The morning times., 1895-09-21

Mrs. Laura Thompson, of No. 410 New
Jersey avenue northwest, proposes to file
charges against Policeman Creagh, of the
Sixth precinct, for alleged conduct uDbe-
coming an officer. she viii prosecute the
Iase before the trial board.
rhe allegations are that Creagh and
brother officer sought admission to her
residence at 2 O'Clock one morning, and
when she admitted them, which she did un-
der the impression that they were friends
si the family, Creagb demanded a drink of
whisky.
Upon her indignant protest, the men
withdrew but Mrs. Thompson alleges that
ever since then Creagh has subjected
her and her family to petty prosecutions.
One of her boys she says, was arrested
Thursday evening on a atriyial charge, and
was fined by Judge Kimbali upon the Off
GERS representation of the particulars.
Mrs. Thompson says she proposes now to
have a stop put Ia the prosecutions, and
will prepare sworn statement for presen-
tation to the Commissioners.
COLUMBIA HOSPITALS WORK.
The aDnuaI report of President Nathaniel
Wilson, of the Columbia Hospital board of
directors, has just been submitted to the
Commissioners. Heurges the necessity of es-
timating for the sum of $4,000 for repairs
that are absolutely necessary for the pre-
servatiuu of the main building, and also
for the sum of SEQ, 600 for the maintenance
OF the hospital. and $4,000 for the train
ing school for nurses. He says:
1T is not to be forgotten that the
ownership of the hospital and grounds
is in the United States, and that the hos
pital has no revenues except from an ap-
propriation made by Congress and the
moneys received from pay patients. Is!
reason of the stringency of the times the
income from this last source has been and
is likely to be during the next year greatly
diminished.
Discharged or left during the year, 66S;
died, / 3: remaining under treatment July
/, 1895, 81.
OF 573 patients treated, 473 were resi-
dents of the District OF Columbia: 311 were
co!ored; 20 white, and l an Arab. or the
children in the institution, 200 were colored
and l01 white and l Arabian.
There were 139 operations performed:
50 of them laperotomes. and 40 minor
operations: 1880 new patients have been
admitted to the dispeDsary and l,S62 were
treated.
The report OF Miss Ella UDderhill, su-
perintendent of the hospital. shows the re-
ceipt OF S2,Os9 from pay patients.
The total receipts of this hospital, IN
cluding Congressional appropriation, were
S32, ,34S.9S. or this, S32 ,317 SO was ex-
pended for maintenance and improvements,
leaving balance of S31.12-
BIDS FOR A SCHOoLHoUSE.
The Commissioners are ready for the
reception fbids for the construction of
another of the schoolhouses provided for
in the last appropriation bill. The build
ing is to contain eight rooms and will be
located at the corner of Fifteenth and G
streets southeast. The bids III he
opened uu the 26th instant.
The bids recently received for the con-
struction of the Tenallytown schoolhouse
were all i'll excess of the appropriation,
and the work VIII be readVertlsed upon
reduced specifications.
The Southwest Washington Citizens As
sociatiun will be given a hearing by the
Commissioners, on Monday at IL O'Clock,
for submission of an additional protest
against the proposed location of garbage
crenlatory. at the fuot of South capitol
street. The citizens have employed At
torneys Enuch Totten and waiter D.
Davidge as counsel.
JTpon the recommendation of DR.. W. G.
Woodward, health officer, the Commits
sioners yesterday appointed Dr. george
NJ Kober as special medical sanitary In
spector to investigate and report upon tue
increased death rate from typhoid 1eVer.
A special hearing on the garbage ques-
Son will be given by the Commissioners
on Monday, at which 1t is expected the
selection of a cTematory plant viii be an
nouuced. Commissioner Ross return makes
il probable that there will be full meet
ing of the board.
william F. Cady, who had served
satisfactory probationary term, was yes
tertiay appointed a hostier OF the lire de-
partment on the permanent roll.
william w. Myers was also transferred
from the temporary to the permanent roll
as private in the fire department.
MINOR DISTRICT NOTES.
The proposals of W. W. Winfree TO con-
struct a brick addition to Brookland school
house for the sum of S11 ,545, and for the
construction of school building for
SCI 400, at the corner of First and Pierce
streets northwest, respectively, were yes
terday ordered to be accepted.
The appointment OF Jonn G. Howard as
temporary clerk was ordered yesterday by
the Commissioners. He will be detailed for
the inspection of fuel for the District, with
COMPENSATION at the rate OF 1000 per
annum.
The lexington and Soldiers Home Rail-
way Company has been notified to remove
its tracks from street northeast, between
Second and Third streets, and from Sec
ond street north of T street, the use OF
same having by the company been discon-