The evening times., 1896-05-01

beer keg In front of Minihan's saloon.
corner Third and z streets northwest. last
night, and spraned his left anklcSaHe
Was removed 10 treedman's hospital9d the
police ambulance.
There. has been no arrest In the Ninth
precinct for two days.
The police department has purchased
fine pair OF black horses. They have
| been placed In the service of the police
ambulance. Chief Ridgely named them
John and Henry.
Policeman Gates. of the Ninth precinct,
has been compelled to absent himself
from duty because of the illness of his
Child with diphtheria.
Thomas Sutton, fifty-two years old, was
arrested yesterday by Policeman Evans
for the larceny of ourrycomb, valued at
2o cents.
Acting Secretary Wike has ordered that
the flag of the United States shall be dis
played over all public buildings under the
control of the Treasury Department during
the hours of business. and on February 22,
May 80. and July 4. from sunrise to sunset.
except when stormy weather prevents
Attorney General Harmon has returned
from a trip.to Cincinnati. where he spent
four days.
The body of Daniel Stiles. which has lain
at the morgue for the past week, was
buried i'm Pottcrs' Field yesterday stiies
was cripple. He was found on the street
unconscious and taken to Emergency Hos
pitaI. where he died.
Exyice President Finley, of the South
ern Railroad, has gone West for severai
days. He is expected III Washington next
week, to complete arrangements Tor taxing
charge of the traffic department or the
Great Northern Railway, as one or the
vice presidents.
The President has approved the law for
the reassessment in this District of general
taxes and OF all special taxes, except for
water mains.
Bishop Hurst has gone to Cleveland to
attend Tie general quadrennialc conference" or
the NJ. +. Church, which convenes today.
Hon. WiIliamT Harris, United States COM
missioner of education, will attend the cele-
bration of the birthday of Horace Mann, TO
be held at the Normal College of New York
next Monday. and deliver an address.
A new line of steamers from Washington
to Norfolk will coon be established. New
steamers VIII De purchased Tor tHat pur-
pose. A ellknown mail contractor and
railroad man will be at the head OF the
new company.
Harmony has again been established In
the Union Republican Club, and the orig
inal organization is i'll thriving cond-
tion in its new home on street. Sec
retary Emery is at the present time busiiy
engaged in the forwarding of documents
and campaign literature, and says he has
little time 10 even think OF the differences
of the past month.
yiscount Santo Thyrso, the newly-ar-
rived Portuguese minister TO the United
States, was introduced yesterday to See
retary Oney by the charge OF the legation.
Senor Pinto. The new minister will be
presented to the President in a few days
Miss Ruth Marie Sites and Miss Mar
guerije Nhong, the former returned Chi
nese missionary, well known in this city,
aud the latter little Chinese woman who
accompanied Miss Sites TO this country,
gave Interesting talks last night before
the IEterCienomnati ional Missionary Union
in Baltimore. Mrs. c. l. Roach. also OF
this city, delivered an address on How
of Missions Among the Women OF our
Churches.
The supply OF Potomac water. as it flows
through the spigots i'll residences. is again
tinged with clay. Its yellow aspect fur
nshes strong presumptive evidence that
The administration prefers the gold standard
even i'll municipal management.
TIE application of Herman ]. Walz for a
50 loon license at No. 3l2 Sixth street
northeast, IS before the excise board, uron
a protest from the Eastern Presbyterian
Church Attorney Thomas Field and Mr..
Fraul Madigan have submitted arguments
i'll behalf of the applicant, and Attorney
ShoeDla ker, OF the Anti-SalCon League, aF-
pears i'll opposition. The chances are
against WalZ.
Judge Miller, of The police court. has
announced his intention Of IMPOSING severe
sentences upon persons VINO are brought
before him for carrying concealed and
deadly weapons. He says this class Of
lawbreakers are becoming entirely too
numerous here.
E. ]. Wilson, who resides at No. GA
Third street, suSta aimed painful injuries
about the head by falling from his bicycle
on Fourteenth street southwest, last night.
State Senators Sparks and Conley, OF
the Third and Thirty-seCond Ohio districts
respectively, with their wives, are stop
ping for few days with friends at No.
81 5 Sixth street northwest; After doing
the sights they viii return home via New
York. Niagara Falls and Cleveland.
Commissioner Ross is absent from the
city on business. He will probably not re-
turn before the 10th instant.
The public well at the. corner of Four
teenth and ID streets southeast is to be
closed and public hydrant erected in
its stead on the north side of ID street
between Thirt cen nd -a-half and Four.
teenth streets.
AT the regular weekly meeting of Coun-
Gil No. Z. held last night at Cramps Hall.
a smoker was given and nineteen candi-
dates initiated. This council now num-
bers S96 members.
1t is stated that the building committees
appointed in Crusader and Capital CITY
Communicates. A. L. o. Knights of Malta
have decided upon location for a Wash
ington Malta building. 1t Is at the corner
of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Seventeenth
street. just opposite the Corcoran Art
Gallery.
For threatening to carve his Wife, viii
liam Matthews. a short colored man. was
required by Judge Miller today to give
his personal bonds in 500 to keep the
peace toward the woman for six months
Thomas Sutton stole a currycomb yes
terday and sold it to get drink of
fifteen days by Judge Miller.
Annie Rose, dishonest colored washer
woman, was in the police court dock this
morning charged with larceny. Il was was
shown that she sold a lot of apparel which
had been given her to wash by Mrs. Annie
LongwoOd OF No. 400 0 street south
west. Judge Miller imposed q fine of So
or fifteen days in Jail.
Patrol Officer James II. Tayman of the
First precinctis on leave of absence.
Mrs. James Frank. the wife of Station
Keeper Frank. of the Sixth precinct, will
be buried at 3 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
at Congressional Cemetery. She passed
away Wednesday night a t the family resi-
dence. No. 31T G street southeast.
Frederick st. Clair sprained his ankle