Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-03-08
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The liquor license board to-day approved liquor
Leonard and Dennis F. Ready. % They 'V also dissp,
proved the following: Catherine O'Brien, Fred.
Atzel and p. II. Sheehy.
The residents or 4th street northwest, between
New YORK avenue and street, in a comnunica-
tlon to the Commissioners to-day, call attention TO
that street, and ask that something be done To
remedy Its condition TO make IL paSsable.
TIE SAFETY COMMISSION
appointed to examine and report the facilities
for exit in case OF panic from fire otherwise in
any OF the public buildings used for public as
semblies continued their Investigations Mon
day, going through and examining eighteen
churches in South Washington. Capitol Hill and
tue navy yard, which nearly completes the
been requested to examine the smithsonian buili-
Ing, CorcOran building and the hall used by the
Washington Light Infantry.
THE coRoNER's REPORT
Tor Fe0ruary or inqueStS and au;opsieS shows that
1oGty deaths were Investigated OF which thirty
four were from natural causes, one homicide, two
persons burned TO death. and one drowned. The
deaths OF the keeie listers registered being
caused by congestion of brain and stomach.
BUILDING PERMITS
issued 10y Inspector EntwfSle: Major G. A. Arms,
erect two three story DIV ellings, 10th. between q
and streets NV; sl0.CC0 j. +. Forsyth. erect
two story dwelling, NJ, between ID and Az streets
SW. $500. John Miller. erect nye two story dwell
llngs. Rhode Island avenue between 5th street
ana New Jersey avenue NV; $500. Dr. ChaS.
hauterburg, erect q three story dwelling 81, be-
tween and streets NV $4,000 Daniel Tooruey
erect a store house. l.. between 81 and AZ streets
sw.: $50 Miss Jefries, repair brick .l3S Penn
sylvia Mia NV; s@65
Reconstrasction OF the Jefferson school
KUittling.
CLEARING AWAY THE RUBBISH.
This morning the inspector OF buildings, Mr..
Entwisle, and Messrs. Henderson and Drane,
visited the ruins of jefferson school building for
the purpose of ascertaining what work Is needed
In order to clear the way for immediate recon-
structfon Mr. Entwise will put large force
Tomorrow morning, and ScaffOlding Will be
erected for the purpose OF tearing down the center
walls, now in dangerous condition. This will
enable the w0rkmen TO recover four fun sets OF
furniture now In the basement and some addi-
uonal desks and seats in other school rooms. now
covered with bricks, rafters ami such amount OF
rubbish as TO obscure them from view from the
outside. W0rkmcn Will also attempt to recover
such steam coils and other valuable materials
as can be used in the future. Meanwhile, the
furniture and materials will be properly housed
long brick shed with tin roof, which extends
about two hundred feet in the rear OF the building.
EiOPement Excitement i'm COlOred Cir.
Cles.
GOVERNMENT CLERK DESERTS HIS FAMILY AND
STARTS TO THE WEST INDIES WITH FEMALE
EMPLOTE OF THE PRINTING BUREAU.
There is some stir In upper-ten colored circles of
the District in consequence OF the reported eiope
ment last Friday afternoon of John N. Hawkes.
worth, a very bright-lOokfng colored man, who has
been clerk In the sixth auditors Office for some
years, with a Mrs. Hunter a mulatto woman, en-
ployed In the bureau OF engraving and printing.
HawkeswOrth resided with his family, a wife and
four children, On CorcOran street. near 10th street
northwest, and Mrs. Hunter lived in the neighb0r-
hood. 1t had been noticed by their friends that
when Mrs. Hunter started to the printing bureau
HawkeswOrth would join her, and walk with her
down town. II appears that HawkeSworth had
made his arrangements to return to Barbados,
from whence he came to this country,
and had been in correspondence with the
agents OF steamship line to the West
Indies for his passage. On Last Friday
he was In and out of his Office frequently, appear
ing to have something on his mind, and it is now
alleged that on that day and prior thereto he W
buSily engaged borrowing money from whoever
would lend him any. 1t Is estimated that he got
away with at least 81 500 borrowed funds. On Fri
sence, and clerk suppoSfng that he had left the
Office for the day directed the messenger to take IL
to HawkeSworths house. The messenger had,
however, barely left when HawkeswOrth returned.
and when he was informed OF the telegram he LETT
In hurry to secure the message before IL reached
bis home. AS stated above, the parties left last
Friday night. The brOther-in-law or HawkeSwOrth
Captain c. A. Fleetwood), who is also a victim to
the tune OF $500, was at the time absent from the
city, In Baltimore attending the funeral OF his
mother After the parties left a letter was re-
ceived here stating that the steamer in which
Hawkesworth had engaged passage would not sail
TIL Tuesday. This gave a clue to the deserted
wife, and she with Captain Fleetwood at once