Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-03
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Meteorological Summary for the Month of
August Shows Unusual Weather.
order for the Crawling of nth
street-John Golden, n Soldier,
Placed Under Arrest.

Inc meteorological summary for the
month OF August, from observations taken
at Braces drug store, corner of both and
M streets, by Prof. NJ. F. Burrows shows
that the month vas the coolest for some
years The mean temperature for rho
month was only III degrees. the MAXIMUM,
pe1nS ~ degrees, which occurred the 14tb
ana the minimum "a degrees, which oc
CURED the Sth. The monthly range of tbe
thermometer was. therefore, 30 degrees
lnere were thirteen fair days durina, tho
month"; fourteen clear ones and four cloudv
uays' mere were nine days upon which
one 'he,hularedth or more of an inch of
ram Tell. The total monthly rainfall was
$50 inches, or daily average of e,eren
ohe-nundredths of an inch. Thunder storn,s
occurred on eight days. The prevailing di.
rection OF the wind was from the north
west. e iioi III
The temperature fell below 20 dsoroos
t"ehty.three times during the month and
~, nslow ~ degrees seven times. A comparf-
nom u the mean temperature for the
shnlvs III III august august for the past eight years
o,.o vs. me following, the temperature even
exceeding that CT 1890 and 1894 which
were regarded exceptionally cooi
1 1sS1 IS August 1890 49, degrees; August.
srees; August 1888 769 degrees. Ama.
loof' ''.o degrees; August, 1895. 7Sa L.
slees, august, 1896, 1915 degrees: Aupnst
Ao"', Ill uSSTecS.
REPAIRS to Streets
ne commissioners have ordered that
the sum of $125 be taken from tbe .n,,ro
prlatlon for repairs to streets. avenues an,
dAeys and expended in gravelinp 27tb
street from Back street to that portion of
'ne 'lisn"ay recently opened, which leads
NY wisconsin avenue The residents ~,
9th street between Prosnoct o--n' ts On
s'ieets would much prefer having tbat
sum expended on improving the nresant
opened thor6ughfare, which is worse han
vehicles. ipdSs'ipie Tor
Made His Escape.
1here was another ESCAPE from III.
Georgetown police station yasterday W.,
'ei johnson, the colored man who uas or
rested IN the forenoon for creating a die
turnance at 32d and NJ streets. as stated !,
ne star, was the prisoner to gain his lib-
cry, put ne was soon recaptured Tho
ri 1, became too noisy in his cell and was
pia.eu IN me dungeon. He in some manner
secured an iron poker with which he tu,tst
ed OH the lock of the cell door ana mol :,
oaSh Tor freedom. This happened ahout i
ocioch IN the afternoon. Henry Pond The
diateI, ii Nv, discovered the escape imme-
olately' and gave pursuit. The chase last
ed Tor several squares a large crowd ioin
ing IN. The negro was finally cornered in
c hos.on near the canal, where Policeman
aim
An additional charge of destroyinp nnbIio
property was placed against the prisoner
lor "nlch he received an additional sixty
oays this morning in the Police Court
Police Make Raid.
RAID was made this morning shortly
after midnight on the house of Cora Lane.
colored resident of Boston" Policemen
Harrison and Housed were the officers. and
they arrested Cora Oh charge of keeping
Saunders and Mamie Williams were ar
rested al the same time and they were held
under the vagrancy laws.
Soldier Arrested.
John Golden, white, aged fiffy-two, a SOL
oler' came into town last evening from Fort
Myer evidently determined to do the town.
he went into Barron's bar room, at Doth
ana NJ streets, ordered drink and refused
| to pay for it. He was elected from the
place and as he landed out on the sidewalk
foncemen Pratt and O'Connors were pass
ing. Inc coat of the soldier was raised in
| the air as he made his hasty exit and the
putt OF revolver was SEEM The man was
arrested on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons We ps,n s. and this morning. went down in
the Black Maria to the Police Court
When arraigned before Judge Kimball
the accused said he brought the pistol from
| the fort at the request of comrade to sell
1t, and was not aware that by having the
weapon in his pocket he was violating the
law. He was fined $50, and in default of
payment of the fine the accused went to
| jail for ninety days.
Later, however, Golden's fine was paid
| and he was released from custody
- Made No Threats.
The paragraph In yesterdays Star in re-
gard to the taking of dirt from property
belonging to the Washington and Falls
! church road was incorrect, according to
| statements of interested narties Mr. II
Phillips, the general manager of the road
| had warned the workmen against taking
art from the lot, and day before yesterday
ne found them at the work again. He
warned them off. but was greeted with bad
| language, whereupon he started down to-
ward the men, who promptly ran. Mr.
! Phiilips had no gun and made no threats.