Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-08
Bi~srscs Government Affair.".

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Vice President Solomons OF the night lodging
house. reports to the Comm sioners OF the District
tlat duriag the month OF Fcoruary their beds have
been occupied by go persons. averaging q night
MonhSn ana chl,drea, ss' colored, IS: married. a.;
single, 5i2; unable 10 read and write ~: nuInb.r
oi meals served 70 REGULAR dodgers, Iisa While
there are a great number ef persons who come
during the day Tor meals and sle,p elsew here no
person is refused. and they set an they can cal or
good, substantial food1providing they are
not known TO be unworthy OF asSistance
The dodgers were :-Amercans 3ss: Irish, IS: Ger
mans, ~; English, Is; French. -; Italians. Il;
oanaoians. 81; Scotch, :; ana Swiss, = The treas
ucer. John T. Mitchell. has received donations
from Mrs. Professor Baird, $40; from lady, 500:
William Gait, $40; a lady, so: a lady, s.; a lady.
SIC; John W. Drew, mcGigines
WERE ALL THE SIGNATURES FoRGEp,-Ine hear
ing IN The case OF Bradley ct al aet. ". VI. Gait
action against a surety on an appeal bond-wss
resumed IN the Circuit Court this morning. and
claims that his signature il a forgery. and saxs
that he has no recollection OF ever having signed
.he pond In question, and admits that the sigma
tnfe Is so much Ike his own that IL could b. passi
on him In the course OF business MessrS Iieweft
ana Mcdowell, whose names appear on the bond
also TESTIFY that they never signed the bond nor
aid they remember the Circumstances attending
the signing or IL.
After recess the plaintiffs announced that they
would take non-suit In this case and would az
once institute new suit In different form.
TROUBLE ABOUT CENSUS OFFICE CERTIFICATES -
Mr.o.t L. Reiheeke, city editor OF the Washington
Journal, and lately clerk in the Census bureau,
OF enhrzzllng s. from Jacob !. DE Forrest who
stated That he and Mr.. Reiaecke were clerks in
me census Office together and he bought two OF
the deitndtnts certificates for his monthly salary
and as the broker holding these certificates cannot
be paid by the government until the LIST OF April,
10 laclItate business he (witnes) gave the certtn-
cafes 10 The defendant yesterday 20 collect for him
anu ne collected the amount named in the certin-
cates ana retained s.. The defendant took the
stand ana stated that he sold the certificates for
his pay for the months or october and November
70 MI DE Forrest at a discount Of ten per cent on
fl.7 A. val nnHNf8
ued al these contracts between brokers and Gen.
SuS Office clerks, where more than 10 per cent ner
anhum Is paid, as Void and provides that only ten
per cent per annum Is allowed the brokers and az
witness certificates were discounted AT ten per
cent on the face value ne was entitled In a draw
BACK, and more than he retained, and he Intended
TO sue the broker for the rest Mr. Moore the
prosecuting attorney, said that these being the
lacls, he did not think he could sustain the
charge The court said he would suspend tudg-
1nent IN the case and examine IL and take the
defendants personal bonds.
ARRESTS UNDER THE LICENSE Lsws-Mr Ran.
special license agent, to-day swore out warrants
against Il. w. iddings and J. J. DE Forrest, both
department clerks. charging them with doing the
business OF broker without license. IL Is charged
S , these men have been loaning money TO other
clerks at eNorbitant rates.
Mr.. RaT arrested L. B. Hadley. book agent to-
day for selling books in the District buildings
"ithout license. hadley paid his license OF $40
The GARFIELD Observation-Disclosures TO the
Garfield Memorial Hospital have been received by
treasurer Gilnllan as follows: o. NJ. Spencer, Il. s.
consul, Melbourne, $50; j. A. Common, postmaster
NarnViiie, :. g.. $5.15: Jack Rohrhach postmaster
Sunbury, Pa. {additionaD, SO; n. II. Simms. Law
renceburg, Tenn, S.: Sixth Presbyterian church.
Albany, N L., S.; n. Vernon. postmaster Co,pers-
Willie, Miss, 81; J. L. Tircuit, postmaster New
IeXas, La, s.; Thomas Numbers. G. A. Il. Post ss
Harrisburg, IS; African NJ r. church, Greenyille
: G., Sl.25; New York Avenue Presbyterian church.
Washington ladditonaB, soc.
THE REWARD TO DIyIpED-The reward OF
$500 offered 10y the commissioner OF Internal rev.
enue some time ago for the arrest in New York OF
Ernest A. Toinalin, deputy collector OF Chicago
VINO IL was alleged had disappeared with 5000 of
government money, has been claimed by both \.
NJ Shfeeye. OF Chicago, and Deputy Marshal Bern
nara, OF New York. 1T appears that Bernhard was
Tue msn who made the arrest and ShreeVe Iur-
HlSned valuable Information as 10 the movements
ana whereabouts OF the captured man. It Was at
hfSt decided To give the reward 10 Shreeve, but
upon later Information received at the Internal
revenue bureau. IL Will be decided TO make an
equitable division OF the amount
The CouNTERFEITER DoyLE.-Chief Brooks of the
Secret Service, and Mr.. Geo. W. CASTELAR,, chief
engraver OF the Bureau OF Printing have
gone to Chicago TO attend the trial OF JAS b DOYLE
which Is set Tor the 10th inst the former as Wit
ness ana the latter as an expert. Doyle VIII be
remembered as the noted counterfeiter upon whom
TWO hundred and four 81 900 counterfeit bonds
were found. He was tried last May and sentenced
Tor ten years, but owing to the Judges no; polling
The Jury, the sentence annUlip1