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Senator James Mcmillan, S. c. Chubb Mrs M.
E. Woodward, F. H. Seely Mrs F. A. Miller,
Miss S. A. Brown, Mrs. Horace Maynard Mrs.
M M whitwell, Mrs. M. B. Mayfield. Mrs J.
F. Hartgan, DIR. G. p Du Bose, DR.. Porter M.
Davis, Hugh B. Rowland DR.. E. c. Yer Meulen,
Mrs S. S. Sampson, Mrs. S. T. Davis, Mrs.
George W. Adams ]. S. Davidson, Mrs w. S.
Lincoln, W. ]. B. Wallace, Mrs. Nathaniel G.
White Mrs. A. P. WeStcott. r. Dickinson Jew .
EFT, G.. S. Fellows, ]. F. MacNab. r. P. Cady,
Rev DR.. Scott Mrs S. M. Mccullough, Rev.
Mr. Maclay W. E. Fason Mrs. M L. Mimore,
Mrs Simon Newcomb Gen. j. A. j. CreSwell,
E. C. Dean Rev ]. H. Noble, Capt. Lusk, Mrs.
H. L. Bartlett, Mrs E. w. Richardson, Miss
E. J. Walker, w. B Greeley DR.. F. MacLean,
Eugene Byrnes, Mrs c. s. Clark A. B. Bush
nell, Mrs Elizabeth McCook, Miss Ellis. Miss
Mason. George H. Morrison, A. G. Stafford,
Mrs. M. A. Ballinger, T. w. Tyrer Dr. E. A
Balloch, Mrs. David Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary s.
Gist, DR.. w. H. Hawkes. Maj. E. Goodfellow,
j. NJ Sparks. M. B. Montgomery, Commodore
Sicard, George w. Brown, Mrs M. H. Rossiter,
Mrs. David w. Mahon. R. H. T. Leopold. w. j.
FIather, Mrs. E. l.. Edwards, Dr. Boude, E.
John Ellis, Rudolph Kaufman, w. G.
Oberteuffer, Miss Mclean, Mrs. Leo Coyle Rev.
DR.. T. S. Childs, Thomas Wilson, Miss A. F.
Wight, Mrs. G. Robertson, Miss E. M. Mills,
Mrs. A. c. Wickware, Col. D. F. Winger, Will
liam MacFarlane E. w. Grabill, Prof. Won
Puttkamer, F. T. Thurston c. c. Borland, A. A.
Aspinwall. Miss H. NJ Black Miss L. r. Bach
man. Misses Mclean D. NJ. Cridler, A. w.
Tyler Clarence G. Allen j. W. Hickok W. E.
Curtis Miss F. j. Richards. Miss Dwight, Mrs.
M. F. Wilson George H. Kennedy, Mrs. E. G..
McLure A. w. Lyman. c. B. Shafer, j. L.
Hodge, A. r. Quaiffe, Mrs. Mary Cruit, Mrs.
c. T. Sherman. Maj C. w. Raymond, A. L.
Barber. H. NJ. LeDuc, Mrs. R. H Huntley Mrs.
K. S. Foos. Samuel Bryan Rev. N. H. Egleston,
DR.. David McMaster. Mrs. Zantzinger, A.
Schoonmaker, Edwin Smith w. j. Rhees r. B.
Taylor. F. S. Presbrey s. s. Shedd, Engineer
Inch, U. S. N: Mrs. Bacon, Admiral Bryson,
Gen. Anson G. McCook, J. C. Heald, Henry
Beard, Miss Bradbury. Miss J. H. Scott, Mrs.
A w. Church, B. H Warner A. M McLachlen,
c. A. Maxwell, Miss Emma Scott, Miss Florence
Pike, DIR. A. c. Peale. Mark Brodhead, Miss
Cracraft and William Window.
h IEARLY a half century has passed since
these names were recorded and the reader
VIII no doubt recognize many whom he knew
then and for many years later, but now num-
bered among the absent. Many persons born
since then are now grandparents and the
population of the city has grown in numbers
to be three-fifths greater than it at that
time, while marvellous changes have occurred
that only George Washington could have
dreamed Of
On September 90. 1896 the ma jestic spire that
once adorned the top of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church came down with a crash.
Unlike the Metropolitan Church spre no one
ever suspected it being weak, but on the
contrary, it was said to be 'as firm as the
Rock OF Gibraltar" But 1t took one of the
worst storms that visited Washington to
topple it over. Indeed, it was called a hurri-
cane, because the general maximum velocity Of
The wind was Sc miles; but it blew even harder
than that for gusts were recorded as high as
30 miles an hour
1t originated in the West Indies, where SO
many of heavy storms come from 1t
reached Washington about 1920 pm. and by
the following morning had done damage to the
estimated extent of quarter Of a million dol
lars one piece of property alone-the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway Co.'S new car shed at the
foot Of Four r-and -a-half street-suffering DAM
age to the extent of $35 900. Elsewhere
throughout the city much property was de-
stroyed and suburban towns outside of Wash.
ington proper were not spared The Star in its
before the Capital City was visited by such a
violent atmospheric disturbance. when the
people awoke this morning, after q night of
terror" it further said, they found the streets
covered with debris and everywhere were evil
dences of a more general destruction by the
wind than has ever been known before"
The storm did not come unheralded for the
Weather Bureau had warned the public. 1t
began about 10 pm and was heaviest between
10:15 and 1888 The steeple fell at 1890 and
SO loud was the noise that the people in the
vicinity thought an entire building had fallen.
It fell slightly to the north northwest and the
top of the structure struck a part of the iron
fence in front of the Medical School of the
then Columbian University and smashed it into
a thousand pieces. 1t blocked street to travel,
the ruins mounting to 20 feet high in places.
The spire was built of wood, the supporting
timbers being heavy pieces of yellow pine foot
square heavily braced by other sturdy timbers
and by iron rods "aS large as q mans wrist"