The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-27
news FROM GEORGETOWN
Plans Perfected for the Poultry and
Pigeon Exhibition.
Students and Fathers Leave for a
Vacation on Keyser IsIand-A Col
Ored Man Drowned in the Canal
While Trying to Rescue a Dog.

Twelve members of the Washington
Poultry and Pigeon Association attended
the meeting at 1854 Thirty-second Street,
to decide upon the entrance fees for the
different classes in the proposed poultry
and pigeon exhibition. Entrance fees
were agreed upon as follows: For q sin
gle exhibit, 81 for breeding pens. $3.50
each; Belgian hare exhibits. $3.50 each.
It was also decided to have a plat made
Of Masonic Temple Hail. Ninth and T
Streets, where the exhibition is to be
held, in order that the exhibitions may be
arranged in advance. Committees were
appointed to make up premium lists for
the prize winners Those appointed were
John BardOrff, E c. Duffy, John NJ AL
len, and A. L. Gardiner for poultry and
pigeons, and Messrs. Payne and Bell, for
the Belgian hare 1t was also agreed
last night that the name of the aSsocia-
ton should be changed to the Washing
ton Poultry, Pigeon and Belgian Hare As
ISOLATION.
The entertainment at the Dunbarton
NJ Z. Church, given under the auspices
of the Ladies Mite Society last night was
a success The following participated in
the affair: Miss Cecilia Sullivan. Fred
Seibold. James Cathell, Miss Edna Knight,
Mrs. Mary Stevens BeaII. and Roy Is
rael, Misses Artz and Bennett Otto Sab
II, and Masters Balinger and Stanton
The schoIastics of Georgetown Univer-
sity, with a number of the fathers. left
last night for Keyser Island, Conn, where
their annual vacation will be spent. The
entire distance Will be Travelled by water
in three weeks many Jesuits will as
semhle at the university for the yearly
spiritual retreat. Father whitney win
probably remain at the college the great
er part Of the summer, experimenting
the Improvements. which are being made
Georgetown has been besi. ged of late
by promoters. seeking local capital TO float
enterprises OF various kinds, from patent
medicines to International excursion com
panies- Georgetown. however, Is very
conservative and goes into outside enter
prIses only after calm elaboration
The funeral Of Guy Woodward Wilson.
who died Tuesday afternoon, takes place
at 4 O'Clock this afternoon. The services
viii be held in Oak Hill Chapel The Rev.
Frank II. Havenner. pastor of Dunbar
ton NJ =. Church. assisted by the Rev
Luther b Wilson, Of Foundry NJ f.
Church. viii officiate.
George Beckham Washington. coIored.
was drowned IN the Chesapeake ana Ohio
Canal near Thirty-secoud Street about
o'clock this morning. He was attempting
to rescue dog that had fallen overheard.
when he lost his balance and fell into the
canal himself Washington lived on
Grace Street. near ThirJy-SeconG Street.
coroner hewitt viii view the remains
7. z. Shoemaker. a real estate agent.
Of this place has sold TO Robert D.
Weaver tract Of land known as the
Orndorf farm, in Montgomery county,
Md. near Bean postofice- The tract con-
tains z5S acres and was the property of
Mr. LinthicUm and II. Maurice Talbot
While the consideration named is nomi-
nal. IL Is said TO have been the largest
real estate transaction made by a West
End agent this year.
Troops z and II. Of the Eleventh
Cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer. viii
leave Tuesday. by way Of the PennsyI-
vauia Railroad for Fort Ethan Alien.
Vermont, where they VIII remain for post
1sity- The troops are in charge OF Cap
IAN AlCener and Lieutenant King
The 7chooner T. Sherman. Captain TuI-
lock leaves Georgetown today with a
cargo OF I-I59 tons of coal for Boston.
The Sherman arrived at the Purity Ice
company ; wharf several days ago svitb
cargo OF ice from Maine
Mrs Louisa Walsh, sixty-seyo years. old.
who resides at I72e Thirty-second Street
Whlle walking in her yard yesterday. fen
and dISlocated her hip. She was taken
70 the Georgetown University Hospital