Evening star., 1896-03-18
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
4 Runaway That CAUSED Good Deal Of
Scare
Chas. Martin Relcased-Sunday School
Election at the Congress Street
M. p. Church-NOtes.

"A runaway accident occurred yesterday
afternoon shortly before 6 o'clock A large
wagon to which the runaway team was at
tached contained ten kegs Of giant powder
and twenty-five large sticks of dynamite
The horses took fright on o street and
dashed up the street, and at 35th and o
streets, just st the stand of the Metropoli-
tan railroad. the wagon coIlided with a
tree, almost wrecking the wagon and
throwing the driver violently to the ground.
The giant powder ard the dynamite
sticks were scattered all over the ground,
but no explosion took place.
Carter Exonerated.
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon
at tho seventh precinct station house over
the foetus Of A6ella Carter, the nineteen
year-old sister Of Charles H. Carter, who
was charged with causing the death Of the
same by heating the mother. A jury, COM
posed Of Samuel H. King, Zachary Boteler,
Philip c. Grind, George S. Findlay, Harry
burrows and G. c. Clarke. was sworn in
cludiEg Deputy Coroner Glazebrook.
After celebrating the jury returned a
verdict exonerating the prisoner.
Congress Street VI. r. Church.
At the annual meeting of the officers and
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Church officers were elected as follows for
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w. Graves; assistant superintendent, Rev.
d. w. r. Graham; treasurer, Capt. James
H. Cathell; secretary, Theodore Duvall; IL
brartan. James E.Stake; assistant libra rian,
j. Y. Smith, musical director, Robert T.
Ballard; organist, Miss Hattie Proctor:
pianist, Miss Nellie Edmorston. The i'm
provements and progress Of the school dur
in the year have been most gratifying.
Protestant Church will be held in Baltimore
Wednesday, April !. special meeting of
the congregation Of Congress Street Church
Will be held Monday evening to eject dele
gate and alternate to attend this body and
urge the reteE ton of Rev. DIR. Graham as
pastor. he having served five years in thai t
capacity. A change, however, in the spirit
ual head is predicted, and it is understood
that petition is in Circulation for Rev. Mr..
Grahams removal, not on account of any
objections to him personally. but for other
reasons. The fight for his retention prom
ises to be warm.
Selling the Effects.
The disintegratiOn Of the Georgeto vn
Catholic Union is nearly complete and by
the end of the week all of the effects will
have been sold. meeting was held last
evening, at which much of the material
was disposed of. The pool table was sold
for $40, while Mr.. Frank " Offutt bought
tHe upright piano. everything went at a
cheap figure. and the sales CT the night
amounted to s63. Most Of the furniture
was left. and this will be sent to some auc-
tion house for disposal The library Will
be held on to until the last thing, and it
may be necessary to sell this The library
consists of about 500 Volumes of we'll Sc
lected matter, and at first 1t was decided to
donate 1t to the Sunday school of Trinity
Church. 1t is likely, however, that some
other disposition will be made of it,
Notes.
Rev. c. Alvin Smith of Peck Memorial
Chapel will deliver an illustrated sermon
this evening at the church.
Rev. William ]. Scanlan, S. j., will deliver
the sermon at the Lenten services at Trim
ity Church this evening.
Fred Burgess. the white man arrested
last Wednesday by Policeman Steinbraker
for stabbing b. c. Kyle, on the Conduit
road. near Cabin John BRIDGE has been
held under 500 bail by the county court at
Rockville.
The Ladies' Mite Society of the Baptist
Church at Tenleytown will give pink tea
at that place tomorrow evening. A pleas
ant time is Anticipated.