The evening times., 1896-12-19
City Brevities

The United States Coast Survey schooner
Matoressis lying at the navy yard.
Continental Chapter. d. A. R.. will hold
meeting at the Elsmere next Monday
evening.
Huge cupolas for smelling purposes have
been placed in the new reconstruction shop
at the navy yard.
W. Owen Jones OF Lincoln, Neb., man
aging editor OF the Nebraska State Jour
nal, is at the Raleigh.
Mr.and Mrs. Joseph Cranfordhavem moved
to their new residence, No. 1852 Park
street, Mount Pleasant.
W. r. Trigg. president of the Richmond
Locomotive and Machine Works, is regis
tered at the Metropolitan.
A new searchlight was tested on the
dispatch boat Dolphin last night. 1t is of
exceptional power and briIliancy.
Ex-Mexican Minister Thomas Ryan of
Kansas City, Mo-, who has been in the
city for the past few days, left for his
homo last night.
The Bible training class at the Central
Union Mission tomorrow afternoon VIII
be conducted by Mr. Allen Wood. The topic
will be Prayer"
tion of assistant resident physician of
Columbia Hospital. will be held at the
hospital on January 8 next.
Many friends of the late Mrs. Juliana
Miller, OF No. $40 Sixth street northwest,
attended her func raj at $50 O'Clock this
morning from st. Mary's Church.
Secretary williams, OF the excise board,
who recently sustained fracture or an
ankle bone by accident, has so far recovered
as TO be able to walk about his house ON
crutChes.
Large business firms are employing pri-
vate detectives To guard their customers
during the holiday rush also to protect
their stocks from the ravages OF petty
shoplifters.
The only arrests made In the entire
southeastern sect on of the city during
the twenty -four LOurs ended at y ocIcck
this morning were three Young white
men-plain drunks.
Ernest Goetz, leader of the East End
Glee Club, was painfully injured at Second
and II streets northeast by stumbling over
a sidewalk obstruction and falling heavily
10 the pavement.
An appeal is to be made to the Secretary
of the Interior in the pension case of Mrs.
sailie Ridout, widow of the late John
Ridout OF this city, veteran of Company
A. Twenty second United States Infantry
The high fence which formrly surrounded
the old Capitol Baseball Park, ON North
Capitol street, has been torn down IL is
understood that a new street VIII be run
through the reservation and many houses
erected thereon IN the spring
The Wisconsin Republican Association
in this city HaS elected Officers IaF the
ensuing year as follows: b. W. Halmon,
| president: b. w. Beebe. first vice president;
A II. Frear, second vice president o. W.
Goodwin secretary; +. H Allen, treas
| urer.
Two new Ina rble altars, the gift of Mr.
and Mrs. Cuu,on DahlGren. of this city,
| will be consecratcd at the Georgetown Cot
| lege Chapel next Monday morning at $50
| O'Clock. Rt. Rev. a. q, Curtis, Bishop
| of Wilmington has been delegated by Card
| inai Gibbons 10 cfficiate at the eservices.
Robert S. Richardson, formerly clerk
| in the Adtutant General Office, died last
| Wednesday at Ordway, Colo. Mr.. Rich
artson left this city on the 18th OF last
August To vote in Malvern, Iowa. While
| there he had an attack of hemorrhaGes,
and then went West in search of health
| Rev DIR. Newman, pastor Of the First
| Congregational Church. has invited the
| board OF directors OF the Central Union
| Mission to present the work OF that hustlnS
| Christian organization 10 his congregation
during the IL O'Clock service tomorrow
| The board has accepted, and large CON
| srecation is expected to be present.
| The latest turn in tile electric lighting
| contest between the United States and the
| Potomac Companies is a resolution intro
| duced in the Senate by Mr.. GaiiinSer. III
| directs the Commissioners to issue permits
| for additional connections for electric ser
vice until such a time as Congress shall have
! investigat I'd the subway problem andagreed
l upon a solution OF IL.
| Rev Randolph II. McKim. rector OF Epiph-
| any Church. has prepared a minute regard
ing the death OF Rev. William II. Laird,
late a member of the standing committee
| of the diocese of Washington, which Will
be spread upon the records of the commit
| tee The tribute is signed by John H ELL
oft, president; Dr. McKin, j. c. Bancroft
| Davis, C H Stanley, and Alfred Harding.
The Woman Christian Temperance Unor
| Will discuss the subject OF Home drinking
| during the holidays at Foundry VI. l.
| Church tomorrow at 8 O'Clock p. IN. The
! speakers will be DR.. Rogers, of the Church
| OF Our Father; Rev. C. W. Pate, OF NORTH
| Capitol NJ. F. Church; Hon. Elijah Morse
| and Mrs. S. II. Martin Echoes OF tht
| great national convention will be given by
Mrs. NJ. B. Platt, president, and Mrs. +. +
Shelton, recording secretary of the Dis
| trct W. c. T. u, and a solo Will be rem
| dered by Mrs. F. u. Power.
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