The evening times., 1896-03-16

| FOurteen applicants; Tor nquOr licenses
had a hearing before the excise boartf-';o
| day upon notices 10 show cause why tneiT
licenses should5not be refused. Twelve OF
| these were fully considered and two were
| postponed for further hearing.
| A queer state of Facts was developed In
one OF the cases, though! no intentional
wrong-doing was charged against the pro
| prietor. IL was in I he. matter of Nicboias
Meckel's application.
The papers were made out in the naIEe
| OF Nickel. under which the owner OF the
| esta blishment has been conducting bust
ness for years. He was christened. Mich
| ;Olas. and eleven years ago was nlturaliZed
under that name. but By some means he
became known as Henry.
The appellatiOn chung TO him. despite
his efforts to get rid OF 1t. and finally he
acquitsced. He opened:his saloon as Henry
Meokel. purchased real estate and! had it
decided TO Henry Meckel.
The board was notifitd OF these facts to-
day, ann promptly notified Meckel's coun-
sci that the license could not be issued to
Henry Meckel. In addition TO this, it Is
said, the property he owns will hive TO be
re-transferred to- some one and restored
to his possession under dis proper name.
II is possible he VIII now be known as
Nicholas Ah,ckel. the publicity given to the
circumstance impressing 1t upon the minds
of his associates SO firmly as TO admit of
no further mistake.
Building permits were issued TO Mrs.
Minnie A. Herbert, TWO dwellings. Nos.
142 aud / n Kentucky avenue, $500;
George Haas, ir.. dwelling, Bowen road,
berkeley Hill, $1,000; Joseph II. Lee, pri-
yate stable, rear of No. 81 10 Water street,
500; and D. II. Mrdd. frame dwelling,
Peters Mill Seat" Bright wood. 81 600.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
The question of further amending the
law OF the District for the prevention of
cruelty TO animals before Congress in
form of Il bill against yivlsectiOn was re-
ferrcd TO the Commissioners for their con-
sideratiOn, and today wassreturnedi TO the
Senate with certain suggested amend
ments and recommendation of the board
for its adoption as amended.
One change asked for is TO alter the title
so that it shall read: "A bill 10 regulate
vivisection.r and another Is The intro
dnctiOnr of n new section, numbered 9,
which provides that the provisions of
this act shah not refer to experin entss or
operations conducted under the authority
of the heads OF any executive department
OF The General Government.
The report OF the Commissioners il ac-
companied by correspondence that was
elected from Surg. Gen. George NJ. Stern.
h,rg, U. s. A., and Health Officer Wood.
ward. and also by the copy OF hill pre-
iof n committee. in conjunction with the
other two gentlemen named, to formu-
late n measure, and which is modified as
suggested In the Commissioners report.
As modified. para graphs C and ID of the ]
original hill are stricken out These were 4
the provisions requiring that the animal
under vivisecton shall during the whole OF
the operation be completely under the influ-
rence of ether or chlorofOrm. to prevent the
animal feeling pain. and that If the pain is
likely to continue after the effect
of the anaesthctic has ceased. or If any
serious INJURY has been inflicted, the ami
NAL must he killed before it recoyers con-
sciousness.
SECTIONS STRICKEN OFT.
The whole of section ., requiring reports
to be made to the Commissioners OF exper-
,iments made, is also omitted, along with
the provision for the authorization OF an
spsction, all of section q, after the word
'-aqt.' in line 22' being stricken from the
amended measure.
The remaining notifications are of a
minor character.
The Commissioners have amended the
schedule OF limitations md project ions rel |
al iyp to the extensions of buildings be-
yond the building line. The present regl'-
lations were adopted MAY 2. SGT, and the
adopted is to permit the pro- |
lection. of steps to the extent of not ex-
ceeding- four feet In width on business |
streets that are ~ ore han 100 feet wide. |
the steps to he no more than three feet in
bright subject to the usual conditions.
Col. Cutters hotel, yclept the Municipal, |
enjoyed a decided increase in. its list OF |
guests last week.as compared with the week
preceding. The total number cared for in |
the seven days. ended with the 9TH was
46l, an increase. of 62: meals furnished, |
$40, an increase OF l / O; lodgings Furnished |
45S, increase, Ga. The average number of
persons cared for daily was IS. Fifteen
Of the travellers secured. work. one was sent |
to the hos pit al. and twent y-sevena Pplicants
were turned awHy.