The evening times., 1898-12-13
CITY BREVITIES.

There will he regular meeting Of the board Of
trustees Of the public schools Of the District
# Columbia at $50 O'Clock this afterroon.
The first contribution 10 the Citizens Relief
association fund received yesterday from
Mrs. Jane, Lownd,s who sent check for s25.
The funeral Of the late Dr Join l.. Wolf for
many years pro,ninen; dentist "f this city. was
held yesterday. the Dental Society attending IN
body.
A. : worthington yesterday obtained 4 yer
ing against Joseph d. Hughes ior 500 for pro
ie,s;cnll scsvics- rendered TIE latter.
The hearing before the later i5tc Commerce
Commission Of the charges OF secret rate-crtting
against the Baltimore and Ohio and Southwestern
Railroad has been indefinitely postponed.
masquc soiree Will be given at the National
Dancing Company Academy. AT Odd Fellows
Hall 42l Seventh Street northwest tomorrow
evening. f,om to II O'Clock. Three handsome
gold prizes Will be awarded.
The United states Civil Service Commission
will hold examinations follows: January ,.
1892 dynamo tender. New York, \. Y, ,Iiary of
>@9 per January 3. 1899, assistant en-
gineer. Baltimore, Nd. salary sl,toO pcr anEtm-
Hon. John Charlton, one cf the Canadian mem
hers of the Angio-AmeTican Joint High Commits
sion. delivered lecture at the Hamilton House
last night on Abraham Lincoln The speaker
is an American BY birth, eniigrated 10 Canada in
his early youth. and Is now member OF the
Canadian Parliament.
\ reception was given all the Ncthodi>t- in the
city at Hamline Church last night hy the Meth
Cdst Social Union. The building Was crowded.
number of prominent Methodist cicISymon
made short Addresses light luncheon wa, scrv-
ed and new board Of directors OF the union
elected for the ensuing year
Mrs Harriet l.. Britton. of New Yo.k, had her
pccketbook stolen Yesterday. Mrs. BriJton missed
her pocket6ook shortly after visiting several
crowded stores, and reported the matter To the
police at once Tie pu:se contained two tickets
from Washington to Richmond. SO in bills, and
a check for a package left al the station.
The fastest time said to have been made on
the Conduit Road this season was in the last ten
mile road race which took place on Thanksgiving
Day last. The course was rode in twenty-ninH
and one-haf minutes by Clarence L. Miller
and he was awarded time medal. Miller has a
good record as road rider and has won many
medals
The police have abandoned the theory that Mr..
Harry Ridgeoy was robbed of the $50 which dis
appeared Saturday. and hold that the money
must have been lost from his pocket Mr. Ridge
ley is clerk in the mgnay order division of the
city postottce. and lost the sum indicated while
making the round of the local banks redeemiae
money orders. ''f s'
Mrs. Blair Lee. witk score oi l21, was the
victor in the eichteen-hoc ladies golf match
which held yesterday the links OF the
Chevy Chase Club. Second honors were won by
Miss NJ. l.. Worthington, with net score of 12s
The prizes are two lovely cups set on ebony
bases. The contest for the cup offered by Sena-
account of the weather.
This evening at Stanley Hall, Soldiers Home
there will be- performance Of Ten Nights in
a Barroom." hy Edward Bakers Dramatic Com
pany, undsr tAr auspices OF the Soldiers TEN
perance Ledge. The following well-known loca
talent viii take part: d. c. Haywood. d. +
Murphy. Jack ArnTtrorg, II. d. Anderson. vii
Murphy. CdroiiEe +. Griffith, Alice Haywood
Mrs. Edwin Baker, and little Eula Griffith.
Before the Bethel Literary and Historical As
suoiation this evening Mr.. Archibald II. Grimke
Of Boston, author of note ard Consul to Sal
Domingo during the Cleveland administration
! will deliver an address on wendell Phillips.
lie is especially conver,ant with the history O
the great apostle Of human liberty. having writ
ten highly praised biography of this well-knuwr
abolitonist. In addition TO this, President W II
| Richards has arranged to have presented TO-
consideration address to the country. statine
| the position of Bethel Literary and Hstorica
! Association upon the race problem in the Sout'
and aso memorial upon the late Robert Purvis
/ The meeting will be led at Metropolitan 4. II
f. Church. Street. between Fifteenth and Six
teenth streets northwest.