The evening times., 1896-05-16

The protest made before the excise
board week ago by Mrs. Sara a. spen-
Ger, against the licensing of the Miller
restaurant, at the corner of Eighth and u
streets northwest, was reinforced by that
lady this morning with u verbal communi-
cation from the owner of the property
Miss Elizabeth Kibbey.
Mrs. Spencer called upon Miss Kibbey
soon after her first visit to the excise
board, and obtained The message delivered
today. 1t was:
- wouII .l,,Ier my property should stand
idle to the Day OF Judgment thau to per-
init IT to be used for such purposes.
would prefer to spend every uollar l pos
sess for the redemption of those womeu
than to profit from the proceeds of their
Calling
This Is underst God to refer, OF course, to
the alleged -use- of the Miller saloon as a
resort for the won en- of the Division. Miss
Kibbey's agent is now in Europe, and she
knows uuthing of the terms of the lease
OF the place, II We: a:-having given any atten-
tion to business details. She is represent
ed to be anxious that the license for the
saloon shall M. be renewed.
SALOON WAS FIRST.
Mrs. Spencer stated to The Times this
morning that before She could have time
to see the business men OF the locality the
friends of the saloon had inierview wed them,
and that, presumably on account of the
arguments advanced, they had declined TO
sign. the protest when presented by her.
She says, however, that through her re-
gard for the young men and women who
attend her college she proposes to con-
tlnue her opposition reentlcssly, and hopes
TO succeed in convincing the board of the
justice of the protest.
Mrs. SpenCcr's paper, now in the pos
session of tn" board. with her own and
five other signatures attached, rectes
that therr are forty-four saloons in the
vicinity Of her place of business, all
within radius of two squares.
She regards the section as among the
most important in the cit Y from n business
standpoint. 1t is possible. she said. that
Miss kibncy VIII write a letter TO the board
stating her views.
1t is matter OF some doubt. under the
existing and prospective condition of af-
fairs. whether the Var Department VIII
be euabled to detail a man to the assistance
of tie district Engineer Commissioner as
a successor to Capt. Ficbeger upon his pro-
motion to position at West Point.
In that case the work hitherto performed
IN the engineer service OF the District by
three assistants. will lie hereafter done by
two-Capts. Burr and Beach.
INCREASE OF WORK
II WAS aSCertalned ms morning that the
War Department anticipates "A large in
crease III the work of its engineer corps,
under the operations required by the
pending measures for fortifiCations and
rivers and harbors. With this in view,
the official force of the corps will probably
not he further depleted. AT any rate,
the question of appointing the successor
Is now held i'll allegiance.
Thcre are but 100 Officers available in
the engineer branch of the army. and these.
il is believed. will have all they can do for
several years to come in the details of the
Increased work cut cut by the present
CougTcSs.
Capt. FiChcger will not be detained
by TIE delay or indeCisiOn as to the success
sion. on the day his commission shall he
81 CDed his official connection with tie
District government ceases. He Will,
therefore. make immediate arrangements
for removal 10 his new field. With tie prob
ability that within week lie viii receive
his commission and assignment.
The excise hoard decided two cases this
morning, rcjeciing the application in each.
Both have attracted Il good deal Of attcn-
tin;r at intervals since they We're first
paced before the board. and the particu-
lars have been published
The applicants We're Gustav A Hessel-
berger, of tie West Washington Hotel No
23s Thirt y-scCond street, and Herman j.
W;.IZ. at No. 3l2 Sixth street northeast.
TIE latter place was formerly occupied
by Martin Becker, deceased. and the gra MT
ing of the license to WalZ, as his sue
oesSoT. was opposed by the Eastern Pres
hyterian Church membership. as here
tofore noted in The Times.