Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-26
a Raid en- ..stove-pipe,, Houses.
AFrEALs TAkBE-wHAT CONSTITUTES sTovE-PII

AFPEALs TAkBE-wHAT CONSTITUTES sTovE-PIPE
OF BEER.
| Recently a committee OF licensed restaurant
keepers waited on the District Commissioners and
| ccmpiaincl that a class OF saloon keepers, who
! keep Th2J are known rs ''st0vs-pfpe' houses. are
running bIrrUoUls on wholesale LICENSES for which
| they pay only s2j, thereby making it hardship
on the regular retail dealers TO have to pity 500
! TO carry on the slrne business. The matter was
/ rs-errtd to License Agent Raft for inyes-
! tiration esnt~ that officer, In company with
! Policeman Carter, paid visit 20 some
OF these establishments and bought what is called
''-t.v s'ipe" glasses o: beer. Seaier Of Weights
a;.,t n &sur Snail was also present. and meos-
ga the beer and capacity OF the glasses. and cOa-
tod the glasses as they were al or capacity
| l,5e tn1n 2 n. About dozen Variants Were
sen - tats, II selling rqror In qua quant.tcs
l--ss thsn pint. several ofOthe cases were
st fO- trial IL the Police Court to-day
he s1..ie.' OF wei hts and UleaSuas had the
| c-s1tsefte1 eF glassrs and measures st court
tNs morning, To b. usej as evidence in TIE cases
The glasses We're set up In rows On one sido o. the
court rlofo, g.vinr the court room very much the
2ppearahos Of a9sT-r9om The first case called
~ stre.t ana 9iaTyiand avenue southwest
McssTs. Ii Il. c@Fter aud sfn1Il testified to buy
| IND three glasses of beer from the ic.eTf!ant.
Mi. Carter said taat after the beer had been de-
fYGre1 to him Mr.. Rebe BECAME suspicious that
he was an officer and tried to take the glass OF
beer from hua, when scufia ensuad. but he sue
ceeded in getting the glass. The glasSes or this
tablisll'lent were measured in the courtroom
IL
pint TIE court imposed fine OF SI05 or so days
An appeal WAS noted and bonds fixed at $500.
Henry Koch OF North Capitol and Boundary
streets, WIS chirged with keeping the same kind
| OF establishment, and counsel for the defendant
sdhaitted the same facts, rs were proven In thc
questions In me upper court The court gave
judgments in the sum OF s1G5 against the defend
ant M;S ana 6 apfeai was 81 noted ted
these establishments on Pennsylvania avenue
between 81 end AZ streets. The same facts were
1 hi,
for the DEFENDANT and asked to have the case dis
missed on tie ground that The glasses held nearly
st6vepipe glass could be sofa under 4 Whoies s
license, and there intent TO violate the law
shown. He also said that the glass was only
beer than water, because it can be piled on the
top OF the glass. The court said he would hold
dhat, aithoqgh It was custom to sell customers
paid for, the law makes no provision for customs,
anu this was good question for a jury, and he
noted.
J. Adam Roth, of North Carolina avenue and 9th
street, was taxed sos for the same otfense. An
John Casey was also taxed sos for keeping a
similar establishment ON sth street, near the
Joseph Bigelow, OF No. 5sa 9Th street southeast
ana Henry Sehge, OF No. 619 Pennsylvania avenue
and fined sos each. They also noted appeals.
Eugene C. Knight and Robert Barry were also
charged with keeping unlicensed bars, and their
w
This closed the business for to-day. but there
are several other similar cases to be tried.
SALE OF SToCKs.-Insurance, gas railroad
ana other reliable stocks will be sold at Duncan
sons auction rooms tomorrow at O'Clock. These
stocks are In some Of the most solid cOmDanieS
and present rare chance for Investment, being
readily converted into cash when buyers desire to
sell or borrow ON the same.
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.-At the adjourned meet
Ing OF the Sunday School Union, at the Calvary
Baptist church last evening, more than twenty
assigned for the evening, namely, 'sThe Superin-
tendent aud Teacher-their mutual relation was
discussed with readiness and evident interest w.
H. ii. Smith, superintendent OF the Western Pres
Dyterfan church school: j. +. CrOiSSant, superin-
tendenr or Hamline NJ. E. school, and L. A. La
Fcvre, OF the Congregational church school, opened
the discussion with brief speeches. A question
drawer Was then opened.
THE JURY BRIBERY CHARGES. - District Attor-
ney George b. CorkhIl, who has Just returned
from Visit 10 his friends in Iowa. said to O STAR
reporter to-day That in the investigation OF the
.ileged jury hiking which mad been commenced
during his absence, he intended to probe the mat
ter TO the bottom, and that everything in the
shape OF statement or circumstance tending to
throw light on the subject Is being and will be
examiner. III 1t Is ascertained that any one has
attempted 10 corruptly Influence the Jury they
yet the examination had not proceeded far enough
TO warrant the expression Of any opinion ON the
subject
MARRIAGE LICENSES have been issued to Lincoln
NJ. Chase and Marion s. Chsrt: John P Malonee
ana Blanche +. Foder both OF Laurel. Prince
george Co., Md; Andrew 4. Brown and Maria L.
Digs; Charles Miller and Eliza Norris: Lorenzo
Sparks and Emma Carpenter, both OF Madison
county, Va; James Nelson Swami and Martha
Ann JackfOn: ". j. Johnson and Emma RftTbt q.