Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-21
The German Orphan Asylum Diff


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Guilty.
THE GooD-H0PE FARM PURCHASE DENOUNCED.
An adjourned meeting OF the members and
frierds OF the German orphan Asylum was ,,riu
last night at the German Hail, which was filled
to overlooking. The principal speakers were
Messrs. A. EOerly and l.. Schade Ga the one
side, and Rev. M Kraft on the other side. Mr..
and board of directors IN excluding any partici-
patton In the purchase of the Good Hope farm
or the friends and delegates and conf1ning this
important action entirely to the twelve directors
was not In harmony with what had been done
In Baltimore, where the toard OF directors had
rot dictatortal powers. He declared, and so did
MI MT. aoel1ler, the Mount Hope farm utterly unfit
pastor Kraft actually controlled two asylum
societies. The one was composed of only twelve
men, VINO also acted as so many directors, and
private corporation. That was the one incorpo-
rated as the German Protest ant Orphan Asy-
lum." The other was known as the Untvei al
Gernen Orphan Asylum Association. Through
!t the pastor and the managers collect / the
FUNDS, IS was proven by the printed blank
receipts. Here the public was allowed to par
uclpate IN the election of the officers. The
former, which was IN bus opinion mere private
concern. he just bought fam on the heights
back of Uniontown, hear the feverish border of
Tue Anacost'a, cont ain'Hg thrty-two acres,
1928 Per acre. The three story = frame
dwelling on this place, S1x2), ives utferlY unit
for On aSy lum. The present number of C Ildren
n aea N sready and the want Of gas and water
the upper stories II fire on the round floor shOrld
bleak out and The wooden steps get on fire.
could hardly be saved: The distance from the
city was too great, and the lc cation, from san
tfety and economical point, O bad one. Besides
the title would be in the twelve prlvat = tncor-
norators, who Guilds do with the farm just as
Iney chtSe. The $1,000 apprC priated by Cor
sresS could Z OF be used In tue purchase of that
1al m, as the appropriation distinctly stat Il
for The erection OF buIding for a German Or
phan asylum" He had been chiefly instrument
tai In obtaining that appropriation. and on the
assurance OF Pastor Kraft that they had a lot
In the first ward, he had himself always stated
that lot. He further stated that the German
citizens were greatly disple ased with that farm
purchase, and appealed for harmony. end, If
necessary, new organization on the Baltimore
German asylum plan.
Pastor Kraft reiterated that the place was a
g0od one: and that the association, If left alone,
could bring everything to good end He
stated that there were twenty mine children at
the asylum: that the association had done well,
having $4,000 in its treasury, which gave them
GAO per month interest which now they We're
committee OF investigation to find out the
names OF those who were opposing the payment
OF the $40 600 for the Mount Hope farm.
Mir. Heurich offered to pay, instead of $50, 800
annually as his contribution. He proposed
new organization, but that being regarded as
premature, he withdrew his motion. After that
the meeting adjourned.
DEATH OF Mr. CHARLES MCNAMEE-Mr
charles McNamee, who up to 1873 had been
one OF the clerdS In the Office Of the clerk of the
curt or the District for nearly fifty years and
has since been engaged as Al examiner of titles,
&c, died at his residence on East Capitol street
this morning after short illness. leaving a
native of Ireland and came here with his
father prior to the year 1920. His father was
miller and Intended to settle In Western Penn
syivania or Maryland, but he finally gave tnat
up. and obtaining employment as gardener
settled here. The deceased was youth OF To-
marka0le aptnesS, and having been a witness
in the case OF the United States agt. Berry
charged with murder, which occurred In his
neig hoorhood, he drew plan OF the ground, by
which he explained the relative position OF the
parties aud made the case so plain that he was
the bar, and Col. Brent, recognizing him as
youth with much merit employed him In his
once, where for over 30 years he was in charge
OF o,o,a me law ga cases. He was a natural m"
former ON the violin, flute aud other
Instruments, and was long recognized as
tie best dancer in the District. For many
years MI. McNamee was active In concerts and
entertainments for charitable objects. He was
enc OF the most affable of men, generous to
FAULT, and it has always been matter of sur
prise that one with so liberal hand ever accu-
INFLATED enough to purchase him home
TIE VESSEL WITH SMALLPOX ON BOARD
DAY from DR.. Snow, the health officer of ProvI-
denc, X. l.. in reference to the arrival there OF
the schooner Marietta Stillman, which cleared
from Georgetown some weeks since as was
supposed with case Of smallpox on board.
He gives somewhat OF a history Of this vessel
for the last few months, stating that 1t sat'ed
from Philadelphia July 51s5 for Boston and
went thence TO Gardiner, Me-, arriving there
August 18th. There were two colOred Sailors
Sam and Isaac Bradley, on board sick, aud one
left Tor the Portland hospital with symptoms of
smallpox, ss described by the captain. She
left Gardiner August goth and arrived at
Georgetown August 31st when the other mln
Isaac Bradley, left the vessel SICK He says it
locks as If Sam caught the smallpox In Phila-
delphla and gave 1t TO Isaac in Gardiner and
the latter was taken sick just before reaching
He asks II Isaac Bradley is the
man sick at Baltimore, and states that no one
else has been sick on the vessel, and the captain
mad his wife and two children unve ccinated OF
the tllp from Philadelphia to Georgetown.
Dr. TownShend In reply to DR.. Snow says
the man from the schooner Sttllman In the
hospital at Baltimore gave his name as Alonzo
Patten. The crew was discharged on arriving
at Georgetown and must have shipped on other
vessels A man who had shipp i On the STILL
mau heariug OF the sickness On board and that
the captain'S wife was broken out with small
poX he deserted her. The captains wife was
Immediately taken 10 Philadelphia on her arll-
val here.