The evening times., 1896-11-26
City Brevities

Hall
Edward White, colored. has been Locked
up by Detective Horne on suspicion OF lar
ceny.
:. l.. X. Pntchard OF the U. S. Fish Com
mission. has returned to his desk after a
| weeks Illness.
The alley between Seventh and Eighth
Il and r streets, southwest, is being re-
paved and graded.
| 1hc harDoT masters office reports that
| cunning at night IN District waters has
| practically been stopped.
Bisbarred patent attorneys have been de-
med access TO the Patent Office files by
| order OF Commissioner Seymour.
| AIR George +. Curtis, law librarian of
| Congress has returned to the city after
| an absence of -four months abroad.
! Prince Wrede, of the Austrian Legation,
| is recovering from an illness which con
| fined him to his room for the past few days.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles has returned from
| Western Trip, during which he called
| UPON President-elcct Mckinley at Canton.
MIR. and Mrs. George E. Dement, of Provi-
| uence, X. 1 :, are NiSiiing Lner brother,
james +. Dement,, No. Al Ii street south
| east
| Harry Daw son, accused OF larceny from
| she person OF j l.. Harmon, was acquitted
| Yes erday in Chief Justice Bngham's
| court.
Walter B. Palmer, or this city was yester-
| day elected president OF the general council
| OF the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, in scs-
sion at Philadelphia.
| Detective Boyd returned last ngiht from
afifteen da VS. visit to New York, where he
| extended his acquaintance. with the Tast
| drnlyol metropolitan sleutls.
Mr.. Frank p. Madigan, agent of the
| National Capital Brewing Conn any, slip
| ped ON a banana peel yesterday, ana broke
| one of his fingers in the fail.
The mist was 50 thick over the Eastern
Branch this morning that residents in Ana
| costa coming early to work in Washington
| mad trouble in finding the bridge.
Articles Incorporating the Experimental
Mechanism Company were filed late yeSter-
day afternoon 10y James A MaioD"y, Ed
wand W. Anderson, and l.. q. Hine.
Hon. William s Linton, the defeated A.
7. A. candidate from Michigan, has gone
10 Florida with party of friends, where
he VIII remain until Congress convcnes.
The American Temple, No. ;, l.. Il. T.,
anen1oyahle cnterf aininent and hop at Odd
Fellows Han, on Eighth street southeast
last Hignt. y large crowd was in attend
ance.
Artist Bell is at work upon n large ana
handsome oil painting of Mrs. Yang Yu,
wife of the Chinese Minister, who has re-
Gently recei we'd notice of transfer To
England.
The new Congressional Directory will
be Issued soon after the assembling OF
Congress. Changes in names addresses
etc., are being taken to make the necessary
corrections.
Hon. William :. Forman. OF East st.
LOUIS formerly Ilhnostuwnl. is at VII
lard's, and VIII take charge or his new
Office as Commissioner Of Internal Revc-
nue. tomorrow.
The application OF 81 C. Paul and Milton
Philips for n receiver for the shoe firm
OF iIaveuner " Davis. which made an as
NGrment several weeks ago. VIII be heard
by Judge COX tomorrow.
Lieut.. Teeple reports the fire plug on
New York avenue, between Fourth and
Firth streets northwest, out Of order. The
= ilnwlnL q he
police are unable to shut II off.
\ miscinevous colored boy fired a pebble
iIom beanshotter at North Capitol and r
streets last evening. The missile struck
Joseph Mccarthy, of No. GIL Third street
on the face, making a painful wound.
work on street railway tracks in the
northwestern part OF the CIty continued TO
late hour last night. and the CltniSlr Of
driving rails into place could be heard ut
midnigitin acircuit of twenty blocks.
Mount Ararat Lodge, Good Samaritans,
headed by Rev W. !. Gibbons and Thorn
as W Chase, attendedin q body the funeral
of James IL Henderson. yesterday after
noon' at the Metropolitan BAPTIST Church.
Judge Miller vest erday fined Mabel
Jones, colorcd Gtrl, $40 and costs, for
stealing some silver ware from Saloon
Keeper Nrulands. 1t was Mahel's Iirst
Offense, and bis honor was lcnient with her.
Elections OF subordinate officers in Po-
tOGudC Department OF the " X. {. will
take place IN each corps on the evening
of the first meeting Of each in Deem
ber- The Installation VIII occur in Jan
uray.
Mr.. L. C. Ferren has been elected presi-
dent of the Illinois Republican Club,
.:lich has decided 10 maintain its organi-
ZatiUn, and VIII hold meetings at the rooms
of the Union Republican Club, No. 923 +
street.
President Griswoid, OF the Anacpstia
street Railway, says The claims OF the
" ashIngton Block and Tile Company, upon
which sale of his line s threatened, are un
mst. and he will resist collection by the aid
OF the courts.
Harry Terry, a boy employed at the
Cedar Grove Dairy, was badly bitten by a
vicious dog at Ninth and X streets north |
east last night. The brute was gna wing
a bone and as the lad passed it sprang
upon ms ann.
Lieut.. McCathran reports today that the
bricks torn up about tree spaces on ID
street, between Second street and New
jersey avenue sOutheast!r !riuring the late
hurricane. by trees being uproOted. have |
not been repaired.
The delegates appointed by the Creek |
Nation To confer with the Dawes conmis- |
sion with reference to allotment, are ar
irving at Muskogee 1. T, and will hold a |
ference with the Dawes commission.
A perfect lunar Corona was observed last |
might, although the moon was only three
iuurths full. The orb was surrounded |
by broad band of bright yellow, fringed |
with Il ripplng pink. The sky was cloud |
less and the stars shone with unusual bril- !
liancy.
Policeman willingham had William Tav-
Tor and Elijah Buckner, both colored, |
before Judge Miller today, charged with |
affray Taylor was also charged with |
was Imposed on Buckner, while Taylor |
was assessed SO.
Secretary Williams of the excise board
was more seriously hurt than was at first
supposed III the accident noted in a recent
issue Of The Times One of tue bones of
the injured ankle was found to be frac-
tured, and Mr.. Williams will be confined
10 the house Tor several weeks.
The excise board refused to entertain the
filed against the application of |
f. L. Regan, at No. ga ii street northeast |
and authorized the renewal OF his license
The objections were urged upon the grounds
That Regan'S saloon had side entrance |
which was not speciriedin the application.
Supt, Miles, of the District fire alarm
service, is investigating the statement of
Policeman Patrick Creaghe, of the Sixth |
precinct, that he was delayed in turning |
N an alarm on the night OF the Smith luu-
Der mill fire, because his key would not
Iit box No. 623, corner of North Capitol and |
F streets, s,twosquaresfrOmt the confla grafton. |
AT the regular meeting of Charles p.
Stone Post, No. ] l, q. A. R, heldlast even
John Eowiett, ,for department % st comma I nder der
FOR the ensuing year. Comrade Hewlett |
has served both as junior and senior vice |
department commander, and is recognized |
a S one of the most energetic officers in the |
department..
The police OF the nine precincts made 53
arrests during the twenty-four hours end
ns at o'clock this morning The Fifth |
precinct, In southeast Washington, sent in |
"clean sheet no arrests having been
made during that period. Thirty of the
were white and twenty-three col
bred. Eighteen OF the arrests We're due di-
,ectly TO the premature overindulgence in
stimulants.
The suggestion that the inaugural ball be
leld in the reading room OF the new Library
Df Congress was brought up al the meeting
)T the Library Committee yesterday 1t