The Washington times., 1894-12-10
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather TODAY
Fair; north winds, becoming southeast.

Chairman Hitchcock in OLA lifelike and
striking portrait in oil of the late
]. H. Hitchcock. formerly chairman
of the board of directors Of the
Central Union Mission. has been finished
by Leonard S. Harrison. a Washington artist,
and now graces the walls of the board room.
II is a truthful likeness of the dead humita-
rian and Christian gentleman, and attracts
much attention among the Mission visitors.
Greatest of ali I CharitY"-The execu-
tive board of the Golden Circle. the newly
organized colored associated charity
organization met Saturday evening at
the office of Attorney w. G. Mar
tin, on ID street, near Fifth. Reports were
received from the ladies and gentlemen in
charge Of the mammoth charity reception
and entertainment TO be given on Janu airy 2
next at Convention Hall for the benefit OF the
relief fund A feature of the entertainment
will be a grand volunteer orchestra. The
trite phrase, above ali is charity was
adopted as the motto OF the circle.
John Smiths Queer Delusions-An athletic
looking old man was registered as John
Smith, age 49, on the botter OF the Fourth
precinct station house yesterday. He was
charged by officer Vermillion with being an
habitual drunkard within the provisions Of
the vagrancy act. Although very much un-
der the influence of liquor when he was
brought into the station, Smith protested that
he was not drunk. but happy. Il have been
as happy as a lord and light as q feather for
six weeks" he said. THE only influence l
have been under during that period was the
spell of the fair goddess, Diana, who has ac-
companied me on my snipe shooting expe-
ditions on the Potomac flats"
The old mans vagaries will be ventilated
in the Police Court this morning. The po-
lice say he has mild case of the Jim jams" :"
Carrier Pigeons in Business.-A novel sub
stitute for the telephone and telegraph for
business communications has been introduced
by Mr.. James c. Addison, the paper dealer of
No. 627 Louisiana avenue. That gentleman
has standing contract with the District re-
form school to supply him with pasteboard
boxes, manufactured by the boy inmates of
that institution. At the reform school is a
fine loft Of carrier pigeons, we'll trained for
Rrial messenger service Recently Mr. Addi-
son received number OF these birds IN a bas-
ket, and now whenever he wants 100 or 900
boxes he writes the order on tissue paper, at
taches it to the leg of bird and releases it.
So far. Mr.. Addison says, the carrier has
never failed and in an hour or two after the
pigeon has taken its flight eastward the
wagon of the institution comes numbering
into town with the order.
Rahen's Condition Unchanged-No i'm
proyement was noticed in the condition of
George D. Bahen at the Emergency Hospital
y
changed neither for the better nor the worse.
During the day Mr.. George Bahen visited
his Injured son. in company with priest.
and the lad received religious consolation.
Many Indictments Expected. The grand
jury of the District supreme court will to-day
bring in anumber of indictments. 1t is ex-
pected in addition to the usual number for
theits, assaults, etc. that additional indict-
ments against HoWgate for embezZlement and
fp fortr will ha tod fn Ind 70
McComas.
"speak-easy' Fitted Up Like Bar-Ser-
geant Kenney and Policeman Hess raided the
alleged ''speak-easy'' OF Gustav Krebs. an old
German soldier on the Seventh street road,
near Brightwood, last night. Two dozen
bottles of beer, whisky. and other liquors
were found, and it is said that Krebs place
was fitted up like barroom. The proprietor
WAS arrested and locked up.
Death of officer Kilfoyle-Policeman Mar
tin Kilfoyle died about o'clock last night at
his home. No 1872 New York avenue. He had
been i'll for some weeks of typhoid fever The
dead man was attached to the Sixth precinct
station and has been on the force about four
years. He was unmarried and regarded as a
faithful and efficient patrolman.
Schoenborn HAY Recove--William Schoen-
born, of No. 13S D street northeast. lies in
Providence Hospital in q critical condition
as the result OF an attempt at suicide but II
Is thought that he will recover Schoenborn
is 80 years old and married. 1t is said that
excessive dissipation caused the act.
Senator Irby at His Pos,-Senator Irby ar
rived in the city on Saturday night and Is at
the National Hotel, where he was called on
yesterday by many OF his friends at the Cap
itol. He is looking hale and hearty and
bears no evidence of the fiery campaign
which he recently managed in South Caro-
lima as chairman Of the Democratic party OF
that State, a position 10 which he has been
three times unanimously elected He would
not De interviewed as yet on matters OF State
or national interest