The Washington times., 1894-12-20
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather TODAY.
Fair; east winds, becoming variable.

Fayorite Eealth Conditions death
rate of the city continues to maintain the
same favorable condition which has pre-
vailed all through the fall months. Accord
Ing to the reports e-eiyed az the heath de-
partment the mortality or the five months OF
this fiscal year which has expired, has been
less than that OF the same month last year.
For the same per-oi taa death rate has aver
aged materially COW the annual rate OF the
District. For the last week it stood at IL. 09
Us against the annual mean OF 23.5. While
there are sporadic cases of the dangerous
ma!adIes. they are not making headWay nor
showing any indicatlon OF becoming cpl
demic. Measles. whooping cough. scarlet
fever. ana variceHa se+m to be nearly, ii not
in some instances, wholly. abated, while the
cases OF typhoid fever in fatal form IN but
few. amounting to but four for the week. To
the long continued Indian summer weather
combined with Wohdt fully clean City may
the present healthful con iition OF the people
be in great degree attributed
Tartiaon OF oDerty- Charles Fl. Gaskins
and Alcibiades White yesterday sued Catha-
rine L. Gask MS Roger G. Hill. Hannah
White and others Tor the partition by court
comn issioners OF the property IN this DIS
trict ktown as Poor Toms Last Shift. ly-
ing on Daniels road in tris District. Allthe
parties are heirs o. Horace White. who owned
the land and died intestate in 1885,
Fhiri seven Years in the essury-Mr.
George E. W. Sharretts, for many years a
faithful and trusted empIoye il the Office of
the An itor for the Treasury DepaItT ent has
resi2ned on account OF faIlin & health. Mr.
Shafretts has been in tie se:.ice Of the
Treasury Department for tbirt ,-seyen years.
having beea personally appointed ~ Presi-
dent Buchanan.
wants him Tje,te Maria Egli, by her
committee, James Richardson, yesterday
brought suit to EJECT Robert and James NJ
Leetch from lot 3, square 293. and for 5000.
Ii is charged that they took unlawful possess
sion of the premises three years ago.
t. FauPs Tar kuccessful-The fair for
the benefit OF st. Paul's Catholic Church.
opened two weeks ago with an address by
Cardinal Gibbons, closed Tuesday night after
a most successful season. During the fort
night organizations from all the parishes in
the District were in attendance. Among
them were the Gonzaga College Ca ets. st.
John Cadets and the Ancient Order OF Hi
bernians. Bishop keane and clergy from all
parts of the diocese have attended. On
Christmas Day the new church will be- opened
to the congregation, followed by dedication
on the following Sunday. Father Macain
will lie assisted in hts new labors ty Father
J. Foley and Father Gross, recently APP
pointed.
Pythag7ras Club EIecsion-The following
brethren were elected at the annual election
Of Pythagoras Lodge. No. 8, +. A. A. NJ, held
December IS, 1904: ". NJ, james 0. Baurp-
field s. W. George w Pitts: J. W. A. L.
Heron; treasurer f. Tignor secretary, H. S.
Smith. They were afterwards installed by 2.
d. G.. NJ. DIR. II. S. Smith.
Left Building Association stock-Peter
Giachetti. OF Tennalytown, who died Decem-
Der l2, by his will made June 80. 1894. and
filed Yesterday, leaves his stock in the EGuit
able Building Association to be equal Y di
vided among his children. His son William
is made executor without bond
A sealed will of Eugene McGilicuddy was
| filed. He died November 80. 1t is said his
property has already been disposed Of
IN the Clutches of Uncle sam-Spencel
Coleman and Armstead Goodloe, who are
now serving time in the District iail for con
ducting "speak-easies" in Hillsiale, D. G.
were brought into the police court yesterday
to answer the additional charge of Violat ne
United States internal revenue laws. The
defendants, through their attorney John A
Moss. waived examination, and the cases
were remanded to the grand jury in 81 ,O0C
bonds each. 1L ~
Pistol Flourisher Finkd-George Smith.
colored barber. was fined, $40 by Judge K m
bali yesterday for pointing loaded pistol a
fellow tonsorial artist during a quarrel.
E-dQ WRIuFTSu Tdr tTDHl = Ofie-An az
and dement, ed colofed woman answered to th,
name of Bette Wilson in the police court yes
+ terday and was charged with vagrancy Sh,
told Officer Lynch she was eighty years ole
and had walked all the way from Central Vir
| ginia looking for her parents. who she hat
not seen since the days of slavery. The olt
"aunty," who is childish and harmless. vii
be held until her family can be communicated
with by Court Clerk Lum Harper.
er Burns Caueed Death-Louisa Burrell
! colored. aged slxty-two years, living at No
! 511 f street southeast, died at Providenc
Hospital ahout O'clock yesterday morning
! She was fatally burned while lighting mas
OF straw stuffed into a kitchen stove Cor
oner Hammett will probably not hold an in
| quest.
| She Will Probably Recover-Mary VIII
Jams, who is the latest victim of smallpox
was much improved yesterday, and she Wi
| probably recover.
Futter Must Fe Weighed-John Shumate.
! colored farmer. was charged in Judge KiG
| balls court yesterday with selling unweighe
butter in prints. The defendant said. being
farmer he did not think it was necessary t.
weigh the article, as he sod it by the prin
and not by the pound. Judge Kimball in
structed him that in future his butter must b
weighed. fine of SO was imposed an
! sentence suspended.
P lice Looking for HWillie"-A trick,
| looking colored man who gave the name O
| John Smith, was yesterday arrested by Detec
| tive Carter as a suspicious character. Whel