Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-13
THREE CENTS.
CITY NE S.

| DrArU or. r->rrEp STATES 0FFICER.--Ihe death
of Mr. John Hanou which occurred at his residence
on Courtland street on Saturday afternoon last will
he loarned with regret by large portion ot thls com
muuity. II was stricken down about ten days since
| with pneumonia and subsequently his disease as
Sumel typhoid form, and resulted fatally shofuN
| aorward. He was about siNty-iour years OF age.
| ana led life of considerable u=eluness. lie had
| long been member of the Baltimore bar. AT the
time Of his docease he held the position ol United
States Commissioner for this district, post he nat
| flied very acceptably for number OF years. HIS
| funeral will take place this afternoon IRON "rae"
! Church Commissioner Hanan was man OF great
| probity and highly esteemed by his brethren OF the
legal profession. His death will he announced TINS
morning i'll the several courts, and after their ad-
iournmcnt, meeting Of the bar will be held to give
expression to their feelings in relation to his decease
| A SUIT AGAINST GEy. WooL.-Tt is known to most
| Of our citizens that during the administration oil
| Major General John z. Wool as commander of the
| Middle Department. Eighth Army Corps, he caused
the arrest and imprisonment Of four citizens Of Bal-
| m orc in consequence, it is alleged, of public move
on, ougurated By them looking to his isecnsure and
ra,,o,-pI g command, because of the mismanage-
ment Of the Affairs, ~ ~ TT ~" So; -
the treatment of dislos -bor,os p piob Tbor,o,
arrested were A. D. Evans, l. ,,or TI,o,o no,tIo
Sewcll. Jr, and Thomas II. Cara, s,i.s acains >.
h'FH subsequently released instituteu ,ouu+ ~
'e"eIai (Sd W ool clalmng damages to the all. ms
I-Y'yoo' 0iilee that time the two last named pers,
nave withdrawn from the suit and if il now ,r
cHted by Messrs. Evans and Rich With; t,p,. p'ose
"eek "eneral Wool has been in the city in reotior
70 'hls matter but the case is yet ready for t,I
GRAND LARCESY.-Several days since q vou,r ma,
named William Il. Krebs. accompanied by a woman
entered the store of Messrs Cugle Sicliel A 90 on
Baltimore street. near Sharp, and purchased hill or
goods. Shortly after their departure n hoy of ;II
handkerchief valued Al $500, were missed On Fri.
uay last the salesman who had waited upon Kreh.
and his companion recognized the former pnon III,
street and approached him, when Krebs ran avay
me salesman gave chase, but the fellow eiuded him
Tor the time being. A warrant was, however. ,ro-
cured ana on Saturday last policeman Chambers an
Pf'hended hin. lie was taken before Justice John
son VINO regarded the evidence against him sufficient
% justify his detention to await the action of the
'fand Jury in the premises and he was accordingly
committed to Jail.
ALLEGED lNHUMANITY.-At a late hour on Satur-
day night last German woman named Liezebecb
appeared at the Middle Police Station having in her
possession an infant about month old which she
alleged she found lying naked and nearly frozen, in
the Centre market. The child was given into her
keeping to he cared for but during yesterday the
mother an Irish woman named Mary Moore having
learned where her child was, demanded it. and fail
ing to nave her demand complied with attacked the
German woman and recapturcd her offspring The
two women appeared before Justice Spicer last even
Ing each claiming the right to care for the little one
nut the Justice decided that the mother had right
to her own child and to prevent further abuse of IT,
ne committed her and her child to Jail for two
months.
ECEhf CoNITrrn.-J0soph Porter. who was ar
rested on Friday last charged with having entered
TIC chambers at the Fountain Hotel with felonious
intent and purpose, underwent further examina-
tion yesterday. when two guests one lady and tho
other gentleman, testified that they had discov-
cred the accused in their rooms at different times
and upon being Questioned he hastily departed, say
lng that he had made mistake in the number" Of
the room. As tn accused did not chance to be a
guest at the Hotel and consequently had no business
III the house the Justice failed TO perceive the mis-
'@hc, and sent Porter to Jail for court. skeleton
key was found upon the person of the accused and
bunch of trunk keys.
STONE BarrLEs.-For several SUNDAYS past 4 crowd
of boys from 10 to Is years of age have been dis
turhing the peace Of the residents Of the neighbor-
mood Of frisbys Woods, on the York turnpike, near
the city limits, by indulginG in stone fights" At
first they used sings, stones and clubs but finally ono
more daring than the rest took out a musket and
fired at his antagonists wounding two of them slight
ly. Yesterday Captain Mitchell detailed posse of
men TO break ~ their Sunday amusoment; and the
officers succeeded in catchng about a dozen of the
young scampS. They were released on bail to an
swer to the county authorities.
STEALING \ WATCH.-Ycsterday afternoon negro
boy about T. years Of age, named James Scott was
arrested upon the charge Of having stolen gold
watch and chain valued at Sll0 the property of ne
gro man named Tumberson, living at No. IS Chestnut
street. 1t was shown by testimony before the Jus
tce that the accused was seen in the house of the
complainant and upon being searched after his ar
rest the watch found upon his person. The
chain he had given to comrade named Elijah John
son, from whom it was recovered. The accused was
committed to await the action of the grand jury
A DISHONEST SERvAST.-Mary johnson, rolorod
alias Gains, before Justice johnson o., Saturday
upon warrant, charging her with having stolen n
SILK dress and muslin skirt, worth s. from Mrs. Pan
hne Cohen, Ol Harrison street. She had been en-
ployed in the family of Mrs Cohen as a servant
The Justice committed her for the action of the Grand
Jury 1t Is stated by the police that she has several
tunes hoen arrested on similar charges, and appears
To nave made practice Of hiring herself out with
view Of stealing.
RIoroUS.-L. Connolly. Pat Murphy and James
Clark, hackmen, CHANGED to meet at an early hour
yesterday morning near Monument Square, when an
alteration ensued relative to some work DONE which
resulted in triangular fight. The police, however,
and took them to the Middle Police Sta
ton. The Justice decided that they had not only
been riotous and dsordcry but had violated an ord
nance by having their hacks upon the stand on Sun
day, and fined them = each and costs in default Of
which they were sent to Jail.
ALARM or FrRE-An alarm of fire was given from
box 10, about noon yesterday caused by the partial
burning Of frame house occupied by a colored
family. at No. 70 Chesnut street. The fire was ex-
tinguished with but slight loss. second alarm
from the same box. sounded about > P. NJ
caused by the breaking out of the same fire. Loss
slight
For CovRr.-James Henrietta was arrested on
Saturday night upon the charge Of assaulting and
beating Edward Morris, and was committed to Jail
for Court.
Policeman Cubertson arrested jeremiah Shannon
charged with an assault upon VIM Mahon. He was
also committed for Court.
ROBBERY.-At a late hour on Friday night last
some adroit thief managed to gain access into the
wood and coal establishment of Messrs. Strauss &
Bro near the Broadway Ferry, and during the tenn
porary absence of the clerk, stole over 5000 in Bank
notes from the desk with which he made good his
escape.
SHOOTING AFFRAY.-About eight o'clock on Friday
night last an afray occurred at lager beer house
corner of Front and Plummer streets between Ed
ward Kcelan and Christopher Henrietta, two well
known characters. resulting in Keelan being shot in
retta was arrested and bailcd to answer at court
MIyIsTERI4L.-Rev. f.. B. Snyder, of Pittsburg
Pa, minstered to large congregation at the Exeter
street NJ. E. Church yesterday morning Mr. Snyder
was formerly pastor Of this charge and is held in
deseryedly high esteem for his excellent qualities as
a minister and gentleman.
SEVERE ASSAULT UPON A WoMAN.-A. c. Duff, a
member of IIancock's Veteran Corps, was arrested
on Saturday night, charged with having committed a
brutal and unprovoked assault upon young woman
named Sarah Gayler He was committed to Jail for
court.
IsMoDERATE DRIvING.-Thomas Gross, cOlored,
whilst driving at dashng rate along Baltimore street
yesterday, was suddenly stopped, and escorted bya
policeman before Justice Spicer, who imposed a fine
of s. and costs. In default thereof Thomas sent
to prison.
THEFT.-Francis Lee, colored, was arrested on Sat
urday by policeman Seibold charged with stealing
quantity of wearing apparel, valued at $50, from
Mrs S. Smith, No. Mccullough street. Justice Dry
den committed her for trial.
STATE AFFAIRS,
We CLEAN the following items from the Cumberland
Union:
The Coal TRADB,-The shipments Of Goa! from
Cumberland, via the Baltimore and ONO hallroad,
for the week ending Saturday, Nov 1, 1902 were as