The morning times., 1895-12-07
BUSY ON LIQUOR CASES
Excise Board Considered -Four
Hundred Held Up Applications.
MANY LICENSES GRANTED
Health Officer Wood ward Wants an
Establishment Where All Kinds of
Domestic Refuse Can BE DESTROYED.
Removal of Carriage Blocks in Ex-
cess of the Regulation Size.

The excise board, Messrs. Bates, Morsell
and johnson, met last nignt in their rooms at
the District building, To consider appiica-
tions for liquor Licenses. CLERKS Williams
and Woodward We're present 10 assist i'll
the work.
The four hundred cases In which the
papers had been marked by Mr.. johnson
Tor the INTRODUCTION of further evidence
were taken up, ana a number of them passed
upon. the board continued III session 10
late hour. IL is probable that the names
OF many whose applications were granted
will be made known today.
In cases where licenses are Withheld
Notices VIII he sent 10 applicants 10 Show
cause on a certain date -wny their requests
should not be refused.
FOR FURTHER INQUIRY.
Applicants whose papers were marked 10y
Mir. johnson Tor 1urtnvr HIuIry upon the
lack OF proof OF citizenship are Frank
Nesper, fat1cn Cannon, tilnrIcS scbiag,
y. Locp, II. McCaDn, Wm. q L.ary, Joseph
SULLIVAN, Chris. Hager, James Keliher
Peter 1,roneter, Matthew Cannon, Il. Mari
nelli, NJ. +. Donohue, Michael nougherty,
u. aiartagani, j. McCartiy, No. IO.t 4 street
northwest: Fniip Barry, James 7. Hoff-
man, Leonhard EgioTf, Thomas +. barron.
i,ennie 4. Ready, Charles Mccarthy and
John Appich.
In some OF these cases there are other
grounds for withholding license. but in
many fuI evidence OF ciIiZeiIs,iIp has been
furnished ana the pdler VIII he as ued.
The order OF procedure tins year has
been an eXamination OF the papers
by Mr.. johnson, WHO marked some "A.
meaning allowed ana utners II, 10
hold. As soon as this was done Messrs.
Mauigan, Sullivan, Frank and others rep
resentinR breweries were allowed 10 see
the papers and learned the significance OF
the letters placed upon them by MI john
son.
they at once notified their friends among
the saiooDLeepers by drivers oil the wagons
q what nrilDn had been lHEpn and what
objections appeared IN The papers The
applicants themselves We're permitted to See
the papers also: no one else saw them or
VIII De permitted TO see tnum as yet.
The brewers agents and tie applicants
have prepared evidence TO present i'll eacu
case he'd. All otucr persons Interested one
way or the other III the location OF
saloon have been deprived of information
through the news papers of what mas been
going on.
the hearings in cases passed upon un-
favOrably by the board last night VIII be
by briefs exclusively. The board has no
timc for oral argument. This was the rule
last year. but some oral hearings were held.
None VIII be tnis year.
DESTRUCTION OF REFUSE.
Heaith Officer Woodward is seeking some
method TO dispose OF waste paper. sweep
ings ana other rubbish such as Is now
Carted away to the dumping grounds bout
the city. The danger OF infection from this
refuse is so well Known that must cities
Investigation to have ii destroyed.
IuvcstIg a tionSmad de here show hataround
the dumps the death rate is higher aud the
number OF cases or contagious diseases
mitch greater thai elsewhere. At one point
IN Georgetown il was found that where
the normal death rate for population OF
the uumier in the section arUunu the dump
was 10, the actual lumber OF deaths there
was Isl. The Infection comes ofteneSt
from paper torn from the walls OF sick
rooms.
DR.. Woodward said yesterday lie had
no money To continue the inquiry in re-
gard ia his matter. As soon rs there is Il
take IL up again. An appropriation VIII
probably be asked TO pay FOR further iu-
vestigatiou. TLen a pian VIII be agreed
upon 10 get rid of this class OF waste along
witi, ashes aud the like and money secured
TO carry IL into effect. \ place Ia burn
everything that fire viii take hold OF VIII
be a feature.
The lattice porch on Mrs. Emily Briggs
residence at No. 6I0 ID street southeast.
which the Commissioners directed her To
remove, is still there, though the ten days
given her have elapsed IL Is probdbie
Proceedings viii be commenced against her
in The police court. Mrs. Briggs, who is a
wel.-kuown literary woman, has started
pharmacy school for women at her home
and it is said the neighbors object to this
rather ihau TO the porcn.
The removal of carriage BLOCKS under
an order issued few days ago was begun
yesterday Blocks above the dimens ions
30 inches by 10 by are not allowed. A
number were carried a way from places on
seventh street northwest yes terday. Others
will bee removed today ir the warning is
not needed,
Another section. No. Is. was added TO
the regulations governing the ma king OF
gas connections. II provides that stop
cock boxes for gas service shah he of pat
tern approved 10y the Commissioners. and
located as prescribed for water stop-cock
boxes hy the plumbing regulations. If they
must be moved or adjusted, tie gas com
pany is Ia bear the expense.
Permission was granted Mr.. \. II. Stamp
10 continue building at g32 NJ street north
west. Al the same time tn" bUiiuing regu-
lations were amended 80 that with an aE-
plicatiuH Ia Increase the height Of tuild-
ing must be accompanied by an affidavit
stating. the thickness of the walls
A permit was issued la walter u. Cox
for u two-siory and attic frame dwcipt
on the Upper Road, east of Cleveland Park.
10 cost 5000. This will be Judge CoX's
summer residence.
Frank Hunter, colored, who came here |
on December / . from the lower Pot omac i'll |
such condition from mmiStreatmcnt by OYSTER |
men by whom he had been employed tina ii he |
was sent 10 Providence Hospital, was dis |
,harged from there this morning He |
was furnished transport alton to his home /
in Baltimore by Sanitary Officer Frank.
Capt. Frank says he has q number Of
similar cases every year. Employees of
ystermep on Chesapeake Bay and the
Potomac are 50 hardly used that they
.ome in here as charge upon the COM
nuDity. The Baltimore authorities have
been notified by the federal government, as
we'll AS unofficially, a number of times,