Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
RIVALS IN STREET ROW
COMPLICATIONS OVER RECENTLY
ACQUIRED SCHOOL SITE.
Activity in Real Estate Noted-Small
Boy Narrowly Escapes Death
Personal Mention.

Two policemen. brawny and strong-armed
attached to the seventh precinct station
thought they had landed against the real
thing when they jumped into fracas be-
tween two colored women in Georgetown
about o'clock last night Lille Brooks
and Mary Brown were the disturbers of the
peace and before the officers arrived upon
the scene they had engaged in a desperate
encounter lasting twenty minutes on 31st
street northwest between NJ and streets.
Mary coming out of the scrap with badly
lacerated scalp and other severe bruises,
and the Brown woman escaping with a few
slight cuts about the forehead.
Bitter epithets were heard for two blocks
from the scene of the encounter. and the
ARRAY soon drew the attention Of a crowd
Officers Davis and Trenis hurried to the
place of the trouble and attempted to ar
rest them, whereupon they were told 1t
was none of their business, and this ex-
preston was backed by few selections
from the profane vocabulary. The officers
induced the women to believe that they
should discontinue the riot, and they were
finally placed into the patrol wagon and
wheeled off to occupy one OF the seventh
precinct select apartments. The women
were intoxicated and will appear in Police
Court tomorrow to explain their conduct.
Bloodless Fight.
Love for a colored gentleman. whose
responsible for bloodless fight between
Louisa Thomas and Gertrude Tobias, both
of whom are colored and about twenty
years old, on NJ street in front of saloon
last night about o'clock According to
the police, who put an end to the melee. all
had been participating too freely in bad
liquor, and when the chivalrous escort
started home with Louisa Gertrude as
serted that she was to be also protected.
and then proceeded to give her reasons.
The two women were exchanging blows,
and simultaneously mixed in a varied
sortment of uncomplmentary epthets.
The patrol from the seventh precinct came
upon the scene in time to prevent serious
trouble. and the girls were locked up at
the precinct station upon charges of dis
orderly conduct.
Alleged Cloud to Title.
Complications have arisen. it is said, out
of the recent purchase of the Biundon
property o street near the Curtis
school as a site for the proposed school
which is to be constructed under an ap-
preparation of $4,000 made at the last ses-
sion of Congress 1t is alleged that clear
title to the site cannot be made for some
reason. and despite the fact that the funds
appropriated were available July /, and
the demolition of the old property on the
site was begun 1t is probable that every
thing in the way of building operations
will be suspended until the title has been
perfected
Several Georgetown residents have been
made parties to an equity proceeding filed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Ray of Georgetown. the
obpect being to clear the title of the re-
Gently acquired property. If. after the
case has been contested. it is shown that
perfect title was not vested in the former
owners another site will be provided The
proposed structure is designed to relieve
the crowded condition of the Curtis and
Addison schools.
Activity in Real Estate.
Great activity is noticeable In the George
town real estate market during the past
week. A syndicate whose members have
in view the development of the section west
of Rock creek have been negotiating
through the Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate
Company for the purchase of the Mckinney
tract of land. comprising sixty acres lying
west of Georgetown College Castleyiew.
the beautiful brownstone mansion which
was originally constructed at cost or
over $4,000 at the intersection of Conduit
and New Cut roads. overlooking the dis
tributing reservoir and erected about ten
years ago by Jacob p. Clark. has been pur-
chased by Mr. B. L. MINOR. a hotel man.
through the Miller-Shoemaker Real Estate
Company. The same firm has sold Curtis
Z. Grestner the dwelling known as 1914
street northwest; to Ellen curran, TO 34th
street northwest: to Robert Seltman. the
lot at the northwest corner of 35th and M
streets northwest also lot II of square
100; for NJ. w Godfrey, 92i 18th street
northwest. to John A. Newhouse, I225 3Oth
street northwest; for w. c. Mackall ct al,
6,2J0 feet on street, Burleith.
r. A. Castelar, has sold to Mrs. Matilda
Hendricks the property consisting of a two
story brick dwelling at 3523 o street north
west. Mrs. John l. Greene and Mrs. Hos
pital are constructing two handsome homes
on the Mark Green tract of land, lying In
Harlem and fronting on Conduit road.
Henry w. Walter has purchased lot of
Burkett's subdivision OF Tenleytown, and
John Wagner has bought lot 10 OF the
same subdivision. Robert Lyddane has
purchased the old Lyddane mansion,
located near Rockville, Md. at cost OF
31.0U0. the tract containing 262 acres. John
W. Points Is constructing q row OF three