The evening times., 1898-11-11
CITY BREVITIES.

series of free lectures on an Anglo
American alliance will be delivered in
Maccabee Temple, commencing next Tues
| day evening.
The annual election of officers and the
| regular drawings for seats in the Wash
| ington Stock Exchange Will be held in the
! board room Wednesday, November l6
! The envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from Slam, Phya Visud-
! dab, arrived in this city yesterday and has
established a temporary legation at the
! Arlington Hotel.
| The I05th regular meeting OF the Chemi-
| cal Society was held in the lecture hall
| OF the Cosmos Club last night Several
papers of interest TO the members of the
society We're read.
| \ collision occurred yesterday morning
between car No. IS of the Anacostia and
Potomac Railroad Company and No. 80
cars We're siIgmTye cunn Company. Both
William Pullar, fifty years of age. a
! cook employed at the Hotel Raleigh, was
| arrested yesterday by Detective Horne
on warrant charging criminal libel. Zol-
| la II. Farrant appears as the complainant
The Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany. executors of the estate of the late
Anthony Pollok, yesterday delivered to the
officials OF the city free library l,5O9
volumes from Mr.. Pollok private col
lection.
Policemen Baker and Herbert. of the
Fourth precinct, found an abandoned
white male infant on vacant lot in the
rear of the Colored Baptist Church. cor
ner of First and II Streets southwest, at
o. clock last night.
Detective Ed Horne last night arrested
Hugh Mosier. an eighteen-year-old colored
cd nj ba
cinct station on charge of petit larceny.
Mosier is alleged TO have stolen an over
coat from James Hurley.
The postgraduate class of the law
school of the National University has
elected the following officers for the ensu-
ing year: President. J. ]. Hill; vice presi-
dent. Nj. \. Bender; secretary. DR.. Fuller
Walker; treasurer. \. c. Perkins.
While riding his bicycle on PENNSYLVANIA
Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets
northwest yesterday d. F. Schaffer, an
actor at the Bijou Theater colfided with
car No. I of the Capital Traction Company
and suffered slight bruises about the
face.
Patrick Mahoney. the young man who is
said TO have seriously impaired his ner-
vous system by the continuous use OF
cigarettes, was so much improved last
night that the surgeons at the Emergency
Hospital permitted his removal to his
home, No. zoos Pierce Street
meeting was held at Oppenheimer's
Hall Wednesday night for the purpose of
forming an organization of the veterans
of the District Volunteers of '61 Officers
were elected as follows: President, John
L. Chancey; recording secretary, William
La Porte: financial secretary J. Lee Ad-
ans, and treasurer, Louis Mundheim.
James Sheehy was found by the police
men of the Eighth precinct wandering
around In the woods near lexington YES
terday afternoon and was brought to the
station house, where he was searched and
a revolver was found in his possession.
He said the English government was look
ing for him. Sanitary Officer Frank will
make an endeavor to locate the mans
relatives.
The ladies of the Church of ST MI
chael and All Angels celebrated the COM
pletion of the new parish hall at the
corner of Virginia Avenue and Twelfth
street northwest, with housewarming
last night. The new building was con-
structed by the members of the church.
and will be used for entertainments. If
contains an auditorium capable of seat
ing NV persons, besides five smaller rooms.
Arrangements are being made at the
Government Hospital at Fort Myer to re-
celVe lOO sick and wounded soldiers from
the camps throughout the country The
patients will arrive during the early mart
of next week and will find quarters nre-
pared for them in the riding han Tho
hospital has at present about three hun
dred patients and 1t is expected that tbev
Will care for as many more during the
winter.