Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
GEORGETOWN DOINGS
ARRAY Between Two Colored Men
May Result Fatally.
ONE SUOfAINS FRACTURE OF SKULL
Record Of the Temperature Condi-
tons for December.
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| An ARRAY which happened over at the
Consumers Brewing Companys stables yes
| terday afternoon. between two of the col
| ored employees will probably result in a
| charge of murder against one of the men.
| William Jones and James Lee are the
| names Of the ccmbatants and, while the
| former Is confined in the Alexandra county
jail. the latter is at a hospital in Wash
ington suffering from the effects of a
| crushed skull.
According to the story of the ARRAY
| Jones came into the stables yesterday
| afternoon. shortly after O'Clock, with two
| horses, the animals being warm from their
| hard work. Jones wanted to feed them i'm
mediately, and Lee objected. Words re-
suited, and then came blows, Jones strik-
| ing Lee in the mouth with his fist. The
| latter picked up a pitckfork and pursued
his assailant out of the building snd around
the grounds. Jones stopped long enough to
pick up good-sized rock. and this he
| hurled with true aim and terrific force
against Lees head The latter fell to the
ground with his skull badly fractured He
was quickly picked up and conveyed In one
| OF the wagons OF the company to a local
| hospital. white Constable Gaines arrested
| Jones on charge OF assault with intent
| to kill. He was given 4 hearing before
Squire Sellers who committed him to. the
Alexandria Jail to await the extent uf the
injuries OF the victim
Lee resided at 1874 18th street with his
VIE, and was well known in Georgetown.
Jones Is also known here, both Inen having
worked for local business houses.
Summary for December.
The meteorological summary for the
| month of December, from observations
taken at Both and NJ streets by Prof NJ F.
Burrows, shows that the mean temperature
for the month was 1861 degrees. The max
lmum temperature was 40 degrees, which
occurred the 18th, while the minimum was
t5 degrees. occurring the 18th instant. This
makes a monthly range of temperature of
81 degrees. The greatest daily range of
the Thermometer was "a degrees which oc-
CURED the 10th instant, while the least
daily range, OF degrees, occurred the Sd
| instant.
There were twelve clear days during the
month. seven more that classed as fair,
and twelve cloudy. The total monthly rain
ran. including melted snow and hail, was
5.6S inches. There were fourteen days
upon which one one-hundredth or more
than an inch Of rain fell. while the aver
age daily rainfall was twelve one-hun-
dredths Of an inch. The snowfall for the
month measured five-tenths of an inch.
There were four days on which hail fell,
while frost occurred fifteen different days.
The prevailing direction of the wind was
from the south.
knights Elect Officers.
At the last regular meeting of the knights
| of st. John, held Monday evening at the
ne adquarters on o street between Both and
34th streets. the annual election Of officers
| vas neld. which resulted in the choice Of
the following: Commander. Augustus
| Boyd; second deputy. George Peters; finan-
cial secretary. James Smackum; recording
secretary. William Yerrie; treasurer, John
Dorsey. Moses L. Booth. Capt. William
Neal and Charles Duvall were elected trus-
/ tees for the ensuing year.
/ Second Meeting Week of Prayer.
Congress Street NJ P. Church was the
scene last evening of the second of the
| union meetings for the week of prayer.
The subject of the evening was THE
Church Universal" and Rev. W. S. HAM
mond, D.. the pastor Of the church, who
| was the leader of the exercises, made an
extremely interesting address. Several
other local ministers were present and de-
livered short addresses.
The third meeting of the series will be
held this evening at the Gay Street Baptist
Church. The pastor, Rev. w. S. o. Thomas.
will speak on the subject Nations and
Their Rulers
District Secures Title.
The District government has secured the
title to the property adjoining the Cur
It's school building, o street, which
| is now occupied by the Western High
School. The property in question is To-
Gated west OF the present building, and Is
| in direct line with the northern extension
of Potomac avenue. The board of school
trustees have secured the use of the lot
and a force of laborerS has been placed
at work, under ContIa actor c. W. Jones
| taking down the brick wall which marked
| The old bounds of the school property and
grading the land on the vacant lot to tho
level of the school grounds When the
| Improvements completed the whole will
| be used as an additional play ground for
he scholars.
Jury of Condemnation,
There was session of the condemua-
| ton jury held yesterday at Tenleytown 10
inspect property through which is to be
the extension of what is to be known as
39th street, and also an extension of the
present Albemarle street, both highways
being east of the Tenleytown road. The
jurors were Messrs. George w. Linkins
| foreman Carusi, Benham, c. H. Tickling
Holtzclaw and George w. Morris Ano1be,
meeting will be held tomorrow at the civ
| nail and hear arguments on the matter Of
the extension. The owners of nrone,tv
whose rights are involved are represented
IL,
Clearing the Channel.
The tug boats which, operate between
this place and the uuarries have beon
Keeping steadily at work, and have been
successful In breaking up the ice in the
channel. In addition to the work of these
tugs, several other tugs, said to be in the
employ OF the District, steamed I'D the
river yesterday and more thoroughly null
verified the broken ice
workman Seriously Injured.
Samuel Marcy, white man emploved
as laborer at one of the stone ouarr;as
on the Virginia side of the river above
the Aqueduct bridge, while at work yes
terday afternoon. received injuries which
are thought to be fatal. Some flying stones
propelled by a blast struck him, one heayy
piece producing a conclusion of the SHINE
IN addition to this he suffered number of
other painful injuries, the calf of the right
leg being cut almost to the bone nv q
Jagged piece of rock. He was brought to
georgetown and removed to the Emergency
Hospital in the patrol wagon