The morning times., 1896-06-02
City Brevities


Mr.. W. Hamilton Smith of Springfield
Mass, is visiting the city.
William R Trgg OF Richmond. Va, is
registered at the Metropolitan.
John Jacoby, naval contractor, Whining
ton, Der, is stopping at the National
Mrs. Louie M Gordon, or A tlanta, reg
iste1ed at the Shoreham yesterday.
Tie Rev. Morgan Dix ami John A Dix,
of New York, have registered at the
Arlington.
The closing exercises of the Forest Glen,
Md, Seminary will lie held on Wednesday
evening, June 10.
a conscience contribution Of a 2-cent
stamp from Winterset, Iowa, was received
al the Treasury yesterday.
The Electrical Workers have provided
themselves with handsome quarters. at No.
SOS Eleventh street northwest.
The Engineers Union. 66TS, has a COM
mittce at work making arrangements for
its annual outing down the river.
The Treasury gold reserve AT close of
business yesterday stood at $106 ,713,-
0SG. The days Withdrawals were $552,-
ace
The ladies of The G. p. o. Bindery
a ssembIy held an interesting business
| meeting last evening at Typographical
Temple.
W S Scott. of the famous ship build
ing firm, ana Theodore Cunningham, both
OF san Francisco, are stopping at the
Arlington.
Proceedings for divorce were begun yes
terday afternoon by Lucy Shaw against
William I. Shaw, Desertion and infide.ity
are alleged.
BY direction of the President Capt. James
Uho, second infantry, U. g. A, has
been placed on the retired list on account
of disability.
The schooI.er Josie r. Burt, of KenDeheC,
Ne, which brought l,l7O tons of ice
to this city, is luading coal at Georgetown
for Providence.
The power on the Ninth street electric
line. exhausted suddenly last evening about
s O'Clock, causing stoppaGc of travel for
about five minutes.
The Washington Athletic Club will give
an entertainment Friday evening OF this
week, the order of exercises To include
music, refreshments, and dancing.
Misses Willie RGney and Clara Roundtree
Of Augusta, Ga. students at the Forest
Glen. Md, Seminary, are visiting Mrs.
james J Fair. No. $40 l. street rtwest
In addition to the amount already ac-
knowledged for the firemcn's fund, The
Times has received the Following: Concert
by children, Sl62; S. e., ST co; cash, 81 90.
The South Washington Citizens Associa-
tioa held but a bret session last evening
many Of the members having Jiilar h.isincSs
engagements that could not - deferred
The President has appointed Gen. James
Ii. Wilson, az Wilmington, Della. member
OF the board Cf visitors 10 the Military
Academy, III place OF Gen. William A. Jack
son, Of Tennessee. declined
The Times Kreglo fund has been Increased
by 50 90 from a lawn party, given By the
Indies OF the northeast. and 1878 as the
proceeds OF a concert given by several
young girls.
william n. Fisdall, of the United States
Army. l. 4. Lomas, r. LomaS Jones. and
II. r ChopneSSe Of Manchester. England.
ana Dr. Calling of Hartford, are registered
at the Ebbitt.
"Caiandrun' is mystical word coming
| InJo rogue among local biCyclists. 1t is a
specific against an accident, if one sees
red-haired woman in a vehicle drawn
10y white horse.
\ meeting of the United Wheelrnen. a new
organization OF local cyclists, will e held
ri SO Eleventh street tomorrow evening to
make final arrangements for a read trip to
baltimore OH next Sunday.
The Senate rejected yesterday the nom
| iuation Of William H. Fowie. to be col
hector Of internal FeveHue for the sixth
| dist -ict Of Virginia. vice Fitzhugh Lee,
sent as counsel general to Havana.
The receipts from internal revenue yes
| terday were 81 ,006.7sS; from customs,
! S6T9 4aT; and miscellaneous. Sill, ,4G4.
The national bank potes received for re-
| demption amounted to $462.47
Thomas A Richie las been employed as
| a special assistant in the inspection of gas
| met nrs with compensation n the rate OF
| So per day for fifteen days TO be paid from
| the depositofthe Washington Gas Company
Henry Hip and family of San Francisco,
| George T. Baker OF st. Louis. and the
| Misses Grace and Julia Noble of Bethle-
| hem. Pa, and Miss Annie winston OF
i Winston, n. c., registered yesterday at the
| Raleigh.
A blaze was discovered in a shed at,the
rear of No. 171T Ninth street northwest yee-
| terday afternoon. No. engine responded
| on a local alarm. butdd not go into service.
| The property is occupied by Thomas &.
| Mcintosh.
| The four -masted schooner Calvin B. Or
| cutt, which reached this city last week
| badly damaged. the result OF collision
| at Nantucket ten days ago, Will sail to-
| day for Baltimore, where she will 60
| on the ways.
| Tie Commissioners yesterday approved
an allotment OF $500. to he taken from the
| emergency fund and expended by the SUPER
| intendeut of parking, in removing the
| broken trees blown into the streets and
| parkings by the recent storm.
The nominations OF Lieut.. Col H c. Cor
| bin, to he colonel and assistant adiutaDt
| general: Mai. a rthur Macarthur TO be lieu
| tenant colonel; First Lieut.. J. f. Kuhn. 10
| be captain, corps engineers, were yester-
| day confirmed by the Senate.
John w Horne and Johnson Fletcher rode
| In the White Lot yesterday evening after
dark and forgot to light their bicycle
| lamps. Policeman Dodge came along on
| his wheel and took both men to the station
| house. They left So collateral.
David Clark, colored. nineteen years old
| was thrown from cart at the corner of
| | aud North Capitol streets yesterday after
| noon. and received a badly fractured leg.
| He was sent 10 Emergency Hospital and
| later transferred to Freedman'S, where mis-
! injuries were dressed
Senior Don Joaquin Bernado Calvo pre-
| sented TO President Cleveland yesterday fis
| credentials as minister to The United States
| from Costa Rica. Senor CaIyo has beer
| stationed here for number of years anG
| since April, S93. has been charge d'affaires
! his government not being represented here
| by minister during that period.
| Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson and
daughters and Gen. W. r. Cox, secretary
| United States Senate. will leave Washing
! ton tomorrow at 10:43 p. m. over the
| Southern Railway for Chapel Hill y. C..
! at which point the Vice President will de
liver an grafton before the University OF
j North Carolina. June 4, and will return tC
| Washington that night.
A meeting of the Columbia Heights Citi
zens' Association, which will be held a