Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-19
LOCAL News.
Condensed yocnls-

TIE street laynps will be lighted at SIS d.
m. and extir guished at 9i5 p. m.
shillipgton sends Godey's LGdy's Book for
November, bright number.
Thomas Curray, residing at No. 100 q
street, fell from house No. ZIG Delaware ave
nue., which he was painting yesterday after
Eocn, and was seriously injured.
Last evening there was a large attendance
al The Monday evening entertainment OF
Rev. DR.. and Mrs Newman at the parsonage
on street DIR. y. gave an interesting &C.
CONT OF China and its people"
Yesterday afternoon, the horse attached 20
the buggy OF Mr. Odell became frightened on
Ii street, between 18th and 18th streets north
west and ran away AZ the corner of 18th
was severely injured, and the horse was so
much cut about the legs as TO disable him.
Chief Justice Cartier on Saturday author
the f.ules Of Practice in the Supreme Court
OF The District of Columbia TO the senior
clsss Of the National University Law school,
Heretofore these rules were obtainable by
members Of the bar only.
NsssTs. Geo. NJ. oyster & Co. always keep
en- hand 8 large assortment of the best but
ter. including the celebrated "Glades," Phil
aoelf hia, pound and New York Butter; also,
fIesh ggs; al at the lowest market rates. AT
their stands In the Center, Northern Liberty
ard Eastern markets. See their advertise
ments.
u is acute rhematism from which Miss
Julia Mathews (who was announced TO play
AT Ford's Opera House this week. is suffer
ing IL attacked her almost Immediately on
her arrival in this country, and the Phila-
ceiphia (Tess says her physicians in that
city assured her that If she continued her
professional labOrs in her state OF health il
would be at her OVID risk.
Captain John r. Wood teiegraphs To the
President of the Inland and SeaoOard Coast
lng company, that the steamer John W.
Thompson left Philadelphia az $50 D. m. on
Monday. and expects TO arrive In Washing
ton To morrow, when she will be placed on
the Potomac river route between Washing
Ion and Cone rlver, stopping at all the i'm
pOTtant landings.
BOATING NoTEs.-It has been suggested
thar some sort of race take place during
The Interim OF the AnaiOsfan- Potomac and
AualoStan- Nassau races. White, of the An
alostars, is willing To meet any Of the PotO-
macs In a single scull race with the exception
OF IIUaX and Randall; and as there are plenty
of other good scullers in the Potomac club,
we hope to see at least one more race on next
weeks programme.
A telegram was received in Georgetown
asst night from the secretary of the Nassau
club; saying that they will not arrive here
until DeXt Monday morning. They will be
CHARTERED at the Union Hotel, Georgetown.
The committee Of arrangements of the Po-
,omae elnb met last night at the club rooms.
Morgan House, Georgetown. All the details
for the reception rendered the visiting Mas
sau club, Of New YORK, were arranged. Five
hundred Invitations were issued. Weber
will furnish the dancing music.
The trainers of both our home crews ex-
press themselves satisfied with their boys,
and are confident as 10 the result on the 18th
The Analostans are keer;n very quiet,
bot take IN al the bets that so freely
Offered, with odds. Both crews are in very
good trim. and who wins or losses there will
re m any full heart and pocket on next
MONDAY evening The friendly feeling that
has existed between the two climbs for some
time rast is most praisewOrthy. and IL is
hoped ard believed that the old back-b!ting
and petty jealousy will not be revived.
The Potomac she'll, "Sue Shepherd" will
lot be finished till next Friday or Saturday.
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ARREST OF AN ALLEGED MAIL RoBBER
Agf angFk.r
special agents of the Post Office department
succeeded in arrestiDg an alleged mail rob-
Der IN our city post Office. 1t seems that
money has been missed for some time past
between this Office and the northern aud
western offices, and il was difficult 10 de-
termine where the trouble was. These Off
GERS were designated 10 work up the case,
and last night they fixed upon John II.
Nichols, a reviewing clerk, as the depre-
dator. and took him into custody. and on
searehiDg him found the markell mOny. from
deeoy letter they had posted, in his pocket;
and sioekei him up in the Central guard
house. He declared that he had found the
money on the floor, but this was too thin a
story for Col. Henderson, who a short time
hefore had sealed il w in an envelope.
Nichols Is from Massachusetts, and has beeu
employed as clerk in the city post Office
about four years.
AT room TO day Nichols was taken before
Mr.. i. l.. johnson, United States Commits
siouer, and Mr.. A. G. Riddle appeared for
him and asked a postpOuement The COM
missioner set Thursday at O'Clock for the
specific charge is that he (Nichols) being an
tmploye OF the Post Office department, did
On or about the 18TH OF October. 1915. open
and rob letter Of its contents. (Si,) said let
Ter having been deposited in the post Office
AZ Washington. Toe punishment under the
statute Is imprisonment in the penitentisry
rom one To five years. Nichols has a wife
snc Two children who are low absent from
the city.
The ODD PILLOWS ExCURsroy-The
invitation of Loudon Lodge /. o. o. F.. OF
LeeebprR, 70 the mem bership of the order in
Alexandria and the District to visit the fair
at Leesburg on Thursday, will be accepted
BY from 4OO TO 600 members OF the order In the
District and over 100 from Alexandria. The
Wasb1ngton1ans will leave in q special train
from the Baltimore and Potomac railroad
depot at o'clock Thursday morning and
quite number Of ladies will go with Them
as also Twenty-Five pieces of the Marine
band. The uniformed encampment branch
will be represented by about 20 members
During the day there viii be a procession and
demonstration on the fair grounds, speaking
&c, and dinner at the Osborne house
The returning train will leave at O'Clock,
arriving here about O'Clock. The price of
round trip tickets has been fixed at Si.25.
WASHINGTON SEMINARY ASSOCIATION
An adjourned meeting OF the former students
OF GoDzaRa College was held at the old |
chapel room on + street, near 9th. last eve
ming. Mr.. Joseph Smith In the chair, and |
from the committee appointed todrart a con
stitution and bylaws, submitted a report, |
MhlcD- AFTER debate, was adopted. The con-
sutution provides that the name OF the or |
ganiZation shall he Z" The Old Washington
Seminary and Gonzaga College AssOcIa-
tion," and that all students of the college.
prior Tn lss5. shall be eligible to membershfo
The objects are mutual Improvement sociaI |
Intercourse, fraternity OF feeling, &C. |
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THE FORT FooTE HOMICIDE. L. Ken
Srick and Robert Rogers, charged with b.
ing The murderers of a man named Moore, |
some months ago, on the wharf at For, |
FoOte, and whom the authorities of Prince
Georges county decided were not within
their Jurisdiction, were brought here by the |
United States marshals on last Friday ami |
put In jail, but have not yet been brought |
before any court or United States commits
sioner for commitment. as the witnesses
have not yet arrived. They are expected |
here Wednesday. Cto-morrow,) when hear |
ing before United States Commissioner
Rogers will probably be had-Bolto. Ameri- |
coss, 10Th. |
AN ALANING INCIDENT occu rred ON the |
chesapeake and Ohio canal, about seven |
miles from Cumberland, yesterday after |
ICON. Paymaster Fawcett, accompanied by /
superintendent Mulvsney, was proceeding |
up tne canal, paying OF hands. They were |
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