Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-04
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
A Brakeman Seriously Injured by q
Fall From Car.

Rev. r. i. philips, the new rector OF 81.
Paurs Church. took charge yesterday
morning ana preached an excellent SER
mon. taking as his text st. Paurs epistla
to the Ephesians. 9Th chapter. 18th and 18th
verses. Mr.. Philips family Will arrive
this week ana move into the rectory.
A young man named Horace Fletcher.
who Is a brakeman on the X. and ID. r. r..
was severely injured in the yard OF that
company In this city yesterday. He was on
top OF a freight car braking when a shift
OF cars on the side track rolled down and
Jared the car TO such an extent that
Fletcher lost his foothold and fell to the
ground and underneath the car. The car
passed over his left arm just above the ell
bow and crushed II to such an extent that
& had to be taken OF at the sholider joint
Drs.. OBrien ana Ashby performed the
operation. This morning symptoms OF In
ternal injury were noticed and grave fears
are entertained that the young man WIZ
not recover.
Many persons went down to the dock Of
the Haskin Wood vulcanizing Company
yesterday to view the steamer Howard
Cassard. which was brought around from
Baltimore several days ago. and which win
be put on the ways at the ship yard to re-
ceive some touching up.
Despite the warm weather Of yesterday
the churches were well attended. At Christ
Church Rev. DIR. Crawford of the Theology
cal Seminary officiated on account OF the
sickness Of the rector. There was no ser
vice at the German Lutheran Church owing
TO the absence OF the pastor. Rev. Mr..
Austin of Galveston, Texas. preached both
morning and evening at the Second Pres
byterian Church.
In the Police Court this morning there
were some ten or fifteen cases of the usual
Saturday night and Sunday drunk and dis
orderly conduct and fines ranging from
81 80 to so were assessed. The health Of
ficer, DIR. Purvis. had four cases OF viola
ton OF health ordinances, who We're fined
81 each and ordered to clean up the prem
ises.
r. Z. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans,
will hold their regular monthly meeting to-
night. DIR. b. Brown. the surgeon OF the
camp. will address them, taking as his SUBJ
Ject "A Kindly Word for the Faithful Ne
gro and Horse of the Confederate Armyr
Quite good Deal OF excitement was caus-
ed in the neighborhood OF the Richmond
and Danville shops about O'Clock yester-
day afternoon by five young men becoming
little too 'how come you So and engag-
Ing In a free fight One OF the participants
! was completely knocked out The police
arrived on the scene and put all under ar
| rest.
About 1000 people went over the electric
road to Riverside Park yesterday TO spend
| the afternoon under the cool shades of that
new resort As IS usually the case large
numbers came from Washington on the
boats to visit the historical places In and
/ around Alexandria.
Mr.. Ashby Miller. who has been quite IN
with typhoid fever. is much improved.
Mrs Harry Hines left today for Wood
stock, her former home, where she win
| spend few weeks
The Virginia Athletics beat the Alexan-
drias In a game OF ball on Saturday after
| room by a score OF IL to Z.
There was a meeting OF the Catholic Ben,
efciai Society at St Mary's Church last
night.
ST. Johns Academy will close on June Is.
| The electric railway put on a new sche-
dule today. Cars VIII be run every half
hour This Is done in order to accommo-
date the increased travel
\ Mr.. A b. Davis. who has had charge Of
one OF the boats OF the u. S. fish commiss
sion at Bryant's Point has returned to
| the city, the work having been completed