The morning times., 1896-06-20
City Brevities

/ meet was held ut River View yesterday
cleared about 500 IRON the enterprise.
The Treasury gold reserve at the cls sc
| OF busiress Yesterday was $l03.ltO.6s6.
| The days Withdrawals were $2b, 100.
CathariDe Burgess began suit for divorce
| yesterday against her husband. George A.
Burgess. Statutory grounds are alleged.
Prof Crittenden, entomoiogist, OF tho
1 Agricultural Department, was on Seventh
street last evening looking for specimens
Commissioner Brioe of Fish and Fisheries
| will leave for California on a tour CT In
| spccticn OF the fish commissions Cf that
State.
James Toone was granted divorce from
| Florence Toone yesterday by Judge Cox
| The grounds for the proceeding were witt
| held from publication.
Policeman Stearns OF tile Ninth precinct
| is still suffering from a severe injury OF
the leg. as the result of being kicked by a
horse some days ago.
! The new Japanese minister, Mr.. Hoski
| Teru, and his interesting family, are in San
\ Francisco and are expected to arrive In the
| Capital City next week.
| An artistic organ recital was given last
| night at Grace Episcopal Church. Gcorgt-
| town. Rev. N. f,ourne rector, for the benefit
| of the choir of the church.
Nearly. II not cutie 100000 visitors are
| expected TO visit this city during the Christ
| ian Endcavor convention. . This figure, OF
course. includes the delegates.
A colored woman guve Officer Hogan a
| lively race eur the corner of Seventh and
| streets last night. he caught her, however
and she got Il Tide in the patrol wagon
Mr. Bcrpey, who has been chief clerk OF
| tie Arlington for 90 many years, has gone
| To Lake george, n. Y, where lie will take
charge of the Hotel Marion OF that place.
George s. BrowD of Anacostia and william
Howard OF Congress Heights were arrested
yesterlay afternoon at the latter place,
charged with an affray. Both men are col
ored.
Officers Dyer and Marr of the Anacostia
mounted police force are making systematic
raids on the tramps' roost near the Anacostia
sIockyards. Night Before Inst they captured
eight men.
Grant Muson. colorcd, was arrested last
night by Oniccr Auldridgc and locked ul
at No. z station for shooting craps" The
police have been locking for Mascn for
several weeks.
Rev. Mr.. T. o. Tongue or Grace EpipE-
any Church. South Washington, has re-
| turned from Cheshire. Conn.,, where lie
went to attend the ordination OF h.s ton.
Robert, on Tuesday last
The report or the attack on cabmar
Robert Bowie In the evening edition oil The
| Times inadvertently stated that Mr. Eowie
was n oolored man. Mr. Bowie, as he ex-
presses it. .'is white and has always been
| So"
Arthur Dorsey. colored. was locked up
at the Second precinct station by Officer
Hartley last night on suspicion of having
. I..fr E..n
W. McNinch. OF No. 436 II street NORTH
west.
Moses Bryant, colored, while riding a
| bicycle in the White Lot yesterday after
| noon. collidcd with an ice wagon. Thewheel
was badly wrecked and the rider had Ills left
| wrist broken. II was set at the Emergency
| Hospital.
ST. Johns College of Annapolis has cen
| ferrcd the degree OF doctor Of laws on
Thomas Jay Hudson OF Washington. author
| OF '.The Law Of Psychic Pheromena.''.' "A
Scientific Demonstration OF the Future
Life,r etc. e % oi
Capt A. H. Foster C. D. Duncan ana wife
| and Miss Duncan OF South Carolina arc at
| the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr.. Duncan is
treasurer Of the Union Cotton Mills. Ut
Union, s. c., and has tccn East in the inter
| ests OF his company ma
1uotudS NOiiuS- iHty-tUTce years Oiu I,
was overcome by the heat at the corner
| of Tenth and Rhode Island avenue north
| west yesterday afternoon. The police
ambulance was called and removed him 10
Freedman's Hospital.
John 0ffutt, colored, fifty years OF age.
left 80 collateral at the Eighth precinct
station yesterday morning, for charge
| OF cruelty to animals, preferred against
| him by Humane Agent ]. X Rabbit. Police
man S. Kinner made the arrest.
The White Lot and the grounds surround
| ing are being put In first-class shape for The
| Christian Endcavorers, who come next
month. Special attention is teing paid to
| the trees. all of Which are beDg cut and
| trimmed and put in good shape.
Two colored boys enjoyed bath in the
| fountain ut the junction OF Pennsylvania
| avenue, c and Ninth streets yesterday after
| noon and were entertaining quite a crowd
| of spectators when policeman chased them
| away. The boys went in clothes and all.
Mary F. Carroll colorcd, lad some
| trouble with Nellie Brown. a white woman,
| who lives in Pomeroy court northwest. last
| night. and as result she was locked up
| at No. station by Policemen Bremermln
and Murphy on charge of assault and
| battery.
The annual basket picnic of Calvary Bap-
| tist Church Sunday-school, given yester-
day, at Marshall Hall, was Il most enjoyable
affair. The weather. though little waEm,
was all that couI be expected and the
| little ones enjoyed themselves to their
| hearts content.
Dennis Ia W kins, colored, eighteen years
old, was arrested yesterday by Policeman
| Herndon in Center Market. Hawkins has
been wanted by the police for some time.
He is charged With stealing several toiiet
| articles from Thomas Stevenson, OF Tenth
| and + streets south west. and the larceny
| of pair of shoes from Burrow Simms, O
12S street.
Bicycle Policemen Estis and Robertson
had busy day yesterda Y and between them
captured seven men who left IS each for
| their appearance in court this morning.
Those who failed to regard the police
| regulations for wheelmen were: James H.
| Graham, James Jecko William Edmunds,
| Sidney Coleman, Zacaria BlackstOck, John
E. jackson and John Smith,
(! Hon. Edward A. Moscley. Secretary of
/ the Interstate Commerce Commission, left
| for Boston yesterday to attend the dedica
ton on Saturday of the late John Boyle
O'Reilly memorial statue. Mr.. Moeeiey il
| one OF the cornmittee. and with Hon. Jo.
| seph H. O'Neill, Assistant United States
Treasurer, of Boston, escorts the Vice
| President and his family from Washington.
|
Indiana Liquor La w Cpheld.
| Indianapolis, June 19.-The supreme court
| rendered decision this afternoon uphold
| ing the Nicholson liquor law, passed by the
| last legislature. The law has caused q
| great deal OF political bitterness. Its
| provisions arc similar to those OF the Raines
! law in New York State.