The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-12
THE CAPITAL CENT E JNIAL.
Method for Raising yand- for the
Celebration, Adopted.


Preparations for the National Capital
celebration which will occur in December
Will be vigorously pushed from this time
The work of raising the funds necessary
to carry out the project will begin at an
early date. A meeting of the finance com
mittee was held in the Board of Trade
room at 4:15 p. m. yesterday. IN the
absence of the chairman, NJ. NJ Parker
Hery T. Blount presided W. Scott Tow
ers was secretary.
In brief address Mr.. Blount said that
about $40, 900 in addition to the $40, 900 ap-
propriated by Congress would be needed
to carry out the programme. W. V. cox
secretary of the general committee, was
present and explained for what purpose
the money would be used. There was con-
siderable discussion among the members
of the committee concerning the best
method OF securing the required sum and
1t was finally decided that it should be
done by personal solicitation Each mem
Der Of the committee on finance will be
provided with a subscription book and
secure as many pledges possible. 1t
IS thought in this manner that the money
can be speedily raised.
Following are the names of the members
OF the committee on finance:
II. " Parker, Chairman; rIenry F. Blount,
Wee Chairman; W. Scott Towers. Secretary; I.
6. Alvord John T. Arms, DR.. George E. Abbott,
Charles H. Allender, Samuel Bieber, j. W. BAD
son, William +. Barker, John V. Ranoss. Dr.
J. W. Bayne, II. l.. Bscoe DIR. J. W. Boyce,
C. 4. Boynton, c. 5 Bradley, W. ". Burdette,
Chaplin Brown, /. s Brown, W. }. Boardman,
L. G. Bailey, John A. Cassels,, j. VI. Chamber
lin, Calvin Chase, W. A. II. Church. J. II. Gran
ford .. 7. Crosby, W. +. Curtis, ;. W. Curl
den, Frank Croker, John +. Cook, W. V. Cox,
r. W. button, Lewis J. Davis, j. j. Darlington,
J. Maury Dove, George T. Dunlop, G. G. Dun
Z cansOn,, NJ. Dyrenfnrth, H. Bradley Davidson, H.
+. Davis. II. II. Darneille, h. B. Earnshaw. J..
p. Earnest, " c. Emory. George f. Emmons,
George w Evans, J. II. Freeman, A. F. Fox,
Percy 5. Foster, A. p. Pardon, j. Z. Fitch, IL.
W. Fuller, X. |. Fleming, A. s Gilett, J. H..
Gordon W. +. GUIDE, II. 4. Gasch, Archibald
Greenlees, J. NJ Green, c. c. Glover, Thomas ".
Gale, W. b. Gurley, Walter \: Gait, Ralph Gait,
George Gibson, Stilson Huichins, John J. Hemp
hill, William II. Hoeke, W. s. Hoge, J. Whit
Heron, 5. b. Hege Frank Hume, p. II. Heis-
kell, jr., Aaron Horn, George c. Henning, Robert
y. Harper, John Z. Heireil, H. b. Hibbs, H.
Harris, {. b. Hay. Christian Heurich, walter
IS Hu;chins, Charles \. Jones, II. $. johnson,
Thomas 4. Jones, b. 7. Janney. Tracy L. JET
fords T. : johnson, Charles A. James, ]. Blake
Kendall :. H. Kann, W. p. Kellogg, = H.
Kaufman, ". ;. Knox, y. IL. L1nitie. j. Is.
Larntr. W J. Lambert A. y. Lothrop, Blair
Lee. Gustave Lansburgh. A. Lisner. Daniel
1 Loughran. Nathaniel Mckay. J. II. MCGOWAN,
J J. d. McChesney, J. y. Mct'il, John r. Me-
! Lean, George C. McLanahan, +. p. May. J. 5.
Morrill, T. Jacob Mayer. L. S NARROW. David
I Moore. George ". Moss, VI. Marean, Daniel MUr-
/ raw W F. Mattingly, J. $. Miller, J. L. New
4 bold Allison Nailor W. J. Newton, Clarence +.
Norment. Frank b. Soyes, James l.. Norris.
! owen owen, James E. Oyster, H. W. Ofutt, a.
/ X Paris, ". II. PeaFee. DIR. c. b. Purvis. II.
y. Parker, Robert F. Postner, T. Southland Par
ker, Joseph Paul. A. VI. Read ". F. Roberts.
! Samuel Ross W o. Rocme. Frank h. Ray
/ mond T. f. Roessle, Burton r. Ross, J. II. Rails
: ton. W. Ii. Rapley, C. H. symo, T. +. Schneider
A. l.. sturtevant C. G. Sloan, Z. G.. schafer,
4 j. W Somerville T. s. Smith. f. II. Stevens.
| H. K Simpson. G. ". F. Swartzell, Fred 5.
Smith. l. C. Slater, colin syudds, +. ]. Stell
wacen o. G. Staples Isadore Saks. 5. 5. Shedd
DR. Z. 7. Sewers. Thomas W. Smith, X. H.
/ Thayer. F. H. Tucker Ress Thompson. W. S
= Thompson, Lem Towers. George Treusdeli. r. W
Tyler. ". b. Thompson, Frank II. Thomas, W
p Van Wickie Beriah wilkins, VI. ]. Weller,
I Simon Wolf, H. r. Willard, II. L. West, II. A.
willard Henry Wells. $ n. Whitwell, George
/ " White. George b. Williams. John F. Wilkins
/ John : webb. c. c. Wizard, L. d. Wine, b
! H. Warner J. VI. Wilson, A. 5. Worthington
Z Thomas F. waggamsn. Levi Woodbury.. 5. W
Woodward. NJ. " Wines, y. E. Young, " j.
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