Evening star., 1899-04-11
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Peace Jubilee Promoters Say It Will Be
Worthy of the Capital
Affairs Progressing FavOrabIy and
Activity MISUNDERSTANDING
of Committees.

National peace jubilee affairs are progress
| ing favorably. and the enterprising bust
ness men in charge of them express earnest
confidence that the celebration in May will
| be an event worthy of the nations capital
| in every way. There IS an impression that
| the crucial stage has been safely passed
and that the harmony and general energy
being shown by the various committees
\ both individually and collectively. will bear
| gratifying fruit Active measures will be
| at once taken to advertise the jubilee
! throughout the country and so make Wash
| ington the centering place Of big crowds
| May %. "a and 25.
A committee consisting of Allison Nailor,
| jr, chairman Of the finance committee; W.
s. Knox Representative-elect Frank Mon
| dell and Frank K. Raymond visited the In
terror Department today to secure permis-
sion from Secretary Hitchcock to solicit
contributions in the department and its bu-
reaus for the peace jubilee fund. The com.
mi,tee also visited the commissioners of
pensions, patents and the general land Of
| hce and heads of other bureaus OF the de-
partment and much gratified at the
reception rendered ii.
| DR. Marcus Benjamin has accepted MEM
bership on the executive committee as rep
resentative of the Society of the Var OF
1872
| Local Union. No. s, of the Plumbers and
Gas Filters Association, has indicated
warm interest in the jubilee, and Will be
represented on the general committee by j.
c. Darnall, ]. J. DAILY, Charles McGowan'
| Alex Tennant and William Sparrow.
Nearly $4,000 Subscribed.
! The meeting of the finance committee
| last night was characterized by confident
| feeling that the near future would see a
very substantial increase in the national
| peace jubilee fund At the next meeting, to
| J1rf1o ,,tr Chairman Allison
| Nailor, jr., trusts there will be full at
| tendance of members, for several important
| reasons. 1t is desired that all books now IN
the hands of members be reported, in order
that the committee may know exactly how
| much money has been pledged 1t Is also
intended to arrange for recanVass of the
| city in order to give every one who wishes
| to contribute to the success of the celebra-
| ton the opportunity to do So
Preliminary reports of the feeling among
department employees indicated a lively in
terest among them, and 1t Is confidently
| expected that the returns from the SUP
| scription books, which are to be circulated
| in the various departments and bureaus,
will be large.
| Additional subscriptions were reported
last night as follows:
| ker, $25; 7. W. Bukley. $50: E. s. Schmid.
| SO; S. Street. $25; James D. DonneJly. $40;
West End Cycle Company. $40; ]. +. Her
! man & Son. $40: b. P. Watrous, $50: G: F.
Muth & Co.. SIS; James Clark Distilling
| Company, SIS; Mayer & Petit. $50 William
Dietz. s25; Easton & Rupp $40; Charles Q.
| Brill, IS; E. w. Zea. s.; Acker & Aff1ick,
| s25: Malcolm Huffty, $50; Captain Johnson,
| 800; total reported to date, $19,O27.
Committee Meetings.
| The committee on advertising will meet
at headquarters at AIS o'clock today.
| The meeting of the chairmen of all the
| subcommittees called for tomorrow after
| noon at $3.50 o'clock will be an important
| one.sS
| The committee on floral parade will meet
| tomorrow night at o'clock.