The Washington herald., 1907-08-06
NEWS CUT SHORT
FOR BUSY READERS.

An automobile, operated by T. b. Sar-
gent was slightly damaged yesterday as the result
OF a collision with a street car seventh and 4
| streets
! Capt Jacob Galloway. master OF the
! schooner carrie. and W B. Vane and K D. Wat
gen. Of Baltimore have purchased that vessel from
T. l. NJ. Payne.
! Charged with obtaining n bucket of
beer from baToam for several young colored boys.
/ Philip Lyles. also oolored was yesterday hned so
/ by Police Judge O'NeaL
/ The right of citizenship was granted
yesterday by Justice job Barnard 10 Patrick Tier
ney. John Daherty. John PiTone. Jos,yh Duean.
and Miss Jane Davidson.
For stealing a suit Of clothes and 81. 50
from Edward Porter, feIlow-worman. James r.
Dove. a plumber. was yesterday sentenced 70 pay
so ane or serve six months in ;nil
Donald McKensie, aged eighty. OF 2b
Sixth street northwest, is In the Emergency Hos
pital suffering from severe injuries about the head
and shoulders the result Of fall from moving
street car.
Ten men are detailed at police head
quarters busy folding the circulars describing Ar
thur kemp defaultng property clerk which are
I to be distributed % all parts Of the world.
The 'mineral-water" habit is a gold
mine for the water companies which sold IS Sis $50
gallons last year fer s. 3065 Sil The figures were
given out by the Geological Survey yesterday.
The Lake steamer a. G. Lindsey has
sailed from Baltimore on her long voyage around
Cape Horn 20 the North Pacific coas. with cargo
Of coal for her new owners, a lumber concern at
Aberdeen. Wash.
Trains of the Washington. Alexandria
and Mount Vernon Railway Company viii pass
over the new grade Fourteenth street southwest
Tor the first time Saturday morning The north
bound track is now ready FOR
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Association Of the Oldest Inhabitants VIII BE- held
mmorrow evening at Z 20 p. m. in the COrcoran
building. An amendment to the constitution and
reports on delinQuents VIII be considerd.
The police are looking for a young
Eulatto boy who is reported to have been witness
Of the assault and robbery Of Miss Jessie Harms
berger On saturday night, and caa doubtless give
them some cieW as to the identity OF her assaiant
Having fallen down a fight of steps
IN his home Gt 1884 Dent street northwest on sun
day night and received severe clt on the head
William Riley. seveuty-five years Of age is now IN
the Georgetown University Hospital under treatment
for his injuries.
As an evidence of their appreciation of
the work Of the FIRE department at the recent fire
at Seventh street and Flords avtuue northwest the
Washington baseball club has fo.-yar led to Chief
Belt check for SO, to be applied to the fremens
relief association
For dOnning a policeman's uniform and
representing himself TO be one Of Wasbinzton's
finest Mason Morris, cClored who, while very much
under the influence Of liquor, was arrested Sunday
morning was yesterday sentenced by Judge O'Neal
TO pay fine OF : T spend fifteen days IN Jail.
II. II. Harding. alias Frank ]. Hard
ing, allas J. II. Hart, alias Henry C. Davis was
yesterday sentenced by Justice Barnard To eighteen
months Imprisonment at MOuudsTille for securing
by false pretensCs the signature Of j. G. HOff 10
check for 50.
Because the concern dared" people to
send them SO. which they suggested might be re-
turned with additional $40 after successful suec-
ulation Acting Postmaster General Hitchcock YES
terday issued fraud order against the 'Dey r. s
Co" and the "Dey Right System Co.." Of Phila
delphia.
The viii Of Daniel Jordan, who died
July 80 last. fled for probate yesterday in the
Office OF the register Of wills. His wife Mrs Een
Jordan. is named as the principal beneficiary ana
serera. small heGUests made 10 relatives John
W Branson and Alexander S. Howell are named
executors.
The creditors of the bankrupt real 1
estate firm Of Martin Bros. have postponed their 4
meeting, scheduled for yesterday, until September |
Is. Thomas L. Martin. one Of the finn is nov /
confined in a sanitarium. and as the result Of the
unacy inquiry has not yet reached the United States
attorney. postponement ordered by Referee Nc
Calmont.
Charles S. Mills, a brakeman on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad while leaning out Of
a car window Sunday night str1lcs his head
against the temporary bridge at MARYLAND avenne
and Twelfth street and sustained a serious injury
1t the Providence Hospital last night it was stated
thai the mans skull had not been fractured by the
impact and that he would recover