Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-24
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Interesting Services at Trinity Catholic
Church Yesterday.
Athletic Association Elects Omcers-
Sunken barge Relieved of Its
Cargo - Other Items.

first
communion in the forenoon. and an even
larger class to be confirmed in the after.
neo The first communion was admins
tered at the o'clock mass, the two sides
OF the main aisle being devoted to the use
OF the children. The girls were all dressed
In white. and wore long white wells. Eigh-
'y-six boys and 106 girls received the holy
sacrament. which was administered by the
pastor, Rev. William Seaman, s. j., who
also delivered short but interesting and
Instructive sermon to the young people,
Inc confirmation exercises were held in
the afternoon at o'clock, and the church
was crowded. Bishop Curtis, formerly of
Wilmington, Del, but now of Baltimore.
s the sacrament, Cardinal Glib
poils Deing unable to be present owing to
a previous engagement at Frederick, Md.
me services were rather protracted the
cia SIS to be confirmed numbering over 400
6lsnop curtis made short address to the
cnlidren, In which he spoke of the value of
the sacrament, and urged all to stand IN
as soldiers of Christ.
Wedgcd Between Tics,
A runaway occurred Yesterday after
noon shortly before o'clock. in which :.
horse came out slightly the worse for his
experience. The animal, which belongs to
Mr. ). j. Brown, who keeps a store at the
junction of the Foxhall and Canal roads
was stabbed in the rear of the premises
ana broke out of his place and ran I'D tho
ROAD IN a sportive mood. 1t started to rim
west along the tracks of the Great Falls
uiecllic raiiroad, but turned eastward and
ran onto the trestle over Green Springs
iaillng between the ties By means Of
CLOCKS and tackles and plenty of rope. the
morse was raised from it's position being
but slightly injured.
Chooses It's Officers.
AT meeting of the Athletic Associa t,on
OF Georgetown University held last even-
lng' new officers were elected to serve dur
ing the next scholastic year The election
resulted in the choice of John H. McAleer-
OF Philadelphia, class of 9S, for vice nrosi.
usnt. FRANCIS F. Byrne of Delaware, class
OF 30 secretary: William A, Fleming of
indiana, class of 1900, manager of base
ball; Charles Deb. Claiborne of Louisiana,
class OF 80. manager of field and track:
faul l.. Head of Pennsylvania class of
1900, manager of billiards and pool.
Anglers Good Luck.
Mr.. Shannon. member of the junior
eight of the Columbia Athletic Club, had
exceptional luck last Saturday afternoon,
while fishing off the float in front of the
boat house at the foot of 22d street Fe
succeeded in a very brief space of time in
catching four large carp, an eel fully two
feet long. and large catfish. winding up
his performance by bringing up a ten
pound iron weight. which had been cast
overheard some time ago by another club
member.
Death of Mrs. Fritch.
Mrs. Ada b. Frtch died Saturday even
ing, shortly after o'clock, at her resi-
dence, 1901 33d street, after an illness OF
several days. The deceased was the wife
of Mr.. George ]. Fritch. a well-known bust
ness man. Besides her husband the de-
ceased leaves family of five children, the
youngest not yet a year old. The funeral
services will be held tomorrow evening at
/ o'clock at the chapel in Oak Hill al
which cemetery the interment will take
place.
Cargo Saved.
After much hard work, the cargo of the
srnken barge which went down on the
night of September % of last year, during
the terrible hurricane of that day, has
teen brought up, and the vessel is
expected to follow in short time. The
barge came from Philadelphia, and was
loaded with coal. 1t was moored to Lib
bey's wharf, with the tugDOat Gilmore
Meredith alongside. Both vessels went
down, and the barge was located in the
deep water, about forty feet from the
wharf The owners did not appear to be
particularly anxious TO raise the craft 1t
was sold, with its contents, to J. Il. Lord
The total cargo was 500 tons. and with the
aid of divers every ton has been recovered
The Tug Meredith.
The sunken tug. the Gilmore Meredith
has not been located 1t is supposed to lie
somewhere out in the channel, and an eff
fort will be made to find it. The boat was
valued at something like $1,000, and when
found an effort will be made to bring it to
the surface and put it into use again.
1t Was IL Success.
The entertainment given Friday evening
at the grounds of the old Libbey house. at
3143 p street. by the ladies' of Christ
Church was a. very successful affair The
attendance was large, and a good round
sum was realized toward increasing the
fund for the summer outing of the choir
boys.
Policeman Maher's Trip.
Policeman John Maher left Saturday
for New York city. where he will take
passage on an ocean steamer for Europe
He will make visit to his mother in Ire
land, and to the scene of his boyhood days.
A leave of absence covering thirty-fve
days has been granted him, during which
time he Will remain abroad. He has the
best wishes of all his fellow officers for the
success of the trip.
TenleytOwn Concert,
A concert was held Friday evening at the
Mt. Zion NJ. E. Church of Tenleytown.
Among the solosts of the evening were
Misses Pillsbury, Besler. Thompson and
Messrs. Percy Foster and Humphreys. Mr..
Barton Miller, the elocutionist. gave sew
eral witty selections. The church was
crowded to its utmost capacity. Great
credit is due to the wife of the pastor, Mrs
Spielman, for her efforts in arranging the
program.
Notes.
Rev. J. Havens Richards. rector of
Georgetown University, is at present in
Boston, Mass, on a visit.
A garden party will be given Friday even
ing at the Chevy Chase Inn for the benefit
of the Association OF the National Homeo-
pathic Hospital.
Passed n Check.
On charge of passing worthless check
Harry Leonard, colored, a printer, was
arrested by Detective Sutton yesterday at
9th street and Pennsylvania avenue
When the case was called for hearing to-