Evening star., 1895-04-29
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! e0t, ABOUT uIteeu ~ FIJI, OI tut iucmUeIS VI
the Anacostia Citizens Association, at the
meeting on Friday night, when. as stated In
Saturdays Star, following a speech by Mr..
c. L. Brooks of TIE Washington post Office
| and as the result Of remarks made by that
gentleman, the committee, of which Mr.. R.
B. Buckley was chairman, appointed to
urge upon the proper postal authorities the
establishment of free delivery in Anacostia
| and Hillsdale, were discharged from the
| further consideration of the subject, has
| produced the most intense surprise among
| the people Of both towns, but has not re-
| suited in discouraging those who have the
| matter in hand from making the EFFORT to
| secure the improvement SO earnestly de-
sired by the large majority of the citizens
| Already steps have been taken to prepare
| a petition, which will be circulated gener-
ally (and scores of patrons Of the Anacos-
| tia office have even now signified their In
| tention of signing the paper when 1t shall
| be presented to them), and have delega-
| tion of representative citizens who favor
| the movement lay the same before the first
| assistant postmaster general The post
| office committee Of the Hillsdale Citizens
Association has secured a large amount of
| interesting data, such as was asked for by
| Mr.. Jones, as well as othen information
bearing on the subject, and the whole sub
| ject, so far as they are concerned. will be
| laid before the Hillsdale Association at Its
meeting Wednesday night. 1t Is the inten-
| tion Of the committee, If in the meantime
| they are alive to the Importance of the sub
| ject, to ask the association to abandon the
| subject of free delivery so far as Hillsdale
| is concerned, and that instead the Post Of
| flee Department shall be petitioned to es-
| tablish a rost office in Hillsdale, on the
ground that the town has population of
2,6OO and has no postal facilities except
| that of the post office at Anacostia.
Hillsdale was greatly excited by two
| events for several hours on Saturday even
| ing, and the end of neither is apparently at
hand. The first was caused by the appear
| ance in the place of Messrs. Charles Jacob
sen of the Arlington Bottling Company,
]. Hermann of J. F. Hermann & Son, and
Frank II. Finley of the Val BlatZ Brewing
Company. all of Washington, accompanied
| by Constable John w. johnson and Detec-
| tive Charles f. Flinders. who, armed with
| wcitS of replevin, issued by Justice Carroll
W. Smith. proceeded to the store of Joseph
HinWood, on Nicholas avenue, and de-
| manded large number of empty bottles
| stored in Hinwoods warehouse, and which
had been placed there by Mr.. w. H. Brink
ley, who until about two years ago was in
| the bottling business in Washingto on. and is
| now merchant in Anacostia.
| Previous to reaching Eillsdale, the gentle
| men had an interview with Mr.. Brinkley at
| his store, when the bottles were demanded,
| but the latter refused TO surrender them
| on the ground that they had been received
by him in exchange for ',ottles belonging to
| him, and taken by other bottlers, as was
| the recognized practice until the law
passed by Congress to regulate the matter
| went into effect a few months ago. The
| aid of the law was then invoked, and the
| party went to Hinwood's store where they
found the room where the bottles were
| stored barricaded with an immense ice box.
Constable johnson managed, however. to
crawl IN the room, and he then opened one
OF the side windows, through which the
| rest OF the party entered and carried out
the bottles claimed by Messrs. Jacobsen,
| Hermann and FL, icy, respectively.
Lawyer John A. Moss, who had been con-
suited by MIR. Brinkley in reference to the
matter. here appeared on the scene and
created considerable additional excitement
| by telling what he would have done with
| the gentlemen for their alleged house
| breaking, but no attention was paid to his
threats by those most directly interested.
| and as those claiming the bottles had each
| given an indemnity bond to Justice Smith,
they loaded the bottles into the wagon they
| had brought with them and sent them to
their respective places of business in the
| city.
Nj Brinkley will, 1t Is understood, fight
| the matter to the end as he had, he said,
lest bottle during the period he was in
by him until they We're taken from him on
Saturday, and he was retaining these in
his possession with the idea that he might
possibly again enter the bottling business,
when they would again be useful
| The act of Congress under which the
| writs of replevin were issued prescrbes a
heavy penalty for having bottles in pos
session Illegally. but as Mr.. .Brinkley had
all the bottles in dispute long before the
passage of the law referred to, he believes
that he is justly entitled to return of
the property taken from him.
The other event was fight which ragged
longer than some of the most important
skirmishes during the late war between
Walter Mckinney and Daniel Robinson,
| brothers-in-law, during which Robinson
was so badly used up that he had to be put
to bed, which he has since been unable to
leave The fight occurred in the house oc-
| CLpied by both, and the affair attracted
| immense crowd m
| appear. the combatants made no noise
that could be heard on the street about a
hundred feet distant, and this exempted
them from arrest unless warrants shall be
issued at their own request.
Both men had, it is said, been drinking,
and dispute over trivial matter arose
During the war of words that ensued Rob-
inson. it is said, struck Mckinney in the
mouth with stick, hurting him consider
ably and enraging him to fearful ex-
tent. Mckinney who is much more
tackled Robinson and knocked him down.
whereupon he proceeded to punish him
Friends Of both parties, however, inter
fered and separated the men. Mckinney
was gotten out of doors and Robinson was
assisted to his feet. but before the latter
had had time to recover from the effects
of the blows he had received, Mckinney
broke from the man who had held him. and
throwing himself against the door with
great force burst it open and again at.
tackled Robinson. The latter was again
knocked down and kicked about the body
and struck by Mckinney in the face, until
Mckinney. yielding to the solicitation OF
friends who had entered the house. saw
proper to desist. Robinson was carried tc
bed. and ply sician summoned. who found
the assaulted man to be mass Of bruises
both eyes blacked and having possibly
other injuries.
Complaints this morning reached the po-
| lice of the Anacostia substation that a
gang of four white tramps, one Of whom
was described as the most horrible-lookins
man ever seen at Twining City, were al
that village terrorizing the ladies Of the
place by their presence and loud and bois-
ferrous language. and that some of the citi-
zens were afraid to go to their places OF
business in Washington, not knowing what
the tramps might take notion to do
officers at once galloped to Twining City
but by the time they reached there the
tramps had left. Further search for the
gang will be made during the day and they
will be run down if possible unless they
shall have meanwhile left the District.
The Hillsdale Colored Methodist Epis.
copal Church, which has been in existence
for some time past, was incorporated or
Saturday in order that IT. may have lega
standing. The incorporators are William
H. Young, Thomas Green, Henry Lock
wood, Esquire Harrod and William H. Viii