Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-17

'otO pdi ioio ouu UciuIc OlutI Stlett auulenCeS.
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION.
The annual meeting OF the Mutual Fire In
surance Company OF the District was held at
Odd Fellows Hall this morning. There were
but few-nOt over twenty-five or thirty per-
sODs-present In comparison with the crowd Ia
dent Of the company, called the meeting to
order, and ajor NJ. N. Parker was called TO the
shair and MT r. j. = Petty appointed secretary
small number present as not indicating lack
OF interest, but as evidence that the members
were generally satisfied with the management.
J. w. Boteler) was presented read and adopted.
1t shows balance December 81. 1879. s., $40 81
Receipts: premium notes SIC. .55s. 10; interest Oh
loans. 81 so a; interest on bonds s.. .24e; rents
g. 46 &C., loans paid, sl6, ,54 IS; discount. OO0
total, sS5.259.74. Expenditures: repaid dis
count. $20,00d; investment loans, $2.l0O pur-
enase oo o. prop property g. soo losSes by rss
draXals and settlements, ss,s4I IS: paid in
ssS 2s9. a. The bond and loan account shows
collateral s25.010; real estate, 81, 600; and
during. the year. So, 1907. s7l. 100. Bonds held
December 81. 1850, SCI. .526; loans collateral,
total sil2,o4l 20 real estate, s4s'ooo@.sS 600 In
Marble building. The general statement OF
the managers shows: receipts, s51, ,'O3.64; ex-
oi penaitnIes, I xls ls, a.; balance TO credit OF
The following were appointed the commits.
sionerS to hold the election which closes at SIX
o'clock this afternoon, two polls being opened:
saunders, Il. w. Smith. A. l. Hutton. Ca
br!el Edmonston, c. +. Thompson. and T. w.
Murphy. The ticket being voted for managers
Samuel Norment, John Van Riswick. NJ. G.
Emery. James w. Barker, Jesse B. Wilson, E.
kurtZ johnson. Anton Eberly, George 7. Dear
scratch one name. write the number OF votes
you are entitled to on the back OF this ticket,
District Government Affairs.
Temporary repairs have recently been made
to the wooden sheds at the o street market, in
order that they may be tenantable until there
Is disposition OF that square for school or
Other purposes. The revenue from this market
Is quite large for its accommodations. and the
outlay for these repairs is almost imperative to
make them comfortable.
Lieut.. Kelly, OF the fifty police precinct, to take
charge OF the receipts OF the concert to be
given wednesday evening by the Potomac Boat
Club for the benefit OF the poor OF the District,
at the Congregational church.
DOCTOR RED SYN,
whose conspicuous outfit as seller OF patent
medicines Is well known about the District
gave certificate OF death OF colored child
patient OF his to its parents who presented it to
the health Office for burial permit, which GER
ufcate was not recognized. as Red Syn is not a
registered physician: This was communicated
by the parents to the doctor. who repaired to
the health Office this m pnlng and kicked up
quite Dreeze. In his anger he called the ON
Gers bad names, and said he didn't care conti-
Denfal cuss for the Office, as he was better
physician than any registered physician ever
dal ed to be. He got so much excited that he
was ordered to leave and an officer had TO be
called In TO eject him.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
The following applications for liquor licenses
have been dlsappr0ved by the District Commis-
ers:-Duny q Leannarder. corner PennsvlVa-
son, s1i 7th street; n Henry r. schornSorn' ms aIs
Ith street; Elizabeth Gerhold, 209 7th street; Il.
j. Trodden. 205 1th street; Barbara Vandereide
2lo 9Th street; John Scott, 2o6 9th street; Henry
Middleton. 9ls 9Th street; C. Horner, 2l4 9Th
street. and A. Nephuth, gig 9Th street the en-
doIsement put to these applications is as follows
ITO the TIE asu'er and Assessor, ID. c., disap-
Go. being requisite. under the opinion of the
attorney dated January 10. 1881, that the char.
ter OF the washington MARI ct Conn any declares
It to be the owner OF determinable fee in the
lease is for ninety.nine years This language
is that OF Congress and not mine. 1t cert ainly
makes the company an owner OF real estae
h6ense law, and it may permit or prevent the
granting OF license In given case"
Licences approved;-John Z: Sullivan, go 81
sylvania avenue; Daniel Sullivan. corner LIST
snd 81 streets n0rtheae1; G HOI1gaD, IA New
jersey avenue: j. w. Hoskins, Sheridan stree
John II. Buckly, 1907 20th street; j. II. Wood.
WARD, 9G7 n street southwest, and Herrick
Stubner, BladeDsburg road
John Highly killed his son-in-law, Park VII
eon, last THURSDAY night, at Winchester No..
because he was about TO marry again. his flrsf
vie having only recently died
Frank Walsh. Q burglar, sentenced to twenty
yea at Sing Sing prison, New York, attempted
10 cape on the ice Saturday and was shot
0eA1 by the guard
The Inited States steamer Dispatch made a
tIfal Of tpeed from Norfols, Va, up the bay,