The Washington herald., 1907-10-23
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS.

Ced m tentralia, kanS, On the l3th INST
Drs p. W. Murton and Weiss. OF Ana
costa. have returned from a bicycle trip to Luay'
Va.
The Takoma Park Citizens Association
elected oricds a. the meeting held in Takoma Han
last night
John Helmus. for thirty-nine years pro
rrie,o of the Ebhitt Housc buffet died at hs home
carly Monday morning.
\ protest has been made by the Bright
Wocd Citizens Association against the alleged m
terior scrYice of the Brightwood car lines
Thomas Farrell watchman on the Con
nccticut avenue bridge. has been appointed an add
tonal private the police force for one year
The funeral Of d. A. Chambers, who
died Sunday al O'Clock, was held yesterday after
noon at ESQ O'Clock from Cal'ap Baptist Church.
The appointment OF Milton May as
/ janitor I'm ,he Temporary home for Veteran Union
Soldiers and Sailors has been approved by the
Commissioners.
The license OF Special officer Bryson
Chase who was assigned to the dance hall III
Nineteenth street northwest mas be revoked because
cf alleged mbecJming conduct.
Dispatches from ST. Pc ersburg yester-
day confirmed thc earthquake eeord made at the
Weather Bureau SUNDAY. he disturbance Is sald
4 20 have occurred Ia FVTkistau-
Foster & Warren, Of New York, the
firm name under which +. 3. Murphy sold uis on
races, was detauod the use Of mails yesterday b.
order Of Postmaster General Meyer.
S. NJ. Curridcn and Frank G. wilkins,
OF this city have gone 20 York Pa, % arrange Ior
new ufrigUrating machinery for a $1,000 lce and
cold storage plant % bv erected 81 Twelfth ara
streets.
The delegates to the reunion of Virginia
Confederate VttauBs from Harry Hcih Camp No.
llg. Uf this c.ty, LETT Sunday night TO attend Tie
grand CBcamument at Norfolk, Va
Strong appeals have been made by pat
u1tic Euglisbman for me preservation Of the Bat
te.sea Rise Hcuse fer many years the home oi
William Wilbaforce. the English emanclator o.
the slaves
A. NJ. Condra. the newly elected presi-
dent cf the Bughjwood PARK Citizens Association,
presided az the meeting OF that organization held
last night az Thomas Hail BrightWOod avenue and
L0ugiroW street
BY order OF the Postmaster General. a
fraud order has been issued against the Hilis5ro
Consolidated Mines. its officers and agents. and j.
y. A. Conner, its president, doing business ~ New
York and Kansas City.
The appointment Of Cecil Showalter as
private ia Class J. Metropolitan police. and The
commissioning Of W. 7. CclueH special policeman
the A. % Rliss properties, were ratified yesterday
by the Commissioner
The district attorney yesterday in
Criminal Court 40. 2. entered pole ITostqui N
the u GeorGe A.. Chase. charged With violating
the Il'icy law and In the case OF Albert johnson.
charged with grand larceny.
Permission has been granted the Ches-
apcake and Potomac Telephone Company, Up1n re
quest 90 the Commissioners, % excsratc for poles
and anchors on University place. Euclid place. FIJI
teeuth street. and Daugias street
An important conference having a bear
ing on The regulation governing the enforcement q
the new immigration law, which became effective
July J. was leil yesterday n the ctice a Oscar ;.
straus. Secretary II Comnerca and Labor.
Commissioner Macfarland was out Of
the city yesterday. last night he addressed
meeting of prominent business men at the Eilicott
Club. of Buffalo y. !. tie VIII return 10 the CJy
this morning on account Of ofiiciaI engagements.
one OF the sheds adjoining the car Darn
AZ Ecllugtou was damaged 20 the extent Of about
SD last night by fire, which is supposed 70 have
bseu started by s. spark from che engine Il pass
ug train ca the Baltimore and Oao Railroad trees.
The Public Library Of the District has
received a request from the chaplain Of the Naval
Hospital for discarded books and PERIODICALS for the
local hospital and marine barracks The request.
uuou being refe.rsd % the Commissioners. has ben
granted.
In a rear-eud collision between two
freight trains IN The AugCUs,ia yard Of the Balti-
mere and Ohio Railroad early yesterday morning.
Engineer Isaac Han was slightly intur Z and uum-
tyr Of hogs. with which several u the cars were
laden, were killed
Attorney Thomas c.. Taylor Yesterday
fled in Criminal Court NJ. I motion Tor new
TRIAL fer Delaware Ross. eclared. who was con-
'ictel last week % second degree murder. Ross
struck another c1lcred man named Reed in the head
with baseball bat.
Dr. Alvin Gregory, Of 301S O street
northwest, received fracture 0f the night wrist and
several bruises about che face Yesterday morning
when limb from tree which was being trimmed
uy gorEmen Il the park commission fell upon him
As be vas riding bg on a bicycle.
The license Of the bar at the Hotel
Fritz Reuter- -Four aud-ahslf street and Pennsylya-
MIA avenue. has been renewed by the Excise Board
Objections by the police were oygrruied The appli-
cation Of james Steyens. who conducts a bar A.
Eight and street, was taken under advisement.
Rear Admiral Robert c. Hollyday, chief
Of the Bureau of Yards and Docks Navy Depart
mcBt let for Puget Sound last night % inspect the
site Of the proposed new dry dock. de viii Be al
that point two days and viii 81 frum there To
Mare Island navy yard for a weeks inspection.
In answer TO letter from the secre-
tary q the Garfield Citizens Association, inviting
the attention OF the Commissioners to the need Of
new school building Ia Garfield, the association
VIII be informed that item has been included IN
the estimates for the District providing for the de-
sired school building
Wellington y. Herbert was arraigned
before Justice Barnard yesterday and pleaded guilty
70 an indictment charging him with assault with
deadly weapon. The date for trial not n1ed.
The indictment charges Herbert with shooting at
his wife. When indicted, Herbert was released on
$1,000 bail and TINS bond was continued yesterday.
The Navy Department has made public
the details pf an agreement between the State De
partment and the British Ansbassador respecting
the ministraton Of certain islands the east coast
Il BCrueo hy the British North B0rueo Company.
The publication is made through navy orders for the
information and guidance Of the naval service.
As the result of instructions recently
issued by Mai Sylvester relative 10 boys jumping
on street cars q number Of arrests have been made
about the city. and last night Policeman jackson,
Of the Fourth precinct added three more % the list
The boys arrested were Frederick O'Connell. aged
eleven Nathan Miller. aged thirteen. and Benjamin
Hawkins coloredl aged ten.
William h. Hitchcock, division superin-
tendeut Of the Tennaytown Railway, left this city
for Baltimore yesterday where he viii undergo treat
ment at the Pasteur Institute OF the Maryland Uni
yersity Hospital for an injury the leg resulting
from having been bitten by mad dog on Wednes-
day. The head 70 the dog has since been examined
by the Bureau Of Animal Industry Department Of
Agriculture where Il decided that the animal
had been suffering from rabies.