Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 25,. 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. ‘TRINITY M. E. © RCH. TRINITY M. E. CHURCH | Fine Edifice Which Will Be Com- pleted Early in the Fall. MOTHER OF METHODISM IN THIS CITY An Interesting Account of the Building and the Congregation. IN THE: EARLY Day | piscopal Ct a forw irch is an event | i to by local | for a long time with great in- 4 present Trinity Chureh ts the parent church of all the Methodist churches in Washington, directly and indireetly, and, its history is that of Washing- » territory lying in this Ny within the bounds of | circuit. In February as divided tnto four ctively Baltimore cir- as been loc therefore, ton Methoe city was in timore nd called reg cuit, itimore town, Frederick and Kent circuits. Thus this region became a part of the Frede Many great re- Vivals ocew this circuit d and the « The uring those ook deep toot increased, new ed, and it again ear and grew. soci me necessary to divide the work. So that at the conference held in 1788 the wer part of the circuit was organized t called Mont- | 3 , Robert Green and John Al- being appointed to serve ft. The of 3 this city is now lox al in it had been selected by of general it where center of for uction of Metho- | ishop Simpson he statemen Washing- luded in the wn charge though other ant cireum- Rev. W. | ormer pastor of ‘Trinity beok in 7S92 in | ory of bis church | ation together. Dr. > conferen:e held | Willlam Watters | i ind 2 of meeting a pri- Point, ncated en Greene southern part of the city. in the v wenty Buildings. F South Capitol and N streets stood “The Twenty Buildings,” notable in the history of the neighborhood. In one the First Washington ¢ ty he appe id Divine wor- in the min- ship utes of the c © of 1805 as a sepa- rate station, wi liam Watters as pas- tor oj re. Among the early Methotl'sts of this city Lipscomb and his wife, who united with the soclety This family has furnished members of the Methodist mong them be: Philip D. b, Robert M. Lipscom . William C. } nd Ané Lipscomb, son other members 3 Point, the tn- very meager, no roll of mem- ng been preserved. Mr. Car- Who was one of the largest land own- he infant clty of Washington, own- on New Jersey avenue, south of and this was the place to which ing Methodis: co: tion came | from Greenleaf’s Point. | were maintained for about four years. Church, last year, worshiped t came into . During ipancy by the Episco- leading men of the | here, includjng Thomas ustomed to riding day from the White id tle his horse out- after service. t, who was « prominent ‘st Caurch, sold to the trus- infant church a part of square 4th street, between South et, for $227.64. was erecied on {t un- of the first trustees, who were as folicws: Henry Foxall, once m: icwn; John Brashears, Ambrose White, Jamos John A. Chambers, Leonard aH, John Elliason and Jacob Hoffman. First Church Erected. The new church, which was formally dedicated in November, 1911, was the first church built by the Methodists in Wash- ington city, and the frst pastor in charge was Beverly Waugh, afterward a famous Methodist bishop. The church, which was of brick, was very plain, both inside and out. There were three galleries and a par- tition four feet high up the center of the chureh, by which means the sexes were Seated separately during worship. At that time it did not bear the name of Fourth Street or the iater name of Trinity, it hav- ing been called in i819 Ebenezer. In 1357-63 the First Church, which had stood for forty-six years the sole represen- tative of Methodism in East Washington, was removed and a now cne built, the dedi- jn it fo: the pe: the period of its o: pallans many of th country worshiped Je F en horsei House tot gide to rem Willis memi A der super\tston ¥anzanette, Mac of ground for the new Trin- | ¢ |G. V. Leech, W. H. Holliday, cation sermon of this last edifice being preached by Bishop Beverly Waugh, who as then the senior bishop of the Meth- t Church. The name was changed again from Ebenezer to that of East Wash- ington and from + Washington in 18’ at the suggestion of the then pastor, W. T. D. Clemm, to that of Fourth Street, and finally within the last year or two to Trin- fty M. E. Caurch. Among the churches which directly owe thelr origin to Triatty Church are those Anacostia, Twelfth Street and Tenth Street. The pastors who have officiated at Trinity are as follows: William Watters, John Potts, Seely’ Burn, John. Watson, Josiah Wells, James Smith, James Saun- ts, Beverly Waugh, Andrew Hemphill, John G. Watt, Samuel Montgomery, Rich- ard Hunt, William Monroe, George Wells, John Mackeliresh, Yelverton T. Peyton, Slicer, Robert S. Vinton, Norval son is Bishop A. W. Wil- son; iam Ryland, John L. Gibbons, John Smith, Tobias Reifty, Henry S. Kep- ler, A. A. S. McMullen, Jacob Brown, R. T. . Nixon, George Brooks, James Brown, Jordan, E. P. Phelp m Prettyman, G. ‘W. . Thomas Myers, R. pscomh, A, G. Chenoweth, Ralph Pierce, FP. F Richey, W. H. Chapman, W. M.D. Ryan, J. Lanehan, T. H. W. Monroe, H. Si Ww. T. Mackelfresh, A. J. Gill, J. E. - W. Hedges, B. G. W. Reid, J. M. F. B. Rice, W. M. Ferguson, peak, W. J. Thompson and G. W. s, the present pastor. Many of these pastors have served more than one term, but Dr. Hobbs, who was appointed la: March, is new here for tne first Ume. Dr. Hobbs was born in Howard county, Md., nd has lived and preached in his native state all of his life. Description of the Church. The new church which is now being erected on a lot at the southwest. corner of bth and C streets southeast will com- bine strength and fitness of purpose with At the corner there is to be a mas- e tower, rising brusquely without a base out of the earth to a considerable height, and unaceentuated by buttresses or recesses in the lower half. The upper part of the tower will show receding panel faces, but the fullness of square will be regained under the belfry windows by corbellings. The tower is to be surmoynted above the Clemm, | sallery by a small turret, terminating with a pyramidon, bling one of Vecchio. The m: indicate the whole somewhat resem- the towers of the Palaccio n body of the structure will Le in its full height by the north , Showing the basement, with m floor, and above the Sun- chool floor. On the west side there 1 be a party wall, and as it will probably never be covered up from view by adjoin- ing buildings, the architect will face it with material like the front, so that there will be a pleasing appearance on all sides. The eastern facade of the church will bring oui the lines of the interlor very clearl: The edifice, framed in by two stair tower: will have a main entrance through arched vestibules between the towers, and which will be marked by projecting gables. Above this story will appear four windows of the auditorium, with four corresponding bearing the books of the Old and New Tes- tament. In the southwest corner of the auditorium there will be placed a fine new organ, sur- rounded by a choir gallery. The church is to be lighted in the day by a series of win- dows from the north, south and east sides. The main auditorium windows will be di- vided into two parts, the lower sashes con- taining the memorial plates of glass, while the upper portion of the windows in the auditorium are to be of stained glass of a uniform design, thus obviating the placing of memorial windows from time to time without system. At night the church will be lighted by electricity, although provision has been made for gas. The building committee is composed as follows: Chairman, the pastor of the church, Rev. Gustavas W. Hobbs; Messrs. W. J. Palmer, M. Otterback, J. T. -D. Pyles, Belt, Chapin and Thomas B. Stahl. The architect is Mr. Paul J. Pelz, while the contractors are Messrs. Espey & Bean. It is expected that the church will be ready for occupancy by October next. —— IN THE CHURCHES The provincial of the province of the So- clety of Jesus in which Washington is lo- cated, Rey. William O’Brien Pardow, has announced the following appointments at St. Aloysius Church for the ensuing year: Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, 8.J., rector of the church; Rev. Martin C. Dolan, S.J., prefect of the church, and assistants, Revs. Albert Peters, 8.J.; P. J. O'Connell, S.J., and P. J. McGinney, S.J. - The assign- ments at Gonzaga College have aiso been arnounced as follows: President, Rev. C. Gillespie; vice pfesident and prefect of studies, Rev. John A. Conway, S.J.; class of rhetoric, Rev. M. J. Colgan, S.J.; class of poetry, Rev. E. J. Burke, frota Wood- stock College, Maryland; first grammar and chemistry class, Mr. ‘Wm. Coyle, S.J.; second grammar, Mr. W. J. O’Gorman, J.; third grammar, Mr. W. J. Conway. and rudiments, Mr. J. F. X. Burns, S.J. One of the ‘faculty, Rev. Father Pettitt, has been transferred to St. John’s College at Fordham, N. Y. ‘The Connecticut delegation of Christian Endeavorers, who were recently entert ed at the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, has presented the society with $15 in gold. This money will be used to purchase a picture to hang in the Sunday school room of the church as a reminder of their visit. It was impossible to obtain a photograph of the delegation from the nutmey state, and therefore something suggestive of the visit will be obtained. Rev. H. Gotwald, D.D., until recently pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Chuch, left yesterday for his summer vacation, ac- ecmpanied by his wife. He wiil spend the first few weeks in the neighborhood of Williamsport, Pa., and then later will make a trip through several of the western states. Dr. Gotwald expects to return to Washington early in the fall and engage in literary work. Rev. A. Thomas G. Apple, pastor of Grace Reformed Church, is to leave Mon- day on his vacation, which he will spend with his father, Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Apple, in Crawford county, Pa. and with his brother-in-law, «Rev. Stanley L. Krebs, Reading, Pa. "Dr. Apple will be away the first four Sundays in August, and during this time there will be Sunday school in the morning and meeting of the Heldel- berg League in the evening, but no regu- lar Services. Last Sunday local members of the So- ciety of St. Vincent de Paul met in a body: at Patrick’s Church and listened io. devotional exercises in honor of the patron saint of the society, whose day It was. In the evening there was a meeting at Carroll Institute Hall, which was addressed by Rev. D, J. Stafford. At a meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in the diocese of Washington, held this week, President Bryan appointed the following ‘members as a committee on visitation of the chapters for the next two months: President, Barnabus Bryan, and Messrs. John F. Paret, W. P. Gibbons, James F. Alston, George W. Evans and R. Preston Shealey. This committee ex- pects to devote more of its time to visit- ing the country chapters than city chap-, ters, and it has already planned a trip to Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro’. Scme slight improvements are being made to Marvin M. E. Church South. The ground svrrounding the church has been completely fenced and alterations and re- pairs have been made to the basement of the church. The first social meeting of the Junior Epworth League of Fifteenth Street Meth- odist Church was held yesterday afternoon in the lecture room of the church. The officers of the league had charge and they, together with the other young folks, pre- sented an interesting program, gotten up by themselves, and which was followed by serving ice cream and cake. The so- cial was preceded by a business meeting. Mrs. E. B. Bagby, wife of the pastor of the Ninth Street Christian Church, was quite sick this week, but is now getting better. Mr. and Mrs. Bagby lost thelr young son, Temple Walker Bagby, a few days ago. Mrs. Bagby is spending the summer at Tappahannock, Va., and Mr. Bagby is there also, though he comes up each Sunday and fills his pulpit at the Ninth Street Church. The vested choir of Trinity Episcopal Church is now taking a vacation, which will last until the Ist of September. The! music at the church during the absence, of the regular choir is being rendered by the “Ten of Praise,” an organization of young ladies of the King’s Daugiters of the church. ‘That organization raised $125 as a result of the lunch room w y opened for the benefit of the Chri deavor delegates. Tomorrow has been appointed as debt- paying day throughout the Methodist Church, “The Missionary Soclety of the church is deeply in debt, but it is ex- pected that tho collection which will be taken in every Methodist church in the land tomorrow will materially relieve the society. The Epworth League also ex- pects to do something toward lifting this burden. The evening church services at the Gun- ton Temple Church have been discontinued for the stmmer, and it is expected that tian En- twin windows of the gallery, terminating in their upward movement by four gables. The south tower will be andlagous to the north tower. Adjoining the south tower will be a parsonage, a modest basement and three-story brick. The material of the main edifice, although composed of the lo- cal red brick, will be treated with decora- tions of this material and also of red terra cotta, though a few features will be out- lined in stone. A novel feature will be the stairways which connect the four stories with each other and with tho exit vesti- bules. They will serve instead of open-air | fire escapes, and will be placed between the massive brick walls of the tower, with cen- ter cores of brickwork, and will be built of granite cemented steps and platform, ha ing the appearance of mottled stone. Interior Arrangement: The architect bas used this device be- fore in the Georgetown College bullding, and lately in the African Swedenborglan Chureh. The church edifice proper has a frontage of 56 1-2 feet on C street and 83 feet on Sth street, the parsonage front being 21 feet. The basement story will con- tain an assembly room for church fairs, well as hat and cloak rooms and toi rooms for both sexes. Connected with the assembly room there will be a commodious itchen and serving room for the prepara- tion of church suppers. Space has also 4 provided for a library and reading room, which will also be used by the mem- bers of the Epworth League as a meeting room. The south tower basement is to contain twin steam boilers, which will generate the heat required in winter for both the church and the parsonage, and the architect has prepared a scheme to supply cool air during the summer by means of a fan. The base- ment will be partly below ground, but the Sunday school floor is four feet above the sidewalk. This latter will consist of a main hall_and infant class room, which can be divided off by numerous partitions into seven separate class rooms. ‘The auditorium will be in the upper story, and will, with the addition of a gallery, seat about 700 people. This auditorium is to consist of a main room, square in plan, with two transepts, but the seats, which are to be placed in a semi-circular form, will be so arranged and graded that the preacher will ba fn full and uninterrupted view from every spot in the church. About the Pulpit. ‘The pulpit and altar rafl are to be p!aced against the west wail, which fs blank, so far as windows are concerned, but which will be decorated in an appropriate man- ner, having an arcade of three large arches, representing the Holy Trinity. The at- tributes of the Trinity will occupy the up- ber semi-circle of this arcade in decorative painting. The modeling of these arches, piers and springer courses are to be {n ada. mant plaster, and where the arches in- tersect there will be two angelic figures the Christian Endeavor Society meetings will take the place of these services to a large extent. Letters have been received from Messrs. . Curtis and Reed of St. Louis in which they state that they have just succeeded in constructing a large gospel wagon on the plan of the one in this city. Similar letters are received from time to time by the board of directors of the local mis- sion, but gospel wagons have multiplied so | fast, all of which are patterned after the Washington wagon, that it is impossible to tell how many there are in the United States, though an estimate places them at anywheres from three to five hundred. Next Wednesday the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Randolph H. McKim will sail for England, and will be absent about two months. The services at Epiphany Church and at Epiph- any Chapel will be in charge of the Rev. J. H. Turner and A. M. Hilliker. Rev. Mr. Turner is expected to return from a month's fishing trip in the province of Quebec some time next week. Presiding Elder L. B. Wilson has appoint- ed in place of Rev. Hedding B. Leech, who is now pastor of a church in Newark, N. J., Rev. Peter C. Dilts, as junior pyach- er on the Forestville circuit. His specific work will be that of minister in charge at the Oxon Hill and Congress Heights sta- tion. Rev. Mr. Dilts is a member of Grace Church, this city, and a student. in the classical department of Howard Universit Tuesday of this week the Baltimore coi ference of Lutherans held a meeting in Martiny Church, Baltimore, to discues the work done by the body in this section of the country in the last few months, and to plan new work. Among those who made addresses were the Revs. George Koenig, pastor of Trinity German Church, and Rei C. C. Morhard, pastor of Christ Evan- gelical Church, both of this city. Rev. Samuel H. Greene, D. D., of Calvary Baptist Church is to leave Monday, ac- companied by his family, for his summer vacation. The doctor will be gone about two months, spending the first part of his time at the seashore, and the latter part of the vacation at his summer home in the mountains of Vermont. Rev. Dr. Winbig- ler of Bloomiagton, Ill., will preach during Dr. Greene's absence. The Southwest Mission of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church has decided to hold a series of tent meetings in that sec- tion of Washington in about three or four weeks from now. It is expected that the large tent, which has been secured as a place for the meetings, will be erected on a lot at the corner of 4% and H streets southwest. W. J. Wright, state evangelist of the Maryland and District of Columbia istrict of Christian churches, ts to con- duct the meetings. E A local branch of the Catholic Rellef As- sociation hag been organized from among mambers of St. Aloysius Church with the following officers: Spiritual adviser, Rev. Father Gillespie, 8. J.; president, G. D. Mulcahey; first vice president, J. ‘A. Ker- win; second vice president, Mrs. Mary C. Boland; recording secretary, B. P. Flinn financial secretary, Mrs. B, T. Bolan E.§ treasurer, F. A. W, Van Rueth; marshal, Cc. J. Cassady; guarff, Ri D. Barrett; chan- cellor, C. P. Judge; trustees for one year, C. P. Judge, M. P.“Cagsady; trustees for two years, Edward P!’¥linn, Daniel D. Muleahey and Mrs. Mary A. O’Brien. A letter was recefyed.this week by a lo- cal Episcopalian from Bishop Satterlee, in which he states he, Ig gt present enjoying Venice, and also that he has completely recovered from the’ effect of the hard spring work in commection with the new diocese of Washington. - At the Eastern Presbyterian Church last Sabbath a collecti s taken up, rep- resenting the anmédi Contribution of the church to the Presbytérian AlHance. The alliance recently camecto the afd of the church when it was, in feep financial diffi- culty, and as a result ,the collection was both spontaneous and gtatifying; sixty dol- lars being given. oy Rev. Dr. George @, Little of the Assem- bly’s Church is at Camden, Maine, and the Rev. Francis J. Grimke of Fifteenth Street Church is located at Berea Cottage, Point Pleasant, N. J., for the next six weeks. Dr. Little's pulpit ts being filled by va- rious clergymen, Rev. E. D. Bailey having officiated in that capacity last Sunday. The Baptist Ministers’ Association will not hold any more sessions until the sec- ond Monday in September. Before ad- journing, however, they eiected an execu- ve committee composed of Rev. Gran- ville S. Williams as chairman, and Revs. Hugh T. Stevenson and W. 8. O. Thomas. The committee will meet before the first session, and arrange a program of weekly mectings for the year. The president of the association is Rev. Theron Outwater. Revs. Alexander Bielaski of Union Church and W. W. Van Arsdale of Fifteenth Street Methodist Church left Tuesday for Alle- gheny Grove in western Maryland. A camp meeting is in progress there, and both preachers are taking part. Dr. Van Arsdale will preach the annual sermon to- morrow. A number of the Christian Brothers who are in charge of St. John’s College are now taking vacations, Brother Abdas, vice president of the college, will leave’ in a couple of weeks for France, not to return ui December: Brother Germanus, profes- sor of classic languages, is in Germany,and Brother Denis is in Amawalk, N.Y., at the normal school of the Christian Brothers. President Fred E. Tasker of the Wash- ington District Epworth League has ap- pointed a committee to work up interest in local ieague ‘circles for the coming interna- tional Epworth convention, which is to be held in Toronto in 1 The committer, which has already commenced operations, is as follows: Chairman, Fra 3 Prof. Edgar Frisbie and’ Mi Fetra, J. Finney Engle and ward. The ladies of Grace Methodist Church held a lawn fete the first part of this week in the grounds adjoining the church at the corner of 9th and $ streets, and also in the basement of the edifice. The enter- tainment was held under the auspices of the trustees and was for the benefit of the debt fund. Rev. Hugh Johnston left Wednesday for Asheville, N. C., to take part in the Bibli- cal assembly, which commences next week. Returning, he is to occupy his pulpit at Metropolitan Church the first Sunday in August, and then will leave for his sum- mer home on the Niagara river near the falls, to be away six weeks, Rev. J. C. McCarty will be In charge of the services at Metropolitan Church during Dr. John- ston's absence. It is thought that the recent plenic of St. Cyprian’s parish will net the church at least $300, Miss Ethel Fish, the promising young artist, has just finished a large oil painting, “Sweet ‘Peace!’ fer the primary room $n Westminster Presbyterian Church, The Handsome tarved ‘fruine was made by Ros- well: Fish. 5 — CLEVERLY DISGUISED. A Word or Two of Summer Cooking. From the Chicago Record, Men as a rule d dishes, that is, if the process of evolution in ‘what is set before them. ‘The clever; housewife, therefore, when such economics ane necessary, oblit- erates, If possible, every trace of the tid- bit's connection with’any preceding viand. Roasts and joints are ¢asily managed, but the emaller odds and ends that from time to time are available prove a far more difficult, matter, Veal and other cutlets may be warmed ij the oven “in'“a butter h covered with a buttered paper, care being taken that they do not get dry. They can be served with a white butter sauce, in which plenty of finely chopped parsley appears, or with the following savory sauce poured around them: Melt an ounce of butter in an enameled saucepan, adding a very small quantity of minced onion; stir in a tablespoonful of flour, moisten grad- ually with some good stock, stirring briskly over the fire until the right thickness is ob- tained; ‘add a saltspconful of made mus- tard, a teaspoonful of vinegar and a pinch of salt, If required. 5 Cutlets may also appear again (allowing a day between their first and second ap- pearance) thus: Dip them In beaten egg and roll them in bread crumbs mixed with finely, chopped parsley and onion and a ‘Seasoning of pepper and salt; then fry MEA ide ‘warmed over” discover any such quickly ir botling fat, drath, ant serve, ac-) companied by tomato or some other piquant sauce"! * E The remains of steak, whether plainly cooked or otherwise, are capable of reap- pearing in different garbs. If merely broiled and there is enough left, it can readily be stewed, or if previously stewed or boiled, it can be passed through the mincing ma- chine, and will serve all purposes for which a mince is required. I recently converted a remnant of beefsteak pudding into a po- tato pie with a very satisfactory result. It was chopped up, crust and all, put in a ple dish with a little good gravy, covered with smoothly mashed potato, and baked. It made a very nice, homely luncheon dish. Meat from a beefsteak pie may also be re- stewed in a ple dish with layers of sliced tomatoes, the top being thickly strewn with bread crumbs and flakes of butter before it is put into the oven. A small end of curry may be utilized for a breakfast dish as follows: Pound it in a mor- tar after adding a teaspoonful of French mustard, and then have It warmed up in a saucepan with a little butter, and served on hot buttered toast, the top being sprinkled with hot browned crumbs. Another appetizing little breakfast dish may be made from any stewed kidneys that are left over. They should be pounded thoroughly in a mortar with a little butter, Seasoned with pepper, salt and a little cayenne, and after being made quite hot with some butter, spread on rounds of but- tered toast, with a scattering of browned crumbs on the top. Remains of veal, poultry or game can easily be worked up into dainty entrees. Remnants too small for these may be pounded in a mortar with a little butter and a tiny piece of ham or tongue, and seasoned with pepper, salt or cayenne. The mixture may then be warmed in a lined saucepan with butter, and, when hot, a teaspoonful of Worcester’ sauce added; spread on slices of hot buttered toast, with a garnish of browned bread crumbs, this should make a nice, little breakfast or sup- per dish. Any remirs, such as the above, ‘May be minced, seqgoneég highly, and mois- tened with a little -WUit¢-butter sauce, and heated in a ttle flg-Rrgof scollop shells. > Madrid's G¥eat Acrolite. rom the Letsure Hoff, On February 10 ,abgreat meteoric explo- sion was heard am#ccaused great conster- nation in Madrid. Pia: how known that it was caused by the’ {jutefing of a bolide or aerolite, about twenty:; miles above the ground, in the immddiate neighborhood of that city. Fragri¢nfShave been found there, and in othex fattS of central Spain, and meteoric flights jw@re seen over a wide area, including the{Pyrenees departments in the southwest ofvFrance. It seems prob- able that these were not portions of the same body, but ma: them independent members of a meteorie stream running in a reverse direction to that of the egrth, and so encountering it with great rapid- ity, the apparent motion of the meteors be- ing from southwest to northeast. A frag- ment picked up at Vallecas, near Madrid, has been analyzed and found to contain, within an outer crust, metallic granules (nickel-iron and sulphide of iron) with tri- clinic feldspar and other elements often found in meteoric bodies, the composition being very similar to that of aerolites which fell in Transylvania on February 3, 1882, and at Lalitpur, in northwestern In: dia, on April 7, 1887. ee SO An Expert. From Puck. First Boarder—“I understand that the landlady is to take a trip to the west.” Second Boarder—“Is. that so? If the train would stop long enough at stations she could give the railroad restaurant people some great points.” ~ LOCAL LABOR NEWS The Workingmen’s Library in a Flourishing Condition. A NEW PRESIDENT SELECTED ——— Printers Prepare for Their Annual Election. —— THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW eee ties The friends of the Workingmen's Library Association and Bureau of Labor are an- ticipating the accomplishment of great re~ sults during the ensuing six months under the administration of the new president, Mr. F. M. Dent of the Street Railway As- sembly. At the semi-annual election of of- ficers of the association, which took place this week, Mr. N. C. Sprague, who has been president since its organization, de- clined a re-election owing io the pressure of other duties, and Mr. Dent was chosen to succeed him. The vote was unanimous, as was also that by which the following were re-elected: vice president, Mr. James McIver of the Mcsaic Tile Layers; treas- urer, Mrs. Jennie L. Monroe; secretary and manager, Mr. C. A. Maidens; trustees, Mr. James F. McHugh, president of the local Federation of Labor; Mr. W. H. G. Sim- mons, master workman of District Assem- bly No. 66, K. of L., and the president of the Library Association, Mr. Dent. President-clect Dent was escorted to the chair by the retiring president, who prom- ised his earnest efforts to aid and do all in his power to extend the influence of the in- President McHugh. stitution, Speeches were also made by Me: rs. J. Melver, J. H. Thompson, W. H. Simmons and E. A. Dakins. The latter ‘Offered to head a subscripticn Hst to sup- ply the “Arcana” to the reading room for one year, and the necessary zmount was at otce contributed. President Dent made an appeal to the delegates to work individually to make an unqualified success of the bureau, and thu build up an institution that will be a monn- ment for all time to come. He reviewe briefly the history of similar affairs, com- mencing with the efforts of Franklin, and drew comparisons favorable to the Work- men’s Library. He pointed to the daily atiendance as evidence of its appreciation by the unemployed, and remarked the dif- ference between the street corner and a ccmfortable room, well stocked with books, where the time may be spent profitably and intellectually. The report of the secretary showed an increase in resources and a reduction of the indebtedness of the institution, $150 having been paid off. The Labor day committee promised that should any surplus accrue from the excur- sion which is to be given for the purpose of placing a monument over the graves of the late E. J. Rea and his wife, the money will be nanded over to the treasurer of the labor bureau. Credentials were received from delegates representing the Painters, Mosaic Tile Layers, Carriage Makers, Carpenters and Paper Hangers. The Printers’ Election. The general election for officers and del- egates of Columbia Typographical Union, No. 101, will be held Wednesday afternoon next at Typographical Temple. The union has nearly 1,400 members, and almost all gf these are taking an active interest in the outcome. The campaign made by the friends of the various candidates was in- augurated two months ago, and it has been waged with so much earnestness as to cause matters to be at this time almost “at_white heat. For the presidency of the union,» which i regarded as a position of much importan and influence, there are four candidates— Messrs. A. J. Arnold, Thcmas A. Bynum, John D. Kehoe and R. B. Smythe. For the vice presidency those in the field are Mes&rs. James M. Kreiter and R. K.Young- blood. For the office of secretary and treasurer, respectively, Messrs. Charles M. Robinson and John J. Higgins, the presen incumbents, are candidates, the latter of whom has held the place for ten year: past. They have no opposition. For the o: fice of sergeant-at-arms Messrs. B. Row lett, W. S. Sill and W. H. Beck have been named. The following have been nominated for delegates to the Central Labor Unton, and as there is 19 opposition the entire fiv named will be e‘ected: Me: Joel V Cross, Samuel J. Gompers, W. M. Keener, Jarvis B. Moulden and George A. Tracy. There are three candidates for the two trusteeships—Messrs. James E. Bright, F. H. Melick and Alpheus Scholl. By far the greatest interest 1s shown in the selection of delegates to the annual ecnvention of the International Typograph- ical Union, which assembles next October * Colorado Springs, Col. In this body Co- lumbia Union fs entitled to four delegat each of whom will receive $ per day while attending the sessions of the convention, Geo. W. Meyer. and 5 cents a mile for traveling expenses. The candidates are Messrs. James H. Broadnax, John Darlington, T. B. Hoag- land, John H. Hogan, Frank 8S. Lerch, Jno. McCormick, John H. O'Brien, E. W. Pat- ton, Timothy M. Ring, F. C. Roberts, J. L. Rodier, Lon A. Shimp, Shelby Smith, Chas. L. Spencer, Jeremiah Sullivan and S. J. Triplett. 1t is expected that much business of great interest will come before the convention, including a proposition to locate the head- auarters of the I. T. U. in Washington, and to purchase the Typographical Temple from the local union here for the ptirpose. effort will also be made to secure the next biennial conveation, which will assemble in 1898, for this city. The delegates from the Columbia Union, it fs said, will make an earnest effort to get the International Typographical Union to take strong grounds against the civil service system as applied to the government printing office. There is but little doubt that the effort if made will be strongly contested by cele- gates from many perts cf the country, as it was at the suggestion of the local union here that civil service was extended to the government printing office by President Cleveland. Since the order went into effect, however, some of the members of Columbia Union have become convinced Pa a ee ee * We want housekeeper liberality of our polic other housefurnishers in town. another thing we have ever shown— Dining Room Furniture—of ——and all the accompaniments a SesGondondendontentonteeseeseeteeteatoe tee See teases season seeseeseeconsonseaceatonrencontoaronzearonsenceaientesconsestentonton — Seen eerste ete testator the eye of the On Saturdays, during July and Auzust, our store will close at 1 p.m. who doesn’t trade here. Those who do don’t need any sermons on our advantages and facilities. The best of teachers—experience—has made them staunch constituents of ours. But other folks have no idea of the vastness of our stocks—the bestness of our qualities— the lowness of our prices—the completeness of our service—or the You cannot gauge us correctly by There isn’t another who antic every possible housekeeping want and provides for it: There isn't with our powerful purchasing alliances. buying is the parent of the extraordinary selling we are famous for. When the fall stock arrives we shall want you to inspect it. It will surpass anything ever concentrated in Washington—any- any pates And _ fortunate Parlor Furniture—rich and unique. Bed Room Furniture—of entirely new designs, latest types. Library Furniture—of original patterns. Hall Furniture—in pleasing effects. Kitchen Furniture—of greatest utilit of Crockery Ware—Linen Ware Tin Ware—Glass Ware—Cutlery—everything! Seeger set Sesgeeeteotete remember— Seton For the present—tempting bargains will repay your visit and Your credit is good.” og Sesfeatees $ $-uinenar rersisner N. E. Cor. 7th and I Sts. Pee eee Pe OOteS is almost certain that the whole civil serv- ice question, so far as it applies to the printers of Washington, will be ventilated before the convention, as two of those who are candidates for delegate, and who are reasonably certain of success, have de- red their intention to fight for the rey cation of the order. President McHugh’s Re-Election. At the semi-annual election of officers of the local Feeration° of Labor held this week President James F. McHugh was re- elected for the fifth term. This is an un- precedented honor in the history of the Federation of the District of Columbia. Jt Yas been but little more than three years since Mr. McHugh came to Washing- ton to live, and it but a short time afterward that he was advanced to the Lighest positicn in the central body. But, while Mr. MeHugh is so well and so favorably known to the local labor men, he is evep better known throughout the country as the general secretary-treasurer of the Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Associa~ tion of North America. He is now serving bis sixth term as the general secretary- treasurer. Mr. McHugh first came into prominence in the labor world at a general conven- tion of the order held about twelve years ago in Chicago. where his ability as a de- bater attracted so mich attention that hi was elected vice president. Later he be- came president, and, upon retiring from the latter offic elected general secretary- treasurer, which office he has held ever since. In this connection it !s proper to state that when Mr. McHugh was elected gen- eral secretary-treasurer the first time the headquarters of the Journeymen Stone Cut- ters’ sociation was located in Washing- ton, h the express understanding that they were to remain here two years only, but so well did, Mr. McHugh succeed in getting legislation from Congress that was favorable to the order that when the pe- riod arrived to seiect another place the national capital was by the unanimous vote of the executive board continued as headquariers for another year. So, a short time ago, when the question of location again came up Washington, mainly by reason.of Mr. McHugh’s continued success with Congress, was selected as headquar- ters ‘for the ensuing twelve months. In personal appezrance Mr. McHugh is a man of commanding presence, being something over six feet in height and weighing a little more than 200 pounds. He is about forty years of age and bids fair to continue his usefulness for many years to come. Now Visiting Washington, Mr. George W. Meyer, president of the Journeymen Stone Cutters’ Assoclation of North America, whose home is in Minne- apolis, Minn., and who ts now visiting in this city, on official business of the order, was bern in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 15, 1859. of German parentage. At th age of three years he was taken by his parents to Galena, Ill, where he remained until 1876, when the family removed to Fre- donia, Minn. After learning the trade of stone cutting, he, in 1883, went to St. Paul, and it was here that he learned the first principles of unlonism by joining the stone cutters’ union in that city. He was soon selected to represent the union in the Trades Asseinbly of St. Paul. Two years later he took up his residence in Minneapolis, but, after remaining there a short time, he went to Milwaukee, Wis., where for some years he ably filled the office rresponding secretary of the associa- Later he was again a resident of St. Paul, where the honor of the presidency of the lo union was conferred upon him. years ago he returned to Minne- , and has ever since resided there. In M4 he was a candidate for the house of delegates on the democratic ticket, and was defeated by 149 votes in a poll of about 7,04 —— The Old Joke Killer, From the New York Sun, One of New York’s comic weeklies has for many years.had an old man on its staff whose duty it is to see that no old jokes are accepted. He has a remarkable memory, and nearly every week he “kills” something which has passed muster with the younger editors. He knows the files of his paper thoroughly, and not infrequently when a stolen sketch or an old joke is submitted he can name the month and year in which {t was first printed. Long years of mirth-kill ing have left their mark in the deep furrows that line his face. It has made him sus- picious of every ane, and particularly of writers of jokes and comic artists. This man has passed his whole life here in New York, employed at the unending task of ex- posing fakers. He said to a friend not long ago that old jokes haunted his sleep and made life a burden, but it is his boast that None of them has ever worked its way into his paper. ~——_—__ee____ Curiosity. Frem ike Detroit Free Press, “Now,” eaid the prudent man, “you have drawn up my last will to the best of your ability?” “Yes, sir,” replied the lawyer. “I've done it just as carefully as I know how.’ “And it's properly signed and witnessed and all that?” werything is quite regular.” ‘Well, there is just one more thing I wish you'd do for me. It’s largely a mat- ter of curiosity.” “What is it?” “I wish you'd tell me who, in your opin- ion, is most likely to get the money when the law sult Is ovel ees Evidently He Remembered. From he Yonkers States. Miss Singer—"I wonder if that rich un- cle of mine remembered me when he made his will? I used to sing for him.” Mr. Law—"I’m sure he must have. He that its effects are to weaken the union. It! hasn't left you anything.” House & Herrmann, Seetecteteteteteteteteteteteeteeeeet Sebeeeetedatenteced INCONCEIV AB The SWIFT Virginia ver Makes Than Three Miles a Minute. From the Chaut vaquen. The distance covered by birds in a day's travel is a matter of ereat interest, but it bas not been studied as it ought to be. W. know, however, in a general Way that un- der favoring circumetances geese and ducks cover from 300 miles up to 614 In a day of twenty-four hours. The hard-working in- sect caters that fravel by day probal average five or stx miles, ‘The gorgeous More Baltimore oriole, being easily traced by both plumage and voice, has been noted all the way from Rodney, Miss., to Oak Point, Manitoba, a distance of 1,208 miles, and he covered it in forty-eight days—a speed of twenty-seven miles | A lot of other Uirds were limped together ‘and an average of twenty-three miles @ day obtained. Bat the observers were few. And then it may be that the birds flew a hurdred mil ght and then rested for three da after. They averaged so many milk but what was their actual spe Gatke, a German observer, who has devoted fifty years to the stady of birds in migra- tien on the little island called Heligoland concludes that the Virginia piover travels miles per hour, and that. th tude of migrants in fine weath t 10,000 feet. Will things definitel ‘That the time of a bird's arrival in the spring varies with the weather is known to all, but to this rule there are some marvel. ous exceptions, On May If, ISNT, a Wile son’s blackcap warbler was ‘seen in a cers tain bush by-aa observer, Who took es- pecial note of the fact because it was a new laird to him and for other reasons. It was seen at 1:30 p.m. A year later the observer happened to remember the fact, and went to the shrubbery to see if by chance a Mackeap had arrived, and found one in the same bush at the same hour. And this thins happened again the third year. It doubt less just happened so, and yei the birds that ‘Start north late in the season, as the Mackcay does, nove with much ‘greater regularity then the early travelers do. That individuals remain behind while the main hosts of a tribe migrate 1s very weil known. It is worth while noting, hasizes the assertion that nt recple are found among birds as among men. And some travel far from a-win is we ever learn about aveus- d haunts. The Swainson’s hawk from Rocky mountains has been found in the irondacks, and the horned lark of the plains in Massachus. I should not be astonished to find an Idaho magpie hover- ‘ng around the Capitol at Washington. The reason why birds migrate has not t the allotted space Perhaps one ack to the oid days when palm trees crew in Siberla and monkeys ran wild on ile Cape Horn archipelago to find the reason. It is a matter still under investigation, ond it is, as was sald, in the hope that some may incited to join in the investigation that this and other wonders and mysteries a life have been related. coe th Seem and Heard. From Blackwoot’s Magazti It is an old proverb tha Let Boys Be “Little bers should be seen and not hea and it ds, alas! many years since we rd it fre- quently applied to ourselves. It was in- vented, we cannot help thinking, by some spinster aunt, who, never having had any little boys of her own, and not having had the luck to be a little boy herself, knew nothing whatever of the feelings, character, or habits of the boy tribe, As we never ourselves had a spinster aunt, our remark is without prejudice. The boy, we hold, who does not on occasion make a good row and chatter consumedly, ts either an un- natural being or is botuing up his energies for some less legitimate purpose. In either case he is to be labeled as a suspicious character. As we bethink us of that other proverb, “The devil finds work for idle hands to do,” we instinctively find ourselves sympa- thizing with his satanic majesty as being a heavily taxed individual, esp: ina populous and prosperous country tn which boys are born at the rate of some thou- supds a day. But the moral of the two proverbs is that boys are not meant to live a vapid and unintellectual existence, but casionally spend some time, even school hours, in sensible reading: What betier reading can be found for them than Walter Scott, what more f. text book than “Ivanhoe?” a ting Painters Not Learned Men. From the London Echo. Few eminent artists have sat in their youth at the feet of Alma Mater. Sir Ed- ward Burne-Jones cemented his jife-long friendship with William Morris when both were at Oxford, and Alfred William Hunt, whose death the world of British art is now lamenting, was a distinguished mem- ber of the same university. He was edu- cated first at the Liverpool © School, and in 1848 gained a echolar at Corpus Christi. In 1852 he took his de- gree, but the previous year he had carried off the Newdigate prize for a poem on “Nineveh,” and afterward he won a fel- lowship at Corpus. In the meaptime he cannot have neglected art, for he became a member of the Liverpool Academy in 1850. His first Royal Academy picture, “Washdale Head,” was exhibited in 1854. Why one who seized and perpetuated 80 faithfully the poetry of English landsc ver became a Royal Academician is hard understand. But so are many other ings in connection with the august body.