The morning times., 1896-06-16
City BrevitieS


Hon. T. j Lamb OF Michigan City, s. D..
| an empIoye at the Senate, will leave for his
Western nome today.
Sergeant johnson, of police headquarters.
| is confined to his lone. No. AL Z street
northwest, by illness.
st. Andrews SuDda y-schoul children Will
be given a picnic and excursion ~ Mar
shall Hall on Saturday, June 20.
The public well on the east side of
Seventh street northwest, tetween l. and
NJ streets, has been ordered clseu.
Mr.. William u. Heron of the Cnited States
Geological Survey left yesterday for Cole
rado. in charge OF a surveying party.
The small, two-masted schooner William
Turner. belonging to Thomas Walls, has
gone oh the ways for general repairs.
The Treasury gold reserve at the close
of business yesterday stood at $IO3. z 3d.
I95. The days Withdrawals were $49l,-
200.
The annual basket picnic and excursion
OF the f Street Baptist Church will be
| given next Tuesday, June %, 10 Bay
Ridge.
Mr. Oren W Weaver, chief clerk of the
Department OF Labor, who has been i'll at
Providence Hospital for a week, rs much
better.
Capital City Commandery, X. of H., will
give musical and literary entertainment
at Masonic Temple. Wednesday evening, in
| celebration OF its first anniversary.
Mr.. W. A Guthrie of Durham, n. c..
prominently mentioned for governor by
| the Republicans during the last State
| campaign is ut the Metropolitan Hotel.
Saliie Wanzer. colpred, got drunk and
created big disturbance In Goats alley
northwest last night .ss Policeman Hendricks
placed Saliiebehind the barsat No. 2station.
The regular weekly rehearsals OF the four
sections OF the Z. L. convention chorus will
be held at the usual places tomorrow
evening instead of on Friday as heretofore.
Mrs. b. r. Ayers or New York, wife of
the late Capt. Ayers, U. s. N, who has
been stopping nj the National Hotel for
the last few days, viii leave for Cape
May today.
The annual excursion and picnic OF the
Mount Vernon Place Sunda y-school will
be given to Great Falls on Saturday, June
10 the eXcaTs.on is III charge or superin-
tendent +. A. Stiers.
Naval Constructor s. Takakura and S.
Sakurai of the Japanese navy were at the
Navy Department yesterday in company
With Commander Mayaoka, naval attachc
of the japanese legation
The Mount Vernon choir, about 200
voices. which is part of section c of the
grand c. f. convention chorus. held its
regular weekly rehearsal last evening at
Mount vernon Place Church.
The testimonial concert given to Mrs.
Belle Bradford last night, at G. A. X.
Hall by. leading local talent. both pro-
fessional and amateur, resulted i'll an
artistic and financial success.
The three -Inasted schooner Jose 'plaverri
OF Rockland, Me-, with IL. tons of ice.
arrived Sunday. The schooner is dis
charging her cargo and will load with coal
for Boston.
When Policeman Villa ms arrested George
Miller and james S. Williams in South
Washington last. night Maurice McAuliffe
came along and attempted to release the
prisoners. AS a result he also rode in
the patrol wagon.
Mr. w. II. Hills. the assistant superin-
tendeDt of the Treasury Department, has
convalesced from his recent illness suf-
ficiently to resume his desk, where lie
was received with many congratulations.
Jennie Clay. colored seventeen years old,
was arrested last night by Officer Ncale
on complaint OF Mrs. Fanny Sellinger, who
charges her with petit larceny, .Ienf.ic
was employed as servant in the Seliinger
household.
Judge Kimball yesterday afternoon sent
Alfred Dorsey a sixteen-year-old colored
boy to the reform school during his minority.
Dorsey robbed W. II. Pyles, his employer,
OF q small sum OF money and lot of car
tickets.
Harry Huddeson. an employe at the
Soldiers Home, stretched himself out on
the parking at the corner of Seventh and
NJ streets DOrIil f1SI nlEIll anu uTODDeu
off to sleep. Policeman Hendricks placed
him under arrest a"d sent him to No.
station in the patrol.
The board OF police surgeons Will hold
a special meeting at 2:3O O'Clock this
afternoon. at the Sixth precinct station
house on New Jersey avenue northwest to
examine applicants for appointment on the
police force.
The health office has information upon
lob. T- n
be sworn out against .cilk d..;tcrs for
violations of various sections OF the milk
law. Application for the warrants will
probably be made al police court for service
during the day.
The Knights of Pythias are planning an
excursion to one of the river resorts. The
excursion committee has not yet decided
where or when the excursion will be, but
is expected il will he sometime next month,
and the place Colonial Beach.
Mr.. Frank Hutclison OF Sherman, Texas,
who has been in the city on business ron-
nected with the Patent Office, will Leave
today for New York. On his return, Mr.
Hutchison will be the guest OF friends at
No. 206 Ninth street Northeast.
The Washington Outing Club will hold
its first ladies' night of the season mt the
club house and grounds near Eckin gton
on tomorrow evening splendid pro-
gram has been arranged and delightful
evening is promised at the country home
OF this popular club.
The Rev. Howard Wilbur Ennis. pastor
of the Western Presbyterian Church. eX-
poets TO visit Newfoundland, the White
Mount aims nd suinc OF The cities in Canada
for lecturing material this fail. He may
change the ideas he now nteTt;iiDs about
bis trip, however, and go to Alaska for
week or two.
Detective Robert Boardman arrested
George Smith, colored, forty-four years of
age. yesterday afternoon, charged with
stealing lot of clothing from ID. W.
RoSenberg's clearinghouse on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. between Sixth and Seventh
streets northwest.
The case of CEum Kun. the Chinese cook,
whom District Attorney Birney has asked
TO have deported under the Chinese ex-
clusiop act, went over yesterday until this
morning in order to give him time TO con-
suit with his attorney, Edward Forrest will
conduct his defense.
An express wagon loaded with a dozen
coops filled with chickens came 10 grief
at Seventh and B streets. near the Center
market yesterday at nooD. Three OF
four of the coops were broken and e lively
chase for The escaped fowls followed, but
many of them got away.
The schooner Blanche Hopkins, from
Brunswick, Ga, with cargo of $50 ,GC0
feet of lumber, which arrived in ;Iiis port
June 8, has Just been able TO get up to
the wharf TO unload. The schooner. Capt.
william Richards, will load with coal at
Georgetown for an Eastern port.
Many inquiries are made at police head
quarters concerning the nature of the
civil service examination applicants for ap-
DoiutmeDt on the force are reurired tn