Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-02-25
LOCAL NEWS.
The Trouble Among tho Temp erauce
Reformers.

The good work being done by the temre-
rance advocates in this city is neutralizea, i'm
a measure, by the growing bitterness among
the workers in the cause, some OF the minis.
ters even being lnharmoniouS. IL Il known
mat when MI. Murphy was invited 10 come ta
TINS cly There was promising temperance
revival IN progress started under the auspices
9i tnS central Temperance union, Ot which
keV. Dr. Gray Is the president, and conducted
principally 10y Charley Nye and y b. Dun
ming. These meetings sometimes several Ia
progress al one tlme) were instrumental tn
bringing large numbers of old topcrs into the
cold water ranks, and II Is believed that more
good was accomplished by them than hv any
meetings hitherto held. When Mr Mnrnhy
accepted the invitation To come here Al ssil
per week, the managers proposed 10 raise the
necessary amount OF funds by having two nav
nights at Lincoln hall each week, the surplus
lund accumulated 10 be used in paving of the
debts of the \. VI. {. A. The FIRST break
among the temperance men was on account
OF thiS proposition 10 raise money, some urg-
ing that The Tree meetings were going along
as Wen as possible before Mr.. Murphy was
called Tor, and that there was no necessity for
admission fees 10 temperance meetings. and
.hal some oil the members of the committee
Nno PIole>Sed TO be very philanthrOpic could
DO as much good 10y helping the meetings
under the central organization, MIR Mummy
himself deprecated the charge for admiSsiog
ana So II was dropped, and Tor a lime things
appeared 10 so on much more smoothly an
pears that MeSSrS. Nye and Dunning have had
falling out and Dunning last Friday left
OF the overflow meetings last week, was nuen
disappointed in Mr.. Murphy's failure 10 attend
the great market house meeting on Friday
night. and in the heat of his indigna tion there
sharply commented on Mr. Murphy's absence
Murphy claims that he was 10 have gone i'm the
procession and that carriage Was 10 have
Deen sent Tor him, but il did not come.
Mr. Nye claims that Mr.. Murphy accepted the
invitation To the market house meeting. and il
was understood that he was To have walked
mere IKE the others The result of all this has
hsaNHa
az the rate OF $40 per week Is still here. Mr..
Nye lett town last night for ParkerSburg, Va.
Where he Viii take up the trail OF the evangel.
Isl, Rev. l.. L. Hammond, and the boys (the
mechanics and otherS) here are considerably
demorallZed by the turn of things bur will
continue to keep up the meetings.
Fire I'm the Colonization Building.
About :35 O'Clock this afternoon fire was
discovered in the Colonization Building at the
corner of q street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue.
Sergeant Mulhall turned in an alarm from the
box AT the Morrison buildings which PROMPT
ly brought out the Columbia South WaShiuT
ton, ana Franklin engine companies, with the
mOOh ana ladder ana all We're soon in action
.I Inc Slnnke Was 80 dense in the passages that
the hoSemen found IL difficult To get 10 the
rooms, and the long ladder of the truck com
panN was brought into use. reaching 10 the
iourth story windows on 40 street. and the
nose was passed up the ladder and through
tne Mlndow 10 the place wanted. Il was bal a
snort tlme before the flames were Subdued
Aiter Tie smoke cleared away il was ascer-
tanned that the fire caught in room immedi-
ately over The hall used by the College o( Pbar
macy, occupied as lodging room by Mr.
wall. ol the Treasury department. This room
WIFI It's contents was pretty badly damaged
as was a $50 the hall used by the college, by the
deluge OF water which fell upon the furniture.
chemical apparatus and library. The water
also did considerable damage To the plumbing
Store of Mr. =. }. Springer, underneath. The
damage 10 the building is about Sl.OUI The
Col"nlLatIun Society is insured for sl1,UlU ian
the Franklin Company of Philadelphia. an
other company in Hartford, Connecticut and
the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of this
city, and no loss can be sustained 10y the
Society.