The evening times., 1895-10-15
THAT TYPHOID FEVER LIE
Societies to Meet Here Are Max
ing Health Inquiries.
ALARMEDBY FALSE REPORTS
Royal Order of Scotland Wishes TO
Know IL the City Is Healthy Enough
to COme-An Official Denial 10 BE
Sent Out-Notes- From the District
Building.

As an evidence of the greatly cxaCger-
ated reports that have gone abroad re-
specting the prevalence of typhoid fever
in Washington. Ma lor W. o. Ronme. cashier
of the Ohio National Bank stated at the
District building this morning that scarcely
a day passes that he does not receive let
tiers OF inquiry concerning il.
The last one was from Philadelphia:
the writer being member of the Royal
Order of Scotland, who expects To attend
meeting OF that orga nizatioD To be held
in this city during the week beginning the
21st tnsta MT.
There are over four hundred members
of the order expected here" said Ma ior
Roome but the grossly inaccurate re-
ports of an outbreak oI fever. as pu blished
in other cities. are calculated to keep
many OF them away"
His purpose in calling at the municipal
headquarters was to consult with DR..
Woodward touching the rumored epi-
demic. and to obtain authority to deny
the reports and counteract their influ-
ence. The health officer will address q
letter to Major Roome coniradicting the
statements that have obtained currency.
and copy Of that authoritative document
Will be mailed to each member OF the
Royal order in all parts OF the cou ntry.
II will be explicit in its denial of the ex-
istence of an epidemic.
FINISHED THE NORTHwEs T.
The board OF assistant assessors, hav
ing completed the northwest section OF
the city, is now at work in the southwest.
with a prospect that within a week or
ten days the reassessment OF that portion
of the city will be finished.
The board included seventeen SQUARES
in the programme of yesterday. and began
this morning on square BIB, between
Third and Four aud-a-half and K and L
streets southwest.
The northeast and southeast sections,
respectively. will be taken up in turn
Immediately upon the completion OF the
work in the southwest, a I'd then the county
will receive attention.
There are over 800 squares in the city,
including the old Georyetown boundaries,
as renumbered Ind the duty of reassessine
each piece OF property separately, as is
row being done by the board, requires
time and care. and the assessors have
discovered that it will be impossible to
complete the work in the time required,
hence their recent recommendation for an
extension. as noted in The Times.
COUNTY ASSESSMENTS.
The county covers a wide area, and
the record occupies a great many pages
in the book of entries. Each separate
piece OF property will be personally in
spectcd, as is being done in the city
divisions. although on account of the
absence OF improvements in large portion
of the territory. the work can be more
rapidly accomplished.
No change can be MAGE IN the street
lighting system at Brookland during the
present fiscal year. and the Commits
sioners have notified Secretary Penrod,
of the Citizens Association.
Steam engineers license of the first
class was issued to-day to John B. Wal
lace.
The board of excise granted whole
sale liquor license to Julius Spanier.
whose establishment has been located at
No 1907 2 street northwest.