The morning times., 1895-09-20

| The Commissioners took action yester-
day on the papers presented from the police
rial board in the three following cases, re-
spectively:
Private C. II. Banagan, tried August
2S, 1895, for conduct unbecominG an Of
Iicer; charges dismissed, the prosecuting
witness having failed TO appear.
Private j. ii. Kinnamon, tried August 2S,
1895, for orviolationo ofparasraphs 135 and 1873
of the manual finding, mot guilty. and
recommendation that the ch..:cs be dis
| missed.
WHAT WAS ALLEGED.
| 1t was alleged in the case that "Kinna-
mon. private of Class , in the Metropolitan
| police force, while on duty on or about the
| 10th day of August, 1895, at or about the
hour OF $3.50 p. IN. did enter the premises
situated on Twenty-eighth street, between
| o and streets northwest. and sit down and
smoke a pipe. This in the District of Co.
hmbia.'
The prosecuting witness, Mr.. w. ID. spll-
van, testified TO having found the patrol
man within the house named, and said he
was engaged in smoking q tw0-cent pipe
with reed stem" He took note of the
time, and said it was $50 p. m. He waited
ten minutes on the outside and Kinna-
mon remained in the house during that time
The officer endeavored to show animosity
upon the part of the witness, growing out
of previous arrest. 1t was alleged by
another witness that Sullivan had de-
clared the purpose or catching" the Off
Ger in an ipfraction of the rules.
Private j. A. Mcdonald, tried August 2s,
1895, for neglect of duty; finding, gull
J." and recommendation that he be fined
$40.
Mcdonald was shown to have sat down
on doorstep August "a. 1895, while on
duty, and to have remained there until or
dcred away by hissuperior officer, Sergeant
John McTaggart.
HAD THE HEADACHE.
The accused stated that he had bad
headache and sat down, preferring To
remain on the beat. but not being able
TO remain continuously on his feet. There
were but nine men TO run the precinct
that night. and he did not want To report
on sick list.
Tie findings in each of the foreg DING
cases were approved by the Commits
sioners with the exception that in the I
case of Officer Mcdonald the fine was
increased to $50 and the admonition given
that repetition of the offeuse will cause
his removal from the force.
Additional interest has been excited in
the school trustee appointments by the |
appearance of several new aspirants in |
the list of eligibles.
Those whose names have been for
mally presented, in addition to those hith-
erto named in The Times are Louis A.
Cornish, Aaron Russell, E. b. Grain, F.
j. Shadd John C. Norw ood and Rev.
Sterling Brown.
Two of these are members of the present
board and are being urged for reappoint
ment. 4
wooDBURN's NEEDS. /
The woodburn Citizens Association, rep
resented by DR.. Allen Walker, Angus La
mond, John Kelley, C. H. King and John
made an appeal yesterday to
the Commissioners for what they stated to
be a very much needed Improvement to
Blair road.
The Commissioners promised that so much
Of the road as has not been abandoned
shall be given attention THIS rail-.
The excise board yesterday rejected five
applications for bar license that have been
pending since November 1, 1894.
The list is as.follows: James Williams,
No. 334 b street southwest; John F. Kelley,
No. 332 street southwest; Robert H. Key,
No. 211 Third street southwes William A.
No. 301 F street southwest;
Elizabeth Gallagher, No. 1876 Twenty first
street northwest and Edward Murphy, No
1105 Twenty first street northwest.
The parties are given until October 81
to close out, the order of rejection taking
effect on that date.
CERTIFIED CHECK ACCEPTED.
Attorney Thomas rendered an opinion
in the case of the protest filed
by j. NJ. Dunn against the bids ofW. W. Win
free for the construction of the Brookland
and First street school houses, taking the