The Washington times., 1895-01-19
LOCAL NEWS OF ALL SORTS
The Weather TODAY.
Fair; warmer; southwest winds.

Farewsu 70 tie alvaticnists-Adjt. Gen.
Durham and Mrs. Durham, of the Salvation
Amy. who had been in charge of the army's
affairs in the District will leave here this
morning for Baltimore, where they will be
assigned to another lost of duty. To mark
the event there were special services last
night ar Salvation Army headquarters, ar
which gathered an unusually large crowd.
Miss Cluss Harp Recital = Miss Anita
Clpss. the dainty little harpist, was heard
last night at Metzerott's by a large and ap-
parently enraptured audience. Miss Cluss
was ably assisted by Mrs. Kitty Thompson
Berry. the well-known soprano: Mr.. T. VIII
liam Pearman, tenor; Prof. Anton Kasper.
violinist, and Arnold " Meyer pianist each
of whom contributed to fine programme
Created Panic Oh the Train - Henry
Williams. wi.d-eyed colored man. created
considerable excitement on an incoming train
over the Baltimore and Potomac railroad by
fiourishing loaded revolver. After strug-
gle Williams was disarmed by the conductor
In the police court yesterday he told a dis
jointed story about being pursued by hob
COLLINS and spooks. and Judge Miller held
him TO have his mental condition examined
into.
Held Up ths Wrong Man = Policeman
Matthews, of the Eighth precinct, disguised
himself as an aged and deerepit man Thurs
day night, and went out to look for suspicious
characters. Before he had been out long
Matthews captured, at the point OF his pistol
Henry Lucas and Daniel Newton, young coll
ored men, who attempted to "hold up the
supposed old man in a lonely cut beyond
Boundary street. In the police court yester-
day they were sent to the workhouse for sixty
days each.
Decision on Slave Marriages Judge Brad
ley yesterday decided that descendants OF
slaves must be able to show that their parents
were married according to some form or cas-
tom recognized in tue State in which they
lived in order to establish legitimacy Of the
children under the act of Congress of 1879
He based his decision upon two previous de-
cisions of the general term of the supreme
court of the District.
Struck On the Face with a Briek-w William
johnson. a young colored man, was taken to
the Emergency Hospital last night IN Third
precinct patrol wagon with his face terribly
injured by a blow from a brickbat thrown by
Augustus Tucker, also colored. Johnson s
mouth was lacersted. several of his teeth
knocked out, and his lower jawbone probably
shattered. Tucker, the assailant. called at
No. station-house about $50 o'clock last
night aud surrendered himself He said he
met Johnson in saloon ar Twenty-first and
L streets northwest and the latter called him
foul name and attempted to stab him, when
he threw the brick in self-defense Tucker
HiiS Always DoTno q SpienulQ TepCtatlOn IOr
peace and good order.
Women Students of Psychology-Miss Pau
| line Larcoss, of Chicago, read a paper on
1.-THE correlation of mind and body before
the section in Psychology ar the Science Club,
| No. 1425 New York avenue, yesterday morn
/ ing, which was followed by an interesting
! discussion upon the child mind. The sec
| tion in Psychology meets on Friday at IL
| am.
Removed TO the Pesthouse-Two cases of
| varioloid were removed to the smallpox hos
/ pital yesterday afternoon. The patients were
! a colored boy OF sixteen years and an infant.
The disease developed in the Turner house
No. 1912 Valley street.
Services at First Presbyterian-Rev. James
| L. Hill, d. D.. OF Salem, Mass. will preach
at the First Presbyterian Church Tomorrow
morning. DR.. Hill is one of tho most well.
/ known ministers in New England. trustee
| of the United Society Of Christian Endeavor
| and comes here to make an address before
the convention now being held in the Congre-
| gational Church.
! Snakes Were After Georgia-A charge ol
! insanity was preferred against Georgia Cox
| colored woman fifty years OF age, by Mr.
Washington Danenhower last night, and
| Georgia was locked up at the Twelfth street
/ police station. She is the ianitress of Mr
Danenhowers building, corner of Thirteenth
| and G streets northwest. Her hallueination
| appears to be that she is being pursued by a
| great swarm of big black snakes with white
heads In trying to escape from the snakes
| she created 4 scene OF great disorder in the
above premises.
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