Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
EVANSVILLE NEWS.
Easter Services at the Churches
Campaign for Town Election.
ecial Correspondence of The Star.

OfSi"A correspondence or The Star.
EVANSVILLE, April %, 1905
services at st. Jerome's Catholic Church,
Easter Sunday will be as follows: Low
mass at 7:3o am; high mass at Ii am
Followed by benedction of the blessed sac
rafnent The pastor, Rev. J. P. Tower will
celebrate both masses and preach the SER
mons. AT the high mass the following mu-
steal program will be rendered: Kyrie.
Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus and Ag-
nus Del by General; offertorium, Regina
oeeh' Tor male voices, Cagliaro: o Saiu-
tsris, Tantum Ergo and Laudate Dominum
1fesorlan- The choir is composed of the
following: Sopranos-Mrs. ]. B. Waters and
misses Corinne Mcfarland and May Fow-
Ter; altos-Mesdames NJ NJ Flannery.
George Burns and Miss Eva Fowler; tenors
-Messrs. A. s. Condry and Dudley; bassos-
Messrs. j. B. Waters. George Burns and q.
b. Reilly; organist, Miss Leila Aman: d.
rector, Mr.. G. E. Reilly
The Easter music at the First Baptist
church will be as fellows: Heralds of Joy,
Passover McPhaiI; In Joyful AccIama-
ton, Beirly; Arise, Shine, for Thy Light
has Come, Easter anthem, Adams The
choIr is composed of Mesdames Reed, Conk-
I'm. Ladson. Hall, Lyon and Miss Davis
and Mr.. j. Hobson. DR.. Ladson Mr. Lyon
and Mr.. Davis Miss Vrooman is oreanist
At the Hyattsville NJ. E. Church South
there will be preaching Easter Sunday at
IL am; and pm, by Rev. Frank A. Tyler.
recently assigned to the Hyattsvilie circuit.
Special Easter music has been arranged
At the HyattsvilIe Memorial NJ. E.
church, johnson avenue, a choir composed
of young men has been organized and will
render specially prepared music Mrs
Walter A. Wilson is organist and director.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. RaIston resumed their
residence in Hyattsville Thursday of this
week, but will be temporarily absent for
about two months They sailed today from
Boston for Gibraltar to spend several weeks
in Spain and France.
The municipal election to be held here
Monday, May 1, for the selection of a
mayor. to serve for one wear and three
members of the council one from each of
the three wards, each to serve for two
years, is arousing considerable interest In
the second ward Mr.. Harry W. Shepherd,
cashier of the First National Bank of
hyattsvilIe. will unquestionably be nom
mated to succeed Mr.. Edward Devlin, jr,
who refused to accept denomination. In
the first ward Mr.. Paul l. Higdon is an
avowed candidate to succeed the incum-
has expressed d desire to be relieved of
further service as councilman, but his
friends propose to renominate him. The
friends of Mr.. Higdon express confidence in
their ability to place their man in the office.
In the third ward Mr.. William z. Ma
gruder is a candidate to succeed Council
man Charles FL. Welsh. The latter is also
anxious it is said. to be returned. Mayor
Wells, who will not. it is stated stand for
reelection suggests that Councilman
Welsh stand for the nomination for mayor,
and to this suggestion, according to Mayor
Wells. Mr. Magruder assented The friends
of Councilman Joseph r. Owens upon hear
ing of the proposed arrangement called
halt declaring that if DIR. Wells was go
ing to give up. no man in town more
deserving of the honor than DIR. Owens.
The suggestion now is that Mr.. Magruder
serve out DR.. Owens unexpired term, that
Mr. Welsh be returned to the council for
two years and that DIR. Owens be elected
mayor. What the outcome of this matter
will be is hard to predict: