The evening times., 1896-08-15
City Brevities'


Cardinal satolli reached here last night
from Yonkers. N. Y.
Bert Riddle. manager Of the Washing
ton Stock Company, has left for New York.
Flooring $l.b0 per 100 rect. all ono
width. f. Libbey q Co.. 9Th aud n. Y. avn
Thomas L. Drew, OF Dayton, Ohio is WIS.,
fting the family OF L. H. King, in George
town.
District Attorney Birney, who has teen
out OF the city since Thursday, will re-
turn Monday.
York to attend q meeting OF the board OF
Notifications.
Prof. Menefee will preach tomorrow at
the Metropolitan Baptist Church In the abb
sepce Of the pastor, Rev. G. u. Williams.
The compensation OF W.. 8. Sheets, an em-
ploye Of the sewer department, has been
fixed ut $S per day, TO take effect August l. /.
SEQ.
Mr. Zeff. OF the National Theater, Ia
about to visit the ..old Veteran farm in
Prince George county for stay OF two
weeks.
The American coiOrs fluttered from the
flagstaff on the new postoffice building
for the first time yesterday afternoon. i'm
mediately after the placing of the last
stone In position. <
The report OF the proceedings OF the one
huDdredth anniversary celebration OF the
Capitol cornerstone laying, September Is.
1898, has just been issued in handsome
souvenir form, profusely Illustrated.
Representative Warren B. Hooker. OF
New York, is in the city. He says Nc.
Kinley will carry the State by 100000
majority and that Bryan will not have over
$4,000 majority In New York city.
General Secretary Hayes, Of the Knights
Of Labor, says the movement Of the Cleve-
land knights TO organize military COM
panies s not suggestion from the na-
tional organization. HN knows of moth
ing OF the kind here.
A number of people called at Lees un-
dertakins establishment yesterday to lcok
at the interior of the crematory, in which
A. II. Piles body had been consumed.
Nothing was left OF the remains but
quantity of white ashes.
Charlie Hart and Ray Riordan, who have
been cycling over the dirt roads OF vir-
gina and West Virginia for q couple OF
weeks, are at home, having returned by
rail- They met with adverse conditions
resulting from heavy rain, and were
obliged to abandon the Dads.
The Convention Hall lease. in which the
National Guard is interested, is again the
subject OF discussion at the District build
ing, and Auditor Petty is preparing an adj
ditiopal statement, which viii be placed
in the lands OF Attorney Thomas on Nom
day.
Proposals for furnishing the District with
cement, recently submitted. have becn-ac-
copied by the Commissioners, as follows:
From james Y. McGiil, for Portland cement.
and the La wrenceviiie Cement c oIupuny, FOR
natural cement, at prices named in the re-
spective bids.
A family living on Twelfth street north
east were yesterday evening cOnstabieized
out or house and home and their humble
effects stood in the street The family
camped out with their property over night,
attracting considerable attention In the
neighborhoo1. =.
B. o. Banks, a young medical student,
residing at 1717 Corcoran street, was se-
vcreiy cut and bruised in a hision with
wagon driven by drunken man on Caps-
tol Hill yesterday. He was carried TO the
Emergency Hospital, where his cuts had
to be sc wed UP.
Chairman Babcock, OF the Republican
Congressional committee, denies the ac-
curacy of the rumored arrangements for
a Joint discussion between the two Presk
Dental nominees. He says Mr.. Bryan's
speechmaking will cause no change in his
opponents plans. r'
Alotments from appropriations have been
approved by the Commissioners, as fol-
lows: For main and pipe sewers, under con-
tract 2323, So, SEQ; for suburban sewers.
same contract, sic. 800; for same class OF
sewers, contract, 1924, SLIGO, and for
same class OF sc wers, contract 2325. 81 SEQ.
Among the cases of larceny reported to
the police today were the following: Prom
Charles veit, No. 512 street northwest,
a small chip diamond ring. From NJ. Hop
fenmaicr. No 413 Ninth street Northwest,
4 lady's era wford bicycle, No. 65S1S. taken
at the bathing beach. From Mrs. McNaugh
ton, CONNECTICUT avenue, near + street, u
gold ring with small diamond setting
.