Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1895, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, Be 26, 1895-TEN PAGES. LOCAL MENTION. t AMUSEMENTS TONIGHT. Lafayette Square Opera House.—“Trilby- Allen’s Grand Opera House.—The Garrick Treater Burlesque Company of New York in “'Thrilby.”” ew Naticnal Theater.—Charley’s Aunt.” Academy of Music.—Helene Mora in “A Modern Mephisto. Kernan's Lyceum Theater._Sam Devere’s Big Compar.y. Columbia Phonograph Company, 919 Penn- ylvania avenue northwest.—Exhibition of Graphophone and Kinetoscope. Metzerott Music Hall.—Concert by the Glee, Banjo and Mandolin clubs of Cornell College. —__—.—_—_ EXCURSIONS TOMORROW, Steamer Macalester for Mount Vernon, Marshall Hall, Glymont and intermediate landings at 10 a.m. Steamer Newport News for Norfolk and Fortress Monroe at 7 p.m. — GRAND HOLIDAY OFFER at Clinedinst’s Electric Studio, #07 Pa. ave. From now until after the holidays, we will Aurnish 12 cf our cabinet size, exquisitely finished, “MEZZO-TINT IN PLATINUM” for only $3. Note—The great specialty at our new stu- io, 007 Pa. ave., will be Photographs by our wonderful ELECTRIC LIGHT SYSTEM. It gives in greatest degree the most ARTIS- TIC EFFECTS—producing exquisite clesr- ness of complexion and perfect naturalness of expression. eo GOING TO “RECEIVE EW YEAR Have us make the rooms beautiful. V Paper them, #2 up. NOLTE, S10 uth st. BETTER AND CHEAPER T THAN COAL —to heat the house with Barler’s Ofl Heat- ers. Beautifully finished. Absolutely safe. Costs but Ic. hour to heat rooms 16 ft. 8q. 4.50 up. C. T. Carter & Co., 606 Pa. ave. stadt Keep warm Christmas! Heating and Cook- ing Stoves at cost. Jno. Moran, 2126 Pa. ave. Read Fussell’s announc page 7. CITY AND DISTRICT. Gone to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Francts R. Hagner, late resident phy- Scien at the Children's Hospital, leaves Washington today to assume a position on the staff of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. ——— Won the Bicycle. Master Joseph Kaufman of 1739 S street northwest won the handsome Victor bi- cycle donated to the teachers’ bazaar for the most popular boy in the eighth grade, first divisfon. “Phe contest closed Monday. ——— ns A Balley Clab Organized. Rev. W. T. Brooks, Capt. Payne, Mr. Chambers, Mr. S$. T.. Tait, L. G. Fletcher, sr., and other republicans of the twenty- first legislative district, last night organized an L. C. Bailey Campaign Club, with Mr. Fletcher as president. —— Presented to the Pastor. After the Christmas.service at Shiloh Bap- tist Church yesterday the pastor, Rev. J. A. Taylor, was presented with a handsome purse made up by his congregation, a suit cf clothes, overcoat and hat by the Tripiet Club and coal and wood, groceries and other supplies by officers and members of the church. ——.—— Dividend and Surplas. At the meeting of the board of directors of the National Metropolitan Bank, held this morning, a dividend of five per cent on the business of the six months ending on the ist instant was declared, payable on and after the 2d of January next. At the same time it was voted to carry from the earnings of the same period ten thousand dollars to the surplus fund. This makes the surplus fund of this Institution $370,000, on a paid up capital of $300,000, a Christmas Entertainment. In the new edifice at the corner of 15th and } streets the Sunday school of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church held a Christmas entertainment last evening. Several of the scholars took part in the entertainment. assisted by older members of the congregation. After the conclusion of the program a box of candies was dis- tributed to the members of the school. @ prettily decorated Christmas tree was a preminent feature of the exercises. —_—__ The Evening Star Almanac for 1896. The Evening Star Almanac for '96 is larger and more complete than that of '95. Four hundred and sixteen solidly printed Pages of rational, international and local Statistics, Records and General Informa- tion. Tells all about the relationship exist- ing between the District of Columbia and the National Government. Contains much not to be fuund In any encyclopedia. A val- uable, yet inexpensive addition to any li- brary. Price, 25c. To be had at The Even- ing Star office, at all news stands, or will be mailed upon receipt of price. —_——.—__ A Christmas Celebration. The Christmas festival of the Sunday school of the Maryland Avenue Baptist Church was held in the main auditorium last evening. An organ voluntary by Mrs. Annie Neyler preceded the exercises, which consisted of carols by the school, respon- sive Scripture reading, recitations and_se- lect reading. The musical and literary fea- tures of the program were in charge of Prof. T. Edward Pruitt and Mrs. C. E. Crowell. Santa Claus emerged from’ his enow house, which w located between Christmas trees that were beautifully ated and lighted. He made a speech a@nd distributed his gifts to all members of the school who were present. ee vied of Theft. At the n ht roll call at the first pre- cinct station, when the men were in line 9 out on duty, Policeman Hern- don complained that he had been robbed of $0. The morey had been taken from the pockets of his trousers in his locker. Lieut. Amiss called attention to this complaint and said he wanted all the men ‘searched. This was rendered unnecessary for the rea- son that the money was thrown on the floor by one of the officers and it was picked up by rgt. Moore, near where Policeman shuyler had stood. The men were all sent out on duty, but an hour later Policeman Schuyler was called and suspended until the affair can be further investigated. A num- ber of petty thefts have heen committed in the station during the past few months, ‘The suspended officer denies that he knows gsnything about the missing money. — Held on Suspicion. Frank Allen, Richard O'Neal and Richard Langdon, the men arrested by Precinct De- tective Sutton on suspicion of being impli- cated in a post office robbery at Madison, §. D., as published In yesterday's Star, were detained at the first precinct station, and Word has been sent to the authorities at Madison, as well as to the post office in- spector: As published in yesterday's Star, the prisoner Allen adinitted that he had been In South Dakota with the others, but denied that they had taken part in’ any Tobh Allen admitted that he had done time in a Dakota prison for a safe jub, and said he had a rved time at Fort enworth for desertion from the army. morring they were photographed for ¢ gallery at headquasters, and while at photograph gallery Allen said that wi Inspector Byrnes’ men attempted to get his photograph 6n one occasion he smashed a valuable camera. After being photographed they were taken to headquarters and me: vred, and now the police are waiting to from the Dakota authorities. Sux No one is better known throughout the length and breadta of this country than is Dr. R. C. F ry of Boston. He enjoys the st practice of any living physician, and, able he is to tell any one their dise without asking them a question, he Is likely to docter them for the wrong ase. The New York Tribune ® R. C. Flower of Boston the highe rity on chronic disease.” The doctor will th at the Riggs House tomor- row and the next day Advt. Se Ee Pickwick Club Whisky. Have you tried it? For sale in all first- 2 has. L. Beatty & Co., [CHRISTMAS RESULTS Long Procession in the Police Court This Morning. THEY HAD 100 MUCH CELEBRATION Plenty of Temperance Lectures Were on Hand. WERE BEGGING —_+—___ Today's record of the Police Court, show- ing the payment of several hundred dol- lars on account of fines, indicates to the minds of the court officials a decided change in the financial condition of the city. Last year, as well as the year be- fore, the amount of money paid in fines was very small, and money was so scarce that there were not even many arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. This year, however, there has been more drunk- en@iess than there has been for several years, and the disorderly persons arrested number many in excess of one hundred. Those who had money were able to get out of the lock-up and renew their Christ- mas celebration, or return home and get sober, while about one hundred of them, unable to raise the required amount or give bond, had to remain behind the bars. In most instances those who had sobered up had frightful examples of rum victims be- fore them, for they were taken in at all hours, and some of them were very noisy and profane, and rendered sleep impossible. One poor unfortunate who was behind the bars complained to the stationkeeper this morning about 3 o'clock of the fright- ful noises, and suggested that the man making the noise should be put in the dungeon. “For what?” the stationkeeper inquired. “For raising all that h—,” was his re- sponse. “It's enough to give a man the horrors to stay behind the bars and hear this racket.” ' You should have thought of this,” the stationkeeper told him, “when you were making all the noise. “When I made the noise?” asked the man astonishment. . “That's exactly what I sald.” “If I thought I had made any such noise MANY in as that,” said the man with shattered nerves and a headache, “I'd swear off for life ‘Then you had better swear off, for you were making more noise than this poor fellow is making.” “Then here it goes,” “No more rum for me. ‘And this morning when he was released he declared that he would not even take a cocktail to relieve him of his nervousness, but would go home perfectly sober to his wife and children. He was an exception to the average man arrested, for some of them got arrested a second time after being released, and others could not pass the nearest saloon without stopping to get an “eye-opener.” Ninety-seven victims of the police remain- ed in the stations for court this morning, and the Black Marla had to start out long before daybreak in order to get them in court in time for trial. Judge Kimball's court Was overcrowded, the dock being unable to hold al! the pris- cners, and a number of them were sill un- der the influence of liquor to the extent that they were unable to tell whether they were in court or a bar room, and the fumes of bad liquor filled the room to the extent that a lighted match would probably have caused an explosion which would have unroofed the building with as much ease as a cyclone.. The Procession Starts, Policeman Flynn was on hand to see that the caterer did not neglect to furnish the coffee cockta!ls to all comers. Samuel God- frey, an old soldier, was one of Officer Flynn's victims, and although he had been locked up over night he was far from sober. “I was walking along Pennsylvania ave- t night with my wife,” said the of- ‘when this man accosted me, and when I ordered him off he used the most obscene and abusive language I ever heard.” “Judge, your honor,” said the man in the tolis, “I had a little Christmas in me, but I'm the most peaceable man you ever saw.” sala the prisoner. “Very peaceable, I suppose,” was the court's remark. “Ten dollars or thirty day Levi Jackson, colored, was in the proces- sion as a suspicious person, because Pre- cinect Detective Barnes thought he wanted to get an overcoat or umbrella from the hallway of his house last night. “He came to my house,” said the officer, “and when found at the door he asked for something to eat. That's an old game of his. He enters hallways to see what he can take, and if detected he pretends he is hungry. “D. him “He's been to the penitentiary you know anything more about Sixty Edward Richardson claimed that the “other fellow” did the swearing, but the policeman knew better, and the court im- posed the usual penalty. “Thos. O'Day's parents have asked that thelr son be vagged, and have written let- ters to Lieut Boyle to this effect,” said Po- liceman Colbert, “and last night Thomas came up to my partner and myself and asked us if we were going to vag him. ‘The result was that we did arrest him and lock him up. What do you know about his habits?” “He's either half or three-quarters full all the time.”” ay made a statement in his own be- half, and the court gave him one month in default of security. Had a Thomas Cooper and Hartley Hebron, a colored couple, appeared in the dock as s' picious characters, and Policeman evidence showed that they had tried to fig- ure as mysterious people. “Tell the cop that another cop at 7th strect wants to see him,” whispered one man to the other, but his stage whisper was over- heard by the officer. “When we get him up there the coast. will be clear, and we can work all night. “Do you know these men?” the officer was asked. 1 know the old man, Cooper, sponded, “but the young man is a to me.” Hebron had a pistol and four cartridges in his pocket, and an extra sentence for con- cealed Weapens was imposed. ‘They were sent down on the farm for three months. Jerry Mahoney, a young man, had all sorts of excuses to offer for his intoxication had run up against a he re- ranger time to keep sober and righteous, and not to get drunk.” “I didn't intend to get drunk,” he said, “and I only had two or three drinks.”” But the mixture of egg, sugar and intoxi- cant was too much for him, and the usual fine was imposed. I'm guilty,” responded John Mitchell, when arraigned as an habitual drunkard. He had not recovered from the effects of his Christmas celebration, and was willing to do down and get sober, “Where's the witness against him?” the court ask “He don't answer, “Well, never min quainted with John, days.” responded the bailiff. I'm well enough ac- and he may have thirty More Cases, William Foley, a well-dressed young man, a stranger in the city, was in the toils as a vagrant and suspicious person. “He was begging on the streets last nigh ald the officer, “and he seemed to e delight in cursing these who refused him.” “Regular hobo,” remarked Judge Ki ball, an-I the guest of the city will spend thirty days on the farm. against whom the heard similar procf, was also sent dow! A young man named James H. R: id he had been sober for weeks, but yesterduy: being Christmas he took a few drink: “It's too bad,” said the judge, “that men will select such a day above all others to get drunk. Five dol John Cornell was in the procession 1 use of Fis conduct in the “Division” last ni court Nannie Cole complained that the door ef her house was damaged with a brick night, and two witnesses said they saw the defendant throw the missile. “I was on the street with a party of men,” said the defendant, “and one of the | strangers threw a brick. He was fined $10 or thirty days. Estelle Scott, a colored woman who claimed that she had been ill-treated at home, and was arrested for being noisy on the street, related ner story. Her face wis badly brulsed, and she showed other evi- dence of having been imposed upon. think she has been sufficiently punish- ” the ccurt said, and the woman was re- leased. Jerry Mahoney, George Riggs and Basil Brown appeared, said they had been dis- orderly and went back in default of fine. Mrs. Florence Fauth appeared in court as a witness against Charles Jones, who was found in the hallway of her house on Pennsylvania avenue last night. “I was reading a paper about 11 o'clock,” she said, “when the barking of the dog warned me that there was an intruder in the house. Jones, who was under the influence of liquor, used bad language, and he was given a sentence of thirty days. Others in the procession followed, and their cases were disposed of according to the facts shown by the officers. AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Police Station Was Urowded,With Of- fenders, Brutal Assaalt on a Lady by a Tough —Christmas at Fort Myer. There were forty-six cases made yester- day by the police in this precinct. It was one of the busiest days in the history of the station. Twenty-one of the arrested par- ties succeeded in getting out on collateral, while twenty-five were held. Twenty-one of these went down to court at once in the Maria. The offenders, owing to number, had to be locked in the cells. Hight cells held the prisoners kept over until this morning with the exception of four. These spent much of the glorious feast day in the sta- tion dungeon. They became obstreperous, and for the preservation of order their close confinement became nccessary.- The most important arrest made yester- dey was that of Wm. D. Smith, by Officer Bradley. The man is a negro, and yester- day was beastly intoxicated.’ At the cor- ner of Valley and Q streets he snatched a bag of candies from the child of Mrs. John Stewart, who was accompanying it in a walk for a block or two. After getting pos- session of the candies the man, out of in- fernal “cussedness,”’ scattered them about the street. The mother remonstrated with him, whereupon he turned and dealt her a heavy blow. She fell with force across the curbstone. ts. Stewart is in a delicate condition, and he blow and fall were a great shock to probable, as- The after He house, ber. Serious consequences Some passers-by aw th sault, and indignation ran_ high. man was captured ten minutes the performance of the inhuman act. fought the officer at his boarding Where the arrest was made, and ed him at the station. carried to her home, This morning she was very weak and ill. Smith will be sent to jail to await the re- sult of the assault. No amount of col- lateral would be accepted for his releas by Lieut Swindells. The physician's cer- tificate was taken to court this morning with the priscner. At Fort Myer. The sixth cavalry, composed of com- panies A, C, G, H, celebrated Christmas yesterday at Fort Myer in the old-fash- icned home way. There were fifty turkeys a great Christmas tree and all the decora- uons incident to the occasion. The festival was arranged under_ the auspices of “The Upper Ten’ Club of the fort. It was held in the band quarters 300 soldier boys participating. Krank Ragen attempted theft of a pocket book yesterday from Mrs. riffin, 2687 1K street. Officer Seymour frustrated the fel- brutal low, recovering the tempting article and imprisoning him. tained $5. “Bill” The pocket book con- Hughes assaulted Officer H. M. sors along the canal, acting in with instructions from the Georgetown headquarters, have opened the waste wiers of their respective levels and drained the whole highway for the winter, excepting the Georgetown level. This will be kept filled to supply the mills with power. At noon sterday the Knight Tem) Fere assembled in their banquet hall anil toasted in a body the Grand Lodge of the United States. This is a yearly custom. Other toasts were also drunk. Among the speakers e Sir Knights Darby, Corson, Fardon, Appleby, Storch and Vinson. Prof. and Mrs. Fred Smith of Cornell Uni ity are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Doores for the holidays. a PROCTOR'S CONDITION. DETECTIVE He May Recover=Hix Assailant SUI at Large. Detective Proctor lant, has not 3 been apprehended, although the offic were busy on the case all day yesterday. Dr. Nevitt, one of the police surgeons, | attending the patient, and while it 5: thought he will ultimately recover, his con- dition is sericus ard his suffering inten: t night the Injured officer was very and passed anything but a quict At times he seemed to be in a ed condition, The officer does not yet recollect anything cf the circumstances of the assault. ‘The man who was arrested by Precin Detective Barnes, and who, it is though was a companion of the man who commit- ted the assault, is wanted. by the police for the reason that he may be able to give in- formation which may lead to the a the perpetrator of the cowardly He was seen on 7th street yester ing in company with his companions of the night before by Precinct Detecti Barnes, but the officer did not then know of the assault on his brother officer. —_—>_ moin- Gets Two Years, Majer Newton, the young colored man who assaulted Policeman Charles P. Pose: the 1th of last month, was sentenced b; Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 1 this afternoon to two years in the Albany peni- tentiary at hard labor. Newton was under arrest when he as- saulted the officer, and received two broken ribs and a mined resistance ily injured. Newton’ Hewlett, thought he had heen so that he should minimum 7 ty. Judge Cole thought, however, that the Injuries he re- ceived amounted ‘to nothing more than he deserved, and gave him the maximum pen- alty, two years. —— An Institution Needed. “I regret,” remark-d Judge Cole, in Crim- inal Court No. 1 this afternoon, “that there is not In the District a reformatery instita- tion for boys over sixteen years of age. Here is a boy,” referring to Edward Kemp, colored, who had just been convicted of ond offense of petty larceny, “just sixteen years of age, who ought not to be sent to the renitentiary. Yet the law gives me no dis- cretion in the matter. «He should he sent to the reform school or to some like institution, but the law is mand. though but atfew di nuse he is sixteen years old. in which I regret I cannot mak We ought te have nere some ir f a reformatory character for such a case as this, and if I could 1 would provide for such an institution.” case Taws. The jury then sentenced Kemp to fifteen months in “nitentiary. Rev. Mr. Johnson’s Silver Wedding. and Robert John the twenty-ti riage by dence, No. 2 Monday the Thir addre ple came forward Among the many pr handsome tea set, pr ant and Creditt, on behalf of che Baptist Ministers’ Union. silver wedding at their resi- 5 Vermont avenue northwest, night. Rev, James Lee, paster of Church, made an appropriate , after which the friends of the cou- with congratulations. ved were a NUMEROUSASSAULTS Bricks and Bullets Given as Christ- maar Presents, JUDGE MILLERS §COURT TODAY One Gift Was Smashed Over a Human Head. JUSTICE DEALT OUT In Judge Miller's court this morning there were plenty of bandaged heads and disfigured faces offered in evidence for cases of assault and battery, with varying intents. The deck was well filled, there be- ing thirty cases for disposition, the ma- jority of which were for assault, while the rest were for minor infractions. Most of the prisoners were colered, the white peo- ple numbering about five. The first case was a shooting scrape, which enlivered the Christmas day cele- bration in Howardtown, and in which Han- nibal Shorter wes the victim and John, Robert, Maria and Celia Johnson, colored, were the aggressors. The trouble began in a quarrel at the mouth of Bland alley in 4th street between Shorter and Celia Jchnson. The wcrds led to a worse state of affairs, and Shorter was shot twice in the hea? Ly John Johnson, who arrest. His brother Robert Maria were arrested, charged with assault on the pert of the woman, and_ car ncealed Weapons on the part of the boy. ‘The witnesses were all colored and the evidence was extremely conflicting. A good mary claimed that Rolert Johnson had the tol, shot once at Shorter and missed him, “Moria swore that Short r intended to stab ter with a fork and she prevented he did not hit him, and she heard no shots fired. The boy Robert swore that he had no p'stol and that he did not shoot. The court did not think the evidence suffictent to convict the boy of the charge of carrying concealed wy ons, but the woman s held guilty of a: ult and sent to 1 for thirty days, in de: It of a fine of $10. Used a Hrick. Charles Foster, a prominent member -of Red Bill's gang, was charged with hitting Harry Dodson in the eye with a brick, de- stroying the use of that member. Doth men were in a saloon in “Boston,” in Georgetown, when they had a little trou- Me. Dodson left the place and Foster fol- lewed him, striking him with a brick at the corner of 2Sth and N streetS. Dodson’s head was literally covere with a big bandage. A fine of $20 was impesed despite Foster's protestations of innocence, Broke a young colored woman New York avenue, was ar- rrant sworn out by Harriet uchanan, who charged her with assault. They both live in the same house, Phyllis living with her husband, while the p! tiff the Vase. who lives at G2 rested on a wi oceupies one roo Harriet swore that Phyllis used do and hed it was a stmas “You people dcn’t_ know how to app ate good gifts,” said Judge Miller, whenever you ean you use them a cns, It's better to give such people as you rags than anything else The prisoner claimed t the fight and several other people but it impossible to tell who the matter. The case was dismi Only Fooling. Charles W. Hughes, a middle-aged negro, was charged before the court with black- ing the eye of Emeline Green, who is a resident of Temple court, in the first ward. The woman was well dres and a heav veil covered her face, hiding the disco.ora- tion. She testified that she met Hughes on the street Christmas morning and spoke to him. He wished her a merry Christmas, and emphasized his remarks by banging her in the eye and knocking her dow Jedge, Use always playin’ wid dat woo- man,” said Hughes, in his own o@half, “an’ yisterday I was foolin’ wid her an smack- ed her in def; 1 doan't know how I comes to smack her so hard as to black her eye, I to goodness dat I war only foolin The court looked upon this as a very lame excuse pay a fine of months. Arthur Smith, a strapping negro, was one of the vic who fell in the clutches of Rolicoman Mohl South Washington stmas day. ur was standing the mouth of Bullock alley and Ww = the day in both internally He had a 1 and told the prisoner he cou $20 or go to jail for thre and ex horse pistol, with t fully a foot long, hohe was waving around kis head in a lively manner, The fun was not loaded, but the 7 neighborhood v they 1 age - the gun was bad eno but he emphasized S ion by on ng sundry one ous no doubt liberal qu ; which he hi Blootield Upeen freely imbibing y Gilicer Moh] him, and at the 1 oon concerle ad much strateg, ting te ed nous the two Weapon’ at clearly scen that the weapon cealed, and Judge Miller “the but he imposed a fine of $10 for the disorderly conduct. a Several of w Kina. Walter De Montreville, who was arrest- ed for a uiting Wiliam Holmes, and re- leased on $5 collateral, failed to answer to his name In Judge Miller's court today, and money was forteite: Fox Johnson, colored, on the who was arrested charge of stealing his Chr from Mattie Johnson, was per- 1 to have his liberty on account of Vidence not supporting the charge. protested his imnocence, and claimed ve boughi the b John Ducket, colo brought up on the charge of ult s wife, the trou- le growing out of Christmas celebrating. The husband gave his wife Catharine per- mission to attend a parlor social, whic was held on Ch mas eve the Scheut- en Park. He saw no more of her until last evening, and he welcomed her return by stnking her in the head with a brick, making oniy a plight indentation, dian’t you go home to your hus- asked the’ cou e 1 knews what he am when he liquor on board,” was the charac- cristic reply. nd denied throwing the brick but several witness: of $10 was imposed. Charles Robey and Ernest Bladen, two bellizerents, were arrested by Policeman Costello for scrapping at the the Baltimore and Potomac depot. Bladen failed to show up, and his collateral was forfeited. Robey plead guilty, and Was fined $5. Different Kind John Lewis was charged with the more serious offense of larceny from the person in stealing a pocket book containing a money order for $3.30 from Emma C. Thornton of 1416 Florida avenue. Lawyer Holland, for the prisoner, had the case continued until tomorrow. Samuel Jennings, colored, was in the dock to answer to a charge of assault on Lucre- tia Croker, but the woman, who Is at the Emergence nable to appea and the <1 indefinitel, The affair oecurr court,” between 4 s saw him, and a fine 2th, I and K streets, There appears to have been a grudge between the two, and it !s alleged that Jenning waylaid the woman and whacked he across tne head with a bottle. { John Reed, a middie-azed white man,who claimed to i , Was arrested for stealing an overcoat from James McKen- zi McKenzie met Reed in a bar room, and they drank several times together. He be- came dazed, and when he recovered his full enses the overcoat had been taken from his ba Subsequently the coat was re- covered by Detective Helan in a pawn shop, where half a dollar had been advanced on it. “What is your business?” asked Judge Miller of MciKenz: “I'm a pensioner,” was the response. enous the plaintiff identified Reed as the last man with him, prior to the disap- pearance of che coat, the pawnbroker was unable to identify the prisoner. The case was dismissed. —~__ Was Robbed. This morning about 1 o'clock a young man, who refused to give his name, called at the first precinct station and complained that he had been assaulted and robbed in the “Division.” His watch and chain,worth about $20, he sald, had been taken from him. There was an ugly cut in th2 side of his head, which he thought had been In- flicted with a blackjack. He said he had been visiting one of the many disreputable houses, and when he left the house and reached the street he was assaulted by some unknown man. The young man was unable to give the officers a clue to his as. sailant, and was sent to the Emergency Hospital, where his wound was dressed. ———_—.__ AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Christmas Day Quiet Except for Youth- ful Enthusiasm. Some Accidents Reported — In the ‘Police Court Today—Social Events and Loenl Notes. Apart from the shooting of powder crack- ers and fireworks, this city was more quiet than on any*Christmas night for years past, and it was necessary for the police to make but few urrests. But few drunken men could be seen on the streets, and busi- hess was so dull that a large number of the bar rooms remained closed. All the busi- ness houses were closed throughout the day, and the drug stores kept Sunday hevrs. In the Police Court this morning Mayor Thompson quickly disposed of the following cz William: Morton, drunk, dismisse Kell, drunk, dismissed; Samuel Tenn: drunk, dismissed; J. L. Fuller, drunk, dis- missed; James Minor, disorderly, dismissed; Alli disorderly, dismissed; Geo. Thomp: d; Burley Bank. reet, fined 7; scaped from the work hou: given a Christmas gift of thir- ty days’ additional for leaving without per- sion; William Foler, charged with care- driving, had his postponed until tonight at 7 o'clock to secure witnes The police report the streets as being al- most deserted after 10 ¢’clock last night. Folks’ Xinax Party. Lit Misses Halfie, wood, daughters of Dr. Gatewood, U. Hildred and Dorothy Gate- N., entertained a number of their little friends last night at a Christmas tree party, which was beautifully decorated and well filled with delicious candy and pretty nick-nacl During ihe evening the trick of pinning th tail to a donkey was tried, and Miss Belle Daingertield was the su ful contestant. Among those present were little Mi Nancy Tackett, Emily Ayers, Jessie Arm- strong, Bessy Jones, Corrie Beckham, Neil Janney, Hallie Dorothy and Hildred Gate- wood and others. A Free Fight. Quite a little excitement was created on North Payne street yesterday afternoon caused by a fight between Spencer Ray mond and Seymore Gladis, in which Gladis was the aggressor. It appears that Gladis got a good load of Xmas whisky on board, which made him feel as if he were the best man in the world, He tackled several men but just as he had struck Raymond Police- man James Smith, who was passing on at electric car, saw them, jumped. off and placed them under arrest. They resisted, however, and Officer Smith had some litle trouble in getting the men to the station house. They will be tried by Mayor Thomp- son tonight at 7 o'clock. Boxed to a Draw. About a handful of people went to Dan Henry’s arena last night to witness a box- ing match between Tody Banks and Tom Cooney. The men stayed in the ring ten rounds, and the purse was divided between them. Cooney was too weak to stay much longer, owing, it id, to his having had nothing to eat for several days. Two Minor Accident A little child of Mr. Richard H. Atkinson was quite badly burned about the face by the explosion of a large powder cracker yesterday afternoon. The cracker was thrown by a boy, and before the little one could get out of way it exploded. Yesterda fternoon a little son of Mr. Peter Fr vinle shooting a toy cannon, had } diy burned by powder. He had just gotten ready to touch it off when some muaiicious boy threw a_fire-cracker on it and the cannon went off before the child could get out of the way. All Quiet Today. toda are almost covered d by the explosion of fire- torpedoes, a larger number set off than for years past. The still heard, but The streets with paper cau crackers 4 having bv Notes, The Theological Seminary is closed for the holidays. Mrs. Crawford of the Theological Semin- ll entertain Miss Luders, the famous st, at u little musicale tomorrow night. A brakeman on the Alexandria and Fred- ericksburg railway whose name could not be learned, had one of his fingers mashed while coupling cars shortly after midnight last night. There were seven lodgers at the station e last night Gordon Thoma days with his family © Johnson, is spending the holi- Heunibal Sherter, the colored man whose skull had flattened two leaden bullets, ap- peared in the office of the clerk of the Police Court this morning and swore out a warrant charging John Johnson with an alleged mur- dere assault. He did this after the case of two other members of the Johnson fam- ily had been tried, as published in another column. Shorter was very much pleased at the idea of his being alive after his experi- ence yesterday. The trouble happened at 4th and Pomeroy streets in “Howardtown,” not far from Freedman’s Hospital. This is an ill-fated place, for several pers have been kill in its vicinity, A named Ricks wa their lives thers ored man w: one of the men who | and afterward a young col- killed by a policem: Policeman Lynch has the y Johnson's arrest, and when he is ed the hospital surgeons will teresting testimony concerning at the pues on Spon skull. VAM BAKING POWDER. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. est of all Latest United States Government Food Report, ROYAL BAKING "POWDER CO0., e27-36d 106 Wail st., N.Y. ve some in- the effect High- in leavening strength.— Modest, sensilve women need not expose thelr Ms ton when Dr. David Kennedy's Fa- vorite Remedy can be had, for it is the only posi tive cure for the pecullar allments of womankind. A CONVENTION OF COLORED WOMEN Topics of Interest to the Race to Be Discussed at Atlanta. A number of the leading colored women of this city, with many from other cities of the north and east, left this city yester- day and last night to attend the national council of colored women, to be held in connecticn with the Atlanta exposition, ecmmencing tomorrow. The congress is to be held under the direction of the ladies’ avxillary commission of the District of Columbia of the Atlanta exposition. Mrs. B. K. Bruce is president and Mrs. Jessie Lawsor is secretary. The congress will be emposed of representative colored women from all cf the states. Each state is al- lowed one commissioner and three dele- gates. The object is to discuss the woman- hcod of the race, aad to bring the women of the race in closer touch with each other. Tris is the first national congress of col- cred women ever held. Mrs. I. D. Bailey f this city il speak on the subject: Vhat Shall We Do for Our Boys and Young Men?" Sunday services commem- orative of the life and_ services of Frederick Douglass will be held, and will Be presided over by Mrs. Lawson. Thete will be eulogistic addresses delivered by Mrs. Thurman of Michigan, Mrs. Williams of Illinois and Ri Drs. W. H. Brooks and J.T. Jenifer of Washington. ‘The District will be represented in_the congress by Mrs. C. R. Douglass, Mrs. Paul Mischeaux, Mrs. A. B. Thomas, Mrs. Jessie Lawson and Mrs. I. D. Batley. ‘The Colored Women's League of the Dis- trict of Columbia, of which Mrs. John F. Cook is president, is particularly interested in the outcome of the congress, as it is anxious to have the congress recognize it as the true and regular national organiza- tion of colored women—an honor also claimed by the Colored Women’s League of Boston. ——_—_. Marriage Licenses. Marricge licenses have been issued to the following: James W. Allen and Mary A. White; Arthur M. Matthews of this city and Maggie E. Kenney of Arlington, Va.; Frank Swann and Mary E. 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