Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-22
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIR S
Social and Personal Notes About Many
People.
Hite Peckham Preparing for Another
Fight-A Sermon Against Horse
Racing and Other News.

Mrs. David j. Howell has gone to Charles
| town, w. Va, for a short stay.
Frank Fields is confined to his room with
an attack of malaria.
One of the large cars of the electric rail-
way got off the track at the corner of
| King and Royal streets yesterday morning
and delayed the travel about half an hour.
Miss Lule Addison Hester has returned
| from a visit to friends in Louisville, Ky.
Miss Myra Lee CAVALIER will soon adopt
| the stage professionally. She has been
| studying under Edwin Ferry and is said by
competent judges to possess a remarkable
| talent Miss CAVALIER has recently appeared
| as CaIanthe and Virginia in this city and
| neghboring towns. and her acting has
| called forth the warmest praise. 1t is more
| than probable that she will be member
of a company in Washington next sum-
mer. Mass Cavalier is well known and high
| ~ popular in the society of this city.
Serepta Lodge. Independent Order of obi
| Fellows, will hold a regular meeting to-
night Several candidates Will receive de-
SreeS.
W. d. Hughes delivered a lecture to a
| small audience at Serepta Hall last night,
| taking his subject ''Ingersoll and the In
| iidel World Put to Confusion
| DR.. Charles w. Birdsall. formerly of this
| city, but now Of Leesburg, spent yesterday
with friends here.
| Miss Mary Stoutenburg has returned from
| a visit to friends in Richmond.
The funeral of Mrs. Lena Simmons, whose
death was mentioned in The Star. took
place from st. Marys Catholic Church this
morning at 9 o'clock. The services were
| conducted by Rev. Father Charles j. Cut
| Ter. and large number of friends followed
| the remains to st. Mary's cemetery, where
| they Were inferred.
| Henry Nails is quite sick at his home in
this city.
Hite Peckham, the Alexandria weller
| weight, will go to Washington tonight TO
sign the articles for his match with Mike
Raedy, the Washington middle weight
Pechham says he wants his friends to I'M
| Gerstand that he has no desire to arrange a
| fake fight, as suggested by Raedy; that his
reputation in the past shows very con-
| clusiVely that he would not enter into any
arrangement Of that kind. He is of the
willing at any rate to try it, the match to
be on its merits.
| Alexandria has not been more Quiet for
some time than it has been recently. There
| has not been an arrest made by the police
| since the 18th instant, nor a fine imposed
! since the 10th instant
| The churches yesterday We're well at
tended, and good sermons We're preached
both morning and evening At Christ
| Church last night Rev. Dr. Henderson
Suter delivered a few appropriate and tell
ing remarks on the subject of the racey now
going on near this city, referring forcbly
| to the bad effect they had on the young
| men in the community concluding with the
evil effects of gambling, and especially
!
| Rev. Father Cutler has returned from
| Richmond.
The regular weekly meeting and drill of
| the Alexandria Light Infantry will be held
| at the armOry tonight.
| A meeting of the democratic committee
| for the eighth congressional district was
| held at the office Of Chairman Louis c.
Barley OF the city committee at noon to-
| day: Plans for the coming election were
| made and will at once be put into opera
| uoh several mass meetings will be held
| the latter part of this month, and promi-
| nent speakers will deliver addresses.
Dr. j. /. Cox is confined to his room with
| an attack of malaria.
Frank T. English, city engineer of Laurel.
| Md, was in the city yesterday, the guest of
| his brother-in-law, Ashby Miller.
| me regular meeting of the city council
! VIII be held tomorrow night. The charges
| recently brought against Engineer McECcn
/ OF the electric light works viii be laid before
the council Tor action. In the c0mmiCtce
/ the vote stood two for dismissal against two
/ for retention. 1t is said that a special com
| mittec will be asked for to investigate the
| matter further.
| The tent services which have been held by
| the members Of Roberts Chapel on South
! Washington street, and which have at
/ trsscted large numbers Of people, will close
! tonight with n grand rally. Several of the
| singing bands of Washington will be pres
! ent. Quite a snug sum mas been realized
| toward the amount needed for rebuilding the
| church.
| ON Wednesday next a large number of
| builders and contractors of Washington, to-
| gether with those from this city, will visit
| the HaSkin wood VulCInizing works, for the
! purpose of Inspecting the process of vul-
| caniZing wood.
Rev. John Rogers and wife of Trenton,
| n. j., are the guests OF Gilbert ]. Cox.
The funeral of James Hunter Will take
place this afternoon.
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