National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-04-29
THE BREv1TY BASKET.
Filled with BRIEF Mention or Many Minor


Filled with Brief Mention or Many Minor
Events of Yesterday.
Martha Ward and Daisy Allen, two noto-
rious cOlored women, were before Judge Smell
in tho police court yesterday charged with
being Migrants and suspicious persons. An
officer testified that they had robbed a white
man who visited their den. The case went
over until tho white man could DO found.
The April term Of tho supreme court Of
this district began yesterday, with Chief
Justice Cartier and Justices Macarthur and
James on the bench. The calendar was called
and numbered 70 cases, of which A are equity
appeals, 20 law, 3 criminal aud 2 probate, and
as to the application Of the rules of the court.
In the police court yesterday morning the
case was dismissed against Thomas Hunter,
colored, arrested for setting fro to the Thy
son house, corner of Seventh and streets,
about IL o'clock Saturday night. lie had
dropped gold ring through the grating and
in lighting match to find it set fire to some
straw in the basement.
In the police court yesterday the case was
called of Joseph Roberts, aged To- and Frank
Monrote, aged IL, charged with robbng the
safe of Alfred Monrote of seventeen gold
Watches valued at 800. Roberts was ac-
copied as n government witness that MonrOte
perpetrated the robbery, and tho case was
sent to the grand jury; bail $1,000.
Maj. Dye has Issued a special order to the
police department. to the effect that IL is the
duty of the police to cooperate with the fire
department at fres in keeping the way clear
for the fremen and a careful watch over
property. Lines are to DO stretched at least
Il square from the fire to keep the crowd back,
and combustible roofs are to DO covered with
wet carpet
1t was not soldier who, while firing at
target in the arsenal grounds on Sunday, acct
dentally injured young man, but a citizen
named Bender, who was arrested by tho cor
poral of the guard and detained until the
police came. Corporal Drelerick says he
will be pleased to have the correction made,
las the soldiers ut tho barracks have better
sense than TO fire among concourse Of
people,"
certificate of the incorporation of the
German American Publishing company, for
tho purpose of printing and publishing Ger
man newspapers and periodicals, was yester.
day filed with the recorder. The capital
stock is fixed at 5000, divided into shares of
500 each. The trustees for the first year are
Curt Heinfelden, of the state of Illinois (;
Lewis w. Habercom, Werner Koch, and Ed
ward w. Koch, of this city.
The collection Of valuable oil paintings is
now open for inspection at Mr.. Walter Will
iamss salesrooms, 1901 Pennsylvania avenue.
1t contains choice works of art from the
private collection of the late Rembrandt
Peale, many of them that have been care
fully selected in the studios of distinguished
painters in Europe and America. This col
lection is we'll worthy of visit. The auc-
tion sales of these paintings will commence
next Wednesday night
A meeting Of the Band of Hope connected
with the Whitney Avenue Union mission
last Sunday evening was held in tho chapel.
Addresses were delivered by Judge Smell, B.
II. Warner, Mr.. Kellogg, of Troy, N Y, and
Mrs. Clara Roach president of the Womens
Christian Temperance union, of this city.
Especial emphasis was laid upon the rapidly
increasing number of pool rooms in this
city, which were pronounced the most vicious
places of resort afforded young school boys.