Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-14

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Erastus Brainard. J. H. Lambert, Senior Rafael
Varrios.
| THE MEMBERSHIP,
besides those mentioned as charter members
and those elected at the Saturday night meet
ing, includes the following: W. E. Curtis,
Chicago Ne,cs; Chas. W. Knapp, st. Louis
Republic; w. B. Stevens st. Louis Globe Demo-
crdt; Rob. N. Larner, Baltimore Sun; John 8.
Shriver, Baltimore American; Richard Weight
man, Montgomery Dispatch; Frank G. Carpen-
ter, American Press Associations: Fred d. Mus
sey, Cincinnati Commercial Gazette; Frank T.
Howe, EVENING STAR; F. H. Richardson, At
lanta Constitution; Richard Nixon. New Orleans
TSmes-Democrat; Crosby 8. Noyes, EVENING
STAR; w. F. O'Brien, United Press; James Nor
gan, Boston Globe; Geo. H. Walker, Cleveland
Leader; Herbert s. Underwood Boston Adoer.
tiser; H. L. West, Washington Post; Paul
Wolf, New York Stats Zeitung; M. P. Handy,
New York World; 8. E. johnson, Cincinnati
Enquirer.
MARRIAGE LICENSES -Marriage licenses have
been issued BY the clerk of the court to
Samuel c. Wheeler and Marie v. Dorsey; w.
E. Corbin and Annie 8. Peddicord, Of Harris
burg, Pa.
PARTNERSHIP TROUBLES AMIcABLY SETTLED
The case of Robt Morrison against Thos. @.
Hildebrant for the dissolution Of the law part
nership Of Hildebrant & Morrison, the ap-
SoSh
heard in the Equity Court to-day on bill and
answer. There were involved In the case
charges and counter charges, but through their
counsel, Mr.. Cricher and A. X. Browne, a set
| Element was arrived at, and the charges on
each side were withdrawn.
A GuM-CHEwINa WIrNEss.-Mary Bradley is
the name of young colored woman who was
called as a witness in the Police Court to-day.
| When sworn she had piece OF chewing gum IN
her mouth. ''You can't give testimony" said
Judge Miller, ''and chew gum at the same time.
| Take it out Of your mouth" 'Yes, sir" an
swered Mary, as she took the gum from her
mouth and put it under her hat.
AN EXPENSIVE DRINK.-Abe Banks, colored,
met a strange colored man on 18th street Satur-
| day night and was invited into a saloon to take
a drink. Abe accepted the invitation and went
| in. When the glasses were emptied the stran-
ger called on Abe to settle the bill. He did so,
| and then the stranger started a row. A pistol
| was drawn and a serious fight was threatened,
| but when Abe threw a stone and broke the
| saloon window he ran off and the crowd soon
| dispersed. Policeman Trainor arrested the
stone-thrower about o'clock yesterday. This
morning Judge Miller fined him $40 or 80 days.
He HAD REVOLVER In CHURcH.-Johp Hill,
| a young colored man, who is a member Of the
Vermont-avenue Baptist church, was arrested
last night by Policeman Trainor on complaint
| Of other members of the church, who charged
that he had disturbed the services. When the
case was heard in the Police Court this morn
ing witness testified that while the young
| man was under arrest he (witness) saw him
(HilD hand another person revolver The
court imposed fine eft S5 of fifteen days
| DEATH OF MRS. NIMMo.-Mrs. Mary Cook
Nimmo died at II 80 last night at her residence
| on Mcpherson Square. She was the widow of
/ the late Claude Nimmo, and was born in Cat
rine, Scotland, in 1881. Brief funeral services
will be held at the house tomorrow at II
o'clock.
| The SHAW CONCERT, at Congregational
| church, this evening, promises to be as largely
| attended as the first one given last week. as
| the fair whistler and her company of singers
| and instrumentalists seem to have made good
impression. The Columbia male quartette, of
Washington. will be an added feature of this
| evenings concert.
| CRAP-SHooTERs ARREsTED.--A party Of col
| ored 'crap-shooters' engaged in d game on
| 18th street southeast yesterday were surprised
| by Policemen BransOn and Jones, just as one
| Of the party was trying to throw I'LL" There
was break made for liberty and all but four
| of the gang were successful. Each officer
| grabbed two men and took the prisoners to
East Washington police station. They gave
their names as VIM. Jackson, Geo. Diggs, VIM.
Boswell and VIM. Brown. Being unable to
leave collateral they we're locked up. This
$5 each. In Shepherds alley yesterday Police
| men Daley and Ferguson broke up a crap
| game, and arrested Sam Sullivan and VIM.
| Hawkins. Like the East Washington ''crap-
| shooters they we're taken to the station. Haw-
kins was the only lucky one in the crowd. He
was wealthy enough to deposit S5 collateral,
which kept him from behind the bars. This
morning he forfeited his collateral and Sulli-
van was fined So or Is days.
FUNERAL OF MRS SHREvE.-The funeral of
Mrs. C. s. Shreve took place on Saturday from
her late residence, @ and Sth streets northwest,
and was largely attended by relatives and
friends The funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. DIR. Meador. The pallbearers were
Messrs. A. F. Fox, W. Clarence Duvall, H. A.
Hall, E. K. Plant. J. H. Vermilya, and Joseph
| X. Edison. The interment was at Glenwood
cemetery.
WoMEN's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
| The following officers of the Womens Chris
tian Association have been elected: President,
Mrs. Harlan; vice-president, Mrs. s. c. Pom
eroy; secretary, Mrs. Thomas Wilson; treas
| urer, Mrs. Della A. Freeman. A small surplus
has been set aside as the nucleus of building
fund.- which the managers hope to increase.
from time to time. as they are looking toward
the extension of their building
| DIsoRDERLY CONDUCT, ASSAULT AND LAR
| CENY.-Yesterday afternoon. near 18th and
| Water streets southwest Policeman Chamber
| lain arrested a negro named VIM. Lee on q
| charge of assaulting a colored woman named
Lizzie Coleman When placed under arrest
Lee attempted to serve the officer as he had
| the woman and was only prevented from doing
80 by the officers club coming in contact with
his head. This treatment subdued the prisoner,
and he was willing to 60 to the station without
being assisted. After he was locked up the
| officer learned that Lee was also wanted to
answer o charge of stealing coal from John
sons wharf. This morning, in the Police
Court, Lee was fined SIS or forty-fve days for
disorderly conduct, assault and larceny.
James G. Blaine, jr., to-day to-day entered
| the Maine Central repair-shOp at Waterville,
Me-, as an apprentice under Master Mechanic
1 Pillsbury.
The farmers of Warren and Sussex counties,
| NJ, are turning over the sod fields, something
unparalleled for the middle Of January. The
| weather 10 30 mild that the trees are beginning
| to swell their buds
John Cephas Johnson, colored, was hanged
at Warsaw, Va, Friday, for Q rape upon the
| white woman, on the night Of October II.
advantage Of the prevailing ssWhite Cap"
craze in q peculiar way case IL reported
| where one of them wrote her husband q letter
in order to keep him in at nights. II proved
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has begun
work ON the projected line across Philadelphia
| 10 connect it line with the Reading railroad
near Wayne junction.
The Kennebec river, Maine, II open for navi-
CATION from Augusta to the sea. The condition
Of the river il unprecedented, not q pound of