Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-01
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| the office
In March the city was startled by sew
churches, among them st. Patrick's and
| st. Dominic's. Miss Mary Delaney Of Mil
| Waukee was arrested on suspicion Of Icing
the frebug. and after an exhaustive in
| ve5tigation of the case in the Police Court
| she was declared Of unsound mind, and.
March 30, she was certified as such to
| the Secretary of the Interior.
The little church on Dupont circle, which
| has been used for number of purposes
| during past years. was finally secured by
| the Metnodists and its name was changed
! Ices in it being held Sunday, March 81.
! The vacancy In the pastorate of the New
| York Avenue Presbyterian Church, caused
| by the resignation of Rev. w. A. Bartlett.
lace Radcliffe of Detroit. His coming
was marked by a reception given by the
congregation April g. Holy week was ap-
propriately celebrated in the Catholic ard
copal Church, Mt. Pleasant was dedicated
April ID. The corner stone of the Church
OF Our Savior, p E.. was laid March 20.
and the church was dedicated June ..
| st. Mnrgaret's Church, P. E., at the head
| OF Connecticut avenue, was completed in
September, and services have heen held there
regularly ever since: The new Swedenbor
gian Church. on 10th street. was also COM
/ pleted, services being held in it for tie
first time Thanksgiving day. In July st.
PatrlckS was reopened after extensive i'm
! including practio ally rev and extremely
handsome interior, which makes it one Of
| the most beautiful churches in the city
| The centennial of Christ Church. Navy
Yard, was held. During the summer ex-
| tensive Improvements were also made to
| the Calvary Baptist Church. Early in
the summer the corner stone of the Eek
lngton PreSby terrain Church was laid and
| the Sunday school was opened. The first
annual convention of the District Of Co
lmmbia Epworth League of the NJ E.
i Church South was held June % dele
cation of 800 left July 13 for the great
Christian Endeavor convention at Boston.
Dr. Talmage was installed as co-pastor of
the .p First Church September
vestries by st. Marks Episcopal Church
| gave rise to considerable discussion, and
me matter Ute was finally taken into the
ceived notice of his elevation to the car
dIralate November 2. The Sunday School
Union of the District of Columbia and the
District Epworth League held conventions
in November as did the Columbia Assoc
citation of Baptist Churches. Among new
churches built were the Fifteenth Street
N. =; Church and the Epworth NJ. E.
pieted for holding a great Hebrew fair.
| The centennial of Presbyterianism in the
district district was celebrated in the First
| Cnurch Among the prominent ministers
who severed their local connections were
Rev DR.. Todd of Hamline NJ. E. Church
and Rey; DIR; Shipper of All Souls Uni
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| churches better equipped and, if possible,
| more interested and enthusiastic in their
| work than ever
| In the Labor World.
| The year just closing has been pregnan.
! with events Of LEGAL interest to the work
ing people of the District, and leading
| membeIs of the various societies of or.
ganized labor say they find much cause for
satisfaction in making a comparison of
matters with those of a year ago
Inc hes dQuarterS of the knights of La
Dor were removed from Philadelphia to this
| city The general executive board pur-
erased comrno6lous lot on B street north
toll anu erected in very short time a
handsome trick building of sufficient ca
| paclty Lot only to comprise rooms for the
general offices of the order. but to provide
space for what Is considered one of the
best equipped printing offices in the south
ana where the journal of the Knights of
LABOR and other papers are printed.
Following the removal of the headuuar-
| tiers of the Knights of Labor to Washing
ton was the assembling also here of the
General Assembly of the Knights of Labor,
composed or the most representative of
the members of the various locals through
! out the Union and Canada. The sessions
| OF the convention lasted about two weeks,
and large amount of legislation of benefit
to the order was enacted.
| There was q great increase in the num-
ber of ORGANIZATIONS of the K of l.. in
the District while others, whose very ex-
| istence had at one time been Threatened
were assisted to getting on a solid basis
| and it is said that the strength of the To-
cal unions is at least LOCO greater than 1t
| was twelve months ago.
| While the K. of L. have been marching
! rapidly forward, the members of the Fed
Grafton of Labor have not by any means
| remained idle and the results accompls h-
| ed for good under its auspices are greater
than during any preceding twelve months
| in It's history.
The great parade in which thousands of
uniformed men took part, on the first Mon
| day in September last, was an epoch in
! Federation history
The Federation appointed committee to
| cooperate with any similar committees on
the part or any society in the District to
| endeavor to induce Congress to restore the
| right of suffrage to the citizens of the
! district, and through it's legislative COM
m1ttee has taken steps for the introduce
| ton into Congress of three bills viz for
the establishment of an eight-hour day for
| all classes of government laborers; an en-
| ployerS' liability act, and bill designed
to prevent the members of military bands in
| the service of the government from COM
! peting with civilian bands
| A Iabor bureau was established, through
| which 1t Is said nearly $50 persons have
| secured employment, and the establishment
| OF reading room and a lyceun, the latter
for the purpose of educating working men
| IN economic questions, which most nearly
affect labor, are expected to be shortly in
| augurated.
| comparison of strength of the Fedora
| ton today with that of the correspond
| ing period of year since shows a growth
| OF fifty-seven per cent; then there being in
| the District thirty organizations affiliated
with the central body. while now there are
! forty-seven, the aggregate increase in
| membership being nearly 1900.
The City Post Office Building.
| Considerable progress has been made on
the construction of the new city post office
building during the past twelve months
At the first of the year the superstructure
had only reached the top of the second
! story, but the work was pushed steadily
| until at the close of 1885 the masonry
work has been practically finished with the
| exception of the tower. and the ROOF con-
struction has been begun. The contract
| for the last two stories of ironwork and the
| frame Of the roof was let in February to
! Thorp & Bond of New York, but so much
| delay was encountered that the Treasury
| Department interviewed and threatened to
! take the work from the contractors and
| finish it by day labor. This course was
| finally abandoned, however, and the work
| progressed more smoothly. The contract
for roof-covering skylghts, drainage, etc,
| was let in October Of the present year to
| John PIERCE, contractor for the granite and
| brick work. In the progress of the work