Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-01-01

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der was issued July o. 1884 but has not
yet been compiled with. The Northeast
past year in having the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company place night
watchmen at the chief street crossings on
their lines within the city limits.
The question of the formation Of a ter
minal company to build a grand union de-
pot in this city for the Pennsylvania,
southern and Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
roac companies has been discussed. but
nc action looking to it's accomplishment
has yet been taken.
CHARITIES AND PHILANTHROPY.
During the year that has just come to a
close the people of Washington have done
great deal to maintain their reputation
for generous charity. There has been des-
titution and sometimes actual suffering,
but never yet has a call for aid gone unan-
swered, and thousands of dollars have been
spent through the regular distributing
channels in supplying food. clothing and
fuel to the needy. The dispensaries and
hospitals have always stood ready to care
for the sick who are without means. On
all sides there have been countless deeds of
quiet kindness and charity which have
never come to the attention of the public,
while the regular relief organizations the
Associated Charities. the Central Union
Mission the United Hebrew Charities the
Catholic Society of st. Vincent de Paul and
others have all done excellent work. as
have the hospitals, asylums and houses of
refuge. Last winter, when the condition of
affairs grew serious, an emergency relief
committee was appointed, and through this
agency large amount of money and sup
plies was raised and distributed. Early in
January The Evening Star Santa Claus
Club held pound party In the public
schools Of the District. During the sum-
mer the experiment of city lot farming was
tried again with some measure of success.
The Bell Home for Sick Children, opened
at Colonial Beach, further carried along
the good work done by the Children's Coun-
try Home. The Newsboys and Children's
Aid Society opened it's new home, go c
street, in the fall. eoember the Com
missioners appointed central relief COM
mittee for the alienation of suffering
among the poor. Judge Cole was chosen
chairman of the committee, and December
% a general appeal to the public was made,
the committee expressing the hope that
house-to-house canvass would not be nee
essary this winter. The Evening Star
Santa Claus Club was again organized and
a pound party was held December %,
result of which an immense amount of pro-
visions was secured and a considerable sum
of money, the latter to be expended in the
purchase of shoes for POOR children in the
public schools.
COLLEGES AND IVERSITIES.
The year 1896 was marked by a few hap
penings of great moment in the higher in
situations of learning in the District. The
most important events of the year had to
do with the new American University and
the Catholic University Early in the year
plans were decided upon for the Hall OF
History, the first building to be erected of
the group that will compose the home of
the new institution. Ground for the new
building was broken in March, and IN Oc-
tcber the corner stone was laid. Early in
October the Catholic world surprised
by the announcement that Bishop keane,
the rector of the Catholic University, had
been asked to resign. Bishop Keane Yield
ed gracefully. although the matter crea ted
no little stir in this city. DIR. Thomas J.
Conaty of Worcester Mass, was chosen
his successor In May the announcement
was made that the Columbian University
had offered six scholarships to High School
Pupils The Woman's College of Baltimore
also presented two scholarships During
the year new building was erected for
Gonzaga College, and in November the col
lege celebrated its seventy-fifth anniyer-
sary.
CONVENTIONS HELD,
During the year 1886 Washington again
held lis own as the leading conven'io city
IL the United States. From the 1st Of Jan
uary to the last day of December there has
scarcely been a day when there was not
some national body in annual session in
this city. AS the years go by the desirable
ity Of the national capital as the meeting
place for societies and associations is more
and more recognized, and the fact that
such body meets here once is a pretty
sure sign that it will come back again
The most important gathering OF the year
was the annual Christian Endeavor con-
vention, which was held July S-13. For the
better part of week the city was filed
with enthusiastic young Christians from
all parts OF the country, while there were
also many delegates here from Canada,
and In smaller numbers, from all over tine
world. The principal meetings Of the con-
ventions were held in three mammoth
tracted immense crowds The Union Vet
eran Legion held big reunion and the
National Grange, Patrons of Hus5andry,
beld its annual session here in November
that held conventions in Washington dur
ing the year were the Association Of Ma
rine Engineers, the American Association
of Inventors and Manufacturers, the Ma
uonal American Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, the United States Potters' Associa-
ton. the American Forestry Association,
the national board of trade, the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union,
ton, the American Poultry Association.
the American Protective Association ad-
visory board. the National League of Mu-
sicians. the Baltimore conference Of the
a. NJ. E. Church, the National Academy of
Sciences the congress of religious educa-
ton, the presbytery of the Chesapeake,
the arbitration conference, the National So
ciety of Colonial Danes, the general con-
vention Of the New Jerusalem, the Mary
land and Washington City Dental associa-
items. the Mount Vernon regents, the Army
and Navy Union, the Sons of Temperance,
the National Amateur Press Associat ton.
the National League of Colored Women,
the National Federation of Afro-American
Women, the Southern Methodist Brother
hood Of the Baltimore conference, the Dis
trict w. c. T. u, the Baltimore branch of
the Womans Foreign Missionary Society
Of the NJ: p. Church, the National Associa-
ton of Life Underwriters, the Woman's
Home Mission Society of the Baltimore
conference of the NJ. E. Church, the Mary
land Association Of the National New
Church, the National Spiritualists' Asso-
citation, the Missionary Convocatfon of the
Diocese of Washington, the District Sum
day School Union. the Association Of Agri-
cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations.
the EpWOrth League of the District Nh,