Evening star., 1896-12-14
CON ENSED LOCALS

There was fire this morning about a:.o
o CLOCK In the woodshed in the rear OF TO
l4th street caused by the dumping of Rot
asnes. An alarm was turned in. attract
ing large crowd to the neighbour BOD. but
the hames were extinguisned before the
engines reached the scene.
A fee reading room for men Is to he
opened at 1850 HI street northwest by the
of Mr.. Louis NJ. Lester Newspapers, mag
azines and books are to he kept fu- the
peneht OF those who make use of the
rooms. and donations Of any volumes or
M George w. Evans. treasurer
A reception will be given tomorrow night
at the Foundry M. E. Church in honor or
Mss Agnes +. Slack, the secretary CT the
Worlds w. c. T. L.. who is In this city on
a visit from her home in England.
MIR Charles Watts of England addressed
the Secular League yesterday. He denied
the inspiration of the Scriptures, ara'yzed
eight factors which he said contributed
to civilization. and declared that the Bible
contributed nothing to promote any of
these agencies, but that on the other ha nd
skepticism was deserving of the credit for
the betterment of the conditions of ran
kind.
Robert H. Terrell has been appointed by
the District Commissioners a member OF
the commission to procure EXHIBITS from
TIE D-strlct OF Columbia 10 he placed In
the Tennessee centennial exposition TO Se
opened in Nashville, Tenn. May, 1897.
The fair which recently closed at the
parish haH OF ST. Dominics parish was an
exceedingly successful event. 1t has been
shown that the net receipts were 81. fEi 4S.
Sanitary Officer Frank always has an in
creased number of applicants Tor transpor-
tation just prior to the Christmas holidays.
and this season is not an exception. The
poor people who have homes in other sec
ttons of the country all seem anxious to
rs:1ch them before Christmas. One day
la 81 week there were eleven applicants. and
the rull fare TO the places where hey want
ed to &C amounted to Sl,H The sanitary
Officers allowance for that day was <535.
Edward Dickinson and Frank Stewart
colored, were fined s. each Saturday by
Judge k1mball for profane and indecent
language. This was the case pos .poned
from Thursday, when he men declared
that Policeman Britt was intoxicated at
the time he placed them under arrest and
that the arrest was unwarranted. Police
man Hutton appeared in court today and
stated that SO far as he knew Pritt was
sober on the occasion mentioned. The court
thereupon imposed the fines.
Lester H. Morgan, for.y-eight years old.
who lives at ia 1st street northwest, fell
from d Belt line car near the Peace monu-
ment Saturday morning and was painfully
injured about the head. He was taken to
the Emergency Hospital FOR treatment.
Yesterday morning about ! O'Clock the
windows of the rooms occupied py the
Bricklayers Union and the window OF
Hickey's lunch ROOM both in Topographic
cal Temple. were found open. So far as
Policeman Cox could ascertain nothing was
missing.
A meeting Of the Emancipation Celebra-
ton and Historical Association will be held
at the Peoples Academy, 9th and G streets
southwest this evening. Each of the twen-
ty-tv'o assembly districts and each civil or
military organization viii be represented.