Evening star., 1897-06-14
FINANCIAL.
G 0 ND EN- S ED LOCALS

The police made seventy-six arrests Sat
urday night, the largest proportion of the
number being made by the officers of the
second precinct. In this precinct there
were fifteen victims; in the sixth precinct
| only three
! Miss Ada Mockabee, who lives at No. 7U1
Sth street northeast. was Knocked down
| by an unknown cyclist about 9:i5 Saturday
night. while getting off a street car at
9TH ard III streets northeast The young
lady was taken to a drug store near the
scene of the accident. and given medical
treatment for her severe bruises. She was
afterward taken home in the ambulance.
Lieutenant McCathran has requested that
| number of trees on 10th street southeast
| near the herdic stables he trimmed. This
| request was made because the branches
OF the trees interfere with pedestrians.
A leaky fire plug at Marion and streets
| has been reported by the police.
An alarm was turned in from box l3d
about O'Clock Saturday night. because OF
fire in the show window of Mrs. Enders
store No. 9o2 9TH street northwest. The
fire resulted from some light material com
| i2g in contact with the gas jet. Before the
| engines arrived the flames were extin-
| guished, but not before about so damage
had been done.
| James Russell, fifty-two years old. whose
| home is at No 1J2 F street northeast was
overcome by the heat near Massachusetts,
avenue and 23d street about 4:30 O'Clock
| home in the patrol wagon.
Thomas Brown and Joseph Payne, COL
ored. each about fifty years old. were taken
| sick on the street Saturday afternoon, it is
supposed from the effects of the heat. The
former lives at No. 1874 11th street ard
the latters home is in Madison alley. They
were taken to Freedmen's Hospital by the
| police for treatment
Jesse Miles. a coored resident of Pleasant
alley, started home late Saturday night
and when he reached there the clock indi-
Gated the hour of am. In some neXplain-
able manner Jesse managed to fall on
the stove. Fortunately for him there was
no fire in ii, but he fell with such force
that his skull was fractured. The patrol
wagon was summoned. and he re-
moved to the Emergency Hospital for treat
ment.
Some vandal punctured the tires of seven
bicycles in the basement of the Peabody
School building Friday, and then turned
on the gas. An investigation is beingOmade
aEd the offender if found will be prose
cuted.
CHIEF Clerk Sylvester Of the police depart
| mcnt has package at headquarters await
| ing claimant. 1t contains lady's coat
and pocketbook, and was picked up on the
street. Il is supposed to have been lost
| from carriage.
Permits for the storage and sale of fire.
| works for the Fourth of July will soon be
issued. II Is necessary for apple ations TO
| DE mace early, IN Order TO get the permits
| in time for the Fourth.
The hydrant at the corner of 18th and b
| streets northwest IS leaking.
| Five arrests for intoxication were made
| by the police yesterday.
The members of the police bicycle squad
yesterday made five arrests for scorching.
| A dangerous hole in the sidewalk in front
of No 1913 New Hampshire avenue, and a
| similar place in the street in front of All
| ID street southeast, were reported to the
| street department today.
| a tree box at the northeast corner of
| i4th and L streets, Georgetown, is in
| dllapidated condition.
Complaint was made today that the wire
| netting around a tree near I'd and l. streets
| southeast needs repairing.
| William Ferguson, a motorman on the
Chevy Chase electric road. was struck by "A
trolley pole, near 18th street extended and
Columbia road, about 1880 o'clock last
| iiEht. and thrown from the car He was
| so seriously injured that the police had 10
| take MIN TO Freedmen's Hospital for treat
ment.
streets has been complained of by Lieut..
Gessford.
James Mccormick. for carrying a con-
Cealed weapon and threatening the life of
| Joseph Mclaughlin, was today sent to jail
| for three months in each case by Judge
| Mills.
Joshua Green, the colored man who was
found hiding in the woods near Benning,
Friday morning, where he went, he says,
because he feared he would be killed, has
| been adjudged insane. He is now in the
asylum.
Francis Ford, a small colored boy, was
today fined s. by Judge Mills for the lar
ceny of two copies of Sunday paper yes
terday, from Julius Abbott. No :i23 AZ
street southwest. The evidence showed
| that Mr.. Abbott had been losing papers for
discover the rogue until yesterday. In de-
days in prison.
There are now about forty cases of diph-
| iberia and eleven cases cf scarlet fever in
this city. This, the health officials say, is
an unusually large number of of
diphtheria for this season of the year.
Food Inspectors Cavanaugh. Mothers
head and Hoover. last week condemned Si4
pounds Of beef. 3O2 pounds of mutton. 1:;5
pounds CT veal, 404 pounds of pork and 20
pounds of sausage. Quantities of vege-
tables and fruits were also condemned
Last week Poundniaster Einstein captured
fifty dogs and one horse. Forty-eiglit of
the dogs were killed and two We're sold.
During the week the Doundmen removed
bedding in sixteen contagious disease
cases.
REV. YOUNG'S ADVICE.
Views of Life Expressed I'm Daccalau-