Kemp Ed
monston in his place. The appointment
| vacancy In the personnel OF the office OF
| the United States marshal c. R. Sher-
wood. deputy, was made disbursing
| onicer to succeed Mr.. Palmer.
The year just passed witnessed the in
stallation OF two electric passenger ele-
vators in the city hall and the complete
change in the equipment Of the office of
the clerk OF the court. metal file cases.
the old wooden furnishings. This latter
Of $25, 600.
The report Of the register of wills for
the past year shows:
Wills filed, 562; accounts stated. 1.17s;
applications for letters testamentary or
of administration and Of collection, S13;
applications for letters Of guardianship.
157; pages OF typewriting, 49, 29; pages re-
corded in the records by book typewriters.
7.311; appraisements, e3s: bondsmen &C,
cepted as sureties, 1.052: bonds taken
and approved by court, s57: letters is
sued to executors. administrators. col
lectors and guardians, 967.
number Of papers filed for record with
the recorder of deeds. Excluding in
corporation papers and reports of cor
porations. there were filed last year
2O.747 papers. as compared with 21,3O9
the previous year. a decrease Of $50. OF
this loss 431 Is credited to the month Of
December. The certificates Of incorpora-
tions filed during the year amount to 701
as compared with 1.163 during 1906.
| -, The largest gain in business in the
office Of John r. Young. clerk of the
court for the past year, Is in the matter
| of lawsuits fled. The past year shows
record Of 1886 as compared with S24
| in 1906. There were filed 76O equity
suits last year. while 853 were filed in
1906. Marriage licenses to the number
Of 1850 were issued. as compared with
| 1905 in 1906.
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