Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-02
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
rhona. Hume. Pet Beg. ! hslis;;s. Ii. nanot-
ouy Of P Breet
Jane. o'Briea Causes E4acsitenent By
Spriating Match With the Police
Personal ItenaA.

There was considerable excitement on P
street above SD street this ft,orning about
10 o'clock. Mr.. Thomas Hume, the we'll
known groceryman, who lives at 1910 P
street, has a pet black bear in his possess
sion. which weighs about forty pounds,
being but little more than a cub The ami
NAL in some manner got loose this morning
and ambled out into the street.. proceed
ing leisureiy westward to $$Jth street. Peo-
pie who saw the brute coming were fright
ened and got out Of its way. It was CAP
tured on 35th street, IN front of the con-
vent, by q colored man, who gingerly held
| one end Of the chain and led the bear back
to its home.
Made Harris Mad.
William T. Harris, white, aged forty
eight, a bricklayer by trade, was arrested
shortly before II o'clock last night by Po-
licernan Bergman, stationed at seth and
M streets. upon the complaint OF Super
intendent w. s. Duckeft Of the Great Falls
electric railroad. Disorderly on the street
car was the charge, and the prisoner was
required to leave so collateral 1t Is al
legged that he and a friend took two girls
up the line last evening, and on the return
several people in the seat behind made
got mad. He did some cursing, and, 1t is
said, drew a knife, which the woman took
away from him.
Led OMcers a Lively Chase.
There was lively chase along the south
bank Of the canal last evening, which drew
the attention of over 500 people, The
rumor got abroad that the police were
after James Carr, and this caused an in
crease in the numbers of the crowd Jas
O'Brien was wanted by the police for en-
gaging in an ARRAY several weeks ago at
9th and p streets and last
ly after o'clock Policeman Sullivan caught
him. He broke away, and. after running
number of squares. managed to hide some
where in 'BuzZard's Roost," on 34th street
below the canal. He was successful in
eluding capture, but later in the evening
collateral was left for his appearance in
court this morning. A fine Of S. was i'm
posed.
DisOrderly and PrOfane.
Lieut.. Swindells placed a number of Off
GERS on NJ street Saturday night, dressed in
citizens clothes, to break up some Of the
disorderly gatherings and keep the thor
oughfare quiet Policemen Pratt, Burrows,
Brown. Groves and Lintler were detailed
for the purpose, and they made In all nine
arrests. The charges were mostly for dis
orderly conduct and profanity. Among
those arrested were three of the soldiers
stationed at Fort Myer. 81,
Fined for Fast Driving.
William Riley. aged twenty-one, a clerk,
and ]. W. Cooper, aged thirty-eight, bar
tender. both white, were arrested shortly
after o'clock last evening by Policemen
Bradley and Settright of the county mount
ed force. charged with fast driving on the
Conduit road The two were going at a
pretty good clip When oyerhauled by the
police. They were taken to the station
house and later released on s. collateral
each. o. :
Briefs, Personal and sOtherxise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. Stohlman re-
turned Saturday evening from an extended
trip north and northwest.
Mrs. John Leech, Mrs, He. Winsh:p.
Miss Edith Winship, Miss Anna Leech. Mr..
Fred Leech and Mr.. Berry Winship are
spending vacation .,atrth@,. Spray View,
Ocean Grove. - - Is at
Miss Kathryn H. Brice'ef PHILADELPHIA is
the guest of Prof. and Mrs. Henry Schlos-
ser of 3O07 NJ street. +t
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
0. Parker died Saturday at the parents
residence 1913 31st street. The funeral
was held this morning at 1890 o'clock
Cholera Microbes in Dish Cloth.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean s..s-
The nails from India bring a remarkable
story of how Professor Hankin sought and
found the cholera microbe which had made
havoc among thirteen people in Saugor. OF
these thirteen, nine became seriously ILL.,
three developed Asiatic cholera. and one
died. Every precaution was supposed to
have been taken against infection.
Professor Hankin, prompted by curiosity
and his love of science Immediately began
a hunt for the microbe that had caused all
the trouble. 1t was finally detected In IL
water pot in the kitchen, but the supply
from which the pot had been filled was
found to be absolutely pure.
Further investigation developed the fact
that the dishcloth had been dried on an
infected sand bank Thus conveyed into
the kitchen, the microbe not only got into
the water pot. but made it's way to a choc-
Gate pudding. There 1t yielded over 4,OOO.-
$50 cholera microbes within a space Of
eighteen hours. =
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