Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-01

plete census of the District, such as is
usually taken at intervals of about two
years. The completed returns, as an
nounced by the superintendent of police.
aggregate 269, 1853 persons residing within
the District. The census taken by the
police In June. 1892, showed a population
Of 25S, 481, which indicates an increase in a
little over two years of 10, 727.
Fires.
Since the first day Of last January the
District fire department has responded to
472 alarms; of these 21O were regular or
gong alarms and 262 were local or still
alarms. The damage from fires amounted
to s575.OSS, the insurance on the property
destroyed being $315.1O6. During the month
OF January q regular and 80 local alarms
were sounded; in February, 10 regular and
10 local; in March, 80 regular and Il local;
in April, 10 regular and 20 local; in May.
Is regular and 10 local; in June, q regular
and 70 local; in July, "a regular and ~
local; in August, II regular and IA local; In
September, 16 regular and % local; In Oc-
tober, IL regular and II local; in November,
regular and u local.
Mrs. Parker was badly burned in a fire.
March 70, at 674 Elm street northwest.
The death of Susan Brscoe resulted from
west, April g. During the early morning OF
July Is the stable and storage warehouse
Of the Knox Express Company, 200 B street
northwest, was totally destroyed, the prop
erty loss amounting to $35O,OOO; Samuel
Mssten, Michael Fenton and Dennis Dono-
hue, members of the fire department. were
killed at this confiagration, while other
firemen were severely injured. The burn
ing of house 913 street northwest, July 49,
severely injured Miss Mary Knott; August
8, at 43O Massachusetts avenue northwest,
Miss Millie Baylis was badly burned. Two
days later confagration in house In the
alley between NJ and N, Goth and 2lst
streets northwest caused the demise of
Mrs. Nancy Monday. Early in the evening
of September Mrs. Wasserbach OF 1900 Il
street northwest was painfully burned
The mattress factory of Stumph & Broth
er, 631633 Massachusetts avenue north
vest, caught fire shortly after noon, Sep
TENDER IL, and proved to be one OF the
most serious CONGREGATIONS that has oc-
CURED in this city in recent years. Falling.
walls crushed five adjacent buildings, and
five men were killed and several were in
jured.
A new engine house is at present in
course Of erection on Maryland avenue
between 18th and 18th streets northeast. 1t
will be completed about April l. The COM
pany to be located there will be designated
No. TO-. The opening of the new year is
marked by the creation of second chem
ical company, known as No. 2. In his last
annual report, dated October 20. 1894, Chie1
Paris recommended a general increase OF
twenty-five per cent in the pay of all the
employees Of the fire department, one-half
of the increase to revert to the pension
fund.
There were no changes in the personnel
Of the District judiciary during the year,
and the records of the District courts for
the year 1894 vary little from those of
past years. The case which attracted tn,
NEST attention here and throughput the
country generally was that instituted by
Miss Madeline Pollard against Representa-
tive W. G. p. Breckenridge Of Kentucky,
In which the plaintiff obtained a Judgment
for $4,000. In the suit of Johnson against
Ven Wyck the Blodgett claim was de-
clared to be champertous. Jack the
Slasher," the negro burglar who had ter
ror.zed the people of the District fer sew
eral months. was sett ICED to thirty years
in the penitertiary. Colonel Fred. &.
Ainswcrth and Contractor Dant were rein
dicted for manslaughter in connection with
the FordS Tneatcr disaster, but both in
dictments were declared to be ia ally de-
fective by Judge McComas, which decision
was affirmed by the Court Of Appeals.
Brokers John w. Mccartney and Elverton
Edwards and John S. Shriver and others
were indicted for refusing to answer GER
tain questions propounded by Senate
Investigating committee. which cases are
courts. Policeman Terry was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary for shoot
ing Willis Washington. a young colored
man. Judge Long of Michigan was re-
fused writ Of mandamus compelling the
commissioner of pensions to restore him
to former pension rating. The Court of
Appeals rendered many important deci-
sions, one of them declaring the compul-
scry system of improvements Illegal. Treas
ury Clerk Gaddis was refused a writ of
mandamus. compelling the Secretary Of
the Treasury to rejn3tat3f him. DR.. Ed
ward Leon was respectively convicted of
diets were set aside by Judge Cole. John
r. Leonard was appointed warden of the
District Jail. vice Burke, resigned. Thomas
Crumpton was hanged at the Jail for the
murder Of David Shanklin. A bill in equity
as filed by John G.. Moore to test the
Validity of the income tax law. AS the re-
suit of suits filed against the Washington
Beneficial Endowment Association and The
Fidelity Building, Loan and Investment As
ISOLATION receivers were appointed for the
respective associations. After an escape
from custody for twelve years Captain
Henry w. Howgate was retaken and
lodged in the District Jail, to await trial on
the old indictments and three recently re-
turned presentments.
In Police Courts.
The principal feature Of the work in the
Police Court during the year has been the
successful prosecution of 1O1 liquor dealers
by Mr.. James L. Pugh, jr., the prosecuting
attorney. These prosecutions were under
the new law. the penalties being far more
severe than formerly. The dockets Of the
court show that 16 Ats cases were disposed
of during the year, and some of the cases
represent many as a dozen defendants.
OF this number II, 100 were disposed of
under District ordinance charges while
5,375 were for offenses against the United
States, such assaults and thefts. The
receipts for the year from fines fell far
short of the amount collected during the
previous year, amounting to only S43,044, as
against nearly $1,000 more in 1888.
Strcet Railroads.
In many respects the past year has been
a notable one in the history Of the street
railroads Of the city. The determined ef-
fort made to inflict the overhead trolley
nuisance on the city did not materialize in
any practical results, and the passage of
the Metropolitan bill excluding that sys-
tenn from the list of available motive pow
ers represented the will of Congress as
well as the sentiments of the people in re-
gard to the use of the overhead trolley
within the city limits. The directors of
the Columbia railway not only decided to
edopt the cable system in place of horses