Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-03
ANACOSTIA HAPPENINGS
Dissatisfaction Over Assignment of Sergeant
Anderson to Night Duty.
Additional Complaint Against Capt..
Forgery of Residents Name.

Sergeant w. T. Anderson. who has been
IN charge of the Anacostia police station
Tor the last four years. last evening began
mis- duties as night sergeant under the new
assignment made by the chief of police.
He will be in charge Of the Anacostia dis
trict from pm. until am. hereafter.
Sergeant Gessford came to the Anacostia
station yesterday as day sergeant. and will
be in charge from a. m. until pm. There
is feeling here that an injustice has been
done Sergeant Anderson. Among the rea-
sons advanced for his retention as day SER
seant is that his knowledge of persons and
localities here Is too valuable to be lost to
the department during the day. 1t Is also
pointed out that he is required to do mount
ed duty. as formerly, and that the day
sergeant. who has been dismounted, 1t is
SAID. VIII not have this duty to perform
though there are mounted beats to be in
spected In the day. presumably. and by the
sergeant then in charge.
People Dissatisfied.
Dissatisfaction with the arrangement by
which transfers are issued to the Metro
politan railroad from the Anacostia line at
AZ street and Maryland avenue southwest
continues. There is talk Of holding an in
dignation meeting but up to this morn
ing no call therefor had been issued. The
cars in operation today numbered seven
running on nine-minute schedule. They
are SO far apart that many people have
stated they intend to walk to the Capital
Traction cars at the navy yard.
Alleged Forgery.
Some annoyance is being caused the po-
lice department officials, 1t is said, by the
receipt of a communication from Anacostia
signed Mrs. NJ. King. Harrison street.
Anacostia," to which attention was given
by the superintendent of police. The COM
munication went on at length to describe
alleged slaughter houses that were being
halntalned In f1lthy condition on Harri-
son street. directly under the notice of the
police complaints to whom time after time,
Major Sylvester was told, had proved I'M
awaiting. Mrs. King. who lives at 211 Har-
rlson street. was astOnished to receive a
note from the superintendent of police stat
ing that her complaint would be looked into
She had made no complaint, she states. and
had written no letter. She promptly re-
turned the superintendent note.
The affair has been the cause of much
talk and Mrs. King stated, when asked
about the matter, that she will demand an
used her name.
Elections Held.
Mineola Tribe, No. IA. Improved Order Of
Red Men. has elected officers as follows;
Prophet. William L. Ashdown; sachem,
McGill; Junior sycamore, ]. H. Haynes:
chief of records, W. s. Dodge; collector of
Wampum. Harry Emo; keeper of wampum
Edward Hinwood; guard of the forest, w
c. White.
Salem. Lodge, No. %. Independent Order
OF Odd Fellows, elected the following at
Its last meeting to serve as officers Noble
grand, James England; vice grand, Joseph
Barnes; recording secretary, ]. K. Davi-
son; financial secretary, Henry w. Tip
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sentatives to the Grand Lodge, ]. K. Davi-
son, Henry w. Tippett and William Nash.
Boy Hurt.
John Ball, an eight-year-old white boy
was run over on Grant street Saturday
evening by an unknown man who was
driving a buggy. The man did not, it is
stated. stop to find cut how badly the boy
was hurt. The child's right foot was in
jured. and DIR. Watson was called to rem
der aid at the boys home, 800 Fillmore
street.
Names First Entered.
The first prisoners brought to the new
police station were three colored men, Lu-
Their Johnson. Alexander King and John
Lewis. all of the city, the charge against
them being the riding of bicycles at night
with unlighted lamps. Officer Reagan
made the arrests, and in the Police Court
the men were fined 81 each
The Commissioners have been request ed
to order the improvement of Monroe street
from Harrison street to point past the
new station. as was stated in The Star re-
Gently would be done. The request has
caused the Commissioners to include the
Improvement of Monroe street with con-
crete in their estimates that will go to the
next Congress 1t is said they have given
favorable consideration to the suggestion
of concreting the street now as far as
Johnson street.
Personal Mention.
Miss Grace Hillyer, who has been stop
ping with Mrs. Douglass, Cedar Hill. for
some time, has returned to her home in
Maine.
Miss Jeanette Messer will leave in a few
days for Waterville, Me. where she will
spend the remainder of the summer.
Miss Anna Lee of Franklin Hill has re-
turned from visit to Paxson, Va, where
she had been with Prof. Messer's sketch