The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-15
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
An ENHANCEMENT Over Property
Sold for Taxes in Arrears.

The Purchasers Money to BE Re
turned to HiEI-LIeutenant Petty
Calls on His Old Friends Among
the OEciaIs-Reyyarfs for Service.
Newton & GiHett. of SO Thirteenth
Street northwest. has requested that the
sale OF a part OF lot L, square los assess
ed in the name OF Ellen J Newton for the
unpaid taxes Of 1898. be Cancelled The
ground of the request is that the tax was
paid May 81, 1898. The Collector Of Taxes.
reporting upon the matter. has informed
the Commissioners that the property in
question was sold April y, 1893, for the
second half tax for the year 1898. to
Charles II. Wiltsie. of Rochester, n Y. in
the amount of $50 g tax and expenses 1t
appears from reference to the day book of
the Collectors Office that the tax was
paid May 81, 1898, but that there was
failure to post the amount on the IedgeTS
in the Assessors Of3ce, thereby causing
an erroneous sale. Accordingly Collector
Davis recommends that the sale be de-
clared void and that the amount paid
by Nj Wiltsie. with interest be returned
to him This recommendation was ap-
proved today
The Commissioners today issued the
following orders
That the resignation OF NJ. 5. Murray,
Superintendent of Repairs, be accepted,
and G. B. Coleman be appointed Super
intendent of Repairs, at $3.50 per day, vice
Murray.
That the roadway Of E Street northeast
from Fourth to Seventh Streets. be re-
paired with gravel at an estimated cost
of $3.50. chargeable to the current apprO-
r,T-iar ipr1 -ar,1irS n streets
Set new granite curb and lay cement
sidewalk on the west side of Fourteenth
Street northwest from L Street, north
ward to the north line of lot 1, square
2I5, at an estimated cost of sos. to oe as
sessed against lots in square 215- abuttiug
on said Fourteenth Street, between the
limits named
sidewalk on the east side of Connecticut
Avenue northwest, from De Sales Street
TO NJ Street, at an estimated cost of S6gT,
10 be assessed against lots a, 81, 30, 56, and
81, square 162
The Paymaster Of the United ,tates
Army has sent to Police Head Iarters
the sum OF so the reward for the capture
of John " American, a deserter, by Pc
licemau ClemmOns- William Knabe * Co
have also sent SO as a reward for the
valuable services rendered to the firm by
Policeman s. 1. Brown The Commission
eTs, acting upon the recommendation Of
r. H. Boardman, the Acting Chief Of Pc
Ice have decided that % per cent OF the
above amounts be credited to the cloth
ing and helmet fund and that the bal
anCe be paid over TO the policemen named
Lieut.. = n Petty. son Of J T Petty,
Auditor of the District, who recently re-
turned from the Philippines, was at the
District Building today. greeting his old
friends Lieutenant Petty was q member
OF the Thirty-siXth Infantry United States
Volunteers. He left Washington in Sep
TENDER 1899 and saw eighteen months
service. principally in the Island OF Luzon-
He participated IN several important en-
gagements in the campaign Of a year ago,
ahd saw mach of the Philippine Islands
and people He expressed himself as hav-
ing had enough of service in the Philip
pines, however. owing 10 the intensely nat
climate and the discomfort of marching
and fighting beneath the bTollng sun OF
Mr. Petty thinks the war in the Phil
iDpines practically over, and says the cap
ture o. Aguinaido not of much i'm
partanCe- as the chief had lost much Of
his influence with the Fiipinos- Lieuten-
ant Petty regards TiniO as the real leader
Of the iusurTectioDaTy movement ROW. and
said that he was more nearly the brains
OF the movement than Agulnaldo ever
lieutenant Petty is a veteran Of the war
in Cuba and has been soldering almost
constantly for three years be said that
he liked army life. and after a rest. viii
seek TO enter the regular army for long
period Of service
Joseph Paris, Chief Of the Fire De
partment, has recommended that FIRE by
drants be erected in the following ICCa-
lions for the better protection Of prop
erty from IRE: First and Chicago Streets
northwest; northeast corner Fifth and c
Streets northeast; north side of Fenton
Street between North Capitol and FIRST
Twelfth Street and Park Place northeast
northeast corner OF Twelfth and Duncan
Streets northeast southwest corner of
Twelfth and Linden Streets northeast,
and the northwest corner of Twelfth and
Wylie Streets northeast The Commits
sleners today approved the recommended