Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General and Personal News From the
West End

The receipts of the Georgetown custom
house for the past week were s4.57S10,
The annual meeting of the Linthicum ORA
matte Club was held a few evenings ago,
at which time officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President Frank
Van SAINT: secretary. Lucien Swindels;
treasurer, Edward c. Haneke; stage manag
er, Otto Niemyer: property manager. Charles
Staub.
Reno Council. No. &C. J. Q. L. A. NJ. of
Tenleytown, at recent meeting, elected Of
ticers for the ensuing year as follows:
Councillor. George w. Naa!e; vice council
or, Philip M. Riley: recording secretary,
Howard c. Riley; assistant recording secre-
tary. S. B. Fawcett: treasurer William
Shoemaker; trustee, James l.. Giles; in
side sentinel, E. N. Riley; outside sentinel.
Clarence Burrows; representative to the
national council. Alexander J. Vowel:
chairman of delinquent committee, w. H
Walker.
Work on the new ST. AIMS Catholic
Church of Tenleytown, the corner stone
of which recently laid. is progressing
toward completion very rapidly.
Rev Frederick B. Howden, pastor OF st.
Johns Episcopal Church. with his wife and
children, left q few days ago for Branford,
Conn, where the family will remain dur
ing the summer. MIR. Howden has return
ed to Georgetown to attend to his pastoral
duties. He will rejoin his family in August
Will have Independence day exercises at a
meeting this evening at Odd Fellows Hall,
An elaborate program appropriate to the
occasion will be rendered
Caroline Butler. coiored, SiXty-two years
old died Friday morning at 272S Z street
without medical attention The coroner
was notified and after investigating the
case gave certificate of death from natu-
raj causes.
W. S. Compton. a motorman on the Penn
sylvania avenue street railway, living at
334S M street, complained to the police yes
terday that he had been robbed OF SIT.
Compton stated that he received the money
in settlement of a business transaction with
his brother Saturday. He went to bed Sat
urday night after placing the roll or olils
in the pocket of his trousers which ne
hung on the head post of his bed, and
when he arose yesterday morning he put
his hand in his pocket to see if the money
was safe. and much to his dismay 1t mad
disappeared. Compton is known by MS EEL
low workmen to have been in the habit of
carving large sums of money at all times.
A lawn fete was held Friday and Satur-
day evenings on the grounds of Eldbrook
NJ. F.. Church, Tenleytown, for the benefit
OF that church. under the direction of the
ladies of the congregation. The fete was
largely attended both evenings, and was a
decided success.
Mr.. Leroy Birch. son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Birch of 312S Dumbarton avenue. and
a graduate of the Washington Technical
High School. class of 'O2, has left for
Ithaca, n. Y. where he will attend the
summer school of Cornell University, TAX
ing a course in mechanics, preparatory to
teaching in the fall.
Charles Warren, a colored school boy.
about fifteen years old. was arrested this
morning by Policeman Fennelly as suspi-
cious character. He is confined to cell in
the seventh precinct police station and Will
be given hearing in the Police Court to-
morrow.
Pearl Gaskins. the infant child of Arthur
and Lizzie GaskinS. colored. 1879 18th
street, died yesterday morning without the
attention of a physician. Coroner hewitt
has been notified and will make an investi-
cation this afternoon.