Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Linthicum Institute to Open Monday, October
9, Week Later Than Usual
Delayed ON Account of Dewey Cele-
bratfOn-Street Improvement
Schedule-Other News.

Monday evening, October 8, at $50 o'clock.
This is week later than the usual time,
but the delay is deemed advisable, owing
to the Dewey celebration which occurs
the first Monday in the month. The pres
ent term will be the one closing the quar-
ter century of the life Of the school. 1t
was founded in 1870 by Edward Magruder
Linthicum. wealthy resident of George
town and a philanthropist of note.
The school is one of the few of it's kind in
the country. Its sessions are held nightly,
and all that is required of the student is
his attendance. Books and other articles
| needed in the school are furnished gratui-
| tousy, the students being under no expense
whatsoever. This is in accordance with the
aims and objects Of the founder, who was
ANXIOUS to provide place for the educa-
ton of boys who were forced to work dur
ing the day. and had other time in
which to receive instruction.
thorough business education Is given
at the school by corps of mpetent in
struetors. Every Monday evening free
hand drawing, English. spelling and short
hand and typewriting are taught; Tuesday
evening, elocutIon, penmanshp and book
keeping; Wednesday evening, arithmetic
algebra and geometry; Thursday evening
penmanship and bookkeeping; Friday even
ing, mechanical and architectural drawing
The hours of the commencement of tho
classes range from $50 o'clock Monday
and Tuesday evenings to O. clock We'd
nesday and Friday and 1880 O clock Thurs
day nights, each class continuing until .
o'clock.
Park Bicycle Club Defendant.
A summons was yesterday tackled on the
grandstand of the Park Bicycle Club on
the Conduit road by Constable Virgil Will
lams and signed by Justice of the Peace
Arson G. Taylor, i'll the matter of suit
filed by the International Athletic Park
Company, through Jacob p Clark. it's
president, against the Park Bicycle Club
the lesseeS of the place. The suit is said
TO be instituted for possession of the place
Inc summons is made returnable October 4.
and II no response is made on that day by
representatives of the defendant club
Judgment by default will be given the plain
tn. The summons issued Septem-
Der -
national Athletic Park Company, and the
Park Bicycle Club secured a lease of the
grounds. ]. d. Lasley is the president of
the park company, and with several other
local people. was interested in the manage
me mt of the place conducting bicycle races
The club secured the lease several years
ago, and 1t has several years more yet to
run. 1t is said
The owners of the place are said to be
ar Xlous to get possession for several rea-
sens. AS stated in The Star several days
ago, the Stevens-Crosby railroad syndicate
wants to get the management of the place
and make it into an ideal summer resort
The suit for possession the part of the
owners Is regarded as the preliminary step
In this direction.
Schedule of Street improvements.
The committee on streets of the George
town Citizens Association held meeting
last evening at the office of the First Co
operative Building Association on y2d
street. at which schedule of street i'm
provements was made out to be recon-
led IN he DiStri
insertion in the next annual report to Con-
gress The committee received authority
from the last meeting of the association
to present the schedule to the Commission
erS. "A committee, consisting of Mr. B.
l. Janney, Mr.. Archibald Greenlees and Mr.
George w. King, was appointed to appear
before the Commissioners and urge the
adoption of the schedule.
The streets recommended for improve
ment are as follows: l. street from 2sth
to 10th streets, r street from 33d to :sJth
streets, SD street from street to its in
tersect1on with Both street, also the open
ing up of Brown street from its present
terminus to 32d street. The latter street
is small thoroughfare running from Val
ley street westward half way of the square
and is the only outlet running east and
west that is between q and streets, the
block being unusually long. The sched-
ule recommended is said to be a very mod
est one. On this account the belief is eX-
pressed that the District Commissioners
will incorporate the entire schedule in their
street improvements in the next report
to Congress.
r street from 33d to 34th street was not
recommended, because of the fact that
the street is already on the schedule and
an appropriation made for it. street
was not recommended because the location
of the engine house THAT street practi-
cally insures the Improvement of the
thoroughfare from a'd to 35th streets it's
entire length.
A Cutting Scrape.
An ARRAY occurred yesterday afternoon
about 3:15 o'clock on NJ street near 9th
street, which resulted in Charles Hacker
son, colored man, aged twenty-seven, be-
ing taken to the Georgetown University
Hospital in the patrol wagon for treat
ment. HackersOn and another colored man
named Wade Paine became involved in an
alteration over some matter and the lat
ter pulled out knife or razor and slashed
his opponent across the face, cutting cash
extending from the ear around to the liz
and penetrating to the bone. The injured
man refused to divulge the name of his
assailant but this was ascertained by the
police. Paine managed to escape arrest.
Leg Broken.
This morning about o'clock Lesual Wal
mer, coored. aged thirteen, while engaged
in loading wood on wagon at Ballston,
Va, had his right leg broken by the fall
ing of a tree limb. The youth was brought
to Georgetown in a wagon, and conveyed
to the Georgetown University Hospital
where his broken limb was set. The boy
lives with his parents in Masonic Hall al
ley, opening on sd street, just north Of NJ
street.
BATTALION OFFICERS.