Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-08-17
District Goye-ament Affairs.


Iue Commissioners nave retpIsoiuted James
taOseT, jafiitOr al the Lincoln school building
.siu!tIonal private of the AietrOpoiital police
bi>ifict ~ toiumnis', for three years, for duty
Al iii" school building ana vicinity. and have
:sisb appointed Thomas j. Dawson and WIN.
'aftieH - a4ditloiitt privttes oil the Metro
i]Dsltsin polio" lor three years Tor duty from
North CaPito. sheet Ia New Jersey avenue and
iTDin ii 10 4 streets northwest AL to serve
~.lAnut compensation therefor from the Dis
;rict -! Columbia
ESTIMATES EIE THE NEXT FISCAL YEAg.
Inc ihstrie; COMMISSIONERS are engaged in
~dfeS>iE - c'icd.;tr !" tIic heads oi the differ
-: departments al the District governineut
requesting each of them TO iGrnisii to the COM
i;iisS4Ghecs on or b"iCT" the IOti. prCxino an
Inmate OF the amount required for the sup
i~,rt "a LIS branch nf TIE District government
ar tue fiscal year ending June 81, 1SS..
BTILDING PERMITS
HIvc been issued 10y Inspector Entwisle as fol.
lows. P.:Hcy - Bradford. erect two ,hre.-storv
aud c;iscii'eitt iwel..aS,, etn, between and l.
strceis northwest; SS,uoo. j. ~ Kemp, erect a
tNs->tocy AMI cellar dwelling, loth between II
and streets Northeast: $500
MISCELLANEOUS.
NicEiESoH and granted him It pension of SIS
Irr iGo:th, To date from his retirement paw
able out oi the ''Iol.cciuen's fund"
Sir. VI - Thompson returns his thanks to
the Com fnIssioheFs ioT Ills appointment COM
iI.lssioner oi pharmacy, and that absence from
tine cay viii prevent him from qualifying at
present
Daring the past fiscal year the police made
-4:'-l arrests, AN excess of 100 oyer the pre-
-et!lns year.
In, Commissioners have approved "A recon-
tlicIIet,ttiOu OF Major Walker that hereafter all
PROMOTIONS OF pirate, the police force shall
oe made in the order Of their appointment.
i'TxSENTAfIoS.-The was a large Assem-
5!si-e at Israel Colored Methodist church Mon
Lay cNelInS To Witness = preset tatIOn OF past
grand SnlcLs jewel 10 passed Grand Chief
-ioaey W Herbert and passed chiefs re,alia
?" Passed Chief Samuel Brown and Mr. Glenn
,riwiprd Tie meeting was opened by the
Rev. IL Wii!i;ims after music by the choir
Mr.. lewis IL. Wayne. master of ceremonies, in
r"duceo. Passed Grand Chief BATHS, Of Virginia
no Delivered s.n Instructive address and con,
!adcd with = handsome eulOgy upon the lite
and character u: the Rev. Dr. Gibbons. An
.ddres, was made by Passed Grand Ch:ls. w
Herbert and Passed CLicf samuel Brown The
presentation was made 10y Passed Chief Bats
and NJ III. Robertson.
MANS RIGHT To SLEEP IN FRONT OF HIS
PKEAI>Fs--W illiAIn III. Callahan a yo,,ne man
was placed ON trial in the Police Court .o-(iay
charged li two cases with asSlultiuy officer
Kendaii anu Special Oificer Hopkins. Officer
hcndail teSt!1cd tnat he found Callahan asiecp
and when he went - arouse him h.. strlcIs WI
ness anu Kicked "a; the special officer when the
latter came To assist him. Waller aliahan
testified that his brother. the defendant worlled
IN hIs store and often sleeps in front OF the
store. Ihe Judge said that th,. ,.tfcers w.
right in aTOsISins the 10 take care OF him
and the young man was wrong in swearing an
and hzh.iuS the officers. IL was, however a
delicate timing ior al; officer to Interfere with
the rights OF c!;izens and he dtG not feel in
ciined 10 impose a fine 1he case was dis
missed.
RECENT ROBBERIES.-The house OF Mrs Ann
Cole 2lS street southeast. WAS entered last
night by burglars, who carried off twenty yauts
OF carpet, pair of pants anc = dress all valued
at S2o- Ellen Hopkins, I2:s Ith street. reports
s.oAen TWO sets q! drawing Instruments worth
S2U. Mrs. VS. Nicholson. 2IO3 e. street re-
ports stolen from her house On she 18th instant
a quantity o. clothing valued at SIT. Jacob
ochs, OF SIT Sth street. reports that while
bathing in Rock creek, young white man
stole from his c:cttIuS q silver watch etc
val art
stolen front MS stable, "a set of harness worth
SIS. John Bowies & Co., I424 New York
avenue. reports twenJy-thrce signs stolen from
tue basement Of tue building.