The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
City Brevities

The court OF appeals has adjourned until
| the beginning of next month.
Mr.. Frederick Allen, of Capitol Hill, is
entertaining friends from Kansas City.
The new tenders for the Metropolitan
railway are being built, and will be put on
next month.
The yellow daffodils are blooming in
great Trofusing on the terraces around the
White House.
The Junior SOdality of st. Aloysius'
Church will hold Lcnten meeting at 100
O'Clock this evening.
Detectives Charles W Proctor is detained
at his home on Capitol Hill today by
severe attack OF illness
Judge Mills today fined William Brad
street $40 or thirty days for assaulting
his brother Frederick.
MundeIl and Farquhar, the best District
checker player are piayinga match at the
club on Twelfth street
Secretary Long has removed from the
Cochran Hotel to the Portland, where
he will for the future reside.
Daniel Lee went down to the chain gang
for two weeks today because he created
a street scene on street southeast last
! night.
Work onthe big F street sewer, closed up
before Mr.. Mckinley reached the Ebbitt
House, has been resumed and will continue
all spring
The ladies of st. Aloysius parish are pre-
pairing for q fair, (which will he opened
Easter week in the basement OF new Con
zaga College Hall.
The jury in Judge Bradley's court was
discharged yesterday until next Monday
because no lawyer could be found whose
case was ready for trial
Mrs. Senator Elkins has been named by
the governor of West Virginia as a member
of the board of directors of the Home for
Incurables, for that State.
Babe Seymour, a gigantic colored man,
was fined s. by Judge Kimball today be-
cause he engaged in disorderly conduct in
q colored dance hall on o street.
The man who used to write the bar Of
music at the top of each page OF the VIII
lard's hotel register, couldn't keep up
with the inauguration Gro w,ls, and ha S given
up the job
1t was announced at the Treasury today
that the ladies OF the Cabinet have not
yet agreed upon reception day, but that
Mrs. Gage may be found at home almost
any afternoon.
Policeman Bell had william Budd colored,
were before Judge KiInball this morning,
charged with outrageous conduct on ID
street northwest. Budd went to the work
house fo7 fifteen days.
James Parker, brutal-looldng young
colored man, was fined $40 or sixty
days in Jail by Judge Mills today for
committing an mprovoked assault upon
Lewis Kicks, an aged white man.
William Jones, colored. was sent to Jail
for one month and fined 81 or thirty days
additional by Judge Mills today for making
a savage assault upon John Chiids with a
pitchfork. Childs' head was badly gashed
Miss Long, the daughter OF the Secre-
tary OF the Navy, received a large number
OF calls yesterday at the Portland par
lors Those who attended were for the
most part the ladies of the naval official
family.
A mysterious blaze in the house of Mrs.
NJ Magruder, Nc. 3201 Grace street, George
town, caused $50 damage to the structure
and DESTROYED $50 worth of furniture last
evening The police report the origin of
the fire as unknown.
The Young Peoples Guild of South Wash
ington gave a pound party last night atthe
residence of Miss Daisy Grove on Maryland
avenue southwest, for the purpose of rails
ing funds to purchase banner and badges
for the officers of the guild.
crossed electric light wire on the
west. caused a blaze and fire alarm last
night. The suffering flames Were first
seen by persons in house on the opposite
side of the street. Damage about So.
Frank Miller who got out of the work
house four days ago, last night went to
No. 4 station and informed Policeman |
Bruce that he had no home and wanted to |
go back TO prison, and this morning Judge /
KimbaD sent him down for fifteen days.
At the southeast branch of the Central |
Union Mission, corner of Ninth and X |
streets southeast, there will be an lex |
perience meeting" at 7:30 O'Clock tbis |
evening, cbildren's meeting at $50 p. m. |
tomorrow and the Bible class Saturday |
evening.
Fighting might have been allowed in |
NeAiSOA ivy SNS'ShhoS, puS hOe AZ ebS DAo- L
trict,'' said Judge kimball this mo rning |
as he imposed fine of So each on Gus |
Roth and Lloyd Stewart, two young men |
who were engaged in a fistic encounter |
near The Times office yesterday afternoon. |
For breaking glass bottle on NJ street |
northwest William Mahoney paid So |
fine in Judge Kimballs police court tlis |
morning. His honor gave the defendant |
a severe lecture, and said broken bottles |
on the roadways result in punctured BIZ |
cycle tires, and are liable to cut the feet |
of men and horses.