Evening star., 1896-07-28
EXCURSIONS,

An ante-election" excursion was given 10
River View yesterday by Columbia Typo
graphical Union, No. 101, and il there was
any printing done at all in the city of
Washington yesterday 1t was not because
the committee On the disposal of tickets
failed to do its work, for the crowd that
took the outing taxed the capacity of the
boats and grounds and added a neat sum to
the treasury of the union. The committed
in charge of the outing was sharp to a
high degree. 1t rightly conjectured that
the candidates for election al the coming
| choosing of officers would sell as many
tickets as possible in order to appear I'm a
good light before the members OF the union
and this is the reason that the outing oc-
CURED just two days previous to the an
nual choosing of officials Beyond a little
quiet canvassing. however, no demonstra-
tion was made in favor of any of the
candidates. and if any electioneerng was
going on 1t was done in a quiet manner.
Besides the regular amusements at the
View the printers INDUCED in a prize bowl
ing contest, although the game of base
ball scheduled for the afternoon did not
take place on account of the failure of the
teams to materialiZe. Shooting the chute"
was freely INDUCED in, and it is safe to
say that nearly every eXcursionist on the
grounds took a shy at the rapidly moving
boats on the incline. two-step entitled
Columbia, l01,'' composed by Richard F.
Wagner in honor of Columbia Union, was
played for the. first time and voted a sue
cess. On account of light shower which
swept across the river the start home was
made half an hour earlier than scheduled
The committees in charge of the outing
were as follows: Entertainment committee
II. A. Bynum. Charles +. Purdy, Elmer
Dement,, H. F. Sauter and E. Dietrich. Re
ception-Harry Springer, chairman; j.
Mcnroe Kreiter, S. j. Triplett, Bailey Sau-
ter w. f. Shields, Oscar S. Shawen, Joel
lob
f. G. Farrell, F. c. Roberts, John T. Dick
| man, William r. McLane, Frank Hatley
and P. A. OBrien. Floor-C. +. Dietrich,
chairman. Thomas F. Mckeon, f. NJ. Ne
wills, w. X. lockwood, D. S. Hussey. Frank
Watson, J. s. Leech, S. ID. Pool, Thomas
E. Bognkessell, Harry Billings and Otis w.
Mckee.
River View is always cool. No matter how
hot the weather may be in town, cool
brceZes can always be found in the shady
and grassy lawns of that pleasant resort.
The Wednesday trips to the View are
among the most popular of the week, and
hundreds of WaShingtonians pay the re-
sort visit on these trips. Tomorrow will
be another of those pleasant Wednesdays
and the steamer Pentz will leave her wharf
here at 10 am, and Gao pm. and will re-
turn at 12:15. 5, and 1890 pm. Those
who wish pleasant ride in the cool of the
evening and by moonlight should take the
Pentz at 6:45 and return on the pm.
trip. The water chute and all the other at
fractions will be ready to afford amuse-
ment to all tomorrow, and there will be
music and dancing both Afternoon and even
ing.
The first annual excursion of Kismet and
District Councils, Royal Arcanum, N.M.C.,
will be given this evening at River View,
the steamer PentZ leaving at 6:4o. Al
Though this is the first attempt of the kind
on the part of the councils the committees
in charge have been working industriously
for the success of the outing and are deter
mined that the series which it is intended
to give through the years shall have an
auspicious opening. Children under twelve
years of age will be taken on the trip free.
The Relief Association of the Great Falls
Ice Company will give an excursion to
Marshall Hall tomorrow evening on the
steamer Manchester. The boat will leave at
6::30 and the different committees OF the
organization have spared no pains in max
ing preparations for the event. A large
| 1.umber Of tickets have been sold. and there
is every likelihood OF Il neat sum being add
ed to the treasury of the organization for
the benefit of its members.
The Street Railway Assembly will give
its second annual excursion to River view
| Thursday. The outing is for the benefit OF
the blacklisted employees of the Metropoii-
| tan railroad and there is every evidence
| that the excursion will net them a hand
| some sum. The Pentz will leave her wharf
at the usual hours. Tickets may be OBJ
or at the wharf the day of the excur-
sion. The committee in charge of arrange
ments consists of MeSsrs. John Ryan, T. j.
Lawrence c. j. Beckwith, w. p. Smith,
| II. A. Skinner, r. B. Rodgers and w. H.
| Esler, chairman.