The morning times., 1896-06-13
City Brevities

Senator Jones OF Arkansas wiIlleave for
home III a few days.
4 The annual picnic OF the Trinity p e.
Church Will lie given at Marshall Hall on
June 90.
/ Col. Alexander Mckenzie. chief OF en-
gineers, has gone to Chicago and Detroit on
4 official business.
! The young ladies OF Gunton Memorial
Tcmple gave a delightful concert at that
church last evening
i Mr.. Oscar W White, who was appointed
4 one OF the Republican convention officers,
leaves today for ST. Louis
| The District contingent at st. Louis will
be joined today by Mr.. Aaron Bradshaw
who is en- route to the Convention City.
Orders were issued by the Navy Depart
ment yesterday directing the retirement OF
Chief Engineer G. W. Roche on July 5, on
account of a ge.
Christopher C. Jones, one of Coxey's
lieutenants, was sunstruck last Thursday
while employed in digging an artesian well
at Leonardtown, Md.
Edward Roper, Frank Ross and Galen
TAFT failed 10 remember the new police
| regulations concerning bicycles last night
and each left S5 collateral.
John Saunders. coiored, we'll known to
the police, was arrested last night by Officer
Hall and locked up at the Eighth precinct
station rs u suspicious character.
August .he 4th vii! be Epworth League
| day at the Washington Grove camp meet
| ing, and IL is expected that large number
| of District Leaguers will oe 9resent.
Policeman Gleason reported at the Ninth
| precinct yesterday that a dangerous hole
exists in the sidewalk near the curb d.
| rectly in front OF No. 11O7 u street norti:.
! cast.
| senator Hill and party of friends left
Washington for Cape May yesterday. The
| Senator will spend several days at the
seashore after which he will go to New
York.
! The residents in the peighborhood of
| Eighth and II streets northeast complained
| To the police yesterday OF the odors which
| eninnaie from a man hole in the immediate
vicinity.
Bill for the relief of Arthur r. Seiby ana
B. J..yan Week. and bills granting pensions
TO Mrs. Eliza q. Pyne and Mrs. Martha
NJ. Gibson have been approved by the
President.
The many friends of Miss Josephin Giiien--
water, one OF the most prominen { members
of the Y. W. c. T. u, will be glad to learn
that she has recovered from a long and
serious illness.
Capt. ]. L. Cunningham, a prOminentcitl-
zen or West Point, Miss, and connected with
Mobile and Ohio Rrailroad at that place, Is
visiting his aunt. Mrs. Fred Beail, at 1900
r street northwest
The annual election OF officers of the
Street Railway Protective Union will be
held on the evening OF the last Saturday
in this month. IL is not likely that there
Will be any change.
The receipts from internal revenue yes
terday were $3.50, 765; from customs, $751;
666: and miscellaneous, S114,I93. The
national bank notes received for redemption
amounted to S5S4, 1876.
Capt. Allen v Reed, U. S. N, whose ex-
animation for promotion to the rank Of COM
modore resulted in u recommendation
against his advancement, was placed on the
retired list yesterday.
Charles Graham, huckster, carelessly
drove into another team uear Seventh and
streets northwest last night, which
resulted in his arrest by PoliccinanStroman.
Both vehicles We're damaged.
Florence Goddard, an orphan, sixteeS
years of age. was yesterday removed in
the police ambulance from the Seventh
precinct station to st. Elizabeth's, where
she will receive treatment for insanity.
The Rev Dr. Teunis 8. Hamlin and Mrs.
Hamlin, OF 1906 Connecticut avenue, will
visit New Haven next week to attend the
graduating exercises at Yale College, their
son Albert being amember of the graduating
class.
The remains OF Peter O'Neill, who COM
mitted suicide at the government insane
asylum Wednesday night, was buried yes
terday in the soldiers section OF the asylum
graveyard in accordance with the wishes of
his family.
sergt Smith of the Fourth precinct re-
ported last night that some unknown person
had entered house No. 705 c street south
west, owned Ey W. II. Church, and madeoff
with SIS worth OF lead pipe from the
toilet room.
AS the result of a row between a number
OF colored women. in an alley back OF the
Baltimore and Ohio depot, last night. Vic
toria Logan was struck In the side with a
rock and injured internally. She was sent
to the hospital.
The Rev. &. B. Patch, pastor of the
Gunton Temple Memorial Church, al Four
teenth and streets northwest, who went
to Atlantic City about the middle of May
for the benefit of his health, Is reported as
improving very materially.
James Madison. colored, who is employed
by Senator Pugh, was arrested last night
Lieut.. Kelly's station until the Senator's
brother a ppeared and left So for the buffers
appearance in court this morning.
From and after July l 5 the law recently
passed to regulate the shape and size
OF dry measures in the District, and also
prescribing the lawful weight of a bushel
of potatoes, is to be rigidly enforced.
The Commissioners gave that much time
in which merchants and Others may arrange
TO comply. X
The Virginia Republican Association held
q large meeting at 2O64 Eighth streetnorth
west last evening. After the admission of
new members speeches were made by J. H.
Harrison and others. Theclub elected Chair
man j. II. HarrisOn to represent the as
sociatioD at the st. Louis convention, and
he will leave ut an early date.
The grand jury yesterday afternoon re-
turned the following indictments Horace,
alias Wiley, Jackson, and Robert Clarke,
alias Leslie, larceny; Frank Ramsey adul-
terry: Laura Hamilton, second offense of
petit larceny; David 6. Sullivan, violating
Butler, assault with intent to kill; Walter
williams, do.
The annual concert of the Metropolitan
Mandolin Quartet attracted large and
appreciative audience last evening to Car
roll Institute Hall There was an un-
usually fine program, which embraced q
number OF solo and concerted pieces for
voices and Instruments, comedictta,
Who's 10 Win her," with the scene at
laurel and q picDiC party witt, aDe-