The evening times., 1898-09-03
CITY BREVITIES.

Pensioners will not receive their pay GER
tificates until Tuesday. on account of
Monday being a legal holiday.
Mr.. Stephens. superintendent of the
bathing beach has arranged an excellent
program of aquatic events for the an
nual tournament which will take place
Labor Day.
Justice Cole. of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, who has been
spending his vacation at Asheyille, n. G..
passed through the city on Thursday, on
his way North
The Underwater Company was incor-
porated yesterday with Levi Maish, A. H.
Chase, and Levi H Patterson as directors
and incorporators- The company will do
a publishing business.
Rev Sylvester F. Scovel, D. D, presi-
dent of Wooster University, Ohio. and
father of Sylvester Scovel, the newspaper
correspondent. will preach tomorrow at
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
DR.. Charles Birdsall- living al 1913 Thir-
tieth Street northwest, was slightly in
jured last evening by falling from car
No 2l7 of the Capital Traction Company
at Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth
Street. His head was bruised and a bone
of his left hand diSlocated.
cycle yesterday al Pennsylvania Avenue
and Third Street southeast and broke his
right wrist. He was treated at the Prov
idence Hospital, after which he went to
his home on Eleventh Street near NJ
southwest.
Sergt J. c. Daley. of the Second precinct,
with Precinct Detective Barnes, made a raid yes
terdav afternoon the mouse of James Hill. col
ored, and arrested the proprietor on charge Of
conducting an unlicensed bar.
The special train which will carry the Wash
ington delegation to the thirty-second annual re-
union of the Grand Army OF the Republic in
Cincinnati next week will leave the Pennsy lvania
station at ! O'Clock Monday morning.
Robert c. Green and Edward Watts. two young
colored men, used to play in the same band.
Watts had a valuable cornet, which suddenly
disappeared, and he charged Green with stealing
it. Green was arrested yesterday by Detectives
Boardman and Gallagher, and admitted his guilt
Nest of the scientific experts of the Govern
ment who left Washington several weeks ago
for the purpose Of attending the fitieth anni-
versary of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement OF Science, which was held in Boston
| last week. have returned to their homes in this
city.
For the hrst time In the history OF the Order
! of Good Templars two grand lodges will meet
| in joint session here in Washington. On next
| Wednesday evening the Virginia Grand Lodge
| will take a trolley ride TO this city and pay
| return visit to the District Lodge. The meeting
| will be held in Columbia Lodgerooms Fifth and
| G Streets northwest.
| Samuel Altman and Morris Melerick, cabmer
at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, arrested
last night by Sergt. Falvey and Policeman Cor.
don, and locked up at the Sixth Precinct Police
Station, each charged with assaulting the ether
| The two men engaged in fight on the cab stand
| and when they were arrested each charged the
other with being responsible for the affray.
The incorporators of the Washington ans
University Railroad Company met yesterday ari
elected the following directors: F. C. Kennedy
of Burlington, president; J. D. Croissant, vice
Rickett and G. o. Ferguson. The office o
treasurer has been left open until the next meet
ing of the directors. An executive COMMITTEES
consisting of F. c. Kennedy, j. D. Croissln,
and David D.. Stone was also chosen.
Robert and Thomas Cleveland and Johnn
| Jones' all colored. made disturbance in tn
| premises Ct Alice Patteu, in Essex court, il
the Sixth police precinct last night, and near,,
| all of Alice's furniture in the street be
fore Policemen STANCE and Plemmons. the latte
of the bicycle squad, reached the Will
the officers were locking the negroes in cells
Cleveland seized the hand OF Policeman Stang
and buried his teeth in it before the policeman
could make move.