The morning times., 1896-07-29
City Bfevities

!
Col. Walter French, Of Boston. is max.
ing the National his headquarters whil'
in the city. tsisff2e
Gen. craiehHi,s of the war Department
has returned to his post, after shor
visit In New York.
/ Leave OF absence for two months has
been granted to Lieut. Lucien G. Berry
of the Fourth Artillery.
j. c. Whitney of Baltimore, commodore
OF the Merchants and Miners fleet, is in
| the city on business.
-Mr. Clinton Knnier, prominent stock
broker OF Lypchburg, Va, Is spending q
few days IN this city.
Major Henry Romeyn of the regular
Army, stationed at Fort McPherson, Ca.
is registered at the Ebbitt House.
The Relief Association OF the Great
Falls Ice Company gives its annual ex
cursion 10 Marshall Hall this evening
The first annual excursion Of Kfsrnet and
District Councils, Royal Arcanum, V. II
| C., swas given to River View last evening
Lewis Tucker, colored, was locked up
at No. station last night by Policeman
Lewis for an assault upon his wife, Mar
4 garet.
| George Morgan, thirty years of age, a
| cOlored haEber- OF Georgetown, died Mon
day OF consumption and was buried yes
tefday.
| The West End Mckinley Club will ratify
at John Wesley Church. Connecticut ave
| nue., between 1. and N streets, tomorrow
| evening"
| Gen. E. ID. Harrington, general passen-
! ger gent of the Southern Pacific system
| and other Western roads. is registered at
the Raleigh. .y.sg.-.-
| Col. A. b, Andrews. vice-presIdent of
the Southern Railroad, was in the city yes
terday, looking after the general welfare
| OF the road.
AT the Ehbitt House are registered Mf.
4, c. Camp and daughter of Knoxville.
Tenn Mr.. Camp is prominent in Knoxville
business circles.
darky band advertising a cake walk
and picnic for last night. afforded u great
deal or amusement to the residents on
| Tenth street northwest
Mr.. Peyton Gordon, the sequestrator in
the Armes divorce case, qualified as bonds
man yesterday afternoon. Samuel W.
Began became his surety.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society
or Union n. E.-Church, Twentieth street
below the avenue, spent Monday in pic
mcking In the Geological Park woods. -
Both-Lieut. Col Arthur Macarthur, Jr,
assistant adjutant general, and Lieut.
James HamilteR,> of=tire Third ARTILLERY,
| have had their leaves Of absence extended
month.
- Officer O,Dea, OF the Ninth precinct, who
was bitten by little dog while making an
arrest as told in yesterdays Morning
| Tunes. was reported last night as being
| slightly Improved. 7 80
A colored boy eollided with a lady
| cyclist on R streetslast night She was
| unhurt. but her ma chine was badly dam
aged. He rode away before his name
| could be asccrta;ned.
The meeting cof District Assembly, No
| 66. X. OF L., tomorrow evening has been
postponed. in order TO allow the delegates
| to attend the Street Railway Assembly ex-
cursion to River View.
Tue second annual excursion of the Street
Railway Assembly will be given to River
View tomorrow The funds are to be
for the benefit Of the employees OF the
Metropolitan RniirtAd.
Emmett Bush was overcome by heat at
Third and II streets southwest yesterday Y
shortly before IL O'Clock He was re-
moved to his home, No. 1850 DeIawsrs
avenue. in No.y4 patrol wagon.
Thetroops atFort Mycr were busy yester-
day moving into their new quarters. The
new buildings are more commodious and
comfortable than the old and the cavalry-
The will OF the late jamie p. MoCauley
will is July 3. 1886. The father of the
tcstatrix, Joseph McCauley, is named as
executor. He is the chief beneficiary
Mr.. Charles IT, Worden was overcome by
the heat yesterday He visited the War
and Navy building shortly after noon and
on his return home was completely mos
trated andfora short while was unconscious
Douglass Tascoe, culored, Is a prisoner
at the Second precinct station. for petty
larceny. He was caught last night By
the police OF the Sixth precinct and turned
over to Detective Barnes, who has been
looking for him.
Judge HaGner yesterday ordered the
dismissal OF Amelia 7. Measers suit for
divorce against Emmanuel II j Measer. a
barber. because he considered she had not
made sufficient showing to be granted a
separation.
The late Sebastian Toepper, by his will,
filed for probate yesterday made his wife
Caroline Toepper. his cxecutrix and sole
beneficiary. His estate includes No S33
First street northeast. The paper was
dated April l, 1891.
The unemployed printers of the city .r--
fected an organization last evening by the
selection of Il full corps of officers. 1t is
understood that the members will vote as
unit in the election for officers of Ty-
biographical Union obe held today.
An unknown bicyclist was thrown from
his wheel at Pennsylvania avenue AMI
Twentieth street yesterday afternoon by
the rear wheel being struck by the fender
OF a passing cable car. Both the man and
wheel escaped without serious injury.
William Patterson, Il laborer, firty-two
years old, was arrested last night by
Policeman weet for reckless driving
along Fourteenth street northwest. He
was sent to No. station, and released
on So collateral for his appearance in
court today.
William Sirnmonds, coiored, of Howard
county, Md, was kicked In the abdomen
by horse in front of No 207 Eleventh
street yesterday and painfully injured
The man was removed to Emergency Hos
pital where he received medical atten.
ton.
well dressed woman entered the health
office yesterday afternoon and compIained
to Vital Statistics Clerk Parsons that
there were a number OF old rusty tin to
mato caus and other discarded tinware in
her back alley. She demanded that they
be removed forthwith by the health de-
partment. Mr. Parsons informed the irate
female that his office would remove dead
rats, cats or digs but not discarded hard
ware He promised. however, to send an
inspector to her house tomorrow, and she
went away partly placated.