The evening times., 1896-11-14
City Brevities

been seriously i'll for some time, is still con,
| fined to his room.
Animals at the Zoo which are natives of
tropical countries have been placed in snug
| winter quarters
Col. Dyer, OF the British army who has
| Deeh In tne city Tor the pa st few days. left
| Tor New York yesterday.
-, Supreme President John W, Echols. Of
| tne american Protective Association, has
| returned from Atlanta, Ga.
,,,i, ice Formed a quarter Of an inch thick
| Wherever WATERWAYS outdoors herela night
IC was the first time this year.
the Salvation Army will assist Rev.
james McLaren next week in the revival
| eAeiciseS dt the Anacostia NJ. E. Church
| me lexington and Belt Line financial
| trouoies WIN come up for a hearing next
Monday before Judge Cox in equity court
Hon. W. S. Forman, of East ST. Jouis
! is at Wizards. lie may remain here as
| Commissioner of Internal Revenue TO sue
| ceed Mr.. Miller.
The ladies of the West End Mission Will,
| give Il dinner next Wednesday evening for
| the purpose of meeting the contingent ex-
| penses OF their work.
Edwin b. Beckwlth, of this CITY, has been
awarded Il scholarship at Harvard Uni
versity. lie belongs TO the class which
| VIII graduate in 1893.
Harry Z. Martin has been elected director
OF the Northeast Cotillion Club. which or
| Ganization VIII celebrate its second anniyer-
| sary next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. james r. King, residing on Grant
avenue, Takona Park, was thrown from
her buggy yesterday and received painful
| injuries. DR.. Parsons attended her.
A game of football between the Van
Buren school eleven, OF Ana acostia, and the
Congress Heights School team Will be
played today at Congress Heights.
The latest addition to the contingent OF
street mendicants is 4 crippled colored
| man in crutcbeS, who hobbies about singing
| religious camp meetin g melodies.
Louis Bord and John Rabey have been
| appointed privates on the Metropolitan
Alexandria * Mt. Vernon Railway Com
pany.
.IOhn NJ. Smith, German, filled himself
with lager yesterday, and was making a
stump speech to a lanppost, when Police
man SteinDroker locked him up for safe
keeping.
The young ladies' OF the binding de-
partment OF the Government Printing or
flee, will give an oyster supper tonight at
tNIoErAi'hicaI 1emple HAL, FOR the Dene-
fit or the poor.
The Mckinley and Hobart Interstate
Republican Club is preparing to give re-
ccption Monday Night at tiieIr headquarters
To rresIdent .,ohn {. CLANCY, upon his re
turn from Indiana.
An appeal has been made to the public
by The Central Onion Mission for cast-off
garments. There is now an almost con
unual demand for warm clothes by the
shiVering and destitute.
white "a r"iing ms beat this morning
Policeman Ellis. OF the Second precinct
found lifeless infant at First and L
streets northeast. in tne lot adjoining the
baltimore X Ohio tracks.
While playing pool yesterday in Miiler's
place on Fourth street, William Gray. a
Young clerk. was struck over the head with
billiard cue by drunken man. He was
sent TO the Emergency Hospital
A Joint meeting Of the good citizenship
committees OF tue various Y, P. s. c. E.
in the Y. NJ. c. A ,parlors;; Plans for
united action wsre discussed.
Continental Chapter ID. A. r, will hold
the first meeting of the season at Riggs
House Monday, November 49, at d. IN.
Hon. b. II, Warner viii make an address.
Music, recitations, etc, Will follow.
P.S. Moran living at 2ol1 G street while
in cable car on New York avenue yes
terCay afternoon suddenly became uncoii-
scipus. The motorman at once stopped the
car, and Mr.. Moran was sent To the hos
pital.
Miss 5. d. baldwin, superintendent, will
conduct the exercises of the autumn rally
nt the nome department of the First Con
greTational Sunday school in the west
UarInr ur The church al O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Representative R. r. HIT, Of Illinois
VINO Is d large property noiuer ner-, uas
authorized the u.s. OF his name as d candi-
dates for the Senate. Some OF his friends
here are asking that he be made Secrc-
tary of State.
Tie morning report from the Ninth police
precinct today was blank, which means
that ho arrests were made in Northeast
" a>hIngtOn during the twenty-rOur hours
ending at 9 O'Clock this morning.
The convention Of the National Gospel
Mission Union Will be held in the First Com
Eregatlonai church, corner washington
venlber :, $ and 20, and Washington will
be represented.
The Central Union Mission has appointed
a committee to provide and superintend
the usual Thanksgiving dinner for the
poor. II is composed of 2I3 members and
comprises nearly ali of the prominent Chris
tian workers in the city
a small frame house on the Loughboro
road, beyond georgetown. was burned 10 the
ground last night. 1t was owned by
George Paxton. Police Lieut.. SwindeIls
T-lur,S the 10 = a 81 50. WITH no insurance.
Cause, defective stove pipe.
The fumes OF formaIdehyde which have
been confined in the Pea body School build
ing since last Thursday, We're neutralZed
this afternoon by ammonia vaDor The
health office declares that the structure
is now absolutely free from disease germs.
A congregation in stripes will be a reli-
gious novelty at the workbouse tomorrow
afternoon. Services will be held in the
rotunda of that institution by a band OF
Christian workers. and the prisoners viii
be allowed TO join in singing the gospel
songs
Thomas Hopkins tumbled down the steep
embankment oil Twenty fourth street, be-
tween K and + streets. last evening. and
scraped nearly all The skin from his face,
besides sustainng.Other injuries. Thomas
is fifteen years OF age and lives at No. 304
Twenty-fifth street.
Four Washington ladies, forming n whist
team. won the trophy offered by Mrs. T.
woman'S tournament. which closed in that
city yesterday. Those who composed
the team. are Mesdames Leach, Pilling,
hawIey and Miss de Sibour.
pa-tnisSinn y-nS riyet, nv bn
Commissioners to the Gonzaga College
Cadets to parade with music from North
Capitol and | streets north west. to Second
and | streets and back tomorrow at IL
O'Clock Il. IN. The occasion for the demon
stratOn is the celebration of the college
anniversary.
The anti-saloon meeting at Waugh N. E.
Church takes place at 80 O'Clock Sunday
1t viii be presided over by Col. John +.
VInal and not by James l.. Ewin. There will
be a mass meeting in the evening at 3 o clock
at Hamline Church, addressed by Rev. j. J.
Muir, d. D., and A. E. Shoemaker, esq
Mr.. James A wetmore, of Hornellsvilie
n y who mas been Tor -FOUR years Logan
Carlisle'S trusted assistant and adviser in
the office OF chief CLERK of the rcasury, h. :
been transferred to the place lately vacated
by the dismissal of Judge W. b. Fleming,
chief of the law and contract division OF
The supervising architects office.
Mrs. Woodward, COMMUNICATE at st.
Paul's Catholic Church. was robbed OF her
purse Thursday while she was at her de-
Notions. She placed it on the seat i'll her
pew. While reCiting her prayers she
heard the rustic of woman's dress in the
pew next To hers. but paid no attention TO
il. and when she finally turned to leave the
church the visitor was gone and SO was her
purse. 1t contained S1.T5.
HERBERT AT THE BANQUET.