Evening star., 1935-10-20


land. Rev. Mr.. Cleveland and the other
relatives and friends in turn"
President Cleveland was not the
only President who attended the First
Presbyterian Church, for jackson was
q regular attendant until the Peggy
O'Neale flare-up, when he worshiped
elsewhere. Polk attended service
here and Pierce and Grant came oc-
casionally. Pierce was an Episcopa-
liam and Grant Methodist. 1t was
here that President Harding attended
church for the last time before his
death. on Memorial day, Sunday, May
80, 1923.
The Presbytery of Washington has
made big strides since its humble be-
ginning in 1895 and today there are
many churches of this denomination
in Washington.
After the congregation Of the old
First Church left John Marshall place
they found it advantageous to merge
with the well-known Church of the
Covenant at Eighteenth and N streets
northwest, and on Sunday, November
8, the combined churches will cele-
brate the 50th birthday anniversary of
the Church of the Covenant, the
founding of which Is still remembered
by many.
The congregation Of this church
was organized in 1885, majority Of
its members coming from the historic
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, where Abraham Lincoln wor-
SHIPPED. It's early pew holders include
a long list of names, among which
are President Benjamin Harrison,
when occupying the White House;
Senator Shelby M. Cullum, Repre-
sentative j. j. Belden, Senator Hale.
C. A. Mum. w. C. Lobenstein, C. B.
Jewell, DR.. F. A. Gardner, COL w. w.
Flemming, Mrs. M. B. Collins, D. C..
Forney. Mrs. M. A. Casey. H. A. Sey-
mour, D. M. Saunders, A. A. Acker-
man, E. S. Parker Mrs. A. R. Young,
Mrs. Blake, Mrs. j. P. Pearson, James
G. Blaine, Reginald Fendall M. w.
Gait, Justice Stanley Matthews, Mrs.
I. F. MacFarland, Judge Mott. Will
liam Ballantyne, Senator Dawes, G. H.
Graham, c. w. Bushnell. Mrs. A. S.
Coyle, John S. Blair, Admiral CAL
houn, Mrs. r. M. Reynolds, the Misses
Henry, Mrs. M. B. Hornblower. Mrs.
Remick, w.. w. Farr, Mrs. T. d.
Skiles, George c. Maynard, Col.
George Truesdell, H. F. Woodard,
John E. Beall, Gen. H. v. Boynton,
Charles Boynton, Inspector Gen. j. G..
Breckenridge, Representative John
Dalzell. Mrs. Leech. Gardiner G.
Hubbard, Justice William Strong,
Mrs. Martha M. Read, Mrs. Charles
H. Sheriff.. Mrs. j. j. Myers, Rev.
G. P. Van Wyck, Admiral S. P. Car.
ter, Col. John Hay. James E. Fitch,
Mrs. B. B. Pitkin, Miss p. A. Sipperly.
F. E. Corbett, DR.. S. c. Busey, Mrs.
j. j. Hayden, Postmaster General
Wanamaker, Senator James McMil-
Ian, S. c. Chubb, Mrs. M. E. Wood.
ward, F. H. Seely, Mrs. F. A. Miller,
Miss S. A. Brown, Mrs. Horace May
nard, Mrs. M. M. Whitwen, Mrs. M. B.
Mayfield, Mrs. j. F. Hartigan, DIR.
G. P. DuBose, DR.. Porter M. Davis,
Hugh B. Rowland, DR.. E. C. Yer
Meulen, Mrs. s. S. Sampson, Mrs. s..
T. Davis, Mrs. George w. Adams,
J. s. Davidson, Mrs. w. s. Lincoln,
w. J. B. Wallace, Mrs. Nathaniel G..
White, Mrs A. P. Westcott, r. Dick
inson Jewett, G. S.. Fellows, j. F. Mac
Nab, r. P. Cady, Rev. DR.. Scott. Mrs.
S. M. Mccullough, Rev. Mr.. Maclay,
w. E. Faison, Mrs. M. L. Milmore,
A. M. McLachlen, B. H. Warner, and
a host of others. William c. Morrison
was the builder of the church, and
many will recall the accident which
occurred on August %, 1888, when
the tower of the beautiful edifice COL
lapsed at about the time the building
was completed.
HTHE colored watchman,". accord
ing to The Star, was the only
witness of the catastrophe. He was
standing on the opposite corner Of
the street shortly before o'clock this
morning. He felt, he told q Star re-
porter, that the tower was going to
fall. It had been cracking and set
Ting. He was therefore on the watch.
and spent the greater part Of the night
in the street. Just before the tower
fell, he said he saw the west side, .
short distance above the doorway.
bulged out. Then the stones corre-
spending on the south face Of the
tower bent out, the area covered being
about feet. Finally these portions
Of the tower gave way and fell to
the ground, followed by a heavy rush,
as the great mass Of the stonework,
from which the support had suddenly
been withdrawn, came tumbling to the
ground. The earth shook with the
force Of the conclusion and o roar
filled the air, then clouds of dust fol-
lowed"
Fortunately, no one was hurt, and
within . few months the tower was
reconstructed. and services have been
held there regularly since. The pres
ent minister Of the church Il Rev.
Albert Joseph Mccartney, D. D., who