Evening star., 1896-10-05
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Long Chapter of Serious Accidents That 0c-
CURED Yesterday.
Close of the Boating SeasOn to Be
House Tomorrow Evening.

larger than usual. On account of the at
traction at the International Athletic Park
an unusual number Of wheelmen went out
on the Conduit road. and as result there
were several accidents. Joseph Prince,
white. aged twenty-five endeavored to try
his abilities as a scorcher. He raced
around the track several times. when re
became naked up in a collision and was
thrown on his right shoulder. He laid OH
cot in the dressing room Of the park until
o'clock in the afternoon, when he was
brought to town and taken to the Emerg
eEcy Hospital. The collar bone was found
to be fractured.
J. T. Dickerson, white. aged twenty-one,
while riding down the road coilided with
the team belonged to Maj. Humphrey
The pole OF the wagon struck him in the
race over the left eye. making an ugly
blame Is attached to the driver of the
vehicle. The injured man was picked up
ana taken to the Emergency Hospital in
the patrol wagon, where his injuries were
dressed. He was not seriously hurt.
An unknown colored rider. while scorch-
Ing on the road. colfided with a team and
vas thrown. His collar bone was broken
ana he was badly injured otherwise. He
vas vas taken care of by some of his friends
and brought to town.
John Gibbons. six-year-old white boy
living at 1893 32d street, was painfully
injured Saturday afternoon shortly before
O'Clock at sd and streets. He at
tempted to jump on an electric car, when
ne slipped and fell and struck his head
against the car. He was carried to hts
home by Policeman Fennelly.
The frame shanty on the Little Falls
road owned and occupied by Andrew An
derson. cofored. caught fre at noon Friday
ana was burned to the ground. The dam
age is placed at $40. with no insurance.
Rival Lovers.
The Georgetown police yesterday arrest
ed James Green, aged nineteen, and Will
lam Bowens. aged twenty-one, both col
ored. in Boston, and turned them over to
the third precinct, where a charge Of as
sault with intent to kill has been lodSed
against them. Shortly before midnight
Saturday the two beat John Harris the
assault occurring in Reeds alley. between
L. X, 26th and 27th streets. The men all
were lovers of the same girl, Harris having
a better showing than the others. When
| they met Saturday night Green pulled out
pistol and shot at Harris. while Bowens
| drew butchers knife and carved around
| the face. The injured man was attended al
the Emergency Hospital, while the assail.
ants got away.
| Closing the Boating Season.
| The boating season Of the Columbia Ath
letic Club will close tomorrow evening will
a barge party and dance, which, 1t is ex
pected. will be largely attended. The com
mittee in charge of the barge party con
| sists of H. c. Stiles, chairman; Lieut.. Chas
Baker, Guy v. Collins, George Brown an,
| Harry Callahan On account Of the chill.
| evening the ride will not last very long, en-
the return soon made to the boat house
| where dancing will be begun and continued
until midnight. The handsome club barge
holding thIrty-two people, will be used 70
| the ride.
| Strong Current.
Though The high water in the Potoma
has subsided. the current is still running
strong. and the water is exceedingly mudd,
At Great Falls the current was too stron
to row against and many wheelmen wer
unable to get across to Dickey's. The wor
| of raising the sunken tugboat Gilmor
| Meredith and the barge loaded with coe
| from Philadelphia has not commenced, an
| II Is likely that 1t will not until the waite
! resumes its normal condition. Both boat
are lying Oft Wheatley's wharf, near h
| foot of 5Oth street.
University Athletics.
| There was a general meeting of the stu
dents of Georgetown University yesterda
| afternoon to raise a fund for the athleti
association, in order to continue the prog
| anu improvements III lnlS ulTecllOt
Mr.. r. ]. Watkins. the vice president of tn
athletic association, presided, with Nj
| Morris Head, the secretary, in offic.
| Pledges to the amount of $500 We're re
ceived, and if needed a larger sum coul
have been collected. Most of this sum WI
be used for the coming fall meet of the as
sociation at Georgetown campus.
Linthicum Institute.
Everything is in readiness for the openin
of the school term at Linthicum Institut
this evening. Mr.. r. c. Balinger will be o
hand to welcome back all old pupils an
extend courtesy to the new ones.
Rev. Father Martin O'Donoghue Of th
place, recently ordained to the prtesthoo,
and appointed assistant pastor of S
Peters Church, on Capitol Hill, is lyin
quite ill with typhoid fever at ProvidenC
Hospital.
The police of the seventh precinct th
morning laid aside their white vests an
summer uniform and donned the winte
uniform. The change is appreciated by a
| of the men.
The work Of clearing the streets after til
storm Of last week has been completed an
things have about assumed their norm;
appearance.