Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-25
FORTY NEW LAWYERS.
The Commencement Exercises Of the
Georgetown University Law School.

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The Commencement Exercises Of the
Georgetown University Law School.
| The commencement exercises of the George.
! town University Law school occurred in the
New National theater last night. The building
was crowded from the orchestra to the gallery
with gentlemen and han dsomely dressed ladiess
A thousand futtering fans were not enough to
keep the crowded building cool. Every seat
was taken, and number of members of Con.
gress and other distinguished people were
among the crowd standing In the aisles and
about the entrance. Hanging baskets were
swung at intervals from the balcony Just above
the dress circle. Gold cages with singing birds
In them being in front of each box. The
scenery on the stage was well selected for the
painting, formed perspective representing
long luxuriant aisle back from palatial hall
surrounding the foot lights, while the stage for
a depth of six feet was heaped with flowers.
From the arch hung two immense flags and sus.
pended in mid-air, by invisible wires was
written:
'The class of 1886" In floral letters. A large
number of people were on the stage. Besides
the graduates, the president and faculty of the
school. there were many of the members of
Congress who are best known and most popu.
lar on such occasions, quite a number Of the
new government officiais and the leading law.
yers of the Washington bar The music for
the occasion was furnished by the Marine
ticularly the xylophone solo. were loudly ap-
piauded. The audience began to gather SO
seven, fully half an hour before the exercises
began. The Marine band played an overture.
selection from the "Mikado," and sousa's
march. sound Off," before the opening address
by Rev. James A. Doonan, s. j., the president
VINO conferred upon forty young men the rolls
OF parchment which give them the right to
collect fees for disputing with each other over
other peoples troubles. Father DOOnan i'm
pressed upon the young candidates that they
anarchy. A cornet solo by Walter r. Smith
was listened to with pleasure. A fine address
er of pensions, Gen. Black, who denominated
this the age of law.
THE PRIZES.
The prizes were awarded by Judge Merrick,
OF the District Supreme Court, as follows:
Faculty prize of $40 to Edward =. Harring-
ton, Massachusetts, for the best essay by the
Higgins, of Tennessee for the best essay by the
post grad late class; a cash prize of $40 to the
member OF the junior class maintaining the
best average in Rotations during the year, to
Louis NJ. Hopkins, of the District of Columbia;
Il c.Ish prize OF 500 to the member OF the senior
class maintaining the best average, to George
ID. Lancaster. OF Maryland; a cash prize of $50
10 the member OF the senior class having the
second best average, to Claude A. O. Resell, of
Pennsylvania; cash prize of $50 to the men,
Der OF the post graduate class having the best
average, TO Leonard c. Wood, of Indiana.
THE GRADUATES.
The graduates were: Master of laws-Frank
B. Baker. ID. c.; 4. q. Curtin Bierer, Kan; &.
Tyson Butcher, Va; Michael j. Colbert, ID. c.;
Rees P. Daniels, Pa; Harlow l.. Erskine, Neb.;
VIM. II. Johnson, Mo-. Frau Higgins. Tenn;
John y. Manning Ohio: VIM. l.. Marcy, Pa;
Isaac W Nordlinger. D: G.; George F: Noyes,
J. sullivan, D. c.; Leonard c. Wood. Ind.
W.iBIackburn, jr KY: George ]. yesterday, va;
: Julian Fillette, $: c.; John A. Goldsborough,
Md; Edward F. Harrington, Mass; Geo; D.
Horace E. Mullan. Md; Kenneths Murchison,
O'Connell, Mass; James c. Rogers, D. c.;
Claude %. Resell, Pa; Charles w. Seawell,
Ua i P ,iSs shei6Iey Ga Harvey L. Sho
Weicker, Ny
Bogus Butter Dealers in Trouble.
ARREST OF EDWARD w. DELCHER, OF WASH
1NGToN, AND ]. H. CLARK, OF BALTIMORE.
Edward w. Delcher, of this city, was ar
rested yesterday by Detectives Raft and Block
on a charge OF using the United States mail for
fraudulent purposes; and his partner, ]. H.
Clark, of Madison street, Baltimore, was ar
rested by Detective Droste, of that city, and
brought here. Both men are held at the seventh
precinct station house. 1t appears that an in
quiry was received here from a western mer-
chant as to the commercial standing of j. H.
Clark Co., 1O7 7th street northwest, and the
officers named went To the place. where thew
found Delcher, who represented that his part
ner, Mr.. Clark, was in Baltimore. They found
THAT the hrm had shipped twenty tubs of
butter to NJ. ]. Owens, of Baltimore, to be
that several hundred letters were received
from dealers in butter and cheese in all parts of
the United States Delcher stated that these
letters were answers to 500 postal cards he sent
out TO obtain the market quotations of butter
and cheese. A directory OF all the leading
creamerieS in the United States was found in a
desk, and names were found to whom postals
had been sent. The officers then went to Balti-
more where Clark was arrested. He stated that
he had paid Delcher 500 to become his part
ner, Clark to do the work and Delcher to fur
nish the money. The officers think that Clark
h I'M tfDsag
name, there being another j. H. Clark g. Co. in
this city, and that the firm could thus obtain
examination last night that Delcher had or
dered 900 worth of butter and cheese from
81 Louis. Louisville, Chicago and other places,
$4,000 worth being on the way here. The dis
trict attorneys office Is investigating the case
to-day. The Baltimore american says of the
twenty tubs of butter shipped to that city:
upon tracing the butter ii was found that il
had been sold to NJ. j. Owens, of South street
I Ioa- 10 cents per pound while j. D. Clark Go.
owens had not paid for the butter, and pay
ment has been stopped"
opened by Mr.. Clark, and it was found to con-
sist of % letters, five of them stating that ship
ments had been made, and Others in reference
70 10 other shipments, ranging from 20 tubs up,
The mail this morning brought II other letters
TO the firm. 1t appears, say the officers, that
Clark was dupe of Delcher, and that the SIOO
paid in was by Delcher, and it probably repre-
sented the whole capital of the concern The
officers saw Mr. Owens before he made the re-
recovered the proceeds, S175. This lot was sent
from Chicago at IL cents per pound cost Is
cents here, and was sold in Baltimore for / s
cents per pound. II is stated by the officers
that Delcher was formerly of a Bal timore firm
which engaged in similar practices 1t is not
yet determined what charge will be brought
against Delcher. Clark will be used as a wit
ness.
AmuSen,entS.
ALBAUGHS OPERA HoUsE.-An audience
that filled the orchestra fioor and balcony
gathered at Aloaughs last night to witness, the |
presentation of Won Suppe's lively comic oper;, |
OF "BOccacciO, by JEANNE Winston and her |
company. The complicated action OF this |