Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-26
The Proposed statue Meetiny To e.
night.

10 me Edttor o. the &dr:-I see there Is to be
meeting on the subject of the Sumner statue
to- night at the 18th street Presbyterian Church
Would it not be well for your readers who NAV
attend that meeting TO carry with them few
considerations which may aid in reaching a
sp7 sdy and unanimous agreement as to how the
money Is to be raised and who shall expend 1t.
IS IL Is mere assumption 70 form a so-called
nation III committee, 1 propose oil an somewhat
as follows: Let every church, society, and
school in the District of Columbia agree to
establish q Sumner me- -. let the fund
be deposited in some ba AIS CITY 10 the
credit OF the society depositing It, let it be in
accessible to every one except the president,
the secretary. together With the treasurer OF the
organization, and prevent them 70 draw the
money only when 1T shall be evident that the
united societies of the District shall hay,
deposited in bank one thousand dollars,
which one thousand dollars shalt eltitle
the District or Columbia to one trustee OF the
- - r-onumept trust; bro, ided that an
4" .,.Itional trustee shall be allowed for every
additional thousand dollars contributed by tue
District. Other cities are already acting on
this plan, and in agreement with them. Let a
time be set, say within twelve months, for the
w iors trustees throughout the Union to meet
and let them form q board of trust to decide
what kind OF monument shall be bri,t, where
1t shall be located, and who shall be the officers
under which the trust will be administered;
provided none but trustees representing one
Thousand dollars shall be eligible ID Odice ON the
board OF trust. Let It be agreed that money
may be Withdrawn from bank in the interest Of
the contributors by the officers above desig-
u,
case the trustees fail to meet within one We IT.
Experience n the lincoln monument enter
prise suggests these prec1utrors, for in that
ergo sums of money we're collected and used by
private individuals for their own benefit. Witt
he rrecautiors indicated We may succe L.
y Itt. ut them we will fail. Should he emOunt
cor ibuted by Churches, societies, schools and
inr'vidua's reach the sum Of fifty th0rsand dol
lars, 1t will be matter for the trustees to con-
slider Ths her we should not keep our pledg
to Mr.. Lincoln's memory as we'll a. honor Mr.
Cn
j. SRLLA MARTIN.
RAID ON ALLEGED BAwDY HOUSES. Last
right Lieut. Gessford, Of the LIST precinct, sent
Sergeant Leech with Off GERS Aldridge, Lewis,
WestPhal, Yeatman, Burns, Block and Shea,
ton in that precinct. fhey accordingly sur
rounded two houses, one kept by Kate w St
pbal, and the other by Alice Miller, and took
platoon to the Central guardhouse. There
were eight women and seven men, their ages
ranging fIom sixteen TO twenty I've yeara, and
the following is list Is they gave their names
A. Smith, John Foster, VIM. Stout, Jacob
Heinsting, John Walthan, Charles Mars6eId,
Kate Moore. Bridget Morrison, Kate Westphal,
Laura Martin, Molie wpon, and a Kate S Wss.
der.
The dock of the Police Court was crowded to
an unusual degree this morning by the friends
enSs ~srs nce
peared TO take great interest in the hearing.
The female inmates were arraigned on q charge
OF being prostitutes and vagrants Their names
Bridget Morrison, Mary jarboe and Mary Will
sor. After the officers had fold their story, the
court sentenced them to the workhouse for 80
squad were stood up In the dock among the fe-
males, and the crowd took good look at them,
and after the adjournment Of the court they
were turned out again. The ke spers of the
houses, Alice Martin and Re Q " ostfall, were
held to answer the charge OF keeping bawdy-
houses.
A COMPETITIVE CosoERT.-Edisor of a.
Stdr:-Sir: AS We have now competitive exam
our public schools, both tending to stimulate
mental culture, and certainly laudable stim-
illus, 1 now propose competitive concert for all
boys In me District between the ages of ten
violin-the prize to be An hundrad dollar violin.
will be one OF ten or twenty to de hit nv
proportion Of the above amount in the hands OF
gentlemen. The time for the concert, With the
number Of DUETS and colos to be played by each
competitor, to be arranged BY Committee Sc
uggesticns will meet with your appreciation,
with enough Of our music loving people 10 make
1t success, remain, huly, &C.,
CONTRIBUTOR.
ARRIVAL OF AN INDIAN DsLrGArIoN.-A
q ~ II city
House. They are in cS--ge Of MI ior j. H. HAT
and Allen H. Gib-on. The delegation consists of
Joseph Paw-ne -p0-josh he, governor Of Usage;
OH sha,hum.keh. he ID chef; No-pah-avsh.
bsh, hrss chief little Usage; Strike Ak, second
chief; Bla:k Dog. irst chief Black Dog band;
White Hair, FIRST chief White Hair band; Che,
tSpih, head COUNCILLOR. and Hope Reps and
Weh-,.-aJ k-rah, councillors. With the dele9s.
lion ere Argustrs Clpt2tn, Alexander Beyefte
and oamuel Bevsrue, United States inter.
prefers
WASHINGTON Fish MARKET To-pAY.-Sold
by r. A. Golden Il Bro, agent. 5000 bunch
rock and perch cold from 20 to 81 cents Der
per bunch; 5000 shad e22 to s25 per 100; 500
bunches cut fish to Is cents per bunch.