The times., 1898-02-17
City Brevities-

A gasoline stove exnloded at Levi
Aliens home. No. 62i North Capitol street,
yesterday. causing a small fire.
Edward Ritz was fined five dollars yes
terday in the police court by Judge kim
ball Dor speeding 4 bicycle oa Massachu-
sets avenue.
Judge Scott has recovered from his re-
cent illness and yesterday presided in the
United States branch OF the District
police court
Mrs. Susan Hall, eighty years old, living
at No. l2S i street, northwest, was badly
burned in her room yesterday. Her dress
caught lire from q stove.
Pensions were granted 10 citizens OF
Washington yesterday follows: Or
iginal. John Nee Soldiers Home. $40; or
iginaL widows, Helen II. Trembly, IS.
John Sweeney, who was charged with
ragrancy yesterday. said that he was
searching Tor Il lost sister. Judge Kim
ball told him 10 get out of the city AT
once.
Frank O. Matthews charged before jus
Jce Bingham with obtaining money un-
der false pretenses, was released yester-
day afternoon. Matthews claims TO be =
doctor.
Policeman Drarger yesterday found the
body OF an infant in a vacant lot near
Twenty-fourth and : streets. 1t was
taken to No. station and the coroner
notified.
Charles Upshur fcoloredl, who claimed
10 be employed at the Belgian legation
was fined ten dollars by Judge Kimball
erday for profanity and disorderiy
conduct.
Commissioner Wight has decided that
Policeman Wheeler, who was fined for
contempt Of court by Justice Church. did
nothing that could be construed to be
contempt.
The police have been asked to look out
for Rogers Gore, an eleyen-year-old white
boy. who ran away from his home in
Hyattsville on Tuesday in company with
an older lad.
Charles Thornton. who pleaded guilty to
the charge of promoting policy yesterday
in the police court. was fined ten dollars
and sixty days in jail, and IN default Of
the fine thirty days longer.
The Commissioners to-day issued a no
tice that the lease Of the fish wharf and
stalls in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown win be sold al public auc-
ton on Monday, February IS.
The Washington Savings Bank. sue
cessor TO the Ohio National Bank, is en-
gagged i'm making vasaous improvements
In the bank building These include new
coupon rooms FOR the accommodation OF
the patrons Of the safe deposit depart
ment.
The mortality in tho District during last
week was Ie6 as compared with 102 in the
week previous. OF the iecedents IS were
white and IS colored. The annual death
rate for the whole population was 1916 4
thousand inhabitants, the rate for the
white being lS0. and for the colored @39.
A defective fiue caused 4 slight fire
shortly after noon yesterday at No. 1916
Tenth street, northwest owned and oecu-
pied by Mrs. Carroll. Damage So Po-
liceman Barber. while assisting the fire
men. was struck on the head by brick
and received scalp wound.
Henry and Ulysses Clayton were yesjeT-
day committed to the care OF the Board
of ChidTens Guardians The children
are orphans. both parents having died
within the last two months. Annie, As
bury and Ida Bolden. small children. were
also committed To the Home at the re-
quest OF their mother.
The account of the battle between the
Monitor and the Merrimac, which was
10 have been given last night by Capt
IL. L. Iittiep3ge. an officer Of the Mer-
rimac al the time. before the Confcder-
ate Veteran Association and the Ladies
Southern Relief Society, i'll their hall, has
been postponed.