The Washington times., 1894-08-16
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
Personal Mention, Obituary. Minor
Crimes and Casualties.
The Weather To-day.
Fair; cooler; northwesterly winds.

Dr. C. J. 0smun's Death-Diphtheria, con.
tracted In the line OF duty on Tuesday night
closed the life Of DR.. Charles J. Osmun, &
physician who was connected with the health
office. His special work for two years past
has been the inspection of infectious cases. He
was taken i'll on Friday afternoon last and
was sent to his home. 917 Twelfth street
northwest. He was not thought to be dan.
gerously i'll until Tuesday morning, when he
| rapidly became worse and suffered intensely
until relieved by death. He was about forty
four years of age and unmarried.
Valiantly Defended Her Furniture-The
| sight OF a woman screaming murder from out
OF a third-story window in the house No. 474
Pennsylvania avenue shortly before noon yes
! terday created great excitement among pass
ers-by, and for few moments the pavement
was blocked with people. The trouble grew
out OF an attempt by John Monitez and Oscar
| McElroy, the latter colored, to carry of lot
Of furniture which had been purchased from
p. j. Nee by Mrs. William Shortledge, the
| woman who was doing the screaming on the
installment plan, and on which some OF the
| payments were overdue. As result OF the
the disturbance Mr.. Shortledge, who was alb
! sent from home when the men visited the
| house, together with McElroy and Alonitez,
were placed under arrest and taken to the
Sixth precinct station-house, where a charge
| of disorderly conduct was made against them.
All were released on collateral.
Prof sheldon's Half Century-Prof. Shell
| don, who has taught the children Of nearly all
the officials in public life in the last half GEN.
| tury how to dance is making preparations to
have this. his fiftieth and last year, the L,ost
successful of his entire career. Great changes
have occurred in Washington in the last fifty
years, and there is quite a difference between
Prof. Sheldon's F-street hall and the one in
which he began teaching in 1874. The hall
this year will be brilliantly lighted with incan-
descent electric lights, and to insure being
comfortable at all times while dancing the
hall will be cooled by strong air current
forced into the hall through large tube by
electrical power.
Swan Creek Suicide Identified-The re-
mains of the man whose body, as stated in
yesterdays TIMES. was found on the shore OF
Swans Greek. Md. by some colored men on
Tuesday, and brought to Washington by
Capt. L. S. Randall. have been identified by
Dr. Thomas Miller, of No. 1916 Seventh
street northwest, as those of his uncle, Alex
ander Graham Caldwell, who had been visit
ing him. Mr.. Caldwell was until year ago
a resident for many years OF Little Rock,
Ark, when, losing his health, he came to
Washington. He was born in Glasgow,
tied in Michigan. Mr.''Caldwell was a mem
Der OF the Knights Of Pythias, and it was his
announced intention TO remain in Washing
ton until after the Pythian encampment,
when he proposed 10 return to Little Rock.
The body will be sent to Michigan for burial
Minor Grimes and Casualties-Frank
Broderick, a young man living on Cspi.
tol Hill. and Irving Bell, son of a
Maryland farmer, will have hear
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charge of swindling Bryan Bros. and y. A.
Poole grocers. out of a lot of provisions, etc.
The goods were, it i. said, sold at houses of
ill-fame.
William Gafrord was yesterday sent to Jail
for six months by Judge Taylor on the charge
OF hunting for Policeman Murphy with a pis-
tol TO shoot him. MGrphy's oifense consisted
in having arrested Gatford's brother for dis
orderly conduct. and when the latter gave
him trouble the officer tapped him over the
head with his club.
Robert Thornton. aged twenty-eight years,
fell from a scafiold while az work at the Con-
gressional Library yesterday and had his right
leg and left arm broken. After having his
injuries dressed at the Emergency Hospital he
was sent to his home on Third street, between
and streets southeast.
Joseph Washington, colored. was arrested
yesterday bv Sergt Moore and Policeman
Halan on suspicion OF being the party who
was wanted on the charge OF robbing a
boarding-house keeper of SIS on the street
on the morning of the Knox fire. He will
have a hearing to-day before Judge Mills.
Washington denies the charge.
A. j. Miller was yesterday fined So for dis
orderly conduct by Judge Taylor.
Louisa Harvey and Amelia Smith, who got
into row in 'Swampoodle." and Michael
Cavanaugh. who was found on the grass in
Seaton PARK, were yesterday released on their
personal bonds by Judge Taylor.
Harry Nickel, charged with jumping on
street cars. was yesterday fined IS by Judge
Taylor s
James Green, colored, and Birdie Wilson
were yesterday sent to Jail for thirty days by
Judge Taylor for vagrancy.
Alice White and Lucy Phillips. both colored,
were yesterday fined IS by Judge Taylor for
disorderly conduct.
John Johnson and Daniel Beverly, both
colored, had a fight at the corner of Seventh
and Q streets last night. johnson was ar
rested, but Beverly escaped.
Archibald Campbell was attacked with an
epileptic fit. to which he is subject, while In
Judiciary Square yesterday, and was taken to
the Emergency Hospital.
To Protect Observatory Instruments
retary Herbert has appointed Capt. McNeir,
of the Naval Observatory,
Ross. and Thomas E. Wagga-
man commission to appraise the ground
necessary for the circle OF 1000 feet radius \
around the Observatory to protect the delicate
from the jar of traffic.
Catholic Club Excursion-The ninth excur-
sion of the Young Mems Catholic Club will
be given to River View on Thursday, the 18th
instant. and a varied programme has been
by the managers for the entertain
ment OF their patrons. The excursions of
this popular club are always well attended |
as they are famous for their good order and
enjoyable times. The programme for the ex-
cursion has been arranged with view to |
providing entertainment for all who may |
wish to go. During the day there will be |
all kinds of athletic games, sprinting, bicycle,
and hurdle racing, baseball |
and other contests. Harry Parks, |
the bicycle rider, will be on hand and give |
an exhibition. As soon as the $50 boat ar |
rives at the resort the popular Emmet Guard |
will give an exhibition drill, a reproduction |
OF the drill at Little Rock. which won them |
prizes. There will be match games in bowl |
ing by the Carroll Institute. champions of |
the District, the Washington Athletic Club. |
and the Y. NJ. c. G. At the game between |
the Y. NJ. C. C. and the Carroll Institute, on |
the occasion of the Institutes recent excur- |
sion, the Y. NJ. c. G. were the vietors and |
The game between the two clubs will be for |
'blood."
Excursion to Chapel Point,-The weekly
trips OF the steamer Harry Randall TO Chapel |
Point are among the most popular all-day ex-
.ursions leaving the city. The Point is
famous for salt water fishing, bathing. and
other luxuries of summer pleasure. The Ran
dali leaves Saturday at 8 a. m. sharp, return
ing at 10 p. m.
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