Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-05-31
The Garfield EEOSDifal.

TIE BUILDING FORMALLY OPENED AND DEDICATED.
The Garfield Memorial hospital was formally
/ opened yesterday afternoon in the presence OF
large assembly OF ladies and gentlemen. Dedica-
tory services were opened with hymn led by Mr.
C. NJ. Clark. Rev. DR.. Butler read appropriate
scrptural selections; Rev. DR.. Sunderland offered
prayer; Rev Dr. Bartlett also read from the scrip
dress. He stated that the hospital differed from
Its sister institutions In being general hospital.
especially as home for the afflicted from the DIFF
ferent states He referred to the beauty of the site
and TO the happy results arising from the exerions
| OF the Ladies' Aid association and the contri-
buttons from our own country and foreign lands to-
guests inspected the house and grounds. and
We're entertained by the ladies OF the Aid associa
ton at garden party. The lunch tents was under
the charge OF Mrs. Ricketts,, who assisted by
Mrs. Earl English, Miss Frelinghuysen, Mrs Col.
Rockwell, Mrs. Ferris, assisted by Miss stevens,
Miss Potts, Miss English, Miss Rixey.
Mrs Senator Logan, who presided over the brio
er Mcfarland Mrs Senator Dolph, Mrs Skinner,
Mrs. Z. NJ Clark, assisted by Misses Vedder Ed
wards, Wilson, Bergman. Leila Johnson Whitehead,
Emory.
The ladies at the ice cream and cake tent were
Mrs H. A. Willard, Mrs S; c. Pomeroy, Mrs. Rep
by Mrs Carter, Holman, Hepburn, Willard, Brad
ley, Meigs, SpoIord Brown, and at the coffee tent
MIS-. Bentley, Mrs Prentiss, Mrs. Groves, Miss
At night the grounds were brilliantly Illuminated
and many distinguished guests were present. Six
teen beds have been placed in the ward rooms OF
the hospital, and when the new wing Is completed
sixteen additional beds Will be placed in the two
ward rooms which it Will contain.
THREE ATTEMPTS AT SUICIpE-About O'clock
last night Officers Dunnigan and Kenney arrested
WeIl-dre5Sed young man named James Graham
Tor drunkenness and locked him up at the fifth pre-
cinct station After he had been in the cell about
an hour the Stati0n-keeper heard noise, and upon
investigation found that Graham had hung himself
TO the grating by his pocket handkerchief He was
cut down Immediately. Graham then said: 81 want
| TO go home TO my mother. Let me OUT About q
quarter or an hour later he was again found hang
ing by his suSpenderS. He was cut down and put
In irons to prevent him from committing suicide,
but even this was not effectual, for he diScov-
cred a third time suspended by cord taken from
the front of laced shirt. He finally composed
himself and went to sleep. He was released this
morning.
EVANSVILLE PEoPEETY.-Building lots have re-
Gently tGen sold to the following persons at Hyatt
ville Md, in johnson & Vines additions thereto:
Lots Nos. IL and ID to Geo ii. Brandon on Spencer
street; No. on Wine avenue, and No. Dc on Little
field avenue, to L. A. Littlefeld; Geo. w. LamSOn,
NO. 3, On Wine avenue ThoS A. LadS0n, No. So, on
Iittlefeld avenue; Mrs. Virtue Smith, Nos 40, so
and 81 on Littiefieid avenue; VIM. j. Greenwood,
Nos 10 and II. on Spencer street, MIS- j. f. Russell,
NO 81, on L1ttlei1eld avenue; ChaS. E. Beech Nos.
~ and O19, On Terrace street.
DECORATING THE GRAVES OF IRISH PATRIOTS
The Can-na-Gael Will, tomorrow, decorate the
graves of young NOlfe-Tone, ThOs. Denim Reilly,
Father Boyle and others. The decoration commit
tee VIII leave Clan-naGael hall in carriages at p.
IN. for the old Presbyterian cemetery, Georgetown,
where Tone and his mother are buried. After ap-
prGpriate exercises there, they will proceed to Mt.
John F. Finerty, w. E. Robinson and Others music
and readings