The evening times., 1895-08-26
Gossip Of ffho DAY..

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Pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue, at
the corner of Fourteenth street northwest,
on Saturday afternoon witnessed the rather
remarkable spectacle of a west-bound green
line cable car being in danger of destruc-
tion by flames. The fender on the end of
the grip car, adjoining the trailer, had
become ignited by reason of friction, spOn-
tancous combustion or some other cause,
and the tightly wrapped materials satu-
rated with oil burned brightly without
liking any perceptible impression upon
the fender Itself.
After crossing the Belt line tracks 1t was
found necessary TO stop the train, and
large crowd quickly gathered TO give ad-
vice and get in the way. The gripman
said the car had been on fire since ieav-
ing the Navy Yard. Two or three buckets
OF water were brought and the flames ex-
tinguished, but the fender still threw out
quantities of smo Ike. and IL was evident that
the ambitious conflagration was scotched,
but not killed.
1T is the people who live in the Deighbor-
hood of the wharves who can easiest keep
cool this weather." said frequenter OF
the river front yesterday. Persons living in
that section OF the city they can get ailthe ice
they want for five cents. When the ice
wagons are filled at the houses there is al
ways lots of waste, ranging in pieces weigh
ingfrOm one TO ten pounds This, OF course,
cannot be given away, bat it is sold for al
most nothing. The neigbbors are onto the
scheme. They VIII take or send basket of
fair dimensions and fill il from the heap
of broken ice on the ground. The man at
the wagon Is then asked what Ii is worth.
II is apparently breach of etiquette to asls
more than five cents. On the other hand,
he never says, Take it / have seen peo
pie carry away fifty pounds of ice for three
cents"
1T is an effort to do the best we can with
the means at comman nd" said Chairman
Bell of the resolutions committee, yes
tersiay, in regard to The Debs protest.
I'VE are at present without relief except
through Congress, and if that body declines
to act no resolutions VIII avail.
I'VE make u dignified protest against
an outrage; but we should remember that
the highest judicial authority in the coun-
what we believe is an unjust exercise of
power. II the next Congress declines TO act
in tie matter, the effort should, and GER
tainly VIII be, made to elect other men
as the representatives of the people who
VIII irdorse our position.
We should demand the enactment of
q measure that viii give.to organized labor
it's Just recognition, and that is what thu
resolutions provide for
The glastly find of Nagle's body in SoutA
Washington by Policemen Herbert and
Espey, recalls a simiiar affair that oc-
CURED a couple OF years ago, III which
the same policemen figured They Were
patrollng beat on Maryland avenue south
west, along the railroad tracks, and one
Saturday night, at the corner of Four-and-a-
half street and Maryland avenue they saw
something lying near the track that re-
scmbled piece of beef. With the remark
that some one had dropped his Sunday
dinner. Espey went over TO the object, and
picking il up, walked under the ligat to
examine it. He was horriiied TO find
human band dangling on ore end of it, and
he hastily told his partner to take it.
Herbert dropped the grewsome object as
quickly as Espey had, ard made Ior the
patrol box ard called the wagon. The two
policemen then proceeded along the track,
picking up fragments OF the body all along
the square from Third TO -Four -and-a-haf
streets.
Have you noticed how well the herdics
are patroniZed since the fare has been re-
duced to 8 cents" asked gentleman. who
had Just aIighted from one of them Three
cent fares are becoming very popular
and successful in other cities, and 1t Is
quite probable that in the future they
will be the rule rather than the exception.
Think what a long ride you can take for
three pennies, and whata saving every month
for the man or woman who patronizes
them"
"Washington Is afflicted with more styles
and varieties of cranks than any city
know Of" remarked Maj. Moore, of the
poIice department. An outsider who is
not thrown in direct contact with this
species OF public nuisance has no cnncep-
ton as to the number of them / have to
handle every day. Every man in the United
States who has a grievance, 1t matters not
what 1t may be, comes to the National Capt.
tai to make 1t known.
"Of course, the greatest number Of cranks
are here during the sessions of Congress,
but they are quite numerous at other times.
A great many of these people have been
coming here for years, and you hardly get
them out of town before they surprise you
by coming back again.
II have divided them into various classes
religious, political, financial and general
cranks. which latter class includes by far
the greatest number. They are people with
notions, but they do not confine them to
any one particular subject, whereas the
Others always have some one particular
hobby.
II tell you 1t is sqaite problem to
know how TO get rid of them, as we cannot
lock them up unless they become dangerous,
and we are. therefore, forced to adopt other
means 10 get them out of the city"
P0infs Hb0Ut Pilgrims