Evening star., 1897-01-01
Con ENSED LOCALS

st. Peters Commandery. No. 1874 Knights
OF John. elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Jos. T. Jennings, presi-
dent; John F. Gates, first vice president;
Albert J. Ronspies, second vice president:
John NJ. Watson, recording secretary:
Michael Noonan financial secretary; John
f. Taylor. treasurer: John F. Gates, cap
tain: Michael Noonan. first lieutenant; A.
J. Ronspies, second lieutenant; board of
trustees, Geo. Il. Altman, VIM. f. Jones'
e. NJ. Barnes, John A. Shea Geo. w. Mont
gomery. These officers will be installed on
the first Tuesday in January.
John A Prenderville. carpenter. was
treated yesterday at Emergency Hospital
for cut head and a broken nose as a re-
suit OF street fight. Prenderviile obtained
his discharge from the navy about six
weeks ago. He had some difficulty with a
couple OF strangers, whom he met on the
street. and in the fight which followed the
ex-sailor got the worst of it.
]. d. Marshall, fifty-six years old. n
clerk in the bureau of education was taken
to Emergency Hospital yesterday after
noon suffering from an attack of heart dis
ease. When he had partially recovered he
was taken home in a cab by friends.
Brief services will take place this after
noon at O'Clock over the remains OF Capt
w. H. Parker of Richmond. Va. who died
IN inns city Wednesday. The remains will
pc shipped to Norfolk, where services will
be held tomorrow at Christ Church.
.. %. Johnson, colored, forty-nve years
old, fell while getting of a car near Flori-
da avenue and 1th street last night, and
was slightly injured. He was sent to his
home, No. 2460 9Th street northwest.
Yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock No
1 engine company was called to the unoc-
cupied house of Major Beach of New York.
NO. 1871 III street northwest. The alarm
was sounded because smoke was seen COM
ing from the house. but as the smoke was
made by workmen the firemen had nothing
to do.
Yesterday afternoon the police were ask
ed to lock out for Glen Lewis, a colored
man twenty-four years old. who disappear
ed from his home in South Washington
several days ago. His mother has an idea
that something has haf pened to him. for
ne Is not drinking man, and has never
before been in trouble.
Sergt. Bryan of the ninth precinct has
been transferred to the third precinct. His
place will be filled by Sergt. Jordan, who is
transferred from the third precinct The
transfer was made at the request of the
men,.
The big whistle on Smiths sawmill was
missed last night when the whistles through
out the city were announcing the last OF the
old year and the first of the new. This
whistle used to make more noise than the
railroad whistles in the Baltimore and Ohio
yard, bct the recent fire silenced 1t.
In accordance with their annual custom,
new city post office and his assistants, to-
gether with the inspectors, contractors and
others on duty in the superintendents Of
fce, posed for a group photograph this
morning. The picture was taken on the
steps OF the main entrance on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue front. There were about
twelve persons in the group. Superinten-
dent Kinsey has the photographs of for
mer occasions for four years back, which
ne keeps as souvenirs.
The police made no effort to interfere
with persons who celebrated the going out
OF the old and the coming in of the new
year except where deadly weapons were
used Several arrests for using pistols
were made.
John M. Reuth sent fifty loaves of bread
to the eighth police precinct yesterday to
be given to the poor. The bread was dis
tributed by the officers.
The hydrant on the Bladensburg road
near Florida avenue is out of order and is
In need of the pump doctor. At 1st and n
streets the hydrant is in need of repair
Charles Ganser, an oyster dredser, who
claims to have been badly trea,ed down
the river, applied to Sanitary Officer Frank
today for assistance. He shipped from New
York. The man was sent to the lodging
house and fed and will be given -ransporta-
ton tomorrow.
Sanitary Officer Frank sent several sick
persons to the hospitals today.