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pioyed In such shop shall instantly cease worE
Several amendments 10 the constitution aud
bylaws wrre offered, but without action the
meeting adjourned. =
LARcENT OF HORSE AND BUeer.-Anou:
o'cIcck last evening, Major James A. Han
Of the Maine Light Aruilerv, eommsuding
Csmp Barry, lett his horse and buggy tied 10 q
pest at The CORE OF I2sh and X streets, and on
ctmihe ONT OF the bouss shout half an hour a.
terwards it vas gone wator Hall Immediately
left word At the Second Ward ss,tion. aud A.
oflieers BarRsly and Hawes were going nom
The station about o'clock this morning tney
>sa" TWO persons driving buggy in,o the INN
Ger yard of }. h. Ward, at the corner OF Ieth
street and the canal. Their suspicious wsr,,
q. ans once sronssa, and they wPnt into the yard,
horse and left, but the officers hid b,hind plie
OF lumber to watch for whoever should come
a1trr 10; In few minutes q ooIored man
bitnhrs ah ,bs ha Robinson came up, aud was nm
him, and asked him what he was doing Win
it, when be replied that mar across tbe strset
NAG seht nlm Ior IL. The officer started across
win the prisoner. but the latter broke avav
and ran through the yard and across the csn:I'
jumping in and wading. Both ofYicers an .sreS
into the chase, and after considerable dodeine
the prisoner was grabbed by officer Sullivan.
who had been called by the other oficsrs.
During the chase officers Barkley and Howee
fired several shots at him, and when the pri-
soner was taken to the station it was found rnat
he had three wounds-one in the right shorA.
der, one on the right side, and one back Of his
head-but officers Newman and Joyce, who
were eaaiea 10 TINS morning, pronounce them
not OF serious character. There were two
bummers in the yard at the time, who state
mat the buggy was driven twice into the yard
by twomen; This morning, the caee was heard
by Justice Clayton, who committed Robinson
TO Jail for court.
DIVORCE CAsE.-Yesterday, Judge OlIu, sIt-
ing IN equity, made decree divorcing Anna
CHARLES +. LusbY. The decree gives the cRs-
tcdy of the infant Of the marriage to the mother.
and DEGREES that the respondent shall pay for
The petition filed on the 4th of April sets
forth that the parties were married on the 10th
OF january, 1902; that the issue OF said marriage
is one child; that about three months after safd
marriage the respondent deserted her, and has
failed to contribute to her support and alec
charges that he has been guilty of adulterous
The answer OF the respondent was filed Aprfl
21th, and he admits the marriage as charged.
and also that the child Is his; but says that the
marriage was hastily contracted, and that he
cannot live hapl iiy with the petitioner. As OK
the charge of adultery, whIls he admits that In
company with other men he has been in the
not to be blamed therefor more than other meu
similarly situated, and requires strict proof of
such adu1terOus acts.
The testimony taken before Commis siCuer
Brown was to the effect that the respondent
visited houses of ill repute, and appeared to be
on good terms with the inmates, but II was not
proved that he had committed adultery.
MIR. Joseph H. Bradley, jr., appeared for the
petitioner, and Mr.. w. T. FendalI for the re-
spondent.
BADLY BEATEN.-On Tuesday night, Michl
Burn o, gardener, who resides near q street
south and 1lth east, went to the ninth precinct
and stated that he had q difficulty with a man
who attempted to 60 into his wife's room, and
beat him with the butt Of gun, but did not
know whether he had killed him or not. Of-
ficer Duvall locked Burns in one Of the cells,
Walling went to Burns house, where they
found the man, who proved to be soldier
Gamed John johnson, belonging to the 69th
company OF the I'd battalion, Invalid Oorps,
stationed at Lincoln Hospital. When found
he was lying in pool Of blood perfectly sense
less, and had one eye entirely closed. with
a cut on the head. The officers removed him
able as possible, and this morning, although
very weak from the loss OF blood. he is able TO
con verse a little. He states that Burns as-
saulted him as he was passing the house with
out any provocation. Burns escaped during
the night by knocking OF q board Of the cell.
He is rather a desperate character, and q few
weeks since attacked his wife with pitchforR,
warrant was iss ued against him for this OF
fence, but the wife did not prosecute the case.
ARREST OF FDRsERTERs.-Tuesday night Of
ficers Pierce and Sprague arrested in two
houses on Massachusetts avenue, near Foursh
street east, privates Charles Wilson, alias Rich
and George M. Smith alias Slat,s, who are
now enlisted in Bakers Cavalry, having de.
serted from the First Rhode Island battery
Navy. They We're both delivered to the MILL
tary,