The Washington herald., 1909-08-03
LOCAL BRIEFS.

T. r Quinlan, a private OF class one.
police department. has been prum0ted 20 cass two,
20 take effect August 5. and H. T. Buringane
from class two % class three 10 take effect Au-
gus. G.
Preliminary work has been begun on
the new Astronomical and meteorological station
which the authorities Of the Smithsonian Insttu-
ton are causing 70 be erected on the summit Of
Mount Whitney. Cal
Officials OF the Navy Department an
n01nced yesterday that the supply ship supply
stationed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. vii be
detailed for patrol duty IN midPaCihc waters, and
viii have headquarters al 10 island of Guam
William II. Palmer frr a long time a
resident Of Westmoreand county. Va. died At
tbs Emergency Hospital Sunday afternoon from
stomach trouble. Ills body vas carried yesterday
70 Mount Holly. Va. on the steamer Wakefield foC
intcnnsnt Mr.. Palmer was a Confederate soldier
IntoKicatlon among juveniles was a
leading feature in Judge Kimballs oourt yester-
day, as three negro children were before him on
that chargo-Poarl GRAY. Alberta Dorsey. and RO-
setta johnson. aged twelve years They were turned
over 70 the juvenile authorities Tor further exam
nation
Charged with stealing shoes. Perkish
Gober, a Baltimore negro. was fined SO In Justice
Aukam's hrpnch of the Police Court. He was
moving pacsingcases in the Post-ot1ce Department
saturday. when the temptation TO appropriate a
pair oI boots belonging to Robert l. CabaUsh be-
came irresistible.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Cop
persnith, who died Sunday morning as a result Of
burns received about ten days ago CT her residence.
59 Ninth street northwest held yesterday after
noon from the undertaking establishment Of Thomas
5. SeTgcOn. l0l seventh street northwest Inter
mcnt viii take place IN GlenwoOd Cemetery.
DR.. Grossly l. Wilbur chief statlsticlan
FOR vital statistics In tho Bureau of the United
State Census returned yesterday fnm Paris where
he represented the bureau ON the International
Commission Of Revision Of the Classification Of
Causes Of Death which was called by the Fnonch
government and IN which twenty-one different coun-
tries participated.
Mrs. A. G. Schneider, OF Hyattsville
Md. while crossing seventh and G streets north
ridden by w H. Emery. Of i5O5 Twelfth street
northwest. and knocked down. She was picked up
by a policeman She said she was not injured,
refused medical aid. and walked away
The funeral Of Mrs Cornelia Frances
smith, who died last Friday at her summer home in
Bethlehem, \. H., was held yesterday az Mcker-
dree NJ + Church Massachusetts avenue and
Ninth street northwest Services were conducted oy
Rev r. L, Wright. pastor Interment in Con
grcssional Cemetery. The pallheereTs were Dr, T.
~. Mclaughlin. Or. d. g. Street. W. y Hoover,
A, o. latham, r. p. Belt and r. IA hiddleton.
A large batch OF Saturday night as
sault cases came before Judge Aukam yesterday
morning. Paul jordan was penalized $ for as
saultng Thomas Cook. negro. Estelle Cook. a
negress. Of ~ street northwest, had Dennis
Smith a negro ianitor. before the court on the
same charge. The case was dismissed. Henrietta
Mason asserted her rights With Rosa Carter IN a
strenuous manner. and as result was compelled
to pay so fine. Mary Phils a negress. was fined
S for assaulting Charlotte Nash.