Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-02
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Articles incorporating the Oriental Club,
organized for social purposes, have been
fled by f. II. Parker, c. E. Payne and g.
+. Henson.
Mai. Moore who mas spent two weeks a
Harpcr's Ferry, has returned home and :
again directing the movements of the police
department. The trip did the major a great
amount of good, and his health is much
improved.
Yesterday was a quiet day a police head
quarters. Several petty thefts We're report
ed from the precincts. The only report re-
ceived WAS that a colored boy nine years
old lost. He returned home in due
time, and Detective Boyd, VINO was on
office duty, did not nave TO make search
for HIM.
There has not been dead body in the
morgue for several days.
There was a runaway accident on Penn
sylvania avenue near 18th street SATURDAY
afternoon about 4:3U o'clock. Charles Erke.
who driving the animal, thrown
from his buggy and his left leg injured.
Policeman ierndon stopped the horse be
fore any further damage was done.
Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de
partment usually spends the first hour of
Monday morning preparing charges against
policemen. Today charges were preferred
against only two officers and their cases
will be heard Wednesday by, the police
trial board
of the Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday evening there
was lively debate on the question whether
bicycling is Al present an evil. The afiirma-
tive was sustained by Mr.. a. Il. Proctor
and the negative by Mr. NJ. A. Watson.
There were a number of volunteer speakers.
and the audience decided unanimously that
the bicycle is all right
With special issues of The Star and a
magnificent stereopticon display of the re-
turns on mammoth screens in front of The
Star office, there is no reason on earth why
the people of Washington should not get
all they want of election news.
AT the annual meeting of the Board of
Children's Guardians Saturday afternoon
Mr. Simon Wolf declined a reelection as
president, and Mr.. VIM. r. Woodward was
chosen. Mrs. l.. S. Doolittle was elected
vice president and Mr.. Il. Pickman Mann
secretary. The regular monthly report of
the boaris agent, Mr.. Herbert w Lewis
was read and approved. All employees o;
the board We're continued without change
Justice Field, the oldest member of the
United States Supreme Court, will ceie-
brate his eightierh birthday Wednesday.
He VIII pass the day quietly at home but
his personal friends and associates on the
bench will make it Il pleasant one for him.
Merchants are continually leaving their
front doors unlocked, and the police think
IL Is only an invitation to thieves. Per
front doors at night, and when a police
man reaches an unlocked door before a
thief ne thinks the occupant of the place
should feel grateful. Yesterday morning
the store of J. A. Wells, corner of 9th ami
A streets southeast, was found Open but
nothing was missing.
Policeman Sam Crawford, who has car
ried the baton and worn the uniform for
more than hve years. has surrendered his
equipments. He was mounted, and lately
ne had done duty in the vicinity of Lang
don, where he mad many friends Appli-
cants for the mounted position are numer-
Gus.
John Barber, colored, nine years of age.
was run over by street railway car al
18th and / streets yesterday afternoon
One leg was badly crushed. and the I'M
fortunate lad was taken to the Freedman's
Hospital for treatment. He lives at l1ol
Vermont avenue.
Lieut.. Swindells reported to police head
quarters today that there We're four dam
gerouS holes in the sidewalks in George
town. One broken hydrant in Georgetown
was also reported. and Lieut.. Heffner re-
ported dangerous board walk near the
I'd street bridge over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks.
The Woman's Mckinley and Hobart Club
have been invited by the Republican Club
to rally tonight at the Globe building
Miss Mamie Stone has returned from
sojourn in Boston and New York. where
she has been studying in the leading art
galleries and studios of those centers.
There are twenty-five policemen on the
sick list today, the only precinct in which
there sickness being the second.
Forty-nine officers are on leave and sixty
| three detailed at various places.
A charge of obstructing the sidewalk on
G street between 1lth and 18th streets pre-
ferred abainst Auctioneer Charles G.. Sloan
was this afternoon dismissed by Judge
Miller in the Police Court, the informa ton
being defective.
In the Police Court this afternoon Estella
Brooks received a sentence OF ninety days
in Jail for assaulting Laura Thomas. Tn
der similar charges Harry Wartield paid
$40.
For riding bicycle on II street north
east last evening at an unlawful rate of
speed Charles Cheek today in the Police
Court paid A fine of s.. Frank Emmons
was arrested for scorchiLg on Pennsylvania
avenue and forfeited collateral Tine same
applies to Leonard II. West who was hasty
in his movements on 9th street.
A loud report on Pennsylvania avenue
this morning created a miniature sensation.
for it was supposed that some one was
shot 1t was soon learned, however, that
there was no shooting scrape, but that
bebadged colored man who was promenad-
ing the avenue had cane with a torpedo
or some such explosive in the ferrule.
When he gave particularly hard thump or
the pavement there was a loud explosion.
The bomb smasher after the report walked
along as if nothing had happened.