Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
An Accident to a Freight Train at n
Dangerous Point.

dangerous FOlMt.
Some day passenger train on the Penn
sylvania railroad will run down the bank at
the graveyard near this city, as a freight
train did for the second time last night.
and then there will be some deaths. On
January 81 a freight train on the southern
division was thrown down the bank at
this point. an account Of which appeared
| in The Star. The cause given was spread
ing rails Last night about o'clock a
freight train, composed of loaded cars,
| with Conductor McBird and Engineer
Bailey in charge, was wrecked at the very
same point, the cause of which was also
the spreading of the rails. One car went
down the bank and several others were
thrown from the track, but fortunately no
one was hurt, but the track was completely
blockaded. A wrecking train was sent out
from Washington and reached here about
1870 o'clock, when the work of clearing
the track was proceeded with until this
morning. No passenger trains were de-
layed, as they were run around the wreck
age by side tracks.
Just Cause for Complaint.
A number of the merchants and others
who own horses in this city are complain
ing very bitterly about the Electric Rail-
way Company having used and 'continu-
ing to use salt on their tracks in this city
for the purpose of thawing them out.
They say that Alexandria is about the only
city in the country where such thing
would be allowed, and think the author
tiles should put stop to 1t. Inc
Star man called to see DR.. r. L. Dunn, the
veterinary surgeon, on the subject, and
Dr. Dunn says it Is a very dangerous prac-
tice. as it causes very bad cases of hoof
disease in any animal coming in contact
with the salt.
Funeral of George T. Price.
All that was mortal of the late George
T. Price, whose death was mentioned in
The STAR was laid to rest yesterday after
noon with appropriate ceremonies. The
funeral was largely attended by his many
friends. Marley Encampment. No. 6. I. o.
o. F.; Potomac Lodge, No. 38. I. o. o. F.;
Alexandria and BelIehaven Councils, Jun
ior Order United American Mechanics. and
Lafayette Lodge, No. II, /. o. NJ, of which
orders the dec eaSed was a member, attend
ed the funeral, as did also the postmaster,
letter carriers and clerks at the post office.
The pallbearers were r. T. Cook and Z.
w. O'Meara of Potomac Lodge. George w.
Boutz and Edward Hammond of Marley
Encampment and Thomas Nelson and F.
Heisley of Junior Order United American
Mechanics. Revs. T. E. Carson of the Meth
odist Church and ]. H. Butler of the Bap-
fist Church conducted the service. and the
floral offerings were numerous and hand
some.
The remains of Mrs. Emma Biddle, who
died in Washington, were brought to this
city today and inferred.
Miss Payne Of Warrenton is the guest
of the Misses Herbert on North Washing
ton street.
Mr.. Samuel H. Lunt has been granted
patent an Improvement in cocks or
faucets for gas and water mains
DR.. G. h. Abbott, president of the cleo
trio railway. was in the city yesterday.
There was a regular meeting of the
Young Mems Sedality Lyceum at their
hall, on Duke street. last night.
The steamer Columbia has been fitted
with a new rudder post and is now ready
for service.
Bernard Cline whose arm was injured
at Hills cracker factory, is reported as
improving.
New Alexandria last night was quite a
success.
Miss Bette Keys is still confined to her
home by sickness.
Mr.. Archie Slaymaker has gone to Bal
timore.
There will be no boxing matches in this
city for some time to come as Mavor
Strauss has declined to issue license for
that purpose.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Washington, Alexandria and Mount Ver-
non Electric Railway Company was held
in their offices here today. The old officers
There were no cases before the mayor
for trial this morning.
$i;25 TO baltimore and Return, S1;2S
Holiday Excursion. February I'D.
The Pennsylvania railroad will sell round
trip tickets to Baltimore and return Feb
ruary %, good to return until the 23d, at
rate of $125. Walters Art Gallery will be
open to the public on this date. Tickets
good ON all trains.-Advt.
Excursion Tickets to the Mardi Gras
Festivities ut New Orleans via Penn
AylvaniH Railroad.
The passenger department of the Penn
sylvania railroad announce the sale of eX
cursion tickets from Washington to New
Orleans on accouD of the Mardi Gras fes-.
tivities February % to %, inclusive good
returning within fifteen days from date Of
issue, via Quantico, at rate of $3.50. Tick
cts will also be sold via Pittsburg and Gin
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