The evening times., 1896-07-02
City Brevities

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The station.kecpers OF the various police
stations are busiiy engaged in making up
their quarterly reports.
Mr.. B. +. Perry, OF No. eos Delaware ave-
nue northeast. is erecting rev dancing
pavilion at Colonial Eeach.
Mrs. II. II. Kelly has recovered from her
recent illness. and Is again at her desk, in
the revenue cutter service, Treasury De-
| partment. = NSa
Among those who were yesterday sworn
| in at city hull at attorneys s-at-law was
| Commissioner Ross private secretary, Mr..
| Frank Nye.
Tie police are on the lookout for Daniel
Lcnox, colored; saged forty years, who Is
| missing from his home, No. l l SO Nineteenth
I street northwest.
Captain Edith Worthington and Leuten-
ant Mary Hopkins lately arrived from Lon
1 don, England, are assisting Captain Cox,
at Salvation headquarters.
| A mad dog created great deal OF ex.
element near eINayy Yard this morning.
| 1t was killed with baseball bat by Thomas
Anderson, u eolored laborer.
| Secretary Doyle. Of the Civil Service
Bureau. who kas been delayed on his eff
| cal tour, is expected at his desk by the
end of this wee K al the latest.
/
Georg clown will be rented to Endeavorers
during convention week. The action has
the Endorsement of the trustees.
| Miss Emma siEiGft1e v, Of No. EO3 Sixth
! street northeast from her bicycle
while riding on North Carolina avenue last
night. and sprained her right wrist.
One hundred and nfty-two applications
| are on file ut the District building for the
three appointments us patrol driver. The
! positions will doubtless tc filled this alter
| noon.
Boys who gall at police headquarters for
| permits 1Dr fire works on the Fourth OF July
| are each required to bring a note OF ap-
provai from their parents giving full nainc
| and address.
In addition TO the special train load Of
| Confederate Veterans who made the trip
| to Richmond on Tuesday, a large number
| who were unable 10 60 at that time went
down last night.
| Dickinson College recently conferred up
| on Hon. Horaiio King the degree OF doctor
| Of laws. AT the s:ime time 1t made Hora-
| ito c. King. Jr., sou Of DIR. King, a trustee
| OF the institution.
| AT the annual Fourth OF July celebration
down by the Washington Monument, Mr..
John Tweedale viii read the Declaration OF
Independence, which will be followed by u
speech from Gen. Doe.
| The last edition OF the War Cry is printed
| in red ink. 1t is the Fourth OF July, or
| Independence number. and contaius the
seven articles Of American Independence
Incorporated in the Constitution.
The Interstate Democratic Club is pre-.
pairing to go to the Chicago convention by
| special train. Over 200 local Democrats
| have expressed their intention of taking the
trip. The train will leave on the 9th.
Tile body OF the unk known young grnan VINO
| was killed by j freight train Tuesday night
near Seabrook, Nd, as told exclusively
in The Evening Times yesterday. was
buried yesterday beside the tracks In
Bowie.
The store o Matthe w H dimes. corner Four
and-a-halr and streets southwest, was en-
tered by thieves last night. and goods of
tue value OF $15 stolen. Entrance was
made by breaking the glass of the show
| window.
a progressive Celestial, who runs a
laundry on NJ street northwest, is present.
ing each OF his patrons with a large bunch
of Chinese firecrackers, which he Imported
some time ago from Peking for this
purpose.
Mr.. +. w. Barnaclo has already received
an application for clerical position n the
proposed Young Mems Refuge. The apIli-
cation came from u lady who proposes TO
make herself ussfulin conducting the busi
ness of the establishment.
Ex-Gov. Crittenden. of Missouri, now
consul general at the t,ityyof NeSi-,
writes here that the orange crop in iha,
country is yery heavy aud the shipment
this year 10 the United States will exceed
last year by abOat one-half.
The police have become u little puzzled
by the change OF orders and the uncertainty j
as TO the use of Fireworks on the Fourth
Meantime the small boy all over the city
is using fireworks whenever ne wants to
and nothing IS done about II.
An old street iaborer' walking out Sew
euth street southwest last night put hi
pipe in his pocket. AS he came near
Maryland avenue some boys called his
attention TO n cloud of smoke with j
tiny flame at the base pouring up Mt his
side. He quietly pulled off his coat. threw
1t in the gutter and went his way.
THE board of medical supervisors, ap
pointed under the provisions OF the law
adopted TO regulate the practice OF nIedi
cine and surgery III the District, will !iolt
an adjourned meeting at p. Ill. today
in the board room or the Commissioners, for
the election of 4 president and secretary.
One OF Major Moore's Chinese admirers
sent him "A package yesterday containing
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and he straightway made application L
himself for a Fourth OF July permit He
swOre by his silvery be1rd that the powder
should all be burned, down TO the last tiny
| grain.
The visit of Commander and Mrs Booth
Tucker, of the Salvation Army, to this city
on the 11th, will he an event in Salvation
Army circles. on Saturday both Commander
and Mrs. Booth will speak before the Chris
tan Endeayor convention, and on Sunday
they will speak at p. IN. and at s p
m. at Masonic Temple.
The arrest of Thomas Becker yestcrda.
by Sergt. Keefe of the Third precinct wa
not, as Incorrectly stuffed in The Eycnin:
Times. on account of profanity used by
| Becker toward the sergeant. Tie prisone
was wanted for disorderly conduct, an,
was taken into custody by sergt. Keefe, VIII,
was in citizens clothes, on his way t,
, police court.
Joseph Dorsey. .colored, aged fifteen
years. met with Il painful accident yester
day. He was Jumping in his bare fee
over some rubbish on the dump at thu
south end of Fifth street southeast, ant
landed in IA bed of hot ashes. His fee
were SO badly burned that he could no
walk. He WAS taken to his home, at Nc
111S Fifth street.
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| an employee of the Government Printin
. | Office, left this mnrning for his home il
Boston, where he will reside perm anently
having accepted position under the mum
! cipal government. His friends in the offic
| cave a PARTY IN his hoEse. at No. = stree
last night, which will long be remembers
as one Of the happie. LIS iucnts OF his s,a.
! in Washington.
Two cases of larceny were reported t
the police department this morning. Mrt