The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-08
FIRE ladies GOING AWAY
Columbia Company Leav,S for the
Maryland State Convention.
Contractors Preparing for the
Pitt street Sewer.

The Columbia Fire Company will leave
here tomorrow evening at s 30 for Wash
ington and take the s O'Clock train OF
the Baltimore and Ohio road for Cuuiber
land. where the convention OF the Mary
land State Firenen's Association will be
held. June 10. 4 and 70. The company
will carry about forty mon, headed b
tie Friendship Drum Corns- The Co.um-
bia engine, for the fourth time. will be
entered in an engine contest for Sl0O
ami in view of the fact that they have
won or all previous occasions, The Company
expects TO bring home the prize.
Wi! Butler, colored. for assault and bat
terry, and Rufus Cheshire, arrested by or
ficer Roberts, for abusive langua ge, will
appear before Mayor Thompson this morn
ing.
The trains of the Washington, Aiexa ntiria
and Mt. Vernon Electric Railway between
Washington and this city yesterday We're
crowded A number OF passengers WHO
came over stopped off i'll this city, while
the majority continued the trip 70 Mi.
Vernon. The electric trains passing throu gh
the city attracted good Zeal of atteIi-
ton. The ferry boats did very little busi-
ness during the day.
The following officers have been elected
for tho ensuing year by Mount Vernon
Royal Arch Chapter: John II. Usher, high
priest; G.. y. Simpson, king; George "
Fisher, scribe; Ashby Miller, treasurer,
and X. KemEer, secretary.
NeSsrs. d. j. Howell 4 Co, the contractors,
are at work preparing the ground for the
proposed Pitt street sewer. As soon as
the brick aad other material arrives, u
large force will he put on ana the work
pushed as rapidly as possible. 1t is
expected that the proposed Pitt and King
street sewers Will lie tapped with smaller
sewers, aud that in few years the city
viii have a perfect system or sewerage.
Applications have been made recently by
persons residing on streets where there a re
no sewers, and the authorizes have ex-
pressed willingness To- iay the pipes
where there was q sufficient number OF
property owners desiring to tap them
10 pay one-half the cost OF the work
Mr.. Amos Woodward. the venerable en-
gincer al the Southern Railway Offices
in Washington. and his wife of this city.
are the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. j. C.
Preston, in Warrenton.
Children'S day Services were held in the
Village Chapel last night The serviCeS
were conducted by Rev. -. II. Kern, pas
tor. and an interesting program was rem
dcred by the children.
The police or this city have been re-
qut~'sNi ~ IOOh out Tor Il seventeen year
old boy who escaped from the Government
Reform School, near Washington The
name of the boy was not given but a full
description or INN was furnished.
The Eleemosynary Circle OF Kings Daush-
tcFs' viii hold a lawn party tomorrow
and Wednesday nights at Miss Carrie
Evans, corner st. Asaph and Wolfe streets
70: the benefit of the womdn's ward at
the Alexandria Infirmary.
Market Master Lylcs on Saturday con
fiscatcd lot of print butter. which
was light weight. from u country dealer IN
the market. The butter was sent TO the
aims house.
s. Woodward, young man employed
at the New Alexandria spoke factory, was
painfully injured on Saturday, by spoke,
which flew from turning machine. He
was attended 10y DIR. Mcclure.
For st metime the residents Of the neigh
horhUoF! have been annoyed by the dis
orderly conduct Of the inhabitants OF the
court, III the block bounded BY Prince
Duke. Columbus, and Alfred streets. Yes
tcrGay complaint WAS made, and Lieut.
Smith, with Officers Lyles, Belts, Goods,
and Wllkorson raided one of the disOrderly
houses III tie locality named and arrested
Eliza Thomas, Jane solomon. Sadie Will
Jams. William Fox, Robert Solomon, and
Henry Fountain, all culOred When the
police entered the house they found -tEt.
three couples named occupying as many
beds Ill one room. There was no oppor-
tunity Ia escape, and they were forced to
dress and accompany the officers 10 police
headquarters They VIII be charged IN the
police curt with indecent conduct.