Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-01

| sembly of the Presbyterian church, which
| met here in May. Many other church con-
! ferences have been held here. Among the
| conventions and annual meetings of the
year have been the following: The National
| American Womans Suffrage Association
convention of the promoters of the
| Great Lake Canal; annual meet
/ ing of the board of Indian COM
! missioners; the National League for Good
Roads; the National Board of Trade: the
I American Association of Inventors and
| Manufacturers; Daughters of the American
| Revolution; The Mexican veterans; the BIZ
metallic League; the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sion Society of the Presbyterian Church;
| the southern fire underwriters convention.
| the Unitarian conference, the Uniyersalist
! general convention and National Associa-
! ton of Methodist Episcopal Local Preach
! ers.
| The Inauguration.
! One of the duties the citizens of Wash
| irgton were called upon to perform early in
the year was that of arranging and carry
! ing out plans for the Inauguration of Mr..
! Cleveland as President of the United States.
More than ordinary success attended the eff
! forts of the citizens, directed by a general
| committee. of which Col. James G. Berret
was Chairman and an energetic executive
committee, headed by Mir. James l.. Norris.
/ Citizens contributed literally 10 the guaran-
/ tee fund, and the finances were well man
aged. Unfortunately, Inaugural ton day was
/ one of the most disagreeable of the year.
and the severity of the weather detracted
/ considerably from the inaugural display. AS
usual, grand ball was given at night in
| the court of the pension building.
! The Board of Trade.
The board of trade has held several meet
ings during the year, and its committee
| have been active in urging before Congress
/ a number of measures regarded as benefc-
! ial to the District. One of the measures
most strenuously urged was the bill to adj
! nit to the District the proposed extension
of the Norfork and Western railroad, which
/ was opposed by the representatives of the
/ Pennsylvania railroad. In February the
board of trade entertained at its annual
/ banquet company of distinguished men.
/ Mr.. Il. II. Warner was elected president of
I the board upon the retirement from that Of
/ lice of Mr.. Myron NJ. Parker. who resigned
| 1t when he accepted the office of District
| Commissioner.
The National Guard.
The history of the National Guard during
| the year has been one of interest and ad-
vance. Several new organizat lions were mus
/ tered in during the year. and the spirit of
| the guard has been of the same progress
/ sive character that has marked former
! years. During the summer several of the or
/ CARNATIONS, at their own expense went
into camps of instruction at different points,
| no appropriation being available for a gen.
| eral encampment. A rifle team, selected
| from the guard. took part in the interstat e
| contest at Sea Girt in August and carried
| off the chief honors of the contest, bring
| ing home the Hilton trophy, the interstate
trophy, and other prizes. The Emmett
Guard won handsome trophy at the prize
| drill at Newark, n. j., on the Fourth of
July. Inspections have been kept up during
| the year. and the condition of the National
Guard at the close of the year is crafty
incident rio
drill on Thanksgiving day, in which the
first and second regiments took part, and
which demonstrated the efficiency of the
national Guard Tor emergency purposes.
The River. .n~
Early in the year navigation on the Poto-
mac was closed for several weeks by the
| freezing of the river Much apprehension
was felt because of the danger of damage
from a Hood. Toward the end of January
the Commissioners arranged for tugs to
break up the ice and to remove the danger
that threatened the city. An ice fleet from
Baltimore entered the Potomac and plough
ed a channel through the ice to the city
soon the harbor was clear. and whatever
uahser existed was averted. The freezing of
the river was more extensive than has been
known before for forty years. People cross
ed on the ice from Washington to Alexan-
dria. There was little worthy of record in
the history OF the Potomac river during the
year. Several steamers were engaged con-
Stantiy In the summer excursion business:
the regular lines of river steamers were well
patroniZed- The fishing season was not so
successful as usual A collision between the
steamers Wakefield and Randall which for
tunately resulted in little damage was the
SUBJECT or investigation by the steamboat
inspectors in July, and the pilots, who were
held to be at fault, were punished by sus-
pension.
Many Good Dinners
washington, as usual. has had it's share
or festive occasions. 1t has long been
famous as place for good dinners A long
list might be given of banquets held by diff
ferent organizations and to celebrate diff
ferent events. Besides these, many semi
| public dinners were given in honor of in
dividuals. Among the notable banquets of
the year have been those of the Washington
society of Psi Epsilon, the dinner given by
| the Society OF American Authors to Mr.
! WIN carleton. the banquet of the Jackson
Democratic Association. those of the LOYAL
Legion. the Bowdoin Alumni, the Columbian
Alumni. the master plumbers, the Press
! Club, the Gridiron Club. the Single Tax
| Club. the Washington Florists Club. the
| Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania
! the Alumni of Washington and Jefferson
College and the Washington board OF trade
! In May many of the prominent business
| men and bankers of Washington assembled
/ at dinner given in honor of Controller
! Eckles by the Washington Loan and Trust
| Company
| Distinguished Visitors.
Among the guests Of Washington during
| the year have been several of especial dis
tinction. The Princess kaiuani of Hawaii
and Prince David visited Washington in
March In May the Spanish Infanta Eulalie
| and her party were the guests of the United
States in this city for several days. and a
number of entertainments were given in her
| honor. His royal highness. the Rajah Raia-
gan, was here in July. The Grand Duke
Alexander of Russia also sojourned in this
city few days in Nav, and brilliant re-
ception was given in his honor by Senator
Brice. DIR. Carl Peters the famous German
explorer of Africa, spent some DAYS in
Washington, as did many other distin-
gulshed foreigners who came to America
to visit the worlds fair.
Celebrations.
All OF the anniversaries usually celebrated
in this District have been appropriately OBJ
served. The national holidays witnessed as
much patriotic enthusiasm as in any for
| mer years. Emancipation day was cele-
| DRAFTED by the colored citizens of the Dis
trict with parade and a public meeting in
Lincoln Park. The citizens OF the District
and Congress united on the 18th of Septern-
Der in an appropriate celebration of the
! centennial of the laying of the corner stone
OF the United States Capitol. There was a
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