The Washington herald., 1908-05-07
NEWS CUT SHORT.

A so diamond ring was stolen Sunday
from the home q Rosie SchTeyer Ig52 Sixth street
southwest The police ara investigating
Under auspices Of the Musical Art So
ciety, Macd0Wel memorial concert VIII be given al
the Columbia Theater Tuesday next. The Bos-
ton Festival Orchestra under the direction Of Emil
MelenhaueE. viii assist
For stealing typewriter and other ar
ticles from tie District Government Justice Bar
nard yesterday sentenced william H. C. sCTeTen. a
negro, 70 serve one year snd day in the peniten-
tiaJy. ScreTen pleaded guilty.
Charles Crown, a negro, was convicted
Of holsehTeaking IN Criminal Court No. yesterday
and reIDanded for sentence by Justice Barnard The
negro broke into ssosehouss belonging to Thomas
~ Hanback, for the purpose Of robbery
c. c. Dleudonne. Of 1n7 Q street. who
shot Private Holmes. Of the First precinct police
IN mistake for burglar was held In $50 bonds for
the grand jury yesterday by Judge Kimball. The
case viii be thrashed out in the higher court
Edwin NJ Van Dyke, formerly an ink
expert az the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing.
and Victor g, Bloede. Of Baltimore, an ink manu-
fscurer have entered pleas Of not guilty to the in
dictment charging them with conspiracy 70 deiFaud
the United States
A collision between two cars at Penn
syTans avenue and Fifteenth street yesterday morn
ing resulted in several psnes Of glass being broken
No one was injured TIE accident was due 10 one
Of the cars uying TO start west while the ether
sas coming vest on the cross track.
At a recent meeting OF the Northeast
ern Suburban Citizens Association protest was made
against the construction work being done on the an
mex Of the Langdon public school. Several members
reported that the safety Of the building has been
leoBardized to provide interior Furnishings.
John c. Mcdonald, of 1927 Brightwood
avenue employed as engineer at the Soldiers Home
was taken III IN the drug store At Seventh and ii
streets northwest, about $50 O'Clock last night and
died Of heart failure before he could be given
medical attention. Coroner NeTitt was notified.
An unidentified man was killed iii
Princess Anne County, Va, according to q letter
received by the superintendent Of police. lie Is
supposed to have been struck by a train. No ider-
tihcation save that he about fifty years old
and was evidently from New York. is obtainasle.
Chief Belt. Of the fire department, has
recommended TO the Commissioners that ST5 be al
lotted from the irenens pension fund to the widow
q Capt John ". Smith to help defTay his funeral
expenses Capt smith died last Sunday morning in
the Proyidencs Hospital after an illness Of nine
days.
H. II. Millsrd was elected delegate to
the head camp which convenes at Peoria. H.. on
June s. by the District State Camp Of Modern
Woodmen Of the World at its triennial session yes
terday at SIC Pennsylyania avenue southeast A. f.
Chatter was elected State consul and b F. Glib.
was named State clerk.
Ducky Holiness who will be tried for
murder in the first degree Monday, win plead in
sanity as the cause Of his killing Mrs Mary Hami
ton last November. Attorneys for Holmes vii
show he vas struck on the head hy a baseball ba
when hfteen years Old and that he was mentally
affected By the accident