Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-18
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Episcopal Council IF Virginia to Meet This
Week.
Police Court and tOthcr Local Notes
of Interest to Visitors and
Taxpayers.

The 1O1st annual meeting of the Episcopal
council of the diocese. of Virginia will begin
in ST. PauPs Church, this city, Wednesday,
and the session will be presided over by
Bishop Whittle andjAssistant Bishop New
ton. The following is the program of SER
vices and meetings:
Tuesday, st. Paurs Church, s pm, ST.
Andrews Brotherhood service; preacher.
Rev. c. w. Clampett
Wednesday, Christ Church, { am, Rev.
w. NJ. Clark.
Wednesday, st. Pauls Church. 10 am.
morning prayer and communion; Rev. Ed
ward Wall. pm, diocesan missionary
meeting. Actresses by Revs. N. P. Dame,
John McGill and r. A. Goodwin.
Hilary.
THURSDAY Thursday. st. Paurs Church. 10 am,
service; preacher, Rev. ]. Y. Dounham. 8
pm, foreign missionary meeting. Ad-
dresses by Revs. j. Thompson Cole, j. w.
Morris and M. Tai.
FRIDAY, st. Paul's Church, 10 am, SER
wee; preacher, Rev. o. NJ. Yerger. pm.
service; preacher, Rev. b. M. Randolph.
friday, Christ Church, am, preaching,
ReY. Edward Goodwin
FRIDAY. Grace Church, Z am, commun-
ION. pm.' evening prayer and service.
Police Court.
Mayor Thompson disposed of the usual
this morning. John Smith, Arthur Stay
there Virginia Butler and Ella Williams,
arrested by Officers Goods, Roberts and
Wooster. charged with disorderly conduct;
Smith, Butler and Williams fined s. each,
ana Staythere dismissed,
James Harms. colored, arrested by Officer
Deahe, charged with assault and beating
lhohlas Ashby, colored, dismissed, and COM
pialnant made to pay cost of warrant
Wliilam smith. Thomas Lynch, Lewis Hill
ana lillian James, hobos, arrested by Off
GERS Deane and Young, charged with tres
passing on property Of Southern Railway
company; sent to Jail subject chain gang
Tor ten days each.
samuel Williams, arrested by Officer
ROBERTS, charged with disorderly conduct
ana nSht.ng dogs in the street, fined So
Lott1e Jenkins. colored, and John Brissey,
arrested by Officers Deane and Beach,
charged with being drunk in the streets;
fined 81 each.
james Baker, colored, arrested by Officer
Ly!es, charged with gambling; fined 81, in
default OF which he goes to Jail for ten
days.
Maggie Washington. colored arrested by
conduct; fined So
a. A. Davis. arrested by Officer Young,
CHARGED with assault and beating a seven
year-old child; fined s..
henry Englehardt and Richard Burnett,
arrested by Officer Goods charged with
selling liquor on Sunday; fined $l2 each
Arthur Lee, colored. arrested by officer
Arlington, charged with assault and beat
ing w. Z. jackson, colored; fined 81.
Rechabitcs Organize.
A largely attended meeting was held at
Sarepta Hall yesterday afternoon at 23O
O'Clock for the purpose of organizing a
tent OF Independent Order of Rechabites
An interesting address was made by Mr. ]
X Mahoney of Washington, high ruler of
the order in the United States The follow
ing gentlemen signed an appica ton to the
Supreme Council for a charter: Lambert
u. Lyles, j. A Davis. VIM. Sincox James
Lanham, Charles Rudd, b. F. Murray, ID.
~ kidwell, Walter Brawner and Walker
I. Weadon. Mr.. Lyles was authorized to
secure a hall for meeting purposes. 1t was
decided to hold the regular meetings of the
order Friday evenings. The order will hold
ahother public meeting in Sarepta Hall
next Sunday afternoon.
Death OF Mr.. Edward O'Bricn.
MI Edward O'Brien died at his residence
on Gibbon street at 1 o'clock Saturday
night. after lingering illness Mr.. O'Brien
was 1or some time an engineer on the
Southern railway, but. owing to a n.sun-
Outstanding with some of the officials of
that road, he resigned and opened IN q
restaurant on the corner of Wolfe and Co
lumDuS streets. He was a member of the
Royal Arcanum and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. He leaves a widow
ana several children. His funeral will take
place tomorrow morning from ST. Mary's
Church.
Fishing Season About Over
The fishing season Tor 1896 on the Poto-
mac Is about over and the fishermen gen
orally say that it was one Of the dullest
ever known But few who engaged in the
business this year made money and sew
eral Of the larger shores lost heavily
Owing to the cold, windy weather early in
the spring the season was later than
usual. FishtCwn is now almost entirely
deserted.
An opers ton for internal abscess was
performed Saturday at the infirmary upon
Mr. William Barron of Fairfax county by
the medical staff Of the irfirmary.
The Electric Railway Company are put
ting new and improved switches at all
points alo1g the line between this city and
Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Charles Crook has teen appointed
night operator at the Southern Bell Tele-
phone Excl ange during the illness of Mr.
Graham Hill.
Police officer Weston Atkinson is con-
fined to his home on Columbus street by
sickness.
Mrs. H. S. Pitts, who has been visiting
friends at Manassas, has returned to her
home in IL is city.