Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-11

, The Indian schools.
YAcTs FROM THE ANNUAL REPORTS
The report of s. C. Armstrong superintendent
of the Hampton (va) Industrial school, has been
submitted to Indian Commissioner Price. There
are now IS girls and 81 boys at school During the
year the workshop turned out IS sets OF harness,
1000 pairs brogan shoesand various other articles
and the girls department made all the BOYS
clothing. 1t is recommended that after six months
at school, as an incentive TO labor, students be
until the student leaves for home. A statement
Is appended showing that the school has received
the government, S35. 935. s.
NJ. C. Wilkinson, superintendent of the Forest
Grove (oregon) Indian training school has submit
| ted MS report. which shows the total number OF
students to be g. 81 boys and 81 girls. Attention
is directed to blacksmithing, shoemaking and car
penterlng departments, in first Of which Sl,03s
work was done, in second 1915, and In the third
| several outbildingS were erected and improve
| ments made to buildings standing In farming de-
| ment over 1000 acres were cultivated. yielding
over 1000 bushels vegetables and 10 tons OF hay,
beside other articles of farm produce. In the girls
department lis articles were manufactured The
course OF instruction is the as In common
schools, and the progress OF students reported as
satisfactory. On review OF the work of the school
| the superintendent say S I'm the direction OF the
| proper education of Indian woman lies hope Of
this and kindred schools"
| THE JUNIATA-The Navy department is in
| formed that the US S. Juniata left the New
York navy yard yesterday morning for an an
| CuOEdge Oh Ellis island, W1ere she VIII take IN
| her powder, &C., preparatory TO sailing on her
| cruise.
| ARMY ORDERs.-LieUt Col John c. Tidball is
ordered to be transferred from the 81 artillery
| the 1st artillery, and Lieut. Col Alexander Piper
from THa 1.-THE, the list artillery to the 81 artillery
21st infantry, is further extended four months on
account of sickness.
! SECRETARY FoLGER to-day stated to STAR re-
| porter chat he knew nothing whatever about Mr..
News reported resignation Upon inGurlng at
/ the White House the reporter was informed that
no information on the subject had been received
| there.
BRUTAL AssAuLTs.-James Wallace was in the
tolls at the Police Court to-day for assaultng an
| other young cOlored man, named John Lewis by
striking him in the mouth with large stone.
| Lewis showed the court a cut that EXTENDED from
| the corner of his mouth two inches back It was
sewed up. but presented CHASTITY appearance.
last night to see Ella Wallace, who used to live
with him, and he had a fight with her, and Jim
! Wallace struck him with a rock. The court i'm
! posed sentence of 60 days on the defendant.
| Lewis was then charged with asSaultlng the girl
Ella Wallace, and the testimony showed that this
was also brutal assault, and the court imposed
| like sentence in this case.
HACK RIDE AND THEN THE WoRKHoUsE.-Ralph
AoercroInDe was In the dock at the Police Court
this morning, charged with refusing to pay hack
! hire; hickman testified to his being employed
| by the defendant for four hours yesterday, and
that he refused TO pay. The court told the priso-
ner that IL he rode In hacks here he would have to
| pay for 1t, and he would have to pay the hackman
! 81 or go to the wOrkhouSe. Nothaving that much
| ready cash he was sent down.
| A FIRE ESCAPE ExHIBITIoN-About II O'clock
this morning Mr.. NJ. 2. Key, of Memphis, Tenn,
patentee of the incline plane fire escape, gave
exhibition Of his invention at the Mutual Fire In
Surance C0mpany'S building, opposite Ford'S
Opera House. Mr.. Key was the first to descend
into the movable canvas curtain, and landed
safely IN the street, smoking cigar all the while.
About fifty boys amused themselves by sliding
/ down the canvas It was the intention OF Mr..
Key to give an exhibition at 4:30 o'clock, as the
| people were coming out OF the Opera House, but
the theater people objected on account OF the ex-
element that might be caused among the au-
dlence, who did not know what was going on.
! RIVER TRADE.-Harbormaste Sutton reports ar
rivals at the river front to-day as follows :-Schrs
| Mary Amelia, Howard ogden and George and Mar
| tina, with cord wood to III. L. BScoe; schr J. H. d.
| Smo0t, cord wood to Clark & Given schr Rising
sun, cord wood to Geo, L. Sheriff; schr. Pocahon-
F. f, L. Moore, cord wood to S. Emery; schrs. w. E.
| Ward, Brewster, Annie Louise Minnie Gasken,
SSloops Sarah Jane, j. G. Heath. Fanny Maria,
oysters for market.
ELECTION OF OFFICERs.-The Washington Froebel
society met last Wednesday evening at the resi-
dence Of r. w. Fenwck, 1903 street, and on ac-
count OF some expressions of dissatisfaction on
account OF first election of officers all the officers
resigned, and the following were elected by bal
lot:-Mr Ropt w. Fenwick, president; Mr.. j. B.
ger, second vice president; Mrs. A. ii. Mohl, cor
responding secretary; Miss R. Nimmo, recording
snd MEMS Mr. ynmss Be- pip treasurer ways
Ger Ger, (ehairman, MI r S; Parks, Mr.: F.
sEsat,v Mr. H. F. Smith Mrs ~ Fora Ford;
j. b. Colegrove, Mrs. Sara A Spencer; entertain
ment committee, Mr.. j. B. COlegrOve (charman),
Mrs. I. ID. Lincoln, Mrs. Robert w Fenwick, Mrs
Dr. Charles Bittenger, Mrs. Anna B. OXdon; visit
Ing committee on free kindergarten, Mrs Sara
A. Spencer, Mrs. Slater and MISS Simpson; visiting
II X N Rnrfr apfan
ID. Lincoln and Miss Nimmo The society laid out
large amount or work for the coming season, |
AMI also authorized the corresponding secretary
TO send communication to the Educational Mes
SfIgei correcting some errors therein printed |
MrS. MOhl read very entertaining and inStruc-
tive paper on work to be done this season. Miss
Lille Mcbride opened the exercises with brilliant
piano solo.
TIE EQUITY COURT.-In the Equity Court, Judge
Hagner, to-day in the case of Stephenson agt
Ford, a sale was ordered; in Smith agt Smith, a
rule was issued on defendant; in Chase agt
Chase, leave was given Ida j. Chase to become
tain infants answer, and in Hickey agt. Hickey
guardian ad litem was appointed
District Government Affairs.
LIQUOR LICENSES
The District Commissioners today approved an
plcatlOnS Tor liquor licenses from Frank =. Burke,
John Gibbons, John Schumann Bernard BRYAN,
j. W. Blding, Edward Burns, w. j. FITZGERALD
Louis Gachet, g. w. harvey & Co., C. j. King,
Catharine Morgan, Thomas Mcmahon, James F.
MeGee, F. E. Miller VIM. II. Ryan. Peter P. Smith,
Henry Struttenger. Thomas j. Tr0ddeh, Thomas
Walsh. sapproved-Carolne L. Rock, Mathew
DarSch.
ROUGH BUBBLE PAYMENTS.
The commissioners, in response to communi-
cation OF Hon. William Strong and Others rela-
tive to the condit ion OF street. between 14th and
18th streets northwest, state that the amount OF
rough rubbe pavements in important places is
about $4,000 square yards and its replacement
would cost about 100000. The Commissioners
have heretofore refused to undertake any of this