Evening star., 1897-04-07
CONDE ENSED LOCALS

CON ENSED LOCALS
affirmed by the Court of Appeals in the
case of Francis Posey and others against
| Julia Hanson. The plaintiffs. claiming to
be the heirs OF Andrew Hanson. deceased.
sought to eject the defendant, his widow.
fro a ,ertain portion of the estate The
Judgment CT the lower court was against
the plaintiffs.
The decision of the commissioner of
patents has been affirmed by the Court of
Appeals in the Interference case of Chas
W.. Hunt and the McCaslin Machine Com
pany against Geo w. McCaslin.
| The Kansas Republican Association will
hold meeting tomorrow night at the hall
OF the Legion of Loyal Women.
Rev. William Everett johnson of the
church of the Redeemer, New York city,
| Is TO begin series of services this even
ing at St PauTs Episcopal Church, 23d
| street The services tomorrow and Friday
| evenings are for men only. The services
have been arranged by St. Paurs Chapter
| OF the brotherhood of 81. Andrew
Tom Collins a young man. was an &C.
| cupant of one of the benches in Mount
Vernon Park last night He was asleep
| when Special Officer Mangan aroused him.
| Il won't go anywhere he said when or
| dered out of the park and his refusal TO
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| resulted in his arrest.
| Five dollars was the amount of fine i'm
posed upon him this morning.
| Not guilty of breaking the law" was
| the plea of colored man named Henry
| c. Page in Judge Kimbalrs court today
He came to my house, said William
| Lowry, and called me a thief, rogue and
| rascal as well as cursing at me-.
| Il cursed him." admitted Page. land any
| body else would have done so''
| why"
Because he made me mad
| That's no excuse. Five dollars
In an opinion written by Mr. Chief Jus
/ tice Alvey, the Court of Appeals has affirm
| ed the judgment of the lower court in the
case Of Eliza 7. Ward against Henrietta
P. and John II. Metzerott, sustaining the
| Judgment awarded Miss Ward.
| An alarm of fire was turned in from box
| PIG about II 30 o'clock last night, for fire
In an eating house at 902 street north
| west. kept by William Jackson. There was
| loss of about 500 sustained, and this will
| be made good by an insurance company.
Because of fire in sheds in rear of 121S
| and 121D street northwest an alarm of fire
| was turned in from box 143 about 3 30
| o'clock yesterday afternoon. The property
| Is occupied by J. S. Roberts and Mrs. Mar
| garet Fields. Not much damage was done.
| If you want anything, try an ad. in The
| Star. If anybody has what you wish. you
| will get an answer.
| The hydrant corner of Pennsylvania ave-
| nue. and 14th street is out Of order. There
| is leaky street washer in front of GH
| Florida avenue. According to the report of
| the police the owner of the premises has
| been notified. but has paid no attention to
| the notice. The hydrant at 33d and NJ
streets is also out of order.
Yesterday Poundmaster Einstein visited
| the fish wharf, and the efforts of his men
| to capture several dogs proved attrac-
| tion to the fishermen. Seventeen dogs were
| captured yesterday.
Detective Lacy today recovered a
shoulder cape valued at $1,000 The cape
| belonged to Mrs. Mildred Mclean Hazen.
| widow of General W. b. Hazen. Last
night she visited her brother, Mr.. John r.
| Mclean, and then stopped at the Hotel
| Normandie. Here the cape was lost from
the carriage. The hotel engineer found the
| cape and turned it over to the detective,
| who returned it TO its owner.
Yesterday afternoon Carrie Augustus,
| colored. thirty-five years old. who lives at
1910 Goth street northwest. was painfully
| burned about the hands while handling a
| pot of grease. After a physician had
| dressed the wounds the sufferer was sent
| to Freedmans Hospital
house Of John Clark. corner of 14th and
Providence streets, Brookland. caused a
1 fire yesterday afternoon. Fortunately no
one was burned and the flames were ex-
| tinguished when not more than $50 damage
| had been done.
The jury for the April term of the Police
! Court was completed this afternoon by the
acceptance of the following: Lewis a. In
| gra ham. Rudolph C. Worch. Thomas l..
| Carlin, NJ +. Danforth, George w. Balm
ger, William II. Allen. Edward Bailey and
Arthur 1. Trunnell. The first jury trial
| of the term was called late this after
| noon
William T. Holland of 516 street north
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morning that a pair of opera glasses and a
| razor were stolen from his house Monday
| last.
Robert Mcdonald, colored, tea years old.
was taken to the hospital last night by
| the police because he had been struck on
| the head with a stone by Ernest Coleman.
The blow had stunned him and he was I'M
conscious, but he soon regained conscious
ness and was able to go home.
The police today reported dangerous holes
in front of 2616 l street northwest, 10th
street, Georgetown, between l. and
| streets and seven dangerous holes in
Southeast Washington were also reported.
William Henderson, convicted this after
noon in the Police Court of the larceny
of a quantity of meat from Michael Miles
| and William Kiesecker, was sent to Jail
by Judge Kimball for sixty days.
In the Police Court this afternoon Assist
ant District Attorney Mullowney nolle-
! pressed the charge of murder against Chas.
| Parker colcred on the ground that the de-
fendant is insane. Parker is the man who
| when placed under arrest March last, on
a trivial charge, by the police OF the sew
enth precinct, caused mild sensation by
| claiming and reiterating that he murdered
John Wesley Hall, the crippled shoemaker,
about year ago.
John Williams, alias Lewis, for assaulting
! Rose Jackson, was sent to Jail for thirty
days this afternoon by Judge kimball in
the Police Court.
l. Horace Martin, colored, of 316 street
southwest, in the Police Court this after
lnoon pleaded not guilty to a charge OF
| rract.cing medicine without license. He
6enan1ed Jury trial. and was released on
| tail in the sum of 500.