Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-24
British Tourists i'm Town.
DOING WASHINGTON m AnAy

day.
British Tourists in Town.
DOING WASHINGTON IN DAY.
"News? We have none here, except that busi-
ness is very dull" said the clerk at the Arlington
this morning 1--WE have been subssting for the
last three months almost entirely on British gold
The Arlington has the call on foreign trade but
this summer surpaSses everything in my eXpe-
rence for the number of English tourists who have
visited Washington. Why, for weeks we have
been entertaining high thirty and forty day,
counting those who come In the morning, take
lunch or dinner, get the letters awaiting them
here and proceed on their tour OF the states,' as
they say.
"Engiishmen delight in laughing at the Ameri-
cans for doing things In hurry" the clerk con-
unued. "and their papers make all sorts of fun OF
tourists nom this country who do England in a
week. But hundreds OF these English tourists are
this year beating the Americans at their own game
Of rush. AS have SAID, many OF them reach
Washington by morning train, drive about the
city, run through the White House and Capitol.
and are OF again at O'Clock, with the delusion
that they have seen the town. There has been a
large number OF this class OF tourists here this
year."
"What has caused this unusual rush of foreign
ers to this country this year," the reporter asked
"Well. the cholera on the continent has had
the meeting Of the British Scientific association at
Montreal We have had any quantity OF scientific
men among our foreign guests The other hotels
In town have also haQ great many BrttiSherS to
entertain all through the summer"
MARRIAGE LIcENsEs.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to
IgDacious Cole and Francis Jackson; Milo Holmes
and Florence R1dgely; Robert w. McKeon and
Regina Agnes Blair; Chas. John Ortef and Marga-
ret McCallum Thomas killigan and Mary E. Kane;
Harvey D. Pheatt. OF Milwaukee. Wis. and jose
phne E. Taylor; Joseph J. Barclay, OF Valley City,
Dakota, and Alice K. Willard.
DON'T BREAK OTHER PEOPLES WINDows-Wah
Sing is the proprietor of laundry at No. 1924 Penn
sylvania avenue, and s'Tom" Hurst was one OF his
clothes, anf1 while there got into dispute with
Wah about money matters. Tom claiming that he
had paid for his clothes, while Wah held an oppo-
site opinion. The latter refused to let Tom have
to pay. and, going on the outside, broke Wahs
windows with brick bats In the Police Court to-
day Tom was charged with the offense OF destroy
ing property which did not belong to him. He ad-
mtted the facts, but claimed that he was mot
guilty., because he had replaced the windows at his
own eX'ense. The court held differently, and Tom
was obliged to pay s10
JAILED FOR YEAR.-Charles Green, alias John
Thomas, the young cOlOred rough who struck eX-
Policeman Heneline In the head with brick. on
the 9Th OF this month, before Judge Smell this
morning. charged with simple assault Mr.. Heine-
line testified that he was in saloon on 9TH street,
when the defendant came in and got into trouble
fight Witness stopped Green from striking man
with a large stone. About five hours later he met
the prisoner, who spoke to him about the affair in
the morning and struck him in the head with a
witnesses testified to the facts as related by Mr.
Heineline. The defendant admitted striking Heine-
line, because the latter put his hand In his hip
pocket, as though to draw pistol. Mr.. Heineline
hip-pocket. The Judge sentenced Green to eleven
months and twenty whine days in tafl