The evening times., 1896-06-08
City Brevities


w. s. yanderburg. who was elected a
member of Congress last week from the
First district of Oregon, is well known in
Washington as a member of the knights OF
Labor.
At the thirty-sixth annual convention OF
the Brewers Association of the United
States Christian Heurich. of this city, was
elected a member the advisory committee.
At recent meeting OF the Blaine Inyinci-
BILE Club tcoored), held at Mount Carmel
Church, arrangements were made for aid
ing the wife and family of MurdererFo
Prof. Lawrence's music class will give
the closing recital of the term ON Friday
evening next at Luther Memorial Church,
providing an attractive program.
A '96 concert will be given Wednesday
evening OF this week under the auspices of
the Y. P. S. C. Z. at the et.1politan Pres
byterian Church on Capitol Hill. The OBJ
jcct is to add to the fund for the enter
tainment OF the July guests.
Rev. James E. Mason has been in Wash
ington for the past week raising funds for
monument to Frederick Douglass. 1t is
said the trustees OF the colored schools
will set aside day for q special collec-
tiun for the IN onument.
The order to regulate the speed Of bicy-
cles, hitherto referred to In The Times,
will, it is understood he Immediately pro-
mulgated by the Commissioners and rig
idly enforced by the police.
Mr.. Cleveland Keith, OF the Nautical
Almanac office, who has been sick several
weeks. is able to return TO his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Campbell, formerly of
Fredericksburg, Va, yesterday united by
letter with the Metropolitan Baptist Church
here. -
The funeral arrangements for the late
Stephen Baxter, superintendent of the Fort
Stevens military cemetery, who died Sat
urday, will be delayed To hear from his
daughter, Mrs. Petit, who lives in Texas.
She has been telegrapiied, and is expected
To be here Wednesday
Bishop Keane, rector OF the Catholic Uni
versity, lectured last night at st. Colum-
bo's Church, Philadelphia.
This is the season that causes the organ
grinders heart to overflow with Joy He
may be seen any evening balting before n
crowded stoop where the gallant yourg
men of the company feel that they must
ether pay him TO play or TO move on.
noticeable feature about the coming
OF the Christian Eudeavor convention is
the increased number of lunch rooms spring
ing up in ali parts OF the city
An almost daily spectator in the Holt
will trial in Judge Bradley's court is Rev
DR. stakeiy of the First Baptist Church.
An ingenious Washingtonian, who is en-
gagged in the retail ice cream business, sell
ing to uewsbOys and bootblaCks has fitted
up his cart with bicycle attachments.
Secretary Herbert and party arrived at
the Navy Yard wharf at noon yesterday
on the Dolphin after cruise around from
Annapolis.
buIluB tnt SliDWeT
afternoon horse alta ched to Emil a.
Stutz's dairy wagon ran away on Sixth
Capitol street, near n, and colliding with
a tree the vehicle was partially wrecked.
lodgings were furnished 435 wayfarers
at the Central Union Mission last week.
Meals were furnished in $40 cases and cloth
ing in six The mission meetings during the
week were attended by 4,SO6 persons.
There were 16O seekers aud seven converts.
The Workers Union of the Central Union
Mission will hold an important meeting in
The mission building at O'Clock tomorrow
evening. The superintendentsof ofthe several
branches will make their reports and Treas
urer Robbins will receive the amounts gath
cred in by the collectors.
Mr.. Cluskcy Cromwell and his wife are
at Atlantic City. :.
Policeman Kopp, of the Eighth precinct,
grcves over the loss of Monk his big
st. Bernard, who patrolled the beat with
his master ''Monk'' was lost Saturday
while following Kopp TO fire. and his
owner will pay a reward for the dogs
return
The Fourth precinct officers captured
yesterday Richard Campbell. who made
his escape from the workhouse. Campbell
was sent back to his Old quarters.
When Judge Kimbal takes his vacation
next month his place will be filled by JUS
tice Scott, who acted in like capacity
last year.
james Budd, colored, deposited $40
collateralat No. station yesterday morn
Ing for charge OF disorderly and crap
playing. preferred against hin by OFFICER
j. A. Duvall, The lad was caught pIa v
Ing the game near First and North Capitol
streets.
The commencement exercises at George
town University Law School will AXE place
this evening, beginning at O'Clock. The
university this year confers the bachelors
degree upon ninety-three graduates and
the masters degree upon forty six.
The Columbian Law School graduates
number one hundred and seventy. three
this year. The commencement exercises oc-
cur tomorrow evening at the New ational
Theater. An even one hundred receive the
degree of bachelor of laws, fifty-four that
of master of laws, and nineteen post
graduates emerge as masters of patent
laws.
The excise board today authorized the
transfer of bar license from Gustavus
W. Warner to John C. Wittekindt. Nos.