.? ear io SUNDAY. 
nO n’s madd Washington’s Birth- 
“ ope to be observed by Par- 
p, -. - son’s Club. etait. 
in event of more than usual in- 
est will be the Patriotic public 
eting to be held under the aus- 
of the Parson’s Club at the 
ae on the evening of Sun- 
‘ebruary. 19. 
program of exercises will in- 
un address on ‘‘ Washington?’ 
y. William H. Rider, D. D., 
a 
harles H. Williams, Ph. D. _ 
e arrangements are in charge 
eommittee of which Rey. Den- 
hw ch is chairman. 
} the Evangelical churches of 
Bis have been invited to take 
“Merchant-Hiltz, 
y L. Merchant, son of Orlandé 
faa: a well- known fish dealer, 
is city, was married in Somer- 
Jast Friday afternoon to Miss 
2 Hiltz, the ceremony being 
rmed by: ‘Rev. Jean Favor, pas- 
for of a Congregational church of 
Hh a’ city. 
daughter of Mr. 
‘ohn Hiltz of 36 Granite street. She 
as been employed for sometime in 
linery establishment on. Middle 
he marriage was somewhat of a 
ise to the parents of both the 
- and the groom, but it was 
ched to each other for some- 
and it was believed: the wed- 
Benld be be held this spring. 
Chimney ‘Blown Down. 
The’ fierce wind storm of Monday 
yhich swept over Cape Ann at a 
ate estimated to be over 60 miles 
n hour, did but. little damage either 
, 0 the shipping in the harbor or to 
the city itself. A sign was blown 
Kennedy’s butter and egg 
= 
but fortunately no 
time it 
ter streets, 
me was passing at the 
The large chimney, 100 feet in 
cht, which marked the ruins, of 
he famous Colonial Arms hotel was 
so wrecked by the wind, which 
oppled it over from its foundations 
os de over the surrounding terri: ' 
ao other damage was reported. 
Breeze Advertising Pays. 
) address on ‘‘Lincoln’’ by ~ 
n J. Neily of, the ‘First’ Baptist 
The bride is a charming young 
m, that they had been warmly’ 
store at the corner of Main and | 
tru k the sidewalk. J 
nd scattered the bricks far and- z 
'* Qmith,-Capt. L. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
“ake ‘GLOUCESTER 
9 coming social event that is- be- 
* ing looked forward to with great 
~ pleasure is. the 
-Apotheosis of the 
Dance by Mrs. Lila Viles W yman,. 
assisted by ~Miss~ Virginia Tanner, 
.A. M., at the City Hall, Feb. 13. The 
; dance will ‘be given under the direc- 
tion of Harry A: Barber. 
Roy N.. Berry, secretary of the 
YMCA has» been ~ confined to the 
house this week with a bad cold. 
Hugh Parkhurst of - Edgéwood, 
West Gloucester, 
is contemplating 
a two weeks’ trip to Porto Rico. He 
expects ‘to’ leave about phe middle 
of February. vn sos 
The annual eet of pig Glows 
cester Fishérmén’s, and © Seamen’s. 
Widows‘ Aid Society: will-be- held.in’. 
the Board. ofS a ra TOOTS next. 
Monday afternoon. 
Owen Matthews fide Be, beak en- — 
gaged in” thé ‘tailoring business -1n_ 
this city. ‘for = “the past séventeen 
years died at. the Gloucester hospi-’ _ 
tal Friday, after a short ‘illness... He 
leaves a.widow. The. décéased was 
a member of Fernwood - Lodge AO- 
UW. 
The Chinamen of this city paint: 
ed Sunday and Monday as New 
Year’s, all their. establishments be- 
ing closed both days, and many of * 
the Chinamen going to _ Boston 
where the day was celebrated in a 
more elaborate manner. ~ 
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Noble Burn- 
ham, summer residents of Magnolia, 
“are spending” “he “winter” in Rome, 
Italy, where, Mr. Burnham, who is 
a sculptor is ‘engaged on an import- 
ant work for the International ex- 
Hapiionms, 405. e 
Ex-Aldermain Edwin OC.’ McIntire 
is busy on the material for his an- 
nual issue of ‘‘ Picturesque Glouces- 
ter a a pulps aes that has acon. 
Hoa if Trade Pe hieh. went to 
Washington this week to protest 
against the placing of fish on the 
nae list consisted of Mayor Isaac 
Patch, Thomas J. Carroll, Arthur 
L. Millett, «Capt, Gharles IT. Harty, 
Capt. George. . Peebles, Benj. A? 
Smith, Frank (> Pierce, Orlando 
Merchant, Fred I. Davis, E:, Areher* 
Bradley, “W iliam-F. Moore; W illiam 
G Brown, Fred Bradley, Ernest 
_E.z.Spinney, Capt. 
Atwood of Gloucester, 
Brown of San Franeis- 
Nicholson of 
Henry M. 
Freeman TI. 
eo and Thomas M. 
Bucksport, Me. 
his address being upon, 
“jects were: 
hop of the 
“19 
FEDERATION .OF MEN’S CLUB. 
Annual Meeting held in Parish 
House of St. John’s Church, 
The Federation of Men’s clubs of 
the.Cape Ann ‘churches, held their 
annual meeting last evening at the 
parish house of St. John’s church 
on Middle streét. 
Previous to the meeting there was 
a supper whieh was served at 7. 
o’¢lock and which proved most en- 
joyable. Rev. Judson V. Clancy, 
pastor of the Dane St. Congrega-_ 
tional~-church of Beverly, -was the 
principal speaker of the evening, 
“The Man 
by the Side of the Road’’. 
Others. speakers and their~ sub- 
William J. MacInnis 
“The church and the Business 
Man. Carlton.—S.. Barrett, ‘<The 
Church and the Young Man’’; Clar- 
ence W. ey ‘“The Chureh and 
the Boy”. 
‘There was a large eee a 
the méeting was one of the most 
sudéesstul ever. held. 
’ FUNERALS. 
The funeral of Michial J. MeNeir- 
ney, esq., a prominent member of 
the Gloucester bar, was held from 
the Sacred Heart churek: at Lanes- 
ville, last Saturday morning. The 
services were conducted by Rev. 
Cornelius J. Riordan of Rockport, 
—_ assisted by Rev. Chas. W. Regan of 
Roxbury, formerly of St. Ann’s 
church this city. Many relatives and 
friends attended among the latter 
being the entire Gloucester bar, and 
‘a delegation from the Essex Bar 
Association headed by the presi- 
~-dent, William-H: Niles ‘of Lynn. The 
interment was in Oak Hill cemetery. 
> .Oscar Andrews. 
The funeral. of Oscar Andrews 
was held from thé family residence, 
9 Washington Square, Sunday af- 
ternoon. The services were con- 
ducted by Rev. Charles H. Williams, 
Pas. i. <The pall bearers were Wil- 
liam F. Moore, Captain Edward J. 
Horton. Fred. C. Langsford and 
James H. Dexter. Interment was 
_at Oak Hill cemetery. 
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Confirmation Services. 
Rt. Rey. William Lawrence, Bis- 
Protestant Episcopal 
church for the Eastern Diocese of 
Massachusetts, will hold confirma-_ 
tion services at St. John’s church, © 
on the evening of Wednesday, 
March 8. A class of about twenty 
will be confirmed. 
