Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Mr.. Frank A. Reed to Be Buried With the
Highest Masonic Honors
Critical Illness of Rev. DIR. Suter,
Rector of Chrfst's Church.
Other Happenings.

president of the board of trade OF this city,
an account of whose death appeared in The
Star, will be laid to rest, with Masonic
honors, from his late residence on Prince
street between Washington and ST. Asaph
tome rrow afternoon at o'clock. The ar
rar gements for the funeral services have
rot as yet been completed, but so far as
can be learned they will be conducted by
the officers of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of Virginia, of whom the following will be
present: J. P. Fitzgerald. grand master; A.
r. Courtney, deputy grand master; II. I.
w. Buke, jr., grand junior warden; ]. ".
Bidgood, grand secretary; G. W. Wright
grand senior deacon; H. o. Kerns, grand
junior deacon, and w. c. Wilkerson, grand
tiler. These officers will be assisted In all
pre- liability by the officers of Andrew jack
son Lodge, Of which the deceased was
prominent member and past master, and
the officers of Alexandria ashington
Lodge, both Of this city.
AS the result of an agreement entered
into some years ago, and renewed, 1t Is
said, within the past few weeks, that In the
event of the death of either party the
other was to perform the Masonic service,
Mr.. William H. Lambert OF this city. past
grand master of the Grand Lodge Of Vir-
giDia, and past master of the Alexandria
Washington Lodge, at the request of Mr..
Reeds widow. and by courtesy Of the Of
ficers of the Grand Lodge, will perform the
Masonic rites at the grave. The interment
will take place in the Presbyterian ceme-
terry, where the remains Of some of his
relatives now lie.
At a meeting of the Old Dominion Com
n'aEdery Of Knights Templar, of which
Mr.. Reed was past eminent commander.
held in their chambers last night it was
decided to postpone their trip to Boston I'M
til tomorrow night when they will leave on
the 1852 train in order that they may at
tend the funeral in a body. They will
escort the members of the Blue Lodge. AT.
and AM. both organizations appearing in
their full regalia, and the members of both
Andrew Jackson and Alexandria w ashing
ton Lodges will attend in a body.
DR.. William r. Purvis. the coroner, held
last night with a jury composed of Chas.
]. Wise, foreman A. A. Warfield, Frank
Warfield, c. G. Lennon, Robert Arnold and
w. d. Stewart, and after having examined
several witnesses the following verdict was
rendered: 1--WE, the jury, find that the de-
ceased came to his death from a pistol shot
wound. inflicted while under temporary
alteration, caused by prolonged sickness"
Critical Illness of Rev. DIR. Suter.
1t is matter of the deepest regret to the
many friends in this city and throughout
the entire state of Rev. Henderson Suter,
DID,, rector of First Episcopal Church. to
learn of his extreme illness. DR.. Suter has
been very sick for some time past, but it is
only within the past few days that his ILL
ness has been considered at all critical. and
now he is lying at deaths door. with but
little hope OF his recovery.
DIR. Suter has been at Bedford City for
some weeks past. but as he grew rapidly
worse 1t was deemed best to bring him to his
home in this city. and last night he was
taken to the Alexandria Infirmary where an
operation was performed on him by Drs.
Fry, Van Rensselaer, and Suter of Washing
ton and DR.. Ashby of this city. An opening
was made in his side, and for the first time
the physicians learned the real cause of his
sickness. 1t was found that he was suf-
fering with generated kidney, and there
is little hope that he will live longer than a
few days. This morning he was reported
as resting easily and doing as Well as could
be expected under the circumstances.
DR.. Suter has for many years past been
the rector of Christ Church, and is now
serving in that capacity. He is member
of tina board of trustees of the Virginia
examining chaplains of the diocese CT
northern Virginia.
The Police Court.
Justice Thompson presided in the Police
Court this morning, and had quite lively
time in disposing of the twenty-nine odd
cases on the docket The first prisoner
called was youth named Glen Green
who had been very disorderly in the house
CT his sister, For this offense the squire
thought fine of 81 or sixty days in the
chain gang would be sufficient. The next
Thomas Ely, a celored boy about twelve
years OF age, was charged by small COM
panion with having fndecently assaulted
him. He was made to pay fine OF 50.
A few days ago Officers Beach, Fer
gusson, Belts and B. Hall were started
out on their rounds to find the owners of
unlicensed dogs. They appeared in the
court this morning with charges against
the following persons: r. b. Robertson,
Lum Taylor. Roster Bladen, Hattie Doug
las, Scott Debbs, Spencer Raymon. Mary
Gray. John Hennersley, Edmund Roe, John
Bryant, Fielden Gaynes, George Bower
Frank Nichols, Richard Bernett, Slas
White, Elizabeth Smith, Edward O'Brien,
Albert Driefus. DR.. Hernson, Webb Roy,
Wilmer Carter, John Whalen, Elisa But
Ter. Walter Allensworth, John Rafferty,.
William Brawner, A. ]. Poh, Thomas Nell
son. Alfred Timmons. Fifteen of these
paid q fine of 81 each in court this morn
ing, and the balance Of the cases will be
heard at a special session tonight at
o'clock.
The Flying Switch Case.
The case against the employees of the
Washington Southern railroad. which was
set for hearing in the Police Court last
night, did not take place, as the defendants
failed to appear. The men were arrested
on charge of using the streets of the city
in making flying switches. 1t is said that
the case will never be brought to trial, as
there is no law to convict them. City coun-
Gil will pass law this fall forbidding rail-
roads to do their shifting by flying
switches.
The little daughter of Mr.. Max Pressfel-
der died this morning.
Mrs. Andrew Atchison, whose serious ILL
ness has been reported, is said to be i'm
proving.
Mr.. George Markell, who has neen asso-
ciated with Mr.. J. NJ. Hill as manager Of
the Opera House, has resigned and will en-
gage in business for himself. mir. James
F. Peyton will manage the Opera House
this season.
Potomac Lodge I. o. o. F.. hold a regu-
lar meeting last night Routine business
was transacted.
There arc said to be a number of cases of
malarial fever in the city at this time.
There is great complaint by the mer-
chants along King street of leaky water
mains, which have caused their cellars to
become very damp, and in many cases the
wells in them have overf1owed.
The choir of st. Mary's Church will leave
here this afternoon for Fredericksburg,
where they will sing mass and vespers to-
morrow for Rev. Father Keneficks church.
The Old Guard Entertainment.
The Old Guard entertainment, which was
given at National Rifles armory last eveE-