Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-15
The Board of Health.


TELEGRAPH TO THE AsyLUM-As TO VITAL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TRA-DIrro GU
ANo-HoUsIs DECLARED TO BE NUIsANCBs.
AT the meeting of the Board of Health last
night, Professor LaDgston, from the committee
on ordinances, reported on the resolution rela-
tive to the transfer of the telegraph line aiding
from police headq arters to the Washington
Asylum, that in view OF the authority recently
conferred on the board by the Commissioners of
the District for the Issuance of all orders for the
interment of deceased paupers at the sSylum
grounds, the board has immediate use for said
telegraph line, and the committee recommend
that the resolution be laid on the table, and
that Geographic communication be at once re-
established between said points. Adopted.
Professor Langston, from the same committee,
reported that the committee had had q confer
ence with the coroner as to the regulations re-
garding vital statistics, and after examination
of the law defining his duty they had concluded
that the duty imposed by said regulation upon
the physicians to the poor be not Imposed upon
said coroner, but that the same be put under
the management and control of the health off,
Ger OF the board, and thac said Off Ger be direct
ed to detail Inspector w. ID. Stewart. as medical
sanitary Inspector, to such special or other
DUTY, relieving him for the time being from the
DUTY now performed by him. In order that the
service heretofore performed by DR.. Stewart be
properly attended to, the committee recommend
ployed and detailed to the performance of ser
vice in place of DR.. Stewart. Adopted.
The health officer submitted another commu-
me hns1. from Dr. b. Craig the chemist Of
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fer, microscopic and stating that the most i'm
portant point in IL is that it comprises the chem
lists opinion that there is good deal of dry
slaughter.hOuse refuse in fertilizers. He has
not finished with the teas. OF the thirteen sam
pies examined, one contained suspicious leaves.
Two or three of the green teas are heavily faced
with Prussian blue and China clay, and the
ashes OF some of the black, as well as g.een teas.
show chrome green, which Is quite a modern
form of adulteratiOn, the old fashion being
Prussian blue and gamboge, or some other veg
etable yellow. The Communication WAS refer
red to the sanitary committee.
The following were condemned as nuisances,
and the health officer ordered to abate them: A
frame house in Green's alley, etweeu Masss-
chusets avenue and l. and 18th and 18th streets,
owned by Jane Rollins, having leaky roof, no
water supply or fire protection, and being in a
hithy condition. The dilapidated frame build.
lngs Nos. 1925, % and so X street northwest,
owned by Edward Medler, being in q filthy ami
bad sanitary condition generally.
REPORTED OUTRAGE ON A CHILD BYA Ne
GRo-Arrest If the -fHeged Preparation ia hi,
CHy-On Thursday afternoon last au outrage
was perpetrated by co'ored man ma med Lubey
Oakley upon little white girl named Mary
Brown, living at Huntington, on the Baltimore
and Potomac railroad, whom he met on the
public highway in sight of the village. Tae
glri ran home and informed her father, who.
with neighbor, beth armed with pistols, chased
oakey TO the woods, where he concealed him
self To-day, about one O'Clock, Mr.. Joshua J.
Clark, residing at Huntington, discovered
and 9TH streets, and at once reported the facts
10 Ofhcer John j. German, who was near by.
W hen the officers started towards him Oakley
ran into Kennedy's hardware store. bat before
he could pass through German had him by the
collar and took him to the Police Court, where
the necessary papers were made out for his
committal to Jail to await requisition from the
Marylan authorities. He tells several stories
about the matter, but declares that he only held
the girl by the hand to ask her who her parents
were, and tn he had DO intention to OUTRAGE
her person. He is OF medium size, copper col
cred, and has several bare places on his heat
where the hair appears to have been shavsn Off.
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ANOTHER lNCENDIARY FIRg-Arrsst Of he
Alleged Barn BurRers.-The alarm of fire at
1.30 O'Clock this morning from box 80, was for
the discovery of fire in a barn belonging to Mr.
nj. Myers, on the sth street road opposite How
ard University. Owing to the scarcity of water
in that vicinity, the building, together with a
horse, COW, two sets of cart harness. thres sets
OF wagon harness, one cart, two tons of hay,
and about "a bushels of horse feed were de-
stroyed, altogether valued at Z 900. This was
the work or iDcendiaries, and about o'clock a
H., Officers Hetfner and Layton arrested Aleck
Williams and Joseph Jones, col9red. on sus-
picion of setting the barn on fire. They were
brought to the police headq uarters this morn
ing by Lieut.. NOonan and locked up. Both par
ties arrested had harness and other articles
in their possession taken from the barn. Lieut.
Noonan and his officers are following the case up
and have already found quite a quantity OF goods
supposed TO have been stolen, and some OF the
recent burglaries in that section have been
traced to these parties.