Evening star., 1896-12-18
CON ENSED LOCALS

Department Commando John c. McElroy
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic. with
members of his staff. will make an offici al
visit to the temporary home for ex-Inion
soldiers and sailors at 305 Missouri avenue
northwest. this evening at $50 O'Clock.
The following were initiated last night
as members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity
al the Columbian University: j. Martin
Soranage, law. '96; Henry I. Bright. law
'9S; j. c. Dabney, law, '9S and Richard
Gibson, medicine, 30.
Officers of Treasury Council. No. 200. Ma
tional Union. have been elected as follows;
President, J. r. Stone; vice president. 7. l..
DLand: ex-president. c. G. Ropp: speaker,
S. w. MadduX, ST.; secretary. j. +. Rec /;
fiji ancial secretary, j. w. Hersha; treas
urer, n. C. Martin; usher, w. ID. Ritnsr
chaplain, D. w. Keck: doorkeeper, J. ID.
Van Arsdale: serSeant-at-arms. q. :. FIR
min; trustees, Frank G. Collins, c. G. Ropp
and w. L. Cliff; delegates to cabinet. j. Il
Stone and o. S. Firmin: representative to
Immediate Relief Association. J. w.
Harsha.
Officers of Electrotypers' NJ. and F.
Union, No. IL, We're elected last night is
follows: President, William p Smith; vice
president, Joseph J. Callahan; secretary.
j rrie J. Lane, and sergeant-at-arms joan
ReGford.
DR.. Arthur Mcdonald of the bureau Of
education is making series of interesting
experiments or scholars in the pubic
the measurement of sensiblities and the
rerve emotions.
jefferson Newton vas fined s. in the
Police Court this morning for cruelty to a
pair of horses.
Yank Brown, the youngest son of the lac
VIM. H. Brown, ''the navy yard man"
died suddenly at rs NJ street southe lst
yesterday. He was said to be an industri-
Gus and model young man.
Nelson Woodward colorad Was sent TO
jail today to serve a sentence of iSe days
for carrying a pistol
David O'Keefe, a little hunchback. VIVA
says he came over from New York TO enter
the newspaper business. because he "coul
sell more papers than any dozen colored
boys in town. was sent to the work house
for sixty days by Judge Kimball this morn
iEg.
During the twenty-four hours ending al
o'clock this morning the police made
seventy-four arrests. OF the prisoners
forty-three were coiored and thirty
white. Eight were females.
The police have reported a dangerous
hole in the sidewalk in front of 1911 9th
street and a sunken place in the sidewalk
in front of 1124 11th street.
Because of sickness. twenty-three police
| men were off duty today. Forty-six mem
bers of the force were absent on leave.
The trap of the sewer at the northeas,
broken.
The lock of the fire plug at the corner OF
18th and r streets is reported out of order
The sidewalk has sunk at the northeast
corner of 9th and A streets northeast.
The pavement is broken in front of 22l
7th street, 200 9TH street, 241 Sth street, 1.
9Th street and IL 9th street, all in the north
east section of the city.
There are holes i'm the sidewalks in front
| of 123 eth street northeast, at the corner OF
9th and Z streets northeast and at the cor
ner of 9th and c streets northeast.
The police have reported water stop-cocl
boxes to be from one to two inches above
the sidewalk in front of the following
| houses. all in the northeast section of ths
| city: 713 18th street 134 7th street, 120 7tf
| street, 100 Sth street. pa 10th street. II 9th
street and IL 9th street.
Thomas Denham, painter, living at 9ol
| G street southeast, while on a scaffoid en-
gagged in painting his residence. was pre-
cipitated TO the ground owing to the break
| ing of the scaffold. He sustained a frac
| ture of the wrist and the loss of severa
| front teeth. DIR. Herbert attended the in
jured man.