The National tribune., 1893-02-16
THE WEEK TN WASHINGTON.

1HE WEEK in WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY, FEB 5.-Father McGlynn, the Catho-
lie priest who was deposed and recently
restored 10 good standing by Mgr. Sa-
toll delivered lecture at the National
Theater in Washington this evening to q
crowded house. The subject was The Poll
tics of the Lords Prayer" 1t was soon evil
dent to the audience that Father McGlynn
was not in the least sorry for anything he
has done or said in the past. He was intro
duced by Hon. Tom L. johnson, of Okio as
"a lover of humanity" and in his OPEN
ing sentences DIR. McGlynn styled himself as
priest restored, but unrepentant of his
erron"-About o'clock this evening snow
began TO fall, and continued until midnight,
when IL turned to rain. The streets were
soon covered with glare of ice, and going
for horses and men was slippery and bad.
MONDAY, FEB. 6-J. X. Potter Secretary of
the Federation of Labor of the District of
Columbia, informed the Senate that at the
last meeting of the Federation it was unsni
mously resolved to protest against the increase
of the hours OF labor in the Government De-
partments as is proposed by the sundry civil
bill ms passed by the House-The January
term OF the petit jurors Of the Criminal Court
closed today, and Mr.. T. J. Stanton, on be-
half of the jurors briefly expressed their
pleasure at the confirmation of Judge Nc
esteem presented him with . gold-mounted
cane. Judge McComas said he would accept
the gift, as the jury had served at the time of
bis confirmation and was his first jury as a
Judge otherwise be would have been COM
PEELED to decline the present.
TUESDAY, FEB. IA large two-mastedsch schooner
arrived at the Georgetown wharf to-day
causing considerable yejoicing along the
river-front because of the opening of
he boc fcn
bound since the LIST day of January, at Alex
andria.-Two of the Hawaiian Commits
sioners left the city for New York this after
noon, Immediately after the entire Commits
sion had held protracted interview with
Secretary Of State Foster. The trip was said
to be merely for pleasure, and they would
return in few days-The Psi Upsilon So
ciety gave a banquet this evening to Senator
Joseph Hawiey, of Connecticut, at the Uni
versty Club. Many prominent public men
were present. and enjoyed an elegant BAN
quet.
WEDNESDAY FEB. S.-The Mexican War Vet
Grams of Washington met this evening at
Costello's Hall, for the purpose of making
preparations for the reception of the dele
gates to the National Association of Mexican
War Veterans, which will convene in Wash
ington on Feb. %. It was decided TO give
the veterans q collation. on the evening OF
q
solicit subscriptions from the public to cover
the necessary eKpenses.-The closing re-
ception OF the Cabinet ladies were largely
attended to-day. 1t was announced that to-
days receptions would end the social season
90 far as the ladies Of the Cabinet were con-
cerned, and society turned out in goodly
array. No less than LOCO persons attended
Mrs Morton's reception, and during the two
hours allotted the large rooms of the Vice
Presidents mansion were crowded.
TEURsDAY FEB. 9-Ths Alumni of Princeton
College, of New Jersey, resident of Washing
ton gave banquet this evening at the Uni
versity Clab, there being many present who
have made q national reputation.-The
eolored people of Washington afe rent in
twain over who shall have charge of the ex-
ercises on Emancipation Day, the red-letter
day In the life of the Washington negro. They
have divided into two factions-one headed
by man named Poe and the other by Messrs.
Cox and Lewis. Both factions have held
meetings aud appointed committees, and will.
unless something takes plscs to restore bar
mony. have separate paradee and exercises.
The Pee faction held meeting tonight and
denounced the Cox-Lewis faction, appointed
committees, and propose to celebrate regard
less Of the other parade.
FRIDAY, FEB 10.-Washington society turned
out to-day, regardless of the rain and
tiGppy blfbGSes 70 NilUoe4 eSfeEd eOGlGly
amateur actors and actresses perform 70.
charity's sake. The Academy of Music was
well filed, and considerable sum was real.
ized.--A number of the resident member:
Of the Fifth Corps met at the Ebbitt House
this evening and organized q permanent
society of that corps. The object of ths
society is =" to cherish the memories and
associations of the corps. to strengthen tn,
ties Of fraternsl fellowship and sympathy
formed By comradeship therein and since
10 perpeiuxte the name and fame of thos
who fell in battle or have since died, and I.
collect and preserve the records Of the corps
great achievements, its many well-eoutestet
battles. its campaigns, marches, and skir
mishes" The headquarters of the society viii
be in Washington.
SATURDAY. FEB. 1I-Ali the papers in behal
of Frederick Barber, the colored man sen
fenced to hang on Friday, Feb. IL, for drown
ing his mistress in the canal at Georgetown
In 1855. were to-day laid before Atty Gen
Miller. District Attorney Cole submitted
report on the case along with the othe
papers. District Attorney Cole says tina
there is remarkable difference in the testi
nony of the eye-witnesses regarding tn
point CT Barber knocking the woman dow
and kicking her before throwing her int
the canal, two of them testifying that thi
was done, while others failed to see this
This il the only thing Capt. Cole sees in Bal
ber's fsvor.-It began showing early thi
morning. and the streets are covered wit
slush and snow, making walking very dir
agreeable. Fears are again entertained of
Good in the Potomac.