Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-25
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Ladies Of Dumbarton NJ. E. Church Give an
Entertainment.
matter OF Awards-College Debate,
hieves BurelariEed Resi-
dence-General News.

iu"eh ana dinner given by the ladies
Duinoarton Avenue NJ. E Church opened
To-Day at Has O'Clock, at Masonic Hail
very auspiciously. Nearly all of the ladies
Oh the church were present to help make
| the auair a success. The lunch was served
| until o'clock in the afternoon. This evenins
dinner will be served from 4 to Z O'Clock
| Lunch only will be served tomorrow AT the
| same hours as today. The proceeds will be
| 1or the benefit of the church building fund
Inc cnairmen Of the different committees
| are as follows: Mrs Craig, general chair
| man. Mrs Buzzee, chairman of the oyster
committee; Mrs. Kirkley bread committee;
MRS. johnson. slaw committee: Mrs Isaac
Birch, meat committee; Mrs Brewton.
pickle and catsup committee; Mrs offutt,
sugar committee; Mrs. Welland Fischer
Jr., grocery committee; Miss Gertie Stew
art connection committee: Mrs. Taylor
Birch. Mrs. Walter Brown coffee commit
tee' Mrs Stitt. mystery box committee
Mrs Lewis Jackson ice cream committee:
MIS-. A b. jackson, table committee.
Awards Not Satisfactory.
The awards of the recent Jury OF conden-
nation appointed for the extension of Abe
| marie street do not appear to be satisfac-
tory to the District Commissioners Ac-
| cordingly they have asked the United
States marshal for the District to appoint
| another jury of twelve representative citi-
II
new jury was made yesterday.
Students Annual Debate.
The annual debate at Georgetown Uni
versity for the celebrated Merrick gold
medal will be held this year, according to
the announcement, washington's birthday.
| The debate is held under the auspices of
the Philodemic Debating Society, from
among the ranks of which four of the best
speakers are selected to enter the contest
| two taking the affirmative side and two the
| negative. The question for debate has not
been announced, nor have the names of the
| contestants been made public. The award
| of the judges is kept a secret until the day
| or the commencement exercises, when the
name of the winner is announced. The
Merrick medal is valued at 500.
Church Exercises.
At the mission exercises at Trinity
| Church last evening there was an audience
Of fully 900 men. The Introductory re-
marks were made by Rev. Father Wallace
on the examination of the conscience. The
sermon of the evening was delivered by
Rev. Father o'Kspe. with sin as the topic.
| l. was announced that at the service this
evening Rev. Father Himmel will deliver
| a sermon on hell.
AT the revival meeting held in the Gay
Street Baptist Church last evening Rev.
| j. j. Muir delivered sermon from Psalms.
| 5la. The congregation was led in singing
| by the Sunday school children. Rev. The
| ron Outwater will deliver the sermon to-
night, and Rev. j. j. Muir tomorrow even
| ing.
Fire Started by Tramps.
This morning shortly before 1870 o'clock
| an alarm was turned in for a fire in the
yard in the rear of Wheatley's planning
| mill, at Both and X streets. The blaze was
discovered by John Davis, a special watch
man, who turned in the alarm. The en-
g:nes responded. but did not go into serv-
| ice The fire is supposed to have been
caused by tramps. who built fire of shin
| giles to warm themselves. The damage was
| slight.
Work of Burglars.
| Thieves attempted to gain an entrance
| into the residence of Mr.. Simmons at 3o0s
P street last evening shortly after clock
The presence of the robbers was detected
by the inmates, who gave the alarm. Off
Ger Harry happened to be in the vicinity,
| and he made a thorough search Of the
| house. but 10 one could be found. II was
evident that the burglars had obtained an
entrance into the basement, and been
| frightened away. Just as the officer left
the building and stood in the shadow of a
bay window two negroes came along and
one pointed to the house and said in an UNI
dertone that it was the enc which they
were in. The negroes were arres,ed as
Migrants One gave his name as William
Brown, aged twenty-five, and the other
William Mitchell, aged nineteen. AT first
| the prisoners claimed to be from Baltimore
but later admitted that they lived in WASH
irgton. In the Police Court this morning
Brown was sent to the wcrkhouse for thir-
! ty days, while Mitchells personal bonds
We're taken.
Brief Mention.
The Ladies Aid Society of Grace p. e.
Church is making PREPARATIONS for a New
England entertainment and supper the
evenings Of February IL and is, the pro-
ceeds Of the affair TO be for the benefit of
| the church.
The revival services which were inau-
gurated last evening at the Peck Memorial
Chapel, corner of 2Sth and NJ streets, were
largely attended.
Next Wednesday an elaborate entertain
ment will be given at the Hotel Lincoln in
Washington for the benefit of the Home
for Incurables.