Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-23
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Surgeon General sternbergs Lecture on the
Bubonic Plague.
Activity in Real Estate - Corporal
Mohun's Funeral to Take Place
Tomorrow-General Notes.

Ivered an interesting lecture last evening IN
the CASTOR Memorial Hall of Georgetown
University, taking as his subject THE His
tory and Etiology of the Bubonic Plague"
The lecture was the first of the new series
of Toner lectures Because of the preva-
lence of the plague In the east and the in
terest the American people take IN the
dread disease of it's ravages and destruc-
ton. an unusually large audience assembled
to hear the lecture the disease, despite its
general prevalence, being but little known
of in this country.
The lecture was prefaced by a musical
program. rendered by the excellent material
at the university. Justice Martin F. Nor
ris, who was announced to preside, was un-
able to be present The speaker was intro
duced by Rev. John D. Whitney, 5. j., rec
tor Of the university, in a short address.
The lecture was illustrated with stereop-
ticon views, which made the address all the
more interesting for the audience. The
speaker went into detail in the history of
the bubonic plague, and described It's eff
fects in an excellent manner. He spoke of
the three different kinds of the plague, and
told how 1t started its growth and the way
in which the victim succumbed to its insidi-
Gus growth. He referred to the recent out
break of the disease in the Hawaiian Is
lands and other new possessions of this
country, and in conclusion spoke of the
serum treatment which is being used to
check the spread Of the plague.
Real Estate Sales.
With the advent of spring real estate
transfers are becoming more brisk in the
West End. and property is being bought
and disposed of at a lively rate. While
some of the purchases are made for invest
ment purposes, others will be improved
upon or rebuilt, making a promise of a
good building year. This morning a good
sized sale was contaminated through the
efforts of John A. Heenan, by which limo
thy O'Connor sold to William NJ. Weaver
part of lot 8 and all of lot 10. in square
1870. The consideration is placed at 5000.
The property has g frontage of about fifty
feet on Valley street and depth of 100, i'm
proved by three two-story brick dwellings,
known as Nos. 1t3S, ~ and A Valley street.
Funeral of Corporal Mohun.
The funeral of Corp. Louis Mohun will take
place tomorrow morning at II: 30 o'clock,
the interment and services being held at
Oak Hill cemetery. Corporal Mohun was
member of Company l, 9th United States
Volunteer Infantry, and went out to the
Philippine Islands with his regiment. He
died at Angeles. in the Philippines, on No
venber 20 of last year. His remains Were
brought to this country on transport and
were landed at San Francisco, to be buried
with others at the Preside cemetery. The
mother of the soldier was DESTROYS of hav-
ing the remains inferred in Oak Hill Gene
terry, and had the box containing the body
brought across the continent and consigned
to Undertaken j. 7. Clements, who will
conduct the interment tomorrow. Corporal
Mohun was twenty nine years of age, and
was well-known in Georgetown, where his
parents resided for some years.
Accident to BicycIist.
George Athey. who lives at Cropley's post
office on the Conduit road, about four miles
west of Cabin John Bridge, while riding
down Both street on a bicycle this morning
about 1:25 o'clock. was thrown from his
wheel at street and suffered a disloca-
ton of the shoulder The injured man was
assisted by Policeman James Davis to the
Georgetown University Hospital, where he
was given relief. Athey is thirty-seven
years of age.
General Notes.
The residents of 32d street, at the south
west corner of @ street, are complaining
about a quantity of cobblestones which
block the roadway, and which have been
left by the contractor who placed the rail-
read switch at 32d and Streets
Messrs. John A. Heenan, Patrick j. Ford,
Daniel ]. Donnelly, Peter Clark, John kea-
dy, James Donovan and Elverton Ellis,
have been appointed the coal committee for
Trinity Church for the current year
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