Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-17
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN,
Rosslyn Policy Shops Still in Good Running
Order.


Every week or two a report 40 spreaA
among the policy dealers Of Rossiyn 70 the
erect that the places are 10 be raJded
Business is then suspended until the cd
Vertised hour has passed. Sometimes the
constables. sheriffs. etc. show I'D, anl
sometimes they don't But whether they
snow up or not no arrests are ever made
what appears to be q compromise n al.
ways effected. The coun.y, though, =
never made the richer. The report, fe 10
alleged, comes in at headq1 arters that ne
evidences of policy playing have been
FOUND. These alleged raids, though, the
omcials of the county think necessary 70
prove to the people at large that IL in Their
desire to promote the morality of the see-
ton.
After every appearance of the Law rep
resentatives the vice seems 20 expand v,th
new me. Owing to the apparent prosse-
ton given them Georgetown letty gam
olers and worthless citizens spend hale
their time at the Virginia end Of the brtAsA
Monday ii was advertised that there woul1
be raid Accordingly, the shops were
closed to prove to the good Georgetowners
and Virginians when the ,onstaples came
up that there was no such thing as pslicy
playing being carried on within the sacred
precincts of the state that has produced
Washington, Jefferson, jackson City, brfck
clay and peanuts. A few We KS ago q com.
munication was sent to The Stars GeoeHs-
town representative. which stated, for The
benefit OF the public, that the morality Of
old Virginia would be preserved, though n
lts preservation every tree in the stato
would have to be uprooted in the search for
the promoters of the vice"
1t was later ascertained by The Star that
the communication had been sent by ono
OF the foremost supporters OF policy.
Canal Prospects.
There were shipped over the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal last season from the mines
OF western Maryland 6.2a5 tons of coal,
an increase over the previous year OF 000o
tons. There are now sixteen mining COM
panies in operation in the vicinity Of the
other end Of the canal and they employ
over 400 men. The use OF electricity on
the canal as a propeIling power viii run
these hgures up to an astonishing h0ight.
The practicability of the idea 10 now ne
longer questioned. What was first only q
theory has developed into a well-evidencsA
fact. Its introduction win not only IN
prove the shipping industry proper. but
give new life to all the towns along the
old waterway which derive most Of Their
sustenance from the canal
For Charity.
1t was represented with q gosd deal Of
force last evening In a meeting Of the char.
liable that there was more distress IN
Georgetown than a cursory glance would
disclose. To facilitate the alienation OF
suffering. therefore. Mr.. George q. Bots-
Ter has been appointed the chairman OF q
committee to look after all suffering west
OF High street and Mr.. Jesse II. wilson,
the chairman of a committee to attend %
those In want in the eastern section.
These gentlemen will be assisted BY ladieo
and gentlemen who have already done
much toward relieving many.
Notes.
The funeral Of young James PARROT took
place yesterday. Four OF his late associates
I'm business acted pallbearers.
The remains Of Mrs. Ida p. Riley. wife e
Mr.. Andrew J. Riley. and daughter Of Nr.
J. w. Harry Of Tenleytown. were yesterday
Inferred in the Methodist graveyard The
services were conducted by the Rev Mr.
Smith. There were many mourners present
Mrs. Catharine 8. Mix. q life long reS1asut
OF Georgetown and a lady eighty-One years
OF age. died yesterday at her home, lSls
3lst street. Deceased. who Was the widow
of the late W. 5. Mix. for a long time H.
dian commissioner. was held high In the
esteem OF the people. The intcrment wel
take place tomorrow.
At pm. tomorrow the funeral Of Mr.. A.
J. Beall will take place from Oak HIM
Chapel. The interment viii he with Ma
sonic rites deceased having been q member
of Potomac Lodge. No. 5. and Potomas
Chapter, No. $. Royal Arch Masons.