Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-31

Taxable Real Estate I'm the District.
CHANGES IN THE ESTIMATED VALUES By THE AS
| SCISSORS
Commissioner West attended a meeting OF the
| board OF assessors this morning by appointment,
with view OF ascertaining from them, as far as
possible, what would be the aggregate values or
real property in the District by the assessment in
progress Values OF Improvements are made by
estimate upon each structure, and upon the land
Gy the square foot Until each calculation is
plet"d. q work OF great labor to be performed by
the clerks In the assessors office between now and
be arrived at Blu, the board of assessors is com
posed OF Intelligent men, and according to their
opinion as expressed to the Commits ,oner tc-iay,
the aggregate value OF taxable property viii, by
their assessment, vary little from the assess
ment made i've years, ago. That some
| apparent, but an equilz ton of values shows
about the same total throughout the District. The
| county Is expected to remain unchanged in
amount GEORGETOWN proper Is reduce 81 500. 900,
the fourth di-trcs is increased 81 6o000o the nth
5 tbs thi ana nd e an of in - yaa
G0: ninth, $3.50 0]0 tenth, 81 800 coo; eleventh,
100000; twelfth, 100000.
THE PRESS NINE DEFEATED-The contest BE-
tween a niue Ct newspaper men and nine from
day for the benefit o. the telesrapher,' brother
hood. terminated In nine innings to tie surprise
thorties that the nine that first went to the bat
would never be put Ouf ana that the contest would
CONSIST Nv OF The VINO
| VIZ select II not numerous, were treated 70
game Of varied and thrilling interest AMI those
who remained to the end saw the fun number OF
oficiited pitcher for the singers, very fort
i,slmo at the start and rather planissmo towards
| the close. ami he contributed not little 10 this
result One OF the Singers, who occupied the
| catcher's position, placed an arrangement over his
face that looked like the half Of a bird cage and
| some thou .ht that this served to disconcert Mr..
sousa and caused the v;ri'lion in his 'movs-
| ment.' The two mines winch battieI for victory
follows. CDprlfiC-P1rp II
Lohr. 90 Morsell, 6: T.; Pugh, ri. Press-Doyle,
30. Trusdell. s s.; Bryan, T.: Douylas, c. T. De
Grlw, r.. The friends of the press nine who re-
press representatives were OF victory, recei, e bull
lctln, family from the field but did not credit
the reports received, which were file with ror
Was anotHer instance OF reports muliatei by
'scab' telegraphers In the last inning the press
nine began To roll up scores, an the members de-
clara'' that II the gamc could have been prolonged
| a few hours longer they would have won, the
Operates were getting tired. The score at the
| alton
nam Da"i station, OF West Washington. W rs
before the Police Court this morning en- three
| saultiag young colore, mar n .med John vile.
| for which he was tlnel Il or 10 lays. In the next
sault'n- Herb TT Lee brother o! the former COM
| pl1!nant. TIE other charge was an assault on
On 'ar Sl.id:nore, who pat the defendant under
arrest. Tie eff ,"r and his prisoner syoppai on
their wy to the stltiOnhou5e to let thu prisoner
| get money to put up for collateral. and when h.
| now. and would not go to the sttionhonse. A halt
| hours fight occurred, ana the officer Summoned a
man nlgn.d King TO his assistance, who in stead o.
assisting the 0iiiar assisted the prisoner. An ad-
dltional penalty OF $40 or 60 days was imposed on
tie de,endlnt In this case
| AN EIoPENgNr WHICH TERM1N ,TED H.pP1LY-
| The STAR, some days ago. mentioned that Mr.. w.
/ IN inf
ket, had left in the clerks oi,e at the City Hall
notice fOroddng the issuing OF arriage lie ,nse
| WHAT danger there was OF young MI. Hough ap-
p.arlng at court and A,n.nilng license in re-
transpire. but it was surmised that h must have
| shown some symptoms which had excited appre-
hension IN tn; plternai MIND. Love. however.
| notices s,Tved on the clerk OF the court train
wnich lett tie city We .terday bore away Mr..
Magruder IIou=h and the young lady, whose
| EARNS had captured him. They lett the train at
Rockville, wher" no notice had beea postot by the
eli CT NJ. Hough, forbiiiins the bans There a
wedding was he'll ana t:le couDie returned to this
| citS. The yonng lady'5 nam Is. Or was. Miss
Minnie o g WI, the yoansest daughter of MI.
X. hard ODJwl, OF 2l06 q street. Ihe couple went
ar once TO take possession OT fu-iliS'ei rooms on
Psnn,yivania avenue. List evening tie parents
li'iter AMI accepting the sitGltion received the
,rI MS Mr. lIouEh promised 10 pro'i1a E9usc
Tie Only o3j'rti, m mi'ie TO tile marriage by the
parents vas tie age OF the couple, both OF them
| Dein5 MINORS
| HELD TO ANSWER CHARGES OF HousEBRE AKING.-
neatly d:eo'ti Boy, named nil iioatrop, about
! sixteen years Old, ana a man, aomed Geo Macau-
ley. were In the i0ck at the Pol zee Court this morn
Ing. MDnirop Was charg Il VIII, hOusehrcaklng
AMI &c iuley was charged w 4 being an access5-
ry Henry RO5endale stated that he Is a tile cut
Ter. and his piece Was broken into Tie othcr dry
an robbie OF ten dozen files Some OF the proper
S soh y ti S c w: pAs SSS
When th7 robbery was comInitied. The shutter
was open,i by means o. a button hook III the
h aids Of Monirop VIZ entered and took the files
be also sta tl@t Macauley was not present, but
told them That If thy got the flies he could sell
OF The files for Maaauley. The court sent both
cases to the grand jury, under 5000 bonds.
DIvoRcED-To.iay Julse James. In the Equity
Court, IN ..;e decree OF divorce 10 the case o.
petition, filed in April last By Mr.. j. E. Norris st
tlrti tldt complainant (waose maiden name was
J.isiG 5 Gtddis) was married to defendant August
s6th, 1919, by Rev. A. r. Stuart, OF Christ church.
Georgetown. he under the name or William c.
TAYLOR ami she under the name OF Carrie j.
Inquiry, as her father was opposed to the mar
riag"; that he deserted her on the 4th OF April,
| marriage, but visited her at her fathers house
| She charges him with wllliul deserton and says
lha he Is now IN some of The western states. The
decree 1nn'lS the marriage and gives her the Gus
tody or her child May, now three years Old.
RESISTING AN OFFTcER.-Wm. Jones, q young
muIaito man, was IN the doc, ut the Police Court
| thi mornin g f1r asSaulting Policeman Hlilnan.
The Officer Stated that n put the prisoner under
arrest yesterday for disordery cOnluct, when he
resisted Violently AMI got into u baruer-s:Op and
tried to grab a razor \ fine OF SIS or Is dtys
was imposed IN the charge of assault ana sim!-
lar penalty was imposed in the charge OF disor-
derby conduct
The Courts.
EQUITY COuRT-Jud1e James
ROthrock agt Parker; restraining order dis
solved Reed agt. Reed ct al. exceptions to auli-
tors report ovcrruled and report affirmed. NJ