The times., 1898-01-29

the charge of stealing books from the
Congressional Library, when arraigned in
the police oourt yesterday, demanded
trial by jury.
Frank Williams, colored, twenty-eight
years old, WHO was sentenced To
term OF sixty days in the workhousr, made
Ills escape from the chain gang yesterday
afternoon. Williams lived 1T No. 1872 z
street southeast.
w. j. Herman, of No. 1865 Superior
/ street, and employed at Belt & Dyers plan
/ ing mills, Thirteenth and streets, met
/ with an accident while at work yesterday
! morning which deprived him of four fin
! gers OF his left hand.
! James Harries, a colpred man seventy
two years old, dropped dead yesterday
! afternoon On First, between l. and Pierce
| streets northwest His body was removed
! to his late home, No. foS Franklin street
northwest, and the coroner notified.
! 1t has been decided that Gen. Alger,
! Secretary of War, shall spend Il time in
the South TO fully restore himself for work
before returning TO his office. Aiken, $.
! c., has been thought of as the place where
/ he will go. 1t is a favorite winter re-
! sort.
The annual report Of the Georgetown
! Barge, DOCK. Elevator and Railway Com
pany, organized in 1888, submitted To
/ Congress yesterday, is one Df the briefeSt
onrecord. Ttstates simply tnat there have
been 10 receipts and no expenditures
! during the past year.
Tomorrow viii he communion Sunday at
| the New York Avenue Church. The choir
VIII sing at 1 a. III. Consider and Hear
U.s." and Mrs. Margaret Martin, He Was
Dcspised.' At 7:30 p. INLET My Prayer
be Set Forth" and My Faith Looks Up
to Thee" VIII be sung.
The news came from Capt Bernadou, of
the new torpedo boat Winslow, at the
| Delaware Break water, yesterday, that the
little vessel had weathered the storm of
Thursday, ana had beside been able to
rescue two seamen who had been adrift
on scow fifty miles out from New York.
JOHN Grenolds, cOlored, forty years old,
was arrested yesterday morning n t tile
Long Bridge by Policy Detective Watson.
He was taken to the Fourth precinct
station and charged with promoting pol
icy. When searched at the station false
pockets Were found in his coat. He will
have hearing today.
Nineteenth street can not he extended
without another trial. Judge Cox yeSter
day, in equity court No. 1, set aside the
a ward made by the jury in the trial of
the case, on January 6. The Commissioners
and the owners of most of the property
affected by the proposed extension made
strenuous objections to The award.
Ellsworth Hogan, colored, was fined
$50 by Judge Kimbali yesterday for fast
driving. In passing sentence, Judge Kim
bah called attention to the fact that he
generally fixed the penalty in such cases
at SO, but because of the denial of the
accused, in the face of most positive
evidence, the greater penalty was assessed. |
The Hawaiian question was brought to
the front in the Senate Yesterday in open |
session by resolution offered by Mr..
Pettigrew, declaring that lit is contrary |
to the interest, policy and traditions of /
people of the United states to acquire any |
territory SO situated as to require a navy !
TO protect it, Mr.. Pettigrew said that
he would discuss the resolution today.
The local section OF the Council of
Jewish Women. on Monday evening, at
O'Clock, in Concordia Club, at Sixth and /
E streets, viii give pullic meeting. when
members and their friends are cordially |
invited to attend. Rev. Or. Henry Berko-
witt, of Philadelphia, the chancellor of
the Jewish Chautauqua, of which there
is a circle in this city of thrty-five MEM
bers, viii lecture on The Jews Gift to
Humanity"
The delegates from the local union to
convention of the Bricklayers' National
Union, which met at Peoria, H.. last
week, submitted the official report at the
regular meeting of the local organization
Thursday evening. The report was signed
by Messrs.- William II. Maghan president
of the local union; NJ. p. Canty, and Mr..
John Stanley. The only matter of local
interest which the convention considered
was the question of suffrage for the resi-
dents of the District of Columbia, which
was unanimously indorsed by the conven-
ton.
Secretary Gage has revoked as inef-
fectual all orders heretofore issued on