Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1897, Page 23

‘THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1897-24 PAGES. HUMAN WRECKS As They Pass in Melancholy Proces- sion Before Sanitary Officer Frank. DISPENSER OF RAILROAD TICKETS Numbers of Paupers From Other Places Sent to This City. TYPICAL CASES SOME -- P ROBABLY NO MAN in the country has listened to more tales of woe than Sanitary Officer J. A. Frank of the District vo- lice department. Mr. nk’s office, among its numerous other functions, is a sort of paupers’ and ex- prisoners’ clearing house. It is a hop- per through which the riff-raff of the nation’s capital passes. It is the Mecca of the wayfaring man in the plight of sick- ness, prodigality, or indigence: of the mal- treated woman, stranded and alone; of the petty prisoner just released from incar- ceration; of the hungry and friendless of both sexes. An average of twelve a day of all classes of distressed human beings re- lated thelr sorrows to the sanitary officer last year, and nearly all of them were giv- en a helping hand in one way or another, sent to hospitals, furnished transportation te their homes, provided with meals or raised from whatever slough into which they may have been plunged, either through recklessness or misfortune. Mr. Frank has been doing this part of the official good Samaritan for nine years, and for eight years previous to his incum- bency as sanitary officer he held down the Gesk of station clerk in cne of the most dis- reputable police precincts In Washington. Yet he preserves optimism. He can pd SANITARY NP Nl At the Door. spot a fraud as far as he can see him. Yet cheerfully between narrations harrowing yarn,” Sta> reporter the other! 1 & to give this office a good deal of searoom. He sheers off when he makes out our lights, and is hull down on e horizon before we can put a shot across his bows. He used to heave to and speak . boldly requesting visions or a tow, but now he claps on all sail and gets him- self far in the offing when he cons our standing signals through his binocular. It a good thing, too. The fakir used to get Ris anchor gear a good deal mixed up here.” Up in Nautical Terms. It will be noted that Mr. Frank deals a good deal in nautical phrases. They come natura! to him, for he spent his young manhood? as a marine engineer, both in the navy and in the merchant service. In one exceedingly important particular his knowl- edge of the sea has been a handy thing to have at his fingers’ ends since he assumed the office of sanitary officer. During the winter months, scarcely a day passes that seme woebegone man does not turn up in his office with a tale of frightful abuse as a “shanghaied hand™ on an oyster dredger. It is a part of the sanitary officer's business to give such men, if their stories are found to be genuine, a lift on to their homes or to see that they get treatment in one of the District hospitals if they are sick. The kindly consideration which the abused oyster dredger is accorded at the sanitary office has become a tale of com- mon report among professional hoboes who never saw an oyster boat in their lives, and one of these occasionally navi- gates to Mr. Frank's office, where he | gins a gruesome yarn to the end that he May secure transportation to this point or that. To such a one Mr. Frank listens with an assumed bovine eye and open mouth, although in precisely four seconds he knows that the whiner is a liar and a fr: No man can talk with any degree of in- telligence about life aboard ship who hasn't been to rank's eyes twinkle the eathead mixed up abin. When they are all e has gotten their names, 1 other information con- n pat in black and white, he directs them as to the location of the door of his office in a remarkably per- suasive tone of voic Oyster Boat Rufflans, are enough cases of outraged ze employes who come here for sald Mr. Fra “to keep us pretty ing to their distresses, without ng ear to the professional frau to have them run in for vagrancy are particularly wholesome and ac- except if they complished lars, which some of them are, ard impudent into the bargain. The man who makes his escape from an oyster boat and makes his way to Washington is Am Accident. vsually in a pretty bad fix physically, and I don’t have to question him much to ke- come convinced of the genuineness of his hardships. He generally has a bone felon on each thumb, and perhaps one or two on the fingers of his right hand, and is often far gone in scurvy from bad and in- sufficient food. “Occasionally he turns up with all of his teeth gone and his features or dis- placed by the beatings of brutal skippers and mates. ‘There is always something the matter with him that demands a course of hospital treatment, and we invariably see that he gets it, and, when he !s +ell, we see that he is not compelled to walk to his home. I'd like to have personally-con- ducted fifteen-minute interviews with some of the blackguardly ruffians in command of the oyster boats who have maimed and inflicted all kinds of other misery upon some of the poor chaps who have turned up here in such sad condition.” Transportation Furnished. Mr. Frank has the disposition of $1,800 of the police department's annual appropria- tien of $3,500 for transportation. This he uses in sending stranded men and women out of the city, if their cases are sufficient- ly meritorious, and they prove to his satis- faction that they are not imposters. He has practically complete discretion in the handling of such cases. His report of them e chief of police, with the recommen- yn that the transportation asked for A Tale of Woe. be granted, is always accepted by Major Moore as sufficient evidence that the cases are deserving. The sanitary officer gets half fare from all the railroads in purchas- ing tickets for the unfortunates. Last year he sent 916 men and women on their way rejoicing, and used up all but twenty- six cents of the appropriation at his com- mand. The people he accommodates with transportation are permitted to travel first class. “The farthest points to which we can send men and women who land here and find themselves homeless and in trouble,” said Mr. Frank, “are Chicago and St. Louts, and to be helped on that distance their cases must be particularly grievous and deserving. We rarely send men so far, but quite often women who have gotten the worst of the game of life, and find them- selves shelterless in Washington—good wo- men, be it understood, who are really de- serving of sympathy—are assisted as far as the Mississippi river. We couldn't send any one a greater distance, on account of the limited appropriation at our command and the great number of people in genuine hard luck who are compelled to apply here for passage to their homes. Near-By Places. “I should say that the average distance for which we provide transportation for in- dividuals is about 150 miles. A great many of the people who ‘go broke’ here, through no fault of their own, and apply to me for tickets to their homes, are from the near- by counties of Virginia and Maryland— workingmen from the towns and farm hands from the country, who come to Washington in the hope of getting some- thing to do, fail, and sooner or later find themselves on the street. I have to send a great many men to Baltimore and Rich- mond, and once in a while a man is shipped to New York. Very often I give a man a ticket to some place he claims to be his home when I am quite convinced that he is a disreputable character and deserving of no sympathy whatever, on the principle that it is better to get him out of town, and cheaper, besides, than to have him run in for vagrancy. I make it a point to re- member such men, however, and if they ever turn up here again they get a pretty glowing reception. “Good men out of luck frequently come in here for transportation to Chicago or cities out in that direction. I can rarely push them on that far. Instead, I purchase them tickets for half-way points, such as Pittsburg or Wheeling, for instance, and when they get to these places they have to don their hustling garments to make the rest of the distance. This is a part of a regular system which municipal authori- ties thoroughly understand, although down to the present minute of time I am quite positive that Washington has gotten the worst of the system. “The police or charitable authorities of all the big cities make it a point to send de- serving men and women at least a part of the distance to their homes, and, for some reason or other, the authorities in nearly all of the cities within a radius of 500 miles of Washington ship their derelicts here. ‘This City a Half-Way Point. “According to my computation, Washing- ton must be the half-way point for the whole United States. Anyhow, we get bout five-sixths of the people shipped to a half-way point from north, east, sohth and west, and we have to furnish them with the remainder of the transportation, for the cases that have been passed upon by the authorities of other cities to the extent of being provided with transportation for @ certain distance are always deserving, and these people can't well be refused the pursuit of the rest of their journeys through our instrumentality. I greatly dis- like to dump an indigent upon another community, but, as I have said, when peo- ple want to go a considerable distance this is really necessary, else the transportation appropriation would be exhausted In a month, and we get the short end of the system, anyhow. ‘The number of well-dressed and former- ly prosperous men and women who apply to me for transportation to their homes is astonishing. These persons for the most part come to Washington seeking employ- ment as clerks in the government depart- ments. When they arrive here they run up against the civil service law, which none of them ever seem to have heard of be- fore, and find that their recommendations and credentials are valueless, so far as securing government employment is con- cerned. They stay on in Washington, fight- ing despair, until they are penniiess, and, few of them having friends here, there is nothing left for them but to ask for tick- ets to their homes. % “This they do with a great deal of diff- dence and apparent humiliation, and it is hard to deny them means to get where their friends are. Moreover, I have often been calied upon to give transportation to ex-employes of the government, who have drawn large salaries, saving nothing, and who, losing thcir positions, have stayed around Washington, in the hope of getting reinstated, until they have beem upon the point of becoming public charges. “A considerable portion of the transpor- tation fund is devoted to the sending of prisoners discharged from the workhouse and jail out of the city to their homes. No matter how tough and undeserving of sym- pathy some of these men may be, !t 1s con- sidered good policy to rid the community of them es soon as their periods of con- finement expire.” Huspital Treatment. Sanitary Officer Frank sent 3,904 men and women to the hospitals for treatment last year. Over 900 of these persons were non- residents of Washington, and among them were representatives of every state and territory in the United States. Mr. Frank says that Washington hospitals take care of more of the sick from other cities than those of any other municipality in this country. These indigent sick reach Wash- ington in the course of their aimless trav- els verging on a condition of collapse, and when they apply at the sanitary office for hospital treatment common charity de- mands that they be taken care of. Nearly 3,000 residents of the District applied to the sanitary officer for treatment, and got it. Un @ man is so dangerously sick or so badly injured that his case demands immediate treatment when he presents himself at a Washington hospital, he can only gain admittance through the sanitary officer, and it ts to this official that all ap- plicants for hospital treatment, except those mentioned, are sent. Mr. Frank has also charge of a fund for the feeding of the deserving hungry, and many are the demands made upon it. The decent hungry man who convinces the san- itary officer of his straightforwardness is given a printed ticket calling for a twenty- five-cent meal at the restaurant of the Po- lce Court caterer, and upon presentation of the ticket he gets a bountiful feed. These tickets are only given to a class of men in hard luck, and to send them te the mu- nictpal lodging house would be inflicting a cruel and a needless humiliation. — ‘What Split the Sarcophagus. From the New York Press. “Look alive, there!" crackled the mummy of Ptolemy II, as @ party of explorers burst through the side of the pyramid. “No use,” returned the mummy of Thot- mes III, sadly; “they have us dead.” CHICKAMAUGA FIELD The Controversy Between Generals Bragg and Longstreet, GENERAL BOYNTON'S CONTRIBUTION What He Says of the So-Called “Crucial Dispatch.” —- THE MOVEMENTS MADE To the Editor of The Evening Star: While The Star bas shown that an “ld dispatch of General Forrest, recently repub- lished, and surrounded with sensational features, could not have related to the controversy between General Bragg and General Longstreet which arose immediate- ly after the battle of Chickamauga, there was a dispatch of General Forrest's, writ- ten the day following the one recently given, which General Longstreet _undoubt- edly regards as the foundation of his con- tention. ‘The revival of the subject is in a form to insure wide attention, and this will perhaps give interest to the official history of the very pointed controversy which arose between these “eminent officers im- mediately after the battle of Chickamauga. The dispatch of General Forrest which has been printed was written in the fore- noon of September 21, the morning after the close of the battle at Chickamauga, and a similar one followed it a little later. The Army of the Cumberland during the nigh} of the 2ist had concentrated at Chat- tanooga, and the purpose of Gen. Rose- crans to hold it af-all-hagards had been telegraphed to Weshiltgton. The right wing of Gen. ‘Brgekeyparmy had been pushed on the northward along the Chickamauga valley,’ an@-across the roads which led over Mistlonaty Ridge to Chat- tanooga, and Longfreet's wing (left) had been ordered to folfow.““Forrest’s. cavalry was, sent through ;M¢Farland and Ross- ville gaps and advanced toward Chatta- nooga, followed by Meluaw’'s division of Longstreet's wing. Forrest, .who was in advance of Longs' CE column, on the main road from Rogsville, sent a dispatch, which reached Bragg about 5 o'clock at Red House bridge, on «the Chickamauga, and which is thus referred to in the official records: 1) HEADQUARTERS, September 22, 18684 o'clock. Patton Andersod:—A tonrler fust passed re- cpemy evacuating Chattanooga. “He comes MARCUS J. WRIGHT, Brigadier General. Before the receipt of this dispatch, but, as is now claimed in the controversy, as a result cf this word from Forrest, Gen. Bragg changed the plan, which Gen. Long- street supposes he had, of moving his army directly north, crossing the Tennes- see, and. moving upon Rosecrans’ lines of communication and issued the following order: (EAD ARMY EADQU ARTERS: Y OF TENNESSEE, RED HOUSE, September 22, 1868. The army will move wpon Chatta at 7 a.m. tomorrow. The Right Wing by the Shallow Ford and Mission Mills roads from Chicamauga Station; the Left Wing by the Rossville road. All baggage will be left in camp. y command of Brags. GEORGE WM. BRENT, Asst. Adjutant General. As a result of the Forrest dispatch,which came from the head of Gen. McLaw’s col- umn on the Rossville road, both Wheeler's and Forrest’s cavalry were ordered to cross the river, the former below and the latter above the city, as will be seen from the following order: HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TENNESSE! RED HOUSE. September 22. 1883, Gen. Wheeler, Commanding Cavairs Corps. General:—The general commanding directs that you will at once cross the Tennessee river and press That which General Longstreet has quite recently named as the one which entered into his controversy was dated the after- noon of September 22. The two first were sent from a point a mile south of Rossville, or six miles south of Chattanooga, ard declared the Union army to be in that city in great confusion and hastily evacuating the place, when, a: a matter of fact, it was in line in very strong position, and most skillfully form- ed, within easy range for field pieces of Forrest's position, and in his immediate front, the forests effectually concealing it. Of this fact Bragg, however, was inform- ed, and had telegraphed to Richmond that the enemy still confronted him. The third dispatch was sent from a point on the Rossville road to Chattanooga, about two miles and a half from the city, in the af- ternoon of the 22d. It reached General Bragg about 5 o'clock. It also represented that General Rosecrans was evacuating Chattancoga. General Longstreet claims that this dis- patch changed Brage’s plans, and while his army had been disposed, and the mov ments to his right begun, looking to cross. ing the Tennessee above Chattanooga, and marching on Rosecrans’ lines of communi- cation, with the view of compelling him to retreat, after reading Forrest's dispatch, he gave orders for a direct attack upon Chat- tanooga instead. A rough outline map will make the situa- tion clear. The Situation. At the opening of the campaign Bragg oc- cupied Chattanooga. Rosecrans was sixty miles northwest, beyond the Cumberland mountains. With Chattanooga as his ob- jective he crossed the Cumberlands, the Tennessee river, Raccoon and Lookout mountains, and came down east of the lat- ter, twenty-six and forty-two miles, re- spectively, south of Chattanooga, the rails at these points being the only practicable roads for wheels over the range. Bragg thereupon evacuated the city and took post at Lafayette, twenty-six miles south of the city, and so directly opposite Rosecrans’ center. Bragg, reinforced by Longstreet from the Army of Northern Virginia, start- ed to interpose between Rosecrans and Chattanooga, while Rosecrans also marched porth toward Chattanooga. The armies met September 19, 1868, on the Chicka- mauga field, nine miles south of the city, and fought for two days, the plan of each being to gain control of the Lafayette road, which was the road to Chattanooga, each, therefore, trying to hold possession of that road between the other and the city. At the close of the second day’s battle (Sep- tember 20) Bragg had succeeded, and held the road three miles south of Rossville. At dusk General Thomas withdrew his army from the field, marched it through McFarland’s Gap to Rossville Gap, and at midnight had established it again across the Lafayette road, between Bragg and the city, the objective of the campaign. On the morning of the 2ist the entire Army of the Cumberland, with very incon- derabie exceptions, was in position, as in- dicated on the map, in Rossville Gap, on the ridge to the right and left of it, and across the valley to Lookout mountain, ef- fectually blocking Bragg’s direct advance to Chattanooga. Early in the forenoon of the 2st, the merning after the close of the battle at Chickamauga, Forrest,having two divisions of cavalry which habitually fought dis- mounted, moved north on the Lafayette road to a point to the left of and in front of Rossville Gap. Ascending one of the spurs of Missionary Ridge, but evidently where the near view was so obstructed by the forests that he could not discover the solid formation of the Army of the Cum. berland in his immediate front, he sent the following dispatches to Bragg: ON THE ROAD, September 21, 1863. Lieut. Gen. L. Polk. General:—We are within a mile of Rossville. Have been on the potut of Missionary Ri Can see Chattanooga and everything a1 ‘The enemy's trains are leaving, golng around the point of Lookont mountain. ‘The prisoners captured report two pontoons throwa across for the purpose of retreating. I They are cutting timber: down tovcbstruct our pass: are cu ra wn to obstruct our pass- ing. I think we cht to forward. ly a ne Bragg. N. Please forward to General MISSIONARY RIDGE, On the Point opposite, South of Rossville, September 2i, 1863—11:30 a.m. Tdeut. Gen. Polk. General:—I am’ on the point as designated, where I can observe the whole of the valley. They are evidently fortifying, as I can distinctly hear the sound of axes in great numbers. ‘The appearance {s still as in last dispatch, that he is hurrying on toward Chattanooga. He is cut- ting timber on the point of this ridge. I have just captured a captain and two privates who were acting as a part of a of observers. He (the captain) reports that a number of forces passed up the road toward Chatt but who, or what their sumbers. They passed up about © p.m. yesterday. N.'B. Pornesh, ‘The Crucial Dispatch. The first of these dispatches is the one which it is claimed Gen. Longstreet re- gards as the “crucial” dispatch of the war, and the disregard of which “fixed the fate of the confederac;.” But The Star has shown that Gen. Brag: was fully aware of the fact that the Unio. army still con- fronted him at Rossville, five miles south of Chattan instead of having moved on to the city, as Forrest’s dispatches de- intercept and break up all his lines of communication and retreat. { um, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEORGE WM. BR! on thelr pontoons, ordered to cross. the . Gen, MeLaws is now within t j Chattanoo, Forrest [get into th practicabl Yours, & W. B. You had better 1 cross on the right. mountains and gross on the BREN’ left it ien. Brage’s Report. In speaknig of his inability to follow and attack the Union army immediately after its leaving the Chickamajiga field for Chat- tarcoga, Gen. Bragg says in his official re- port: pe “Ary immediate pursuit by our infantry and artillery would haye been fruitless, as ir was not deemed practicable h our weak and exhaustéd force to assail the enemy, now more ‘than double our num- bers, behind his intrenchments.” This condition “af the right wing of Bragg’s army toward thg close of the bat- tle’ on Sunday had "$eex!tommunicated to Gen. Longstreet by Geh. Bragg, as ap- peers from Gen. Longstreet's official re- port: “About 2 o'clock in the afternoon (20th) I asked the conmmanding general for some of the troops of the right wing, but was in- formed by him that they had been beaten back £0 badly that they could be of no service to me. I had but one division that had not been engaged, and hesitated to venture to put it in, as our distress upon our right seemed to be almost as great as that of the enemy upon his right.” The above citations from the records af- ford a clear understanding of the prelimi- haries to the controversy which General Longstreet opened with Gen. Bragg. This took official shane in a letter from Gen. Longstreet to the confederate seeretary of War, and Gen. Bragg’s allusion to the sub- ject in his official report, both of which are given below: HEADQU NEAR CHATTANOOC JA. Seddo: TARTERS, . September 26, 1863, of Wi advise you of our n ind our wan! 20th instant, after severe battle, we guined a complete and glo- rious victory—the most complete victory of the war, except, perhaps, the first Manassas, On the morning of the 21st Gen. Bragg asked my opinion as to out best course, bes 1 suggested at once to strike at Burn- ide, and if he made his escape to march upon Rosecrans’ communication In rear of Nashville. He Seemed to adopt the suggestion, and gave the order to inarch at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, ‘The right Wing of the army marched some eight or ten miles, my command following the next day at daylig I was halted at the crossing of the Chickamauga, and on the night of the 22d the army was ordered to march for Chattanooga, thus giving the eneny two days and a half to strengthen the fortifications here already prepared for hlin by ourselves. Here We have remained under instructions that the y shall not be assaulted. To express my con- victions In a few words our chief has done but one thing that he ought to have dome since T joined his army. That was to order the attack upon the 20th. All other things that he has done he ought not to hw 1 tun convinced that nothing but the h an save us or help us as long as nt ¢ No} fen, Lee? ¥, while our operations he: ive—until we have recovered Tennessee, at all events, We need Some such great mind as ¢ Lee's (nothing more) to accomplish this. You w be surprised to learn that this army has neither organization nor mo- bility, and I have doubts if its commander can give it them. In an ordinary war I could se without complaint under any one whom the government might place in-authority, but we have too much at stake fn this to remain quiet under such distressing: circumstances. Our most precious blood is now flowing in streams from the Atlantic to the Rocky mountains, and may yet be exhausted before we have ceeded. ‘hen goes honor, treasure and independence. When I came here i hoped to tind our commander willing and anxious to do all things that would aid us in our great cause, and ready to recelve what ald he could get from his subordinates, It seems that I was greatly mistaken, It seems that cannot adopt and adhere to any plan or course, whether of his own or of some one else. I desire to ace upon your mind that there is no exaggeration in these statements. On the contrary, I have failed to express my couvictions to the full. Gate AE oy T can add without making this letter ex 4 ra to Gre speedily. peed AE po remain, with the greatest respect, your most obedient servant, EA J. LONGSTRENT, Lieutenant General. His Denial. rd Gen. Bragg, in his xeport, thus very pointedly denies that'he‘at any time con- templated such a mévement as Gen. 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Bregg had adopted his suggestion, and so, naturally, interpreted the order for the northward movement east of Missionary Ridge and toward the Tennessee river as first steps in its execu: tion, when, in fact, Gen. Bragg was mov. ing to avail himself of the old roads lead- ing frcm the Chickamauga valley over Missionary Ridge to Chattanooga. ‘The announcement that Gen. Longstreet will soon present his views in a magazine article will be received with profound in- terest by all readers of war history. H. V. BOYNTON. IN THE CHURCHES At the recent annual meeting of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church a resoluticn was adopted to ask at the coming errual confererce for the return of the present pastor, Rev. Hugh Johnston, D.D., and of the presiding elder, Rev. Luther B. Wilson, D.D. It was also an- nounced that the Kelso spire had been fin- ished at a cost of over $2,500. The spire has been strengttened with steel rods in the interior and the slate covering has been replaced by galvenized iron sheath- ing. During the past year there has been received about $25,000, representing the re- ceipts from all sources. Eleven thousand of this was contributed by tke congrega- tion; the rest Leing the gift of the par- sonage by Mr. Matthew G. 1 Within the past two or three years the receipts of the church have shown a steady growth. Officers wore elected at the meet- ing as follows: Trustees, Messrs. Matthew G. Emery, Andrew B. Duvall, W. Clarence Duvall, G. W. Gray, A. D. Lynch, Ben- jamin Graves, B, F. Leighton, Clarence F. Norment and Dr. Richard Kingsman; stewerds, Cornelius Burlew, Samuel Ford, Dr. Moffatt, E. A. McIntyre, H. H. Twom- bly, N. Gapen, F. E. Waring, Col. Ander- son, C. W. Shiles, C. C. Pursell, James M. Holmes, George H. LaFetra and J. A. D. Richards. Revival services have been in progress for several evenings at Urion Methodist Church, 23d street near Pennsylvania ave- nue, conducted by the pastor of the church, Rev. Alexander Bielaski, assisted by a number of the local ministers. This week the following officiated: Monday, Rev. C. L. Pate; Tuesday, Rev. R. M. Moore; Wed- nesday end Thursday, Central U sion workers, and Friday, Rev. L. B. Wil- son. Rev. George Koenig, pastor of the Trin- ity German Lutheran Church, corner of 4th and E strcets northwest, has _ been quite sick for several veeks. Mr. Koenig occupied his pulpit for the first time since his illness. He has not completely recov- ered, however, and bis physician has ad- vised him to leave the city for a short time and recuperate. Officers have been elected to serve dur- ing the ensuing year by the Sabbath school | hristian Church as of the Ninth Street follows: Superintendent, J. ant superintendent, S.C. Ellis; secretary, G. W. Pratt; assistant secretary, Jesse Adkins; treasurer, John Moreland; libra- rian, Frank Morrison; chorister, | Frank Carpenter; organist, Miss Bertha Mc- Naught. A forty hours’ devotion began in St. Aloysius’ Church last Sunday and closed on Tuesday of this veek. It was conducied by several of the parish clergy. A forty hours’ devotion is to begin in St. Mary's Church on Sunday week. The new officers of Twelfth Street Ep- worth League chapter are: President, S. C. Cissel; first vice president, Miss E. G. Al len; second vice president, Mrs. H. 1. Donohue; third vice president, Miss Mollie Larkin; fourth vice president, Miss Flor- ence Burgces; secretary, J. H. ‘Allen; treas- urer, Miss Hattie E. Betts, and’ junior superintendent, Mrs. S. C. Cissel. The pas- tor e church is Rev. W. G. Cassard. lt is the custom in cathearal churches to have special series of sermons preached by the clergy of the diocese in which the | This idea is being | cathedral is located. n carried out at the pro-cathedral of St. Mark, and accordingly there have been al- ready two Sunday discourses at St. Mark's, they having been preached by the Rev. J. H. Elliot and Rev. Thomas 8. Childs. The sermon tomorrow evening is to be de- livered by the Rev. Albert R. Stuart, rector of Christ Church, Georgetown. The course is to last until Easter. ‘The new steam heating apparatus of St. Cyprian’s Church was put in operation last Sunday. It cost about $1,000. ‘There was a gathering in Baltimore of the Lutheran ministers of the Missouri synod living in this vicinity on Tuesday at the residence of Rev. Mr. Stiemkus. Pa- pers were read by several of those present. ‘There are three ministers representing three churches in this city who belong to this synod. At the Methodist Ministers’ Association meeting Monday morning a new constitu- tion was adopted. The name is now “The Preachers’ Meeting of the Methodist Epis- copal Church of Washington City and Vi- cinity.” The constitution provides for meetings every Monday, and an annual meeting is to be held the first Monday in April, at which time-the officers will be elected. Itinerant ministerial members of the annual conferences resident here are members ex-officio, but all others must be elected. The association now numbers about forty members. x The Young Ladies’ Sodality of St. Dom- inic’s Church has elected a3 its new offli- cers: President, Miss Mary E. O'Connor; vice president, Miss Anna Doyle; secretary, Miss Mary C. Johnson, and treasurer, Miss Mary Bischof. The Brotherhood of St. Andrew is to have a meeting next week at St. Thomas’ Church. The program is as follows: Gen- eral topic, “The Bible.” (1) “Why We Should Read It," Mr. Wiliam P. Foley, director of Trinity Chapter; (2) “How It Should be Read,” Mr. A. Scott; assist- | A number of other ministers from this city were present unofficially. The body of | Dr. Gibson was buried at Frederick on Tuesday. A meeting of the Clericus, the organiza- tiun of Protestant Episcopal clergy of Washington, took place Wednesday at noon at the residence of Rev. Randotph H. McKim, D.D., on K street. Dr. McKim, af- ter luncheon, read a paper entitled “Ra- tionalism—Its Subtle Perversion of the Gospel.” A large number of the clergy were present. The Rev. Francis X. Bischoff, assistant pastor of St. Augustine’s Church, has been very {il for several weeks past. While not yet able to attend to his parochial duties, still his health has been considerably im- proved. The Girls’ Friendly Society of Epiphany Church has been reorganized by Mrs. H. Carrington Bolton. The society was for years under the care of the late Miss Li Joseph. The new officers are: Brane | secretary, Mrs. H. C. Bolton, and working ! associates, Misses Lewis, Ambler, Dorsey, | Berry, Groves, Mackall, Bailey and Suter. | The society meets every Monday evening. | gProf Lee Davis Lodge, Ph.D., of Colum- | | j | bian University addressed the Presby- terian Ministerial Association Monday morning at the Church of the Covenant on “How to Study the Bible.” The associa tion will have another meeting Monday week. St. Paul's Chapter of the Brotherhood of t. Andrew one evening recently invited |St. Thomas and St. John’s chapters, | Georgetown, of the same order, to co-op- | erate with them in a meeting. The wives and daughters of the members were also invited to be present, and at the conclu- sion of a very entertaining program, which ‘al delightful musical selec- tions, a collation was served. The Southern Methodist Brotherhood, | ganized a year ago this spr jing the idea of extending or- , 18 consider- ts work. The executive committee of the organization met yesterday to consider plans in this connection. The three chapters now in the ; brotherhood are Mount Vernon, Marvin j and Epworth. The rector of Epiphany Church, Rev. Dr. McKim organized one year ago a Macedo- nian Phalanx, composed of members of his | parish, the organization to be interested in | diocesan, domestic and foreign icns. The first report shows that 114 persons have enrolled themselves as members, aud that their- united contributions have amounted to $SI! Tomorrow is the great missionary day of Epiphany Church, and, accordingly, a special sermon will be preached. Lanham’s Chapter of the Washington District Epworth League has elected the following officers: President, Rev. J. W. Steele; first vice president, A. A. Hancock: | second vice presiderft, Miss Addie Benja- jmin; third vice president, Mrs. J. W. Steele; fourth vice president, Mrs. A. A. | Hancock; secretary, A. M. Phelps; treas- urer, Mrs. Anna D. Gray. The chapter Was recently organized. The Rev. John A. Aspinwall, rector of St. Thomas’ P. E. Church, is to deliver an address tomorrow evening before the Brotherhood of St. Andrew of Trinity | Church. Mr. C, H. Johnson has resigned the su- | Perintendency of the Georgetown branch | of the Central Union Mission, afier a num- ber of years in the office. Miss Mamie F. Riley has been appointed to the vacaacy, and will be assisted by Miss Agnes Inch. The new iov of Epiphany Churea has been fully completed, at a Cost of nearly The annual meevtmg of the Fifth Con- gregational Cnvurch was held Inst Tues lay evening, and officers were eiectei as ful- lows: Clerk, B. Entrikin; treasurer, C. E. Rice; deacons, full term, Orrin J. Field and B. P. Eatrikxia: Geacons to fill vacan- cies, George d. Parmeice and J. EF. Tae. trustees, full term, Rev. B. H. Seymour and R. P. Lukei; trustee to fill vacancy, Howard R. Blanchard; choir iader, Geo. P. Tucker, and organist, Mrs. Lillian H. Goodwin. The Rev. Arthur M. Little, Ph.D., pastor of the Presbyterian Church at La Gran: Ill., is in Wasnington visiting his father, Rev. Dr. George O Little of the Assembly Presbyterian Church. Dr. Little is to preach for his father tomorrow morning and in the evening at his former charge, the Takoma Presbyterian Church. The Sunday school of the Fifth Congre- gational Church has elected the following officers: Superintenient, Orlando W. Good- win; assistant superintendent, Arthur Roll: secretary, G. H. Hamilton; treasurer, John Hill; librarian, Harry Patterson: assistant librarian, Clarence B. Entrikin, and super- intendent of the home department, Mrs. Emily Seymour. The church finance com- mittee is headed by Rev. Adam Reoch, as chairman, and the ushering committee by H. Rays Blanchard, chairman. The congregation of the Kelier Memorial Lutheran Church has presented its pastor, Rev. Chas. D. Butler, with a Standard Dic- tionary. The congregation is now consider- ing the project of completing the church curing this year. To do this will require about $5,000; but the people and pastor do not despair of raising the money. Mr. John W. Matson, a well-known young member of the Western Presbyterian Church, is now studying at the Columbian University with the idea of entering the Presbyterian ministry. The pastor of the Vermont Avenue Chris- tian Church, Rev. Francis B. Power, has left Washington on a trip west as far as Denver and Colorado Springs. The Literary Circle of the Dumbarton M. E. Church discussed “Greek and Roman Poets” Tuesday evening. The Sunday school board of the church has elected the follow- ing officers: Superintendent, Isaac Birch; assistant superintendent, Edgar Frisbey: secretary, Louis P. Heiston; treasurer, Jo- seph W. Kirkley; librarian, John Heiston; assistants, Fred 8. Stitt and Albert Fisher: organist, Mrs. G. W. Offett; chorister, J. Henry Wilson; assistant chorister, J. Aibert Houghton. naval observatory on “The History of the tional Church Dr. 8. M. Newman Tuesday night conducted “An Evening With Brows ro The Presbyterian Church building at ‘Ta- koma Park will be dedicated next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. A number of the Presbyterian clergy of the city will be pres- ent and will participate in the exc Tike dedicatory sermon is to be delivere 1 by the Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, D. D., of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and the dedicatory prayer wil | by the pastor, Rev. John Van Ni cial music has been prepared for the ox sion. The fourth quarterly mecting of the Ana costia M. E. Church will be held tomorrow. Rev. Dr. Raymond P. Stricklen, pastor of Hamline M. E. Church, will represent the presiding eld Dr. L. RB. Wilson, and preach. Tuesday evening Dr. Wilson, the presiding elder, will hold the quarterly con- ference. At this time a successor to the present pastor, James Mel n, who has had a very successful term of five will be chosen. Bishop Donohue of Wheeling is to officiate at St. Stephen’s Church tomorrow. year: At the fourth quarterly conference of Saint Paul's M. E. Church, presided over by Dr, Luther B. Wilson, presiding elder of Washington district, the following church officials were elected for the ensuing year: Trustees, Joseph F. Birch, jr., Aldis B. Browne, Lut Caldwell, Dr, B. Harmer, Bishop John F. Hurst, N. Richar@son and Fred E. Tasker; ards, Mrs. A. F. Beiler, E. S. Farwell, Mrs. Elia R. Hurst, Willis F. Roe (recordin Benj. H. Sti , ir, ers and Alfred C. True (di A re tion was unanimously adopted reque the presiding bishop of the Baltimore con- ference to return for anoth ear present pastor, Rev. Stowell L. Bryant also the presiding elder, Rey. Luther Wilson, D.D. There is a good deal of interest manifest- ed by the Presby' ian clergymen of the city, as well as by those of other denom- imatiins, in the plan which is being tried by Rey. Dr. Hamlin, the pastor of the Church cf the Covenant, in having a service of an hour's length Sunday afternoon in place of the usual evening service. The first service was held last Sunday tendance was of such a character as lead those interested in the change to lieve that it would prove to be a great suce’ The pastor preaches a short ser- mon, and some of the best-known soloists in the city will contribute to the musical portion of the service. Rev. Granville S. Williams, the pastor of the Metropolitan Baptist Church, cor- per Gth and A streets northeast, has been with the church one year, and tomorrow he will preach a sermon appropriate to the anniversary occasion. Life at the Mines. From the New York Weekly. Pennsylvania Citizen “Come down to Shantytown. and the at- to The garians are killing each other and the gutters are runnitg with blood.” 2 Pennsylvania Constabk y! my! What is it—a wedding or a christening? oo = It Made Him ter. From Judge. : First deaf-mute (speaking by finger- signs)—“What makes you stutter so” Second deaf-mute (speaking ditto can’t help it. I fell off my bicycle yes day and sprained my first finger.” — 5 of a Bachelor. Reflectic York Press. ghtgown ever has is tucks, From the N The most a ni but a slumber robe has lace and other things. The average man would rather have a wife whom his friends admire than one he admires himself. A woman many take care of her face to the last, but she takes care of her hands and feet only till she gets married. Nobody but a married man can und stand why women like to wear such pre clothes where people can’t see them. The man who talks about being waked up with a kiss generally doesn't count on having to get out of bed and fix the fur- nace. The woman who insists on cleaning up a man’s desk ought to be made to marry @ man who won't stay out of the kitchen. y —— A Sharp Reproof. From Up-to-Date. Lawyer—“Witness, I believe you are the biggest liar in the country.” Judge—“Sir, you forgot that I am here.” eet eres Putting It Delicately. From Sloper's Half-Holiday. Tilley- sometimes wish I was a man‘” Young Fuggles—“Why?” (He has never given her anything.) Tilley—“It must be jolly to be able to make rice presents of diamond bangles and things.” —__——-e-—_____ Hints From Our Inventor's Note Book, From Lordcn Punch.