Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1896, Page 3

——— THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY. 28, 1896-TEN PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM.—J. H. ALTEMUS WILL HOLD ‘& meeting THIS (Tuesday) EVENING, July 28, at Wonn’s Hall, 721 6th st. nw. it BCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL—ROBERT De Bruce Council, K. H.—A stated meeting will be eld on TUESDAY, 28th July, 1896, at 7:30 p.m. Business general. 1t WM. OSCAR ROOME, 33d deg., Recerder. BRICKLAYERS, TAKE NOTICE!—YOU ARE RE- quested to cali at hall, corner 7th and S sts. n.w., time between 9 a.m. and 9 o'clock p.m., until AUGUST 5, "96, to get recetpt for meusure cf suit for Labor day, the same to be furnished by Robirson, Chery & Co., 12th and F n.w. By order of committee. sy2s5t I. 0. O. F._OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF EAST- era Lodge, No. 7, are requested to meet THIS TUESDAY, at 8 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of making arrangements for the funeral of J. P. Lacas, P. G.; also meet at 8 o'clock pm. WED- EL, E. it NESDAY, te rittend the fuceral. BOYCE, Ree. See’y. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS._THE OFFICERS AND members of Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 6, will as- semble at their Castle Hall, TUESDAY, July 23, at 7 p.m., for the purpose of making arrange- ments for the funeral of our lat ebrother, J. Lucas. P W. 8. ROBBINS, C. ©. H. F. BARNARD, K. of R. and 8. ATION OF M., will be held THURS- at 2:30 o'clock p.m. sharp, to attend the funeral of our late brother, Charles W. Dulin. Members of sister lodges invited. DARK CLOTHING. By order of the W. M. Sy28-2t LH. McCATHRAN, Secretary. DAY, the 30th inst. ‘The art of Printing has made rapid strides in the past few years. We are in the front rank of art printers—have turned out work second to none. We would like to show you how well we can rint Lawyers’ and T'atent Attorneys’ riefs. ‘90 cents page for 50 copies. BYRON S. ADAMS, 512 11TH ST. NOTICE TO ROCHDALERS. 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Jy2i-ln TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Controller of the Currency, Washington, June 20, 1 WHEREAS. by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear “The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. €.,"" im the city of Washington and District of Coiunibia, has complied with all the provisions of the statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be au- ized to commence the business of In NOW THEREFORE I, James H. Ec troller of the Currency, do hereby certify that “The Rigzs National Bank of Washington, D. ¢.," tn the City of Washington, and District of Columbia, 1s authorized to commence the busl- ness of banking, as provided In section fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF witness my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of June, 1896. Sealy JAMES H. ECKELS, Controller of the Currency: Jy1-cot No. 5,046. 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Gross, lot 152, sq. 10. woe aid Gross to Wm. Mackenzle, lot 152, sq. Ray FL Middaugh to Ferdinand Muth, lot 151, sq. 859; $10. & Augustus W. Spurr et ux. to Lizzie F. Kelley, lot 254 and part lot 235, Anacostia; $600. Hugh A. Finley et al. to Cotter T. Bride, part lot_15, sq. 293; $3,000. Shelton ‘T. Cameron et ux. to Philip Mauro, half interest in lot 6 and east half lot 7, blk. 37, and lot_13, bik. 20, Columbia Hts.; $10. Helrs of Oliver P. Donn to Ella 8 Todd, lot 22, sj, SL, and lot 14, 9g. 350; $5. me to Lulu A. Burton, lots 24 and 25, sq. 31, and lot 149, sq. 623; $5. T._Stobo ‘Farrow to Howard W. Silsby, lot 18, sq. 304; $10. ‘Chas. J. Govern to Jno. W. Hawkins, part lot $5, sq. 672; $10. Fitzabeth Hemluke to Annie Schubert, part lots 13 and 14, sq. 545; $10. ‘Mary ©. Metzgge et al. to Ella S. Todd and Lulu A. Burton, lot bS¥iy. 786; $5. Jno. J. Sanborn to Richard E. Pairo, lot 17, sq. 115; $10. gaibiiism Warren to Jas. H. Kirby, lot 32, aq. 900; ino. L. et ux. to Frances M. Hamilton, part jot 142, sq. 151; $9,000. Wun. P. Lockwood to G. D. Lazelle, lots 83 to S6, sq. 1051; $10. Wm. I. Fowler et ux. Fowler tract, near Georgetown College; $10. linda EL Banks to Allsan Wilson, lot 3, sq. 858; $90. a QPonnell et ux. to Ellen Mannix, part lot Geo. H. to Emma Aal, part of ., trustees, to W. H. Jones, American University Hts. Bernard trustees, to 1296; $4,000. Mary A. Schroth, part pI a Ne a ete SN Sa Ba EAN AN A eNO a he a iS rc I Ek EE ened NE a cD a ila NO RELIEF AS YET The Weather Men Hold Out Little Comfort. POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER STORMS Where the Hot Weather Wave Came From. RESULTS ON CITIZENS Shakespeare, in his play of Macbeth, speaks of “‘a dagger of the mind, a false creation, proceeding from the heat-oppress- ed brain.” By the same token the average Washing- tonian, who is not so fortunate as to be at the seaside or in the mountains of the north, might readily conjure up an arsenal of such weapons. For, verily, it is hot. When the mercury in the thermometer goes stead- fly up above the 90 mark during the day- time and comes down only far enough at night to get a fresh start in the morning one may almost be excused for passing re- marks on the subject of the weather. But when the mercury goes to 94, as it did yes- terday afternoon, patience almost ceases to ve a virtue, and to kick is the right of human kind. And what is quite as bad, the officials at the weather bureau hold out little promise of surcease from misery. Mr. Park Morrill, the predictions officer, is an awfully clever sort of fellow, and it may be that he has the best interests of his fellow men at heart, but it is a little hard to believe it, for he calmly stood up in front of a Star reporter this morning and averred that there was no let-up in sight. It was all right for him, dressed in immaculate sum- mer garb and sitting to leeward of an elec- tric fan in a cool and breezy building, but it seemed positively inhuman when one thought of the less fortunate who are compelled to dig and delve and otherwise work for a living in hot, sun-beaten streets or in close, stuffy offices. Pleasant Prospect. “It’s hot,” he said, “but what do you want in July? Frost? Well, you don’t get it, see? We're going to have hot weather. Hew hot? Don't know exactly, but it will be hot. I hardly think it will go as high as it did yesterday, not quite as high, though it was 2 degrees higher at 8 o'clock. Still, we are looking for a thunder storm this afternoon that ought to take the top off the curve, and showers tonight should make it a little cooler tomorrow morning. It will stay above the average for several days, however. You see, they are having an area of high pressure along the gulf states, and that tends to force the heat up this way. So far as I can make out, there are no immediate signs of relief in sight.” Electric Storm. ri With the thermometer at a maximum of %4 at the weather bureau, yesterday was almost the hottest day of the summer so fer. During the afternoon there was a breeze, and the overheated people of Wash- ington hoped that the wind might blow up @ thunder storm before the evening was over. The summer of '06 has been remark- atle for such storms, and there has scarce- ly been a hot spell that has not ended up with rain and thunder. To a certain extent the hopes of a suffer- ing community were doomed to disappoint- ment. Though there was a lively disturb- ance of the elements during the evening, there was scarcely a drop of rain or a tumble of thunder. Yet, for more than four hours the heavens were illuminated by a most unusual electrical display. It began about 8 o'clock, and continued unt!l after midnight. During all that time there was hardly a moment when the sky was not brilliant with flashes of lightning. The storm seemed to have its origin in the northwest, but it circled the city, and by 10 o'clock the celestial fireworks were ail in the southern heavens. At no time was the sky completely overcast, but there were always patches where the stars made a neble effort to shine. The lightning was too much for them, however, and they made but a poor showing. There was something almost uncanny atout so much lightning when there was no thunder. No rain fell to bring relief to the heated earth, and the result was that the night was one of the sultriest and most uncomfortable of the whole sum:ner. During the evening the electricity played some curlous pranks. It made things very lively in the telegraph offices, and at times communication with other cities - fovsly intertered with. neice x Lightning struck the trolley wire of t Brightwood electric line, and for Swine ren things to suit itself. It tore off the trolley- arm of one car and threw it over @ fence into a field. The car was ‘delayed until the next one came along and pushed {t to the city. The people on board felt the shock, and the conductor was stunned for a brief space of time. At the head of ith street is a lunch house, whose electric fans are run by power from the trolley line. | The bolt or ball of fire, as those who saw it describe it, entered th was visible as it leaped from brilliantly illuminating the place. The peninice set fire to the building, but the S were extinguished wi : moning the engines. EE LTE Its Route. According to the weather bureau, the storm started in the New England states and swept down the Atlantic coast, spreading westward, with rain and wind. In the west there was a heavy rainfall, Preceded by high temperature. go it was several degrees hotter here. At Little Rock, Ark. the Renae Tore to 100, and at Montgomery, Ala. was 9. The highest recorded’ here’ at the weather bureau was ®4, the worst of the feason. New York, Philadelphia and more were visited by wind und rain. y wat th of fifty-two miles an hour. The electrical storm was general in the eastern states. Effect of Heat. There were three prostrations from heat reported to the authorities yesterday at 3 o'clock p.m. John Bailey, a colored man, sixty-seven years old, living on Trumbull street between 6th and 7th streets north- west, was overcome at 13th and Clifton ecu ae was carried to Freedman’s icspital, and was rapid: x pecsmitay pidly getting well this Robert Johnson, also colored, was - come at the corner of 6th street and rae land avenue at 3:30 p.m., and removed to the Emergency Hospital. He was suffer- ing severely, but had recovered syfficiently this afternoon to leave the institution. George Fisher was sunstruck at 520 p.m. at 8d and C streets southwest, and removed in the patrol wagon to his home, 111 E street northeast. He recovered in a short time. ———~ Will Filed. Joseph McCauley, the father of the tes- tatrix, is named as executor by the will of the late Janie P. McCauley, dated July 3, 1896, and filed today. The father is made principal beneficiary, there being several small bequests of money mentioned. Castoria For Infants and Children. CASTORIA DESTROYS WORMS. CASTORIA CURES CONSTIPATION. CASTORIA ALLAYS FEVERISHNESS. CASTORIA CURES DIARRHOEA AND COLIC, CASTORIA RELIEVES TEETHING TROUBLES. CASTORIA PREVENTS VOMITING SOUR CURD. “The use of ‘Castoria’ ts so untversal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to indorse it. Few are the intelll- gent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach.” CARLOS MARTYN, D.D., New York city, een ne eee Ee eee eee THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for WEATHER MAP. Ore © Parti7 Cova Bh sceeaoniMe Ocreudy t 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are iso- ach tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms, or Mines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words ‘High’? and ‘Low’? show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. LOCAL THU. DER SsTORMS. They Are Predicted for This After- noon and Tonight. ForeGast till 8 p.m. Wednesday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, local thunder storms today and tonight, probably fair Wednesday; slightly cooler Wednesday morning; west- erly winds. For Virginia and West Virginia, fair Wednesday, probably preceded by thunder storms in northern portions this afternoon and tonight; westerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: Tho pressure continues high on the south Atlantic and east gulf coasts. A center of lcw pressure exists in the vicinity of New- foundland, and a second one in the north- west. There {s less cloudiness in the country than twenty-four hours ago, the weather being nearly clear in all districts except in the middle states and the lower lake region. Showers have fallen in the latter districts and in New England. The temperature has risen slightly on the Atlantic coast and in the northwest. Generally fair weather 1s indicated for eastern and southern districts Wednesday, preceded by thunder storms on the New England coast and in the middle states. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: * During the past twenty-four hours—Co- lumbus, 1.40; Pittsburg, 1.38. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 4:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.; high tide, 10:16 a.m. and 10:40 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 5:10 a.m. and 5:21 p.m.; high tide, 10:54 a.m. and 11:20 p.m. The San and Moon. Sun rises, 4:57; sun sets, 7:15. 9:08 p.m. Moon rises, The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:16 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:0) a.m. The light- ing ts begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 8:08 p.m.; extinguished at 4:22. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 77; condi- tion, 1; recelving reservoir, temperature, $1; condition at north comection, 1; condi- tion at south connection, 2; distributing reservoir, temperature, 81; condition at in- fluent gate house, 4; eMuent gate house, 7. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 78; 2 p.m., 90; maximum, 91; mini- mum, 78. LEHMAIR LIKELY TO DIE. Broke Into His Wife’s Room and Wns Shot Down. NEW YORK, July 28—The domestic troubles of Wm. Lehmair and his wife, which have been before the public at inter- vals during the last six weeks, culminated teday in a shooting affray, which will prob- ably result in Lehmair’s death. Mrs. Leh- mair says that Charles A. Johnson, who did the shooting, is her brother; Lehmair says that the man is Mrs. Lehmair’s former husband. For some time a contest has been waging between the Lehmairs as to the occupancy of a house in West 35th street, each trying to oust the other. Late one right, about six eks ago, Mrs. Lehmair complaianed to the police that her husband had tried to murder her, and a policeman was stationed in front of the house for her protection. During the night Mrs.Lehmair jumped from a window, alleging that Lehmair had at- tacked her. He was arrested, and while in a cell at the police station tried to kill him- self by cutting the arteries in both wrists. ‘There are two stories of the shooting to- day. According to Johnson’s account, his sister, Mrs. Lehmair, asked him to remain with her last night for her protection. At 3 o'clock in the morning, he says, Lehmair kicked in the door of Mrs. Lehmair’s room, and, in spite of his warning that he would shcot, forced his way into the room. Five shots were fired, of which three took effect: The examining surgeon decided that Leh- mair would die, and so a patrolman took Johnson before him. “That's the man who shot me,” the injured man said, faintly. “He is not my wife’s brother, he is her former husband.” At the hospital Lehmair revived some- what, and was able to tell his story of the shooting. He had been unable to sleep, he said, and had decided to go to his wife's room and get a sleeping powder that was there. He knocked at the door, he said, and hearing the voice of a man, believed that the person had no right to be there and ordered him out. When the man re- fused to come he broke down the door to eject him. Then he was shot. Johnson and Mrs. Lehmair were locked up. The first was charged with doing the shooting, the woman asa witness. She was hysterical. —_—.—_ 'O ENJOIN PAYMENT. Bill in Equity Regarding Trusts on Property. John A. Hamilton and others today filed a bill in equity against Brooks Cason and others to enjoin the Anglo-American Sav- ings and Loan Association of New York from paying to Mr. Cason balance of loan on sublots 128 to 187, both inclusive, square 736. They also ask that the balance be paid into court and subjected to its decree. The complainants say that last October they sold to Mr. Cason the property in question at 90 cents a foot, in order to al- low him to secure from ‘the New York company the sum of $23,000, out of which he was to pay them $5,500 in cash, the re- mainder of the purchase money to be se- cured by a second trust on the property, the first being in favor of the Anglo-Amer- {can Company. The lots were then to be improved by ten houses, built subject to the approval of the complainants. The latter now allege that the houses have not been built according to the con- tract, and that they have, therefore, been deprived of adequate security for the sec- ond trust, and pray as above set forth. They are represented by Attorney J. J. Darlington, who obtained a restraining or- der from Judge Magner. pa hee THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Fowler agt. Slater; time for filling trans- cript extended fifteen days. Hamilton agt. Casson et al.; restraining order till further order. Morrison agt. Bedford et al.; ref- erence to auditor. Measer agt. Measer; de- erce dismissing bill. = Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Janie P. McCauley; will filed. Estate of Christian A. Sohl; will partly proved. Estate of Jas. I. Jones; account passed. Estate of Osceola C. Green; final notice naming Friday, August 21, for set- tling estate. Cireuit Court No. 1—Judge Hagner. Strang uagt. District of Columbia; judg- ment in certiorari. Circuit Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Garden agt. Rodier et al.; judgment by default. —— Hotel Arrivals. Raleigh—E. A. Puster end wife, Chicago, Il.; G. D. Dessar, A. B. McMaster, R. N. Dyer, D. J. Gleason and A. G. Heyman, New York; W. L. Doyle, Trenton, N. J.; R. D. Moore, Wheeling, W. Va.; F. Miller, Reading, Pa.; E. K. Barr, Philadelphia, Pa.; E. B. Whittaker, Boston, Mass.; W. V. Powell, Peoria, Ill.; C. 8. Siddons, Buf- falo, N. ¥. \ Willard’s—G. L. Lawrence and wife,Ham- burg, N. J.; J. 8. Coffin, New Haven, Conn.; H. W. Forburt, Louisville, Ky.; "M. E. Wakefield, Chicago, Ill; F. N. Armour, New York; F. W. Abbot, St. Louis, Mo.; Cochran—H. Prentiss, New York; A. RB. Foster, Helena, Mont.; H. ,G. Holden and wife, New York. Normandie—H. B. Ormsby and wife, Cleveland, Ohio; J. C. Anderson, Chicago, Il; J. Matlack and wife, New York. Arlington—J. D. Hil, New Orleans, La.; J. H. Wears, Norwich, Conn.; A. C. Stib- bins, Plainfield, N. J.; C. A. Moore, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; B. A. McAllister and W. R. Kelly, Omaha, Neb. Shoreham—T. F. Keating and A. G. Paine, New York; F. H. Richards, Hart- ford, Conn.; J. Thomer, Cincinnat, Ohio. Page's—S. H. West, St. Louis, Mo. Riggs—O. Livingston, Brooklyn, N. Y. Epbitt—J. T. Rupee, Pittsburg, Pa; J. Kaplar, New York; W. A. Thompson, Free- hold, N. J.; G. Mallison, U. 8. N. WHAT MR. DAGGETT SAyYs. The Strect - Sweeping Defends Himself. To the Editor of ‘The Evening Star: A great deal is written about street sweeping by people who know as little on the subject or of the requirements of the contract 2s I know of the Choctaw lan- guage. I suggest that you print the speci- fications of my contract, and then investi- gate, to the end that you may discover whether I am complying with or evading them. The editorial writer tn Saturday’s Star thinks the remedy js td flush the streets with water—a thing not’ contemplated by the contract, and inletreet violation of it. As an illustration in, point, on Saturday morning at 1 o'clock, the government in- spector sent my men and machines in be- cause “the streets Were’ too wet to be swept.” Las) As a matter of fact, asphalt streets are more difficult to sweep.than those paved with any other material, Why? Because the unbroken surface of the street permits the horses’ feet and the wagon wheels to grind to powder all the dirt which gets on them. The serious quéstion is how to gath- er this powder up carry it away with- out ary more inconyenfence to the resi- dents than is posstblé. Ajl the stuff which is written about the cdtitractor’s shirking this work of throwing an inadequate sup- ply of water (which 1s free to }ilm) on the streets is the veriest bosh, The contractor is paid by the thousand square yards swept. He is given each night a district to sweep, and his men and machines are at work until that district is swept. It doesn’t make any pecuniary difference to him whether mvch water or little is thrown up- on the streets, or whether the brooms press lightly or not on the pavement. Is it not fair, then, to assume that he tries to do the work with the least possible discom- fort to the people? The skilled men em- ployed by him are the same men whom the former contractor employed. The machines used by him are the best in the United States. The same is true of the sprinklers, and your correspondent ‘Anti-Dirt,’ stat- ed what was Impossible when he said that one of them moistened a “strip about four feet wide.” If you multiply his four feet by six you will get the narrowest strip on which they can throw water, and that only when they are nearly empty. Last Friday it rained all the afternoon, and it was m- } possible that 18th street near U could have been dusty at the time it was swept. The contractor’s stable is at 12th and V streets, and possibly the fact that a large number of machines and carts frequently go down that street without sweeping it at all has something to do with the complaint. They must go down some street to get at the work, and an effort is made to divide them up as much as possible to prevent their being a nuisance. The quantity of water thrown ts governed by the experience of years, and the flow has nothing to do with its cost. The government inspectors inva- riably notify the contractor’s employes whenever, in their judgment, there is either too little or too much water thrown. If the editor of The Star wants to know where to put the blame and land it on the right shoulders, let him put it where it be- longs—on Congress. The appropriation for cleaning the streets of Washington only enables the Commissioners to direct the sweeping of the majority of the streets once and twice a week. The contractor ts paid only for those he sweeps when he Sweeps ‘hem, and his work in any year never has reached the sum of $90,000,which is absurdly tradequate to the proper clean- ing of a ciiy with so many miles of streets as there are at the capital. Essays on contract street sweeping or prophecies that better work will be done by day’s labor will not clean the streets. It takes money—and it takes experience with It, With the money now appropriated about 250 cart loads of dirt are taken off the streets each night on which they are swept, ard when twice that number are taken off the streets will be fairly clean. All this stuff and nonsense about water and brooms lightly sweeping can be diss!- pated by any fair investigation. If you will send one of your reporters to me I will satisfy him that I have nothing to gain by any such performance, and that I am com- plying with the specifications: of my con- tract Mterally and fully. . I challenge any mam to Bhow me any city where either of the«machines used by me have ever been displaced ‘by any other; and I also assert that in‘mo elty in the United States where a change has been made from contract to day’s labor system has that change proved beneficlali and that where politics has not entered: into it the day's labor system has bebn abandoned after the trial has been made;for'the simple reason that they got less work #hd no better at a very much greater cost. “‘ ALBERT DAGGETT. a _b DEATH OF WM.°B. NOBLE. v It Resulted From: Heert Failure at Glenwood Springs, Col. A telegram was regeiverl in this city to- day to the effect that;Mr. William B. Noble, a wealthy resident,;of Washington, who some time ago went‘to Glenwood Springs, Col., for the benefit of his health, died sud- denly in the swimming pool at that place last night, presumably of heart failure. Mr. Noble was the son of Mrs. Belden Noble, whose handsome home is at the northeast corner of 18th street and Massa- chusetts avenue. The family is well known in Washington society, a sister of the de- ceared, Miss Maude Noble, being particu- larly popular. ‘The members of the family are all out of town just now, summering at Lake Cham- plain. Mr. Noble was about thirty-five years of age. He was a man of means, and had never taken an active part in business. For a number of years past he has not been in the best of health, but his family and friends did not regard his condition as in any way serious. He was married about eight years ago to Miss Yulee, a daughter of ex-Senator Yulee of Florida. She sur- vives him, as does a little daughter, the only child. f Contractor MANY CASES TRIED The Guilty and the Innocent Go Through the Police Court. A ROOSTER AND THE LAWYERS Boys, Girls and Men Make Up the -Procession. SCORCHER BEFORE THECOURT “Is Lynching Justifiable?” was the sub- Ject of a discussion in the Police Court tais morning before Judge Miller arrived, and the majority of those present voted against lynching. There were some on the other side who favored death at the hands of a mob for only one offense, and one colored lawyer, who said he was opposed to lynch- ing, expressed himself as favoring the shcoting of criminals caught in the act of arsaulting women. When the discussion became quite heated and some loud talk was indulged in, Police- man Flynn appeared on the scene and or- dered that the discussion be brought to a clcse by direction of the prosecuting at- tcrney. “Send him in here,” said one of the party, “and ‘et tlm stop us.” “I don’t have to bring him in here,” was the stern response of the officer. “I am here to represent him.” It is unnecessary to state that order was scon restored, and there was a political dis- cussion until the judge arrived, and the early morning procession started. There were thirty-eight prisoners in the dock, in- cluding men, women and children of both colcrs. In the toils were a number of alleged vagrants, victims of midsummer raids, and the stories they had to tell were as plausi- ble as those told by the nomads during mid- winter. They enjoyed the court breakfast very much, and some of them were willing to eat what was left by those whose ap- petites had disappeared because of their indulgence in spirits last night. Young Offender. A little white girl named Mary Green was the leader of the mixed procession, and the charge against her was that of vagrancy. She had been arrested last night by Police- man McDanlels because he had seen her loitering about the streets, especially about the stage entrance to the Academy of Mu- sic. Is she there with the theater people?” + court asked the policeman. t “No, sir,” the officer answered. “She's usually there waiting to see the scene shifters.” she drunk about the streets?” “No, sir. I've never seen her under the influence of liquor. She was arrested once for disorderly conduct.” “Does she go in the theater?” “Sometimes she dces, but she is usually outside.” Where does she live?” With her parents at No. 919 E street.” Policeman Goss also gave evidence against her, saying he had seen her talking to strange men on the street. He also sald complaint had been made about her. The girl's mother was then put on the stand in defense of her child, and she said that Mary had been in the habit of going out at night, remaining until 10 or 10:39 lock. ‘Where does she go?” the court asked. “I don’t know,” was the mother’s re- sponse. ‘That's the trouble,” the court rémarked. “You ought to know. Do you try to keep her at home at night?” “T never bothered much about that.” “Then she ought to be turned over to somebody who will bother about her.” The mother told the judge that a man named Sturgess had been going with Mary, and that he had been coming to the house. “And he's a married man, too,” interrupt- ed the officer. “No, he isn’t,” said the mother. “He's a single man; he’s divorced; but I have told him to keep away from the’ house. He wants to marry my girl, but I’m opposed to the marriage, because Mary is only a child.” - “He comes around there and whistles for her at night,” sald Mary's father, who is a cripple. “Why don’t you keep him away?” “I have tried and have said I'd shoot him, but he won't keep away.” Mary then made a denial of the charge against her, and sald that Frank Sturgess is a particular friend of hers. He rooms at 342 Pennsylvania avenue, over a Chi- nese laundry, and Mary said she had been in his rooms several times. Judge Miller gave some advice to the girl and her parents, and told the girl that this was the turning point in her life. He told her if she continued this mode of living she would land in the workhouse, with snuff-chewing and degraded women. To her parents the judge gave the advice that the girl be kept in the house at night and be given kind treatment. “We've tried everything,” said her father, “and if we whip her we'll get arrested.” “Tie her, if you can do no better,” the judge advised them, ‘and if you can’t do something for her she will have to be taken from you.”” Mary promised that she would behave herself in the future, and the court sent her home with her parents. ‘Was a Scorcher. Joseph Trusty, a colored scorcher, who had no light on his bicycle, rode through M street last night at a rate of speed which gave notice that others must clear the road. But Policeman Harrison would not clear the road for him. He got in the road of the wheelman, and this morning the latter found himself in the procession. “I'm guilty,” was his answer when ar- raigned, and a fine of $5 was imposed. Seven alleged tramps from the vicinity of box cars in Eckington, whose ages range from thirteen to forty years, gave their names as Harvey Walters, Harry Groskey, Joseph Barnes, Edward Wynn, August Hecht, William E. Nelson and Bud Ridout. “Eckington has been overrun with tramps,” said a policeman. ‘“‘They stop at houses ‘and ask for food, and at night they sleep in the woods and in box cars. The people out there are complaining about them,and yesterday we caught this crowd.” “I'm from Milwaukee, Wis.,” said a boy named Harry Grosky. “My father is a re- tired tailor and I’m out looking for work. I had a job working for $6 a week and paid $4 for board. But I left that and now I’m on my way to Baltimore, where I expect to get a job.” “How old are you?” “Seventeen.” Harry Walters said he was thirteen years old. His home is in Leipsic, Ohio, he said, and he left home because his father drank whisky and his mother had to take in washing. “I've sent home $5 since I left,” he said. Edward Wynn said he had come here from Lima, Ohio, expecting to get work with Contractor Strong. There was a wit- ness in court who knows the contractor and if the latter wants Wynn he will be released. The other defendants said they were lcoking for work, and Hecht, who is a Bal- timore plumber, was doing nothing for which to get arrested. “I had bought some lunch,” he said, “and walked out the railroad to eat it.” He was dismissed. The others were given thirty days. Tom Robinson, a colored boy, was in court on a charge of disorderly conduct, be- cause Policeman McDaniel said he saw him shooting crap. “Was there any profanity used?” “Yes, sir.” “What other boys were in the game?” Lawyer Harry Smith asked. “I don’t intend to tell,” answered the offi- cer, “because you will go up there and tell them and they will skip out.” To this reply the lawyer objected, and Judge Miller said he thought it was un- called for. A fine of $ was imposed. Horse and Rooster. “How much did you pay for the horse?” Judge Miller asked Albert Hamilton, a col- ored man charged with cruelty to animals. “I paid $1.50 fo’ de horse,” was his an- swer. “Doctor, no, I mean jedge, you know me, and you know I ain't no bad man.” ‘These people who s¢1 $1.50 horses,’ re- INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. ATTORNEYS. AUCTION SALES... ‘BOARDING. . CITY ITEMS COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE... DEATHS ... DENTISTRY, EDUCATIONAL. EE ry 8 FOREIGN POSTAL SERVICE. FOR EXCHANGE... FUR RENT (Flats)... irae FOR RENT (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR REST (Miscellaneous). FOR SALE (Bicycles) FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots). FOR SALE (f!sellaneous) FOR SALE (tables)... HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS. LEGAL NOTICES. LOCAL MENTION Lost AND FOUND. Sousenaaeaeebe i MEDICAL age 1 MONEY WA) Page OCEAN TRAVEL... Page 1 OFFICIAL 5 PERSONAL . PROPOSALS. PIANOS AN POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. RAILROADS SPECLAL NOTICES STEAM CARPET CLEAD SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER” RESORTS. DERTAKERS. WANTED (Help) OLICES. Nama meeSuansatoasse asada WANTED (Mis-ellancoss). WANTED (looms). n.arked the court, “ought to be prosecuted. Did you pay cash for the horse? “ "Deed, jedge, I did pay cash. I patd gcod money, but not all at onc2.’ “What are you going to do with the horse new?’ “Anything you say, doctor. I'se willin’ ter kill him or give him away.” ‘The old man was thereupon released. “Rooster executed. Case nolle prossed.” This was Prosecuting Attorney Pugh's in- dorsement on a paper filed against Law- rence Watkins for keeping a disorderly rooster. Frank Murphy's peace and comfort hed been disturbed by the fowl, and he resorted to law to cause the rooster’s death. “This boy had some stones in his pocket,” satd a policeman. John Bailey, a colorel bey, was defendant in the case, and he said he had the stones in his pocket for self protectior. The usual fine was imposed. Policeman Herbert had Herbert Taylor and William Banks, colored boys, and Thomas Ford and Sidney Fulmer, white men, before the court for vagrancy. “I found them in the lumber yard near the Long bridge last night,” said the off cer. “Tramps have been robbing freight cars about the neighborhood of the bridge, end some of the residents of that part of ihe city have been making complaints against them.” “I live at Jackson City,” said Taylor. “I came over here last night and was then afraid to go home.” He was released. Banks had no home here, and was fur- nished transportation part the way home. The white men said that they had been making rustic tables aad chairs, and last night they came to the city to get out of the rain. When they get a little money, they said, they are going to get a place to board. They were released. John O'Toole and Joan Powers, young men, were in the toils for alleged bad con- duct at Powers’ home, near 15th and G streets northeast. Beer was the cause of the trouble, and when Policemen O'Dea and Peyton went to arrest the young men a bulldog was set. upon them. The dog bit Officer O'Day, but Policeman Fisher, who also figured in the row, was not trou- bled. Fer a few minutes policemen’s clubs were flying, and a bullet from the pistol of one of the officers ended the dog's life. The young men admitted their guilt and were fined $5 or fifteen days each. Thomas “Mullen; a young man from Northeast Washington, was charged by Policeman McCormick with being an habit- ual drunkard. The prisoner showed that he had been in the work house during part of the time charged and therefore he could not have been drunk as often as charged. He was discharged. —_—_—_ AMUSEMENTS. New National ~ Theater. — Robertson's “School” was the bill for the seventh week at the New National last night, and the oppressively hot weather did not prevent a good-sized audience from enjoying the production In every particular. The play is familiar to all theater goers, or at least the plot, but-in Robertson’s style it is per- haps more enjoyable than in any other form. The company, individually and col- lectively, did well, and the performance went smoother than it generally does on the initial night of the week. Fred Bond as Jack Poyntz, Charles Mackay as Lord Beaufoy, Mr. and Mrs. Findlay as the old schoclmaster and his wife and Mary San- ders as Naomi Tighe were all excellent as @ matter of course, but it remained for Mr. William Boag to make the hit of the evening. His delineation of the villainous old tu- tor, Krux, was the outcome of a deep study of the part, and his work in it was per- haps equal to anything he has ever done. Percy Brook made a good Beau Farintosh and Miss Edythe Chapman was effective as Bella. In the school room scene a bevy of pretty girls enlivened things considera- bly, and among these were Miss Marti, Miss Corinne Parker, Miss Allen, Miss Sea- man and Miss Lockwood. The play was splendidly staged. “School” will continue for this week, and while it is different from the farces which have been the order of the productions of the Washington Stock Com- pany, it was received with such good grace last night that it will undoubtedly prove as great a success as its predecessors in the summer season. ——__—_ Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Charles E. Potter and Mary F. Stanton; John Mollody and Lizzie Harding; William M. Ryan and Mary A. Zell; Taze- well W. 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Grading Contracts, ‘The Commissioners have accepted the pro- posal of James O'Day to grade Illinois avenue at $14.75 per cubic yard. They also accepted the bid and awarded a contract to A. Gleason & Co. to grade Yale, Bismarck, Princeton, Howard and Columbia streets at 15% cents per cubic yard. The award of Darius Gaskins to grade Massachusetts avenue at 15 cents per cubic yard was alse accepted.