The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-01-04
City Brevities

st. Johns College reopened today after
| the holidays.
The GOnzaga College school OF music will
give a concert early in February.
Mr.. james Kearney, well -known.wash-
ington actor, is in the east of Sue
The new grand jury and the petty
| juries Will be sworn in at the City Hal!
/ tomorrow.
Steps are being taken to organize a ladies'
| auxiliary OF the Ancient Order OF Hibernians
IN this city.
The town was fun of theatrical people
last night, several companies stopping over
here on their way South
The Naval Battalion of the District VIII
hold a business meeting tonight at its
headquarters at the navy yard.
A hearing viii be held in the Frost
habeas corpus case tomorrow afternoon
at 2 O'Clock before Judge Cole.
The Anacustia Methodist and Presby-
/ teriaR churches will observe the week of
prayer this week by special services.
The water main has bursted at Sixth
street and Florida avenue northwest; also
that at Eleventh and c streets southwest.
Heavy fogs are reported down the Po-
tomac these muTky mornings, and several
collisions OF vessels have been narrowly
averted.
The ladies OF Potomac W oman's Relief
Corps viii hold regular meeting tomor-
row evening at @. A. r. Hall, on Pennsyl-
yania avenue.
At an election of officers of the Home
Club, held Saturday, Mitchell Dyrenforth
was chosen president; DR.. L. l.. Fried
erich, vice president, and John {. Maxwell,
secretary.
Seventy-Seven ladies have volunteered to
take an active part in the forthcoming Car
roll Institute fair. Already several hand
some donations have been received by the
managers.
Judge Hagner has deferred the appoint
ment of an administrator for the Barber
estate, in AnacoSt!a, on notice given sat
urday that the will of the late Mrs. Eliza
beth Barber viii be contested.
Henry Thomas, colored, was suddenly
seized with a strange malady last night.
on Four-and-a-half street southwest. He
was hurried to the Emergency Hospital in
the Fourth precinct patrol wagon.
Miss Marie Z. Collins will give selected
readings this evening in the library of Car
roll Institute. These mid-winter enter
taiuments are known as Evenings III the
Library and are highly enjoyable.
The case of sergt. Barber, the English
man, charged with cruelty treating a horse
in the broadsword contest at the Bright
wood Driving Park on New Years day,
VIII be heard inthe police court tomorrow.
Assistant District Attorney MUllowny has
prepared a new law to preventive adultera-
ton OF food. The measure has been APP
proved by the Medical Society, and will be
submitted by them to Congress this week.
Mr.. Henry Meade Meigs has presented
the Carroll Institute library with 1.-The
Library OF Historic Characters and Famous
Events Of All Nations and All Ages ed
tied by A. k. Spofford, the Congressional
Librarian.
The sixth precinct police will be in
spected at the 9 O'Clock and midnight roll
call tonight. Their revolvers, batons,
whistles, nippers, uniforms and other ac-
coutrements will be carefully examined by
the sergeants.
While descending the West Capitol stairs
about O'Clock this morning Miss Ruth
Ryan missed her footing and fell down sew
eral steps. She was painfully injured and
was assisted TO her home on L street
southeast by friends.
Policeman William T. WanneI reported
today that the fire in the office of
Charles f. Barber, No. eos and 6o7 Sew
enth street northwest, last night. which
resulted in $500 damage, was caused by
a big dog upsetting a kerosene lamp.
Resolved, That the United States should
recognize the independence OF Cuba Will be
the subject OF the forthcoming debate OF the
Phocian Society, Gonzaga College. Ar.
firmatiye: James Marley and Henry He
garty; negative, Ernest Briscoe and VIM
cent Coughlin.
There were only twenty-three prisoners
taken by the police during the twenty-four
hours ending at 8 O'Clock this morning. No
arrests were made during that period in
the Third precinct, West Washington, or
the Fifth and Ninth, covering the entire
eastern section of the city.