The morning times., 1895-08-10
WASHINGTONIAN ARRESTED
Abraham BerWanger, Liquor Drum
mer, Traded in Alexandria.
Case to BE Fought the Courts on the
Ground That Ii Violates Interstate
Commerce Act.

Abraham Berwanger, a drummer for Rich
ards wholesale liquor house in Washington,
is under arrest in Alexandria Gu charge
of selling liquor without a license.
The arrest was made yesterday by Of
ficer William Furgesson, who was stand
ing in Riess' grocery store on Fairfax
and Princess streets when Berwanger came
in and offered his samples.
The officer requested Mr.. Berw1ngeF to
show his license, and not having any IA
accompanied the officer to the police sta
ton Later in the evening he was re-
leased under bond or $500 for his ap-
peardnce before Judge Thompson this
morning Mr. d. Bendhelm becoming his
surety.
There is no city license but the state
requires all liquor drummers to pay tax
Of $3.50. 1t is understood that the case
will be fought on the ground that the arrest
Is a violation OF the Interstate ecommercelaw-
The Consumers Brewing Company, OF
Washington, which proposes to erect the
mammoth brewery at Roslyn at the Virginia
end OF the Aqueduct Bridge, was yesterday
granted a charter OF Incorporation by Judge
C. E Nicol, OF the Circuit Court of Alex
andria county. The capital Of the COM
pany as set forth in the charter, is to BE- not
less than SOS, 900, nor more than $500. goo,
which is TO he divided into shares OF the par
value OF SlOO each. The real estate hold
ings OF the new company are limited TO
$500 acres, and the main office is to be
in ROslyn,' Alexandria county. The Of
ficers named in the charter are Dennis
ConnaH, or Washington. president; John
Curtin, vice president; Edward Jordan, see
retary; James Richards, treasurer, and W.
NJ. Mcclure, Thomas Walsh, Edward Jordan
and Robert r. White, directors TheOfGCers
are all residents OF Washington city
Mr.. Elisha ]. Miller, one OF the leading
merchants Of Alexandria, died at the Eome
OF his brother-inIaw, Mr.. +. 3. Farquhar,
near Rockville, Md. yesterday evening. az
ter an Illness of some months OF Bright's
disease. Mr. Miller leaves two sons, DR..
Julian Miller and Mr.. Ashby Miller. and one
daughter, Miss Gertrude Miller His body
viii be brought home for burial
The Dickinson & Randall Raf-ioint Box
Company, whose purpose is to manufacture
in Washington city a patent device box,
has been chartered by Judge Norton The
caitapl stock Is fixed at S5O, 200, divided
into 500 shares Of 500 each. The real
estate to DC owned by the company is lin
tied to 600 acres, and though the charter
names no officers, the following Was=l-
ingtOn gentlemen are its incorporators:
Charles Dickinson, E. s. Randall, James
Watson, Alexander Grant, R. B. Brown,
D. T. Burtwen and F. j. McCreery.
Mr.. John T. Harrison, foreman of the
Washington ana Ohio division Of the South
ern Railway shops in this city, had two
of his ribs broken by q fail from car
day or two ago
Mr.. Israel Holt, the venerable turnkey
of the city jail, died a. his home in the
Jail building yesterday afternoon, after q
short illness Ar. Holt was over seventy
years of age, and was printer by trade.
For the past thirteen years he has been
connected with the city jail
Mr.. Charles Klaus has resigned the posi-
ton Of warden OF the chain gang, and
Acting Mayor Snowden has appointed Mr..
Wan E. Grady, an ex-polieemiln, to the
position
The case of Earry Myers, conductor OF
the Washington Southern Railway, for
using Fayette street to make flying
switches was called up in the mayors
court, but at the request OF Col F. L.
Smith, attorney for the company, it was
postponed for two weeks, while Justice
Thompson looks out the the law govern,
ing the casS