Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-12
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

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REcoNsIDERED LICENSE CASES.
An opinion by Mr.. Davis, assistant attorney
for the District, upon n number of points re-
Gently raised by Messrs. Simon Wolf and w
+. Mattngly, representing liquor dealers
whose applications for licenses have been
suspended or rejected, was considered by
the commissioners Yesterday. and under il
they reversed their order in several cases. The
case which called out the opinion was that
Herman Edel, TO whom license was refused be-
cause he was convicted of selling on Sunday in
May last Mr.. Davis opinion holds that
the regulations issued by the Com
missioners in September could not be
made to apply to occurrences prior to Septem-
Der and related only to the ensuing license
year. The opinion saws: Tho offense OF Mr..
Edel, namely, his having been guilty Of selling
on Sunday IN May, lSSs, was committed during
the license year ending October 81 OF that year
and long anterior to the PRONUNCIATION of the
regulation now IN force. Under the regula-
tons as they existed at the time of his offense
a single conviction of selling on Sunday would
not. unless the fine therefor remained unpaid.
have subjected the offender to the liability of
having his license refused for the succeeding
year. This regulation in effect gave notice 10
every retail liquor dealer that he might, with
impanity, once violate the law against selling
on Sunday, provided that he should pay the
fine for so doing; and am clear that it would
be unjust, if not unlawful, afterwards to pre-
scribe that the very offense thus in effect con-
nived at by the District should operate to de-
prive the offender OF his business. / am,
therefore, of opinion that the application for a
reconsideration should be granted. and that
unless the case presents other considerations
rendering contrary action proper, the license
should be granted.
Under this opinion tho Commissioners recon-
sidered various applications and granted the
following:
Bar-rooms, northwest-O. G. Staples. Will
lard's hotel; Timothy A. Sullivan, 1906 F street;
Lincoln d Eshleman, 239 street; Louis Gme-
lin, 1910 L street: Michael Lawler, 1856 NJ
street; George Schafer, S6ll NJ street; S. J.
Neeman, 1914 NJ street, Michael Garvey. 7th-
street road; Herman Edel. 70s-7l0 E street.
Southwest-Carl Pfeger, ASP Il street; Den
mis- Driscol, 1901 Sd street.
The following were reconsidered and re-
jected:
Barroom, northwest - Eugene C. Knight,
1l60 18th street; Thos. J. Mcclure. 735 Gath
street; Z. A. Solari. 1909, 14ll. l4l3 Pennsyl-
vania avenue: Jas. ID. DAILY, 2S05 NJ street, Pat
rick White, $50 I'd street: E. L. johnson, 4l9
18th street; Chas. G. Godfrey, 4l3 18th street.
Wholesale-Jas. Campbell, 1907 Goth street;
VIM. Arundel, 2040 9Th street.
The following new cases were disapproved:
j. L. Keith, 800 18th street; J. p. Crowley &
Co., 1909 Sth street; W. ]. Hoffman, Bladens-
burg road.
The Commissioners have also approved the
BY retail-Wm. McGrath. 40 st. ne; Fred
erick Schneider. 403 Ridge ST. NV; James
McGrath, 16O01a 33d st. NV; John NJ. Watson
Bro, 600 Az st. s.w.; James J. Farrell. 701 I'd
st. me-; SINH Il Banco, 1853 n. j. ave. s.e.;
Felix Shannon, 1912 p st. NV; Frank Adams
l6l 9th st. s.w.; Thomas Sullivan. 20 II st. me-;
Charles +. Mclaughlin, 703 + st. s.w.
BY wholesale-Geo. b. Lockhart. 1874 32d st.
NV; Thos. Keliher, 900 Grand ave. County,:
Joseph Lochboehler, 621 L st. NV; Reichert &
9Th st. NV; Jesse Smith, l Liberty st. NV;
Daniel Harligan. 1901 7th st. NV.
BUILDING PERMITS
were issued to-day as follows: Mary A. Bradley,
three brick dwellings, 22l3 to 2217 NJ ST. n W.,
$1,000. Mrs. NJ. E. Delaney, one brick dwell
ing 1921 Q ST. n W.. $1,000 We. Leighton,
one brick dwelling, 40S1s Hunton place, 800.
c. 5. Catlin, one frame dwelling at Burnville,
$3.50. j. n. Dean at Burnwille, $3.50.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Health Officer Townsend in his report for the
week ending December 8 saws: Number of
deaths, 81; white. 3S; colored. A Death rate
per 1000 per annum: White; 1877; colored,
1880; total population, 1S.95. Thirty-fve were
under tve years of age, II over sixty years.
and % were under one year old. Fourteen OF
the deaths occurred in hospitals and public in
situations. The deaths by classes were as fol-
lows: Zymotic, IL; constitutional. IS: local, AZ;
developmental, s; violence, 8. The principal
causes were: Group, 1; consumption, 9; typhoid
fever, 1; malarial fever, 3; pneumonia, 8; con-
gestion of the lungs, 4; bronchitis A; puerperal
disease, 2; whooping cough, 2; diphtheria, 2.
Births reported: IL white males. 10 white
females; II colored males, s colored females
Marriages reported: white, 5 colored, and /
mixed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In a statement to the Commissioners of the
amount of money disbursed to the poor during
month M NnVpmhpr Mai
that S109. IS was SO expended that month under
the direction of the police.
Chief Paris, of the fire department, thinks
that the surroundings of engine house No. 8
are too dark at night. and recommends the
erection of two gas lamps in front of the house.
Mr.. III. B. Bestor, the secretary of the Ben
nings' Improvement association, in letter to
the Commissioners, requests the removal of
the telegraph poles to their proper distance ON
all public roads at Bennings and on the Ben
nings road. on the other side of the Eastern
branch. The matter has been referred to Ma
jor Raymond for report.
SHE BATTERED HIS FACE WITH BOTTLE
Last night about o'clock the attention of Po-
licemen Madigan and Ferguson was attracted
by hearing loud noises in a house in the alley
near 18th and NJ streets. The patrol wagon was
sent for and the officers made five arrests in the
house. 1t is charged that Ella Williams, colored,
had assaulted Iilman Jenkins with bottle.
II.
Catherine Smith. colored, was drunk that
she had to be carried to the wagon. Matilda
Young, white, was arrested a vagrant and
Tilman Jenkins and Sam Gray were arrested as
witnesses in the assault case. Catherine Smith
was arrested when sober and jenkins and GRAY
were released. This morning in the Police
Court Ella Williams fined SIS or forty-five
days and Matilda Young was sentenced to the
farm for vagrancy.
SAID He WAS Boston DETEcTIvE-Harry
Scott, colored man about forty years old, was
before the Police Court this morning charged
by Officer HattOn with being suspicious per-
son. Scott was arrested in South Washington.
and claimed that he was a Boston detective
and that he had come to Washington to look
for fugitive from the Hub. An old rusty
pistol and pair of overshoes that the police
call .'creepers" were found on him. He was
sentenced TO the workhouse in default of
bonds.
MARRIAGE LIcENsEs.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk of the court to John
Nee. King and Estelle Vannette Winter;
Richard A. DAILY and Mary E. Smith. both of
Howard county. Nd; Thomas Murray, of Alex
andria, Va, and Rachel blackburn; Edward B.
Wheeden, of Baltimore. Nd, and Susan Lillian
Ellis; Bellville L. Garrett, of Pulaski, Va, and
Marian I. Thomas, of Victoria, Tex; James
Sully, of Richmond, Va, and Louisa Z. Bing-
ham; George Perry Haynes, of Brooklyn. n Y.
and Mary Julette Patterson; John johnson and
Elizabeth Hackett.
WIFE's SUIT FOR DIvoRcE-Mary v. West
brook has, by Mr.. S. A. Cox, filed bill for