The National tribune., 1893-01-12
THE WEEK In WASHINGTON.

SUNDAY, JAN. 1.-The Calvary Baptist Church
in this city held most successful meetin.
this afternoon. The pastor announced thai
che church had grown to such an extent thai
additional room must be provided, and h
called for pledges TO make the necessary ex
tension to the church building. In less thar
half an hour $140,0 900 had been pledged by
the members.-New Years Day opened
dark and gloomy. and rain fell in torrents
nearly all day. The streets were icy, au6
few persons who were not compelled to wer,
out on the streets. The churches wert
SHINY attended. About o'clock the cloud,
cleared away and the moon shone brightly.
MONDAY, JAN. 2-The day was generally OBJ
served as the legal holiday by the citizens o.
Washington, the Government Department:
and sll the business houses, except the saloons
and restaurants, being closed. Owing to the
closing Of the doors of the White House
and those of the members of the Cabinet
there was little official visiting, but many
private citizens kept open house, and callers
were numerous. For the first time in over
20 years the Grand Army of the Republic did
not turn out, and the veterans congregated
In groups and talked of the affection which
had come TO Comrade Harrison, which pre-
vented them from going in q body to the
White House and paying their respects
which is the usual custom.
TUESDAY, JAN. 3.-The one-horse cars will
have to go from the streets of Washington.
To-day q warrant was sworn out against the
President of the Anacostis Street Railway
Co., charging him with running one-h0rse
cars in violation of the act of Congress, which
prohibits their use after Jan. ], 1693.-Suit
for S. 600 damages was brought to-day against
Lieut.. Amiss, of the police force of the Dis
trict of Columbia, by w. A. Fowler. This
suit grows out of an assault committed by
the Lieutenant during the Grand Army pa
radel last September. The crowd were pushing
against the ropes and obstructing the passage
of the parade, and the officer endeavored to
stop il. In doing SO he struck Fowler with
his club, and afterward locked him up in the
etation.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4-The Democratic Central
Committee of the District of Columbia were
baneuested this evening by Chairman HoI-
mead. Every guest was called upon for a
speech, and all responded.-Snow COM
menced falling in the afternoon and con-
tinued to fall all night, and the ground was
covered. 1t was hard upon the animals in
the delivery wagons and carriages. for the
asphalt pavements as are slippery as ice when
snow falls and unless horses are rough-shod,
and very few of the animals in Washington
are, they can scarcely keep their feet, let
alone pulling loaded acknowledgements
tive McCreary, of Kentucky, who has been
absent in Brussels attending the Monetary
Conference, arrived home, and was in his
seat in the House when it was called to order
to-day.
THURSDAY, JAN. 5.-For the first time this
Winter the people of Washington enjoyed
good slsighing, and all who owned or could
hire 9 cutter were INDUCING in the exhil-
Grating pastime. There is SO little sleighing
in this latitude that very few people own
their own sleighs, and the Hvery-stable
keepers charge enormous prices for hiring an
outfit, so that it takes fat pocket-book to
enjoy what is within the reach of everybody
ut the Nerth.-A break in the Fourteenth
street cable tied up the entire Washington
and Georgetown Cable Car System for sew
ersl hours in the afternoon. Although the
company have had a new cable on hand for
some time, they thought they could get
few days more work out Of the old one with
the result that they probably lost more
money by the tie-up to-day than if they had
put in the new cable two weeks ago.
FRIDAY JAN. 6-Mary Burma q young girl
who was alleged by her mother to have been
detained illegally at the St. Rose Home, a
Catholic institution, was brought into court
to-day on writ of habeas corpus The court
allowed a private interview between the
mother and daughter in one of the consulta-
ton rooms. Judge Bradley told the girl that
the institution had no legal claim upon her,
bat she seemed TO think that she was under
obligations to the Sisters, and she said she
believed il to be her duty to stay at the
Home until her time was up She said she
fully understood that she could leave the
Home whenever she desired, but would
elect to remain at the Home for some time get
The girl was therefore allowed by the court
to return to the Home with the Sisters.
SATURDAY, JAN. There was q lively meet
ing Of citizens this evening at the residence
Of DIR. Hammond, In Mount Pleasant, at
which expressions Of indignation were made
In the shape Of resolutions which expressed
resentment of the indignities the people of
suburban towns suffer at the hands of express
and telegraph companies, market men and
others.-Coroner Patterson viewed the
body of John Jamison, the trsck-walker of
the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad who
was instantly killed by being run over by an
express train on Friday at the Anacostia
freight yards, and decided that his death was
purely accidental. The body was taken to
Virginia for interment