Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18
EVANSVILLE HAPPENINGS
Bill Authorizing Issue of Bonds Be-
fore Senate
Special Correspondence of The Star.
HYATTSVILIE Eahrua,,-

special Correspondence of The Star
EVANSVILLE, February IL. 1906.
The Dill authorizing the mayor and com
mon council of Hyattsville to issue bonds
in the sum of $4,000 with which to install
an electric lighting plant for street and
municipal lighting has passed the house OF
delegates. and now goes to the senate. In
all probability a special election will he
held in March when a vote will be taken TO
adopt or reject the measure At this time
the lighting plant in Hyattsville is in a
primitive state. a contract has been let to
Keep the lamps filled with gasoline. leaving
II to the citizens of the town TO light and
eE.tinguish them. This scheme appears to
be working satisfactorily and the streets
are now tolerably we'll lighted
At recent special meeting of the MAYOR
and common council Mayor Charles A
Wells asked the council to accept his resig-
nation, but the members declined to do so
The suggestion was made that DR. Joseph
K. Owens, now president of the council.
should serve as mayor until the next cleo
ton in May, and that Mr.. Charles H. Welsh
take Councilman Owens place The latter
declined to accept the suggestion declaring
that the selection OF a mayor was a pre-
rogative Of the people with which the couu-
Gil should not interfere. Mr. Welsh also
declined to entertain the proposition and
states that he is not anxious TO again be-
come member of the council.
An Interesting program has been arranged
for the entertainment to take place in Ma
sonic Hall here Monday evening February
%, for the benefit of the Hyattsville base
ball club. The farce comedies Poor Pill
coddy' and Thirty Minutes for Refresh
ments' will be enacted by the Hyattsville
Comedy Club, and vocal selections will be
rendered by Miss a. Mae Rogers and Mr.
q Mr.
ents of Washington will contribute banjo
selections. The casts in the plays will be
made up of Mrs. G. B. Maynadier, Miss
Julia d. Rianhard Miss Margaret Carr
Miss Helen Burnside. DR.. Joseph r. Owens,
Mr. Charles Ii. Welsh. Mr.. Walter A VIII
son and Mr.. +. A. Fuller. The music will
be furnished by Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert and
assistants, and an informal dance has been
arranged.
What might have resulted in serious
confagration and possible loss of life was
averted by the quick use of chemical ex-
tinguisher at the home of Mr.. WILLIAM B.
Severe a few evenings ago. One OF the
children overturned an oil heater in the
library on the second floor, and the burning
oil spread over the floor igGiting a cover
and portieres, and for a moment IT looked as
though the house and contents We're doomed.
Mr. Severe played the contents of the ex-
tinguisher on the flames, which We're soon
checked. The cover. portieres and chair
were partially burned, and the walls and
ceilings soaked with the'chemical.
\ small unoccupied frame house located
on the farm of Mr.. Charles Baltimore Cal
vert, College Park. was destroyed by fire
late yesterday afternoon. No one seems to
know how the fire was started.
Edith Moffatt, the fourteen-ye r-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Reed of Bladensburg, given
hearing before Justice of the Peace Dab
Ter a few days ago and committed to re-
formatory institution. The Moffatt child
eft her home in Bladensburg the latter
part of December in company with man
named George Sacks. The latter was ar
rested in Virginia about two weeks since.
in company with the girl, on the charge of
horse stealing He plead guilty and is now
confined in, the county Jail at Marlboro.
The Berwyn Euchre Club was recently en-
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson
College Park Their guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Gibson, Mr.. and Miss Wilson, DR.. and
Mrs. A. o. Etienne, Miss Whitehead, Mr.
and Miss Smith, Mrs. and Miss Kerr, Miss
Loweree Mrs. Smith. Messrs Hunter Perry
and Morgan of Washington. Prizes were
won by Mrs Justice and Mr.. Hunter The
consolation prizes went to Miss Loweree
and DR.. Etenne Refreshments were served
Mrs Forrest F. Vrooman of East Hyatts-
Vile daughter-n-law of Mr.. Charles F.
Vrooman, attended the graduating exercises
ar the Naval Academy, Annapolis, on the
18th instant as the guest of her cousin
Mr. Herbert j. French, a member of the
graduating class.