Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-18
District Government Affairs.

Inc DlStrlct commissioners are In receipt OF
communication from the building committee
Of the school trustees. ineloSing a note from
superintendent J. o. Wilson in relation TO the
Inadequate ventilation facilities in the new
school building now being erected on = street
and suggesting that Il be remedied while it can
be done without much trouble and expense.
THE LIQUOR LICENSE BOARD
met TO DAY and received two new applications.
They approved applications OF +. ID Wright
August Doeher. Bernard Berens. Rudolph
BliefuS. Frederick Aizel and CaSSiner Myers
The application OF Thomas Jones No. l235 llCh
street southeast was utsapproyed on the report
OF the police.
THE NUCLEUS OF A GENERAL HOSPITAL.
The District Commissioners this morning re-
ceiN cd note from Thomas j. DuranL esq, en-
closing copy OF a joint resolution authorizing
The Board or Trustees or the National Soldiers
and sailors Hcme TO transfer all the property,
real. personal and mixed OF that home 70 the
Con.mlssioDers OF the District, To be 10y them
and their SUCCESSORS In Office held IN trust for
the purpose or establishing and malntaiaing ia
the District or Columbia a general hospital FOR
both sexes, without distinction or origin. said
Sailors and Soldiers Home having fully SUBJ
served The purposes for Which it was ogigi ated.
and there being now no orphans OF soldiers and
sailors, &c. &c, and authorizing board or
managers or the hospital, TO consist or twelve
persons. one half 10 be practlclng physicians.
and the olher half Iesidents, not belonging 10 the
medical faculty. &c. The Commissioners ac-
knowledged the receipt of the note am resolu-
tons, and expressed their entire satisfaction
with the plan proposed.
DEATH OF GEN. ZEuIN.-Brig. cen. Jacob
Zeilin, of the L. s. marine corps, died iu this
city this morning after lingering illness. The
funeral will take place saturday at noon.
TEE LIQUOR DEALERS Protective AssocIa-
T1oN net yesterday afternoon, Frank Hume,
advisory board. reported that the board hal
waited upon the District Commissioners ana
made a full statement The chair said the IL
cense board was not acting in fair and Impair
tial manner but was throwing needless dif-
hcultieS in the way of applicants for license.
The commissioners had assured the advisory
board that they had no intention TO stretch the
law contrary 10 its intent, but wishe1 To do
full justice They desired that the griev-
ances OF the association be put 10 writing and
MI. Hihe, attorney for the association, had
prepared letter setting forth the grievances
In reply TO question, the president said that
the advisory board had determined, where
member has complied with the law and has
gotten the requisite number OF signatures Of
residents and property holders. this association
shall see that those men have their rights IAp
plause-l Mr.. Bartholomew, on Pennsylvania
avenue, betH cen 1st and % streets, said he had
not the requisite number OF signers. The chair
If you are short OF signers We win aid you TO
get them, but We can only stand up for those
who have complied with the law" Mr.. Bartho-
lemew said that he went TO man. asked him
to sign. and that he offered to Sgn for 500. Ten
dollars were offered him. bit he refused TO sign
for less than sl,0. Mr.. b. thought that where
such men refused it should be counted as IN
they had signed. Applause Mr.. Scott urged
that some steps be taken 10 prevent Mr.. Emery
from usurping the whole power OF the Wash
iDgton Market Company and using ft
against the granting OF license. Mr.. E. b.
Aoner sald that licenses had beea re
fused because the application was not signed by
men WHO had been dead ten years. The books
OF the District had not been posted for years,
and property was listed In the names or dead
men. The chair showed list OF forty names
given by the license board TO an applicant as
those whose signatures would be required be-
fore he could obtain license. Ten or twelve
were dead and some or the Others had ce 2sed
business In that neighboIhood several years
ago. The attention or the Commissioners would
be called TO such cases.