Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-29
General and Personal.
ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

Electa Chapter. No. .. Order of the
Eastern Star. is closing up its affairs for
the year ending October 81. At the last
meeting four candidates were admitted to
the organization and the initiatory degree
administered. feature was The music
rendered by the choir of the chapter. In
order to carry out further initiatory cere-
monies a special meeting OF the chapter
has been called for this evening. The visi-
tation of the grand officers. to occur No
vember Il, is being planned.
Henry w. ID. Robinson. whose death &C.
Cured at Providence Hospital yesterday
morning, where he had been under treat
ment for more than a month was
brother of Edward Robinson of 18th
street, Anacostia. and was member of
Anacostia Lodge. No u, F. A. A. NJ,
and of Anacostia Chapter. r. A. M. He
had been employed in the Washington
navy yard for about twenty years His
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon at o'clock from the home of
brother, at 62S d street southeast, and
the interment will be in the. Congressional
cemetery. The deceased was unmarried.
Lieut.. w. T. Anderson, in command of
the Anacostia police precinct, has received
for report of late more than a dozen ap-
plications from residents of the Anacos-
tia section of the District to the chief of
police for permits to shoot on their prem
Uses rabbits. hawks. owls etc, which one
declared to be the cause of damage to
the crops of the respective land owners.
In some cases, however. citizens who evil
IDENTIFY do not understand the law on the
subject have applied TO Maj. Sylvester for
permits to hunt their land The re-
quests Of these have. of course. been re-
fused outright. but in the eases where IT
is claimed damage is being done to the
crops the permits that will enable the
citizens to shoot over their lands have
been issued. In one instance citizen OF
Anacostia applied for permit to trap
ground squirrels and red-eyed chewees as
he desired to make pets of the squirrels
and the birds. but after correspondence
with the police department. and the secre-
tary of the Smithsonian Institution whose
approval was required his application
refused. on the ground that the trap
ping was prohibited by the law unless for
scientific purposes
The agitation for the construction of the
street car line TO begin at Minnesota
and Pennsylvania avenues. extend along
Minnesota avenue to the Anacostia trolley
line. intersect with that line there and
run to Nichols avenue and street
thence by way OF L street to 10th street
and then up Good Hope road to the Dis
trict line. has been renewed, and already
in addition TO number of local men who
have become interested. several Philadel-
phia capitalists. il is stated, have signi-
ned their intention of becoming identified
with the matter. Such a railroad ohas
been talked about for several years but
il is said that the plan will be further
brought before the public when Congress
meets.
Protracted services have been COM
menced at Bells Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church. near Camp Springs Prince
George county, Nd, by Rev. II. G. Har-
den.
The members of John A. Logan Relief
Corps. No. Z, held a meeting last evening
in the Anacostia Masonic Hall.