The morning times., 1896-06-06
City Brevities


| ping at the Riggs House.
| Hon. Sydney E. Nudd of Maryland is
registered at tile Ruleigh
| The schooner Mohegan, of Maine, arrived
| yesterday with cargo OF ice.
| Mr.. Charles N Goldsmith of Cincinnati,
| Ohio, is stopping al the Raleigh.
MIR. and Mrs. j L. Parkley Of Lexington,
KY, are at the National Hotel.
Mr.. Thomas Phillips, just returned from
Honduras, is registered at the Raleigh.
| Mrs. A. p. Connor and Miss Kate Ccnor
of Bostcn, Mass, are at the Ebhitt House.
a steam engineers license of the third
| class was issued yesterday to Daniel Hind
man.
! w. c. watson and Harry Barber, tour
! lists. from London, England, are at the
Raleigh.
j. n. Smith, from the mining regions Of
+! Crpple Greek, arrived at Wizards yes
! ttrday.
| The Commissioners went yesterday after
! noon to Brooklapd 10 inspect new
school building.
! Tha Treasury P0ld reserve AZ th~ c'Csc
| ofbusinesS yesterdaystoodat S1G6, 41G,727.
Iur uay "itlll.,, ~ as Wtre @IVs,3OU.
Genevieve f. walker was yesterday
| granted an absolute divorce from Eurtuw
The Junior Epworth League of Foundry
/ Nj. L. Church gave very pleasant social
affair last evening in the Sunday school
room.
fne 4th OF this month is the day on
| which the stars and stripes were first
! givea salute by foreign power "a British
| sonn on the Hudson.
Staff Captain Blanche Cox Of the Saliva
ton Army has already begun preparing
| for the cdmpmeetng which will Ee held at
| Washington Grove in August.
A cyciist ran into an electric car on the
! Ninth street line yesterday afternoon near
II street. The rider ESCAPED apparently
unhurt, but his wheel was badly damaged.
There was roundup OF bicycle riders
at the Franklin statue Tenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, a 1890 last night.
| There were nearly 100 whee!men in The
crowd.
A colored infant was found last night
about 10 O'clock i'll the basement of the
premises 93l p street northwest by Po-
liccman Neil. 1t was reIncged to st. AIMS
Infant Asylum.
Workmca were engaged yesterday after
noon in removing the cedar trees from he
l:ttle park at Sixteenth ana q streets There
was very little IN this embyro park except
tlie cedar trees
alarm last night at $40 O'Clock. the fire
being at 42l423 Firth street southeast
Cause. overheated stove. Damage, $5
| to each building.
Tie officers council Cf the Salvation
Army for the territory Of which the District
OF Columbia is Il Iart will he held 10 this
city during the meeting Of tie Christian
Endeavor convention next month
Eli Brown, colored, was locked up Il the
Second precinct station by Policeman May
last night for an assault and battery upon
Eliza Franklin. living at the corner OF
Eleventh and r streets northwest.
The late report of the Humane Society
Shows that Humane Officers Rabbit and
Reiplingcf have been unusually active in
experimenting and prosecuting refraction
Cf the humane laws in the District.
Peter Berry was arrested last night at
Tcnlcytown and locked up at precinct
No. for attempting an indecent assault
on Sarah Peoples Of Georgetown. The
! arrest was made by Officers Riley and
Tersc.
Two swallows that are evidently not
| afraid OF live wires or an ali night light
| in their bod chamber. have made their
! headquarters under the tn shade of the
! arc Eight at Eleventh. street and Pennsyl-
van'a avenue.
| About twenty-five cyclists. members Of
| the Columbia Athletic Club. will leave the
! city tomorrow morning at 9:l5 O'Clock
! for Baltimore. They will be q part OF tie
| United Wheemen Of this city who go to
| Baltimore for a days outing.
John Forrest. cOlored living in an alley
! near Fourth and streets northeast. got
| into some trouble with his Wife last night
| ana proceeded To smash up things aboutthe
! house. Policeman Wheeler was attracted
! by the disorder and placed Forrest under
| arrest.
| a small fountain located in the parking
! at the corner OF Third and l. streets.
| northwest overflowed yesterday and turn
| cd tie street into a riyuet. to the great
| delight Of the children who padded i'll
| the water.
The first sextupet in Washington was
! given a trial at the White Lot last night
| shortly before 2 o clock. The machine was
ridden by Bill Josie, president of the Wash
| ington Road Club, who did the steering,
| Fred Moore. viii Espey. George Ball, c. E.
| Ganse and A. II. Crandall.
4 colOred man named Harry Richards ran
into the curb stone at the corner of Fif-
| teenth street and the Ellirse at o clock
| last night and was thrown heavily to the
pavement. he was not badly injured. but
| the wheel which he had rented was
| damag ged.
81 L tttI . 4Nt hiIlputS
| of st. John, decorate the graves OF thciY
| d-nsrted members at Mt, Ohvef Cemetery
| tomorrow at 4 O'Clock p. m. Holy Name
| Commandery, No. 248, will be present.
| A special committee has been appointed 20
! decorate at Congressional and Holy Rood
Cemeteries.
Complaint has been made as to the
| large number Of garbage receptacles in
| iured or destroyed by garbage collectors,
lft ,ln, ,t
| has not been called to any individual case
| i'll which this is alleged to have happened.
| Under such circumstances the department
| is, of course, powerless TO act.
Policeman Hester reported at the Third
| precinct yesterday that George Washing
| ton, colored, living at No. 2103 c street
| northwest h ad died suddenly at his home
| about 2:30 O'Clock. The man received
| no medical attention. Coroner Hammett
was notified and will investigate the case
| this morning. washington was fifty-five
| years old and unmarried.
| A gentleman who was viewing the George
| Washington exhibit; at the National Museum
| few days ago. suggested that the uni
| forms and other apparel, OF the immortal
| Father of His Country. lie placed on ce-
| ment or plaster statues having Washing
| tons likeness, and exhibited in the show
| cases now full of mixed assortments of
| the ancient and dear hahiliaments.
The annual election of officers of the
| South Carolina Society, held last evening"
| resulted as follows: President, Gen. John
| B. Irwin; vice presidents, Charles A. Doug
| las, John q. Copers; secretary, James NJ.
| Baker; treasurer, Charles II. Brice; ex-
| ecutive committee Messrs. 7. +. Bromley,
| Benjamin Martin, j. j. Darlington, E. NJ.
Ruker, j. j. HemphiH, d. C. Roper, and
| William Martin Aiken.
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