National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-28
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Liquor Licenses Approved-Quarterly Repor
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Liquor Licenses Approved-QuarterlyR Report
Of the Major.
At meeting of the Board of Police Com
m'ssioners held yesterday among other bust
ness transacted was the following:
Applications for liquor licenses were approved
for William Beckstein, Roe Eiscrbeiss, Au-
gust Douglass, John TrilliOg, Andrew Nep-
buth, Louis Scherk, agent, and D1yid Hagerty.
Referred to the Major and Superintendent:
Applications OF Wllli-m Vogelweyer, Lucas &
Van Sykes, John Fahrukoph, Thomas Hynes
and Thomas J. Sherwood.
Disapproved: Applications of Torrance A.
Duffey, jeremiah J. Brosuan, Nicholas DERRY,
Louis Pabst and Valentine Grass.
The complaints against privates George W.
NOkes and Jos. C. Dodge were dismissed.
The attention of the board having been
called to the death of one of its clerks since
its last meeting, the following was adopted:
Whereas the Board of Police Commits
sioners have learned with deep sorrow that
Bushrod NJ. Reed, appointed private on the
Metz opolitan police force of this District on its
organization september II, 1861, who was
promoted sergeant August II, 1862, to a
l:eutenancy July %, 1866, and to be captain
and inspector of the force August %, 1866,
and who has since worthily served as clerk in
Vi llllS pO-sIu II ScNCIdI Ilao
been called hence by an all-wise Providence;
therefore,
PHsolred, That the Board of Police Commits
s'oners, having lot a faithful officer, sympa-
thize with the widow, children and relatives
Of the deceased, who have lost an affectionate
husband, father and .riend, and as a mark of
respect for his memory it will adjourn to at
tend his funeral at O'Clock p. m. to-day; and
ReSolrcd, That as iurther mark of esteem
in which the character of sad deceased is
held, copy of the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be furnished his widow.
SUPERINTENDENT QUARTERLY REPORT.
The Major and Superintendent submitted his
report lor the quLter ending June SO, which
shows: Whole numbar of arrests, 3,2S5, of
which 2,542 were males, 543 females; 7,lS0
were married, 2105 were single; 2,190 could
read and write, ,095 corld not write. Ofenses
against the person, ,S45 males. 400 females.
Offenses against property, 500 males, 134
females. OF the cases reported the following
disposition was made-1 ,2S6 we're dismissed,
8 were turned over to he military, 275 were
sent to jail for court, ~ gave bail for court,
S53 were sent to the workhouse, So gave Sc
cuIity to keep the peace, % were sent to the
reIorm school, IL not disposed of, and in $50
cases various light punishmcnts were inflicted.
Fines were imposed in SGT ca-cs, amounting in
all to S7,611, as follows: In District of Co.
lumbia cases, 81, 100; in United States cases,
81 ,555; in District of Columbia cases appealed,
S2,64S; in United States cases, appealed, 5000.
Incidental duties Observation-Disclosures of desti-
tute persons furnished with lodgings, Ala;
lost children returned to parents, n; sick or
disabled persons assisted or taken to hospital,
2iS; horses, cattle CT vehicles fourd astray and
returned 70 owners, So; doors let open and
secured, So; fires attended, 81; persons found
dead, 8; accidents reported, 81; inquests at
tended, s; dead and abandoned infants found,
10: suicides, 2.