Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-19
District Government Affairs.

COMMISSIONER VESTS CONDITION
The condition OF District Comm .sslOner Yves has
room, but Will be out whenever the weather per.
| mits.
LIQUOR LICENSES
The Commissioners to-day approved liouor
licenses for Eugene Daley and H. j. Elwood.
TIE DEATH RATE IN THE DISTRICT
, during IN the week ending January ID, 1888, there
pla or this number 81 were white males, 16 white
females, l6 coored males and IS colored females,
Esng death rate Of IS g per LOCO per annum
Tor the colored population.
REPORT ON LICENSES
MT Henry Ran, assistant inspector OF licenses,
has made report to District Assessor Dodge
showing the number OF cases tried In the Police
Court, made by him, with the amounts OF fines,
unlicensed bars with s. sa5 fines collected 10 real
estate agents. 1925 collected; commercial agents.
500 SSiissssdj 10 brokers sss collected
liquor Dealers $780, paGsoros ssGs
Is restaurant eating houses $780, hotels, si75; Ii
stables $3.50 II junk stores, $40: % billiard and
oagatele saloons $780, IL apothecares. s4s; 2
auctioneers, $500; commercial broker, $40; gift
enterprise, 500; making total OF SIS lis addition
to the revenues OF the District For many years
consequence OF which the District and tie old corr
noraton IN It's time lost many thousands OF dollars
Of received BY mr. Ran
servfce, and the Commissioners now have the mat
yer OF promoting this onlcer in consideration,
with the hope or continuing the service In ener.
getic hands
TIE WoNAN's LABOR LEAGuE.-At the meeting
OF the Woman's Labor League last evening" resoe
lutions were adopted calling upon the proper
larger appropriation tor the benet of tie indiSent
OF the District, declaring the INDECENT females
entitled to equal BENEFITS from the public funds
sioner Morgan for words OF sympathy. and ex.
pressing the hope that he would be retained In hts
presented at the coming exposition at Amsterdam.
a H0liand; Representative Murch, OF Maine. ad-
Mes sne and were also made
a statement about the salaries paid female
teachers In different cities
T HE DEATH OF W. S. BUCHLY-Mr. William 8.
Buc bly,, son OF and successor in business to the
s s0usn SHE Ss
streets. ::ded this morning little after 6
1e,9sk' sH Of after about
OF age and leards a wife and three children.
=, M Buchiy was member of Lafayette Lodge, No.
Masons. Columbia Lodge OF Odd Fellows. Masonic
Relief Assoc alton, and the Elks. He had many
friends In this community, who will be panied to
ANOTHER ALLEGED ATTEMPTED OCTRAGE-Mrs.
swore out warrant at the Police Court this
m ornlng, chargingr John HOllynath, her cousin,
With attempting tdodtrage her.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A
DIsAsTERTThe verdict OF the coroner's jury at
Troy, n. Y, holds the Troy and Boston railroad
company. Us officials and employees severaly re-
Melrose at noon on the 10Th ult, when one freight
Tram ran into another that had been signalled to
stop to allow passenger train to pass. Warrants
Tor the arrest OF Superintendent Crandau and
the other persons eliminated by the jury will be
issued.
NOT SMALI-PoK-Two cases OF smallpox were
reported yesterday in Gould'S alley, but iI turned
out 10 be q false report There Is no small pox in
the city other than the one case TN the small
pox hospital.
FIRE IN GEN. MCKERvRR's HoUsE-A slight fire
0rlglnate1 In the chimney at the residence OF Gen.
Mckeever, No. 1903 H street, shortly before two
O'Clock this afternoon. An alarm was turned in
but the services OF the fire department were not
needed, as the servants succeeded In ext1nguishng
tie 0ro
RANGE OF THE THERNoMETER-The following
were the readings at the office OF the chief signal
s20o. Maximum, S42o; minimum, 2aSo.