Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-18
The Temperance Campaign.

The temperance Campaign.
PROCEEDINGS At VARIOUS MEETINGS YESTERDAY
I'VE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE TEMPERANCE
AILIASCE-TALKS BY REPRESENTATIVE VANCE,
SENATOR COLoUITT HON. Nm. T PRICE AND
OTHERS.
The first public meeting OF the Temperance AL
lance ot the District was held at the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal church yesterday morning.
Addresses Were delivered by Representative Vance,
OF North Carolina, and Senator COlQutt. OF GeOr-
gia, and large congregation was assembled.
Rev. Or. Huntley opened the services with prayer.
and explained the position OF the church upon the
temperance question. Mr.. Ill. T. MoultOn presi-
dent Of the" Alliance" Introduced Mr. Vance the
first speaker. explaining that the alliance had
just been formed for the purpose OF more effect
1vely combating incompetence IN the District OF
Columbia Mir. Vance declared himself in favor OF
Prohibition. and said there should be an alliance
against inteUnpcTance throughout the Christian
world He said that in the District nf Columbia alone
there We're 1850 saloons. and S12.tD00O Was spent
here every year for liauor III. stft that In the
I n1ted States there was s1,-aa.p0Ot9 spent in
liquor annually. while there was but S9O0GO0.0U
spent for food and clothes. however eytravagantly
the ladies dressed. and but S12U0.sO spent for
the gospel He spoke for over hour antagOniZ-
ing incompetence anG urging the necessity or q
commission To- investigate the liquor question. as
batlonal measure senator tHiuuti made but a
short though effective address assuring the
alliance of MS interest in their work. and urging
the necessity 81 energetic measures in the District.
He said with all Its attracionS-end no city in the
United States had mOre-there could be no induce
ment for a man to bring his family To Washington
and make IL his h"Ine, when he was told that
within Its narrow limits there were 1000 liquor
saloons sanctioned 10y the law. and open-s1oOred
ready TO ruin The growing youth ami young men.
An AFTERNOON MEETING.
After the usual weekly exercises, under the au-
spices OF the Woman Christian Temperance Union,
at Masonic Temple yesterday afternoon, Hon John
Mccormick. OF Ohio, was introduced To- the audi
enc; anu spgke !, Short time upon the proper
lowed by Hon VIM T. Price. of Wisconsin, who
spoke theoretically on the same subject The
sod nd
Choir 'coioreCb singing two hyInas Al a mass
meeting. 10 BE- held next sunday, Bishop Andrews
VIII SPEAK
OTHER MEETINGS.
F. VI. Bradley and others delivered addresses last
eEenin- gospel temperance meeting held at the
North Carolina avenue missiOn.--WIllian III. Coe,
OF New Haven. delivered a temperance address at
HaInline VI. r. church Yesterday arrernoon--At
Wesley ch3pc. temperance meeting was held yes
terttdy afternoon. E'V- WI Mckinney, the pastor,
OcIiFeFfnS al ttiitSo-
WHOLESALE RAID on ALLEGED BAwDY Ho-sEs
About O'clock yesterday morning about fifteen
OcerS. h,aitd by SERGEANT Nokes, 81 the first pre-
ci3ct. visited IN" n"lEht"rhODi Of diSrrpuIabie 10
ctl1tes. between Mary!4 avenue ana Il street
south. and 81 and 3. streets west. and ruled
about Dozen HOUSES and arrested Saiiip I.ohi.SOn
Ellen Ale. RTiigrt Morrison. Jennie Cochran kafe
GOS!in, &aG-,t- sullivan. Annie Flood and Lilly
S-wOhstw. whireJ and Cora Monroe. Elsie DiI-,.n-
berry ana Laura. Blackburn. cOlorcd. NISo William
Davis. Nm- Johnson Noble Rush. John Murphy
and Henry Hansen. who Mere al charged the Pc
He COurt thIS morning with being Migrants and
llle and disOrery persons hivin. visible means
OF support SeE-rdn: NOkeS ana Officers Barry
Williams ana N"IoT gave testimony against the de-
Ithd.tnts as being Va'rants- The courr sentenced
them all To SiF- bun>. IN default OF which 9Gdays
The court hi-i.ly comp1nented the officers Tor try
lae u nj The city OF iow characters
ELEGANT ARTICLES IN CHINESE PoRCEL.rSs AT
AUCrI0x-Th.rr i now ON ff!ItfnrI nj me ancr0n
rooms or Thomas Bowling. Iith street abd PennSvl-
ydnt; avenue, rare collection OF Chimes. Goods
embracing decorations f"r the pJrlnr. bnud0r ana
t.ni~. which VIII b. sod Gri Wednesday morning
nxt al bowling rnOfEs. 18th street and Pennsyva-
ma avenue. beginning IL Il OcOcH positively with
out reserve
AN lSTSREsTIsG MISSIONARY MEETING. - The
Fourth street VI. T. sunday school, Rev. Dr France
pastor. and VT Joseph Webb. superintendent OF the
s'h6@l. held It's annual missionary meeting last
evening The exercises Were very interesting ana
consisted IA singing by the school, a feature OF
ton nj Mrs MOffatt- When the classes were called
Tor their annual contributors ''InissOnary" from
each class carried 10 the platform envelope IN
Beautiful golden box The envelope contained the
contribution and an appropriate text Of scripture
which was rad, while the boxes were neatly
arranged 10 form a bcautful golden cross nine
feet high, over which Il lOn- evergreen wreath was
entwined The church was also decorated with
eser%reeh, WINE no"erS occupied a space on tIt.
plsiorm- Senator Coiquitt made appropriate
m Ks ss did The p1e The amount contributed
making for foreign missions, s2oo2i.
RIAL ESTATE TR,SsFERs-Deedsi In fee have been
fled follows: G.. r. Applebv ct al 10 Anton
Heitmuer, pt 8. sub 81 @i2: s5.36i: W. y. Dalton
ct a. 10 j. A. Duyall. lots and - sub So + OF AS:
$3.50. Elizabeth :. Smith ~ a. Ia j. T. Redfern
lot 5. suosq If5; $6,5.6. Euleline Brown Ia Lucy
W. Gould. lots p. N and g, sub so. 15s STs59 j.
w. Starr 20 Iucetta Il. France lots Is 81 sub ST.
IA; $50. Same TO same, lot 5. 90: S3A. d. F.
StearnS 70 W. IL. Woodward, trustee, part Il. 81
cog; =. W. r Woodward, trustee TO Sarah A.
StearnS, same property; 8. X. Z. Fox 10 w r.
Moses. lot IL and part IS, so. 32I IS go Il. w
BARLEY 10 L j. Davis, lot 30, ST. RS 500. Same
10 same, lot 81, do; s..
Why THEY Sung THE DoxoLoGY.-During the
morning service yesterday the pastor AT North Cap
itOl VI. f. church. Rev. j. G. Hagey. announced that
al last after waiting years, clear title TO
the church was secured. and he read receipt from
the court that q bill OF release had been filed He
requested the congregation join him In singing
TIE 1lpxology, which they did with Will
RECENT REAL ESTATE SALEs--MesSrs. Parker and
Townsend have sold I'VE lots Roanoke street
Columbia heights, at average price OF 30 cents
per lot 1he purchaser was gentleman living In
connecticut The same firm have also sold lot on
toilinola road ct 2.4 cents per foot MIS-. TowSon
Caldwell, OF this city, has sold her residence at
Newport-"Kedwood7-to Albert Ii. Hayward for
S32,000 ' "